cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
iftar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪfˈtɑː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: iftars
form: iftaar
Etymology: From Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).
Senses: examples: text: Iftars can be social events, where people congregate to eat and socialize.
text: On a recent afternoon in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax, as shoppers hurried around a market buying food and drink for that evening’s iftar meal, a small group of men from sub-Saharan Africa gathered near a stall selling phone accessories.
ref: 2023 March 30, Simon Speakman Cordall, “Tunisian morgue overflows as more people attempt risky sea crossing”, in The Guardian:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The evening meal (of dates) that breaks each day's fast during Ramadan.
Derived terms: grand iftar
ihram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ihrams
form: hirrawem
form: hirrawen
form: ihrām
Etymology: From Arabic إِحْرَام (ʔiḥrām, “prohibition”)
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The state of ritual purity and dedication of a Muslim hajj pilgrim to Mecca.
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The clothing worn on such a pilgrimage; one length of cotton cloth around the loins and another thrown over the left shoulder.
ijma'
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ijma
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic إِجْمَاع (ʔijmāʕ, “consensus”).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A universal consensus among fuqaha (Sunni legal scholars) on a point of law; one of the sources of Sunni jurisprudence.
ijtihad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ijtihads
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic اِجْتِهَاد (ijtihād, “diligence”).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The process of Muslim jurists or scholars making a legal or scientific judgment by independent reasoning from the Qur'an and the Sunna; discretion.
Related terms: mujtahid
reo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reos
Etymology: From re(inforcement) + -o.
Senses: glosses: A reinforcement (additional soldiers).
reo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reos
Etymology: From re(-entry) + -o.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: A re-entry (climbing a wave and then returning down its face).
reo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From re(inforcing) + -o.
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Steel used to reinforce concrete.
iman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imans
Etymology: Etymology tree
Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana)
Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān)bor.
English iman
Borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Pious adherence to the Islamic faith.
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: mu'min
glosses: A believer in the Islamic faith.
iman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imans
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of imam.
infitah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Arabic اِنْفِتَاح (infitāḥ, “openness”).
Senses: glosses: Egypt's policy, after the 1973 war, of encouraging the private sector and stimulating foreign investment.
conical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kŏn'ĭkəl
ipa: /ˈkɒn.ɪ.kəl/
ipa: /ˈkɔn.ɪk.əl/
note: father-bother merger
enpr: kä'nĭkəl
ipa: /ˈkɑ.nɪk.əl/
note: without laxing from cone
enpr: kō'nĭkəl
note: Indic
ipa: /ko.nɪk.ɐl/
Forms: form: more conical
form: most conical
Etymology: From conic + -al.
Senses: examples: text: He anſwers, That this Motion is Conical; and judgeth, that by the Conick path all the Phænomena of Comets can, without any inconveniency, be readily ſolved; even of that, which (by Hiſtory) in fifty days, paſſed through more then the 12 Signs of the Zodiack; And of that, which in two days run through eight Signs: and of another, which in 48 days poſted through all the Signs, contra ſeriem.
ref: 1665 November 6, “An Account of Hevelius his Prodromus Cometicus, together with some Animadversions made upon it by a French Philosopher”, in Henry Oldenburg, editor, Philosophical Transactions, volume I, number 6:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to a cone or cones.
examples: text: IN Planes neither equinoctiall nor polar, the equator will be a right line, the tropiques and other parallels of declination will be conicall ſections, ſome of them parabolicall, ſome ellipticall, but the moſt of them hyperbolicall.
ref: 1624, Edmund Gunter, chapter XIII, in The Description and Vse of the Sector, London: Williã Jones, page 149:
glosses: Shaped like a cone.
topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing a map projection in which meridians are mapped to equally spaced lines radiating out from the apex and parallels of latitude are mapped to circular arcs centred on the apex.
Synonyms: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
word: conic
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
word: conal
topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
word: conic
Derived terms: Asian conical hat
biconical
conical buoy
conical drum
conical flask
conical hat
conicality
conically
conicalness
conical pepper
conical surface
cylindroconical
diconical
double-conical drum
double conical drum
frusto-conical
monoconical
nonconical
obconical
planoconical
pseudoconical
semiconical
subconical
Related terms: conic
conicity
conical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kŏn'ĭkəl
ipa: /ˈkɒn.ɪ.kəl/
ipa: /ˈkɔn.ɪk.əl/
note: father-bother merger
enpr: kä'nĭkəl
ipa: /ˈkɑ.nɪk.əl/
note: without laxing from cone
enpr: kō'nĭkəl
note: Indic
ipa: /ko.nɪk.ɐl/
Forms: form: conicals
Etymology: From conic + -al.
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A bullet with a conical shape.
intifada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪntɪˈfɑːdə/
Forms: form: intifadas
form: intefadah
form: intifadah
form: Intifada
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, “shaking off, uprising, insurrection”).
