cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
T-wave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: T-waves
Etymology: Initialism of t(erahertz) + wave.
Senses: topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of T-ray.
synonyms: word: T-ray
T-rays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of T-ray
T-waves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of T-wave
terahertz radiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Electromagnetic waves with frequencies around one terahertz.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Especially electromagnetic waves in the range 0.1-30 THz (or subranges there of, see T-rays or T-waves).
glosses: submillimeter wave radiation
patency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪtənsi/
Forms: form: patencies
Etymology: From patent + -cy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
antonyms: impatency
imperforation
atresia
occlusion
glosses: The condition or state of being patent.
topics: medicine
sciences
antonyms: obstruction
glosses: The degree of openness (of a tube, such as a blood vessel or catheter); the relative absence of blockage or obstruction. Measured in percent.
glosses: Obviousness; clarity.
patencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patency
submillimeter wave radiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Electromagnetic waves with a wavelength less than one millimeter (the band begins at about 0.3 THz). A term often used by radio astronomers.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Electromagnetic waves roughly in the band less than 1 millimeter in wavelength, used as a synonym for T-ray or T-wave
glosses: terahertz radiation
radio astronomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radio astronomers
Senses: glosses: A person who studies radio astronomy.
radio astronomers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radio astronomer
terameter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terameters
Etymology: From tera- + meter.
Senses: glosses: US spelling of terametre.
adventitia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adventitias
Etymology: From the Latin adventitius (“extraneous”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
histology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The outermost layer of epithelial tissue encasing a visceral organ.
Derived terms: adventicectomy
adventitial
Related terms: adventitia bona
adventitious
tunica adventitia
terameters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terameter
TiB
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of tebibyte.
Related terms: alt: TB
word: terabyte
hussies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hussy
glosses: plural of hussie
line of credit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lines of credit
Senses: topics: banking
business
finance
synonyms: credit line
glosses: A credit facility under which a bank or other lender agrees to provide a client with loans of money up to an approved limit during a predefined period. The client may borrow the entire credit amount all at once or in portions during the specified period.
topics: banking
business
finance
glosses: The maximum borrowable amount made available by that facility.
Related terms: credit account
lines of credit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of line of credit
letter of credit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: letters of credit
Senses: topics: banking
business
finance
glosses: A document, used primarily in trade finance and issued generally by a financial institution, in which the institution promises to pay debts up to a certain limit to be acquired by the beneficiary against delivery of documents specified in the letter.
Synonyms: sense: trade finance document
word: documentary credit
sense: trade finance document
word: LC
sense: trade finance document
word: L/C
Derived terms: commercial letter of credit
irrevocable letter of credit
time letter of credit
Related terms: letter of indemnity
letter of introduction
letters patent
promissory note
vouch
voucher
vouchsafe
letters of credit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of letter of credit
stockist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stockists
Etymology: From stock + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: I need a replacement cartridge but I can't find a stockist.
text: But of all the tunes, the one she loved the most, and almost managed to capture in its entirety, was a song she had seen performed live back in the late 1970s, when she had first travelled to Britain with the hope of finding stockists for her clothing.
ref: 2016, Laurence Fearnley, The Quiet Spectacular, →ISBN, page 263:
glosses: A retailer or distributor who has stocks of a certain type of item for sale.
Synonyms: stockholder
Columbus Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Discovery Day
glosses: A US national holiday celebrated on the second Monday in October, for Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas.
Appalachian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæ.pəˈlæ.t͡ʃən/
rhymes: -ætʃən
ipa: /ˌæ.pəˈleɪ.(t)ʃən/
ipa: /ˌæ.pəˈleɪ.kən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
homophone: appellation
Forms: form: more Appalachian
form: most Appalachian
Etymology: From the name of a Native American village near present-day Tallahassee, Florida, transcribed in Spanish as Apalchen or Apalachen [a.paˈla.tʃɛn]. Originally the name of the Apalachee, a Muskogean people of northwestern Florida, perhaps from Apalachee abalahci "other side of the river" or Hitchiti (Muskogean) apalwahči "dwelling on one side"; compare Proto-Muskogean *apiCi (“stem, stalk”). The name was eventually used also for the tribe and for a region spreading well inland to the north. After the de Soto expedition in 1540, Spanish cartographers began to apply the name of the tribe to the mountains themselves.
Senses: glosses: Referring to the region of Appalachia or its characteristics.
glosses: Referring to the people and culture of Appalachia.
