cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
mendeleevium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Seven new elements were discovered with the 60-inch cyclotron: 85 (astatine), 93 (neptunium), 94 (plutonium), 96 (curium), 97 (berkelium), 98 (californium), and 101 (mendeleevium).
ref: 1963, “New Physical Research Facilities”, in Major Activities in the Atomic Energy Programs, January–December 1962, United States Atomic Energy Commission, United States Government Printing Office, page 336:
text: In 1960 the following transuranide elements were definitely known to exist (atomic numbers are given in parentheses): neptunium (93); plutonium (94); americium (95); curium (96); berkelium (97); californium (98); einsteinium (99); fermium (100); mendeleevium (101).[…]Element 101 — mendeleevium — was prepared in an even smaller quantity: 17 atoms in all.
ref: 1970, O. A. Songina, Rare Metals, page 290:
text: The first dipositive actinide ion to be identified in aqueous solution was that of mendeleevium (262).[…]As mendeleevium is the analog of thulium, it was not surprising that nobelium, the analog of ytterbium, was subsequently found to form a very stable dipositive oxidation state.
ref: 1977, D. A. Johnson, “Oxidation States of the Lanthanides”, in Advances in Inorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry, volume 20, Academic Press, →ISBN, section “Extension to Other Systems”, subsection “Actinide Series”, page 110:
glosses: Rare form of mendelevium.
somatotopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From somatotopy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to somatotopy.
assume the position
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: assumes the position
form: assuming the position
form: assumed the position
form: assumed the position
Senses: examples: text: Now in this case, if the suspended bar were acted upon solely by the north pole of the magnet, it would assume the position AB
ref: 1842, Daniel Davis et al., Davis's Manual of Magnetism:
text: President Clinton's nominee to assume the position of Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the Department of the Interior […]
ref: 1998, Nomination of Kevin Gover: Hearing Before the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate:
glosses: Often used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to assume a given position.
examples: text: A day or two later we took down another seller and this time the rookie performs the search. Assume the position! he tells the guy. So the guy leans against the side of the car.
ref: 2002, James Harper Walker, Inside Your Local Police:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: To turn away, with one's hands in a visible and unmovable position, so that one can be searched.
qualifier: punishment
glosses: Often used as an order to bend over, for example, to receive the traditional corporal punishment in a case of misbehaviour.
lantanoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of lanthanoid.
somatotopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somatotopies
Etymology: From somato- + -topy.
Senses: glosses: The correspondence between the position of a receptor in part of the body and the corresponding area of the cerebral cortex that is activated by it.
Related terms: somatotopic
amiid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amiids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Amiidae.
HNC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HNCs
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Higher National Certificate.
Related terms: HND
HND
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HNDs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of hexanitrodiphenylamine.
glosses: Initialism of Higher National Diploma.
Related terms: HNC
divines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of divine
divines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of divine
outlaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outlaw
outlaws
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outlaw
recommendations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃənz/
rhymes: -eɪʃənz
Senses: glosses: plural of recommendation
fixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɪksɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of fix
fixes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈfɪksɪz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fix
drags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹæɡz/
rhymes: -æɡz
Senses: glosses: plural of drag
drags
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹæɡz/
rhymes: -æɡz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drag
barns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barn
barns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of barn
conveniences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of convenience
caprices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caprice
florins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of florin
attains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈteɪnz/
rhymes: -eɪnz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of attain
detachments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of detachment
ruffians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ruffian
entertainments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entertainment
pervades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pervade
imagines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭ-māʹjĭ-nēz
ipa: /ɪˈmeɪd͡ʒɪniːz/
enpr: ĭ-māʹgə'nēz
enpr: ĭ-mäʹgə'nēz
enpr: ĭ-māʹjə'nēz
enpr: ĭ-măʹjə'nēz
ipa: /ɪˈmeɪɡəˌniz/
ipa: /ɪˈmɑɡəˌniz/
ipa: /iˈmeɪd͡ʒəˌniz/
ipa: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒəˌniz/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin imāginēs.
