cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
skinship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of skin + kinship; can also be formulated as skin + -ship. Recorded as early as 1966 by the OED; probably a calque of Japanese スキンシップ (sukinshippu), itself a pseudo-anglicism recorded to date back to at least 1955, or Korean 스킨십 (seukinsip) (1971 or older). In Japanese, this form was also observed in the Latin script as early as 1955.
Senses: examples: text: In Mexico, interdependence among people in emphasized and expressed through cosleeping and "skinship." … A similar type of "skinship" also exists throughout Mexico—all one had to do is look at the way people walk or sit together. … women are always patting touching ...
ref: 1994, Nicole Landry Sault, Many Mirrors: Body Image and Social Relations, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 311:
text: However, there were times that folks needed that skinship to feel hearten'd and Dan often felt when others had that need.
ref: 2015, LT Wolf, The World King (fiction), →ISBN:
qualifier: particularly Japan
glosses: Bonding through physical (touch, skin-to-skin) contact; particularly between family members, relatives and loved ones.
examples: text: This relationship of parents to children is especially enhanced by bathing together—commonly known as skinship (sukinshippu). Other groups, from businessmen or to neighboring housewives to hikers and classmates, often seek to increase the strength of a relationship by engaging in hadaka no tsukiai at a sentō, health center, or onsen.
ref: 1992, Scott Clark, “The Japanese Bath: Extraordinarily Ordinary”, in Joseph Jay Tobin, editor, Re-made in Japan: Everyday Life and Consumer Taste in a Changing Society (social science), Yale University Press, published 1992, page 102:
glosses: Spending time together naked for social bonding.
ductwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ductworks
form: duct-work
form: duct work
Etymology: From duct + work.
Senses: synonyms: ducting
glosses: The system of ducts in a particular building.
perseverations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perseveration
disbelieving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsbɪˈliːvɪŋ(ɡ)/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disbelieve
disbelieving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsbɪˈliːvɪŋ(ɡ)/
Forms: form: more disbelieving
form: most disbelieving
Senses: glosses: refusing to believe; skeptical or incredulous
Derived terms: disbelievingly
gravy trains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gravy train
microcredits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microcredit
orpines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orpine
plant hormones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plant hormone
bird baths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bird bath
delusions of grandeur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of delusion of grandeur
bedlamites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedlamite
ill-repute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ill repute.
ill-famed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ill-famed
form: most ill-famed
Senses: examples: text: It seems she was not ordinarily ill-famed, as men use the word. She was maybe sixty years in age, small and trig, with her grey hair folded neatly under her mutch. But the sight of her eyes was not a thing to forget.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
glosses: Having a bad reputation.
homogenise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /həˈmɒdʒənaɪz/
ipa: /həˈmɑːd͡ʒənaɪz/
Forms: form: homogenises
form: homogenising
form: homogenised
form: homogenised
form: homogenize
Senses: glosses: To make homogeneous, to blend or puree.
glosses: Specifically, to treat milk so that the cream no longer separates.
Derived terms: rehomogenise
unhomogenised
Related terms: homogenisation
intranasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪntɹəˈneɪzəl/
rhymes: -eɪzəl
Etymology: From intra- + nasal.
Senses: examples: text: As to the question of hay fever and asthma, intranasal disease is not the cause of every case of these two diseases.
ref: 1890 August 24, The Hahnemannian Monthly, volume 25, page 566:
text: I speak in this manner because, recognizing the greater benefits of intranasal surgery, we can not but admit that there is always the danger of the pendulum swinging too far, of our being impelled by overzeal or ignorance, thus bringing discredit on measure which, if properly considered, would ever remain of inestimable value.
ref: 1895, International Record of Medicine and General Practice Clinics:
text: The functioning of these nontaste and nonolfactory sensory systems in oral and intranasal stimulation is the subject of a recent volume.
ref: 1992, Henry G. Schwartzberg, Physical Chemistry of Foods, page 517:
glosses: Within the nose.
examples: text: an intranasal vaccine
text: Puppies are usually immunized with intranasal vaccine before weaning.
ref: 1997, Karla S. Rugh, Miniature Schnauzers, page 53:
text: A randomized controlled clinical trial (N = 187) using an intranasal morphine-chitosan formulation (Rylomine) postoperatively following bunionectomy in 187 opioid-naïve patients demonstrated that the intranasal analgesic was comparable to IV morphine for both pain relief and systemic adverse effects.
ref: 2010, Chris Pasero, Pain Assessment and Pharmacologic Management, page 386:
text: In comparative studies, intranasal azelastine was more effective than placebo and at least as effective as oral antihistamines or intranasal corticosteroids in relieving allergic rhinitis.
ref: 2013, Marilyn Winterton Edmunds, Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, page 201:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Taken through the nose.
