cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
shaping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -eɪpɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English shapinge, shapende, schapende, schappande, from Old English sċyppende, sċeppende, from Proto-West Germanic *skappjandī, from Proto-Germanic *skapjandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (“to form, shape, create”), equivalent to shape + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shape
operant conditioning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: With operant conditioning, the animal repeats behaviors that have desired consequences and avoids behaviors that lead to undesirable consequences (Figure 5-5).
ref: 2015, Ilona Rodan, Sarah Heath, editors, Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 45:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
coordinate_terms: classical conditioning
glosses: A technique of behavior modification through positive and negative reinforcement and positive and negative punishment.
Related terms: shaping
GWM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GWMs
Senses: examples: text: SO's affection for cats is important, but not nearly as important as not being allergic! It's really irritating to date a person who stops breathing whenever he's in your apartment. "GWM, 26, ISO G/BiM, must be kind to animals and have no allergies to pets..."
ref: 1992 November 23, Joseph E. Beason, “Re: gayfolk and cats”, in soc.motss (Usenet):
text: GWM, grn, brn, 41, looking for asian or hispanic that wants to piss all over or in me. Do you live in the San Jose, CA area. Email me. Looking for fun.
ref: 1998, Herryass, “PissPlay”, in alt.sex.watersports (Usenet):
glosses: Initialism of gay white male.
raw_tags: in personal ads
Skinner box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Skinner boxes
Etymology: From Burrhus Frederick Skinner (1904-1990), its inventor.
Senses: qualifier: behavioral science
glosses: A box or cage in which a subject (usually an animal) may be isolated from outside influences and studied; used in operant conditioning experiments where the subject can operate a lever to obtain a reward or avoid a painful shock.
GSOH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gsoh
Senses: examples: text: Felix got flustered again. ‘We got a lot in common, like . . . just a lot of things.’
‘Long walks in the country, red wine, the operas of Verdi, GSOH . . .’ Annie held her arms wide and put her fingers together as in a yogic chant.
ref: 2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 154:
glosses: Initialism of good sense of humor.
raw_tags: in personal ads
Related terms: english: sense of humor
translation: sense of humor
word: SOH
resin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛzɪn/
rhymes: -ɛzɪn
Forms: form: resins
form: rosin
Etymology: From Middle English resyn, resyne, from Old French résine, from Latin resīna. Related to rosin.
Senses: examples: text: Pine trees produce a sticky resin.
glosses: A viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications.
examples: text: The artist used synthetic resin in her sculptures.
glosses: Any synthetic compound of similar properties.
Derived terms: acaroid resin
acrylic resin
epoxy resin
fossil resin
gum resin
Highgate resin
ion exchange resin
melamine resin
nonresin
oleoresin
phenol formaldehyde resin
phenolic resin
polyresin
polyvinyl resin
resinaceous
resin acid
resinate
resin bee
resinic
resiniferous
resinification
resiniform
resinify
resinite
resinless
resinlike
resinoid
resinous
resinously
resiny
thermoplastic resin
Related terms: rosin
resin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛzɪn/
rhymes: -ɛzɪn
Forms: form: resins
form: resining
form: resined
form: resined
form: rosin
Etymology: From Middle English resyn, resyne, from Old French résine, from Latin resīna. Related to rosin.
Senses: glosses: To apply resin to.
good-looking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʊdˈlʊk.ɪŋ/
Forms: form: more good-looking
form: better-looking
form: most good-looking
form: best-looking
form: goodlooking
form: good looking
Etymology: From good + looking. Compare Dutch goeduitziend (“good-looking”), German gutaussehend (“good-looking”).
Senses: examples: text: When one of us sees a good-looking guy, we nudge the other one and smile. One guy had the most gorgeous face I had ever seen. Every time we go to the mall we look around for 'that guy' just in case.
ref: 2001, Julia DeVillers, Teen Girlfriends:
synonyms: beautiful
handsome
hot
sexy
fine-looking
glosses: Physically attractive (of a person).
Derived terms: good-lookingness
polycyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + cyclic.
Senses: glosses: Involving more than one cycle.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having two or more rings of atoms in the molecule.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the members of a series, such as a calyx or corolla, in several circles.
Derived terms: macropolycyclic
nonpolycyclic
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
polycyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polycyclics
Etymology: From poly- + cyclic.
Senses: glosses: A polycyclic compound.
Related terms: monocyclic
bicyclic
tricyclic
monocyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + cyclic.
Senses: glosses: Having a single cycle of development or activity.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a single ring of atoms in the molecule; such as benzene or cyclopropane.
Related terms: bicyclic
tricyclic
polycyclic
monocyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monocyclics
Etymology: From mono- + cyclic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any monocyclic compound.
bicyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + cyclic.
