cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
burn-baited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Prepared for agricultural use by burning
raw_tags: of land
burn-beat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: burn-beats
form: burn-beating
form: burn-beat
form: burn-beaten
Etymology: burn + beat (“to pare off turf”)
Senses: glosses: To prepare land for agricultural use by burning the topsoil, used especially on sour or wet soil.
Related terms: burn-baited
burnbeating
slash and burn
calvary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calvaries
Etymology: From Late Latin calvāria (“skull”). Doublet of calavera and calvaria.
Senses: glosses: A life-size representation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on a piece of raised ground.
glosses: A series of representations of Christ’s Passion in a church.
examples: text: Calvaries are typical of Galicia (Spain) and Portugal.
glosses: A type of monumental public Christian cross, sometimes encased in an open shrine.
glosses: A strenuous experience.
Related terms: nativity
Stations of the Cross
calvary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of cavalry.
cart stall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cart stalls
Senses: glosses: A stall made from the cart on which the produce for sale was brought to market
cheesebox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheeseboxes
form: cheese-box
form: cheese box
Etymology: From cheese + box.
Senses: glosses: A box for holding cheese
coach lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coach lamps
Senses: glosses: A lamp fixed to, or carried on, a stagecoach.
Devil's Rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any of several circular markings on flat ground, some supposed to have been made by the Druids celebrating their religious rites.
doorframe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɔːˌfɹeɪm/
ipa: /ˈdɔɹˌfɹeɪm/
Forms: form: doorframes
form: door-frame
form: door frame
Etymology: From door + frame.
Senses: glosses: The frame into which a door is fitted.
Synonyms: doorcase
Related terms: doorcase
doorjamb
Dorothy bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dorothy bags
Senses: examples: text: Pulling out a letter from her dorothy bag she beguiled the tediousness of waiting by perusing distraitly its contents.
ref: 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 95
glosses: A woman’s handbag gathered at the top by a drawstring whose loops are used as a handle; traditionally used by bridesmaids to carry confetti.
homeothermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: homeothermal
form: homoiothermic
form: homothermal
form: homœothermic
Etymology: From homeo- + thermic, from the Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “of like kind, similar”) in conjunction with θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: endothermic
warm-blooded
homothermic
antonyms: ectothermic
cold-blooded
poikilothermic
glosses: Capable of maintaining a relatively constant body temperature independent of the surrounding environment.
endpaper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endpapers
Etymology: From end + paper.
Senses: examples: text: Meronyms: flyleaf, pastedown
text: Lay the folded endpaper flat, fold facing left, and apply spray adhesive to the paper on the exposed half. Lay the endpaper on the inside front cover, smoothing it to adhere the paper against the cover and the inner spine.
ref: 2011, Carol Endler Sterbenz, Homemade: The Heart and Science of Handcrafts, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: end matter
glosses: Either of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages; one side of each endpaper is glued to the cover board, and the other side forms a flyleaf.
firebrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fire + brass.
Senses: glosses: A varnished finish used on clock faces etc.
decompiler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkəmˈpaɪlə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: decompilers
Etymology: From decompile + -er.
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: A computer program performing the reverse operation to that of a compiler.
free zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free zones
Senses: glosses: An area within a port where goods may be temporarily stored without paying duty
Derived terms: Free Zone
decompile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkəmˈpaɪl/
Forms: form: decompiles
form: decompiling
form: decompiled
form: decompiled
Etymology: From de- + compile.
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: To recreate the original source code from a compiled executable.
Derived terms: decompilable
Related terms: decompiler
machine code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machine codes
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: A system of instructions and data directly understandable by a computer's central processing unit.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: Machine language instructions that can be executed directly by a computer's central processing unit.
Synonyms: machine language
debugger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈbʌɡə(ɹ)/
ipa: /diːˈbʊɡə/
ipa: /diˈbʌɡəɹ/
rhymes: -ʌɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: debuggers
Etymology: From debug + -er.
