cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
eboshi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eboshi
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 烏帽子.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: the hat of black lacquer worn by the gyoji presiding over a sumo match
gyoji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyoji
form: gyojis
form: gyōji
Etymology: From Japanese 行司 (gyōji).
Senses: examples: text: Informants stated that from time immemorial the Emperor himself was a sumo fan, and that it would be disrespectful to appear before him clad in only a long belt-like affair, such as gyojis wear, without his prior consent.
ref: 1945 January–March, Marvin K[aufmann] Opler, “A ‘Sumo’ Tournament at Tule Lake Center”, in Ralph Linton, editor, American Anthropologist, volume 47, number 1, Menasha, Wis.: American Anthropological Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 137:
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A referee in a sumo match.
fumidawara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 踏み俵 (fumidawara, “stepping-bale”).
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: rice bales used at the side of the dohyo at steps
Related terms: tawara
tawara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tawara
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 俵 (tawara).
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: Any of the straw bales, packed with earth, placed in a circle on the dohyo and forming the area that the rikishi must stay inside.
Related terms: fumidawara
fusa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 総 (fusa).
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: The four knotted tassels hanging from the roof of the dohyo; symbolising the four seasons.
cryolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryolites
Etymology: From cryo- + -lite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The mineral sodium aluminium fluoride (Na₃AlF₆).
Derived terms: cryolitic
a la mode
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑləˈməʊd/
ipa: /ˌæləˈməʊd/
Forms: form: à la mode
form: alamode
form: ala mode
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French à la mode (“in fashion”). The US sense was coined by polyglot restaurant owner John Gieriet in Minnesota in the 1800s though later attributed to Berry Hall and Charles Watson Townsend.
Senses: examples: text: Rosettes are the hottest trend right now, and it's looking so damn good on this à la mode crochet bikini set. When you're not beach or poolside, you could even match the triangle top with a sleek maxi or high-waisted bottoms.
ref: 2023 June 16, Megan Uy, “25 Absolutely Gorgeous Crochet Clothing Pieces You Won’t Stop Wearing This Summer”, in Cosmopolitan:
synonyms: word: a la mode/à la mode
word: all the rage
word: chic
word: cool
word: dapper
word: done
word: elegant
word: fashionable
word: groovy
word: happening
word: hep
word: hip
word: in
word: in fashion
word: jaunty
word: modish
word: natty
word: on fleek
word: on trend
word: pizazzy
word: spiffing
word: spiffy
word: styleworthy
word: stylish
word: smart
word: snazzy
word: tasteful
word: tippy
word: trendy
word: voguish
word: up-to-the-minute
word: with-it
word: zhoosh
glosses: Fashionable; in the current style or fashion.
examples: text: Our pie a la mode has a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.
text: With a bowl of beef stew, apple pie a la mode, and two cups of coffee under his belt, Gus Wilson walked leisurely back to the Model Garage.
ref: 1959 November 24, Martin Bunn, “Gus Pulls a Switch”, in Popular Science:
glosses: Served with ice cream.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Of beef: larded and stewed with vegetables.
a la mode
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑləˈməʊd/
ipa: /ˌæləˈməʊd/
Forms: form: à la mode
form: alamode
form: ala mode
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French à la mode (“in fashion”). The US sense was coined by polyglot restaurant owner John Gieriet in Minnesota in the 1800s though later attributed to Berry Hall and Charles Watson Townsend.
Senses: glosses: In a particular style or fashion.
tara
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæˈɹɑː/
ipa: /təˈɹɑː/
Forms: form: ta-ra
form: turrah
Etymology: Possibly from Irish tabhair aire (“take care”).
Senses: examples: 2004: Metro in This is London (website of London Evening Standard), Jolie says ta-ra to Lara - Pssst...Actress Angelina Jolie's days as Tomb Raider action hero Lara Croft are over.
synonyms: bye
ta ta
glosses: Goodbye.
Related terms: ta ta
tara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæˈɹɑː/
ipa: /təˈɹɑː/
ipa: /ˈtɑːrɑː/
ipa: /tæˈɹɑː/
ipa: /təˈɹɑː/
Forms: form: taras
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori tara (“tern”).
