cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
undignify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undignifies
form: undignifying
form: undignified
form: undignified
Etymology: From un- + dignify.
Senses: glosses: To treat without dignity.
glosses: To demean.
Mohamed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic, variant of Muhammad.
glosses: Alternative spelling of Muhammad (the prophet who introduced Islam).
glosses: A surname.
pressotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A form of physiotherapy in which external pressure is used to aid the circulation of the blood
sidebang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sidebangs
form: side bang
Etymology: From side + bang.
Senses: glosses: A hairstyle that consists of long hair brushed forward over one eye, similar to a fringe haircut, but worn on one side only.
bag of words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bags of words
Senses: examples: text: You can then use the bag of words to train classifiers, a special kind of algorithm used to break words down into categories.
ref: 2023, John Paul Mueller, Luca Massaron, Python for Data Science For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 132:
topics: computational
computing
engineering
human-sciences
linguistics
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: BOW
glosses: The collection of words from an unprocessed text without regard to grammar; a collection of word unigrams.
Derived terms: continuous bag of words
shareholding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From share + holding.
Senses: examples: 1846 June, “The B.G. and the N.G.: A Few Words on the Gauge Dispute”, in James Anthony Froude et al., Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, Number 198 Volume 32, G. W. Nickisson, page 749,
Such are the returns of profits on the broad and the narrow gauge lines, which £. s. d. submits to the consideration of the shareholding world—and of the Great Western shareholders in particular.
glosses: Owning shares.
shareholding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shareholdings
Etymology: From share + holding.
Senses: examples: text: Since in these countries shares are traditionally held directly by banks, other firms and the state, the problem of fiduciary shareholding arises less often.
ref: 2008, Mathias M. Siems, Convergence in Shareholder Law, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 144:
glosses: The owning of shares.
glosses: The amount of capital held as shares.
sphericity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sphericities
Etymology: From spheric + -ity. In the geometrical sense, defined by the geologist Hakon Wadell in 1935.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being spherical, being a sphere.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The ratio of the surface area of a given particle to the surface area of a sphere with the same volume.
Synonyms: sense: being a sphere
word: sphericality
sense: being a sphere
word: sphericalness
sense: being a sphere
word: sphereness
sense: being a sphere
word: orbicularity
sense: being a sphere
word: roundness
spheric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛɹɪk
Forms: form: more spheric
form: most spheric
form: sphæric
form: spherick
form: spherical
Etymology: From sphere + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Spherical.
examples: text: Though the stars were suns, and overburned / Their spheric limitations.
ref: 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Second Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
glosses: Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.
Derived terms: sphericity
spheric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛɹɪk
Forms: form: spherics
form: sphæric
form: spherick
form: spherical
Etymology: From sphere + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sferic.
sphericality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ælɪti
Forms: form: sphericalities
Etymology: From spherical + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Sphericity.
sophistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sophistically
form: most sophistically
Etymology: From Middle English sofisticali, sofistically, sofisticaly, sophisticali, sophystycallye; equivalent to sophistical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a sophistical fashion.
sophistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sophistic
form: most sophistic
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sophisticus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek σοφιστικός (sophistikós); morphologically, from sophist + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: […] he is simply translating into Marxian terms the Sophistic view “that the more powerful will always take advantage of the weaker, and will give the name of law and justice to whatever they lay down in their own interests.”
ref: 2004, Brian Leiter, “The Hermeneutics of Suspicion: Recovering Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud”, in Brian Leiter, editor, The Future for Philosophy, →ISBN, page 84:
glosses: Pertaining to the ancient sophists.
glosses: Sophistical.
sophistic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sophisticus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek σοφιστικός (sophistikós); morphologically, from sophist + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: But when we consider his wish to reconcile Philosophy and Rhetoric, it must be remembered that, if the new Sophistic differed in most of its essential features from the Sophistic of Plato’s contemporaries, it was Philosophy as conceived by Isocrates rather than Plato that Themistius had in mind.
ref: 1896, Wilmer Cave Wright, The Emperor Julian’s Relation to the New Sophistic and Neo-Platonism: With a Study of His Style, page 19:
text: Rather, to use Whitman’s phrase, Sophokles “thought through” a great deal more of the sophistic than their attacks on religion or their fascination with religion.
ref: 1995, Peter W. Rose, Sons of the Gods, Children of Earth: Ideology and Literary Form in Ancient Greece, →ISBN, page 272:
text: The luminaries of the ‘first sophistic’—Philostratus cites Gorgias, Critias, and others—treated, we are told, abstract philosophical themes.
ref: 2005, Tim Whitmarsh, The Second Sophistic, →ISBN, page 4:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: sophism
glosses: The sophists of antiquity, in general or of a specific period; their beliefs and method.
sophisticalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sophistical + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being sophistical.
