cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
thank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: thăngk
ipa: /θæŋk/
ipa: /ðæŋk/
ipa: /θæŋk/
ipa: [θeɪ̯ŋk]
ipa: [t̪eɪ̯ŋk]
ipa: [ðeɪ̯ŋk]
ipa: /θɛŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
Forms: form: thanks
Etymology: From Middle English thank (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; attractiveness; commendation, praise; God’s grace; goodwill; merit, reward; mind, thought”), from Old English þanc (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; favour, grace; mind, thought; pleasure, satisfaction”), from Proto-Germanic *þankaz (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; mind, thought; remembrance”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to perceive; to think”).
Cognates
* Danish tak
* Dutch dank
* German Dank
* Faroese tøkk
* Icelandic þökk
* Low German Dank
* Saterland Frisian Tonk
* Swedish tack
* West Frisian tank
Senses: examples: text: If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 6:33:
text: What great thank, then, if any man, reputed wise and constant, will neither do, nor permit others under his charge to do, that which he approves not, especially in matter of sin?
ref: 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:
glosses: singular of thanks (“an expression of appreciation or gratitude; grateful feelings or thoughts; favour, goodwill, graciousness”)
Derived terms: word: pickthank
word: pickthanking
word: shun-thank
word: thankful
word: thankless
word: thankly
word: thank-offering
word: thank-picking
word: thank-render
word: thanksdoing
word: thanksgive
word: thanksgiver
word: thanks-living
word: thanksprayer
word: thankworth
word: thankworthy
Rhine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹaɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
Forms: form: the Rhine
Etymology: From Middle English Rine, Ryne, from Old English Rīn (“the Rhine”), from Middle High German and Old High German Rīn, from Proto-West Germanic *Rīn, from Proto-Germanic *Rīnaz, from Gaulish Rēnos, from a Pre-Celtic or Proto-Celtic *reinos; one of a class of river names built from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to move, flow, run”).
Cognate with Old High German Rīn ("the Rhine"; > German Rhein), Old Norse Rín (“the Rhine”), Dutch Rijn (“the Rhine”). Related also to Latin rivus ("river"), in Celtic with an -n- suffix as in Old Irish rīan (“run”) (more at run).
The spelling with Rh- is due to the influence of Ancient Greek Ῥῆνος (Rhênos) (via French Rhin).
Senses: glosses: A major river in western Europe, which flows through Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Germany, France and the Netherlands, before emptying into the North Sea.
wikipedia: Pre-Celtic
Derived terms: North Rhine
dreame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dreames
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of dream.
cannelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French cannelle.
Senses: examples: text: The thing that the adepts seemed to enjoy most was the drink of Petro. That is a mixture of pig blood, fresh from the wound, white wine, red wine, a pinch of flour, cannelle and nutmeg. All of this is put in a bowl and whipped well.
ref: 1938, Zora Hurston, Tell My Horse:
text: Hypocras, a very sweet wine infused with cannelle.
ref: 1979, Patrick Turnbull, Dordogne:
glosses: cinnamon
IX
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IXes
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Internet exchange.
maternal death
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maternal deaths
Senses: glosses: The death of a woman that occurs directly related to the procreative process; obstetric death.
Related terms: direct maternal death
eclampsia
ectopic pregnancy
indirect maternal death
puerperal sepsis
sentinel event
der
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: dûr
ipa: /dɜː/
rhymes: -ɜː
Etymology: Imitative. Compare dur.
Senses: qualifier: dated outside Australia
glosses: Disdainful indication that something is obvious.
examples: text: 'Sprung!' cried Jeff Basin, the local dubbo. 'Oh, der,' moaned Boardie sarcastically.
ref: 1979, Gabrielle Carey, Kathy Lette, Puberty Blues, page 46:
qualifier: dated outside Australia
glosses: Indication of stupidity.
Synonyms: duh
der
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: dûr
ipa: /dɜː/
rhymes: -ɜː
note: r
enpr: dûr
ipa: /dɛː(ɹ)/
note: African-American Vernacular
rhymes: -ɛː(ɹ)
homophone: dare
enpr: dûr
ipa: /dɜː/
rhymes: -ɜː
Forms: form: dere
Etymology: Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping.
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard form of there.
der
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: dûr
ipa: /dɜː/
rhymes: -ɜː
note: r
enpr: dûr
ipa: /dɛː(ɹ)/
note: African-American Vernacular
rhymes: -ɛː(ɹ)
homophone: dare
enpr: dûr
ipa: /dɜː/
rhymes: -ɜː
Forms: form: dere
Etymology: Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping.
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard form of there.
der
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dûr
ipa: /dɜː/
rhymes: -ɜː
note: r
enpr: dûr
ipa: /dɛː(ɹ)/
note: African-American Vernacular
rhymes: -ɛː(ɹ)
homophone: dare
enpr: dûr
ipa: /dɜː/
rhymes: -ɜː
Forms: form: dere
Etymology: Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping.