Derived terms: intranasally
aumbrie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aumbries
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ambry.
intercedes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of intercede
hystricine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hystricine
form: most hystricine
Etymology: From Late Latin hystrix (genitive hystricis), a kind of porcupine.
Senses: glosses: Like or pertaining to porcupines.
periosteum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: periostea
form: periosteums
Etymology: From Ancient Greek περί (perí, “about, around”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).
Senses: examples: text: Periosteum and endosteum are connective tissue sheaths of bone. […] The periosteum is a layer of connective tissue covering the external surface of a bone. The periosteum may be divided into two components: / a. An outer fibrous layer consists of dense irregular connective tissue. / b. An inner cellular layer consists of osteoprogenitor (osteogenic) cells.
ref: 1997, Ray C. Henrikson, Gordon I. Kaye, Joseph E. Mazurkiewicz, “Bone”, in Histology (National Medical Series for Independent Study), Baltimore, Md.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 131:
text: The periosteum is constrained and interrupted by tendons, ligaments, and fibrocartilage, whereas the endosteum is awash with hematopoitic bone marrow[…].
ref: 2011, Corey M. Maggiano, “Making the Mold: A Microstructural Perspective on Bone Modeling during Growth and Mechanical Adaptation”, in Christian Crowder, Sam Stout, editors, Bone Histology: An Anthropological Perspective, Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 52:
glosses: A membrane surrounding a bone.
Derived terms: mucoperiosteum
periosteal
periosteophyte
periostitis
periostracum
Related terms: endosteum
periostitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: periostitides
form: periostites
Etymology: From periosteum + -itis.
Senses: glosses: Inflammation of a periosteum
Derived terms: mucoperiostitis
osteoperiostitis
pachydermoperiostosis
Related terms: periostic
cron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chrono-, from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). Originating as the name of a specific program, but since generalized to analogous ones.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A scheduler or timer that automatically starts a job, program, task.
Derived terms: cronjob
cron job
crontab
cron task
G2G
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Abbreviation of government-to-government.
G2G
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: synonyms: GTG
IGTG
glosses: Initialism of got to go.
glosses: Initialism of good to go.
glosses: Abbreviation of get together.
PBEM
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: communication
communications
games
glosses: Initialism of play-by-email; also PBeM.
Related terms: PBM
renail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: renails
form: renailing
form: renailed
form: renailed
Etymology: From re- + nail.
Senses: glosses: To nail something again.
cash solvent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Having the ability to maintain adequate cash on hand to cover incurred expenses.
opaline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more opaline
form: most opaline
Etymology: From opal + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: She was so alive that night, opaline points in her eyes, mouth parted to bare her teeth.
ref: 2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 134:
glosses: Resembling opal in having a milky white iridescence.
opaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opalines
Etymology: From opal + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: The attack on a sea hare by a spiny lobster causes release of the whitish opaline, followed the co-release of both opaline and ink.
glosses: A clear to white liquid secreted by sea hares (genus Aplysia) that becomes viscous upon contact with water.
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several minerals resembling opal, including a variety of yellow chalcedony.
glosses: Synonym of opal glass.
synonyms: word: opal glass
Related terms: opalescent
de-Baathification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: de-Ba'thification
form: de-Baʻthification
form: de-Ba'athification
form: deba'athification
form: de-Bathification
form: debathification
Etymology: From de- + Baath + -ification. Modeled on denazification, a similar concept employed against the conquered Nazi government following the Second World War.
Senses: examples: text: From informing the Bush administration that Iraqis would welcome U.S. troops with flowers to urging a methodical and comprehensive de-Baathification program under which tens of thousands of people lost their jobs through guilt by association, she said, the errors in the exiles' counsel only mounted and multiplied.
ref: 2006, Anthony Shadid, Night draws near: Iraq's people in the shadow of America's war, page 322:
text: Mr Maliki has worsened the situation by allowing and encouraging purges of Iraqi politicians in the name of de-Baathification and largely discontinuing the US-initiated policy of working with Sunni tribal leaders and their militias - the so-called Sons of Iraq - to isolate al-Qaeda.
ref: 2014 January 4, Marina Ottaway, “Analysis: Anbar violence goes beyond sectarian conflict in Iraq”, in BBC News:
glosses: The policy of removing Baath party members from Iraqi government positions following the fall of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
animal rights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Certain fundamental rights that animals are entitled to, such as the right to be spared undue suffering.
