cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
silicosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊsɪs
Forms: form: silicoses
Etymology: From Late Latin silica + -osis.
Senses: examples: text: Well, minin’ is a hazard in Hazard, Kentucky, and if you ain’t minin’ there, well, my friends, you’re awful lucky, ‘Cause if you don’t get silicosis, or pay that’s just atrocious, you’ll be screamin’ for a union that will care
ref: 1963, Phil Ochs, “Hazard, Kentucky”:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: miner's disease
hypernyms: pneumoconiosis
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disease
<
condition
glosses: A disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust.
phosphatase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphatases
Etymology: From phosphate + -ase.
Senses: examples: text: These results are in accordance with the observations of Pirani et al., who found that in normal pregnancy there was no correlation between serum heat-stable alkaline phosphatase activity and crude baby weight or placental weight.
ref: 2018, A.S. Curry, Biochemistry of Women Methods, page 241:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze phosphate esters, and are important in the metabolism of carbohydrates, nucleotides and phospholipids, and in the formation of bone.
Derived terms: alkaline phosphatase
antiphosphatase
autophosphatase
bisphosphatase
dephosphatase
ectophosphatase
exophosphatase
holophosphatase
metallophosphatase
monophosphatase
nitrophenylphosphatase
organophosphatase
phosphatome
polyphosphatase
prostatic acid phosphatase
pseudophosphatase
Related terms: kinase
phosphatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phosphate + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or composed of phosphate.
Derived terms: nonphosphatic
phosphatic diathesis
phospholipase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phospholipases
Etymology: From phospho- + lipase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze the phosphate ester bonds of phospholipids.
gradient wind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gradient winds
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A horizontal wind velocity tangent to the contour line of a constant pressure surface (or to the isobar of a geopotential surface) at or above 2,500 feet (762 meters).
Related terms: geostrophic wind level
riz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of rise; rose
glosses: past participle of rise; risen
geopotential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geopotentials
Etymology: From geo- + potential.
Senses: examples: text: It might sound puzzling that the ageostrophic geopotential (or the ageostrophic pressure in z-coordinate) has no impact on the evolution of the vorticity of a quasi-geostrophic disturbance and yet it affects the perturbation kinetic energetics (not globally but locally).
ref: 2004, Zhu Xun, Li Xiaofan, Cai Ming, Observation, Theory And Modeling Of Atmospheric Variability, →ISBN, page 13:
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: The work that must be done at a given altitude in raising a unit mass from sea level to that altitude against the earth's gravitational field.
Derived terms: geopotential height
Related terms: geostrophic wind
geostrophic wind level
gradient wind
phosphorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phosphor + -ism.
Senses: glosses: chronic phosphorus poisoning
phosphorite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphorites
Etymology: From phosphor + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a sedimentary rock rich in phosphate minerals such as apatite
Derived terms: phosphoritic
Schutzstaffel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈʃʊts.stæ.fəl/
Forms: form: Schutzstaffeln
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Schutzstaffel.
Senses: glosses: Squadron of the Luftstreitkräfte of the German Empire; Schusta.
coordinate_terms: Waffen-SS
Wehrmacht
Sturmabteilung
glosses: The internal security force of Nazi Germany; the SS.
glosses: A division or corps of this force.
Related terms: Waffen-SS
Macht
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Machts
Etymology: Borrowed from German Macht.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
noise pollution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Excess noise which is unpleasant or harmful.
kayaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kayak
kayaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kayak
coeternal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Etymology: From co- + eternal.
Senses: examples: text: Jesus Christ is coeternal with God.
text: Hail, holy Light, ofspring of Heav'n firſt-born, / Or of th' Eternal Coeternal beam
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: Jointly or equally eternal.
Derived terms: coeternally
coeternalness
Related terms: consubstancial
cold-cathode
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Alternative form of cold cathode.
collaring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of collar
collaring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collarings
Senses: examples: text: If any Shirts should be found to want new wristbanding or collaring let it be done with rather purer cloth than that of the shirt itself — especially wristbanding. Collaring they certainly will want several of them.
ref: 1776, Jeremy Bentham, letter to Samuel Bentham:
glosses: Material for making shirt collars.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A piece of wood or iron for securing the pumps in a mineshaft.
examples: text: Collarings in my view are significant events and should be treated as such. They should include a fair amount of forethought and dedication on the part of both parties.
ref: 2022, Dan & Dawn Williams, Hearts & Collars, page 147:
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: The binding of a submissive to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
Derived terms: radiocollaring
colloquia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: a plural of colloquium
commandery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈmænd(ə)ɹi/
/kəˈmɑːnd(ə)ɹi/
Forms: form: commanderies
form: commandary
form: commandry
form: commandarie
form: commanderie
form: commaundrie
form: commaundarie
form: commaunderie
form: commaundry
form: commaundary
form: commaundery
Etymology: From French commanderie, from Late Latin commendaria, from Latin commendare.
