cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
aspirin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæsp(ɪ)ɹɪn/
Forms: form: aspirins
Etymology: Genericized trademark of German Aspirin, from acetylierte Spirsäure (literally “acetylated spiraeic acid”). The trade name Aspirin is a registered trademark in some countries, but has entered the English language in generic usage, as various German trademarks were nullified in the United States after World War I (see also heroin).
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: acetylsalicylic acid
ASA
hypernyms: NSAID
coordinate_terms: Tylenol/tylenol
paracetamol
acetaminophen
ibuprofen
codeine
glosses: an analgesic drug, acetylsalicylic acid
examples: text: "It nearly drove me insane. I took heaven alone knows how many aspirins."
ref: 1936, F.J. Thwaites, The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards Publishing, published 1940, page 107:
glosses: a tablet containing this substance
Derived terms: aspirinate
aspirined
aspirinlike
nonaspirin
superaspirin
Related terms: spiral
spirea
bitch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: bĭch
ipa: /bɪt͡ʃ/
ipa: /bɪʃ/
rhymes: -ɪtʃ
Forms: form: bitches
form: bitching
form: bitched
form: bitched
Etymology: From Middle English biche, bicche, from Old English biċċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bikkjā, from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ (“female dog”) (compare Norwegian bikkje (“dog, bitch”), Old Danish bikke (“bitch”)), from Proto-Germanic *bikjaną (“to thrust, attack”) (compare Old Norse bikkja (“to plunge into water”), Dutch bikken (“to hack”)). Related to bicker.
Senses: synonyms: bitch and moan
coordinate_terms: whine
grumble
glosses: To behave or act as a bitch; especially, to complain excessively.
examples: text: All you ever do is bitch about the food I cook for you!
text: All you ever do is bitch at me!
text: I ain't bitching 'bout things that aren't in my grasp
Just trying to hold steady on the righteous path.
ref: 2008, Patterson Hood, The Righteous Path:
text: Since the good ones are deceased or taken
I'll just keep on moanin' and bitchin'
ref: 2024, “Slim Pickins”, in Short n' Sweet, performed by Sabrina Carpenter, track 9:
synonyms: word: bitch and moan
word: snipe
word: ;
word: bitch out
word: badmouth
word: slag off
coordinate_terms: word: whine
word: grumble
word: rag#Etymology_3
word: ;
glosses: To complain or criticize spitefully, often for the sake of complaining rather than in order to have the problem corrected.
examples: text: 'You're a Franco-maniac…You're thought to be a French agent…That's what's bitching your career!'
ref: 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 162:
text: "Shy Smile didn't pay off." "I know. The jockey bitched it. So what?"
ref: 1956, Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever, published 1965, page 100:
glosses: To spoil, to ruin.
Derived terms: bitch and moan
bitcher
stitch and bitch
flea bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flea bags
Senses: examples: text: I stayed in this hotel last year, I hated it, it's a flea bag.
ref: 1993, Bill Murray, Groundhog Day:
text: It's not a flea bag or one of those two hour hotels with the girls coming and going.
ref: 2010, Isaac Hallenberg, The Dwarf's Doubloons, →ISBN, page 63:
glosses: A disreputable place of accommodation.
examples: text: I scooped this little flea bag up and headed to the bathroom.
ref: 2012, Chrystal Parker, Daily Dose of Dogs (Aka Cats with Your Coffee), →ISBN, page 379:
text: The animal was far from being a 'mangy old flea-bag'; and in fact had a nice glossy coat and was a well built cart horse.
ref: 2012, Ewart R N Jowett, The Wizard of the Stove Pipe Mountains, →ISBN:
glosses: An unkempt mammal, especially a dog or cat.
examples: text: I slept out in my flea-bag each night—the weather was almost too hot for long-disatnce cycling—and had unwound considerably by the time I reached Mainz.
ref: 1979, Dervla Murphy, Wheels Within Wheels, page 223:
text: I pulled myself out of my flea-bag and reached for my clothes.
ref: 1997, Wilfred R. Bion, War Memoirs 1917-1919, →ISBN, page 179:
text: Consuelo was so taken by Freyberg that she presented him with a Jaeger sleeping bag. On their last night of leave at Seymour Street, Flora entertained Eddie Marsh and Rupert Brooke to dinner with Johnny and Freyberg. When they had returned to camp, Johnny wrote to his mother that Freyberg was so pleased with the 'flea bag' that he'd christened it 'Consuelo'.
ref: 2012, Tim Carroll, The Dodger:
glosses: A sleeping bag.
examples: text: He clearly had some of the spunk from the war left in him, for Tim always found the man addressing him as “flea bag,” “scum” or “maggot.”
ref: 2003, Charles Merrill, The Hidden Gift, →ISBN, page 5:
text: O'Kelly whispered hoarsely, “Speak, you wretched flea-bag.