Synonyms: sense: being sophistical
word: sophistry
diamond twills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diamond twill
swotted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swot
swotting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swot
sign into law
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: signs into law
form: signing into law
form: signed into law
form: signed into law
Senses: glosses: To sign (legislation) as a mark of official approval.
contorniate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kənˈtɔː(ɹ).ni.ət/
Forms: form: contorniates
Etymology: From Italian contorniato, present participle of contorniare (“to make a circuit or outline”).
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Evans exhibited a fine contorniate, bearing the head of Nero
ref: 1864, Reginald Stuart Poole, “The Coins of the Ptolemies”, in The numismatic chronicle, volume IV:
glosses: A bronze medal or medallion with a deep furrow on the contour or edge, supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors.
contorniate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /kənˈtɔː(ɹ).ni.ət/
Etymology: From Italian contorniato, present participle of contorniare (“to make a circuit or outline”).
Senses: examples: text: […] by its close analogy with a more elaborate composition on a contorniate medal of the same Emperor, which was certainly commemorative of that event.
ref: 1888, Archaeologia Cambrensis, page 141:
glosses: Having a furrow of this kind.
Horden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4441).
dervis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dervises
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of dervish.
magnetosonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From magneto- + sonic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing a longitudinal wave of ions (and electrons) in a magnetized plasma that propagates perpendicular to the stationary magnetic field.
Derived terms: supermagnetosonic
velocimetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The measurement of the velocity of fluids
Synonyms: velocitometry
Derived terms: Doppler velocimetry
Related terms: velocimeter
IP in IP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IP-in-IP
Etymology: Contraction of IP in IP encapsulation used in rfc:2003, which specified the protocol.
Senses: examples: text: IP in IP is an unusual mechanism: not only does it use two network layers, it uses the same protocol on both.
text: Although IP in IP incurs an overhead, as the size of the headers is doubled, it may allow you to create a connection between two hosts that would otherwise be blocked by a firewall.
glosses: A protocol for sending IP packets over an existing IP network.
declutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈklʌtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /diːˈklʊtə/
Forms: form: declutters
Etymology: From de- + clutter.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of removing clutter; a decluttering.
declutter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈklʌtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /diːˈklʊtə/
Forms: form: declutters
form: decluttering
form: decluttered
form: decluttered
Etymology: From de- + clutter.
Senses: examples: text: I decluttered my living room.
text: The first phase of the station facelift includes decluttering the ticket office, a brighter concourse, and a longer London-bound platform canopy.
ref: 2022 January 26, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Southern”, in RAIL, number 949, page 28:
synonyms: dejunk
tidy
glosses: To remove clutter from, to tidy.
Derived terms: declutterer
founding member
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: founding members
Senses: examples: text: The United Nations had 77 founding members.
synonyms: word: charter member
word: founder member
glosses: A member of an organization that was involved in, or whose membership commenced with, the organization's foundation.
Related terms: founding father
founding mother
dolla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dollas
Etymology: Non-rhotic pronunciation of dollar.
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of dollar.
lancha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lanchas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lancang.
trapo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtrapəʊ/
ipa: /ˈtræpoʊ/
ipa: /ˌtrɑˈpo/
Forms: form: trapos
Etymology: Contraction of traditional politician; also influenced by Tagalog trapo (“rag”), from Spanish trapo.
Senses: glosses: corrupt politician
throw cold water on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɹəʊ kəʊld ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)ɒn/
ipa: /θɹəʊ kɔʊld ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)ɒn/
ipa: /θɹoʊ koʊld ˈwɔtɚ ɑn/
ipa: /θɹoʊ koʊld ˈwɔɾɚ ɑn/
Forms: form: throws cold water on
form: throwing cold water on
form: threw cold water on
form: thrown cold water on
Senses: examples: text: Oh! no; there would be a Mrs. Knightley to throw cold water on every thing.—Extremely disagreeable!
ref: 1815 December 23, [Jane Austen], chapter XVII, in Emma: A Novel. In Three Volumes, volume III, London: Printed for John Murray, published 1816, →OCLC, page 329:
text: "Now, Peleg, don't throw cold water on my enthusiasm," said Tom reproachfully.
ref: 1904, Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer), “Something about the Military Academy”, in The Rover Boys in Camp: or The Rivals of Pine Island (Famous Rover Boys' Series), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 49:
text: Sports economists tend to throw cold water on such studies, saying they often rely on unreliable or exaggerated data.
ref: 2008 January 15, Don Walker, “Forget the wind chill. How 'bout that windfall?: With the Packers' season in double overtime, Brown County businesses are seeing green”, in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wis.: Journal Sentinel, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2016:
synonyms: pour cold water on
glosses: (of an achievement, emotion, idea, suggestion, etc.) To belittle or dismiss; to cast doubt upon; to debunk.
