cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tautomerization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tautomerizations
Etymology: From tautomer + -ization.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Isomerization between tautomers.
tour bus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tour buses
form: tour busses
form: tourbus
Senses: glosses: A bus used for a touring group, especially by musicians.
tautomerizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tautomerize
tautomerize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tautomerizes
form: tautomerizing
form: tautomerized
form: tautomerized
Etymology: From tautomer + -ize.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To isomerize so as to form a tautomer.
thermochromism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The reversible change of colour with temperature of some materials
topicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: topicities
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The stereochemical relationship of substituents to a molecule and to each other
tricyclo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + cyclo-.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a molecular structure having three rings (either fused, or having a common bridgehead atom)
uniaxiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uniaxial + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being uniaxial
unidimensional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + dimensional.
Senses: examples: text: Lives are not simple and homogenous or uni-dimensional.
ref: 1989 August 19, Ollie Lee Taylor, quoting Richard Mohr, “Black and White Men Make It Happen Together”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 6, page 2:
glosses: one-dimensional
upconversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upconversions
Etymology: From up- + conversion.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The process by which two photons combine in a nonlinear medium to produce a higher-energy photon with a frequency that is the sum of those of the two photons
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Conversion of a lower radio frequency to a higher frequency, possibly using a mixer.
Related terms: downconversion
vibrationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /vaɪˈbɹeɪʃənəli/
ipa: /vaɪˈbɹeɪʃnəli/
ipa: /vaɪˈbɹeɪʃənli/
rhymes: -eɪʃənəli
Etymology: From vibrational + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With regard to vibration
vibronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vibronic
form: most vibronic
Etymology: Blend of vibration + electronic
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing relationships between electronic and vibrational motions or quantum states
vidicon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vidicons
Senses: glosses: A device in a television camera that forms an image composed of varying charges on a photoconductive surface
manual labour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manual labours
Senses: qualifier: Commonwealth spelling
glosses: Alternative spelling of manual labor: physically demanding work done by hand.
zwitterionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more zwitterionic
form: most zwitterionic
Etymology: From zwitterion + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Inspection of CD data reveals that, similar to previously reported data for megainin^([sic]) peptides [ 33 ], preference of α-helical conformation of TM2 and TM3 segments are different in anionic (SDS) and zwitterionic (DPC) media, reflecting the importance of electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions between the peptides and micelles.
ref: 2015 August 20, Amrita Roy Choudhury et al., “Structural Model of the Bilitranslocase Transmembrane Domain Supported by NMR and FRET Data”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a zwitterion.
Derived terms: non-zwitterionic
pseudozwitterionic
Australian cattle dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Australian cattle dogs
Senses: glosses: A breed of herding dog bred in Australia for controlling cattle; varieties include the Queensland heeler, blue heeler and red heeler.
criminous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more criminous
form: most criminous
Etymology: From Middle English crymynous, from Latin crīminōsus.
Senses: glosses: criminal
Derived terms: criminously
criminousness
athematic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ăthē-măt'ĭk
ipa: /ˌæθiːˈmætɪk/
Etymology: From a- + thematic.
Senses: examples: text: Celtic tended to thematicize athematic verbs and to generalize a single grade of ablaut, usually the zero grade of the plural:...
ref: 2017 -, Mate Kapović, Anna Giacalone Ramat, Paolo Ramat, The Indo-European Languages, →ISBN:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of a root, not having a thematic vowel and thus attaching inflections directly to the root.
vrddhied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of vṛddhied.
Iditarod
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Iditarods
Senses: glosses: The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, an annual sled dog race held in Alaska, USA.
neurolinguistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɝoʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/
rhymes: -ɪstɪks
Etymology: From neuro- + linguistics.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Science concerned with the human brain mechanisms underlying the comprehension, production and abstract knowledge of language, be it spoken, signed or written.
Related terms: neurolinguistic
neurolinguistical
neurolinguistically
TMBG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Now, TMBG has taken the logical step of releasing its first album specifically tailored to kids: No!, which hits stores June 11 on Idlewild/Rounder Kids.
ref: 2002 May 25, Moira McCormick, “Kids And Adults Will ‘No’ Doubt Enjoy They Might Be Giants' Latest Via Idlewild”, in Billboard, page 54:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of They Might Be Giants.
xenolinguistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xeno- + linguistics.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
sciences
synonyms: astrolinguistics
exolinguistics
glosses: Study of a language originating from alien species.