Senses: examples: text: These are Hine-karoro (origin and personification of the karoro, or black-billed gull), the next born being Hine-tara (the tara, or tern); the next is Hine-tore. The last born of that lot was Punga, the origin of[…]
ref: 1909, Royal Society of New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, page 273:
text: Another account says that a tara (tern) and other birds alighted at Tahunatapu, the first part of the fish to surface, and that Maui greeted its appearance with an incantation that included the words : Appears the great land lying[…]
ref: 1977, Alexander Wyclif Reed, Treasury of Maori Exploration: Legends Relating to the First Polynesian Explorers of New Zealand, Raupo:
text: Most numerous and widespread of the terns of Aotearoa are the tara, or white-fronted terns. Another species, also named tara , is the smaller black-fronted tern.[…]
ref: 2003, Margaret Orbell, Birds of Aotearoa: A Natural and Cultural History, Raupo:
text: Again it is said that the tara (tern) alighted on the new land at Tahunatapu, the first part to emerge from the sea, and was followed by other birds. Māui recited an incantation of welcome which included the words : Appears the[…]
ref: 2004, Alexander Wyclif Reed, Ross Calman, Reed Book of Maori Mythology, Raupo:
glosses: The tern.
tara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæˈɹɑː/
ipa: /təˈɹɑː/
ipa: /ˈtɑːrɑː/
Forms: form: taras
form: tar
form: tare
form: tarr
Senses: examples: text: The only silver coin of this empire reported so far is a Tara of the time of Pratāpa devaraya.
ref: 1979, The Journal of the Numismatic Society of India, volume 41, page 70:
glosses: A small silver coin current in South India at the time of the arrival of the Portuguese.
tara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæˈɹɑː/
ipa: /təˈɹɑː/
ipa: /ˈtɑːrɑː/
Forms: form: taras
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tara, ultimately from Quechua tara.
Senses: examples: text: The pods of the tara plant are used to make tara gum and tara flour. The latter has been found to be an unapproved food additive.
ref: 2024 October 3, Sandee LaMotte, “‘I’ve never experienced pain like that’: Consumers pay the price for untested food ingredients”, in CNN:
glosses: A plant native to Peru, the spiny holdback, Tara spinosa
Derived terms: tara flour
tara gum
fusen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fusen
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 不戦 (fusen, “not fighting, not competing”).
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A sumo match that is cancelled due to the absence of one of the rikishi.
Derived terms: fusenhai
fusensho
fusenpai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 不戦敗 (fusenpai).
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: a loss by default for failing to appear, normally because of injury
Related terms: fusen
fusensho
fusensho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fusensho
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 不戦勝 (fusenshō).
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: a win by default due to the opponent not appearing, normally due to injury
Related terms: fusen
fusenpai
gino-sho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 技能賞 (ginōshō).
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: a prize for technique; one of the sansho prizes
Related terms: kanto-sho
shukun-sho
uran-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Shortening of uranium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of urano- used before a vowel.
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: uranite
Derived terms: uranatemnite
uran-glimmer
uran-mica
uranocher
uranochre
uran-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the heavens or to Urania.
Derived terms: uranism
urano-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From οὐρανός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to the heavens
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: urani-
hypernyms: planeto-
glosses: Relating to Uranus
Derived terms: uranocentric
uranographic
uranographist
uranography
uranolite
uranological
uranology
uranomancy
Related terms: english: the Sun
translation: the Sun
word: helio-
english: Mercury
translation: Mercury
word: hermeo-
english: the Earth
translation: the Earth
word: geo-
english: the Moon
translation: the Moon
word: seleno-
english: Mars
translation: Mars
word: areo-
english: Jupiter
translation: Jupiter
word: zeno-
english: Saturn
translation: Saturn
word: crono-
urano-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Shortening of uranium + -o-. See uran-.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: uranium
Derived terms: urano-ammonic
uranochalcite
uranocircite
uranoniobate
uranophyllite
uranopilite
uranopissite
uranosphaerite
uranospherite
uranospinite
uranotantalite
uranothallite
uranothorianite
uranothorite
uranotil
uranotile
palaeontography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleontography
Senses: glosses: The description of fossil remains in scientific literature.
glosses: The representation of forms of life represented by fossil remains.
Related terms: palaeoart
palaeontology
sansho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sansho
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 三賞.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: Any of the three special prizes awarded at the end of a basho.
Related terms: gino-sho
kanto-sho
shukun-sho
kanto-sho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kanto-sho
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 敢闘賞.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A special prize for fighting-spirit; one of the sansho prizes.
Related terms: gino-sho
shukun-sho
shukun-sho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shukun-sho
Etymology: From Japanese 殊勲賞.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A special prize for outstanding performance; one of the sansho prizes.
Related terms: gino-sho
kanto-sho
gunbai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunbai
Etymology: From Japanese 軍配 (“war fan”), shortened form of 軍配団扇 (gunbai uchiwa).
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: The lacquered wooden fan used by the gyoji.
ferrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferrates
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion FeO₄²⁻ in which iron is in a +6 formal oxidation state.