Senses: glosses: An insurrection; a usually violent attempt to take control of a government.
glosses: An uprising, resistant struggle, or rebellious protest.
examples: text: Indeed, violence broke out in the occupied territories in mid-May 2000 as Palestinians observed the anniversary of the 1948 nakba—these disturbances paled in comparison to the second intifada, which erupted in the autumn.
ref: 2009, Sumantra Bose, Contested lands, →ISBN, page 262:
text: But unlike the Intifadas that began in 1987 and 2000, when Israel had someone to call to try to turn it off, there is no Palestinian on the other end of the phone this time […]
ref: 2021 May 11, Thomas L. Friedman, “Israelis, Palestinians and Their Neighbors Worry: Is This the Big One?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: An uprising, resistant struggle, or rebellious protest.
The Palestinian uprisings against Israel.
Related terms: intifadist
intefadah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intefadahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of intifada.
intifadah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intifadahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of intifada.
Ismaeli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic إِسْمَاعِيلِيّ (ʔismāʕīliyy).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A member of branch of Shiite Islam which emphasises secrecy and certain gnostic ideas.
isnad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isnads
Etymology: From Arabic إِسْنَاد (ʔisnād, “support, backing”).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: a Muslim tradition, specifying the chain of human reporters from the time of Muhammad that authenticates the legitimacy of a hadith (a report of sayings and acts of the prophet)
Jahiliyyah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: al-Jahiliyah
form: jahalia
form: jahhiliya
form: jahiliya
form: Jahiliyya
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic جَاهِلِيَّة (jāhiliyya, “ignorance”).
Senses: examples: text: Some valuable chapters are occupied with the drawing of parallels between the Arabian Jāhiliyyah, or pre-Islamic period, and Greek heroic antiquity; some others with the history of Arabic poetry, and an endeavour to define the characteristics of the different periods and their chief representatives.
ref: 1834: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, page 422 (Cambridge University Press for the Royal Asiatic Society)
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The condition of ignorance, barbarism and unbelief in Arabia before the coming of Islam.
rubbing strip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubbing strips
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A wooden or hard rubber strip running the part or whole length of a boat's hull to protect it when it locks, moored against other boats, pontoons or jetties.
Related terms: fender
Łódź
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Lodz.
Related terms: Łódź East
fugazi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fuˈɡɑːzi/
ipa: /fuˈɡeɪzi/
ipa: /fuˈɡɑzi/
ipa: /fuˈɡeɪzi/
rhymes: -ɑːzi
rhymes: -eɪzi
Etymology: Origin unknown; a number of possibilities have been suggested:
* One theory is that it is a corruption of French fougasse (“type of land mine”); flame fougasses were used extensively in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
* Less plausibly, it might be from English fugacious (“fleeting”) or cognates such as Italian fugace (“fleeting”).
* It has also been suggested that it could be an acronym of “fucked up, got ambushed, zipped in [a body bag]”, but this is more likely a backronym, not the origin (compare FUBAR).
Senses: examples: text: The two of them were getting bombed on bami-bam, beer, and joints laced with opium. That made answers to questions a long time in coming. "Hey, man, what the fuck can I tell you," said Robbie finally. "All fugazi over here. All fucked up. Number ten. The worst. Don't matter what goes down in this asshole country, know what I mean? Hey, papa-san, don't believe everything you hear, okay?"
ref: 1982, Marc Olden, chapter 7, in Giri, New York, N.Y.: Arbor House, →ISBN; republished [New York, N.Y.]: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road Integrated Media, 2012, →ISBN:
text: We didn't know anything was fugazi* until we got to a certain place in the South China Sea. A loudspeaker came over the air, "This is your captain speaking. Be advised that your destination is Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam."
ref: 1986, Mark Baker, Nam: The Vietnam War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Fought, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 32:
text: First time I met her. we were stuck on recon. far from the AO. deep in Indian country. the ops completely fugazi. the horn dead. and my BTO sick as skunkrot. She comes creeping by our ditch.
ref: 2008, Audrey Shafer, The Mailbox, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 67:
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: word: FUBAR
word: fractured
word: banjaxed
word: broken
word: busted
word: ruptured
qualifier: especially during the Vietnam War era
glosses: Fucked up; broken, damaged beyond repair.
Related terms: clusterfuck
SNAFU
fugazi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fuˈɡɑːzi/
ipa: /fuˈɡeɪzi/
ipa: /fuˈɡɑzi/
ipa: /fuˈɡeɪzi/
rhymes: -ɑːzi
rhymes: -eɪzi
Forms: form: fugazy
Etymology: Uncertain; said to be of Mafia origin, from the Fugazy Continental limousine company in New York City which was owned by William “Bill” Fugazy, due to its cheesy “look like a rich guy” advertisements of the 1970s and 1980s, or its alleged poor business practices, possibly influenced by Sicilian fu cazzu (“it was nothing”). The word was popularized by the film Donnie Brasco (1997), based on the book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia (1987) by American former FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone (born 1939) who used the name “Donnie Brasco” as an undercover alias. First use in English appears c. 1974 in the novel Bones of Contention by Nicholas Gage.
