cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
precurse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈkɜɹs/
Forms: form: precurses
form: precursing
form: precursed
form: precursed
Etymology: English pre- + curse, from Latin praecursum (supine of praecurrō [“run before”]).
Senses: examples: text: It is true that competition in capitalism precurses new economic order.
ref: 1987, Shrikant Jichkar, Explorations in Economic Theory of Socialism, page 151:
text: As one example, precursing a strain of S. ambofaciens with an aglycone of tylosin while blocking production of spiramycin with cerulenin yielded hybrid macrolides named chimeramycins, which combined structural elements of both tylosin and spiramycin [152].
ref: 1994, Herbert A. Kirst, “5: Semi-Synthetic Derivatives of 16-Membered Macrolide Antibiotics”, in Gwynn Pennant Ellis, David K. Luscombe, editors, Progress in Medicinal Chemistry, volume 31, page 278:
text: The only way this can be intelligible is by conceiving that school maths competence ‘precurses’ (Gee, 2001) university maths competence, which ‘precurses’ real maths adeptness.[…]After all, this idea of the interpenetration of symbolic competence is built into Bernstein's explanation of how the middle-class home code precurses its young into the school code better than does the working-class home code.
ref: 2006, Johan Muller, “On the shoulders of giants: verticality of knowledge and the school curriculum”, in Rob Moore, Madeleine Arnot, John Beck, Harry Daniels, editors, Knowledge, Power and Educational Reform, page 23:
text: I will use the Priscilla event as a representative example of a thermally precursed blast wave from a nuclear detonation.
ref: 2010, Charles E. Needham, Blast Waves, page 233:
glosses: To forerun or precede.
precurse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈkɜɹs/
Forms: form: precurses
Etymology: English pre- + curse, from Latin praecursum (supine of praecurrō [“run before”]).
Senses: examples: text: And even the like precurse of fierce events,
As harbingers preceding still the fates
And prologue to the omen coming on,
Have heaven and earth together demonstrated
Unto our climatures and countrymen. (Shakespeare)
glosses: A prediction, a prognostication.
repeatability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repeatabilities
Etymology: From repeat + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The property or quality of being repeatable.
The absence of variation amongst multiple measurements taken under the same conditions.
coordinate_terms: precision
accuracy
glosses: The property or quality of being repeatable.
The degree to which a machine can move its parts to the same position (location) repeatedly, which is closely (and mathematically) related to its precision and accuracy.
coordinate_terms: precision
accuracy
Related terms: english: broadly synonymous in reference to repeatability of experiments, although sometimes differentiated in technical subsenses
translation: broadly synonymous in reference to repeatability of experiments, although sometimes differentiated in technical subsenses
word: replicability
english: broadly synonymous in reference to repeatability of experiments, although sometimes differentiated in technical subsenses
translation: broadly synonymous in reference to repeatability of experiments, although sometimes differentiated in technical subsenses
word: reproducibility
word: replication
word: replication crisis
seminiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more seminiferous
form: most seminiferous
Etymology: From Late Latin sēminifer (“carrying semen”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: producing seed
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: conveying, containing, bearing, or producing semen or seminal fluid
Coordinate terms: oviferous
Derived terms: seminiferous tubule
Pawsner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A rare variant of the common name "Posner". Other variants are "Pozner" and "Posener". They all imply a resident of Posen in old Prussia, now Poznań in Poland.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
per contra
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin per contra.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: in contrast, on the contrary
crony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹoʊni/
ipa: /ˈkɹəʊni/
rhymes: -əʊni
Forms: form: cronies
form: chrony
Etymology: Coined between 1655 and 1665 from Ancient Greek χρόνιος (khrónios, “perennial, long-lasting”); see also chrono- (“time”). Initially Cambridge University slang, in sense of “chum”, as “friend of long standing”, with illegal connotation later. Early spellings included chrony, as in 1665 diary by Samuel Pepys, supporting the Greek origin.
Senses: examples: text: Rip now resumed his old walks and habits; he soon found many of his former cronies, though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time; and preferred making friends among the rising generation, with whom he soon grew into great favour.
ref: 1819 June 23, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Rip Van Winkle”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number I, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 91:
synonyms: word: babber
word: billy
word: bredrin
word: bruv
word: bud
word: buddo
word: buddy
word: butty
word: chaver
word: china
word: chuck
word: chum
word: cock
word: cocker
word: cobber
word: compadre
word: comrade
word: companion
word: cove
word: crony
word: dawg
word: dude
word: duck
word: fam
word: fettler
word: friend
word: geez
word: geezer
word: gink
word: good old boy
word: homeskillet
word: homie
word: kith
word: lover
word: marrow
word: mate
word: matey
word: mucker
word: old bean
word: pal
word: pardner
word: peeps
word: shag
word: sport
word: surry
word: tovarish
word: wantok
antonyms: noncrony
glosses: A close friend.
glosses: A trusted companion or partner in a criminal organization.
Derived terms: crony capitalism
crony democracy
cronydom
cronyish
cronyism
cronyist
cronyistic
cronynomics
noncrony
Tony crony
crony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹoʊni/
ipa: /ˈkɹəʊni/
rhymes: -əʊni
Forms: form: cronies
Senses: examples: text: Marry not an old crony.
