cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
father-to-be
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fathers-to-be
Etymology: From father + -to-be.
Senses: glosses: A male partner of a pregnant woman (mother-to-be), especially when she is pregnant for the first time.
Related terms: mother-to-be
parent-to-be
common knowledge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: That which is known by most people, and thus cannot reasonably be contested.
topics: computing
engineering
game-theory
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
natural-sciences
philosophy
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A special kind of knowledge for a group of agents, such that when all the agents in a group G know p, they all know that they know p, they all know that they all know that they know p, and so on ad infinitum.
Related terms: common sense
conventional wisdom
general knowledge
idée reçue
received wisdom
offa
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Off of.
Related terms: cuppa
lotta
offa
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of offer.
Einstein-Rosen bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Einstein-Rosen bridges
Etymology: From the names of the physicists who originally predicted it, Einstein (Albert Einstein) and Rosen (Nathan Rosen).
Senses: qualifier: relativity physics
glosses: A type of wormhole that is inherently unstable and collapses before any information or matter can pass through.
wikipedia: en:Albert Einstein
en:Nathan Rosen
Synonyms: ER
E-R
ER bridge
E-R bridge
Hypernyms: wormhole
Derived terms: english: a conjecture about the nature of the universe that connects quantum physics to spacetime physics
translation: a conjecture about the nature of the universe that connects quantum physics to spacetime physics
word: ER=EPR
english: a conjecture about the nature of the universe that connects quantum physics to spacetime physics
translation: a conjecture about the nature of the universe that connects quantum physics to spacetime physics
word: EPR=ER
Related terms: alt: EPR
word: Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox
light echo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light echos
form: light echoes
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A phenomenon caused by light reflected off surfaces distant from the source, and arriving at the observer with a delay relative to this distance, analogous to an echo of sound.
Quisling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Quislings
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of quisling.
FNU
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
qualifier: genealogy
glosses: Initialism of first name unknown (used on birth certificates or airline reservations)
glosses: Initialism of Formazin Nephelometric Unit, a turbidity measurement also known as Formazin Turbidity Unit (FTU).
lying down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lie down
Related terms: take lying down
Michaël
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /mɪkɑ.ɛl/
Etymology: From Dutch Michaël
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Dutch
domkop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: domkops
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans domkop.
Senses: examples: text: Sies, man,' a voice said. 'You're a domkop. How you gonna see 'em?
ref: 2008, William Higham, Nakada's Touch, page 316:
glosses: dummkopf; idiot; dunce
Vidar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: vē′där
ipa: /ˈvidɑɹ/
Etymology: From Old Norse Víðarr, from víðr (“wide”) + herr (“army”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A god, son of Odin.
granulosa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin membrana granulosa.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A layer of small cells that forms the wall of an ovarian follicle.
Derived terms: granulosal
pregranulosa
granulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹænjʊləʊz/
Etymology: From granule + -ose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, in distinction from the framework of cellulose. It is coloured blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments.
Derived terms: erythrogranulose
granulose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹænjʊləʊz/
Forms: form: more granulose
form: most granulose
Etymology: From granule + -ose.
Senses: glosses: granular
Derived terms: egranulose
reformate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reformates
Etymology: From reform + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrochemistry
petrology
physical-sciences
glosses: The product of a hydrocarbon reforming process; an intermediate in the production of fuels such as gasoline.
Related terms: reformation
reformer
autolysate
condensate
diffusate
distillate
eluate
exudate
filtrand
filtrate
filtride
hemolysate
leachate
lysate
perfusate
polymerizate
refluxate
psychotherapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychotherapy
placeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpleɪsəbəl/
Forms: form: more placeable
form: most placeable
Etymology: From place + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being placed.
placeable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpleɪsəbəl/
Forms: form: placeables
Etymology: From place + -able.
Senses: examples: text: I worked for an employment agency, doing placements. They divided the girls into placeables and unplaceables.
ref: 1974, Studs Terkel, Working, →ISBN, page 423:
topics: business
glosses: A jobseeker who is considered by an employment agency to be suitable for placement, but not employment, with a client company.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
translation-studies
glosses: In computer-aided translation, an element, such as a symbol or numeral, that is the same in both source and target segments and can therefore be copied directly from one into the other.
topics: human-sciences
linguistic-morphology
linguistics
morphology
sciences
glosses: Something which is conventionally associated with a specific place; for example, blinds go on windows, carpets go on floors.