Senses: examples: text: That broad wouldn't have no fugazy diamonds in her house. We had information the broad didn't have no fake jewelry. It's three fucking carats!
ref: 1987, Joseph D[ominick] Pistone, with Richard Woolley, Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia (A Signet Book), New York, N.Y.: New American Library, →ISBN; republished as Donnie Brasco, New York, N.Y.: New American Library, 2014, →ISBN:
text: JON GRAVELLI: You don't need me to tell you that it's all fugazi; faker than a pair of Vinewood tits.
ref: 2008 April 29, Dan Houser, Rupert Humphries, Grand Theft Auto IV, New York, N.Y.: Rockstar Games:
text: Some of Dean Martin's Italian songs are the real thing, others are fugazi. Even so, when he sings a genuine Italian song, he often Americanizes it: [...]
ref: 2010, Will Friedwald, “Dean Martin (1917–1995)”, in A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, page 306, column 2:
text: You don't want a girl like me, I'm too crazy / but every other girl you meet is fugazy
ref: 2018 May 30, Adam Levine et al., “Girls Like You (Remix)”, in Red Pill Blues, performed by Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B:
glosses: Fake.
Ka'ba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Kaaba.
rhombi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhombus
Related terms: rhombuses
kafir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæfə/
ipa: /ˈkæfɚ/
rhymes: -æfə(ɹ)
Forms: form: kuffar
form: kafirs
form: kafirun
form: kâfir
form: kāfir
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “denier, unbeliever”). Doublet of kaffir.
Senses: examples: text: In his sermon, Amir Hamza espoused extremist and segregationist views. He inferred that non-Muslims are “kafir” (infidels).
ref: 2024 August 21, “Investigation Into Bangladeshi Preacher Amir Hamza’s Sermon in Singapore on 9 August 2024”, in Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore):
topics: Islam
government
lifestyle
politics
religion
antonyms: Muslim
glosses: A disbeliever, a denier: someone who rejects or disbelieves in Allah or the tenets of Islam; or more broadly any non-Muslim.
examples: text: Kafir makes better forage than the duras.
ref: 1914, Omar Orlando Churchill, Forage and Silage Crops for Oklahoma, page 10:
text: Kafir is confined practically to the Southwestern States where, owing to its drought resistant character, it has become an important crop.
ref: 1918, Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture, page 568:
glosses: Ellipsis of kafir corn.
Derived terms: kafirin
Kafirism
kafirization
kafirize
kafirness
Related terms: kufr
Kufra
takfir
kaffir
kefir
ahl al-kitab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Transliteration of Arabic أَهْل اَلْكِتَاب (ʔahl al-kitāb, “people of the book”).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Christians and Jews.
Related terms: kafir
kaffir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæfə/
ipa: /ˈkæfɚ/
rhymes: -æfə(ɹ)
Forms: form: kaffirs
form: Caffer
form: caffre
form: kaffer
form: Kaffir
form: Kaffre
form: kafir
form: kaphar
form: kaphir
form: kafari
Etymology: Ultimately from Arabic كَفَّار (kaffār, “infidel”) or كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”), both from كَفَرَ (kafara, “to cover, to hide”); in some (especially early) uses, via Spanish cafre, Dutch kaffer or other European languages. Doublet of kafir.
Senses: examples: text: He […] put me in imminent danger of my life, by telling the natives that I was a Caffer, and not a Mussulman.
ref: 1804, Archibald Duncan, The Mariner's Chronicle, section I:
glosses: In Islamic contexts, a non-Muslim.
examples: text: … the Hambonaas, a nation quite different from the Kaffers, having a yellowish complexion […].
ref: 1792, The Analytical Review, Or History of Literature, Domestic and Foreign, on an Enlarged Plan, volume 14:
glosses: A member of the Nguni people of southern Africa, especially a Xhosa.
examples: text: If you ask a Kaffir why he does so-and-so, he will answer—"How can I tell? It has always been done by our forefathers."
ref: 1959, Alf Ross, On Law and Justice:
text: I once heard him say to the gardener, 'Come along, son.' His wife scolded him saying, 'He's not son, don't call him son, he's a kaffir.'
ref: 1971, Naboth Mokgatle, The Autobiography of an Unknown South African:
text: "… and today here a white man is calling me a kaffir. This term that I absolutely resented." And that, says Nofomela, is his political motive.
ref: 1998, Antjie Krog, Country of My Skull:
text: Monkey see, monkey do ... which in this case refers to the baboons in Rhodesia - proves just how vulnerable the whities are in the hands of the kaffirs.
ref: 2000 April 9, Squirrel, “SA Silence on Mugabe's actions”, in soc.culture.south-africa (Usenet):
glosses: A black person.
