cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
acidity function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acidity functions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The relationship between the acidity of a solution and the concentration of its solute.
Hypernyms: function
Hyponyms: Hammett acidity function
adaptive-control function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adaptive-control functions
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
systems-theory
glosses: That part of a control system that dynamically updates the parameters of an optimizing control function or a direct control function
Hypernyms: control function
algebraic function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: algebraic functions
Senses: examples: text: Quite often, algebraic functions are algebraic expressions using a finite number of terms and involving only the algebraic operations addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and raising to a fractional power. Some algebraic functions, however, cannot be expressed by such finite expressions.
text: The value of an algebraic function at an algebraic number is always an algebraic number.
text: 1989, Manuel Bronstein, An Algorithm for the Integration of Elementary Functions, James H. Davenport (editor), EUROCAL '87: European Conference on Computer Algebra, Proceedings, Springer, LNCS 378, page 491,
Trager (1984) recently gave a new algorithm for the indefinite integration of algebraic functions.
text: 1992, A. A. Goldberg, V. A. Pyana, Uniqueness Theorems for Algebraic Functions, A. B. Sossinsky (translation editor), Boris Yakovlevich Levin (editor), Entire and Subharmonic Functions, American Mathematical Society, page 199,
It is known that the algebraic function w=w(z) enables one to determine the polynomial P(z,w) up to a constant factor.
text: 1993, Goro Kato (translator), Kenkichi Iwasawa, Algebraic Functions, American Mathematical Society, page xiv,
Riemann provided a clear picture of many difficult topics. His most significant contribution, rather than his construction of a Riemann surface from an algebraic function, was to derive the existence of algebraic functions as he built his theory based on the concept of a Riemann surface.
topics: algebraic-geometry
geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Informally, any function expressible using (only) the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and raising to a rational power; more precisely, any continuous function definable as the root of some polynomial equation.
Coordinate terms: transcendental function
Related terms: algebraic number
algebraic variety
munters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of munter
spacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spack
spastics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spastic
spazzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spaz
glosses: plural of spazz
heraldric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heraldric
form: most heraldric
Etymology: From heraldry + -ic.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Of, or relating to heraldry; heraldic.
microeconomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + economic or microeconomy + -ic.
Senses: antonyms: macroeconomic#Adjective
glosses: Of, or relating to, microeconomics.
antonyms: macroeconomic#Adjective
hypernyms: microlevel#Adjective
coordinate_terms: microsocial#Adjective
micropolitical#Adjective
glosses: Of, or relating to, a microeconomy.
felching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of felch
felching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act or an instance of sucking semen out of a sexual partner's vagina or anus.
felched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of felch
alternating function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alternating functions
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any function in which the interchange of two independent variables changes the sign of the dependent variable.
newlywed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnjuːliˌwɛd/
Forms: form: newlyweds
form: newly wed
form: newly-wed
Etymology: From newly + wed.
Senses: examples: text: The state where most intermarriages took place was Hawaii, where more than four in 10 newlyweds (42.4%) were intermarried.
ref: 2012 February 16, Ashley Hayes, “Study: Interracial marriage, acceptance growing”, in CNN:
glosses: A recently married person.
newlywed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnjuːliˌwɛd/
Forms: form: newly wed
form: newly-wed
Etymology: From newly + wed.
Senses: examples: text: White/Asian newlywed couples had significantly higher median combined annual earnings, at $70,592, than any other pairing.
ref: 2012 February 16, Ashley Hayes, “Study: Interracial marriage, acceptance growing”, in CNN:
glosses: Recently married.
Synonyms: newlywedded
Coordinate terms: soon-to-wed
printer buffer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: printer buffers
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A hardware or software device that stores a stream of data to be printed until a printer is ready to process it.
Related terms: spooler
anatomy of function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A branch of kinesiology that studies the configuration of limbs during the performance of a task.
Hatti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Hittite 𒆳𒌷𒉺𒋾 (KURᵁᴿᵁḫat-ti /⁠Ḫatti⁠/). The original source etymon is also attested as Akkadian 𒆳𒉺𒋾 (ᴷᵁᴿḫat-ti /⁠Ḫatti⁠/) and Egyptian x:t-U30-A-qmA-xAst (ḫtꜣ).
Senses: glosses: a region of Bronze Age Anatolia, inhabited by the Hattians and then the Hittites
conto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contos
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese conto. Doublet of computus.
