cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
daftness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑːftnəs/
ipa: /ˈdæftnəs/
ipa: /ˈdæftnəs/
Forms: form: daftnesses
Etymology: From daft + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: There's no end to their daftness if they once start on that track. A lawfu' trade's a lawfu' trade, says I, and it's contrary to public policy to pit it at the mercy of wheen cranks. D'ye no agree, sir? By the way, I havena got your name?
ref: 1919, John Buchan, “chapter 8”, in Mr Standfast:
glosses: Property of being daft.
glosses: Something that is daft.
sulu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulus
Senses: glosses: An all-purpose skirt-like garment worn by men and women in Fiji.
sun letter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sun letters
Etymology: Calque of Arabic حَرْف شَمْسِيّ (ḥarf šamsiyy).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: solar letter
antonyms: moon letter
glosses: One of fourteen Arabic letters that cause the "L" of a preceding definite article اَل (al-) to be assimilated in pronunciation. The sun letter suppresses the sound of the "L" and then geminates: al + ṣīn = aṣ-ṣīn. The effect of the sun letter is limited to pronunciation and does not affect the spelling, except that a shadda may be written over the sun letter and in the fully vocalised spelling lām lacks any diacritics: الصِّين (aṣ-ṣīn). The fourteen sun letters are ت (t), ث (ṯ), د (d), ذ (ḏ), ر (r), ز (z), س (s), ش (š), ص (ṣ), ض (ḍ), ط (ṭ), ظ (ẓ), ل (l), ن (n). Phonetically, they represent coronal consonants.
sun letters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sun letter
coof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coofs
Etymology: Probably related to cove (“a fellow”).
Senses: examples: text: "Georgie Gleg is odious to me. He always has been. For all his good heart he's a coof and a simp."
ref: 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 212:
glosses: An idiot, or fool.
coof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cough.
Senses: glosses: COVID-19.
glosses: COVID-19.
The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
moon letter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moon letters
Etymology: Calque of Arabic حَرْف قَمَرِيّ (ḥarf qamariyy).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: lunar letter
antonyms: sun letter
glosses: One of fourteen Arabic letters that do not affect the pronunciation of the "L" of a preceding definite article (ال- (al--)). The "L" in the Arabic definite article is pronounced "L" when followed by a moon letter: e.g., القُرْآن (al-qurʔān). The fourteen moon letters are: ء (ʔ), ب (b), ج (j), ح (ḥ), خ (ḵ), ع (ʕ), غ (ḡ), ف (f), ق (q), ك (k), م (m), ه (h), و (w), ي (y)
moon letters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moon letter
superscribe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /suːpəˈskɹʌɪb/
Forms: form: superscribes
form: superscribing
form: superscribed
form: superscribed
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-
Proto-Italic *skreiβō
Latin scrībō
Latin superscrīboder.
English superscribe
From Latin superscrībo (“write over”).
Senses: examples: He superscribed each character with its Latin-alphabet equivalent.
glosses: to write on the exterior of, the surface of, or above.
examples: text: His wife superscribed her own notes on each of his letters before sending them in packets to the editor.
glosses: to write (something) on the exterior of an object, such as a document or an envelope.
examples: text: That Friday, which began like any other, when my fate was brought up from the kitchen, superscribed to me, and put into my ignorant hand.
ref: 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 121:
glosses: To address (an envelope etc.).
spidered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spidered
form: most spidered
Senses: examples: text: Three faces have resolved into place above summer-weight sportcoats and half-Windsors across a polished pine conference table shiny with the spidered light of an Arizona noon.
ref: 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 3:
glosses: infested by spiders; covered in cobwebs
spidered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spider
minute hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minute hands
Senses: synonyms: big hand
coordinate_terms: hour hand
second hand
glosses: The hand of a clock or watch face that revolves once each hour and indicates the minutes.
hour hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hour hands
Senses: synonyms: little hand
coordinate_terms: minute hand
second hand
glosses: The hand of a clock or watch face that revolves twice each day and indicates the hours.
mimetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈmɛtɪk/
rhymes: -ɛtɪk
homophone: memetic stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: more mimetic
form: most mimetic
form: mimetick
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μῑμητικός (mīmētikós, “imitative”).
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting mimesis.
examples: text: This is a planned city, built wholesale from scratch, and coloured with a mimetic sense of humour. Lusail has a replica Place Vendôme. Lusail has a fake Beverly Hills (still under construction).
ref: 2022 November 27, Barney Ronay, “Welcome to Lusail: Lego-city of the gods and one of the strangest places on earth”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Imitative.
