cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
temperament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛm.pə.ɹə.mənt/
ipa: /ˈtɛm.pɹə.mənt/
ipa: /ˈtɛm.pə.mənt/
ipa: /ˈtɛm.pɚ.ə.mənt/
ipa: /ˈtɛm.pɹə.mənt/
ipa: /ˈtɛm.pɚ.mənt/
Forms: form: temperaments
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English temperament, borrowed from Middle French tempérament, from Latin temperāmentum.
Senses: examples: text: President Taft did not have the temperament either to dominate or to work with his Congress.
ref: 1928, Franklin D. Roosevelt, The Happy Warrior Alfred E. Smith, Houghton Mifflin, →OCLC, →OL, page 13:
glosses: A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.
glosses: A tendency to become irritable or angry.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are relatively independent of learning, system of values and attitudes.
examples: text: If I will aske meere Philosophers, what the soule is, I shall finde amongst them, that will tell me, it is nothing, but the temperament and harmony, and just and equall composition of the Elements in the body, which produces all those faculties which we ascribe to the soule […]
ref: 1624, John Donne, Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVIII., in The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne, ed. Charles M. Coffin, New York: Modern Library (1952), pp. 442-444
glosses: A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions.
glosses: Any state or condition as determined by the proportion of its ingredients or the manner in which they are mixed; consistence, composition; mixture.
Derived terms: artistic temperament
circular temperament
circulating temperament
equal temperament
good temperament
Helmholtz temperament
judicial temperament
meantone temperament
miracle temperament
quasi-Pythagorean temperament
schismic temperament
well temperament
pericardium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɛɹɪˈkɑː(ɹ)di.əm/
Forms: form: pericardia
form: pericardiums
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek περικάρδιον (perikárdion).
Senses: examples: text: The Pericardium is sometimes swelled, as overcharged with too great a quantity of Serous Liquor, making a kind of Dropsie […]
ref: 1685, Samuel Collins, “Of the Diseases of the Pericardium, and their Cures”, in The Second Volume, containing The Parts of the Middle and Highest Apartiment of Man's Body (And other Animals):
topics: anatomy
cardiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A serous membrane that surrounds the heart allowing it to contract.
Synonyms: heart sac
theca cordis
Derived terms: chylopericardium
haemopericardium
hemopericardium
hydropericardium
hyperpericardium
pericardiectomy
pericardiodesis
pneumohemopericardium
pneumopericardium
xenopericardium
Related terms: pericardiac
pericardial
pericarditis
endocardium
myocardium
endocardium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endocardiums
form: endocardia
Senses: topics: anatomy
cardiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A thin serous membrane that lines the interior of the heart.
Derived terms: endocardial
endocardiosis
endocarditis
subendocardium
Related terms: myocardium
pericardium
specificity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɛsɪˈfɪsɪti/
Forms: form: specificities
head_nr: 2
Etymology: From specific + -ity. Compare French spécificité.
Senses: examples: text: Congress must set a clear standard: Police should prove with specificity what's on your phone before forcing it open, and only after the device's owner has consulted with a lawyer. Doing so would provide citizens a means to ensure police follow warrant requirements without sacrificing law enforcement's ability to pursue the crime they're investigating.
ref: 2024 October 14, Patrick Eddington, James Craven, Police Want the Password to Your Phone:
head_nr: 2
glosses: The state of being specific rather than general.
examples: Coordinate term: sensitivity
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
head_nr: 2
glosses: The extent to which a characteristic is specific to a given person, place, or thing; thus:
The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true negative being correctly identified.
topics: medicine
sciences
head_nr: 2
glosses: The extent to which a characteristic is specific to a given person, place, or thing; thus:
The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for, or a symptom or sign is specific to, a given condition.