Senses: examples: text: 6. Memorandum PDP-23, ID Invisible Debugger, August 20, 1964.
ref: 1965 January 15, J. B. Dennis, “Computer Research”, in Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics. Quarterly Progress Report, no. 76, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), archived from the original on 03 Jul 2010, page 360:
text: Invisible Debugger, commonly referred to as ID, a utility program in the PDP-1 time sharing system written to aid in the debugging of other programs. An advanced ID has been written (April, 1966) to allow all operations to be carried out either directly on drum fields or on running cores.
ref: 1966 May 20, MIT Electrical Engineering Department, chapter ID, in PDP-23-1, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2011, page 1:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A computer program that helps the user to test and debug other programs, by enabling their step-by-step execution controlled by the user, setting of breakpoints, and monitoring values of variables.
Derived terms: antidebugger
gingernut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gingernuts
form: ginger nut
Etymology: From ginger + nut.
Senses: glosses: A hard biscuit, flavoured with powdered ginger, often dunked in tea.
glosses: A redhead; a ginger-haired person.
Synonyms: sense: ginger biscuit
word: gingersnap
Hyponyms: sense: redhead
word: ginger knob
francisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of francization.
handlamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handlamps
form: hand lamp
form: hand-lamp
Etymology: From hand + lamp.
Senses: examples: text: The operator went out on to the platform with his handlamp and waved it in the traditional "wash-out" signal across the body. The engineer had been expecting this and responded at once with an acknowledging honk on the horn before bringing this huge, 16-car train gently to a stand at the platform.
ref: 1961 July, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States:Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 424:
glosses: A small lamp carried in the hand.
Related terms: flashlight
torch
headship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headships
Etymology: From head + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: And if you say that this enslavement of Woman has nothing to do with religion[…]then listen to the Vicar of Crantock, preaching at St. Crantock's, London, Aug. 27th, 1905, and explaining why women must cover their heads in church: […] (7) The headship of man and woman. The head of every man is Christ, but the head of the woman is man.
ref: 1917, Upton Sinclair, “Witches and Women”, in The Profits of Religion […] , book 4:
text: […] shows Dorothy Ranaghan explaining how some female followers of the faith group cried intensely in reaction to the group’s early teachings on “headship” and the “roles of men and women”, in which men are considered divinely ordained as the “head” of the family and dominant to women.
ref: 2022 August 26, Stephanie Kirchgaessner, “Revealed: leaked video shows Amy Coney Barrett’s secretive faith group drove women to tears”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The position of a head or chief.
synonyms: headmastership
glosses: The position of a headmaster or headmistress.
glosses: Authority or dignity.
hygrographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hygrography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to hygrography, or using a hygrograph.
hygrograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hygrographs
Etymology: From hygro- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: Any of several forms of automated hygrometer that record humidity.
Derived terms: hygrographic
hygrography
hygrography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From hygro- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: The design, construction and use of hygrographs
Related terms: hygrographic
jointer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔɪntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: jointers
Etymology: From joint + -er.
Senses: glosses: One that joints.
topics: arts
business
carpentry
construction
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
woodworking
glosses: Any of various tools used to construct or finish joints, especially:
The largest kind of plane used by a joiner.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Any of various tools used to construct or finish joints, especially:
A pointing-trowel.
glosses: Any of various tools used to construct or finish joints, especially:
A bent piece of iron for riveting two stones together.
glosses: An equivalent machine, notably used to produce a flat surface on boards.
examples: Holonyms: plough, plow < implement
related: word: ploughshare
word: plowshare#Noun
word: moldboard
word: mouldboard#Noun
glosses: A part of some ploughs, near the coulter, that helps control the flow of stubble and trash, better ensuring that it gets buried when the moldboard turns the soil over.
Derived terms: biscuit jointer
jointer plane
jointress
kneehole desk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kneehole desks
Senses: glosses: A desk consisting of a flat surface resting on two columns of drawers with a space between for the legs
kingwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kingwoods
Etymology: From king + wood.
Senses: glosses: Dalbergia cearensis, a Brazilian tree having a violet-brown, hard texture.
synonyms: violetwood
glosses: The wood of this tree, used in cabinetmaking.
lounge suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lounge suits
Senses: examples: text: A little bald-headed man with huge horn-rimmed spectacles, and a very handsome and athletic youth in a blue lounge-suit completed the group.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: A man’s suit.
octobass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octobasses
Etymology: From octo- + bass.
