cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
midterm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪdˌtɚm/
Forms: form: midterms
form: mid-term
Etymology: From mid- + term.
Senses: examples: text: I only got a C on the midterm, so I really have to study for the final.
text: It was tough cramming for those midterms and finals, staying up 72 hours straight hepped up on caffeine and pizza.
ref: 2005 April 13, Robert MacMillan, “Steal This Song”, in The Washington Post, retrieved 03 Oct 2008:
topics: education
synonyms: midterm examination
glosses: A midterm school exam (i.e., halfway through the term).
examples: text: The AAPI electorate has become more politically engaged in recent election cycles, and although it is not a voting bloc that has historically shown strong support for Trump, growing skepticism toward him could influence key battlegrounds in the 2026 midterms and beyond.
ref: 2025 July 27, Emma Marsden, “Donald Trump's Favorability Rating Falls With AAPI Adults”, in Newsweek:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A midterm election.
overladen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪdən
Etymology: From over- + laden.
Senses: examples: text: The tray was overladen with food.
text: The trunk was overladen with clothes.
glosses: Packed heavily, especially beyond normal capacity; overloaded.
examples: text: The student is overladen with homework.
text: The first-time parents are overladen with new responsibility.
glosses: Burdened excessively.
Synonyms: overburdened
overloaded
overflowing
overwhelmed
brimming
chock-full
crammed
crowded
filled
flooded
inundated
jammed
jam-packed
packed
swamped
overladen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -eɪdən
-eɪdən
-eɪdən
Senses: glosses: past participle of overlade
art paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: art papers
Senses: examples: text: The surface of uncoated fine art paper is sometimes sized with starches or gelatins.
ref: 2004, Harald Johnson, Mastering Digital Printing:
text: They can paste the result onto art paper of a contrasting color for a truly beautiful effect.
ref: 1983, Barbara Pronin, Substitute Teaching: A Handbook for Hassle-Free Subbing:
text: To make window frames, apply gold 33 acrylic paints leaf to craft or art paper, let dry, then cut out frames with a craft knife.
ref: 2003, Holly Harrison, Paula Grasdal, Collage for the Soul: Expressing Hopes and Dreams Through Art:
glosses: Any type of paper that has a specific use in art.
examples: text: Two handsome volumes, well illustrated and printed on art paper, struck a new note in railway literature.
ref: 1934 February, B. K. Cooper, “Some Great Central Reflections”, in Railway Magazine, page 84:
glosses: A high-quality paper coated with china clay (or similar) to give it a smooth surface, used in printing.
Related terms: construction paper
cartolina
root mean square
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: root mean squares
Senses: examples: text: root mean square voltage
topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: word: quadratic mean
word: RMS
word: rms
glosses: The square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares of a set of numbers or values.
Derived terms: root mean square velocity
root mean square velocity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The root mean square of the velocities of all the molecules in a volume of gas; directly proportional to its temperature in the case of an ideal gas.
ideal gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ideal gases
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a hypothetical gas, whose molecules exhibit no interaction, and undergo elastic collision with each other and with the walls of the container
Derived terms: ideal gas law
ideal gas law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: PV=nRT
Pv=R_sT
P=ρR_sT
depending on discipline and context
ref: The ideal gas law can take the forms
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the equation of state of an ideal gas
Related terms: Boyle's law
Charles's law
Gay-Lussac's law
combined gas law
Avogadro's law
mack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæk/
rhymes: -æk
homophone: mac
homophone: Mac
homophone: Mack
Forms: form: macks
Etymology: Clipping of mackerel (“pimp”)
Senses: examples: text: She left with him; he must be a true mack.
text: 007 mark the secret agent
That macks well and gets smart through entertainment
ref: 1997, “The Projects”, in Wu-Tang Forever, performed by Wu-Tang Clan:
glosses: An individual skilled in the art of seduction using verbal skills; a seducer
glosses: A pimp or procurer
Derived terms: mack daddy
mack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæk/
rhymes: -æk
homophone: mac
homophone: Mac
homophone: Mack
Forms: form: macks
form: macking
form: macked
form: macked
Etymology: Clipping of mackerel (“pimp”)
Senses: synonyms: word: hustle
word: whore out
word: dog out
word: hustle
word: mack
word: pander
word: pimp
word: pimp out
word: ponce
word: prostitute
word: punk
word: whore
word: whore out
glosses: To act as pimp; to pander.
examples: text: A show, a ho smashed back to the O
Put them bitches on my beeper then pull some mo’
Cause I bump more hoes than acne
I guess you bitch can’t learn that you just can’t mack me
ref: 1995, “Top Down”, in Cocktails, performed by Too Short:
synonyms: entice
pick up
glosses: To seduce or flirt with.