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard form of there.
der
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: enpr: dûr
ipa: /dɜː/
rhymes: -ɜː
note: r
enpr: dûr
ipa: /dɛː(ɹ)/
note: African-American Vernacular
rhymes: -ɛː(ɹ)
homophone: dare
enpr: dûr
ipa: /dɜː/
rhymes: -ɜː
Forms: form: dere
Etymology: Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping.
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard form of there.
Derived terms: der's
das
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: däz
ipa: /dɑːz/
Senses: glosses: plural of da (“father”)
das
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: enpr: däz
ipa: /dɑːz/
enpr: dăs
ipa: /dæs/
rhymes: -æs
enpr: däz
ipa: /dɑːz/
Senses: qualifier: often African-American Vernacular
glosses: That is; that's
Derived terms: das rite
French letter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: French letters
Etymology: From French + letter. Compare earlier French pox, French-sick (“syphilis”), or later French safe, French tickler (“condom”), or French kiss. Attested from the 19th century.
Senses: examples: text: ‘So you’re fifteen – and you know the function of a “French letter”? You are familiar with its use?’
‘I know what it’s for, sir, yes.’
ref: 1984, Leslie Thomas, In my Wildest Dreams, page 289:
text: “I suppose it’s too much to hope that you have a question about gonorrhea. Those questions are so much easier to answer.”[…]
“I was going to ask about what you said earlier. That you’d... that you’d... not used a French letter in eighteen months.”
ref: 2012, Courtney Milan, A Kiss for Midwinter, page 80:
synonyms: word: condom
word: cum catcher
word: rubber
glosses: A condom.
Derived terms: Frenchie
hallo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /həˈləʊ/
ipa: /hæˈləʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Etymology: From Middle English halou, halow, halloo (interjection used to call attention), representing Old English hēlā, ǣlā, ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”), equivalent to hey + lo.
Senses: examples: text: Hallo father, here’s Pecksniff!
ref: 1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of hello (“greeting”).
examples: text: It sounds like a sum in the rule of three. The answer should give us the— But hallo! here are the accredited representatives of the law.
ref: 1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, page 98:
glosses: A cry of surprise.
Synonyms: sense: hello
word: hello
sense: cry of surprise
word: wow
hallo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /həˈləʊ/
ipa: /hæˈləʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: hallos
form: halloes
Etymology: From Middle English halou, halow, halloo (interjection used to call attention), representing Old English hēlā, ǣlā, ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”), equivalent to hey + lo.
Senses: glosses: The cry "hallo!"
glosses: A shout of exultation.
hallo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /həˈləʊ/
ipa: /hæˈləʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: hallos
form: halloes
form: halloing
form: halloed
form: halloed
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: hallo
form: hallo
form: halloed
form: hallo
form: halloest
form: halloed
form: halloedst
form: hallos
form: halloes
form: halloeth
form: halloed
form: hallo
form: halloed
form: hallo
form: halloed
form: hallo
form: -
form: halloing
form: halloed
Etymology: From Middle English halou, halow, halloo (interjection used to call attention), representing Old English hēlā, ǣlā, ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”), equivalent to hey + lo.
Senses: examples: text: Tom was just hiding behind a wall, […] but the groom saw him, and halloed to him to know where Mr. Grimes, the chimney-sweep, lived.
ref: 1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby:
glosses: To shout, or to call with a loud voice.
glosses: To chase while shouting "hallo!"
glosses: To cry "hallo" (to someone).
glosses: To shout (something).
Related terms: lo
neurotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /n(j)ʊəˈɹɒtɪk/
ipa: /n(j)əˈɹɒtɪk/
rhymes: -ɒtɪk
Etymology: Formed of neuro- (“of nerves or the nervous system”) + -otic (“having abnormal condition”). The initial element, in turn, is from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”). Attested from the 17th century. Compare French névrotique.
Senses: examples: text: If there were such a thing as inspiration from a higher realm, it might well be that the neurotic temperament would furnish the chief condition of the requisite receptivity.
ref: 1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC:
glosses: Affected with a neurosis.
examples: text: He is getting neurotic about time-keeping.
text: “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men,[…], the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis,[…]!”
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
text: “You did come down a wallop, didn't you? How art thou fallen from heaven, oh Lucifer, son of the morning, I said to myself. You're so terribly neurotic, Bertie. You must try to be less jumpy. What you need is a good nerve tonic.”
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
glosses: Overly anxious.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.
Derived terms: angioneurotic
antineurotic
cardioneurotic
hyperneurotic
neurotically
neuroticism
neuroticization
neuroticize
nonneurotic
postneurotic
psychoneurotic
trophoneurotic
unneurotic
neurotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /n(j)ʊəˈɹɒtɪk/
ipa: /n(j)əˈɹɒtɪk/
rhymes: -ɒtɪk
Forms: form: neurotics
Etymology: Formed of neuro- (“of nerves or the nervous system”) + -otic (“having abnormal condition”). The initial element, in turn, is from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”). Attested from the 17th century. Compare French névrotique.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A person who has a neurosis.
examples: text: Drag this neurotic to hysterics, leave him balked and unfulfilled;
holding inside, outwardly patient 'til the time he'll call it.
ref: 1998, Eve 6, “How Much Longer”, in Eve 6:
glosses: A crazy person.