The name "octobass" comes from "octo-" meaning "eight" in Latin and "-bass", which is general name for any bass instrument (like "double bass", "contrabass" etc.). "Octo" is used because its range extending more than an octave below that of the double bass - it is tuned to A0, compared to the C1 that a double bass can stretch to, which makes octobass the lowest chordophone ever created.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A very large bass requiring two musicians, one to finger and one to bow.
Derived terms: octobassist
oilcan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oilcans
form: oil can
Etymology: From oil + can.
Senses: glosses: A container with a long spout, for holding oil and delivering it in drops or small quantities for lubrication.
Related terms: oil-canning
parallelepipedal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From parallelepiped + -al.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having the form of a parallelepiped
shopfloor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shopfloors
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shop floor.
sunstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunstones
Etymology: sun + stone. Compare Icelandic sólarsteinn.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A translucent form of feldspar having flakes of hematite, used as an ornamental stone.
glosses: A stone, possibly Icelandic spar, said in late medieval sources to have been used by navigators in the Viking Age and later to find the location of the sun in an overcast sky, possibly via polatization of light.
Synonyms: heliolite
Related terms: aventurine
aventurin
avanturine
moonstone
tendrac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tendracs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tenrec.
tenon saw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tenon saws
Senses: glosses: A fine precision saw with a metal strip to provide stiffening along its back; used to make tenons and other joints.
tergal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the tergum; dorsal.
tergum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terga
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tergum (“back, rear; surface”).
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: The upper or dorsal surface of an articulated animal such as an arthropod.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The back or dorsum.
Derived terms: tergal
Related terms: tergite
twibill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtwaɪbɪl/
ipa: /ˈtwaɪbəl/
ipa: /ˈtwɪbɪl/
note: etymological
ipa: /ˈtwɪbəl/
note: etymological
Forms: form: twibills
form: twibil
form: trybill
form: twilbil
form: twybil
form: twyvil
Etymology: From Middle English twibill, from Old English twibill, from twi- (“double”) + bill (“edge, blade”), see also billhook.
Senses: topics: business
carpentry
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A two-edged tool used in gate-type hurdle-making for cutting out mortises, with a flat chisel and a mortise chisel or hook, similar to the much larger French carpenter's tool, the besaiguë (or bisaiguë).
glosses: A mattock with one blade like an axe and the other like an adze.
glosses: A reaping hook, especially for cutting beans and peas.
examples: text: [A] little fair-haired man, as broad as he was tall, who heaved up a long “twybill,” or double axe.
ref: 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 19, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 258:
glosses: A double-bladed halberd or battle-axe.
unicum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unica
Etymology: From the Latin ūnicum, the neuter nominative singular form of ūnicus (“unique”). Compare Dutch unicum, German Unicum. See unique.
Senses: glosses: A unique example or specimen of something
vulcanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vulcanites
Senses: glosses: A hard rubber made by vulcanization with sulfur; ebonite.
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare mineral, copper telluride.
samogon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: samagon
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian самого́н (samogón), from само- (samo-, “self”) + stem of гнать (gnatʹ, “to distill”).
Senses: examples: text: I'd be given a room in a peasant's house, next door to the cowshed, and light chores, […] drinking tea with whoever fancied himself as the local liberal, keeping them company over samogon in winter […]
ref: 2005, James Meek, The People's Act of Love, Canongate, published 2006, page 185:
synonyms: samogonka
glosses: In Russia, home-distilled illegal spirit, similar to vodka; moonshine.
warehousemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warehouseman
wing chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wing chairs
Senses: examples: text: He draped himself grotesquely in his toweling bathrobe and a pink and white couch-cover, and sat lumpishly in a wing-chair.
ref: 1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XXXIII, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, section I:
glosses: A chair with a high back from which project small side pieces, originally to protect from draught
Synonyms: ear chair
grandfather chair
wingback chair
zorille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zorilles
form: zoril
form: zorilla
Etymology: From French zorille, from Spanish zorrillo, from zorro (“fox”) + -illo.
Senses: glosses: Ictonyx striatus, a small, carnivorous, nocturnal African mammal resembling a skunk.
