cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ginner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ginners
Etymology: From gin + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Cotton cloth was currency in Mongol China; in such a market, a gin that could be operated by one ginner replaced the productive but labor-intensive two-person model.
ref: 2005, Angela Lakwete, Inventing the Cotton Gin: Machine and Myth in Antebellum America:
glosses: A person who operates a cotton gin.
glosses: A cotton ginning plant.
stepdame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stepdames
Etymology: From Middle English stepdame; equivalent to step- + dame.
Senses: glosses: A stepmother.
hardheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hardheaded
form: most hardheaded
form: hard-headed
Etymology: From hard + headed. First appears c. mid-15th century in the writings of Osbern Bokenam.
Senses: synonyms: word: adamant
word: ardent
word: bent on
word: bloody-minded
word: bullheaded
word: certain
word: chronic
word: confirmed
word: determined
word: diehard
word: dogged
word: hard-hearted
word: hard-nosed
word: hardheaded
word: headstrong
word: immovable
word: incalcitrant
word: inflexible
word: irrefragable
word: insistent
word: intractable
word: intransigent
word: intrepid
word: inveterate
word: mulish
word: obdurate
word: obstinate
word: obstreperous
word: peevish
word: peremptory
word: persistent
word: pertinacious
word: pigheaded
word: recalcitrant
word: refractory
word: resolute
word: resolved
word: rigid
word: self-willed
word: stalwart
word: staunch
word: steadfast
word: steady
word: stubborn
word: stubborn as a mule
word: sullen
word: tenacious
word: terminal
word: thran
word: thwart
word: tough
word: truculent
word: unbending
word: uncompromising
word: unyielding
word: vehement
word: wilful
word: willful
coordinate_terms: hardhearted
glosses: Stubborn; wilful.
coordinate_terms: clearheaded
hardhearted
glosses: Realistic; pragmatic.
Derived terms: hardheadedly
hardheadedness
Related terms: boneheaded
hardhead
thickheaded
hardhat
tricerion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triceria
form: trikerion
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τρικήριον (trikḗrion) from τρι- (tri-) + κηρός (kērós) + -ιον (-ion).
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A candlestick with three lights, signifying the trinity.
raw_tags: in the Greek Orthodox church
gweilo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gweilos
form: gweilo
form: gwailo
form: kwailo
Etymology: From Cantonese 鬼佬 (gwai² lou²), from 鬼 (gwai², “ghost”) + 佬 (lou², “guy, man”).
Senses: examples: text: She had ruffled the bed and laid a frilly nightdress on the floor because so far as the block was concerned Phoebe was the half-kwailo bastard who whored with the fat foreign devil.
ref: 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 179:
glosses: A white person in China, (particularly) a man; a ‘foreign devil’.
Synonyms: white person
Related terms: laowai
gweipo
tit for tat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪt fə(ɹ)ˈtæt/
ipa: /ˈtɪt fɚ ˈtæt/
Forms: form: tit for tats
Etymology: Tit for tat is a rhyme for hat.
Senses: examples: text: Fred came from Cheapside in London – an official Cockney, born within earshot of the bells of St. Mary-le-Bow – and he taught her Cockney rhyming slang. She loved its lighthearted logic: the last word in a common phrase rhymed with the word it was to replace. So "tit for tat" was "hat", and "trouble and strife" was "wife". But the best part was that you usually dropped the rhyming words and used only the first words, so "your wife's hat" became "your trouble's titfer".
ref: [2005, A. R. Homer, The Sobs of Autumn’s Violins: A Novel of War and Love, Coral Springs, Fla.: Llumina Press, →ISBN, page 148:
text: Tit for tat hat / The phrase ‘tit for tat’ […] emerged as a rhyme for ‘hat’ in the late nineteenth century and was subsequently condensed to ‘titfer’ around 1930, in which form it enjoyed unparalleled success at a time when virtually everyone wore a hat.
ref: [2008, Geoff Tibballs, “Tit for tat”, in The Ultimate Cockney Geezer’s Guide to Rhyming Slang, London: Ebury Press, Ebury Publishing, →ISBN, page 182:
glosses: A hat.
Synonyms: ball and bat
titfer
Derived terms: titfer
philtrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪl.tɹəm/
Forms: form: philtra
form: philtrums
form: filtrum
Etymology: Borrowed from the Latin philtrum (“a love potion”), from Ancient Greek φῐ́λτρον (phĭ́ltron, “a love charm; the dimple in the upper lip”). Doublet of philter.