Related terms: animal liberation
animal welfare
human rights
natural rights
neurorights
gay rights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The concept that people of minority sexual orientations such as homosexuality (gay people), are entitled to the same rights and considerations as heterosexuals.
Related terms: trans rights
Geiger counter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡaɪɡə ˈkaʊntə/
ipa: /ˈɡaɪɡɚ ˈkaʊntɚ/
Forms: form: Geiger counters
Etymology: Named after Hans Geiger who developed the first such device in 1908 together with Ernest Rutherford.
Senses: examples: text: Figure 27 shows a Geiger counter, used to detect ionizing radiation. The counter consists of a thin central wire, carrying a positive charge, surrounded by a concentric circular conducting cylinder, carrying an equal negative charge.
ref: 1988, David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Fundamentals of Physics, 3rd edition, page 387:
synonyms: Geiger-Müller counter
glosses: A device designed to detect radioactivity and measure its intensity.
examples: text: Any Geiger Counter feature can direct a user towards an RFID tagged item or at least point the user in the right direction, depending on how far away the RFID tag is.
ref: 2021 July 15, “10 Facts About the Geiger Counter Functionality, aka RFID Tag Locator”, in atlasRFIDstore (blog), retrieved 23 Aug 2024:
topics: business
commerce
retail
glosses: a feature of an RFID reader that emits a sound indicating the signal strength of an RFID tag that is being searched for.
microstructure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microstructures
Etymology: From micro- + structure.
Senses: glosses: Fine-scale structure.
The fine structure of a material or tissue as revealed by microscopy.
topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Fine-scale structure.
The fine structure of a pure metal or alloy, as revealed by magnifications of 25X or greater.
topics: climatology
geography
meteorology
natural-sciences
oceanography
glosses: Fine-scale structure.
Fine-scale structure in such variables as temperature, salinity, velocity, etc.
Derived terms: microstructural
ultramicrostructure
gloved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The harnessing done, he barked suddenly at the house, and there appeared Millie, hatted and gloved[.]
ref: 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 92:
text: Holding your gloved right hand under the cuff of the left glove, insert your left hand in the left glove.
ref: 1998 Louise Simmers: Diversified Health Occupations Essentials. (page 249) http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0827378173&id=QcywMAZFY4oC&pg=RA1-PA249&lpg=RA1-PA249&ots=y3BcxEAH5m&dq=gloved&sig=yqRgNR2s6etF8FNLS_ouBUN2n28
glosses: Wearing a glove or gloves.
Synonyms: begloved
Derived terms: ungloved
gloved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of glove
micromorphology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + morphology.
Senses: topics: biology
chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: soil science
glosses: The fine-level structures or morphology of an organism, mineral, or soil component visible through microscopy.
glosses: microstructure
Derived terms: micromorphological
Geiger counters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Geiger counter
dissensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dissension
macrostructure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrostructures
Etymology: From macro- + structure.
Senses: glosses: The gross structure of a material or tissue as visible to the unaided eye or at very low levels of magnification.
topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The gross structure of a pure metal or alloy, as revealed by magnifications of 10X or less.
macromorphology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macromorphologies
Etymology: From macro- + morphology.
Senses: topics: biology
chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: soil science
glosses: The gross structures or morphology of an organism, mineral, or soil component visible with the unaided eye or at very low levels of magnification.
glosses: macrostructure
Derived terms: macromorphological
eisegete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eisegetes
Senses: glosses: A person who places meaning on a text which is not originally or inherently present in the text itself.
eisegete
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eisegetes
form: eisegeting
form: eisegeted
form: eisegeted
Senses: examples: Derrida and Religion: Other Testaments edited by Yvonne Sherwood, Kevin Hart (page 255) (Routledge, →ISBN http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0415968887&id=9MD3qFaGYKcC&pg=PA255&lpg=PA255&ots=WTzI0sbp1m&dq=eisegete&sig=FYhXwSuFYFJfumbj9GFo-WlHF7c
And nowhere does that nongivenness appear more clearly, paradoxial as that may be, than in the image of Jesus writing something that we readers cannot read, cannot exegete or eisegete, and therefore cannot deconstruct.
glosses: To place meaning on a text which is not originally or inherently present in the text itself
Related terms: eisegesis
firelight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaɪə.laɪt/
ipa: /ˈfaɪɚ.laɪt/
Forms: form: firelights
Etymology: From Middle English fire liȝt, fyre lyghte, from Old English fȳrlēoht, equivalent to fire + light.
