cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
cousins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌzn̩s/
ipa: /ˈkʌz(ə)ns/
ipa: /ˈkʌzɪns/
note: US, weak vowel merger
ipa: [ˈkʰɐz.ɹ̩ns]
homophone: cozens (weak vowel merger)
Forms: form: Cousins
Etymology: From cousin + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, regular plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense forms of verbs).
The plural noun sense 1 (“American or British intelligence services”) was popularized in the works of the English author John le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell; 1930–2020).
Senses: examples: text: [T]he grounded fieldmen, the trainers and the case officers who made their own murmured caucus always – they saw the question solely in operational terms. […] They saw the shotgun marriage with the Cousins as just another skilful bit of tradecraft in a long and delicate poker game.
ref: 1977, John le Carré [pseudonym; David John Moore Cornwell], chapter I, in The Honourable Schoolboy, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 16:
topics: espionage
government
military
politics
war
glosses: The American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective).
cousins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌzn̩s/
ipa: /ˈkʌz(ə)ns/
ipa: /ˈkʌzɪns/
note: US, weak vowel merger
ipa: [ˈkʰɐz.ɹ̩ns]
homophone: cozens (weak vowel merger)
Etymology: From cousin + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, regular plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense forms of verbs).
The plural noun sense 1 (“American or British intelligence services”) was popularized in the works of the English author John le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell; 1930–2020).
Senses: glosses: plural of cousin
cousins
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌzn̩s/
ipa: /ˈkʌz(ə)ns/
ipa: /ˈkʌzɪns/
note: US, weak vowel merger
ipa: [ˈkʰɐz.ɹ̩ns]
homophone: cozens (weak vowel merger)
Etymology: From cousin + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, regular plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense forms of verbs).
The plural noun sense 1 (“American or British intelligence services”) was popularized in the works of the English author John le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell; 1930–2020).
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cousin
conversations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conversation
conversations
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of conversation
ants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænts/
rhymes: -ænts
Senses: glosses: plural of ant
ants
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænts/
rhymes: -ænts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ant
models
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒd.l̩z/
ipa: /ˈmɑ.dl̩z/
ipa: /ˈmɔd.l̩z/
Senses: glosses: plural of model
models
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒd.l̩z/
ipa: /ˈmɑ.dl̩z/
ipa: /ˈmɔd.l̩z/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of model
explains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of explain
decisions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈsɪʒənz/
ipa: [dɪˈsɪʒn̩z]
Senses: glosses: plural of decision
decisions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈsɪʒənz/
ipa: [dɪˈsɪʒn̩z]
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decision
resembles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resemble
exclusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exclusion
programs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹæmz/
enpr: prōʹgrăms
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊ.ɡɹæmz/
enpr: prōʹgrəms
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊ.ɡɹəmz/
Forms: form: programmes
Senses: glosses: plural of program
programs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹæmz/
enpr: prōʹgrăms
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊ.ɡɹæmz/
enpr: prōʹgrəms
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊ.ɡɹəmz/
Forms: form: programmes
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of program
governors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of governor
waits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /weɪts/
rhymes: -eɪts
homophone: weights
Senses: glosses: plural of wait
waits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /weɪts/
rhymes: -eɪts
homophone: weights
Senses: glosses: A group of singers or musicians performing in the streets, especially around Christmas.
waits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /weɪts/
rhymes: -eɪts
homophone: weights
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wait
owes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -əʊz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of owe
owes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊz
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oes (“sequins”).
trumpets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trumpet
trumpets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A plant (Sarracenia flava) with long, hollow leaves.
trumpets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trumpet
nursed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nurse
dames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /deɪmz/
rhymes: -eɪmz
Senses: glosses: plural of dame
psychopath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθ/
ipa: /ˈsaɪkəˌpæθ/
Forms: form: psychopaths
Etymology: From German psychopathisch, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).
Senses: glosses: A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, carelessness, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such a person may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.
examples: text: Now the real difference between now and then was that Trump wasn't looking to do much of anything positive for the American people as a whole. He mainly enriched himself and his family and gave rich people another tax cut. I think as far as Republicans being psychopaths I would say yes but it's probably a bit more complicated. The party is struggling to message against the policies the Biden administration is working to pass because they are overall popular with the voters. The Republicans would normally talk about fiscal responsibility and harp on the national debt but I think their big business "donors" don't want to see the economy stall again so we aren't seeing their normal talking points. So instead they are stoking their base with culture war crap about freedom and Biden becoming an authoritarian.
ref: 2021 September 18, bhellbus, “Comment on 'Are the GOP psychopaths?'”, in r/chomsky, Reddit, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2022:
glosses: A person with no moral conscience.
glosses: A person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.
glosses: A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.
glosses: A person diagnosed with any mental disorder.
