cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
beguile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪl
ipa: /bɪˈɡaɪl/
Forms: form: beguiles
form: beguiling
form: beguiled
form: beguiled
form: begyle
form: bigyle
form: bi-gyle
Etymology: From Middle English begilen, begylen; equivalent to be- + guile. Compare Middle Dutch begilen (“to beguile”). Doublet of bewile.
Senses: examples: text: And as wililye as thoſe ſhrewes that beguyle hym haue holpe hym to inuolue and intryke the matter: I ſhall vſe ſo playn and open a way therin, that euery man ſhall well ſee the trouth.
ref: 1533 (date written), Thomas More, “The Debellacyon of Salem and Bizance […]. Chapter XVIJ.”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, page 1004, column 2:
text: I know, sir, I am no flatterer: he that beguiled you, in a plain accent, was a plain knave.
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], line 102:
glosses: To deceive or delude (using guile).
examples: text: 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
text: I will never touch The Orb, even though its mysterious glow seduces and beguiles.
glosses: To charm, delight or captivate.
examples: text: We beguiled the hours away.
text: They beguiled the time by backbiting and intriguing against each other in a foolish kind of way.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 213:
text: They beguile the tedium of this enforced leisure by weaving baskets and playing on certain sacred flutes.
ref: 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 241:
glosses: To cause (time) to seem to pass quickly, by way of pleasant diversion.
Derived terms: beguilable
beguilement
beguiler
beguiling
unbeguile
Related terms: wile
hot sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɒtˌsɔs/
Forms: form: hot sauces
Senses: glosses: Any liquid spicy condiment or cooking ingredient made from chili peppers.
Synonyms: chili sauce
pepper sauce
data synchronization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The establishment of equivalence between data collections (typically on different servers, and sometimes between trading partners), where each data element in one item maps to a data item in the other, and their data is equivalent.
Related terms: data replication
obstipation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑbstɪˈpeɪʃən/
ipa: /ɒbstɪˈpeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: obstipations
Etymology: From obstipate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: So I hoard food and stay in my room, read about what I can do about this possible new phase of constipation, what I just found out on a constipation forum thread might be obstipation, which is severe, or complete, constipation.
ref: 2018, Tommy Orange, There There, Harvill Secker, page 66:
glosses: severe constipation caused by intestinal obstruction.
Derived terms: obstipational
Related terms: constipation
obstipative
gitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of git
gittin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gitting.
teas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
homophone: tease
homophone: tees
Senses: glosses: plural of tea
teas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
homophone: tease
homophone: tees
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tea
ex ante
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: ex-ante
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ex ante (“before the event”).
Senses: topics: business
finance
law
glosses: predicted; forecast
Related terms: a priori
ex post
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: ex-post
Etymology: From Latin ex post (“after the event”).
Senses: glosses: actual
raw_tags: of financial returns etc
Derived terms: ex post facto
Related terms: a posteriori
exceptionalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exceptionalisms
Etymology: From exceptional + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
examples: text: If Covid-19 eventually imbues human beings with some humility, it’s possible that we will, after all, be receptive to the lessons of this lethal pandemic. Or perhaps we will sink back into our culture of complacent exceptionalism and await the next plague that will surely arrive.
ref: 2020 April 9, Richard Horton, “Coronavirus is the greatest global science policy failure in a generation”, in The Guardian:
text: “This is a moment of American exceptionalism,” Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said when asked about the flight during a Tuesday news conference.
ref: 2021 July 20, Neil Vigdor, quoting Jen Psaki, “Bezos thanks Amazon workers and customers for his vast wealth, prompting backlash.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2021:
text: But in fact the antinomy of exceptionalism and assimilationism has been there all along, and otherwise puzzling decisions from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries become readily understandable when seen as moments when assimilationism was ascendant.
ref: 2024 September 30, Michael Doran, “EXCEPTIONALISM AND ASSIMILATIONISM IN FEDERAL INDIAN LAW”, in Stanford Law School, volume 20, number 2, page 268:
glosses: The belief that something (a nation, species etc.) is exceptional, superior, or does not conform to an established norm.
glosses: A philosophy of prevention or of intervention.
exceptionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈsɛp(t)ʃənəli/
ipa: /ɪkˈsɛp(t)ʃənli/
ipa: /ɪkˈsɛp(t)ʃnəli/
ipa: /ɛk-/
ipa: /ək-/
Forms: form: more exceptionally
form: most exceptionally
Etymology: From exceptional + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: In 1957, an exceptionally severe hailstorm struck the village.
text: The shed, a steel-framed structure with a single-span roof devoid of intermediate support, is exceptionally well-lit by continuous glazing on the roof and along much of the sides, while there is fluorescent roof lighting for night work.
ref: 1960 July, “New Eastern Region diesel depot at Finsbury Park”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 422–423:
synonyms: uncommonly
extraordinarily
antonyms: categorically
commonly
generally
glosses: To an unusual, remarkable or exceptional degree.
fence sitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fence sitters
form: fence-sitter
form: fencesitter
Etymology: From fence + sitter, from the verb sit on the fence.