Senses: examples: text: Oral intercommissural distance (mouth width) and philtrum length are useful measurements for diagnosis of wide or large mouth (macrostomia), small mouth (microstomia), long philtrum and short philtrum and form ‘good handles’ in syndromic delineation.
ref: 2005, M. L. Kulkarni, Physical Examination of Children (Clinical Methods in Paediatrics; 2B), India: Jaypee Brothers, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2020, page 142:
text: Upper lip reconstruction is more difficult than lower lip reconstruction because the upper lip has a central structure, the philtrum.[…]Wounds adjacent to the philtrum that are closed primarily may shift the philtrum to the affected side. However, with time, the philtrum will tend to return to its midline position.
ref: 2007, Loren J. Borud, Arin K. Greene, “Chapter 24: Lip Reconstruction”, in Josef E. Fischer, Kirby I. Bland, Mark P. Callery, editors, Mastery of Surgery, 5th edition, volume 1, page 301, column 3:
text: If the philtrum is long and deep, then these people are very romantic, sexual, lively and friendly.
ref: 2011, Hrishikesh Dubey, Mysteries of Vedic Face Reading, Categorization of the Philtrum According to Its Length:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: infranasal depression
glosses: The shallow vertical groove running from the nasal septum to the center of the upper lip.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
zootomy
glosses: The junction between the two halves of an animal's upper lip or nose.
Derived terms: jestrum
Related terms: Cupid's bow
systolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒlɪk
Etymology: From systole + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to a systole or heart contraction
examples: a systolic compiler
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to a systolic array
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Relating to the mathematical concept of a systole
Coordinate terms: diastolic
Derived terms: asystolic
holosystolic
nonsystolic
pansystolic
parasystolic
postsystolic
presystolic
suprasystolic
systolically
systolic array
systolic blood pressure
systolic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒlɪk
Forms: form: systolics
Etymology: From systole + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of systolic blood pressure.
Coordinate terms: diastolic
diastolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪəˈstɒlɪk/
rhymes: -ɒlɪk
Forms: form: more diastolic
form: most diastolic
Etymology: From diastole + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to a diastole.
Coordinate terms: nonsystolic
systolic
Derived terms: diastolically
diastolic blood pressure
endodiastolic
holodiastolic
interdiastolic
intradiastolic
postdiastolic
prediastolic
protodiastolic
telediastolic
diastolic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪəˈstɒlɪk/
rhymes: -ɒlɪk
Forms: form: diastolics
Etymology: From diastole + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of diastolic blood pressure.
Coordinate terms: systolic
diastolic blood pressure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diastolic blood pressures
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The lowest pressure within the bloodstream, occurring between heart beats, because of a diastole.
Related terms: systolic blood pressure
systolic blood pressure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: systolic blood pressures
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The highest pressure within the bloodstream, occurring during each heart beat, because of the systole.
Related terms: diastolic blood pressure
elo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elos
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
qualifier: other games
glosses: Synonym of Elo rating.
synonyms: word: Elo rating
Derived terms: elo boost
aie
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Crash overhead! a window smashed aie! aie! clatter! clatter! screams of infantine rage and feminine remonstrance, feet pattering, and a general hullabaloo, cut the soft recital in two.
ref: 1859, Charles Reade, Love Me Little, Love Me Long:
text: "Aie! Aie!" shouted the boy, his white face tossing from side to side and his eyes tightly closed.
ref: 1927, Herbert Sherman Gorman, The Place Called Dagon, page 278:
glosses: Alternative form of ay: a cry of pain or distress.
absolute magnitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.səˌlut/
ipa: /ˌæb.səˈljut/
ipa: /ˈmæɡ.nɪ.tjud/
ipa: /ˈmæɡ.nɪ.tud/
Forms: form: absolute magnitudes
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The intrinsic luminosity that a celestial body would have if viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs or about 32.6 light years.
Related terms: apparent magnitude
bolometric magnitude
apparent magnitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apparent magnitudes
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: a numerical measure of the brightness of a star, planet etc.; a star with apparent magnitude 0 gives an illuminance of 2.54 microlux just outside the earth's atmosphere, or 82% of that (2.08 microlux) under clear skies, and every increase of 1 unit represents a decrease in the light received by a factor of 2.512.
Related terms: absolute magnitude
bolometric magnitude
proplyd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proplyds
Etymology: Contraction of protoplanetary disc.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of protoplanetary disc.
synonyms: word: protoplanetary disc
protoplanetary disc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protoplanetary discs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of protoplanetary disk.
T Tauri star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: T Tauri stars
Etymology: Named after the prototype star of its class, T Tauri.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of young visible stars having optical variability; they are often surrounded by a protoplanetary disc.
Related terms: T Tauri
HGV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HGVs
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: examples: text: The unnamed driver appeared before the South East Traffic Commissioner in late November, to receive a six-month HGV driving ban. It followed an earlier court appearance when he was fined a means-tested £715 and given six points on his driving licence for driving without due care and attention.
ref: 2022 December 14, “Network News: HGV driver banned after Coulsdon bridge bash”, in RAIL, number 972, page 7:
text: I'm a writer first, but I do have my HGV licence, and I use it every now and then.
ref: 2024 March 6, Pip Dunn, “Freight's future is in ISO containers”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 36:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of heavy goods vehicle (“a lorry/truck weighing more than 3.5 tons”).