Coordinate terms: sociopath
Derived terms: philanthropath
psychopathic
psychopathy
Related terms: psycho
psychopathology
psychosis
psychotic
coqui frog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coqui frogs
Etymology: From Puerto Rican Spanish coquí.
Senses: glosses: Any of various frogs in the genus Eleutherodactylus, native to the Caribbean, but which have become invasive by introduction outside its natural range.
psychopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪˈkɑpəθi/
ipa: /saɪˈkɒpəθi/
Forms: form: psychopathies
Etymology: From psycho- + -pathy.
Senses: glosses: A personality disorder characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, and egocentric traits masked by superficial charm and the outward presence of apparent normality. Violent and criminal offenses may be indicative of this disorder.
examples: text: It is true that insanity may originate in the mind, as well as in the body, but diseased action must take place in the brain, otherwise we have not, as has been well observed, “a true psychopathy.”
ref: 1861, Alex John Sutherland, “Croonian Lectures. On the Pathology, Morbid Anatomy, and Treatment of Insanity”, in The Journal of Mental Science, volume 7, number 36, Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane, retrieved 01 Mar 2021, page 162:
glosses: A mental illness; insanity.
Derived terms: autistic psychopathy
psychopath
psychopathic
schizoid psychopathy
Related terms: psycho
psychopathology
psychosis
sociopathy
invasive species
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: invasive species
Senses: examples: text: Grey squirrels are an invasive species in the UK, introduced from North America in the 1870s. They pose a problem for wildlife including endangered red squirrels, which they outcompete.
ref: 2022 July 11, Helena Horton, “Oral contraceptives could help reduce grey squirrel numbers, research finds”, in The Guardian:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any species that has been introduced to an environment where it is not native, and that has since become a nuisance through rapid spread and increase in numbers, often to the detriment of native species.
Related terms: alien species
DOGSO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dôg′sō
ipa: /ˈdɔɡsoʊ/
ipa: /ˈdɑɡsoʊ/
Forms: form: DOGSOs
Senses: examples: text: The referees failed to spot the shirt pull from Jackson during play but after VAR review he was correctly awarded the DOGSO red card.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Acronym of denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity.
artistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪstɹi/
Forms: form: artistries
Etymology: From artist + -ry.
Senses: examples: 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/
Displaying a sturdy professionalism throughout that stops just short of artistry, director Gary Ross, who co-scripted with Collins and Billy Ray, does his strongest work in the early scenes, which set up the stakes with chilling efficiency.
glosses: Significant artistic skill.
Derived terms: cardistry
con artistry
scam artistry
Related terms: art
artist
escape artistry
anointed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /əˈnɔɪn.tɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of anoint
anointed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /əˈnɔɪn.tɪd/
Senses: glosses: Having undergone the process of anointing.
examples: text: I wonder if she has the faintest idea of what an anointed scoundrel he is?
ref: 1898, George Lewis Becke, Roman the Boatsteerer and Other Stories:
glosses: Utter; thorough; eminent.
Derived terms: unanointed
anointed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈnɔɪn.tɪd/
Forms: form: anointeds
Senses: glosses: A person who has been anointed, especially for religious reasons.
Derived terms: the Lord's Anointed
bringeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bring
defiled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [dɪˈfaɪ(jə)ɫd]
Forms: form: more defiled
form: most defiled
Senses: synonyms: impure
dirty
polluted
contaminated
desecrated
tarnished
glosses: Impure; dirty.
Derived terms: defiledness
undefiled
Related terms: sullied
tainted
defiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [dɪˈfaɪ(jə)ɫd]
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of defile
precepts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precept
keepalive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keepalives
Etymology: From keep + alive.
Senses: topics: business
communication
communications
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A short message sent by one device to another to check that the link between the two is operating, or to prevent this link from being broken due to inactivity.
Keiran
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Irish. An Irish spelling of the name Kieran or Kieron.
glosses: A female given name from Irish.
sell-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sell-outs
Etymology: Deverbal from sell out.
Senses: examples: text: A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward.
ref: 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph:
glosses: Alternative form of sellout.
kiddie flick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kiddie flicks
Senses: glosses: A feature film movie aimed at young children.
dahi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani دہی / दही (dahī), from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Doublet of tyre.
