cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
unmatched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ætʃt
Forms: form: more unmatched
form: most unmatched
Senses: glosses: Not matched; odd.
raw_tags: of a pair of things
glosses: Not matched with anything else.
raw_tags: of a single thing
synonyms: word: unique
word: peerless
word: unparalleled
word: alone
word: azygous
word: incomparable
word: matchless
word: nonpareil
word: peerless
word: singular
word: sui generis
word: unequaled
word: unique
word: unparalleled
word: unmatched
word: unrivalled
glosses: Peerless; unrivalled; beyond comparison.
unmatched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ætʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unmatch
unrepaid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪd
Etymology: From un- + repaid.
Senses: glosses: not yet repaid
raw_tags: of a loan etc.
Taxol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See taxol.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Taxol, paclitaxel: a drug (a mitotic inhibitor) used to kill dividing tumour cells.
taxol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæksɒl/
Forms: form: taxols
Etymology: Named by the researchers who isolated it from the bark of the Pacific yew in 1967, Monroe E. Wall and Mansukh C. Wani, from the scientific Latin term Taxus (a genus name).
Senses: examples: text: The powerful anti-cancer drug taxol is extracted from the leaves of the yew tree.
ref: 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 20:
topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A taxane, C₄₇H₅₁NO₁₄, used to treat cancer; Taxol.
Renjith
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit, meaning "victor in wars".
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Related terms: Ranjit
Ranjith
taxane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taxanes
Etymology: Scientific Latin Taxus (“yew”) + -ane
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of diterpenoid drugs that inhibit cancer cell growth and division.
Hyponyms: docetaxel
paclitaxel
discant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: discants
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Alternative form of descant.
discant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: discants
form: discanting
form: discanted
form: discanted
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Alternative form of descant.
glassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of glass
glassed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: antonyms: unglassed
glosses: Shielded or walled in by glass.
glosses: Of a person: having been assaulted with a glass smashed on them.
Related terms: be-glassed
eye-glassed
glassed-in
glassed-off
sun-glassed
least significant byte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: least significant bytes
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: The byte of a multibyte number with the least importance: that is, the byte stored last on a big-endian system or first on a little-endian system.
Synonyms: word: LSB
MSB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MSBs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of most significant bit.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of most significant byte.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Initialism of main switchboard.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of money services business.
Coordinate terms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: LSB
LSB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LSBs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: MSB
glosses: Initialism of least significant bit.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: MSB
glosses: Initialism of least significant byte.
glosses: Initialism of lower sideband.
topics: media
publishing
typography
coordinate_terms: RSB
glosses: Abbreviation of left side bearing.
LSB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Linux Standard Base.
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of Legal Services Board.
thermos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɜː.mɒs/
ipa: /ˈθɝ.məs/
Forms: form: thermoses
form: thermoi
form: Thermos
Etymology: Genericization of the trademark Thermos, from Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós, “warm”). Possibly related to English warm.
Senses: glosses: A bottle, flask or similar vessel having a vacuum between its inner and outer silvered walls; designed to maintain the temperature of its contents
Synonyms: thermal flask
thermos flask
vacuum flask
Derived terms: thermos bomb
Related terms: dewar
thermos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɜː.mɒs/
ipa: /ˈθɝ.məs/
Forms: form: thermoi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θέρμος (thérmos).
Senses: examples: text: The mnaeion contains 4 gold pieces, 16 quarters, 64 thermoi, 128 carats. The gold piece contains 4 staters [sic for quarters], 16 thermoi, 32 carats. The thermos contains 2 carats. The quarter contains 4 thermoi, 8 carats. The thermos contains 2 carats.[…]The mnaeion has sixteen (16) quarters and the quarter has 6 thermoi, twelve (12) carats. The thermos has 2 carats, so that the mnaeion consists of 96 thermoi, 192 carats. The mnaeion weighs 8 drachmas, the quarter three obols, the thermos one-half obol, the carat 2 chalci.[…]Thermoi of 2 and of 1½ siliquae are attested in metrological writings (MSR II 180, s.v. θέρμοϲ); ½ ob. per thermus^([sic]) in 18 implies the lighter weight, as 1 ob. = 3 sil.[…]The mnaeion has 16 quarters and the quarter has (4 or 6) thermoi…
ref: 1982, “Metrology (3455–3460)”, in A[dam] Bülow-Jacobsen, J[ohn] E[dwin] G[eorge] Whitehorne, editors, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri (Graeco-Roman Memoirs; No. 69), volume XLIX, […] for the British Academy by the Egypt Exploration Society, […], →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 101, 104, and 105:
text: 1 saton (seʾah) = 1/3 ephah (see above for correction) = 2/3 bath / mina by weight = 50 shekels / ¼ shekel = 4 thermoi / shekel = 16 thermoi and one weight (?)