Synonyms: english: much less common
translation: much less common
word: specificness
word: individuality
word: particularity
word: peculiarity
word: singularity
word: specialty
word: specificity
Coordinate terms: topics: statistics
mathematics
sciences
sense: binary probability
word: sensitivity
Derived terms: allospecificity
aspecificity
bispecificity
chemospecificity
conspecificity
diastereospecificity
enantiospecificity
heterospecificity
heterosubspecificity
homospecificity
hyperspecificity
immunospecificity
interspecificity
intraspecificity
isospecificity
monospecificity
multispecificity
neospecificity
neurospecificity
nonspecificity
organospecificity
overspecificity
paraspecificity
polyspecificity
regiospecificity
serospecificity
stereospecificity
subspecificity
unspecificity
xenospecificity
bree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹiː/
homophone: Brie
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: brees
Etymology: From Middle English brewe, bre, bregh, from Old English brēġ (“eyelid”) (Anglian dialect). Compare West Saxon brǣw, brēaw, brēaġ (“eyelid”), from Proto-Germanic *brēwō. Cognate with Dutch (wenk)brauw, German Braue. Compare brae from the same source. Apparently related to brow.
Senses: glosses: The eyelid.
glosses: The eyebrow.
glosses: The brow; forehead.
bree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹiː/
homophone: Brie
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: brees
Etymology: From Middle English bre, breie (“broth; gravy”), apparently from Old English brīw, brīġ (“pottage; porridge”), from Proto-West Germanic *brīw (“porridge; mash”), whence also German Brei, Dutch brij. Alternatively, the word could be a cognate of German Brühe (“broth”), from Middle High German brüeje, from the verb brüejen (“to scald, boil”), from Proto-Germanic *brōaną, whence modern German brühen, Dutch broeien, Middle Low German brȫjen. This is less likely, however, since the verb is not attested in English nor in Old Norse. Both paths eventually lead to the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, toss, cook, brew”), whence also English broth and brew.
Senses: qualifier: obsolete outside Scotland
glosses: Broth.
Derived terms: barley-bree
partan bree
AFT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Federation of Teachers.
bubonic plague
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bubonic plagues
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A contagious, often fatal, epidemic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted by the bite of fleas from an infected person or rodent, especially a rat, and characterized by delirium, chills, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and the formation of buboes.
Related terms: Black Death
balbriggan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bælˈbɹɪɡn̩/
Forms: form: balbriggans
Etymology: From Balbriggan, a place in Ireland.
Senses: glosses: An unbleached, knitted, cotton fabric mostly used for underwear.
wikipedia: Balbriggan
amianthus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amianthuses
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀμίαντος (amíantos, “undefiled”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + μιαίνω (miaínō, “I defile”).
Senses: examples: text: the Microscope can afford us hundreds of Instances of Points many thousand times sharper: such as […] the ends of the stiriæ or small parallelipipeds of Amianthus […]
ref: 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section I:
glosses: A type of asbestos with long, soft, thin fibers.
Derived terms: amianthiform
amianthoid
bidialectal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbʌɪdʌɪəˈlɛktəl/
Etymology: From bi- + dialectal.
Senses: glosses: natively using or capable of using two dialects of a language
Derived terms: bidialectalism
bidialectalist
bidialectally
Related terms: diglossic
bidet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbiːdeɪ/
rhymes: -iːdeɪ
homophone: b-day
ipa: /bɪˈdeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: bidets
Etymology: Borrowed from French bidet.
Senses: glosses: A low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus.
examples: text: For joy of which I will return to myself, mount my bidet in a dance
ref: 1631, Ben Jonson, Chloridia:
glosses: A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.
Derived terms: Bidet
bidet shower
bidet spray
bidet sprayer
backscratcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backscratchers
form: back scratcher
Etymology: From back + scratcher.
Senses: glosses: A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.
behaviorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: behaviorisms
form: behaviourism
Etymology: From behavior + -ism.
Senses: examples: Behaviorism is considered by most philosophers of medicine, to be an expression of the weaker, minimalist interpretation of the 'medical model' of clinical psychology because it focuses the study and classification of mental disorders upon a phenomenological, rather than a pathophysiological, approach to the subject.
glosses: An approach to psychology focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological processes which may, or may not, underlie subjective, behavioral phenomena.
Synonyms: behavioral psychology
Hyponyms: Skinnerism
Derived terms: neobehaviorism
Related terms: behaviorist
behavioristic
depth psychology
behaviourism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: behaviourisms
Etymology: From behaviour + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Standard spelling of behaviorism.