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
glosses: An old woman; a crone.
cronies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crony
triumphalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triumphalisms
Etymology: From triumphal + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: But not only did Soviet triumphalism eventually provoke the Reaganite reaction in the United States, but, Kissinger suggests, it produced the overextension of Soviet resources that led directly to economic and ultimately political collapse.
ref: 1994, Michael Howard, "The World According to Henry: From Metternich to Me," Foreign Affairs, May/June 1994
text: A better understanding of science should lead not to triumphalism but to the kind of humility recently expressed by Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Francois Jacob in Of Flies, Mice and Men: "Science cannot answer all questions. . . . It can, however, give some indications, exclude certain hypotheses. Engaging in the pursuit of science may help us make fewer mistakes.”
ref: 2001, Jon Beckwith, Triumphalism in Science:
text: One reason why triumphalism about the fall of the Taliban should be eschewed is because the US and its allies have shown insufficient regret and sadness at the deaths of Afghan villagers. This has allowed the propagandists of Islamic nihilism to claim that the US cares about the deaths of civilians in New York but not in Afghanistan.
ref: 2001, “The speedy fall of the Taliban must not obscure the size of the task ahead”, in The Independent:
text: Yet in addition to being self-defeating, sectarian triumphalism undermines core Jewish values of common peoplehood and mutual bonds between Jews worldwide.
ref: 2004, Steven Bayme, “Orthodox Triumphalism Revisited”, in The Jewish Week:
text: The abasement rituals at Abu Ghraib were most generally conditioned by the climate of impunity created by triumphalist strategy, ideology and rhetoric, which led, at least, to dismissive negligence and then cover-ups by authorities.
ref: 2004, Dr. Michael A. Weinstein, The Power and Interest News Report:
text: The several answers to the charge of triumphalism might start with a basic fact of Anglo-American constitutional history: that the power, first of the Crown and now of the Executive Branch of the United States, is necessarily limited by habeas corpus jurisdiction to enquire into the legality of executive detention. And one could explain that in this Court’s exercise of responsibility to preserve habeas corpus something much more significant is involved than pulling and hauling between the judicial and political branches.
ref: 2008, David Souter, concurring opinion, Boumediene v. Bush, 553 U.S. ___, ___ (2008)
glosses: The attitude or belief that a particular doctrine, culture, or social system, particularly a religious or political one, is superior and that it will or should triumph over all others.
Related terms: triumphalist
omnipotence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒmˈnɪpətəns/
Forms: form: omnipotences
Etymology: From Late Middle English omnipotens, from Old French omnipotence, from Latin omnipotentia.
Senses: examples: text: One purpose of the Freedom of Information Act is to make our society less of a police state. Until the CIA's omnipotence is seriously challenged, however, the xeroxed papers in my hand have little meaning. For now, they remind me of nothing less than the simple fact that evil forces still control our society.
ref: 1976 December 18, Allen Young, “Speaking Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 9:
synonyms: omnipotency
glosses: Unlimited power; commonly attributed to a deity or deities.
wikipedia: omnipotence
Derived terms: nonomnipotence
superomnipotence
Related terms: multipotency
omnipotent
Omnipotent
omnipotentiality
plenipotence
pluripotency
omnipotent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒmˈnɪpətənt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɔmnɪpɵʈəɳʈ/
Forms: form: more omnipotent
form: most omnipotent
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English omnipotent(e), from Old French omnipotent, from Latin omnipotēns, omnipotentem.
Senses: examples: text: All the spirits of the elements bowed down before him; but the future was still hidden from his eyes, and Death was omnipotent.
ref: 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, pages 16–17:
synonyms: almighty
all-powerful
coordinate_terms: omnipresent
all-present
;
omniscient
all-knowing
glosses: Having unlimited power, force or authority.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: pluripotent
glosses: Describing a cell (especially a stem cell) that is capable of developing into any type of cell or forming any type of tissue (also called a totipotent cell).
glosses: Arrant.
Derived terms: nonomnipotent
omnipotently
superomnipotent
unomnipotent
Related terms: omnipotence
omnipotency
omnipotentiality
omnipotent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒmˈnɪpətənt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɔmnɪpɵʈəɳʈ/
Forms: form: omnipotents
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English omnipotent(e), from Old French omnipotent, from Latin omnipotēns, omnipotentem.
Senses: glosses: An omnipotent being.
fawce
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: fôrs
ipa: /fɔːs/
homophone: force (non-rhotic)
rhymes: -ɔːs
Forms: form: more fawce
form: most fawce
Senses: glosses: cunning, sly
omnipresence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑmniˈprɛz(ə)ns/
rhymes: -ɛzəns
Forms: form: omnipresences
Etymology: From omni- + presence.
Senses: examples: text: Notwithstanding these precise statements concerning the omnipresence of the flesh of Christ, there still was no uniform and, in all its features, settled doctrinal statement concerning it […]
ref: 1899, Heinrich Friedrich Ferdinand Schmid, The Doctrinal Theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, page 333:
text: So the Lord's omnipresence as well as the omnipresence of the Self of the soul is rather an internal omnipresence, a subjective omnipresence, […]
ref: 1911, Walter Winston Kenilworth, The Life of the Soul, page 153:
glosses: The ability to be, or the characteristic of being, at all places at the same time (usually only attributed to God).
