cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
heavy-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heavy-handed
form: most heavy-handed
form: heavyhanded
Etymology: From heavy + hand + -ed, literally “having a heavy hand”. Compare Middle English hevitime, heviteme (“burdensome, grievous, grave”), from Old English hefiġtīme, hefiġtȳme (“grievous, wearisome, tedious, troublesome”).
Senses: examples: text: Some people say, 'I can't make pastry, I'm too heavy-handed.'
ref: 2012, Margaret Powell, The Downstairs Cookbook, →ISBN:
synonyms: cack-handed
ham-handed
;
ham-fisted
maladroit
glosses: Clumsy; awkward.
examples: text: Do not be too heavy-handed with the salt.
text: However, recently I got a little heavy-handed with the red pepper flakes.
ref: 2015, Suzanne Lenzer, Truly Madly Pizza, →ISBN:
synonyms: OTT
over the top
glosses: Excessive; overdone.
examples: text: ...punk “music has been, and still is, one of the most heavy-handed genres of music there is. Unfortunately the topics of such heavy-handed songs are almost always seeped in left wing propaganda, bumper sticker rallying calls and oversimplifications of otherwise complex topics."
ref: 2005, Nicholas Rombes, The Ramones' Ramones, →ISBN:
synonyms: ham-handed
ham-fisted
unsubtle
on the nose
glosses: Lacking subtlety or nuance.
examples: text: “Heavy-handed, huh? Is that by any chance your way of telling me that I'm a bad communicator?" "No, it's my way of telling you that you obviously haven't shaken the take-charge attitude."
ref: 2014, Jayne Ann Krentz, River Road, →ISBN:
text: I cite how ineffective heavy-handed training methods are due to the physiological state of high arousal and avoidance behaviors they cause in dogs.
ref: 2015, John D. Visconti, Fetch More Dollars For Your Dog Training Business, →ISBN:
text: Polls suggest, however, that Beijing’s heavy-handed ways might be backfiring and driving voters to embrace Ms. Tsai. Thousands of Taiwan citizens marched last month against “red media,” or local news organizations supposedly influenced by the Chinese government.
ref: 2020 January 6, Raymond Zhong, “Awash in Disinformation Before Vote, Taiwan Points Finger at China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2020, Technology:
text: Crowther also distanced the BTP from the heavy-handed approach to the lockdown that other police forces have been accused in the national media of taking.
ref: 2020 April 22, “Network News: BTP chief pays tribute to rail staff and BTP officers”, in Rail, page 10:
synonyms: word: bossy
word: ;
word: hard-handed
word: iron-handed
word: iron-fisted
word: ;
word: brutal
word: cruel
word: draconian
word: overstrict
word: authoritarian
word: autocratic
word: bossy
word: coercive
word: commanding
word: controlling
word: demanding
word: despotic
word: dictatorial
word: dominant
word: domineering
word: forceful
word: harsh
word: heavy-handed
word: iron-fisted
word: iron-handed
word: monocratic
word: obtrusive
word: oppressive
word: overbearing
word: strict
word: tyrannical
glosses: Overbearing, coercive; unnecessarily forceful; harsh, oppressive.
Derived terms: heavy-handedly
heavy-handedness
Related terms: hard-handed
iron-handed
latitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæt.ɪ.tjuːd/
ipa: /ˈlæt.ɪ.tud/
ipa: /ˈlæt.ə.tjud/
Forms: form: latitudes
Etymology: Borrowed into Middle English from Old French latitude, from Latin lātitūdō (“breadth, width, latitude”), from lātus (“broad, wide”), from older stlātus. Possibly related with lateral, though this is uncertain.
Senses: examples: text: The oat is hardier than wheat, and ripens in higher latitudes.
ref: 1880, Arthur Herbert Church, Food: Some Account of Its Sources, Constituents and Uses, London: Chapman and Hall, page 72:
text: Far from the center of Shang civilization, Wu-ch'eng is located well south of the Yangtze at approximately the same latitude as Ch'ang-sha in the west and Wen-chou in the east.
ref: 2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare, Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 137:
topics: astronomy
geography
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: longitude
glosses: The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.
topics: geography
natural-sciences
synonyms: parallel
glosses: An imaginary line (in the form of a circumference) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.
examples: text: His parents gave him a great deal of latitude.
text: "Love!" ejaculated the Comtesse; "And so throw away the chances of a life upon a month of honey!—I say a month, which is allowing a latitude tenderness never took...
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 208:
glosses: The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result.
glosses: Extent or scope; e.g. breadth, width or amplitude.