Senses: synonyms: word: curd
glosses: A yogurt or fermented milk product.
puha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Maori pūhā.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Come on,’ she says to the entranced child, ‘downstairs and help us collect some puha to go with them.’
ref: 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 68:
glosses: Any of various Eurasian sowthistles of the genus Sonchus, used as a vegetable by Māori people; especially the prickly sowthistle, Sonchus asper.
loto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The President of the High Consistory, Arnold, called the loto a disgraceful impost, by which the State deceived the credulous.
ref: 1857, Lectures delivered before the Young Men's Christian Association: Volume 12, page 96:
glosses: Archaic form of lotto.
cetin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The white, waxy constituent of spermaceti.
beyond the black stump
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Origin and development contested; possibly from the use of fire-blackened tree-stumps when providing directions to people, or from a particular black stump: see Wikipedia. Attested since the 20th century, and possibly developed in the 19th century.
Senses: examples: text: While Millard did not shift from log cabin to White House, he did transport himself from beyond the Black Stump to strike it rich at Stawell.
ref: 2002, John Perry, Quick and the Dead: Stawell and Its Race Through Time, page 118:
text: “Just don't go gettin' serious,” Frank warned. “We don't want any trouble. We're gonna be beyond the black stump out there, not at the bloody Lennox Hotel.”
ref: 2004, Leon F. Williams, Rubies of Mogok, Trafford, page 104:
text: Kimberly, his eldest daughter who we love dearly, is very pregnant with our great grand daughter, the father of whom I have never met and who has shot through to the outback far beyond the black stump.
ref: 2004, John Leonard Spencer, Waving Goodbye to a Thousand Flies, page 241:
glosses: In an extremely isolated place, remote from populated areas; in the middle of nowhere. Typically used to refer to outback areas.
Synonyms: remote place
back o' Bourke
back of beyond
Woop Woop
back o' Bourke
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From the town of Bourke in north-western New South Wales. By supposition, even further west and north than Bourke.
Senses: examples: text: Mated in the Wild took the audience back o’ Bourke — to Central Australia to be exact.
ref: 1979, Eric Reade, History and Heartburn: The Saga of Australian Film, 1896-1978, page 28:
text: Gilchrist has a head that would have passed unnoticed Back o′Bourke where they played cricket using termite mounds as stumps.
ref: 2002, Garrie Hutchinson, Gilly the Great: The Best Australian Sports Writing, 2002, page 13:
text: “We're getting Back o′ Bourke, sport, a bit of a ways from the bitumen,” Ian notes, huffing a bit.
ref: 2009, Chinle Miller, Desert Rats: Adventures in the American Outback, page 110:
glosses: At or to an extremely remote place.
back o' Bourke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the back o' Bourke
Etymology: From the town of Bourke in north-western New South Wales. By supposition, even further west and north than Bourke.
Senses: examples: text: There were a few Aussies on site, but most preferred to work in or around Perth. The large majority would venture no farther than the coastal resorts, classing the back o'Bourke (back of beyond) as a “no-go” area.
ref: 2007, Kevin Noble, Chris Foote Wood, Baghdad Trucker, page 93:
text: “Where ya headed mate?”
“In the back o′ bourke,” said Kate, “and we'll need roo bars and a rack.”
ref: 2009, William Efford, Picaroon, page 238:
glosses: An extremely remote place.
Synonyms: See: Thesaurus:remote place
back o' beyond
back of beyond
beyond the black stump
middle of nowhere
Woop Woop
Related terms: backblocks
outback
barney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bäʹni
ipa: /ˈbɑːni/
enpr: bäɹʹni
ipa: /ˈbɑɹni/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ni
Forms: form: barneys
Etymology: Etymology unknown. Often incorrectly thought to be Cockney rhyming slang from Barney Rubble (“trouble”, from the character Barney Rubble on The Flintstones), it actually dates back to the 19th century and its origin is unknown.
Senses: glosses: A lark, a romp, some fun.
examples: text: "Just keep it i' thy mind," entreated the other, as a sort of parting remembrance, "ut I won thee i' fair powell—one toss an' no barney.[…]"
ref: 1865, Benjamin Brierley, Irkdale, volume 2, page 19:
text: Blackguardly barneys called boxing competitions.
ref: 1882 September 2, Evening News, column 6, page 1:
text: Who would believe that Mr. Gladstone shammed being ill, and that Sir Andrew Clark issued false bulletins, and that the whole thing was a barney from beginning to end.
ref: 1884 April 13, The Referee, column 4, page 7:
glosses: A hoax, a humbug, something that is not genuine, a rigged or unfair sporting contest.
qualifier: Harvard University slang
glosses: A poor recitation.
examples: text: Gary and Mum went mental, and Gary phoned them up and had a right Barney with them.
ref: 2007, Dave Brooks, For Nil Consideration, page 230:
text: ‘They had a right barney,’ Dexter said with glee, between mouthfuls. ‘Bloke wouldn′t go. Said he′d write to his MP.’