Synonyms: jitterbug
nervous wreck
obsessive
worrywart
worrier
bill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪl/
enpr: bîl
ipa: [bɪɫ]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [bɪo̯]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [bɪʊ̯]
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: bills
form: billing
form: billed
form: billed
Etymology: From Middle English bille, from Anglo-Norman bille, from Old French bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla (“seal, sealed document”). Doublet of bull (“papal bull; bubble”) and bulla.
Senses: examples: text: [...] it will be recalled that in 1960 they were billed as the long-distance express multiple-units of the future, [...].
ref: 1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “First impressions of the Clacton electric multiple-units”, in Modern Railways, page 260:
synonyms: placard
glosses: To advertise by a bill or public notice.
examples: text: The physician explains that this is an option for her and that she can sign the facility's ABN so that if Medicare denies the claim, the facility can bill her for the scan.
ref: 1989, Michelle Green, Understanding Health Insurance: A Guide to Billing and Reimbursement:
synonyms: charge
glosses: To charge; to send a bill to.
Derived terms: billability
billable
bulk bill
misbill
overbill
prebill
rebill
underbill
bill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪl/
enpr: bîl
ipa: [bɪɫ]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [bɪo̯]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [bɪʊ̯]
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: bills
Etymology: From Middle English bill, bil, bille, bile, from Old English bile (“beak (of a bird); trunk (of an elephant)”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from a special use of Old English bil, bill (“hook; sword”) (see below).
Senses: examples: text: The woosel cock so black of hue, With orange-tawny bill, The throstle with his note so true, The wren with little quill[…]
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], line 125:
text: […] The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the seeds and then wipe their bills on twigs – leading to the seeds' getting glued to the tree, where they can germinate and begin the cycle anew.
ref: 2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25 December 2014, page 7]”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2014:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
zootomy
synonyms: beak
neb
nib
pecker
glosses: The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.
examples: text: There is a lighthouse on Portland Bill.
glosses: A beaklike projection, especially a promontory.
synonyms: brim
hatbrim
glosses: Of a cap or hat: the brim or peak, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.
Derived terms: bill bird
billlike
bluebill
boatbill
bristlebill
broadbill
channel-bill cuckoo
conebill
cranesbill
crookbill
crossbill
crowbill
crow-bill
crow's bill
duckbill
duck's-bill limpet
finchbill
flatbill
hard-bill
hawkbill
hawksbill
heron's bill
heronsbill
hookbill
hornbill
ibisbill
ivory-bill
ivorybill
lancebill
moon-bill
openbill
parrotbill
parrot's bill
pied-bill
Portland Bill
razorbill
recurvebill
ringbill
rosybill
sabrebill
saddlebill
sawbill
scimitarbill
scissorbill
scythebill
Selsey Bill
sharpbill
shearbill
sheathbill
shoebill
shovelbill
showbill
shrikebill
sicklebill
silverbill
softbill
spikebill
spinebill
spoonbill
storksbill
straightbill
swanbill
swordbill
thickbill
thornbill
toothbill
waxbill
wedgebill
weebill
whitebill
wood-bill
wrybill
yellowbill
bill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪl/
enpr: bîl
ipa: [bɪɫ]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [bɪo̯]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [bɪʊ̯]
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: bills
form: billing
form: billed
form: billed
Etymology: From Middle English bill, bil, bille, bile, from Old English bile (“beak (of a bird); trunk (of an elephant)”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from a special use of Old English bil, bill (“hook; sword”) (see below).
Senses: glosses: to peck
examples: text: As the ox hath his bow, sir, the horse his curb and the falcon her bells, so man hath his desires; and as pigeons bill, so wedlock would be nibbling.
ref: c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
glosses: to stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness
Derived terms: bill and coo
bill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪl/
enpr: bîl
ipa: [bɪɫ]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [bɪo̯]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [bɪʊ̯]
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: bills
Etymology: From Middle English bill, bille, bil, from Old English bil, bill (“a hooked point; curved weapon; two-edged sword”), from Proto-Germanic *bilją (“axe; sword; blade”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH- (“to strike; beat”). Cognate with West Frisian bile (“axe”), Dutch bijl (“axe”), German Bille (“axe”).
Senses: examples: text: At Floddon hyllys, / Our bowys, our byllys / Slew all the floure / Of theyr honoure.
ref: 1513, John Skelton, Agaynst the Scottes; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 116, lines 25–28:
text: In the British Museum there is an entry of a warrant, granted to Nicholas Spicer, authorising him to impress smiths for making two thousand Welch bills or glaives.
ref: 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, […], London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC:
text: France had no infantry that dared to face the English bows and bills.
ref: 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, 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:
synonyms: polearm
glosses: Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.
synonyms: billhook
hand bill
hedgebill
glosses: A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.
synonyms: billman
glosses: Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.
glosses: A pickaxe or mattock.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke (also called the peak).
