cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
DIYing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: DIY-ing
Senses: examples: text: 1997, Miranda Castro, Homeopathic Guide to Stress, St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 231,
Once you have strained any muscle – whether exercising or DIYing or giving birth – it is important to take immediate action.
text: Women were rarely shown actually DIYing, though, which suggests the product manufacturers behind the advertising saw women’s role as primarily designers and decision-makers.
ref: 2000, Mary M. Talbot, All the World and Her Husband: Women in Twentieth-Century Consumer Culture, Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 139:
text: If you want to colour your hair but achieve expensive looking results you don’t have many options. Either stay very close to your natural hair colour or visit a salon on a trainee night and choose something more adventurous. If DIYing you can use a permanent hair colour to cover grey or just give your hair even tone and gloss.
ref: 2004, Rachel Cunningham-Day, The Girls’ Guide to Wealth, upublish.com, →ISBN, page 113:
text: A salon treatment is usually more effective, but buy a lemon if you’re DIYing, which can remove stains from your palms.
ref: 2007, Linda Bird, Look Gorgeous Always: Find It, Fake It, Flaunt It, Perigee, →ISBN, page 111:
glosses: present participle and gerund of DIY
DIYed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of DIY
enchains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enchain
enchaining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enchain
enchained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enchained
form: most enchained
Senses: examples: text: A hem or seam for sewed articles, consisting of a main layer of textile or similar material and a superimposed layer of material having a turned-under edge and secured to said main layer by two connected rows of locked or enchained stitches entering and emerging at different points on the same side of the work , one of said rows entering under said edge, and said edge lying between the extremities of said stitches.
ref: 1911, Decisions of the Commissioner of Patents and of the United States Courts in Patent and Trade-Mark and Copyright Cases, page 372:
text: In order to determine the number of regioerrors per polymer chain, the intensity of the integrals from regioerrors (both terminated and enchained) was compared to the average polymer molecular weight (Table 3.1).
ref: 2003 ·, Douglass Rodger Sillars, Mechanistic Investigations in Metallocene-catalyzed Alkene Polymerization Through Direct Observation of the Catalytic Species, page 132:
text: What this means for Dimini, with its single complete ring, is the significance of the enchained relations between residents and others living away from the site as embodied in the high proportion of orphan shell fragments.
ref: 2007, John Chapman, Bisserka Gaydarska, Ana Raduncheva, Parts and Wholes: Fragmentation in Prehistoric Context, page 197:
glosses: Linked together; forming a chain or interrelated sequence.
examples: text: Tell me, O ilustriaous deity, O sinless lord of all creatures, what are those words by which one becomes enchained and what those words by speaking which one may be freed from one's bonds.
ref: 1893, Rāya, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, page 658:
text: There have been statues of enchained gods throughout Greece, and the statue of Hera of Samos was one of the most famous among them.
ref: 1971, Joseph Strelka, Anagogic Qualities of Literature - Volume 4, page 151:
text: And this man, well –I think he is enchained for the rest of his life. After a person acquires a family, and if he is a responsible person, –well, he is enchained.
ref: 1973, Robert Edwin Scott, Latin American Modernization Problems, page 81:
glosses: Not free; bound by chains or as if by chains; in bondage.
Derived terms: disenchained
enchained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enchain
pinwheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinwheel
pinwheels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pinwheel
circular saws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circular saw
remodeler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: remodelers
form: remodeller
Etymology: From remodel + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who remodels or does remodeling.
bullyrags
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bullyrag
bullyragging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bullyrag
bullyragged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bullyrag
sing alongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sing along
sings along
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sing along
singing along
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sing along
sang along
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of sing along
sung along
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of sing along
hissie fits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hissie fit
expurgates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of expurgate
expurgating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of expurgate
lagomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lagomorphs
Etymology: From translingual Lagomorpha.
Senses: antonyms: nonlagomorph
glosses: A member of the mammalian taxonomic order Lagomorpha, a hare, a rabbit, or a pika.
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fursona that is a hare or rabbit.