ref: 2007, DJ Birmingham, The Queen's Tale: The Struggle for the Survival of Ireland, →ISBN, page 124:
glosses: A poor and disreputable person.
recording
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈkɔː(ɹ)dɪŋ/
Etymology: By surface analysis, record + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
ref: 2013 May 18, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian, volume 188, Review section, page 9, column 1:
glosses: present participle and gerund of record
Derived terms: non-recording
nonrecording
recording
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈkɔː(ɹ)dɪŋ/
Forms: form: recordings
Etymology: By surface analysis, record + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The one-party consent law permits the recording of telephone calls with the consent of at least one of the parties.
glosses: The act of storing sound, video, etc., in a permanent medium.
examples: text: I made a recording of the TV show so that I could watch it later.
text: But, she says, a wartime ban on recordings using shellac and vinyl kept the Walker version from being released.
ref: 2002 April 29, Norman Pearlstine, “A Month Of Mondays If that doesn't give you the blues, nothing will. Norman Pearlstine ranks his favorite versions of the classic "Stormy Monday Blues"--one for every doggone working day of the month.”, in CNN Money:
text: The resulting integrated neurograms were then studied, and only the recordings with bursts that reached a signal:noise ratio of at least 3:1 were accepted for analysis.
ref: 2015 September 19, “Optimal Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Pacing Rate in Non-Ischemic Heart Failure Patients: A Randomized Crossover Pilot Trial”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A reproduction of sound, video, etc., stored in a permanent medium.
glosses: The act of registering for something; registration.
Hyponyms: prerecording
rerecording
Derived terms: longitudinal recording
magnetic recording
perpendicular recording
recording angel
recording artist
recording booth
recording clerk
recording head
recording studio
re-recording
sound recording
tape recording
video recording
center
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛn.tə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈsɛn.(t)ɚ/
ipa: [ˈsɛɾ̃ɚ]
ipa: [ˈsɪɾ̃ɚ]
homophone: sinner (pin–pen merger, nt-flapping)
homophone: centre
rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: centre
Etymology: From Middle English center, centre, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”). Doublet of centrum.
* (group theory): In the notation Z(G), the letter Z derives from the German Zentrum (“center”).
Senses: glosses: Of, at, or related to a center.
Synonyms: central
center
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛn.tə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈsɛn.(t)ɚ/
ipa: [ˈsɛɾ̃ɚ]
ipa: [ˈsɪɾ̃ɚ]
homophone: sinner (pin–pen merger, nt-flapping)
homophone: centre
rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: centers
form: centering
form: centered
form: centered
form: centre
Etymology: From Middle English center, centre, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”). Doublet of centrum.
* (group theory): In the notation Z(G), the letter Z derives from the German Zentrum (“center”).
Senses: examples: text: ????, Matthew Prior, Celia to Damon
Thy joys are centred all in me alone.
text: He centered the heading of the document.
glosses: To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
glosses: To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
examples: text: However, Lucas also centered the plot around the protection of the secret Death Star plans, which now filled the role of the clan treasure the enemy is seeking in Hidden Fortress; […]
ref: 2012, Michael Kaminski et al., chapter 7, in Myth, Media, and Culture in Star Wars: An Anthology, page 87:
glosses: To give (something) a central basis.
examples: text: The plot centers on the life of a working-class family.
text: The discussion centered around the recent issues.
glosses: To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
Derived terms: self-centering
Related terms: central
equidistant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛk.wɪˈdɪs.tənt/
ipa: /ˌiː.kwɪˈdɪs.tənt/
ipa: /ˌi.kwəˈdɪs.tənt/
Forms: form: æquidistant
Etymology: From Middle French équidistant, from Late Latin aequidistantem, from aequī (“equal”) + distantem (“distant”). By surface analysis, equi- + distant.
Senses: glosses: Occupying a position midway between two ends or sides.
glosses: Occupying a position that is an equal distance between several points. Note that in a one-dimensional space this position can be identified with two points, in a two-dimensional space with three points (not on the same straight line), and in a three-dimensional space with four points (not in the same plane).
topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing a map projection that preserves scale. No map can show scale correctly throughout the entire map but some can show true scale between one or two points and every point or along every meridian and these are referred to as equidistant.
Derived terms: equidistant curve
equidistantly
inequidistant
nonequidistant
attribute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæt.ɹɪ.bjuːt/
enpr: ătʹrĭ-byo͞ot'
ipa: /ˈæt.ɹɪˌbjut/
rhymes: -ætɹɪbjuːt
Forms: form: attributes
Etymology: From Latin attributus past participle of attribuere.