Derived terms: Appalachianness
Appalachian tea
hike the Appalachian Trail
Appalachian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæ.pəˈlæ.t͡ʃən/
rhymes: -ætʃən
ipa: /ˌæ.pəˈleɪ.(t)ʃən/
ipa: /ˌæ.pəˈleɪ.kən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
homophone: appellation
Forms: form: Appalachians
Etymology: From the name of a Native American village near present-day Tallahassee, Florida, transcribed in Spanish as Apalchen or Apalachen [a.paˈla.tʃɛn]. Originally the name of the Apalachee, a Muskogean people of northwestern Florida, perhaps from Apalachee abalahci "other side of the river" or Hitchiti (Muskogean) apalwahči "dwelling on one side"; compare Proto-Muskogean *apiCi (“stem, stalk”). The name was eventually used also for the tribe and for a region spreading well inland to the north. After the de Soto expedition in 1540, Spanish cartographers began to apply the name of the tribe to the mountains themselves.
Senses: glosses: A person from Appalachia.
Related terms: Appalachians
Appalachian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæ.pəˈlæ.t͡ʃən/
rhymes: -ætʃən
ipa: /ˌæ.pəˈleɪ.(t)ʃən/
ipa: /ˌæ.pəˈleɪ.kən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
homophone: appellation
Etymology: From the name of a Native American village near present-day Tallahassee, Florida, transcribed in Spanish as Apalchen or Apalachen [a.paˈla.tʃɛn]. Originally the name of the Apalachee, a Muskogean people of northwestern Florida, perhaps from Apalachee abalahci "other side of the river" or Hitchiti (Muskogean) apalwahči "dwelling on one side"; compare Proto-Muskogean *apiCi (“stem, stalk”). The name was eventually used also for the tribe and for a region spreading well inland to the north. After the de Soto expedition in 1540, Spanish cartographers began to apply the name of the tribe to the mountains themselves.
Senses: glosses: The dialect of people from Appalachia.
Synonyms: Appalachian English
Appalachia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæ.pəˈlæ.tʃə/
rhymes: -ætʃə
ipa: /ˌæ.pəˈleɪ.(t)ʃə/
rhymes: -eɪʃə
Etymology: Back-formation from Appalachian.
Senses: examples: text: A thick forest of pine trees encircles their subdivision, and beyond that, in the distance, is the shadow of the mountain, one of those low hills at the cusp of Appalachia in northern Alabama.
ref: 2021, Brandon Taylor, “Filthy Animals”, in Filthy Animals, Daunt Books Originals, page 130:
glosses: A region in the eastern United States, covering a part of the Appalachian Mountains, that stretches from southwestern Pennsylvania to northern Alabama, usually excluding New York State and New England.
glosses: A town in Wise County, Virginia.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: An island landmass occurring during most of the Late Cretaceous (100.5 to 66 million years ago) that now makes up the eastern half of North America.
proration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prorations
Etymology: From prorate + -ion?
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: In budgeting, the proportional distribution or allocation of parameters, such as noise power and transmission losses, among a number of tandem-connected items, such as equipment, cables, links, or trunks, in order to balance the performance of communications circuits.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: In a telephone switching center, the distribution or allocation of equipment or components proportionally among a number of functions, to provide a requisite grade of service.
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: In the insurance industry, the act of taking money that is currently due from the insurance company and moving it to the patient, knowing that the dollar amount being moved is due from the patient as a deductible, coinsurance, or copayment amount.
bioanalytics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /baɪoʊˌænəˈlɪtɪks/
Etymology: From bio- + analytics.
Senses: glosses: The field of research in biotechnology concerned with analytical techniques.
Related terms: bioanalytic
emphasised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of emphasise
inditement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inditements
Etymology: From indite + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The product of inditing or composing; a written composition.
analytics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæn.əˈlɪt.ɪks/
note: Indic
ipa: /ənəˈlɪʈɪks/
note: Indic
ipa: /əˈnalɪʈɪks/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈanəlɪʈɪks/
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναλυτικά (analutiká, “science of analysis”).
Senses: glosses: The principles governing any of various forms of analysis.
glosses: Discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data.
Derived terms: bioanalytics
cryptanalytics
immunoanalytics
nanoanalytics
seroanalytics
pericenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pericenters
form: pericentre
Etymology: From peri- + center.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: perifocus
antonyms: apocenter
glosses: The point of closest approach of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to its center of attraction.
