cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Laila
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈleɪlə/
note: some women
ipa: /ˈlaɪlə/
rhymes: -eɪlə
rhymes: -aɪlə
Forms: form: Lailas
Etymology: Variant of Leila and Layla, from Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā), related to لَيْلَة (layla, “night”).
Senses: examples: text: “Laila it is,” Fariba said, smiling tiredly. “Night Beauty. It’s perfect.”
ref: 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 101:
glosses: A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila.
Layla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈleɪlə/
rhymes: -eɪlə
Forms: form: Laylas
Etymology: One of many alternative spellings of a name transliterated from Arabic; see Leila for more information. Since the late 20th century, in English, this given name in this spelling is sometimes bestowed solely because it is considered euphonious, a theme true of many given names; Wikipedia at given name § Popularity discusses name choice motivations.
Senses: examples: text: The blonde squinted at the screen. "I never heard the name Caelum before," she said. "Is it from the Bible?"
"I shook my head. "Old family name."
"Well, at least you weren't named after some stupid song on the radio."
I squinted to read her name tag: Layla.
ref: 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.3, at p.63
glosses: A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila.
Lela
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lelas
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Georgian ლელა (lela).
glosses: A female given name from Arabic, possibly a variant of Leila.
Koreas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Korea
Koreas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Scores of foreign journalists have been dispatched to Seoul to report on the growing tensions between the two Koreas and the possibility of war.
ref: 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times:
glosses: A region of Korean Peninsula, East Asia, Asia. North Korea and South Korea, collectively.
Coordinate terms: Korean Peninsula
Lilly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪl.i/
rhymes: -ɪli
Forms: form: Lillys
form: Lillies
Senses: examples: text: The woman at the center of the controversy, Lilly Gaddis, referred to her friends’ husbands as “broke ass n***s” in the clip—dropping the racial slur in a slight southern drawl so naturally, many speculated she must use it in casual conversation.
ref: 2024 June 11, Josh Fiallo, “‘Trad-Wife’ TikToker Axed From Job After Casually Saying N-Word”, in The Daily Beast, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2024:
synonyms: Lily
Lili
Lilli
Lil
Lill
Lil'
Lill'
Lilie
Lillie
glosses: A female given name, variant of Lily.
synonyms: Lily
Lili
Lilli
Lil
Lill
Lil'
Lill'
Lilie
Lillie
glosses: A female given name, variant of Lily.
A diminutive of the female given names Lillian or Lilian, from Latin.
synonyms: Lily
Lili
Lilli
Lil
Lill
Lil'
Lill'
Lilie
Lillie
glosses: A female given name, variant of Lily.
A diminutive of the female given names Elizabeth or Elisabeth, from Ancient Greek.
glosses: A surname.
A surname transferred from the given name, based on the given name
glosses: A surname.
A surname transferred from the place name, variant of Lilley, from the English place name Lilley.
synonyms: Lilley
Lilly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪl.i/
rhymes: -ɪli
Forms: form: Lillys
form: Lillies
Senses: examples: text: It angered Target customers who tried, and failed, to grab $40-ish “Lillys” during a sale that was meant to span several weeks and instead spanned mere hours.
ref: 2015 April 22, Megan Garber, “Why Do People Hate Lilly Pulitzer?”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2015:
glosses: A Lilly Pulitzer dress.
Lizbeth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Elizabeth.
Lucile
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Latin, variant of Lucille.
Lorna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Coined by English novelist R. D. Blackmore in 1869. Invented by R. D. Blackmore for his novel Lorna Doone, possibly from the Scottish place name Lorn(e) in Argyll.
Senses: examples: text: "Lorna Doone," she answered in a low voice as if afraid of it, and hanging her head, so that I could see only her forehead and eyelashes; "if you please, my name is Lorna Doone; and I thought you must have known it."
ref: 1869, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, chapter 8, in Lorna Doone:
glosses: A female given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.
wikipedia: en:Lorna Doone
en:Lorne, Scotland
Related terms: Loren
Lorn
Lorne
Lucinda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /luˈsɪndə/
rhymes: -ɪndə
Etymology: Derived from Lucia with the suffix -inda, first used by Cervantes in Don Quixote (1605).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Latin.
Louella
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Luella
Etymology: From Lou (name) + -ella (diminutive suffix). First attested in the 19th century.
Senses: glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage.
Luella
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: There was only one person in the village who had actually known Luella Miller. That person was a woman well over eighty, but a marvel of vitality and unextinct youth.
ref: 1902, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Luella Miller:
glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Louella.