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of hypersonic glide vehicle.
topics: biology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
virology
glosses: Abbreviation of hepatitis G virus.
Related terms: sense: hepatitis G virus
english: hepatitis A virus
translation: hepatitis A virus
word: HAV
sense: hepatitis G virus
english: hepatitis B virus
translation: hepatitis B virus
word: HBV
sense: hepatitis G virus
english: hepatitis C virus
translation: hepatitis C virus
word: HCV
sense: hepatitis G virus
english: hepatitis D virus
translation: hepatitis D virus
word: HDV
sense: hepatitis G virus
english: hepatitis E virus
translation: hepatitis E virus
word: HEV
sense: hepatitis G virus
english: hepatitis F virus
translation: hepatitis F virus
word: HFV
sense: hepatitis G virus
english: hepatitis H virus
translation: hepatitis H virus
word: HHV
word: artic
word: GVWR
word: GCWR
english: weight ratings of trucks/lorries
translation: weight ratings of trucks/lorries
word: GAWR
word: eighteen-wheeler
word: lorry
word: pantechnicon
word: semi
word: semi-trailer
word: tractor-trailer
word: truck
word: wagon
word: glide
word: hypersonic
word: hypersonic strike vehicle
english: Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
translation: Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
word: ICBM
english: Prompt Global Strike
translation: Prompt Global Strike
word: PGS
english: reentry vehicle
translation: reentry vehicle
word: RV
word: vehicle
taxonomic: GB virus C
word: GBV-C
english: human pegvirus
translation: human pegvirus
word: HPgV
planetary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplænɪtəri/
ipa: /ˈplænɪtri/
ipa: /ˈplænɪˌtɛəri/
ipa: /ˈplænəˌtɛri/
Etymology: From planet + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: erratical and planetary life
ref: 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion of planets.
glosses: Of, or relating to the Earth; terrestrial.
synonyms: global
glosses: Of, or relating to the whole Earth; global.
examples: text: a planetary mixer
synonyms: epicyclic
glosses: Epicyclic.
raw_tags: of a gear train
Derived terms: biplanetary
circumplanetary
dwarf planetary
extraplanetary
extra-planetary
interplanetary
multiplanetary
nonplanetary
planetarian
planetarily
planetary aberration
planetary body
planetary engineering
planetary gear
planetary gear train
planetary geology
planetary nebula
planetary nebula nucleus
planetary object
planetary ring
planetary science
planetary system
planetary wave
preplanetary
proplanetary
protoplanetary
subplanetary
superplanetary
transplanetary
triplanetary
ultraplanetary
uniplanetary
planetary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplænɪtəri/
ipa: /ˈplænɪtri/
ipa: /ˈplænɪˌtɛəri/
ipa: /ˈplænəˌtɛri/
Forms: form: planetaries
Etymology: From planet + -ary.
Senses: glosses: A planetary nebula.
epicyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epicycle + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to epicycles.
examples: text: The gearbox is of the self-changing compound epicyclic SE.4 type, with Sinclair fluid coupling, having a maximum torque of 750 lb./ft.
ref: 1960 September, “Inter-city diesel units for the Hull-Liverpool service of the N.E.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 561:
glosses: Of a gearbox, having two gears mounted so that the center of one gear revolves around the center of the other.
Derived terms: epicyclic gear
epicycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛpɪˌsaɪkəl/
Forms: form: epicycles
Etymology: From Latin epicyclus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκυκλος (epíkuklos), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”).
Senses: examples: text: Is it not [Philosophie], that […] teacheth miserie, famine and sicknesse to laugh? Not by reason of some imaginarie Epicicles, but by naturall and palpable reasons.
ref: , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.155
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle; in Ptolemaic astronomy it was seen as the basis of revolution of the "seven planets", given a fixed central Earth.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any circle whose circumference rolls around that of another circle, thus creating a hypocycloid or epicycloid.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A ring of atoms joining parts of an already cyclic compound
examples: text: If two chronicles seemed contradictory, instead of trying to choose between them, a rationalization (epicycle) was devised to cover both.
ref: 1978, The Journal of the Siam Society, volumes 66-67, page 152:
text: Rather than solve the theoretical problem of how to produce a method of political ethics, the contractarian device introduces an unnecessary theoretical epicycle into what is otherwise a coherent account of social justice in particular and political morality in general.
ref: 1998, Paul Joseph Kelly, Impartiality, Neutrality and Justice: Re-reading Brian Barry’s Justice as Impartiality, page 12:
glosses: An ad hoc complication added to a model to make it fit the known data
Derived terms: epicyclic
epicyclic gear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epicyclic gears
Senses: glosses: A system of gears that has a central gear wheel around which others rotate, often within an outer ring.