Derived terms: neobehaviourism
DFAT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
overdrive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈdɹaɪv/
ipa: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdɹaɪv/
Forms: form: overdrives
form: overdriving
form: overdrove
form: overdriven
Etymology: From Middle English overdriven, from Old English oferdrīfan, equivalent to over- + drive. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uurdrieuwe (“to overdo, overstate”), Dutch overdrijven (“to exaggerate”), German Low German overdrieven, överdrieven (“to overdo, exaggerate”), German übertreiben (“to overdo, exaggerate”), Norwegian overdrive (“to exaggerate”).
Senses: glosses: To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.
overdrive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈdɹaɪv/
ipa: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdɹaɪv/
Forms: form: overdrives
Etymology: From over- + drive, originally referring to gear ratios over 1:1.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: top gear
text: In the 1970s, many transmission designs were revised to add an overdrive gear.
text: Cruising in overdrive at legal highway speed keeps rpm right at 1800, depending on rear-axle ratio.
ref: 1981 October, Popular Mechanics, volume 156, number 4, page 201:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
synonyms: OD
O/D
O.D.
coordinate_terms: fourth gear
fifth gear
glosses: A gear, on an automobile, higher than the traditional top gear, mainly to allow better fuel economy at highway speeds. In the 21st century, such gears are no longer viewed as "extra" and thus rarely called by this name.
examples: text: overdrive pacing
text: The campaign has been in overdrive since the recent announcement.
text: It is true, though it's got nothing to do with me, that the building boom that created the Bombay of my childhood went into overdrive in the years before my birth
ref: 2000, Salman Rushdie, The ground beneath her feet, page 78:
text: So, Mr. Zuckerberg has kicked his company into overdrive with a strong message: It’s time to do more with less.
ref: 2022 July 26, Mike Isaac, “‘Operating With Increased Intensity’: Zuckerberg Leads Meta Into Next Phase”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: top gear
;
full throttle
antonyms: low gear
glosses: A state of heightened activity.
examples: text: Of course overdrive is forbidden for dump trucks in the quarry because it is unsafe, but unscrupulous workers were found to be using it because of a perverse incentive involving tonnage piece rates.
synonyms: see at angel gear
glosses: Freewheeling (driving a vehicle with the transmission in neutral) on downhill stretches to achieve higher fuel economy and/or speed than otherwise. In colloquial registers, ethnically bigoted variants have been common, such as Jewish overdrive (alluding to the stereotype of miserly Jews) or Mexican overdrive or Polish overdrive (alluding to stereotypes of foolishness and poverty).
topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A gear ratio higher than 1:1: one in which a single revolution of the driving element corresponds to more than one revolution of the driven element.
Derived terms: Georgia overdrive
Jewish overdrive
Mexican overdrive
Polish overdrive
Related terms: hyperdrive
oversteer
understeer
upshift
keystroke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keystrokes
Etymology: From key + stroke.
Senses: glosses: The act of pressing an input key; a keypress on a computer keyboard or a typewriter, or a similar input device.
Derived terms: keystroker
keystroke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keystrokes
form: keystroking
form: keystroked
form: keystroked
Etymology: From key + stroke.
Senses: examples: text: I keystroked the entire manual, in addition to the keystroking done by the Technical Support and Test groups.
ref: 1991, Leslie A. Olsen, Thomas N. Huckin, Technical Writing and Professional Communication, page 262:
glosses: To enter (data etc.) by pressing keys on a keyboard.
pretermit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹiːtəˈmɪt/
ipa: /ˌpɹidəɹˈmɪt/
Forms: form: pretermits
form: pretermitting
form: pretermitted
form: pretermitted
Etymology: From Latin praetermitto.