Senses: glosses: plural of imago
imagines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭ-māʹjĭ-nēz
ipa: /ɪˈmeɪd͡ʒɪniːz/
enpr: ĭ-māʹgə'nēz
enpr: ĭ-mäʹgə'nēz
enpr: ĭ-māʹjə'nēz
enpr: ĭ-măʹjə'nēz
ipa: /ɪˈmeɪɡəˌniz/
ipa: /ɪˈmɑɡəˌniz/
ipa: /iˈmeɪd͡ʒəˌniz/
ipa: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒəˌniz/
enpr: ĭ-măʹjĭnz
ipa: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnz/
ipa: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒənz/
enpr: ĭ-māʹjĭ-nēz
ipa: /ɪˈmeɪd͡ʒɪniːz/
enpr: ĭ-māʹgə'nēz
enpr: ĭ-mäʹgə'nēz
enpr: ĭ-māʹjə'nēz
enpr: ĭ-măʹjə'nēz
ipa: /ɪˈmeɪɡəˌniz/
ipa: /ɪˈmɑɡəˌniz/
ipa: /iˈmeɪd͡ʒəˌniz/
ipa: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒəˌniz/
Etymology: From imagine + -s.
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of imagine
imagines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭ-māʹjĭ-nēz
ipa: /ɪˈmeɪd͡ʒɪniːz/
enpr: ĭ-māʹgə'nēz
enpr: ĭ-mäʹgə'nēz
enpr: ĭ-māʹjə'nēz
enpr: ĭ-măʹjə'nēz
ipa: /ɪˈmeɪɡəˌniz/
ipa: /ɪˈmɑɡəˌniz/
ipa: /iˈmeɪd͡ʒəˌniz/
ipa: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒəˌniz/
enpr: ĭ-măʹjĭnz
ipa: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnz/
ipa: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒənz/
enpr: ĭ-māʹjĭ-nēz
ipa: /ɪˈmeɪd͡ʒɪniːz/
enpr: ĭ-māʹgə'nēz
enpr: ĭ-mäʹgə'nēz
enpr: ĭ-māʹjə'nēz
enpr: ĭ-măʹjə'nēz
ipa: /ɪˈmeɪɡəˌniz/
ipa: /ɪˈmɑɡəˌniz/
ipa: /iˈmeɪd͡ʒəˌniz/
ipa: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒəˌniz/
Etymology: From imagine + -s.
Senses: glosses: plural of imagine
smokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sməʊks/
ipa: /smoʊks/
rhymes: -əʊks
Senses: glosses: plural of smoke
smokes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sməʊks/
ipa: /smoʊks/
rhymes: -əʊks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smoke
fines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɪnz/
rhymes: -aɪnz
Senses: glosses: plural of fine
glosses: Fine particles, whether or not airborne.
glosses: Small particles of cereal at the bottom of a cereal box.
fines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɪnz/
rhymes: -aɪnz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fine
utilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of utility
couches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊt͡ʃɪz/
rhymes: -aʊtʃɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of couch
couches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊt͡ʃɪz/
rhymes: -aʊtʃɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of couch
emergencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈmɜː.dʒən.siːz/
ipa: /ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒən.siz/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənsiz
Senses: glosses: plural of emergency
compartments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compartment
compartments
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of compartment
entrances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕn'trənsəz
ipa: /ˈɛn.tɹəns.əz/
Etymology: See entrance (noun)
Senses: glosses: plural of entrance
entrances
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕn'trənsəz
ipa: /ˈɛn.tɹəns.əz/
ipa: /ɛnˈtɹæns.əz/
enpr: ĕn'trənsəz
ipa: /ˈɛn.tɹəns.əz/
Etymology: See entrance (verb)
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of entrance
dignities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dignity
sonnets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɒnɪts/
Senses: glosses: plural of sonnet
retainers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retainer
refreshments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refreshment
emissaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emissary
doses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dose
doses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dose
atrocities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atrocity
anchors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anchor
anchors
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of anchor
goddesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goddess
tempests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tempest
expedients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expedient
eunuchs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eunuch
eunuchs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eunuch
confidences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of confidence
certificates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of certificate
boasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boast
boasts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of boast
sufferers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sufferer
enjoyments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enjoyment
youngsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of youngster
vanishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vanish
courtesies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of courtesy
unites
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːˈnaɪts/
rhymes: -aɪts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unite
telegrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telegram
telegrams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of telegram
cartographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɑː.təʊˈɡɹæf.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌkɑɹ.təˈɡɹæf.ɪk/
rhymes: -æfɪk
Etymology: From cartography + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: This is important to the ends of tangible geography, as well in the construction and arrangement of tables, as in every description of cartographic composition.
ref: 1831, Norton Shaw et al., The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society:
text: However, both of these examples assume that no three dimensional data is available in the initial digital cartographic data or other data sets that precede the immediate operation.
ref: 1993, Harlow C Landphair, Terry Larsen, Evaluation and Development of Visualization Technology for Highway Transportation:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the making of maps.