ref: 2009, Neville Conway, An Ornament to His Profession, page 45:
text: ‘[…]I bet there was a right barney over her wearing a dress that exposed the rose tattoo!’ Turner concluded with a laugh.
ref: 2010, Michael White, The Art of Murder, unnumbered page:
glosses: A noisy argument.
examples: text: I got stuck in the middle of a real barney between a couple of tough coppers and a handful of hairy protesters, and I didn't enjoy it one single bit.
ref: 1982, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Corridors of Death, page 157:
text: But he doesn't seem to be so — so angry all the time, and it's ages since he and Aunt Annie had a real barney, with flying fists and screechings, that sort of thing.
ref: 2010, Katie Flynn, The Liverpool Rose, page 200:
text: ‘I heard this crash, like the door was being kicked in, and then a load of shoutin′ an′ crashin′ about, like someone was havin' a real barney.’
ref: 2011, Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, Killing Time:
glosses: A minor physical fight.
examples: text: There goes that fuckin' Barney right now, with his fuckin' "skiin' trip." We should'a kicked that dude's ass.
ref: 1997, Damon, Matt; Affleck, Ben, Good Will Hunting, spoken by Morgan O'Mally (Casey Affleck):
glosses: A student at Harvard University.
examples: text: You can create your own blimp or barney with anything that will deaden the camera noise, such as a changing bag, foam rubber, […]
ref: 2015, Peter W. Rea, David K. Irving, Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video, page 209:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Synonym of blimp (“soundproof cover for a video camera”).
synonyms: word: blimp
extra: soundproof cover for a video camera
barney
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: bäʹni
ipa: /ˈbɑːni/
enpr: bäɹʹni
ipa: /ˈbɑɹni/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ni
Forms: form: more barney
form: most barney
Etymology: Etymology unknown. Often incorrectly thought to be Cockney rhyming slang from Barney Rubble (“trouble”, from the character Barney Rubble on The Flintstones), it actually dates back to the 19th century and its origin is unknown.
Senses: glosses: insane crazy, loony.
Synonyms: sense: noisy argument
word: quarrel
word: row
word: or see Thesaurus:dispute
sense: fight
word: fisticuffs
word: scuffle
word: or see Thesaurus:fight
barney
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: bäʹni
ipa: /ˈbɑːni/
enpr: bäɹʹni
ipa: /ˈbɑɹni/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ni
Forms: form: barneys
form: barneying
form: barneyed
form: barneyed
Etymology: Etymology unknown. Often incorrectly thought to be Cockney rhyming slang from Barney Rubble (“trouble”, from the character Barney Rubble on The Flintstones), it actually dates back to the 19th century and its origin is unknown.
Senses: examples: text: What avails it to make a shine in Greek if the next hour one does a barney in calculus.
ref: 1947, Samuel Hopkins Adams, Banner by the Wayside:
qualifier: Harvard University slang
glosses: To recite badly; to fail.
glosses: To argue, to quarrel.
Synonyms: sense: argue
word: bicker
word: have a barney
word: row
word: squabble
word: or see Thesaurus:squabble
barney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bäʹni
ipa: /ˈbɑːni/
enpr: bäɹʹni
ipa: /ˈbɑɹni/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ni
Forms: form: barneys
Etymology: From the character Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show.
Senses: examples: text: She called the town Mayberry. She said Barney Fife was in charge.
ref: 2005 March 3, “Scott Peterson's sister speaks out”, in MSNBC:
glosses: A police officer, usually one who is inferior or overzealous.
Synonyms: sense: police officer
word: fed
word: pig
word: or see Thesaurus:police officer
inadmissible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪnədˈmɪsəbəl/
Forms: form: more inadmissible
form: most inadmissible
form: inadmissable
Etymology: From French inadmissible, from Middle French inadmissible. Morphologically in- + admissible.
Senses: examples: text: Again, the multiplist would hold that the grounds for separating admissible from inadmissible interpretations cannot be the same as the grounds for preferability among admissible interpretations.
ref: 1993, Michael Krausz, Rightness and Reasons: Interpretation in Cultural Practices, →ISBN, page 27:
glosses: Not admissible, especially that cannot be admitted as evidence at a trial.
Synonyms: unadmissible
unadmittable
Related terms: inadmissibility
inadmissible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪnədˈmɪsəbəl/
Forms: form: inadmissibles
form: inadmissable
Etymology: From French inadmissible, from Middle French inadmissible. Morphologically in- + admissible.