Synonyms: ubiquity
Related terms: omnipresent
omnipresent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˌɒmnɪˈpɹɛzn̩t]
ipa: [ˌɑmnɪˈpɹɛzn̩t]
ipa: [ˌɔmnɪˈpɹezn̩t]
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɔmnɪprɛzəɳʈ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin omnipraesēns, equivalent to omni- + present.
Senses: examples: text: In 1975, China was emerging from the Cultural Revolution, its government’s effort to purify and revitalize society. Communist officials had set up indoctrination programs, broadcast propaganda over omnipresent loudspeakers, and sought to stamp out any evidence of China’s ancient history.
ref: 2010, George W. Bush, Decision Points, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 22–23:
text: Another most notable change concerns rolling stock liveries. Back then, corporate Rail Blue was omnipresent, whereas now there is a kaleidoscope of colours and styles.
ref: 2020 June 17, David Clough, “Then and now: trains through Crewe”, in Rail, page 60:
synonyms: all-present
ubiquitous
coordinate_terms: ever-present
;
omnipotent
all-powerful
;
omniscient
all-knowing
glosses: Being everywhere simultaneously.
Derived terms: omnipresence
omnipresently
superomnipresent
omniscience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑmˈnɪʃəns/
ipa: /ɒmˈnɪsiəns/
Forms: form: omnisciences
Etymology: From Medieval Latin omniscientia (“all-knowledge”), from Latin omni- (“all”), and scient from the Latin scientia (“knowledge”).
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: all-seeingness, omnividence
text: Many people believe in God's omniscience.
text: If, a few pages back, the present writer claimed the privilege of peeping into Miss Amelia Sedley's bedroom, and understanding with the omniscience the novelist all the gentle pains and passions which were tossing upon that innocent pillow, why should he not declare himself to be Rebecca's confidante too, master of her secrets, and seal-keeper of that young woman's conscience?
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 15, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: The capacity to know everything.
Derived terms: nonomniscience
superomniscience
Related terms: omniscient
all-knowing
omnipotence
omnipresence
omniscient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒmˈnɪsɪənt/
ipa: /ɑmˈnɪʃənt/
rhymes: -ɪʃənt
rhymes: -ɪsɪənt
Etymology: From Medieval Latin omnisciens (“all-knowing”), from Latin omnis (“all”) + sciens (“knowing”) (further analysable via scient).
Senses: examples: text: The story was narrated from an omniscient point of view.
text: The Abrahamic God is omniscient.
text: For me, anything is possible. I am omniscient and omnipotent, extremely vain, and, what is more, I come in a handy self-carrying package.
ref: 1992, Douglas Adams, chapter 17, in Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 155:
glosses: Having total knowledge.
Synonyms: all-knowing
Derived terms: nonomniscient
omnisciency
omnisciently
omniscient narrator
superomniscient
unomniscient
Related terms: omnipotent
omnibenevolent
omnipresent
omniscience
omniscient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒmˈnɪsɪənt/
ipa: /ɑmˈnɪʃənt/
rhymes: -ɪʃənt
rhymes: -ɪsɪənt
Forms: form: omniscients
Etymology: From Medieval Latin omnisciens (“all-knowing”), from Latin omnis (“all”) + sciens (“knowing”) (further analysable via scient).
Senses: examples: text: Those blind omniscients , those almighty slaves , Untenanting creation of its God
ref: 1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Destiny of Nations:
glosses: One who has total knowledge.
on all fours
Language: English
Part of speech: adv_phrase
Forms: form: on all-fours
Senses: examples: text: A bulky form was seen rising aft, and began marching on all fours with the movements of some big cautious beast.
ref: 1897, Joseph Conrad, chapter 3, in The Nigger Of The ‘Narcissus’:
text: He was on all fours, with three children on his back, riding him for a horse.
ref: 1916, Elbert Hubbard, “Johannes Brahms”, in Little Journeys Vol. 14: Great Musicians:
glosses: On one's hands and knees.
examples: text: The paternal longing ran on all fours with her own desire.
ref: 1886 May – 1887 April, Thomas Hardy, chapter 39, in The Woodlanders […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
text: While he brought the ink to the bedside, I read the form and found it on all fours with what he had said.
ref: 1919, Jefferson Carter (aka Stanley John Weyman), “V The Swamp Fox”, in Madam Constantia:
text: The new law was precisely on all-fours with the Homestead Act.
ref: 1920, Rudyard Kipling, chapter 21, in Letters of Travel:
glosses: In a manner which is similar in nature or effect to something else; consistent.
raw_tags: followed by "with"
Related terms: all fours
quadrupedal
quadrupedally
on average
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: on the average
form: on an average
Senses: glosses: Expressed as a measure of central tendency (usually the arithmetic mean).
glosses: Usually, typically; as a rule; as often as not.
on behalf of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: On behalf of all those present, may I thank you for a well-executed presentation.
glosses: Speaking or acting for.