Derived terms: time of pericenter passage
Related terms: periapsis
pericenters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pericenter
periapsides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: peri- + apsides
Senses: glosses: plural of periapsis
Synonyms: periapses
periapsises
uranian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Containing hexavalent uranium.
examples: text: [T]hose deities which are called ‘chthonic’ or earthly are, as a matter of fact, not in any sense deities of the earth. They are, in one of their aspects associated with the ‘underworld,’ but that underworld is but a segment of their cycle; they are deities of the underworld not because they appertain to the earth or are in any sense a personification of it, but because they are, on the contrary, heavenly bodies which, in the course of their cycle, pass under the eart. They are therefore just as much ‘uranian’ as are the Olympians.
ref: 1927, Robert Briffault, “The Great Mothers”, in The Mothers: A Study of the Origins of Sentiments and Institutions, volume III, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, pages 146–147:
text: Twice during a uranian year, the rings appear edge-on for a brief period, referred to as a ring plane crossing (RPX).
ref: 2007 September 28, Inke de Pater, H. B. Hammel, Mark R. Showalter, Marcos A. van Dam, “The Dark Side of the Rings of Uranus”, in Science, volume 317, number 5846, Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1888:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Uranian.
Related terms: uranylian
uranoan
trans-uranian
transuranian
microwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌwɛɹ/
ipa: /ˈmaɪkɹəʊˌwɛə/
Etymology: From micro- + wear.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Microscopic patterns of edge damage on stone tools, used to show how the tools were used.
planktivore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: plăngkʹtĭvôr'
ipa: /ˈplæŋktɪˌvɔɹ/
ipa: /ˈplæŋktɪˌvɔː/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: plăngkʹtĭvōr'
ipa: /ˈplæŋktɪˌvo(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈplæŋktɪˌvoə/
Forms: form: planktivores
Etymology: From plankton + -vore.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An animal feeding primarily on plankton, such as a blue whale.
Derived terms: macroplanktivore
planktivorous
planktivory
planktivores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of planktivore
gill raker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gill rakers
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A bony, finger-like projection of the gill arch filaments of fish, used for food retention in some species.
multistationarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The characteristic of a network in which each node is connected to every other node
Related terms: multistationary
threespine stickleback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: threespine sticklebacks
form: three-spined stickleback
Senses: glosses: Gasterosteus aculeatus, an endangered species of European stickleback.
fluorophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌflɔɹəˈfɪlɪk/
Forms: form: more fluorophilic
form: most fluorophilic
Etymology: From fluoro- + -philic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a chemical affinity for fluorocarbons.
Derived terms: fluorophilicity
Related terms: hydrophilic
lipophilic
weigela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weigelas
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: "It's wonderful. Those cinerarias are really show pieces. And what is that lovely tall flower - the rose-pink one?" "That's a Weigela, that is, Amabilis variegata."
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 14:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant of the genus Weigela.
INLA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Under McGlinchey's leadership, the INLA committed several atrocities and murders during the Troubles, resulting in the Co Derry native's imprisonment both north and south of the border.
ref: 2023 August 1, “Son of slain republicans brings actions”, in The Irish Times, page 4:
glosses: Initialism of Irish National Liberation Army.
dendrobium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dendrobiums
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Dendrobium.
Senses: examples: text: “I think there are a lot of people like me who would not have become a collector were it not for Chadwick’s,” says Sarah Ann Scott, who lives in Chesterfield County. She is dropping off two bloomed-out dendrobiums and a cattleya and picking up a perky slipper orchid.
ref: 2019 April 10, Adrian Higgins, “This florist started caring for ailing orchids on the side. He’s now babysitting 13,000.”, in The Washington Post:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant of the genus Dendrobium.
IRSP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Irish Republican Socialist Party.
RSF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Republican Sinn Féin.
examples: text: The RSF has battled to maintain its presence in Khartoum, but a streak of losses in recent weeks has forced the militia to flee its key positions within the city.
ref: 2025 March 27, Nimi Princewill, “Sudan’s army has captured the capital. Is it a turning point in the devastating conflict?”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of Rapid Support Forces.
RSF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French RSF (“Reporters sans frontières”).
Senses: examples: text: Meanwhile, in what RSF noted as a new trend in 2020, seven journalists were killed while covering protests.
ref: 2020 December 29, Angela Dewan, “At least 50 journalists were killed in 2020, most outside countries at war”, in CNN:
glosses: Reporters Without Borders
Synonyms: word: RWB
Troia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Troias
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Italian Troia.
