cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
deceleration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːsɛləˈɹeɪʃən/
ipa: /dɪˌsɛləˈɹeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: decelerations
Etymology: From de- + (ac)celeration.
Senses: examples: text: The rocket is now in deceleration.
text: Comparing both Regions' 1959 services against those of 1939 an appreciable deceleration is evident. This was due to increased loadings, even though more trains were being run, while on the W.R. in particular the increased volume of freight traffic over the line shared the blame.
ref: 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98:
glosses: The act or process of decelerating.
examples: text: The brakes produce a deceleration of 10 metres per second.
glosses: The amount by which a speed or velocity decreases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity), an acceleration having a negative numerical value.
Derived terms: cardiodeceleration
decelerational
decelerationism
decelerationist
equideceleration
Related terms: decelerate
deduct
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈdʌkt/
ipa: /dɪˈdʊkt/
rhymes: -ʌkt
Forms: form: deducts
form: deducting
form: deducted
form: deducted
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin deductus, perfect passive participle of verb deducere (“lead from”).
Senses: examples: text: I will deduct the cost of the can of peas from the money I owe you.
text: The player was deducted a point for violent conduct.
glosses: To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.
Derived terms: deductability
deductable
deductee
deductive
deductor
prededuct
rededuct
undeducted
Related terms: deduce
deduction
withhold
lateen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈtiːn/
ipa: /læˈtiːn/
ipa: /ləˈtin/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: lateens
Etymology: From French latine (“Latin”).
Senses: examples: text: The shape of the lateen sail is triangular, or precisely that of a large fore-sail; it requires a long tapering yard to spread it, which will slightly bow or bend towards the middle when a stiff breeze fills the sail; a boom is used for some lateen sails, but not for all.
ref: 1853, Henry Coleman Folkard, The Sailing Boat: A Description of English and Foreign Boats, page 75:
text: Not only is its supporting and controlling rigging best suited to that sail position but, even more important, the sail itself thus presents a rigid leading-edge: the mast, in the case of most modern sailboats, or the yardarm to which the sail is attached, in the case of the medieval Mediterranean lateen or the modern Sailfish.
Fore-and-aft rigs come in a variety of shapes, but the medieval Mediterranean lateen was triangular, and this too was an asset.
ref: 1976, Barbara M. Kreutz, “Ships, Shipping and the Implications of Change in the Medieval Mediterranean”, in Henrik M. Birnbaum, Patrick K. Ford, Hnry Ansgar Kelly, Richard H. Rouse, Speros Vryonis, Jr., Lynn White, Jr., editors, VIATOR: Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Volume 7, University of California Press, page 82:
text: The lateen sail is triangular or a quadrilateral which is almost triangular, the former being the type used by the Byzantines.
ref: 1990, Richard W. Unger, The Ship in the Medieval Economy 600-1600, page 47:
text: 1995, George F. Hourani, John Carswell, Arab Seafaring in the Indian Ocean in Ancient and Early Medieval Times, Princeton University Press, Expanded Edition, page 103,
The mere fact that this type of lateen no longer exists in the Mediterranean proves nothing; it is always possible that it might have originated there and later given way there to the still superior triangular form. But there are more substantial reasons for believing that the lateen came from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean. The earliest evidence of the existence of lateens in the Mediterranean is in Greek Byzantine manuscripts of the late ninth century, which show drawings of lateens (Plates 5 and 6).
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A triangular fore-and-aft sail set on a boom in such way that the tack is attached to the hull of the vessel and the free end of the boom lifts the sail.
Derived terms: lateened
lateener
savant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sæˈvɑnt/
ipa: /səˈvɑnt/
ipa: /ˈsæv.ənt/
rhymes: (General American) -ɑnt
Forms: form: savants
Etymology: Borrowed from French savant, from Latin sapiō. Doublet of sapient. Sense 3 is a clipping of idiot savant, literally ‘wise idiot’.
Senses: glosses: A person of learning, especially one who is versed in literature or science.
glosses: A person who is considered eminent because of their achievements.
synonyms: idiot savant
glosses: A person with or without significant mental disabilities who is very gifted in one area of activity, such as playing the piano or mental arithmetic.
Synonyms: word: erudite
word: expert
Coordinate terms: sense: intellectually talented person
word: genius
sense: intellectually talented person
word: prodigy
sense: intellectually talented person
word: savante
Derived terms: autistic savant
idiot savant
savantism
savant syndrome
Related terms: Homo sapiens
insipid
insipience
insipient
sapid
sapience
sapiens
sapient
savvy
tosspot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɒspɒt/
Forms: form: tosspots
form: toss-pot
Etymology: From toss + pot.