Senses: glosses: One who takes neither side of an argument or controversy, but maintains a neutral position.
examples: text: What...? EW. You scored with the fence-sitter?
ref: 2007, Adrian Tomine, Shortcomings (graphic novel), page 65
synonyms: word: bisexual
word: bi
word: switch hitter
word: fence sitter
word: fence-straddler
qualifier: potentially offensive
glosses: One who is bisexual, or who is uncertain about their sexual orientation.
Related terms: draadsitter
fence-sitting
on the fence
exhibit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/
ipa: /ɛɡ-/
ipa: /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/
ipa: /ɛɡ-/
rhymes: -ɪbɪt
Forms: form: exhibits
form: exhibiting
form: exhibited
form: exhibited
Etymology: From Latin exhibitus, perfect passive participle of exhibeō (“I hold forth, present, show, display”), from ex (“out of, from”) + habeō (“I have, hold”); see habit.
Senses: examples: text: He wanted to exhibit his baseball cards.
text: Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: The swimmer who is an expert does not exhibit his muscular force by violent movements, but exhibits some power which is invisible and which shows itself in perfect grace and reposefulness.
ref: 1918, Rabindranath Tagore, Nationalism, London: Macmillan, page 128:
text: A considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, also exhibited o-grade roots.
ref: 2006, Donald Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
examples: text: The players exhibited great skill.
text: And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: “Because of the risk to public safety, efforts will be made to locate this group of river otters and remove them,” authorities said. “Care will be taken to only remove the animals exhibiting these unusual behaviors.”
ref: 2021 September 27, Amanda Holpuch, “River otter attacks baffle authorities in Anchorage, Alaska”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To demonstrate.
examples: text: I now exhibit this bloody hammer.
topics: law
glosses: To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
examples: text: Will you be exhibiting this year?
glosses: To put on a public display.
examples: text: to exhibit calomel
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To administer as a remedy.
Synonyms: sense: display or show (something) for others to see
word: display
sense: display or show (something) for others to see
word: show
sense: display or show (something) for others to see
word: show off
sense: demonstrate
word: demonstrate
sense: demonstrate
word: show
Derived terms: coexhibit
exhibitability
exhibitable
exhibitee
exhibiter
exhibitive
nonexhibited
nonexhibiting
reexhibit
unexhibited
Related terms: exhibition
exhibitionist
exhibitor
inhibit
inhibitor
prohibit
prohibitor
exhibit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/
ipa: /ɛɡ-/
ipa: /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/
ipa: /ɛɡ-/
rhymes: -ɪbɪt
Forms: form: exhibits
Etymology: From Latin exhibitus, perfect passive participle of exhibeō (“I hold forth, present, show, display”), from ex (“out of, from”) + habeō (“I have, hold”); see habit.
Senses: glosses: An instance of exhibiting.
examples: text: Mention must be made of the Valdres Folk Museum, situated just outside the town—one of those fascinating open-air museums for which Scandinavia is justly famed, to which have been transplanted a number of ancient buildings, such as farmhouses and storehouses, full of appropriate furniture, costumes and other exhibits.
ref: 1955 July, M. D. Greville, “To the Valdres by Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 460:
glosses: That which is exhibited.
examples: text: The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd.
glosses: A public showing; an exhibition.
examples: text: Exhibit A is this photograph of the corpse.
topics: law
glosses: An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.
Synonyms: sense: instance of exhibiting
word: showing
sense: public showing
word: exhibition
sense: public showing
word: exposition
sense: public showing
word: show
Derived terms: Exhibit A
exhibit-goer
exhibitry
nonexhibit
black tea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black teas
Senses: synonyms: word: cha
word: char
word: Rosie
word: Rosie Lee
word: Rosy
word: Rosy Lee
word: tay
word: tea
word: wet and warm
coordinate_terms: green tea
white tea
red tea
oolong tea
glosses: Tea leaves which have been "fermented" (actually, oxidized) before drying to enhance their flavour (cf. green tea).
glosses: A cup of tea served without milk.
spacious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspeɪʃ.əs/
rhymes: -eɪʃəs
Forms: form: more spacious
form: most spacious
form: spatious
Etymology: From Middle English spacious, from Old French spacios, from Latin spatiōsus.