Synonyms: sense: Ictonyx striatus
word: striped polecat
sense: Ictonyx striatus
word: African polecat
sense: Ictonyx striatus
word: Cape polecat
sense: Ictonyx striatus
word: African skunk
purga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: purgas
Etymology: From Russian пурга́ (purgá), from a Finnic source such as southern Karelian purgu or Veps purg (“snowstorm”).
Senses: examples: text: When the black purga blows it can pile the snow higher than a ship's mast overnight.
ref: 2005, James Meek, The People's Act of Love, Canongate, published 2006, page 191:
glosses: A fine blizzard of snow in Russia.
duas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dua
roadbase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roadbases
Etymology: From road + base.
Senses: glosses: The layer of aggregates under the paved layer of a road.
Coordinate terms: dirt road
unreality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unrealities
Etymology: From un- (“lack of, not”) + reality.
Senses: glosses: Lack of reality or real existence.
examples: text: Thus it was that I beheld, as never before, the awful unreality called evil. The equipollence of God brought to light another glorious proposition, — man’s perfectibility and the establishment of the kingdom of heaven on earth.
ref: 1906, Mary Baker Eddy, “Chapter VI — Science, Theology, Medicine”, in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Science_and_Health_with_Key_to_the_Scriptures_(1906).djvu/126), Harper and Row, page 110:
text: Then, the Lord, for the sake of those involved in the Universal Vehicle, turned a second wheel of Dharma, even more wondrous and amazing, by proclaiming emptiness, starting from the fact of the unreality, productionlessness, ceaselessness, primordial peace, and natural liberation of all things.
ref: 2014, Robert A.F. Thurman, Tsong Khapa's Speech of Gold in the Essence of True Eloquence:
glosses: The state of being unreal.
glosses: That which has no reality or real existence; something unreal or imaginary
glosses: Unpractical character; visionariness.
Synonyms: disreality
irreality
shapka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shapkas
form: chapka
Etymology: From Russian ша́пка (šápka, “hat”). Doublet of chapka.
Senses: examples: text: They wore assorted civilian caps and shapkas and had red armbands over the sleeves of their greatcoats, which were British issue.
ref: 2005, James Meek, The People's Act of Love, Canongate, published 2006, page 281:
glosses: A brimless Russian fur cap.
rishi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈrɪʃi/
rhymes: -ɪʃi
Forms: form: rishis
Etymology: From Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛ́ṣi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥šíš (whence Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬴𐬌𐬴 (ərəṣ̌iṣ̌, “seer”)), probably related to अर्षति (árṣati, “to flow, pour”).
Senses: examples: text: The rishi asked one unfathomable question after another, until both he and his audience were reduced to the silence of unknowing.
ref: 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books, published 2007, page 25:
glosses: A Vedic poet and seer who composed Rigvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry of a sacred character.
examples: text: In the beginning Max had no idea she was even a film actress, this girl with the skin the colour of scorched earth, the well-concealed body and the demure manner of a disciple walking in the footsteps of a great rishi.
ref: 2005, Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown, Vintage, published 2006, page 25:
glosses: A Hindu sage or saint occupying the same position in India's history as the patriarchs of other countries, constituting a peculiar class of beings in the early mythical system, as distinct from Asuras, Devas and mortal men.
Related terms: Rishi
beek
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: text: Audio (US)
Forms: form: beeks
form: beeking
form: beeked
form: beeked
form: beak
form: beke
form: beyk
form: beik
Etymology: From Middle English beken (“to warm, expose to heat; keep oneself warm; season (wood) with heat”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a northern variant of Middle English *bechen, from Old English *bēċan (“to foment”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijan (“to warm”), from Proto-Germanic *bōkijaną (“to warm”), causative of Proto-Germanic *bakaną (“to bake”). Cognate with Scots beke, beik (“to warm, bask”).
Senses: glosses: To expose to a source of heat for warmth and pleasure.
glosses: To season by exposure to heat, usually used of wood.
glosses: To enjoy exposure to warmth; bask.