Korean Peninsula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Korean Peninsula
Senses: glosses: A peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea.
makhani
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: makhni
form: makhonee
Etymology: Borrowed from Punjabi ਮੱਖਣੀ (makkhaṇī) or Hindi मखनी (makhnī, “buttery”), from ਮੱਖਣ (makkhaṇ) + -ਈ (-ī)/मक्खन (makkhan) + -ई (-ī).
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Cooked Punjabi-style in a rich sauce containing butter, tomatoes and cream.
makhani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: makhanis
form: makhni
form: makhonee
Etymology: Borrowed from Punjabi ਮੱਖਣੀ (makkhaṇī) or Hindi मखनी (makhnī, “buttery”), from ਮੱਖਣ (makkhaṇ) + -ਈ (-ī)/मक्खन (makkhan) + -ई (-ī).
Senses: examples: text: I can't say that all the Indian dals and makhanis I enjoy are eupeptic, but they dance a tarantella on the tongue that lifts my soul.
ref: 2012, Arthur Plotnik, Better Than Great:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A Punjabi dish cooked in a rich sauce containing butter, tomatoes and cream.
Maisie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪzi/
rhymes: -eɪzi
Senses: examples: text: When Maisie first met Danny, she remembers that he had an infectious laugh and a love for music.
ref: 2024 November 20, Fortesa Latifi, “How These Men Left the Manosphere — and Why Some May Never”, in Teen Vogue:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Margaret, from Scottish.
mitumba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mitumbas
Etymology: From Swahili mitumba, plural of mtumba (“bundle, bale”). Second-hand clothes are often packaged in bundles or bales.
Senses: glosses: Second-hand clothing, especially that provided by aid agencies and subsequently sold.
raw_tags: in parts of Africa
Marjory
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: If Barbara Gordon was like a name from a Scottish ballad, Marjory Taylor was the kind of name he heard on the radio sometimes, in English pop songs. Jennifer Eccles. Angela Jones. Marjory Taylor.
ref: 2010, James Robertson, And the Land Lay Still, Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 444:
text: The gunman, Nikolas Cruz, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A school resource officer faces charges after allegedly failing to confront the gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
ref: 2023 February 14, Holly Yan, “5 years after the Parkland school massacre claimed 17 lives, here’s what has changed (and what hasn’t)”, in CNN:
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Margery.
non-compete
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + compete.
Senses: examples: text: You will need to sign a non-compete agreement, of course.
topics: law
related: word: noncompete#Adjective
glosses: Describing a contractual clause that prevents a person or company from competing with another, especially with a former employer or partner.
non-compete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-competes
Etymology: From non- + compete.
Senses: related: word: noncompete
synonyms: noncompete clause
NCC
hypernyms: clause#Noun
;
contract#Noun
glosses: Such a clause; such a contract.
Mavis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪvɪs/
rhymes: -eɪvɪs
Etymology: Coined at the end of the 19th century from mavis, a poetical name for the song thrush.
Senses: examples: text: "Rather an odd name, Mavis, isn't it?" I at last ventured to observe. "Yes, - but it suits her wonderfully. She sings quite as sweetly as any thrush, so she merits her designation."
ref: 1895, Marie Corelli, chapter IX, in The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 139:
glosses: A female given name from English.
Mariana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Marianas
Etymology: Latinized form of Marian, ultimately from Mary or Mary + Ann. It is also the feminine form of Latin Mariānus, derivative of Marius, but these rather rare Roman names have been completely intertwined with Maria in the Christian era.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Latin [in turn from Aramaic] or from Hebrew; variant forms Marian, Maryana.
Derived terms: Mariana Islands
Marianas
Marianas Trench
Mariana Trench
Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Marianas
Margie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A pet form of the female given name Margaret.
Maryann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mary Ann
form: Mary Anne
Etymology: From Mary + Ann.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Hebrew.
Related terms: Marian
Mariana
Marianne
squirearchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squirearchies
form: squirarchy
Etymology: From squire + -archy.
Senses: examples: text: Now, as one of the squirearchy, greeted with honorable salutations by the villagers, he marched into his office, and peace and dignity were upon him, and the morning's dissonances all unheard.
ref: 1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 3, in Babbitt:
text: 1930 [Cambridge University Press], G. G. Coulton, The Medieval Scene: An Informal Introduction to the Middle Ages, 2000, Dover, page 37,
We may characterise medieval village government not unfairly as squirearchy, though often a benevolent squirearchy enough, just as the squirearchy of the eighteenth century was often benevolent also.
text: For many years a combination of rural squirearchies and business interests held tight control of most state capitols.
ref: 1972, James A. Burkhart, Samuel Krislov, Raymond Lawrence Lee, American Government: the Clash of Issues, Prentice-Hall, page 92:
glosses: The landowning gentry.