examples: text: This man, seeing a white person enter, moved aside for her, but she saw Joss's eyes on her, and said in kitchen kaffir, ‘No, when you've finished.’
ref: 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 73:
glosses: A language spoken by the Nguni peoples of southern Africa, especially Xhosa.
examples: text: Kaffirs bouyant most of last week
ref: 1907, Truth, volume 62, page 688:
topics: business
finance
glosses: South African mining shares
examples: text: This market reports only one or two cars per day, selling by the hundred weight, and at a price a little lower than that of Indian corn. As to the purpose for which the marketed kaffir is used, there is some uncertainty.
ref: 1907, Texas Agricultural, Mechanical College System, Bulletin, volumes 93-117, page 5:
glosses: Ellipsis of kaffir corn.
Derived terms: kaffir beer
kaffir bread
kaffir cabbage
Kaffir Circus
kaffir corn
kaffir doctor
kaffir dog
kaffir fink
kaffirgram
kaffir honeysuckle
kaffir lily
kaffir lime
kaffir melon
Kaffir Wars
Kaffraria
Mine Kaffir
Related terms: kafir
nigger
kalam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic كَلَام (kalām, “literary speech”).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Speculative theology.
Related terms: mutakallim
kalima
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic كَلِمَة (kalima, “word”)
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: the formal content of the shahada (declaration of faith): لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ ٱللَّٰهِ (lā ʔilāha ʔillā llāhu muḥammadun rasūlu llāhi) "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah."
shahada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɑˈhɑdə/
Forms: form: shahadas
form: shahadat
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda, “witnessing”).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
qualifier: especially theosophy
glosses: The Islamic declaration of belief in the unity of God, the formal content of which is the kalima (a minimal Islamic creed); the first of the five pillars of Islam.
Karbala'
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic كَرْبَلَاء (Karbalāʔ) with misuse of ' in place of the proper symbol ʾ.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Karbala.
Karbala
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Karbala'
form: Kerbala
form: Kerbela
Etymology: From Arabic كَرْبَلَاء (karbalāʔ), of uncertain etymology.
Senses: glosses: A city in central Iraq, site of the murder of Husayn ibn Ali and major pilgrimage destination for Shiite Muslims.
Kerbala
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kerbela.
Kerbela
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kerbala
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish كربلا, from Arabic كَرْبَلَاء (Karbalāʔ) of uncertain origin.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Karbala, a city in Iraq.
synonyms: word: Karbala
extra: a city in Iraq
Khadija
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /xəˈdiːd͡ʒə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic خَدِيجَة (ḵadīja).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: the first wife of the prophet Muhammad; the mother of Fatima.
glosses: A female given name from Arabic.
Kharijites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kharijite
Khoja
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Khojas
Etymology: Borrowed from Gujarati ખોજા (khojā), from Persian خواجه (xâje). Doublet of hodja and Hoxha.
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A member of a Gujarati-speaking Shiite sect who take the Aga Khan as their religious head.
Koreish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Quraysh.
Koreish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Quraysh.
Quraysh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Koreish
form: Kuraish
form: Quraish
Etymology: Transliteration of Arabic قُرَيْش (qurayš).
Senses: examples: text: When the message arrived the Quraysh were already preparing for war with Medina. It did not take them long to set out from Mecca with 1,000 men in arms, augmented by 100 cavalry. All the grandees of Mecca were there, including Abu Jahl.
ref: 2014 September 25, Ziauddin Sardar, Mecca: The Sacred City, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: An ancient Bedouin tribe that controlled Mecca at the time of Muhammad and to which he belonged.
Quraysh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Koreish
form: Kuraish
form: Quraish
Etymology: Transliteration of Arabic قُرَيْش (qurayš).
Senses: examples: text: In the Quran's chapter 106, often spelled Quraysh in English, God speaks to tribes who are standing defiantly against the Prophet Mohammad: "So let them serve the Lord of this house who feeds them against hunger and gives them security against fear."
ref: 2013, Lynne Meredith Golodner, Flavors of Faith: Holy Breads, Front Edge Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: The 106th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an, named after the aforementioned tribe.
Mahdi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːdi/
rhymes: -ɑːdi
Etymology: From Arabic مَهْدِيّ (mahdiyy, “guided one”).
Senses: examples: text: Ahmadis consider Mirza Ghulam Ahmed to be the Mahdi.
text: "Of course, my Lord. You asked what they were shouting, though. It was Mahdi! They directed the term at the young master. When they-"
"At Paul?"
