cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
McAdam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Macadam
form: MacAdam
form: McKeggie
Etymology: Anglicised from a Scottish Gaelic surname meaning "son of Adam", equivalent to Mc- + Adam.
Senses: examples: text: In some places the McAdam was cut through a hill, while in others it crossed a valley - the surface of the road being from 12 to 15 & sometimes more feet above the old ground.
ref: 1834 August 29, Benjamin Harwood, Harwood Diaries, volume [10] (Jan. 14, 1833, to Oct. 18, 1834), [Stratford, Conn.]: [William F. Allen], published [1992], →OCLC, page 244:
text: The street was to be graded, its sidewalks curbed and flagged, and the road-bed covered with McAdam.
ref: 1874, Amzi Dodd, quotee, “Schumm vs. Seymour and others”, in Charles Ewing Green, reporter, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in […] New Jersey (New Jersey Equity Reports; XXIV), volume IX, Trenton, N.J.: W. S. & E. W. Sharp, […], →OCLC, page 146:
text: On St. Martin Street 3 laborers and a pipe-layer were for 5 days each digging an excavation about 100 feet long (where the McAdam was very thick and, of course, hard frozen) to find a leak in the main pipe, and the appearance of the leak proved to be about 100 feet from where the leak really was, and then the main pipe was found to be broken across.
ref: 1883 December 31, “Maintenance of Cast-Iron Pipe”, in E[dmund] C[ogswell] Converse, compiler, Facts About Pipe, 3rd edition, New York, N.Y.: National Tube Works Company, published 1895, →OCLC, page 432:
text: Leonardo Da Vinci drew a comprehensive sketch of a bicycle three hundred years before it was re-invented and actually placed in the hands of consumers. Imagine where we would be if the citizens of the early Renaissance had had this invention! (First, they’d need to pave all the roads with a brick or McAdam surface, and invent rubber for the tires.)
ref: 2003, Jack Bacon, “About the Future”, in My Stepdaughter’s Watch: A Forecast of Technology, Society, and the Coming Generation, Houston, Tex.: Normandy House Publishers, →ISBN, part I (The Art & Act of Thinking), page 47:
glosses: Alternative spelling of macadam.
Derived terms: McAdamise
McAdamize
McAdamization
McAndrew
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McAndrews
Etymology: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Aindreis (“son of Andrew”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
didicoy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: didicoys
form: diddicoi
form: diddicoy
form: diddikai
form: didakai
form: didakei
form: didicoi
form: didikai
form: didikoy
form: diddikoi
Etymology: Borrowed from Angloromani diddikai.
Senses: glosses: A gypsy or traveller, especially one who is not Romani or is not full-blooded Romani.
yessed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yes
pontificating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pontificate
pontificating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pontificatings
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pontification.
synonyms: word: pontification
regaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of regale
salwar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salwars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shalwar.
trafficker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: traffickers
Etymology: From traffic + -er.
Senses: examples: text: drug trafficker
text: human trafficker
text: Trafficking Methods Traffickers may be members of organized crime networks or may be locals, friends, or even family members well known to the victim. […] In addition, traffickers may be involved in other criminal activities— for example, using the vehicles that transport victims and drugs out of a country to transport weapons or other items back in.
ref: 2008, Claire M. Renzetti, Jeffrey L. Edleson, Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence, SAGE, →ISBN:
glosses: Someone who traffics; a trader or merchant of illegal products, or of legal products in an illegal setting.
Derived terms: drug trafficker
human trafficker
Related terms: trafficking
trafficking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From traffic + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of traffic
glosses: present participle and gerund of traffick
trafficking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: traffickings
Etymology: From traffic + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The illegal trade or exchange of goods.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The movement of an enzyme (or other protein) through tissue.
Derived terms: arms trafficking
child trafficking
drug trafficking
human trafficking
sex-trafficking
sex trafficking
hydropathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydropathies
Etymology: From hydro- + -pathy.
Senses: synonyms: hydrotherapy
glosses: The therapeutic use of water, either internally or externally.
Derived terms: hydropathist
Related terms: hydropath
hydropathic
Jansenism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Jansen + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: From the mid-seventeenth century, therefore, disputes about Jansenism turned into a struggle for the soul of the French Church, now vigorously resurgent against a steadily more beleaguered Reformed Protestantism.