prison chaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prison chasers
Senses: examples: text: A "prison chaser" is a soldier assigned to the task of guarding military prisoners who have been assigned and are performing fatigue detail.
ref: 1943, John Riley Craf, Army Selectee's Handbook for Those Men who Will be Called for Duty Under the Selective Training ..., page 50:
text: When that training was complete, I was given temporary assignment as a prison chaser (guard in a Brig).
ref: 2003, Frank Murphy, Wia, Corpsman Up, page 154:
text: My first experience as a prison chaser wasn't all that pleasant. One burly, bald headed prisoner had given me a hard time.
ref: 2004, Joseph Quitman Johnson, Baby of Bataan: Memoir of a 14 Year Old Soldier in World War II, page 107:
text: According to Ronal Branson's website, he joined the U.S. military in 1963 and was assigned to Fort Belvoir, Virginia, where he became a "prison chaser", an individual who oversaw prison work detail.
ref: 2006, Issue Brief - A Public Policy Paper of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies March 2006:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A prison guard; particularly one who guards military prisoners on fatigue duty.
stern chaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stern chasers
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: chase gun
glosses: A gun or cannon mounted on the stern of a ship for firing at a pursuing vessel.
Related terms: stern chase
bow chaser
every man Jack
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: every man jack
Senses: examples: text: When the captain offered a free round of grog to the crew, every man Jack of them lined up for a cupful.
glosses: All the members of a group with no exceptions.
Related terms: every last
everyman
to a man
to the last man
fine-tuned universes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fine-tuned universe
every man jack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of every man Jack.
Curaçao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkjuːɹəsaʊ/
ipa: /ˌkuːɹəˈsaʊ/
Forms: form: Curacao
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Curaçao, from Spanish Curaçao, from Portuguese Curação, literally from curação (“cure, healing”) but probably a transcription of a Lokono endonym.
Senses: glosses: An island and constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea off the west coast of Venezuela.
Derived terms: Curaçaoan
Related terms: curaçao
anthropic coincidence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthropic coincidences
Senses: glosses: A coincidence in the known physical constants, without which life as we know it would not be possible.
anthropic coincidences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthropic coincidence
physical constant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physical constants
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A physical quantity that is generally believed to be both universal in nature and constant in time.
luminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin lumina (“lights”) + -al.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: of or pertaining to the lumen
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: of or pertaining to the nature of light
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: light-speed; having the speed of light (usually in the void)
Synonyms: topics: physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: lumic
Derived terms: topics: biology
natural-sciences
word: transluminal
topics: biology
natural-sciences
word: interluminal
topics: physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: subluminal
topics: physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: superluminal
sense: unsorted terms
word: abluminal
sense: unsorted terms
word: adluminal
sense: unsorted terms
word: centriluminal
sense: unsorted terms
word: endoluminal
sense: unsorted terms
word: extraluminal
sense: unsorted terms
word: infraluminal
sense: unsorted terms
word: intraluminal
sense: unsorted terms
word: juxtaluminal
sense: unsorted terms
word: luminally
sense: unsorted terms
word: nonluminal
sense: unsorted terms
word: periluminal
sense: unsorted terms
word: supraluminal
Related terms: lumic
luminous
luminal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the brand name.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The drug phenobarbital.
Synonyms: topics: medicine
sciences
word: sodium thiopental
basalolateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more basalolateral
form: most basalolateral
Senses: glosses: Further away from a lumen.
intercrural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪntəˈkɹʊəɹəl/
ipa: /ɪntɚˈkɹuɹəl/
Etymology: From inter- + crural.
Senses: examples: text: Intercrural intercourse is frequently seen on ancient Greek ceramics.
text: the female intercrural foramen
glosses: Taking place or located between the legs.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Applied to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fish.
Derived terms: intercrurally
intercrural sex
resole
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resoles
form: resoling
form: resoled
form: resoled
Etymology: From re- + sole.
Senses: examples: text: I had to resole one of my boots after I stepped on a nail.
glosses: To replace or reattach the sole of an article of footwear.
resoles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resole
resoling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resole
resoling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resolings
Senses: examples: text: After several resolings, my boots finally fell apart.
glosses: The act of fitting a new sole to a shoe.
resoled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resole
resolvable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more resolvable
form: most resolvable
Etymology: From resolve + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The conflict is rationally resolvable either by correcting the mistaken belief or by bringing the wayward desire under rational control.
ref: 2006, Daniel McInerny, The Difficult Good, page 134:
text: […] it was clear that most of the delays were not by external factors such as bad weather or major track issues, but rather by poor management, staff shortages and timetable conflicts. In other words, these problems are resolvable.
ref: 2024 August 7, Christian Wolmar, “Labour in a hurry to implement changes on the railway”, in RAIL, number 1015, page 43:
synonyms: resoluble
solvable
soluble
antonyms: unresolvable
irresolvable
irresoluble
;
intractable
insurmountable
glosses: Able to be resolved; to which a solution may be found.
glosses: That may be resolved or reduced to its component elements.