Senses: examples: text: His finest attribute is his kindness.
glosses: A characteristic or quality of a thing.
examples: text: The eagle and the bolt of lightning are attributes of Jove.
glosses: An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: qualifier
glosses: A word that qualifies a noun.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
examples: text: This packet has its coherency attribute set to zero.
text: A file with the read-only attribute set cannot be overwritten.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: An option or setting belonging to some object.
examples: text: Properties can be marked as obsolete with an attribute, which will cause the compiler to generate a warning if they are used.
text: This attribute is used to declare in metadata that the attributed method or class requires SocketPermission of the declared form.
ref: 2003, Peter Drayton, Ben Albahari, Ted Neward, C# in a Nutshell, page 536:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
examples: text: […] you can only carry two objects, your attributes clash when you walk past multi-coloured objects and your enemies fly up and down from the ceiling.
ref: 1987, Marcus Berkmann, Sceptre Of Bagdad (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 17
text: If any of the video buffer's background attribute bits are on, MONO converts the attribute to 70h (inverse video).
ref: 1989, PC: The Independent Guide to IBM Personal Computers:
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
Derived terms: attributal
attributeless
attributeness
attribute-oriented
deattribute
multiattribute
overattribute
relational attribute
subattribute
underattribute
Related terms: attributive
attribute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtɹɪb.juːt/
enpr: ə-trĭbʹyo͞ot'
ipa: /əˈtɹɪbˌjut/
ipa: /əˈtɹɪb.(j)ət/
rhymes: -ɪbjuːt
Forms: form: attributes
form: attributing
form: attributed
form: attributed
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: attribute
form: attribute
form: attributed
form: attribute
form: attributest
form: attributed
form: attributedst
form: attributes
form: attributeth
form: attributed
form: attribute
form: attributed
form: attribute
form: attributed
form: attribute
form: -
form: attributing
form: attributed
Etymology: From Latin attributus past participle of attribuere.
Senses: examples: text: For as this is the liquor of modern historians, nay, perhaps their muse, if we may believe the opinion of Butler, who attributes inspiration to ale, it ought likewise to be the potation of their readers, since every book ought to be read with the same spirit and in the same manner as it is writ.
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:
synonyms: lay
impute
glosses: To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.; to affix.
examples: text: This poem is attributed to Browning.
text: We attribute nothing to God that hath any repugnancy or contradiction in it.
ref: 1664, John Tillotson, “Sermon I. The Wisdom of Being Religious. Job XXVIII. 28.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], London: […] B. Aylmer, […]; [a]nd W. Rogers, […], published 1696, →OCLC:
text: It is to be recouered, but that the merit of ſeruice is ſeldom attributed to the true and exact performer, I would haue that drumme or another, or hic iacet.
ref: c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi], page 244, column 1:
text: Hākim's atypical actions should not be attributed to Islam as much as to insanity, which eventually led him to proclaim himself as Allah, whereupon he was murdered by outraged fellow Muslims.
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 278:
glosses: To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.
Synonyms: refer
Derived terms: attributability
attributable
attributed arms
attributee
attributer
attribution
misattribute
reattribute
unattributability
almond
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː.mənd/
ipa: /ˈa(l).mn̩d/
ipa: /ˈɑ(l).mənd/
ipa: /ˈæ(l).mənd/
ipa: /ˈɔl.mənd/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈalməɳɖ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɑlməɳɖ/
ipa: /ˈal.mond/
Forms: form: more almond
form: most almond
Etymology: From Middle English almond, almaund, from Old French almande, amande, from Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of uncertain origin. Influenced by amandus and by many European words of Arabic origin beginning with the Arabic definite article Arabic ال (al-). Compare Spanish almóndiga and Portuguese almôndega (“meatball”) from Andalusian Arabic البُنْدُقَة (“hazelnut al-bunduqa”). Doublet of amygdala, amygdale, and mandorla.
Senses: glosses: Brownish, resembling the colour of an almond nut.
Related terms: bitter almond
aqua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăk'wə
ipa: /ˈækwə/
enpr: ä'kwə
ipa: /ˈɑːkwə/
enpr: ə-kwä'
note: Indic
ipa: /əˈkwɑ/
Forms: form: aquas
form: aquae
Etymology: From Middle English aqua (“water”), borrowed from Latin aqua. Perhaps also a learned borrowing directly from Latin. Doublet of ea, Eau, eau, and yeo.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound water.
examples: text: Ms. Rockburne, with help from a team of artists, is working on a gargantuan mural of deep blues, shimmering aquas and luminous gold leaf that is headed for the American Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica.
ref: 2009 June 27, Patricia Cohen, “Employing Art Along With Ambassadors”, in New York Times:
synonyms: aquamarine
glosses: A shade of colour, usually a mix of blue and green similar to the colour turquoise.