Senses: examples: Vincenzo Troia
glosses: A surname from Italian.
palmar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more palmar
form: most palmar
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin palmaris. May be decomposed as palm + -ar.
Senses: examples: text: "A latent print on the palmar surface of our hands and the plantar surfaces of our foot is a scan that is entirely different from the scan on the rest of our bodies.
ref: 1988 May 20, Jack Clark, “Touch of Death”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or comparable appendage.
examples: text: The long and ring superficialis tendons lie more palmar than the index and small.
ref: 2002, John Gray Seiler, Essentials of Hand Surgery, →ISBN, page 14:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In the direction of the palm.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or relating to the underside of the wings of birds.
Synonyms: sense: in the direction of the palm
word: palmal
Hypernyms: volar
Derived terms: distopalmar
dorsopalmar
lateropalmar
nonpalmar
odonto-tricho-ungual-digital-palmar syndrome
palmar fibromatosis
palmarly
posteropalmar
proximopalmar
radiopalmar
transpalmar
Related terms: plantar
ventral
Muslimise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Muslimises
form: Muslimising
form: Muslimised
form: Muslimised
Etymology: From Muslim + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Muslimize.
Moslemize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Moslemizes
form: Moslemizing
form: Moslemized
form: Moslemized
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Muslimize.
bravi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bravo
Moslemise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Moslemises
form: Moslemising
form: Moslemised
form: Moslemised
Etymology: From Moslem + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Muslimize.
covert-coat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: covert-coats
Senses: examples: text: Meanwhile Raffles rejoined me, with a covert-coat over his blazer, and a soft felt hat set carelessly on the curly head he shook with a smile as I passed him the decanter.
ref: 1899, E. W. Hornung, “The Ides of March”, in The Amateur Cracksman, page 18:
glosses: A coat suitable for wearing while shooting game, usually with a neutral colour and windproof or waterproof qualities.
finca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fincas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish finca in the late 19th century.
Senses: glosses: A country estate, farm or ranch in Spain or Hispanic America.
intelligent falling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A playful allusion to intelligent design, since the scientific explanation of gravitational force cannot fully explain all aspects of the phenomenon.
Senses: glosses: gravity
Judean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒuˈdiː.ən/
rhymes: -iən
Forms: form: more Judean
form: most Judean
form: Judaean
form: Judæan
Etymology: From Latin iūdaeus [from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá, “Judah”) + -ιος (-ios)] + -an. By surface analysis, Judah + -ean.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Judea.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Of or pertaining to Judah; Judahite.
Derived terms: Judean Aramaic
Judean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒuˈdiː.ən/
rhymes: -iən
Forms: form: Judeans
form: Judaean
form: Judæan
Etymology: From Latin iūdaeus [from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá, “Judah”) + -ιος (-ios)] + -an. By surface analysis, Judah + -ean.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Judea.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A member of the tribe of Judah; a Judahite.
trimethylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trimethylamines
Etymology: From trimethyl + amine.
Senses: examples: text: We would get fresh fish every Friday, carp and pike, which my mother would grind to make the gefilte fish for shabbas. One Friday I added a little trimethylamine to the fish, and when my mother smelled this, she grimaced and threw the lot away.
ref: 2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The tertiary amine (CH₃)₃N; a colourless gas with a fishy smell that is a product of animal and vegetable decomposition.
Anglicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Anglicists
Etymology: From Anglic + -ist.
Senses: hypernyms: word: humanities scholar
word: person
glosses: Expert on English studies.
love tap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: love taps
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lovetap.
Anglicists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Anglicist
anilin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anilins
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of aniline.
spruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spruits
Etymology: From Afrikaans spruit. Doublet of sprout.
Senses: examples: text: Though there is such a poor prospect for public irrigation schemes, the country seems, on the whole, fairly well watered in years of normal rainfall, and there are many springs and "spruits," or rivulets, more or less permanent.
ref: 1901 October 11, Colonel F. V. Corbett, “Report on Irrigation in Natal”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 16, page 489:
glosses: A small headstream; a stream flowing through a village, dry in summer.
aunswere
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: aunsweres
form: aunswering
form: aunswered
form: aunswered
Senses: examples: 1559 Book of Common Prayer
And that ye shoulde aunswere to every sentence. Amen.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of answer.
squilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪlə
Forms: form: squillas
form: squillae
Etymology: From Latin squilla, from Ancient Greek σκίλλα (skílla).