Related terms: xenolinguist
xenolinguistic
xenolinguistical
xenolinguistically
historical linguistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Holonym: linguistics
Meronym: etymology
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: diachronic linguistics
glosses: The scientific study of language change.
diachronic linguistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of historical linguistics.
synonyms: word: historical linguistics
biolinguistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + linguistics.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Study of the biology and evolution of language.
Derived terms: paleobiolinguistics
chrononym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chrononyms
Etymology: A 1979: chrono- + -onym.
Senses: examples: text: requires that the simple stative make use of the reader's implicit knowledge and sense of periodization, here the chrononym of "loss of status" because Nixon had to vacate the world's most desirable position of political power
ref: 1986, Cohen, Sande, Historical culture : on the recoding of an academic discipline:
text: It’s important to remember that every chrononym (a word that refers to some particular time, such as “springtime” or “teatime”) is arbitrary; every calendar is based on cultural norms and sometimes curious assumptions.
ref: 2012, Blatner, David, Spectrums : our mindboggling universe from infinitesimal to infinity:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semiotics
glosses: A term for a specific period of time, such as "summer" or "week."
enturbulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by L. Ron Hubbard.
Senses: glosses: The creation of turbulence or conflict between two or more people or groups.
glosses: The process of enturbulating, of agitating or disturbing.
Related terms: enturbulate
heterofermentative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hetero- + fermentative.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That undergoes fermentation to produce more than one product, e.g. both alcohol and lactic acid.
raw_tags: of a microorganism
Coordinate terms: heterofermentation
Related terms: heterofermentation
homofermentative
enturbulence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: Scientology
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The state or quality of being enturbulated, agitated or disturbed.
considerer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: considerers
Etymology: From consider + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who considers.
considerers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of considerer
rhodomontade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhodomontades
Senses: examples: text: Not a glimpse can you get of the merits or defects of the performers: they are hidden in a profusion of barbarous epithets and wilful rhodomontade.
ref: 1822, William Hazlitt, “Essay VIII. On Familiar Style.”, in Table-Talk; or, Original Essays, volume II, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Henry Colburn and Co., →OCLC, page 194:
text: And do you, Georgy, contrive to tell Penrhyn all the particulars of this drowning affair; for I remember the bare facts being mentioned at Lord Penrhyns, and he will tell them with effect, avoiding rhodomontade without omitting pathos.
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 236:
text: He addressed himself directly to his guest with a torrent of rhodomontade; and the young man, reduced to helpless silence and shy, nodded his head at intervals to show that he took an intelligent interest.
ref: 1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter CXV, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Dated spelling of rodomontade.
rhodomontade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rhodomontades
form: rhodomontading
form: rhodomontaded
form: rhodomontaded
Senses: examples: text: “I cannot anſwer for their notions,” ſaid Heurthofen, “but I know, Madame, that owing to this abſurd notion, I narrowly eſcaped greater inconveniences even than thoſe I had paſſed through.” “Poor Heurthofen!” ſaid Madame de Roſenheim, who, though ſhe knew he was rhodomontading, had compaſſion alike for his late eſcape, and preſent confusion—[…]
ref: 1794, Charlotte Smith, chapter V, in The Banished Man. […], volume I, London: […] T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell) […], →OCLC, pages 100–101:
glosses: Dated spelling of rodomontade.
Buckland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bucklands
Etymology: From Old English bōc (“book”) + land (“land”).
Senses: glosses: A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district: the parish is unusually long and narrow (OS grid ref SP8812).
glosses: A number of places in England:
An eastern suburb of Newton Abbot, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8771).
glosses: A number of places in England:
Two hamlets, East Buckland and West Buckland, in Thurlestone parish, South Hams district, Devon.
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0836).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A suburb of Lymington, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SZ3196).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A suburb of Portsmouth, Hampshire, north-east of the city centre (OS grid ref SU6501).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish (served by Buckland and Chipping Parish Council) in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL3533).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A northern suburb of Dover, Kent (OS grid ref TR3042).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU3497).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2250).
glosses: A rural municipality in central Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Buckland No. 491.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Auglaize County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Prince William County, Virginia, site of Buckland Historic District.
glosses: A rural locality in Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A rural locality in Glamorgan-Spring Bay council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
glosses: A village near Pukekohe, Auckland region, New Zealand.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Buckland in the Moor
Buckland Monachorum
Buckland Newton
Buckland St Mary
East and West Buckland
East Buckland
West Buckland
DCI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪ
Forms: form: DCIs
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of detective chief inspector, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
topics: diving
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
underwater-diving
glosses: Initialism of decompression illness.