Synonyms: planetary gear
planetary gear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: planetary gears
Senses: examples: Meronyms: sun gear, planet gear
synonyms: epicyclic gear
hypernyms: gear
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part#Noun
component#Noun
glosses: A system of gears that has a central gear wheel (sun gear) around which others (planet gears) rotate, often within an outer ring.
gear wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪə(ɹ)ʍiːl/
ipa: /ɡɪɚ ʍil/
Forms: form: gear wheels
Etymology: From gear + wheel.
Senses: examples: Holonym: gearset
Near-synonyms: cog, gear
topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
related: word: gearwheel
word: gear-wheel
hypernyms: gear
wheel#Noun
coordinate_terms: rack#Noun
worm gear
sprocket wheel
sprocket
glosses: A wheel with a toothed rim, intended to engage with others, or similar equipment, to form a gear.
Related terms: planetary gear
worm drive
gearwheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gearwheels
Senses: examples: text: Gearwheels and pinions can be removed by the oil injection method, a provision which speeds and simplifies the work of replacement.
ref: 1962 June, “The 2,800 h.p. Brush "Falcon" diesel-electric”, in Modern Railways, page 380:
glosses: Alternative spelling of gear wheel.
cog wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cog wheels
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cogwheel.
cogwheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cogwheels
Etymology: From cog + wheel.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: cog, gear (often synonymous)
related: word: cog wheel
word: cog-wheel
synonyms: gear wheel
gearwheel
hypernyms: cog#Noun
wheel#Noun
gear
glosses: A gear wheel.
glosses: Something behaving in a jerky manner similar to a cogwheel, e.g. cogwheel respiration as a side effect of hyperbaric medicine.
Derived terms: cogwheeled
cogwheeling
solar time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solar times
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
time
glosses: A calculation of the passage of time based on the apparent position of the Sun in the sky.
Synonyms: local solar time
mean time
Related terms: civil time
Greenwich Mean Time
solar day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solar days
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: One day of solar time; the time in which a planet such as Earth apparently rotates once around its axis relative to the Sun; the time taken for the Sun to seem to be in the same place in the sky twice (on Earth about 24 hours as an average - the length of solar day is not constant throughout the year)
Derived terms: mean solar day
Related terms: solar time
sidereal day
stellar day
mean solar day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: the average length of a solar day, used for practical timekeeping
timekeeping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timekeepings
form: time-keeping
Etymology: From time + keeping.
Senses: glosses: The measurement of time, or determining what the local time is: the act or process of keeping the time.
glosses: The measurement of time, or determining what the local time is: the act or process of keeping the time.
Measuring and recording the time spent by employees on the clock, including the timepoints at which they clocked in and clocked out.
examples: text: Timekeeping is better than on many Irish main lines; indeed, such delays as do occur are often attributable to late running of the Dublin-Sligo trains.
ref: 1951 May, R. K. Kirkland, “The Cavan & Leitrim Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 343:
text: As already indicated, timekeeping is very poor. Point-to-point times are not kept, even with a clear road, and whilst fast running has never been a feature of the route because of the large number of junctions and speed restrictions, this Sunday night lethargy is hard to explain.
ref: 1959 March, D. Bertram, “An old friend - the 9.7”, in Trains Illustrated, page 141:
text: Our correspondent found that timekeeping had suffered following the substitution of Class 5 4-6-0s on these workings.
ref: 1961 October, “Motive Power Miscellany: Scottish Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 638:
glosses: The quality of being punctual, keeping to a set time.
Related terms: bookkeeping
book-keeping
have the time
recordkeeping
record-keeping
scorekeeping
time clock
timekeeper
timekeeping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: time-keeping
Etymology: From time + keeping.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of timekeep
talas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tala
Related terms: Talas
timekeeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timekeepers
form: time-keeper
Etymology: From time + keeper.
Senses: examples: text: The sailors sail by chronometers that do not lose two or three seconds in a year, ever since [Isaac] Newton explained to Parliament that the way to improve navigation was to get good watches, and to offer public premiums for a better time-keeper than any then in use.
ref: 1878 March 30, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Fortune of the Republic. Lecture Delivered at the Old South Church, March 30, 1878, Boston, Mass.: Houghton, Osgood and Company […], published 1878, →OCLC, page 1:
synonyms: timepiece
clock
watch
glosses: A device that shows the time; a timepiece.
glosses: A person who keeps records of the hours of attendance of employees.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: timer
glosses: A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.
examples: text: There was no consensus among jazz musicians about who was the primary timekeeper in a jazz band; some said the drummers and others said the bassist.
ref: 2011, Harris M. Berger, Metal, Rock, and Jazz: Perception and the Phenomenology of Musical Experience, Wesleyan University Press, →ISBN, page 152:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The group member who controls the rhythm of the music when a group of musicians play together.
examples: text: As it happens, the Leicester–Beeston train is quite a good timekeeper—it sometimes runs a few minutes early— […]
ref: 1961 April, Warren Smith, “The problems of train regulation - a study of operation at Trent”, in Trains Illustrated, page 217:
glosses: A person (or something controlled by a person) that is punctual.
raw_tags: with adjective
Related terms: timekeeping
apsis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæpsɪs/
Forms: form: apsides
form: apses
Etymology: From Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”). See also apse.