"Yes, my Lord. They've a legend here, a prophecy, that a leader will come to them, a child of a Bene Gesserit, to lead them to true freedom. It follows the familiar messiah pattern."
ref: 1965, Frank Herbert, Dune (Fiction), →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 100–101:
text: Al-Afghani was a polyglot Persian who became an international agitator, aspiring [...] to unify the Muslim masses behind the Caliph (or even the Mahdi) and to become himself the Luther of an Islamic reformation.
ref: 2012, Piers Brendon, ‘Beginning the Dissent’, Literary Review, volume 401:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A leader who, according to Sunni eschatology, will appear and restore peace and justice before the end of the world.
glosses: Muhammad b. Hasan al-Mahdi, the last of the Twelve Imams, born in 868 AD but believed alive and present in this world in a state of occultation; Similarly to Sunni belief, he will reappear before the end of time.
Related terms: Mahdism
Mahdist
Messiah
masjid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæsd͡ʒɪd/
other: /məsd͡ʒɪd/
ipa: /mʌsd͡ʒɪd/
Forms: form: masjids
form: masajid
form: masjeed
form: masjed
form: masgid
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from the root س ج د (s j d). Doublet of mosque.
Senses: examples: text: Any masjid where the practices are devoted absolutely to The God ALONE.
text: If you assign a place in your home or office for prayer, then it can be considered as your own masjid.
text: A terribly painful sound never before heard in any masjid escaped Aashraf.
ref: 2025, Banu Mushtaq, “Black Cobras”, in Deepa Bhasthi, transl., Heart Lamp, And Other Stories, page 58:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A mosque.
Medina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈdinə/
Forms: form: Al Madinah
form: Madinah
Etymology: From Arabic اَلْمَدِينَة (al-madīna, “the city”). Doublet of Mdina.
Senses: glosses: A major city, the capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia, holy to Islam, 200 miles north of Mecca along the Hejaz, from which the Hijra was launched; contains Muhammad's tomb.
glosses: A province of Saudi Arabia.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Medina County, Ohio, named for the city in Saudi Arabia.
Medina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈdinə/
Forms: form: Al Madinah
form: Madinah
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Medine, from Old English medume (“the middle one”).
Senses: glosses: A river, flowing south to north through the centre of the Isle of Wight, England; in full, the River Medina.
glosses: A former borough of the Isle of Wight, England.
Medina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈdinə/
Forms: form: Al Madinah
form: Madinah
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Medina.
Senses: glosses: A river in south central Texas, which gives its name to Medina County; in full, the Medina River.
examples: text: “It’s a great message that we’re sending not only here in Huntington Park but in other cities as well,” Medina added.
ref: 2015 August 8, Michael Martinez and Jaqueline Hurtado, “Undocumented immigrants picked for city posts say U.S. ‘progressing’”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from Spanish.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms: Medina County
Medina del Campo
Medina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈdinə/
Forms: form: Al Madinah
form: Madinah
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
glosses: A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
glosses: A community in Zorra Township, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A municipality and town in Cundinamarca department, Colombia.
glosses: A municipal district of San Cristóbal province, Dominican Republic.
glosses: A village in Tolna County, Hungary.
glosses: A rural locality in Hurunui district, Canterbury, New Zealand; a short river named the Medina River is nearby.
glosses: A municipality of Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Orleans County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A tiny city in Stutsman County, North Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small city in Gibson County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Bandera County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Zapata County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small city in King County, Washington.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Dane County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the town of Dale, Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
Related terms: medina
mihrab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mihrabs
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مِحْرَاب (miḥrāb).
Senses: examples: text: Certainly there are nagging undertones of regret to the greatest of the Islamic monuments of Spain, the Great Mosque of Córdoba, for now that its mihrab has been demoted to be a mere curiosity, […].
ref: 1964, Jan Morris, Spain, Faber and Faber, published 2008, →ISBN:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A niche in a mosque that indicates the qibla (direction of Mecca), and into which the imam prays.
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A design in a Muslim prayer mat with the same function.
Related terms: qibla
IQ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌaɪ ˈkjuː/
Forms: form: IQs
form: I.Q.
Senses: examples: text: A ratio scale is one with an absolute zero and equal intervals between the units of the scale. Height and weight are such scales. Presumably IQ is not, and certainly the Fahrenheit and centigrade scores are not.
ref: 1987, Roger R. Flynn, “[Data Organization and Use] Understanding the Data”, in An Introduction to Information Science, Marcel Dekker, Inc., →ISBN, page 129:
text: Not everyone is quite as enamoured with IQ tests as Trump. In 2004, the New York Times asked Stephen Hawking what his IQ was and he memorably replied: “People who boast about their IQ are losers.” […] Let’s just hope that one consolation of the robots taking over is that we’ll finally stop hearing insufferable people go on about their very high IQs.
ref: 2017 December 10, Arwa Mahdawi, “Having a high IQ is a curse … just look at Donald Trump”, in The Guardian:
text: The study not only showed IQ variance between children the same parents, but because the authors had the IQ scores of various parents, it demonstrated that parents with higher IQs tended to have more kids, ruling out the dysgenic fertility theory as a driver of falling IQ scores and highlighting the role of environmental factors instead.
ref: 2018 June 13, Rory Smith, “IQ scores are falling and have been for decades, new study finds”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of intelligence quotient.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Initialism of image quality.
glosses: Initialism of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (Inuit traditional knowledge).