Related terms: topics: law-enforcement
government
word: DCS
word: DSupt
word: DI
word: DS
word: DC
topics: law-enforcement
government
word: supt.
word: PC
word: WPC
Bullock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bullocks
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Burlington County and Ocean County, New Jersey.
glosses: A ghost town in Harding County, South Dakota.
glosses: A community in Lanark Highlands township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: Ellipsis of Bullock County.
Derived terms: Bullock County
Bullock Creek
Bunge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bunges
Senses: glosses: A surname.
diamorphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪəˈmɔːfiːn/
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The BAN name for the drug heroin.
Synonyms: english: INN name
translation: INN name
word: diacetylmorphine
gitana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gitanas
Senses: coordinate_terms: gitano
glosses: A female gypsy.
CIC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CICs
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Initialism of combat information center, a battle coordination room aboard a warship.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: ATC
air traffic controller
controller
air controller
glosses: Initialism of controller-in-charge
glosses: Initialism of community interest company.
glosses: Initialism of common interest community.
CIC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
insurance
glosses: Initialism of critical illness cover.
CIC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
CX
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CXes
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of (short haul) copper.
qualifier: cycle racing
glosses: Initialism of cyclocross.
topics: business
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
finance
glosses: Abbreviation of cryptocurrency.
examples: text: CX has become the new marketing. It influences brand perceptions and impacts business performance just as strongly as traditional marketing such as media advertising and price promotions once did.
ref: 2019 June 13, Denise Lee Yohn, “Why Every Company Needs a Chief Experience Officer”, in Harvard Business Review, →ISSN:
topics: business
marketing
coordinate_terms: EX
UX
glosses: Initialism of customer experience.
absorbate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æb.sɔɹ.bət/
ipa: /æb.sɔɹ.beɪt/
ipa: /æb.zɔɹ.bət/
ipa: /æb.zɔɹ.beɪt/
ipa: /əb.sɔɹ.bət/
ipa: /əb.sɔɹ.beɪt/
ipa: /əb.zɔɹ.bət/
ipa: /əb.zɔɹ.beɪt/
Forms: form: absorbates
Etymology: From absorb + -ate.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that has been absorbed.
adstringent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ədˈstɹɪnd͡ʒənt/
Forms: form: more adstringent
form: most adstringent
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of astringent.
adstringent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ədˈstɹɪnd͡ʒənt/
Forms: form: adstringents
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of astringent.
allomone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈa.lə.məʊn/
Forms: form: allomones
Etymology: From allo- + (phero)mone.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any substance emitted by a member of one species that affects the behaviour of another to the advantage of the emitter but not the receiver
Related terms: allomonal
semiochemical
kairomone
synomone
apneumone
amanitin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æməˈnaɪtɪn/
Forms: form: amanitins
Etymology: From Amanita + -in.
Senses: examples: text: Death caps contain a poison called amanitin which, according to the UK's Woodland Trust, is responsible for 90 per cent of all fatalities caused by ingesting fungus.
ref: 2025 May 17, Jay Rayner, “When foraging turns toxic”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 20:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A deadly amatoxin found in Amanita phalloides (the death cap), the four destroying angels (Amanita bisporigera, Amanita ocreata, Amanita verna, and Amanita virosa), and some other amanitas.
amatoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæməˈtɒksɪn/
ipa: /ˌæməˈtɑksɪn/
rhymes: -ɒksɪn
Forms: form: amatoxins
Etymology: Blend of amanita + toxin
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
toxicology
glosses: Any of a class of toxic peptides produced by several mushrooms of the genus Amanita and others.
anaphylactoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anaphylactoid
form: most anaphylactoid
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling anaphylaxis
Derived terms: anaphylactoid purpura
Related terms: anaphylactic
Cariban
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Carib + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to languages of the Cariban family, a family of Amerindian languages spoken in northeastern South America, characterized by small phonemic inventories, split ergativity, broadly left-branching word order (SOV and OVS, with postpositions), portmanteau agreement, and marking of possession on the possessed noun.
glosses: Of or relating to the peoples who speak these languages.
glosses: Of or relating to the Carib people (in all senses, whether linguistically Cariban or Arawakan).