Related terms: employable
locatum verb
term
placeables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of placeable
bicycle stand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bicycle stands
Senses: synonyms: bicycle rack
bike rack
cycle rack
glosses: A device to which bicycles may be securely attached while not in use.
jenny-asses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jenny-ass
Hedwig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Hedwig, from Old High German Haduwig, Hadwig, from Proto-Germanic *Haþuwīgą (from *haþuz (“fight”) + *wīgą (“battle”)).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from German.
analyticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From analytic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The property of being analytic, especially of being an analytic function.
Derived terms: nonanalyticity
quasianalyticity
assentive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more assentive
form: most assentive
Etymology: From assent + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Giving assent; agreeing.
Derived terms: assentiveness
GBP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of ginger beer plant.
anticipator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticipators
Etymology: From anticipate + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who anticipates.
glosses: A device in a thermostat that determines when to turn on or shut off the heating or cooling mechanism.
anticipators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anticipator
pebibyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛbɪˌbaɪt/
Forms: form: pebibytes
Etymology: From pebi- + byte.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Strictly, 2⁵⁰ (1024⁵, 1,125,899,906,842,624) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) tebibytes, as opposed to a petabyte.
Synonyms: PiB
Coordinate terms: sense: Previous
word: tebibyte
sense: Next
word: exbibyte
pegmatitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pegmatitic
form: most pegmatitic
Etymology: From pegmatite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Containing or characteristic of pegmatite
champerty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: champerties
Etymology: From Middle English champartie, from Middle French champart (“field rent (portion of produce of field paid to feudal lord)”), probably from Latin campī (“fields”) + pars (“part”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The investing of money into a third party's lawsuit in which one has no vested interest.
Related terms: camp
campus
champart
champertous
champertor
barratry
knighthead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knightheads
Etymology: From knight + head; sometimes decorated with a carving of a man's head.
Senses: glosses: A mitred backing timber which extends the after line of the rabbet in the stem to give extra support to the ends of the planks and the bowsprit.
glosses: A bollard or bitt.
glosses: Either of two timbers rising from the keel of a sailing ship and supporting the inner end of the bowsprit.
coalman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coalmen
Etymology: From coal + -man.
Senses: glosses: Someone who delivers coal.
glosses: Someone who sells coal.
glosses: A coal miner (as distinguished from other type of miners).
Related terms: coal merchant
coalmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coalman
whingeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whinge
whingeing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whingeings
Senses: examples: text: We must take Wakley's whingeings with a pinch of salt. A man of passion and prejudice, he habitually dipped his pen in bile.
ref: 1995, Roy Porter, Disease, Medicine and Society in England, 1550-1860, page 45:
glosses: A peevish complaint.
codebreaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: codebreakers
Etymology: From code + breaker.
Senses: glosses: A cryptanalyst, one who decodes messages without the key.
Related terms: codebreaking
codebreakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of codebreaker
poison glands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poison gland
con-artist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: con-artists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of con artist.
cross-breeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cross-breed
cross-breeding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross-breedings
Senses: glosses: A type or instance of breeding separate strains of the same species in order to create new traits.
glosses: A type or instance of breeding members of similar albeit distinct species, e.g. a mule from a horse and donkey.
saules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saule
cross-breed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cross-breeds
form: cross-breeding
form: cross-bred
form: cross-bred
Etymology: From cross- + breed.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of crossbreed.
cross-breed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross-breeds
Etymology: From cross- + breed.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of crossbreed.
spore print
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spore prints
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: The distinctive and identifying pattern and color produced after the cap of a mushroom is pressed against a white page.
fifth disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Historically classified as the fifth of the classical childhood skin rashes or exanthems, after measles, scarlet fever, rubella, and Dukes' disease.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The manifestation as rashes of an infection by erythrovirus.