Synonyms: sense: water
word: water
Related terms: sense: water
word: aqua anisi
sense: water
word: aqua fortis
sense: water
word: aqua regia
aqua
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ăk'wə
ipa: /ˈækwə/
enpr: ä'kwə
ipa: /ˈɑːkwə/
enpr: ə-kwä'
note: Indic
ipa: /əˈkwɑ/
Forms: form: more aqua
form: most aqua
Etymology: From Middle English aqua (“water”), borrowed from Latin aqua. Perhaps also a learned borrowing directly from Latin. Doublet of ea, Eau, eau, and yeo.
Senses: synonyms: aquamarine
glosses: Of a greenish-blue colour.
Derived terms: aqua aerobics
aqua ammonia
aqua ammoniae
aqua aura
aquabib
aqua bike
aquabis
aquabob
aquacade
aquacise
aquacrop
aquaculture
aquaculturist
aquadynamic
aquaerobics
aquaholic
aqua jogging
aqualite
aqualung
aquamarine
aquamation
aqua mirabilis
aquanaut
aquaphobia
aquaplane
aqua pumpaginis
aqua regis
aquatecture
Aquaterra
aqua Tofana
aqua vitæ
aqua walking
aqueous
aquiculture
aquifer
aquitard
hexaaqua
hexaaquaaluminium
methaqualone
octaqua
subaqua
tetraqua
intersection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪntəɹˌsɛkʃən/
ipa: /ˌɪntəɹˈsɛkʃən/
Forms: form: intersections
Etymology: From Middle French intersection and its etymon Latin intersectiō. By surface analysis, intersect + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: crossroads
text: We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle.
ref: 2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:
glosses: The junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.
examples: text: Within this melee of intersections between English and Cantonese, the students, being themselves bilingually fluent, were able to navigate with perfect ease in communicative contexts where the provenance of a certain term or expression matters little.
ref: 2015, James Lambert, “Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study”, in Lan Li, Jamie McKeown, Liming Liu, editors, Dictionaries and corpora: Innovations in reference science. Proceedings of ASIALEX 2015 Hong Kong, Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, page 147:
glosses: Any overlap, confluence, or crossover.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The point or set of points common to two geometrical objects (such as the point where two lines meet or the line where two planes intersect).
topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: The set containing all the elements that are common to two or more sets.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The element where two or more straight lines of synchronized skaters pass through each other.https://web.archive.org/web/20120214131704/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,4844-128590-19728-18885-295370-3787-4771-layout160-129898-news-item,00.html
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The pullback of a corner of monics.
Synonyms: sense: junction of paths
word: crossroads
Derived terms: cointersection
intersection syndrome
nonintersection
pseudointersection
seagull intersection
T-intersection
Y-intersection
Related terms: intersect
intersectional
intersectionalism
intersectionalist
intersectionalistic
intersectionality
intersegment
corner
crossroad
crossroads
junction
overlap
union
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alacrity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ə-lă'crĭ-tē
ipa: /əˈlækɹɨti/
Forms: form: alacrities
Etymology: Mid-15th century; from Middle English alacrite, from Latin alacritās, from alacer (“brisk”) + -itās (“-ity”).
Senses: examples: text: Besides, a wealthy man, well at ease, may pray to God quietly and merrily with alacrity and great quietness of mind, whereas he who lieth groaning in his grief cannot endure to pray nor can he hardly think upon anything but his pain.
ref: 1553 (posth.), Thomas More, A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation, Book I, Chapter 19
text: I have not that alacrity of spirit / Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have.
ref: c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
text: "I'll get into the clothes this minute, if they're here," said Sam, with great alacrity.
ref: 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter XII, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
text: You have an overgrown alacrity
For saying nothing much and hearing less […]
ref: 1920, Edward Arlington Robinson, “Tasker Norcross”, in The Three Taverns:
text: This evening, however, he was struck by the beaming alacrity of the aide-de-camp's greeting.
ref: 1922, Edith Wharton, chapter 24, in The Glimpses of the Moon:
synonyms: avidity
eagerness
enthusiasm
willingness
antonyms: apathy
disinclination
hesitance
indifference
reluctance
glosses: Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
examples: text: Governments show thus how successfully men can be imposed on, even impose on themselves, for their own advantage. […] Yet this government never of itself furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way.
ref: 1848 (date delivered; published 1849), Henry D[avid] Thoreau, “[Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers.] Civil Disobedience.”, in A Yankee in Canada, with Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1866, →OCLC, page 124:
text: He had a uniform jacket with one button off, and seeing a white man on the path, hoisted his weapon to his shoulder with alacrity.
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 205, column 2:
text: Not just that, but if the inlet of a turbopump impeller runs dry, it would overspeed with blinding alacrity.
ref: 2019, Tristan, Stack Exchange:
synonyms: briskness
celerity
haste
promptness
quickness
swiftness
glosses: Promptness; speed.