Senses: examples: text: The apartment has a spacious bedroom.
text: But the design of the '730s' wasn't just about the seating formation. The Metro-style walkthrough interior was chosen because it is much more spacious than the '323s', where the interconnecting doors between carriages, narrow central aisle, and cramped areas by the passenger doors had been deemed particularly constraining.
ref: 2025 April 16, Pip Dunn, “The future is orange....”, in RAIL, number 1033, page 53:
glosses: Having plenty of space; roomy; capacious.
examples: text: The cabin offers a lovely spacious view of the mountain meadows.
glosses: Large in expanse.
Derived terms: spaciously
spaciousness
unspacious
mutually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmjut͡ʃuəli/
ipa: /ˈmjuːtʃʊəli/
ipa: /-tʃwə-/
ipa: /-lɪ/
Forms: form: more mutually
form: most mutually
Etymology: From mutual + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The contract was mutually binding.
text: Each written word when spoken is mutually incomprehensible between a Mandarin speaker in Beijing and a Cantonese speaker in Hong Kong. If you think that’s odd, consider our number system: the symbol “9” is universally recognized but it’s pronounced “nine” in English and “devet” in Slovenian.
ref: 2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN:
text: The deepening strategic partnership between the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation and their mutually reinforcing attempts to undercut the rules-based international order run counter to our values and interests.
ref: 2022, NATO 2022 Strategic Concept, NATO, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2022, page 5:
glosses: In the same way, each to the other; reciprocally
examples: text: The adventure was mutually beneficial.
glosses: In a shared manner; equally; affecting all parties the same way
Synonyms: sense: in the same way
word: equivalently
sense: in the same way
word: in kind
sense: in the same way
word: reciprocally
sense: in the same way
word: similarly
sense: in a shared manner
word: collectively
word: evenly
word: equally
word: together
word: jointly
Derived terms: mutually assured destruction
mutually exclusive
mutually intelligible
nonmutually
credit card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɛdɪt ˌkɑɹd/
Forms: form: credit cards
Senses: examples: text: Can you pay by credit card in that store? - Sure, actually I've used my credit card this very morning.
text: Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”.
ref: 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
topics: banking
business
glosses: A plastic card, usually with a magnetic strip or an embedded microchip, connected to a credit account and used to buy goods or services.
glosses: Any type of bank card.
Synonyms: chargecard
charge card
Hypernyms: card
bank card
payment card
Hyponyms: affinity card
Coordinate terms: bank card
chip and PIN
debit card
Derived terms: credit card slot
credit card tart
credit card terminal
do you accept credit cards
uncredit card
pro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəʊ/
ipa: /pɹoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: ꝓ-
Etymology: From Latin pro (“in favour of, on behalf of”).
Senses: examples: text: Rohrabacher, who is considered to be among the most pro-Russia members in Congress, met with Assange earlier this month and claims Assange told him that Russia was not involved in the hacking.
ref: 2017 August 29, Andrew Kaczynski, “Rep. Rohrabacher says ‘rendezvous’ being set up with Trump to relay info from WikiLeaks’ Assange on DNC hack”, in CNN:
text: Police said that 289 people had been arrested, mostly for unlawful assembly. One woman was arrested in the Kowloon district of Yau Ma Tei on charges of assault and spreading pro-independence slogans, the police department said on its Facebook page. It said such slogans are illegal under a newly enacted national security law.
ref: 2020 September 6, “Hong Kong police arrest 289 at protests over election delay”, in The Washington Post, Associated Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023, Asia & Pacific:
glosses: agreeing with; supporting; favouring
glosses: substituting for
Derived terms: sense: substituting for
word: pro-form
sense: substituting for
word: pronoun
sense: substituting for
word: pro-sentence
sense: substituting for
word: pro-drop
pro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəʊ/
ipa: /pɹoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: ꝓ-
Etymology: From Latin pro- (“forward direction, forward movement”).
Senses: examples: progress compared to regress
glosses: forward movement
pro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəʊ/
ipa: /pɹoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: ꝓ-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”).
Senses: glosses: earlier; prior
topics: biology
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: prepro-
glosses: precursor (molecule)
glosses: rudimentary
glosses: in front of
powerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaʊɚləs/
ipa: /ˈpaʊələs/
Forms: form: more powerless
form: most powerless
form: powerlesse
Etymology: From Middle English pouerles, powerles, equivalent to power + -less.
Senses: examples: text: In Sweden, as we saw, the mistletoe which is gathered on Midsummer Eve is attached to the ceiling of the house, the horse's stall or the cow's crib, in the belief that this renders the Troll powerless to injure man and beast.
ref: 1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 362:
text: “Imagine the growing regrets, the longing to escape, the powerless disgust, the surrender, the hate.”
