cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ruthful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuːθ.fʊl/
Forms: form: more ruthful
form: most ruthful
Etymology: From Middle English reuþful, reuthful, reowthful, equivalent to ruth + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Full of sorrow; sorrowful; woeful; rueful.
examples: text: An if it please thee! why, assure thee, Lucius, / 'Twill vex thy soul to hear what I shall speak; / For I must talk of murders, rapes, and massacres, / Acts of black night, abominable deeds, / Complots of mischief, treason, villainies, / Ruthful to hear, yet piteously perform'd:
ref: c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
text: When last this ruthful month was come, / And in Linlithgow’s holy dome / The King, as wont, was praying; [...]
ref: 1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Canto Fourth. The Camp.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC, stanza XVI, page 202:
glosses: Causing pity; piteous.
examples: text: Then he bestowed robes of honour on the nurses wet and dry and said to them, "Be ye ruthful over them and rear them after the goodliest fashion."
ref: 1898, Richard Francis Burton, transl., The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 7:
glosses: Full of ruth or pity; merciful; compassionate.
Synonyms: sense: full of ruth
word: compassionate
sense: full of ruth
word: merciful
Derived terms: ruthfully
ruthfulness
Related terms: ruth
rejigger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rejiggers
form: rejiggering
form: rejiggered
form: rejiggered
Etymology: From re- + jigger.
Senses: examples: text: But if the spirit of the law was a blow to black rifles, the letter of it allowed them to live on and thrive... All they had to do was rejigger their designs to reduce the number of offending features.
ref: 2007 June 4, Andrew Park, “Call for ban on 'black rifles' prompts a backlash by gun enthusiasts”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: rejiggle#Verb
glosses: To rejig.
got it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get it
roll out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rolls out
form: rolling out
form: rolled out
form: rolled out
Senses: examples: text: We plan to roll out the new version in September.
text: Directed, like the original, by Danny Boyle, and starring several members of the original cast, “T2” is getting a wide release in Britain this week before being rolled out across Europe. It reaches the United States on March 17.
ref: 2017 January 26, Christopher D. Shea, “T2 Trainspotting’: The Early Reviews”, in New York Time:
hypernyms: introduce
glosses: To deploy or release (a new film or software, etc.); to launch (a product or service), especially in a gradual fashion across multiple regions.
examples: text: Coming from a neighborhood like Bay Village, we can tell you all about sleepless nights from drunks rolling out of bars at 2 a.m.
ref: 1974 April 13, Sheri, “Reactions”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
antonyms: roll in
coordinate_terms: head out
glosses: To leave a place at a leisurely pace.
examples: text: The cook rolled out the dough with a rolling pin.
text: They rolled out the red carpet to welcome the visiting dignitaries.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see roll, out.
topics: bowling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: burn up
burn out
glosses: To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finish strongly.
raw_tags: of a ball
Derived terms: word: roll-out
word: rollout
word: transform and roll out
rollout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rollouts
form: roll-out
Etymology: Deverbal from roll out.
Senses: examples: text: The growing use of social media to spread anger and dissent in the Arab world has been hailed by western governments as one of the chief justifications for a completely unfettered internet. The US is reportedly funding the secret rollout of technology in Iran in an effort to undermine internet censors in the country.
ref: 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian:
text: They were also impressed with the speed of the rollout, considering that the idea was only realised once the pandemic took hold.
ref: 2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: Automated Intelligent Video System”, in RAIL, number 940, page 54:
hypernyms: deployment
introduction
glosses: An act of rolling out; gradual deployment.
examples: text: The pilot kept a vigilant eye out for runway obstructions throughout the rollout.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The phase of a landing after touchdown but before the aircraft slows to taxi speed.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A play in which a quarterback moves toward the sideline before attempting to pass.
topics: backgammon
games
glosses: A form of analysis in which the same position is played many times (with different dice rolls) and the various outcomes are recorded.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A game variant in which players progressively reveal their cards.
glosses: A malfunction in a gas furnace where gas burns outside the combustion chamber. Such a malfunction can cause damage to the furnace, carbon monoxide poisoning, or start a fire.
Related terms: rollback
roll-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roll-outs
Etymology: Deverbal from roll out.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rollout.
set in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sets in
form: setting in
form: set in
form: set in
Senses: examples: text: That was the point at which the rot set in.
text: [...] but rain set in, driven by a furious westerly gale, [...].
ref: 1941 November, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 484:
text: By the afternoon it seemed as if the storm had passed and that frost was setting in; but in the evening the wind rose to gale force, bringing telegraph poles down like skittles and tangling power and telephone lines.
ref: 1960 March, “The January blizzard in the North-East of Scotland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 137:
text: Work on anti-frost precautions on diesel locomotives is to be speeded up to ensure that most if not all locomotives have been dealt with before the winter sets in.
ref: 1964 September, “Motive Power Miscellany: BR Workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 220:
glosses: To take root, become established.