Derived terms: alacritous
alacritously
Related terms: alacrify
allegretto
allegro
voltage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvəʊltɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈvɒltɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈvoʊltɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈvəʉltɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈvɐʉltɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -əʊltɪdʒ
rhymes: -ɒltɪdʒ
Forms: form: voltages
Etymology: From volt + -age, ultimately derived from the name of Alessandro Volta, inventor of the modern battery.
Senses: examples: text: The voltage between the wires is too low to produce a spark.
text: Be careful when opening high-voltage equipment.
text: The system voltage is 630 volts d.c. and the supply to the trains is by top-contact third rail with running rail return.
ref: 1956 October, “Recent Changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 659:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.
Derived terms: breakdown voltage
dual-voltage
flashover voltage
Hall voltage
high-voltage
high voltage
high-voltage transmission line
induced voltage
inductive voltage divider
Kirchhoff's voltage law
load voltage
multi-voltage
node-voltage analysis
open circuit voltage
partial discharge extinction voltage
partial discharge inception voltage
Planck voltage
ripple voltage
sparkover voltage
voltage divider
voltagelike
voltage multiplier
voltage spike
rust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rŭst
ipa: /ɹʌst/
rhymes: -ʌst
Forms: form: rusts
Etymology: From Middle English rust, rost, roust, from Old English rust, rūst (“rust”), from Proto-West Germanic *rust, from Proto-Germanic *rustaz (“rust”), from Proto-Indo-European *rudʰso- (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).
Cognate with Scots roust (“rust”), Saterland Frisian rust (“rust”), West Frisian roast (“rust”), Dutch roest (“rust”), German Rost (“rust”), Danish rust (“rust”), Swedish rost (“rust”), Norwegian rust, ryst (“rust”), Finnish ruoste, Estonian rooste. Related to red.
Senses: examples: text: The rust on my bicycle chain made cycling to work very dangerous.
glosses: The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation; it consists mostly of iron(III) oxide (ferric oxide) and iron(II) oxide (ferrous oxide).
examples: text: copper rust
glosses: A similar substance based on another metal.
glosses: A reddish-brown color.
glosses: A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Damage caused to stamps and album pages by a fungal infection.
Derived terms: anti-rust
black rust
carrot rust fly
cedar-apple rust
coffee leaf rust
coffee rust
front-runner-itis runs: rust: myrtle rust
gooseberry rust
mayapple rust
myrtle rust
nab the rust
Rust
Rust Belt
rust belt
rust-belt
rust-bucket
rust bucket
rustbucket
bucket of rust
rust fly
rust fungus
rust joint
rust mitebank-run drug-runner
rustproof
rust through
rusty
soybean rust
spinning rust
stem rust
wheat rust
white pine blister rust
white rust
Related terms: english: a mineral that is chemically similar
translation: a mineral that is chemically similar
word: hematite
rust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rŭst
ipa: /ɹʌst/
rhymes: -ʌst
Forms: form: rusts
form: rusting
form: rusted
form: rusted
Etymology: From Middle English rusten, from the noun (see above).
Senses: examples: text: The patio furniture had rusted in the wind-driven spray.
text: Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire.
ref: 1946, International Council of Religious Education, The New Covenant, Commonly Called the New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ: Revised Standard Version, James 5:3, page 490
glosses: To oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
examples: text: The wind-driven spray had thoroughly rusted the patio furniture.
glosses: To cause to oxidize.
examples: text: I am sorry to say that, contrary to the majority, I have to report that the forage rusted rather badly.
ref: 1902 January 3, “Mapstone Oats: Further Experiences”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 22, page 688:
glosses: To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.
examples: text: Must I rust in Egypt? never more / Appear in arms, and be the chief of Greece?
ref: 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy:
glosses: To (cause to) degenerate in idleness; to make or become dull or impaired by inaction.
examples: text: It's very common for black cats to rust during the summer.
glosses: Of a black cat or its fur, to turn rust-coloured following long periods of exposure to sunlight.
Synonyms: oxidise
oxidize
corrode
Derived terms: rust away
rust off
rust out
rust through
Related terms: aeciospore
ferric oxide
ferruginous
rouille
rubiginous
verdigris
rectangle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈrɛktæŋɡl̩/
Forms: form: rectangles
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum (“right angle”), from Latin rectus (“right”) + angulus (“an angle”).