Senses: examples: text: The Muses shame to remember some fresh quaffers of Helicon; and which of the Graces or Virtues blusheth not to name some lusty tosspots of rhetoric?
ref: 1593, Gabriel Harvey, Pierce's Supererogation; or, A New Praise of the Old Ass, published 1815, pages 140–141:
text: We see our carowsing tospot German souldiers, when they are most plunged in their cups and as drunke as rats, to have perfect remembrance of their quarter, of the watchword, and of their files.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 2, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: A drunkard, one who drinks alcohol frequently.
examples: text: Well, that's one in the eye for the nay-sayers, the doubters, the cynics and assorted tosspots what make up the media and that.
ref: 2000 June 13, Darren Tackle, The Guardian:
glosses: A fool, prat; an idiot.
Synonyms: reel-pot
squeeze-grape
drunkard
phwoar
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fwɔː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Etymology: Imitative of the sound made, with the mouth initially partly closed and then opened wide.
Senses: examples: text: That Susan, phwoar!
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:phwoar.
glosses: Expresses sexual desire on seeing a person to whom one is attracted.
phwoar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fwɔː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: phwoars
form: phwoaring
form: phwoared
form: phwoared
Etymology: Imitative of the sound made, with the mouth initially partly closed and then opened wide.
Senses: glosses: To express sexual desire upon seeing a person that one finds sexually attractive.
Related terms: word: fnar
word: hawt
word: hubba hubba
faux pas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəʊ pɑː/
ipa: /fəʊ pɑːz/
Forms: form: faux pas
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French faux pas (“faux pas, blunder; misstep, false step”).
Senses: examples: text: Now my dear Lady Teazle if you but once make a trifling Faux Pas you can't conceive how cautious you would grow, and how ready to humour and agree with your Husband.
ref: 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, IV.iii:
text: A saint after repentance will forgive himself for a sin; a man about town will never forgive himself for a faux pas.
ref: 1906, Chesterton, Charles Dickens, chapter 2:
text: He was also prone to faux pas, none as memorable as his 2014 secret escapade from the Élysée. He was captured in full-faced helmet on the back of a motor scooter on his way to meet his mistress, the actress Julie Gayet, who is now his wife.
ref: 2023 June 10, Roula Khalaf, “Lunch with the FT: François Hollande”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:
synonyms: word: misstep
word: mistake
word: blunder
word: aberration
word: barbarism
word: bloomer
word: blooper
word: blunder
word: boner
word: boo-boo
word: break
word: clanger
word: cock-up
word: error
word: fault
word: faux pas
word: floater
word: flub
word: fluff
word: fuckup
word: gaffe
word: goof
word: howler
word: inaccuracy
word: lapse
word: lapsus
word: mess-up
word: misstep
word: mistake
word: oopsy
word: screwup
word: slip
word: slip-up
word: slipup
word: stumble
word: thinko
word: wrength
word: solecism
word: erroneity
glosses: An embarrassing or tactless blunder.
catapult
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæ.tə.pʌlt/
Forms: form: catapults
Etymology: From Middle French catapulte, from Latin catapulta, from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapéltēs), from κατά (katá, “downwards, into, against”) + πάλλω (pállō, “I poise or sway a missile before it is thrown”). Doublet of catapulta.
Senses: glosses: A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects.
glosses: A mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck.
glosses: A slingshot.
glosses: An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
examples: text: The visitors were given notice of what was to come when Huth headed wide from a Rory Delap long throw but failed to heed the warning, allowing the German defender to rise unmarked to meet another Delap catapult and plant his header into the net after 12 minutes.
ref: 2011 March 13, Chris Bevan, “Stoke 2 - 1 West Ham”, in BBC:
glosses: An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.
Hyponyms: steam catapult
torsion catapult
trebuchet
Derived terms: catapultable
catapult effect
catapult fruit
catapultian
catapultic
catapultlike
Related terms: catapeltic
catapult
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæ.tə.pʌlt/
Forms: form: catapults
form: catapulting
form: catapulted
form: catapulted
Etymology: From Middle French catapulte, from Latin catapulta, from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapéltēs), from κατά (katá, “downwards, into, against”) + πάλλω (pállō, “I poise or sway a missile before it is thrown”). Doublet of catapulta.
Senses: glosses: To fire a missile from a catapult.
glosses: To fire or launch something, as if from a catapult.
examples: text: The candidate selection for running mate has catapulted her to the national scene.
text: I was catapulted without preparation into the most difficult job any mortal man can hold. My duties would not wait a week, or a day, or even an hour.
ref: 1971, Lyndon Johnson, “The Beginning”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 12:
text: England will not be catapulted among the favourites for Euro 2012 as a result of this win, but no victory against Spain is earned easily and it is right they take great heart from their efforts as they now prepare to play Sweden at Wembley on Tuesday.
ref: 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To increase the status of something rapidly.
glosses: To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.
examples: text: She catapulted to the national scene following her selection by the candidate.
glosses: To have one's status increased rapidly.
Related terms: ballista
crossbow
onager
siege engine
trebuchet
trebucket
bounty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaʊnti/
ipa: /ˈbaʊn(t)i/
ipa: [ˈb̥aʊ̯ɾ̃i]
ipa: /ˈbaʊn(t)i/
ipa: [ˈb̥ʌʊ̯ɾ̃i]
ipa: /ˈbæɔnti/
ipa: /ˈbæʊnti/
rhymes: -aʊnti
Forms: form: bounties
form: bountying
form: bountied
form: bountied
Etymology: From Middle English bounte (“goodness, virtue; beauty; strength; chivalry, valour; excellence; kindness, mercy; good deed; generosity”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman bounté and Old French bonté, bontet, bunté (modern French bonté (“goodness, kindness”)), from Latin bonitās.