Derived terms: Eye-Q
room-temperature IQ
IQ
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌaɪ ˈkjuː/
Forms: form: more IQ
form: most IQ
form: I.Q.
Senses: examples: text: That was an IQ play!
glosses: Smart, intelligent.
Derived terms: low-IQ
high-IQ
OTC
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The bedside table is littered with both OTC and prescription expectorants and pertussives and analgesics and Vitamin-C megaspansules[…]
ref: 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 60:
text: By adopting complementary products used in biotech, over-the-counter (OTC), nutritional, cosmetic, or other fine chemical consumers, their cost basis is further diluted to help maintain competitiveness.
ref: 2014 April, Ken Seufert, “The New Dawn of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Innovative Solutions for Unprecedented Challenges”, in American Pharmaceutical Review, 17(3):8:
glosses: Initialism of over-the-counter.
glosses: Initialism of order-to-cash.
glosses: Initialism of off the charts.
OTC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency.
OTC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Officers Training Corps (part of the British Army).
glosses: Initialism of Overseas Telecommunications Commission, a defunct department of the Australian government.
glosses: Initialism of Office of Transportation Cooperatives.
OTC
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of on the cheek.
App
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Apps
Etymology: Borrowed from German App.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
App
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of appeals.
App
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Apps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of app.
examples: 10 Station App
glosses: Abbreviation of approach.
raw_tags: in street addresses
SORA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Acronym of Sex Offenders Registration Act.
MCL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of Michigan Compiled Laws.
MCL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MCLs
Senses: examples: text: ACL tears do require surgery, but MCL tears can heal on their own, according to doctors.
ref: 2013 February 6, Jen Christiensen, “Vonn’s injury ‘career-delayer,’ not ‘career ender’”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of medial collateral ligament.
examples: text: For PFOA and PFOS, the enforceable maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) will be set at 4.0 parts per trillion individually.
ref: 2024 April 10, Jen Christiensen, “Biden administration sets first national standard to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of maximum containment level.
Related terms: sense: medial collateral ligament
english: anterior cruciate ligament
translation: anterior cruciate ligament
word: ACL
sense: medial collateral ligament
english: lateral collateral ligament
translation: lateral collateral ligament
word: LCL
sense: medial collateral ligament
english: ulnar collateral ligament
translation: ulnar collateral ligament
word: UCL
MCR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of Michigan Court Rules.
synonyms: My Chem
glosses: Initialism of My Chemical Romance (“American rock band”).
glosses: Abbreviation of Manchester City Region.
MCR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MCRs
Senses: topics: education
coordinate_terms: JCR
SCR
glosses: Initialism of middle common room.
glosses: Initialism of masters' common room.
HIPAA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪpə/
rhymes: -ɪpə
Senses: examples: text: Because there is no HIPAA requirement that insurance companies also accept DSM-IV-TR codes, insurance companies are likely to only accept electronic claims that use ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes, and which will require psychologists who are only familiar with DSM-IV-TR to convert their DSM-IVTR diagnosis codes into ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes.
ref: 2012 July 24, “Covered Diagnoses & Crosswalk of DSM-IV Codes to ICD-9-CM Codes”, in CNN en Español, page 1:
text: However, several health privacy and ethics experts CNN consulted questioned whether Conley is bound by HIPAA rules, which apply only to providers who accept health insurance.
ref: 2020 October 7, Tami Lubby, “HIPAA and what it means for Trump, his doctor and the American public”, in CNN:
topics: law
glosses: Acronym of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
HHS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /eɪt͡ʃ eɪt͡ʃ ˈɛs/
Senses: examples: text: U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to send a letter to President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, following up on previous requests that the administration use its authority to deschedule cannabis and pardon non-violent cannabis-related offenders.
ref: 2022 June 7, “Senators Warren, Sanders, Markey, and Gillibrand Urge Administration to Deschedule Cannabis and Pardon Nonviolent Cannabis Offenders”, in warren.senate.gov:
text: “This action aims to ensure that WIV does not receive another dollar of federal funding,” an HHS spokesperson said in a statement. “The move was undertaken due to WIV’s failure to provide documentation on WIV’s research requested by NIH related to concerns that WIV violated NIH’s biosafety protocols.”
ref: 2023 July 19, Jeremy Diamond and Simone McCarthy, “Biden administration suspends funding for Wuhan lab”, in CNN:
text: The case, investigated by the Maryland department of health and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was confirmed by the CDC as New World screwworm on 4 August – and involved a patient who returned from travel to El Salvador, an HHS spokesperson, Andrew G Nixon, said in an email to Reuters.
ref: 2025 August 25, “First human case of flesh-eating screwworm parasite confirmed in US”, in The Guardian, sourced from Reuters, →ISSN:
text: “Susan Monarez is no longer director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We thank her for her dedicated service to the American people,” HHS said in an unsigned statement posted to social media.
ref: 2025 August 28, Robert Mackey, quoting HHS, “CDC erupts in chaos after ousted chief Susan Monarez refuses to resign”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Initialism of (US Department of) Health and Human Services.