Senses: examples: text: ‘I have a friend […] who has filed suit against the state for the cows and sheep that the army troops ate. He's asking for seventy contos in compensation, no less.’
ref: 1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 506:
glosses: In Portugal and Brazil, a million reis.
mutagenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mutageneses
Etymology: From muta- + genesis.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The creation or formation of a genetic mutation.
Derived terms: antimutagenesis
epimutagenesis
hypermutagenesis
mutagenetic
mutagenic
retromutagenesis
transposon mutagenesis
farm animal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: farm animals
Senses: glosses: An animal stereotypically found on a farm; livestock.
Palio di Siena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Italian
Senses: glosses: A horse race that takes place regularly in the main square of Siena, with horses and riders representing the "contrade" of the city
coppa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coppas
Etymology: From Italian coppa (“nape”). Doublet of cup and coupe.
Senses: examples: text: The silken-textured, nutty-sweet prosciutto is named on menus from A16 in San Francisco to Blackbird in Chicago, from Otto in Manhattan to Central Michel Richard in Washington, D.C. The La Quercia range, sold in Whole Foods, has expanded to include organic and heirloom prosciuttos, as well as lardo, pancetta, speck, coppa, guanciale and an annual Acorn Edition, in which subscribers pay $3,000 to receive all the parts of the prized acorn-fed organic Berkshire meat during the year, from fresh to cured.
ref: 2009 February 1, Christine Muhlke, “Aging Gracefully”, in New York Times:
glosses: capicola
maior et sanior pars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin, meaning "greater and sounder part".
Senses: examples: text: Though the majority wanted to expand the dormitory, the maior et sanior pars decided on increasing the library's collection.
glosses: The successful side of an election in which victory is not based on numerical majority but where greater weight has been given to the votes of some electors based on their authority, intellectual prowess, moral standing, purity of intent, and fairness of judgment.
syre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syres
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of sire.
syre
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: syres
form: syring
form: syred
form: syred
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of sire.
Inglis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From English.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English [in turn originating as an ethnonym].
glosses: A local urban district in the Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West, Manitoba, Canada.
glosses: A town in Levy County, Florida, United States.
glosses: A river in north-west Tasmania, Australia.
sasquatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sasquatch
bra chain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bra chains
Senses: glosses: A chain of interlocked bras, constructed as a fundraising event, or to try to break a record.
supersedure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supersedures
Senses: glosses: The act of superseding.
glosses: The replacing of an old queen bee by a new one.
load bearing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: load-bearing
Senses: examples: text: 1906: American Railway Development Association, Proceedings of Meeting, American Railway Industrial Association, Railway Industrial Association
Too many otherwise suitable sites may be found to have sink holes, cavities, or poor load bearing qualities.
text: 1953 O. T. (Oswald Theodore) Zimmerman, Irvin Lavine, Industrial Research Service's Handbook of Material Trade Names
It […] is characterised by […] excellent load bearing characteristics at elevated temperatures.
text: They are also one-hour fire rated on load bearing interior and exterior walls.
ref: 2006, Blaine Erickson Brownell, Transmaterial: A Catalog of Materials That Redefine Our Physical Environment:
topics: business
civil-engineering
construction
engineering
manufacturing
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Able to support a load.
Big Mac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪɡ mæk/
Forms: form: Big Macs
Etymology: From big + Mac (patronymic, from the Mc in McDonald's).
Senses: examples: text: On his thirtieth birthday Buddy Barnes received a reindeer sweater and a ten-dollar bill from his mom, as well as the following gifts from the Sticks: two Big Mac certificates, a package of ribbed prophylactics, three pairs of toe socks, a bottle of Wild Turkey, [...].
ref: 1980, Tom Lorenz, Guys Like Us, Viking Press, page 1:
text: In a light-hearted vein, the weekly news magazine The Economist has tested the PPP index by producing its own Big Mac index. This shows how much a standardized product such as a Big Mac costs in different countries and the result is actually surprisingly close to the PPP index.
ref: 2001, Bjørn Lomborg, The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World, Cambridge University Press, page 73:
text: I've heard my patients talk about exercising to "burn off the Big Mac" they ate for lunch or for that key lime pie they demolished last night. However, this type of reasoning isn't all that compelling if you sit down and work out the math. You must walk more than 6 miles—well over an hour—to burn off a Big Mac.
ref: 2003, Arthur Agatston, The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Management, Rodale, page 144:
text: But when he comes back, he'll come home from work with a poisoned Big Mac and try to do me in.