Derived terms: acockbill
bill-beetle
billhook
brown-bill
forest-bill
gorebill
handbill
hedging bill
bill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪl/
enpr: bîl
ipa: [bɪɫ]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [bɪo̯]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [bɪʊ̯]
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: bills
form: billing
form: billed
form: billed
Etymology: From Middle English bill, bille, bil, from Old English bil, bill (“a hooked point; curved weapon; two-edged sword”), from Proto-Germanic *bilją (“axe; sword; blade”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH- (“to strike; beat”). Cognate with West Frisian bile (“axe”), Dutch bijl (“axe”), German Bille (“axe”).
Senses: glosses: To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.
bill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪl/
enpr: bîl
ipa: [bɪɫ]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [bɪo̯]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [bɪʊ̯]
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: bills
Senses: examples: text: The bittern's hollow bill was heard.
ref: 1793, William Wordsworth, An Evening Walk:
glosses: The bell, or boom, of the bittern.
bill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪl/
enpr: bîl
ipa: [bɪɫ]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [bɪo̯]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [bɪʊ̯]
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: bills
form: billing
form: billed
form: billed
Etymology: From a pronunciation spelling of build.
Senses: examples: text: And we don't really need Netflix, I'mma give you something to watch / After we done, bill a spliff and cotch / Pour me a glass of the Henny on the rocks
ref: 2016 February 14, Joseph Adenuga, Darren Dixon, Tariq Devega, “Ladies Hit Squad” (track 6), in Konnichiwa, performed by Skepta ft. D Double E and ASAP Nast, Boy Better Know:
glosses: To roll up a marijuana cigarette.
Derived terms: bill up
roadster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊdstə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊdstɚ/
rhymes: -əʊdstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: roadsters
Etymology: Derived from road + -ster.
Senses: examples: text: a sound, swift, well-bred hunter and roadster
ref: 1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC:
glosses: A horse for riding or driving on the road.
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: high nelly
sit-up-and-beg
glosses: A bicycle, or tricycle, adapted for common roads, rather than for the racing track, usually of classic style and steel-framed construction.
glosses: One who drives much; a coach driver.
glosses: A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: An open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat.
glosses: A person who lives along the road.
glosses: a sea-going vessel riding at anchor in a road or bay.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides.
Related terms: roadie
roader
cabriolet
cabrio
convertible
drophead
High Nelly(Irish)
landau
landaulet
nellie(Irish)
acclaimer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acclaimers
Etymology: From acclaim + -er.
Senses: examples: text: […] the voices of thousands of spectators pealing in thunder from the rocks on which their dark and crowded masses rested […] sent forth a shout of mingled triumph on their appearance and approbation of their cause; and its echoes continued to roll round the hills long after the lips of the acclaimers were closed […]
ref: 1824, Charles Maturin, chapter 3, in The Albigenses, volume 2, London: Hurst, Robinson, page 53:
text: 1912, Henry James, letter to William Dean Howells to be read at a dinner in celebration of Howells’ seventy-fifth birthday, in The North American Review, Volume 195, No. 677, April 1912, p. 558,
For I doubt, you see, whether any of your toasters and acclaimers have anything like my ground and title for being with you at such an hour.
glosses: One who acclaims.
One who salutes or praises with great approval.
examples: text: All our Dispute, is, what Companie, of so manie Acclaimers, is the true Church of CHRIST.
ref: 1627, Patrick Forbes, Eubulus, or A Dialogue, Aberdene, page 27:
text: And we wish heartily, that leaving these weak nots of Trueth, to the Papists, chief acclaimers of them, amongst christians, (that we speak nothing of aliens from christianity) ye would be pleased to adhere, with us into the holy Scriptures […]
ref: p. 1638, “The XIV. Duply”, in Generall Demands Concerning the Late Covenant […], published 1662, page 168:
glosses: One who acclaims.
One who claims something.
acclamatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈklæm.ə.tɔɹ.i/
Etymology: From acclaim + -atory.
Senses: examples: text: She looked as surprised by her honor as the rest of the crowd, which hesitated on the verge of the expected acclamatory cheering as if they weren’t certain of what had happened either.
ref: 2019, Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire, Tor, page 177:
glosses: Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation.
acclimatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From acclimate + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being acclimated.
generative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹətɪv/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛnɹətɪv/
ipa: /d͡ʒəˈnɛɹətɪv/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹətɪv/
ipa: [ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹəɾɪv]
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛnɹətɪv/
ipa: [ˈd͡ʒɛnɹəɾɪv]
ipa: /d͡ʒəˈnɛɹətɪv/
ipa: [d͡ʒəˈnɛɹəɾɪv]
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒenəɹətɪv/
ipa: [ˈd͡ʒenəɹəɾɪv]
note: Indic
ipa: /dʒɛnəˈreʈɪv/
Forms: form: more generative
form: most generative
Etymology: From Middle English generatyve, generatyf, generatif, equivalent to generate + -ive. Compare French génératif.