In the Chinese administrative division sense, used as a translation of 府 (fǔ) and 郡 (jùn).
Senses: glosses: A territory under the control of a commander
The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller.
glosses: A territory under the control of a commander
Any of various administrative divisions of imperial China.
glosses: A chapter of a secret order, especially the Knights Templar (order affiliated with Freemasonry).
Synonyms: sense: Chinese territory
word: jun
word: fu
word: chun
word: foo
english: some contexts
translation: some contexts
word: prefecture
commandry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: commandries
Senses: glosses: British standard spelling of commandery.
commensal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /kəˈmɛnsəl/
Etymology: From Middle English commensal, from Old French commensal, from Medieval Latin commensālis, from com- + mensa (“table”) + -ālis.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a form of symbiosis in which one organism derives a benefit while the other is unaffected.
glosses: Eating at the same table.
Derived terms: anticommensal
commensally
noncommensal
commensal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈmɛnsəl/
Forms: form: commensals
Etymology: From Middle English commensal, from Old French commensal, from Medieval Latin commensālis, from com- + mensa (“table”) + -ālis.
Senses: examples: text: The tree did indeed grow right out of the algae, as I had seen from the lifeboat. There was not the least trace of soil. Either there was soil deeper down, or this species of tree was a remarkable instance of a commensal or a parasite.
ref: 2001, Yann Martel, Life of Pi, Canongate, published 2003, →ISBN, page 260:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: An organism partaking in a commensal relationship.
glosses: One who eats at the same table.
Related terms: commensalism
commensality
endocommensal
endocommensalism
ectocommensal
commenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: commenters
Etymology: From comment + -er.
Senses: examples: text: There are faculty advisers on El’s theater crew who balk at using “they” for one person; classmates at El’s public school on the outskirts of Boston who insist El can’t be “multiple people”; and commenters on El’s social media feeds who dismiss nonbinary gender identities like androgyne (a combination of masculine and feminine), agender (the absence of gender) and gender-fluid (moving between genders) as lacking a basis in biology.
ref: 2019 May 29, Amy Harmon, “Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2019:
text: The country singer took on an Instagram commenter who had words to say regarding Owen’s latest song.
ref: 2019 June 27, Lisa Respers France, “Country star Jake Owen claps back at anti-LGBTQ commenter”, in CNN:
glosses: One who comments.
Synonyms: commentator
commissurotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkɒmɪʃəˈɹɒtəmi/
Forms: form: commissurotomies
Etymology: From commissure + -otomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The surgical division of a commissure or similar structure.
Derived terms: postcommissurotomy
commissure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒm.ɪs.jʊə/
ipa: /ˈkɑm.əˌʃʊɹ/
Forms: form: commissures
Etymology: From Latin commissura (“a joining or connecting together”), from commissus (passive perfect participle of committo (“I join, I connect”)) + -ura.
Senses: examples: text: ...that round about the commissure of all our joints...
ref: 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, J. Roberts, page 14:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The joint between two bones.
topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: A band of nerve tissue connecting the hemispheres of the brain, the two sides of the spinal cord, etc.
examples: text: There is a third inner eyelid, highly developed and of beautiful mechanism: this is the nictitating membrane, or "winker" (nictito, I wink), a delicate, elastic, translucent, pearly-white fold of the conjunctiva. While the other lids move vertically and have a horizontal commissure, the winker sweeps horizontally or obliquely across the ball, from the side next the beak to the opposite.
ref: 1884, Elliott Coues, “§ 4.—An Introduction to the Anatomy of Birds.”, in Key to North American Birds. […], 2nd edition, Boston, Mass.: Estes and Lauriat, →OCLC, part II (General Ornithology), page 180:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The line where the upper and lower lips or eyelids meet.