Senses: glosses: A dinner bell, (historical) a shrill little bell used to signal dinner for medieval monks.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A squill, a sea onion.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis) or other members of the genus Squilla.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An insect resembling a mantis shrimp.
Acts of the Apostles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Acts of the Apostles
Etymology: Calque of Latin Āctūs Apostolōrum, itself a calque of Ancient Greek Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων (Práxeis Apostólōn).
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The fifth book in the New Testament of the Bible.
Synonyms: Acts
Book of Acts
sbirro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspiɹoʊ/
Forms: form: sbirros
form: sbirri
Etymology: From Italian sbirro; compare French sbire.
Senses: glosses: A policeman in Italy, Corsica, etc.
glosses: A ruffian or henchman.
river-bed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: river-beds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of riverbed.
rigidification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˌd͡ʒɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: rigidifications
Etymology: From rigid + -ification.
Senses: glosses: The process of becoming rigid, stiff or inflexible; of rigidifying.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A form of isomorphism applied between line bundles.
rigidifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rigidification
microplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌpleɪt/
Forms: form: microplates
Etymology: From micro- + plate.
Senses: glosses: A flat plate with multiple "wells" used as small test tubes.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A relatively small tectonic plate.
Synonyms: assay plate
microtiter plate
Related terms: microplate reader
microplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microplate
nonclassical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɑnˈklæsɪkəl/
ipa: /nɒnˈklæsɪkəl/
Forms: form: more nonclassical
form: most nonclassical
form: non-classical
Etymology: From non- + classical.
Senses: glosses: Not classical.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Not governed by the rules of Newtonian mechanics, or by the classical theory of electromagnetism.
Derived terms: nonclassicality
lovetaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lovetap
love taps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of love tap
Fock state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fock states
Etymology: From Vladimir Fock, a groundbreaking Soviet quantum physicist.
Senses: qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: Any state of the Fock space with a well-defined number of particles in each state.
final straw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: “This is the final straw AI,” he wrote in an Instagram story.
ref: 2023 April 18, Laura Snapes, quoting Drake, “AI song featuring fake Drake and Weeknd vocals pulled from streaming services”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: This follows the confirmation that Gilruth personally ordered the cancellation of engineering works in Fife last year, which is thought to have been the final straw for Gibb […]. Because her Fife constituency was materially affected by the cancellation, Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross, who raised Gibb's departure at First Minister's Questions on May 18, described the incident as a "clear-cut sackable offence".
ref: 2023 May 31, “Network News: Micro-management prompted Gibb to quit ScotRail”, in RAIL, number 984, page 25:
glosses: Synonym of last straw.
synonyms: word: last straw
bosonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /boʊˈsɑnɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Etymology: From boson + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: We calculate the bosonic boundary state corresponding to a moving fractional Dp-brane in a partially orbifoldized spacetime #92;mathbb#123;R#125;#123;1,d-5#125;#92;times#92;mathbb#123;C#125;#123;2#125;#47;#92;mathbb#123;Z#125;#95;#123;2#125; in the presence of the Kalb-Ramond field, the U(1) gauge potential and the tachyon field.
ref: 2015, Maryam Saidy-Sarjoubi, Davoud Kamani, “Moving Fractional Branes with Background Fields: Interaction and Tachyon Condensation”, in arXiv:
qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling a boson.
Derived terms: multibosonic
nonbosonic
Related terms: fermionic
sand trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand traps
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A sand-filled hollow, on a golf course, used as a hazard; a bunker.
topics: architecture
glosses: A basin that prevents the passage of sand etc into a drainage system.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: A sand-filled area at the end of a dragstrip to slow down vehicles that run off the track, as a safety measure.
Related terms: gravel trap
sand traps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sand trap
fluoroalkyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɔɹoʊˈælkɪl/
Forms: form: fluoroalkyls
form: fluoralkyl
Etymology: From fluoro- + alkyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkyl group in which one or more hydrogens have been substituted for fluorine.