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 196:
text: It is said that his right arm had grown powerless from having been raised so often over the heads of those whom he baptized.
ref: 1914, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man:
text: One thing is clear: after the first accident had occurred, the enginemen on the down express were powerless to avoid the second collision.
ref: 1952 December, “The Harrow Accident”, in Railway Magazine, page 789:
text: Tilling my own grave to keep me level
Jam another dragon down the hole
Digging to the rhythm and the echo of a solitary siren
One that pushes me along and leaves me so
Desperate and ravenous
I'm so weak and powerless
Over you
ref: 2003, “Weak and Powerless”, performed by A Perfect Circle:
text: Frank desperately wanted to help. To do something. Anything. But he was powerless to stop what was about to happen.
ref: 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Lacking sufficient power or strength.
examples: text: The traffic warden was powerless to stop me driving away.
glosses: Lacking legal authority.
examples: During the storm, the entire neighborhood was left powerless for several hours
glosses: Without electricity or electrical power.
Synonyms: mightless
strengthless
weak
vulnerable
impotent
Derived terms: powerlessly
powerlessness
superpowerless
lapse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /læps/
rhymes: -æps
homophone: laps
Forms: form: lapses
Etymology: From Middle French laps, from Latin lāpsus, from lābī (“to slip”). Doublet of lapsus.
Senses: examples: text: memory lapse
text: lapse of judgment
text: lapse in security
text: lapse in concentration
text: Now, tho’ this Scripture may be usefully understood and apply’d by us as a Caution to guard against those Lapses and Failings to which our Infirmities daily expose us
ref: 1735, John Rogers, Nineteen Sermons on several occasions, London: W. Innys and R. Manby, →OCLC, page 108:
synonyms: word: blooper
word: gaffe
word: thinko
word: aberration
word: barbarism
word: bloomer
word: blooper
word: blunder
word: boner
word: boo-boo
word: break
word: clanger
word: cock-up
word: error
word: fault
word: faux pas
word: floater
word: flub
word: fluff
word: fuckup
word: gaffe
word: goof
word: howler
word: inaccuracy
word: lapse
word: lapsus
word: mess-up
word: misstep
word: mistake
word: oopsy
word: screwup
word: slip
word: slip-up
word: slipup
word: stumble
word: thinko
word: wrength
word: solecism
word: erroneity
glosses: A temporary failure; a slip.
examples: text: The lapse to indolence is soft and imperceptible, because it is only a mere cessation of activity
ref: 1751 September 10, Samuel Johnson, “No. CLV”, in The Rambler, →OCLC:
glosses: A decline or fall in standards.
synonyms: word: hiatus
word: moratorium
word: break
word: breather
word: cessation
word: demurral
word: gap
word: caesura
word: hiatus
word: halt
word: halting
word: interregnum
word: interruption
word: lapse
word: moratorium
word: pause
word: recess
word: respite
word: resting
word: stoppage
word: stopping
word: suspension
glosses: A pause in continuity.
examples: text: Still onward winds the dreary way;
⁠I with it; for I long to prove
⁠No lapse of moons can canker Love,
Whatever fickle tongues may say.
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXVI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 43:
text: Bacon was content to wait the lapse of long centuries for his expected revenue of fame
ref: 1860, Isaac Taylor, Ultimate Civilization and Other Essays, London: Bell and Daldy, →OCLC, page 309:
synonyms: word: between-time
word: gap
word: between-time
word: gap
word: interim
word: interlapse
word: lapse
word: meantime
word: meanwhile
glosses: An interval of time between events.
glosses: A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
topics: law
glosses: A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: A fall or apostasy.
Derived terms: anti-lapse
hyperlapse
interlapse
jitter lapse
lapsation
lapser
lapse rate
time-lapse
Related terms: lapsarian
lapse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /læps/
rhymes: -æps
homophone: laps
Forms: form: lapses
form: lapsing
form: lapsed
form: lapsed
Etymology: From Middle French laps, from Latin lāpsus, from lābī (“to slip”). Doublet of lapsus.
Senses: examples: text: This perpetual disposition to shorten our words by retrenching the vowels, is nothing else but a tendency to lapse into the barbarity of those northern nations from whom we are descended
ref: 1841, Jonathan Swift, “A letter to the Lord High Treasurer”, in The Works of Jonathan Swift, London: Henry Washbourne, →OCLC, page 288:
text: Homer, however, in his characters of Vulcan and Thersites, in his story of Mars and Venus, in his behaviour of Irus and in other passages has been observed to have lapsed into the Burlesque character, and to have departed from that serious Air which seems essential to the magnificence of an Epic Poem.
ref: 1730, Joseph Addison, The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq., volume the third, London: Jacob Tonson, →OCLC:
glosses: To fall away gradually; to subside.
examples: text: To lapſe in Fullneſſe / Is ſorer, than to lye for Neede: and Falſhood / Is worſe in Kings, than Beggers.
ref: 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi], page 385, column 2:
glosses: To fall into error or heresy.
glosses: To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
examples: text: The connections at Lewisham were never built, and the powers of the Act lapsed; but the spur at Nunhead was partly constructed.
ref: 1946 November and December, “The Why and The Wherefore: Abandoned Embankment at Nunhead, S.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 392:
glosses: To become void.
examples: text: ...and if the archbishop shall not fill it up within six Months ensuing, it lapses to the King, but according to the Canon Law to the Pope.
ref: 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani, London: Printed for the Author by D. Leach, →OCLC, page 116:
glosses: To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.