Synonyms: erythema infectiosum
slap face
slapcheek
slapped cheek syndrome
slapped face
pair of pants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A pair of pants . pair of pants
form: pairs of pants
Senses: glosses: A single garment that covers one's legs individually with sleeves, and also covers the pelvis.
topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: The orientable surface of genus zero having three boundary components.
play the same tape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays the same tape
form: playing the same tape
form: played the same tape
form: played the same tape
Senses: examples: text: 2001 August 29, Matthew Jukes, "A German gem", The Daily Telegraph, available,
There are things some people might wish to alter about [the restaurant] Die Jägerhütte (for myself, they could play the same tape for months and I still wouldn't slap a thigh).
text: I married a man much like my controlling stepfather. We tend to play the same tape until we see who we are.
ref: 2002, Mary Virginia Hall, Loving Is a Gift, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 17:
text: All they do in church is play the same tape over and over. I could recite that stuff by heart.
ref: 2007, Gary Chapman, Catherine Palmer, It Happens Every Spring, Tyndale House, →ISBN, page 54:
text: We met a staff member, Pat, from Senator Dole's office first.... We had our message clear and crisp. We gave a couple of examples... . We indicated... . We talked about... . We thanked Pat and, as we walked to Senator Burr's office, congratulated each other... . We had a very good meeting with John from Senator Burr's office and played the same tape from our earlier meeting.
ref: 2008 January, Sastry G. Pantula, “My Trip to the Hill”, in Notices of the American Mathematical Society, volume 55, number 1, page 56:
glosses: To repeat exactly what one previously said or did.
orientable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From orient + -able.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: Able to be oriented.
Derived terms: biorientable
coorientable
nonorientable
unorientable
nonorientable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + orientable.
Senses: examples: The Möbius strip is a nonorientable surface.
Through every point of a nonorientable surface there passes a Möbius-like nonorientable strip (with an odd number of half-twists) which is part of that surface.
topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: Not able to be oriented.
brain farts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brain fart
light up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lights up
form: lighting up
form: lighted up
form: lighted up
Etymology: Phrasal verb from light (“to make less heavy”, verb) + up (“to a higher degree”, adverb).
Senses: examples: text: to light up the jib-sheets
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To loosen, slacken, or ease off.
cell division
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cell divisions
Senses: glosses: a process by which a cell divides into two cells
pollarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: As well as coppicing, other trees were pollarded, or lopped about 6 ft up the trunk so that the resulting growth was beyond the reach of grazing animals. Pollarding lengthens the life of trees, and the frequently made estimate '1,000 years old' could well be true of some sturdy old trunks.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 118:
glosses: present participle and gerund of pollard
cell divisions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cell division
FB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FBs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of friendship book.
synonyms: FWB
glosses: Initialism of fuck buddy.
glosses: Abbreviation of femboy.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of firebase.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of forward base.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
coordinate_terms: F/A
FA
F
B
YB
XB
RB
QB
EB
NB
YF
XF
RF
QF
EF
NF
glosses: Initialism of fighter-bomber (used as a prefix)
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
coordinate_terms: HB
QB
LB
WR
glosses: Initialism of fullback.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
coordinate_terms: QF
SF
F
FA
FC
FD
glosses: Abbreviation of final B.
Derived terms: FB-111
Related terms: BF
FB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Google is one of several Big Tech firms that has made an aggressive push into gaming in recent years, along with Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Facebook (FB).
ref: 2021 February 1, Rishi Iyengar, “Google will stop making video games for its Stadia platform”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Abbreviation of Facebook.
Tynwald
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tinewald
form: Tynewald
Etymology: From Manx Tinvaal, itself from Old Norse Þingvǫllr.
Senses: examples: text: At the annual general meeting of the company, held on April 4 of the present year, the Chairman stated that, after leave to introduce a Bill into Tynwald for closing down the line was refused, a sale of the company's railway assets to the Manx Government for £50,000 was provisionally agreed. This purchase was approved by Tynwald in December last.
ref: 1957 June 24, F. K. Pearson, “The Manx Electric Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 429:
glosses: The legislature of the Isle of Man.
cowboys and Indians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: games
glosses: A children's game, with chasing and mock battles, in which the players assume the traditional roles of cowboys and American Indians.
Related terms: cops and robbers
capture the flag
ghost in the graveyard
common kestrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common kestrels
Senses: glosses: A small falcon, Falco tinnunculus.
Synonyms: sense: small falcon
word: kestrel
sense: small falcon
word: windfucker
sense: small falcon
word: windhover
polar night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polar nights
Senses: glosses: A period of continual darkness that occurs in winter in the polar regions of Earth, during which the sun never rises above the horizon.
Related terms: midnight sun
sacked out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Outgrowth of the earlier idiom, to hit the sack (“to lie down to sleep”), with possible influences from other senses of to sack (“to tackle, to pillage”), and to sock (“to hit, to slam”), providing an implication that sleep has been thrust upon a person.