Synonyms: sense: speaking or acting for
word: in behalf of
Derived terms: for and on behalf of
Related terms: in behalf of
in propria persona
in the interest of
on account of
on the part of
per procurationem
deputy
on top
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Stand on top and look down.
text: A cake with cream on top.
text: I can't take my undershirt off because I am wearing many more garments on top.
synonyms: on top of
glosses: On the highest point or surface.
examples: text: At the end of the season, Manchester United came out on top.
text: For the second match in a row, Arsenal went into the break completely on top and untroubled.
ref: 2011 February 12, Ian Hughes, “Arsenal 2 - 0 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: In a dominant position.
Derived terms: cherry on top
on top of
pretty please with a cherry on top
put the bottom rail on top
on top of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: There's a house on top of the mountain.
glosses: Atop.
examples: text: Living on top of one another in a refugee camp is stressful.
text: At peak times, a telephone operator must handle a number of calls, one on top of the next.
glosses: Very close to, in any orientation or in time.
examples: text: […] and on top of all that, I got a puncture!
text: No Ammonite or Moabite is to enter the congregation of GOD, even to the tenth generation, nor any of his children, ever. Those nations didn’t treat you with hospitality on your travels out of Egypt, and on top of that they also hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Mesopotamia to curse you.
ref: 2018, “Deuteronomy 23”, in Eugene H. Peterson, transl., The Message Deluxe Gift Bible, Tyndale House Publishers, →ISBN, page 195:
glosses: In addition to something else.
examples: text: I have sorted out the problems and am now on top of the situation.
text: You will need to get on top of your nutrition in addition to training for washboard abs.
glosses: Fully informed about, and in control of, something; up to speed with.
Related terms: live on top of one another
on top
on top of one's game
on top of that
on top of the world
top it all off
ultraconservative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultraconservative
form: most ultraconservative
Etymology: From ultra- + conservative.
Senses: examples: text: The John Birch Society is an ultraconservative political group in the USA.
text: Since his reelection in November, Trump has successfully talked ultraconservative House Republicans into backing a number of difficult votes on spending.
ref: 2025 April 9, Sarah Ferris, “Budget fight tests the limits of Trump loyalty in Congress”, in CNN:
glosses: Extremely conservative, especially in politics.
ultraconservative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultraconservatives
Etymology: From ultra- + conservative.
Senses: examples: text: For example, as pope, Francis challenges the ultraconservatives in the Church to be ultrainclusive of people whom other popes never bothered to embrace: […]
ref: 2014, Jeffrey Krames, Lead with Humility: 12 Leadership Lessons from Pope Francis, page x:
text: House GOP leaders believe the plan is on track to pass the chamber, arguing that Trump’s backing will help them win robust support among House Republicans on the floor this week, even as many ultraconservatives typically loathe such stopgap measures.
ref: 2025 March 8, Sarah Ferris, “Speaker Johnson unveils bill to fund the government through September 30”, in CNN:
glosses: A person or group with extremely conservative views.
ultrasonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌltɹəˈsɒnɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Forms: form: more ultrasonic
form: most ultrasonic
Etymology: From ultra- + sonic.
Senses: examples: text: The wheel shop also has equipment for ultrasonic testing of axles for flaws; and systematic checking of locomotive axles and crank pins is carried out as they pass through the shops.
ref: 1961 March 24, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 159–160:
text: When an ultrasonic beam is fired at the microcannons, the emulsion evaporates, expanding rapidly into gas. This creates enough force to push the nanobullets out at velocities reaching several metres per second.
ref: 2016 February 1, Tom Whipple, “Microcannon firing nanobullets: the future of targeted medicine”, in The Times:
qualifier: acoustics
glosses: Beyond (higher in frequency than) the range of sound perceptible to the human ear; with a frequency of 20 kilohertz or higher.
Derived terms: acousto-ultrasonic
ultrasonic bath
Related terms: ultrasound
ultrasonics
sonic
megasonic
ultraviolet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌltɹəˈvaɪələt/
ipa: /ˌʌltɹəˈvaɪlət/
Forms: form: more ultraviolet
form: most ultraviolet
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Latin ūls
Proto-Indo-European *-teros?
Latin -ter
Old Latin -ād
Latin -ā
Latin ultrālbor.
English ultra-
Latin viola
Old French -ette
Old French violettebor.
Middle English violet
English violet
English ultraviolet
From ultra- (“beyond”) + violet (“violet”).
Senses: examples: text: Micron said in a statement that it would bring extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology to Japan, becoming the first semiconductor company to do so, and expected to invest up to 500 billion yen ($3.6 billion) with support from the Japanese government.
ref: 2023 May 18, Reuters, “Chipmakers look to Japan as worries about China grow”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye; radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres.
examples: text: A one-loop Feynman graph that represents a virtual process. In the limit in which the virtual process involves short distances or high momenta, one may find an ultraviolet divergence in the corresponding amplitude.
ref: 2004, Barton Zwiebach, A First Course in String Theory, →ISBN, Figure 23.1, page 519:
text: Some have advocated the search for a new theory of quantum gravity, a theory which does not suffer from ultraviolet infinity problems.
ref: 2009, Herbert W. Hamber, Quantum Gravitation: The Feynman Path Integral Approach, →ISBN, page vii:
text: Since current gravitational observations are insensitive to quantum effects, one may wonder why an ultraviolet completion of the gravity theory is needed if inflation, in fact, occurs several orders of magnitude below the Planck scale.
ref: 2017, David F. Chernoff, S.-H. Henry Tye, “Inflation, string theory and cosmic strings”, in Wei-Tou Ni, editor, One Hundred Years of General Relativity […], volume 2, →ISBN, page 275:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
antonyms: infrared
glosses: Relating to very high energies or very small distances or time spans.