Related terms: Carib
Caribbean
anaplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anaplasias
Etymology: From ana- + -plasia.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A reversion of differentiation in cells that is characteristic of malignancy in tumours.
Derived terms: anaplasic
Related terms: dysplasia
hyperplasia
metaplasia
neoplasia
anthelmint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthelmints
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anthelmintic.
anticholinergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticholinergic
form: most anticholinergic
Etymology: From anti- + cholinergic.
Senses: glosses: That inhibits the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site.
Derived terms: nonanticholinergic
anticholinergic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticholinergics
Etymology: From anti- + cholinergic.
Senses: examples: text: While the hallucinations produced by jimsonweed and other anticholinergics are frequently described as frightening or even “nightmarish,” the toxic anticholinergic syndrome caused by jimsonweed can include seizures, CNS depression, respiratory failure, and cardiac abnormalities, all of which can be life-threatening.
ref: 2022, Jerrold S. Meyer, Andrew M. Farrar, Dominik Biezonski, Jennifer R. Yates, editors, Psychopharmacology, Fourth edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 63:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of drugs, typically used to treat various disorders and some forms of poisoning, which inhibit the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site.
anticholinesterase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticholinesterases
Etymology: From anti- + cholinesterase.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase
Synonyms: acetylcholinesterase inhibitor
Derived terms: anticholinesterasic
antihelminth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antihelminth
form: most antihelminth
Etymology: From anti- + helminth.
Senses: glosses: anthelmintic
antihelminth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antihelminths
Etymology: From anti- + helminth.
Senses: glosses: An anthelmintic substance
antimetabolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimetabolites
Etymology: From anti- + metabolite.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any substance that competes with, or inhibits the normal metabolic process, often by acting as an analogue of an essential metabolite.
Derived terms: antimetabolic
Related terms: antimetabole
deaconess-house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deaconess-houses
form: deaconess house
Senses: examples: text: At the age of twenty (in June 1905), I began working as a probationer nurse at the Halle Deaconess House, as I had now reached the required age.
ref: 1999, Emmy Arnold, A Joyful Pilgrimage, Plough Publishing, published 1999, page 8:
text: Some years later, the famine of 1867 gave a flying start to the deaconess-house in Helsinki. Aurora Karamsin was to fulfill two goals, one was to meet the need for care for the poor and sick, the other was to provide women, including those from the educated classes, with an opportunity for “self-sacrificing work in the service of humanity”.
ref: 1993, Marianne Tallberg, “Nursing and Medical Care in Finland”, in Nursing History Review, University of Pennsylvania, page 175:
text: The first of the Conferences was held in 1861, just twenty-five years after the founding of the first deaconess house at Kaiserwerth.
ref: 1889, Jane Marie Bancroft, Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America, Cranston & Stowe, published 1889, page 86:
glosses: A house inhabited or operated by deaconesses, providing basic medical attention, care for the poor and sick etc.
ball machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball machines
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: A machine that shoots tennis balls out of a pipe, allowing a player to practise hitting them.
urban reserve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urban reserves
Senses: glosses: A division of property owned by a First Nations community within an urban area.
geiko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geikos
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 芸子 (geiko) (from the Kyoto dialect).
Senses: examples: text: For geishas - sorry, for geikos - the wig covers the whole head. Apprentices, on the other hand, are entitled to only a half-wig, while, in the front, their own hair is brushed, back-combed, and sprayed heavily to finish the look.
ref: 2002, Catherine Bergman, From the Japanese: A Journalist in the Empire of the Resigned:
glosses: Synonym of geisha.
synonyms: word: geisha
ANFO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈænfoʊ/
Senses: examples: text: The trouble, say experts who spoke on condition of anonymity, is that ANFO can be made in many different ways, and analyses of the minute molecular fragments it may yield in an explosion can produce ambiguous results.
ref: 1995 April 21, Malcolm W. Browne, “TERROR IN OKLAHOMA: THE SCIENCE; Experts Search for Debris To Link Bomb to a Suspect”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Acronym of ammonium nitrate–fuel oil, an explosive made from ammonium nitrate fertilizer and fuel oil.