ref: 2005, Lawrence H[arvey] Schiffman, “Sacrificial Halakhah in the Fragments of the Aramaic Levi Document from Qumran, the Cairo Genizah, and Mt. Athos Monastery”, in Esther G[lickler] Chazon, Devorah Dimant, Ruth A[nne] Clements, editors, Reworking the Bible: Apocryphal and Related Texts at Qumran: […], Leiden; Boston, Mass.: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 199:
text: A third of a seah is a third of an ephah, and two-thirds of a bath, and the weight of a mina is fifty of shekels, and a quarter of a shekel is the weight of four thermoi.ᵍ Let the shekel be about sixteen thermoi and of one weight.[…]g. “thermoi”—A unit of measure whose identification remains very unclear.
ref: 2013, James R. Davila, “Aramaic Levi”, in Richard Bauckham, James R. Davila, Alex Panayotov, editors, Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: More Noncanonical Scriptures, volume one, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 138:
glosses: A unit of measure whose identification remains very unclear.
thermostat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɝməstæt/
ipa: /ˈθɝmoʊstæt/
Forms: form: thermostats
Etymology: From thermo- + -stat.
Senses: glosses: A device that automatically responds to changes in temperature by activating a heating or cooling system to maintain the temperature at a desired setting.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An algorithm used to maintain a simulated system at a set temperature by absorbing or releasing heat
Derived terms: thermostatic
thermostatically
Related terms: simmerstat
thickening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɪkənɪŋ/
Forms: form: thickenings
Etymology: From thicken + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous.
glosses: A substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce.
examples: text: […] the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts […]
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6:
text: They disappear at once on slightly relaxing the air-pressure, whilst true incipient thickenings of the surface remain white and unpliably stiff.
ref: 1902, Edwin Hurry Fenwick, Obscure Diseases of the Urethra, page 30:
glosses: A thickened part of a structure.
Derived terms: shear-thickening
thickening agent
thickening layer
thickening ring
thickening time
thickening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɪkənɪŋ/
Etymology: From thicken + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of thicken
thickening
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɪkənɪŋ/
Etymology: From thicken + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: From Keighley onwards we had obviously returned to civilisation, for the surrounding country was now studded with the sodium street lights of suburbia and a thickening industrial haze was blotting out the moon.
ref: 1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 48:
glosses: Beginning to thicken, becoming thicker.
thick-skinned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: thicker-skinned
form: thickest-skinned
Senses: glosses: Having a thick skin.
glosses: Not easily offended.
glosses: Insensitive to the feelings of others; callous.
examples: text: They that are ſo thick skinned as ſtill to credit the ſtory of the Phœnix, may ſay ſomething for animall burning: […]
ref: 1658, Thomas Browne, “Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall. […]. Chapter I”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 1:
glosses: Obtuse, thick, intellectually dull or insensitive.
Derived terms: thick-skinnedness
thieving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθiːvɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːvɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of thieve
thieving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθiːvɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːvɪŋ
Senses: examples: text: From her point of view, sex itself, or sexual awareness, is the thief that stole away her innocence (which completes the picture of Thomas's totally thieving world).
ref: 1966, William T. Moynihan, The craft and art of Dylan Thomas:
text: The landlady was "a desperately mean old specimen... who employed a very thieving set of servants,"
ref: 2001, Mary Elizabeth Massey, George C. Rable, Refugee life in the Confederacy:
glosses: That thieves; that steals; inclined to steal
thieving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθiːvɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːvɪŋ
Forms: form: thievings
Senses: examples: text: "There's nothing to spend your thievings on up here."
ref: 1910, Amy McLaren, Bawbee Jock:
glosses: The action of theft.
thighbone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thighbones
Etymology: From late Middle English. Equivalent to thigh + bone.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee in humans; the femur.
thimble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɪmb(ə)l/
rhymes: -ɪmbəl
Forms: form: thimbles
form: thimbling
form: thimbled
form: thimbled
Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English thymbyll, thimel (“thimble”) [and other forms], from Old English þȳmel (“thimble, thumbstall; fingerstall”), then either:
* from Old English þūma (“thumb”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”)) + -el (suffix forming agent nouns and the names of instruments); or
* from Proto-Germanic *þūmilaz (“thumb-covering, thumb-sheath”), from *þūmô (“thumb”) (ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root mentioned above) + *-ilaz (suffix forming agent nouns).
The English word is analysable as thumb + -le (suffix forming agent nouns), and is cognate with Dutch duimeling (“thumbstall”), German Däumling (“thumbstall”), German Low German Dümelke (“thumbstall”), Saterland Frisian Düümelke (“thumbstall”), Scots thummle, thumble (“thimble”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: glosses: To use a thimble (noun sense 1).
glosses: To sew.
Judaeophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Judaeophobes
form: Judæophobe
form: Judeophobe
Etymology: From Judaeo- + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: The most rabid Judaeophobe will readily admit that there is hardly one small town in Germany without its Jewish physician, and that there is no university which has not more than its due proportion of professorial chairs occupied by Hebrews.
ref: 1881 December, Herrmann Adler, “Recent Phases of Judæophobia”, in The Nineteenth Century, volume 10, Henry S. King & Co., page 825:
text: It is the problem which touches the very root of our national existence, the problem—to put it in the words of an ancient Judaeophobe—of "a nation dispersed and divided," or—to express it in the words of a modern Judaeophile—the problem of "Israel among the Nations."
ref: 1905, Israel Friedlaender, "Dubnow's Theory of Jewish Nationalism," Past and Present: A Collection of Jewish Essays, Ark Pub. Co., 1919, pg. 372
text: Citing examples from the vicious Judaeophobe Matthew Paris and others, he suggests that readmission would constitute moral reparations for past suffering:
ref: 2006, Jason Philip Rosenblatt, Renaissance England's Chief Rabbi: John Selden, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 174:
glosses: One who fears or hates Jews.
peg warmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peg warmers
Etymology: Humorously suggesting that such products are likely to remain hanging on the peg in a store.
Senses: glosses: A retail product, especially a collectible, that has very high supply and very low demand.
kinesthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kinestheses
Etymology: From kine- + -esthesis.
Senses: glosses: Ability to feel motion of the body and limbs.
Derived terms: podokinesthesis
Related terms: kinesthesia
proprioception
arcuate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more arcuate
form: most arcuate
Etymology: From Latin arcuātus.
Senses: examples: text: arcuate stalks
text: The cause of the confusion in sounds, and the inconfusion in species visible, is, for that the sight worketh in right lines, and so there can be no coincidence in the eye; but sounds that move in oblique and arcuate lines, must needs encounter and disturb the one the other.
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: curved into the shape of a bow.
Derived terms: arcuate fasciculus
arcuately
biarcuate
periarcuate
postarcuate
subarcuate
amphidromous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amphi- + -dromous.
Senses: glosses: that travels between fresh and salt water, but not to breed
raw_tags: of a migratory fish
Related terms: amphidromy
anadromous
catadromous
diadromous
oceanodromous
potamodromous
anata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Alternative form of anatta.
anadromous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈnad.ɹə.məs/
ipa: /əˈnæd.ɹə.məs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνάδρομος (anádromos, “fish entering a river from the sea”). By surface analysis, ana- + -dromous.
Senses: examples: text: Shads and most species of salmon are anadromous.
text: Alewives are anadromous fish: Born in freshwater, they spend their lives in the ocean, returning annually to their birthplaces to spawn.
ref: 2014 April 20, Richard Conniff, “An evolutionary family drama”, in The New York Times:
text: Bird migration routes favor marshes and river valleys, as do, more obviously, the movement of anadromous salmon and, the mirror image, catadromous eels, to mention only two of the numerous migrating fish species.
ref: 2017, James C Scott, chapter 1, in Against the Grain, New Haven & London: Yale, →ISBN, page 53:
text: Emphasizing that it has applied equitable apportionment to not only rivers and streams but also to interstate river basins, to groundwater pumping that affects surface water flows, and to anadromous fish like Chinook salmon and steelhead trout, the court stated that equitable apportionment applies only when transboundary resources are at issue.
ref: 2021 November 23, Robin Craig, “In dispute over groundwater, court tells Mississippi it’s equitable apportionment or nothing”, in SCOTUSblog:
glosses: That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water.
raw_tags: of a migratory fish
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a fern: in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the apex of the frond.
Derived terms: catanadromous
nonanadromous
Related terms: anadrom
amphidromous
diadromous
oceanodromous
potamodromous
potamodromous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From potamo- + -dromous.
Senses: examples: text: The Colorado pikeminnow of the United States is a potamodromous fish.
glosses: that migrates within freshwater only
raw_tags: of a migratory fish
Related terms: potamodromy
amphidromous
anadromous
catadromous
diadromous
oceanodromous
doko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dokos
Senses: examples: text: If the water, which the doko has chosen for its habitation becomes dried up, it wraps itself in a kind of a capsule of mud[…]
ref: 1887, Henry Davenport Northrop, Earth, sea and sky: or, marvels of the universe, page 683:
glosses: A lungfish.
glosses: a kind of basket made from bamboo, used by porters in Nepal, Bhutan and northern India.
Winchester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪnt͡ʃɛstə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈwɪnt͡ʃɪstə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: Winchesters
Etymology: From Middle English Wynchester, Winchestre, from Old English Wintanċeaster, from Latin Venta Belgārum (literally “Venta of the Belgae”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Celtic *wentā (“town, place”), Proto-Indo-European *h₁wen- (“place (?)”) + Old English ċeaster, from Latin castra (“camp”).