ref: 2006, Dr. Calvin Miller, The Dogs of Snoqualmie, Broadman & Holman Publishers, page 12:
text: The Chicken Big Mac is similar to its beefy sibling; however, it replaces the two burgers with two tempura chicken patties.
ref: 2024 October 3, Jordan Valinsky, “McDonald’s is finally selling the Chicken Big Mac in the US”, in CNN:
glosses: A hamburger from the fast food company McDonald's, served on a three-part bun with various condiments.
spandril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spandrils
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of spandrel.
mood swing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mood swings
Senses: examples: text: The worst thing about my wife's pregnancy was her awful mood swings.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A rapid and extreme changing in mood, from excessively happy to desperately miserable.
cabin fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: In the current sense coined or popularized in a novel of the same name in 1918. See cite below.
Senses: examples: text: Some residents of Alaska suffer from cabin fever when they remain indoors throughout the long, snowy winters.
text: Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls "cabin fever."
ref: 1918, B. M. Bower, Cabin Fever, page 1:
text: The novelty of a wilderness winter wore off. I began to suffer from cabin fever. I was so anxious to see someone that whenever I heard a car or truck motor, I jumped up on a chair to look out.
ref: 2004, Lois Olson, Meeting Him in the Wilderness: A True Story of Adventure and Faith, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 102:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A condition of restlessness and irritability caused by being in a confined space.
examples: text: The certain consequence is the low typhus or cabin fever, which at all times, and at this present moment, exists in Ireland to a degree, that in any other country would create a serious alarm.
ref: 1820, The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 128, page 139:
glosses: Typhus.
Derived terms: cabin-fevered
Related terms: log cabin
claustrophobia
stir-crazy
claustrophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more claustrophobic
form: most claustrophobic
Etymology: From claustrophobia + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth. When she clawed at her chest and neck, the crumbs maddeningly slid back onto her face. She grew claustrophobic.
ref: 2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2013:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Suffering from claustrophobia; being scared of being enclosed in a confined space.
examples: text: ...within the monstrous arrangements of dried flowers on the table-tops, against the Victorian clutter of that claustrophobic room...
ref: 1994, Elizabeth George, Playing for the Ashes:
glosses: Cramped and confined, so as to induce claustrophobia.
Derived terms: claustrophobically
claustrophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: claustrophobics
Etymology: From claustrophobia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Someone with claustrophobia.
supersize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: supersizes
form: supersizing
form: supersized
form: supersized
Etymology: From super- + size.
Senses: examples: text: [N]ow countless books, blogs and social media accounts are dedicated to super-sizing spuds, swedes and squash.
ref: 2023 December 8, The Big Issue, Melbourne, page 9, column 2:
glosses: To increase the size of something, especially to unusual proportions.
supersize
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + size.
Senses: examples: text: a supersize yacht
glosses: Very large.
antitrigonometric function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antitrigonometric functions
Etymology: From anti- + trigonometric function.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of inverse trigonometric function.
synonyms: word: inverse trigonometric function
inverse trigonometric function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inverse trigonometric functions
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: antitrigonometric function
cyclometric function
glosses: A function that is the inverse of an appropriate restriction of a trigonometric function.
Hyponyms: arccosecant
arccosine
arccotangent
arcsecant
arcsine
arctangent
arc-hyperbolic function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arc-hyperbolic functions
Senses: glosses: An inverse hyperbolic function
go large
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes large
form: going large
form: went large
form: gone large
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To have the wind at such an angle to the sail that the vessel gains its highest speed.
examples: text: Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000 film)
text: An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit/Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit
ref: 1890, Rudyard Kipling, Tommy:
glosses: To enjoy oneself to the maximum.
examples: text: That's one Big Mac and a milkshake: would you like to go large for just 40 cents?
glosses: To supersize a portion of food or drink.
inverse hyperbolic function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inverse hyperbolic functions
Senses: glosses: The inverse of a hyperbolic function
Synonyms: antihyperbolic function
arc-hyperbolic function
Related terms: arc-hyperbolic sine
arc-hyperbolic cosine
arc-hyperbolic tangent
arc-hyperbolic cotangent
arc-hyperbolic secant
arc-hyperbolic cosecant
antihyperbolic function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antihyperbolic functions
Senses: glosses: An inverse hyperbolic function
go for it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes for it
form: going for it
form: went for it
form: gone for it
Senses: examples: text: To win the competition he has to beat his personal best, and he's going for it.
text: He really went for it.
text: Go for it! You can win this!