Related terms: bake
beek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: text: Audio (US)
Forms: form: beeks
Etymology: Clipping of beekeeper.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of beekeeper.
wee wee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wee wees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wee-wee: urine, the penis.
wee wee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wee wees
form: wee weeing
form: wee weed
form: wee weed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wee-wee: to urinate.
goot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kut (“shamanic ritual”).
coronary artery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coronary arteries
Senses: topics: anatomy
cardiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: An artery arising from aorta.
wikipedia: coronary arteries
left +
right +
Derived terms: coronary artery disease
tours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tour
tours
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tour
knifetooth sawfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knifetooth sawfishes
Senses: glosses: Anoxypristis cuspidata, a sawfish of the family Pristidae, the lone member of the genus Anoxypristis.
Synonyms: pointed sawfish
narrow sawfish
sharklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sharklike
form: most sharklike
Etymology: From shark + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The first reference to the shark is lost in antiquity; there is an aboriginal drawing in Australia that shows a sharklike creature in the act of eating a man.
ref: 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 14:
glosses: Similar to a shark.
examples: text: a sharklike grin; sharklike teeth; a sharklike frenzy
text: They wallowed lazily, nibbling bits of sea grass, their dorsal fins sometimes cutting through the water, sharklike.
ref: 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 125:
glosses: Similar to that of a shark.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: Cartilaginous.
raw_tags: of a fish
œ
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Pronunciation: note: from French
enpr: œ
ipa: /œ/
note: from French
note: Classical Latin approximation
ipa: [oe̯]
note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical approximation
ipa: [ɛː]
Forms: form: Œ
Senses: glosses: A ligature of vowels o and e.
Related terms: æ
œthel
oe
o
e
kitchenward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: kitchenwards
Etymology: From kitchen + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Toward the kitchen.
examples: text: My thoughts turned kitchenward as he spoke of his grandmother's recipes.
glosses: Toward food in general.
kitchenward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: kitchenwards
Etymology: From kitchen + -ward.
Senses: examples: text: Feeling peckish, I made a foray kitchenward.
glosses: To the kitchen
linker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪŋkɚ/
ipa: /ˈlɪŋkə/
rhymes: -ɪŋkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: linkers
Etymology: From link + -er
Senses: coordinate_terms: linkee
glosses: That which links.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software-compilation
glosses: A computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word or short expression that links clauses or other syntactic elements.
topics: business
finance
glosses: A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation.
Synonyms: link editor
Derived terms: linker DNA
polylinker
linker
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪŋkɚ/
ipa: /ˈlɪŋkə/
rhymes: -ɪŋkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: linkers
form: linkering
form: linkered
form: linkered
Etymology: From link + -er
Senses: examples: text: 38. The plasmid pRK252 Km is cut with ecoRI, blunt-ended using Klenow, and linkered with BgIII linkers (New England Biolabs).
ref: 1994, Ray Shillito et al., "Zea mays plants regenerated from protoplasts or protoplast-derived cells", US Patent 5770450, page 52
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: To ligate a DNA segment using a linker.
sluggards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sluggard
jack-ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jack-balls
Senses: examples: text: Wani had been wet about the game until he turned out to be good at it, and now he was absorbed and unironical, tripping after the ball, yapping and grinning when he bombed the other boules away from the jack-ball, or cochonnet.
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
glosses: A ball used in boules.
aggrandizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of aggrandize
aggrandized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of aggrandize
boules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: In the sense of the game, a shortening of French jeu de boules.
Senses: glosses: plural of boule
boules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: In the sense of the game, a shortening of French jeu de boules.
Senses: glosses: bowls; a game played with metal balls.
bogginess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From boggy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being boggy.
bonelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From boneless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: 1889, Pan [pseudonym of Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh], Dinnerology: Our Experiments in Diet, Chicago, New York and San Francisco: Belford, Clarke & Co., Chapter 3, p. 41,
Our “fish” course would include salmon steaks, cod rissoles, oysters and other finny-cal morsels, and we prided ourselves on their bonelessness.
text: The dancer wears a long, soft drapery, which is never lifted to her ankles. Agility and apparent bonelessness are her characteristics.
ref: 1907, Thomas Hayes, “Dances of the East”, in The English Illustrated Magazine, volume 36, page 104:
text: His face was as soft and round as a dumpling. There seemed to be no structure in it. no indication of a skull beneath the skin. ¶ This unpleasant effect might have argued an equally unpleasant temperament. Luckily this was not so. But it exemplified a parallel bonelessness of outlook.
ref: 1950, Mervyn Peake, chapter 11, in Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode:
glosses: The state or quality of being boneless.
bonniness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bonny + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being bonny.
boundedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boundednesses
Etymology: From bounded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being bounded.