Derived terms: adrenomimetic
allelomimetic
amylinomimetic
andromimetic
anthropomimetic
antimimetic
bacteriomimetic
betamimetic
biomimetic
calcimimetic
cannabimimetic
cholinomimetic
comimetic
estromimetic
ethnomimetic
glycomimetic
glycopeptidomimetic
gynemimetic
immunomimetic
membrane mimetic chemistry
mimetically
mimetic desire
mimeticism
mimeticist
mimeticity
morphinomimetic
mucomimetic
neuromimetic
non-mimetic
non-mimetic fiction
osteomimetic
pathomimetic
peptidomimetic
phagomimetic
pharmacomimetic
phosphomimetic
phosphopeptidomimetic
physiomimetic
proteinomimetic
proteomimetic
psychomimetic
psychotomimetic
radiomimetic
sympathomimetic
thanatomimetic
thyromimetic
vagomimetic
zoomimetic
Related terms: memetic
mimetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈmɛtɪk/
rhymes: -ɛtɪk
homophone: memetic stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: mimetics
form: mimetick
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μῑμητικός (mīmētikós, “imitative”).
Senses: glosses: Something mimetic or imitative.
topics: education
glosses: A type of mnemonic in the form of a picture.
examples: text: caloric restriction mimetic
text: exercise mimetic
text: serotonin mimetic
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A substance with similar pharmacological effects as another substance or as a lifestyle intervention such as diet or exercise.
gnosticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gnosticisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gnosticism.
Derived terms: neognosticism
fenestrated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fenestrated
form: most fenestrated
Etymology: Latin fenestro, from the noun fenestra (“window”).
Senses: topics: architecture
synonyms: windowed
antonyms: nonwindowed
unfenestrated
unwindowed
windowless
coordinate_terms: glazed
glosses: Having windows.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having perforations through the leaves or fistulate/hollow/tubular stems/trunks.
Derived terms: multifenestrated
nonfenestrated
unfenestrated
fenestrated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Latin fenestro, from the noun fenestra (“window”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: simple past and past participle of fenestrate
Related terms: fenestration
omnitheism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omni-theism
Etymology: From omni- + theism.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: The belief that all religions contain a core recognition of the same god or gods.
examples: text: In other words, omni-theism is merely the other side of humanistic atheism: Both reduce life to the human center.
ref: 2009, Whitney Bauman, Theology, Creation, and Environmental Ethics: From Creatio Ex Nihilo to Terra Nullius, page 132:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: The belief that every entity is a god.
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: The belief in all gods; pantheism.
Derived terms: omnitheist
omnitheistic
omnitheistical
omnitheistically
Related terms: atheism
monotheism
multitheism
pandeism
polytheism
interlocutress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interlocutresses
Etymology: From interlocutor + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: Milly hereupon replied appreciatively that such a description of herself made her feel as if pink paper were her dress and lavender its trimming; but Aunt Maud was not to be deterred by a weak joke from keeping it up. Her interlocutress could feel besides that she kept it up in perfect sincerity.
ref: 1902, Henry James, The Wings of the Dove:
synonyms: interlocutrice
interlocutrix
glosses: A female interlocutor.
duodenitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From duodenum + -itis.
Senses: glosses: Inflammation of the duodenum.
Derived terms: gastroduodenitis
periduodenitis
genio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiːniəʊ/
Forms: form: genios
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian genio. Doublet of genius.
Senses: examples: text: Some genios which are not capable of pure affection […]
ref: 1709 August 22 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], “Thursday, August 11, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 53; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, →OCLC:
glosses: Somebody having a particular way of thinking.
Related terms: genius
call centre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: call centres
Senses: synonyms: contact centre
glosses: Alternative spelling of call center.
birdlime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜːdlaɪm/
ipa: /ˈbɝdlaɪm/
Etymology: Partial calque of German Vogelleim. By surface analysis, bird + lime.
Senses: synonyms: birdglue
glosses: A sticky substance, of varying compositions, smeared on branches to catch birds.
glosses: Time; a jail term, the serving of a prison sentence.
birdlime
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜːdlaɪm/
ipa: /ˈbɝdlaɪm/
Forms: form: birdlimes
form: birdliming
form: birdlimed
form: birdlimed
Etymology: Partial calque of German Vogelleim. By surface analysis, bird + lime.
Senses: glosses: To add birdlime to.
lacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /læks/
homophone: lax
rhymes: -æks
Senses: glosses: plural of lack
lacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /læks/
homophone: lax
rhymes: -æks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lack
imploring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more imploring
form: most imploring
Derived terms: imploringly
imploringness
imploring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of implore
imploring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: implorings
Senses: examples: text: But on the night that Nekhludov seduces Maslova, he forces his way past doors, implorings, and physical resistance.
ref: 1997, Edward Wasiolek, Tolstoy's Major Fiction, page 198:
glosses: The act of one who implores; imploration.
blackberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blackberry
blackberries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blackberry
antichlor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antichlors
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: antichlorine
glosses: Any substance used to remove excess chlorine or hypochlorite from textiles etc after bleaching; typically sodium thiosulfate.