Derived terms: aerocartographic
cartographically
cybercartographic
noncartographic
Related terms: cartographer
cartography
radiative balance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiative balances
Senses: glosses: The relationship between the amount of energy reaching an object (or a portion of it) and the amount leaving it. A good example of this is our Earth receiving energy from the sun, and giving off energy into the near future.
caseworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caseworkers
Etymology: From case + worker.
Senses: examples: text: To help a family change the behavior or conditions that are causing the risk of maltreatment, the CPS caseworker must develop a positive relationship with the family.
ref: 1994, Thomas D. Morton, Marsha K. Salus, Supervising Child Protective Services Caseworkers:
glosses: a social worker
Related terms: casework
bullish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊlɪʃ/
Forms: form: more bullish
form: most bullish
Etymology: From bull + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Having a muscular physique, built ‘like a bull’.
examples: text: He was heavily criticised for his bullish behaviour.
text: Sitting on the edge of the stage at the show’s end, draped in a flag and singing You Need Me, a bullish screw-you written when he was 15, he didn’t look much like a man still plagued by nerves over headlining Glastonbury.
ref: 2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian:
glosses: Aggressively self-confident or assertive; bullheaded.
examples: text: It [the plan] was bullish about the prospects for BR winning new business and retaining what it had, but recognised that this would depend on the extent to which equipment would enable improved services at lower costs.
ref: 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, pages 41–42:
glosses: Optimistic; overly or foolishly optimistic or hopeful.
topics: business
finance
stock-market
glosses: Characterized by rising value.
raw_tags: of the price of financial instruments
Derived terms: bullishly
bullishness
overbullish
unbullish
Related terms: bull market
cashless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cashless
form: most cashless
Etymology: From cash + -less.
Senses: examples: text: cashless payment system
text: cashless restaurant
text: The benefits and dangers of the cashless society will become more apparent over the next decade . . .
ref: 1998, Danny Kruger, Access Denied?: Preventing Information Exclusion:
text: It demanded taxes, which in a cashless society meant grain, cattle and, most tellingly, labor.
ref: 2005, Jane R. Hogan, M. W. Daly, Images of Empire: Photographic Sources for the British in the Sudan:
text: The rise of cashless establishments is happening amid continuing hype over the supposed dawn of a “cashless future” and agitation by some very powerful interests that would love to see cash disappear. The credit card companies love it, naturally, and tech industry associations have also pushed for the concept.
ref: 2019 August 12, Jay Stanley, “Say No to the “Cashless Future” — and to Cashless Stores”, in ACLU:
synonyms: noncash
hypernyms: contactless
glosses: Operating without the need for cash, such as by accepting nondigital, noncash forms of payment (e.g., chit, cheques, money orders) or (in the 21st century, usually) using digital payment methods (e-payment).
examples: text: They were the same winged messengers that out-run cashless debtors, and cut short lovers' dreams.
ref: 1853, The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine:
text: When calls are made on cashless penceless men,
The case is wonderfully altered then!
ref: 1858, William Bownas, Arundines Bostonienses, page 85:
synonyms: moneyless
penniless
glosses: Having no money.
Derived terms: cashlessly
cashlessness
casualness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: casualnesses
Etymology: From casual + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being casual.
examples: text: The controlled way in which Germans and other northern Europeans approach life is quite different from the casualness that characterizes American attitudes.
ref: 1997, Michael L. Frankel, Cruising the Gulags::
text: America insulted the rest of the planet, thought Malik Solanka in his old-fashioned way, by treating such bounty with the shoulder-shrugging casualness of the inequitably wealthy.
ref: 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: A relaxed and nonchalant attitude.
cyathi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyathus
agri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The elementary school building, Home Economics building, and Agri building, were across the street from the high school building.
ref: 2012, Bill Laird, The Life of a Cotton Picking Coaching Preacher, page 100:
glosses: Abbreviation of agriculture.
boni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The existence of boni and mali for the different risks can be interpreted through the sign of estimated covariances.
ref: c. 1997, ASTIN Bulletin, page 48:
text: The optimal bonus-malus systems described in this paper compute coefficients which are equal to one on average whatever are the rating factors. This fairness property is not fulfilled by bonus-malus systems such as the French one. If the boni and mali do not depend on the frequency of claims, the average bonus-malus coefficient increases with the frequency.
ref: 2000, “Part IV. Asymmetric Information: Empirical Analysis”, in Georges Dionne, editor, Handbook of Insurance, Kluwer Academic Publishers, →ISBN, “14. Experience Rating through Heterogeneous Models”, “2. Tariff Structures and Experience Rating Schemes in the Insurance Industry”, page 462:
text: All right, everyone. It’s time for your Christmas boni. Everyone gets a five-dollar cafeteria voucher.