Senses: examples: text: The kids are sacked out in the back seat.
glosses: Sound asleep, usually from a healthy exhaustion.
sacked out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Outgrowth of the earlier idiom, to hit the sack (“to lie down to sleep”), with possible influences from other senses of to sack (“to tackle, to pillage”), and to sock (“to hit, to slam”), providing an implication that sleep has been thrust upon a person.
Senses: examples: text: The kids sacked out in the back seat before we made it home.
glosses: simple past and past participle of sack out
Related terms: sack
rhos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rho
gammas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gamma
Batt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -æt
Etymology: * As an English surname, a pet form of Bartholomew.
* Also as an English surname, possibly from Old English batt (“cudgel”); see modern bat.
* As a German surname, from a derivative of Medieval Latin beatus (“blessed”).
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew.
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Related terms: Battie
Bart
dipeptides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dipeptide
patissier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patissiers
form: pâtissier
Etymology: Borrowed from French pâtissier.
Senses: coordinate_terms: pâtissière
glosses: pastry chef
pendular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pendular
form: most pendular
Senses: examples: text: The ice rose off the counter, attached to the salted string. Hasan’s eyes opened wide. Aba flicked a finger against the ice. String and ice started swaying back and forth. ‘For Salman, time is pendular,’ Aba repeated, pointing to the ice.
ref: 1998, Kamila Shamsie, In the City by the Sea, Bloomsbury (2004), page 103:
glosses: Characteristic of the motion of a pendulum.
glosses: pendulous.
petrogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petrogeneses
Etymology: From petro- + -genesis, originally as a calque of earlier German Petrogenese and Petrogenesis.
Senses: glosses: Rock formation, especially the formation of igneous or metamorphic rocks.
glosses: The study of the origin of rocks, especially igneous and metamorphic rocks.
Synonyms: sense: formation of rocks
word: rock formation
sense: formation of rocks
word: petrogeny
Hypernyms: topics: petrology
geology
geography
natural-sciences
geology
geography
natural-sciences
word: study of rock formation
Related terms: petrogenetic
petrogenic
petrogeny
phenotypical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phenotypical
form: most phenotypical
form: phænotypical
Etymology: From phenotypic + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a phenotype.
Synonyms: phenotypic
Derived terms: endophenotypical
pathophenotypical
phenotypically
howler monkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of howler monkey
states of mind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of state of mind
mental hospitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mental hospital
levée
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: levées
Senses: examples: text: At this place the levée ran along about one hundred and fifty yards back from the ordinary bank of the river, thus leaving when the water was low, a smooth green lawn, beautifully adapted for an encampment, with the levée or dike, eight feet high and fifteen feet wide, protecting from attack on the land side. Breastworks were thrown up from the levée to the river, above and below the encampment. Back of the levée there was a fine plantation.
ref: 1877, John Stevens Cabot Abbott, chapter XXIV, in The History of the Civil War in America, volume 2, Springfield: C. A. Nichols & Co., page 290:
text: During a flood, the areas adjacent to the channel tend to receive deposits of the coarsest sediments carried by the water. These areas build up and are called levées. Some of the best tree growth is found on these higher areas because they are well-drained.
ref: 2003, Francine Hughes, editor, The Flooded Forest: Guidance for Policy Makers and River Managers in Europe on the Restoration of Floodplain Forests, page 9:
glosses: Uncommon spelling of levee.
metal detectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metal detector
fidelity bonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fidelity bond
family names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of family name
Xanten
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌntən/
/ˈsæntən/
/ˈsɑːntən/
Senses: glosses: A town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
unrealized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: unrealised
Etymology: From un- + realized.
Senses: examples: text: The architect's unrealized dream was to design the tallest building in the world.
text: Some women in our group have gone through or are now facing custody battles. For others, it is a constant but as yet unrealized threat.
ref: 1980 April 12, Gia Berkman, “The Right to Be a Parent”, in Gay Community News, page 12:
glosses: Not realized; possible to obtain or achieve, yet not obtained or achieved.
examples: text: unrealized capital gains
text: That amendment, ratified in 1913, explicitly empowers Congress to tax incomes. But the Moores argue that unrealized gains aren’t income at all.
ref: 2023 December 4, Conor Clarke, “The Supreme Court Takes On Yet Another Made-Up Controversy”, in The Atlantic:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Not yet realized in cash; hypothetical.
raw_tags: of a profit or loss
untempered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untempered
form: most untempered
Etymology: From un- + tempered.