Related terms: antichloristic
chlorine water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A solution of chlorine in water used as a bleaching agent
chlorine fluoride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorine fluorides
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any binary compound of chlorine and fluorine.
Related terms: chlorine monofluoride
chlorine trifluoride
chlorine pentafluoride
chlorine monofluoride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A gaseous binary compound, CF, of chlorine and fluorine.
chlorine trifluoride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Chlorine trifluoride, ClF₃, or "CTF" as the engineers insist on calling it, is a colorless gas, a greenish liquid, or a white solid. It boils at 12° (so that a trivial pressure will keep it liquid at room temperature) and freezes at a convenient —76°... It is also quite probably the most vigorous fluorinating agent in existence—much more vigorous than fluorine itself... It is, of course, extremely toxic, but that's the least of the problem. It is hypergolic with every known fuel, and so rapidly hypergolic that no ignition delay has ever been measured. It is also hypergolic with such things as cloth, wood, and test engineers, not to mention asbestos, sand, and water—with which it reacts explosively.
ref: 1972, John Drury Clark, Ignition!, page 73:
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A poisonous gaseous binary compound, CF₃, of chlorine and fluorine.
chlorine pentafluoride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A gaseous hypervalent binary compound, CF₅, of chlorine and fluorine.
nodus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊdəs
Forms: form: nodi
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nōdus (“a knot”). Doublet of knot, knout, and node.
Senses: glosses: A difficulty.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: In the Odonata, a prominent crossvein near the centre of the leading edge of a wing.
Derived terms: lymphonodus
nodal
chlorine oxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorine oxides
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any binary compound of chlorine and oxygen.
Related terms: chlorine monoxide
chlorine dioxide
chlorine trioxide
dichlorine monoxide
dichlorine dioxide
dichlorine trioxide
dichlorine tetroxide
dichlorine hexoxide
dichlorine heptoxide
chloriniferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more chloriniferous
form: most chloriniferous
Etymology: From chlorine + -i- + -ferous.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: containing, or yielding chlorine
chlorinise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chlorinises
form: chlorinising
form: chlorinised
form: chlorinised
Etymology: From chlorine + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chlorinize.
chlorinize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chlorinizes
form: chlorinizing
form: chlorinized
form: chlorinized
form: chlorinise
Etymology: From chlorine + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To chlorinate.
chlorinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɔːɹ.ɪn.əs/
Forms: form: more chlorinous
form: most chlorinous
Etymology: From chlorine + -ous.
Senses: hypernyms: halogenous
coordinate_terms: fluorinous
brominous
iodinous
glosses: Containing or involving chlorine.
Related terms: chloric
chlorous
hydrochloric
hyperchloric
hypochlorous
hypochloric
chloruret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorurets
Etymology: From chlorine + -uret, attested from 1815, never really competitive with chloride it attempted to replace, obsolete by late 19th c.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: chloride
Amrita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta, “immortal”).
Senses: glosses: Anglicization of Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta, “immortal”)
Derived terms: Amrita Nadi
sassafras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɑːs
ipa: /ˈsasəfɹas/
Forms: form: sassafrases
form: saxefras
Etymology: From Spanish sasafrás, possibly from Latin saxifragus (“stone-breaking”) from the habit of certain plants growing in cracks in boulders. If this etymology is correct, it is a doublet of saxifrage.
Senses: synonyms: red sassafras
silky sassafras
white sassafras
glosses: A tree of species Sassafras albidum of the eastern United States and Asia having mitten-shaped leaves and red, aromatic heartwood.
glosses: A tree of any species in the genus Sassafras.
examples: text: our allowance was somewhat bettered, by a daily proportion of Bisket, which the sailers would pilfer to sell, give, or exchange with us, for money, Saxefras, furres, or love.
ref: 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 82:
synonyms: cinnamonwood
glosses: The bark of the root of this plant, used for medicinal and (mostly historically) culinary purposes and formerly a main ingredient in root beer.
Derived terms: english: Doryphora sassafras etc.
translation: Doryphora sassafras etc.
word: Australian sassafras
taxonomic: Atherosperma moschatum
word: blackheart sassafras
taxonomic: Cinnamomum oliveri
word: black sassafras
taxonomic: Ocotea odorifera
word: Brazilian sassafras
taxonomic: Laurelia sempervirens
word: Chilean sassafras
taxonomic: Sassafras tzumu
word: Chinese sassafras
taxonomic: Daphnandra repandula
word: grey sassafras
taxonomic: Laurelia novae-zelandiae
word: New Zealand sassafras
taxonomic: Daphnandra repandula
word: northern sassafras
taxonomic: Cinnamomum oliveri
word: Oliver's sassafras
taxonomic: Sassafras albidum
word: red sassafras
alt: Nectandra pichurim; Ocotea odorifera
word: sassafras nut
taxonomic: Daphnandra repandula
word: scentless sassafras
taxonomic: Sassafras albidum
word: silky sassafras
taxonomic: Daphnandra tenuipes
word: socket sassafras
taxonomic: Atherospermataceae spp.