ref: 2003 December 14, Michael Price, “’Tis the Fifteenth Season”, in The Simpsons, season 15, episode 7, spoken by Mr. Burns (Harry Shearer):
text: The Manager will see how much bonus each investor has offered. At the end of the round, the Manager receives the greater of the two boni.
ref: 2012, Fan Wu, “Appendix 6: Experimental instructions of career perspective: Ex_Ante_ Offer treatment”, in Birgitta Wolff, editor, Implicit Incentives in International Joint Ventures: An Experimental Study, Gabler Verlag, “Step 1 – the Investors offer boni”, page 207:
text: Akramkhanov et al. (2010) also suggested a system of boni and mali on taxes to support the implementation of measures to achieve both water saving and salinity control (Table 3.3.1).
ref: 2014, Akmal Akramkhanov, Bernhard Tischbein, Usman Khalid Awan, “Effective management of soil salinity – revising leaching norms”, in John P. A. Lamers, Asia Khamzina, Inna Rudenko, Paul L. G. Vlek, editors, Restructuring Land Allocation, Water Use and Agricultural Value Chains: Technologies, Policies and Practices for the Lower Amudarya Region, V & R unipress, Bonn University Press, →ISBN, page 131:
text: Adding the FT’s analysis of the Greek slave economy one cannot but conclude that Greece was made to suffer to save bankers’ boni, while duping real payers (taxpayers in ‘rescuing’ countries), claiming everything would be repaid.
ref: 2017, Kunibert Raffer, “5. Greece: An EU-Inflicted Catastrophe”, in Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Kunibert Raffer, editors, Sovereign Debt Crises: What Have We Learned?, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 75:
glosses: plural of bonus
carri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carrus
two-blocked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nautical terminology for a ship's rigging or crane rigging in which two blocks are locked together, stopping the line.
Senses: examples: text: We're not making progress because we're two-blocked by the crane that has the road shut down.
glosses: Obstructed from proceeding.
Related terms: two-block
chock-a-block
anseriform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anseriform
form: most anseriform
Etymology: From translingual Anseriformes.
Senses: examples: text: For more than a century anseriform birds were considered to have been closely related to, and to have originated from, the game fowl of the order Galliformes.
ref: 2004, Peter F. Murray et.al., Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: Of or pertaining to birds of the order Anseriformes including ducks, geese, swans, and screamers.
anseriform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anseriforms
Etymology: From translingual Anseriformes.
Senses: glosses: Any bird of the order Anseriformes
clavi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clavus
apside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apsides
Etymology: Back-formation from apsides, from Ancient Greek ἁψῖδες (hapsîdes, “apsides”), plural of ἁψίς (hapsís).
Senses: examples: text: The phenomena which Sirius presented about 1841, that being according to Peters (confirmed by the results above) the time of the passage of the lower apside, are sufficiently remarkable;
ref: 1862, Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, volume 22:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of apsis.
synonyms: word: apsis
topics: architecture
glosses: Synonym of apse.
synonyms: word: apse
Derived terms: apsidal
phenotypic lag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Phenotypic lag is the delayed phenotypic manifestation off a gene mutation (in additional to mutational lag).
ref: 1973, Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: a delay in the expression of a phenotype acquired by mutation.
spheroidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔɪdəl
Forms: form: more spheroidal
form: most spheroidal
Senses: examples: text: The buccal mass in milacids is spheroidal, and contains an oxygnathic jaw.
ref: 2004, G. M. Barker, Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Molluscs, page 299:
synonyms: spherelike
glosses: Like a spheroid; roughly spherical.
Derived terms: dwarf spheroidal galaxy
spheroidal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔɪdəl
Forms: form: spheroidals
Senses: glosses: A spheroid
data flow diagram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: data flow diagrams
Senses: glosses: A type of flow chart; a description of data and the manual and machine processing performed on the data as it moves and changes from one stage to the next. It also includes the locations where the data are placed in permanent storage (disk, tape, etc.)
ER diagram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ER diagrams
Senses: glosses: An entity-relationship diagram; a specialized (usually dynamic) chart that illustrates the relationships between entities in a database, using a specific set of database-specific symbols.
elementary school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elementary schools
Senses: examples: text: On one offshore island Wuciou (also Wuqiu), the song of the only elementary school had these lyrics:
We are the little friends of the frontier, good students of Wuciou elementary school. We are not afraid of stormy winds and frightening waves; bravely and [with] perseverance, we advance forward. Our school is erected on the lonely island of the ocean. We will study hard, and are not afraid of gongfei on the opposite shore.
ref: 2015, Language, Politics and Identity in Taiwan: Naming China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 32:
topics: education
synonyms: grade school
primary school
qualifier: historically UK
glosses: A children’s school, typically older than toddlers and younger than adolescents. In the U.S., elementary schools cover grades 1 through 5, and the ages of the children are usually 6-11 years. At a minimum, elementary schools will teach basic reading, writing, arithmetic, and history.
topics: education
glosses: A primary education school for grades 1-6 (a continuation of preschool). It is succeeded by junior high school.