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 798:
glosses: The Catholic doctrines of Cornelius Jansen and his followers, which emphasise original sin, divine grace and predestination; condemned as a heresy by Pope Innocent X in 1653.
Related terms: Jansenist
trocar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹəʊkɑː(ɹ)/
Forms: form: trocars
Etymology: From French trocart, corruption of trois-quart.
Senses: examples: text: He wheeled his first patient over to the operating room […] and began pulling out the marrow, plunging a steel trocar repeatedly into the hip and drawing out the cells.
ref: 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 313:
glosses: A pointed hollow cylindrical device used to make small incisions and surgically insert cannulas, etc., into body cavities, or to aspirate fluids.
tidewrack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tide wrack
Etymology: From tide + wrack.
Senses: glosses: Seaweed and similar marine vegetation and rubbish deposited along a shore by a receding tide.
etiopathogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to etiopathogenesis.
etiopathogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etiopathogeneses
Etymology: From etio- + pathogenesis.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aetiopathogenesis.
devo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛvoʊ/
Forms: form: more devo
form: most devo
Etymology: From dev(astated) + -o.
Senses: glosses: Devastated.
Related terms: word: devoed
devo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛvoʊ/
ipa: /ˈdiːvoʊ/
ipa: /ˈdɛvoʊ/
Etymology: Clipping of devolution.
Senses: examples: text: Sheffield’s devo deal, signed in December, focuses on skill and jobs but also includes new powers for the authority over housing and support for business. There is no mayor, but new ‘Oyster-style’ travelcards are promised. [image caption]
ref: 2015 January 23, Susanna Rustin, “The new city centres: the alternative establishment that wants to wrest power from the capital”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Clipping of devolution (“transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government”).
Derived terms: devo max
devo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛvoʊ/
ipa: /ˈdiːvoʊ/
Forms: form: devos
Etymology: Clipping of devotion or devotional.
Senses: examples: text: The 246 daily devos help you dive deep for treasure to keep. Every devo starts with a fun saying that will help you learn and remember the meaning of one small slice of the Bible.
ref: 2007, Emmett Cooper, The One Year Make It Stick Devotions, Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, page 13:
text: I used to hate doing devos, but now I just have to do devos. When I don't, it just feels like something's wrong.
ref: 2016, Mick Schultz, Ministry Training Academies: Equipping Kids for Ministry, Bloomington, IN: WestBow Press, →ISBN:
text: Consider this: If a friend asked you to do a devo with them for a month, how would you feel? […] Call your devo-partner (or better yet, take a WEEKEND WALK together) and spend some time reflecting on the past week.
ref: 2022, Drew Hill, Alongside Jesus: Devotions for Teenagers, Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, →ISBN:
topics: Christianity
glosses: A devotion; a devotional; a piece of religious text used for devotion, or the time spent on reading and reflecting on such text.
Related terms: evo-devo
lysyl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪ.sɪl/
rhymes: -aɪsɪl
Etymology: From lysine + -yl.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to lysine
Derived terms: lysyl-bradykinin
lysyl hydroxylase
lysyl oxidase
lysyl-tRNA
methionyl-lysyl-bradykinin
Q.931
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An ISDN connection protocol somewhat similar to TCP.
oncological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌɒŋkəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəɫ/
Etymology: From oncology + -ical.
Senses: topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to oncology.
Synonyms: oncologic
Derived terms: hematooncological
neurooncological
oncologically
psychooncological
radiooncological
oncologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌɒŋkəˈlɒd͡ʒɪk/
Etymology: From oncology + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to oncology
Synonyms: oncological
Derived terms: nononcologic
melanomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melanoma
leukæmia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of leukaemia.
leucaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leucaemias
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of leukemia.
leucæmia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of leukemia.
entrapment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɹæpmənt/
Forms: form: entrapments
Etymology: From entrap + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: The entrapment of the victims in the wreckage made rescue difficult.
text: Bowen talked of the entrapment of parenting, the anxiety that makes some women feel they are never free again: "We're forever waiting for the other shoe to drop, all the while trying to have a life."
ref: 1988 February 14, Louise Rice, “Confronting The Mythology Of Motherhood”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 30, page 7:
text: Entrapments in lifts were also on the increase, with an 18% increase across the most recent reporting period (2024-2025).
ref: 2025 July 23, “Network News: Satisfaction levels with assisted travel unchanged... but lift failures increase”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 12:
glosses: The state of being entrapped.