Related terms: resolvability
resolvableness
resolvable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resolvables
Etymology: From resolve + -able.
Senses: glosses: A problem that can be resolved.
metta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Pali mettā.
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Lovingkindness or compassion, especially if developed through meditation or mindfulness.
revenuer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revenuers
Etymology: From revenue + -er, reflecting the U.S. Treasury Department's former Bureau of Internal Revenue (a predecessor of the IRS and ATF), because the administrative mechanism for enforcing Prohibition originated in excise tax administration; Wikipedia gives details at Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives § History.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Mister, if yo're another revenuer, I kin tell ye y'aint gonna leave this valley alive.’
ref: 1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug:
text: I don’t know, but I should start by gettin’ me a rifle: we got the reveneurs a-comin’.
ref: 2020 April 28, Kimberly Altamirano, “CPAPs, Hickeys and Biscuits” (0:20:03 from the start), in Lynda Tarryk, director, The Conners, season 2, episode 19 (television), spoken by Dan Conner (John Goodman), United States of America: Mohawk Productions / Sara + Tom, via ABC:
antonyms: smuggler
;
bootlegger
moonshiner
shiner
rum-runner
hypernyms: exciseman
glosses: A government official who enforces laws prohibiting the illegal distillation of alcohol.
urethral sphincter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urethral sphincters
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The collective muscles used to control the flow of urine from the urinary bladder. These muscles surround the urethra, so that when they contract, the urethra is closed.
physical constants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physical constant
curacao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curacaos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of curaçao.
chase guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chase gun
revenuers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revenuer
belast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more belast
form: most belast
Etymology: From Middle English belast, belest, bilast (“charged with an obligation, bound”), past participle of Middle English belasten, bilasten, from Old English behlæstan (“to load a ship”), equivalent to be- + last. Cognate with Dutch belasten (“to charge, load, burden, tax”), German belasten (“to burden, charge, load, strain”).
Senses: examples: text: This Indenture, made bitwene Sir James of Ormond knyght, son and heir to the Erl of Ormond, on the one part, and James Skidmore Esquier of the countee of Hereford on the other part, witnesseth that the seid James Skidmore is belast and wᵗholden toward the seid Sir James for an hole yeer to do him service of Werre in the perties of France and of Normandie, in all places where as it shall like the seid Sir James to ordeyn and comaunde him, ...
ref: 1814, original 1441, Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity, pages 214–215:
text: At every porte it was (forsoth) (a) belast, That I (b) (die groene Hopman) might not go out, […]
ref: 1907, original 1570, George Gascoigne, John William Cunliffe, Fruites of Warre:
text: In the indenture, sealed by the parties at Gloucester on 2 October, Simon Milburn, a Herefordshire esquire, was belast and wᵗholdyn for terme of his lyf wᵗ and toward the said Duc and his son Edward Erl of Marche, promitting & binding hym by the fayteh of his body & by this present endentures to do trew, diligen & faithfull seruice vn to the said Duc & Erle and wᵗ thaym for to be ayenst all erthly criatures of what estate, dondicion or preeminence so euer thay be.
ref: 1981, original 1455, K. B. McFarlane, England in the Fifteenth Century: Collected Essays, →ISBN, page 236:
glosses: burdened, charged, bound.
pharmacopeias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pharmacopeia
pharmacopoeial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pharmacopeial
form: pharmacopœial
Etymology: From pharmacopoeia + -al.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
qualifier: pharmacy
glosses: Of or pertaining to pharmacopoeia.
Synonyms: compendial
pharmacopoeic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pharmacopœic
form: pharmacopeic
Etymology: From pharmacopoeia + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
qualifier: pharmacy
glosses: Of or pertaining to pharmacopoeia.
retroactively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛtɹoʊˈæktɪvli/
Etymology: From retroactive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The new legislature passed a resolution retroactively legalizing the actions of the revolutionaries that brought them to power.
text: Although it has been already hinted at the link between the human ability to exchange roles and the citizens' right to retroactively adjust unfitting remarks or gestures to the situation, the same connection could perhaps be better[…]
ref: 2014 March 31, Kirill Postoutenko, Totalitarian Communication: Hierarchies, Codes and Messages, transcript Verlag, →ISBN, page 30:
text: Over the weekend, the Trump administration ignored a federal judge’s order not to deport a group of Venezuelan men, then later tried to retroactively justify its actions with arguments so distant from settled law and ordinary practice that legal experts have said they border on frivolous.
ref: 2025 March 20, Amanda Taub, “‘This is worse’: Trump’s judicial defiance veers beyond the autocrat playbook”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2025:
glosses: Done after the fact; applying to events that have previously transpired.
rewire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈwaɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈɹiːwaɪə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: rewires
form: rewiring
form: rewired
form: rewired
Etymology: From re- + wire.