The bottle is named for the former customary units of the English city. The rifle is named named after American businessman Oliver Winchester (1810–1880). The computer disk is named for the rifle.
Senses: examples: text: H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines
"Give me my express," I said, laying down the Winchester, and he handed it to me cocked.
text: Almost simultaneously Jim Taylor and Kit Hunter shot at each other with Winchesters.
ref: 2008, James M. Smallwood, The Feud That Wasn't, page 167:
synonyms: Win
glosses: A Winchester rifle, typically a lever-action repeater.
glosses: A bottle holding a Winchester quart.
examples: text: And besides, Winchesters of the nonremovable sort work fine—why bother complicating things with cartridges[…]
ref: 1984 February 7, PC Mag, volume 3, number 2, page 234:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: Winchester disk
glosses: A hard disk.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Out of ordinance.
Derived terms: Win
Henri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Henris
Senses: glosses: A male given name from French.
Derived terms: Pont-Henri
have to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: weak form
ipa: /ˈhæf.tə/
note: strong form
ipa: /ˈhæv.tuː/
note: strong form
ipa: /ˈhæf.tu/
Forms: form: has to
form: having to
form: had to
form: had to
form: hafta
Etymology: Dates back at least to the Old English habban + tō construction, with the same meaning as sense 1 below.
Senses: examples: text: You have to wear a seat belt.
text: I have to go to the bathroom.
text: I just have to have that shirt.
text: I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: Before the new station could be built, a private overbridge had to be raised, and the railway regraded.
ref: 1951 September, “Notes and News: New Station for Glasgow Zoo”, in Railway Magazine, page 639:
text: Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.
ref: 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
text: The railway ran through the resort's narrow streets up to Weymouth Quay station, with thoughtlessly parked vehicles sometimes having to be bumped out of the way.
ref: 2023 December 27, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: the way to Weymouth”, in RAIL, number 999, page 55:
synonyms: need to
have got to
got to
gotta
glosses: Must; need to; to be urged to; to be required to; indicates obligation.
examples: text: that has to be the postman; it has to be an electrical fault
synonyms: be bound to
have got to
got to
gotta
must
glosses: Must; expresses a logical conclusion.
raw_tags: with be
trick or treat
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: tricks or treats
Senses: examples: text: 1987, Kai Hansen, "Halloween", Helloween, Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part 1.
Meet the others at the store, / Knock on other people's door / Trick or treat they have no choice, / Little ghost's are makin' lotsa noise
synonyms: help the Halloween party
glosses: A form of a light-hearted request by which children obtain candy on Halloween while wearing themed costumes.
Related terms: trick-or-treat
happy Halloween
beneficium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beneficia
Etymology: From Latin beneficium.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of benefice.
synonyms: word: benefice
cut off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kʌt ɔf/
ipa: /kʌˈɾɔf/
Forms: form: cuts off
form: cutting off
form: cut off
form: cut off
Senses: synonyms: prune
trim
hyponyms: amputate
glosses: To remove by cutting.
examples: text: The entranced spectator was cut off from reality as long as the adventure lasted; it was as if he lived a dream yet believed he was awake.
ref: 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 37:
glosses: To isolate or remove from contact.
examples: text: The first English Electric units were not fitted with an anti-slip brake, but a hurried consultation of the wiring diagram showed that it should be possible to hold in the low-voltage anti-slip relay for long enough to let speed build up without cutting off the motor current.
ref: 1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 268:
glosses: To stop the provision or supply of something, e.g. power, water.
examples: text: His parents cut him off to encourage him to find a job.
text: You're drunk, Jerry, I'm cutting you off.
glosses: To stop providing funds or something else to (someone).
examples: text: My phone call was cut off before I could get the information.
glosses: To end abruptly.
examples: text: That dingbat cut me off as I was about to conclude my thesis.
glosses: To interrupt (someone speaking).
synonyms: word: cut up
glosses: To swerve in front of (another car) while driving.
examples: I ran to the house, but Sally is quicker and cut me off.
glosses: To move so as to block someone else's movement in a direction.
examples: text: Cut off the lamp so I can get some sleep.
glosses: To turn off or switch off (an electrical device).
Derived terms: cutoff
cut-off
cut off a corner
cut off at the pass
cut off more than one can chew
cut off one's nose to spite one's face
cutter-off
cutter-offer
like a chicken with its head cut off
run around like a chicken with its head cut off
cut off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kʌt ɔf/
ipa: /kʌˈɾɔf/
Forms: form: cut offs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cutoff.
yellow-bellied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more yellow-bellied
form: most yellow-bellied
Etymology: From yellow + bellied; see yellowbelly.
Senses: glosses: Of an animal or reptile; having a yellow underside or belly.
glosses: Uncourageous, cowardly.