Derived terms: anterior commissure
commissural
commissureless
commissuroplasty
commissurotomy
gray commissure
medicommissure
postcommissure
precommissure
tipping it down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tip it down
acrimoniously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæk.ɹɪˈmoʊ.ni.əsli/
Forms: form: more acrimoniously
form: most acrimoniously
Etymology: From acrimonious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Civil was acrimoniously disputing the orthodoxy of this visiting brother's intention to sing this from the pulpit at the close of the evening sermon.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 170:
glosses: In an acrimonious manner; with acrimony.
accursedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkɚ.səd.nəs/
Etymology: From accursed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being accursed.
acrobatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more acrobatically
form: most acrobatically
Etymology: From acrobatic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Stephane Sessegnon levelled before half-time, acrobatically volleying in Zenden's corner from four yards.
ref: 2011 May 14, Peter Scrivener, “Sunderland 1 - 3 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport:
text: They came close to an equaliser with a Rasmus Hojlund header, following Guglielmo Vicario's error, that was acrobatically cleared off the line by Micky van de Ven midway through the second half.
ref: 2025 May 21, Simon Stone, “Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: In an acrobatic manner.
avariciously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more avariciously
form: most avariciously
Etymology: From avaricious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Thus much I had to ſay; and, I ſuppose, vvhat may be anough to them vvho are not avariciously bent othervviſe, touching the likelieſt means to remove hirelings out of the church; […]
ref: 1659, J[ohn] M[ilton], Considerations Touching the Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings out of the Church. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcombe] for L[ivewell] Chapman […], →OCLC, page 152:
text: [B]usiness, which was originally designed to promote health, and circulate interchanged conveniencies, is now for the most part avariciously carried on, to swell the coffers of the individual by impoverishing the species; […]
ref: 1775, Samuel Jackson Pratt, chapter 41, in Liberal Opinions, volume 2, London: G. Robinson and J. Bew, page 57:
text: [H]is aunt’s yellow cat came along, purring, eyeing the teaspoon avariciously, and begging for a taste [of the medicine].
ref: 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XII, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 109:
text: At first I kept thinking about the money. […] I invested it avariciously at high rates of interest.
ref: 1954, Iris Murdoch, chapter 15, in Under the Net, London: The Reprint Society, published 1955, page 203:
synonyms: greedily
glosses: In a greedy or self-serving manner.
aviatrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪviˈeɪtɹɪsiːz/
Forms: form: aviatrixes
Senses: glosses: plural of aviatrix
aviators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aviator
aviators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: aviator sunglasses
aviatrixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aviatrices
Senses: glosses: plural of aviatrix
avitaminosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: avitaminoses
Etymology: From a- + vitamin + -osis.
Senses: examples: text: Watching him, Dorrigo Evans wondered if it was avitaminosis or the combined damage of several maladies that had done this—whatever the cause, he was painfully aware that food would cure this and almost all of the afflictions he saw.
ref: 2013, Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Chatto & Windus (2014), page 45:
glosses: Any disease which is caused by vitamin deficiency.
avouch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈvaʊt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -aʊtʃ
Etymology: From Old French avouchier, from Latin advocāre. Doublet of advocate, advoke, and avow.
Senses: examples: text: Before my God, I might not this believe
Without the sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: evidence; declaration
avowedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈvaʊ.ɪd.li/
Forms: form: more avowedly
form: most avowedly
Etymology: From avowed + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: 'Tvvas eaſie for me to repreſent to You hovv unfiniſhed and unpoliſhed the Trifles you called for, vvere, eſpecially conſidering that the Immatureneſs of ſome of them vvould not probably be the Chief thing that vvould make many think they come forth Vnſeaſonably, ſince they avovvedly Aim at the Perſuading and Teaching men to Improve their Thoughts, […]
ref: 1665, Robert Boyle, “To Sophronia”, in Occasional Reflections upon Several Subiects. Whereto is Premis’d a Discourse about Such Kind of Thoughts, London: […] W. Wilson for Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC:
text: Given the 'saffronization' of Congress, the 'ethnoreligious purification' of the BJP, and the parturition of the avowedly secular parties (CPI, SJP and BSP) […]
ref: 1993, Harold Alton Gould, India votes: alliance politics and minority governments in the ninth and tenth general elections, page 308:
glosses: With open acknowledgment, declaration or verification.
avoidably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more avoidably
form: most avoidably
Etymology: From avoidable + -ly.
Senses: examples: The cars were parked as avoidably as possible, but it didn't prevent her from running into one.
glosses: In a manner so as to be avoidable.
autobiographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːtə(ʊ)baɪəˈɡɹæfɪk/
Forms: form: more autobiographic
form: most autobiographic
Etymology: From auto- + biographic.
Senses: examples: text: This piece […] happens to be autobiographic, which makes any personal estimate of it all the more dangerous.
ref: 1920, Hart Crane, letter, 14 April
glosses: Synonym of autobiographical.
synonyms: word: autobiographical
auxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auxins
Etymology: From Ancient Greek αὐξάνειν (auxánein, “to grow”).