Senses: examples: text: I had to rewire the circuit where the old wires had shorted out.
text: The electrician said that we couldn't add a new outlet without rewiring.
text: During those overhauls the locomotives were also rewired, updated, and had any corrosion dealt with.
ref: 2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 50:
glosses: To replace or reconnect the wires of a device or installation.
examples: text: When our companies merged, I rewired our payment processing system to handle their invoices as well.
glosses: To change the functionality of something by altering the parameters or logic.
rewire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈwaɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈɹiːwaɪə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: rewires
Etymology: From re- + wire.
Senses: examples: text: Meanwhile, at the Nemesis site at Burton, 47760 is close to a return to traffic after a rewire and overheal.
ref: 2023 November 29, “Test runs for WCR fleet returnees”, in RAIL, number 997, page 24:
glosses: The act of replacing the wires of something.
Related terms: retool
coronate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒɹəˌneɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹəˌneɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɒɹəˌneɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹəˌneɪt/
Forms: form: coronates
form: coronating
form: coronated
form: coronated
Etymology: First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin corōnātus (“crowned”), perfect passive participle of corōnō (“to crown”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from corōna (“crown”) + -ō.
Senses: examples: text: […] and instead of Coronating your deserved Worth […]
ref: 1657, Tomlinson, translating Jean de Renou's A Medicinal Dispensatory, page 475
text: The whole field of literature has freely surrendered its classic gems to coronate him the intellectual king.
ref: 1891, Virgil Chittenden Hart, The Temple and the Sage, page 65:
text: Tribals defy custom, bow to queen - Great Andamanese gear up to coronate first woman
ref: 2005, Telegraph India:
text: 2023, USA Today
On a soggy London day in June 1953, a bright-eyed 27-year-old married mother named Elizabeth was coronated as queen of England.
glosses: To crown (a sovereign or champion).
Derived terms: decoronate
recoronate
Related terms: coronation
corona
crown
coronate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒɹənət/
ipa: /ˈkɒɹəˌneɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹənɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹəˌneɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɒɹənət/
ipa: /ˈkɒɹəˌneɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹənɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹəˌneɪt/
Forms: form: coronated
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin coronātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having a crest or a crownlike appendage, a corona.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines.
raw_tags: of a spiral shell
Derived terms: amphicoronate
semicoronate
Related terms: corona
coronate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒɹənət/
ipa: /ˈkɒɹəˌneɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹənɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹəˌneɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɒɹənət/
ipa: /ˈkɒɹəˌneɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹənɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹəˌneɪt/
Etymology: From Middle English coronat(e), borrowed from Latin corōnātus (“wearing a crown, crowned”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The duke of Normandy / William conquerour […] Was coronate at London / […]
ref: 1513, Henry Bradshaw, The Holy Lyfe and History of Saynt Werburge, page 181:
text: Maryus his ſoonne was then intronizate / And ſette on high in trone of maieſtie / With croune of golde full royally coronate / As worthy was vnto his royalte / Who nouriſhed was at Rome in his inuente / With his mothers kynne the beest of the empire / With Claudius also, that was his oune graũdsir[…]Seuerus thus the worthy senatour / Descẽded downe, right heire to Androge{us} / The eldeſt ſoonne of Lud that with the Emperoure / Out of Britayn that went with Iulius / Whiche Senatoure afore ſayd Seuerus / To Britayn came and was intromizate / And with a crowne of golde was coronate.
ref: 1464 (originally written); 1543 (rewritten), John Hardyng, The Chronicle of Ihon Hardyng in Metre, frõ the First Begynnyng of Englãde, vnto yᵗ Reigne of Edwarde yᵉ Fourth Where He Made an End of His Chronicle. And from yᵗ Tyme Is Added with a Cõtinuacion of the Storie in Prose to This Our Tyme, Now First Emprinted, Gathered out of Diuerse and Sondrie Autours of Moste Certain Knowelage & Substanciall Credit, yᵗ Either in Latin or Els in Our Mother Toungue Haue Writen of yᵉ Affaires of Englande., London: In officina Richardi Graftoni:
glosses: Having or wearing a crown, crowned; (as a participle) crowned, coronated.
raw_tags: as a participial adjective
Related terms: incoronate
retaliatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈtælɪət(ə)ɹɪ/
Forms: form: more retaliatory
form: most retaliatory
Etymology: From retaliate + -ory.