Senses: examples: text: He sat on by the cheerful firelight thrown from a bundle of green ash-sticks laid across the dogs; the sticks snapped pleasantly, and hissed out bubbles of sap from their ends.
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter XXXI, in Tess of the d'Urbervilles:
text: He glanced continually at the diamond-panes of the casement, gleaming dimly in the firelight, and cocked his ear toward the door, as if half expecting to hear the pad of furtive feet in the corridor without.
ref: 1936, Robert E. Howard, chapter 8, in The Hour of the Dragon:
text: Dane was startled out of the contemplation of his misery to see the medic on his knees before their row of canteens, the vial of water purifier held to the firelight for a closer inspection.
ref: 1959, Andre Norton, chapter IV, in Voodoo Planet:
glosses: The light of a fire, such as from a campfire or fireplace.
cutie pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkjuːti ˌpaɪ/
Forms: form: cutie pies
form: cutie-pie
form: cutiepie
form: qt 3.14
form: QT 3.14
Senses: examples: text: Her daughter is such a cutie pie!
text: Not a chance, Cutie-Pie! I'm still in th' hands o' my Oculist!
ref: 1916 November 28, Dopey Dan, “Twixt Love and Safety”, in The Washington Herald, page 14:
text: “Huh! The story book says ‘little boys’ belong in that category. Come, Bill, out with it!”
“Well, then, cutie pie,—Uncle Michael is a secret service man.”
ref: 1933, Dorothy Wayne [pseudonym; Noel Everingham Sainsbury], Dorothy Dixon and the Double Cousin:
synonyms: cutie patootie
glosses: A cute person, often female.
examples: text: Most hospitals stock cutie pies to monitor radiation contamination levels during an emergency.
ref: 2014, Mary Alice Statkiewicz Sherer, Paula J. Visconti, E. Russell Ritenour, Workbook for Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography, page 23:
synonyms: Geiger counter
Geiger-Müller counter
glosses: A small hand-held radiation meter.
declarations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of declaration
AMF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AMFs
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Acronym of attacking midfielder.
glosses: Initialism of adios, motherfucker, a mixed drink variant of the Long Island iced tea.
glosses: Initialism of Autorité des marchés financiers, a financial institution supervising the French financial market, or its Quebec counterpart that shares the same name.
AMF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: railways
transport
glosses: Abbreviation of Ammanford.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of action message format, a proprietary protocol for object remoting.
glosses: Initialism of Arab Monetary Fund.
glosses: Initialism of Australian Militia Force, a forerunner to the Australian Army Reserve.
glosses: Initialism of Afghan Military (or Militia) Force (“American name for Afghan soldiers from Hamid Karzai's government, or from local militias allied to Afghanistan's central government”).
macromorphological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macro- + morphological.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to macromorphology.
Derived terms: macromorphologically
micromorphological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + morphological.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to micromorphology.
Derived terms: micromorphologically
spires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spire
spires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spire
easier said than done
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Which is a thing more easily said, than made good in the way of doing.
ref: 1858, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II of Prussia, called Frederick the Great, volume 1, page 288:
text: Scott Parker was desperately urging England's players to keep possession - but it was easier said than done amid waves of Ukraine attacks and it needed a penalty area block from the Tottenham midfield man to thwart Devic.
ref: 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:
antonyms: piece of cake
glosses: Easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish.
adnexed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin adnexus (“annexed, attached”).
Senses: examples: text: In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is adnexed.
topics: biology
botany
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Narrowly attached to a stem or stipe.
hoarsely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hoarsely
form: most hoarsely
Etymology: From Middle English hosely; equivalent to hoarse + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She spoke hoarsely because of her cough.
text: `Say, hast thou seen enough!' `I have looked on beauty, and I am blinded,' I said hoarsely, lifting my hand to cover up my eyes.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
text: I hope that my philosopher may yet walk on the hills with me, if only for the sake of the love I bear the green valleys; and when I see the great stream passing silently from translucent pool to pool, overhung by rowans and sun-warmed rocks, I shall be glad to think that I have walked on the heights where it was gathered and drawn, and that I have heard it talk hoarsely to itself, cold and uncomforted, among the bleak and dripping stones.
ref: 1913, Arthur Christopher Benson, The Silent Isle:
text: "Where do you keep your cash, bub?" asked Idris hoarsely. His American was better than Hassan's English.
ref: 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 490:
glosses: With a dry, harsh voice.