Senses: examples: text: In Arabidopsis roots, cold stress may reduce shootward auxin transport and alter the intracellular auxin gradient.
ref: 2015 July 2, Yang Y-W, Chen H-C, Jen W-F, Liu L-Y, Chang M-C, “Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Shoots and Roots of TNG67 and TCN1 Rice Seedlings under Cold Stress and Following Subsequent Recovery: Insights into Metabolic Pathways, Phytohormones, and Transcription Factors”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI:
text: SE onset depends on a complex network of interactions among plant growth regulators, mainly auxins and cytokinins, during the proembryogenic early stages, and ethylene and gibberellic and abscisic acids later in the development of somatic embryos.
ref: 2015 August 18, Clelia De-la-Peña et al., “The role of chromatin modifications in somatic embryogenesis in plants”, in Frontiers in Plant Science, volume 6, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
botany
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A class of plant growth substance (often called phytohormones or plant hormones) which play an essential role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in the plant life cycle.
Derived terms: antiauxin
auxic
auxinic
auxinome
diauxic
heteroauxin
nonauxin
aurally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːɹ.əl.i/
ipa: /ˈoɹ.ə.li/
other: /ˈɑɹ.ə.li/
Etymology: From aural + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: While the flashy special effects were nice, the movie was aurally jarring, loud and displeasing in general to the ear.
text: While differentiation is often not challenging for certain languages (anyone can recognise the difference between Russian and French, or Mandarin and Spanish), as languages become closer the difficulty of aurally separating them increases.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 10:
glosses: Pertaining to sound or the ear; via or through the sense of hearing.
Coordinate terms: tactilely
visually
Derived terms: aurally challenged
interaurally
audiovisual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔː.di.əʊˈvɪ.zjʊ.əl/
ipa: /-ʒʊ.əl/
ipa: /ˌɔ.di.oʊˈvɪ.ʒu.əl/
ipa: /ˌɑ.di.oʊˈvɪ.ʒu.əl/
Forms: form: audio-visual
Etymology: From audio- + visual.
Senses: examples: text: They put together a stunning audiovisual presentation, with movies and music as well as plenty of information.
glosses: Containing both aural and visual elements.
Derived terms: audiovisualist
audiovisuality
audiovisually
audio-visual speech recognition
authoress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔː.θə.ɹɛs/
ipa: /ˈɔ.θɚ.ɹɛs/
Forms: form: authoresses
form: authouress
form: authress
Etymology: From Middle English aucteuresse; equivalent to author + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: This obſervation is verified in our authoreſs, who, without deſign, without art, and without inſtruction is arrived at a wonderful perfection in the art of poetry, and may be placed amongſt poets of the firſt claſs.
ref: 1765 January, “A further Account of the celebrated German Poeteſs”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, page 5:
text: Eve was the authoress of sin, Mary the authoress of merit… the one wounded, the other healed.
ref: 1841, Thomas Butler, The Truths of the Catholic Religion, page 102:
glosses: A female author.
Synonyms: word: authrix
metacosm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛtəˌkɒzəm/
Forms: form: metacosms
Senses: examples: 1992. Sachiko Murata, Annemarie Schimmel. The Tao of Islam: A Sourcebook on Gender Relationships in Islamic Thought, page 225,
And both microcosm and macrocosm manifest the Metacosm. This is the law of correspondence.
glosses: A system that encompasses cosmos systems (macrocosm, mesocosm, microcosm).
examples: text: The "Unity of the Intellect", or the essential identity of the Intellect in the metacosm (what is beyond the created world),
ref: 2001, Cyril Glasse, Huston Smith., The New Encyclopedia of Islam, page 55:
glosses: A transcendent field of higher forces beyond the macrocosm (created world).
examples: text: All the levels of the universe, the macrocosm, come about through the radiation or manifestation of God, the metacosm.
ref: 1997, James S. Cutsinger., Advice to the Serious Seeker: Meditations on the Teaching of Frithjof Schuon, page 48:
glosses: A manifestation of God.
Derived terms: metacosmic
bring down the house
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: brings down the house
form: bringing down the house
form: brought down the house
form: brought down the house
form: bring the house down
Senses: examples: text: "Well, your recitations just brought down the house, Anne. That sad one was simply splendid."
ref: 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables:
glosses: To garner enthusiastic or wild applause or laughter.
analagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of analogous.
narsharab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Azerbaijani narşərab.
Senses: glosses: Pomegranate syrup, sauce, or wine.
nightstick fracture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nightstick fractures
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An isolated fracture of the ulna due to direct trauma to the forearm. The name refers to a situation in which a person raises an arm and exposes the medial aspect of the forearm in anticipation of an overhead blow.
restenosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹiːstɪˈnəʊsɪs/
ipa: /ˌɹistɪˈnoʊsɪs/
Forms: form: restenoses
Etymology: From re- + stenosis.