Senses: examples: text: The hostile forces were at an impasse; neither could attack with enough force and still defend against the retaliatory counterattack.
glosses: Relating to or part of a retaliation.
Synonyms: sense: done in retaliation
word: punitive
sense: done in retaliation
word: retributive
sense: done in retaliation
word: vengeful
reticulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reticulations
Etymology: From reticule + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: The students studied the reticulation of the veins in the leaf.
glosses: A network of criss-crossing lines, strands, cables or pipes.
glosses: A method of copying a painting by the help of threads stretched across a frame.
Related terms: reticulate
not on your tintype
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: He got out an enlistment blank, and placing his finger on a blank line said, "Sign here." I answered, "Not on your tintype." "I beg your pardon?" Then I explained to him that I would not sign it without first reading it.
ref: 1917, Arthur Guy Empey, Over the Top:
glosses: An answer indicating outright rejection or denial; no way; absolutely not.
noncontentious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + contentious.
Senses: glosses: Not contentious.
ripoff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ripoffs
Etymology: Deverbal from rip off.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rip-off.
unionize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːnjənaɪz/
Forms: form: unionizes
form: unionizing
form: unionized
form: unionized
form: unionise
Etymology: From union + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: The company laid off all the workers when they tried to unionize.
text: My uncle got roughed up by some corporate thugs after they caught him trying to unionize their workers.
text: She attended a teach-in to learn how to unionize her workplace.
text: Even if workers succeed at unionizing, the law offers few tools for forcing employers to negotiate a contract.
ref: 2023 June 12, David Leonhardt and Noam Scheiber, “Labor’s Very Good Year”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: trade-unionize
glosses: To organize workers into a union.
unionize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːnjənaɪz/
ipa: /ʌnˈaɪənaɪz/
ipa: /ˈjuːnjənaɪz/
Forms: form: unionizes
form: unionizing
form: unionized
form: unionized
form: un-ionize
form: unionise
form: un-ionise
Etymology: From un- + ionize.
Senses: examples: text: For the experiments designed to study the effect of pH, aqueous solutions of NaOH were used. Approximately 3 mL of the aqueous phase was drawn out for sampling and a portion of this was used to determine the pH[…]. The other portion was analyzed after addition of HCl solution to bring the pH below 3.0 (to unionize the dissociated vinyl acids).
ref: 2013 July 24, Amit K. Tripathi, Donald C. Sundberg, “Partitioning of Functional Monomers in Emulsion Polymerization: Distribution of Carboxylic Acid Monomers between Water and Multimonomer Systems”, in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, volume 52, number 29, →DOI, page 9764:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of deionize.
To cause (an ionized substance) to return to a neutral state; to convert (an ion) into a neutral atom or molecule.
examples: text: The water absorbency of the anionically starch-grafted AA/AM absorbent is markedly affected by the pH of the buffer solution at different ionic strengths. The charge of the ionic monomer affects the pH sensitivity of the superabsorbent polymers. An acidic superabsorbent normally ionizes at high pH but unionizes at low pH.
ref: 2000 October 1, Suda Kiatkamjornwong, Wararuk Chomsaksakul, Manit Sonsuk, “Radiation modification of water absorption of cassava starch by acrylic acid/acrylamide”, in Radiation Physics and Chemistry, volume 59, number 4, →DOI, page 423:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of deionize.
Of an ionized substance, to return to a neutral state.
Derived terms: unionization
unionized
unionizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unionize
unionizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unionize
unionized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːnjənaɪzd/
enpr: yo͞onʹyə-nīzd
ipa: /ˈjunjənaɪzd/
Forms: form: unionised
Etymology: From unionize, from union + -ize.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unionize
unionized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːnjənaɪzd/
enpr: yo͞onʹyə-nīzd
ipa: /ˈjunjənaɪzd/
Forms: form: more unionized
form: most unionized
form: unionised
Etymology: From unionize, from union + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Bumblemore was constantly calling the house elves in to fix this or that thing, but they were unionized and often on strike, so everybody had learned to accept unflushing toilets and small electrical fires […]
ref: 2002, Michael Gerber, Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody, page 25:
qualifier: companies; or industries; companies; or industries
glosses: Organized into a trades union or trades unions.
raw_tags: of workers
Related terms: scab
unionized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːnjənaɪzd/
enpr: yo͞onʹyə-nīzd
ipa: /ˈjunjənaɪzd/
enpr: ŭn-īʹən-īzd
ipa: /ʌnˈaɪənaɪzd/
ipa: /ˈjuːnjənaɪzd/
enpr: yo͞onʹyə-nīzd
ipa: /ˈjunjənaɪzd/
Forms: form: more unionized
form: most unionized
Etymology: From un- + ionized, from ionize.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of un-ionized.
unlighted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + lighted.