Related terms: hoarse
hoarseness
longs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long
longs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of long
longs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We then got dressed in our assault kit; one vest, two shirts, two jerseys, one lumber jacket, one pair of shorts, one pair of pajama longs, one pair of longs, one pair of snow goggles, a balaclava, two pairs of gloves, one pair of mitts […]
ref: 1957, Boys' Life, volume 47, number 5, page 81:
text: On the other hand, Bruce Camlin was one of the new generation of ang moh who knew their place in the new order, the post-colonial era. When he walked in on his first day, he wore longs made of coarse khaki and shirts that came off a supermarket peg.
ref: 2013, Clement Mesenas, The Last Great Strike:
glosses: Long trousers/pants, as opposed to shorts.
Related terms: longs and shorts
Caius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
homophone: keys
homophone: quays
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Ellipsis of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
chiropodists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chiropodist
animations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of animation
plyometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or by means of, plyometrics.
Derived terms: plyometric box
plyometrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πλείων (pleíōn, “more”) + -metric (“measure”). Additional details are available in Wikipedia at plyometrics § Etymology.
Senses: examples: text: She was not one of those women who needed to endure complicated half hours of rubbing and prodding and explosive plyometrics before her body tensed and the dam holding back her pleasure burst.
ref: 2015, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Hausfrau, Random House, page 102:
synonyms: word: plyos
hypernyms: calisthenics
strength training
coordinate_terms: isokinetics
isometrics
isotonics
glosses: A form of exercise that involves the rapid stretching and contracting of muscles to develop muscular power.
Related terms: explosive
Zapatistas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zapatista
Zapatista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zapatistas
form: Zapatist
Etymology: From Spanish zapatista.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Liberation Army of the South, a group formed and led by Emiliano Zapata that took part in the Mexican Revolution.
glosses: A member of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, an indigenous leftist group that formed in the jungles of Chiapas in 1983 and coordinated an uprising on January 1st, 1994, the day NAFTA took effect.
Related terms: Zapata mustache
Francesco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /fɹænˈtʃɛskoʊ/
Etymology: From Italian Francesco.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Italian
Forrest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Forrest later attacked Willis in New York, knocking him to the ground; lawsuits proliferated as Willis sued Forrest for assault, and Forrest countersued for libel.
ref: 2014, Eric L. Haralson, Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century, page 497:
glosses: A topographical surname from Middle English for someone who lived or worked in a Royal forest (area of woodland reserved for hunting).
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms: Forrest City
Forrest County
Forrest Gump
Harrington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Harington
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Old English from several places of that name in England.
glosses: A surname from Irish anglicised from the Irish Ó hArrachtáin "descendant of Arrachtán".
glosses: A fishing village located at the mouth of the Manning River, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A community in the township of Zorra, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A township municipality in the Laurentides region, Quebec, Canada.
glosses: A place in England:
A village and ward in Workington civil parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NX9925).
glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF3671).
glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire (OS grid ref SP7780).
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Colusa County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Kent County, Delaware.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Washington County, Maine.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Bennett County, South Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Alleghany County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Lincoln County, Washington.
glosses: An English earldom.
Derived terms: Chu-Harrington limit
Harrington farthing
harringtonine
High Harrington
Harrington
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Harringtons
form: Harington
Senses: glosses: A short, light jacket with a zip front and often a tartan lining.
strafing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -eɪfɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of strafe
strafing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪfɪŋ
Forms: form: strafings
Senses: examples: text: Through these intense two days, the provisional battalion endured sporadic artillery attacks, aircraft strafings, and small arms fire. However, fighting back was nearly impossible.
ref: 2012, Victor Cleary, The Complete Clarksburg Ohio World War II Guide, page 176:
glosses: The act of one who strafes.
Derived terms: strafing run
Payne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /peɪn/
Forms: form: Paynes
Senses: examples: text: Payne released his debut solo album “LP1” in 2019 and said in 2023 that he was working on his second album.
ref: 2024 October 16, Dan Heching, Manuela Castro, Mauricio Torres, Alli Rosenbloom and Christian Edwards, “Liam Payne, former One Direction member, dies after hotel balcony fall”, in CNN:
glosses: An English surname, variant of Paine.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Macon, formerly a city, in Bibb County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: A village in Paulding County, Ohio, United States.