word: southern sassafras
taxonomic: Magnolia abovata
alt: syn. Magnolia glauca
word: swamp sassafras
taxonomic: Sassafras albidum
word: white sassafras
taxonomic: Daphnandra repandula
word: yellow sassafras
Related terms: sense: botanical ingredients of root beer
word: sarsaparilla
satellite navigation system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: satellite navigation systems
Senses: glosses: Any electronic navigation system which uses space satellites as radio signal sources and position references.
glosses: A satellite network used for implementing such a system.
glosses: A navigation device that implements access to such a system, having satellite signal receivers to access the satellite network.
Synonyms: sat nav
sat-nav
satnav
Related terms: english: the U.S. system
translation: the U.S. system
word: Global Positioning System
english: the U.S. system
translation: the U.S. system
word: GPS
english: the U.S. system
translation: the U.S. system
word: NavStar
english: the U.S. system
translation: the U.S. system
word: Navstar
english: the Chinese system
translation: the Chinese system
word: Beidou
english: the Chinese system
translation: the Chinese system
word: BeiDou
english: the Russian system
translation: the Russian system
word: GLONASS
english: the EU system
translation: the EU system
word: Galileo
english: such systems in general
translation: such systems in general
word: GPS
english: such systems in general
translation: such systems in general
word: global positioning system
word: GPS receiver
hovering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hover
Derived terms: hoveringly
hovering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoverings
Senses: examples: text: Their visitor was an issue - at least to the imagination, and they arrived finally, under provocation, at intensities of flutter in which they felt themselves so compromised by his hoverings that they could only consider with relief the fact of nobody's knowing.
ref: 1900, Henry James, The Soft Side The Third Person Chapter 3
glosses: The act of one who hovers.
saturable reactor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saturable reactors
Senses: glosses: an iron-core inductor whose inductance may be changed by varying the permeability of the core; used to control large alternating currents such as in theatre light dimmers
escalating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of escalate
anthropometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌænθɹəpəˈmɛtɹɪk/
ipa: /ˌænθɹəpəˈmɛtɹɪk/
ipa: [ˌɛənθɹəpəˈmɛtɹɪk]
ipa: /ˌænθɹəpəˈmetɹɪk/
Etymology: From anthropometry + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The first laboratory visit involved a familiarisation session, anthropometric measurements, and baseline 1RM testing for isometric and dynamic concentric and eccentric contractions using an electromechanical dynamometer (System 4 Pro, Biodex Medical Systems, New York, USA).
ref: 2024 May 31, Andrew John Chappell, Adrien Parry, Trevor Simper, “The Acute Effect of Citrulline Malate Loading in Resistance Trained Males on: Anaerobic Muscular Endurance, Force Recovery and Muscle Soreness”, in Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise, →DOI:
glosses: of, or relating to anthropometry
Derived terms: paleoanthropometric
compiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of compile
saturation current
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saturation currents
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the maximum current that can be obtained in a specific circuit under specified conditions
scanning electron microscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scanning electron microscopes
Senses: glosses: An electron microscope whose image is made up of a matrix of points from scanning the surface of a sample.
Derived terms: SEM
Related terms: electron microscope
scanning electron micrograph
scanning electron microscopy
transmission electron microscope
scanning tunneling microscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scanning tunneling microscopes
Senses: glosses: A device used to form an image of the surface of a conductor or semiconductor with atomic resolution.
exoplanet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exoplanets
form: exo-planet
Etymology: Constructed from Ancient Greek: exo- (“outside; extrasolar”) + planet.
Senses: examples: text: More such announcements will likely come in the months to follow, as the first space observatory dedicated to hunting exoplanets, called COROT, begins full operation and researchers complete their calculations.
ref: 2007, Alexander Hellemans, “Dangling a COROT”, in Scientific American, volume 297, number 3, page 32:
text: In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. Their densities range from that of styrofoam to iron.
ref: 2013 May-June, Kevin Heng, “Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily?”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2013, page 184:
text: In a first for astronomers studying worlds beyond our solar system, data from the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed water vapor in the atmosphere of an Earth-size planet. Although this exoplanet orbits a star that is smaller than our sun, it falls within what’s known as the star’s habitable zone, the range of orbital distances where it would be warm enough for liquid water to exist on a planet’s surface.
ref: 2019 September 11, Michael Greshko, “Water found on a potentially life-friendly alien planet”, in National Geographic, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2021:
text: Astronomers have used two different exoplanet-detecting satellites to solve a cosmic mystery and reveal a rare family of six planets located about 100 light-years from Earth. […] Many exoplanets have been found orbiting dwarf stars that are much cooler and smaller than our sun, such as the famed TRAPPIST-1 system and its seven planets, announced in 2017.
ref: 2023 November 29, Ashley Strickland, “Astronomers discover nearby six-planet solar system with ‘pristine configuration’”, in CNN:
text: Now a team of researchers is offering what it contends is the strongest indication yet of extraterrestrial life, not in our solar system but on a massive planet, known as K2-18b, that orbits a star 120 light-years from Earth. A repeated analysis of the exoplanet’s atmosphere suggests an abundance of a molecule that on Earth has only one known source: living organisms such as marine algae.
ref: 2025 April 16, Carl Zimmer, “Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2022, Science:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
planetology
synonyms: exosolar planet
extrasolar planet
coordinate_terms: exocomet
exomoon
glosses: A planet which exists outside Earth's solar system.