HHS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /eɪt͡ʃ eɪt͡ʃ ˈɛs/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of harness hang syndrome.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state.
gyratory crusher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyratory crushers
Senses: glosses: A machine for crushing raw material, consisting of two vertical cones that are moved by a cam.
headend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headends
Etymology: From head + end.
Senses: examples: text: The headend cable modem handles the medium access control (MAC) protocol which is necessary for point-to-multipoint operation on the tree-and-branch network.
ref: 1998, D. W. Faulkner, A. L. Harmer, Broadband Access and Network Management: NOC '98:
glosses: A cable TV control centre, at which terrestrial and satellite signals are received, monitored and injected into the cable network.
PT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PTs
Senses: topics: hematology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of prothrombin time.
topics: medicine
sciences
related: word: P.T.
glosses: Initialism of physical therapist.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of physical therapy.
topics: law
synonyms: visitation
glosses: Initialism of parenting time.
glosses: Initialism of physical training.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of passing tone.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Initialism of patrol torpedo.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
coordinate_terms: PB
PF
P
glosses: Initialism of patrol trainer (“a trainer that is also a patrol aircraft”).
examples: text: As her famously no-BS longtime PT Don Saladino, who has a next-level celeb roster (oh HAIII, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt!), told WH: ‘It’s about improving your body’s resilience and energy […] making sure we’re optimising everything we do’.
ref: 2023 June 5, Rebecca Gillam, “18 celebs who swear by weight training, from Adele to Millie Mackintosh & Frankie Bridge”, in Women's Health:
glosses: Initialism of personal trainer.
glosses: Initialism of public transport or public transit.
examples: text: […] a PT in high school, prick tease. Go out with a guy and get him all hot but not let him put the fire out.
ref: 1999, Zachary Alan Fox, When the Wind Blows, page 230:
text: She liked to nurse a highball and flirt with a certain kind of men. In their report the customers called her a “PT” (prick tease).
ref: 2024, Henry Rex Greene, Marlene: A Murder Mystery, page 23:
glosses: Initialism of prick tease.
Related terms: sense: prothrombin time
word: PR
sense: prothrombin time
word: INR
PT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Central Papua: a province of Indonesia.
examples: text: CNN is seeking comment from legal representation for Martin. He is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday at 3 p.m. PT (6 p.m. ET).
ref: 2022 April 4, Susannah Cullinane, Holly Yan, Stella Chan and Cheri Mossburg, “All 6 victims killed in the Sacramento mass shooting are identified as police arrest a suspect”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of Pacific Time.
topics: government
politics
synonyms: PTP
glosses: Initialism of Pheu Thai Party.
examples: text: It is in my personal opinion, that PT provides so much more background, action, information and inclusion than Haptic, however, some aspects of Haptic could be integrated into PT to create an even more extensive tool for the Deafblind.
ref: 2013 February 18, Christine Amanda Roschaert, “Pro-Tactile: The DeafBlind Way!!!”, in Tactile the World, WordPress, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2014:
glosses: Abbreviation of Protactile.
topics: Egyptology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Pyramid Texts.
PT
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: coordinate_terms: FT
glosses: Initialism of part-time.
glosses: Initialism of pressure-treated.
COA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: COAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of court of appeals.
glosses: Initialism of certificate of authenticity.
glosses: Initialism of certificate of analysis.
glosses: Initialism of chart of accounts.
glosses: Alternative form of CoA.
COA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Coahuila: a state of Mexico.
glosses: Initialism of Commonwealth of Australia.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Clipping of coalition (“Liberal–National coalition”).
glosses: Acronym of Commission on Audit.
Synonyms: LNP
L/NP
ADL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ADLs
Senses: examples: text: She presented the second time unable to perform her ADLs with latent and perseverative speech, thought blocking, disorganized thought processes and behavior, delusions of being poisoned, and was preoccupied with bizarre physical symptoms.
ref: 2009, Marfan Syndrome and Schizophrenia: A Case Report and Literature Review, by Mary Lemberg, MD and Alexander W. Thompson, MD, MBA
topics: government
healthcare
glosses: Initialism of activities of daily living, a set of activities such as bathing, feeding, or relieving oneself.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of argument-dependent lookup, a feature of C++ in which the compiler chooses a function based on its arguments.
topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
coordinate_terms: topsheet
absorbent core
backsheet
glosses: Initialism of acquisition and distribution layer, the stay-dry layer of a diaper or menstrual pad that wicks liquid, particularly urine or menses, from the topsheet to the innermost absorbent core.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of affected document list.