Derived terms: nonlagomorph
Related terms: bunnysona
yogis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yogis
Senses: glosses: plural of yogi
yogis
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Yogis
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yogi
Drago
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dragos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Drago.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
yoginis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yogini
remodeller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: remodellers
form: remodeler
Etymology: From remodel + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who remodels or does remodelling.
bangtail musters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bangtail muster
remodelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: remodeled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of remodel
tuchus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: influenced by Poylish
ipa: /ˈtʊxəs/
note: influenced by Poylish
ipa: /-k-/
note: influenced by Litvish
ipa: /ˈtɒxəs/
note: influenced by Litvish
ipa: /-k-/
Forms: form: tuchuses
form: tuchi
form: toches
form: tochis
form: tochus
form: tokhes
form: tokus
form: tookus
form: tucchus
form: tuchas
form: tuches
form: tuchis
form: tuckus
Etymology: From Yiddish תּחת (tokhes, “buttocks”), in turn from Hebrew תַּחַת (tákhat, “buttocks”).
Senses: examples: text: he sat on the top of mountains and read Wordsworth and Lenin aloud to extravagantly beautiful shikseh waitresses with golden pigtails down to their tocheses (no one ever said arse in this gathering, it was always toches) who repaid him with free Glühwein and he wasn't prepared to tell me what else.
ref: 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage, published 2007, page 66:
text: House: You had a hot flash. Those guys kicked your guys hard enough to do lasting damage. You didn’t even look when presented with two reasonably attractive tuchi — yeah! I said it!
Reese: I was listening to my doctor.
House: People generally listen with their ears, leaving their eyes free to wander. I’m guessing that your testosterone level is just below Bieber [scil. Justin Bieber].
ref: 2012 February 20th, Sara Hess, Liz Friedman, “Man of the House”, in Colin Bucksey, director, House, season 8, episode 13, spoken by Gregory House and Joe Reese (Hugh Laurie and Jake Weber):
glosses: The buttocks, rear end, butt.
Derived terms: tough tuchus
Related terms: tush
tushie
Ithaca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɪθəkə/
Forms: form: Ithaka
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἰθάκα (Itháka), Doric form of Ἰθάκη (Ithákē).
Senses: coordinate_terms: Cephalonia
Corfu
Kythira
Lefkada
Paxos
Zakynthos
glosses: An island of the Ionian Sea, Greece; according to the legend Odysseus was its king.
glosses: A community in Georgia, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Gratiot County, Michigan.
glosses: A village in Nebraska.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Tompkins County, New York.
glosses: A town in Tompkins County, New York, surrounding the city of the same name.
glosses: A village in Ohio.
glosses: A town in Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Ithacensian
Ithacan
tuches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tucheses
Senses: examples: text: Jaime left his brother covered in front like one of those grooms one sees on wedding cakes, but with his tuches out in the air.
ref: 1983, Mario Szichman, translated by Roberto Picciotto, At 8:25 Evita Became Immortal, Ediciones del Norte, page 287:
text: She threw the paper back. “Wipe your tuches with your help, naah!”
ref: 1998, Eileen Pollack, Paradise, New York, Temple University Press, →ISBN, page 84:
text: “Your Abba is there to save your tuches, as usual.”
ref: 2008, Elisa Albert, The Book of Dahlia, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 87:
glosses: Alternative form of tuchus.
Jaffa oranges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jaffa orange
surviving spouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surviving spouses
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A spouse that outlives the person to whom they are married, thereby obtaining legal rights with respect to the property of the deceased spouse.
topics: economics
government
sciences
taxation
glosses: An unmarried taxpayer whose spouse has been deceased for less than two taxable years, and who provides a home for one or more dependents of the deceased.
surviving spouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surviving spouse
Restatement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Restatements
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Any of several treatises published by the American Law Institute in which a group of legal scholars within a field of law set forth the principles of that field of law based on legal precedents.
Restatements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Restatement
beats a dead horse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beat a dead horse
pianiste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pianistes
Etymology: Borrowed from French pianiste (“pianist (male or female)”).