Senses: examples: text: Marathe's wife was dying slowly of ventricular restenosis.
ref: 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 126:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The recurrence of stenosis, especially that of an artery.
Derived terms: antirestenosis
antirestenotic
restenostic
auspices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auspice
auspices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The project took place under the auspices of the local church.
text: "You are of the old school, Sir Robert, I know; but, still, even you must allow that a fancy fair does good—many a sinking charity has been revived under its auspices, many a principle of care for our humble classes been implanted in the young heart, and—"
ref: 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 169:
text: Lynch added: "Our findings from our FOI requests on ticket office closures shows the whole process to be a stitch-up between the train operators, under the auspices of the Rail Delivery Group[,] and ministers.
ref: 2023 October 18, Mel Holley, “Network News: Harper attacks Labour over strikes... but unions hit back”, in RAIL, number 994, page 18:
glosses: Protection or patronage.
Synonyms: protection
patronage
aegis
Hypernyms: support
stenosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɪˈnəʊ.sɪs/
ipa: /stəˈnoʊ.sɪs/
rhymes: -əʊsɪs
Forms: form: stenoses
Etymology: From New Latin stenōsis, from Ancient Greek στένωσις (sténōsis, “narrowing”), from στενόω (stenóō, “to confine, to contract”) + -σις (-sis, nominal suffix), equivalent to steno- + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.
glosses: A reduction in either mental or physical capacity.
Derived terms: antirestenosis
bronchostenosis
craniostenosis
dacryostenosis
fibrostenosis
homeostenosis
pyloric stenosis
restenosis
stenotic
augustly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more augustly
form: most augustly
Etymology: From august + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: For surely, sir, you will not assert, that a duty can be binding which is not founded on reason? If, indeed, this be their destination, arguments may be drawn from reason; and thus augustly supported, the more understanding women acquire, the more they will be attached to their duty, comprehending it […]
ref: 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC:
text: St. Mark’s is perfect. To me it soon grew to be so nobly, so augustly ugly, that it was difficult to stay away from it, even for a little while.
ref: 1880, Mark Twain, chapter 49, in A Tramp Abroad:
text: Deliberately, almost ‘augustly,’ the gowned and mortar-boarded figures followed one another through the great red turnstile and filed into the chamber beyond.
ref: 1950, Mervyn Peake, chapter 18, in Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode:
glosses: In an august or awe-inspiring manner.
examples: text: On His Majesty's arrival, the wine was respectfully presented to him, when the Sovereign sang augustly, saying: ...
ref: 1925, Graham Martyr, Dai Nihon, page 189:
text: But wait until the Honorable Ma Chun-shing arrives and you shall see that I am augustly disposed to consent to your marriage.
ref: 1941, Alfred Kreymborg, Poetic Drama:
text: He augustly began. Our First Ancestor At Kyǒnghŭng resided, And his royal work He augustly began.
ref: 2000, James Hoyt, Soaring Phoenixes and Prancing Dragons:
text: We have reigned Augustly; let our part be so sustained That Time, far hence, shall hold our memory dear !
ref: 2010, W. Watson, The Poems Of William Watson, →ISBN, page 63:
text: The Heavenly Sovereign made a progress to the abode of I-suke-yori-hime, and augustly slept (there) one night.
ref: 2014, Kurt Singer, The Life of Ancient Japan, →ISBN:
glosses: In a royal or regal manner.
hot ticket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hot tickets
Senses: examples: text: “The openings were a hot ticket. But only on the opening night. Only on the private-screening nights. Only on a specific party night. That was it. And you went to see the stars,” says ex–gossip columnist Hay.
ref: 2021 June 9, Kate Storey, quoting R. Couri Hay, “The Rise and Fall of Planet Hollywood”, in Esquire:
glosses: Admission to an event, when particularly desirable or hard to obtain.
examples: text: In a subculture that idealizes youth, being gay and gray does not exactly make one a hot ticket. Older gays and lesbians often relegate themselves to separate and unequal meeting places.
ref: 2004, Betty Berzon, Permanent Partners: Building Gay & Lesbian Relationships That Last, page 20:
glosses: A thing that is currently enjoying great popularity.
hot tickets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot ticket
ppmv
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: From ppm.