Derived terms: elementary schooler
rainstorm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪnstɔːm/
ipa: /ˈɹeɪnstɔɹm/
rhymes: -eɪnstɔː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: rainstorms
Etymology: From rain + storm.
Senses: examples: text: Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
text: To make matters worse, we pass through a torrential rainstorm, which makes window-gazing almost impossible, leaving me glad that the trip is less than 30 minutes duration.
ref: 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55:
glosses: A storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall.
Related terms: deluge
hailstorm
snowstorm
thunderstorm
clock radio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clock radios
Senses: glosses: An alarm clock that includes a radio; a radio alarm clock.
Related terms: radio clock
Scotchman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈskɒt͡ʃmən/
Forms: form: Scotchmen
Etymology: From Scotch + -man.
Senses: glosses: A man from Scotland.
glosses: A person from Scotland.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.
Synonyms: Scotsman
Scot
Scotchman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈskɒt͡ʃmən/
Etymology: From Scotch + -man.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
slimming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slimming
form: most slimming
Senses: examples: text: She bought the jeans without trying them on because the salesperson said they were slimming.
text: He's trying to lose weight by drinking slimming tea.
text: That dress is very slimming on you.
glosses: Making a person seem or become slimmer.
slimming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slim
slimming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slimmings
Senses: examples: text: We have become accustomed to Thatcherite slimmings of the system — massive ward closures punctuated from time to time by the royal opening of an Aids unit for ten patients, but here is something new.
ref: 1990, The New Law Journal (volume 139, part 1, page 130)
glosses: The process of making or becoming slimmer.
slave-driver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slave-drivers
Senses: examples: text: "That's the rifle I used against the Peruvian slave-drivers three years ago."
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: An overseer of slaves at work; a person who puts slaves to work.
examples: text: He's such a slave-driver! I can't believe he wants us to come in on Saturday.
glosses: An employer or supervisor who demands excessive amounts of work from an employee.
examples: text: Mom, I need a break after doing homework! You're nothing but a slave-driver!
glosses: Anyone who requests an amount of work from others that is deemed unreasonable.
Synonyms: taskmaster
slave-drivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slave-driver
smokehouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsmoʊkˌhaʊs/
Forms: form: smokehouses
Etymology: From smoke + house.
Senses: examples: text: Snakes hang thick from the cypress trees / Like sausage on a smokehouse wall.
ref: 1973, “Swamp Witch”, in Jim Stafford (lyrics), Jim Stafford, performed by Jim Stafford:
synonyms: smokery
glosses: A structure used to smoke food to preserve it and to add flavor.
glosses: A structure in which freshly harvested tobacco is cured or preserved by smoking.
smokehouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smokehouse
smidgeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smidgeons
Senses: examples: text: ['][T]he girl's a pill like Phyllis, who always does what Daddy tells her.' / 'No will of her own?' / 'Not a smidgeon.[']
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter 4, in Jeeves in the Offing, Harmondsworth, Middlesex [London]: Penguin Books, published 1963 (1975 printing), →OCLC, page 37:
glosses: Alternative spelling of smidgen.
smidgeons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smidgeon
barkada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barkadas
Etymology: From Tagalog barkada, from Philippine Spanish barcada (“gang of friends”), from Spanish barcada (“shipload”).
Senses: glosses: gang; clique; informal group of friends
bulak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulaks
form: bulaki
Senses: glosses: An Indian nose ring usually worn by married women.
megalopoleis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mɛ.ɡæˈlɒ.pɒ.lɛɪz/
Senses: examples: text: Beautiful, thriving cities were now seen as soulless megalopoleis.
ref: 1945, University of Arizona, The Arizona Quarterly, page 18:
text: Megalopolis³ (pl. Megalopoleis) was labelled “obsolete” in major English-language dictionaries of less than half a century ago⁴.