Derived terms: ascending latitude
circle of latitude
colatitude
geolatitude
heliolatitude
high latitude
high-latitude
horse latitudes
interlatitudinal
isolatitude
lat/lon
latitude by account
latitudinal
low latitude
low-latitude
middle latitude
mid-latitude
midlatitude
palaeolatitude
paleolatitude
Related terms: northing
zonal
propensity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈpɛnsɪti/
Forms: form: propensities
Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin prōpensitās. By surface analysis, propense (“inclined, disposed”) + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: He has a propensity for lengthy discussions of certain favorite topics.
text: I must own they do dearly delight in a judgment; and sorry am I that I cannot gratify this laudable propensity by specifying some peculiar evil incurred by Mr. Delawarr's ambition, or Lady Etheringhame's vanity.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Last Chapter”, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 326:
text: To the psychologist the religious propensities of man must be at least as interesting as any other of the facts pertaining to his mental constitution. It would seem, therefore, that, as a psychologist, the natural thing for me would be to invite you to a descriptive survey of those religious propensities.
ref: 1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC:
text: Here their peculiar propensities manifest themselves in making shibboleths of abstractions, in rationalizing and carrying to extremes certain ambitions which spring from the normal intercourse of men.
ref: 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 424:
text: He had a tremendous propensity for getting lost when driving.
ref: 1988, Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, William Heinemann Ltd, page 29:
text: Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
ref: 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
glosses: An inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction.
Synonyms: proclivity
propension
predilection
Related terms: propense
propend
integrate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɪn.təˌɡɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹæɪt/
ipa: /ˈən.tə.ɡɹæɪt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɪɳʈi.ɡɾeʈ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɪɳʈəˈɡɾeʈ/
Forms: form: more integrate
form: most integrate
Etymology: First attested in the 1450's as an adjective, first attested in 1638 as a verb; from Middle English integrat(e) (“intact, whole”), borrowed from Latin integrātus, perfect passive participle of integrō (“to make whole, renew, repair, begin again”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from integer (“whole, fresh”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See integer and integral.
Senses: glosses: composite
glosses: whole, complete, perfect
talkative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɔːkətɪv/
ipa: /ˈtɔkədɪv/
ipa: /ˈtɑkədɪv/
Forms: form: more talkative
form: most talkative
Etymology: From Middle English talkatyve, equivalent to talk + -ative.
Senses: examples: text: a talkative girl
text: a talkative TV show
text: Tarzan nodded his head. He was a man of few words, and possibly it was for this reason as much as any that Kadour ben Saden had taken to him, for if there be one thing that an Arab despises it is a talkative man.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 68:
glosses: Tending to talk a lot.
glosses: Speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences.
Synonyms: sense: very willing to talk
word: chatty
sense: very willing to talk
word: gabby
sense: very willing to talk
word: loquacious
sense: very willing to talk
word: outgoing
sense: very willing to talk
word: talksome
sense: very willing to talk
word: outspoken
sense: too long or too much
word: long-winded
sense: too long or too much
word: garrulous
sense: too long or too much
word: logorrheic
sense: with too many details
word: verbose
sense: too much nonsense
word: drivellous
sense: saying inappropriate things
word: indiscreet
word: chattering
word: chattery
word: effusive
word: gobby
word: motormouth
word: nattersome
word: nattery
word: prolix
word: talkative
word: talky
word: voluble
word: wordy
word: yakky
word: yappy
Hyponyms: word: bigmouthed
word: blabbermouthed
word: loose-lipped
Derived terms: talkatively
talkativeness
Related terms: word: full of hot air
word: talk
word: chatter
word: chatterbox
word: prattle
dominate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒm.ɪ.neɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɒm.əˌneɪt/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈdɑ.məˌneɪt/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈdɑ.mɪˌneɪt/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈdɒm.ɪ.neɪt/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈdɒm.əˌneɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɔm.ɪˌnæɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɔm.əˌnæɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɒm.əˌnæɪt/
ipa: [ˈdɔ̟m.əˌnæɪt]
ipa: /ˈdɒmənət/
ipa: /ˈdɑːmənət/
ipa: /ˈdɒm.ɪ.neɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɒm.əˌneɪt/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈdɑ.məˌneɪt/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈdɑ.mɪˌneɪt/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈdɒm.ɪ.neɪt/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈdɒm.əˌneɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɔm.ɪˌnæɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɔm.əˌnæɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɒm.əˌnæɪt/
ipa: [ˈdɔ̟m.əˌnæɪt]
Forms: form: more dominate
form: most dominate
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin dominor (“rule, have dominion”), either from Latin dominātus, the perfect active participle of dominor (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), or via phonetic alteration of the synonym dominant, from Latin domināns, the present active participle of the same. Compare the pairs predominate / predominant and obstinate / obstinant.