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: parts per million by volume
Related terms: ppbv
adieux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈd(j)uz/
ipa: /əˈd(j)u/
ipa: /əˈdjuːz/
ipa: /əˈdjɜːz/
ipa: /əˈdjuː/
ipa: /əˈdjɜː/
rhymes: -uː
rhymes: -uːz
Senses: glosses: plural of adieu
heteronyms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heteronym
adeptly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more adeptly
form: most adeptly
Etymology: From adept + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He navigated the course adeptly, having trained on it for months ahead of time.
glosses: With great skill or knowledge.
ropery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roperies
Etymology: From rope + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Marry, farewell! I pray you, sir, what saucy
merchant was this, that was so full of his ropery?
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
glosses: Any form of language used, typically slang or slander, that can get one in trouble.
glosses: A place where ropes are made; ropewalk.
absolute altimeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.səˌlut/
ipa: /ˌæb.səˈljut/
ipa: /ælˈtɪm.ɪ.tɚ/
ipa: /ˈæl.təˌmi.tɚ/
Forms: form: absolute altimeters
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A type of altimeter which measures vertical distance to the surface below, using radio, radar, sonic, laser, or capacitive technology.
Related terms: altimeter
Cokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Coke
xylocarpous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From xylo- + -carpous.
Senses: glosses: Bearing fruit that becomes hard or woody.
word up
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: I approve; I agree.
glosses: Hello.
glosses: What's up?; what's happening?; what's the word?
glosses: Listen up; pay attention!.
Synonyms: word
word up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: words up
form: wording up
form: worded up
form: worded up
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: To pray, remain spiritually oriented and/or behave congruently with Christian doctrine.
examples: text: You have to word up Jeremy on the party.
glosses: To inform (someone) of up-to-date information on a topic.
adulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.d͡ʒə.leɪt/
Forms: form: adulates
form: adulating
form: adulated
form: adulated
Etymology: A learned borrowing from Latin adūlor.
Senses: glosses: To flatter effusively.
Derived terms: adulation
adulator
adulatory
cock tease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒkˌtiːz/
ipa: /ˈkɑkˌtiːz/
Forms: form: cock teases
form: cocktease
form: cock-tease
Etymology: From cock (“penis”) + tease.
Senses: examples: text: That bird is a total cock tease; she's been winding blokes up all night.
synonyms: cockteaser
prickteaser
prick tease
coordinate_terms: clit tease
glosses: A person, usually a woman, who teases a man but then withdraws an implied promise of sexual intercourse.
Derived terms: sense: verbal form
word: cocktease
Related terms: cockslut
cockwhore
flirt
blue-ball
reaccept
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˌɹi.əkˈsɛpt/
Forms: form: reaccepts
form: reaccepting
form: reaccepted
form: reaccepted
Etymology: From re- + accept.
Senses: glosses: To accept again.
reaccepts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reaccept
reaccepting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reaccept
reaccepted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reaccept
money supply
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: money supplies
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The total amount of money (bills, coins, loans, credit, and other liquid instruments) in a particular economy.
Related terms: M0
M1
M2
M3
M0
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of money supply, the amount of coin and banknotes in circulation.
Related terms: M1
M2
M3
M4
M1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: M1s
Senses: qualifier: money supply
glosses: The amount of cash in circulation plus the amount in bank accounts.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The number two, as the first Mersenne prime.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Apple M1, a system on a chip designed by Apple which was introduced in 2020.
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War.
Related terms: M0
M2
M3
M2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: (money supply) The amount of cash in circulation plus bank accounts, savings accounts and small deposits.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: major second
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The number three as the second Mersenne prime.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Apple M2, a system on a chip designed by Apple which was introduced in 2022.
Related terms: M0
M1
M3
M3
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: money supply
glosses: The amount of cash, all bank accounts, etc., plus foreign currency in circulation.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: major third
M3
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: M3s
Senses: glosses: an ISO metric screw thread size for screws with a nominal outer diameter of 3 millimetres
examples: text: BMW has softened the resonance considerably since we sampled an M3 on the autobahn a year ago, but this engine remains a howler.
ref: 1987, Car and Driver, volume 33, Hachette Magazines, page 51:
text: The result is an M3 that feels edgier, ready to change direction the instant the driver demands it.
ref: 2001, Road & Track, volume 52, CBS Publications, page 54:
text: When searching for an M3, look for a car with a record of maintenance that has been performed by an M3-knowledgeable mechanic. Better to have an unmaintained car than one that was butchered by someone who did not know what he was doing.
ref: 2002, Fred Larimer, BMW Buyer's Guide, MotorBooks International, →ISBN, page 62:
glosses: a compact executive car model manufactured by BMW
Related terms: M0
M1
M2
commix
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: commixes
form: commixing
form: commixed
form: commixed
form: commixt
form: commixt
form: comix
Etymology: From Middle English commixt, commixte, commyxt (past participle), from Latin commixtus, past participle of commisceō, with the -t later re-analyzed as the past participial ending; equivalent to com- + mix, modelled on Latin commisceō.