Senses: examples: text: Like Henry's collegiate church […] the cathedral is a cruciform basilica of the double bay system with four square bays in the central nave, western transoms, a quadrum for the choir, an apsis, and a transept with auxiliary apses.
ref: 2019, A Companion to Medieval Lübeck, page 96:
topics: architecture
glosses: A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church; an apse.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, or moon where it is closest or furthest from the body it orbits; examples are perihelion, aphelion, perigee, and apogee
Synonyms: apse
apside
Derived terms: apoapsis
periapsis
furthest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɜː(ɹ)ðɪst/
Forms: form: farthest
form: further
Senses: glosses: superlative form of far: most far
examples: text: The furthest known galaxy is about 13 billion light years from Earth.
text: Sitting on the dockside at Oban, watching the to-ing and fro-ing in the harbour on a perfect summer's eve, I reflect on a trip which has taken me through our busiest cities to traverse the country's main lines, as well as explore some of the furthest extremities that were literally out on a limb.
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 79:
glosses: superlative form of far: most far
Most distant in time, space or degree.
furthest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɜː(ɹ)ðɪst/
Forms: form: farthest
form: further
Senses: examples: Of all the children in our school, I can run furthest.
He lives furthest from the office, so his commute is the longest.
glosses: superlative form of far: most far
To, at or over the greatest distance in space, time or other extent.
examples: This civilisation was the furthest advanced.
glosses: superlative form of far: most far
To the greatest degree or extent.
farthest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɑːðɪst/
ipa: /ˈfɑɹðɪst/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of furthest. (See also usage notes at further.)
farthest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɑːðɪst/
ipa: /ˈfɑɹðɪst/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of furthest. (See also usage notes at further.)
sich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /siːt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -iːtʃ
Forms: form: sichs
form: siches
Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian Січ (Sič), from Ukrainian сікти (sikty, “to chop”), alluding to the clearing of a forest for an encampment, or the building of a fort with trees that have been cut down.
Senses: glosses: An administrative and military centre for the Zaporozhian and Danube Cossacks.
sich
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /siːt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -iːtʃ
Senses: examples: text: She's human as you are—you treat her as sich,
ref: 1895, Rudyard Kipling, The Young British Soldier:
text: But I'm all in tremor after sich accident,
ref: 1892, William Carleton, Amusing Irish Tales:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of such.
sich
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /siːt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -iːtʃ
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of such.
LOLZ
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: LOL (Initialism of laughing out loud.) + -z (Eye dialect spelling variant of the plural suffix -s.)
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of LOL.
De Morgan's laws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of De Morgan's law
kaboom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈbuːm/
rhymes: -uːm
Forms: form: kabooms
form: kerboom
Etymology: From ka- + boom. Compare kerboom.
Senses: glosses: The sound of an explosion, typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted conversation.
glosses: An explosion itself.
kaboom
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈbuːm/
rhymes: -uːm
Forms: form: kerboom
Etymology: From ka- + boom. Compare kerboom.
Senses: qualifier: mimesis
glosses: An explosion; the word is typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted conversation.
proboscis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹə(ʊ)ˈbɒs(k)ɪs/
note: of Canada
ipa: /pɹoʊˈbɑs(k)ɪs/
note: of the US
ipa: /pɹoʊˈbɒs(k)ɪs/
ipa: /pɹəʉˈbɔs(k)ɪs/
ipa: /pɹɐʉˈbɒs(k)əs/
ipa: [pɹɐʉˈbɔ̟s(k)əs]
Forms: form: proboscises
form: proboscides
form: probosces
Etymology: From Latin proboscis, from Ancient Greek προβοσκίς (proboskís, “elephant's trunk”) literally "means for taking food," from προ- (pro-, “before”) + βόσκω (bóskō, “to nourish, feed”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeh₃- from which also comes βοτάνη (botánē, “grass, fodder”).
Senses: examples: text: Don Caldwell, editor-in-chief of the site Know Your Meme, namechecks Brr Brr Patapim, “a proboscis monkey that is also a tree”, as one who made it to YouTube.
ref: 2025 June 25, Elle Hunt, “From Chimpanzini Bananini to Ballerina Cappuccina: how gen alpha went wild for Italian brain rot animals”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
examples: text: Unlike the proboscides of Lower brachyceran lineages, which are continuous with the head capsule and tend to dangle (Matsuda 1965), the proboscides of most cyclorrhaphan species are suspended by a membranous region and divided into three functional parts: the basiproboscis (rostrum), medioproboscis (haustellum), and distiproboscis (labellum), each of which is defined by internal muscles but also shares muscles with the other regions (Graham-Smith 1930; Lall and Davies 1971).
ref: 2012, Brian Wiegmann, The Evolutionary Biology of Flies, page 225:
topics: anatomy
biology
entomology
malacology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
The tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms and molluscs.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
The trunk of an elephant.
glosses: A large or lengthy human nose.