Related terms: inset
set-in sleeve
set sail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sets sail
form: setting sail
form: set sail
form: set sail
Senses: examples: text: We set sail for the Caribbean.
glosses: To depart on a voyage by boat.
Related terms: put to sea
there've
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: There've been a few problems.
glosses: Shortened form of there have.
vaticinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /vəˈtɪ.səˌneɪt/
Forms: form: vaticinates
form: vaticinating
form: vaticinated
form: vaticinated
Etymology: From Latin vāticinātus, perfect passive participle of vāticinor (“foretell, prophesy”).
Senses: examples: text: With a slow step, and tears in her eyes, Mrs. Glentworth, vaticinating trouble of some kind, proceeded to cut the string and break the seal of her pacquet.
ref: 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 27:
glosses: To predict or foretell future events; to prophesy or presage.
Derived terms: vaticination
vaticinator
unfulfilling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfulfilling
form: most unfulfilling
Etymology: From un- + fulfilling.
Senses: examples: text: The work ethic . . . is most seriously challenged by the technological revolution, which (at least potentially) has abolished scarcity and has made many kinds of work unfulfilling or even unnecessary.
ref: 1971 September 20, “Nixon in the Pulpit: Economic Evangelism”, in Time:
glosses: Not producing fulfillment or a sense of accomplishment; unsatisfying.
sphinxlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sphinxlike
form: most sphinxlike
form: sphinx-like
Etymology: From sphinx + -like.
Senses: examples: text: What about Mrs. Cavendish? I watched her as she sat at the head of the table, graceful, composed, enigmatic. In her soft grey frock, with white ruffles at the wrists falling over her slender hands, she looked very beautiful. When she chose, however, her face could be sphinx-like in its inscrutability.
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 57:
text: they get together in the dry riverbed. He writhes over her for a minute or two as she sits sphinxlike, dignified, head straight in the air.
ref: 2020 August 4, Richard Conniff, “They may look goofy, but ostriches are nobody’s fool”, in National Geographic Magazine:
glosses: Like a sphinx, or like that of a sphinx, especially, not showing passion or emotion; inscrutable.
examples: text: Mrs. Mallowe smiled in a superior and Sphinx-like fashion.
ref: 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 21:
text: “What we need to avoid at the end is a headline that says ‘Russia Won, America Lost.’” A sphinxlike response. Or perhaps a nonresponse.
ref: 2025 March 7, Mark Leibovich, “Mitch McConnell and the President He Calls ‘Despicable’”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: Mysterious; scheming; having a deceptive outward appearance.
rasterise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rasterises
form: rasterising
form: rasterised
form: rasterised
Etymology: From raster + -ise.
Senses: glosses: UK spelling of rasterize.
raytracing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Global illumination models, such as raytracing, pathtracing or radiosity, in contrast, also account for light reflections over several surfaces (indirect illumination).
ref: 2022, Ralf Doerner, Wolfgang Broll, Paul Grimm, Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR), page 94:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ray tracing.
metacharacter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metacharacters
Etymology: From meta- + character.
Senses: examples: text: This chapter moves on to look at several regular expression metacharacters and modifiers. Metacharacters can be combined with literal characters and quantifiers, which were discussed in Chapter 3, to create more complex regular expression patterns.
ref: 2005, Andrew Watt, Beginning Regular Expressions, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 73:
text: You can't enter invisible characters—such as tab characters, line-end characters, or carriage returns—in the Find What or Change To fields. To get around this, you enter codes—known as “metacharacters”—representing those characters.
ref: [2006, Olav Martin Kvern, David Blatner, Real World Adobe InDesign CS2, Peachpit Press, →ISBN, page 224:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A character used to signify something other than its literal form, such as the asterisk when used as a wildcard.
Related terms: escape character
PUBS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʌbz/
rhymes: -ʌbz
homophone: pubs
Forms: form: PUBS
Senses: glosses: Acronym of percutaneous umbilical blood sampling (“the removal of blood from an umbilical cord in utero for testing”).
glosses: Acronym of purple urine bag syndrome.
Synonyms: cordocentesis
FBS
fetal blood sampling
cordocentesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cordocenteses
Etymology: From cord + -o- + -centesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The removal of blood from an umbilical cord in utero for testing.
Synonyms: FBS
fetal blood sampling
funipuncture
PUBS
Old Master
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Old Masters
form: old master
Senses: examples: text: Fifteen years ago it was customary to speak slightingly of the Old Masters, and it was thought that their mistakes could be easily rectified. Their dark skies and black foregrounds hold their own against all Monet's cleverness, and it has begun to be suspected that even if nature be industriously and accurately copied in the fields, the result is not always a picture.
ref: 1893, George Moore, Modern Painting:
glosses: Any of various early (before about 1800 CE) European painters whose works are regarded as superlative.
glosses: A painting by an Old Master.