examples: text: A detective asking you to buy illegal marijuana for a dying man would be police entrapment.
text: That’s right, Thailand actually has a buffoonish crown prince. And I understand why the Thai people are upset, because they have a law where you can get 15 years in jail for insulting the monarchy, and yet, they have a prince who featured in, and this is true, a video of a birthday party he threw for his dog, a miniature poodle called Foo Foo, in which his topless wife served the dog birthday cake. And you’re telling me they’re not supposed to make fun of that? That’s entrapment! That’s not fair! You asked too much!
ref: 2014, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Dr. Oz and Nutritional Supplements”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 8, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:
topics: law
glosses: Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.
Derived terms: grain entrapment
nonparametric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-parametric
Etymology: From non- + parametric.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having a flexible number or nature of parameters which are not fixed in advance.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Free of assumptions about the frequency distributions of the variables being assessed.
Synonyms: topics: statistics
mathematics
sciences
word: distribution-free
Derived terms: nonparametric regression
nonparametric statistics
nonparametrics
alkanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alkane
atlatlist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɑtˈlɑtl̩ɪst/
Forms: form: atlatlists
Etymology: * atlatl + -ist
Senses: glosses: One who uses an atlatl for hunting or for sport.
glosses: An expert or hobbyist who is interested in atlatls.
Vatican roulette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the Catholic church's prohibitions on active methods of contraception, and its perceived lack of reliability. By analogy with Russian roulette.
Senses: glosses: The rhythm method.
rade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹeɪd/
Forms: form: rades
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of road.
glosses: raid
examples: text: FAIRY RADES: Another favored fairy activity is the rade, or ride, a procession of fairies on horseback. The fairy rade takes fairies into the land of the mortals. The most important rades occur on Midsummer Nght's Eve, the Summer Solstice, which occurs June 21 or 22.
ref: 2009 November 24, Rosemary Ellen Guiley, Fairies, page 54:
glosses: ride; procession
rade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɹeɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ride
rada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radas
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish rada, from Middle High German rât. Compare German Rat, Icelandic ráð and Dutch raad. Doublet of rede.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A parliamentary body in a number of Slavic countries.
glosses: A soviet, a form of governing council in the former Soviet Union.
SDF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Japan's initial contribution to Kabul resembled “checkbook diplomacy plus” with a pledge of ODA plus the dispatch of the Maritime SDF to the Indian Ocean. These steps appeared sufficient.
ref: 2014, Dennis T. Yasutomo, Japan's Civil-Military Diplomacy: The Banks of the Rubicon, Routledge, →ISBN:
text: The reorientation of the SDFs operational posture has gone hand in hand with a sustained legislative effort to alter the legal underpinnings of Japan's security policy.
ref: 2017, Robert S. Ross, Øystein Tunsjø, editors, Strategic Adjustment and the Rise of China, Cornell University Press, →ISBN:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of (Japanese) Self-Defence Force(s).
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Syrian Democratic Forces.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Social Democratic Federation.
SDF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of silver diamine fluoride.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of signed distance field.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of signed distance function.
Derived terms: topics: military
war
government
politics
word: JSDF
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: MSDF
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: ASDF
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: GSDF
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: JMSDF
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: JASDF
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: JGSDF
ninepin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ninepins
Etymology: From nine + pin.
Senses: glosses: The wooden pin used in the game of ninepins; a skittle.
ninepins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd-looking personages playing at nine-pins.
ref: 1819 June 23, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Rip Van Winkle”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number I, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 73:
topics: games
glosses: The game of skittles.
glosses: plural of ninepin
nosecone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nosecones
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nose cone.
nose cone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nose cones
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The forwardmost part of an aircraft, rocket or missile; it is shaped to minimize aerodynamic resistance.
Related terms: spinner
novae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: novas
Senses: glosses: plural of nova
patellae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patella
papillae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papilla
penumbrae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penumbra
personae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌpɜː(ɹ)ˈsəʊnai/
Senses: glosses: plural of persona (alternative spelling of personæ).
pleurae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleura
supernovae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌsuː.pə(ɹ)ˈnəʊ.vi/
Senses: glosses: plural of supernova
Derived terms: word: SNe
tracheae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹeɪ.kiˌi/
ipa: /ˈtɹeɪ.kiˌaɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of trachea
trichinae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trichina
trichina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪnə
Forms: form: trichinas
form: trichinae
Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek τρίχινος (tríkhinos, “of hair”), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”).