Senses: examples: text: Thalaba strove, but the thread
Was woven by magic hands,
And in his cheek the flush of shame
Arose, commixt with fear.
ref: 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC:
text: Admiration and rapture had been so commixed, so intensely excited, that those restraints existing in polished life, the punctilios practised, the etiquette preserved,—all, in the tumultuous thoughts of Harcourt, were banished, accounted but as cold reserve and useless forms.
ref: 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XIX, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 272:
glosses: To mix separate things together.
glosses: To become mixed; to amalgamate.
Derived terms: incommixed
uncommixed
Related terms: word: commiscible
word: commistion
word: commixt
word: commixtion
word: commixion
word: commixture
compendious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more compendious
form: most compendious
Etymology: From Old French compendieux, from Latin compendiosus (“advantageous, abridged, brief”), from compendium.
Senses: examples: text: AN HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE RAILWAYS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. By Ernest F. Carter. Cassell. 63s.
This compendious work, which, with its index, runs to 637 pages, aims to list chronologically the developments of the British railway system.
ref: 1960 January, “New reading on railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 26:
glosses: containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized
glosses: briefly describing a body of knowledge
Derived terms: compendiously
compendiousness
incompendious
uncompendious
Related terms: compendium
compendia
complementizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: complementizers
form: complementiser
Etymology: From complementize + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: subordinating conjunction
text: "That" is a complementizer in the sentence "Mary believes that it is raining".
text: However, what is of particular interest to us here is the fact that the presence of the Complementiser whether in (37) (b) above excludes the possibility of having an inverted Auxiliary in pre-subject position, as we see from the ungrammaticality of (38) below:
 (38) *John wondered whether would he get a degree
 Why should this be? The answer we propose here is that this is because both Complementisers and inverted Auxiliaries occupy the pre-subject C position: hence, when (as in (38) above) the C position is already filled by the Complementiser whether, inversion of the Auxiliary is not possible, on the assumption that once a given position is filled by one constituent, it cannot be filled by another (i.e. we can only have one constituent occupying any given position).
ref: 1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 6, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 299:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: subordinator
coordinate_terms: coordinator
coordinating conjunction
glosses: A subordinating conjunction that can convert a clause into a complement clause, i.e. one that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
heiferette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heiferettes
Etymology: From heifer + -ette.
Senses: hypernyms: cow
coordinate_terms: heifer
cow
calf
bull
bullock
glosses: A female bovine, usually more than six months of age and less than two years of age, that has had no more than one calf.
adopter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈdɒp.tə/
ipa: /əˈdɑp.tɚ/
Forms: form: adopters
Etymology: From adopt + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Google says the smartglasses are still in "beta" – prototype – form, despite being openly on sale, and that it wants early adopters to buy and use them and report back problems and suggestions so it can shape the future of the product, which is expected to eventually cost about the same as the average smartphone.
ref: 2014 June 24, “Google Glass go on sale in the UK for £1,000”, in The Guardian:
glosses: one who adopts
Derived terms: early adopter
nonadopter
platonically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more platonically
form: most platonically
Etymology: From platonic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a platonic manner.
nine one one
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nine one ones
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of 9-1-1.
gumball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: other: /ɡʌmbɔːl/
Forms: form: gumballs
Etymology: From gum + ball.
Senses: examples: text: Remember those clear globe dispensers with gumballs for a penny?
glosses: Chewing gum sold as a ball usually coated with colored hard sugar.
examples: text: When he drinks too much he's a gumball.
synonyms: goofball
glosses: A silly, laughable person.
glosses: The flashing lights on top of a police car.
synonyms: monkey ball
glosses: The spiky seedpod of the sweet gum tree.
Derived terms: gumball machine
piece of clothing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pieces of clothing
Senses: glosses: An item of clothing; any item, such as a shirt or a sock, that constitutes clothing.
Synonyms: garment
cowlick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊˌlɪk/
ipa: /ˈkælɪk/
rhymes: (US, regional) -ælɪk
Forms: form: cowlicks
form: cow-lick
form: cow lick
Etymology: From cow + lick; as the hair may appear to have been licked into place by a cow.
Senses: examples: text: We would touch strangers discreetly, feathering down their cowlicks.
ref: 2022, Ling Ma, “G”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:
synonyms: calflick
glosses: An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex.