Senses: examples: text: [F]or the public, for the redemption of the whole world, God hath (shall we say, pretermitted?) derelicted, forsaken, abandoned, his own, and only Son.
ref: a. 1632 (date written), John Donne, “Sermon LXXXII. Preached at a Marriage.”, in Henry Alford, editor, The Works of John Donne, D.D., […], volume IV, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 20:
text: The liberty of a subject lieth, therefore, only in those things which, in regulating their actions, the sovereign hath praetermitted (such as is the liberty to buy, and sell, and otherwise contract with one another; to choose their own abode, their own diet, their own trade of life, and institute their children as they themselves think fit; and the like).
ref: 1651, Thomas Hobbes, chapter XXI, in Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill, London: […] [William Wilson] for Andrew Crooke, […], →OCLC:
text: The fees, or allowances, that are termly given to these deputies, receiver, and clerks, for recompence of these their pains, I do purposely pretermit; because they be not certain, but arbitrary.
ref: c. 1598, Francis Bacon, An Account of […] Compositions for Alienations:
text: [V]arious subjects for annotation have presented themselves which, though I have no direct need of them, I could not pretermit.
ref: 1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XX, in Middlemarch […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book II:
glosses: To intentionally disregard (something), to ignore; to neglect or omit.
Derived terms: pretermitted child
pretermitted custom
pretermitted heir
pretermitted spouse
Pkwy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of parkway.
raw_tags: in street addresses
parkway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑɹkˌweɪ/
Forms: form: parkways
Etymology: By surface analysis, a blend of car park + railway. However, it is possible that the term originally derived from Bristol Parkway railway station built in the early 1970s, which appears to have been named after the M32 motorway, also called Parkway because it runs through Stoke Park.
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A railway station built on the edge of a town, typically with a large car park to function as a park and ride interchange.
lined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /laɪnd/
rhymes: -aɪnd
Forms: form: more lined
form: most lined
Senses: examples: text: Fred liked fully lined trousers with his suits.
glosses: Having a lining, an inner layer or covering.
examples: text: For handwritten work Freda preferred lined paper to plain.
glosses: Having lines, ruled.
raw_tags: of paper
examples: text: He had a healthy colour in his cheeks, and his face, though lined, bore few traces of anxiety.
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, “Book I, chapter 4”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Having visible lines or wrinkles.
raw_tags: of skin
Derived terms: blue-lined
booklined
eight-lined keelback
eyelined
four-lined wave
furlined
grid-lined
hedge-lined
lined antshrike
lined chiton
lined flat bark beetle
lined gold
lined snake
lymphlined
mudlined
multilined
short-lined chocolate
silver-lined
six-lined racerunner
ten-lined June beetle
thirteen-lined ground squirrel
tree-lined
treelined
two-lined chestnut borer
unlined
white-lined sphinx
lined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /laɪnd/
rhymes: -aɪnd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of line
NCAUR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research.
FBT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FBTs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of fermentation biotechnology.
topics: law
property
glosses: Initialism of farm business tenancy.
adj
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adjs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of adj..
eval
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ēʹvăl
ipa: /ˈiː.væl/
Forms: form: evals
Senses: examples: text: Scans are unable to determine subject's [Gandrayda's] age, but psych eval suggests a high degree of youthfulness.
ref: 2007 August 27, Retro Studios, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (via Metroid Prime Trilogy, released 2009 August 24), Nintendo, Wii, Data Storage A, "Hunter Gandrayda" scan
text: Both of their evals suggested good upbringings, though the interviewer couldn't get much out of Swartzkoff concerning his home life.
ref: 2014, Robin Geesman, Under Lock and Key: The Zone:
glosses: Abbreviation of evaluation.
eval
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ēʹvăl
ipa: /ˈiː.væl/
Forms: form: evals
form: evaling
form: evalling
form: evaled
form: evaled
form: evalled
form: evalled
Senses: examples: text: Of course, it's quite pointless to eval a piece of code that you know at compile time ...
ref: 1997, Sriram Srinivasan, Andy Oram, Steve Talbott, Advanced Perl Programming:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To evaluate (or execute) source code held in a string during run time.
raw_tags: of software
Derived terms: read-eval-print loop
eval
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ēʹvăl
ipa: /ˈiː.væl/
ipa: /ˈiːvəl/
homophone: evil stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
enpr: ēʹvăl
ipa: /ˈiː.væl/
Forms: form: aeval
Etymology: Derived from Latin aevum (“lifetime, age, eternity”) + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to time or duration.
FIST
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Future Infantry Soldier Technology.