ref: 1963, Duncker and Humblot, Sociologia Internationalis: “The Greeks had a Word for it”, page 170:
text: Other megalopoleis, not yet so large, extend from San Jose through the San Francisco Bay Area to Richmond and Marin County; from San Diego through Los Angeles to Bakersfield; from Milwaukee through Chicago, Gary, South Bend, across southern Michigan to Detroit…
ref: 1971, Daniel U. Levine, Education in Metropolitan Areas, page 48:
text: On the other hand, large megalopoleis, such as imperial Constantinople or Rome which drew on resources from broad sections of the Mediterranean, cannot easily be reduced to an expression of the same fundamental ecological mechanism that the authors see governing the majority of infinitely smaller settlements.
ref: 2005, Gocha R. Tsetskhladze, Ancient West and East, page 391:
glosses: plural of megalopolis
Aesculapius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌiːskjʊˈleɪpɪəs/
Forms: form: Esculapius
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Aesculāpius.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The god of medicine and healing. Greek counterpart: Asclepius.
Derived terms: Aesculapian
cataclysmal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cataclysmal
form: most cataclysmal
Etymology: From cataclysm + -al.
Senses: examples: text: That they have been exterminated by exceptional cataclysmal changes of the earth's surface has not been proved.
ref: 1861, Richard Owen, Palaeontology Or A Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and Their Geological Relations:
text: Perhaps she’s so deaf that nothing short of a cataclysmal uproar will reach her auditory nerves.
ref: 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
glosses: As noisy or destructive as a cataclysm.
Synonyms: cataclysmic
defensor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɛnsə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: defensors
form: defensour
Etymology: From Latin dēfēnsor.
Senses: glosses: one who defends; a defender
topics: law
glosses: a defender or advocate in court; a guardian or protector
topics: ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: the patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church
Derived terms: defensorship
catbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkatbɜːd/
ipa: /ˈkatbɝd/
Forms: form: catbirds
form: cat bird
Etymology: From cat + bird, because its cry is said to resemble that of a cat.
Senses: examples: text: The catbird’s note exactly resembles the voice of a kitten, that a stranger to it would instantly conclude that such an animal "had got bewildered in the branches".
ref: 1832, Sharon Turner, The Sacred History of the World:
text: I recall a catbird high in the water oak above, swinging like a rag amid the branches, jabbering and screeching [...].
ref: 1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage, published 2004, page 200:
glosses: An American passerine bird of the genera Dumetella and Melanoptila.
examples: text: The cat bird had a forlorn cry, like a whimpering child or the animal it is named for.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 185:
glosses: Any of four species of Australasian bowerbirds of the genera Ailuroedus and Scenopoeetes.
glosses: A babbler-like bird from eastern Africa, Parophasma galinieri.
Derived terms: catbird grape
catbird seat
gray catbird
Related terms: Dumetella carolinensis
Melanoptila glabrirostris
Ailuroedus
Scenopoeetes
Parophasma galinieri
crucifiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of crucifixion.
glosses: A term used to indicate a denial of the historicity of a crucifixion or the Crucifixion of Jesus.
aquastat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquastats
Etymology: From aqua- + -stat.
Senses: glosses: A device that automatically responds to changes in temperature of a liquid, typically water in a domestic hot water heating system, by activating a heating or cooling system to maintain the temperature of the liquid at a desired setting.
Derived terms: aquastatic
Oxonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒkˈsəʊ.nɪ.ən/
ipa: /ɑkˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən}
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Oxōnia (“Oxford”) + -an.
Senses: examples: text: He worked with the Oxonian scholar for some time in developing the thesis.
glosses: Of or pertaining to Oxford or to the University of Oxford.
Derived terms: Maxonian
Oxonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒkˈsəʊ.nɪ.ən/
ipa: /ɑkˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən}
Forms: form: Oxonians
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Oxōnia (“Oxford”) + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Oxford.
glosses: A student or graduate of the University of Oxford.
conwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conwomen
form: con woman
Etymology: From con + -woman.
Senses: coordinate_terms: conman
con man
glosses: A female con artist.
-poleis
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πόλεις (póleis, “cities”), nominative plural form of πόλις (pólis, “city”).
Senses: glosses: plural of -polis
textfile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: textfiles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of text file.
intramarginal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + marginal.
Senses: glosses: existing or occurring within a margin
intracerebral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛɹɪbɹəl
-iːbɹəl
Etymology: From intra- + cerebral.
Senses: glosses: occurring or situated within the cerebrum.
Derived terms: intracerebral hematoma
intracerebral hemorrhage
intracerebral injection
intracerebrally
intracerebral myiasis
intracompany
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + company.