Related terms: rain on someone's parade
pour cold water on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pours cold water on
form: pouring cold water on
form: poured cold water on
form: poured cold water on
Senses: examples: text: Leaked documents from TfL poured cold water over the prospect of driverless trains. They concluded there was no financial case because because of the very high up-front infrastructure costs.
ref: 2020 November 4, Philip Haigh, “Cracks and divisions over funding for public transport”, in Rail, pages 54–55:
text: However, a national security council official poured cold water on the suggestion there would be US “boots on the ground” in Haiti, telling the Washington-based agency: “The United States is not sending US troops to Haiti to support the Haitian national police’s security operations.”
ref: 2024 March 5, Tom Phillips, Etienne Côté-Paluck, “US says no troops to Haiti as country reels from explosion of gang violence”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Synonym of throw cold water on (“to belittle or dismiss”).
synonyms: word: throw cold water on
extra: to belittle or dismiss
Synonyms: throw cold water on
recalibrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recalibrates
form: recalibrating
form: recalibrated
form: recalibrated
form: re-calibrate
Etymology: From re- + calibrate.
Senses: examples: text: Throughout the evening, Mr. Christie’s admonition about canned lines and rehearsed speeches hovered and seemed to recalibrate how the crowd — and television viewers — processed what Mr. Rubio said (and resaid, over and over).
ref: 2016 February 7, Michael Barbaro, “Once Impervious, Marco Rubio Is Diminished by a Caustic Chris Christie”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To calibrate for a second or subsequent time.
Perm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Пермь (Permʹ), probably from a Proto-Finno-Permic (Uralic) stem; compared to Estonian põrand, dialectal põrmand (“floor, ground”) by P. Alvre in Keel ja Kirjandus No 7, 1981, pp. 407-413. Compare Bjarmaland.
Appears on western maps as latinized Permia in the late 16th century (Mercator (1595)). The Russian city of Perm is a modern foundation, established under Peter I in 1723.
Senses: glosses: A historical region of northeastern Russia, corresponding to the Kama basin, a left tributary of the Volga.
glosses: A krai of Russia, near the Ural Mountains.
glosses: A city, the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia.
Derived terms: Permic
Related terms: Permian
waf
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /wæf/
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: Represents the sound of a fox barking.
Related terms: waff
huissier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwiːsjeɪ/
Forms: form: huissiers
Etymology: Borrowed from French huissier. Doublet of usher and possibly ostiary.
Senses: examples: text: That is because the huissier cannot lead anyone in to see the President of France without first passing through the adjacent office of Jacques Attali.
ref: 1982 February 15, William Safire, “ESSAY; FRANCE'S IDEA MAN”, in The New York Times:
text: A chorus of five huissiers, or ushers, line up in a row, like sleek crows cawing out comments on the machinations of their masters.
ref: 1999 February 23, Joan Dupont, “From Out of Purgatory, a French Musical Hit”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A doorman in France.
glosses: A huissier de justice, an officer of the court in various European countries roughly similar to a British bailiff.
jussi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Organza is now often substituted for jussi, both being light, transparent fabrics well suited to the heat and humidity of the Philippines.
ref: 2004, Steven Flusty, De-Coca-colonization: making the globe from the inside out, page 95:
glosses: Alternative form of jusi.
classifying space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: classifying spaces
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A topological space that is the quotient of a free action (of the specified group) on a weakly contractible space.
weakly contractible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having all its homotopy groups trivial.
raw_tags: of a topological space
hyperoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyperoxia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperoxia.
hyperoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperoxic
form: most hyperoxic
Etymology: From hyperoxia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Describing a breathing gas mixture that contains more than 21% oxygen.