APR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: related: word: JAN
word: FEB
word: MAR
word: MAY
word: JUN
word: JUL
word: AUG
word: SEP
word: OCT
word: NOV
word: DEC
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Apr (“April”).
APR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: APRs
Senses: topics: business
finance
synonyms: A.P.R.
A. P. R.
a.p.r.
a. p. r.
apr
glosses: Initialism of annual percentage rate.
glosses: Abbreviation of Asia-Pacific region.
glosses: Initialism of agricultural property relief.
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Abbreviation of abdominoperineal resection.
PPB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of parts per billion.
PPB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PPBs
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of production-possibility boundary.
Synonyms: topics: economics
sciences
word: PPC
topics: economics
sciences
word: PPF
DMDA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association.
org.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orgs.
Senses: related: word: org
glosses: Abbreviation of organization.
NDRI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NDRIs
Senses: examples: text: A common solution is switching to bupropion, which is a norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitor, or NDRI.
ref: 2024 March 21, Kristen Rogers, “If antidepressants are killing your sex life, here’s what you can do”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of norepinephrine dopamine reuptake inhibitor.
SSRIB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor and blocker.
AAGP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.
AAMFT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
ADAA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Anxiety Disorders Association of America.
NASW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Association of Social Workers.
NAFDI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of National Foundation for Depressive Illness.
AFSP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
glosses: Initialism of Annual Filing Season Program.
AAS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Australian Anthropological Society.
topics: arachnology
biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Initialism of American Arachnological Society, a society of amateur and professional arachnologists.
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of American Astronautical Society, an independent scientific and technical group in the United States.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of American Astronomical Society, a United States society of professional astronomers.
topics: sciences
glosses: Initialism of Australian Academy of Science, an independent, government-endorsed society with the aim of promoting science.
topics: biotechnology
engineering
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of All-America Selections, an organization that promotes development of new garden seed varieties.
topics: health
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Air Ambulance Service, a UK charity.
qualifier: help
glosses: Initialism of Assyrian Aid Society.
qualifier: human rights
glosses: Initialism of American Anti-Slavery Society.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Ansar al-Sunna, or Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna, a militant group operating in Iraq.
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of American Association of Suicidology, an American nonprofit suicide prevention organization.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Association for Academic Surgery.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Arnold Air Society, a professional honorary service organization for Air Force officer candidates.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy.
qualifier: research
glosses: Initialism of American Antiquarian Society, an American society and national research library.
qualifier: research
glosses: Initialism of Association for Asian Studies.
qualifier: research
glosses: Initialism of Assyrian Academic Society.
topics: sciences
glosses: Initialism of African Academy of Sciences, an Africa-wide scientific organization.
AAS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AASs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Advanced Automation System, a system for radar control of transoceanic air corridors.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of angle-angle-side triangular congruency.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of anabolic–androgenic steroid.
glosses: Initialism of acute aortic syndrome.
suicidology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From suicide + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The study of the causes and related effects of people intentionally killing themselves.
SPAN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of Switched Port Analyzer, a Cisco technology.
MHN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Men's Health Network.
NWHRC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Women's Health Resource Center.
SSNRI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SSNRIs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of selective serotonin norephinephrine reuptake inhibitor.
TCA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TCAs
Etymology: Initialisms.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of tricyclic antidepressant.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of terminal control area.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: Initialism of traffic conference area.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of trichloroanisole.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of tricarboxylic acid.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Initialism of transversal chromatic aberration.
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: Initialism of true cost accounting.
TCA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Initialisms.
Senses: examples: text: Labour, which has said it will not take the UK back into the EU, the single market or customs union, has, however, already committed to using the 2025 review of the TCA to try to reduce barriers to trade.
ref: 2023 February 11, Toby Helm, “Revealed: secret cross-party summit held to confront failings of Brexit”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
MAO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of monoamine oxidase.
Related terms: MAOI
TGV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tiː dʒiː viː/
note: unadapted pronunciation
ipa: /teɪ ʒeɪ veɪ/
Forms: form: TGVs
Etymology: [Alt: Two high-speed train waiting at a train platform.]
Borrowed from French TGV, from train à grande vitesse (“high-speed train”).