I say
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: I say! That's impressive!
text: I say, what is the meaning of this?
text: Adrian thought it worth while to try out his new slang. ‘I say, you fellows, here's a rum go. Old Biffo was jolly odd this morning. He gave me a lot of pi-jaw about slacking and then invited me to tea. No rotting! He did really.’
ref: 1991, Stephen Fry, chapter III, in The Liar, London: William Heinemann, →ISBN, page 26:
glosses: An exclamation of surprise or protest.
examples: text: I say! ... John ... Are you still there? If you're going into town could you get some eggs?
glosses: An exclamation used to call someone or attract someone's attention.
examples: text: When such men as Mr. Burke, Mr. Dundas, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Windham, and my Lord Grenville: when such men as these unreservedly and repeatedly avowed their sentiments on the condition of the Slave; when they saw no danger in the avowal; […] when, I say, these men thus thought, spoke, and acted […]
ref: 1823, William Wilberforce, Appeal to the Religion, Justice and Humanity of the Inhabitants of the British Empire in Behalf of the Negro Slaves in the West Indies:
text: But when Amelia came down with her kind smiling looks (Rebecca must introduce her to her friend, Miss Crawley was longing to see her, and was too ill to leave her carriage)—when, I say, Amelia came down, the Park Lane shoulder-knot aristocracy wondered more and more that such a thing could come out of Bloomsbury; […]
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 63, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
text: "Stop! Stop I say!" ordered the professor imperiously.
ref: 1912, Clarence Young, The Motor Boys on the Wing: Or, Seeking the Airship Treasure, page 63:
glosses: Used for emphasis, or when resuming after diversion or interruption.
examples: I say, I say, I say! Did you hear the one about the nun in a maternity ward?
glosses: A traditional introduction to a joke, usually thrice repeated.
Synonyms: sense: exclamation of surprise
word: wow
blies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bly
interactive fiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interactive fictions
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Text adventures and their descendants.
glosses: A particular game in this style.
atomic time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Time, as measured by an atomic clock.
proton number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proton numbers
Senses: glosses: The number of protons in an atom.
Synonyms: atomic number
assault rifles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assault rifle
algebraically closed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The fundamental theorem of algebra states that the field of complex numbers, #92;mathbb#123;C#125;, is algebraically closed.
text: Definition. A field is algebraically closed when it satisfies the equivalent conditions in Proposition 4.1. #92;square
For instance, the fundamental theorem of algebra (Theorem III.8.11) states that #92;Complex is algebraically closed. The fields #92;R, #92;Q, #92;Z#95;p, are not algebraically closed, but #92;R and #92;Q can be embedded into the algebraically closed field #92;Complex.
ref: 2007, Pierre Antoine Grillet, Abstract Algebra, 2nd edition, Springer, page 166:
text: In many ways #92;Q#95;p is analogous to #92;R. For example, #92;R is not algebraically closed. The exercises below show that #92;Q#95;p is not algebraically closed. However, by adjoining i#61;#92;sqrt#123;-1#125; to #92;R, we get the field of complex numbers, which is algebraically closed. In contrast, the algebraic closure #92;overline#92;Q#95;p of #92;Q#95;p is not of finite degree over #92;Q. Moreover, #92;Complex is complete with respect to the extension of the usual norm of #92;R. Unfortunately, #92;overline#92;Q#95;p is not complete with respect to the extension of the p-adic norm. So after completing it (via the usual method of Cauchy sequences) we get a still larger field, usually denoted by #92;Complex#95;p, and it turns out to be both algebraically closed and complete.
ref: 2008, M. Ram Murty, Problems in Analytic Number Theory, 2nd edition, Springer, page 155:
text: Definition 5.3.14. Let F be a field. A field extension P is called an algebraic closure of F if P is algebraically closed and every proper subfield of P containing F is not algebraically closed.
In other words, the algebraic closure of F is the minimal algebraically closed field containing F.
ref: 2015, Martyn R. Dixon, Leonid A. Kurdachenko, Igor Ya Subbotin, An Introduction to Essential Algebraic Structures, Wiley, page 195:
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
qualifier: field theory
glosses: Which contains as an element every root of every nonconstant univariate polynomial definable over it (i.e., over said field).
raw_tags: of a field
topics: algebra
group-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Such that any finite set of equations and inequations has a solution.
raw_tags: of a group
northern cavefish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northern cavefish
Senses: synonyms: northern blindfish
glosses: A kind of fish, Amblyopsis spelaea.
assembly lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assembly line
almost everywhere
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: topics: mathematics
measure-theory
sciences
related: word: a.e.
antonyms: almost nowhere
glosses: For all elements except those contained in some set of measure zero.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see almost, everywhere.