Derived terms: Fort Payne
Payne County
Payneham
paynize
Paine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -eɪn
Forms: form: Pain
form: Payne
Senses: examples: text: Albert Bigelow Paine, his biographer to be and literary executor, who has been constantly with him, said that for the last year at least Mr. Clemens had been weary of life. When Richard Watson Gilder died, he said: "How fortunate he is. No good fortune of that kind ever comes to me."
ref: 1910 April 22, “Mark Twain is Dead at 74”, in The New York Times:
glosses: An English surname, of Norman derivation, meaning someone who lived outside of a city (see Latin pagus).
Derived terms: Painesville
conniving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈnaɪvɪŋ/
Forms: form: more conniving
form: most conniving
Senses: examples: text: I waited. Then those two / Strange pilgrims of the sanctuaries of sin / Brought from beneath their large conniving cloaks / Two hidden baskets brimming with rich store / Of broken viands — pasties, jellies, meats, / Crumbs of Belshazzar's table, evil waste / Of that interminable nightly feast […]
ref: 1902, Edith Wharton, The Bread of Angels:
glosses: That connives; conspiratorial.
conniving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈnaɪvɪŋ/
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Brezhnev departed drastically from the recent Soviet propaganda line, which has attacked the United States for conniving in the Chinese invasion, as some Soviet press comments have put it.
He did say that “the entire danger of any forms of connivance with that policy is more evident now than ever before.” But he did not mention the United States in this context and did not develop the argument voiced constantly by official spokesmen since the invasion that China had been emboldened by its reconciliation with the United States and that the Carter Administration had, in effect, encouraged the Chinese attack.
ref: 1979 March 3 [1979 March 2], Leonid I. Brezhnev, quotee, “BREZHNEV CONDEMNS CHINESE, BUT VOICES NO MILITARY THREAT”, in The New York Times, sourced from Moscow, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2025, page 1:
glosses: present participle and gerund of connive
Derived terms: connivingly
unconniving
Related terms: word: kniving
raw_tags: of conniving
pagus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pagi
Etymology: From Latin pāgus.
Senses: glosses: A country district with scattered hamlets.
glosses: The fortified centre of such a district.
glosses: Among the early Teutons, a division of the territory larger than a village, like a wapentake or hundred.
connivance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈnaɪvəns/
Forms: form: connivances
form: connivancy
form: connivence
form: connivency
Etymology: From early 18th c., replaced earlier form connivence (late 16th c.), from Latin connīventia, from connīvēns (“winking”).
Senses: examples: text: The Abbot’s house, which formed the third side of the square, was, though injured, still inhabited, and afforded refuge to the few brethren who yet, rather by connivance than by actual authority, were permitted to remain at Kennaquhair.
ref: 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 271:
topics: law
glosses: The process of conniving or conspiring.
Derived terms: nonconnivance
Marmaduke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Thought to be derived from the Irish name Mael Maedóc, "devotee of Maedóc" (an Irish saint); also anglicised as Malachy.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Irish, once popular in parts of Yorkshire, Lancashire and County Durham.
mathematical game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mathematical games
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any game featuring arithmetic or other branches of mathematics; a branch of recreational mathematics
Related terms: game theory
Sterling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɜː.lɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈstɝ.lɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪŋ
homophone: Stirling
Etymology: See Stirling.
Senses: glosses: A Scottish surname, variant of Stirling.
glosses: An English surname, thought to be a variant of Starling.
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Logan County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Glynn County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Bingham County, Idaho.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Whiteside County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Jackson County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Rice County, Kansas, named after Sterling Rosan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Deep River Township, Arenac County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Madison County, Montana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Johnson County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Cayuga County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Burleigh County, North Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Milton Township, Wayne County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Comanche County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Woodward Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Sanpete County, Utah.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Skagit County, Washington.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Polk County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships, listed under Sterling Township.
Derived terms: Sterling City
Sterling County
Sterling Heights
Related terms: Mount Sterling
ayahuasca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌaɪəˈwɑːskə/
Forms: form: ayahuascas
Etymology: From Spanish ayahuasca, from Quechua ayawaska, from aya (“spirit, ancestor”) + waska (“vine”). First use appears c. 1870. See cite below.