Senses: examples: text: I have never published any of my compositions because I feel that they cannot add anything to my reputation as a pianiste, of which I am—-
ref: 1912, Mary Greer ConklinMix, Conversation: What to Say and How to Say It, page 96:
text: Not only did Carré state that she could covertly contact a pianiste, but this man had also managed to evade capture by the Germans!
ref: 2012, Debra Milligan, The Dawn:
text: Margaret is in the drawing room, thumping the life from some unfortunate sonata. She is persistent, but she will never make a pianiste.
ref: 2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 36:
glosses: A female pianist.
beaten a dead horse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of beat a dead horse
grandad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandads
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of granddad.
BG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BGs
Senses: topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
glosses: Initialism of boy/girl.
BN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Malay
Senses: qualifier: Malaysian politics
glosses: initialism of Barisan Nasional (“National Front”)
glosses: Initialism of Black Nigger.
edifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈɛdɪfaɪz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of edify
edified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛdɪfaɪd/
Etymology: From edify + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of edify
edified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛdɪfaɪd/
Forms: form: more edified
form: most edified
Etymology: From edify + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Long they thus travelled in friendly wise, / Through countreyes waste, and eke well edifyde [...].
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: In Calvià the demoasidetion of 16 hotels built in the early 1970s and the new planning strategies have given visibiasidety to a possible reuse of edified areas often showing relevant impacts, in Rimini the project tried to put into action a process of divulgation on sustainable tourism themes.
ref: 2007, Peter M. Burns, Marina Novelli, Tourism and Politics:
text: The Pissaglio river alluvial fan is the area where about 90% of Bruzolo edified areas are located (Fig. 2) .
ref: 2013, Claudio Margottini, Paolo Canuti, Kyoji Sassa, Landslide Science and Practice: Volume 6, page 393:
glosses: Furnished with buildings.
examples: text: Based on the definition put forward and the fact that the elements surrounding the square should be clearly visible, we can state that it is not the edified elements which delimit the square, but rather, that it is the square which bestows on them a tangential sense of boundary and conformation;
ref: 2016, Vitor Abrantes, Bárbara Rangel, José Manuel Amorim Faria, The Pre-Fabrication of Building Facades, page 37:
text: Summing up, the designed buildings' generic ontology intends to establish a generalist organization for edified structures, based on the CityGML standard.
ref: 2016, Telmo Adão, Luís Magalhães, Emanuel Peres, Ontology-based Procedural Modelling of Traversable Buildings Composed by Arbitrary Shapes, page 43:
text: Still in the colonial period, it began to be charged when it focused on the ownership of edified buildings.
ref: 2024, Ana Arromba Dinis, Fátima David, Liliana Pereira, Assessing Policy Landscapes in Taxation Dynamics, page 331:
glosses: Built or constructed.
examples: text: Will you allow then at once, that their feeling, and their notion of being more edified, will justify their heresies and their schism?
ref: 1832, John Warton, Death-bed Scenes and Pastoral Conversations, page 448:
text: The oftener you are at them, the better you will like them, and the more edified you will be by them;
ref: 1845, William Beveridge, The Theological Works, volume 6, page 396:
text: I am personally very edified at the amount of energy and effort they apply to age cases, not only dealing with the people and the issues but frequently dealing with other related issues as well.
ref: 1988, Mediation and Older Americans, page 37:
text: I concede that I may be overestimating Jung's significance for your emotional life, as he himself did, and you can believe me when I say that I am not very edified by this symptom of unconscious identification with him.
ref: 1993 (quote dated 1914), Sigmund Freud, Sándor Ferenczi, Eva Brabant-Gerö, The Correspondence of Sigmund Freud and Sándor Ferenczi, page 7:
glosses: Morally or intellectually improved.
Derived terms: unedified
cummingtonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cummingtonite
BZ
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Bravo Zulu.
Related terms: BZ black hole
BZ reaction
activistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /æk.tɪˈvɪst.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɪstɪk
Forms: form: more activistic
form: most activistic
Etymology: From activist + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the practice of activism or the behavior and beliefs of activists.