Derived terms: mack down
mack on
mack out
mack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæk/
rhymes: -æk
homophone: mac
homophone: Mac
homophone: Mack
Forms: form: macks
Etymology: Clipping of mackintosh
Senses: examples: text: “Nothing very special, sir. He had a mack or coat over his arm, and a trilby hat. He wore a tweed suit, sir, I think.”
ref: 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 13, in Well Tackled!:
glosses: A raincoat or mackintosh.
mack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæk/
rhymes: -æk
homophone: mac
homophone: Mac
homophone: Mack
Forms: form: macks
Etymology: Blend of mast + stack
Senses: glosses: An element of a ship's superstructure which places the function of a ship's mast on its exhaust stack, adding the skeletal supporting structure to the smokestack to support the mast's complement of functions.
Dutch clover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Trifolium repens, an important fodder plant.
Synonyms: white clover
Dutch elm disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the country in which the disease was first identified. (It is not specific to Dutch elms.)
Senses: examples: text: The village is a dignified place of thatch, half-timbering, box hedges and neat farms, set among elms (though not as many as formerly, since Dutch elm disease took its toll) on the level plain of the Pewsey Vale.
ref: 1980, AA Book of English Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 67:
text: The process began 50 years ago when Europe’s elms were ravaged by the beetle-borne fungal malady misnamed ʻDutch elm diseaseʼ (which, in fact, is Asian).
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 296:
topics: biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
phytopathology
sciences
glosses: A disease of elm trees caused by ascomycete fungi in the genus Ophiostoma and spread by bark beetles.
Archeozoic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From archeo- + -zoic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Archaeozoic.
Archeozoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From archeo- + -zoic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Archaeozoic.
h.q.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of HQ.
AKR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AKRs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of air kerma rate.
kerma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kermas
Etymology: Acronym for kinetic energy released in matter.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The sum of the initial kinetic energies of all the charged particles liberated by uncharged ionizing radiation (neutrons and photons) in a sample of matter, divided by the mass of the sample.
Derived terms: air kerma rate
clastogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλάω (kláō, “to break”) + -genic.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: capable of causing damage to chromosomes
Derived terms: anticlastogenic
Related terms: clastogenicity
clastrogenic
Dutch cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Cottage cheese.
Dutch door
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dutch doors
Senses: synonyms: half-door
glosses: A door that is divided horizontally into two parts such that the upper part may be opened independently of the lower.
Dutch hoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dutch hoes
Etymology: Called so because of the association of this type of hoe with the Dutch (of the Netherlands), either because it originated with them or because it is widely believed to have originated with them. In the United States, the name is sometimes interpreted by folk etymology as referring to the Pennsylvania Dutch.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of scuffle (“type of hoe”).
synonyms: word: scuffle
extra: type of hoe
Dutch metal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of brass, being an alloy of about 80% copper and 20% zinc, produced in thin sheets and used to make inexpensive jewelry.
Dutch oven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dutch ovens
Etymology: From Dutch (“makeshift, substitutional, replacement, ersatz”) + oven. See Dutch for more information on the now obsolete sense that the term is derived from.
The cigar sense is said to originate in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Senses: examples: text: I heard the most uncommon and unaccountable noise that can be imagined. It was, in fact, occasioned by the clattering of tin pattypans and a Dutch oven against the sides of the panniers.
ref: 1780, William Cowper, letter, 5 June
text: Cast-iron cookware is in the spotlight. Having started with skillets, producers are now introducing Dutch ovens. Despite already owning pots from Staub and Le Creuset, I could not resist the new Dutch oven by Finex Cast Iron Cookware, an American company that makes distinctive octagonal pieces with a dark bronze finish.
ref: 2018 April 16, Florence Fabricant, “Get a Workout With a New Dutch Oven”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
coordinate_terms: saucepan
roasting pan
roaster
stewer
stewpot
;
stockpot
;
cauldron
;
pot-au-feu
;
casserole
;
oven dish
;
kettle
glosses: A large cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid, especially one made of metal.
glosses: A portable oven consisting of a metal box, with shelves, placed before an open fire.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A protective cover for electrical contacts on a railway coupler, particularly but not exclusively used on the London Underground.
examples: text: Dutch Oven = Farting in bed & then lifting the blankets.
ref: 1996, Bart Plantenga, Wiggling Wishbone: Stories of Pata-Sexual Speculation, page 111:
text: a Dutch oven, most commonly a large pot heated by surrounding it with fuel, and placing hot coals on the lid, can also be a mouth. Not only that - it can also be the smell of a bed in which someone has just farted.
ref: 1996, Jonathon Green, Words Apart: The Language of Prejudice, page 191:
text: Oh, man! Dutch oven! Not the Dutch oven! Anything but the Dutch oven! Must find fresh air before it's too late! It's too late! It burns. Mama, it burns!
ref: 2009, Jon Vitti, Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, spoken by Theodore:
text: Hey Lincoln, what's more fun than a Canadian microwave? A Dutch oven!
ref: 2016 May 20, Chris Savino, “Space Invader”, in The Loud House, season 1, episode episode 15, spoken by Lynn Loud:
glosses: The situation where a person breaks wind under the bedcovers, sometimes pulling them over a bedmate's head as a prank.
glosses: A room or vehicle full of marijuana smoke.
glosses: The very end of a Dutch Masters cigar that has been rerolled with marijuana.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Dutch, oven.