Synonyms: sense: uncourageous, cowardly
word: cowardly
sense: uncourageous, cowardly
word: uncourageous
Derived terms: yellow-bellied flycatcher
yellow-bellied marmot
yellow-bellied racer
yellow-bellied sapsucker
yellow-bellied sea snake
yellow-bellied slider
Related terms: yellow-belly
uncourageous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌʌnkəˈɹeɪd͡ʒəs/
Forms: form: more uncourageous
form: most uncourageous
Etymology: From un- + courageous.
Senses: glosses: lacking courage
Synonyms: word: chicken
word: chicken-shit
word: yellow
word: yellow-bellied
after the jump
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: The World Wide Web version of after the break.
Senses: examples: text: This story continues after the jump.
glosses: Used to introduce an inline advertisement in a webpage etc.
scarabæid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scarabæids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scarabaeid.
in-line
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: inline
Etymology: From in- + line.
Senses: glosses: Consisting of parts arranged in a single line.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having all cylinders in a single straight line; straight.
raw_tags: of an internal-combustion engine
examples: text: An in-line mathematical formula does not have to be on a line of its own.
text: Parenthetical referencing is a citation style which uses in-line citations enclosed within parentheses.
text: This is an inline (e.g. mid-sentence) template for marking up text as a Wikipedia self-reference.
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
publishing
writing
glosses: Inserted in the flow of a text.
examples: text: BBC BASIC allows the programmer to write in-line assembly language.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of a different language than the outer enclosing code.
raw_tags: of source code
examples: text: Now the paragraph to which you applied the inline style should be light gray, as the inline CSS is overriding the embedded CSS and the linked style sheet. Any other default paragraphs should still be dark gray based on the embedded style.
ref: 2007, Simon Collison, Beginning CSS Web Development: From Novice to Professional:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
web-design
qualifier: Cascading Style Sheets
glosses: Of a style: inserted in the style attribute of an HTML element instead of in a separate stylesheet.
Synonyms: sense: arranged in a single line
word: aligned
sense: inserted in a text
word: in-text
Derived terms: in-line code
in-line engine
in-line expansion
in-line skating
Related terms: inlining
fully-fledged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of full-fledged.
aedicule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aedicules
form: ædicule
Etymology: From Latin aedicula (“small house”), diminutive of aedēs (“a house”) + -culus.
Senses: examples: text: They built a rococo aedicule that stands around the Tomb today.
ref: 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 384:
glosses: A small house or room.
premonition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpriːməˈnɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌprɛ-/
enpr: prĕm'ə-
enpr: prē'mə-nĭshʹən
rhymes: -ɪʃən
Forms: form: premonitions
form: præmonition
Etymology: First use appears c. 1533. From Anglo-Norman premunition, from Ecclesiastical Latin praemonitiōnem (“a forewarning”), form of praemonitiō, from Latin praemonitus, past participle of praemoneō, from prae (“before”) (English pre-) + moneō (“to warn”) (from which English monitor). Compare Germanic forewarning.
Senses: synonyms: vision
glosses: A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.
examples: text: The sinister face of Dr. Bauerstein recurred to me unpleasantly. A vague suspicion of everyone and everything filled my mind. Just for a moment I had a premonition of approaching evil.
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 17:
synonyms: word: bad feeling
word: foreboding
word: gut feeling
word: hunch
word: second sight
glosses: A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).
Derived terms: premonitory
Related terms: postmonition
civitas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: closer to Classical Latin
ipa: /ˈki.wɪˌtɑs/
note: closer to Ecclesiastical Latin
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃiviˌtɑs/
Forms: form: civitates
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin cīvitās. Doublet of city.
Senses: topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: the social body of the citizens united by law
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: a city and its territory
qualifier: pedantic
glosses: a community
qualifier: pedantic
glosses: a state, (chiefly) a city-state
e-texts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etexts
Senses: glosses: plural of e-text
etexts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of etext
polyonymous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: polyonomous
Etymology: Greek poly- (πολύ), many + "onoma" (όνομα), name
Senses: glosses: Having many names or titles.
Derived terms: polyonymously
polyonomous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: polyonymous
Senses: glosses: Having many names or titles.
marquis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑː.kwɪs/
ipa: /mɑɹˈki/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹ.kwɪs/
note: for the plural spelled marquis
ipa: /mɑɹˈkiz/
Forms: form: marquises
form: marquis
form: marquisses
form: marquess
form: marquesse
Etymology: From Middle English markis, from Old French markis, marchis, from Late Latin marchensis, from Old High German marcha and Frankish *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary”).
Meaning is “lord of the march”, in sense of march (“border country”).
Senses: glosses: A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke, but above a count. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by letters patent or letters close.
glosses: Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Bassarona (or Euthalia).
Derived terms: macaroni marquis
marquisate
marquisdom
marquisess
Marquis of Queensberry rules
Marquis reagent
marquisship
Marquis wheat
Related terms: marchioness
marquee
marquise
ossature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒsətjʊə/
ipa: /ˈɑsət͡ʃəɹ/
Forms: form: ossatures
Etymology: From French ossature, from Latin os (“bone”) + -ature.