Senses: examples: text: June saw a decline in Southwest Border apprehensions and inadmissibles by 18 percent compared to May. This decline follows the overall downward trend for this time of year as apprehensions and inadmissibles along the Southwest Border have declined from May to June.
ref: 2018, Southwest Border Migration FY2018, United States Customs and Border Patrol:
glosses: A person who is not to be admitted (to a country, a group, etc).
modes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mode
versions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of version
pau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paus
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pa (“Maori fort”).
pau
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Hawaiian Pidgin English pau, from Hawaiian pau (“done, finished”).
Senses: examples: text: I had never known any haoles except Elmer and Marks and they were ice cold affairs. Everyone was always glad when their twice-a-month visit was pau. The very island seemed to sigh with relief […]
ref: 1946, Armine Von Tempski, Bright Spurs, page 122:
text: When the county truck was pau hauling rubbish for the day, […]
ref: 2004, Mike Ashman, Kauaʻi Historical Society, Kauai as it was in the 1940s and '50s:
glosses: done; over; finished
pau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A unit of volume used in Brunei, Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak, equivalent to 2 imperial gills (approximately 0.284 litres or 0.6 US pints).
pau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese 包.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bao (“baozi; Chinese steamed buns with filling”).
Related terms: pau d'arco
pau hana
costar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəʊstɑː(ɹ)/
Forms: form: costars
Etymology: From co- + star.
Senses: examples: text: The once famous actor objected to his costar having a bigger dressing room.
topics: acting
broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
glosses: A person who shares star billing with another.
examples: text: Alas, always a costar but never a star.
topics: acting
broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
glosses: A person who slightly lacks the status to be considered a star.
costar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəʊstɑː(ɹ)/
Forms: form: costars
form: costarring
form: costarred
form: costarred
Etymology: From co- + star.
Senses: examples: text: People thought his career was over but now he will get to costar on Broadway next month.
glosses: To perform with the billing of a costar.
examples: text: Purchasing a snowplow transforms Homer into a new man. Mr. Burns' laziest employee suddenly becomes an ambitious self-starter who buys ad time on local television at 3:17 A.M^([sic]) (prime viewing hours, Homer gingerly volunteers, for everyone from alcoholics to the unemployable to garden-variety angry loners) and makes a homemade commercial costarring his family.
ref: 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: To feature (a number of star performers) jointly.
optimization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑptəmaɪˈzeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: optimizations
form: optimisation
Etymology: From optimize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The reduction of a program or algorithm to its most efficient form, as during compilation, by removing unused portions of code and improving the speed or resource usage of others.
Derived terms: combinatorial optimization
constrained optimization
continuous optimization
convex optimization
deoptimization
discrete optimization
global optimization
hyperoptimization
micro-optimization
optimizational
optimization problem
overoptimization
peephole optimization
premature optimization
preoptimization
search engine optimization
stochastic optimization
suboptimization
superoptimization
tail-call optimization
unconstrained optimization
underoptimization
Related terms: linear programming
ore dressing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any treatment of an ore used to concentrate its valuable constituents (minerals) into products (concentrate) of smaller bulk, and simultaneously to collect the worthless material (gangue) into discardable waste (tailings).
tailings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tailing
tailings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Meronym: culm
topics: business
mining
synonyms: mullock
culm
hypernyms: spoils
coordinate_terms: overburden
gangue
gob#Etymology_3
goaf
;
slime
glosses: The waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; the waste from coal mining.
examples: text: […] and it is made into a mash which is fermented and distilled in the same way that an ordinary grain mash is handled in a whisky distillery. The tailings from the still are first compressed to extract the water, and[…]
ref: 1910, Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science, page 42:
synonyms: tail
tails
qualifier: alcohol production
glosses: The weak feints, the last fraction of product obtained at the end of distillation, typically impure and containing fusel oils.
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: Inferior or damaged grain, as well as seeds of other plants (weeds), removed from grain before milling or sowing.
CAPTCHA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkæp.t͡ʃə/
Forms: form: CAPTCHAs
form: captcha
form: Captcha
Etymology: Coined by a team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in 2000 as a loose acronym of “completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart”.
Senses: examples: text: CAPTCHA puzzles are intended to be easy for a human to solve but difficult for a computer. Because of the monetary value to spammers of circumventing these controls, an arms race has occurred in which typical CAPTCHA puzzles have […]
ref: 2011, Dafydd Stuttard, Marcus Pinto, The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
text: A CAPTCHA is a quick check to make sure that an actual person, rather than a computer program, is using the website. Web applications use CAPTCHA […]
ref: 2014, Laura Fitton, Anum Hussain, Brittany Leaning, Twitter For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 24:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A computerized test requiring the human user to perform a task deemed to be difficult to automate, such as entering a displayed series of distorted characters or describing images, to demonstrate that they are a human and not a computer program.