Dutch oven
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Dutch ovens
form: Dutch ovening
form: Dutch ovened
form: Dutch ovened
Etymology: From Dutch (“makeshift, substitutional, replacement, ersatz”) + oven. See Dutch for more information on the now obsolete sense that the term is derived from.
The cigar sense is said to originate in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Senses: examples: text: (title)
ref: 2012 May 7, “Dinosaur Flatulence Dutch-Ovened the Jurassic Period”, in Slate:
text: Robin Williams and Billy Crystal standing in an elevator, and Robin Williams was just farting his life away. I guess they were Dutch-ovening each other, just basking in the ambiance of farts.
ref: 2022 August 17, Brittany Sims, “The View’s Whoopi Goldberg was 'scared' for granddaughter to join reality show- but gave her 'best' advice about new gig”, in The Sun:
glosses: To break wind beneath one's bedcovers or some other enclosed space.
Dravidian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹəˈvɪdɪən/
Etymology: From Sanskrit द्राविड (drāviḍa) + -ian. *tamiḻ > *damiḷ > damiḷa- / damila- and further, with the intrusive, 'hypercorrect' (or perhaps analogical) -r-, into dr(a/ā)viḍa.
Senses: glosses: A family of related ethnicities and languages primarily in Southern India, Northeast Sri Lanka, and parts of Pakistan and Bangladesh.
glosses: Any of the languages of these aboriginal peoples; Dravidic.
Derived terms: Elamo-Dravidian
Proto-Dravidian
Dravidian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹəˈvɪdɪən/
Forms: form: Dravidians
Etymology: From Sanskrit द्राविड (drāviḍa) + -ian. *tamiḻ > *damiḷ > damiḷa- / damila- and further, with the intrusive, 'hypercorrect' (or perhaps analogical) -r-, into dr(a/ā)viḍa.
Senses: glosses: A member of any of several aboriginal peoples of India and Sri Lanka thought to have spread in India before Aryan migration.
Dravidian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹəˈvɪdɪən/
Forms: form: more Dravidian
form: most Dravidian
Etymology: From Sanskrit द्राविड (drāviḍa) + -ian. *tamiḻ > *damiḷ > damiḷa- / damila- and further, with the intrusive, 'hypercorrect' (or perhaps analogical) -r-, into dr(a/ā)viḍa.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Dravidian people or language.
cobweb site
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cobweb sites
Etymology: Blend of cobweb + website; from the idea of an abandoned room gradually becoming full of cobwebs.
Senses: glosses: A website that has not been updated for a very long time.
Dravidic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Dravidian language family.
Dravidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Dravidian language family.
safe-conduct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: safe-conducts
Etymology: Attested as early as the 14th century in Robert of Gloucerster's chronicles written in Middle English; ultimately a calque of Old French sauf-conduit.
Senses: synonyms: word: passe-partout
glosses: A document that grants safe passage through enemy territory in times of war.
glosses: A convoy or guard to protect a person in a foreign country.
safe-conduct
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: safe-conducts
form: safe-conducting
form: safe-conducted
form: safe-conducted
Etymology: Attested as early as the 14th century in Robert of Gloucerster's chronicles written in Middle English; ultimately a calque of Old French sauf-conduit.
Senses: examples: text: Who […] Haue paſt the armie of the mightie Turke:
Bearing his priuie ſignet and his hand,
To ſafe conduct vs thorow Affrica: […]
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
glosses: To guarantee safe passage by granting such a document.
safety belt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: safety belts
Senses: glosses: A belt or strap that attaches a person to an immovable object for safety.
glosses: A life belt.
glosses: A seat belt.
Hyponyms: seat belt
safety pin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: safety pins
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
sewing
textiles
glosses: A pin in the form of a clasp, which has a guard to cover the sharp point; used to join two pieces of fabric, etc., together temporarily.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The pin of a hand grenade, which prevents accidental detonation.
sagebrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪd͡ʒˌbɹʌʃ/
Forms: form: sagebrushes
form: sage brush
Etymology: From sage + brush, from resemblance in odor and appearance to Salvia officinalis.