Derived terms: nonactivistic
CF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CFs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of cluster fuck.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Charlie Foxtrot.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of center field.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of center fielder.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of cash flow.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of cystic fibrosis.
qualifier: machine learning
glosses: Initialism of collaborative filtering.
glosses: Initialism of commercial film, television advertisement.
topics: business
manufacturing
sewing
textiles
glosses: Initialism of center front, a line on a pattern marking the center on the front side of a piece of clothing.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A CF (CompactFlash) memory card.
CF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Canadian Forces.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
synonyms: CFlash
glosses: Initialism of CompactFlash.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
synonyms: CFast
glosses: Initialism of CompactFast.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of (.NET) Compact Framework.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Abbreviation of ColdFusion.
CF
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of child-free.
CF
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of carried forward.
glosses: Alternative form of cf. (“confer, compare”).
ogi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A fermented cereal porridge from West Africa, typically made from maize, sorghum, or millet.
tops it off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of top it off
topping it off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of top it off
topped it off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of top it off
eats one's words
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eat one's words
eating one's words
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eat one's words
ate one's words
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of eat one's words
eaten one's words
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of eat one's words
eudiometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eudiometers
Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὔδιος (eúdios, “clear (weather)”) + -meter.
Senses: examples: text: The same ingenious gentleman has also invented some Eudiometers, or instruments, to ascertain with the greatest accuracy, the salubrity of the air.
ref: 1780, Philip Thicknesse, The Valetudinarian's Bath Guide:
glosses: A graduated glass tube, closed at one end, that is used for measuring the change in the volume of gases during a chemical reaction.
Derived terms: eudiometry
dawns on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dawn on
dawning on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dawn on
dawned on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dawn on
duffers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duffer
photon belts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photon belt
scrooges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrooge
scrooges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scrooge
wadis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wadi
gullies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌliz/
Senses: glosses: plural of gully
gullies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌliz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gully
kerbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kerb
waifs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waif
waifs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of waif
adjudicature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adjudicatures
Senses: glosses: An act of adjudication; a judgment.
adjudicatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adjudicature
warier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of wary: more wary
express lane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: express lanes
Senses: glosses: A traffic lane on a limited-access road, intended for faster traffic, that has even more limited access.
glosses: In a supermarket or other large retail enterprise, a checkout aisle reserved for customers with relatively few items to purchase, allowing them to be served more quickly.
Synonyms: sense: traffic lane for faster traffic
word: core lane
core lane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: core lanes
Senses: synonyms: express lane
glosses: In a multi-lane controlled-access highway or expressway system, a lane close to the median and physically separated from the outer lanes, which has fewer entrances and exits than the outer lanes and which is intended for vehicles traveling longer distances, so that these vehicles may proceed in a relatively uninterrupted manner and often at greater speed.
Coordinate terms: collector lane
local lane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: local lanes
Senses: glosses: In a multi-lane controlled-access highway or expressway system, a lane which is physically separated from the (express) lane(s) closest to the median and which is intended for vehicles traveling relatively shorter distances, so that these vehicles may enter and exit the highway system without unduly interrupting the flow of traffic.
Synonyms: collector lane
collector lane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collector lanes
Senses: glosses: In a multi-lane controlled-access highway or expressway system, a lane which is physically separated from the (core) lane(s) closest to the median and which is intended for vehicles traveling relatively shorter distances, so that these vehicles may enter and exit the highway system without unduly interrupting the flow of traffic.
Synonyms: local lane
forelegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foreleg
CY
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CYs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of calendar year.
Related terms: FY
SY
CZ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of (Panama) Canal Zone.
CZ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CZs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of cubic zirconia (cubic zirconium oxide).
glosses: Abbreviation of cubic zirconium (a gem of cubic zirconia).
splayed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /spleɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Etymology: From splay + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: a splayed door frame
topics: architecture
glosses: Of a door or a window: bevelled so as to be larger on one side of the wall than on the other.
glosses: wide open
splayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /spleɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Etymology: From splay + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of splay
splaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From splay + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of splay
splaying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: splayings
Etymology: From splay + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: I point out at the top of the door three holes in the glass, an inch or so in diameter, clean holes that have left no cracks, only simple crater-shaped splayings around each orifice.
ref: 1970, Hélène Cixous, The Third Body, page 60:
glosses: A shape or motion that splays.
laths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /læθs/
rhymes: -æθs
Senses: glosses: plural of lath
lend an ear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lends an ear
form: lending an ear
form: lent an ear
form: lent an ear
Senses: examples: text: Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears: / I come to bury Cæſar, not to praiſe him:
ref: 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 121, column 2:
text: I need an easy friend
I do, with an ear to lend
I do think you fit this shoe
I do, but you have a clue
ref: 1989, Kurt Cobain, “About a Girl”, in Bleach, performed by Nirvana:
glosses: To listen to someone.