Senses: examples: text: From the middle of June in 1913 and the first of July in 1914, it became the dominate species, forming 90 per cent. or more of the fauna, and remained so until the end of the season.
ref: 1918 August 24, Thomas J. Headlee, “Effective Methods of Fly Control. A Review of the Factors that Underlie the Problem”, in The Tropical Agriculturalist, volume 51, page 111:
text: GM, 33, FEMME, very loving, caring, sensitive, sexual. I would love to hear from a fairly dominate butch type from the Portland Oregon area.
ref: 1989 August 19, Bruce Amick, “Personal Advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 6, page 14:
glosses: Dominant.
dominate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒm.ɪ.neɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɒm.əˌneɪt/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈdɑ.məˌneɪt/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈdɑ.mɪˌneɪt/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈdɒm.ɪ.neɪt/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈdɒm.əˌneɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɔm.ɪˌnæɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɔm.əˌnæɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɒm.əˌnæɪt/
ipa: [ˈdɔ̟m.əˌnæɪt]
ipa: /ˈdɒmənət/
ipa: /ˈdɑːmənət/
Forms: form: dominates
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dominātus (“rule, command”), from dominus + -ātus, see -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a regime handled by people of such rank).
Senses: examples: text: During the Dominate this tendency was perfected to the point of dirigism in the modern sense, a state-directed society and state-controlled economy, obliterating, once again a prelude to modern times, the laissez-faire climate that had characterized the economic self-determination of the individual under the republic and the Principate.
ref: 1973, Karl Loewenstein, The Governance of Rome, Martinus Nijhoff, page 238:
text: 1996, Clare Krojzl (translator), Sebastian Hensel, III: From Diocletian to Alaric [1886, lecture notes], Theodor Mommsen (editor), A History of Rome Under the Emperors, C.H.Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Republished 2005, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), eBook, page 317,
The dominate of Diocletian and Constantine differs more sharply from the principate than the latter does from the Republic.
text: 1997, Thomas Dunlap (translator), Herwig Wolfram, The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples, [1990, Das Reich und die Germanen], University of California Press, 2005, Paperback, page 55,
Once someone had attained senatorial dignity by way of the successful tenure of some appropriate magistracy, one of the most important mechanisms of the dominate kicked in: all social rankings and professions were to a large extent heritable.
glosses: The late period of the Roman Empire, following the principate, during which the emperor's rule became more explicitly autocratic and remaining vestiges of the Roman Republic were removed from the formal workings of government; the reign of any particular emperor during this period.
Coordinate terms: principate
Related terms: tetrarchy
anthocauli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthocaulus
exorable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exorable
form: most exorable
Etymology: From Latin exorabilis.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being moved or persuaded.
anthocaulus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthocauli
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”) + καυλός (kaulós, “stem”).
Senses: glosses: A polyp that develops asexually on the skeletons of some coral species.
bestseller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bestsellers
form: best seller
form: best-seller
Etymology: From best + seller.
Senses: glosses: A book or other product that has sold in large numbers.
Derived terms: bestsellerdom
Related terms: megaseller
best seller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: best sellers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of best seller.
nitric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Instantly a little vapour arose from it, as happens when one disturbs nitric acid, and this sight did not increase my hopes, already faint enough, of the efficacy of the treatment.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A transparent, colorless to pale yellow, fuming corrosive liquid, HNO₃; a highly reactive oxidizing agent used in the production of fertilizers, explosives, and rocket fuels and in a wide variety of industrial processes; once called aqua fortis.
Derived terms: orthonitric acid
red fuming nitric acid
white fuming nitric acid
Related terms: nitrate
nitro-
best-seller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: best-sellers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bestseller.
aqua fortis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquafortis
form: A.F.
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin aqua fortis (literally “strong water”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Nitric acid.
topics: alchemy
pseudoscience
glosses: A corrosive liquor made of saltpeter, serving as a solvent for dissolving silver and all other metals except gold.
examples: text: this man’s whiskey ain’t Red Eye, it ain’t Chain Lightnin’ either, it’s regular Agur-forty, and there isn’t a man living can stand a glass and keep his senses.
ref: 1867 December 25, “Police Reports”, in New Orleans Picayune:
text: “Watkey” [vodka] is, in fact, aquafortis, and more injurious than any other spirit.
ref: 1871 September 9, “Occasional Notes”, in The Temperance Record, number 805, page 422:
text: Doubtless the drinking of liquor adds to the cost of our judiciary; doubtless it is responsible for some crime; but the question at issue is not one of liquor-drinking vs. teetotalism—it is a question of drinking licensed liquor or Prohibition aquafortis.
ref: 1896, W. C. Brann, Brann, the Iconoclast, volume 1, page 390:
text: Here’s to her health and to her offspring haughty —
And let the toast be drunk in aqua forty.
ref: 1917, Harvard College Class of 1872: Tenth Report of the Secretary, page 97:
text: I’m in the best of spirits, the very best! Nothing like a few glasses of agur-forty to make a man feel on top of the world!
ref: 1990, Graham Masterton, Empress, page 166:
glosses: Any strong and potentially dangerous alcoholic drink.