Senses: examples: text: That generative particle.
ref: 1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693:
text: Of course, structures like those associated with (36) and (37) constitute only a tiny subset of the infinite set of well-formed sentence structures found in English. We can increase the Generative Capacity of our grammar ( = the set of structures which it generates) either by expanding the Lexicon on the one hand, or by expanding the Categorial Rules (i.e. Phrase Structure Rules) on the other.
ref: 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 127:
text: The document states that despite its ongoing advancements, generative AI is liable to the United States’s current copyright principles, which take a strict stance on what material—human- or machine-made—qualifies for protection.
ref: 2025 January 30, Tessa Solomon, “AI Art Lacking ‘Human Expression’ Cannot Be Copyrighted, US Officials Say”, in ARTnews:
synonyms: creative
antonyms: annihilative
glosses: Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.
examples: text: Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii:
text: This ceremony seals the covenant in the flesh of the male generative organ.
ref: 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 91:
glosses: Reproductive.
Derived terms: antigenerative
cogenerative
generative act
generative adversarial network
generative AI
generative artificial intelligence
generative grammar
generative lexicon
generatively
generative medicine
generativeness
generativism
generativist
generativistic
generativity
neurogenerative
nongenerative
trigenerative
ungenerative
Related terms: degenerative
generatrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: generatrices
form: generatrixes
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin generātrīx. By surface analysis, generator + -trix.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: describent
generant
glosses: A curve that, when rotated about an axis, produces a solid figure.
generic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɪˈnɛɹɪk/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈdʒɛnərɪk/
note: Indic
ipa: /dʒɪnəˈrɪk/
rhymes: -ɛɹɪk
Forms: form: generics
form: generick
Etymology: From Middle French générique, from Latin genus (“genus, kind”) + -ic; thus morphologically parallel with, and a doublet of, general.
Senses: glosses: A product sold under a generic name.
synonyms: blend#Noun
antonyms: varietal#Noun
glosses: A wine that is a combination of several wines, or made from a combination of several grape varieties.
examples: text: […]a male-centered perspective[…]has resulted in false generics in everyday life[…]
ref: 1998, Jacqueline A. Dienemann, Nursing administration: managing patient care:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A term that specifies neither male nor female.
examples: text: Where the generic of an English-language place name has been translated into French, it is essential to restore it to its original English form when translating the French document into English.
ref: 2024 July 29, “geographical names: translation”, in Writing Tips Plus, Ottawa: Translation Bureau, retrieved 09 Nov 2024:
antonyms: specific
glosses: The part of a toponym that identifies the feature's type.
Related terms: gender
genus
generical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: generic
Derived terms: genericalness
ungenerical
generically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒəˈnɛɹɪkli/
Forms: form: more generically
form: most generically
Etymology: From generic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: There is only inflation or deflation of scale (which we refer to generically as "flation") from whatever is designated as the standard.
ref: 2016, Sarah E. Battersby, Daniel “daan” Strebe, Michael P. Finn, “Shapes on a plane: evaluating the impact of projection distortion on spatial binning, Cartography and Geographic Information Science”, in Cartography and Geographic Information Science, →DOI:
glosses: In a generic manner.
examples: text: an animal generically distinct from another
glosses: With regard to a genus.
condom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒn.dɒm/
ipa: /ˈkɒn.dəm/
ipa: /ˈkɑn.dəm/
ipa: /ˈkʌn.dəm/
Forms: form: condoms
form: condum
Etymology: Unknown. Many speculations exist. Possibly derived from Italian guantone, from guanto (“a glove”).
Senses: examples: text: buy a pack of condoms
text: flavoured condom
text: ribbed condoms
text: However, substantial proportions of participants preferred the nonlatex condom or reported that they would recommend its use to others.
ref: 2009, Albert Altchek, Liane Deligdisch, Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Gynecology:
text: We're in the small percentage of cases in which condoms are ineffective. Looks as if you have some sort of supersperm. You must be very proud.
ref: 2015, Beth Burgoon, About That Night, Don Mills, O.N.: Harlequin Superromance, →ISBN, page 123:
text: I remember that one time I went to the kiosk next door to buy condoms, it was raining, she appeared.
ref: 2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 143:
synonyms: external condom
male condom
hypernyms: condom
<
contraceptive#Noun
<
device#Noun
coordinate_terms: internal condom
female condom
glosses: A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as polyurethane or sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during sexual intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STIs during PIV, anal, or oral.
hypernyms: contraceptive#Noun
<
device#Noun
glosses: Any of various forms of flexible sleeve or barrier, variously shaped for either penetrative or receptive body parts, made of latex or other impermeable material such as polyurethane or sheepskin, worn (by anyone with ) during sexual activity to prevent pregnancy or the spread of STIs.