Related terms: anoxic
hypoxic
normoxic
lucarne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lucarnes
Etymology: Borrowed from French lucarne, from Germanic. See below.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A dormer-window.
topics: architecture
glosses: A window or opening in an industrial building that supports a hoist above doors on a lower floor.
breadiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bready: most bready
FTMFW
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: For the motherfucking win.
running in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For years past Pacific locomotives of all classes have worked between Kings Cross and Cambridge, […] both in order usefully to fill in gaps in their long-distance rosters, and also for running-in purposes after overhaul. Before the war the 7.18 a.m. slow from Kings Cross to Cambridge was a regular running-in turn for express locomotives stationed at Kings Cross shed.
ref: 1945 July and August, “The Why and The Wherefore: L.N.E.R. Pacifics at Cambridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 242:
text: [...] moreover, there are times of pressure when, to expedite deliveries, cars may be driven in what should otherwise be the running-in period at speeds that do them no good - and over long distances too.
ref: 1960 June, “British cars go by rail: I-The L.M.R. wins new Anglo-Scottish traffic”, in Trains Illustrated, page 335:
glosses: The operating of a new engine (especially that of a motor vehicle) at less than its normal speed until proper working has been established.
pedal steel guitar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedal steel guitars
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: pedal steel
hypernyms: steel guitar
electric guitar
glosses: The elements of an electric steel guitar, mounted horizontally on a stand and played by a standing musician, using a combination of a steel bar and foot pedals to vary the pitch of the instrument.
Derived terms: pedal steel guitarist
Related terms: console steel guitar
lap steel guitar
steel guitar
table steel guitar
frolicksome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more frolicksome
form: most frolicksome
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of frolicsome.
Derived terms: frolicksomely
frolicksomeness
went ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go ahead
troublous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹʌbləs/
Forms: form: more troublous
form: most troublous
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English troublous, from Anglo-Norman troublous and Middle French troubleus, corresponding to trouble + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Of a liquid: thick, muddy, full of sediment.
examples: text: On thother side they saw the warlike Mayd / Al in her snow-white smocke, with locks unbowned, / Threatning the point of her avenging blaed; / That with so troublous terror they were all dismayd.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: The troublous Day has brawled itself to rest: no lives yet lost but that of one warhorse.
ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
text: By and by he fell into a troublous sleep—it seemed that he was going to be stoned, and then he was in battle, and then shipwrecked in the water–[…]
ref: 1953, James Baldwin, “Gabriel's Prayer”, in Go Tell It on the Mountain (Penguin Classics), London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN:
glosses: Troubled, confused.
examples: text: the mystery, the pervasive melancholy, the vaguely troublous forecast and retrospect which possess the mind in contemplating this sequestered spot, unhallowed save by the sense of a common humanity [...]
ref: 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 1:
text: The whole waited, for didn't there hang behind this troublous foreground the vast vagueness which the English themselves spoke of as "abroad"?
ref: 1917, Henry James, The Sense of the Past:
glosses: Causing trouble; troublesome, vexatious.
Derived terms: troublously
troublousness
langered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæŋəɹd/
Forms: form: more langered
form: most langered
form: langers
Etymology: * probably from langer + -ed; possibly from languor (either via langer or separately)
Senses: examples: He was at that awkward stage where oblivion was still three or four drinks away; he was definitely pissed, but not quite langered enough not to care.
Goes out for a few jars. Meets three young Irish Army fellaas on leave from the Lebanon. Gets langered. Wakes up in their flat next morning, in nothing but her knickers, awful hangover.
glosses: extremely drunk
jubilance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jubilances
Etymology: From jubilant + -ance.
Senses: examples: text: You wanted to smile, raising your hands in jubilance. You just wanted to feel something like joy, even if it was small.
ref: 2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water, Viking, page 27:
glosses: Jubilation.
jubilancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jubilancies
Etymology: Compare jubilant, -ancy.
Senses: glosses: Jubilation.
jubilent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of jubilant.
Related terms: jubilence
jubilently
jubilence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of jubilance.
Related terms: jubilent
jubilently
jubilently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of jubilantly.
Related terms: jubilence
jubilent
god awful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more god awful
form: most god awful
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of god-awful.
cray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹæɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: crays
Etymology: Clipping of crayfish.
Senses: examples: text: The third stage occurs when the crays moult into miniature adults. They are now completely independent of the mother and leave her permanently after a week or so.
ref: 2012, Robert B. McCormack, A Guide to Australia's Spiny Freshwater Crayfish, page 47:
glosses: A crayfish or lobster.
Derived terms: word: craybait
word: crayboat
word: crayman
word: craypot
word: crayweed
cray
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹæɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: more cray
form: most cray
Etymology: Clipping of crazy, with -y to clarify pronunciation. Compare vacay (“vacation”).