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
hypernyms: polygon
coordinate_terms: circle
ellipse
triangle
trapezoid
rhombus
glosses: Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.
hypernyms: shape
polygon
coordinate_terms: square
circle
oval
ellipse
triangle
trapezoid
rhombus
lozenge
diamond
glosses: Such a quadrilateral that is oblong (longer than it is wide): one that is not regular (equilateral), that is, any except a square.
examples: text: For why should you praise, for example, the integrity of a Square who faithfully defends the interests of his client, when you ought in reality rather to admire the exact precision of his Rectangles?
ref: 1884, A Square [pseudonym; Edwin A. Abbott], Flatland […] , London: Seeley & Co., Part I: This World, § 12.— Of the Doctrine of our Priests, page 46:
glosses: A right angle.
examples: text: In Lines it [the product] is always (and ſometimes in Numbers) call'd the Rectangle between the two Lines, multiply'd by one another.
ref: 1728, E[phraim] Chambers, “Product”, in Cyclopædia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […] In Two Volumes, volumes II (I–Z), London: […] James and John Knapton [et al.], →OCLC, page 886, column 1:
glosses: The product of two quantities.
Hyponyms: sense: quadrilateral
english: not in technical use
translation: not in technical use
word: oblong
sense: quadrilateral
word: square
Derived terms: golden rectangle
love rectangle
open rectangle
Related terms: rect angle
rectangular
rectification
rectify
rectilinear
rectangle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈrɛktæŋɡl̩/
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum (“right angle”), from Latin rectus (“right”) + angulus (“an angle”).
Senses: examples: text: a rectangle triangle
glosses: Right-angled.
amalgam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmæl.ɡəm/
Forms: form: amalgams
Etymology: From Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient; malleable material”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”). Doublet of malagma. For the verb, compare French amalgamer.
Senses: topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An alloy containing mercury.
examples: text: […] nor must we overlook, in quite recent times, the ingenious "Dukedog", a little 4-4-0 (officially 90XX class) whose Victorian lineaments arise from an economical amalgam of obsolete "Duke" and "Bulldog" components.
ref: 1956 October, R. S. McNaught, “Locomotive Nicknames”, in Railway Magazine, page 698:
text: This was the Ambergate, Nottingham & Boston & Eastern Junction Railway, an amalgam of a number of separate schemes put forward in 1845, which secured its Act on July 16, 1846.
ref: 1960 March, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 149:
text: A church where spirit, pain, and joy formed a holy amalgam and were righteously acknowledged out loud.
ref: 1987 December 20, Barbara Smith, “We Must Always Bury Our Dead Twice”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 23, page 10:
glosses: A combination of different things.
glosses: One of the ingredients in an alloy.
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: An alloy of mercury used to fill tooth cavities.
Synonyms: alloy
blend
combo
compound
conglomerate
mixture
Derived terms: amalgamable
amalgam carrier
amalgam gilding
amalgamize
amalgam tattoo
Amalgamverse
gold amalgam
leadamalgam
sodium amalgam
Related terms: amalgamate
amalgamation
amalgam
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmæl.ɡəm/
Forms: form: amalgams
form: amalgaming
form: amalgamed
form: amalgamed
Etymology: From Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient; malleable material”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”). Doublet of malagma. For the verb, compare French amalgamer.
Senses: examples: text: gold t’amalgam with some six of mercury
ref: 1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
text: […] I had once occaſion to diſtil in a ſmall Retort ſome Gold amalgamed vvith ſuch a fine and ſubtile Mercury, that being (vvithout the addition of any Salt) put to the Gold in the cold, they preſently grevv hot together.
ref: 1684, Robert Boyle, “An Essay on the Porousness of Solid Bodies. Chapter VIII.”, in Experiments and Considerations about the Porosity of Bodies, in Two Essays, London: […] Sam[uel] Smith […], →OCLC, page 143:
glosses: To amalgamate (something) with a thing.
pair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pâr
ipa: /pɛə(ɹ)/
enpr: pâr
ipa: /pɛ(ə)ɹ/
ipa: /peː/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈpeə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈpiə/
ipa: /ˈpeɹ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)/
homophone: pare
homophone: pear
homophone: pere
homophone: peer
homophone: pier (both cheer–chair merger)
homophone: per
homophone: purr (both fair–fur merger)
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pairs
form: pairing
form: paired
form: paired
Etymology: From Middle English pairen, peiren, shortened form of apeiren, empeiren, from Old French empeirier, empoirier, from Late Latin peiōrō.
Senses: examples: text: Why dreghis þou þis dole, & deris þi seluyn? / Lefe of þis Langore, as my lefe brother, / Þat puttes þe to payne and peires þi sight.
ref: a. 1376?, Sir Hugh Eglintoun (uncertain), transl., edited by George Panton, The “Gest Hystoriale” of the Destruction of Troy, N. Trübner & Co., translation of Historia destructionis Troiae by Guido delle Colonne (in Medieval Latin), published 1869, page 117:
english: Why endure this misery, and hurt yourself? / End this disease, my dear brother, / That pains you and impairs your sight.
translation: Why endure this misery, and hurt yourself? / End this disease, my dear brother, / That pains you and impairs your sight.