Related terms: almost all
almost no
almost certain
almost sure
quantifier
aggravated assault
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aggravated assaults
form: agg. assault
Senses: qualifier: US crime law
glosses: Assault with disregard for the value of life, or with a deadly weapon.
sedevacantist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛdɪˈveɪkəntɪst/
Forms: form: sedevacantists
Etymology: From sede vacante + -ist.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Someone who espouses sedevacantism.
sedevacantism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛdɪˈveɪkəntɪzəm/
Etymology: From sede vacante + -ism.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The belief, held by a minority of Christians claiming to be traditionalist Catholics, that the present occupant of the Holy See is not the true pope and that the see has been vacant since the 1960s.
Related terms: sedes vacans
sede vacante
sedevacantist
approval voting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A voting system in which each voter approves as many candidates as they wish, and the candidate most approved of wins.
Alpha Cen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Alpha Centauri.
ad baculum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin ad + baculum (“stick, staff”).
Senses: glosses: By appeal to force.
non sequituri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒn ˌsɛkwɪˈtuːɹi/
other: /nɒn ˌsɛkwɪˈtuːɹaɪ/
Etymology: From non sequitur + -i, by misapplication of the Latin second-declension -us→-i rule of plural formation.
Senses: examples: text: I’m putting in my two cents here, and I’m doing so with intentional bluntness; no offense^([sic]) intended to anyone. I’m also on a major pain-killer (naughty appendix, gone now), so please forgive any non sequituri.
ref: 1998 June 7, Fedor the Mad, “The definition of “evil””, in alt.religion.wicca.moderated (Usenet):
text: Hence, the claim that I misrepresented your statement is in fact false.
[.snip the rest of the strawmen and non sequituri.]
ref: 2002 January 25, Arturo Magidin, “f is a unit?”, in sci.math (Usenet):
text: Michael’s never-ending toxic Bitch-Swipe; the omnipresentation of incoherent, gratuitous non sequituri from personified ignorance!
ref: 2002 September 14, nan, “Patterns in Group Behaviour: The Debate”, in alt.true-crime (Usenet):
glosses: plural of non sequitur
drong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drongs
Senses: examples: text: Among the fanciful rock forms at this place is the "Old Maid ", a colossal drong resembling the form of a woman.
ref: 1870, B. F. De Costa, “Grand Menan: A Summer Reminiscence”, in Hours at Home, Volume 11, page 226:
glosses: A rock that rises from the sea.
losing face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lose face
laquearius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laquearii
Senses: glosses: A gladiator who used a laqueus, or lasso.
Red Army Faction
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A far-left terrorist organization active from 1970 to 1998, mainly in West Germany and West Berlin.
Synonyms: Baader-Meinhof Group
Baader-Meinhof Gang
German Autumn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Derived from the 1978 film "Deutschland im Herbst" (Germany in Autumn).
Senses: glosses: A set of events in late 1977, revolving around the kidnapping and murder of industrialist Hanns-Martin Schleyer, by the Red Army Faction (RAF), and the hijacking of the Lufthansa aeroplane Landshut by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
taupes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taupe
conjunctive adverb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conjunctive adverbs
Senses: examples: A conjunction links two clauses in one sentence, whereas a conjunctive adverb links ideas in different sentences.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An adverb that connects two clauses; linking adverb.
gold farming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The gold farming industry turns one man's play into another's work, but most gaming workers see a clear difference between work and play.
ref: 2007 October 23, Ge Jin, “Chinese Gold Farmers: Immigrant Workers in the Game Land”, in Friedrich Von Borries, Steffen Peter Walz, Matthias Böttger, editors, Space Time Play: Computer Games, Architecture and Urbanism: The Next Level, Birkhäuser Basel, page 463:
text: While some companies seem largely indifferent to gold farming, others see gold farmers as unfairly extracting value from property that they do not own. Gold farming is often described as a parasitic business practice that undermines the stability of virtual economics.
ref: 2010 October 26, Greg Lastowka, Virtual Justice: The New Laws of Online Worlds, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →OL:
text: You heard of gold farming? Selling multiplayer online game currency for real cash?
ref: 2012 November 15, “Critical”, in Person of Interest, season 2, episode 7, spoken by Leon Tao (Ken Leung):
topics: games
gaming
glosses: The business of farming/grinding for in-game currency (gold in many games) and items in massively multiplayer online games for for-profit resale outside of the game.
gold farming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gold farm
pervy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pervier
form: perviest
Etymology: From perv + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The minute I got there I realized that I didn't need the loo at all, and so the person in the stall next to me was going to think I was either quite mad, an unsubtle drug fiend or some kind of Rebecca Loos-type pervy textaholic.
ref: 2007, Alexandra Heminsley, Ex and the City: You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Dumps You:
glosses: Behaving or looking like a sexual pervert.