Senses: glosses: Not tempered; not conditioned by a process.
examples: text: Sexual need untempered by softer emotions.
ref: 1984 December 29, Lee Lynch, “We Too Are Drifting (review)”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 10:
glosses: Not moderated or mollified.
glosses: In the case of a person, inexperienced; untested.
antipathetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antipathetical
form: most antipathetical
Etymology: From Latin antipatheticus + -al.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of antipathetic (“with antipathy”).
synonyms: word: antipathetic
extra: with antipathy
Derived terms: antipatheticalness
arsinous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical containing arsenic in oxidation state +3. Now replaced by IUPAC term arsenic(III).
Derived terms: arsinous acid
variable bindings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of variable binding
prison chasers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prison chaser
associable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more associable
form: most associable
Senses: examples: text: We know feelings to be associable only by the proved ability of one to revive another.
ref: 1855, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Psychology:
glosses: Capable of being associated or joined.
glosses: sociable; companionable
examples: text: the stomach, the most associable of all the organs of the animal body
ref: 1802, Samuel l. Mitchill, Edward Miller, “Remarks on the Sympathy of the Stomach”, in The Medical Repository:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc.
Derived terms: associableness
nonassociable
unassociable
authorisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: authorisations
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of authorization.
Derived terms: preauthorisation
reauthorisation
authorisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of authorisation
empty suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of empty suit
auto mechanic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔtoʊ məˈkænɪk/
Forms: form: auto mechanics
Senses: glosses: A person skilled in repairing and maintaining automobiles and other motor vehicles.
Synonyms: word: car mechanic
word: motor mechanic
auto mechanics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auto mechanic
auto-immune
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of autoimmune.
autoignition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoignitions
Etymology: From auto- + ignition.
Senses: glosses: Spontaneous combustion.
Derived terms: autoignition temperature
Related terms: autoigniting
autoignitions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoignition
automatic rifle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: automatic rifles
Senses: topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
synonyms: word: autorifle
glosses: A rifle that loads itself either from a belt or magazine; a machine gun. (Compare fully automatic rifles vs. semi-automatic rifles.)
automatic rifles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of automatic rifle
axiomatization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌaksɪəmətʌɪˈzeɪʃn̩/
Forms: form: axiomatizations
Etymology: From axiomatize + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: The axiomatization of set theory formed the foundations, mathematically, of everything else.
ref: 2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin, published 2013, page 49:
glosses: The reduction of some system or concept to a set of axioms.
glosses: The result of establishing a concept within a system of axioms; axiomatic system.
Related terms: axiom
axiomatic
axiomatize
trierarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trierarchies
Senses: glosses: A system in Ancient Greece whereby triremes were commanded and maintained by citizens known as trierarchs.
glosses: Trierarchs collectively.
glosses: The state or period of being a trierarch.
avant-gardist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: avant-gardists
form: avantgardist
Etymology: From avant-garde + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; a member of the avant-garde.
avant-gardist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: avantgardist
Etymology: From avant-garde + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Jackass’ affinity with an avant-gardist conception of praxis and the performativity characteristic of performance.
ref: 2013, Isher-Paul Sahni, “More than Horseplay”, in Studies in Popular Culture, volume 35, page 72:
glosses: Related to or resembling the avant-garde.
avant-gardists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of avant-gardist
baitless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bait + -less.
Senses: examples: text: With baitless hooks, the catchers rely upon their speed and agility to flick the skipjack aboard as they snap at the glittering hooks.
ref: 1964, Georg Borgström, Japan's world success in fishing:
glosses: Without bait.
bald patch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bald patches
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bald spot.
synonyms: word: bald spot
bald patches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bald patch
berms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of berm
berms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of berm
berming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of berm
bermed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bermed
form: most bermed
Senses: glosses: Having a berm.
bermed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of berm
belayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belayers
Etymology: From belay + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who belays.
belayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of belayer
armrests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of armrest
carn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑːn/
rhymes: -ɑːn
Forms: form: carns
Senses: examples: text: The Druid Carns are generally fenced round the bottom, by a circle of stones: these Carns had always on their summits, a large flat stone, on which the Druid fires were lighted […]
ref: 1807, George Chalmers, Caledonia:
glosses: Archaic form of cairn.