Senses: glosses: Having two cycles.
examples: text: […] substitution of a carboxylate would be expected to destabilize the dritterionic mesomer that contributes to the singlet valence bond description as the benzyne geometry becomes more bicyclic.
ref: 2003, Journal of the American Chemical Society, volume 125, page 134:
text: These geometries are almost reversed in the triplets. The 1,3-borazyne (III) shows more bicyclic character than the corresponding m-benzyne
ref: 2006, PJ Fazen, LA Burke, “Theoretical studies of borazynes and azaborines”, in Inorganic chemistry, ACS Publications:
text: On the basis of a comparison of calculated and measured IR data, the 2 B 2 state could undoubtedly be discarded in favor of a more bicyclic geometry
ref: 2007, S Venkataramani, M Winkler, “Trifluoro‐1, 3, 5‐tridehydrobenzene”, in Angewandte Chemie, Wiley Online Library:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having two rings of atoms in the molecule; the rings may be fused, as in naphthalene, or separate, as in biphenyl.
Derived terms: macrobicyclic
oxabicyclic
Related terms: azabicyclic
monocyclic
tricyclic
polycyclic
bicyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bicyclics
Etymology: From bi- + cyclic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A bicyclic compound.
straight-acting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more straight-acting
form: most straight-acting
Senses: qualifier: potentially offensive
glosses: Having the appearance, mannerisms, etc., of a stereotypical heterosexual of the same gender rather than those stereotypically associated with gay men or lesbians.
raw_tags: of a gay or bisexual man (or, rarely, of a lesbian)
tricyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + cyclic.
Senses: examples: text: a tricyclic antidepressant
text: Anthracene is tricyclic.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having three rings of atoms in the molecule.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a flower: composed of three whorls or organs.
Related terms: monocyclic
bicyclic
polycyclic
tricyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tricyclics
Etymology: From tri- + cyclic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any tricyclic compound.
CP
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of copy-protected.
CP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of cyberpunk.
glosses: Initialism of corporal punishment.
glosses: Initialism of custodial parent.
glosses: Initialism of crease pattern.
glosses: Initialism of county primary or community primary (school).
glosses: Initialism of child pornography.
glosses: Initialism of child pornography.
Initialism of cheese pizza (“child pornography”).
qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: Initialism of cerebral palsy.
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of college prep; college preparatory.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of complementizer phrase.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of command post.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of charge-parity.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of critical point.
glosses: Initialism of colored people.
glosses: Initialism of civil parish (used on OS 1:25 000 scale Explorer maps).
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of containment perimeter.
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: Initialism of capsid protein.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of codepage.
glosses: Initialism of cellphone.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Initialism of contract package.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of command paper.
CP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Canadian Press.
glosses: Initialism of Canadian Pacific.
glosses: Initialism of Communist Party.
121
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: 1-2-1
Etymology: From one-to-one, with to replaced by the homophone two, with the words then replaced by numbers.
Senses: glosses: One-to-one.
Related terms: Strain 121
one-to-one
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more one-to-one
form: most one-to-one
Senses: examples: text: There is a one-to-one relationship between days with large cash shortages and his workdays.
glosses: Matching each member of one set with exactly one member of another set.
examples: text: a one-to-one discussion
text: a one-to-one teaching session
glosses: Involving direct communication between two people.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Injective, being an injection: having the property that no two elements of the domain are mapped to the same image.
raw_tags: of a function
Synonyms: sense: involving direct communication
word: one-on-one
Coordinate terms: one-to-many
many-to-one
many-to-many
onto
Related terms: face-to-face
man-to-man
peer-to-peer
one-to-one
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-to-ones
Senses: synonyms: 121
glosses: A personal relationship between two people.
examples: text: And though [Jesse] Armstrong[…] continues his avoidance of easy one-to-ones, there’s more than a whiff of Elon Musk to Venis […].
ref: 2025 June 2, Adrian Horton, “Tech-bro satire Mountainhead is an insufferable disappointment”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A direct match or equivalent.
WS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WSs
Senses: examples: text: GWM 25 would like to meet gay men bet 20-40 who are into W/S and light S&M.
ref: 1977 December 3, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 22, page 14:
glosses: Initialism of watersports (sexual practice).
qualifier: Web
glosses: Initialism of Web service.
examples: text: with yarn in front, slip stitch purlwise on WS
ref: 2011, Kristi Porter, Knitting Patterns For Dummies, page 41:
topics: business
knitting
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Initialism of wrong side.
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of writer to the signet.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of wavetable synthesis; a method used to generate sound by a digital music synthesizer.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of World Series, a best of seven game series played annually to determine the championship of United States professional baseball.
glosses: Initialism of Writer to the Signet
Derived terms: sense: Web
word: WS-I
sense: Web
word: WS-Policy
sense: Web
word: WS-Security
WS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Western Samoa.
glosses: Initialism of Washington State (“the State of Washington”).