Derived terms: potassium ferrate
Related terms: ferric acid
alamode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alamodes
Etymology: From à la mode.
Senses: glosses: A lustrous silk fabric used for headscarves.
alamode
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more alamode
form: most alamode
Etymology: From à la mode.
Senses: examples: text: Once, I remember carrying my own bread (which I had brought from home in the morning) under my arm, wrapped in a piece of paper, like a book, and going to a famous alamode beef-house near Drury Lane, and ordering a 'small plate' of that delicacy to eat with it.
ref: 1850, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield:
glosses: Alternative form of a la mode.
alamode
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more alamode
form: most alamode
Etymology: From à la mode.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of a la mode.
ZOH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of zero-order hold.
Related terms: FOH
dilithium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈlɪθiəm/
Etymology: From di- + lithium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The diatomic molecule Li₂ found in the gas phase.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Two lithium atoms in a molecule.
examples: text: Fifty years later and it seems like we should—I don’t know if dilithium crystals are out there—but, you know, we should be getting some breakthroughs.
ref: 2016 October, Scott Dadich, quoting Barack Obama, “Barack Obama Talks AI, Robo Cars, and the Future of the World”, in Wired, →ISSN:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A fictional crystalline mineral in the Star Trek franchise, described as an essential component of anti-matter energy generation systems.
Related terms: lithium
trilithium
FOH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Formula One Holdings.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The station code of Fortress Hill in Hong Kong.
FOH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of first-order hold.
glosses: Initialism of front of house.
qualifier: dismissal
glosses: Initialism of fuck outta here.
Related terms: ZOH
smugglers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smuggler
chinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Trousers made from chino
gravity bong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gravity bongs
Senses: glosses: A homemade device used to smoke marijuana, consisting of a plastic jug with the bottom cut out and immersed in a vat of water, which is then raised to create a vacuum beneath its bowl of lit marijuana.
glosses: Synonym of waterfall bong.
synonyms: word: waterfall bong
Received Pronunciation
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Commonly attributed to Alexander John Ellis but already used earlier.
Senses: synonyms: BBC English
King's English
Queen's English
RP
glosses: The form of pronunciation of the English language traditionally spoken by the educated classes of the south-east of England, considered to be a standard (see received) and used as such in the pronunciation schemes of most British dictionaries. Abbreviation: RP
wikipedia: Alexander John Ellis
brokerage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brokerages
Etymology: From broker + -age.
Senses: glosses: A business, firm, or company whose business is to act as a broker (e.g., stockbroker).
glosses: The occupation of being a broker.
glosses: The commission paid to a broker.
Derived terms: bankerage
stockbrokerage
subbrokerage
caoutchouc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊt͡ʃʊk/
ipa: /ˈkaʊt͡ʃuk/
Forms: form: caoutchoucs
form: cahootchie
Etymology: Borrowed from French caoutchouc, from Spanish caucho, from Quechua kawchu.
Senses: examples: text: Many a passer-by thought Miss Arundel was listening to some subject of most touching interest: his Lordship was only detailing the benefit he derived one wet day from his caoutchouc cloak.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 299:
text: Resin, pitch, sealing-wax, caoutchouc, sulphur, gutta-percha, and generally all bodies commonly termed resinous, besides a great variety of others, will be found to acquire, after friction, the power of attracting light bodies, and hence will be said, according to a limitation of terms already accepted, to be in an electrized or electrified state .
ref: 1855, William Somerville Orr, Orr's Circle of the Sciences, page 205:
synonyms: caoutchouc
india rubber
glosses: Latex; natural rubber.
Derived terms: caoutchin
mineral caoutchouc
dexterous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛkstɹəs/
rhymes: -ɛkstɹəs
Forms: form: more dexterous
form: most dexterous
form: dextrous
Etymology: From Latin dexter (“right, ready”) + -ous. Displaced native Old English handcræftiġ.
Senses: examples: text: She is pleasingly dexterous with the chopsticks, and keeps one hand lying palm up on her lap. Pinched with just the right pressure between the sticks; funny how plump women have that delicate touch.
ref: 1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 57:
glosses: Skillful with one's hands.
examples: text: We went frequently out with this boat a-fishing; and as I was most dexterous to catch fish for him, he never went without me.
ref: 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC:
glosses: Skillful in some specific thing.
hypernyms: graceful
glosses: Agile; flexible; able to move fluidly and gracefully.
examples: 1775, speech by Edmund Burke
[…] the study [of law] renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defense […]
glosses: Skilled at argumentation; mentally skillful; quick-witted.