Related terms: Carn Brea
carn
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑːn/
rhymes: -ɑːn
Etymology: Adapted from the vernacular pronunciation of c'mon, itself an informal variant of come on. The first uses of the term in its extended sense appear to have been amongst Australian rules football fans in Victoria, with the use later spreading to other states and sports.
Senses: examples: text: Slipper hooted. But in a moment another wedging peak was upon us.
"Carn, kid. No guts, no glory."
"I don't think so," I said.
"It's the only way home now."
ref: 2008, Tim Winton, Breath, Picador UK Paperback edition 2008, Ch.3, p.52
glosses: Come on.
examples: ref: 1956 September 10, “Carn the Magpies!”, in The Argus:
text: Cries of "Carn the Bunnies" rang out, and the talk was of past glories, present disappointments and future hopes.
ref: 2001 March 26, “Rabbitohs win hearts and minds of the disaffected”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:
text: Surely there is someone in ABC Television management who has read Bruce Dawe's evocative poem Life Cycle: "When children are born in Victoria/they are wrapped in the club-colours, laid in beribboned cots/having already begun a lifetime's barracking/Carn, they cry, carn … feebly at first."
ref: 2004 February 12, “Keeping sport local on our ABC”, in The Age:
ref: 2011 October 11, “Carn the Four'n Twenty, says Preston”, in Herald Sun:
glosses: An exclamation of support or approval, usually for a sporting (football) team.
caval
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cava + -al.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the vena cava.
Derived terms: aortocaval
atriocaval
bicaval
hepatocaval
iliocaval
intercaval
intracaval
paracaval
pericaval
portacaval
portocaval
postcaval
retrocaval
transcaval
Related terms: vena caval
party dress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: party dresses
Senses: examples: text: The designer’s most recent advertising campaign was shot in a Scottish landfill site, featuring the models Birgit Kos in a camel jumpsuit on top of the decaying wreck of a car, and Iana Godnia in a green lace party dress prone on a bed of cardboard and flattened milk cartons.
ref: 2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian:
text: Oh it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl. /And with the way you look I understand /that you were not impressed. /But I heard you let that little friend of mine /take off your party dress.
ref: 1977, Elvis Costello, Alison:
glosses: A woman's dress that is too elegant, revealing, dressy or impractical for normal wear.
PND
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PNDs
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of penalty notice for disorder.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of personal navigation device.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of post-nasal drip.
qualifier: project management
glosses: Initialism of project network diagram.
pescovegetarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: pescovegetarians
Senses: glosses: A person who does not eat meat, but accepts other animal products such as fish and seafood
wikipedia: pescetarianism
Synonyms: pescetarian
Derived terms: pescovegetarianism
pescevegetarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pescevegetarians
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pescovegetarian.
dilaniate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /dɪˈleɪnieɪt/
Forms: form: dilaniates
form: dilaniating
form: dilaniated
form: dilaniated
Etymology: First attested in 1535; Borrowed from Latin dīlāniātus, perfect passive participle of dīlāniō (“to dilacerate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dis- + lāniō (“to tear to pieces”).
Senses: examples: text: For although ſix abſolute Princes were interreſſed in the quarrel, and that they had all juſt pretences, and were heated and heightned in their deſignes, yet rather than they would dilaniat the entrailes of their owne mother (faire Italy) and expoſe her thereby to be raviſh'd by Tramontanes, they met half way, and complyed with one another in a gallant kind of freedome, though everie one bore his ſhare in ſome inconvenience.
ref: 1644, James Howell, England’s Teares, for the Present Wars, […], London: […] Richard Heron, →OCLC, page 12:
glosses: To rend in pieces; to tear.
dilatate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dilatate
form: most dilatate
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dīlātātus, perfect passive participle of dīlātō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of dilate.
Senses: glosses: Dilated.
dilatate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dilatates
form: dilatating
form: dilatated
form: dilatated
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dīlātātus, perfect passive participle of dīlātō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of dilate.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To dilate.
dilatino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dilatinos
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The hypothetical superpartner of the dilaton.
belayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of belay
suffixal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From suffix + -al.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: That is modified by the addition of a suffix.
raw_tags: of a form
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Taking the role of a suffix.
raw_tags: of a form
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: That tends to make use of suffixes (more than prefixes) to create grammatical forms; suffixing.
raw_tags: of a language
diplomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diploma
atomic age
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: If this president clears the path for a new atomic age, American scientists are ready to build it.