WS
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Having WS content does not "increase the diversity".
ref: 2021 April 25, krainboltgreene, “4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google”, in Hacker News:
synonyms: SFW
antonyms: NWS
NSFW
glosses: Initialism of work-safe.
elder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeldə/
ipa: /ˈɛldə/
ipa: /ˈɛldɚ/
ipa: /ˈɛldəɹ/
rhymes: -ɛldə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Middle English eldre, from Old English eldra, yldra, ieldra, from Proto-Germanic *alþizô. The vowel change from a to e triggered by the following i is called umlaut or I-mutation.
Senses: examples: text: It's typical for elder married couples to live in retirement homes.
text: The elder of the two was also an elder statesman.
text: She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination. The elder woman returned with dressings and a sponge, which she placed on a chair.
ref: 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
glosses: comparative degree of old: older, greater than another in age or seniority.
Synonyms: geriatric
long in the tooth
on in years
elderly
elder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeldə/
ipa: /ˈɛldə/
ipa: /ˈɛldɚ/
ipa: /ˈɛldəɹ/
rhymes: -ɛldə(ɹ)
Forms: form: elders
form: eldering
form: eldered
form: eldered
Etymology: From Middle English eldre, from Old English eldra, yldra, ieldra, from Proto-Germanic *alþizô. The vowel change from a to e triggered by the following i is called umlaut or I-mutation.
Senses: examples: text: I was eldered for directly responding to someone else's message in meeting for worship.
glosses: To admonish or reprove for improper conduct by the elders of the meeting.
Derived terms: elder abuse
elderate
eldercare
eldercide
elderdom
elderfather
elder-gun
elderhood
elderish
elderly
eldermother
elder orphan
eldership
elderspeak
elder statesman
elder stateswoman
elderwed
eldress
fore-elder
village elder
elder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeldə/
ipa: /ˈɛldə/
ipa: /ˈɛldɚ/
ipa: /ˈɛldəɹ/
rhymes: -ɛldə(ɹ)
Forms: form: elders
Etymology: ]
Etymology tree
Middle English eldre
English elder
From Middle English eldre, eller, ellern, from Old English ellærn, from Proto-Germanic *elernaz, *eldernaz (compare Low German Elhorn, Elloorn).
Senses: examples: text: Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.
ref: 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 273:
glosses: A small tree, Sambucus nigra, having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries.
glosses: Any of the other species of the genus Sambucus: small trees, shrubs or herbaceous perennials with red, purple, or white/yellow berries (some of which are poisonous).
Synonyms: sense: Sambucus nigra
word: black elder
Derived terms: taxonomic: Sambucus nigra
word: black elder
taxonomic: Acer negundo
word: box elder
word: box elder maple
taxonomic: Sambucus javanica
word: Chinese elder
taxonomic: Sambucus ebulus
word: dwarf elder
taxonomic: Sambucus spp.
word: elderberry
word: elder-blow
word: elderbush
word: elderflower
word: eldern
word: elderwood
word: ground elder
taxonomic: Iva spp.
word: marsh elder
word: salt marsh elder
word: yellow elder
Related terms: taxonomic: Alnus spp.
word: alder
elder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeldə/
ipa: /ˈɛldə/
ipa: /ˈɛldɚ/
ipa: /ˈɛldəɹ/
rhymes: -ɛldə(ɹ)
Etymology: Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *aliþro (“udder”), from *alaną (“to nourish”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch elder (“udder”).
Senses: glosses: A cow's udder, especially used as food.
berries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of berry
berries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of berry
watersports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watersport
watersports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any sexual activity involving urine or urination; pissplay.
Related terms: cumsports
responsibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˌspɒn.səˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
enpr: rĭ-spŏn'sə-bĭlʹĭ-tē
ipa: /ɹɪˌspɑn.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/
ipa: [ɹɪˌspɑn.səˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]
Forms: form: responsibilities
Etymology: From responsible + -ity. Although the components are of French origin, the compound appears to have been formed in English. Later-attested French responsabilité is modeled on the English word, and Italian responsabilità is in turn modeled on the French.
Senses: examples: text: Responsibility is a heavy burden.
glosses: The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable.
examples: text: After all, it is undeniable that the B.R. standard coach scored highly in comparative trials with other European railway vehicles on the Continent a few years ago, so that B.R. civil engineers must share responsibility for any defects in its behaviour over here.
ref: 1960 December, “Talking of Trains: The riding of B.R. coaches”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 705–706:
text: The vast majority of American Jews not only greatly dislike President Trump but also believe he has made them less safe: according to a May 2019 poll, nearly three-quarters of Jewish voters believe American Jews are less secure under Trump than they were before, 71 percent disapprove of Trump’s overall job performance, and nearly 60 percent believe that he bears at least some responsibility for the synagogue shootings carried out by white nationalists in Pittsburgh and Poway.
ref: 2020 March, Joshua Leifer, “Led Astray”, in The Baffler, number 50:
glosses: The state of being liable, culpable, or responsible for something in particular.
examples: text: Why didn't you clean the house? That was your responsibility!
text: The responsibility of the great states is to serve and not to dominate the world
ref: April 12 1945, Harry S. Truman, Address before a Joint Session of the Congress:
text: If parents, teachers, and ministers conducted their responsibilities by following the ratings, children would have a steady diet of ice cream, school holidays, and no Sunday school.
ref: 1961 May 9, Newton N. Minow, Television and the Public Interest:
glosses: A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.
glosses: A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.