Senses: examples: text: In May, a proclamation was issued specifically targeting Chinese nationals and denying them F and J visas used to attend graduate and postgraduate programs in the US. Trump’s new action suspends the issuance of new visas H-1B visas for professional workers; H-2Bs for non-agricultural seasonal workers, J-1s for cultural exchanges and L-1s for intracompany transfers.
ref: 2020 June 23, Ushma S. Neill, “The hidden health cost of Trump’s visa freeze”, in CNN:
glosses: Occurring within a company, often especially as between its divisions or departments.
Synonyms: intracorporate
Coordinate terms: intercompany
intraday
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + day.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: occurring during a single day.
intrados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intradoses
form: intrados
Etymology: From French, from Latin intra (“within”) + French dos (“back”) (from Latin dostrum).
Senses: examples: text: * Application of stitching bars to intrados (inner arch) though cracked voussoirs, grout and apply crack injection to seal.
ref: 2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival: Ribblehead Viaduct repairs”, in Rail, page 27:
topics: architecture
glosses: The inner curve of an arch or vault.
Coordinate terms: extrados
savepoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: savepoints
form: save point
Etymology: From save + point.
Senses: examples: text: I died just before I reached the savepoint and had to repeat everything from my previous save.
topics: video-games
glosses: A designated spot where the player can save their progress.
topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A point during a transaction at which changes are committed, and to which the user can roll back if necessary.
anodynia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From an- + -odynia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The absence of pain in a previously painful region.
Hypernyms: analgesia
analgia
antalgesia
Related terms: anodyne
anodynia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ano- + -dynia.
Senses: examples: text: Anodynia (anorectal pain) most frequently occurs together with other pain syndromes, like vulvodynia or phallodynia, but sometimes it may be isolated.
ref: 2013, Tomasz F. Mroczkowski, Larry E. Millikan, Lawrence Charles Parish, Genital and Perianal Diseases: A Color Handbook, page 260:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Anal pain; anorectal pain.
Synonyms: proctalgia
Related terms: english: anal pain; no pain; which seems like it might mean (ano- + -algia) but which actually means (an- + -algia)
translation: anal pain; no pain; which seems like it might mean (ano- + -algia) but which actually means (an- + -algia)
word: analgia
fresh-water
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of freshwater.
cross examination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross examinations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cross-examination.
cross examinations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross examination
cross examine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cross examines
form: cross examining
form: cross examined
form: cross examined
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cross-examine.
direct examination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: direct examinations
Senses: topics: law
synonyms: direct exam
glosses: In a legal trial, the questioning of a witness by the attorney for the party who has called the witness to testify.
Related terms: cross-examination
direct examinations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of direct examination
hostile witness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hostile witnesses
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A witness who intentionally gives unfavorable evidence against the party that called him or her as its witness.
Synonyms: adverse witness
turncoat witness
unfavourable witness
hostile witnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hostile witness
playfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: playfulnesses
Etymology: From playful + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Jones’ sad eyes betray a pervasive pain his purposefully spare dialogue only hints at, while the perfectly cast Brolin conveys hints of playfulness and warmth while staying true to the craggy stoicism at the character’s core.
ref: 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2013:
glosses: The quality of being playful.
Morison's pouch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Morison's pouches
Etymology: For James Rutherford Morison, British surgeon (1853–1939).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A recess in the peritoneum inferior to the liver, to the right of the kidney and extending inferiorly to the transverse mesocolon.
capitano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capitanos
form: capitanoes
form: capitani
Etymology: From Italian capitano. Doublet of captain and chieftain.
Senses: glosses: A head man.
glosses: One of the four stock characters of commedia dell'arte who typically appropriated the name "captain" for himself but was not one; he was often a blowhard and a swaggerer who could maintain his self-important claims only if none of the locals knew him.
amensalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From amensal + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Trophic group amensalism in the form of the broadened mobile vs. sessile distinction also plays an important part in the Woodin (1976) general model of how adult-larval interactions structure soft-sediment communities at high density.
ref: 2001, J.N. Kraeuter, Biology of the Hard Clam, page 426:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of biological or ecological interaction or relationship in which one species is harmed or impeded and the other is unaffected.
Related terms: amensal
amensalistic
extrados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extradoses
form: extrados
Etymology: From French extradossé (“outer curve”) from Latin extra (“outside”) + dos (“back”) (from Latin dorsum).
Senses: examples: text: The two lower rows of tubes at each end pier were then drilled through to the extrados of the brickwork to act as weep holes and assist in the drainage from the backs of the arches.
ref: 1954 January, “Strengthening of Coquet Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 19:
topics: architecture
glosses: The outer or upper curve of an arch.