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text: It were good therefore, that Men in their Innouations, would follow the Example of Time it ſelfe ; which indeed Innouateth greatly, but quietly, and by degrees, ſcarce to be perceiued : For otherwiſe, whatſoeuer is New, is vnlooked for ; And euer it mends Some, and paires Other […]
ref: 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Innouations”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 140:
text: 'No faith so fast', quoth she, 'but flesh does pair'
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To impair, to make worse.
glosses: To become worse, to deteriorate.
aphasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfeɪzɪə/
ipa: /əˈfeɪʒə/
Forms: form: aphasias
form: aphasy
Etymology: From French aphasie, from Ancient Greek ἀφασία (aphasía), from ἄφατος (áphatos, “speechless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + φάσις (phásis, “speech”). Equivalent to a- + -phasia.
Senses: examples: text: The very disease aphasia is to most of us a new one; and we venture to say that even yet no one can give a satisfactory definition of Trousseau's new term.
ref: 1865, “Discussions upon Aphasia”, in Medical and Surgical Reporter, volume 8, page 197:
text: Of one form of aphasia we have an accurate description by Van Swieten, in his chapter on apoplexia:―"Vidi plures, qui ab apoplexiâ curati omnibus functionibus cerebri recte valebant, nisi quod deesset, hoc unicum, quod non possent vera rebus designandis vocabula invenire."
ref: 1865, J. T. Banks, “On the Loss of Language in Cerebral Disease”, in Dublin quarterly journal of medical science, volume 39, page 63:
text: The Doctor came over in three minutes, and heard the story. ‘It's aphasia,’ he said.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 76:
text: Bruce Willis, the prolific action-movie star, has been diagnosed with aphasia — a disorder that affects the brain’s language center and a person’s ability to understand or express speech — and will step away from acting, his ex-wife, Demi Moore, announced in an Instagram post on Wednesday.
ref: 2022 March 30, Maya Salam, “Bruce Willis Has Aphasia and Is ‘Stepping Away’ From His Career”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.
Derived terms: agrammatic aphasia
aphasiac
aphasic
aphasiology
Broca's aphasia
expressive aphasia
jargonaphasia
jargon aphasia
motor aphasia
paraphasia
receptive aphasia
Wernicke's aphasia
Related terms: word: monophasia
alt: APD
word: auditory processing disorder
word: specific language impairment
word: word salad
transcendent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹæn(t)ˈsɛndənt/
Forms: form: more transcendent
form: most transcendent
Etymology: From transcend + -ent, or borrowed from Latin trānscendēns.
Senses: examples: text: In sculpture and in the drama, in Aristophanic farce and in hieratic rituals, in pictorial art and in the stream of literature, the phallus is transcendent.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii:
text: "One shot. Wars can't be won with just one... oh. Oh my. You utterly transcendent idiots should not have put a transponder there."
ref: 2020 June 13, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2024:
glosses: Surpassing usual limits.
examples: text: Both stood silent, gazing on each other; Walter was actually lost in admiration of Lady Marchmont's transcendent beauty.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Letters Restored”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 218:
glosses: Supreme in excellence.
glosses: Beyond the range of usual perception.
glosses: Free from constraints of the material world.
Related terms: transcendence
transcendency
transcendental
transcendently
transcendent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹæn(t)ˈsɛndənt/
Forms: form: transcendents
Etymology: From transcend + -ent, or borrowed from Latin trānscendēns.
Senses: glosses: That which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.
nefarious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪˈfɛəɹi.əs/
ipa: /nɪˈfeːɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs
Forms: form: more nefarious
form: most nefarious
Etymology: From Latin nefārius (“execrable, abominable”), from nefās (“something contrary to divine law, an impious deed, sin, crime”), from ne- (“not”) + fās (“the dictates of religion, divine law”), which is related to Latin for (“I speak, I say”) and cognate to Ancient Greek φημί (phēmí, “I say”).
Senses: examples: text: Aliens have a nefarious connotation in many science fiction books.
text: "If the vessel be no fair-trading slaver, nor a common cruiser of his Majesty, it is as tangible as the best man's reasoning, that she may be neither more nor less than the ship of that nefarious pirate the Red Rover."
ref: 1828, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 2, in The Red Rover:
text: Mommsen […]declares that Catiline in particular was "one of the most nefarious men in that nefarious age. His villanies belong to the criminal records, not to history."
ref: 1877, Anthony Trollope, chapter 9, in The Life of Cicero:
text: The fact that the room was still in darkness made it obvious that something nefarious was afoot. Plainly there was dirty work in preparation at the cross-roads.
ref: 1921, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 26, in The Indiscretions of Archie:
text: “I try to let everyone back here in Minnesota know exactly the nefarious activities that are taking place in Washington.”