The obligation to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion.
glosses: A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.
The obligation for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted to someone’s possession or supervision.
Synonyms: english: may be considered nonstandard
translation: may be considered nonstandard
word: responsibleness
Derived terms: age of criminal responsibility
chain-of-responsibility pattern
command responsibility
co-responsibility
corporate social responsibility
diminished responsibility
single responsibility principle
social responsibility
take responsibility
Related terms: respond
accountability
French franc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: French francs
Etymology: Retronym for franc to refer to the franc used in France and avoid confusion with francs used in other countries.
Senses: glosses: The former currency of France and its territories, now superseded by the euro. Symbol: FF
Related terms: Belgian franc
Swiss franc
fist-fuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fist-fucks
Senses: glosses: Sexual practice in which a (fisted) hand is inserted and moved in or around the vagina or rectum.
Synonyms: FF
fist-fuck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fist-fucks
form: fist-fucking
form: fist-fucked
form: fist-fucked
Senses: examples: text: HIV could be transmitted if a person with a cut on their hand fistfucked their partner and caused bleeding in their rectum or vagina.
ref: 1990 April 7, “Safer Sex and Drug Use Guidelines”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
glosses: To insert and remove and move a (fisted) hand in someone's vagina or rectum.
Related terms: fisting
irenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪˈɹiːnɪk/
ipa: /-ˈɹɛ-/
ipa: /aɪˈɹinɪk/
ipa: /-ˈɹɛ-/
rhymes: -iːnɪk
rhymes: -ɛnɪk
Forms: form: more irenic
form: most irenic
form: eirenic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek εἰρηνικός (eirēnikós, “characterized by peace, peaceful”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’). Εἰρηνικός (Eirēnikós) is derived from εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”) (possibly from εἴρω (eírō, “to fasten together”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“(verb) to bind, tie together; (noun) thread”)), or εἴρω (eírō, “to say, speak”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to say, speak”))) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’).
Senses: examples: text: Plato and the Athenians must have felt almost as uncomfortable with Xenophon's irenic intervention as one feels at times in an argument when—just as the point in dispute, precisely by being brought to a head, begins to be interesting—a helpful third party kindly takes it upon himself to reconcile the disputants, to take the whole matter back to a triviality
ref: 1989 [1830 October 30], Søren Kierkegaard, translated by Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong, On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:
text: The idea that the Jews of the region are not genetically distinct from other peoples of the area should be an irenic insight.
ref: 2001 November 30, Hywel Williams, “God the state-builder”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 May 2021:
text: The philosophes contrasted their own irenic calls for tolerance with the church's historical record as the perennial source of cruelty and fanaticism.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, “An Enlightening Age”, in The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon 1715–99, New York, N.Y.; Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 199:
text: The current comity between the United States and China, which have little in common except a river of manufactured goods in one direction and dollars in the other, is a recent reminder of the irenic effects of trade.
ref: 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence has Declined, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, published 2012, →ISBN, page 343:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
synonyms: word: irenical
word: nonpolemic
word: nonpolemical
word: pacific
word: anti-bellicist
word: dovelike
word: dovish
word: irenic
word: irenical
word: non-violent
word: pacific
word: pacifist
word: pacifistic
word: peaceable
word: peaceful
word: unaggressive
antonyms: word: contentious
word: disputatious
word: polemic
word: polemical
word: unirenic
word: calm
word: mediational
word: nonargumentative
word: peaceable
word: unargumentative
word: unquarrelsome
glosses: Promoting or fitted to promote peace or peacemaking, especially over disputes; conciliatory, non-confrontational, peaceful.
Derived terms: irenical
irenically
irenicism
irenics
unirenic
Related terms: eirenarch
eirenical
eirenicon
irenarch
Irene
irenicon
irenology
quasi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkweɪzaɪ/
ipa: /ˈkweɪsaɪ/
ipa: /ˈkwɑːzi/
ipa: /ˈkweɪˌzaɪ/
ipa: /ˈkweɪˌsaɪ/
ipa: /ˈkwɑːˌzaɪ/
ipa: /ˈkwɑːzi/
ipa: /ˈkwɑːsi/
rhymes: -ɑːzi
rhymes: -ɑːsi
homophone: quasi-
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin quasi (“as if”).
Senses: examples: text: So in summation gentlemen. What you have before you is a troop transport that can't carry troops, a reconnaissance vehicle that's too conspicuous to do reconnaissance, and a quasi tank that has less armor than a snowblower, god has enough ammo to take out half of D.C.
ref: 1998, The Pentagon Wars:
text: The presiding officer of the assembly does not appoint a chairman of the quasi committee, but remains in the chair himself throughout its proceedings.
ref: 2000, Henry Martyn Robert with Sarah Corbin Robert, Robert's Rules of Order, 10th revised edition, page 522:
glosses: Resembling or having a likeness to the named thing.