Senses: glosses: Any of several parasitic roundworms, of the genus Trichinella, that infect the intestines and cause trichinosis
Related terms: trichinal
trichinate
man-witch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: man-witches
Senses: glosses: A male witch; a warlock.
bursae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bursa
maxillae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maxilla
homonymous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Adapted borrowing of Latin homōnymus (“having the same name”) + -ous, from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμος (homṓnumos). By surface analysis, homonym + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Having the same name as another (i.e., like a namesake).
glosses: Of or pertaining to a homonym.
topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: Having homonymous hemianopsia (blindness in the same side of both eyes)
Derived terms: homonymously
Related terms: homonymic
homonymy
polysemic
baggage reclaim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baggage reclaims
Senses: glosses: The designated location for receiving checked luggage such as the baggage carousels at an airport.
Synonyms: word: baggage claim
honking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of honk
honking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honkings
Senses: examples: text: We listened to the distant honkings of the geese on the lake.
glosses: A sound that honks.
honking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having a bad smell.
glosses: Alternative spelling of honkin'.
topics: video-games
glosses: terrible
Derived terms: honkingly
honking
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of honkin'.
outcropping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outcroppings
Senses: glosses: An outcrop.
not a one
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: text: Why must you lie to me? How many BERRIES do you have? Not a one!
ref: 2004: Old man in Cerulean City, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
text: Looking through my old painting books, there are no women in them. Not a one.
ref: 2005, JoAnn Bortles, How To Custom Paint Your Motorcycle:
text: - You can't find any legs on a snake, Stephen.
- No, not a one.
ref: 2010, Sean Lock, Stephen Fry, QI:
glosses: Not any person or thing whatsoever.
Synonyms: nary a one
dubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʌbz/
rhymes: -ʌbz
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: plural of dub
dubs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʌbz/
rhymes: -ʌbz
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dub
dubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʌbz/
rhymes: -ʌbz
Etymology: Contraction of double.
Senses: examples: text: Oh, B-T-W, you misspelled "heist". It's "ei", not "ie".
ref: 2019, The Angry Birds Movie 2, spoken by Chuck (Josh Gad):
glosses: The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.
examples: text: dubs decides what i do with this gun
text: http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/weird-news/4chan-user-chops-toe-because-6363754
text: https://web.archive.org/web/20170812000013/http://thegoldwater.com/news/6241-8chan-pol-Discusses-Vladimir-Putin-Calling-Out-The-Pope-As-False-Prophet
glosses: An image board post venerated for its post number, which ends in two repeated digits.
Derived terms: bee tee dubs
GeeDubs
Related terms: sense: three repeated digits
word: trips
qualifier: three repeated digits
sense: three repeated digits
word: q
qualifier: three repeated digits
sense: three repeated digits
word: u
qualifier: three repeated digits
sense: three repeated digits
word: a
qualifier: three repeated digits
sense: three repeated digits
word: d
qualifier: three repeated digits
sense: three repeated digits
word: s
qualifier: three repeated digits
sense: three repeated digits
word: f
qualifier: three repeated digits
sense: three repeated digits
word: o
qualifier: three repeated digits
sense: three repeated digits
word: r
qualifier: three repeated digits
sense: three repeated digits
word: e
qualifier: three repeated digits
sense: three repeated digits
word: p
qualifier: three repeated digits
sense: three repeated digits
word: t
qualifier: three repeated digits
sense: three repeated digits
word: i
qualifier: three repeated digits
sense: three repeated digits
word: g
qualifier: three repeated digits
sense: three repeated digits
word: n
qualifier: three repeated digits
sense: three repeated digits
word: v
comely maidens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Incorrectly attributed to a speech by Irish statesman Éamon de Valera. A longer version is often misquoted as "comely maidens, dancing at the crossroads". The actual phrase, delivered in a radio broadcast on St. Patrick's Day 1943, mentions "the laughter of happy maidens, whose firesides would be forums for the wisdom of serene old age." See Wikipedia article.
Senses: examples: text: He was surprised to see so many women workers. What did he expect, comely maidens?
glosses: An outdated stereotype of Irish women; used as a reference to misogynistic opinions.
wikipedia: Éamon de Valera
adversities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adversity
trastuzumab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -tu- (“tumor”) + -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug used in the treatment of breast cancer which targets the HER-2 oncogene.