Senses: glosses: Any of several North American aromatic shrubs of the genus Artemisia, having silvery-grey, green leaves.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Artemisia afra
word: African sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia scopulorum
word: alpine sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia tridentata
word: Basin sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia bigelovii
word: Bigelow sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia tridentata
word: big sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia pedatifida
word: birdfoot sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia arbuscula
word: black sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia tridentata
word: blue sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia arctica
word: boreal sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia spinescens
word: budsage
taxonomic: Artemisia californica
word: California sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia carruthii
word: Carruth's sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia californica
word: coastal sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia scopulorum
word: dwarf sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia frigida
word: fringed sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia ludoviciana
word: gray sagewort
word: Great Basin sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia nesiotica
word: island sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia arbuscula
word: little sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia longifolia
word: longleaf sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia arbuscula
word: low sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia michauxiana
word: Michaux sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia papposa
word: Owyhee sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia ludoviciana
word: prairie sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia pygmaea
word: pygmy sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia franserioides
word: ragweed sagebrush
word: sagebrusher
word: sagebrush sparrow
taxonomic: Artemisia filifolia
word: sand sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia rigida
word: scabland sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia cana
word: silver sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia packardiae
word: Succor Creek sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia tripartita
word: threetip sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia rothrockii
word: timberline sagebrush
taxonomic: Artemisia ludoviciana
word: white sagebrush
sage brush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sage brushes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sagebrush.
sailing dinghy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sailing dinghies
Senses: glosses: a small sailboat with a single mast, especially one used for recreation
sailorman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sailormen
Etymology: From sailor + -man.
Senses: glosses: A male sailor.
Related terms: sailorwoman
sailorwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sailorwomen
Etymology: From sailor + -woman.
Senses: glosses: A female sailor.
Related terms: sailorman
sainthood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sainthoods
Etymology: From saint + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: He passed over several archbishops who would traditionally become cardinals to promote Gregory. He also moved Augustine Tolton, who died in 1897 after becoming the first African American priest, one step closer to sainthood.
ref: 2020 November 27, Daniel Burke and Delia Gallagher, “This archbishop has become the first African American cardinal in Catholic history”, in CNN:
text: Prospective candidates for sainthood normally need to have two miracles attributed to them before they can be canonized.
ref: 2024 May 24, Christopher Lamb, “Italian teenager nicknamed ‘God’s influencer’ set to become Catholic Church’s first millennial saint”, in CNN:
glosses: The state of being a saint.
glosses: Saints collectively.
Synonyms: hallowdom
sale price
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sale prices
Senses: glosses: the price at which something is offered for sale
glosses: the reduced price of something during a sale
add one's twopenn'orth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: adds one's twopenn'orth
form: adding one's twopenn'orth
form: added one's twopenn'orth
form: added one's twopenn'orth
Senses: glosses: To offer one's opinion.
Related terms: two cents
twopenn'orth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twopenn'orths
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of two penn'orth.
salespeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salesperson
cravate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cravates
Senses: examples: text: […] his Cravate is old, his Shooes are worn out, […]
ref: 1678, Jean Gailhard, The Compleat Gentleman, page 67:
glosses: Obsolete form of cravat.
allomorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæləˈmɔɹfɪk/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)fɪk
Etymology: From allo- + -morph + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to allomorphism or to allomorphs.
NORBA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of National Off-Road Bicycle Association, one of the component member organizations of USA Cycling (USAC).
allomorphism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allomorphisms
Etymology: From allomorph + -ism.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The property of a compound which has more than one crystalline form or allomorph.
Related terms: polymorphism
NGB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NGBs
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of Nambu-Goldstone boson.
examples: text: All allegations of Prohibited Conduct that fall under the jurisdiction of an NGB will be forwarded to that NGB for response and resolution unless the USOPC identifies a conflict of interest or other concern that necessitates the report being filed with the Center instead. The USOPC will promptly notify the reporting party of the report referral. […] The Investigation Report will be shared with the Claimants(s) and Respondents(s) and any relevant NGBs upon issuance of the Decision, subject to redactions as necessary to protect confidentiality and privacy.
ref: 2025 June 18, “USOPC Athlete Safety Policy”, in USOPC, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2025, pages 13, 16:
text: The new language reads: “The USOPC is committed to protecting opportunities for athletes participating in sport. The USOPC will continue to collaborate with various stakeholders with oversight responsibilities, e.g., IOC, IPC, NGBs, to ensure that women have a fair and safe competition environment consistent with Executive Order 14201 and the Ted Stevens Olympic & Amateur Sports Act, 36 U.S.C § 22501, et. seq.”
ref: 2025 July 22, Kevin Dotson, “US Olympic and Paralympic Committee says it will comply with Trump’s order banning transgender athletes from women’s sports”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of National Governing Body, one of the member organizations of the US Olympic Committee (USOC) charged with governance of recognized sports.
hexad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛksæd/
Forms: form: hexads
Etymology: From hex- + -ad.