Derived terms: quasi corporation
quasi partner
Related terms: quasi-
quango
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwæŋ.ɡəʊ/
rhymes: -æŋɡəʊ
Forms: form: quangos
form: QUANGO
Etymology: From the initial letters (the first two letters for the first word) of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization. Coined by American president of the Carnegie Foundation Alan Pifer in 1967.
Senses: examples: text: The strongest link to the State, however, occurs with quangos, (quasi-NGOs), and the many umbrella groups that also thrive on State support. Many of the new parties realized after their Sturm und Drang years that they still needed regular contacts with the 'civil' world and that their civilian support base had been seriously eroded.
ref: 1998, Ferenc Miszlivetz; Katalin Ertsey, “Hungary: Civil Society in the Post-Socialist World”, in Alison van Rooy, editor, Civil Society and the Aid Industry: The Politics and Promise, London: Earthscan, OCLC ISBN 978-1-85383-553-7; republished as Civil Society and the Aid Industry (Earthscan Library Collection, Aid and Development; 3), London; Stirling, Va.: Earthscan, 2013, ISBN 978-1-84971-042-8, page 78
text: Various state committees and quangos had had stands; government and opposition ministers had attended.
ref: 2009, China Miéville, The City & The City:
topics: government
glosses: An organization that, although financed by a government, acts independently of it.
Derived terms: quangocracy
quangocrat
quangoism
quangoization
quangoland
Related terms: GONGO
NDPB
parastatal
ED
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EDs
Senses: examples: text: “He’d brag about how he would crush ED medicine and chase it with an energy drink so he could go all night,” Mullin said.
ref: 2024 November 16, Kristen Holmes, Lauren Fox, Pamela Brown, Jamie Gangel and Steve Contorno, “Trump is determined to see Gaetz confirmed as AG despite controversies”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of erectile dysfunction.
synonyms: A&E
ER
glosses: Initialism of emergency department.
glosses: Initialism of elimination diet.
glosses: Initialism of eating disorder.
Derived terms: pro-ED
ED
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: PD
glosses: Initialism of existence doubtful.
ED
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: DOE
glosses: Initialism of Education Department.
ED
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EDs
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ED(エンディング) (endingu), from English ending.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
coordinate_terms: OP
glosses: Abbreviation of ending theme (end title sequence).
erectile dysfunction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The observation that topical application of nitroglycerin to the penis may lead to erection adequate for sexual intercourse (Talley and Crawley 1985) has stimulated several investigations on the efficacy of this potential mode of treatment of erectile dysfunction.
ref: 1998, Alvaro Morales, editor, Erectile Dysfunction: Issues in Current Pharmacotherapy, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 107:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: ED
impotence
antonyms: priapism
glosses: The inability of a male to achieve or sustain an erection.
Synonyms: word: ED
word: erectile dysfunction
word: impotence
word: impotency
word: limp dick
word: limp-dickedness
Hyponyms: word: brewer's droop
word: coke dick
word: crystal dick
word: dope dick
word: whiskey dick
Related terms: word: penis
word: erection
impotence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪmpətəns/
Forms: form: impotences
form: impotency
Etymology: From Middle French impotence, from Latin impotentia.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: weakness, helplessness
text: O impotence of mind, in body ſtrong!
ref: 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 12, line 52:
glosses: Powerlessness; incapacity.
glosses: Inability to copulate or beget children; sterility, erectile dysfunction, etc.
Derived terms: monetary impotence
Related terms: impotent
multiple
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌltɪpəl/
Etymology: From French multiple, itself from Late Latin multiplus.
Senses: examples: text: My Swiss Army knife has multiple blades.
text: Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.
ref: 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2015:
text: A study Kennedy discussed on multiple podcast episodes exposed male African clawed frogs to atrazine in a lab, castrating 75% of the male frogs and turning one in 10 males into females.
ref: 2023 July 13, Abby Turner and Andrew Kaczynski, “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly suggested that chemicals in water are impacting sexuality of children”, in CNN:
glosses: More than one (followed by plural).
multiple
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌltɪpəl/
Etymology: From French multiple, itself from Late Latin multiplus.
Senses: examples: text: Some states do explicitly prohibit multiple citizenship.
text: It was a multiple pregnancy: the woman had triplets.
text: Multiple registrations are an increasing problem for many social networking sites.
text: Now, let's briefly explore two different approaches for creating sites for a multiple audience: multiserving and responsive design.
ref: 2012, Dino Esposito, Architecting Mobile Solutions for the Enterprise:
glosses: Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular).
examples: text: While being multiple can cause complexity to people’s lives, as will be highlighted below, all respondents noted that they would not want to change their experiences of being multiple.
ref: 2024, Zarah Eve, “Expert-by-experience intrapersonal findings” (chapter 6), in Exploring emerging multiplicity and psychosocial functioning: A constructivist grounded theory study (PhD thesis), Manchester Metropolitan University, page 145:
glosses: Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular).