Synonyms: english: more formal
translation: more formal
word: perverted
Derived terms: nonpervy
pervily
perviness
lesser included offenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lesser included offense
gold farmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gold farmers
Senses: topics: games
gaming
glosses: A person who plays an online game to resell in-game currency and items for profit outside of the game; one who engages in gold farming.
battery-backed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of a device, using a battery to maintain operation when not powered by the main electrical supply (e.g. during a blackout).
topics: business
computing
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: Using a battery to maintain volatile memory when powered off.
topics: video-games
glosses: Of saved game data, written to a volatile memory chip in a video game cartridge to maintain the data when not in use.
volatile memory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: volatile memories
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
antonyms: non-volatile memory
glosses: Computer memory (such as RAM) that requires a constant electrical charge to maintain its contents.
volitile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of volatile.
Rovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rovian
form: most Rovian
form: Roveian
Etymology: From Rove + -ian, after Karl Rove.
Senses: examples: text: There is something called a “Rovian” style of campaigning, and it's meant as an insult. President Barack Obama said many times during the campaign that he wanted to end “the Karl Rove era of politics.”
ref: 2010, Karl Rove, Courage and Consequence […] , Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 64:
text: The misdeeds were many, and he was known by all who knew him to be a ridiculous man, but this new plan was too much, was Caligulian, Roveian, and she had no obligation to cooperate.
ref: 2016, Dave Eggers, Heroes of the Frontier, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the political theory that a lie told often enough will be accepted as the truth, and that the truth is no longer relevant to democratic politics.
wikipedia: Karl Rove
indeedie
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From indeed + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Was pink pig Mr. Swoon absolutely sure my wife had not telephoned? He was. If she did, would he tell her we had gone on to Aunt Clare's place? He would, indeedie.
ref: 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:
glosses: Alternative spelling of indeedy.
study abroad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: studies abroad
Senses: examples: text: I want to do study abroad next year, but I don't know where.
text: This study abroad program is a lot less structured than most others I've looked at.
glosses: A program of study which is located in a different country than one’s home or resident country.
truth will out
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: This phrase, which translates literally as “truth will become public”, appears as early as Lydgate’s late Middle English writings on the life of St. Alban. It is also famously found in William Shakespeare’s works, particularly in The Merchant of Venice.
Senses: glosses: A mystery will always be solved; truth will eventually and inevitably be discovered.
wikipedia: St. Alban
Related terms: speak truth to power
rack time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Most probably coined in the military.
Senses: examples: text: After fifty-two hours awake, it sure will feel good to get some rack time!
glosses: Any amount of free time to sleep or rest.
gumamela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gumamelas
Senses: glosses: Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
glosses: Any flower or plant belonging to the genus Hibiscus
Synonyms: sense: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
word: China rose
sense: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
word: Hawaiian hibiscus
sense: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
word: shoeblack plant
Jedi mind tricks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jedi mind trick
egoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more egoic
form: most egoic
Etymology: From ego + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Most people most of the time experience themselves and others in one or another way that I shall call egoic.
ref: 1970, C. S. Wallia, Toward Century 21: Technology, Society, and Human Values, Basic Books, page 307:
text: As long as the egoic mind is running your life, you cannot truly be at ease.
ref: 1997, Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now, page 102:
text: All such lived-experiences are not only modes of consciousness in general, but egoic acts; and this is what we want to make clear now.
ref: 2001, Edmund Husserl, Anthony J. Steinbock, Analyses Concerning Passive and Active Synthesis: Lectures on Transcendental Logic, Springer, page 16:
glosses: Of or relating to the ego.
Derived terms: anegoic
egoically
OIC
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: oic
Senses: glosses: Oh, I see
OIC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OICs
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of officer in the case.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of officer in charge.
glosses: Initialism of overall in charge.
Related terms: english: non-commissioned-officer-in-charge
translation: non-commissioned-officer-in-charge
word: NCOIC
OIC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: ‘Did you know that it was Amin who introduced schools for Moslems: that he even went to OIC to ask for an Islamic university so that we could have an education acceptable to us?’
ref: 2014, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Kintu, Oneworld Publications (2018), page 298:
glosses: Initialism of Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
chiva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish chiva.
Senses: glosses: heroin
there are plenty more fish in the sea
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: Dry your eyes, mate / I know it's hard to take but her mind has been made up / There's plenty more fish in the sea
ref: 2004, Mike Skinner, “Dry Your Eyes”, in A Grand Don't Come for Free, performed by The Streets:
glosses: Alternative form of there are plenty of fish in the sea.
miscellaneum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəm/
Forms: form: miscellanea
Etymology: Perhaps by back-formation from miscellanea, in accordance with the -um → -a rule of plural formation of neuter nouns in the nominative case from the Latin second declension.