Hyponyms: perfluoroalkyl
PFAS
polyfluoroalkyl
Derived terms: perfluoroalkyl
PFAS
polyfluoroalkyl
fluoroalkyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluoroalkyl
sidechain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sidechains
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of side chain.
sidechain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sidechains
form: sidechaining
form: sidechained
form: sidechained
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of side chain.
anoda
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of another.
cash crop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cash crops
Senses: examples: text: So the matter rested until the Cranbrook & Paddock Wood Company was incorporated on August 8, 1877, appropriately displaying a bunch of hops on its seal, for these had become the principal cash crop in the area.
ref: 1960 March, H. P. White, “The Hawkhurst branch of the Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 170:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
synonyms: money crop
profit crop
coordinate_terms: subsistence crop
glosses: A crop that is grown for sale rather than for personal food or for feeding to livestock.
cost overrun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cost overruns
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: An excess of actual cost over budget.
sbirri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sbirro
paleoceanographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleoceanographers
form: palaeoceanographer
form: paleooceanographer
Etymology: From paleo- + oceanographer.
Senses: glosses: A scholar or researcher of paleoceanography, the study of the development of the oceans in the geologic past.
paleoceanographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleoceanographer
cocrystal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocrystals
Etymology: From co- + crystal.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A crystal, often a large-molecule crystal, having two or more distinct molecular components within the crystal lattice.
cocrystals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocrystal
waxing moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waxing moons
Etymology: From waxing + moon. Compare Middle English wexinge of the mone, þe waxyng of moone, waxinge of þe mone, wexinge of þe mone (literally “(the) waxing of the moon”).
Senses: glosses: A moon (usually the Moon, that is, Earth's moon) when it appears larger each night as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon: a moon in any of the increasing lunar phases.
Coordinate terms: full moon
new moon
old moon
Related terms: crescent moon
waning moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waning moons
Etymology: From waning + moon. Compare Middle English waynynge of the mone, wanynge of þe mone (literally “waning of the moon”).
Senses: glosses: A moon (usually the Moon, that is, Earth's moon) when it appears smaller each night as it progresses from a full moon to a new moon: a moon in any of the diminishing lunar phases.
Coordinate terms: old moon
full moon
new moon
Related terms: dark moon
landlubbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landlubber
callout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callouts
Etymology: Deverbal from call out.
Senses: topics: communication
communications
glosses: An outgoing telephone call.
examples: text: I had to pay for the callout of the plumber after the pipe burst.
glosses: An instance of being summoned to visit a certain place in order to provide assistance; an instance of summoning someone who is on call.
examples: text: So many people attended the basketball callout that the coach decided to form two teams.
glosses: A meeting or rally held in order to find interested participants, e.g. for an activity or sports team.
glosses: An invitation to fight.
examples: text: […] a callout for volunteers to fill hundreds of sandbags.
ref: 2022, David Hendy, The BBC: A People's History:
glosses: A request for people to join or take part.
examples: text: Ancient Egypt: Civilization in northeastern Africa that gives reference volumes a chance to change up the pace a little and break up the monotonous, text-heavy format with more graphical elements, timelines, and a few callout boxes.
ref: 2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 64:
topics: media
publishing
typography
qualifier: graphic layout
glosses: A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large font alongside the article so as to grab a reader's attention and indicate the article's topic.
glosses: An annotation that pertains to a specific location in a body of text or a graphic, and that is visually linked to that location by a mark or a matching pair of marks.
examples: text: On this particular day, I felt ill, mostly from exhaustion, and had to call out from work. This callout caused a stir and a display of animosity.
ref: 2015, Pearley Rufus-Lusan, The Baby Boomer Nurse:
glosses: The act of calling out from work, i.e. announcing that one cannot attend; the act of calling in sick.
glosses: A form of verbal abuse with the intention of making the victim feel guilty.
examples: 2011, Wes Nolte, Jeff Douglas, Salesforce Handbook (page 300)
One of the great benefits is that it allows you to perform callouts during trigger executions.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The invocation of an external third-party component.
Derived terms: callout culture
callouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callout
old moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: old moons
Etymology: From Middle English olde mone.
Senses: glosses: The phase of the moon when it is waning.
glosses: The moon when it is waning.
Related terms: waning moon
troon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹuːn/
ipa: /ˈtɹun/
ipa: /ˈtɹʉːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: troons
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *trānts
Latin trāns
Latin trans-bor.
English trans-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os
Latin genus
Old French gendrebor.
Middle English gendre
English gender
English transgender
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-ōm
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm
Proto-Indo-European *-ō
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ
Proto-Germanic *gumô
Proto-West Germanic *gumō
Old English guma
Middle English gone?
English gooney
English goon
blend
English troon
Blend of transgender + goon (“member of Something Awful”). Coined on the comedy website and internet forum Something Awful; first known use is in 2010.