Senses: examples: text: I hate walking into an unlighted room; the monsters might eat me.
glosses: Not lit.
UUP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Ulster Unionist Party.
unsullied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsullied
form: most unsullied
Etymology: From un- + sullied.
Senses: examples: text: Preëminently is the Lake District suited for the jaded and worn, who seek in solitude and amidst scenery unmoiled and unsullied by human artifice, refreshment alike of body and spirit.
ref: 1889, The Wesley Naturalist, volume 2, page 143:
glosses: Not sullied.
Synonyms: immaculate
spotless
undefiled
crewmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crewmates
Etymology: From crew + -mate.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: teammate
text: The company shard specific data from today’s flight on social media, revealing that the New Shepard capsule that carried Katy Perry, Gayle King and their crewmates to space hit 346,802 feet above ground level (AGL) and 350,449 above mean sea level (MSL). […] King also revealed that her crewmate Katy Perry sang in space, offering a few lines of the song “What a Wonderful World.”
ref: 2025 April 14, Jackie Wattles, Ashley Strickland and Taylor Nicioli, “Blue Origin launches star-studded crew on space tourism rocket”, in CNN:
hypernyms: crewmember
crewperson
crewman
crewwoman
glosses: A member of the same crew.
de Klerk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /də ˈklɛɹk/
Forms: form: de Klerks
form: deKlerk
form: DeKlerk
form: Deklerk
form: De Klerk
form: Klerk
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch de Klerk and Afrikaans de Klerk.
Senses: examples: text: This scenario would hark back to the post-apartheid era when South Africa operated under a GNU to oversee the new constitution, led by Mandela as president and FW de Klerk and Thabo Mbeki as deputy presidents, between April 1994 and February 1997.
ref: 2024 May 30, Sarah Dean and David McKenzie, “First results in South Africa’s election suggest it is heading for biggest political shift since apartheid”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from Dutch or Afrikaans.
Dijkstra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: A surname from Dutch
Edsger W. Dijkstra, the computer scientist.
Derived terms: DJP algorithm
Dijkstra's algorithm
Prim-Dijkstra algorithm
hearting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of heart
hearting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heartings
Senses: examples: text: The masons used rubble from their trimming of the face rocks as some of the hearting for the wall.
glosses: Material used as fill between walls of greater structural integrity, especially in masonry.
crunching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crunch
crunching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/
Forms: form: crunchings
Senses: glosses: A crunch noise.
capped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæpt/
ipa: /kapt/
rhymes: -æpt
Forms: form: more capped
form: most capped
Senses: glosses: Having a cap (various senses).
raw_tags: in combinations
Derived terms: becapped
bicapped
black-capped babbler
black-capped chickadee
black-capped petrel
black-capped tinamou
blue-capped ifrit
blue-capped kingfisher
capped collection
fire-capped tit
grey-capped greenfinch
noncapped
red-capped
red-capped parrot
rufous-capped antshrike
screwcapped
smallcapped
snow-capped
suncapped
tricapped
uncapped
whitecapped
capped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæpt/
ipa: /kapt/
rhymes: -æpt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cap
approves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /əˈpɹuːvz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of approve
sorrier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sorry: more sorry
slaving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slave
slaving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slavings
Senses: examples: text: The missionaries, soon after the restoration was complete, developed a nostalgia for the old days: the past slavings and excesses of the Muslims and Biheans, who had been the major armed aliens in the region, paled in comparison to the Congo Free State's cruel exercise of its monopolies of rubber and ivory as well as its military license.
ref: 1993, Marcia Wright, Strategies of Slaves & Women, page 162:
glosses: Enslavement.
examples: text: These two ships would then chase, stop, and search ships, and if the ships were found with slaves aboard or equipped for slaving, the ships were seized, any slaves freed, and fines imposed.
ref: 2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 4:57 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2024:
glosses: The transport of slaves, especially by sea.
Related terms: white-slaving
resurrected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resurrect
reconsidering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reconsider
dented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dent
cruelest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cruel: most cruel
copped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cop
copped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more copped
form: most copped
Senses: examples: text: It was broad in its basis, and rose copped like a Sugarloaf
ref: 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Rising to a point or head; conical; pointed; crested.
badmouthing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of badmouth
waltzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of waltz
unloaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From unload + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unload
unloaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + loaded.