Senses: synonyms: sextet
glosses: A group of six.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An element or radical with the combining power of six units, i.e. six atoms of hydrogen.
Derived terms: hexadic
hexadic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɛkˈsædɪk/
rhymes: -ædɪk
Etymology: From hexad + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to a hexad; hexagonal.
cow shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cow shots
Senses: examples: text: The cow shot is regarded as inelegant, and indeed risky, but can be very effective for a batsman with strength and a good eye.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A batting stroke played across the line and aiming to hit the ball towards cow corner.
granola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹəˈnoʊlə/
rhymes: -əʊlə
Forms: form: granolas
Etymology: Earlier, with a capital g, it was a proprietary name for a kind of breakfast cereal, registered in 1886 by Will Keith Kellogg and in use into the early 20th century. It was initially known as Granula and renamed Granola to avoid legal problems with James Caleb Jackson, who invented a similar cereal in 1863, named Granula after the granules of Graham flour, the main ingredient. The food and name were revived in the 1960s. By 1967, it appears in American English, probably from Italian grano (“grain”) or granular, with the commercial suffix -ola.
Senses: glosses: A breakfast and snack food consisting of loose, crispy pellets made of nuts, rolled oats, honey and other natural ingredients.
glosses: Ellipsis of crunchy granola.
Derived terms: crunchy granola
granola bar
granola-head
granola mom
granola
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹəˈnoʊlə/
rhymes: -əʊlə
Forms: form: more granola
form: most granola
Etymology: Earlier, with a capital g, it was a proprietary name for a kind of breakfast cereal, registered in 1886 by Will Keith Kellogg and in use into the early 20th century. It was initially known as Granula and renamed Granola to avoid legal problems with James Caleb Jackson, who invented a similar cereal in 1863, named Granula after the granules of Graham flour, the main ingredient. The food and name were revived in the 1960s. By 1967, it appears in American English, probably from Italian grano (“grain”) or granular, with the commercial suffix -ola.
Senses: examples: text: You see more and more of the granola hippie activist types these days.
text: […]behind them a granola-looking mom in denim overalls and a t-shirt was pulling in to do her drop-off . . . from a Prius.
ref: 2013 November 21, Jame Schaefer, Tobias Winright, Environmental Justice and Climate Change, page 228:
text: Rather, the anti-vax movement is almost entirely a phenomenon of the affluent crunchy granola Left—as everyone across the political spectrum acknowledged until the last week or so.
ref: 2015 February 13, Dennis Saffran, “The Orwellian Campaign To Project Anti-Vaccination Onto Republicans”, in The Federalist:
text: Yet some experts believe that voices from the far right are beginning to drown out those of the crunchy granola crowd.
ref: 2020 June 18, Kiera Butler, “The Anti-Vax Movement’s Radical Shift From Crunchy Granola Purists to Far-Right Crusaders”, in Mother Jones:
glosses: Eating healthy food, supporting the protection of the environment, and having liberal views.
raw_tags: of a person
saddles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saddle
saddles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of saddle
monkey bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined in 1955, in reference to the climbing habits of monkeys.
Senses: glosses: A jungle gym.
glosses: A row of bars, found on playgrounds, under which one hangs by the arms and crosses by brachiation (swinging between bars, legs dangling down).
wool wax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Lanolin.
Synonyms: wool fat
wool grease
wool fat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Lanolin.
Synonyms: wool wax
wool grease
praecipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: praecipes
form: præcipe
Etymology: From Middle English presepe, from Latin praecipe, imperative of praecipere (“to give rules or precepts”). See precept.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A writ demanding action, or requiring a reason for neglecting it.
topics: law
glosses: A request to a court to issue process.
wool grease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: wool fat
wool oil
wool wax
glosses: Lanolin.
skirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɝts/
ipa: /skɜːts/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ts
Senses: glosses: plural of skirt
skirts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɝts/
ipa: /skɜːts/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of skirt
lanolin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlænəlɪn/
Forms: form: lanolins
form: lanoline
Etymology: Former trademark (1885-1902), from lāna (“wool”) + oleum (“oil”) + -in
Senses: examples: text: She was sitting cross-legged on the floor with a tray of leather-bound books in front of her; she was rubbing lanolin into their covers […] ‘Look at these lovely old editions,’ she said, showing me a couple of small tan books, their bindings still glossy and moist from the lanolin, like newly exposed conkers.
ref: 2009, Sarah Waters, The Little Stranger, Virago Press (2018), pages 138-139:
glosses: A greasy yellow substance chemically akin to wax that is secreted from wooly animals, with a variety of uses from rust prevention, lubrication and waterproofing to cosmetics and skin ointments.