synonyms: go all out
give 110%
dig in
fall to
glosses: To put maximum effort into achieving something.
examples: text: His phone was off so I couldn't ask his permission, so I decided to just go for it.
synonyms: make a move
glosses: To decide to do something; especially after a period of hesitation.
examples: text: May I use your bathroom? ― Go for it!
synonyms: go ahead
glosses: Used to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal.
get busy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets busy
form: getting busy
form: got busy
form: got busy
form: gotten busy
Senses: examples: text: Stop playing computer games, and get busy with your homework.
glosses: To cease to be idle and start working.
examples: text: The couple were getting busy in the front room when the doorbell rang.
text: Homer and Marge have to try to explain things to children who are too worldly to fall for most excuses, the explanation trails off, and what could be a pleasant family outing to solve it all turns out to be yet another excuse for self-involvement when one public humiliation doesn’t outweigh the joys of getting busy in a windmill.
ref: 2016 January 24, Les Chappell, “TV: Review: The Simpsons (Classic), “Natural Born Kissers” (season nine, episode 25, originally aired 05/17/1998)”, in The Onion AV Club:
text: Alyx Vance: Did Dr. Kleiner just say to everyone that they should get busy?
ref: 2007, Half Life 2 Episode Two:
text: Thurl: Are you busy?
Alexia: Really? The days pass like decades in here, Thurl. We won't be busy until that worldship decides to talk back to us.
Thurl: And yet, you have been…
Alexia: Thurl. If you say "getting busy" I will punch you so hard you'll have to spawn child processes just to feel all the pain.
ref: 2019 August 22, “Book 20: Sergeant In Motion — Part I”, in Schlock Mercenary:
glosses: To have sex.
Synonyms: sense: to have sex
word: get freaky
word: get it on
word: get laid
word: copulate
bifunctional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + functional.
Senses: glosses: Having two functions.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having two functional groups or binding sites.
raw_tags: of a compound
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Involving two functional groups or binding sites.
raw_tags: of a reaction
Derived terms: bifunctional catalyst
bifunctional chelating agent
bifunctional chelator
bifunctionalize
bifunctionally
heterobifunctional
homobifunctional
golden opportunity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden opportunities
Senses: examples: text: With the rest of the squad injured, Jones had a golden opportunity to prove his worth to the coach.
text: The fact that, to cover low tariffs on bulk commodities, the railways have to charge very high rates on high-value goods, such as manufactures, has provided road operators with a golden opportunity to undercut the railway.
ref: 1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 555:
text: With only two fit centre-backs available, Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp employed young midfielder Jake Livermore at the back alongside Sebastien Bassong but Spurs struggled against a seasoned Champions League outfit, who beat Barcelona at the Nou Camp in 2009-10 and continually worked their way between the home defence to create some golden opportunities.
ref: 2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Ideal moment to do something.
Related terms: chance of a lifetime
boxcar function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boxcar functions
Etymology: Due to the graph resembling a rectangular boxcar on a railway line.
Senses: topics: calculus
geometry
mathematics
sciences
hypernyms: window function
glosses: Any function whose value is zero except for a finite part of its argument for which it has a constant non-zero value.
Related terms: square wave
funny stuff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: I'll get you outta here, but no funny stuff, you got that gramps? - Evil Dead: Hail to the King (2000)
glosses: Irregular, often illegal, activities.
Synonyms: funny business
first come, first served
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: This complicated situation means that strategically managing services through the central Manchester area and beyond is not possible for signallers in the Greater Manchester area, and trains are invariably dealt with on a 'first come, first served' basis.
ref: 2020 January 2, Philip Haigh, “Is there relief to congestion along Castlefield Corridor?”, in Rail, page 22:
glosses: One will be dealt with in the order in which one arrives.
Derived terms: english: adjectival form
translation: adjectival form
word: first-come-first-served
Related terms: the early bird gets the worm
first come, first served
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of first-come-first-served.
Related terms: FIFO
fire on all cylinders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fires on all cylinders
form: firing on all cylinders
form: fired on all cylinders
form: fired on all cylinders
form: hit on all cylinders
Senses: examples: text: The performance was a sign of real intent for Arsenal as they continue their pursuit for silverware on four fronts - and with Van Persie firing on all cylinders, the odds look good on them winning a first trophy since 2005.
ref: 2011 January 22, Ian Hughes, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC:
text: "How long does it usually take for me to recover?"