Derived terms: dexterously
dexterousness
nondexterous
undexterous
Related terms: ambidextrous
dexter
dexterity
adroit
active
expert
skillful
clever
able
ready
apt
handy
versed
bones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəʊnz/
ipa: /boʊnz/
rhymes: -əʊnz
rhymes: -oʊnz
Senses: glosses: plural of bone
bones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəʊnz/
ipa: /boʊnz/
rhymes: -əʊnz
rhymes: -oʊnz
Senses: glosses: A percussive folk musical instrument played as a pair in one hand, often made from bovine ribs.
glosses: A pair of dice for gambling.
glosses: Synonym of fist bump.
synonyms: word: fist bump
examples: text: The house don't fall when the bones are good.
ref: 2019, Maren Morris, The Bones:
glosses: The framework or foundation of something.
Synonyms: sense: fists meeting equivalent to a high-five
word: fist bump
sense: fists meeting equivalent to a high-five
word: props
Derived terms: Bonesman
break-bones
crossbones
lazybones
sawbones
Related terms: sense: musical instrument
word: spoons
bones
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəʊnz/
ipa: /boʊnz/
rhymes: -əʊnz
rhymes: -oʊnz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bone
banks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bæŋks/
rhymes: -æŋks
Senses: glosses: plural of bank
banks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bæŋks/
rhymes: -æŋks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bank
altered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːl.təd/
ipa: /ˈɔl.tɚd/
ipa: /ˈɑl.tɚd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of alter
altered
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːl.təd/
ipa: /ˈɔl.tɚd/
ipa: /ˈɑl.tɚd/
Forms: form: altereds
Senses: glosses: A kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine.
altered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːl.təd/
ipa: /ˈɔl.tɚd/
ipa: /ˈɑl.tɚd/
Senses: examples: text: Ralph suppressed the indignation which the schoolmaster’s altered and insolent manner awakened, and asked again why he had not sent to him.
ref: 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby:
glosses: Having been changed from an original form.
qualifier: usually a pet
glosses: Neutered; having had testicles or uterus and ovaries removed to prevent procreation.
raw_tags: of an animal
Derived terms: altered scale
gene-altered
nonaltered
unaltered
acts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ækts/
ipa: /æks/
homophone: ask
homophone: ax stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -æks
Senses: glosses: plural of act
acts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ækts/
ipa: /æks/
homophone: ask
homophone: ax stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -æks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of act
actions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæk.ʃənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of action
actions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæk.ʃənz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of action
worried
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʌɹid/
ipa: /ˈwʌɹid/
ipa: /ˈwɝid/
Forms: form: more worried
form: most worried
Senses: examples: text: She was worried about her son who had been sent off to fight in the war.
glosses: Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.
Derived terms: be worried
I'm worried
unworried
worried well
worried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʌɹid/
ipa: /ˈwʌɹid/
ipa: /ˈwɝid/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of worry
Derived terms: worriedly
worriedness
views
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vjuːz/
rhymes: -uːz
Senses: glosses: plural of view
views
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /vjuːz/
rhymes: -uːz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of view
vertically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɜː.tɪ.k(ə)li/
ipa: /ˈvɝ.tɪ.k(ə)li/
Forms: form: more vertically
form: most vertically
Etymology: From vertical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: This story needs to be read vertically to be understood correctly.
text: The church stands in a churchyard so steep that it would seem that some of the inhabitants must have been buried vertically; there is an odd monument by the door, shaped like a coffin standing upon lion's feet.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 224, about Hertingfordbury:
text: Accumulation of the dye followed orthostichous patterns wherein the dye tended to accumulate in half of each leaf not vertically aligned with the inoculation leaf (leaves 1, 2, and 4), and in the whole of each leaf vertically aligned with the inoculation leaf (leaves 3 and 5).
ref: 2015 November 11, “Horizontal Transmission of”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
coordinate_terms: horizontally
glosses: In a vertical direction or position.
Derived terms: vertically challenged
vertically integrated
thousands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθaʊzn̩dz/
Senses: glosses: plural of thousand
Synonyms: 1000s
Derived terms: hundreds and thousands
hundreds of thousands
thinks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɪŋks/
rhymes: -ɪŋks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of think
thinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɪŋks/
rhymes: -ɪŋks
Senses: examples: 1947, Eric Frank Russell, Astounding Science Fiction, September 1947, "Hobbyist"
Therefore, while the tail tubes cooled off with their usual creaking contractions, he squatted in the control seat, stared through the dome with eyes made unseeing by deep preoccupation, and performed a few thinks.
glosses: plural of think
sustained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈsteɪnd/
rhymes: -eɪnd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sustain
sustained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈsteɪnd/
rhymes: -eɪnd
Forms: form: more sustained
form: most sustained
Senses: examples: text: Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
ref: 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
glosses: Held continuously at a certain level.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Held at a certain pitch.