Senses: glosses: To offer a monetary reward for the capturing or killing of.
clay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: klā
ipa: /kleɪ/
ipa: [kl̥eɪ]
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: clays
form: claying
form: clayed
form: clayed
Etymology: From Middle English cley, clay, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaij, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to glue, paste, stick together”).
Cognate with Dutch klei (“clay”), Low German Klei (“clay”), German Klei, Danish klæg (“clay”); compare Ancient Greek γλία (glía), Latin glūten (“glue”) (whence ultimately English glue), Russian глина (glina, “clay”). Related also to clag, clog.
Senses: glosses: To add clay to, to spread clay onto.
examples: text: 1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Book IV, Chapter 7: Of Colonies, Part 2: Causes of Prosperity of New Colonies,
They amounted, therefore, to a prohibition, at first of claying or refining sugar for any foreign market, and at present of claying or refining it for the market, which takes off, perhaps, more than nine-tenths of the whole produce.
ref: 1809, Jonathan Williams, “On the Process of Claying Sugar”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 6:
text: The Portuguese had mastered the technique of claying sugar, and other European nations tried to learn the secrets from them.
ref: 1985, Stuart B. Schwartz, Sugar Plantations in the Formation of Brazilian Society: Bahia, 1550-1835, page 200:
glosses: To purify using clay.
raw_tags: of sugar
Derived terms: clay up
spraint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɹeɪnt/
rhymes: -eɪnt
Forms: form: spraints
Etymology: Old French espraintes, espreintes, French épreintes from espreinte (“a desire to go to stool”); cf. épreinte (“a piece of otter dung”).
Senses: examples: text: In this region the average spraint number per site is 3.9.
text: Figure 1 shows a photograph of an otter spraint.
glosses: A piece of otter dung.
centigrade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From centi- (“hundred”) + grade (“degree”).
Senses: synonyms: centesimal#Adjective
coordinate_terms: milligrade#Adjective
glosses: Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
raw_tags: of a scale
glosses: Celsius.
Related terms: decigrade
centigrade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centigrades
Etymology: From centi- (“hundred”) + grade (“degree”).
Senses: examples: text: all temperatures are expressed in centigrade unless otherwise noted
text: a temperature of 34 centigrade
text: Earth is one degree Centigrade hotter today than in pre-industrial times.
ref: 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns:
synonyms: Celsius scale
glosses: A centigrade scale for temperature having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure.
examples: text: a temperature of 34 centigrades
synonyms: degree Celsius
degree centigrade
mul:°C
mul:℃
glosses: A single degree on this scale.
glosses: The scale for angle measurement on which a gradian (a grad or gon) is the hundredth part of a quadrant.
Derived terms: degree centigrade
phosphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɒsfiːn/
homophone: phosphene
Forms: form: phosphines
Etymology: From phosph- + -ine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: hydride of phosphorus
glosses: A toxic gas, chemical formula PH₃.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alkyl or aryl derivative of this compound, PR₃ (where at least one R is not H),
topics: business
dyeing
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Chrysaniline, often in the form of a salt.
Synonyms: phosphane
phosphorus hydride
phosphureted hydrogen
Derived terms: acylphosphine
alkylphosphine
allenylphosphine
allylphosphine
aminodiphosphine
aminophosphine
arylphosphine
biphosphine
bisphosphine
carbamoylphosphine
chlorodimethylphosphine
chlorophosphine
cyclohexyldiphenylphosphine
dichlorophenylphosphine
dicyclohexylphenylphosphine
diethyl phosphine
diphosphine
ferrocenylphosphine
halophosphine
iminophosphine
monoethyl phosphine
organophosphine
oxaphosphine
phosphine imide
phosphine oxide
phosphine sulfide
phosphine sulphide
phosphinic
phosphinic acid
phosphinous
phosphinyl
primary phosphine
secondary phosphine
silylphosphine
tertiary phosphine
trialkylphosphine
triarylphosphine
tributylphosphine
tricyclohexylphosphine
triethyl phosphine
trimethylphosphine
trioctylphosphine
trivinylphosphine
vinylphosphine
Related terms: phosphazene
phosphazine
forget it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: forget about it
Senses: examples: text: You think you're getting into university with these grades? Well, forget it!
text: You said we could go to the mall! —Forget it! Look at the state of this room! You're going to stay here and clean up before you go anywhere.
synonyms: no way
under no circumstances
glosses: Absolutely not; I forbid it or it is impossible.
examples: text: Near-synonyms: don't worry; who cares, I don't care
text: What were you saying? – Oh, it was nothing important, forget it.
glosses: It doesn't matter.