Derived terms: exoatmosphere
exoatmospheric
exoplanetary
exoplanetology
Related terms: planetary system
scapolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scapolites
Etymology: Ancient Greek a staff, or Latin scapus a stem, stalk + -lite.
Senses: glosses: Any of several mixed sodium and calcium aluminosilicates which also contain chloride, carbonate and sulfate and are found in metamorphic rocks
aftermarket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aftermarkets
Etymology: From after- + market.
Senses: topics: business
glosses: The market for further goods and services, such as replacement parts and accessories, subsequent to the sale of a product such as an automobile or computer.
topics: business
glosses: The industry that serves that market.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Trading activity in a security immediately following its initial offering to the public.
aftermarket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: aftermarkets
form: aftermarketing
form: aftermarketed
form: aftermarketed
Etymology: From after- + market.
Senses: topics: business
glosses: To sell goods or services in the aftermarket.
Related terms: topics: financial
finance
business
word: secondary market
dwarf planet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dwarf planets
Etymology: Coined by analogy with dwarf star, as part of a tripartite classification of planets: classical planets (the big 8 in the Sol system), satellite planets (planetary-mass moons) and dwarf planets. Redefined by the IAU in 2006 to be a category of sub-planetary objects.
Senses: examples: text: A member of the Fomor Belt, Bres is a dwarf planet with no atmosphere.
ref: 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Bres:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: planetoid
quasi-planet
sub-planet
hypernyms: minor planet
planet
planetary-mass object
glosses: A planetary (world-like) body of the Solar system, that directly orbits the Sun like the classical planets but does not gravitationally dominate other bodies in the region of its orbit.
Hyponyms: word: double dwarf planet
sense: Inner Solar System
word: Ceres
sense: Outer Solar System
word: Eris
sense: Outer Solar System
word: Pluto
sense: Outer Solar System
word: Haumea
sense: Outer Solar System
word: Makemake
sense: Outer Solar System
word: Gonggong
sense: Outer Solar System
word: Quaoar
sense: Outer Solar System
word: Sedna
sense: Outer Solar System
word: possibly also Orcus
sense: Outer Solar System
word: Salacia
Related terms: dwarf planetary
major planet
planetary object
satellite planet
protoplanet
DWIM
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of do what I mean: a wished-for feature in computer systems, offering magical freedom from the often frustrating discrepancies between one's intentions and the actual effects of a command.
attainable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈteɪnəbəl/
ipa: /əˈtæɪnəbəl/
Forms: form: more attainable
form: most attainable
Etymology: From attain + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Chriſtians, this aſſuring Faith is attainable; pray for it, and vigorouſly preſs after it that you may be ſealed up unto the day of Redemption, that ſo an Entrance may be miniſtred unto you, into the everlaſting Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jeſus Chriſt, [...].
ref: 1679, John Fox, “How Time Must be Redeemed”, in Time and the End of Time, in Two Discourses; […], London: Printed by William Rawlins, and are to be sold by George Calvert […], and Samuel Sprint […], →OCLC, pages 24–25:
text: He even neglected to open his Apprehenſions to Livia, leſt ſhe ſhould be ſo much alarmed, as to be upon her Guard, and thereby render the Enjoyment of his Pleaſures more ſeldom attainable.
ref: 1754, [William Guthrie], “Book II”, in The Friends. A Sentimental History: Describing Love as a Virtue, as well as a Passion. In Two Volumes, volume I, London: Printed for T. Waller, […], →OCLC, page 55:
text: He [...] invites Britain to treat her sister island with kindness and confidence. He deems peace attainable, and thinks that the interests of the empire require that it should be sought.
ref: 1804 August, “Art. 40. Military Observations Respecting Ireland, Its Attack and Defence, […] Dublin. 1804. [book review]”, in The Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal, Enlarged, volume XLIV, London: Printed by Strahan and Preston, […]; and sold by T[homas] Becket, […], →OCLC, page 434:
text: For now, since by many prolonged, repeated experiences, I have perceived that in all cases man must eventually lower, or at least shift, his conceit of attainable felicity; not placing it anywhere in the intellect or the fancy; but in the wife, the heart, the bed, the table, the saddle, the fire-side, the country; now that I have perceived all this, I am ready to squeeze case eternally.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “A Squeeze of the Hand”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 464:
text: Her [Kate Spade's] name became a shorthand for the cute, clever bags that were an instant hit with cosmopolitan women in the early stages of their careers and, later, young girls – status symbols of a more attainable, all-American sort than a Fendi clutch or Chanel bag.
ref: 2018 June 5, Jonah Engel Bromwich, Vanessa Friedman, Matthew Schneier, “Kate Spade, whose handbags carried women into adulthood, is dead at 55”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2018:
antonyms: unaccomplishable
unachievable
unattainable
unobtainable
glosses: Able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained.