Senses: examples: text: That small of a fine for that kind of blatant disregard is cray.
ref: 2010 November 23, Cory Giger, “NFL commish slaps Steelers in face with weak punishment of Seymour”, in The Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pennsylvania:
text: Before his set, RWD somehow found time to back a quick vodka shot in the Ice Bar downstairs - yes we're aware an ice bar in the desert is cray.
ref: 2012 September, “Sharm x Savoy + Kiss = Happy RWD”, in Fazer, number 127, page 80:
text: Also, make sure you look both ways first, because the traffic is cray.
ref: 2013, Dani Kellner, "20 Things Your Ten Year Old Self Could Do at Cornell", Slope, Spring 2013, page 18
text: “Do you think when hamsters watch us eat, they think we're cute?” “How could they not? I tried to show this amazing vid to my mom. She just stared at me like I was cray. My mom and I don't have much in common anymore. It's, like, a bummer.”
ref: 2021 March 28, Janine Brito, “Dance Dance Resolution” (3:51 from the start), in Bless the Harts, season 2, episode 15, spoken by Violet Hart (Jillian Bell):
glosses: Crazy.
Derived terms: cray-cray
cray-dar
crays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of cray
streetscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɹitˌskeɪp/
Forms: form: streetscapes
Etymology: From street + -scape.
Senses: glosses: The visual elements of a street, including the road, adjoining buildings, sidewalks, street furniture, trees and open spaces, etc, that combine to form the street's character.
Related terms: landscape
roadscape
urban fabric
titillates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of titillate
titillated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of titillate
energise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: energises
form: energising
form: energised
form: energised
Etymology: From energy + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: The 13-mile section from Tring to Watford, on which work is further ahead than elsewhere south of Rugby, is likely to be energised for crew training in advance of the Rugby-Euston extension; a Crewe-Liverpool multiple-unit set is already at Stonebridge Park depot ready for use on this work.
ref: 1963 December, “News and Comment:Catenary energised to Lichfield”, in Modern Railways, page 368:
glosses: Non-Oxford British standard spelling of energize.
Derived terms: deenergise
de-energise
energisation
energiser
reenergise
energises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of energise
energising
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more energising
form: most energising
Senses: examples: text: Getting people to talk about their strengths also leads to a more energising conversation that can help people feel much more resilient, especially in times of change.
ref: 2014, Mike Roarty, Kathy Toogood, The Strengths-Focused Guide to Leadership, page 9:
text: It is actually very energising. Far more energising than just sitting there doing nothing .
ref: 2015, Warwick Merry, Get More Inpsiration: Unexpected ideas to help you achieve:
text: It's more energising, focusing and enlivening to be on the learning edge together.
ref: 2019, Jacques Chlopczyk, Christine Erlach, Transforming Organizations: Narrative and Story-Based Approaches, page 43:
glosses: Alternative form of energizing.
Derived terms: self-energising
energising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of energise
Derived terms: self-energising
dSph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dSphs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of dwarf spheroidal galaxy.
Related terms: ElG
gE
dI
DIG
dIG
dE
DEG
dEG
dI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dIs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: dwarf irregular galaxy
Synonyms: DIG
dIG
Related terms: dE
DEG
dEG
dSph
DIG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DIGs
form: dIG
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of dwarf irregular galaxy.
Synonyms: dI
Related terms: dE
DEG
dSph
dE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dEs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: dwarf elliptical galaxy
Synonyms: DEG
dEG
Related terms: ElG
gE
dI
DIG
dIG
dSph
DEG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DEGs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of dwarf elliptical galaxy.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of diethylene glycol.
Synonyms: sense: galaxy
word: dE
Related terms: sense: galaxy
word: dI
sense: galaxy
word: DIG
sense: galaxy
word: dSph
sense: galaxy
word: ElG
sense: galaxy
word: gE
sense: di-ethylene glycol
english: ethylene glycol
translation: ethylene glycol
word: EG
sense: di-ethylene glycol
english: monoethylene glycol
translation: monoethylene glycol
word: MEG
sense: di-ethylene glycol
english: polyethylene glycol
translation: polyethylene glycol
word: PEG
sense: di-ethylene glycol
english: triethylene glycol
translation: triethylene glycol
word: TEG
gE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gEs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: giant elliptical galaxy
Related terms: dE
DEG
ElG
cD
D
N
ruelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹuːˈɛl/
Forms: form: ruelles
Etymology: Borrowed from French ruelle.