examples: text: Near-synonym: don't worry
text: Thank you so much! How can I repay you for your kindness? – Forget it; it was nothing.
coordinate_terms: you're welcome
glosses: A conventional reply to an expression of gratitude.
examples: text: Near-synonyms: (vulgar) fuck it, fuck this
text: It's raining. I said, "It's raining." Do you hear me? It's raining! Oh, forget it!
glosses: I don't want to continue with this conversation (usually used in frustration or anger).
examples: text: So, life is disappointing? Forget it. We have no problems here. In here, life is beautiful! The girls are beautiful! Even the orchestra is beautiful.
ref: 1966, “"Willkommen"”, in Fred Ebb (lyrics), John Kander (music), Cabaret:
synonyms: don't worry
pay no mind
coordinate_terms: it is what it is
what can you do
glosses: Don't let it bother you; put it out of your mind.
t'
Language: English
Part of speech: article
Pronunciation: [t̚]
[ʔ]
[ː]
Forms: form: t’
Etymology: From Middle English that, from Old English þæt (“the, that”, neuter definite article and relative pronoun).
Senses: glosses: Northern England form of the (most characteristic of Yorkshire, but also found in areas of Lancashire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire)
examples: text: Tunnels often feature in fictional journeys, so I will end with quotations from a fairly recent novel, Howard Spring's "Fame is the Spur", published in 1940, in which there is a journey from Manchester to Bradford via the Calder Valley route: "Ay, we're going through Todmorden. We'll soon be in t' tunnel, and when we get to t' other end we'll be in Yorkshire," and "Ah think this is t' filthiest tunnel in t' world."
ref: 1957 May 24, Neil Caplan, “Railways in English Fiction”, in Railway Magazine, page 350:
glosses: Northern England form of the (most characteristic of Yorkshire, but also found in areas of Lancashire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire)
Short for the (mostly in speech).
Derived terms: t'internet
t'
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: [t̚]
[ʔ]
[ː]
Etymology: Contraction.
Senses: examples: text: But more particulary that, / Where Lady was to wear a Hat; / And lay the Enſigns of their pride; / Their Silken Ornaments aſide; / Which would have been a wholſome Act, / T' encourage Woolen Manufact;
ref: 1690, Thomas d'Urfey, “Canto III”, in Collin's Walk Through London and Westminster: A Poem in Burlesque, London: […] Rich. Parker […], page 105:
glosses: Apocopic form of to.
mobile telephone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mobile telephones
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mobile phone: synonym of cell phone (US) / mobile (UK).
cannabis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkænəbɪs/
Forms: form: cannabises
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cannabis (“hemp”), from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). See there for more. Doublet of canvas and hemp.
Senses: synonyms: hemp
marijuana
hyponyms: Cannabis sativa
Cannabis indica
Cannabis ruderalis
glosses: A tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis, especially Cannabis sativa), native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers.
examples: text: Cannabis use disorder is usually defined as a problematic use of the drug: developing tolerance to weed; using cannabis in larger amounts or over a longer period than intended; being unable to reduce use; spending a lot of time obtaining, using or recovering from the effects of cannabis; giving up important activities and obligations in favor of cannabis; and continued use of the drug despite negative consequences.
ref: 2021 July 22, Katie Hunt, “Schizophrenia linked to marijuana use disorder is on the rise, study finds”, in CNN:
text: We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle.
ref: 2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:
text: We found that teen drivers and the public largely misunderstand the legal status of cannabis use and do not fully recognize the risks of cannabis-impaired driving.
ref: 2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:
synonyms: 420
bhang
bud
dope
draw
ganja
grass
herb
leaf
marijuana
pot
puff
string
reefer
skunk
THC
weed
glosses: A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant.
glosses: The purified and decarboxylated resin of the cannabis plant used for medicinal purposes rather than for any intoxicating effects.
Derived terms: cannabene
cannabev
cannabidiol
cannabin
cannabinoid
cannabinol
cannabislike
cannabism
cannabisseur
cannabusiness
cannabutter
cannaphobia
cannista
cantheism
medical cannabis
tetrahydrocannabinol
penny in the fusebox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By metaphorical extension from the literal sense, a makeshift to close a circuit when no replacement fuse is at hand; unsafe, inadvisable, and disdained by others in any circumstance except a rare one like wartime heroism.
Senses: examples: text: The fix I made was just a penny in the fusebox; we need to revisit it and fix the problem for real.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An improvised repair made with no regard for safety.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see penny, in, the, fusebox.
Related terms: baling wire
haywire
band-aid
chewing gum
duct tape
wet willy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wet willies
Senses: examples: text: He is such a jerk; he gave me a sloppy wet willy.
glosses: A prank whereby a saliva-moistened finger is inserted into an unsuspecting person's ear, often with a slight twisting motion.
booty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbuːti/
rhymes: -uːti
Forms: form: bootyn
Etymology: Probably an alteration of botty. Possibly influenced by booty (etymology 1).
Senses: glosses: Of low quality; bad.
booty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbuːti/
rhymes: -uːti
Forms: form: booties
form: bootyn
Etymology: From boot.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bootee.