Derived terms: word: CRAPTCHA
Related terms: Turing test
give curry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives curry
form: giving curry
form: gave curry
form: given curry
Senses: glosses: To direct abusive language at (someone) angrily.
decane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛkeɪn/
rhymes: -ɛkeɪn
Forms: form: decanes
Etymology: From dec- + -ane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of the 75 isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having the chemical formula C₁₀H₂₂
Derived terms: cyclodecane
decanal
decanethiol
decanoic
decyl
n-decane
phooey
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfuːi/
ipa: /ˈfʊi/
rhymes: -uːi
Etymology: Probably from Yiddish פֿוי (foy), from German pfui, influenced by phoo.
Senses: glosses: An expression of disgust, rejection, or disappointment.
phooey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfuːi/
ipa: /ˈfʊi/
rhymes: -uːi
Etymology: Probably from Yiddish פֿוי (foy), from German pfui, influenced by phoo.
Senses: glosses: hooey; nonsense
Synonyms: rubbish
ugh
yuck
eicosane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eicosanes
Etymology: A IUPAC nomenclature, from eicos- (“twenty”) + -ane (“alkane suffix”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of the 366,319 isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having the chemical formula C₂₀H₄₂, but especially n-eicosane CH₃(CH₂)₁₈CH₃.
wikipedia: IUPAC nomenclature
Derived terms: eicosanoic
soft fruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: fruit that grows on bushes, such as berries, strawberries and currants, as contrasted with top fruit
organoactinide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organoactinides
Etymology: From organo- + actinide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any organometallic compound of an actinide, especially one having an unusually high coordination number
top fruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: top fruits
Senses: glosses: A fruit which grows on trees, contrasted with soft fruit.
organophosphorus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: organophosphorous
Etymology: From organo- + phosphorus.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: describing any of a series of derivatives of phosphorus that have at least one alkyl or aryl group, especially one containing at least one carbon-phosphorus bond
Related terms: organophosphate
phosphane
phosphanylidene
phosphatide
phosphazene
phosphine
phosphine imide
phosphine oxide
phosphine sulfide
phosphinic acid
phosphinidene
phosphinous acid
phospholipid
phosphonic acid
phosphonitrile
phosphonium
phosphonous acid
phosphoramide
phosphorane
phosphoric acid
phosphorous acid
phosphylene
organophosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organophosphates
Etymology: From organo- + phosphate.
Senses: examples: text: Like other nerve agents, they are organophosphate compounds, but the chemicals used to make novichoks, and their final structures, are considered classified in the UK, the US and other countries.
ref: 2018 March 13, Ian Sample, The Guardian:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ester of phosphoric acid or its derivatives, especially one used as an insecticide or herbicide.
Derived terms: organophosphatic
organoselenium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + selenium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: describing any of a series of derivatives of selenium that have at least one alkyl or aryl group, especially one containing at least one carbon-selenium bond
Related terms: diselenide
peroxyselenic acid
selenenic acid
selenic acid
selenide
seleninic acid
selenoaldehyde
selenoamide
selenocyanate
selenoester
selenoketone
selenol
selenone
selenonic acid
selenonium
selenoxide
selenyl halide
organosilicon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: organo-silicon
Etymology: From organo- + silicon.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any of a series of derivatives of silicon that have at least one alkyl or aryl group, especially one containing at least one carbon–silicon bond.
organosilicon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organosilicons
form: organo-silicon
Etymology: From organo- + silicon.
Senses: glosses: Any compound of this kind.
Related terms: silane
silanol
silasesquiazane
silasesquioxane
silasesquithiane
silathiane
silazane
silicone
siloxane
organosulfur
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: organosulphur
Etymology: From organo- + sulfur.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any of a series of derivatives of sulfur that have at least one alkyl or aryl group, especially one containing at least one carbon-sulfur bond.
Related terms: mercaptan
sulfamic acid
sulfane
sulfatide
sulfenamide
sulfene
sulfenic acid
sulfenyl
sulfenylium
sulfide
sulfilimine
sulfimide
sulfimine
sulfinamide
sulfinamidine
sulfine
sulfinic acid
sulfinic anhydride
sulfinimine
sulfinylamine
sulfolipid
sulfonamide
sulfone
sulfonediimine
sulfonic acid
sulfonic anhydride
sulfonimide
sulfonium
sulfonphthalein
sulfonylamine
sulfoxide
sulfoximide
sulfoximine
sultam
sultim
sultine
sultone
thiol
organosulfur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organosulfurs
form: organosulphur
Etymology: From organo- + sulfur.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any such organic compound.
organosulphur
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + sulphur.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of organosulfur.
orthorhombic pyroxene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthorhombic pyroxenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of minerals having the general formula XYSi₂O₆ in which X is iron or magnesium and Y is iron or manganese.
coolant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkuːlənt/
Forms: form: coolants
Etymology: From cool + -ant.