Synonyms: word: E913 when used as a glazing agent
sense: greasy yellow substance
word: lanichol
sense: greasy yellow substance
word: laniol
sense: greasy yellow substance
word: wool fat
sense: greasy yellow substance
word: wool grease
sense: greasy yellow substance
word: wool wax
sense: greasy yellow substance
word: yolk
Derived terms: lanolin bush
lanosterol
lanolin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlænəlɪn/
Forms: form: lanolins
form: lanolining
form: lanolined
form: lanolined
form: lanoline
Etymology: Former trademark (1885-1902), from lāna (“wool”) + oleum (“oil”) + -in
Senses: glosses: To treat with lanolin.
clustering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklʌstɚɪŋ/
Forms: form: clusterings
Senses: glosses: A grouping of a number of similar things.
topics: demographics
demography
glosses: The grouping of a population based on ethnicity, economics or religion.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The undesirable contiguous grouping of elements in a hash table.
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
publishing
writing
glosses: A prewriting technique consisting of writing ideas down on a sheet of paper around a central idea within a circle, with the related ideas radially joined to the circle using rays.
Derived terms: autoclustering
biclustering
Brown clustering
clustering key
clusteringly
coclustering
k-means clustering
macroclustering
metaclustering
microclustering
misclustering
nanoclustering
overclustering
preclustering
subclustering
superclustering
triclustering
underclustering
clustering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklʌstɚɪŋ/
Senses: examples: text: I prithee let me bring thee where crabs grow,
and I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts,
Show thee a jay's nest, and instruct thee how
To snare the nimble marmoset. I'll bring thee
To clust'ring filberts, and sometimes I'll get thee
Young scamels from the rock. Wilt thou go with me?
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
glosses: Forming a cluster.
Derived terms: clustering coefficient
clustering illusion
declustering
clustering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklʌstɚɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cluster
Related terms: mind map
whistleblowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whistleblowings
Etymology: From whistle + blowing.
Senses: glosses: The disclosure to the public or to authorities, such as by an employee, of wrongdoing.
Related terms: whistleblower
motherboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌðɚˌbɔɹd/
Forms: form: motherboards
Etymology: Compound of mother + board. Attested since 1965.
Senses: examples: text: An electronics shop was selling ugly refurbished computers. They were small black and grey things with exposed motherboards and cracked cases.
ref: 2018, Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death, HarperVoyager, page 8:
topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: mainboard
mobo
glosses: The primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, mouse and monitor, together with slots for other devices.
wikipedia: motherboard
Derived terms: daughterboard
Related terms: mothercard
circuit board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circuit boards
Senses: topics: business
computer-hardware
computing
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: A board on which electronic components and their interconnecting circuits are mounted or etched.
Derived terms: printed circuit board
Related terms: motherboard
printed circuit
central processing unit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: central processing units
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: CPU
coordinate_terms: graphics processing unit
glosses: The part of a computer that fetches, decodes and executes instructions from memory, possibly through a cache.
sanitarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsæn.ɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌsæ.nɪˈtɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Etymology: From sanitary + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to health, or the laws of health; sanitary.
sanitarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsæn.ɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌsæ.nɪˈtɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: sanitarians
Etymology: From sanitary + -an.
Senses: glosses: A public health or sanitation worker.
glosses: A person who promoted sanitary reforms.
sanitize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsænətaɪz/
ipa: /ˈsænɪtaɪz/
Forms: form: sanitizes
form: sanitizing
form: sanitized
form: sanitized
form: sanitise
Etymology: From sanitary. By surface analysis, sanity + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting.
examples: text: Near-synonym: bowdlerize
text: And yet for all that, the filmmakers were in fact trying to sanitize Mitchell’s novel.
ref: 2007 November 4, Stephen L. Carter, “Almost a Gentleman”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Both caricatures are appropriately mean, but if the show is going to continue using them, it needs to take care not to sanitize the real people, as it has done with dangerously incompetent and malicious figures in the past, such as George W Bush or Trump himself.
ref: 2024 November 17, Zach Vasquez, “Saturday Night Live: Charli xcx has fun in otherwise middle of the road episode”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To make something, such as a dramatic work, more acceptable by removing potentially offensive material.
examples: text: Remember to sanitize your query parameters to avoid SQL injection exploits.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To filter (text) to ensure it does not contain any characters that will cause problems for or be interpreted in an adverse way by the receiving system.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To remove sensitive or personal data from (a database or file).
glosses: To revise (a document) in order to prevent identification of the sources.
Derived terms: sanitizer
Related terms: sanitary
sanitation
milk of magnesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Former trademark; see Wikipedia for details.
Senses: glosses: A milky-white solution of magnesium hydroxide, used as a saline osmotic laxative and as an antacid.
Derived terms: milk of amnesia
foghorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foghorns
form: fog horn
Etymology: From fog + horn.
Senses: glosses: A very loud low-pitched horn, used especially in lighthouses and on large boats.
glosses: A strong gossiper.