Of a person: displaying or experiencing two or more distinct personalities or selves in one body.
qualifier: multiplicity
Synonyms: sense: more than one
word: manifold
word: many
word: morefold
word: several
word: manifold
word: plural
Derived terms: word: battery electric multiple unit
word: circummultiple
word: diesel multiple unit
word: electric multiple unit
word: equimultiple
english: Law of Dalton
translation: Law of Dalton
word: Law of multiple proportion
word: lowest common multiple
word: multicast
word: multicasting
word: multinacci
word: multiple algebra
word: multiple allelism
word: multiple-aspect
word: multiple bond
word: multiple cerebral sclerosis
word: multiple chemical sensitivity
word: multiple-choice
word: multiple-choice question
word: multiple citizenship
word: multiple conjugation
word: multiple dispatch
word: multiple evanescent white dot syndrome
word: multiple expansion
word: multiple-exposure
word: multiple exposure
word: multiple fruit
word: multiple fruits
word: multiple inheritance
word: multiple intelligences
word: multiple level
word: multiple myeloma
word: multipleness
word: multiple orgasm
word: multiple personality
word: multiple personality disorder
word: multiplepoinding
word: multiple rocket launcher
word: multiple root
word: multiple sclerosis
word: multiple star
word: multiple star system
word: multiple superparticular
word: multiplet
word: multiple transformer
word: multiple unit
word: multiplism
word: multiplist
word: multiverse
word: nonmultiple
word: submultiple
Related terms: multi-
multiplicity
multiplier
multiply
multiple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌltɪpəl/
Forms: form: multiples
Etymology: From French multiple, itself from Late Latin multiplus.
Senses: examples: 14, 21 and 70 are multiples of 7
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A whole number that is obtained by multiplying a specific whole number by another whole number.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Price-earnings ratio.
examples: text: One might view this attempt to ensure the scarcity of a multiple as both a marketing ploy and form of elitism.
ref: 1996, Southeastern College Art Conference Review:
glosses: One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.
examples: text: I had seen its first show when it was a freebie, but I thought it made multiples in general look silly – no one changes clothes THAT much!
ref: 2010, Ann M. Garvey, Ann's Multiple World of Personality: Regular No Cream, No Sugar:
text: Non-abused multiples have no need of doctors, and they have carved out a foothold of their own from where they speak confidently about their utopian vision of a multiple world.
ref: 2000, Henk Driessen, Ton Otto, Perplexities of identification, page 115:
synonyms: system
qualifier: multiplicity
glosses: A single individual who displays or experiences multiple personalities or selves.
glosses: One of a set of siblings produced by a multiple birth.
examples: text: The big advantage such multiples can offer over a purely catalogue operation is that winners can be given shopping vouchers enabling them to choose from goods on display in the multiples' many outlets (Woolworths, for example, has 1,000).
ref: 1979, Management Today, page 96:
glosses: A chain store.
examples: text: Merton's argument that all scientific discoveries are multiples would seem to contradict the theory of genius […]
ref: 2016, Thomas Söderqvist, The History and Poetics of Scientific Biography, page 99:
glosses: A discovery resulting from the work of many people throughout history, not merely the work of the person who makes the final connection.
examples: text: First of all, the 'greenhorn' stigma of piercing has worn off. The older woman sees her daughter wearing multiples. So she's confident enough to have her ears pierced at least once.
ref: 1976, Jewelers' Circular/Keystone, volume 147, numbers 1-6, page 40:
glosses: More than one piercing in a single ear.
Derived terms: common multiple
least common multiple
smallest common multiple
ends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛndz/
rhymes: -ɛndz
Senses: glosses: plural of end
ends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛndz/
rhymes: -ɛndz
Senses: examples: text: Don't come 'round my ends again, yeah?
text: On August 6, following the circulation of conflicting accounts of the shooting, the grime MC Scorcher tweeted, '25 years ago police killed my grandma in her house in Tottenham and the whole ends rioted, 25 years on and they're still keepin up fuckry.'
ref: 2015, Richard Bramwell, UK Hip-Hop, Grime and the City:
text: I'm so London, I'm so south / Food in the ends like there ain't no drought / Flipz don't talk like he's got no mouth
ref: 2015, Stormzy, “Shut Up” (track 15), in Gang Signs & Prayer, performed by Stormzy:
text: Come to my ends, you must be crazy
ref: 2016, “Jiggle”, performed by slowthai:
text: Don-E, I roll thru my ends with my Bape hoodie
ref: 2017, “You Alright Yeah?”, performed by Don-E and Nado:
synonyms: hood
manor
bits
glosses: The area in close proximity to one's home; neighbourhood.