Related terms: lend a hand
lesioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lesion
DZ
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of dizygotic.
DZ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DZs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of dropzone
EE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: A new study from the University of Essex, which analysed the speech patterns of 200 participants. About 26% spoke EE, half spoke SSBE and the rest spoke MLE.
ref: 2023 October 31, “Language barrier: why even Harry has stopped speaking the king’s English”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: MLE
SSBE
glosses: Initialism of Estuary English.
topics: Christianity
glosses: Initialism of Evangelism Explosion.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Eudemian Ethics.
glosses: Initialism of English Electric.
EE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EEs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of electrical engineering.
glosses: Initialism of electrical engineer.
examples: text: People with other mental disorders, even common mental disorders like depression, may still experience severe high EE conditions. The interactions between people with different mental disorders and their caregivers, and the precise mechanisms of high EE could be further explored.
ref: 2022 July 21, Siu-Man Ng, Siyu Gao, Amenda Man Wang, Christine Cheuk, Melody Hiu-ying Fung, “Survey of High Expressed Emotions Experienced By Community Mental Health Service Users in Hong Kong During the COVID-19 Pandemic”, in Schizophrenia Bulletin Open, volume 3, number 1, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 2:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of expressed emotion.
examples: text: POV: It's 2015 and you discover the creepiest EE.
glosses: Initialism of Easter egg.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of execution environment
Related terms: topics: engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: CE
topics: engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: EN
topics: engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: ENG
topics: engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: ME
topics: engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: PE
topics: psychiatry
medicine
psychology
human-sciences
sciences
english: emotional over-involvement
translation: emotional over-involvement
word: EOI
word: EN
lesioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lesion
FI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FIs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of factor I (clotting factor I).
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of field interview/interrogation.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
coordinate_terms: TBI
TPI
PI
DI
glosses: Initialism of fuel injection.
glosses: Initialism of fault indicator.
Related terms: sense: clotting factor I
word: FII
sense: clotting factor I
word: FIII
sense: clotting factor I
word: FIV
sense: clotting factor I
word: FIX
sense: clotting factor I
word: FV
sense: clotting factor I
word: FVI
sense: clotting factor I
word: FVII
sense: clotting factor I
word: FX
sense: clotting factor I
word: FXI
sense: clotting factor I
word: FXII
sense: clotting factor I
word: FXIII
sense: fuel injection
word: DFI
sense: fuel injection
word: DI
sense: fuel injection
word: EFI
sense: fuel injection
word: MFI
sense: fuel injection
word: PFI
sense: fuel injection
word: PI
sense: fuel injection
word: TBI
FJ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FJs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of foot job.
machining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of machine
machining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machinings
Senses: glosses: The act or process of machining, of manufacturing or finishing by machine.
Derived terms: electrical discharge machining
horizontal machining center
machining center
micromachining
vertical machining center
machined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of machine
machined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I don’t believe Lindsay senses the satiric undercurrents beneath the machined ripples of Ballard’s prose.
ref: 2011, Will Self, “The frowniest spot on Earth”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.9:
glosses: Created by machine, or as though created by machine.
Derived terms: micromachined
nonmachined
unmachined
HRM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
management
glosses: Initialism of Human resource management.
topics: business
management
glosses: Initialism of hotel and restaurant management.
HRM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Halifax Regional Municipality, a regional municipality in and capital of Nova Scotia.