Senses: examples: text: Good Woke Boys pretending like they didn't obsessively post "troons are mentally ill" for 5 years is my favorite* part of twitter
ref: 2016 September 19, @uchimatador, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 May 2023:
text: When the troons speak about ‘gender neutral spaces’ ALWAYS maintain they are promoting unisex spaces.
ref: 2020 August 29, @fifyfomum, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2020:
text: how do I wear skirts without coming off like a troon twitter no-fashion-sense transbian
ref: 2021 October 26, @coolestrogen, Twitter, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2021:
coordinate_terms: pooner
glosses: A transgender person; most commonly, a trans woman.
Derived terms: trooner
troonery
troonism
troon out
troon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹuːn/
ipa: /ˈtɹun/
ipa: /ˈtɹʉːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: troons
form: trooning
form: trooned
form: trooned
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *trānts
Latin trāns
Latin trans-bor.
English trans-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os
Latin genus
Old French gendrebor.
Middle English gendre
English gender
English transgender
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-ōm
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm
Proto-Indo-European *-ō
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ
Proto-Germanic *gumô
Proto-West Germanic *gumō
Old English guma
Middle English gone?
English gooney
English goon
blend
English troon
Blend of transgender + goon (“member of Something Awful”). Coined on the comedy website and internet forum Something Awful; first known use is in 2010.
Senses: examples: text: Everyone was a hon back then and trooning at that age still guarantees that you'll be a hon.
ref: 2020 December 15, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
text: How old were you when you trooned?
ref: 2021 November 25, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
text: >Are you trooning?
yeah I started trooning five years ago kek
ref: 2022 December 29, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
synonyms: troon out
glosses: To undergo gender transition.
examples: text: wait, i thought yu get forcebly trooned if you do the gay in iran? white man propaganda?
ref: 2021 October 8, @primalplat, Twitter, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2021:
text: Is it so strange that our time is dominated by mental illness, that our men are trooned and our civilization is torn apart by screeching women? Deny a God, suffer a God's wrath.
ref: 2022 March 13, @autistocrates, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2022:
text: I don't support trooning kids because I'd be bitter they get to transition earlier than I did.
ref: 2023 March 15, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
glosses: To make someone undergo gender transition.
Related terms: english: trousers
translation: trousers
word: troons
Hello World
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hello, World
form: Hello World!
form: hello world
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A simple script or program designed to output the text "Hello World" as a demonstration of the computer language or environment.
Hello World
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hello Worlds
form: Hello, World
form: Hello World!
form: hello world
Senses: examples: text: The Hello World of Web 2.0
ref: 2006, Eric Van der Vlist, Erik Bruchez, Danny Ayers, Joe Fawcett, Alessandro Vernet, Professional Web 2.0 programming:
text: Google refers to this as the "Hello World" of Google Maps.
ref: 2006, Rael Dornfest, Paul Bausch, Tara Calishain, Google hacks:
text: Animated Clock: The Hello World of Animated and Interactive SVG
ref: 2008, Shelley Powers, Painting the Web:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A simple first program for any purpose.
Related terms: goodbye, cruel world
refile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪl
Forms: form: refiles
form: refiling
form: refiled
form: refiled
Etymology: From re- + file.
Senses: examples: text: Let's refile those papers under Miscellaneous.
text: U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday on Friday struck the complaint and gave the president's lawyers 28 days to refile their lawsuit.
ref: 2025 September 19, Peter Charalambous, “Judge tosses Trump's $15B defamation suit against New York Times, Penguin Random House”, in ABC News, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2025:
glosses: To file again or differently.
refiles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of refile
refiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of refile
refiling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of refile
refiling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refilings
Senses: glosses: The act of filing (a legal case, etc.) again.
shoulde
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: 1559 Book of Common Prayer
And that ye shoulde aunswere to every sentence. Amen.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of should.
Daco-Romanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Daco- + Romanian.
Senses: glosses: The standard Romanian language, distinguished from the Aromanian (Macedo-Romanian), Megleno-Romanian and Istro-Romanian languages.
towne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: townes
Senses: examples: text: Thereout a strange beast with seven heads arose, / That townes and castles under her brest did coure.
ref: 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Visions of the Worlds Vanitie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete form of town.
townes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of towne
assessable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more assessable
form: most assessable
Etymology: From Middle English assessable, from Middle English assessen (“to assess”) + -able (“-able”). Equivalent to assess + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be assessed.