glosses: Money.
ends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛndz/
rhymes: -ɛndz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of end
bc
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /biːˈsiː/
rhymes: -iː
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of BC (Before Christ)
bc
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /biːˈsiː/
rhymes: -iː
Senses: related: word: b/c
synonyms: bcs
glosses: Abbreviation of because.
bc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /biːˈsiː/
rhymes: -iː
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: basso continuo
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: bodycam
glosses: Initialism of blind copy, a shortening of blind carbon copy.
top dead center
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: TDC
antonyms: bottom dead center
BDC
hypernyms: dead center
glosses: A position in the cycle of a piston engine wherein the piston is at the topmost point in its stroke. In a four-stroke cycle, TDC occurs twice: at the end of the compression stroke and at the end of the exhaust stroke.
topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: TDC
antonyms: bottom dead center
BDC
hypernyms: dead center
glosses: The reference mark on a flywheel (and engine block) indicating the engine is in this position, when aligned.
congress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑŋɡɹəs/
ipa: /-ɹɛs/
ipa: /ˈkɒŋˌɡɹɛs/
ipa: /kənˈɡɹɛs/
ipa: /kəŋˈɡɹɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Forms: form: congresses
Etymology: From Latin congress(um), the past participle of congredior (“I go, come together”), itself from con- + gradior (“I go, step”). The verb is from the noun.
Compare typologically coven, convent, convention, several steps omitting from con- + veniō, Russian сход (sxod), схо́дка (sxódka), akin to сходи́ться (sxodítʹsja), ходи́ть (xodítʹ). Also compare Czech sjezd, Russian съезд (sʺjezd), akin to съезжа́ться (sʺjezžátʹsja), е́здить (jézditʹ). Also compare conference.
Senses: examples: text: After some little repast, he went to see Democritus […]. The multitude stood gazing round about to see the congress.
ref: , New York Review of Books, 2001, p.48
glosses: A coming together of two or more people; a meeting.
glosses: A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.
synonyms: assembly
legislature
parliament
glosses: A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.
examples: text: the National Congress of American Indians
synonyms: federation
glosses: An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.
examples: text: Welsh ponies, I learn from a man who has had much experience with these animals, habitually produce erections and emissions in their stalls; they do not bring their hind quarters up during this process, and they close their eyes, which does not take place when they have congress with mares.
ref: 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6):
text: Not three weeks before this he was run out of Fort Smith Arkansas for having congress with a goat. Yes lady, that is what I said. Goat.
ref: 1985, Cormac McCarthy, chapter 1, in Blood Meridian […] , →OCLC:
glosses: Coitus; sexual intercourse.
examples: text: […] the council hall stank like a congress of baboons.
ref: 1966, Philip José Farmer, “Riverworld”, in Down in the Black Gang and Others, Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, published 1971, page 79:
text: 2013, Dick Hrebik, Walter Goes to War—WWII, Rolling Meadows, IL: Windy City Publishers, Chapter 7, p. 133,
Saw a congress of baboons of all sizes making their way to a mountaintop to spend the night on the rocks and trees there.
glosses: A group of baboons; the collective noun for baboons.
Derived terms: congresscritter
congressfolk
congressfolks
congress gaiter
congress shoe
congress grass
congressional
congressionally
congressive
congressjerk
congressman
Congress Party
congressperson
congresswoman
marital congress
sexual congress
suspended congress
uncongressed
congress
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑŋɡɹəs/
ipa: /-ɹɛs/
ipa: /ˈkɒŋˌɡɹɛs/
ipa: /kənˈɡɹɛs/
ipa: /kəŋˈɡɹɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Forms: form: congresses
form: congressing
form: congressed
form: congressed
Etymology: From Latin congress(um), the past participle of congredior (“I go, come together”), itself from con- + gradior (“I go, step”). The verb is from the noun.
Compare typologically coven, convent, convention, several steps omitting from con- + veniō, Russian сход (sxod), схо́дка (sxódka), akin to сходи́ться (sxodítʹsja), ходи́ть (xodítʹ). Also compare Czech sjezd, Russian съезд (sʺjezd), akin to съезжа́ться (sʺjezžátʹsja), е́здить (jézditʹ). Also compare conference.
Senses: glosses: To assemble together.
glosses: To meet in a congress.
rem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛm
Forms: form: rems
Etymology: Initialism.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of rapid eye movement, a sleep state.
rem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛm
Forms: form: rems
Etymology: Abbreviation of Roentgen equivalent man.
Senses: glosses: A non-SI unit of measure for radiation dose, measured as equivalent dose, effective dose, or committed dose, from one roentgen of X-rays or gamma rays.
Derived terms: millirem
rem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛm
Forms: form: rems
Etymology: Shortening of remark.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A remark; a programming language statement used for documentation (in BASIC for example); also used in DOS batch files.
Derived terms: rem out
rem
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛm
Etymology: Shortening of remaining.