Senses: glosses: A skeletal framework; an underlying structure.
topics: architecture
glosses: Any supporting framework under a vault, roof etc.
evildoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːvəlˌduːə/
ipa: /ˈivəlˌduːɚ/
Forms: form: evildoers
form: evil-doer
Etymology: From Middle English yvel doer; equivalent to evil + doer.
Senses: examples: text: Fret not thy ſelfe becauſe of euill doers, neither bee thou enuious againſt the workers of iniquitie.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 37:1:
text: "But gallantly they fought. Oh Hiya! they fought like very men, and slew many, and held their own, and then I came and saved them, and the evildoers have I sent on hither to Kôr to be judged of thy greatness, oh She! and here they are."
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
text: "Come out, Noongah, you evil doer! It is I, Gulunna the warrior, returned!"
ref: 1944, H. Lorna Bingham, Tuckonie's Warrior Friend, page 29, column 2:
glosses: A person who performs evil acts.
cannon fodder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cannonfodder
form: cannon-fodder
Etymology: Mid-19th century, from cannon (“artillery piece”) + fodder (“food”), a calque of German Kanonenfutter, itself possibly a calque of English food for powder. See the German for more.
Senses: examples: text: "A foolish old half-pay officer," boomed Sir Hilton. "Go back to your club, sir, and play bridge with other superannuated cannon-fodder, sir."
ref: 1930, Frank Richards, The Magnet: Victory for the Rebels:
text: Soviet communism is trying to make these nations into colonies, and to use their people as cannon fodder in new wars of conquest.
ref: 1951 January 8, Harry S. Truman, State of the Union Address:
text: A Russian governor in Siberia has been confronted by angry citizens who blamed him for deploying a local riot police unit to Ukraine to become “cannon fodder”, a video clip circulating online showed.
ref: 2022 March 8, Pjotr Sauer, “‘They were sent as cannon fodder’: Siberian governor confronted by relatives of Russian unit”, in The Guardian:
coordinate_terms: forlorn hope
glosses: Military forces considered to be expendable.
examples: text: It is arrogant to simply dismiss San Marino and say they should not be playing qualifiers at this level but it is hard to see what England and manager Southgate learned from this one-sided, rather soulless experience against a team who were little more than cannon fodder.
ref: 2021 March 25, Phil McNulty, “England 5-0 San Marino”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Any group of contestants that have no hope of success.
glosses: Artillery ammunition.
topics: lifestyle
glosses: An expendable minor character primarily included to make the protagonist(s) stand out.
Corbin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Corbyn
Etymology: An Anglo-Norman nickname from corb (“crow”), or shortened from the Corbinian, the name of a Frankish eighth-century saint, probably from Latin corvus (“crow, raven”).
Senses: glosses: An English surname from Anglo-Norman.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A city in Knox County and Whitley County, Kentucky, United States.
kakapo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːkəpəʊ/
Forms: form: kakapos
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori kākāpō.
Senses: examples: text: Analyses of the DNA fragments preserved in the moa and kakapo coprolites showed that moa and kakapo fed on fungi.
ref: 2018 April 4, Hanneke Meijer, “On fossil poo and picky eaters: a new study sheds light on New Zealand's past ecosystem”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2018:
glosses: A large flightless parrot, Strigops habroptilus, with greenish plumage, that is nocturnal and native to New Zealand.
Synonyms: sense: Synonym
word: owl parrot
carboxymethyl glucose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An ether derivative of glucose prepared using chloroacetic acid and a base.
tracheole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹeɪkiəʊl/
ipa: /ˈtɹeɪkioʊl/
Forms: form: tracheoles
Etymology: From trachea + -ole.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, in the muscles of the wings every fibre has its own particular tracheole (small trachea).
ref: 1886, Frank Richard Cheshire, Bees & Bee-keeping, page 42:
text: A subsequent molting of the intima of the trachea opens a connection between the lumen of the tracheole and the trachea. At the same time or a little later the tracheole breaks forth from its mother cell, uncoils, and extends far beyond the cell in which it was developed.
ref: 1920, John Henry Comstock, An Introduction to Entomology, page 118:
text: Oxygen is absorbed all over the body surface through branched tracheoles which are located directly under the body surface.
ref: 2002, Wilfried Wichard, Biological Atlas of Aquatic Insects, page 86:
glosses: One of the fine branching tubes of the trachea of an insect, which penetrates the tissues to provide oxygen.
Derived terms: tracheolar
tracheoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tracheole
stilted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɪltɪd/
Etymology: From stilt + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stilt
whatchacallit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whatchacallits
Etymology: From whatcha + call + it.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whatchamacallit.