Synonyms: word: condom
word: cum catcher
word: rubber
Hypernyms: word: contraceptive
word: device
word: prophylactic
word: protection
Hyponyms: word: balloon
word: boots
word: cock sock
word: external condom
word: dinger
word: franger
word: French letter
word: Frenchie
word: glove
word: jim hat
word: jimmy
word: jimmy cap
word: jimmy hat
word: jizzbag
word: joey
word: johnny
word: johnny bag
word: love glove
word: male condom
word: raincoat
word: rubber hug
word: rubber johnny
word: safe
word: Santa sock
word: scumbag
word: sheath
word: French tickler
word: tickler
word: internal condom
word: female condom
word: femidom
Derived terms: condomed
condomization
condomize
condomless
condomlike
external condom
female condom
internal condom
male condom
my condom broke
precondom
USB condom
Related terms: word: condomless
steam engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steam engines
Senses: hypernyms: engine#Noun
<
device#Noun
machine#Noun
coordinate_terms: water engine
wind engine
horse engine
donkey engine
glosses: Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work.
hypernyms: engine#Noun
<
device#Noun
machine#Noun
coordinate_terms: water engine
wind engine
horse engine
donkey engine
steam turbine#Noun
glosses: Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work.
A piston engine driven by steam.
synonyms: fire engine[Appendix:Glossary#archaically|archaically]] synonymous>
glosses: A steam locomotive.
Hyponyms: overhead engine
Coordinate terms: english: steam boiler; what supplies steam to the engine or turbine
translation: steam boiler; what supplies steam to the engine or turbine
word: boiler
Derived terms: employ a steam engine to crack a nut
honorary steam engine
Related terms: steam locomotive
steam power
steam roller
steam shovel
steam tractor
portable engine
traction engine
engine driver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: engine drivers
Senses: examples: text: Queen Mary of the Iron Road. By Fred C. Bishop. […] This is the life-story of a boy who was determined to become an engine driver, and who lost no time in realising his ambition. A bold plunge from a clerkship in a coal merchant's office carried Fred Bishop, at the age of 14, into the locomotive department of the London & North Western Railway.
ref: 1947 January and February, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 62:
text: In 1914, the Hendon and Finchley Times published a piece titled 'People who have no Christmas'. An engine-driver's comment was this: "For many years now I have never enjoyed a real Christmas. My engine has claimed me on this day, and my only regret is that I am not attached to a slow goods train, so that I could snatch time to eat some plum-pudding."
ref: 2022 December 14, David Turner, “The Edwardian Christmas getaway...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 35:
synonyms: word: engineer
word: railroad engineer
word: locomotive engineer
word: train driver
word: train operator
glosses: The person who drives the engine of a train.
fire engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɪə(ɹ).ɛn.dʒɪn/
enpr: fīər ĕn jĭn
ipa: /faɪɚ.ɛn.dʒɪn/
Forms: form: fire engines
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: fire truck (usually synonymous in current usage); fire appliance; water engine (formerly synonymous)
text: A fire aboard TfW 175007, working a Holyhead-Cardiff Central service on February 8, closed the A483 road while five fire engines from Wrexham, Deeside, and Cheshire attended the scene.
ref: 2023 March 22, “Network News: Class 175s withdrawn for safety checks after fires”, in RAIL, number 979, page 13:
topics: firefighting
government
transport
vehicles
glosses: A vehicle used by firefighters to pump water to fight a fire. Typically, a fire engine carries a supply of water and has the ability to connect to an external water supply.
examples: text: A plan somewhat similar to this was adopted by Smeaton in the boiler of his portable fire engine.
ref: 1844, William Pole, A Treatise on the Cornish Pumping Engine - Parts 1-3, page 110:
text: In the same year a very compact arrangement for a stationary fire engine was described by Mr. Wm. Baddeley, in which he proposed it should be worked like a capstan by means of handspikes, and it could be bolted down to a ship's deck, or fastened wherever wanted.
ref: 1866, Charles Frederick T. Young, Fires, Fire Engines, and Fire Brigades: With a History of Manual and Steam Fire Engines, page 93:
text: This discovery gave a great impulse to mechanical ingenuity, and many schemes were contrived to make this new agent available as a motive power; but the first of these projects that appears to have been of any avail was the fire engine of Captain Tomas Savery, who produced a vacuum by condensing steam in close vessels, and then applied the vacuum so obtained to the elevation of water.
ref: 1868, John Bourne, A Treatise on the Steam-engine in Its Various Applications to Mines, Mills, Steam Navigation, Railways, and Agriculture, page 4:
glosses: A steam engine.
Derived terms: fire engine red
jet engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jet engines
Senses: glosses: An engine that obtains thrust by taking in air at the front, using it to burn fuel, then ejecting the hot combustion products at the rear through a propulsive nozzle.
glosses: Any engine propelled by expelling a high speed fluid jet (jet propulsion), such as a rocket, turbojet, turbofan, ramjet, etc.