Senses: examples: text: Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem.
ref: 2009, Sally Muir, Joanna Osborne, Diana Miller, Pet Projects: The Animal Knits Bible, page 71:
topics: business
knitting
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Remaining.
rem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛm
Forms: form: rems
Etymology: Blend of root + em.
Senses: examples: text: Like the em unit, the rem unit is based on declared font size. The difference—and it’s a doozy—is that whereas em is calculated using the font size of the element to which it’s applied, rem is always calculated using the root element.
ref: 2017, Eric A Meyer, Estelle Weyl, CSS: The Definitive Guide: Visual Presentation for the Web, Kindle edition, O'Reilly Media, page 126:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
web-design
glosses: A unit relative to the declared font size of the root element in an HTML document.
Related terms: sense: etymologically unrelated
word: ad rem
sense: etymologically unrelated
word: in rem
BASIC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeɪsɪk/
rhymes: -eɪsɪk
homophone: basic
Forms: form: BASICs
form: Basic
Etymology: Acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, but designed to spell out basic (i.e. simplistic). First use appears c. 1964 in the BASIC Instruction Manual.
Senses: examples: text: Many programs were written for the Sinclair Spectrum computer in BASIC.
glosses: Any of a family of third-generation programming languages.
Hyponyms: BASICA
BBC BASIC
GW-BASIC
street BASIC
Turbo Basic
Visual Basic
Related terms: C
C++
C plus plus
COBOL
Cobol
FORTRAN
Fortran
BASIC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeɪsɪk/
rhymes: -eɪsɪk
homophone: basic
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Brazil, South Africa, India and China.
BASIC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeɪsɪk/
rhymes: -eɪsɪk
homophone: basic
Senses: glosses: Initialism of British American Security Information Council.
merry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛɹi/
enpr: mĕrʹē
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈmɛəɹi/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈmɛɹi/
ipa: /ˈmeɹi/
ipa: /ˈmɛɹɪ/
ipa: /ˈmɛɹe/
note: Philadelphia, merry–Murray merger
ipa: /ˈmʌɹi/
homophone: Merry
homophone: Mary
homophone: marry (both only in accents with Mary–marry–merry merger)
homophone: Murray (merry–Murray merger)
rhymes: -ɛɹi
Forms: form: merries
Etymology: From French merise.
Senses: glosses: An English wild cherry.
Related terms: cherry-merry
cherry-merry-bamboo
soften
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒfən/
enpr: sŏfʹen
ipa: /ˈsɔf(t)ən/
enpr: sôfʹen
ipa: /ˈsɑf(t)ən/
enpr: sŏfʹen
Forms: form: softens
form: softening
form: softened
form: softened
Etymology: From Middle English softenen, softnen, equivalent to soft + -en.
Senses: examples: text: Soften the butter before beating in the sugar.
glosses: To make something soft or softer.
examples: text: Before the invasion, we softened up the enemy with the artillery.
glosses: To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).
examples: text: Having second thoughts, I softened my criticism.
text: I have recently reclad the south-west facing side of my single-storey cottage […]. I now want to plant some climbers of more manageable proportions to soften the building.
ref: 2015 February 7, Helen Yemm, “Thorny problems: How can I soften a brick wall with plants?”, in The Daily Telegraph (London), page G7:
synonyms: subdue
temper
glosses: To make less harsh
examples: text: The butter softened as it warmed up.
glosses: To become soft or softer
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: To become or make (a consonant) more lenis, to lenite.
qualifier: Slavic phonology
glosses: To palatalize.
Synonyms: word: emolliate
word: mollify
word: soften
word: tenderize
Hyponyms: word: melt
word: thaw
word: sloom
Derived terms: softener
soften someone's cough
soften the blow
soften the ground
soften up
soften up the ground
unsoftenable
unsoftened
unsoftening
Related terms: word: mollify
word: neshen
word: softness
word: soft
Latin alphabet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Latin alphabets
Etymology: Latin + alphabet.
Senses: examples: A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
glosses: The 26-letter alphabet consisting of the following letters (presented in majuscule and minuscule pairs)
glosses: Any relatively minor variation of the 26-letter Latin alphabet.
Synonyms: word: Latin script
word: Roman script
word: Roman alphabet
sense: ISO 15924
word: Latn
Related terms: Cyrillic script
misdeal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈdiːl/
rhymes: -iːl
ipa: /ˈmɪsdiːl/
Forms: form: misdeals
form: misdealing
form: misdealt
form: misdealt
Etymology: From mis- + deal.
Senses: examples: text: Bill, you have misdealt two hands of poker already.
glosses: To deal or distribute wrongly.
misdeal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈdiːl/
rhymes: -iːl
ipa: /ˈmɪsdiːl/
Forms: form: misdeals
Etymology: From mis- + deal.
Senses: examples: text: Now, Bill, that was your third misdeal.
glosses: Incorrect dealing or distribution.
Derived terms: misdealer