Synonyms: enclosedness
finity
finitude
finiteness
limitedness
boundness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bound + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being bound.
holidayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holidayers
Etymology: From holiday + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The Tippers were not natural holidayers.
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
glosses: Someone who is taking a holiday (recreational trip away from home).
Synonyms: word: holidaymaker
word: holiday-maker
word: vacationer
holidaymaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holidaymakers
form: holiday-maker
Etymology: From holiday + maker.
Senses: examples: text: The beaches were crowded with holidaymakers.
text: The Northern coastal districts of Kent, from Whitstable to Ramsgate, are one of the distressed areas of England. Their main industry – in fact almost the only one – is the summer holidaymakers, both day-trippers and fortnightly boarders. In these changing times, the habits of holidaymakers are altering also.
ref: 1959 April, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Southern in Trouble on the Kent Coast”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 212:
text: "With the number of holidaymakers back on the rise, upgrading critical infrastructure like Gatwick Airport station is key to improving the passenger experience," said Rail Minister Wendy Morton.
ref: 2022 February 23, “Network News: New escalators at Gatwick Airport”, in RAIL, number 951, page 15:
glosses: someone who is on holiday
Synonyms: word: holidayer
word: vacationer
holiday-maker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holiday-makers
form: holidaymaker
Senses: examples: text: A Saturday extra loaded with holiday-makers returning to the Midlands leaves Llandudno Junction on June 11, 1960, behind Stanier 2-6-0 No. 42976.
ref: 1961 April, “Focus on Llandudno Junction”, in Trains Illustrated, page 243, photo caption:
glosses: Someone who is on holiday.
Synonyms: word: holidayer
word: vacationer
crunchtime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of crunch time.
polybutylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polybutylenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: polybutene
Derived terms: polybutylene terephthalate
Gjógv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Faroese Gjógv.
Senses: glosses: A village at the northeast tip of the Eysturoy island, Faroe Islands.
polycaprolactone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polycaprolactones
form: PCL
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A biodegradable polyester used in medical applications such as sutures
PCL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of polycaprolactone.
coordinate_terms: ACL
glosses: Initialism of posterior cruciate ligament.
examples: text: In the leaked Slack messages, Jain said that Palantir was working to include updates about this work into an FAQ with the company’s PCL, or Privacy and Civil Liberties team. […] “I recognize this is a topic of interest for a lot of hobbits and we’re working to integrate these updates into the PCL FAQ,” Jain added, with “hobbits” a likely reference to J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, which Palantir gets its name from.
ref: 2025 April 17, Joseph Cox, “Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People”, in 404 Media, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2025:
glosses: Initialism of privacy and civil liberties.
PCL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Printer Command Language.
polycarboxylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + carboxylic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having multiple carboxylic functional groups.
Derived terms: polycarboxylic acid
polycarboxylic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polycarboxylic acids
Etymology: From poly- + carboxylic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic compound having multiple carboxylic acid functional groups
Derived terms: polyaminopolycarboxylic acid
quant fund
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quant funds
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: An investment fund that makes investment decisions by sophisticated quantitative analysis.
salt of the earth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of Ancient Greek τὸ ἅλας τῆς γῆς (tò hálas tês gês) in the Book of Matthew, chapter 5, verse 13.