Derived terms: fanjet
jet turbine
pulsejet
ramjet
scramjet
turbojet
Related terms: duct engine
gas turbine
jet propulsion
pulse detonation engine
turbofan
turboprop
turboshaft
piston engine
rocket engine
rotary engine
engine trouble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: engine troubles
Senses: glosses: problems occurring with an engine or motor, especially with that of a motor car
cowardice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊədɪs/
ipa: /ˈkaʊɚdɪs/
ipa: /ˈkaʊə(ɹ)daɪs/
Forms: form: cowardices
form: cowardize
form: cowardise
Etymology: From Middle English cowardise, borrowed from Anglo-Norman cuardise (modern French couardise).
Senses: examples: text: The ſecond property of your excellent ſherris, is the vvarming of the blood, vvhich before (cold & ſetled) left the lyuer vvhite & pale, vvhich is the badge of puſilanimitie and covvardize: but the ſherris vvarmes it, and makes it courſe from the invvards to the partes extreames, […]
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
text: [Ilhan] Omar was left twisting in the wind earlier this year after facing spurious charges of antisemitism, a display of Democratic cowardice co-signed by Chelsea Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and most every other Democrat with a congressional leadership position.
ref: 2019 July 19, Noah Kulwin, “Democrats Fail the Left, Once Again”, in Jewish Currents:
synonyms: cowardliness
cowardness
cowardship
glosses: Lack of courage.
Synonyms: word: cowardice
word: fearfulness
word: pusillanimity
word: cowardliness
word: poltroonery
word: chicken-heartedness
word: hen-heartedness
Hypernyms: word: lack
Related terms: word: coward
word: cowardly
word: afraid
word: shy
shoulder blade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoulder blades
form: shoulderblade
form: shoulder-blade
Etymology: From Middle English schuldre blad.
Senses: glosses: Either of the large flat bones at the back of the shoulder.
Synonyms: scapula
shoulder bone
blade of grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blades of grass
Senses: glosses: A single long, narrow leaf of a plant described by the mass noun grass.
examples: text: "By the time I had walked much of the route of the Dartmoor Line with Christian, Matt and other Devon council staff, we knew what we wanted to achieve and the date we wanted to reopen the railway. There was not a blade of grass between us," says Davis.
ref: 2022 April 6, Anthony Lambert, “Industry is getting with the programme”, in RAIL, number 954, page 49:
glosses: A very small amount of something.
Related terms: drop of water
grain of sand
speck of dust
razor blade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪzə(ɹ)ˈbleɪd/
Forms: form: razor blades
form: razorblade
form: razor-blade
Senses: glosses: A thin piece of steel with a sharp edge that can be fitted into a razor.
synonyms: head[Appendix:Glossary#ellipsis|elliptically]]>
glosses: A replaceable cartridge in which razor blades are set, fitted into a razor.
glosses: A thin interchangeable blade for a utility knife (especially, that of a Stanley knife) that is similar to a razor blade stricto sensu (in size, thinness, and sharpness).
razor blade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪzə(ɹ)ˈbleɪd/
Forms: form: razor blades
form: razor blading
form: razor bladed
form: razor bladed
Senses: examples: text: In the razor blade tests DeVries conducted the person who was razor blading it before cure was exactly the same person that was doing it after cure.
ref: 1988, Certain High Intensity Retroreflective Sheeting, Inv. 337-TA-268, page 374:
text: It's unlikely that anyone will razor blade your pack open inside a hotel, but light fingers may, occasionally, dip into unlocked luggage.
ref: 1991, Rob Rachowiecki, Peru: A Travel Survival Kit, page 185:
text: I was the last man aboard. The last to feel her as a living vessel before she became a steel hulk and was razor bladed.
ref: 2019, Simon Quail, Gangway: A Life at Sea, page ii:
text: To those of us living in democracies today, the image of my father sitting at home and razor blading out a page to glue in the newly updated replacement might seem ridiculous.
ref: 2020, Natan Sharansky, Gil Troy, Never Alone: Prison, Politics, and My People:
glosses: Alternative form of razor-blade.
oar blade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oar blades
Etymology: From oar + blade.
Senses: glosses: The flanged portion of an oar; not the handle nor the shaft.
segue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛɡweɪ/
rhymes: -ɛɡweɪ
homophone: Segway
Forms: form: segues
form: segueing
form: segued
form: segued
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian segue (“it follows”), from seguire (“to follow”), from Latin sequor; originally a term used in a musical score to indicate that the next movement or passage is to follow without a break. Cognate with Spanish seguir. Doublet of sue. Related to suit and sequence.