Derived terms: hyperlapse
interlapse
lapsation
lapsible
lapsingly
unlapsing
poetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /poʊˈɛtɪkl̩/
ipa: /pəʊˈɛtɪkl̩/
Forms: form: more poetical
form: most poetical
Etymology: From Middle English poetical, possibly equivalent to poet + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: That our work, therefore, might be in no danger of being likened to the labours of these historians, we have taken every occasion of interspersing through the whole sundry similes, descriptions, and other kind of poetical embellishments.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV:
glosses: Synonym of poetic.
synonyms: word: poetic
Derived terms: antipoetical
apoetical
extrapoetical
mythopoetical
nonpoetical
poeticality
poetical justice
poetically
poeticalness
pseudopoetical
semipoetical
unpoetical
trigger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪɡə/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪɡɚ/
rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: triggers
form: tricker
Etymology: Originally tricker, from Dutch trekker (“pull”, noun, as in drawer-pull, bell-pull), from Dutch trekken (“to drag, draw, pull”).
Senses: examples: text: Just pull the trigger.
text: [W]e pull'd aſide the Tricker, and obſerv'd, that according to our expectation the force of the Spring of the Lock vvas not ſenſibly abated by the abſence of the Air.
ref: 1659 December 30 (date written), Robert Boyle, “[Experiment 14]”, in New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching the Spring of the Air, and Its Effects, (Made, for the Most Part, in a New Pneumatical Engine) […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] H[enry] Hall, printer to the University, for Tho[mas] Robinson, published 1660, →OCLC, page 89:
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
glosses: A similar device used to activate any mechanism.
examples: text: Sleeping in an unfamiliar room can be a trigger for sleepwalking.
glosses: An event that initiates others, or incites a response.
examples: text: emotional trigger
text: I can't watch that violent film. Blood is one of my triggers.
glosses: A concept or image that upsets somebody by sparking a negative emotional response.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or a strong reaction in a person.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An electronic transducer allowing a drum, cymbal, etc. to control an electronic drum unit or similar device.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A device that manually lengthens (or sometimes shortens) the slide or tubing of a brass instrument, allowing the pitch range to be altered while playing.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.
topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An SQL procedure that may be initiated when a record is inserted, updated or deleted; typically used to maintain referential integrity.
glosses: A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An argument whose semantic role determines the choice of a verbal affix, in certain Austronesian languages.
Derived terms: chemoreceptor trigger zone
grim trigger
hair trigger
hair-trigger
have one's finger on the trigger
itchy trigger finger
parent trigger
pull the trigger
Schmitt trigger
triggered
trigger finger
trigger flower
trigger guard
trigger-happy
triggerish
trigger law
triggerless
triggerlike
triggerman
triggernometry
triggerplant
trigger point
trigger pricing
trigger warning
triggerwoman
trigger word
triggery
Related terms: trek
trigger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪɡə/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪɡɚ/
rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: triggers
form: triggering
form: triggered
form: triggered
Etymology: Originally tricker, from Dutch trekker (“pull”, noun, as in drawer-pull, bell-pull), from Dutch trekken (“to drag, draw, pull”).
Senses: examples: text: A U235 bomb would therefore need to incorporate a gun weighing ten tons. Then there was the question of initiating or triggering the bomb.
ref: 2011, Jim Baggott, The First War of Physics, Pegasus Books, →ISBN:
synonyms: activate
detonate
fire
set off
glosses: To fire (a weapon).
examples: text: The controversial article triggered a deluge of angry letters from readers.
text: The accident followed torrential early morning rain that triggered widespread flooding across Scotland's tracks, including south of Carmont.
ref: 2020 August 26, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Three die in ScotRail landslip derailment at Carmont”, in Rail, page 6:
synonyms: precipitate
set off
cause
activate
initiate
glosses: To cause, to precipitate, to bring (something) about in response or as a result.
examples: text: This story contains a rape scene and may be triggering for rape victims.
text: People get triggered simply by seeing a Trump.
ref: 2019, Donald Trump Jr., Triggered, Center Street, →ISBN:
text: I encountered a forum user who didn't agree with me, so I wrote some comments with my political slogans to trigger that clueless kiddo.
ref: 2020 January 25, Ernesto Londoño, Letícia Casado, “Glenn Greenwald in Bolsonaro’s Brazil”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2020:
synonyms: push someone's buttons
glosses: To spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (a person).
examples: text: Sodium nitrite (750 ppm) was added after the alarm triggered at three hours, and corrosion did not occur for over eight hours.
ref: 1997, Mill Operators' Conference, page 182:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To activate; to become active.