ADL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The Anti-Defamation League reported a dramatic increase in antisemitic incidents in 2021 in this country, with a total of 2,717 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism reported to ADL, the highest number on record since the organization began tracking antisemitic incidents in 1979.
ref: 2022 November 19, Clarence Page, “Sometimes offensive comedy is just lazy laughs”, in Chicago Tribune:
text: Musk has said on X that he is “pro-free speech, but against antisemitism of any kind”. But he has threatened to sue ADL for defamation, accusing the group of trying to “kill” the platform by “falsely accusing it and me of being antisemitic”.
ref: 2023 September 18, “Israel’s prime minister urges Elon Musk to curb antisemitism on his platform, X”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Initialism of Anti-Defamation League: an international Jewish non-governmental organization based in the United States specializing in civil rights law.
glosses: Initialism of Animal Defense League.
OCD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of osteochondritis dissecans.
topics: history
human-sciences
media
publishing
sciences
coordinate_terms: OCT
glosses: Initialism of Oxford Classical Dictionary.
Derived terms: symmetrical OCD
Related terms: sense: obsessive-compulsive disorder
english: not to be confused
translation: not to be confused
word: OCPD
OCD
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more OCD
form: most OCD
Senses: examples: text: Three years and you still have your ex's things? Lizzy, I knew you were uptight and OCD, and often humorless.
ref: 2015, “Out of the Closet”, in One Big Happy, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Prudence (Kelly Brook):
text: So I wanted to get us some simple takeout but of course, I started obsessing over what you'd be in the mood for. Hence, we have the OCD buffet of sushi, steak, and pasta.
ref: 2020, Leigh Whannell, The Invisible Man, spoken by Adrian Griffin:
glosses: Exhibiting an obsessive tendency.
OCD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Office of Civil Defense.
Related terms: OCPD
obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
autism
BVM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BVMs
form: B.V.M.
Senses: examples: text: MPS’s low-cost automated Bag Valve Mask (BVM) resuscitator mechanizes the human squeezing of the bag. BVMs are readily available in hospitals and ambulances, and in this design, the BVM can be easily accessed and removed if manual intervention is required.
ref: 2020 April 9, “MPS Created an Open-Source Ventilator to Battle COVID-19”, in PR Newswire:
glosses: Initialism of bag valve mask.
BVM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: B.V.M.
Senses: examples: text: According to Loyola-Chicago’s website, she’s been in the religious order of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin (BVM) for 81 years.
She joined the BVMs in 1937 and earned multiple degrees at schools in Los Angeles. She was a principal, coach and teacher at several schools in California and Illinois.
ref: 2018 March 26, Jill Martin, “March Madness: Sister Jean stealing the show at the NCAA tournament”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of Blessed Virgin Mary.
KO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: KOs
form: KO's
Etymology: Initialism of knock out.
Initialism of kick-off.
Senses: topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: Abbreviation of knock out.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of kick-off (“the time or manner of start of play”).
KO
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: KOs
form: KO's
form: KOing
form: KO'ing
form: KOed
form: KOed
form: KO'd
form: KO'd
form: KO'ed
form: KO'ed
Etymology: Initialism of knock out.
Initialism of kick-off.
Senses: examples: text: Joe KO'd the opposing boxer.
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: To knock someone out; to render someone unconscious.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To start play.
registrar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪsˌtɹɑɹ/
Forms: form: registrars
Etymology: From Medieval Latin registrārius, from registrum (“register”) + -ārius (“agent”). See more at register.
Senses: glosses: An official keeper or recorder of records.
An officer in a university who keeps enrollment and academic achievement records.
glosses: An official keeper or recorder of records.
The person responsible for record-keeping related to a museum's or archive's collection.
qualifier: museums
topics: law
glosses: An official keeper or recorder of records.
The chief executive officer of a judicial forum, in charge of the entire registry of the department.
glosses: A doctor receiving advanced specialist training in some countries in order to become a consultant.
glosses: A service that manages the reservation of domain names.
Derived terms: registrar-general
Related terms: register
registry
AAL
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of above aerodrome level.
Related terms: topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: AGL
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: ASL
AAL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AALs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of anterior axillary line.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of asynchronous transfer mode adaptation layer; ATM adaptation layer.
glosses: Initialism of attorney-at-law.
AAL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of African American language.
Related terms: ATM
AAL2
AAL5
AARP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪ eɪ ɑɹ ˈpi/
ipa: /eɪ eɪ ɑː ˈpiː/
Etymology: Originally an initialism of AARP, the organization's full name until 1999.
Senses: examples: text: AARP, the research and advocacy behemoth, has begun aggressively promoting the spread of these units, often referred to as casitas or, more cheekily, granny flats.
ref: 2023 September 6, Michelle Cottle, “The Magic of the Granny Flat”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: An American advocacy group focused on issues affecting the elderly.