Synonyms: measurable
Derived terms: assessably
Related terms: assessability
loyall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: We whose names are underwriten, ye loyall subjects of our dread soveraigne Lord King James...
ref: 1620, Mayflower Compact:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of loyal.
sand dunes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sand dune
soveraigne
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: We whose names are underwriten, ye loyall subjects of our dread soveraigne Lord King James...
ref: 1620, Mayflower Compact:
text: His mercy is a panacea, a balſome for an afflicted ſoule, a Soveraigne medicine, an alexipharmacum for all ſinne, a charme for the Divell, his mercy was great to Solomon, to Manaſſes, to Peter, great to all offenders, and whoſoever thou art, it may be ſo to thee.
ref: 1638, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Cure of Deſpaire by Phyſick, good counſell, comforts, &c.”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy. […], 5th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [Robert Young, Miles Flesher, and Leonard Lichfield and William Turner] for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 3, section 4, member 3, subsection 6, page 707:
glosses: Archaic spelling of sovereign.
advancemente
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: advancementes
Senses: examples: text: Haveing undertaken, for ye glorie of god, and advancemente of ye Christian faith and honour […]
ref: 1620, Mayflower Compact:
glosses: Archaic spelling of advancement.
sapidity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sapidities
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin sapiditās. By surface analysis, sapid + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The property of being sapid; tastiness.
countrie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countries
Senses: examples: text: Haveing undertaken, for ye glorie of god, and advancemente of ye Christian faith and honour of our king & countrie, a voyage […]
ref: 1620, Mayflower Compact:
text: All the kingdom and countrie / Held in great tranquillity.
ref: 1903 Aucassin and Nicolette (translated from the Old French by Francis William Bourdillon), p.67
glosses: Obsolete spelling of country.
saphenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːnəs
ipa: /səˈfiːnəs/
Forms: form: saphænous
Etymology: From saphena + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: This problem is most critical when dealing with the entry of the great or small saphenous vein into the deep venous system.
ref: 1996, Johannes Petres, Rainer Rompel, Perry Robins, Dermatologic Surgery, page 111:
text: Perform the operation, which was described by Friedrich Trendelenburg (1844–1924) of Leipzig in 1890, on patients with varicose veins who have evidence of long saphenous reflux at the groin on clinical, Doppler or duplex examination. Avoid the operation if the long saphenous vein is a collateral channel for obstructed deep veins.
ref: 2007, R. M. Kirk, Essential General Surgical Operations, page 274:
text: The reverse saphenous conduit flap incorporates branches of the saphenous artery and medial saphenous vein, which in turn supply and drain the overlying skin by means of direct cutaneous vessels.
ref: 2009, Michael M. Pavletic, Atlas of Small Animal Wound Management and Reconstructive Surgery, page 394:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or situated near, the saphenous vein.
Derived terms: saphenous nerve
saphenous opening
saphenous vein
saphenous vein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saphenous veins
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The great saphenous vein, or (less commonly) the small saphenous vein.
Derived terms: greater saphenous vein
great saphenous vein
lesser saphenous vein
small saphenous vein
great saphenous vein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great saphenous veins
form: greater saphenous vein
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The large subcutaneous superficial vein of the leg and thigh.
greater saphenous vein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greater saphenous veins
Senses: glosses: Synonym of great saphenous vein.
synonyms: word: great saphenous vein
greater saphenous veins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greater saphenous vein
great saphenous veins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of great saphenous vein
mutualy
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: […] a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in ye presence of God […]
ref: 1620, Mayflower Compact:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of mutually.
small saphenous vein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: small saphenous veins
form: lesser saphenous vein
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A relatively large vein of the superficial posterior leg.
lesser saphenous vein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lesser saphenous veins
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of small saphenous vein.
synonyms: word: small saphenous vein
togeather
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: ...and one of another, covenant & combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick...
ref: 1620, Mayflower Compact:
glosses: Archaic spelling of together.
togeather
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of together.
Samaritans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Samaritan
Samaritans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A telephone helpline providing support to those at risk of suicide.
civill
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] and one of another, covenant & combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick […]
ref: 1620, Mayflower Compact:
glosses: Archaic spelling of civil.
helpline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛlpˌlaɪn/
Forms: form: helplines
Etymology: From help + line.
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
hyponyms: careline
glosses: A telephone service (or (by extension) one using email, SMS, or the Web) which offers help to those who call, as either a public emergency service or customer service.
Related terms: emergency service
help desk
hotline
crisis hotline
teleassistance
telecounseling