ref: 2015 November 28, Peter Thiel, “The New Atomic Age We Need”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Atomic Age.
press box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: press boxes
form: pressbox
Senses: examples: text: In major league stadiums the press box is usually located between the first and second decks in the loge level.
ref: 2006, George Gmelch, J.J. Weiner, In the Ballpark: The Working Lives of Baseball People, →ISBN, page 151:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The section in a stadium or arena set aside for the press, or specifically for sportscasters.
examples: text: In most gins cotton is packaged in a "double-box" press wherein the lint is initially compacted in one press box by a mechanical or hydraulic tramper.
ref: 1998, “Production and Ginning of Cotton”, in Jeanne Mager Stellman, editor, Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety, 4th edition, →ISBN, page 89.7:
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: In a cotton gin, the box in which lint is compacted by a tramper.
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: Synonym of mult box.
synonyms: word: mult box
disgregate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disgregates
form: disgregating
form: disgregated
form: disgregated
Etymology: First attested in 1593; borrowed from Latin disgregātus, perfect passive participle of disgregō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: antonyms: congregate
assemble
crowd#Verb
press#Verb
glosses: To disperse; to scatter.
examples: text: Heat, seems to consist of rare parts, and disgregates bodies.
ref: 1660, Thomas Stanley, III. i. 133, in History of Philosophy:
glosses: To separate into individual parts, disjoin, disintegrate.
examples: text: Black doth congregat, unite, and fortifie the sight; the other doth disgregat, scatter, and enfeeble it.
ref: 1645, James Howell, VI. liii. 81, in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ:
glosses: (according to obsolete theories of vision) To scatter or make divergent (visual rays); (by extension) to dazzle, confuse, dim (the sight).
Related terms: aggregate
congregate
egregious
gregarious
blow one's top
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blows one's top
form: blowing one's top
form: blew one's top
form: blown one's top
form: blow one's lid
form: blow one's stack
Senses: examples: text: When my dad found out I had failed the exams, he just blew his top.
glosses: To become explosively angry; to lose one's temper.
Synonyms: go ape
go apeshit
hit the roof
hit the ceiling
lose it
lose one's rag
lose one's temper
pop one's cork
hit the ceiling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hits the ceiling
form: hitting the ceiling
form: hit the ceiling
form: hit the ceiling
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hit the roof.
strass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɹas/
rhymes: -as
Forms: form: strasses
Etymology: Borrowed from French strass, after its inventor, the 18th-century Alsatian jeweler Georg Friedrich Strass.
Senses: glosses: A rhinestone, brilliant glass used in the manufacture of artificial paste gemstones, consisting essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium.
wikipedia: Georg Friedrich Strass
lose one's temper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /luːz wʌnz tɛmpə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: loses one's temper
form: losing one's temper
form: lost one's temper
form: lost one's temper
Senses: examples: text: When my dad found out I had failed the exams, he completely lost his temper.
glosses: To become angry or annoyed.
Synonyms: word: blow one's top
word: go ape
word: go apeshit
word: go ballistic
word: go bitchcakes
word: go postal
word: hit the ceiling
word: hit the roof
word: lose it
word: lose one's cool
word: lose one's rag
word: pop one's cork
word: Note: All terms are idiomatic unless stated otherwise.
word: blow a fuse
word: blow a gasket
word: blow one's stack
word: crash out
word: cut up nasty
word: cut up rough
word: do one's block
word: do one's nut
word: flip one's lid
word: flip one's wig
word: flip out
word: fly into a rage
word: fly off the handle
word: forget oneself
word: get bent out of shape
word: get one's back up
word: get one's dander up
word: get one's Irish up
word: get one's shirt out
word: go bananas
word: go HAM
word: go H.A.M.
word: go ham
word: go off
word: go spare
word: have a cow
word: have a fit
word: have kittens
word: lose one's marbles
word: lose one's mind
word: lose one's temper
word: lower the boom
word: pitch a fit
word: see red
word: shit a brick
word: steam
word: teen
word: throw a fit
word: throw one's toys out of the pram
word: vent one's gall
word: wax wode
Hypernyms: word: rage
word: react
word: respond
Hyponyms: word: blow up
word: explode
word: flare up
word: flame up
word: freak out
word: get one's knickers in a twist
word: get one's nose out of joint
word: hulk out
Meronyms: word: clench
word: frown
word: glare
word: grit
word: scowl
word: shout
Related terms: word: count to ten
word: temper
word: annoyed
word: enrage
word: go crazy
word: tantrum
go apeshit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes apeshit
form: going apeshit
form: went apeshit
form: gone apeshit
Etymology: See apeshit.