Senses: examples: text: People who are firm but fair, and fair but firm, are the salt of the earth.
text: Yee are the ſalt of the earth: But if the ſalt haue loſt his ſauour, wherewith ſhall it bee ſalted: It is thencefoꝛth good foꝛ nothing, but to be caſt out, and to be troden vnder foote of men.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:13:
text: Dodger fans, convinced they were the salt of the earth, would swear they could tell a Yankee fan from 20 paces by a lack of humor, or a New York Giant fan by an overbearing quality.
ref: 1986 May 15, George Vecsey, “Locals at Second Base”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015:
text: "When someone dies, especially when a life is cut short under tragic circumstances, people always say, 'they were great, they were the salt of the earth,'" said Hagit Hornstein, a friend and colleague of Cherkesky. "But Michal [Cherkesky] really was perfect. There's no other word to describe her, an angel. I miss her already."
ref: 2014 October 20, Barak Ravid, Noa Shpigel, “Body of Missing Israeli Found in Nepal”, in Haaretz, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2023:
antonyms: scum of the earth
glosses: A person or group of people considered to represent the most decent and admirable parts of humanity.
wikipedia: Book of Matthew
Related terms: down-to-earth
earthy
worth one's salt
mathematical model
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mathematical models
Senses: glosses: An abstract mathematical representation of a process, device or concept using a number of variables to represent inputs, outputs and internal states, and sets of equations and inequalities to describe their interaction.
Hypernyms: scientific model
quantitative analysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quantitative analyses
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The determination of the amounts of an element or compound in a sample.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quantitative, analysis.
Related terms: qualitative analysis
quantitative analyst
quantitative research
quantitative analyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quantitative analysts
Senses: glosses: A person who designs and implements mathematical models for the pricing of financial derivatives.
Synonyms: quant
Related terms: quantitative analysis
diacetylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diacetylenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A highly unsaturated hydrocarbon, HC≡C-C≡CH, the simplest polyyne
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of its derivatives, R₂C≡C-C≡CR₂, used in the manufacture of polydiacetylene
Synonyms: butadiyne
genteelism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genteelisms
Etymology: From genteel + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Genteel behaviour.
examples: text: Were such cheerful genteelisms any use?
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
synonyms: euphemism
glosses: A nicer word used instead of a vulgar or distasteful word
qualitative analysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qualitative analyses
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The determination of the elements, functional groups or compounds present in a sample.
Related terms: quantitative analysis
qualitative analyst
qualitative research
polydiacetylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polydiacetylenes
Etymology: From poly- + diacetylene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several electrically conducting polymers made from the polymerization of substituted diacetylenes.
polydimethylsiloxane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polydimethylsiloxanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: PDMS
glosses: The simplest silicone, being a polymer having a repeat unit of -Si(CH₃)₂-O- ; its properties depend on the degree of polymerization and range from that of an oil to a plastic
contrabass clarinet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contrabass clarinets
Senses: glosses: The largest musical instrument in the clarinet family, sounding two octaves below the soprano clarinet.
PDMS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: polymers
glosses: Initialism of polydimethylsiloxane.
freesheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiːʃiːt/
Forms: form: freesheets
form: free sheet
form: free-sheet
form: free sheet
form: free-sheet
Etymology: From free + sheet.
Senses: examples: text: A helpful assistant suggested a local newspaper for English-speaking residents, but after a taxi ride to La Napoule I found only the back-street office of a free-sheet listing properties for sale, swimming-pool constructors and dealers in used Mercedes.
ref: 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 108:
glosses: A free newspaper.
freesheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiːʃiːt/
Forms: form: freesheets
form: free sheet
form: free-sheet
form: free sheet
form: free-sheet
Etymology: Shortening of groundwood-free + sheet
Senses: qualifier: paper industry
glosses: A sheet of paper that does not contain groundwood.
polydioxanone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polydioxanones
form: PDS
Etymology: From poly- + dioxanone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A biodegradable plastic made by the polymerization of p-dioxanone; it is used in medical applications such as sutures
PDS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of particularly dangerous situation.
glosses: Initialism of polydioxanone.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of pet-directed speech.
glosses: Initialism of pigment dispersion syndrome.
dioxanone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dioxanones
Etymology: From dioxane + -one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound formally derived from a dioxane by replacing a methylene group with a carbonyl group
Derived terms: polydioxanone
dioxane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dioxanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of six-membered, saturated heterocycles having four carbon atoms and two oxygen atoms in the ring.
Derived terms: dioxanone
polydioxane
arum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛ(ə)ɹəm/
rhymes: -ɛɹəm
Forms: form: arums
Etymology: From the botanical name Arum, from Latin arum, from Ancient Greek ἄρον (áron).