Derived terms: voice like a foghorn
foghorn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: foghorns
form: foghorning
form: foghorned
form: foghorned
form: fog horn
Etymology: From fog + horn.
Senses: examples: text: With the gold evening sun burnishing our strings of signal bunting we foghorned our way up the confidently prosperous quayside of Haugesund
ref: 2013, Tim Moore, Frost on my Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a a Loafer:
glosses: To sound a foghorn
examples: text: the voice of the teacher foghorned away undisturbed
ref: 1924, Frank Watts, Abnormal Psychology and Education:
glosses: To shout or bellow in a loud, deep voice
the grass is always greener
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of the grass is always greener on the other side.
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of the grass is always greener on the other side.
choppy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɒ.pi/
rhymes: -ɒpi
Forms: form: choppier
form: choppiest
Etymology: From chop + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.
ref: 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 17, in Well Tackled!:
text: Safely navigating choppy waters has allowed FirstGroup to pay its first interim dividend for almost a decade, and only its second since payments restarted in August.
ref: 2022 November 30, “Network News: First pays out interim dividend after reporting £37m pre-tax profit”, in RAIL, number 971, page 24:
text: “Huh, this lazy river seems like it's getting pretty choppy.”
ref: 2024 October 31, Stephanie Amante-Ritter, “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel” (12:39 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 5, episode 3, spoken by Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid):
glosses: Having many small, rough waves.
raw_tags: of the surface of water
examples: text: The sound is choppy in this video.
glosses: Discontinuous, intermittent.
glosses: Shifting, variable
raw_tags: of wind
Derived terms: choppily
choppiness
Related terms: choppy-changey
chops
dopers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doper
dossard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒsɑː/
ipa: /ˈdɑsɑɹ/
Forms: form: dossards
Etymology: Borrowed from French dossard, from dos (“back (of a person)”) (ultimately from Latin dorsum (“back of the body”), further etymology uncertain) + -ard (suffix forming nouns indicating things belonging to or representing particular classes or sorts).
Senses: examples: text: [Bernard] Hinault will also be wearing a 51 dossard, the same number with which Luis Ocana, [Bernard] Thevenet, [Eddy] Merckx, and [Jacques] Anquetil pedalled to victory in their first Tour.
ref: 1979, Robin Magowan, Tour de France: The 75th Anniversary Cycle Race, London: S. Paul, →ISBN, page 31:
text: We were a platoon of nine carrying the hopes of Team Barloworld through this twenty-one stage counterclockwise yomp around France. Me a mongrel with a Kenyan flag on my dossard and a British passport in my bag.
ref: 2014, Chris Froome, with David Walsh, “2008: The Tour de France”, in The Climb, London: Viking, →ISBN, page 148:
text: Hurricane Bertha—for it was she whose tail was beginning to lash those who had taken the option of a late start and a high dossard number—turned out to be a fickle mistress.
ref: 2014, Richard Williams, “RideLondon–Surrey Classic”, in Ian Cleverley, editor, This Island Race: Rouleur’s Year in the British Isles, London: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 244:
qualifier: cycle racing
glosses: A bib attached to the back of a cyclist's shirt that carries the cyclist's race number.
wikipedia: 2013 Tour de France
Odd Christian Eiking
Paris–Nice
conscientious objector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conscientious objectors
Senses: synonyms: CO
conchy
conshie
Percy
coordinate_terms: pacifist
peacemonger
glosses: Someone who refuses to perform military service (for example to fight in an armed conflict, or be compulsorily drafted in a time of peace) because of religious or moral principles.
Related terms: conscientious objection
tuwhit tuwhoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tʊˌwɪt tʊˈwuː/
Forms: form: tuwhit tuwhoos
form: tu-whit tu-whoo
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: examples: text: Thy tuwhits are lull'd I wot, / Thy tuwhoos of yesternight,[…]
ref: [1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Second Song. To the Same [the Owl].”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, stanza 1, page 21:
glosses: The hoot of a tawny owl.
tuwhit tuwhoo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /tʊˌwɪt tʊˈwuː/
Forms: form: tu-whit tu-whoo
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: glosses: The hoot of a tawny owl.
blowhole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbləʊhəʊl/
Forms: form: blowholes
Etymology: From blow + hole.
Senses: qualifier: marine biology
glosses: The spiracle, on the top of the head, through which cetaceans breathe.
qualifier: marine biology
glosses: A hole in sea ice where cetaceans and pinnipeds come to breathe.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A top-facing opening to a cavity in the ground very near an ocean's shore, leading to a marine cave from which wave water or bursts of air are expelled.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A vent for the escape of steam or other gas.
topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An unintended cavity filled with air in a casting product.
topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A vertical opening in the top of a computer case that lets hot air (primarily from the CPU heat sink) escape quickly.
blowhole
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbləʊhəʊl/
Forms: form: blowholes
form: blowholing
form: blowholed
form: blowholed
Etymology: From blow + hole.