"A few months," Wheeler says. "But if you want the honest truth, people in this division are as competent on day one as they'll ever be. You come to the job firing on all cylinders, or not at all. The rest is just fine-tuning and chemistry."
ref: 2015–2021, qntm, “Introductory Antimemetics”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN:
synonyms: hit on all six
glosses: To operate as effectively as possible.
fire door
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire doors
form: firedoor
Senses: examples: text: There are 10,000 fire doors on the Elizabeth Line, including these two at Liverpool Street that have been tested to tolerate a two-hour blaze at temperatures as high as 3,000°C.
ref: 2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “We're counting down the days”, in RAIL, number 953, page 39, photo caption:
glosses: A fireproof door designed to stop fires spreading through buildings.
glosses: The door of a furnace offering access to the fire inside.
open fire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open fires
Senses: examples: text: We roasted chestnuts over an open fire.
glosses: An uncovered fire.
open fire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: opens fire
form: opening fire
form: opened fire
form: opened fire
Senses: examples: text: In warfare, whoever opens fire first has a greater chance of victory.
text: The Atlanta was swinging through her own turn to avoid a collision with the van when the searchlight, probably from the destroyer Akatsuki, lit upon her from abaft the port beam. Captain Jenkins reacted as commanders had been trained in peacetime: "Counter-illuminate!" he shouted. His gunnery officer, Lieutenant Commander William R. D. Nickelson, Jr., preferred to respond with other hardware. At once he shouted into his headset mike: "Fuck that! Open fire!" His assistant, Lloyd Mustin, was recording accurate ranges from the narrowcasting fire-control radar and didn't need help from other wavelengths. "Action port. Illuminating ship is target," he instructed his gun captains. Mustin, controlling the after trio of five-inch mounts, and Nickelson slewed their directors onto the lights and opened fire immediately.
ref: 2011, James D. Hornfischer, “28: Into the Light”, in Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, retrieved 21 Nov 2022, pages 273–274:
glosses: To begin firing (weapons) at something or someone.
nod off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nods off
form: nodding off
form: nodded off
form: nodded off
Senses: examples: text: The old lady nodded off to sleep many times during the narration, only waking up when George paused, saying it was most interesting.
ref: 1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, chapter 53, in The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC:
text: I dragged him to the house, / And gave him tea and tried to make him smoke. / I tried to make him talk about his travels. / Nothing would do: he just kept nodding off.
ref: c. 1905–1906 (date written), Robert Frost, “The Death of the Hired Man”, in The Poems of Robert Frost: […], New York, N.Y.: The Modern Library, published 1946, →OCLC, page 38:
text: All patients struggle against daytime drowsiness and nod off at inopportune moments.
ref: 2008 February 15, Ingfei Chen, “A Leap Forward, but Hurdles Remain in Narcolepsy”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Jul 2008:
synonyms: word: crash out
word: doze off
word: drift off
word: drop off
word: fall asleep
word: get off
word: go night-night
word: go to sleep
word: nod off
word: nod out
word: sack out
word: zone
glosses: To fall asleep, especially unintentionally.
Related terms: land of Nod
cresting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɛstɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛstɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crest
cresting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɛstɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛstɪŋ
Forms: form: crestings
Senses: examples: text: The station also boasts a large semi-domed French pavilion roof with fish-scale tiles and iron cresting, plus a rectangular hall with arcaded upper storey and wooden lantern.
ref: 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:
topics: architecture
glosses: An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.
crests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɛsts/
rhymes: -ɛsts
Senses: glosses: plural of crest
crests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɛsts/
rhymes: -ɛsts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crest
electrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electron
examples: text: Your presentation today was very informative. Could you email me the electrons?
glosses: The digital or electronic version of a document.
bite me
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Circa the 1980s in the United States, likely from the phrase bite my ass.
Senses: examples: text: She swiped at her tears with the palm of her hand, slipped his front-door key into the breast pocket of his leather suit jacket, whispered to the dead man, "Bite me, asshole."
ref: 2009, James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, The 8th Confession:
glosses: An expression of discontent or aggravation to another party.
examples: text: "We was talking and stuff, and I'm, like, I am SO not going there! And he just went, okay whatever, and I'm like FINE! Like I could care less, and then he goes, like, yeah bite me—"
ref: 2005, Ellen Notbohm, Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, page 37:
text: "I don't know, Tedd; can you sing without soap?" "Bite me."
ref: 2006 April 5, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Apr 5, 2006:
text: "Whatever. I'm going to go use your computer, see if Rhoda or Lucy are online." "Just be sure to stay out of the folder named 'Gender Studies' before eleven-fifty!" "Bite me."
ref: 2013 May 10, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Friday, May 10, 2013:
glosses: A taunting phrase, essentially meaning "I don't care".
glosses: A command similar to "Leave me alone!", "Go away!" etc.