easy as ABC
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: simple as ABC
Senses: examples: text: You were such a P-Y-T, catching all the lights/ Just easy as A-B-C that's how you make it right!
ref: 2007 April 23, Gaspard Augé, Jessie Chaton, Xavier de Rosnay, “D.A.N.C.E.”, in †, performed by Justice:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely easy
Synonyms: easy thing
proud as a peacock
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹaʊd əz ə ˈpiːkɒk/
Senses: examples: text: “Donʼt nobody want to see a black man look like you walkinʼ proud as a peacock. Like you ainʼt got a lick of fear in you.”
ref: 2016, Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, Penguin Books (2017), page 158:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely proud.
sweet as a nut
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely good.
thick as thieves
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: thick as two thieves
form: close as thieves
Etymology: From thick (“friendly, intimate”), first attested in 1827 as "thick as two thieves".
Senses: examples: text: So the king sneaked into the wigwam and took to his bottle for comfort, and before long the duke tackled HIS bottle; and so in about a half an hour they was as thick as thieves again, and the tighter they got the lovinger they got, and went off a-snoring in each other's arms.
ref: 1884, Mark Twain, chapter 30, in Huckleberry Finn:
text: He and Victoria were as thick as thieves, and are about equal in wickedness.
ref: 1904, Fergus Hume, chapter 9, in The Red Window:
text: President Bush may think he's as thick as thieves with his pal Vladimir Putin, but hopefully someone at the White House is reading the English edition of Pravda.
ref: 2001 October 26, Tony Karon, “What They're Saying About the War”, in Time, retrieved 04 Aug 2015:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Intimate, close-knit, tight.
raw_tags: of friends or members of a group
steady as a rock
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely stable physically.
qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely reliable.
Related terms: rock-steady
tight as a duck's arse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely tight; mean; excessively thrifty.
Related terms: duck's arse
document management system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: document management systems
Senses: glosses: A computer system or set of computer programs used to track and store electronic documents and/or images of paper documents.
Related terms: content management system
pur laine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pure laine.
pur laine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pure laine.
pure laine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /pjʊɹ ˈleɪn/
/-ˈlɛn/
Forms: form: more pure laine
form: most pure laine
Etymology: From French pure laine (literally “pure wool”).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to francophone Quebecers of "pure" French ancestry, descended from settlers in New France.
pure laine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pjʊɹ ˈleɪn/
/-ˈlɛn/
Forms: form: pure laines
Etymology: From French pure laine (literally “pure wool”).
Senses: glosses: A pure laine Quebecer.
Related terms: pur et dur
Québécois
cold sell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cold sells
form: cold selling
form: cold sold
form: cold sold
Senses: glosses: To make a sale to a client who is not a lead but an unqualified prospect.
Related terms: cold call
unqualified prospect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unqualified prospects
Senses: synonyms: word: UP
glosses: A person or company that is a potential client for a sale, but who has not been previously vetted.
Related terms: cold call
trunked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trunk + -ed.
Senses: examples: large-trunked trees
a picture of a two-trunked elephant
glosses: Having some specific type of trunk.
examples: text: from the head the body sundred quight. / So him dismounted low, he did compell / On foot with him to matchen equall fight; / The truncked beast fast bleeding, did him fowly dight.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Cut off, severed; mutilated.
glosses: Of a two-way radio system: using a control channel to automatically assign frequency channels to groups of user radios.
trunked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From trunk + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trunk
Concorde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒnkɔːd/
ipa: [ˈkʰɒ̃ŋkɔːd̥]
ipa: /ˈkɑnkɔɹd/
ipa: [ˈkʰɑ̃ŋkɔɹd̥]
homophone: concord
Forms: form: Concordes
form: Concorde
Etymology: Named for French concorde (“concord”), due to the collaboration of the UK and France in developing the aircraft.
Senses: examples: text: "In" people always have to smile in Vogue / They only travel by Concorde
ref: 1979, “Fashion Pack”, in Never Trust a Pretty Face, performed by Amanda Lear:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The Aérospatiale-BAC supersonic airliner, previously used commercially.
glosses: A station on the Paris Métro, near Place de la Concorde, for which it is named.