Senses: examples: text: He also makes the point that in France, SNCF is currently refurbishing some TGVs built in 1988.
ref: 2024 May 29, Peter Plisner, “Network News: Gibb plans HS2 alternative with 155mph Pendolinos”, in RAIL, number 1010, page 6:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A French national high-speed train, run by the railway service of the same name.
TGV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tiː dʒiː viː/
note: unadapted pronunciation
ipa: /teɪ ʒeɪ veɪ/
Forms: form: TGVs
Etymology: Initialism of tequila, gin, and vodka, the ingredients in the cocktail.
Senses: glosses: A highball cocktail made with tequila, gin, and vodka (and sometimes orange juice) usually garnished with a slice of lemon, often served over ice.
MPG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MPG
form: MPGs
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: Initialism of miles per gallon.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of monopropylene glycol.
acad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of academy.
acad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acads
Senses: glosses: Clipping of academic.
acad.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acad
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of academy.
acad.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: acad
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of academic.
sci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scis
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of science or sciences.
glosses: Abbreviation of scientist, scientists.
Derived terms: mat sci
sci-fi
scifi
sci-fic
sci-tech
sci.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sce.
glosses: Abbreviation of science.
glosses: Abbreviation of scientist.
P&G
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: P&G (PG) wants people who purchased the affected products — which were sold in stores across the United States, as well as online — to throw them away, and the company is offering full refunds.
ref: 2021 November 26, Jackie Wattles, “Some Old Spice and Secret deodorants recalled after cancer-causing chemical is detected”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Initialism of Procter & Gamble.
AO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /eɪ ˈəʊ/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Arctic oscillation.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: Abbreviation of Australian Open, a major tennis tournament, part of the Grand Slam.
topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Anarchy Online.
glosses: Initialism of Annoying Orange, an Internet-based cartoon series.
AO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /eɪ ˈəʊ/
Forms: form: AOs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of autonomous oblast.
glosses: Abbreviation of autonomous okrug.
glosses: Abbreviation of auxiliary oiler.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: Initialism of atomic orbital.
glosses: Abbreviation of area of operations.
glosses: Abbreviation of alpha and omega.
AO
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /eɪ ˈəʊ/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of adults only.
MCAA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of monochloroacetic acid.
NSC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Security Council.
qualifier: US Army
glosses: Initialism of Natick Soldier Center.
topics: banking
business
glosses: Initialism of National Sort Code.
glosses: Initialism of National Safety Council.
glosses: Initialism of Nevada State College.
NSC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NSCs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Senior Certificate.
HPPE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: hypernyms: PE
coordinate_terms: HDPE
UHMWPE
glosses: Initialism of high-performance polyethylene.
MoMA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Museum of Modern Art.
CEOSE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering.
STEM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: stĕm
ipa: /stɛm/
rhymes: -ɛm
homophone: stem
Forms: form: STEMs
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Acronym of scanning transmission electron microscope.
examples: text: Although these six classifications of the scope and responsibility and specific engineering expertise are interesting and useful, they come from within engineering itself and they don’t help us to disentangle STEM.
ref: 2012 March 22nd, David Blockley, Engineering: A Very Short Introduction (309), Oxford University Press, chapter 1: “From idea to reality”, page 14
text: Table 7 shows that in general, the STEM subjects share more phrases with each other, while the opposite is true for the humanities subjects.
ref: 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Position vectors, homologous chromosomes and gamma rays: Promoting disciplinary literacy through Secondary Phrase Lists”, in English for Specific Purposes, →DOI, page 10:
text: Despite wide efforts to encourage more girls and young women to pursue careers in STEM, a new survey from Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation found Gen Z girls significantly lag behind boys in the level of interest expressed in STEM subjects, suggesting more must be done to close the gender gap.
ref: 2023 December 5, Athena Jones, “Efforts to close gender interest gap in STEM must be stepped up, Gen Z survey shows”, in CNN:
topics: education
glosses: Acronym of science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics.