Senses: glosses: The space between the bed and the wall.
glosses: A chamber, (especially) as formerly used in France to hold a reception or a literary gathering.
glosses: A private circle; a coterie.
ear, nose and throat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ear, nose, and throat
form: ENT
Senses: examples: text: 1989 February, advertisement, Professional Profiles, Cincinnati Magazine, page 133,
Virtually all ear, nose and throat specialists routinely handle cases such as adenoidectomies, tonsillectomies, nose bleeds, and sinus disease.
text: Dr. Wolfgang Renz, an ear, nose, and throat surgeon and a member of the Rotary Club of Pirmasens, Germany, found that although the siblings were profoundly deaf, common hearing aids could restore their hearing.
ref: 2006 July, Joanna Hunkin, “In Focus: Treasure Islands”, in The Rotarian, page 32:
text: Their airways will require attention from dedicated ear, nose, and throat and intensive care unit services in many instances during the first several days following the operative repair.
ref: 2007, Carl L. Backer, Constantine Mavroudis, Lauren D. Holinger, “64: Vascular Rings and Associated Malformations”, in Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, Thomas P. Shanley, editors, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Basic Science And Clinical Evidence, page 725:
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: otorhinolaryngology
otolaryngology
qualifier: generally used attributively
glosses: Otorhinolaryngology; a branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the ear, nose and throat.
Surya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sūrya
Etymology: From Sanskrit सूर्य (sū́rya, “the sun or its deity”). Doublet of sun.
Senses: glosses: The chief solar deity, one of the Adityas, son of Kasyapa and one of his wives Aditi, of Indra, or of Dyaus Pita (depending by the versions). Portrayed with golden arms and hair, Surya drives through the heaven in his triumphal chariot harnessed by seven horses or one horse with seven heads, which represent the seven colours of the rainbow or the seven chakras.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Sun
glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
milfoil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milfoils
Etymology: From Old French milfoil (modern French mille-feuille), from Latin millefolium, from mīlle + folium. Doublet of mille-feuille.
Senses: glosses: Common yarrow, Achillea millefolium.
glosses: Any of several similar pungent Eurasian herbs, of the genus Achillea
glosses: Any plants of the genus Myriophyllum; water milfoil.
Synonyms: sense: Achillea millefolium
word: common yarrow
sense: Achillea
word: yarrow
word: yarrow
sense: Myriophyllum
word: watermilfoil
sense: Myriophyllum
word: water milfoil
NLS1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NLS1s
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: narrow emission-line Seyfert type-1 galaxy
Related terms: NLQ
ELG
NELG
NLRG
BLS1
LINER
BLS1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BLS1s
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: broad emission-line Seyfert type-1 galaxy
Related terms: BLQ
ELG
BLRG
NLS1
LINER
NLQ
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
sciences
typography
glosses: Initialism of near letter-quality.
NLQ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NLQs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: NLQSO
glosses: Initialism of narrow emission-line quasar.
qualifier: artificial intelligence
glosses: Initialism of natural language query.
Related terms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: ELG
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: NELG
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: NLRG
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: NLS1
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: BLQ
topics: typography
publishing
media
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: LQ
word: Q
word: QSO
word: QSR
word: RIQ
word: RQQ
word: RLQ
BLQ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BLQs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of broad emission-line quasar.
Synonyms: BLQSO
Related terms: ELG
BLRG
BLS1
NLQ
LINER
Q
QSO
QSR
RIQ
RQQ
RLQ
RIQ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RIQs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Radio-intermediate quasar.
Synonyms: RIQSO
Related terms: RQQ
RLQ
QSO
QSR
BLQ
NLQ
RQQ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RQQs
Senses: topics: astronomy
broadcasting
media
natural-sciences
radio
glosses: Initialism of RadioQuiet Quasar.
Synonyms: word: QSO
word: RQQSO
Related terms: RIQ
RLQ
QSO
QSR
BLQ
NLQ
RLQ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RLQs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Radio-loud quasar.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: LLQ
LUQ
RUQ
glosses: Initialism of right lower quadrant (of the human abdomen).
RLQ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rainbow Labor Queensland.
Synonyms: QSR
RLQSO
Related terms: RQQ
RIQ
QSO
QSR
BLQ
NLQ
LQ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LQs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of low quality.
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Initialism of letter quality.
topics: astrocartography
astronomy
cartography
geography
natural-sciences
uranography
glosses: Abbreviation of lunar quadrangle.
glosses: Initialism of lovers' quarrel.
Related terms: topics: typography
publishing
media
word: NLQ
sense: low quality
word: HQ
sense: low quality
word: MQ
sense: low quality
word: draft
sacrilegio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sacrilegios
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian.
Senses: examples: text: When she tired, I loosened up a little, to let her blow. Yes, it was rape, but only technical, brother, only technical. Above the waist, maybe she was worried about the sacrilegio, but from the waist down she wanted me, bad. There couldn’t be any doubt about that.
ref: 1938, James M. Cain, chapter 4, in Serenade, New York: Alfred A. Knopf:
glosses: Profane use of a sacred object.
colocynth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒ.lə.sɪnθ/
ipa: /ˈkɑ.lə.sɪnθ/
rhymes: -ɪnθ
Forms: form: colocynths
form: colocynthis
Etymology: From Latin colocynthis, from Ancient Greek κολοκυνθίς (kolokunthís), ultimately Pre-Greek.