Synonyms: bite my ass
kiss my ass
eat my shorts
eat shit
fuck off
get lost
blow me
suck my dick
suck my cock
suck my balls
reconnoiters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtəz/
ipa: /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚz/
Forms: form: reconnoitres
Senses: glosses: plural of reconnoiter
reconnoiters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtəz/
ipa: /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚz/
Forms: form: reconnoitres
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reconnoiter
WR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WRs
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
coordinate_terms: WB
OR
CR
TR
NR
GR
MR
glosses: Initialism of world record.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
coordinate_terms: QB
FB
HB
LB
glosses: Initialism of wide receiver.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: WD
RD
PSR
glosses: Initialism of Wolf-Rayet star.
glosses: Initialism of Wassermann reaction.
WR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: rugby union
glosses: Initialism of World Rugby, the international governing body for rugby union.
glosses: Initialism of William Rex (“the royal cypher for William IV, king of Great Britain”).
reconnoitered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtəd/
ipa: /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚd/
Forms: form: reconnoitred
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reconnoiter
reconnoitered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtəd/
ipa: /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚd/
Forms: form: more reconnoitered
form: most reconnoitered
form: reconnoitred
Senses: glosses: Of a region or situation that has been surveyed (especially in a military situation).
reconnoitering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtəɹɪŋ/
Forms: form: reconnoitring
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reconnoiter
reconnoitering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtəɹɪŋ/
Forms: form: reconnoiterings
form: reconnoitring
Senses: glosses: A reconnoiter of enemy land or position.
reconnoiterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reconnoitering
sophronize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sophronizes
form: sophronizing
form: sophronized
form: sophronized
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σώφρων (sṓphrōn, “temperate, prudent, of sound mind”) + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To imbue with moral principles or self-control.
flory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɒɹi/
ipa: /ˈflɔːɹi/
ipa: /ˈflɔɹi/
ipa: /ˈflɑɹi/
Forms: form: fleury
Etymology: From French fleuri (“covered with flowers”), past participle of fleurir. See flourish for more.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
qualifier: etc
glosses: Decorated with fleurs-de-lis projecting from it.
raw_tags: of a bordure
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Having the ends of the arms turn into fleurs-de-lis, rather than having fleurs-de-lis attached to the ends as in a cross floretty.
raw_tags: of a cross
Derived terms: cross flory
Related terms: counterflory
floretty
counterflory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: counter-flory
form: counterfleury
Etymology: From French contrefleuri; equivalent to counter- + flory.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Decorated with fleurs-de-lis or other floral motifs arranged in pairs opposite each other, especially on opposite sides of a border on a shield or banner.
Synonyms: counterflowered
Related terms: flory
tressure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛsjʊə(ɹ)/
/ˈtɹɛʃə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: tressures
Etymology: From Middle English tressour, from a mixture of Old French tressure and tresseor. By surface analysis, tress + -ure.
Senses: examples: text: The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second": […].
ref: 1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, page 480:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A narrow border near the edge of a shield or banner.
built-in function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: built-in functions
form: inbuilt function
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any function that is provided as part of a high-level language and can be executed by a simple reference with specification of arguments
circular function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circular functions
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: Synonym of trigonometric function.
synonyms: word: trigonometric function
cofunction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cofunctions
Etymology: From co- + function.
Senses: examples: text: Cosine and sine are each other's cofunctions.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The trigonometric function of the complement of the supplied angle.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A costatement that takes the form of a function and can accept parameters and return a value.