Senses: examples: text: Dexter's vocals are competent enough: his timbre is thin and eternally teenaged, but he can go apeshit on the hiccupy histrionics like no one's business.
ref: 1999 August 26, Buddy Seigal, “Even Old Englishmen Still Get Wood”, in OC Weekly, retrieved 16 Jun 2009:
text: Naturally, the touchy airline crew went apeshit and when the plane landed, the LAPD was waiting for Mr. Zizza.
ref: 2003 May 1, Ann Romano, “One Day at a Time: The Week in Review”, in The Portland Mercury, retrieved 16 Jun 2009:
text: He walked down the street and I was looking past him and he went apeshit—"What the fuck you fuckin’ looking at? I’ll fuckin’ kill you."
ref: 2008 January 23, “Socialista Doorman Jeffrey Trunell Wants to Let You In But Sometimes Can't”, in New York Magazine, retrieved 16 Jun 2009:
glosses: To behave in an extreme manner; to act without restraint, especially by becoming explosively angry.
Synonyms: blow one's top
go ape
go ballistic
go bitchcakes
go postal
go crazy
go nuts
go bananas
flip out
hit the roof
hit the ceiling
lose it
lose one's rag
lose one's temper
lose it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: loses it
form: losing it
form: lost it
form: lost it
Senses: examples: text: When my dad found out I had failed the exams, he just lost it.
glosses: To be overcome with emotion.
To become explosively angry; to lose one's temper.
examples: text: When she heard the news about her cousin's death, she lost it.
glosses: To be overcome with emotion.
To feel devastated, or distraught, especially when one's sadness is overwhelming.
examples: text: When the teacher's chair broke, the class completely lost it.
glosses: To be overcome with emotion.
To begin to laugh uncontrollably.
glosses: To be overcome with emotion.
To lose one's mind, go crazy.
examples: text: When you think about all she's done for the sport, it's kind of sad, but she's completely lost it over the past few years.
glosses: To cease to have a skill or ability, to lose one's touch, to be washed up.
examples: text: Even then, she defended everything she had sought to achieve, saying she had “the right policies at the wrong time”. “That’s when I thought ‘she’s totally lost it’,” said a former aide.
ref: 2023 September 1, Aubrey Allegretti, “‘She’s totally lost it’: inside story of the unravelling of Liz Truss’s premiership”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To lose control of a situation.
examples: text: ‘I’m Inspector Harper, Leeds police. Where did you lose it?’ / ‘Lose it?’ He laughed. ‘I’d never lose this. It was stolen.’
ref: 2015, Chris Nickson, Two Bronze Pennies, Severn House Publishers, →ISBN:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lose, it.
Synonyms: sense: to be explosively angry
word: blow one's top
sense: to be explosively angry
word: go ape
sense: to be explosively angry
word: go apeshit
sense: to be explosively angry
word: go snake
sense: to be explosively angry
word: hit the ceiling
sense: to be explosively angry
word: freak out
sense: to be explosively angry
word: hit the roof
sense: to be explosively angry
word: lose one's temper
sense: to be explosively angry
word: lose one's rag
run back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs back
form: running back
form: ran back
form: run back
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, back.
examples: text: If you can wait a couple of minutes, I'll run you back.
glosses: To take someone home by car; to give someone a lift to their house.
examples: text: Can you run it back to the beginning, please?
glosses: To rewind a film or cassette.
examples: text: Wait, I didn't catch what you just said. Run it back for me, please.
glosses: To revisit, repeat, or do something over.
runs back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of run back
ran back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of run back
run by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs by
form: running by
form: ran by
form: run by
Senses: examples: text: Let me run that idea by the board before we spend too much time on it.
text: I would like to hear your opinion on this. Have you got a few minutes, so I can run some ideas by you?
text: Can you just run those numbers by me again, please? To make sure I've got them clear.
synonyms: run past
glosses: To inform briefly of the main points of; to bring an idea or proposal to the attention of (especially in order to obtain their opinion of it).
examples: text: Can you run by the store for milk?
glosses: To briefly stop at a location for a particular purpose.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, by.
Related terms: drive by
fly by
sail by
bounce off
runs by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of run by
running by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of run by
ran by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of run by