Derived terms: self-trigger
trigger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪɡə/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪɡɚ/
rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ)
Etymology: Originally tricker, from Dutch trekker (“pull”, noun, as in drawer-pull, bell-pull), from Dutch trekken (“to drag, draw, pull”).
Senses: glosses: comparative form of trig: more trig
stillness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɪlnəs/
rhymes: -ɪlnəs
Forms: form: stillnesses
form: stillnesse
Etymology: From Middle English stilnesse, from Old English stilnes (“stillness, quiet; absence of noise or disturbance, release, relaxation; silence, abstention from speech; absence of disturbance or molestation, tranquility, peace, security; that which appeases”), equivalent to still + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The teru-tero (Vanellus cayanensis), is another bird, which often disturbs the stillness of the night.
ref: 1839, Charles Darwin, Journal and remarks: 1832-1836, volume 3, page 133:
text: It resembled them in the sense that it was not ended, when it was past, but continued to unfold, in Watt's head, from beginning to end, over and over again, the complex connexions of its lights and shadows, the passing from silence to sound and from sound to silence, the stillness before the movement and the stillness after, the quickenings and retardings, the approaches and the separations, all the shifting detail of its march and ordinance, according to the irrevocable caprice of its taking place.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
synonyms: calmness
motionlessness
inactivity
inertia
glosses: The quality or state of being still.
examples: text: The grauitie, and ſtillneſſe of your youth / The world hath noted.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 320:
text: Like a heartbeat drives you mad / In the stillness of remembering what you had / And what you lost
ref: 1977, Stevie Nicks, “Dreams”, in Rumours, performed by Fleetwood Mac:
synonyms: quietness
silence
glosses: Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
stillnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stillness
vexillology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvɛk.sɪˈlɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌvɛk.səˈlɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Etymology: First attested in 1959. From Latin vexillum (“flag”) + -logy, equivalent to vexillo- + -logy.
Senses: examples: text: Vexillology can help us to delve into national and global history.
text: Sheldon: Over the next few 52 weeks, you and I are going to explore the dynamic world of vexillology.
ref: 2012 January 26, “The Beta Test Initiation” (0:18), in The Big Bang Theory, season 5, episode 14, spoken by Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler (Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik):
glosses: The study of flags.
Synonyms: flaglore
Related terms: word: vexillize
english: to depict a specific symbol on a flag
translation: to depict a specific symbol on a flag
word: vexillise
word: vexillographer
word: vexillography
word: vexillologic
word: vexillological
word: vexillologist
word: vexillophile
LCAC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LCACs
Senses: hypernyms: hovercraft
ACV
air-cushion vehicle
<
GEM
ground-effect machine
<
craft#Noun
vehicle#Noun
machine#Noun
glosses: Initialism of landing craft, air cushion.
valence electron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: valence electrons
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of the electrons in the outermost shell of an atom (the valence shell); capable of forming bonds with other atoms.
stereotypical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: stĕr′ē-ə-tĭp′ĭ-kəl
enpr: stîr′-
ipa: /ˌstɛɹ.iː.əˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/
ipa: /ˌstɪə̯-/
ipa: /ˌstɪː-/
ipa: /ˌstɛɹ.i.əˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/
ipa: /ˌstɪɹ-/
ipa: /ˌsteɹ.iː.əˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/
ipa: /ˌstɪə̯-/
ipa: /ˌsteɹ.iː.əˈtəp.ə.kəl/
ipa: /ˌsti(ː)ə̯-/
ipa: /ˌstɛɹ.i.əˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/
ipa: /ˌstiɹ-/
ipa: /ˌsʈɛɾ.iː.oˈʈɪp.ɪ.kal/
ipa: /ˌsʈɪjə̯ʳ-/
ipa: /ˌsʈiːɾ-/
rhymes: -ɪpɪkəl
Forms: form: more stereotypical
form: most stereotypical
Etymology: From stereotype + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: There were a lot of young girls, in their early-twenties she guessed, many of them either Gothed up in thick black mascara and black lip stick, others looking like stereotypical Beat Girls in black rollnecks and jeans.
ref: 2007, James Burr, Ugly Stories for Beautiful People, page 45:
text: A drag queen may not comfortably fit the stereotypical homesteader mold. In the 19th century, homesteaders were Western pioneers who built new lives from necessity; on TikTok, the most popular homesteaders are often parents with young families or those with a lifelong connection to the practice, which often include so-called “tradwives,” or women who play a stereotypically gendered role in their family.