Derived terms: extreme ultraviolet
ultraviolet A
ultraviolet astronomy
ultraviolet B
ultraviolet C
ultraviolet catastrophe
ultraviolet light
ultraviolet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌltɹəˈvaɪələt/
ipa: /ˌʌltɹəˈvaɪlət/
Forms: form: ultraviolets
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Latin ūls
Proto-Indo-European *-teros?
Latin -ter
Old Latin -ād
Latin -ā
Latin ultrālbor.
English ultra-
Latin viola
Old French -ette
Old French violettebor.
Middle English violet
English violet
English ultraviolet
From ultra- (“beyond”) + violet (“violet”).
Senses: glosses: Ultraviolet colour.
Related terms: ultraviolet radiation
flocculent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɒk.jə.lənt/
ipa: /ˈflɑk.jə.lənt/
Forms: form: more flocculent
form: most flocculent
Etymology: From Latin floccus (“flock of wool”).
Senses: examples: text: As soon as night begins to spread its darkening shadows over our brief twilight, this active creature [the morepork] sets out on its hunting excursions, roaming over field and gully with soft, noiseless flight, one of the advantages it owes to its flocculent plumage; [...]
ref: 1871 May, T[homas] H[enry] Potts, “Art. XI.—On the Birds of New Zealand. … (Part II.)”, in James Hector, editor, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1870, volume III, Wellington: James Hughes, printer, […]; London: Trübner 7 Co., […], →OCLC, pages 61–62:
glosses: Flocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly.
glosses: Covered in a woolly substance; downy.
glosses: Flaky.
Derived terms: flocculent spiral galaxy
flocculent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɒk.jə.lənt/
ipa: /ˈflɑk.jə.lənt/
Forms: form: flocculents
Etymology: From Latin floccus (“flock of wool”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: diminutive of flocculent spiral galaxy
Hyponyms: sense: galaxy
word: multi-arm
Conlon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Conlan
Etymology: From Irish Ó Connalláin, which could be from con (“hound”) + leon (“lion”), though the second element could instead be from gal (“valor”), similar to O'Connell.
Senses: examples: text: Capt. Paul Conlon confirmed a report in the Star Ledger last night that three Maplewood police officers would be laid off effective June 30, after federal stimulus funding for the township appeared less certain.
ref: 2009 May 7, The New York Times:
glosses: A surname from Irish.
barnstorm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑːnstɔːm/
ipa: /ˈbɑɹnstɔɹm/
Forms: form: barnstorms
form: barnstorming
form: barnstormed
form: barnstormed
Etymology: From barn + storm (due to performances commonly delivered in barns).
Senses: examples: text: A pair of red boxing gloves dangles in the cabin of John N. Turner's plane as he barnstorms across Canada campaigning for the general election Nov. 21.
ref: 1988 July 11, John F. Burns, “Once on the Ropes, Canadian Liberal Surges Back”, in The New York Times:
text: A day after the end of an often contentious Republican State Convention, the party's endorsed candidates for governor and lieutenant governor barnstormed across the state today, talking with reporters, meeting supporters and chanting their campaign mantra: "It's Mario Cuomo's fault."
ref: 1994 May 27, James Dao, “Republican Candidates Barnstorm, Outlining Platform”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To travel around the countryside making political speeches etc.
glosses: To appear at fairs and carnivals in exhibitions of stunt flying, sporting events, or theater.
examples: text: He also noted that “we’re in the business of promoting the game” in the United States, which is a task surely helped by the national team’s barnstorming persona.
ref: 2013 June 17, Sam Borden, “To U.S. Soccer Team, Home Field Is an Ever-Changing Thing”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To travel from town to town performing in front of small crowds.
raw_tags: of a sports team
Derived terms: barnstormer
barnstorming
barnstorm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑːnstɔːm/
ipa: /ˈbɑɹnstɔɹm/
Forms: form: barnstorms
Etymology: From barn + storm (due to performances commonly delivered in barns).
Senses: glosses: A series of appearances in small country towns, as by a politician or a travelling theatre group.
multithreaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + threaded.
Senses: examples: text: a multithreaded narrative
text: The term conflates these two aspects of social identity into an inseparable state of being, suggesting that if we are to understand white trash and the condition it names, we must confront the multithreaded nature of social inequality.
ref: 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 3:
glosses: Consisting of multiple threads (literal or figurative) woven together.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of an application program, having more than one thread of execution; thus taking advantage of multi-tasking operating systems and hardware.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of a programming language, able to produce such programs
Hypernyms: threaded
Derived terms: nonmultithreaded
greeny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greenies
Etymology: From green + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of greenie
greeny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: greenier
form: greeniest
Etymology: From green + -y.