Senses: examples: text: Coolant is used in car engines and industrial processes, where excess heat could cause machine damage.
text: Anti-freeze has not been found necessary, even in the most severe conditions, since the water is drained out if a locomotive spends any appreciable time out of service and in normal working conditions the coolant is always warm.
ref: 1962 October, M. J. Wilson, “Three years of dieselisation at Devons Road depot”, in Modern Railways, page 264:
glosses: A medium, usually fluid, used to draw heat from an object.
robbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of robber
Related terms: cops and robbers
suffers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of suffer
tasks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɑːsks/
ipa: /tæsks/
rhymes: -æsks
rhymes: -ɑːsks
Senses: glosses: plural of task
tasks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɑːsks/
ipa: /tæsks/
rhymes: -æsks
rhymes: -ɑːsks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of task
blinds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /blaɪndz/
rhymes: -aɪndz
Senses: glosses: plural of blind
blinds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /blaɪndz/
rhymes: -aɪndz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blind
deputies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deputy
disputes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈpjuːts/
ipa: /dɪsˈpjuːts/
rhymes: -uːts
Senses: glosses: plural of dispute
disputes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈpjuːts/
ipa: /dɪsˈpjuːts/
rhymes: -uːts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dispute
sapless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæpləs/
rhymes: -æpləs
Forms: form: more sapless
form: most sapless
Etymology: From sap + -less.
Senses: examples: text: […] Thou
For whose path the Atlantic’s level powers
Cleave themselves into chasms, while far below
The sea-blooms and the oozy woods which wear
The sapless foliage of the ocean, know
Thy voice, and suddenly grow grey with fear,
And tremble to despoil themselves: O, hear!
ref: 1819 (date written), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Ode to the West Wind”, in Prometheus Unbound […], London: C[harles] and J[ames] Ollier […], published 1820, →OCLC, part III, stanza III, pages 190-191:
text: Below, all their earthward-looking branches are sapless and shattered, splintered by the weight of many winters’ snows; above, they are still green and full of life, but their summits overtop all the deciduous trees around them, and in their companionship with heaven they are alone.
ref: 1861, Oliver Wendell Holmes, chapter 13, in Elsie Venner, volume I, Boston: Ticknor & Fields, page 234:
glosses: Lacking in sap.
raw_tags: of a plant
examples: text: O young John Talbot! I did send for thee
To tutor thee in stratagems of war,
That Talbot’s name might be in thee revived
When sapless age and weak unable limbs
Should bring thy father to his drooping chair.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:
text: O smooth my rugged heart, and there
Engrave thy rev’rend Law and fear:
Or make a new one, since the old
Is saplesse grown,
And a much fitter stone
To hide my dust, then thee to hold.
ref: 1638, George Herbert, “Nature”, in [Nicholas Ferrar], editor, The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, 5th edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] T[homas] Buck, and R[oger] Daniel, printers to the Universitie of Cambridge, →OCLC:
glosses: Lacking vivacity.
raw_tags: of a person etc.
punctiliousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From punctilious + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Marian rose with great dignity, and addressed the chair and the ladies and gentlemen with true parliamentary punctiliousness.
ref: 1904, Carolyn Wells, “The Debate”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 13:
glosses: The act or state of being punctilious; strict attention to detail.
atomicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌætəˈmɪsɪti/
ipa: /ˌætəˈmɪsɪti/
ipa: [-ɾə-]
ipa: [-ɾi]
rhymes: -ɪsɪti
Forms: form: atomicities
Etymology: From atomic + -ity.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The number of atoms in a molecule.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of valence (“the combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain, lose, or share when it combines with other atoms, etc.”).
synonyms: word: valence
extra: (“the combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain, lose, or share when it combines with other atoms, etc.”).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The state of a system (often a database system) in which either all stages complete or none complete.
glosses: The quality or state of being atomic.
Derived terms: diatomicity
nonatomicity
makas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maka
Piccadilly Circus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Piccadilly + circus.