Derived terms: trigonometric cofunction
Related terms: cofunctional
lose one's shirt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: loses one's shirt
form: losing one's shirt
form: lost one's shirt
form: lost one's shirt
Senses: examples: text: Since nearly losing his shirt in a business deal a few years back, he investigates new opportunities more cautiously.
text: Generosity indeed, but how difficult will it be for some penitent punters to drop a coin in the "sin box" if they happen to have already lost their shirt on a bet placed with Paddy Power?
ref: 2010 April 27, “Church bets on power of sponsorship”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To lose all of one's money; to go broke; to undergo financial ruin or disaster.
comparable function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comparable functions
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Either of a pair of functions that have the same domain and that the values of one are equal to or greater than the other for all points in that domain.
composite function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: composite functions
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A function of one or more independent variables, at least one of which is itself a function of one or more other independent variables; a function of function(s).
scene-dock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scene-docks
form: scene dock
Senses: examples: 1925: Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera, silent movie
‘Come, I’ll show you where I saw him—in the scene-dock of the third cellar.’
synonyms: dock
scene-room
glosses: An area in a theatre with access to the stage and the loading doors where scenery is temporarily stored
constant function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: constant functions
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A function whose value is the same for all the elements of its domain.
hae
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of have.
worlds apart
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In terms of technology, today's media and that of the 19th century are worlds apart, but they still serve the same purpose.
glosses: Vastly different.
Related terms: worlds away
the world is someone's oyster
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ðə ˈwɜːld‿ɪz ˌsʌmwʌnz ˈɔɪstə/
ipa: /ðə ˈwɜɹld‿ɪz ˌsʌmwʌnz ˈɔɪstəɹ/
rhymes: -ɔɪstə(ɹ)
Etymology: From the version of the play The Merry Wives of Windsor published in the First Folio (1623) of the works of the English playwright William Shakespeare (baptized 1564; died 1616): see the quotation. The original context was that Ancient Pistol would use force to obtain a loan from Sir John Falstaff, like prising open an oyster with a sword to obtain a pearl.
Senses: examples: text: Fal[staff]. I vvill not lend thee a penny. / Piſt[ol]. VVhy then the vvorld's mine Oyſter, vvhich I, vvith ſvvord vvill open.
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, […] [T]he Merrie Wiues of Windsor. […] (First Quarto), London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for Arthur Ihonson, […], published 1602, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], signature C2, verso:
text: But his wants were not at first great; and though his ambition was perhaps high, it was not of an impatient nature. The world was his oyster; but, circumstanced as he was, he knew it was not for him to open it with his lancet all at once.
ref: 1858, Anthony Trollope, “Dr. Thorne”, in Doctor Thorne. […], volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 58:
text: Irregular gentlemen, to whom the world's their oyster,—said oyster does suddenly snap-to on them, by a chance.
ref: 1865, Thomas Carlyle, “Peace of Hubertsburg”, in History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume VI, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book XX, page 328:
text: The world may be your oyster, but that doesn't mean you've found the pearl.
ref: 2008, Nick Clayton, “Introduction”, in The Guardian Guide to Working Abroad, London: A[dam] & C[harles] Black Publishers, →ISBN, page 15:
glosses: All opportunities are open to someone; the world is theirs.
wikipedia: Ancient Pistol
First Folio
The Merry Wives of Windsor
William Shakespeare
Derived terms: the world is one's lobster
Related terms: carpe diem
seize the day
take the bull by the horns
world-beater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: world-beaters
Senses: glosses: Someone or something superior to all others of its sort.
Related terms: world-beating
up the creek
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: up a creek
form: up a creek without a paddle
form: up the creek without a paddle
Etymology: American English.
Senses: examples: text: We'll be up the creek if we lose those files, so we should back them up regularly.
text: “Then we would be up the creek. You can be extradited for grand larceny. Jez you wouldnt^([sic]) have me goin^([sic]) round with dark glasses and false whiskers all my life.”
ref: 1925, John Dos Passos, Manhattan Transfer, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, 3rd section, page 306:
glosses: In trouble; in a difficult situation.
Synonyms: up shit creek
time flies when you're having fun
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: "Time flies when you're having fun!" said one of the skiers in our party. "Yeah, but time's more fun when you're flying," Jay one-upped.
ref: 1991, Ski, volume 56, number 3, page 102:
glosses: Time seems to pass more quickly when one is enjoying oneself.
Related terms: a watched pot never boils
throw caution to the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws caution to the wind
form: throwing caution to the wind
form: threw caution to the wind
form: thrown caution to the wind
form: cast caution to the wind
form: toss caution to the wind
Senses: examples: text: I couldn't bear to let you go yet
So I threw caution to the wind
And started listening to my longing heart
And then you softly pressed your lips to mine
And feelings surfaced I'd suppressed
For such a long time.
ref: 1998, Mariah Carey, The Roof:
glosses: To do something despite the risks.
Related terms: throw to the wind
electroclash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + clash.