Derived terms: proboscis monkey
proboscis worm
dinosaurus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinosauri
form: dinosauruses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dinosaur.
plexus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplɛk.səs/
rhymes: -ɛksəs
Forms: form: plexuses
form: plexus
form: plexi
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin plexus (“a twining, plaiting, braid”).
Senses: examples: text: I have the sensation of being immersed in the very plexus of life, focal from whatever place, position or attitude I take my stance.
ref: 1934, Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, Grove Press, published 1961:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A network of anastomosing or interwoven nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels.
glosses: An interwoven combination of parts or elements in a structure or system.
examples: text: Plexus (Lat.). The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities.
ref: 1866, Brande & C, A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art, page 935:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An interwoven combination of parts or elements in a structure or system.
The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities.
Synonyms: rete
Derived terms: Batson venous plexus
carotid plexus
cervical plexus
coeliac plexus
extraplexus
intraplexus
pancreatic plexus
pharyngeal plexus
phrenic plexus
plectic
plexiform
plexo-
plexotomy
splenic plexus
subplexus
tympanic plexus
suicide bomber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsuːɪˌsaɪd ˈbɑmər/
ipa: /ˈsuːɪˌsaɪd ˈbɒmə/
Forms: form: suicide bombers
Senses: glosses: One who carries explosives on his or her body or in a vehicle and intends to detonate them (dying in the process) to kill people and inflict widespread damage, usually motivated by a political or religious cause.
Related terms: suicide bomb
suicide bombing
kamikaze
last full measure
martyr
seppuku
shaheed
terrorism
techie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈtɛki]
rhymes: -ɛki
Forms: form: techies
Etymology: From tech + -ie, q.v. Compare techy and yuppie.
Senses: examples: text: Cyberflirts are also looking for men and women who are intelligent. The internet is a techie magnet. It's only natural that those drawn to the web are also drawn to people who are quick-witted, perceptive and astute.
ref: 1999, Susan Rabin, Barbara J. Lagowski, Cyberflirt: how to attract anyone, anywhere on the World Wide Web:
text: He began giving parties in a loft on Broadway at Houston Street, with artists, techies and other downtowners.
ref: 2009 August 30, Allen Salkin, “For Him, the Web Was No Safety Net”, in The New York Times:
glosses: One who works with, or has an interest in, technology or computers.
glosses: A person who works on the technical side of events.
techie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈtɛki]
rhymes: -ɛki
Etymology: Variant of tetchy, of uncertain etymology.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tetchy.
techno
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛknoʊ/
Etymology: Clipping of technology.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A repetitive style of music originally produced for use in a continuous DJ set. The central rhythmic component is most often in common time (4/4), where time is marked with a bass drum on each quarter note pulse, a backbeat played by snare or clap on the second and fourth pulses of the bar, and an open hi-hat sounding every second eighth note.
Derived terms: hardcore techno
techno-fundamentalism
techno-fundamentalist
technopop
technorock
toytown techno
Related terms: techno-
house
trance
techno-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɛknoʊ/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τέχνη (tékhnē, “skill”).
Senses: glosses: Relating to technology.
Related terms: techno
Ceres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪəɹiːz/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Cerēs, goddess of the bounty, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to grow, to nourish”). More at create.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, the innermost dwarf planet; officially called (1) Ceres.
glosses: A city in Stanislaus County, California, United States.
glosses: A village south-east of Cupar, eastern Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4011).
Synonyms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
astrology
mysticism
philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: ⚳
Derived terms: cereal
cerium
Cerean
Cererean
Cererian
Itokawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named for the Japanese rocket scientist Hideo Itokawa.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An asteroid; properly 25143 Itokawa
Meridiani Planum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Latin
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: a plain on the surface of Mars; a landing site for several unmanned missions
Acheron Fossae
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: an area of intense tectonic activity on the surface of Mars; photographed in detail by Mars Express
Mars Express
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An exploration mission to Mars launched in 2003 by the European Space Agency, consisting of the Mars Express Orbiter and the Beagle 2 lander.
Valles Marineris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈvælɪs ˌmɛəɹɪˈnɛɹɪs/
Etymology: From Latin vallēs (“valleys”) + pseudo-Latin genitive of English mariner.
Senses: glosses: a large system of canyons on the surface of Mars; contains channels possibly caused by the flow of water
Great Red Spot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Great Red Spot
Senses: synonyms: Red Spot
glosses: A persistent, high-pressure region in the atmosphere of Jupiter, producing an anticyclonic storm.
anticyclonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + cyclonic.