Synonyms: sense: held at a certain level
word: constant
sense: held at a certain level
word: continuous
sense: held at a certain level
word: steady
Derived terms: non-sustained
sustained yield
songs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɒŋz/
ipa: /sɔŋz/
ipa: /sɑŋz/
rhymes: -ɒŋz
rhymes: -ɔːŋz
Senses: glosses: plural of song
scenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /siːnz/
ipa: /sinz/
Forms: form: scænes
Senses: glosses: plural of scene
chip off the old block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chips off the old block
form: chips off old blocks
form: chip of the old block
form: chip off the block
Senses: examples: text: He's a chip off the old block—quick to anger just like his father.
text: [A] new Parliment is called at York, where the elder Spencer is advanced to the Earldom of Winchester; and Harkely, another Chip of the same Block, is made Earl of Carlisle.
ref: c. 1620s, Elizabeth Cary [misattributed to Henry Cary], The History Of the most unfortunate Prince King Edward II. […] , London: A.G. and F. P., published 1680, page 32:
synonyms: chip of the same block
chip off the same block
glosses: Someone who takes after one of their parents; (generally) a person similar to another.
Related terms: apple does not fall far from the tree
like father, like son
policies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑləsiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of policy
policies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑləsiz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of policy
prisoners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɪzənɚz/
ipa: /ˈpɹɪznɚz/
ipa: /ˈpɹɪzənəz/
ipa: /ˈpɹɪznəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of prisoner
pronounced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈnaʊnst/
Forms: form: more pronounced
form: most pronounced
Senses: glosses: uttered, articulated.
glosses: strongly marked; assertive
Derived terms: pronouncedly
pronounced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈnaʊnst/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pronounce
publishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ/
Forms: form: publishings
Senses: glosses: The industry of publishing, including the production and distribution of books, magazines, web sites, newspapers, etc.
examples: text: I read as much as I can: Journal of Singing, the Journal of Research in Singing, and the publishings of the Voice Foundation.
ref: 2002, Elizabeth Blades-Zeller, A Spectrum of Voices:
glosses: Something published; a publication.
Derived terms: database publishing
desktop publishing
electronic publishing
e-publishing
predatory publishing
publishing date
publishing house
salami publishing
self-publishing
vanity publishing
publishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of publish
racing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪsɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪsɪŋ
Forms: form: racings
Etymology: By surface analysis, race + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Chariot racings are probably, however, those in which the horse first distinguished himself as a courser, and we believe our earliest notices on the subject point to those of Persia, which were practised at the sacrifices made to the sun […]
ref: 1870, Delabere Pritchett Blaine, An encyclopaedia of rural sports, page 231:
text: The war years have not greatly altered running conditions on the East Coast route north of Edinburgh. It was never a racing ground, and the heavier loads and the possibility of indifferent coal have been only partially balanced by the increases in running times of the principal trains.
ref: 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 3:
glosses: The sport of competing in races.
Derived terms: automobile racing
auto racing
banger racing
bathtub racing
bracket racing
British racing green
car racing
dog racing
drag boat racing
drag racing
drag-racing
drag-racing boat
drag racing boat
fleet racing
formula racing
greyhound racing
harness racing
horse racing
ice racing
match racing
motor-racing
motor racing
open-wheel racing
pigeon racing
prototype racing
racing bike
racing briefs
racing car
racing-car
racing certainty
racing crab
racing driver
racing form
racing green
racing jack
racing line
racing pigeon
racing prototype
racing thoughts
road racing
running and racing
set pulses racing
sledge racing
slot racing
street racing
turtle racing
wheelchair racing
wok racing
racing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪsɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪsɪŋ
Etymology: By surface analysis, race + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of race
reaching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːt͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːtʃɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English reching, rechyng, recchinge, rechand, from Old English *rǣċende and reċċende (“reaching”), from Proto-Germanic *raikijandz, present participle of *raikijaną (“to stretch, reach”) and Proto-Germanic *rakjandz, present participle of *rakjaną (“to stretch, straighten”). Equivalent to reach + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reach
Derived terms: far-reaching
wide-reaching
reaching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːt͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːtʃɪŋ
Forms: form: reachings
Etymology: From Middle English rechynge, recchinge, from Old English rǣċing (“reaching, extending”), equivalent to reach + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The action of one who reaches; an attempt to grasp something by stretching.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Sailing on a reach, i.e. having the wind on either side and coming from an angle that is larger with respect to the bow than when sailing close-hauled.