Federated States of Micronesia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛdəˌɹeɪtɪd ˈsteɪts əv ˌmaɪkɹəˈniːʒə/
Senses: glosses: The official name of Micronesia, a country consisting of about 600 islands in Oceania. Capital: Palikir.
mammillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmamɪləɹi/
Forms: form: more mammillary
form: most mammillary
form: mammillar
form: mamillary
Etymology: From Middle French mamillaire, or its source, Late Latin mamillaris.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a breast or nipple in shape or form.
examples: text: On the other hand, no woman who had ever borne a child (even in her own childhood) could be accepted, no matter how free she was of mammilary blemishes.
ref: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2001, page 273:
glosses: Pertaining to the nipples.
Derived terms: areolomammillary
intermammillary
mammillariform
mammillary body
perimammillary
postmammillary
premammillary
retromammillary
supramammillary
tuberomammillary
Related terms: mammary
mammillar
Mammillaria
mammillary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmamɪləɹi/
Forms: form: mammillaries
form: mammillar
form: mamillary
Etymology: From Middle French mamillaire, or its source, Late Latin mamillaris.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A carbonate coating formed through the precipitation of calcium carbonate onto existing rock below the water surface in cave pools.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A mammillary body, one of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the brain, that form part of the limbic system.
power sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of power set
FR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FRs
Senses: antonyms: NFR
glosses: Initialism of functional requirement.
related: word: fr
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of fr (“for real”).
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of Federal Register.
FR
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: FRs
form: FRing
form: FRed
form: FRed
Senses: related: word: fr
glosses: Initialism of friend request.
FR
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: related: word: fr
glosses: Initialism of for real.
FR
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: related: word: fr
glosses: Initialism of for real.
mashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mash
GN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GNs
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of glomerulonephritis.
glosses: Initialism of graphic novel.
GN
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: related: word: gn
glosses: Initialism of good night.
GN
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of gender-neutral.
GW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of George Washington.
synonyms: GWU
glosses: Abbreviation of George Washington University.
glosses: Abbreviation of Golden Week.
synonyms: GWB
GBII
GB2
GB Jr.
Dubya
W.
43
glosses: Initialism of George W. Bush.
GW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GWs
Senses: topics: astronomy
astrophysics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of gravitational wave.
coordinate_terms: CW
HW
LW
SW
UGW
glosses: Initialism of goal weight.
misbehaving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misbehavings
Etymology: From Middle English misbehaving, equivalent to misbehave + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: My misbehavings make him cry?
ref: 1997, Jo-Anne Elder, Colin O’Connell, Voices and Echoes:
text: While he fears that the father may be angry for his misbehaving, a child would never fear that the father will kill him for misbehaving.
ref: 2013, Vitalis Chi Nwaneri, We Are At War:
glosses: bad conduct or actions
misbehaving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From misbehave + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misbehave
HN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HNs
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Abbreviation of hospitalman.
Related terms: HM
GY
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GYs
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Initialism of galley yarn.
glosses: Initialism of galactic year.
plighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of plight
plighting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plightings
Senses: examples: text: There was a practice in those times, generated, like other involuntary struggles against wrong, by the absurdities in authority, of resorting to marriages, or rather plightings of troth, made in secret, and in the eye of heaven.
ref: 1840, Leigh Hunt, The Seer: Or, Common-places Refreshed, page 55:
glosses: The act by which something is plighted or pledged.
HU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HUs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Hazara University.
qualifier: logistics
glosses: Initialism of handling unit.
glosses: Initialism of Hounsfield unit on the Hounsfield scale, a unit of measurement used on a computed tomography machine.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: prefix for utility helicopter designations
HU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The ECK can be experienced through chanting the word "HU," a special name for God in ECKANKAR. Chanting HU with an open heart to God's love is a central spiritual practice of ECKANKAR. It is alleged to help lift one to spiritual self-realization, and ultimately God-realization.
ref: 2001 03, James R. Lewis, The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions, Prometheus Books, →ISBN, page 297:
text: HU, Law of. The first law of the physical universe. Spirit is the all-penetrating power which is the forming power of the universes of HU, the Voice of HU (God). See also laws of the physical universe. / HU, A Year of. The fifth of the Spiritual Years of ECK. HU is the most ancient name for God, not God Itself.
ref: 2015 October 15, Harold Klemp, A Cosmic Sea of Words: The ECKANKAR Lexicon, ECKANKAR, →ISBN:
glosses: A name for God in the Eckankar new religious movement.