ref: 2025 March 30, Scottie Andrew, “Queer and trans homesteaders are conquering the social media frontier”, in CNN:
glosses: Pertaining to a stereotype; conventional.
examples: text: I was disappointed by the stereotypical the-butler-did-it ending.
glosses: Banal, commonplace, and clichéd because of overuse.
examples: text: Tics are brief, stereotypical behaviors that are initiated by an unconscious urge that can be temporarily suppressed.
ref: 2005, Lloyd J. Brown, Lee Todd Miller, Pediatrics, page 383:
glosses: Relating to stereotypy.
Derived terms: counterstereotypical
stereotypically
Related terms: stereotype
stereotyper
stereotypic
prototypical
jaggy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒæɡi/
rhymes: -æɡi
Forms: form: jaggier
form: jaggiest
Senses: glosses: jagged, toothed or serrated
Synonyms: dentate
serrate
notched
Derived terms: jaggily
jagginess
Related terms: jaggies
hootchie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hootchies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hoochie (“promiscuous or scantily-dressed woman”).
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Alternative form of hutchie (“type of shelter”).
cruciferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹuˈsɪfəɹəs/
rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs
Etymology: From Late Latin crucifer (“cross-bearing”) + -ous. By surface analysis, crucifer + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: And cruciferous vegetables—broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, cabbage—are loaded with sulforaphane.
ref: 2007 November, Elizabeth Drake, “Combine and conquer: Use these winning food pairings to protect your health”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, →ISSN, page 126:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
antonyms: noncruciferous
glosses: Of or relating to the crucifer plants or products from these plants; of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.
glosses: Bearing a cross.
Derived terms: noncruciferous
Related terms: crucifer
Cruciferae
crucifer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹu.sɪ.fəɹ/
rhymes: -uːsɪfə(ɹ)
Forms: form: crucifers
head_nr: 1
Etymology: From Latin crucifer (“cross-bearer”), from crux (“cross”) + ferō (“I carry, bear”).
Senses: topics: Christianity
head_nr: 1
glosses: A person who carries a cross in a religious procession, a cross bearer.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
head_nr: 1
glosses: A member of the family Cruciferae (Brassicaceae), the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.
Hyponyms: topics: botany
biology
natural-sciences
word: arugula
topics: botany
biology
natural-sciences
word: broccoli
topics: botany
biology
natural-sciences
word: Brussels sprout
topics: botany
biology
natural-sciences
word: cabbage
topics: botany
biology
natural-sciences
word: cauliflower
topics: botany
biology
natural-sciences
word: kale
topics: botany
biology
natural-sciences
word: mustard greens
topics: botany
biology
natural-sciences
word: radish
topics: botany
biology
natural-sciences
word: spring greens
topics: botany
biology
natural-sciences
word: watercress
Derived terms: cruciferin
cruciferous
quests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quest
quests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of quest
mourner's seat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mourner's seats
Senses: examples: text: "And then," continued Suggs, "I wanted to git off, but they hilt me, and bimeby I felt so missuble, I had to go yonder" -- pointing to the mourners' seat.
ref: 1845, Johnson Jones Hooper, Adventures Of Captain Simon Suggs:
glosses: mourners' bench
Alaric
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alarics
Etymology: From Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls, “all”) + 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (reiks, “ruler”), from Proto-Germanic *Alarīks.
Senses: glosses: A historic king of the Visigoths.
examples: text: We feel bound to add, however, that it is not very likely, in the usual chances of events, that such names as Alaric Attila Watts should have met in matrimony with those of Zillah Madonna Wiffen; and an unkind world may suggest a mystification somewhere.
ref: 1835 June, Fraser's Magazine, volume XI, page 652:
glosses: A male given name from Gothic.
ost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osts
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of oast.
gangster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæŋ.stə/
ipa: /ˈɡæŋ(k).stɚ/
Forms: form: gangsters
form: gangsta
Etymology: From gang + -ster. First attested in 1884.
Senses: glosses: A member of a criminal or street gang.
glosses: A member of a professional criminal organization (in organized crime): a racketeer.
Derived terms: antigangster
bankster
black gangster
cybergangster
gangsta
gangsterdom
gangsteress
gangsterette
gangsterful
gangsterhood
gangsterical
gangsterish
gangsterism
gangsterize
gangsterland
gangster lean
gangsterless
gangsterlike
gangsterly
gangsterness
gangster rap
gangster ride
gangstership
gangsterwise
OG
wankster
YG
gangster
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæŋ.stə/
ipa: /ˈɡæŋ(k).stɚ/
Forms: form: gangsters
form: gangstering
form: gangstered
form: gangstered
form: gangsta
Etymology: From gang + -ster. First attested in 1884.