Related terms: reaching-post
reflected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈflɛktɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reflect
reflected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈflɛktɪd/
Senses: examples: text: reflected light or reflected heat
glosses: Bent or sent back (especially of incident sound or light).
examples: text: The astronaut's brother basked in the reflected glory of the successful mission.
glosses: Vicarious; derived from the work or success of somebody else.
Derived terms: reflected cross-site scripting
regards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈɡɑɹdz/
ipa: /ɹɪˈɡɑːdz/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dz
Senses: glosses: plural of regard
regards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈɡɑɹdz/
ipa: /ɹɪˈɡɑːdz/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dz
Forms: form: regds.
Senses: examples: text: Give my regards to your brother when you next see him.
glosses: Good wishes.
A greeting to pass on to another person.
examples: text: Regards, John. Kind regards, Peter.
glosses: Good wishes.
A greeting at the end of a letter or e-mail communication.
Derived terms: as regards
best regards
in regards to
kindest regards
kind regards
warmest regards
warm regards
with regards to
regards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈɡɑɹdz/
ipa: /ɹɪˈɡɑːdz/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of regard
released
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈliːst/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of release
removing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmuːvɪŋ/
rhymes: -uːvɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of remove
removing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmuːvɪŋ/
rhymes: -uːvɪŋ
Forms: form: removings
Senses: examples: text: Removings of tenants where declarator of irritancy is necessary as a foundation of the conclusion for removing must be brought in the Court of Session.
ref: 1893, Aeneas James George Mackay, Manual of Practice in the Court of Session, page 78:
glosses: removal
requires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈkwaɪəz/
ipa: /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹz/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of require
radiance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪdi.əns/
Forms: form: radiances
Etymology: From radiant + -ance.
Senses: examples: text: Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, 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:
text: You who live in radiance
hear the prayers of those of us who live in skin
ref: 1998, “Hard to Get”, performed by Rich Mullins:
glosses: The quality or state of being radiant; shining, bright or splendid.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source.
Derived terms: ocular radiance
superradiance
Related terms: irradiance
recorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiˈkɔː.də/
ipa: /ɹiˈkɔɹ.dəɹ/
ipa: /ɹə-/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
Forms: form: recorders
Etymology: From Middle English recordour, borrowed from Old French recordour, from Old French recordeor, from Medieval Latin recordātor, from Latin recordor (“call to mind, remember, recollect”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”). By surface analysis, record + -er.
Senses: examples: text: A smartphone is not the best camera, notebook, word processor, audio recorder, radio, MP3 player, map reader, pedometer and so on, but it is good enough replace numerous separate devices for most people most of the time.
ref: 2019 June 27, Jack Schofield, “What’s the best cheap tablet or e-reader for PDF files?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: An apparatus for recording; a device which records.
glosses: Agent noun of record; one who records.
glosses: A judge in a municipal court.
Derived terms: basset recorder
camcorder
cassette recorder
cockpit recorder
cockpit voice recorder
data recorder
descant recorder
digital video recorder
event data recorder
event recorder
flight data recorder
flight recorder
magnetic recorder
minicorder
nanorecorder
personal video recorder
radio cassette recorder
recordership
siphon recorder
tape recorder
time recorder
treble recorder
trip recorder
videocassette recorder
video recorder
voyage data recorder
wire recorder
XY recorder
X-Y recorder
recorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiˈkɔː.də/
ipa: /ɹiˈkɔɹ.dəɹ/
ipa: /ɹə-/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
Forms: form: recorders
Etymology: From Middle English recorder, from record (“to practice (music)”); ultimately cognate with Etymology 1.
Senses: examples: text: Recorders are made in various sizes, from the high soprano or descant recorder to the low bass recorder.
text: Indeed he hath played on his prologue like a child on a recorder; a sound, but not in government.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
text: […] he beheld
The city fronted with bright fires, and heard
Pipes, and recorders, and the hum of war;
ref: 1791, Homer, “[The Iliad.] Book 10.”, in W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume I, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 242, lines 12-14:
text: On his [Hamlet’s] taking the recorders—very like a little black flute that had just been played in the orchestra and handed out at the door—he was called upon unanimously for Rule Britannia.
ref: 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XII, in Great Expectations […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 201:
text: And when they paused on a hilltop for lunch, he whipped out his battered recorder and commenced to tootling “Greensleeves,” scaring off all living creatures within a five-mile radius—which may have been his intention.
ref: 1982, Anne Tyler, chapter 5, in Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, New York: Knopf, page 133:
text: […] he had huffed into his white plastic recorder while scowling at the sheets of music that lay open on the wobbly stainless-steel stand.
ref: 2017, Daniel Mendelsohn, An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic, New York: Penguin Random House:
text: Recorder players today will disagree, and probably hate me for saying so, but all these “historically authentic” recorders used today generally produce – with rare exceptions – a rather plain, lifeless, non-vibrato, non-singing performance. This appeals only to recorder players themselves, early music fans and academic music specialists.
ref: 2023 August 24, “Why old recorders hit a dull note”, in The Guardian:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: English flute
sweet flute
glosses: A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.