Synonyms: word: boodle
word: booty
word: fang
word: gizzit
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: haul
word: hot property
word: loot
word: pelf
word: pickings
word: pillage
word: plunder
word: prigging
word: sack
word: spoil
word: spoils
word: swag
Hypernyms: word: goods
word: money
word: property
Hyponyms: word: prize
word: spoils of war
Related terms: word: fence
word: stauling-ken
word: swag bag
word: leave someone holding the bag
word: too hot to hold
Islamite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Islamites
Etymology: From Islam + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A Muslim.
Islamite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Islam + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Islamic.
Synonyms: Mohammedan
Islamist
Islamitic
Islamitish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Islamitish
form: most Islamitish
Etymology: From Islamite + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Islamic.
Synonyms: word: Islamitic
word: Islamite
english: the modern word
translation: the modern word
word: Islamic
Islamitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Islamitic
form: most Islamitic
Etymology: From Islamite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Islamic
Synonyms: Islamitish
Islamist
Islamite
Islamism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪzləmɪz(ə)m/
ipa: /ɪzˈlɑːmɪz(ə)m/
ipa: /ɪzˈlæmɪz(ə)m/
Forms: form: Islamisms
form: Islamisme
Etymology: From Islam + -ism. Compare French islamisme.
Senses: examples: text: Muhammed [...] first manifested and obserued the Religion of Islamisme [...]
ref: 1626, Samuel Purchas, Purchas his Pilgrimage, or Relations of the World, fourth edition, page 1013:
text: ‘There is no God but God, and Mahommed is his prophet’. A confession of faith which is in itself a declaration of Islamism.
ref: 1827, Walter Scott, The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte:
text: Those of Meshed further assured him, that at Candahar there are descendants of Simeon, also of Joseph (i. e. of Ephraim and Manasseh,) though they were outwardly conformed to Islamism;³ and he himself, when in Arabia, met with Israelites who declared themselves, and were believed by the Jews, to be of the tribe of Dan. Their usual residence was near Terim in Hatramawt.
ref: 1841, Joshua William Brooks, “The Present Conditions and Future Prospects of the Jews”, in The History of the Hebrew Nation: From Its First Origin to the Present Time, London: R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, pages 569–570:
text: They were the outposts and frontiers of Islamism.
ref: 1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra:
glosses: The religion of Muslims; Islam.
examples: text: Tibi makes an absolute distinction between Islamism, which he regards as a totalitarian political ideology resembling Nazism and communism, and Islam, the religion to which he adheres.
ref: 2012, Malise Ruthven, ‘Reason & Religion’, Literary Review, number 399:
glosses: A popular reform movement advocating the reordering of government and society in accordance with laws prescribed by Islam.
glosses: Islamic fundamentalism, especially the forms that promote violence, hostility, and persecution of non-believers.
Synonyms: Muslimism
principal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɪnsɪpəl/
ipa: /ˈpɹɪnsəpəl/
homophone: principle
Forms: form: more principal
form: most principal
form: principall
Etymology: From Middle English principal, from Old French principal, from Latin prīncipālis.
Senses: examples: text: Smith is the principal architect of this design.
text: The principal cause of the failure was poor planning.
text: In a word, the Epiſodes of Homer are complete Epiſodes; they are proper to the ſubject, because they are drawn from the ground of the fable; they are ſo joined to the principal action, that one is the neceſſary conſequence of the other, either truly or probably: and laſtly, they are imperfect members which do not make a complete and finiſhed body; for an Epiſode that makes a complete action, cannot be part of a principal action; as is eſſential to all Epiſodes.
ref: 1725, Homer, “Book IX”, in [William Broome], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC, page 186:
text: For many years, Oslo had no railway communication with Bergen and Stavanger, the principal seaports on the south-west coast.
ref: 1956 April, H. A. Vallance, “To Oslo via Stavanger”, in Railway Magazine, page 213:
text: The principal treasure of ths department, however, is the Stele of Hammurabi (1792—1750 B.C.), king of the first Babylonian kingdom, a basalt cylinder 2.25m/7ft 5in. inscribed with Hammurabi's laws written in Akkadian in cuneiform script.
ref: 1995, Madeleine Cabos, Baedeker Paris, page 105:
text: In theory, there are the same number of principal components as there are variables, but in practice, usually only a few of the principal components need to be identified to account for most of the data variance.
ref: 2005, Ruth N. Collins, “Application of Phylogenetic Algorithms to Assess Rab Functional Relationships”, in Sidney P. Colowick, Alan Hall, editors, Methods in Enzymology, volume 403, page 22:
text: I understand that feeling. Through 20 years in the industry, I've stayed on the staff engineer's path, and I'm now a senior principal engineer, parallel to a senior director on my company's career ladder.
ref: 2022, Tanya Reilly, The Staff Engineer's Path, O'Reilly, →ISBN:
synonyms: chief
main
primary
glosses: Primary; most important; first level in importance.
examples: text: But walkt at will, and wandred to and fro, / In the pride of his freedome principall.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Of or relating to a prince; princely.
examples: text: Two is the principal square root of 4. Both −2 and +2 are square roots of 4.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Chosen or assumed among a branch of possible values of a multi-valued function so that the function is single-valued.