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or consisting of an anticyclone.
Derived terms: anticyclonically
anticyclone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticyclones
Etymology: From anti- + cyclone. Coined by Sir Francis Galton in the 1860s.
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A system of winds that spirals out from a center of high pressure.
Coordinate terms: cyclone
depression
hurricane
tropical storm
typhoon
virement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virements
Etymology: Borrowed from French virement.
Senses: glosses: The transfer of a surplus from one account to cover a deficit in another.
Related terms: vire
pian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pjɑn/
ipa: /piˈɑn/
ipa: /piˈæn/
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese piã, Spanish pian, or French pian, said to be from a Tupi-Guarani word.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Yaws.
Derived terms: mama-pian
jee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jees
form: jeeing
form: jeed
form: jeed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gee.
extort
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈstɔː(ɹ)t/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: extorts
form: extorting
form: extorted
form: extorted
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere (“to twist or wrench out, to extort”); from ex (“out”) + -tort, from torqueō (“twist, turn”).
Senses: examples: text: to extort contributions from the vanquished
text: to extort confessions of guilt
text: to extort a promise
text: to extort payment of a debt
text: The Begums' ministers, on the contrary, to extort from them the disclosure of the place which concealed the treasures, were, […] after being fettered and imprisoned, led out on to a scaffold, and this array of terrours proving unavailing, the meek tempered Middleton, as a dernier resort, menaced them with a confinement in the fortress of Chunargar. Thus, my lords, was a British garrison made the climax of cruelties!
ref: 1788 June, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, “Mr. Sheridan’s Speech, on Summing Up the Evidence on the Second, or Begum Charge against Warren Hastings, Esq., Delivered before the High Court of Parliament, June 1788”, in Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary, with Prefatory Remarks by N[athaniel] Chapman, M.D., volume I, [Philadelphia, Pa.]: Published by Hopkins and Earle, no. 170, Market Street, published 1808, →OCLC, page 474:
glosses: To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.
examples: text: Weirdly, Renton doesn’t look too much older and the same also goes for Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), who has exchanged heroin for cocaine and nowadays runs an escort-and-blackmail business, secretly videoing clients and extorting money, working with his female business partner, Veronika (Anjela Nedyalkova).
ref: 2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in the Guardian:
topics: law
glosses: To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: To twist outwards.
Synonyms: sense: take by force
english: from
translation: from
word: wrench away
sense: take by force
word: to tear away
sense: take by force
english: from
translation: from
word: to wring
sense: take by force
word: to exact
Derived terms: extortable
extortee
extorter
extortion
extortionate
extortionist
extortive
sextort
unextorted
Related terms: intort
extort
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈstɔː(ɹ)t/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere (“to twist or wrench out, to extort”); from ex (“out”) + -tort, from torqueō (“twist, turn”).
Senses: examples: text: Hauing great Lordships got and goodly farmes,
Through strong oppression of his powre extort.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: extorted; obtained by extortion.
monogamous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈnɒɡəməs/
ipa: /məˈnɑɡəməs/
rhymes: -ɒɡəməs
Etymology: From mono- + -gamous.
Senses: examples: text: Suppose, for example, that if polygamy were legal, 10 percent of adult men would take an average of three wives apiece and that all remaining marriages would be monogamous.
ref: 2006 March 16, Robert H. Frank, “Polygamy and the Marriage Market: Who Would Have the Upper Hand?”, in The New York Times:
qualifier: strictly
glosses: Being married to one person at a time.
glosses: Being exclusively committed to one significant other at a time.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having only one sexual partner at a time.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Monogamic; having a simple flower with united anthers.
Derived terms: monogamish
monogamously
monogamousness
nonmonogamous
trinogamous
Related terms: monogamy
polygamous
torsion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɔː.ʃən/
ipa: /ˈtor.ʃɪn/
ipa: /ˈtor.ʒɪn/
ipa: /ˈtor.ʃən/
ipa: /ˈtor.ʒən/
Forms: form: torsions
Etymology: From Middle English torcion, from Middle French torsion, from Late Latin torsiōnem, from Latin tortiō, from torqueō (“twist, turn”). See torture, -tort.
Senses: glosses: The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A finite order element of a group that, when raised to a positive integer power results in the identity element of the group.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An element of a homology or cohomology group for which there exists a non-zero integer that, when the element is multiplied by that integer, yields zero.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A type of holistic complimentary medicine that involves balancing theoretical energy fields through energy healing, meditation, and similar practices.
topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility.
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The stopping of arterial haemorrhage in certain cases, by twisting the cut end of the artery.