Derived terms: STEMinism
STEMinist
STEMlord
Related terms: topics: science
sciences
technology
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
arts
mathematics
sciences
word: STEAM
topics: science
sciences
technology
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
mathematics
sciences
medicine
sciences
word: STEMM
IRB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IRBs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of institutional review board, a committee that reviews the designs of proposed experiments to confirm whether all the methods proposed are ethical.
glosses: Initialism of investment review board, a committee of business executives who review investment choices, comparing against strategy and opportunity costs.
glosses: Initialism of internal review board, an internal affairs division of a police department.
examples: text: Ms Rybicki began filming just as a second IRB drove out to the rogue boat, collecting the first lifesaver into the boat en route.
ref: 2023 October 2, Emily Bissland, “Warrnambool beach evacuated as surf lifesaver is 'catapulted' from rogue inflatable rescue boat”, in Australian Broadcasting Corporation:
glosses: Initialism of inflatable rescue boat.
IRB
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of internal ratings-based approach.
IRB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Irish Republican Brotherhood, a secret organisation dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic republic" in Ireland between 1858 and 1924.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: Initialism of International Rugby Board, the name used by World Rugby, the worldwide governing body for rugby union, from 1998 to 2014.
FQPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of Food Quality Protection Act.
NOEL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of no observed effect level.
Related terms: NOAEL
SAP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Scientific Advisory Panel.
glosses: Initialism of South African Police.
glosses: Initialism of South Africa Party.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: SAP AG, derived from the German Initialism of Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung, one of the world's largest software companies.
SAP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SAPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of statutory adoption pay, payments made by an employer to an employee who is absent from work after the adoption of a child.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of special access program.
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of second audio program.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of structural adjustment program.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of speech act participant.
glosses: Initialism of superabsorbent polymer.
Related terms: topics: television
broadcasting
media
word: CC
topics: television
broadcasting
media
word: MTS
topics: television
broadcasting
media
word: DV
BASIL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of biphasic acid scavenging utilising ionic liquids.
DEET
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -iːt
Etymology: From d t, the initials of diethyl and toluamide in the name of the chemical.
Senses: examples: text: According to my iPhone, there is 90 percent humidity during the outdoor dance. I presume 100 percent humidity involves drowning. Rivulets of sweat pour down my spine like caressing fingers. I spray DEET on myself so profusely I can taste the chemicals on my tongue through my nostrils.
ref: 2022 November 26, Virginia Feito, “Sweating Through a Honeymoon in Paradise”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: diethyltoluamide
glosses: An insect repellent (chemical name N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide) that can be applied to skin or clothing.
turntablism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turntablisms
Etymology: From turntable + -ism.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The art of using one or more turntables and mixers to create an original musical piece.
missile silo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: missile silos
Senses: glosses: An underground vertical cylindrical container for the storage and launching of ICBMs.
Hab.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith [Hab. 2:4]
ref: 1991, J. Vernon McGee, Nahum and Habakkuk, Thru the Bible Commentary Series, page 90:
glosses: Abbreviation of Habakkuk.
Hag.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Haggai.
Hsa.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Hosea.
repellant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more repellant
form: most repellant
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of repellent.
repellant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repellants
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of repellent.
douter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: douters
Etymology: From dout (“to put out”) + -er.
Senses: synonyms: snuffer
glosses: An extinguisher for candles.
Isa.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Isaiah.
Jam.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jas
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of James.
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Jamaica.
Jer.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Jeremiah.
Derived terms: Ep. Jer.
Let. Jer.
Jhn.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of John.
Jo.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of John.
Joe.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Joel.
Jon.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Jonah.
Jos.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Joshua.
examples: text: I told Jos. of my intentions, and he improved the occasion by eating four or five meals, and drinking at least a gallon of beer and a bottle of gin at my expense.
ref: 1868, Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason, Turf Frauds and Turf Practices; or, Spiders and Flies, page 24:
text: In 1903, Joseph A. Bank founded the Jos. A. Bank & Co.
ref: 2013, Kelly Dale Terrill, Reservoir Hill, Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 103:
glosses: Abbreviation of Joseph.
Jdg.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Judges.
Jud.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Judges.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Judith.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Jude.
Synonyms: sense: abbreviation of Judges
word: Judg.
Ki.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Kings.
Lam.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lament.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Lamentations.
Lev.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Leviticus.
Luk.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
related: word: Mat.
word: Mar.
word: Joh.
glosses: Abbreviation of Luke.