JM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of John Major, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997.
KE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of kinetic energy.
glosses: Initialism of knowledge engineering.
glosses: Initialism of Kegel exercises.
KH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: KHs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Kingdom Hall.
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Initialism of keyholder.
lateral transfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lateral transfers
Senses: glosses: The movement of an employee from his/her current post to a different position without noticeable benefits.
Related terms: sideways promotion
KN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: KNe
form: KNs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of kilonova.
KR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of the Riau Islands: a province of Indonesia.
LB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LBs
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of left back.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of linebacker.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of lower bracket.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of local board.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Lewy body.
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of lysogeny broth; (loosely) any of several similar formulations: Luria broth, Lennox broth, life broth or Luria–Bertani medium.
glosses: Alternative form of lb: Abbreviation of pound (“unit of weight”).
glosses: Initialism of ladyboy.
LB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Langmuir–Blodgett.
glosses: Initialism of London Borough.
glosses: Initialism of Linear B.
examples: text: Happy Valley-Goose Bay, LB A0P 1E0
ref: 1999, Mark Rowh, Opportunities in Electronics Careers, Lincolnwood, IL: VGM Career Horizons, →ISBN, page 120:
glosses: Abbreviation of Labrador.
Derived terms: LB film
LB trough
Brunei Darussalam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹuˈnaɪ ˌdɑɹ.u(s).səˈlɑm/
Etymology: Clipping of Malay Negara Brunei Darussalam.
Senses: examples: text: Islam spread rapidly when Sharif Ali from Taif, Saudi Arabia, who was a descendant of the Prophet's grandson, Sayidina Hasan, became Sultan (Seri Sultan Berkat), succeeding his fatherin-law, Sultan Ahmad. His orderly and just rule based on Islam made Brunei Darussalam a respected and powerful country.
ref: 1992, Broadcasting and Information Department, Prime Minister's Office. Brunei, Brunei Darussalam, page 11:
text: Brunei Darussalam is situated on the north-west of the island of Borneo, between east longitudes 114 degrees 04' and 11 degrees 23' and north latitudes of 4 degrees 00' and 5 degrees 05'.
ref: 2007, USA International Business Publications, Brunei Air Force Handbook, →ISBN, page 21:
text: To inform the future direction and development of inclusive education policy and practice in Brunei Darussalam, it is important that current practices related to school and tertiary levels be monitored and evaluated.
ref: 2007, Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth Education Partnerships, →ISBN:
glosses: The official name of Brunei, a country in Southeast Asia.
Related terms: Dar es Salaam
LR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LRs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of light rail.
glosses: Initialism of light railway.
examples: text: On Thursday, opponents of LR-131 argued that state government shouldn’t be interfering with how parents and medical providers navigate high-risk pregnancies and cases of fatal fetal development.
ref: 2022 October 28, Mara Silvers, “As election nears, doctors, nurses speak out against Born-Alive Infant referendum”, in Montana Free Press:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of legislative referendum.
Related terms: english: light rail transit
translation: light rail transit
word: LRT
LR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Initialism of long rifle.
LR
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: LR parsing
text: In Standard LR parsing, the next parser action (shift, reduce, accept or error) is determined using the current parser state and next input symbol to check the LR parsing table.
ref: 1991, Masaru Tomita, editor, Generalized LR Parsing, Springer, →ISBN, page 157:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software-compilation
glosses: Initialism of left to right, rightmost derivation in reverse.
raw_tags: of a parser
glosses: Initialism of long-range.
Derived terms: sense: left-to-right
word: GLR
sense: long-range
english: long-range anti-ship missile
translation: long-range anti-ship missile
word: LRASM
sense: long-range
english: long-range ballistic missile
translation: long-range ballistic missile
word: LRBM
sense: long-range
english: extra-long-range
translation: extra-long-range
word: XLR
Related terms: sense: long-range
english: extended range
translation: extended range
word: ER
sense: long-range
english: intermediate-range
translation: intermediate-range
word: IR
sense: long-range
english: medium-range
translation: medium-range
word: MR
sense: long-range
english: short-range
translation: short-range
word: SR
LS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: LSC
glosses: Initialism of Local Supercluster.
glosses: Initialism of Lower Sorbian.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of lateral sclerosis.