Synonyms: thingy
stilled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: brought to a standstill
glosses: quieted
stilled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of still
stenographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stəˈnɒɡɹəfə/
ipa: /stəˈnɑɡɹəfɚ/
Forms: form: stenographers
Etymology: From stenography + -er.
Senses: synonyms: word: stenographist
word: shorthand typist
coordinate_terms: tachygrapher
glosses: Someone skilled in the writing of shorthand or the use of a stenotype machine, especially for the purpose of rapid transcription of speech. One employed in such a role: a professional transcriptionist who employs shorthand.
glosses: One who invents or studies systems of shorthand.
Related terms: stenography
steno
steno pad
steno pool
skua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskjuːə/
homophone: skewer (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: skuas
Etymology: From Faroese skúgvur (“Great Skua”), from Old Norse skúfr, of unknown origin.
Senses: glosses: Any of various predatory seabirds of the genus Stercorarius that often chase other seabirds to steal their catches.
Synonyms: jaeger
Derived terms: Arctic skua
pomarine skua
pomatorhine skua
skua
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskjuːə/
homophone: skewer (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: skuas
form: skuaing
form: skuaed
form: skuaed
Etymology: From Faroese skúgvur (“Great Skua”), from Old Norse skúfr, of unknown origin.
Senses: examples: text: We skua crew mess pastries and cheese, skua toe warmers, gloves. I skuaed her chocolate. Can't help it.
ref: 2019, Elizabeth Bradfield, Toward Antarctica: An Exploration:
qualifier: Antarctica
glosses: To steal, or borrow without permission.
meus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meu
polyonymy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyonymies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”) and ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: hypersynonymy, overlexicalization
glosses: The use of many names for the same thing or person.
Related terms: polyonymous
defibrillation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌfɪbɹɪˈleɪʃən/
Forms: form: defibrillations
Etymology: From de- + fibrillation.
Senses: glosses: The stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.
Coordinate terms: cardioversion
electrocardioversion
defibrillate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈfɪbɹɪleɪt/
Forms: form: defibrillates
form: defibrillating
form: defibrillated
form: defibrillated
Etymology: From de- + fibrillate.
Senses: examples: text: Dynamic typography reinvigorates the storytelling genre by anthropomorphizing fonts, defibrillating calligraphy, creating rhythmic, ambient moodscapes without sacrificing speed or lushness.
ref: 1999, Artbyte, volume 2:
text: Though occasionally a “flatliner” can be revived with a defib, it is most commonly used to change the uncoordinated contractions of the heart (fibrillation) into a normal sinus rhythm—that is, to defibrillate the heart.
ref: 2011, Laurence Street, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Technology, page 125:
text: The former sex addict turned exuberant Christian influencer Russell Brand showed up in a leopard-print cardigan to offer a rare note of empathy, saying the stunt was an attempt to “defibrillate divinity down here on the lower levels.”
ref: 2024 December 18, Helen Lewis, quoting Russell Brand, “The Outrage Over 100 Men Only Goes So Far”, in The Atlantic:
topics: cardiology
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: cardiovert
glosses: To stop the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.
Derived terms: defibrillator
clotted cream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clotted creams
form: clouted cream
Senses: examples: text: I like to have scones with jam and clotted cream for afternoon tea.
glosses: A thick, sweet dairy product, made by skimming the thickened layer off the top of unhomogenized cream that has been heated and allowed to stand. Fat content is at least 55%.
Related terms: cream tea
syllabub
heavy cream
cream tea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cream teas
Senses: examples: text: It is built around a wide centre street known as the Mall, one of the few semi-flat stretches in the area, & along the Mall one finds scores of English shops with pots of red geraniums at their doors, a proper hotel with good mahogany bedsteads & Peliti’s tearoom, where one drinks cream tea from fine china cups.
ref: 2011, Elle Newmark, The Sandalwood Tree, Emily Bestler Books / Washington Square Press, →ISBN, page 136:
glosses: Tea with cream, specifically (UK) clotted cream.
examples: text: He scanned the next set of pictures and noticed that she was either on her own or with people who were considerably older than her. ‘Bingo,’ said Winters. ‘Ballroom dancing with another woman. Eating cream tea in the parochial club. Watching paint dry in the church hall. And there I was thinking ET was the only image system that could make me want to cry.’
ref: 2018, Mark Roberts, Killing Time, Head of Zeus Ltd, →ISBN:
glosses: An afternoon tea including cream tea and, usually, scones and jam.
Synonyms: Cornish cream tea
Devonshire cream tea
Devonshire tea
in situ
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsɪ.t(j)uː/
ipa: /ɪnˈsiː.t(j)uː/
rhymes: -ɪtjuː
rhymes: -iːtjuː
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin in + sitū, ablative singular of situs.
Senses: antonyms: ex situ
glosses: In its original position or place.
in situ
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsɪ.t(j)uː/
ipa: /ɪnˈsiː.t(j)uː/
rhymes: -ɪtjuː
rhymes: -iːtjuː
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin in + sitū, ablative singular of situs.