Derived terms: attainability
attainableness
attainable region theory
attainably
unattainability
unattainable
unattainableness
unattainably
Related terms: attain
attainer
attainment
nonattainment
attainable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈteɪnəbəl/
ipa: /əˈtæɪnəbəl/
Forms: form: attainables
Etymology: From attain + -able.
Senses: examples: text: In this Account God gives of himſelf, there's a beautiful Variety of the moſt uſeful and noble Attainables, to excite our greatest Diligence, [...]
ref: 1719, John Guyse, “The Preface”, in Jesus Christ God-man: Or, The Constitution of Christ’s Person, with the Evidence and Importance of the Doctrine of His True and Proper Godhead. […], London: Printed for R[obert] Cruttenden, […], →OCLC, page vi:
text: So is good housing and medical care and all the other attainables which lead to a better life. But we've allowed these common goals to be compartmentalized and labeled for "special" groups only.
ref: 1969, Dimensions in American Judaism, New York, N.Y: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, →OCLC, page 11, column 2; republished in Murray Friedman, editor, Overcoming Middle Class Rage, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Westminster Press, 1971, →ISBN, page 223:
glosses: Something that can be attained.
indisposed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more indisposed
form: most indisposed
Etymology: From in- + disposed.
Senses: examples: text: He was indisposed with a cold.
glosses: Mildly ill.
examples: text: I stayed indoors all day, feeling indisposed to finish mowing the lawn.
glosses: Not disposed, predisposed, or inclined; unwilling.
glosses: Not yet ready (especially with regard to receiving a visitor) because not yet arranged into a state of readiness (i.e., not disposed); (especially, more specifically):
In the lavatory/WC.
glosses: Not yet ready (especially with regard to receiving a visitor) because not yet arranged into a state of readiness (i.e., not disposed); (especially, more specifically):
Undressed; not yet dressed enough to be seen by visitors.
Derived terms: indisposedness
preindisposed
Related terms: indisposition
incensed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more incensed
form: most incensed
Etymology: See incense.
Senses: examples: text: Ferguson was incensed as referee Martin Atkinson pointed to the spot - and United's sense of injustice deepened when Nemanja Vidic was sent off in stoppage time after receiving a second yellow card for a foul on Ramires, ruling the centre-back out of the visit to Liverpool on Sunday.
ref: 2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC:
glosses: Enraged; infuriated; spitefully or furiously angry.
examples: text: […] between two lions passant azure, incensed gules, three besants;[…]
ref: 1861, George Oliver, The History of the City of Exeter, page 211:
text: Argent, a lion rampant gules, incensed azure;
ref: 1920, History of the Family of Maunsell (Mansell, Mansel), page 428:
text: Supporters — Dexter, a lion argent; sinister, a panther guardant argent semy of roundels vert azure and gules incensed proper both gorged with a collar attached thereto a chain reflexed over the back and terminating in a ring or.
ref: 2020 April 20, Susan Morris, Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019, eBook Partnership, →ISBN, page 2996:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
qualifier: lion; etc; lion; etc
glosses: Emitting fire from its mouth, often its ears, and sometimes elsewhere.
raw_tags: of a panther
Derived terms: unincensed
incensed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: See incense.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of incense
accounts receivable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of account receivable
accounts receivable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: The total monetary amount owed to a financial entity due to debts arising from sales on credit or on account.
Synonyms: word: A/R
word: AR
word: amounts receivable
word: receivables
Related terms: accounts payable
accounts payable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: When such a practice is to be followed, two methods may be employed: (1) accounts payable may be reported net or (2) accounts payable may be reported at the gross invoice price with a payable offset balance or liability valuation account reporting the purchases discounts available.
ref: 1972, Harry Simons, Intermediate Accounting; Comprehensive Volume, page 254:
text: Cost of goods sold are divided by the accounts payable to get the payables turn ratio.
ref: 1994, S. B. Costales, Geza Szurovy, The Guide to Understanding Financial Statements, page 61:
text: Masters, with accounts payable averaging 2,296 livres (median = 1,008) were far more heavily indebted than the faubourg bakers (712 and 320 livres)
ref: 1996, Steven Laurence Kaplan, The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question, 1700-1775, page 363:
glosses: The total amount of money that is owed by a customer to its suppliers of goods and services and is counted by the customer as a current unpaid debt.
accounts payable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
law
glosses: plural of account payable
Related terms: accounts receivable
conscious parallelism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
qualifier: antitrust law
glosses: Price fixing that occurs without direct communication between the participants, but where the participants instead intentionally follow one another in raising prices to maximize profits at the expense of competitive pricing.
price fixing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In antitrust law, collusion between competitors in order to raise prices, at the expense of the consumer.