Senses: topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To fill or be filled with air in an unintended cavity.
frugivore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹuːd͡ʒɪˌvɔɹ/
Forms: form: frugivores
Etymology: From French frugivore, from Latin frūgi- + French -vore.
Senses: glosses: An animal whose diet is mostly fruit.
Synonyms: fructivore
fruit-eater
fruitivore
Derived terms: megafrugivore
Related terms: frugivorous
IVG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The goal of in vitro gametogenesis (IVG) is self-explanatory, to produce functional gametes exclusively ex vivo; however, such approaches currently rely on in vivo tissue at various stages.
ref: 2020 August 14, Stem Cell Epigenetics, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 84:
glosses: Initialism of in vitro gametogenesis.
IVG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IVGs
Etymology: From languages in which "voluntary interruption of pregnancy" has the initials IVG, like French interruption volontaire de grossesse, Italian interruzione volontaria di gravidanza, Portuguese interrupção voluntária da gravidez, etc.
Senses: examples: text: By the 1982 mobilisations to force the Left government to include IVGs under the Social Security system, […]
ref: 1989, Contemporary France:
text: It seems less likely that the establishments now performing abortions illicitly will accept to report them in the future, inasmuch as their services are filling a void. The reimbursement of IVGs is not a Social Security item, but a[…]
ref: 1996, Population: English selection:
text: In terms of the implementation, more than 97% of all IVGs are under the 'abortion on demand' option, which led to an improvement in the statistics regarding complications from illegal abortions.
ref: 2016 January 12, J. Outshoorn, European Women's Movements and Body Politics: The Struggle for Autonomy, Springer, →ISBN:
glosses: An inducted abortion (in the context of a country like France).
proxy server
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proxy servers
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A hardware server that acts as an intermediary between a user and another server, usually on the Internet.
Hypernyms: server
Hyponyms: open proxy server
reverse proxy server
Votic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Vote + -ic, named after the Votes who speak it.
Senses: synonyms: Votian
Votish
glosses: A nearly extinct Finno-Ugric language spoken in Ingria.
Related terms: Vote
Votic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Voto + -ic, since Voto is one member of the family.
Senses: glosses: A family of languages spoken in Central America.
Ingria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From New Latin, from Old Swedish Ingermanland. The name could be related to Inger, Inkere (possibly related to Eastern Mari эҥер (eŋer, “river”), names for the Izhora river, a tributary of the Neva, itself named after the Finnic people, the Izhorians.
Or, named after Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, a Swedish princess and Grand princess of Kiev (though this has been dismissed as folk etymology); for the name see Ingegerd.
Senses: glosses: A region to the south of Karelia in what is now Russia.
wikipedia: Grand princess
Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden
Ingria
Izhora
vitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪtəlz/
Senses: glosses: Those organs of the body that are essential for life.
glosses: Those parts of a system without which it cannot function.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Vital signs.
examples: text: ἐκ δὲ Μελάνθιον ἦγον ἀνὰ πρόθυρόν τε καὶ αὐλήν:
τοῦ δ᾽ ἀπὸ μὲν ῥῖνάς τε καὶ οὔατα νηλέϊ χαλκῷ
τάμνον, μήδεά τ᾽ ἐξέρυσαν, κυσὶν ὠμὰ δάσασθαι,
χεῖράς τ᾽ ἠδὲ πόδας κόπτον κεκοτηότι θυμῷ.
ref: 1919, A.T. Murray, transl., The Odyssey (Loeb Classical Library Edition), →ISBN, page 371:
english: Then forth they led Melanthius through the doorway and the court, and cut off his nostrils and his ears with the pitiless bronze, and drew out his vitals for the dogs to eat raw, and cut off his hands and his feet in their furious wrath.
translation: Then forth they led Melanthius through the doorway and the court, and cut off his nostrils and his ears with the pitiless bronze, and drew out his vitals for the dogs to eat raw, and cut off his hands and his feet in their furious wrath.
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glosses: The male genitals.
Derived terms: gnaw someone's vitals
stap my vitals
Karelia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /kəˈɹiːlɪə/
/kəˈɹiːljə/
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Carelia (akin to Russian Каре́лия (Karélija)), a Latinized form of Swedish Karelen. The Swedish word was probably mediated through Old Novgorodian Корѣла (Korěla), itself from the Finnic endonym (compare Finnish Karjala, which see for more).
Senses: glosses: A historical region of Northern Europe, located to the north of Saint Petersburg and politically split between Russia and Finland.
glosses: A republic and federal subject of Russia. Official name: Republic of Karelia. Capital: Petrozavodsk.
Derived terms: Olonets Karelia
Related terms: Kareli
Karelian
Petrozavodsk
Joensuu