Derived terms: aquafortist
Related terms: aqua regia
sanity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæ.nə.ti/
ipa: /ˈsæ.nɪ.ti/
ipa: /ˈsæn.əˌti/
ipa: /ˈsæn.ɪˌti/
Forms: form: sanities
Etymology: From Middle English sanite, sanyte, sanytee, from Middle French sanité, from Latin sānitās, from sānus (“healthy”) + -itās (“-ity”). By surface analysis, sane + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: preserve one's sanity
text: lose your sanity
text: decree someone's sanity
antonyms: word: mental health
word: saneness
word: sanity
coordinate_terms: unsanity
glosses: The condition of being sane.
glosses: Reasonable and rational behaviour.
Synonyms: word: buttons
word: lucidity
word: lucidness
word: marbles
word: mind
word: saneness
word: sanity
Hypernyms: word: condition
word: mental health
Coordinate terms: word: rationality
word: stability
Derived terms: sanity check
sanity test
lose sanity
Related terms: word: sane
sank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: săngk
ipa: /sæŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
Senses: glosses: simple past of sink
Related terms: sank work
li'l
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [lɪɫ]
ipa: [lɪ.ɫ̩]
Forms: form: li'l'
form: lil
form: lit'l
form: lil'
Etymology: Contracted from little, especially as pronounced with flapping, when the /t/ is barely audible.
Senses: examples: text: " Go s'eepy, baby; don' you be 'Paid; mammy ain' gwine let nuffin' hu't you, even ef pappy don' wan' look at huh li'l face. Bye, bye, go s'eepy, mammy's li'l gal."
ref: 1898, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Folks from Dixie, page 118:
text: Jesse called her his li'l cutie pie. Because she was happy to be so cute and her daddy's little girl,
ref: 2006, Cris Burks, Neecey's lullaby:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of little.
examples: text: This li'l puppy is adorable!
glosses: Generic intensifier.
Derived terms: li'l ol'
li'l old
li'l ole
all but
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: all-but
Senses: examples: text: The food is all but finished.
text: A young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil, helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi Knights. [...] Now the Jedi are all but extinct.
ref: 1977, George Lucas, Star Wars, spoken by Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), 20th Century Fox:
text: I practice nightly, I try to keep ahead / This art of surfacing is all but dead
ref: 1979, The Boomtown Rats, “Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)”, in The Fine Art of Surfacing:
text: When the first wave of postwar immigrants arrived in Britain in the 1950s and ’60s, it was a period of rising wages, full employment, an expanding welfare state and strong trade unions. Today, Britain’s manufacturing base has all but disappeared, working-class communities have disintegrated, unions have been neutered and the welfare state has begun to crumble.
ref: 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 Sep 2013:
text: A stunning performance from the Republic of Ireland all but sealed progress to Euro 2012 as they crushed nine-man Estonia 4-0 in the first leg of the qualifying play-off tie in A Le Coq Arena in Tallinn.
ref: 2011 November 11, Rory Houston, “Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland”, in RTE Sport:
text: The freight market has changed beyond all recognition from when RAIL was first published. Coal, the then-dominant traffic, has all but disappeared. Instead, maritime intermodal flows have shown steady growth.
ref: 2024 January 10, 'Industry Insider', “Success built on liberalisation and market freedom”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 69:
glosses: Very nearly; everything short of. Most often precedes a verb or adjective.
examples: text: All but three of the students skipped school the day of the parade.
text: In the event, higher sale proceeds were achieved by allowing EWS Railway to acquire all but Freightliner, which was sold as a management buy-out.
ref: 2024 January 10, 'Industry Insider', “Success built on liberalisation and market freedom”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 69:
glosses: Everything except. Typically precedes a noun or noun phrase.
Synonyms: almost
nearly
nigh on
Related terms: all but dissertation
all but thesis
all-comers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The meeting is open to all-comers.
glosses: Alternative form of all comers.
all-day
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ôl'dāʹ
ipa: /ˌɔlˈdeɪ/
enpr: ôl'dāʹ
ipa: /ˌɔːlˈdeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology: From all- + day.
Senses: examples: text: an all-day event
glosses: Lasting throughout the whole day.
examples: text: all-day breakfast
glosses: Available throughout the whole day.
Related terms: all-dayer
all-night
all-night
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ôl'nītʹ
ipa: /ˌɔlˈnaɪt/
enpr: ôl'nītʹ
ipa: /ˌɔːlˈnaɪt/
rhymes: -aɪt
Forms: form: all-nite
Etymology: From all- + night.