ref: 2009 October 14, Monica Davey, “Fact Checker Finds Falsehoods in Remarks”, in New York Times, retrieved 12 May 2014:
synonyms: word: evil
word: iniquitous
word: sinister
word: underhanded
word: vile
word: good-for-nothing
word: abandoned
word: arrant
word: bad
word: bad apple
word: bad seed
word: baleful
word: baneful
word: base
word: dark
word: deleterious
word: depraved
word: despicable
word: detrimental
word: devilish
word: diabolical
word: evil
word: flagitious
word: harmful
word: ill-intentioned
word: ill-natured
word: immoral
word: incorrigible
word: iniquitous
word: iniquous
word: injurious
word: knavish
word: malefic
word: maleficent
word: malevolent
word: malicious
word: malign
word: malignant
word: nefarious
word: niddering
word: nidering
word: niding
word: nithing
word: no-good
word: peccaminous
word: pernicious
word: reprehensible
word: reprobate
word: satanic
word: scathful
word: sinful
word: sinister
word: sordid
word: sullen
word: ungodly
word: unholy
word: vicious
word: vile
word: villainous
word: wicked
word: wrong
glosses: Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.
Derived terms: nefariously
nefariousness
unnefarious
ignominy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭgʹnə-mĭn'ē
ipa: /ˈɪɡnəˌmɪni/
ipa: /ˈɪɡnəˌmɪni/
ipa: /ˈɪɡnəməni/
ipa: /ɪɡˈnɑməni/
Forms: form: ignominies
Etymology: Borrowed from French ignominie, from Latin ignōminia, from ig- (“not”) + nomen (“name”) (prefix assimilated form of in-).
Senses: examples: text: But like Czar Peter content to toil in the shipyards of foreign cities, Queequeg disdained no seeming ignominy, if thereby he might happily gain the power of enlightening his untutored countrymen.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter XII, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 62:
text: Bradly came out from hiding with a dyspeptic grunt, too depressed by ignominy to send a curse after the old woman.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC:
text: Calvin: Our great plan backfired and I'm the one who got soaked! Oh, the shame! The ignominy!
ref: a. 1994, Bill Watterson, Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat, Andrews McMeel, page 168
text: It was tribal, almost relentless and, in the case of the official England band, there was a degree of ignominy, too, for repeatedly playing a tune for which the words go “Fuck the IRA”, something that could lead to a full breakdown of their relationship with the FA.
ref: 2014 November 18, Daniel Taylor, “England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2023:
text: The lawyer who shot to ignominy last week with a racist rant at a Manhattan lunch spot apologized Tuesday on social media, where a video of his threat to call immigration agents on Spanish-speaking workers had first gone viral.
ref: 2018 May 22, Liz Robbins, Maya Salam, “‘I Am Not Racist’: Lawyer Issues Apology One Week After Rant”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Feb 2023:
text: "I studied to be a diplomat and have been a diplomat for twenty years," Bondarev wrote. "The (Russian foreign) ministry has become my home and family. But I simply cannot any longer share in this bloody, witless and absolutely needless ignominy."
ref: 2022 May 23, “Russian diplomat in Switzerland says he resigns over Ukraine invasion”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 26 May 2022, Europe:
glosses: Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.
Related terms: ignominious
surreptitious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsʌɹɪpˈtɪʃəs/
ipa: /səˌɹɛpˈtɪʃəs/
ipa: /ˌsʌɹəpˈtɪʃəs/
ipa: /ˌsɛɹəpˈtɪʃəs/
rhymes: -ɪʃəs
Forms: form: more surreptitious
form: most surreptitious
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin surrēptīcius (“furtive, clandestine”), from surrēpō (“to creep along”).
Senses: examples: text: He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.
ref: 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
text: It is also worth noting the case law on prisoners' correspondence which establishes that interception of a person's communications need not be surreptitious in order to amount to an interference with respect to Art 8 (1) [ECHR].
ref: 1998, Lee A. Bygrave, “Data Protection Pursuant to the Right to Privavy in Human Rights Treaties”, in International Journal of Law and Information Technology, volume 6, number 3, pages 260–261:
glosses: Stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements).
Synonyms: covert
Derived terms: surreptitious advertisement
surreptitious advertising
surreptitiously
surreptitiousness
Related terms: subreption
surreptition
accountably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkaʊn.tə.bli/
Forms: form: more accountably
form: most accountably
Etymology: From accountable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an accountable manner.
Related terms: account
accountability
accountableness
account book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: account books
Senses: examples: text: When a woman loves you she's not satisfied until she possesses your soul. [...] The soul of man wanders through the uttermost regions of the universe, and she seeks to imprison it in the circle of her account-book.
ref: 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 41”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: A book in which accounts are kept; ledger.
BDA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of British Dental Association.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of Bermuda.
BDA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BDAs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of bomb damage assessment.