Derived terms: alto recorder
bass recorder
contrabass recorder
garklein recorder
great bass recorder
recorderist
recordist
sopranino recorder
soprano recorder
tenor recorder
Jèrriais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʒɛɹ.i.eɪ/
ipa: /ʒɛɹ.iˈeɪ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Norman Jèrriais.
Senses: glosses: A Romance language spoken in Jersey, one of the Channel Islands.
Sercquiais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː(ɹ).ki.jeɪ/
/ˈsɛə(ɹ).ki.jeɪ/
Etymology: From French sercquiais, from Sercq (“Sark”).
Senses: glosses: A language spoken on Sark, one of the Channel Islands.
wikipedia: Sercquiais
Synonyms: Sarkese
Sark-French
Auregnais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An extinct Norman dialect once spoken on Alderney, one of the Channel Islands.
Guernésiais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Norman Guernésiais.
Senses: glosses: A Romance language spoken in Guernsey; Guernsey Norman.
Synonyms: Dgernesiais
pacable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pacable
form: most pacable
Etymology: From Latin pacare + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Reasonable men are easily satisfied: would they were as numerous as they are pacable!
ref: 1839, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, On the constitution of the Church and State:
synonyms: placable
antonyms: implacable
glosses: Able to be easily pacified.
rendre
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rendres
form: rendring
form: rendred
form: rendred
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of render.
peaceable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːsəb(ə)l/
Forms: form: more peaceable
form: most peaceable
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman pesible, peisible, Middle French paisible, from pais (“peace”) + -ible; later remodelled after peace + -able.
Senses: examples: text: But in the Muslim world we are dealing with regimes who have banished, imprisoned, silenced or neutralised all opposition, even where this is entirely peaceable.
ref: 1999 December 29, Faisal Bodi, The Guardian:
text: But if you talk to people here privately, they suggest there are three possible scenarios. The first (intended to sound incredible) is that Israel’s biggest neighbour will be transformed into a peaceable, pluralist democracy.
ref: 2011 February 8, ‘Feeling understandably twitchy’, The Economist:
synonyms: dovish
irenic
pacate
pacific
pacifistic
peaceful
roolie
glosses: Favouring peace rather than conflict; not aggressive, tending to avoid violence (of people, actions etc.).
examples: text: Though unusual in the Dublin area he knew that it was not by any means unknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be abroad waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable pedestrians by placing a pistol at their head ….
ref: , Episode 16
synonyms: word: placid
word: serene
word: calm
word: collected
word: composed
word: cool-headed
word: equable
word: equanimous
word: equanimitable
word: even-keeled
word: even-minded
word: even-tempered
word: imperturbable
word: laid-back
word: level-headed
word: mellow
word: pacate
word: pacific
word: peaceable
word: peaceful
word: phlegmatic
word: placid
word: quiescent
word: quiet
word: relaxed
word: roolie
word: sedate
word: serene
word: still
word: tranquil
word: unexcited
word: unfazed
word: unflappable
word: unflustered
word: unperturbable
word: unruffable
word: unruffled
word: untumultuous
glosses: Characterized by peace; peaceful, tranquil.
Synonyms: word: anti-bellicist
word: dovelike
word: dovish
word: irenic
word: irenical
word: non-violent
word: pacific
word: pacifist
word: pacifistic
word: peaceable
word: peaceful
word: unaggressive
Hypernyms: word: temperate
Hyponyms: word: conciliatory
word: non-confrontational
word: nonbellicose
word: nonbelligerent
word: noncombative
word: nonpolemic
word: nonpolemical
word: uncombative
word: unjingoistic
word: unwarlike
Derived terms: peaceability
peaceableness
peaceably
unpeaceable
Related terms: word: peaceful
word: calm
word: pacify
Bananaland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From banana + -land, after Queensland, since the tropical coast of Queensland is suited to growing bananas.