LS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Initialism of love-shyness.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of lichen sclerosus.
glosses: Initialism of Laron syndrome.
glosses: Initialism of Legius syndrome.
Related terms: LS-swap
LY
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LYs
form: L.Y.
form: L. Y.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of ly; light-year
glosses: Initialism of lethal yellowing.
Synonyms: light year
Derived terms: kLY
MLY
GLY
Related terms: psc
pc
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The official name of Libya from 1977-2011.
MU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of North Maluku: a province of Indonesia.
examples: text: Kishida told the executives, including those from Micron Technology Inc (MU), Intel Corp (INTC) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSM) (TSMC), that stabilizing supply chains would be a topic of discussion at the G7 talks in the western city of Hiroshima.
ref: 2023 May 18, Reuters, “Chipmakers look to Japan as worries about China grow”, in CNN Business:
topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Abbreviation of Micron Technology.
synonyms: Mizzou
coordinate_terms: MSU
Missouri State
glosses: Initialism of University of Missouri
MU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MUs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of matchup.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Initialism of multiple unit.
glosses: Initialism of mutual understanding
glosses: A person engaged in a situationship
MY
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MYs
form: M/Y
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Initialism of motor yacht (“diesel-driven yacht”).
MZ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Mizoram: a state of India.
tee-shirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tee-shirts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of T-shirt.
Lybian Arab Jamahiriya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
composant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: composants
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of corposant.
tapete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tapetes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of tapetum.
NG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NGs
Etymology: no good: attested in The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1909) and in Students’ Edition of a Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1915).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrochemistry
petrology
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of natural gas.
glosses: Initialism of nitroglycerine (nitroglycerin).
examples: text: Could someone please re-post the FAQ to the NG?
glosses: Initialism of newsgroup.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Initialism of narrow gauge.
NG
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: no good: attested in The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1909) and in Students’ Edition of a Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1915).
Senses: synonyms: 🆖
glosses: Not OK. Initialism of no good.
glosses: Initialism of nasogastric.
NG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: no good: attested in The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1909) and in Students’ Edition of a Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1915).
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Newgrounds.
glosses: Initialism of National Geographic.
PY
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Puducherry: a union territory of India.
PY
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PYs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of pack-year.
glosses: Initialism of person-year.
glosses: Initialism of pinyin.
glosses: Initialism of Proto-Yukaghir.
Related terms: py
RW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RWs
Senses: topics: mathematics
probability
sciences
glosses: Initialism of random walk.
examples: text: And the third part will connect the RW populists' claim for traditional heteronormative family politics and[…]
ref: 2020 April 30, Gabriele Dietze, Julia Roth, Right-Wing Populism and Gender: European Perspectives and Beyond, transcript Verlag, →ISBN, page 147:
text: The anti-feminism represented by the RW has to be seen in the context of an increasingly conservative political climate in North America. It's wrong to separate the “economically right wing”[…]
ref: 2019 October 8, Philinda Masters, Inside Broadside: A Decade of Feminist Journalism, Second Story Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Initialism of right wing.
Related terms: SRW
RW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of RationalWiki.
examples: text: The Five of Swords in the RW deck shows a man in possession of three swords while lay behind him on the ground.
ref: 2002, Valerie Sim, Tarot Outside the Box, page 9:
text: Why is the RW deck always recommended to beginners? Is there a special cause to this?
ref: 2021 October 21, kaptenskan, Reddit:
text: It is evident when you glance through the RW deck that the three colors dominate.
ref: 2022, Beryl McClain, Tarot: How to Read Tarot Cards for Yourself or Others, unnumbered page:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
tarot
synonyms: RWS
glosses: Initialism of Rider-Waite; a tarot deck first published in 1909 by William Rider & Son, featuring illustrations based on the ideas of occultist A. E. Waite (which were created by artist Pamela Colman Smith).