Derived terms: Concordski
cooling-off period
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cooling-off periods
Senses: topics: business
law
glosses: A length of time in which the two sides to a purchase agreement or contract can consider and contemplate it and cancel without a penalty.
Related terms: buyer's remorse
domain theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A branch of mathematics that studies special kinds of partially ordered sets (posets) commonly called domains.
buyer's remorse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buyers' remorse
Senses: examples: text: All too often, however, a gal comes home and buyer's remorse sets in. […] A dress looks dreamy when you try it on in the shop. But once you're standing in front of the mirror at home, something dreadful's happened.
ref: 1953 May 11, “Correct for Figure Faults to Avoid Buyer's Remorse”, in St. Petersburg Times, retrieved 21 Oct 2008, page 26:
text: In your new service contract, read the fine print of the buyer's remorse clause. Some carriers, such as VoiceStream, give you only 72 hours to decide whether to keep their service.
ref: 2002 June 3, Wilson Rothman, “The Smart Ones”, in Time, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2008:
coordinate_terms: seller's remorse
glosses: A feeling of anxiety or regret after making, or after promising to make, a purchase, especially a purchase encouraged by a high-pressure sales pitch.
synonyms: postdecisional regret
qualifier: transferred sense
glosses: A feeling of regret after any kind of decision, for example voting for a certain party or consenting to sexual intercourse with someone.
Related terms: cooling-off period
impulse buy
exit program
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exit programs
form: exit programme
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A computer program which exits cleanly from an application, or on computer shutdown
glosses: A sales routine to try to close a sale with a prospect who has said "no" and is about to leave. It usually includes a special discount.
five-star
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the hotel quality rating system used in many countries, using from one to five stars.
Senses: examples: text: When we arrived, they gave us a five-star welcome.
glosses: Of the best quality.
five-star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: five-stars
Etymology: From the five-pointed star of the red, hand-shaped mark from a slap on bare skin.
Senses: examples: text: He still owes me a five-star so I try not to let him catch me with my shirt off.
glosses: A hard slap on bare skin with a hand that leaves a red, fully hand-shaped mark.
examples: text: Look at that five-star on my back! That bastard who gave it to me really has it coming.
glosses: A mark from such a slap.
five-star
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: five-stars
form: five-starring
form: five-starred
form: five-starred
Etymology: From the five-pointed star of the red, hand-shaped mark from a slap on bare skin.
Senses: examples: text: My friend five-starred me after we got out of the pool. Do you have a shirt I can wear to cover it?
glosses: To slap someone hard with the hand on bare skin, leaving a red, fully hand-shaped mark.
archival science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archival sciences
Senses: glosses: The theory and study of the safe storage, cataloguing and retrieval of documents and items.
town halls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of town hall
smaltite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smaltites
Etymology: ? + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: speiskobalt
glosses: A variety of skutterudite with the chemical formula (Co,Fe,Ni)As₂, crystallizing in the cubic system.
foredge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foredges
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fore edge.
shut one's mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shuts one's mouth
form: shutting one's mouth
form: shut one's mouth
form: shut one's mouth
Senses: examples: text: Why don’t you just shut your mouth? I’m tired of listening to you.
glosses: To stop talking; to be quiet.
shut one's face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shuts one's face
form: shutting one's face
form: shut one's face
form: shut one's face
Senses: examples: text: Why don’t you just shut your face? I’m tired of listening to you.
glosses: To stop talking; to be quiet.
Concordes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Concorde
library catalog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: library catalogs
form: library catalogue
Senses: examples: text: Ever since the emergence of the written word, humans have scribbled down myths, stories, histories, and natural observations and worked tirelessly to gather and protect these fragments of a shared past. Evolving alongside, in the shadows of the written word, was one of the most versatile and durable technologies in history: the library catalog — a road map for navigating this wilderness of books. The humble yet powerful card catalog progressed slowly and, like countless other important inventions, owes its existence to a number of brilliant thinkers, as well as to the twists and turns of history. From the peculiar and idiosyncratic methods of ancient libraries to far more intricate, comprehensive modern attempts, library catalogs are a tangible example of humanity’s effort to establish and preserve the possibility of order.
ref: 2017, Peter Devereaux, “Introduction”, in US Library of Congress, The Card Catalog: Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 12:
hypernyms: catalog#Noun
catalogue#Noun
coordinate_terms: card catalog
card catalogue[coinstantial]] before the 21st century; chiefly historical because digital catalogs have mostly replaced card catalogs>
glosses: A register of all bibliographic items found in a particular library or group of libraries, such as those belonging to a university system spread out over several geographic locations.