Senses: examples: text: an unloaded question
text: an unloaded vehicle
glosses: Not loaded (in various senses).
twirling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of twirl
twirling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twirlings
Senses: glosses: The motion of something that twirls.
topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Ellipsis of baton twirling.
Derived terms: moustache-twirling
Related terms: twirler
unfurling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unfurl
unfurling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unfurlings
Senses: examples: text: Are there not here some sounds of a gathering together of armies, some blasts of the trumpets of war, some unfurlings of hostile banners, some noise of chariots and tramplings of horses rushing to the battle?
ref: 1849, Christopher Wordsworth, Lectures on the Apocalypse, page 466:
glosses: The act by which something is unfurled.
swerved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swerve
coclique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocliques
Etymology: From co- + clique.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: a subgraph whose complement is a clique, i.e. an independent set
squirming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of squirm
squirming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squirmings
Senses: examples: text: these squirmings of the newborn
ref: 1927, Harper's Magazine: Volume 155:
glosses: The motion of something that squirms.
independent set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: independent sets
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: a set of vertices of a graph, such that no pair of them are adjacent to each other; in other words, a set of vertices which are all "independent" of each other
Synonyms: coclique
Derived terms: independence number
swerves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swerve
swerves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swerve
swerving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more swerving
form: most swerving
Senses: glosses: Variable, unsteady.
swerving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swervings
Senses: examples: text: The swervings of the stolen car.
glosses: An unpredictable change of direction.
swerving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swerve
Francophonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Franco- + -phonic.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or relating to the sounds of French.
glosses: Pertaining to speakers of French.
Related terms: Francophone
Francophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Francophone
embargoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of embargo
embargoed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more embargoed
form: most embargoed
Senses: examples: text: Verified access is also required to access most embargoed papers.
ref: 2017, Martin Angler, Science Journalism: An Introduction:
text: We became the most embargoed state on earth.
ref: 2018, D. B. John, Star of the North: An explosive thriller set in North Korea:
text: And other journalists suggested that the article should have been run sooner if it was based on independent reporting rather than the embargoed announcement by the journal,
ref: 2023, Vincent Kiernan, Embargoed Science:
text: An embargo is a restriction upon the transfer of specified goods, usually arms or petroleum products, to the embargoed State. It could also include a bar upon specific individuals or categories of persons (e.g. mercenaries) entering the embargoed State.
ref: 2023, Terry D. Gill, Kinga Tibori-Szabó, The Use of Force and the International Legal System, page 284:
glosses: Having had an embargo imposed, preventing access to or trade with.
Derived terms: unembargoed
embargoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of embargo
FIOA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FIOAs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of fetch instruction operand address.
glosses: Initialism of Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics.
vertex cover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vertex covers
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: a set of vertices which touch all the edges of a graph
Derived terms: covering number
edge cover
edge cover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: edge covers
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A set of edges which touch all the vertices of a graph.
Related terms: edge covering number
vertex cover
peened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of peen
covering number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: covering numbers
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The number of vertices in a minimum vertex cover of a graph, often denoted as τ=τ(G).
Related terms: edge covering number
edge covering number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: edge covering numbers
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The number of edges in a minimum edge cover of a graph, often denoted as ρ=ρ(G).
Related terms: covering number
exhumer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exhumers
Etymology: From exhume + -er.
Senses: examples: text: […] he had also satisfied his mind that it had been done consistently with the rights of man, although neither Paine, nor the exhumer of his bones had ever ventured into his country, to instil into the ductile minds of the natives the principles of their philosophy.
ref: 1835, William Light, The Last Voyage, page 346:
text: Lucia del Monte, in that city he painted a picture representing Pope St. Pasquale, a great church-builder and exhumer of holy corpses.
ref: 1848, William Stirling Maxwell, Annals of the Artists of Spain, page 992:
text: As each skull was taken out, the exhumer held it up to the view of the onlookers, when a wailing cry would be heard as they greeted the remains of their dead relative.
ref: 1910, Memoirs of the Polynesian Society, N.Z.: Polynesian Society, page 72:
text: Resurrectionist: […] since about 1776, an exhumer and stealer of corpses which were later (or perhaps better, sooner) sold to anatomists for dissection and research.
ref: 1996, Fritz Spiegl, Fritz Spiegl's Sick Notes, page 137:
text: In the medieval period monks were enthusiastic exhumers of the mortal remains of the holiest of individuals.
ref: 2005, J. Patrick Greene, Medieval Monasteries, page 56:
glosses: One who exhumes.
matching number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matching numbers
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: the number of edges in a maximum matching, often denoted ν=ν(G)
Related terms: topics: firearms
weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: matching numbers