Senses: antonyms: ex situ
glosses: In its original position or place.
Related terms: in loco
in utero
in vivo
on site
on the ground
framboise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: framboises
Etymology: Borrowed from French framboise (“raspberry”). Doublet of bramberry and frambesia.
Senses: examples: text: The krieks and framboises are fine accompaniments to salads or main dishes made with fruits.
ref: 1996, Food & Wine: The Guide to Good Taste, page 42:
text: Ruthe poured another round of coffee, this time with a shot glass of the framboise Dina made from their raspberry patch every fall.
ref: 2002, Dana Stabenow, A Fine and Bitter Snow, →ISBN, page 52:
text: Drizzle in (down the sides of the glass, for optimum streaky lines) some framboise (or creme d'cassis, if that's what you have, or some other dark, sticky, red liqueur).
ref: 2007, B. Clay Moore, Hawaiian Dick Vol. 1: Byrd Of Paradise, →ISBN:
text: When the egg and sugar mixture is ready, lower the speed to low and add the vanilla seeds, framboise (if using), and the cocoa powder and flour mixture.
ref: 2009, Ina Garten, Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics, →ISBN:
text: An Irish pub, McCaul’s serves the Guinness, Harp and Bass you'd expect plus a rotating lineup of raspberry framboises and coffee porters.
ref: 2010, Amber Nimocks, “Nightlife”, in Insiders’ Guide® to North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad: Greensboro, Winston-Salem & High Point, Guilford, Conn.: Insiders’ Guide, page 76:
text: Note that another Belgian sour ale, oud bruin, is sometimes used as the base beer for krieks and framboises.
ref: 2011, James Waller, Drinkology Beer: A Book About the Brew, Stewart, Tabori & Chang:
text: There, we muscled our way into the bar, and I ordered us framboises on tap.
ref: 2011, Tony D’Souza, Mule: A Novel of Moving Weight, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Mariner Books, →ISBN, page 199:
synonyms: crème de framboise
glosses: Raspberry liqueur.
bariatrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bary- (“weight”) + -iatrics, coined by physician Raymond E. Dietz in 1961.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The branch of medicine dealing with obesity and weight problems.
Related terms: bariatric
bariatrician
bariatric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbæɹiˈætɹɪk/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + ἰατρός (iatrós, “doctor”) + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Gastric bypass surgery is a form of bariatric surgery.
text: It’s not only romantic relationships that are transformed by bariatric surgery. Many patients lose friends.
ref: 2019 June 17, Sirin Kale, “Bariatric divorce: why extreme weight loss leads to break ups”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Referring to the branch of medicine bariatrics, the treatment of obesity and weight problems.
Derived terms: bariatrician
bariatrics
nonbariatric
postbariatric
prebariatric
phononic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phonon + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the study of phonons.
Derived terms: phononic crystal
invaluable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈvælju(ə)bl̩/
ipa: /ɪnˈvæljəbl̩/
Forms: form: more invaluable
form: most invaluable
Etymology: From in- + valuable (compare priceless).
Senses: examples: text: You are a very strange creature by way of a friend!—always wanting me to play and sing before anybody and everybody! If my vanity had taken a musical turn, you would have been invaluable; but as it is, I would really rather not sit down before those who must be in the habit of hearing the very best performers.
ref: 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:
text: Colonel Cathcart bewailed the miserable fate that had given him for an invaluable assistant someone as common as Colonel Korn. It was degrading to have to depend so thoroughly on a person who had been educated at a state university.
ref: 1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22, page 181:
synonyms: priceless
inestimable
valuable
hypernyms: valuable
precious
crucial
glosses: Having great or incalculable value.
examples: text: The money I have received is so invaluable a sum that I have forborne as yet to pay it in, and am heartily sorry that I cannot better advance His Majesty's service.
ref: 1640, Treaty of Ripon:
text: It would be an interesting, and far from an invaluable labour, to trace the history of the murrains, or cattle diseases of former days, and there causes and effects.
ref: 1866, Thomas Wright, The Intellectual Observer:
synonyms: unvaluable
nonvaluable
glosses: Not valuable; valueless; worthless.
Derived terms: invaluably
invaluableness
Related terms: evaluation
revaluation
valuation
incalculable
inestimable
unpriceable
hos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: talkin’, talkin’ ’bout emperor’s children: ivy league pimps and hos.
ref: 2007 January 14, Henry Alford, “Books on Broadway”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
glosses: plural of ho
Pictionary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪkʃən(ə)ɹi/
enpr: pĭk'shə-nĕr-ē
ipa: /ˈpɪkʃənɛɹi/
rhymes: -ɪkʃənɛəɹi
Etymology: Blend of picture + dictionary
Senses: glosses: A board game in which players advance by successfully identifying the words represented by pictures drawn by other players.