Derived terms: political price fixing
buy it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪət
Forms: form: buys it
form: buying it
form: bought it
form: bought it
Etymology: * In the die sense, apparently attested since the 1820s, thus earlier than the variant buy the farm, which may be an extension of it.
* In the have it sense, an elliptical allusion to believing a sales pitch.
Senses: examples: text: He bought it in a shootout.
synonyms: word: buy the farm
word: kick the bucket
word: assume room temperature
word: auger in
word: be called home
word: be gathered to one's fathers
word: be no more
word: be with Jesus
word: be with the Lord
word: bite the big one
word: bite the biscuit
word: bite the dust
word: buy the farm
word: buy it
word: cark it
word: cash in
word: cash in one's chips
word: check out
word: close one's eyes for the last time
word: code
word: conk out
word: croak
word: cross over
word: cross rainbow bridge
word: cross the Great Divide
word: cross the Styx
word: decease
word: decompose
word: dematerialize
word: depart
word: disincarnate
word: draw one's last breath
word: drop off the hooks
word: exit
word: expire
word: flatline
word: forfare
word: get to be like the one
word: give one's all
word: give up the ghost
word: go for a burton
word: go gentle into that good night
word: go out
word: go over to the majority
word: go the way of all flesh
word: go the way of the dinosaurs
word: go the way of the dodo
word: go the way of the dodo bird
word: go to glory
word: go to one's reward
word: go west
word: hand in one's checks
word: hand in one's dinner pail
word: hop the twig
word: join the choir invisible
word: keel over
word: kick the bucket
word: kick off
word: knock off
word: liquidate
word: lose my life for Jesus Christ
word: lose the number of one's mess
word: meet one's doom
word: meet one's end
word: meet one's maker
word: pass
word: pass away
word: pass in one's checks
word: pass in one's marble
word: pass on
word: pass over
word: pass the river
word: pay nature's debt
word: pay the debt of nature
word: peg out
word: perish
word: pop off
word: pop one's clogs
word: shuffle off this mortal coil
word: sink
word: sleep with one's fathers
word: slip away
word: snuff it
word: succumb
word: take a dirt nap
word: turn up one's toes
word: yield up the ghost
glosses: To die.
examples: text: He claims that he'll pay me back, but I don't buy it.
text: He was claiming that he'd pay her back, but she wasn't buying it.
text: He had been talking up a storm about diversification of assets, and clearly they had bought it.
synonyms: have it
glosses: To believe any particular assertion or idea; to support it.
constructive eviction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: constructive evictions
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The breach of a landlord or tenant relationship that occurs when the landlord does not order the tenant to leave the property, but allows the property occupied by the tenant to fall into such poor condition that it is no longer suitable for occupancy.
constructive evictions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of constructive eviction
inside-the-Beltway
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: inside the beltway
form: in the Beltway
form: in the beltway
Etymology: Derives from the Beltway, a highway that encircles Washington, D.C.
Transferred to New Zealand.
Senses: glosses: Within the portions of Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia encircled by Interstate 495. (The Washington Beltway)
glosses: Of or relating to things that occur in Washington, D.C., usually in relation to United States national politics.
glosses: Out of touch with sentiments of persons living outside of Washington, D.C.
glosses: Of or relating to New Zealand politics in the capital city of Wellington, New Zealand.
Katrine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek of Danish origin, occasionally used in English.
Related terms: Loch Katrine
level-headed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more level-headed
form: most level-headed
form: level headed
form: levelheaded
Etymology: From level + headed.
Senses: examples: text: I urge you to weigh calmly, deliberately, as cool, level-headed Canadians, the evidence produced by the prosecution.
ref: 1909, Ralph Connor, The Foreigner, chapter 7:
synonyms: word: cool-headed
word: deliberative
word: even-tempered
word: level-headed
word: stable
word: calm
word: collected
word: composed
word: cool-headed
word: equable
word: equanimous
word: equanimitable
word: even-keeled
word: even-minded
word: even-tempered
word: imperturbable
word: laid-back
word: level-headed
word: mellow
word: pacate
word: pacific
word: peaceable
word: peaceful
word: phlegmatic
word: placid
word: quiescent
word: quiet
word: relaxed
word: roolie
word: sedate
word: serene
word: still
word: tranquil
word: unexcited
word: unfazed
word: unflappable
word: unflustered
word: unperturbable
word: unruffable
word: unruffled
word: untumultuous
antonyms: fiery
flappable
hotheaded
impetuous
rash
glosses: Sensible; rational; possessing sound judgment.