Related terms: principally
Hera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪəɹə/
ipa: /ˈhɪɹə/
rhymes: -ɪəɹə
rhymes: -ɪɹə
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Hēra, from Ancient Greek Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage and birth; daughter of Cronus and Rhea, sister and wife of Zeus, mother of Hephaestus, Ares, Hebe, and Enyo.
Related terms: Juno
tributary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪbjʊtəɹi/
Forms: form: tributaries
Etymology: PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English tributarie (“paying tribute”), from Latin tribūtārius, from tribūtum (“tribute”).
Senses: topics: geography
hydrology
natural-sciences
synonyms: affluent
influent
antonyms: distributary
glosses: A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
examples: text: The great saphenous vein is a tributary of the femoral vein.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A vein which drains into another vein.
examples: text: An earneſt Coniuration from the King, / As England was his faithfull Tributary
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 259, column 2:
glosses: A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.
Derived terms: left tributary
right tributary
Related terms: distributary
tributary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪbjʊtəɹi/
Etymology: PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English tributarie (“paying tribute”), from Latin tribūtārius, from tribūtum (“tribute”).
Senses: glosses: Related to the paying of tribute.
examples: text: to grace his tributary gods
ref: 1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:
english: Comus
translation: Comus
glosses: Subordinate; inferior.
examples: text: The Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.
glosses: Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing.
Derived terms: tributary load
tributary state
Related terms: tribute
bint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bĭnt
ipa: /bɪnt/
rhymes: -ɪnt
Forms: form: bints
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بِنْت (bint, “girl, daughter”), from Proto-Semitic *bint-, used to denote a patronym.
The term entered the British lexicon during the occupation of Egypt at the end of the 19th century, where it was adopted by British soldiers to mean "girlfriend" or "bit on the side". Its register varies from that of the harsher bitch to being affectionate, the latter more commonly associated with the West Midlands. The term was used in British armed forces and the London area synonymously with bird in its slang usage (and sometimes brass) from at least the 1950s. (In the Tyneside shipping industry, particularly in Laygate, in South Shields, the term may have been adopted earlier, from the Yemeni community which had existed there since the 1890s.)
Senses: examples: text: Tell that bint to get herself in here now!
text: Don't you remember the Crimbo din-din we had with the grotty Scots bint?
ref: 1997, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery:
text: If I went round saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!
ref: 1975, Monty Python and the Holy Grail:
glosses: A woman, a girl.
specious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspiːʃəs/
rhymes: -iːʃəs
Forms: form: more specious
form: most specious
Etymology: From speci(es) + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Coelorinchus is the most specious genus of macrourids with 122 species at the time of writing and more yet to be described.
ref: 2017, Imants G. Priede, “Systematic Description of Deep-Sea Fishes”, in Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 216:
glosses: Alternative form of speciose (“rich in species”).
ä
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A dictionary transcription for the PALM vowel
AFOL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæ.fɒl/
Forms: form: AFOLs
Senses: examples: text: The artist also has a large following among AFOLs (Adult Fans of Lego, as that fandom’s acronym has it on sites like the Lego users group Lugnet).
ref: 2013 June 13, Edward Rothstein, “A Vision That’s Not Quite a Snap”, in The New York Times:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Acronym of adult fan of Lego, an adult member of the fan community that exists around Lego toys.
simulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɪm.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌsɪm.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
Forms: form: simulations
Etymology: First attested in 1340 as Middle English symulacioun, from Middle French simulation, from Old French simulation/simulacion, from Latin simulātiōnem, from simulō (“imitate”). Morphologically simulate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: This exercise is a simulation of actual battle conditions.
text: The most reliable simulation predicts that the hurricane will turn north.
glosses: Something that simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.
examples: text: Despite extensive simulation in the design phase, the aircraft failed to behave as expected.
glosses: The process of simulating.
examples: text: Some kids in the classroom will be playing simulations after school.
topics: video-games
glosses: A video game designed to convey a more or less realistic experience, as of a sport or warfare.
examples: text: For to him that opens himself, Men will hardly shew themselves averse, but will (fair) let him go on, and turn their freedom of speech to freedom of thought. And therefore it is a good shrewd Proverb of the Spaniard, Tell a lye, and find a Troth; as if there were no way of discovery, but by Simulation.
ref: 1625, Francis Bacon, “Of Simulation and Dissimulation”, in The essays, or Counsels, civil & moral, with a table of the colours of good and evil. Whereunto is added The wisdome of the ancients, enlarged by the author, published 1680:
glosses: Assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true.
examples: text: "Players are very good at simulation," said Premier League referee Graham Poll. "I'm not saying they do practice, but I find it hard to believe they are so good at something without practicing. We have to issue more cards because it is the only way we can stop simulation spoiling the game. It is a cancer."
ref: 2004 April 19, Ravi Ubha, “Inside Soccer: FIFA gives Cameroon short(s) shrift”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
text: In the build-up to the second spot-kick, André Villas-Boas felt United striker Danny Welbeck had deliberately tripped over the leg of Branislav Ivanovic rather than an intentional foul being committed. "Referees have pretty clear orders on simulation, but it is difficult for them to assess the difference between simulation and fouls in those situations," he said.
ref: 2012 February 11, “AVB wants action on simulation”, in Belfast Telegraph:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: The act of falling over in order to be awarded a foul, when no foul has been committed.