Senses: examples: text: Electroclash began as an esoteric offshoot of techno, revisiting some of the genre's original sonic touchstones: Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, New Order, Afrika Bambaataa and New York disco.
ref: 2002 March 22, Dorian Lynskey, “Out with the old, in with the older”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: Oft-derided, even in its 2002 heyday, no one expected electroclash to last. But, just as sonic heirs such as La Roux or Little Boots capitalise on their groundwork, the old electro guard return with works of real solidity and depth.
ref: 2009 April 24, Tony Naylor, “Emerging victorious”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A music style from the late 1990s fusing dance music, punk and electronic.
drum and bass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drum 'n' bass
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
coordinate_terms: jungle
glosses: A style of electronic dance music focusing heavily on loud bass and fast-tempo drumbeats.
Related terms: drill and bass
Willis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪlɪs/
rhymes: -ɪlɪs
Senses: examples: text: Forrest later attacked Willis in New York, knocking him to the ground; lawsuits proliferated as Willis sued Forrest for assault, and Forrest countersued for libel.
ref: 2014, Eric L. Haralson, Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century, page 497:
glosses: An English surname originating as a patronymic from the name Will.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A town in Grenada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Florida.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Knox County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Brown County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Dakota County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Montgomery County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Russell County, Virginia.
Derived terms: Willis circle
Willis-Ekbom disease
Willis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪlɪs/
rhymes: -ɪlɪs
Senses: glosses: plural of Willi
ent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: ents
form: Ent
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English ent (“giant”), from Proto-West Germanic *anti; introduced by J. R. R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings, 1954–55, as Ent.
Compare Middle English *ent, eont (“giant”), inherited from the Old English word, but which apparently did not survive through the Middle English period into Modern times.
Apparently survived in some German dialects as Enz (“giant”), also in composite forms. Compare ettin.
Senses: examples: text: […]and that fine young ent Quickbeam is merely a minor crux in an Old English glossary (the name Quickbeam means 'living tree' in Old English).
ref: 2003, Walter Scheps, “The Fairy-tale Morality of The Lord of the Rings”, in Jared Lobdell, editor, A Tolkien Compass:
text: But this should not lead to complete avoidance, as if it is like some dire incursion of triffids or ents.
ref: 2003, Allen Paterson, Trees for Your Garden, page 180:
text: Somewhere, ents and manitous laugh grimly For, despite all this, the trees lasted much longer Than most of the presents, and all of the holiday spirit.
ref: 2003, Robert Dunn, Horse Latitudes, page 98:
text: Hello, my good friend, myself I present. Not human, nor tree, for I am an ent.
ref: 2006, John Allran, Men of Their Word, page 37:
text: In The Lords of the Rings there are dark forces in the forest—the Huorn. Huorn are ents who have become more treeish, gone rogue. They can still move and speak, but only with the ents.
ref: 2017, Inga Simpson, Understory, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
topics: fantasy
glosses: A large, fictional, humanoid, walking tree in works by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Derived terms: entmoot
treant
ent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: ents
form: enting
form: ented
form: ented
Etymology: Possibly from empty, through assimilation of /m/ to the following /t/.
Senses: examples: text: "[…] ent me out some beer, / Fill up my glass to quinch my thust, Weth bitter like thee'st gove me fust."
ref: 1880, Cornish tales, Cornish tales, in prose and verse, in the Cornish dialect [ed. by J.T. Tregellas]., page 26:
text: A Truro correspondent remembers being sent to buy a teapot with the admonition 'and see he got a good ent to un'; that is, of course, a good 'pour'.
"Enting down with rain" is still occasionally heard.
ref: 1976, K. C. Phillips, Westcountry Words and Ways, Newton Abbot: David & Charles, page 47:
text: "And look at it enting down. I'm glad I'm not out in it."
ref: 2015 April 28, Beth Hersant, Good Neighbours, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 285:
text: 'Stay a space longer,' urged Music. 'Look at'n. 'Tis enting down.' 'Put yer clothes on, then,' said Katie. You'll catch yer death.' He dragged off into the scullery and presently emerged in his Sunday best.
ref: 2019 October 22, Winston Graham, The Twisted Sword: A Novel of Cornwall, 1815, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN:
glosses: To pour, especially of rain.
footballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of football
footballs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of football
ents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ent
ents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The student union ents officer eventually came to show us to the room we would be performing in, but there were two quite big problems. Firstly no one had bothered to advertise it to the student population so there was no audience[…]
ref: 2012, Jason Manford, Brung Up Proper: My Autobiography, page 250:
glosses: entertainment
factions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faction