Senses: examples: text: When we get them off their guard we have got to paint that red 'T' the greeniest green that ever came out of a greenhouse.
ref: 1928 October, Boys' Life, page 15:
text: Resentment showed in his face, greeny-brown and wrinkled like a baked apple,—resentment that white folks should pry into matters wholly Indian.
ref: 1941, Emily Carr, chapter 6, in Klee Wyck:
text: In the end he settled for a very faint and tightly checked greeny shirt to go with his dark tweed jacket […]
ref: 2001, Tim Parks, Juggling the Stars:
text: And my eyes are weird green grey. More greeny blue in daylight.
glosses: greenish; somewhat green
heh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hehs
Senses: glosses: The fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
heh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Onomatopoeia of a weak laugh.
Senses: examples: Friend 1: Some people say a man is made outta mud.
Friend 2: Heh.
glosses: Weak amusement, sometimes signaling boredom.
heh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: He handed the fragment to Bass, saying, “A cold-blooded little thing—heh? Not really. They just acted that way, the way they bite. And little? Ha! Its wing span was eighteen feet.”
ref: 2017, Stephen Randorf, Murder Over The Bones:
glosses: Alternative form of eh (“tag question”).
enclose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ənˈkloʊz/
ipa: /ɪnˈkləʊz/
ipa: /ɪnˈkloʊz/
rhymes: -əʊz
Forms: form: encloses
form: enclosing
form: enclosed
form: enclosed
form: inclose
Etymology: From Middle English enclosen, inclosen, from Middle English enclos, from Old French enclose, feminine plural past participle of enclore, from Vulgar Latin *inclaudō, *inclaudere, from Latin inclūdō (doublet of include), from in- (“in”) + claudō (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“key, hook, nail”). Equivalent to en- + close.
Senses: examples: text: to enclose lands
text: The creative commons of the internet has been gradually and inexorably enclosed, much as agricultural land was by parliamentary acts from 1600 onwards in England.
ref: 2024 May 4, John Naughton, “The internet is in decline – it needs rewilding”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To surround with a wall, fence, etc.
examples: text: Please enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope if you require a reply.
glosses: To insert into a container, usually an envelope or package.
Synonyms: sense: to surround with a wall &c.
word: incastellate
sense: to surround with a wall &c.
english: used for cisterns, fountains, &c.
translation: used for cisterns, fountains, &c.
word: encastellate
sense: to surround with a wall &c.
word: fortify
Derived terms: disenclose
Related terms: encircle
encloser
enclosable
frivolent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more frivolent
form: most frivolent
Etymology: Probably confusion of frivolous with words ending in -ent.
Senses: examples: "This was an unnecessary and frivolent post that did not contain any reason or logic." — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.games.computer.ultima.series/msg/4dd74e0205254b64
"You're beginning to annoy me with frivolent and useless theoretical arguments. " — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips/msg/e4d760b0a4bf5722
"I'm sorry but I have personally seen so many people paid out on fraudulent and frivolent claims to have any faith in the system as it currently stands. " — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/uk.legal.moderated/msg/551e5debdc0715f1
"My serious replies tend to evoke 'I couldn't worship that sort of a God' responses. My frivolent replies are usually intended to show that some of the criticisms aimed at my serious replies aren't as well-founded as the person making them seems to think." — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/uk.religion.christian/msg/4110e62d55ad2c2b
glosses: frivolous, trifling, silly
mobile speed bump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mobile speed bumps
Senses: topics: road
transport
glosses: A car that travels at the speed limit to prevent the cars behind from exceeding it.
panphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pan- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: The fear of everything.
qualifier: by confusion
glosses: Panophobia, a condition of groundless fears.
examples: text: I would say that I’ve probably encountered more disbelief/disrespect/panphobia from the queer community than from my straight friends, which I think is really interesting.
ref: 2013, anonymous, quoted in Ayisigi Hale Gonel, "Pansexual Identification in Online Communities: Employing a Collaborative Queer Method to Study Pansexuality", Graduate Journal of Social Science, Volume 10, Issue 1 (2013), pages 51-52
text: Panphobia has arisen via accusations they're trying to 'one up' bisexuals, […]
ref: 2016 February 15, Zoe Godden, “What Is Pansexuality?”, in The Courier, Newcastle University, page 13:
text: Biphobia / panphobia is still very real and alive today. As a pansexual woman, my identity and experiences have been denied many times […]
ref: 2020, Hope, quoted in Queerfully and Wonderfully Made: A Guide for LGBTQ+ Christian Teens (ed. Leigh Finke), page 197
glosses: Fear, dislike, or hatred of pansexual people and/or pansexuality.
Derived terms: panphobe
panphobic
Related terms: pantophobia
biphobia
panophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Pan (“god who inspired fears”) + -phobia or from pano- (“all”) + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: A condition of groundless fears.
qualifier: by confusion
glosses: Panphobia, pantophobia: fear of everything.
pantophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From panto- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: The fear of everything; panphobia.
qualifier: by confusion
glosses: Panophobia, a condition of groundless fears.