Senses: examples: text: Cornu Copia : A Miscellaneum of lucriferous and most fructiferous Experiments, Observations, and Discoveries, immethodically distributed ; to be really demonstrated and communicated in all Sincerity.
ref: 1652: Samuel Hartlib, Cornu Copia : A Miscellaneum of lucriferous and most fructiferous Experiments, Observations, and Discoveries, immethodically distributed ; to be really demonstrated and communicated in all Sincerity., book title (Harleian Miscellany, volume VI, pages 27–36)
text: The second part was devoted to a miscellaneum. It commenced with a reference to the interdiction of stage entertainment in the time of the Protectorate.
ref: 1851, The Musical World, page 129:
text: Aside from those cited in this miscellaneum, other copies are to be seen at Bryn Mawr (inscribed by Kennerley to R. W. Ellis); Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; and private collection 1.
ref: 1999: Housman Society, Housman Society Journal, page 87 (Turner & Devereux)
text: In this miscellaneum I would like to describe a medieval translation of Keter Malkhut which, to the best of my knowledge, has not been noted anywhere in scholarly literature.
ref: 2004, Shlomo Berger, Michael Brocke, Irene E Zwiep, Zutot 2003, Springer, →ISBN, page 28, →ISBN:
glosses: A miscellany.
unoptimized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + optimized.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
management
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not optimized.
Coordinate terms: inoptimal
nonoptimal
suboptimal
unoptimised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unoptimized.
auto-reply
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auto-replies
form: autoreply
Etymology: From auto- + reply.
Senses: examples: text: I'd like to be able to disable auto-reply for certain users.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: email
glosses: A feature in e-mail software that sends automatic replies, used for instance when the recipient of a message is on holiday.
examples: text: I sent an email to the school secretary, only to receive an auto-reply.
text: If you have tried to accomplish work in August that requires outside assistance (work like scheduling, deal making, or, say, researching an article about out-of-office auto-replies), you probably ride this particular emotional roller coaster several times a day.
ref: 2015 August 27, Emily Gould, “The Art of the Out-of-Office Reply”, in The New York Times:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: email
glosses: A message sent by this means.
there are plenty of fish in the sea
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: there are plenty more fish in the sea
Senses: synonyms: there are plenty of pebbles on the beach
glosses: There are many more potential opportunities available.
Related terms: the odds are good, but the goods are odd
colocate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: colocates
form: colocating
form: colocated
form: colocated
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of co-locate.
Related terms: colocation
co-location
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: co-locations
Etymology: From co- + location.
Senses: glosses: An instance of co-locating.
Related terms: word: co-locate
word: collation
word: collocation
Trish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: "Trix" was a derivation of Trish, our mother's girlhood name, or cognomen, as she called it; Trish was itself a derivation of Patricia. Trix disliked her original name because she thought it prissy and old-fashioned, but she didn't much like "Trix" either.
ref: 1991, Joyce Carol Oates, Heat And Other Stories, Dutton, →ISBN:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.
yellow-rattle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow-rattles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of yellow rattle.
yellow rattle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow rattles
form: yellow-rattle
Senses: glosses: A flowering plant native to Eurasia, Rhinanthus minor.
Synonyms: cockscomb
Derived terms: taxonomic: Rhinanthus riphaeus
word: alpine yellow rattle
taxonomic: Rhinanthus glacialis
word: aristate yellow rattle
taxonomic: Rhinanthus borbasii
word: Borbas's yellow rattle
taxonomic: Rhinanthus pumilus
word: dwarf yellow rattle
taxonomic: Rhinanthus alectorolophus
word: European yellow rattle
taxonomic: Rhinanthus serotinus
word: greater yellow rattle
taxonomic: Rhinanthus osiliensis
word: Saaremaa yellow rattle
in-line expansion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: in-line expansions
form: inline expansion
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software-compilation
glosses: The replacement by a compiler of a function call with a copy of the entire function body, sometimes used as an optimization.
Related terms: inline
inlinable
gazehounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gaze-hounds
Senses: glosses: plural of gazehound
yellow-shafted flicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow-shafted flickers
Senses: hypernyms: northern flicker
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flicker
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coordinate_terms: red-shafted flicker
glosses: Any of certain subspecies of the northern flicker; an individual thereof.
rememberer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rememberers
Etymology: From remember + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who remembers, recalls from memory.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
social-science
sociolinguistics
sociology
glosses: One who remembers several words and phrases from a moribund language, but never became fluent in it.