Senses: examples: text: an all-night party
text: Spite of brown-stone trimmings, plate-glass and mosaic vestibule floors, the water does not rise in summer to the second story, while the beer flows unchecked to the all-night picnics on the roof.
ref: 1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “The Awakening”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 19:
text: The former G.E.R. all-night service between Liverpool Street and Chingford, at hourly intervals, is revived.
ref: 1961 January, “The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 20:
coordinate_terms: all-day
glosses: Lasting throughout the whole night (or most of it)
Derived terms: all-nighter
all-night-man
Related terms: word: all night
all-nighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: all-nighters
form: allnighter
form: all nighter
Etymology: From all-night + -er = all- + night + -er.
Senses: examples: text: That party was an all-nighter.
glosses: Something that lasts throughout the whole night.
glosses: Something that lasts throughout the whole night.
An instance of studying or working throughout the night without sleep.
qualifier: crime
glosses: A session with a prostitute covering the entire night.
synonyms: word: all-nighter
word: curb crawler
word: fare
word: gonk
word: jane
word: Jane
word: jockey
word: john
word: kerb crawler
word: monger
word: muttonmonger
word: punter
word: score
word: short-timer
word: steamer
word: trick
word: wapping cove
word: whoremaster
word: whoremonger
qualifier: crime
glosses: A client of a prostitute who has paid for the entire night.
qualifier: crime
glosses: A criminal or other person kept in jail over night.
Derived terms: pull an all-nighter
Related terms: vigil
undesirable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌndɪˈzaɪɹəbəl/
Forms: form: more undesirable
form: most undesirable
Etymology: From un- + desirable.
Senses: examples: text: There would be no need for any of the animals to come in contact with human beings, which would clearly be most undesirable.
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
text: Chronic venous disease includes cosmetically undesirable telangiectasias, varicose veins, venous ulceration, and claudication.
ref: 2008, Mary E. Klingensmith, The Washington Manual of Surgery, page 327:
text: [David] Brog spoke movingly of his immigrant grandfather as a triumph of the assimilationist model—a Romanian Jew who emigrated to America, learned English, and became a good patriotic American—but failed to mention that the 1924 Immigration Act was designed specifically to exclude Eastern European Jews (among other undesirable European ethnic groups) from entering the country.
ref: 2019 July 24, David Austin Walsh, “Flirting With Fascism”, in Jewish Currents:
glosses: Objectionable or not likely to please.
Derived terms: undesirability
undesirableness
undesirable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌndɪˈzaɪɹəbəl/
Forms: form: undesirables
Etymology: From un- + desirable.
Senses: examples: text: Barskiven Road was The Undesirables. Bad corporation tenants (didn't pay their rents, didn't dig their gardens, let their kids smash up windows) were transferred to The Undesirables until they showed they'd improved. His mother called them scum. Barskiven Road houses had all-metal fittings. Only the window panes could be broken, unless you had a blow-torch. McCann said they'd have them, soon. At the dancing blokes always made jokes if they knew a dame was from The Undesirables. It was supposed to be the worst street in the whole of Kilcaddie.
ref: 1968, Gordon M. Williams, From Scenes Like These, William Morrow and Company, page 121:
text: The Matchmaking Festival provided social events for these lonely-hearted pilgrims, and allowed local personages to keep undesirables away from their daughters.
ref: 2014, Lonely Planet, Best Place to be Today: 365 Things to do & the Perfect Day to do Them, →ISBN:
text: The Camden Bench is not an anomaly: more and more, our cities are being designed to keep those deemed as ‘undesirables’ out. By its very nature this is ‘hostile architecture’—urban design with a focus on exclusion, design that inhibits community and tells us who is welcome and who is not.
ref: 2020, Noreena Hertz, The Lonely Century, →ISBN:
glosses: An undesirable person.
Synonyms: word: mesel
word: criminal
word: jerk
word: villain
word: and troublemaker
undetected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undetected
form: most undetected
Etymology: From un- + detected.
Senses: examples: text: Children are an increasingly attractive target for ID thieves, in part because they're easy prey for smooth-talking predators in chat rooms, and because the crime can go undetected for years.
ref: 2005, Dan Tynan, Computer Privacy Annoyances, →ISBN:
text: For example, positive obstacles such as fallen trees directly along the prescribed path would high-center the vehicle and negative obstacles such as culverts near certain intersections in the Urban course went undetected and became hazards for the XUV.
ref: 2006, Raj Madhavan, Elena R. Messina, James Sacra Albus, Intelligent Vehicle Systems: A 4D/RCS Approach, →ISBN, page 274:
synonyms: non-detected
glosses: Not found; undiscovered.
Related terms: english: see a related note
translation: see a related note
word: undetectable
all-star
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The pantomime features an all-star cast.
glosses: Of which all members or participants are celebrities.
all-star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: all-stars
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A member of a team of star players.
examples: text: She is an all-star on an otherwise mediocre team.
glosses: An outstanding achiever; someone considered to be among the best in their field.
Derived terms: Provo all-star
undeterred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undeterred
form: most undeterred
Etymology: From un- + deterred.