Senses: glosses: A giant vine native to South America (especially Banisteriopsis caapi), noted for its psychotropic properties.
examples: text: They make use of a narcotic drink called Ayahuasca, which produces effects similar to those of opium.
ref: 1870, James Orton, The Andes and the Amazon, Or, Across the Continent of South America, page 171:
text: As the Amazon forest people would take ayahuasca and enter into that place of Group Mind where they would make decisions for the tribe, the psychedelic shamanic acts that McKenna was promulgating would involve the experience of ecstasy and the contemplation of wholeness.
ref: 2004, Martin Torgoff, “Nouveau Psychedelia”, in Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 414:
text: Like many young women in that cultural era, she was excited to explain ayahuasca, and informed me that her appointment was scheduled for next week, when she would be leaving New York to visit family in Rio.
ref: 2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN:
text: Police in eastern Spain have arrested three people and seized 11 litres of ayahuasca, 117 San Pedro cactus plants and several bottles of toad poison after raiding two rural properties that were used to host lucrative spiritual retreats promising “astral journeys”.
ref: 2025 August 11, Sam Jones, “Ayahuasca and toad poison seized as police raid spiritual retreats in Spain”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: yage
grandmother
glosses: Any of various psychoactive infusions or decoctions prepared from this vine.
Stirling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɜː.lɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈstɝ.lɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪŋ
homophone: sterling
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Scots Stirveling, from Early Scots Strivelin, Strivelyn, likely from Old Irish sreb, srib (“stream”) + linn (“pool, lake”). Cognate with Old French Estrivelin, Middle Welsh Ystriflin.
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A city in Stirling council area, Scotland, originally in Stirlingshire.
A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996, with its administrative centre in the city.
glosses: A placename:
A city in Stirling council area, Scotland, originally in Stirlingshire.
A former local government district in Central Region, Scotland from 1975 to 1996, which became the council area.
glosses: A placename:
A settlement near Peterhead in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, otherwise known as Stirling Village (OS grid ref NK1242).
glosses: A placename:
A village in the County of Warner, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A placename:
A village in Stirling-Rawdon township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A placename:
A census-designated place in Long Hill Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A settlement near Balclutha, South Otago, New Zealand.
glosses: A placename:
A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
glosses: A placename:
A town in Adelaide Hills council area, South Australia.
glosses: A placename:
A local government area, the City of Stirling, in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia.
glosses: A placename:
A suburb within the city in Western Australia.
glosses: A Scottish habitational surname derived from the town.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms: Stirling City
Stirling cycle
Stirling engine
Stirling-Rawdon
Stirlingshire
Related terms: Sterling
recreational mathematics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any use of mathematics or logic whose primary purpose is recreation, though often with more serious characteristics.
Related terms: game theory
mathematical game
Jayne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.
examples: text: "Having lunch with the Gorgons today?" Andrew had asked her. It was his oft-stated opinion that the ys in Kathryn and Jayne''s names were their compensation for a missing, but coveted, male chromosome.
ref: 1997, Sharyn McCrumb, “The Luncheon”, in Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories, →ISBN, page 118:
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew, a 20th-century spelling of Jane.
DMT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A little over 50 years later – with LSD, psilocybin, psilocin, TMA, several compounds based on DMT and various other isomers – the number was up to almost 20.
ref: 2005 January 30, Drake Bennett, “Dr. Ecstasy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: McKenna was in school at UC Berkeley in 1966 when someone boosted a fifty-five-gallon drum of pure crystal DMT at Stanford that was headed for the army arsenal at Edgewood, Maryland, and released it into the dope-dealing machinery of the university.
ref: 2004, Martin Torgoff, “Nouveau Psychedelia”, in Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 412:
glosses: Initialism of dimethyltryptamine, a naturally occurring psychedelic drug.
examples: text: At the elite level, DMT is one of the most spectacular sports, with competitors completing high, multi-twisting somersaults.
ref: 2009, Trampolining:
glosses: Initialism of double mini trampoline, an aerial sport.
Derived terms: 5-MeO-DMT
dimethyltryptamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdaɪmɛθəlˈtɹɪptəmiːn/
Forms: form: dimethyltryptamines
Etymology: From dimethyl + tryptamine.
Senses: glosses: An N-methylated indoleamine derivative, a serotonergic hallucinogen found in several plants, especially Prestonia amazonica (Apocynaceae), and in mammalian brain, blood, and urine.
Derived terms: methoxydimethyltryptamine
Related terms: serotonin
5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine
brisket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɪskɪt/
rhymes: -ɪskɪt
Forms: form: briskets
Etymology: From Middle English brusket, probably from Old Danish bryske (“cartilage, gristle”), from Old Norse brjósk, from Proto-Germanic *briuskiz (compare German Brausche (“knot on the head”)). Cognate with Danish brusk, Icelandic brjósk.