Related terms: back catalog
back catalogue
come from behind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes from behind
form: coming from behind
form: came from behind
form: come from behind
Senses: examples: text: Chelsea kept their faint Premier League title hopes alive and damaged Manchester United's own ambitions as they came from behind to beat the leaders at Stamford Bridge.
ref: 2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To be in a winning position after having been in a losing position.
vandaliser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vandalisers
Etymology: From vandalise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Rare form of vandalizer.
vandalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vandalise
fifteen minutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of 15 minutes.
parient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: producing offspring
Derived terms: multiparient
balbuties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bælˈbjuːʃi.iːz/
ipa: /bælˈbjuːti.iːz/
Etymology: From Latin balbūtiēs.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: stammering
Related terms: balbutiate
ischophonia
psellotes
traulotes
balbutient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: stammering
antimuscarinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Forms: form: more antimuscarinic
form: most antimuscarinic
Etymology: From anti- + muscarinic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: That disrupts the action of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors, and/or of muscarine itself, in the nervous system.
antimuscarinic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Forms: form: antimuscarinics
Etymology: From anti- + muscarinic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antimuscarinic drug.
humiliant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /hjuːˈmɪliənt/
Forms: form: more humiliant
form: most humiliant
Etymology: From Latin humilians, present participle of humiliare.
Senses: examples: text: But rather coupled darkly and made ashamed
By my percipiency of sin and fall
In melancholy of humiliant thoughts.
ref: 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Drama of Exile:
glosses: humiliating; humbling
pontifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pontify
calledst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of call
heardst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: heardest
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of hear
trustedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of trust
shewedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: showedst
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of shew
sattest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: sat + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of sit
ministereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: minister + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of minister
deliveredst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of deliver
sentest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: sent + -est
Senses: examples: text: For when man sinned, and listened to the whispers of a tempting spirit, and refused to hear the voice of God, thou didst throw him out from paradise, and sentest him to till the earth; but yet leftest not his condition without remedy […]
ref: 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:
glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of send
surpasseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: surpass + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of surpass
whited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of white
broughtest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: brought + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of bring
sojourned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sojourn
termes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɜːmiːz/
Forms: form: termites
Etymology: From the translingual Termes (genus name), from Late Latin termes, late variant of Classical Latin tarmes (“woodworm”).
Senses: examples: text: These turret nests, built by two different species of Termites.
ref: 1781, Henry Smeathman, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, LXXI, page 160:
text: The termes, or what is called the white ant, infests this island.
ref: 1800, The Asiatic Annual Register, page 5/2:
text: The termes of South Africa is not the destructive species.
ref: 1834, Thomas Pringle, chapter VIII, in African Sketches, page 287:
glosses: A termite.
Derived terms: termite
flat tyres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat tyre
Speedos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Speedos
Etymology: From the name of the swimwear company, Speedo.
Senses: examples: text: She called down from upstairs, "He'll be out in a minute: he's just putting his Speedos on."
text: The women usually wore bikini tops with shorts, swimsuits underneath cover-ups or just swimsuits. Men came in various types of trunks, from traditional boxers, to Speedos, to G-string trunks that showcased their packages.
ref: 2013, Velvet Carter, Blissfully Yours, page 93:
text: There were dozens of girls there - girls on the deck in bathing suits, most of them Speedos because they were racing.
ref: 2014, Norah McClintick, #3 Dead And Gone, page 12:
synonyms: word: banana hammock
word: bikini
word: budgie smugglers
word: cock jocks
word: competition briefs
word: dick pointers
word: dick togs
word: nut huggers
word: posing briefs
word: sluggos
word: racer bathers
word: racing briefs
word: Speedo
word: speedo
word: Speedos
word: speedos
word: swim briefs
word: swimming briefs
word: thong
glosses: A tight-fitting brief or bikini style swimsuit.
Speedos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: She always had two spare Speedos for her swimming competitions away from home.
glosses: plural of Speedo
Speedo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːdəʊ
Forms: form: Speedos
form: speedo
Etymology: From the name of the swimsuit company, Speedo, which first designed and manufactured swimwear in Australia that was briefer and sleeker than most other swimwear then available.