Synonyms: imitation
replica
Derived terms: biosimulation
bisimulation
computer simulation
cosimulation
hydrosimulation
life simulation
macrosimulation
nonsimulation
photosimulation
postsimulation
presimulation
resimulation
semisimulation
Sim
simcade
simulational
simulation hypothesis
simulationism
simulationist
Related terms: simulator
embryophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin embryo and the suffix -phagy (“to feed on”); 1948; created to describe the behavior of sandtiger shark embryos.
Senses: glosses: The act of one embryo cannibalizing another for food in utero; at present only observed in some species of sharks.
Synonyms: adelphophagy
oophagy
de-dupe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: de-dupes
form: de-duping
form: de-duped
form: de-duped
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dedupe.
de-dupe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: de-dupes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dedupe.
midget
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪd͡ʒɪt/
rhymes: -ɪdʒɪt
Forms: form: midgets
Etymology: From midge (chiefly in the figurative sense of “small thing”, literally “small fly”) + -et (diminutive suffix), (from Old English myċġ (“mosquito”), from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mu-, *mew-; cognate with Dutch mug (“mosquito”) and German Mücke (“midge, gnat”)).
Senses: examples: text: the midget pony
text: By using a midget, skin-tight car of the kind made in Italy the Johannesburger might save himself much tribulation, but he likes large and glittering things, and would rather toil round his city in vain search of a place to put his supercharged, supergrinning Mammalac than use a baby car.
ref: 1949, Douglas Reed, Somewhere South of Suez: A Further Survey of the Grand Design of the Twentieth Century, page 48:
antonyms: giant
glosses: A very small thing; especially one which is conspicuously smaller than expected or by comparison.
glosses: Alternative form of midge (“small fly”)
examples: text: They [children] realize their oughts no less sharply than their crosses; and this even though they are midgets in a land of giants who have forgotten much of their language and whose right is often founded solely on force majeure.
ref: 1930, Walter de la Mare, Poems for Children, London: Constable & Co., →OCLC, page xxix; republished in “[The Children’s Bookshop] Children and Childhood”, in Henry Seidel Canby, editor, The Saturday Review of Literature, volume VII, number 9, New York, N.Y.: Saturday Review Associates, 1930 September 20, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 151, column 2:
text: Like a midget at a urinal, I was going to have to stay on my toes.
ref: 1994, Pat Proft, David Zucker, Robert LoCash, 44:20 from the start, in Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (motion picture), spoken by Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen):
synonyms: dwarf
short-ass//short-arse
shortie//shorty
titch
munchkin
antonyms: giant
glosses: A short person.
synonyms: dwarf
munchkin
elf
glosses: Something for use by a small person; especially something designed or made for one.
Hyponyms: sense: a small person
word: manikin
sense: a small person
word: homunculus
sense: a small person
word: pygmy
sense: a small person
word: lilliputian
Derived terms: crib midget
mental midget
midget car
midget cell
midget-esque
midget golf
midgetism
midgetlike
midgetly
midget-minded
midgetness
midgetry
midget tossing
midgety
dwarf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: dwôrf
ipa: /dwɔɹf/
ipa: /dwɔːf/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)f
Forms: form: dwarfer
form: dwarfest
Etymology: From Middle English dwergh, dwerw, dwerf, from Old English dweorg, from Proto-West Germanic *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.
Cognate with Scots droich, dwerch (“dwarf, midget”); Old High German twerc (German, Luxembourgish Zwerg (“dwarf”)); Old Norse dvergr (Danish dværg (“dwarf, midget”), Faroese dvørgur (“dwarf”), Icelandic dvergur (“dwarf”), Norwegian Bokmål dverg (“dwarf”), Norwegian Nynorsk dverg, verg (“dwarf”), Swedish dvärg (“dwarf”)); Old Frisian dwirg (Saterland Frisian Dwärch (“dwarf”), West Frisian dwerch (“dwarf”)); Middle Low German dwerch, dwarch, twerg (German Low German Dwarg (“dwarf”)); Middle Dutch dwerch, dworch (Dutch dwerg (“dwarf”)).
The Modern English noun has undergone complex phonetic changes. The form dwarf is the regular continuation of Old English dweorg, but the plural dweorgas would have given rise to dwarrows and the oblique stem dweorge- would have led to dwery. These forms are sometimes found as the nominative singular in Middle English texts and in English dialects. A parallel case is that of Old English burg giving burgh, borough, burrow, bury.