Synonyms: reminder
Related terms: remembrancer
yellowthroat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellowthroats
Etymology: Bahuvrihi compound of yellow + throat
Senses: glosses: Any of a mostly yellow-colored group of New World warblers in the genus Geothlypis
Derived terms: Altamira yellowthroat
Geothlypis flavovelata
Bahama yellowthroat
Geothlypis rostrata
Belding's yellowthroat
Geothlypis beldingi
black-polled yellowthroat
Geothlypis speciosa
common yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
gray-crowned yellowthroat
Geothlypis poliocephala
hooded yellowthroat
Geothlypis nelsoni
masked Yellowthroat
Geothlypis aequinoctialis
olive-crowned yellowthroat
Geothlypis semiflava
yellow-throated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: yellowthroated
Senses: glosses: Having a yellow-colored throat; sometimes a taxonomic epithet.
Derived terms: yellow-throated big-eared bat
yellow-throated bulbul
yellow-throated day gecko
yellow-throated honeyeater
yellow-throated marten
yellow-throated plated lizard
yellow-throated squirrel
yellow-throated vireo
yellow-throated warbler
Related terms: yellowthroat
yellow-throated warbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow-throated warblers
Senses: glosses: A small New World warbler with a yellow throat, Setophaga dominica.
anatomiless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anatomy + -less.
Senses: examples: text: And, on the other hand, go forth again to gaze upon the old cathedral front, where you have smiled so often at the fantastic ignorance of the old sculptors: examine once more those ugly goblins, and formless monsters, and stern statues, anatomiless and rigid; but do not mock them, for they are signs of the life and liberty of every workman who struck the stone; […]
ref: 1853, John Ruskin, “The Nature of Gothic”, in The Stones of Venice, volume II (The Sea-Stories), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, § XIV, pages 162–163:
glosses: Having no clear anatomy.
dziggetai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈ(d)zɪɡətaɪ/
Forms: form: dziggetais
form: dzhiggetai
form: dschikketaei
form: dshikketei
form: dshiggetai
form: dzigguetai
form: dzigithai
form: dziggethai
form: gicquetei
form: djiggetai
form: jiggetai
form: chigetai
form: dzeggetai
Etymology: Borrowed from Mongolian чихтэй (čixtej, “eared”).
Senses: glosses: The Mongolian wild ass, Equus hemionus hemionus, a subspecies of the onager.
dzeren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdzɪəɹɛn/
Forms: form: dzerens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zeren.
dystrophia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dystrophias
Senses: glosses: dystrophy
Derived terms: chondrodystrophia
dystrophia myotonica
dystrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dystrophic
form: most dystrophic
Etymology: From dystrophy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Affected with dystrophy
qualifier: lake &c
glosses: Having brownish acidic waters due to humus
raw_tags: of a spring
Derived terms: dystrochrept
dystrophic calcification
myodystrophic
nondystrophic
onychodystrophic
dyssease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysseases
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of disease.
dyspeptical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dyspeptical
form: most dyspeptical
Senses: glosses: dyspeptic
dyspepsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dyspepsies
Senses: examples: text: So Dangerfield's little dyspepsy had like to have cured one or other of the village leeches, for ever and a day, of the heart-ache and all other aches that flesh is heir to. For Dangerfield commenced with Toole; and that physician, on the third day of his instalment, found that Sturk had stept in and taken his patient bodily out of his hands.
ref: 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Showing how Some of the Feuds in Chapelizod Waxed Fiercer, and Others Were Solemnly Condoned”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume II, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, pages 23–24:
glosses: dyspepsia
dysenteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dysentery + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating, or pertaining to dysentery
Derived terms: antidysenteric
postdysenteric
dysenteric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysenterics
Etymology: From dysentery + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A person suffering from dysentery.
dyscratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkɹætɪk/
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to dyscrasy
Derived terms: antidyscratic
duodenectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: duodenectomies
Etymology: From duoden- + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: resection of the duodenum
Derived terms: pancreaticoduodenectomy
wordsmithed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wordsmith
gumnivorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Feeding on sap from a tree.
incunabulist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: incunabulists
Etymology: From incunabulum + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone interested in the field of incunabula.
sandar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sandur.
claustrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɔːstɹəm/
Forms: form: claustra
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin claustrum (“a bolt, bar”). Doublet of cloister.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:claustrum.
topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: A thin, irregular sheet of grey matter underneath the inner part of the neocortex on both sides of the brains of mammals; its exact function is not understood, but it is believed to facilitate coordination between senses
Related terms: claustral
claustrophobia
claustrophilia
sando
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandos
Etymology: Clipping of sandwich + -o (“colloquial”)
Senses: examples: text: There’s nowhere to sit, so you’ll need to find a spot nearby to enjoy your sando.
ref: 2010, Marcia Gagliardi, The Tablehopper’s Guide to Dining and Drinking in San Francisco: Find the Right Spot for Every Occasion, page 141:
text: … just in time to serve up its Thanksgiving sando.
ref: 2015 November 24, Daniel Maurer, “Portland’s Bunk Sandwiches Is Slinging Sandos in Williamsburg”, in Bedford + Bowery, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2015:
glosses: Sandwich.
sando
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandos
Etymology: From Japanese サンド (sando), a shortening from English sandwich.