Related terms: panphobia
pantaphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From panta- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: There is a manifestation of morbid fear which is not uncommon, and to which we might perhaps give the term pantaphobia, or fear of everything; all responsibility, every attempt to make a change of movement being the result of dread and alarm.
ref: 1880, George M. Beard, “II. Symptoms of Nervous Exhaustion”, in A Practical Treatise on Nervous Exhaustion (Neurasthenia): Its Symptoms, Nature, Sequences, Treatment, Second and revised edition, New York: William Wood & Company, page 36:
text: Not only the intercurrent episodes, but even sleeplessness, pantaphobia, vanity, a strange mingling of the somatic symptoms of the psycho-neuroses, with the psychical phenomena of paranoia, color this picture with such liveliness that the opinion expressed by this celebrated ethnographer, that “savages resemble the melancholic and nervous types,” appears most appropriate.
ref: 1891 January, Eugenio Tanzi, “The Germs of Delirium”, in The Alienist and Neurologist, volume 12, number 1, St. Louis: Ev. E. Carreras, page 77:
text: Even the attribution of psychopathic constitution is often too loosely made; as for instance in the case of chronic pantaphobia which I presented some years ago before this Association. In spite of a heavily charged heredity this man remained free of psychopathy and fear after twelve years of the most strenuous life.
ref: 1925 January, Tom A. Williams, “The Mechanism of the Psychoneuroses”, in The American Journal of Psychiatry, volume 81, number 3, →DOI, page 432:
text: In the meantime the doctor makes arrangements with a young test pilot, who has romantic leanings towards the young lady, to help him keep her there. This is done by means of a fake case of pantaphobia.
ref: 1945 June 16, “The Box Office Slant: Bedside Manner”, in Showmen's Trade Review, volume 42, number 22, New York, N. Y.: Showmen's Trade Review, Inc., page 10:
glosses: Alternative form of pantophobia (“the fear of everything”).
murse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɝs/
ipa: /mɜːs/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s
Forms: form: murses
Etymology: Blend of man + purse
Senses: examples: text: But I could use it as a murse for the show if you're parting with that ole thing.
ref: 2009, Deborah Gregory, Catwalk: Strike a Pose:
glosses: A man's purse.
Synonyms: alt: manbag, man bag
word: man-bag
word: man purse
murse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɝs/
ipa: /mɜːs/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s
Forms: form: murses
Etymology: Blend of male + nurse
Senses: examples: text: Scrubs used this one recently, where Elliot couldn't cope with the idea of dating a male nurse ("murse") and Carla was having trouble accepting Turk's marriage proposal:
ref: 2003, rec.arts.tv (Usenet):
glosses: A male nurse.
automaticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔːtəʊməˈtɪsɪti/
Forms: form: automaticities
Etymology: From automatic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low level details required.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The ability of the heart muscles to contract independently of each other when separated or in unison when reattached in whole or in groups.
examples: text: No, donations and loans absolutely are not a means, with any automaticity, of getting a peerage, but they are not a bar to getting a peerage, and to some extent that is what we exist for.
ref: 2006, Lord Stevenson of Coddenham, Select Committee on Public Administration Minutes of Evidence:
text: The Committee's proposal for automatic registration would represent a significant shift away from the present system of elector-led application and voluntary registration, to a system of automaticity with an opt out.
ref: 2011, Government response to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee’s Report on the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill:
glosses: The process of one thing automatically following another.
rising action
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rising actions
Senses: glosses: A part of a book or play in which more things start to happen. The rising action leads to the climax.
Related terms: falling action
risk capital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Money explicitly available for investment into a high-risk business or security.
Synonyms: venture capital
spottle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spottles
Etymology: Blend of spot + bottle
Senses: glosses: A funnel-shaped container, usually made from a glass or plastic bottle with the bottom removed, that is used to inhale marijuana smoke or to cool the smoke if filled with ice.
Related terms: spotting
spottle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spottles
form: spottling
form: spottled
form: spottled
Senses: glosses: To spot or speckle; to mottle.
silent treatment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silent treatments
Senses: examples: text: to give someone the silent treatment
text: Finally we gave him the silent treatment, and for weeks before he died we neither spoke to him nor did he speak to us.
ref: 1917, Jack London, “That Dead Men Rise Up Never”, in The Human Drift, New York: Macmillan, page 40:
text: We met one woman who had been given the silent treatment by her husband for 40 years. If the silent treatment becomes a longstanding pattern, you lose self-esteem and perspective.
ref: 2023 December 12, Anita Chaudhuri, “The silent treatment: ‘One woman was ostracised by her husband for 40 years’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: So sailors used a tried technique to deal with an offender: the silent treatment. They would ignore him completely for weeks on end. That might sound like an innocuous action to you, but in truth, it was far from it. The silent treatment was, according to the writer Otis Ferguson in 1944, “a process so effective in the monotony of ship’s life as to make strong men weep.”
ref: 2024 March 21, Arthur C. Brooks, “Whatever You Do, Don’t Do the Silent Treatment”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A form of social sanction that consists of ignoring a particular individual, neither speaking to that person nor responding to his or her words.
Related terms: word: conspiracy of silence
word: radio silence
word: wall of silence
word: cold shoulder
word: cold treatment
word: freeze out
word: ostracize
word: passive-aggressive
word: send to Coventry
word: shun
WAF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of wife acceptance factor.
glosses: Initialism of web application firewall.