Senses: examples: text: I could tell that she was a serious swimmer, because every time I saw her at the pool she was wearing a Speedo of one design or another.
text: She's wearing Mom's teeny-weenie black Speedo bikini, the one Mom wears to show how fit and trim she is.
ref: 2011, Gary Ghislain, How I Stole Johnny Depp's Alien Girlfriend, page 44:
text: These muscle-bound hard bodies are wearing Speedo Lycra bikinis which stick to a man's body like a woman's wet T-shirt.
ref: 1999, Cheryl Rilly, Great Moments In Sex, page 227:
text: There were dozens of girls in there - girls on the deck in bathing suits, most of them Speedos because they were racing.
ref: 2014, Norah McClintock, #3 Dead And Gone, page 12:
text: Ryan and I remain unmoved, standing at the edge of the water as five Speedo-clad lifeguards rush up to us.
ref: 2016, John Early, Tales of a Modern Nomad: Monks Mushrooms and Other Misadventures, page 59:
glosses: A tight-fitting swimsuit, especially commonly worn by competitive swimmers and divers. Usually implies a brief or bikini style swimsuit.
examples: text: She called down from upstairs, "He'll be out in a minute: he's just putting his Speedo on."
glosses: (by restriction) A male swimsuit, very tight fitting and small, brief-style, and not a thong-type.
Synonyms: swim briefs
Related terms: jockey shorts
BVDs
future tenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of future tense
twatted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more twatted
form: most twatted
Senses: glosses: Extremely drunk, intoxicated
examples: text: What kind of a cold-hearted bitch does that, You stinky twatted sadistic whore.
ref: 2004, Shane Feldman, Burn: A Bipolar Memoir, page 114:
glosses: Having a particular sort of vagina or vulva.
glosses: Extremely or profoundly injured, usually as a result of deliberate action by another party.
Synonyms: sense: drunk
word: drunk
twatted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of twat
twatfaced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more twatfaced
form: most twatfaced
Etymology: From twat + faced.
Senses: glosses: fucked, pissed, drunk as a skunk
Synonyms: drunk
dirty mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dirty mouths
Senses: examples: text: The comedian lost his gig at the nightclub because he had such a dirty mouth.
glosses: The characteristic of regularly using vulgar language or profanity.
Synonyms: potty mouth
-ious
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Taken fron Latin adjectives ending in -iōsus and -ius or their Romance descendants.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of -ous.
capitulum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capitulums
form: capitula
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin capitulum. Doublet of chapiter and chapter.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: capitellum
sphaeridium
glosses: A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
topics: arachnology
biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: capitellum
glosses: The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: capitellum
glosses: A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: The enlarged end of a proboscis.
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: The symbol ⸿. It was used to mark chapters or paragraphs, and is the ancestor of the pilcrow (¶).
Derived terms: capitulate
capituliform
subah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subahs
form: soobah
form: soubah
Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu صوبہ (sūbā, “province”).
Senses: examples: text: Hindostan was then parcelled out into twelve grand divisions, called soobahs, to each of which a viceroy was assigned, by the title of Soobahdar, corruptly written Soobah by European writers; for, soobah signifies province: many of these soobahs were in extent equal to large European kingdoms.
ref: 1806, [Thomas Maurice], Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations Relative to the Antient Geographical Divisions, […] of Hindostan: […] , volume I. Containing the Dissertation on the Antient Geographical Divisions of Hindostan, London: Printed […] by C. & W. Galabin […] and sold by John White […] , pages 231–232:
text: Upon this, Mirzapha Jung immediately assumed the subah, and nominated Chunda Saheb governor of the Carnatic.
ref: 1818, “Review of The History of British India by James Mill, Esq.”, in The British Review, and London Critical Journal, volume 12, pages 253–54:
glosses: A province of the Mughal Empire.
glosses: Synonym of subadar (“the governor or commander in charge of a subah; a viceroy”).
synonyms: word: subadar
extra: the governor or commander in charge of a subah; a viceroy
GOMER
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GOMERs
Etymology: See gomer, Etymology 4.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gomer.
GOBLin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɒb.lɪn/
homophone: goblin
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Acronym of Gospel Oak to Barking Line, a railway line in north London.