Senses: glosses: A Japanese-style sandwich with crustless white bread and sometimes a sweet filling.
sando
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandos
Etymology: Unknown. Oldest attestation found in the Philippines is from 1943 in the Official Gazette of the Japanese Military Administration of the Philippines, Volume 2. Possibly from Japanese, just like Tagalog sando as per Potet (2016). See also Japanese ランニングシャツ (ranningushatsu, “sleeveless undershirt; tank top; singlet; vest”) and サンド (sando). Compare Bengali স্যান্ডো গেঞ্জি (sênḍō genji), Assamese English sando-ganji, Hindi सैंडो गंजी (saiṇḍo gañjī), Kapampangan sandu, Bikol Central sando, Waray-Waray sando.
Senses: glosses: sleeveless undershirt; tank top; wifebeater; singlet; vest
Derived terms: sando bag
sandas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sanda
sandan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The tree Ougeinia oojeinense.
heavy cream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heavy creams
Senses: glosses: A rich cream, at least 36 percent of which is milkfat.
qualifier: US standards of identity
glosses: Pasteurized cream at least 36 percent of which is milkfat, optionally homogenized, and optionally containing added flavor, nutritive sweetener, emulsifier, or stabilizer.
Synonyms: sense: rich cream
word: double cream
Coordinate terms: half and half
light cream
clotted cream
light cream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The standard of identity is from 21 CFR §131.155.
Senses: glosses: A cream at least 18 percent of which is fat.
qualifier: US standards of identity
glosses: Pasteurized cream at least 18 percent of which, but less than 30% of which, is milkfat, optionally homogenized, and optionally containing added flavor, nutritive sweetener, emulsifier, or stabilizer.
Synonyms: word: single cream
Coordinate terms: half and half
heavy cream
two-percent milk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 2% milk
Senses: glosses: Milk containing two percent butterfat.
Coordinate terms: skim milk
one-percent milk
whole milk
half and half
light cream
heavy cream
one-percent milk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 1% milk
Senses: glosses: Milk containing one percent butterfat.
Coordinate terms: skim milk
low-fat milk
two-percent milk
whole milk
half and half
light cream
heavy cream
timesaver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timesavers
form: time-saver
Etymology: From time + saver.
Senses: glosses: An act which allows one to accomplish a task more quickly.
timesavers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timesaver
squirrel cage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squirrel cages
form: squirrel's cage
Senses: glosses: A circular cage for a squirrel or other small animal, which rotates vertically as the animal runs at the bottom.
examples: text: The poor stuggle for riches, success, power; but those who achieve them die out. Life is, then a sort of squirrel cage or treadmill.
ref: 1944, B. R. McElderry Jr., “The Grapes of Wrath: In the Light of Modern Critical Theory”, in College English, volume 5, number 6, page 312:
text: So maybe I wouldn't even call Kevin. . . . Or I could just see him socially. . . . Or I could . . . . Or, or, or. . . . I was still running around in this squirrel cage when the big gray poisonous cloud that usually covers New York materialized just off the right wing.
ref: 1986, Madison Smartt Bell, Straight Cut (2011 Open Road Media edition), (Google Preview)
glosses: A tedious, repetitive, unfulfilling activity or situation, especially one in which no progress is achieved.
examples: text: A blower, in the shape of a drum fan (also called a "squirrel cage"), pulls the warm humid air from the room across the coils.
ref: 1996 May 19, Edward R. Lipinski, “Home Clinic: Time to Inspect Air-Conditioners”, in New York Times, retrieved 13 Feb 2014:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any other device, such as a fan or rotor, that resembles a squirrel cage in form.
Synonyms: squirrel wheel
Derived terms: squirrel-cage motor
Related terms: hamster wheel
squirrel wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squirrel wheels
Senses: glosses: Synonym of squirrel cage.
synonyms: word: squirrel cage
HATO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈheɪ.təʊ/
Forms: form: HATOs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Highways Agency traffic officer.
Highways Agency
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Highways Agency
Senses: glosses: An executive agency of the Department for Transport in the United Kingdom with responsibility for managing the core road network in England; superseded by Highways England.
Derived terms: HATO
HA
HA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Highways Agency.
glosses: Initialism of Hospital Authority.