WAF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of World Archery Federation.
glosses: Initialism of Women Against Fundamentalism.
glosses: Initialism of Women in the Air Force.
social life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: social lives
Senses: glosses: An individual's interpersonal relationships with people within their immediate surroundings or general public.
examples: text: Its place in the social life of Derby and of the railway world is well assured, [...].
ref: 1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 150:
text: While I was blithely putting my safety at risk and ignoring my social life in the name of exercise, my friends were going out, dating, getting married, getting pregnant, getting divorced.
ref: 2006 July, Women's Health, volume 3, number 6, page 74:
text: And this was a Christian university, so my social life wasn't all that.
ref: 2010 July 29, “It's The Promised Land For Kushaba Moses Mworeko”, in EDGE Boston:
glosses: Those public activities performed in association with others for the purpose of pleasure.
examples: text: And it is ruining my social life. face keeps breaking out with pimples and I know I look repulsive, so how can I ever expect to have boy friends?
ref: 1958 March 26, “Acne Causes Social Woes”, in Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, SC:
text: My social life is in ruins. / How is it possible for me to find a woman who will accept me as I am.
ref: 1994 April 5, “Man With Herpes Agonizes Over Loss Of His Social Life”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
text: I lay my head back and close my eyes, contemplating the circumstances of my social life. I think “Why can't I connect with just one woman ....
ref: 2001, Jaye E. Seay, The Life and Loves of a Not So Average Joe, page 25:
text: “Which explains my social life lately,” Rachel muttered. “No, working all hours to get that promotion explains your social life lately,” Sabrina countered. “There are plenty of men who are up to your speed.
ref: 2008, Charlene Teglia, Satisfaction Guaranteed, page 9:
glosses: Dating.
slice and dice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slices and dices
form: slicing and dicing
form: sliced and diced
form: sliced and diced
Senses: examples: text: To slice and dice: Place the onion on a chopping board, and slice it in half lengthwise.
ref: 2009, Ellen Brown, $3 Meals in Minutes […] , Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 23:
glosses: To cut and chop to pieces.
examples: text: To demonstrate how to create an OLAP report, here's a chance to slice and dice some data from a cube based on the Xtreme database and see what it can tell you.
ref: 2011, Allen G. Taylor, Crystal Reports 2008 For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 222:
glosses: To rearrange or analyze in a number of different ways, often arbitrarily.
trough
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɒf/
enpr: trôf
ipa: /tɹɔf/
enpr: trŏf
ipa: /tɹɑf/
ipa: /tɹɒf/
enpr: trôth
ipa: /tɹɔθ/
ipa: /tɹɑθ/
rhymes: -ɒf
Forms: form: troughs
Etymology: PIE word
 *dóru
From Middle English trogh, from Old English troh, trog (“a trough, tub, basin, vessel for containing liquids or other materials”), from Proto-West Germanic *trog, from Proto-Germanic *trugą, *trugaz, from Proto-Indo-European *drukós, enlargement of *dóru (“tree”).
See also West Frisian trôch, Dutch trog, German Trog, Danish trug, Swedish tråg; also Middle Irish drochta (“wooden basin”), Old Armenian տարգալ (targal, “ladle, spoon”). More at tree.
Senses: examples: text: One of Harriet's chores was to slop the pigs' trough each morning and evening.
glosses: A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.
examples: text: Now, covered concrete troughs to house the cables are laid parallel with the railway lines, cheapening maintenance because of improved accessibility for inspection and repair.
ref: 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: The North Eastern's new rail-mounted piling unit”, in Trains Illustrated, page 646:
text: It just clips on the front of the stage without any special trough, has no great power and occupies only one dimmer, […]
ref: 1976, Frederick Bentham, The art of stage lighting, page 233:
glosses: Any similarly shaped container.
examples: text: Ernest threw his paint brushes into a kind of trough he had fashioned from sheet metal that he kept in the sink.
glosses: Any similarly shaped container.
A rectangular container used for washing or rinsing clothes.
examples: text: There was a small trough that the sump pump emptied into; it was filled with mosquito larvae.
glosses: A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates.
glosses: An undivided metal urinal (plumbing fixture)
examples: text: The troughs were filled with leaves and needed clearing.
glosses: A gutter under the eaves of a building; an eaves trough.
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A channel for conveying water or other farm liquids (such as milk) from place to place by gravity; any ‘U’ or ‘V’ cross-sectioned irrigation channel.
examples: text: The buoy bobbed between the crests and troughs of the waves moving across the bay.
text: The neurologist pointed to a troubling trough in the pattern of his brain-waves.
glosses: A long, narrow depression between waves or ridges; the low portion of a wave cycle.
topics: economics
sciences
antonyms: peak
glosses: A low turning point or a local minimum of a business cycle.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front.
Synonyms: english: container for feeding animals
translation: container for feeding animals
word: manger
Derived terms: book trough
glacial trough
Gunn-Peterson trough
kneading trough
Langmuir-Blodgett trough
LB trough
pneumatic trough
slake trough
Sylhet Trough
trougher
trough lake
trough lolly
trough-shell
trough shell
trough valley
water trough
wine trough