Senses: examples: text: I can tell she’s going to segue from our conversation about school to the topic of marriage.
text: Then, in a staggering display of empathy for the deceased lacking, this friend segues to the narcissist nub of the matter: "Omg wat if yu get arrested b4 yur bdai."
ref: 2009 March 10, Rosie DiManno, “Murder reduced to infantile online postings”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2009:
text: I don't even know how you would start to do the cleanup work even though it's very much necessary. So then that also leads me to be like, are there people that we could talk to within the movement that could create tools or automations or how are those even informed in the first place? I mean, just to segue slightly, there's been a lot of conversation about Wikimania, about AI in general in varying different ways, and that's more or less what this is, is AI being like, a woman with a microphone is an artist or an entertainer, and so how do we retrain or do the cleanup of this AI to be more accurate?
ref: 2024, Kira Wisniewski, Making structured data more accessible:
synonyms: transition
glosses: To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.
examples: text: Beethoven’s symphonies effortlessly segue from one theme to the next.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To make a smooth transition from one theme to another.
glosses: To play a sequence of records with no talk between them.
raw_tags: of a disc jockey
segue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛɡweɪ/
rhymes: -ɛɡweɪ
homophone: Segway
Forms: form: segues
form: segué
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian segue (“it follows”), from seguire (“to follow”), from Latin sequor; originally a term used in a musical score to indicate that the next movement or passage is to follow without a break. Cognate with Spanish seguir. Doublet of sue. Related to suit and sequence.
Senses: glosses: An instance of segueing, a transition.
depreciate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈpɹiːʃɪeɪt/
ipa: /dəˈpriʃiˌeɪt/
Forms: form: depreciates
form: depreciating
form: depreciated
form: depreciated
form: depretiate
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English depreciaten, borrowed from Late Latin dēpretiātus / dēpreciātus, perfect passive participle of dēpretiō / dēpreciō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + pretium (“price”) + -ō.
Senses: examples: text: […] which […] some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate.
ref: 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe:
text: To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself.
ref: 1 December, 1783, Edmund Burke, speech on Fox's East India Bill:
synonyms: devalue
antonyms: appreciate
glosses: To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
synonyms: devalue
antonyms: appreciate
glosses: To decline in value over time.
examples: text: They depreciated him because he was the youngest on the team.
antonyms: word: aggrandize
word: big up
glosses: To belittle or disparage.
Derived terms: depreciative
depreciator
depreciatory
nondepreciated
self-depreciate
undepreciated
Related terms: appreciate
precious
price
prize
stinkbomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stinkbombs
form: stink bomb
form: stink-bomb
Etymology: From stink + bomb.
Senses: synonyms: stench bomb
glosses: A device that produces a burst of unpleasant odors, used as a weapon or a prank.
examples: text: That trash bin is one big stinkbomb.
glosses: A source of unpleasant odors, such as rotten eggs or garbage.
stink bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stink bombs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stinkbomb.
quintillion
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɪnˈtɪljən/
rhymes: -ɪljən
Forms: form: quintillions
Etymology: From quint- (“five”) + -illion.
Senses: examples: text: Last week, we used[…]the BBC News website's biggest number: 9,223,372,036,854,775,808, that's 9.2 quintillion[…][the maximum video viewer count on YouTube's] updated counter software.
ref: 2014, “Small Data: Those big numbers keep on coming”, in BBC News Magazine Monitor, BBC:
text: “I’m not sure I understand why we have to send a quadrillion-credit mission to another galaxy.”
He looked fleetingly amused. “Quintillion... and we don’t have a choice, Harper. Any of us, really, but humanity especially.”
ref: 2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 1, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 32:
text: You are currently logged on to the largest version of the internet that has ever existed. By clicking and scrolling, you’re one of the 5 billion–plus people contributing to an unfathomable array of networked information—quintillions of bytes produced each day.
ref: 2023 December 18, Charlie Warzel, “Nobody Knows What’s Happening Online Anymore”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: Either of two very large amounts:
A billion billion: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 10¹⁸.
synonyms: trillion[long scale]]>
qualifier: short scale
glosses: Either of two very large amounts:
A million quadrillion: 1 followed by 30 zeros, 10³⁰.
synonyms: nonillion
qualifier: long scale
examples: text: Near-synonyms: gazillion; see also Thesaurus:zillion
text: He had like a quintillion excuses for why he couldn't meet his obligation to me.
glosses: An unspecified very large number.
Coordinate terms: thousand
million
milliard
thousand million
billion
trillion
quadrillion
sextillion
Related terms: word: Previous: quadrillion. Next: sextillion.
word: Previous: quadrilliard. Next: quintilliard.
sense: ISO prefix
english: short scale
translation: short scale
word: exa-
quintillion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɪnˈtɪljən/
rhymes: -ɪljən
Forms: form: quintillions
Etymology: From quint- (“five”) + -illion.
Senses: glosses: Any very large number, exceeding normal description.
currency code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: currency codes
Senses: examples: text: My foreign exchange applet knows the currency codes for all officially recognized currencies, not just USD and GBP.
glosses: A three-letter designation assigned by ISO standard 4217 denoting a given currency.
Related terms: country code
language code