Coordinate terms: intrados
Derived terms: extradosed
epimyth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛpɪmɪθ/
Forms: form: epimyths
Etymology: From Greek ἐπιμύθιον, neutral of ἐπιμύθιος, from ἐπί ‘upon’ + μῦθος ‘story, fable’.
Senses: examples: text: The epimyth, coming after the fable, the moral.
ref: 1881, William Fleming, Henry Calderwood, A Vocabulary of the Philosophical Sciences, page 664:
text: [I]t is the Odyssean episode with a Christian epimyth.
ref: 1934, Daniele Vare, The Quarterly Review, page 448:
text: In principle each fable in the collection is divided into two parts: the narrative itself, followed by an explicit moral or epimyth.
...
In most of the fables the length of the epimyth ranges between six and twelve lines.
ref: 1994, Reb Moshe Walich, Book of Fables: The Yiddish Fable Collection of Reb Moshe Wallich, Frankfurt Am Main, 1697, page 19:
text: [P]resumably the “man of education” did not reproduce the epimyth of the fable, which warns that one should always anticipate the result of one's actions.
ref: 2000, Edward W. Wheatley, Mastering Aesop: medieval education, Chaucer and his followers, page 227:
text: [T]he first five fables follow a different sequence in the two texts, which causes a logical problem in the epimyth to fable no. 6 in Wallich's collection; and tale no. 35 from the earlier collection is omitted by Moses Wallich.
ref: 2004, Jerold C. Frakes, Early Yiddish Texts 1100-1750: With Introduction and Commentary, page 750:
glosses: The moral of a story.
Related terms: epimythium
CLAIT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of computer literacy and information technology.
terminative case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terminative cases
Senses: examples: text: The Turkic languages, Hungarian, and Estonian languages have a terminative case.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A form of declension that indicates at what point something ends.
terminative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more terminative
form: most terminative
Etymology: From terminate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to the termination of something
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: of, or relating to the terminative case
terminative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terminatives
Etymology: From terminate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: the terminative case
glosses: a word in the terminative case
wet willies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wet willy
lullabies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lullaby
lullabies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lullaby
arkose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arkoses
Etymology: Borrowed from French arkose.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: An arenite sandstone consisting of at least 25% feldspar grains.
Derived terms: arkosic
moulder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊldə/
ipa: /ˈmoʊldəɹ/
rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)
Forms: form: moulders
Etymology: Partly from the following:
* From Middle English molder, moldere (“maker of bread, baker”), from molden (“to knead or shape (bread); to make bread, bake; to mix (something) by kneading; to shape, mould; to pulverize (?)”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns, especially names of people engaged in professions or trades). Molden is derived from mold, molde (“model or pattern according to which a thing is made, mould”) + -en (suffix forming the infinitives of verbs); and mold, molde are borrowed from Old French molde, a variant of modle, molle (modern French moule), from Latin modulus (“small interval or measure; etc.”), diminutive of modus (“measure; manner, method”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”).
* From mould (“to shape in or on a mould; to form into a particular shape”, verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).
Senses: glosses: A person who moulds dough into loaves for baking into bread.
examples: text: It was, however, most interesting work, and the moulders themselves were a decent crowd, never tired of making jokes about themselves such as the hoary one that moulders did not live long, which however ran counter to the other one that no germs could live in a foundry—the atmosphere was too foul.
ref: 1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 342:
glosses: A person who moulds or shapes material into objects, especially clay into bricks, pottery, etc.
glosses: An instrument or machine used to mould or shape material into objects.
glosses: A person or thing that influences or shapes; an influencer, a shaper.
topics: arts
crafts
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
metallurgy
metalworking
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A person who makes moulds for casting metal; a mouldmaker.
Derived terms: word: mouldress
moulder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊldə/
ipa: /ˈmoʊldəɹ/
rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)
Forms: form: moulders
Etymology: Probably a variant of mould (“loose, friable soil”), influenced by moulder (“to decay or rot, or to crumble to pieces, etc.”) (etymology 1).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mulder (“one or more crumbled pieces of food, especially oatcake; a crumb or crumbs”).
examples: text: [B]y the ſenſe of our ayrie bodies we haue a more refined faculty of forſeeing, than men poſſibly can haue, that are chained to ſuch heauie earthlie moulder; […]
ref: 1592, Thomas Nash[e], Pierce Penilesse His Supplication to the Deuill. […], London: […] [John Charlewood for] Richard Ihones, […], →OCLC, signature I, verso:
glosses: Synonym of mould (“loose, friable soil”); also, dust.
synonyms: word: mould
extra: (“loose, friable soil”); also, dust