Senses: examples: text: The post-office is in New South Wales, and the police-barracks in Bananaland.
ref: 1896, Henry Lawson, “Hungerford”, in While the Billy Boils, Sydney, N.S.W.: Angus and Robertson […], →OCLC, page 41:
text: But it's ages before the news gets up north to Bananaland that the ASL has passed more motions against agitators than you can poke a stick at, especially if they agitate amongst the unemployed.
ref: 2007, Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push, page 145:
text: The recompense ‘James’ required from the Government was three miles depth of frontage along the whole route; but the representatives of the people in Bananaland thought the offer was a bit one-sided, and declined to negotiate.
ref: 2010, Graham Seal, Great Australian Stories: Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales, page 216:
glosses: Nickname for Queensland: a state of Australia.
Derived terms: Bananalander
Related terms: banana bender
paccay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paccays
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pacay.
Tasmanian tiger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tasmanian tigers
Etymology: Tiger refers to the stripes on the animal's back; the thylacine is not a member of the cat family.
Senses: glosses: An extinct carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus), once native to Tasmania.
Synonyms: thylacine
Tasmanian wolf
Related terms: Tasmanian devil
thylacine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθailəsiːn/
Forms: form: thylacines
Etymology: From translingual Thylacinus; from Ancient Greek θύλακος (thúlakos, “pouch, sack”) + Latin -inus (-ine).
Senses: examples: text: […]high up on an overhanging rock, perhaps twenty feet above the ground, a ghostly white thylacine was clearly visible. Thylacines, or Tasmanian tigers, have been extinct on the mainland of Australia for at least two thousand years.
ref: 2020, David Farrier, “The Moment Under the Moment”, in Footprints, 4th Estate, →ISBN:
glosses: A carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus) which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.
Synonyms: sense: carnivorous mammal
word: Tasmanian tiger
sense: carnivorous mammal
word: Tasmanian wolf
sense: carnivorous mammal
word: Tasmanian hyena
sense: carnivorous mammal
word: Kaparunina
Related terms: word: sarcophile
word: sarcophiline
english: Tasmanian devil
translation: Tasmanian devil
word: Sarcophilus harrisii
pacay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pacays
form: paccay
form: pacaya
form: pacai
Etymology: Borrowed from Quechua pakay.
Senses: glosses: A Peruvian leguminous tree, Inga feuilleei, cultivated for its large white edible pods.
pacation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin pacatio.
Senses: glosses: pacifying, placation
placation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: placations
Etymology: From Latin placatio.
Senses: examples: text: The refusal, at certain times and seasons, of food that in itself is hygienically good and palatable, in placation of a deity, or, without further explanation, to avoid bad luck, is well known among the lower tribes of men.
ref: 1888, “Manners and meals”, in Science, volume 12, number 283, page 3:
text: Instead, Jerry [a dog] was all placation and appeal, all softness of pleading in a body denied speech that nevertheless was articulate, from wagging tail and wriggling sides to flat-laid ears and eyes that almost spoke, to any human sensitive of understanding.
ref: 1917 April, Jack London, chapter VII, in Jerry of the Islands, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 100:
text: While these political sellout artists have been intoning their mind numbing placations, citizens across the nation have been speaking and acting.
ref: 2006 May 14, Dan DeWalt, “Impeachment is too important to leave to the Democrats”, in OpEdNews.com, retrieved 08 Aug 2009:
glosses: A process or act of placating; appeasement or an expression of appeasement.
Derived terms: placative
placatory
neglected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪˈɡlɛktɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of neglect
neglected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪˈɡlɛktɪd/
Forms: form: more neglected
form: most neglected
Senses: examples: text: Under Shooter's leadership, suburban services from London Marylebone were rapidly improved and longer-distance travel to Birmingham Snow Hill was transformed on what had been a long-neglected second route from the capital to the West Midlands.
ref: 2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: Adrian Shooter”, in RAIL, number 940, page 61:
glosses: Suffering from neglect; uncared-for.
Synonyms: ramshackle
Derived terms: neglected firm effect
neglectedly
neglectedness
nonneglected
unneglected
operations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑpəˈɹeɪʃənz/
ipa: /ˌɒpəˈɹeɪʃənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of operation
Pooh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /puː/
rhymes: -uː
Senses: glosses: Short for Winnie the Pooh.
Derived terms: Poohsticks
acetic alcohol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: acetic + alcohol
Senses: glosses: a mixture of 100 parts ethanol and 3 parts of glacial acetic acid used as a histological fixative
acidophilus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæsɪˈdɑfɪləs/
ipa: /ˌæsɪˈdɒfɪləs/
Etymology: From New Latin acidophilus (“acid-loving”).
Senses: glosses: Lactobacillus acidophilus, one of the bacteria commonly used in fermenting yogurt