Senses: examples: text: I've never seen the place so crowded – it was like Piccadilly Circus!
glosses: A traffic intersection in the West End of London, having connections with Piccadilly, Regent Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, Haymarket, Coventry Street and Glasshouse Street; proverbially visualised as being very busy with people.
compter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmptə/
Forms: form: compters
Senses: examples: text: Let me see: every 'leven wether tods, every tod yields pound and odd shilling; fifteen hundred shorn, what comes the wool to? […] I cannot do't without compters.
ref: 1623, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale:
glosses: A counter (token used for keeping count).
examples: text: Each sheriff had his own compter, which were both prisons and offices, administered by the respective secondaries.
ref: 2003, John Hamilton Baker, The Oxford History of the Laws of England, Oxford University Press, page 284:
glosses: A prison attached to a city court; a counter.
West End
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see west, end.
examples: text: In a West End town, a dead end world / The East End boys and West End girls
ref: 1986, “West End Girls”, in Please, performed by Pet Shop Boys:
coordinate_terms: East End
glosses: A neighbourhood of London, England; Usually "the West End", that part of central London to the west of the City that houses shops, theatres, restaurants, museums, art galleries, etc.
glosses: The English theatre industry
glosses: A small village in Waltham St Lawrence parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8275).
glosses: A village and civil parish in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4714).
glosses: A small settlement in Benington parish, Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3846).
glosses: A hamlet (and another named Wrentham West End) in Wrentham parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4683)
glosses: An inner city area of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2473).
glosses: A region of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, composed of the cities and boroughs of Notre-Dame-de-Grace, Cote-Saint-Luc, Hampstead, Montreal West
Coordinate terms: word: Montreal West
word: West Island
word: West Shore
Related terms: East End
North End
Southend
art galleries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of art gallery
longstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more longstanding
form: most longstanding
Senses: examples: text: Independent developers began airing longstanding grievances, skeletons in the closet, and as-told-tos about Microsoft tactics over the years.
ref: 1993, Stephen Manes, Paul Andrews, Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry and Made Himself the Richest Man in America, page 420:
text: Cooper, Candace Owens, Allie Beth Stuckey and Alex Clark all have longstanding ties to conservative media outlets like the Blaze and the Daily Wire as well as the conservative activist group Turning Point USA, which was instrumental in turning out the vote for Trump.
ref: 2025 April 24, Anna Silman, “Now comes the ‘womanosphere’: the anti-feminist media telling women to be thin, fertile and Republican”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative form of long-standing.
Derived terms: longstandingness
galleries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gallery
look-see
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: look-sees
form: looksee
form: looksie
form: looksy
Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese Pidgin English look-see.
Senses: examples: text: I’ve had a look-see at your work, and I think you’ve done a pretty good job of things.
text: I'll just take a look-see at the problem and come right back, then we can go to lunch.
text: He gave me a quick look-see at what they're working on.
text: ‘It’s the first native island I ever called at where the whole tribe didn’t come down to the beach for a look-see.
ref: 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 43:
text: I'm going up in the Cub to take a look-see.
ref: 1999, Dana Stabenow, Hunter's Moon, →ISBN, page 33:
text: You'll do what I do. Meet and greet. Then read through the sides with the actors, unless they're on a look-see.
ref: 2012, Jackie Collins, Hollywood Kids:
glosses: A brief examination, a peek or glance.
examples: text: Once we have them localized, I can send in some look-sees to get a better idea of how many and whether there's actually a nuke in there with them.
ref: 2013, Jack Campbell, The Lost Fleet:
glosses: A person who serves as lookout or scout.
examples: text: The basic use of the comp is to allow an art or casting director to select the model type needed for a particular assignment. This is generally followed by a casting call or a "look-see" for a more detailed evaluation of the models.
ref: 2005, Lynne Warren, Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, page 489:
text: J. is dating P. at NYU and modeling on the side. They're planning to meet us in Paris for spring break so J. can go to some look-sees (and eat some escargot, obv.).
ref: 2007, Melissa de la Cruz, Crazy Hot, page 270:
synonyms: go-see
glosses: An audition attended by an actor or model so that they can be visually appraised.
look-see
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: look-sees
form: look-seeing
form: look-saw
form: look-seen
form: looksee
form: looksie
form: looksy
Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese Pidgin English look-see.
Senses: examples: text: I told Kola and he went down in the p.m. to look-see.
ref: 2015, Zhang Kaiyuan, Donald MacInnis, Eyewitnesses to Massacre:
text: When I look-saw my brother's sunstone I knew it was mighty powerful magic.
ref: 2015, John Boom -, The Watch of the Golden Dragon Turtle:
text: Well I've known good and bad times, and laughed till I cried And I've been asked the questions and sometimes I lied I'm what some would call teak, and some would call weak You can look-see but maybe I'm not what you seek.
ref: 2015, Bill Cariad, It's Only Words:
glosses: To make a quick inspection, especially as a lookout or scout.
Related terms: once-over
spot check