Senses: glosses: The chest of an animal.
examples: text: Right after chili, smoked beef brisket could easily be the state food of Texas.
ref: 2016, Samantha Skaggs, Real Food Slow Cooker Suppers, Page Street Publishing, →ISBN, page 146:
glosses: A cut of meat taken from the chest, especially from the section under the first five ribs.
glosses: A smoked meat dish made from cow brisket popular in Texas.
glosses: The character Bridget, a character from the video game series Guilty Gear.
Derived terms: brisket disease
bromidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹoʊˈmɪdɪk/
rhymes: -ɪdɪk
Forms: form: more bromidic
form: most bromidic
Etymology: From bromide (“dull person; platitude”) + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: I'm as trite and as gay as a daisy in May, / A cliché comin' true! / I'm bromidic and bright / As a moon-happy night / Pourin' light on the dew!
ref: 1949, Rodgers and Hammerstein, I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy (song from South Pacific)
synonyms: word: banal
word: bromidic
word: quotidian
word: clichéd
word: commonplace
word: cookie-cutter
word: corny
word: dog-eared
word: everyday
word: hackneyed
word: hoary
word: meh
word: overdone
word: pat
word: played out
word: prosaic
word: shopworn
word: stale
word: stock
word: threadbare
word: timeworn
word: tired
word: trite
word: unoriginal
word: vapid
word: warmed-over
word: well-worn
glosses: Stale, banal, clichéd.
scrotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrote
Ba'th
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Baath.
Ba'ath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Baath.
Baath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɑːθ/
rhymes: -ɑːθ
homophone: bath (Received Pronunciation)
Forms: form: the Baath
form: Bath
form: Ba'th
form: Baʻth
form: Ba'ath
form: Baʻath
Etymology: From Arabic بَعْث (baʕṯ, “resurrection”), part of the party's official name, حِزْب البَعْث العَرَبِيّ الاِشْتِرَاكِيّ (ḥizb al-baʕṯ al-ʕarabiyy al-ištirākiyy, literally “the party of the Arab socialist resurrection”). The sequence ــَعْـ (aʿ) is often rendered as ⟨aa⟩ in English; compare Baalbek for بَعْلَبَكّ (baʕlabakk), the Kaaba for الكَعْبَة (al-kaʕba), Saad (name) for سَعْد (saʕd), or zaatar for زَعْتَر (zaʕtar).
Senses: examples: text: Today it is they that proclaim the slogan of "federation"—which is opposed to the Baath's postulates.
ref: 1959, Swiss Review of World Affairs, page 23:
text: Nasser had a country without a party, but the Baath was still a party without a country.
ref: 1978, Lewis B. Ware, A Handbook of the Arab-Israeli Crisis, page 96:
text: For the Party to succeed in achieving these aims, Aflaq insisted that the Baath had to be nationalist, populist, socialist and revolutionary.
ref: 1980, Adeed I. Dawisha, Syria and the Lebanese crisis, page 46:
text: The Baath was small but well organized and bold, and could not be intimidated.
ref: 1995, Milton Viorst, Sandcastles, page 23:
text: The Baath is an avowedly secular party that has pursued socialist economic policies and at one time was aligned with the "godless" Soviet Union.
ref: 2012, William Mark Habeeb, The Middle East in Turmoil, page 185:
text: The 1973 War was an opportunity for decision makers to demonstrate that their work under the Baath was substantively different than their predecessors, [...]
ref: 2016, Imad Mansour, Statecraft in the Middle East, page 125:
text: The Baath was the party of the downtrodden, stacked with minorities and the rural poor of all sects, including Sunni.
ref: 2018, Rania Abouzeid, No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria:
text: It was on this platform that the Baath would bring glory, honor, and enlightenment back to the Arab World in the wake of European colonialism.
ref: 2021, Christopher Solomon, In Search of Greater Syria, page 5:
glosses: The Arab Socialist Baath Party, a secular Arab socialist political party present in several countries in the Middle East, most prominently Iraq and Syria.
Derived terms: Baathism
Baathist
de-Baathification
Related terms: Baathi
vinyl cyanide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
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: The compound acrylonitrile.
actinomycetes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of actinomycete
actinophage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actinophages
Senses: glosses: Any bacteriophage that infects bacteria of the order Actinomycetales.