Senses: examples: text: Undeterred, TfL wants to extend the Elizabeth line to Heathrow Airport, both the north and south from Langley and Staines, and also from the present southeastern limit of Abbey Wood to Ebbsfleet.
ref: 2024 April 3, Howard Johnston, “TfL is overflowing with ideas... but is short of the capital”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 31:
glosses: Not deterred or put off; undiscouraged.
undeveloped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: undevelopt
Etymology: From un- + developed.
Senses: examples: text: These developments, most of which have taken place during the past 30 years, are remarkable in view of the low traffic density, except in the neighbourhood of Oslo, and the very extensive undeveloped areas of mountain and virgin forest.
ref: 1952 January, “Electrification Progress in Norway”, in Railway Magazine, page 54:
glosses: Not developed or used.
glosses: not built on, unbuilt; not ready for building on
glosses: lagging behind others, especially in economic or social matters
undiluted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + diluted.
Senses: glosses: Not diluted or mixed with other substances.
examples: text: Boyer's try at stinkerdom was his psychopathic persecution of Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight. The closest MacMurray came to undiluted scalawaggery was as the fall guy in Double Indemnity.
ref: 1948, The Saturday Evening Post (volume 220, part 4, page 29)
glosses: Pure; unadulterated; free from extraneous elements.
all the best
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: An ellipsis for "I wish you all the best of luck" or a similar phrase.
Senses: synonyms: word: best of British
word: best of luck
word: best wishes
word: break a leg
english: chiefly in the entertainment industry
translation: chiefly in the entertainment industry
word: good luck
word: more power to your elbow
word: take care
glosses: Used to wish someone good luck.
undiplomatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undiplomatic
form: most undiplomatic
Etymology: From un- + diplomatic.
Senses: glosses: not diplomatic or tactful
glosses: lacking sensitivity or the skill of dealing with others
undisciplined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undisciplined
form: most undisciplined
Etymology: From un- + disciplined.
Senses: glosses: not subjected to discipline, control or correction; uncorrected
glosses: lacking in self-control; ungovernable
platitudinously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more platitudinously
form: most platitudinously
Etymology: From platitudinous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the manner of a platitude.
not at all
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈnɒtʰəˈtʰɔːɫ]
ipa: [ˈnɑɾəˈɾɔɫ]
ipa: [ˈnɑɾəˈɾɑɫ]
ipa: [ˈnɔɾəˈɾoːɫ]
Senses: examples: text: He's not at all friendly towards his ex-wife.
text: Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter III, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
synonyms: by no means
hardly
in no way
not in the least
not in the slightest
not the least bit
not the slightest bit
;
devil a bit
antonyms: a bit
a little bit
somewhat
;
in a way
to an extent
glosses: Not even a tiny bit; not in any way.
not at all
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈnɒtʰəˈtʰɔːɫ]
ipa: [ˈnɑɾəˈɾɔɫ]
ipa: [ˈnɑɾəˈɾɑɫ]
ipa: [ˈnɔɾəˈɾoːɫ]
Senses: examples: text: —Thank you for coming. —Not at all. Thank you for having me.
glosses: Used similarly to you're welcome, as a conventional reply to an expression of gratitude.
glosses: Don't worry about it (response to worry or an apology)
Synonyms: sense: conventional reply to expression of gratitude
word: don't mention it
word: forget it
word: it's nothing
word: no problem
word: that's all right
word: that's OK
word: think nothing of it
word: you're welcome
Related terms: at all
metres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metre
metres
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of metre
singing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋɪŋ
Forms: form: singings
Etymology: From Middle English syngyng; equivalent to sing + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.
glosses: Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another.
glosses: A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs.
examples: text: I was aware that some one, apparently at a vast distance, was calling me by my Christian name. [...] In the short space it took to cover the road between the path from Hamilton's shop and the first plank of the Combermere Bridge I had thought over half-a-dozen people who might have committed such a solecism, and had eventually decided that it must have been some singing in my ears.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 13:
glosses: A ringing sound in the ears.
Derived terms: cursive singing
singing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋɪŋ
Forms: form: more singing
form: most singing
Etymology: From Middle English syngyng; equivalent to sing + -ing.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Smooth and flowing.
glosses: Producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam.
raw_tags: of a kettle etc.
singing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English syngyng; equivalent to sing + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sing
Related terms: sing
singing bowl
singing bread
song
vii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of verb inanimate intransitive.
Related terms: vai
vta
vti
scenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːnɪk/
ipa: /ˈsiːnək/
rhymes: -iːnɪk
rhymes: -iːnək
Forms: form: more scenic
form: most scenic
form: scenick
Etymology: From Middle French scénique, from Latin scēnicus, alternative form of scaenicus (“of or pertaining to the stage; theatrical, scenic”), from Ancient Greek σκηνικός (skēnikós, “theatrical”), from σκηνή (skēnḗ, “stage”).