Senses: glosses: A flower or plant in the genus Arum
Derived terms: arrow arum
arum frog
arum lily
dragon arum
ivy arum
titan arum
water-arum
arums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arum
clean someone's clock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cleans someone's clock
form: cleaning someone's clock
form: cleaned someone's clock
form: cleaned someone's clock
Etymology: Originally military slang; perhaps from clock face.
Senses: examples: text: "When big business goes head to head with unions, the unions clean their clock," said one Republican aide in Congress.
ref: 1997 November 12, Richard W. Stevenson, “Executives Say Trade Bill Defeat Will Hurt Economy”, in New York Times, retrieved 07 Oct 2008:
text: Barack Obama cleaned her clock in the debates.
ref: 2007 April 28, Carla Marinucci, “Hillary on a roll”, in San Francisco Chronicle, retrieved 07 Oct 2008:
text: The heavily-tattooed Perez never recovered, getting nailed with flush head shots before a clean-up left hook cleaned his clock.
ref: 2008 September 27, Jake Donovan, “Vicente Escobedo Rallies, Stops Dominic Salcido In Six”, in BoxingScene.com, retrieved 07 Oct 2008:
synonyms: fix someone's clock
glosses: To defeat someone decisively, in a physical fight or other competition or negotiation.
Synonyms: trounce
wipe the floor with someone
Derived terms: get one's clock cleaned
adaptations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adaptation
anemones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anemone
apertures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aperture
cabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæbz/
rhymes: -æbz
Senses: glosses: plural of cab
cabs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæbz/
rhymes: -æbz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cab
catastrophes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catastrophe
glosses: plural of catastrophë
climbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of climber
conductors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conductor
cravings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of craving
contours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contour
cupolas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cupola
dewdrops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dewdrop
dewdrop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dewdrops
form: dew-drop
form: dew drop
Etymology: From Middle English deu drop, dew droppe, dewe droppe, equivalent to dew + drop. Compare Dutch dauwdruppel (“dewdrop”), German Tautropfen (“dewdrop”), Danish dugdråbe (“dewdrop”), Swedish daggdroppe (“dewdrop”), Faroese døggdropi (“dewdrop”).
Senses: hypernyms: drop
glosses: A droplet of water formed as dew.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A slow pitch.
synonyms: false violet
Robin runaway
star violet
glosses: A plant of species Dalibarda repens.
Derived terms: golden dewdrop
red and silver dewdrop
discords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discord
discords
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of discord
duller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dullers
Etymology: From dull (verb) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: But, of all, your grace must fly phlebotomy, fresh pork, conger, and clarified whey: they are all dullers of the vital spirits.
ref: c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Philaster: Or, Love Lies a Bleeding”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii:
glosses: One who, or that which, dulls.
Derived terms: tooth duller
duller
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dull (adjective) + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of dull: more dull
excitements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of excitement
existences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of existence
explorations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exploration
explorings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exploring
flagstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flagstone
fringes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fringe
fringes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fringe
gnats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /næts/
rhymes: -æts
Senses: glosses: plural of gnat
grimaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grimace
grimaces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grimace
groupings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹuːpɪŋz/
rhymes: -uːpɪŋz
Senses: glosses: plural of grouping
hindrances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hindrance
hundredths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hundredth
importations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of importation
keyholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keyhole
keyholes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of keyhole
outbreaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outbreak
outbreaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outbreak
parapets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parapet
pinnacles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinnacle
pinnacles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pinnacle
potentialities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potentiality
questionings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of questioning
surgings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surging
survivals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of survival
tentacles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tentacle
tunnellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tunnelling
vaguest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of vague: most vague
workrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of workroom
workshops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of workshop
workshops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of workshop
brilliantness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From brilliant + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being brilliant.
Britishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪt.ɪʃ.nəs/
Forms: form: Britishnesses
Etymology: From British + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being British.
brusqueness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brusquenesses
Etymology: From brusque + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Syed Hassan felt somewhat ashamed of his brusqueness, his rudeness, his boasting.
ref: 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 517:
glosses: The state or quality of being brusque; brusque behaviour.
buoyantness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From buoyant + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being buoyant.
burdensomeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From burdensome + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being burdensome.