Derived terms: angle of torsion
cotorsion
cyclotorsion
detorse
detorsion
hypertorsion
moment of torsion
torsional
torsionally
torsion angle
torsion balance
torsion bar
torsion catapult
torsion field
torsionful
torsionic
torsionless
torsionmeter
torsion pendulum
torsion scale
torsion spring
torsion subgroup
torsion wrench
Related terms: torque
torse
tortuosity
tortuousness
volvulus
torsion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɔː.ʃən/
ipa: /ˈtor.ʃɪn/
ipa: /ˈtor.ʒɪn/
ipa: /ˈtor.ʃən/
ipa: /ˈtor.ʒən/
Forms: form: torsions
form: torsioning
form: torsioned
form: torsioned
Etymology: From Middle English torcion, from Middle French torsion, from Late Latin torsiōnem, from Latin tortiō, from torqueō (“twist, turn”). See torture, -tort.
Senses: glosses: To subject to torsion.
solar plexus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solar plexus
form: solar plexuses
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A complex network of nerves and ganglia, located within the abdomen behind the stomach.
Synonyms: celiac plexus
coeliac plexus
plexus celiacus
abdominal nerve plexus
homeostasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɒmɪə(ʊ)ˈsteɪsɪs/
ipa: /ˌhəʊmɪə(ʊ)ˈsteɪsɪs/
ipa: /ˌhoʊ.mi.oʊˈsteɪ.sɪs/
rhymes: -eɪsɪs
Forms: form: homeostases
form: homoeostasis
form: homœostasis
Etymology: Coined from Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “similar, the same”) + -stasis by Walter Bradford Cannon, from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “standing, state”).
Senses: examples: text: His most important work concentrated on the complexities of chemical neurotransmission (for which Otto Loewi received a Nobel Prize in 1936) and on “homeostasis” (a term coined by Cannon in 1926), the maintenance of steady states in the body and the physiological processes through which they are regulated.
ref: 2002, "Walter Bradford Cannon" in American Journal of Physiology, 92(10):1594-5, DOI 10.2105/AJPH.92.10.1594
text: When homeostasis is disrupted by an external stressor - such as injury, lack of nutrients, or invasion by parasites or other organisms - illness may occur.
ref: 2011, Professional Guide to Pathophysiology, Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, page 1
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature.
glosses: Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance.
Derived terms: dyshomeostasis
homeostasome
homeostatic
immunohomeostasis
metal homeostasis
neurohomeostasis
osmohomeostasis
Related terms: stasis
proteostasis
warm-blooded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more warm-blooded
form: warmer-blooded
form: most warm-blooded
form: warmest-blooded
form: warmblooded
Etymology: From warm + blooded.
Senses: examples: text: The cold-blooded animals are all feeble breathers, and the most energetic breathers are the warmest-blooded. A mollusc, a fish, a frog, a quadruped, and a bird, represent the various stages of this correspondence.
ref: 1858 October, [George Henry Lewes], “Animal Heat”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume LXXXIV, number DXVI, Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, page 427, column 1:
text: Moreover, instead of hibernating like our northern reptiles, they [birds] are able to remain active all winter, even in arctic latitudes, so long as sufficient food is available to maintain the body. This retention of heat increases the body temperature, and implies an increase as well of the creature’s activity, so that birds in addition to being the warmest-blooded animals are at the same time the quickest and most active.
ref: 1925 September, Glover Morrill Allen, “Feathers”, in Birds and Their Attributes, Boston, Mass.: Marshall Jones Company, published February 1937, page 37:
text: “It’s getting chilly,” the Asian chick said, maybe just to hear the sound of her own voice. […] / “Oh, I don’t know. Feels all right to me.” / “I guess you’re warmer-blooded than I am. Could I have my sweatshirt now?”
ref: 2016, Barry Eisler, Livia Lone, Seattle, Wash.: Thomas & Mercer, →ISBN, page 6:
text: We stood there, shivering, colder even than when we had been on our horses, for horses are warmer-blooded than their riders, and one always gains heat from them.
ref: 2016, Fiona Buckley [pseudonym; Valerie Anand], The Heretic’s Creed (The Ursula Blanchard Mysteries), Sutton, Surrey: Crème de la Crime, →ISBN, page 73:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Maintaining a relatively constant and warm body temperature, regardless of the ambient temperature; endothermic.
examples: text: Claire jumped from her chair and smiled the warmest-blooded smile that she could muster.
ref: 2003, Adele Griffin, Witch Twins and Melody Malady, New York, N.Y.: Hyperion Books for Children, →ISBN, page 27:
text: Chasseur said, “Murder is a grisly, nasty business, Jessica. The female species simply doesn’t have the genetic makeup to deal sensibly with it. Murder is a cold-blooded act. Women are, by nature, warmer-blooded than men, which is why they’re so attractive to the male of the species.”
ref: 2006, Donald Bain, A Question of Murder (Murder, She Wrote), New York, N.Y.: Signet, New American Library, →ISBN, page 35:
glosses: Passionate.
Synonyms: endothermic
homeothermic
Related terms: hot-blooded