Senses: glosses: A viny plant, Citrullus colocynthis, native to the Mediterranean Basin and Asia. It produces a lemon-sized, yellowish, green-mottled, spongy, and extremely bitter fruit.
glosses: The powdered pulp of this fruit, a powerful hepatic stimulant and hydragogue cathartic used as a strong laxative.
Synonyms: sense: Citrullus colocynthis
word: bitter apple
sense: Citrullus colocynthis
word: bitter cucumber
sense: Citrullus colocynthis
word: bitter melon
sense: Citrullus colocynthis
word: egusi
sense: Citrullus colocynthis
word: vine of Sodom
sense: Citrullus colocynthis
word: desert gourd
Derived terms: colocynthin
teahouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teahouse
tedders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tedder
rubli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rublis
PFA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Paper Football Association.
glosses: Initialism of Pacific Film Archive.
glosses: Initialism of Police Federation of Australia.
examples: text: Omar Beckles is the PFA chair and currently plays for Leyton Orient in League One of the English Football League. The PFA acts as a union for players in England and Wales.
ref: 2024 January 22, Thomas Schlachter, “There must be ‘significant consequences’ for clubs failing to deal with racism in stadiums, says player and union official”, in CNN:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of Professional Footballers' Association.
examples: text: "PFA aims to make PHP development in Android not only possible but also feasible [by] providing tools and documentation," said PFA founder and developer Ivan Mosquera Paulo, a software engineer at Irontec, near Bilbao, Spain, in an email on Friday.
ref: 2010 July 17, “PHP development comes to Google Android”, in Reuters:
glosses: Initialism of PHP for Android.
PFA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PFAs
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of paraformaldehyde.
glosses: Abbreviation of polyfluoroalkyl.
glosses: Initialism of physical fitness assessment, used to determine physical fitness standards in the United States Navy.
glosses: Initialism of pulverised fuel/fly ash.
examples: text: 404(b)—including a series of domestic abuse incidents defendant perpetrated against victim, a PFA against defendant by victim, and other third-party PFAs entered against defendant to protect other women—as well as evidence from[…]
ref: 2019 November 29, Daniel J. Anders, Bobby Ochoa III, Ohlbaum on the Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence, LexisNexis, →ISBN:
text: The male USC petitioner was candid and embarrassed about the [alleged] physical and mental abuse, that he had been subjected to. He stated that on (a specified date), he had filed a Protection from Abuse (PFA), against the female alien.
ref: 2020 February 6, John Garbinski, Green Card Fraud - The Ugly Truth About Immigration Fraud In America, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:
glosses: Initialism of protection from abuse, a restraining order.
PFA
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of please find attached.
vihara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viharas
form: vihare
form: wihara
form: wihare
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit विहार (vi-hāra).
Senses: glosses: A Buddhist monastery.
embedded system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embedded systems
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A computer system with a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electrical system, often with real-time computing constraints.
Hypernyms: computer system
system
carreta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carretas
Senses: glosses: An oxcart.
corporale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corporales
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of corporal (communion cloth)
cortissimo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɔːˈtɪsɪməʊ/
Forms: form: cortissimi
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian cortissimo.
Senses: glosses: The shot that forms the coffee base of a flat white.
germander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɚˈmændɚ/
ipa: /d͡ʒəˈmændə/
rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)
Forms: form: germanders
Etymology: Late Middle English, from French germandrée, itself from Latin chamaedrys, from Ancient Greek χαμαίδρῡς (khamaídrūs, literally “ground-oak”).
Senses: glosses: A Mediterranean herb, of species Teucrium chamaedrys, historically grown for medicinal use but now mostly as an ornamental miniature hedge in herb gardens.
glosses: Any plant of the genus Teucrium, some with small, pink, white, or pale purple flowers and a small upper lip.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Teucrium canadense
word: American germander
taxonomic: Teucrium canadense
word: Canada germander
taxonomic: Teucrium polium
word: felty germander
taxonomic: Veronica agrestis
word: germander chickweed
taxonomic: Salvia chamaedryoides
word: germander sage
taxonomic: Veronica chamaedrys
word: germander speedwell
taxonomic: Teucrium polium
word: poley germander
taxonomic: Teucrium fruticans
word: tree germander
taxonomic: Teucrium chamaedrys
word: wall germander
taxonomic: Teucrium scordium
word: water germander
taxonomic: Teucrium scorodonia
word: wood germander
taxonomic: Teucrium scorodonia
word: woodland germander
racing certainty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: racing certainties
Senses: glosses: A racehorse considered certain to win
synonyms: word: banker
word: cert
word: certainty
word: certitude
word: cinch
word: dead cert
word: fatality
word: inevitability
word: racing certainty
word: sure thing
word: fair bet
word: good bet
word: safe bet
word: sure bet
glosses: Anything considered certain to happen; a sure thing
British racing green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: British racing greens
form: racing green
Senses: glosses: Any of a range of dark green colours, originally associated with British racing cars.