Mal.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Malachi.
Mat.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
related: word: Mar.
word: Luk.
word: Joh.
glosses: Abbreviation of Matthew (book of the Bible).
Mic.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Micah.
Neh.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Nehemiah.
Nah.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Nahum.
Oba.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Obadiah.
Pe.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Peter.
Phl.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Philippians.
Phm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Philem.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Philemon.
Pro.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Proverbs.
Rom.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Romans.
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Romania.
glosses: Abbreviation of Romanic or Romance languages
Rth.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Ruth.
Sa.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sa. (“sable”).
Sgs.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Song of Songs.
Ti.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Timothy.
Zec.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Zechariah.
Zep.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Zephaniah.
Tts.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tts.
Cr.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Corinthians.
glosses: Abbreviation of Croatian.
Cr.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: accounting
banking
business
finance
glosses: Abbreviation of credit.
topics: business
finance
money
glosses: Abbreviation of crore.
crossref
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossrefs
Etymology: By shortening.
Senses: glosses: cross-reference
crossref
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crossrefs
form: crossreffing
form: crossreffed
form: crossreffed
Etymology: By shortening.
Senses: glosses: cross-reference
dd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of day, in two-digit numeric format, as in: dd/mm/yyyy.
yy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yyyy
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of year, in two-digit numeric format, as in: dd/mm/yy.
misconstrue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪskənˈstɹuː/
Forms: form: misconstrues
form: misconstruing
form: misconstrued
form: misconstrued
Etymology: From Middle English misconstruen, equivalent to mis- + construe.
Senses: examples: text: His words were misconstrued as an insult.
text: It’s easy to misconstrue her silence as agreement.
text: misconstrue the meaning
text: misconstrue someone’s intentions
text: misconstrue remarks
text: 1975: Paul Simon, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover from the album Still Crazy after All These Years.
[…] furthermore, I hope my meaning won’t be lost or misconstrued […]
glosses: To interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.
Synonyms: word: misconstruct
word: misinterpret
word: misunderstand
word: confound
word: confuse
word: misanalyze
word: misapprehend
word: miscomprehend
word: misconceive
word: misconstrue
word: misjudge
word: mistranslate
word: mix up
Hypernyms: word: err
word: mistake
Derived terms: misconstruable
misconstrual
misconstruance
misconstruation
misconstruer
sthenolagnia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌsθɛnəˈlæɡniə/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σθένος (sthénos) + -lagnia.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
synonyms: muscle worship
glosses: Sexual arousal from displays of strength or muscles.
AV
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: examples: text: AV education
text: AV room
text: The individual responsible, a member of TPUSA’s AV team, was let go in the wake of the incident.
ref: 2019 July 25, Betsy Klein, “Trump appears in front of doctored seal with Russian and golf imagery, TPUSA aide fired”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of audiovisual.
examples: text: AV block
text: AV node
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of atrioventricular.
examples: text: AV anastomosis
text: AV fistula
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of arteriovenous.
examples: text: AV plugs are used to seal cadaver orifices to prevent embalming fluid spillage.
qualifier: mortuary technology
glosses: Initialism of anal/vaginal.
glosses: Initialism of age verified.
AV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AVs
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of access violation.
glosses: Initialism of age verification.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of alternative vote.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of antivirus.
topics: transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of autonomous vehicle.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of auxiliary verb.
qualifier: among vorarephiles
glosses: Initialism of anal vore.
AV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: examples: text: in the AV of the OT
glosses: Initialism of Authorized Version, a translation of the Bible.
AV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AVs
Etymology: From French auxiliaire voler.
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
coordinate_terms: AVP
CV
CVE
CVL
CVN
glosses: Initialism of Auxiliary Voler, a naval aircraft transport.
AV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AVs
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese AV (adaruto bideo), from English adult video.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
glosses: Initialism of adult video (“video pornography”).
Related terms: JAV
subsolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -əʊlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more subsolar
form: most subsolar
form: sub-solar
Etymology: From sub- + solar.
Senses: glosses: directly beneath the sun
glosses: between the tropics; equatorial
Derived terms: subsolar point