Senses: examples: text: We have plenty of time: let's take the scenic route.
text: Scenic illusions such as those caused by the haze, or the apparent diminution of scale where everything was enormous, intrigued Dutton.
ref: 1954, Wallace Stegner, Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 170:
glosses: having beautiful scenery; picturesque
glosses: of or relating to scenery
glosses: dramatic; theatrical
Derived terms: scenically
Scenic Rim
scenic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːnɪk/
ipa: /ˈsiːnək/
rhymes: -iːnɪk
rhymes: -iːnək
Forms: form: scenics
form: scenick
Etymology: From Middle French scénique, from Latin scēnicus, alternative form of scaenicus (“of or pertaining to the stage; theatrical, scenic”), from Ancient Greek σκηνικός (skēnikós, “theatrical”), from σκηνή (skēnḗ, “stage”).
Senses: glosses: a depiction of scenery
glosses: a scenic artist; a person employed to design backgrounds for theatre etc.
acetic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A clear colourless organic acid, CH₃COOH, formed by the bacterial oxidation of ethanol through acetic fermentation; it is used as a solvent and has very many industrial applications; it is the major acidic component of vinegar.
Synonyms: E260 when used as a preservative
ethanoic acid
the systematic alternative name
Coordinate terms: english: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
translation: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
word: acetate
Derived terms: bromoacetic acid
cetirizine
etacrynic acid
glacial acetic acid
haloacetic acid
iminoacetic acid
indometacin
iodoacetic acid
naphthaleneacetic acid
oxaloacetic acid
peracetic acid
thioacetic acid
Related terms: acetic anhydride
acetaldehyde
acetylsalicylic acid
glacial acetic acid
acetylsalicylic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The acetate ester of salicylic acid (aspirin).
Synonyms: ASA
aspirin
Hypernyms: NSAID
Coordinate terms: alt: tylenol
word: para-acetylaminophenol
Derived terms: word: ASA
go for a song
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes for a song
form: going for a song
form: went for a song
form: gone for a song
Senses: glosses: To be sold at a very low price.
hydroxy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: hydro- + oxy
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Being, or containing a hydroxyl radical.
Derived terms: alpha-hydroxy acid
cefedrolor
cloxestradiol
cloxotestosterone
decahydroxy
dihydroxy
dihydroxyhomotyrosine
dihydroxyvitamin
etidronic acid
fludroxycortide
guanoxabenz
hexadecahydroxy
hexahydroxy
hydramine
hydroxy acid
hydroxyalkyl
hydroxyaluminate
hydroxyamide
hydroxyamino
hydroxyaryl
hydroxybutyrate
hydroxybutyric
hydroxycarbonate
hydroxychavicol
hydroxycholesterol
hydroxycinnamic acid
hydroxycotinine
hydroxycyclization
hydroxydaunorubicin
hydroxydeboronation
hydroxyderivative
hydroxydienone
hydroxydopamine
hydroxy ester
hydroxyethylpromethazine
hydroxyflavanone
hydroxyitraconazole
hydroxylysine
hydroxymethylated
hydroxymethylfurfural
hydroxymethylsulfonate
hydroxynaphthoquinone
hydroxyphenyl
hydroxypiperidine
hydroxyprocaine
hydroxyproline
hydroxypropyl
hydroxyprostaglandin
hydroxypyruvic acid
hydroxyquinoline
hydroxystaurosporine
hydroxysuccinimide
hydroxytetracaine
hydroxytoluene
hydroxytropacocaine
hydroxytryptamine
hydroxy yohimbine
iodochlorohydroxyquinoline
ioxitalamic acid
monohydroxy
monohydroxyethane
monohydroxymethane
N-acetyl-dihydroxyhomotyrosine
naloxone
nifuroxazide
nonahydroxy
norethindrone
octahydroxy
osalmid
-oxanide
oxetacaine
oxilorphan
oxpheneridine
oxybutynin
oxycodone
oxyfedrine
oxymetazoline
oxymorphone
pentahydroxy
p-hydroxymexiletine
polyhydroxy
polyhydroxyphenol
proxorphan
tetrahydroxy
tetrahydroxyborate
trihydroxy
undecahydroxy
Related terms: dehydroxy
heptahydroxy
hydroxy-
hydroxyl
hydroxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: So, we know from that standpoint — because it’s been so many years, from a safety standpoint, it’s safe. I happen to think, based on what I’ve read — I’ve read a lot about hydroxy. I happen to think that it has an impact, especially at the early years.
ref: 2020 July 28, Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Clipping of hydroxychloroquine.
glosses: 7-hydroxymitragynine
salicylic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salicyclic acid
Etymology: From translingual Salix (“the willow”), from whose bark it can be obtained.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A white crystalline organic acid, 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, C₆>H₄(OH)(COOH), used in the production of aspirin and other industrial chemicals.