Derived terms: level-headedly
level-headedness
in good hands
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Under the guidance of a capable being.
Related terms: good hands
HIV positive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: HIV+
poz
antonyms: HIV negative
neg
glosses: Infected by HIV.
wikipedia: HIV-positive people
Related terms: pozphobia
seropositive
at the moment
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Rumour has it that a new luxury lounge car design is also under discussion at the moment.
ref: 1964 July, “XP64: New Standard Carriage Project”, in Modern Railways, page 2:
text: Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham pulled no punches in March 20's Transport for the North board meeting in Leeds. He wants rid of Avanti West Coast. And he may yet get his way, although ministers in London are holding the line at the moment.
ref: 2024 April 3, Philip Haigh, “Discord over Avanti West Coast is part of a wider problem”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 52:
synonyms: atm[textspeak]]>
;
currently
at present
;
at the minute
;
in the moment
coordinate_terms: presently
;
for the present
for now
for the time being
glosses: At this moment; right now.
examples: text: 'I had the same idea as you,' the Director was saying. 'Wanted to have a look at the savages. Got a permit for New Mexico and went there for my summer holiday. With the girl I was having at the moment. […]
ref: 1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, London: Chatto & Windus:
glosses: At that time; then.
Related terms: in the moment
galeophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəˌliəˈfoʊbiə/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós), a type of shark with weasel-like markings, derived from γαλῆ (galê), γαλέη (galéē, “weasel, cat”) + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: The irrational fear of sharks or dogfish.
glosses: The irrational fear of cats or felines.
Synonyms: sense: fear of sharks
word: selachophobia
sense: fear of cats
word: ailurophobia
Related terms: galeophile
galeophilic
corn on the cob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corns on the cob
form: corn-on-the-cob
Senses: examples: text: […] we ate grilled corn on the cob from street vendors in the colonnades.
ref: 2013, Henriette Lazaridis Power, The Clover House: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 405:
text: Every day I ordered a salad, two corns on the cob, and some vegetable stirfry (which wasn’t too bad, but also had to be rinsed), but the bulk of my meal would be fruit.
ref: 2014, Shani Krebs, Dragons & Butterflies: Sentenced to Die, Choosing to Live, Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball Publishers, →ISBN, page 621:
synonyms: butterpop
cornstick
long maize
maize on the cob
pole corn
sweet pole
hypernyms: corn
maize
sweet corn
glosses: Cooked ears of corn (maize, specifically sweet corn).
Related terms: corncob
folk dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: folk dances
Senses: glosses: Any dance traditionally performed by the common people of a specific region.
Derived terms: folk dancer
folk dancing
baneful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more baneful
form: most baneful
Etymology: From bane + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: [S]ome fell ſerpent in his cave expects / The traveller's approach, batten'd vvith herbs / Of baneful juice to fury, forth he looks / Hideous, and lies coil'd all around his den.
ref: 1791, Homer, “[The Iliad.] Book XXII.”, in W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume I, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 577, lines 106–109:
glosses: Poisonous, deadly.
examples: text: This contempt of the understanding in early life has more baneful consequences than is commonly supposed […]
ref: 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC:
glosses: Harmful, injurious.
Synonyms: fatal
mortal
Related terms: bane
banefully
banefulness
baleful
sewing lounge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sewing lounges
Senses: glosses: A commercial space where people may sew, or learn to sew, as members of a community; equipment and tuition is normally available.
sodium carbonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sodium carbonates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: salt of soda
soda
soda ash
washing soda
glosses: A salt, in the form of a white powder, Na₂CO₃, formally derived from sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid.
softer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of soft: more soft
intercession
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intercessions
Etymology: First attested in the early 15th Century. From Middle French intercession, from Old French intercession, from Latin intercessiō, from intercēdō, from inter- (“between”) + cēdō (“to go”) (English cede), literally “go-between”.
Senses: examples: text: Lady Marchmont found her companions in no mood for discourse. Her husband was asleep, and Ethel's languid voice was scarcely audible when she forced a reply to some trilling question; and Henrietta could perceive, from the convulsive movement, and from the short suppressed sob, that she was weeping. When they arrived at home, the light showed Ethel so pale, so worn out, that she thought all attempt at any intercession were best deferred to the morrow. It must, also, be confessed, that she felt too weary for much eloquence as a pleader.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 69–70:
glosses: The act of intervening or mediating between two parties.
glosses: A prayer to God on behalf of another person; especially, such a prayer offered by a heavenly saint on behalf of a mere mortal who has prayed to the saint for such help.
Derived terms: intercessation of saints
intercessional
intercessory
Related terms: word: intercede
word: intercessor
sense: See also cede
word: related terms