Senses: glosses: To act like a gangster; to commit street crime or run a racket.
gangster
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæŋ.stə/
ipa: /ˈɡæŋ(k).stɚ/
Forms: form: more gangster
form: most gangster
form: gangsta
Etymology: From gang + -ster. First attested in 1884.
Senses: examples: text: I looked at my team and thought, "Damn, now that was the most gangster move I have ever seen in my life. I think we just strong-armed a government official in Sierra Leone!"
ref: 2011, Isaiah Washington, Lavaille Lavette, A Man From Another Land: How Finding My Roots Changed My Life, New York, N.Y. […]: Center Street, →ISBN, page 121:
text: Sampling is the most gangsta shit ever. Im finna steal yo life's work and make it into trap music
ref: 2024 February 12, @Teller_Banks357, Twitter, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2024:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Characteristic of a gangster; (especially) admirable and audacious.
examples: text: We put an end to our beef. We're all gangster now.
text: "Oh, soft ass pretty boy, trying to act all hard for his little girlfriend. Don't he know that we gangsta over here. We don't beef over females. Share and share alike," Corey said, laughing.
ref: 2016, Janae M. Robinson, Crumbling Down, →ISBN, page 75:
text: everyone gangsta until NATO starts shipping Burger Kings onto the scene
ref: 2022 May 10, @mr_gh0stly, Twitter, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2024:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: On friendly terms; cool.
racketeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹækɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: racketeers
Etymology: From racket + -eer.
Senses: glosses: One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.
glosses: One who instigates or has involvement with a racket.
Related terms: privateer
profiteer
gangster
mobster
organized crime
racketeer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹækɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: racketeers
form: racketeering
form: racketeered
form: racketeered
Etymology: From racket + -eer.
Senses: glosses: to carry out illegal business activities or criminal schemes.
glosses: to commit crimes systematically as part of a criminal organization.
fence-sitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fence-sitters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fence sitter.
stemme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stemmes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of stem.
stemme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stemmes
form: stem
Etymology: Blend of stud + femme
Senses: synonyms: futch
glosses: A lesbian, chiefly African-American, exhibiting both stud and femme traits.
questing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: questings
Senses: examples: text: By this move, Devereux gave new importance to fieldwork as a method of social enquiry. Psychoanalysis taught him that anxiety was not something to be avoided but is the driving force which propels our intellectual questings.
ref: 2002, Ariane Deluz, Suzette Heald, Anthropology and Psychoanalysis: An Encounter Through Culture:
glosses: The act of going in quest of something.
questing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of quest
quested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of quest
dorsal fin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dorsal fins
Senses: glosses: A fin located on the backs of fish and some marine mammals.
teip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teips
Etymology: From Chechen and Ingush.
Senses: glosses: A Chechen and Ingush tribal organization or clan, self-identified through descent from a common ancestor or geographic location.
pectoral fin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pectoral fins
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Either of two fins located on each side of a fish just behind the head.
anal fin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anal fins
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A fin located on the underside of a fish behind the anus.
caudal fin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caudal fins
Senses: glosses: The tailfin of a fish and other aquatic vertebrates.
caudal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔːdəl/
rhymes: -ɔːdəl
homophone: caudle
homophone: coddle (cot–caught merger)
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”).
Senses: examples: text: The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes, […]
ref: 1871, Charles Darwin, “Principles of Sexual Selection”, in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. […], volume I, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, Part II (Sexual Selection), page 269:
text: Dassoud […] stepped forward with a lash composed of the caudal appendages of half a dozen wildebeests.
ref: 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 3:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
antonyms: cephalad
cephalic
qualifier: anatomical terms of location and direction
glosses: Toward the tail end (hind end) of the body; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to inferior.
Derived terms: acaudal
anterocaudal
bicaudal
caudal artery
caudal fin
caudality
caudalization
caudal keel
caudally
caudalmost
caudal peduncle
caudalward
cephalocaudal
craniocaudal
distocaudal
dorsocaudal
femorocaudal
frontocaudal
laterocaudal
lumbocaudal
mediocaudal
midcaudal
pericaudal
postcaudal
posterocaudal
precaudal
proximocaudal
rostrocaudal
sacrocaudal
subcaudal
supracaudal
tricaudal
ventrocaudal
Related terms: queue
caudal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔːdəl/
rhymes: -ɔːdəl
homophone: caudle
homophone: coddle (cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: caudals
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”).
Senses: glosses: A caudal vertebra.
pelvic fin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pelvic fins
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Either of a pair of fins on either side and towards the rear of a fish.
Synonyms: abdominal fin
underware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of underwear.