Synonyms: word: spiraeic acid
word: spiroylic acid
word: spiroylous acid
Derived terms: acetylsalicylic acid
sal-
-sal-
-sal
salicyl
salicylamide
salicylate
Related terms: salicin
benzoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzoic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A white crystalline organic acid, C₆H₅COOH; the simplest aromatic carboxylic acid; used as a food preservative and in many other industrial applications.
Synonyms: E210 when used as a preservative
Derived terms: amidotrizoic acid
aminobenzoic acid
diatrizoic acid
dihydroxybenzoic acid
hydroxybenzoic acid
iodoxybenzoic acid
nitrobenzoic acid
perchlorobenzoic acid
probenecid
thiobenzoic acid
trihydroxybenzoic acid
scenery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːnəɹi/
ipa: /ˈsiːnɹi/
homophone: senary
rhymes: -iːnəɹi
Forms: form: sceneries
form: scenary
Etymology: Earlier scenary, from scene + -ary, but now remodelled as scene + -ery.
Senses: glosses: View, natural features, landscape.
examples: text: To make a Sketch, or a more perfect Model of a Picture, is in the Language of Poets, to draw up the Scenary of a Play, and the reaſon is the ſame for both; to guide the Undertaking, and to preſerve the Remembrance of ſuch things, whoſe Natures are difficult to retain.
ref: 1695, John Dryden, “Preface of the Translator, with a Parallel, of Poetry and Painting”, in C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC, page xliv:
glosses: Stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene.
Derived terms: borrowed scenery
change of scenery
chew on the scenery
chew the scenery
chew up the scenery
scenery-chewer
scenery-chewing
Related terms: scenescape
sceneshifter
acrylic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A colorless liquid unsaturated organic acid, CH₂=CHCOOH; used as a monomer in the production of acrylic resins; forms acrylate esters by combination with alcohols.
Synonyms: propenoic acid
Derived terms: polyacrylic acid
Related terms: acrylamide
acrylate
acrylonitrile
acrylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkɹɪl.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɪlɪk
Etymology: From acryl + -ic, from acrolein, from Latin acer (“sharp”) + olere (“to smell”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Derived from acrylic acid or acrylonitrile.
glosses: Containing an acrylic resin.
Derived terms: acrylate
acrylic fiber
acrylic fibre
chloroacrylic
diacrylic
hydracrylic acid
methacrylic
polyacrylic
acrylic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkɹɪl.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɪlɪk
Forms: form: acrylics
Etymology: From acryl + -ic, from acrolein, from Latin acer (“sharp”) + olere (“to smell”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An acrylic resin.
examples: text: When it comes to painting, I prefer using acrylics as my medium.
qualifier: painting
glosses: A paint containing an acrylic resin.
glosses: A painting executed using such a paint.
glosses: A thick sheet of plastic.
glosses: A liquid coating system based on an acrylic resin.
Derived terms: modacrylic
acrylic resin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acrylic resins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many thermoplastic or thermosetting polymers or copolymers of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, esters of these acids, or acrylonitrile; used in paint and many plastics.
scenic route
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scenic routes
Senses: glosses: A road or path designed to take one past a pleasant view or nice scenery.
examples: text: It took you a long time to fetch that tool! Did you take the scenic route?
glosses: The long way round; a deliberately slow route.
Related terms: en route
acrylonitrile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acrylonitriles
Senses: examples: text: These simulations suggest that vinyl cyanide (C₂H₃CN; also known as acrylonitrile or propenenitrile) would be the best candidate species for the formation of these hypothesized cell-like membranes, known as “azotosomes” (2).
ref: 2017 July 28, Mareen Y. Palmer, “ALMA detection and astrobiological potential of vinyl cyanide on Titan”, in Science Advances, volume 3, number 7:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxic colourless liquid organic compound, CH₂=CH.CN, synthesized from propylene and ammonia; used as a monomer in the production of acrylic resins and synthetic rubber.
Synonyms: vinyl cyanide
propenenitrile
Derived terms: acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
acrylonitrilic
polyacrylonitrile
edify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛdɪfaɪ/
Forms: form: edifies
form: edifying
form: edified
form: edified
form: ædify
Etymology: From Old French edifier (“to build, to edify”), from Latin aedificare (“build”).
Senses: examples: text: That Castle was most goodly edifyde, / And plaste for pleasure nigh that forrest syde […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To build, construct.
examples: text: January 23, 1783, Edward Gibbon, letter to Dr. Priestley
It does not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either edify or enlighten the public.
text: That they ought to edify one another by maintaining and promoting the knowledge of truth.
ref: 1813, The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, Vol. VI, page 455:
text: frustrate the best endeavours in the edifying of the church
ref: 1641, Francis Bacon, A Wise and Moderate Discourse, Concerning Church-Affaires:
glosses: To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.
Derived terms: disedify
reedify
Related terms: edification
edificator
edifice
edifier
edifying