Derived terms: cowlicked
IMAO
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Coined in contrast to IMHO (“in my humble opinion”).
Senses: synonyms: word: in my opinion
word: in my honest opinion
word: in my humble opinion
word: IMAO
word: IMHO
word: IMNSHO
word: IMNAAHO
word: IMO
glosses: Initialism of in my arrogant opinion.
have one's cake and eat it too
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has one's cake and eats it too
form: having one's cake and eating it too
form: had one's cake and ate it too
form: had one's cake and eaten it too
form: eat one's cake and have it too
Senses: examples: text: It's not possible to get your savings and keep the piggy bank intact. You can't have your cake and eat it too!
glosses: To benefit by having two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).
Related terms: best of both worlds
butter one's bread on both sides
cakeism
have it both ways
run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
suck and blow
darning needle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: darning needles
form: dining needle
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A needle used for darning.
glosses: A damselfly, or a dragonfly that resembles one.
Synonyms: sense: needle for repair by sewing
word: tapestry needle
sense: needle for repair by sewing
word: crewel needle
sense: needle for repair by sewing
word: darner
bradytroph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bradytrophs
Etymology: From brady- + -troph.
Senses: glosses: A strain of an organism or cell tissue that exhibits slow metabolism.
stinkweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stinkweeds
Etymology: From stink + weed.
Senses: glosses: Tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima).
glosses: Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium).
glosses: Any other noxious plant.
test drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: test drives
Senses: glosses: A sample driving session in a motor vehicle, in order to assess its quality before purchase.
synonyms: test-ride
glosses: Any preliminary assessment of something through use.
test drive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: test drives
form: test driving
form: test drove
form: test driven
form: test-drive
Senses: glosses: To take a motor vehicle on the road to assess its quality before purchase.
synonyms: test-ride
glosses: To establish a preliminary assessment of something through its use.
anorchid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Lacking testicles.
Related terms: anorchia
anorchism
cryptorchid
monorchid
polyorchid
Sirius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɪɹiəs
homophone: cereous (mirror–nearer merger)
homophone: serious (mirror–nearer merger)
Etymology: From Latin Sīrius, from Ancient Greek Σείριος (Seírios), usually taken from σείριος (seírios, “scorching; scorcher”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A telescopic binary star, visually the brightest star in the night sky, a part of the northern constellation of Canis Major (the Greater Dog), one of three stars in the Winter Triangle asterism. Long understood as a single extremely luminous white star, it was associated in ancient Egypt with the Nile flood and in Greek and Roman culture with the "dog days" of summer.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The brightest star of the aforementioned star system; the white main-sequence star Sirius A.
Synonyms: sense: star system
alt: Bayer latinized form
word: Alpha Canis Majoris
sense: star system
word: Blazing Star
sense: star system
english: Roman contexts
translation: Roman contexts
word: Canicula
sense: star system
english: Islamic contexts
translation: Islamic contexts
word: Shira
sense: star system
word: Sopdet
sense: star system
english: Egyptian contexts
translation: Egyptian contexts
word: Sothis
sense: star system
word: the Dog Star
sense: star system
roman: alpha
english: Bayer designation
translation: Bayer designation
word: α Canis Majoris
sense: star system
english: Bayer abbreviated form
translation: Bayer abbreviated form
word: α CMa
sense: brightest star
english: designation
translation: designation
word: α Canis Majoris A
Hyponyms: sense: star system
word: the Pup
Related terms: Sothic
canicular
cynic
dog days
dogdays
dog day
clarence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clarences
Etymology: Named after Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, later to become William IV of the United Kingdom.
Senses: glosses: A kind of carriage popular in the 19th century; a four-wheeled horse-driven vehicle with a glass front and room for four passengers.
eruditely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more eruditely
form: most eruditely
Etymology: From erudite + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Learning was in his blood, for his great-grandfather, Sir Robert Jermyn, Bt., had been an anthropologist of note, whilst his great-great-great-grandfather, Sir Wade Jermyn, was one of the earliest explorers of the Congo region, and had written eruditely of its tribes, animals, and supposed antiquities.
ref: 1921, H. P. Lovecraft, Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family:
glosses: In a learned or scholarly manner.
Related terms: erudite
erudition
acrimoniousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acrimonious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being acrimonious.
activeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: activenesses
Etymology: From active + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Erickson et al. proposed a visualization method of representing the activenesses of discussions by the positions of circles that correspond to participants.
ref: 2011, Toyohide Watanabe, Lakhmi C. Jain, Innovations in Intelligent Machines -2: Intelligent Paradigms and ..., Volume 2:
synonyms: activity
glosses: The state or quality of being active.