Senses: examples: text: The specimen is a very dwarf form of the plant.
text: It is possible to grow the plants as dwarf as one desires.
glosses: Miniature.
raw_tags: in botany
dwarf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: dwôrf
ipa: /dwɔɹf/
ipa: /dwɔːf/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)f
Forms: form: dwarfs
form: dwarfing
form: dwarfed
form: dwarfed
Etymology: From Middle English dwergh, dwerw, dwerf, from Old English dweorg, from Proto-West Germanic *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.
Cognate with Scots droich, dwerch (“dwarf, midget”); Old High German twerc (German, Luxembourgish Zwerg (“dwarf”)); Old Norse dvergr (Danish dværg (“dwarf, midget”), Faroese dvørgur (“dwarf”), Icelandic dvergur (“dwarf”), Norwegian Bokmål dverg (“dwarf”), Norwegian Nynorsk dverg, verg (“dwarf”), Swedish dvärg (“dwarf”)); Old Frisian dwirg (Saterland Frisian Dwärch (“dwarf”), West Frisian dwerch (“dwarf”)); Middle Low German dwerch, dwarch, twerg (German Low German Dwarg (“dwarf”)); Middle Dutch dwerch, dworch (Dutch dwerg (“dwarf”)).
The Modern English noun has undergone complex phonetic changes. The form dwarf is the regular continuation of Old English dweorg, but the plural dweorgas would have given rise to dwarrows and the oblique stem dweorge- would have led to dwery. These forms are sometimes found as the nominative singular in Middle English texts and in English dialects. A parallel case is that of Old English burg giving burgh, borough, burrow, bury.
Senses: synonyms: miniaturize
shrink
glosses: To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
examples: text: The newly-built skyscraper dwarfs all older buildings in the downtown skyline.
text: The train bursts from Rusher Cutting Tunnel with explosive violence, the engine's exhaust soaring high into the air, but dwarfed by the mighty limestone cliffs on either side.
ref: 1960 April, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 225:
text: In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.
ref: 2013 May-June, Kevin Heng, “Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily?”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 184:
glosses: To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny; to be much larger than.
examples: text: Bach dwarfs all other composers.
synonyms: eclipse
overshadow
outshadow
outshine
outdo
put to shame
upstage
surpass
outmatch
outstrip
glosses: To make appear insignificant.
synonyms: shrink
glosses: To become (much) smaller.
examples: text: At present the whole sex is in a manner dwarfed and shrunk - into a race of beauties that seems almost another species
ref: 1710 July 3 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “THURSDAY, June 22, 1710”, in The Spectator, number 98; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
text: Even the most common moral ideas and affections […] would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a spiritual background.
ref: 1881, John Campbell Shairp, Aspects of Poetry:
glosses: To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
Derived terms: undwarfed
dwarfism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdwɔɹfɪzəm/
ipa: /ˈdwɔːfɪzəm/
Forms: form: dwarfisms
Etymology: From dwarf + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Studies of disproportionate dwarfisms in animals have revealed the importance of core proteins an sulfation in the development of cartilage.
ref: 1985, J. D. Esko et al., “Animal Cell Mutants Defective in Glycosaminoglycan Biosynthesis”, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, volume 82, number 10, page 3200:
glosses: The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature).
examples: text: Childish, childish to the core: that's why they're so good at nursing, they're arrested in a state of permanent intellectual dwarfism themselves!
ref: 2011, Peter Burt, Fables, page 124:
glosses: The quality of being puny or inferior.
Derived terms: Amsterdam dwarfism
island dwarfism
Lenz-Majewski hyperostotic dwarfism
Russell-Silver dwarfism
semidwarfism
Silver-Russell dwarfism
dwarfish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dwarfish
form: most dwarfish
form: dwarvish
Etymology: From dwarf + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: […] now does he feel his title / Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe / Upon a dwarfish thief.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
text: 1757, Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, Section XXIV, in The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, London: John C. Nimmo, 1887, Volume I, p. 242, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15043/15043-h/15043-h.htm
Besides the extraordinary great in every species, the opposite to this, the dwarfish and diminutive, ought to be considered. Littleness, merely as such, has nothing contrary to the idea of beauty.
text: The vegetation, as might be supposed, is scant, or at least dwarfish.
ref: 1843, Edgar Allan Poe, The Gold-Bug:
text: Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation […]
ref: 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:
text: There were the Rougiers, for instance, an old, ragged, dwarfish couple who plied an extraordinary trade.
ref: 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter I, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC:
glosses: Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.
examples: text: Dwarfish axes are some of the finest weapons available.
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.
Derived terms: dwarfishly
dwarfishness
achondroplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪˌkɒndɹə(ʊ)ˈpleɪziə/
ipa: /ə-/
ipa: /-ʒ(i)ə/
Forms: form: achondroplasias
Etymology: From a- (“not”) + chondro- (“cartilage”) + -plasia (“growth”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
teratology
glosses: A genetic disorder, the most common form of short limb dwarfism.
Derived terms: achondroplasiaphobia
achondroplasic
pseudoachondroplasia