Related terms: english: also any of a range of dark greens
translation: also any of a range of dark greens
word: English green
english: usually similar
translation: usually similar
word: forest green
rack-mountable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rack-mountable
form: most rack-mountable
Etymology: From rack + mountable.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being rack-mounted
rack-mounted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Describing electronic equipment that is mounted in a standard (usually 19-inch) rack.
radar gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radar guns
Senses: synonyms: speed gun
radar speed gun
speed trap gun
glosses: A hand-held (or mounted) device that emits a radar beam and uses the Doppler effect to measure the velocity of moving objects (especially traffic).
Related terms: radar detector
radar trap
speed trap
radial arm saw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radial arm saws
Senses: glosses: A circular saw mounted to slide along a horizontal beam.
par value
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: par values
Senses: glosses: The amount or value listed on a bill, note, stamp, etc.; the stated value or amount.
Synonyms: face value
Hypernyms: value
Diluvialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Diluvialists
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of diluvialist.
radial curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radial curves
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of a family of curves that are the loci of points that have a defined relationship between a fixed point and the centre of curvature at each point on another curve
pasteurised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pasteurized
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pasteurise
pastured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pasture
pastured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: If you can't find pastured chickens, the next best thing is to buy organic.
ref: 2014, Tom Malterre, Alissa Segersten, The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook: A Complete Nutritional and Cooking Guide for Healthy Living, →ISBN:
glosses: Raised in a pasture, as opposed being confined to a cage, barn, feedlot, etc.
Derived terms: unpastured
pasturing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pasture
pasturing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pasturings
Senses: glosses: The process of putting an animal out to pasture.
glosses: Land used as pasture.
centre of curvature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centres of curvature
form: center of curvature
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The centre of the osculating circle at the point on the curve.
raw_tags: for any point on a curve
Related terms: radius of curvature
Diluvialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Diluvialist
radius of curvature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radii of curvature
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The radius of the osculating circle at the point on the curve
raw_tags: for any point on a curve
Related terms: centre of curvature
osculating circle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osculating circles
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The circle that has the same tangent, and the same curvature at the point on the curve.
raw_tags: for any point on a curve
Related terms: centre of curvature
radius of curvature
radial engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radial engines
Senses: glosses: Any of several internal combustion engines that have the cylinders arranged radially around a central crankshaft
diluvium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diluviums
form: diluvia
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin dīluvium (“flood”), from lavō (“to wash”). Doublet of deluge.
Senses: glosses: An inundation or flood; a deluge.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A deposit of sand, gravel, etc. made by oceanic flooding.
Related terms: antediluvian
dimmish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dimmish
form: most dimmish
Etymology: From dim + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: […] there is a great shut-in meadow […] and as the sun goes down it is dimmish in there, but away up against the sky you see the big peaks towering up and shining bright and vivid in the sun […]
ref: 1907, Mark Twain, chapter 4, in A Horse’s Tale, New York: Harper, page 28:
text: The airport buildings were in darkness except for a few dimmish lights in the lounge.
ref: 1982, Lawrence Durrell, chapter 6, in Constance, New York: Viking, page 144:
glosses: Somewhat dim.
radial nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radial nerves
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A large nerve, carrying both sensory and motor neurones, that supplies the dorsal aspect of the forearm and arm
radial vein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radial veins
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of a group of veins on the radial side of the forearm
Related terms: radial artery
diminutively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more diminutively
form: most diminutively
Etymology: From diminutive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a diminutive manner.
radiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radialities
Etymology: From radial + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of having a radial structure
glosses: A measure of the number of nodes reachable from a central node in a network
radiation physics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The study of the effects of ionizing radiation on matter, and of its measurement
radiative forcing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiative forcings
Senses: topics: climatology
natural-sciences
glosses: The effect of greenhouse gases on the radiation of heat in the atmosphere.
dingle-dangle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Reduplication from dangle.
Senses: glosses: Hanging loose; swinging backwards and forwards.
hibiscuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hibiscus
hinging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hinge
huskiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of husky: most husky
horseradishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horseradish