Synonyms: Herceptin
Derived terms: trastuzumab emtansine
Herceptin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A trademarked name for the anti-cancer drug trastuzumab.
ErbB-2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named for its similarity to ErbB (avian erythroblastosis oncogene B).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of HER-2.
synonyms: word: HER-2
topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: Avian erythroblastosis oncogene B 2.
HER2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of HER-2.
dirt farmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dirt farmers
Senses: glosses: A subsistence farmer; a farmer with no hired hands.
glosses: A farmer with little to no formal training, such that their poor harvests consist largely of empty dirt.
glosses: A farmer who is too poor to use, or unable to use, irrigation.
Related terms: dirt farming
repercussions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repercussion
teetering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of teeter
teetering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teeterings
Senses: examples: the teeterings of the financial market
glosses: A precarious motion or situation, risking a fall or collapse.
petrology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪˈtɹɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
ipa: /pəˈtɹɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
Forms: form: petrologies
Etymology: From petro- + -logy.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The study of the origin, composition and structure of rock.
Meronyms: mineralogy
Derived terms: petrologic
petrological
Related terms: petrography
petrologist
petrologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petrologists
Etymology: From petrology + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: As Kirkpatrick worked, Otto Hahn - an intensely patriotic German lawyer and amateur petrologist turned Swedenborgian who believed life originated in outer space - was spending long hours staring down his microscope at what he took to be the fossilised remnants of algae.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 76:
glosses: A geologist who specializes in petrology.
photoelectrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From photoelectric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of photoelectricity
photoelectricity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + electricity.
Senses: glosses: Electricity produced by the photoelectric effect.
Related terms: photoelectric
photoengraver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoengravers
Etymology: From photo- + engraver.
Senses: glosses: A person who makes photoengravings.
photogenically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more photogenically
form: most photogenically
Etymology: From photogenic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a photogenic manner.
photostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to xerography
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to photostasis
Derived terms: photostatically
Related terms: photostat
a chain is only as strong as its weakest link
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: a chain is as strong as its weakest link
form: a chain is no stronger than its weakest link
Etymology: First appeared in Thomas Reid’s Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man, published in 1786. The full idiom a chain is no stronger than its weakest link was first printed in Cornhill Magazine in 1868.
Senses: glosses: An organization is only as strong or powerful as its weakest person; a group of associates is only as strong as its laziest member.
wikipedia: Cornhill Magazine
Thomas Reid
Related terms: weakest link
Bakerloo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /beɪkəˈluː/
enpr: bā-kər-lo͞oʹ
ipa: /beɪkɚˈlu/
rhymes: -uː
Etymology: Blend of Baker Street + Waterloo.
Senses: examples: text: It was the Evening News, I know, which had a competition for naming one of the Tube lines. Hence our Bakerloo.
ref: 1945 July and August, John Gibbons, “Thirty Years of The Railway Magazine”, in Railway Magazine, page 228:
glosses: The Bakerloo Line of the London Underground, originally known as the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway.
grummet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grummets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of grommet.
MUF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MUFs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of maximum usable frequency.
qualifier: nuclear energy
glosses: Initialism of material unaccounted for.
showily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more showily
form: most showily
Etymology: From showy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a showy manner.
rain cloud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rain clouds
form: raincloud
Senses: examples: text: Between the grey mist of rainclouds the sun suddenly appeared to mottle the wet asphalt of Marble Arch in patches of silver and ebony.
ref: 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 214:
text: During this fine run through Fife the weather had deteriorated rapidly, and as we passed Wormit and came onto the Tay Bridge heavy rain clouds were piled over the sea.
ref: 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 7:
glosses: A cloud from which rain is falling or may fall.
Synonyms: sense: cloud from which rain is falling
word: nimbus
sense: cloud from which rain is falling
word: nimbostratus
Related terms: thundercloud
rain clouds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rain cloud
mense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mɛns/
Forms: form: menses
Etymology: From earlier mensk, from Middle English menske (“courtesy, honour”), from Old English mennisċu (“the human condition, humanity”) and/or Old Norse menska (“humanity”). More at mennish, mensch.
Senses: glosses: Property, owndom; possessions.
examples: text: ... But never a soul had the mense to come near them,[…]
ref: 1812, John Bell, Rhymes of Northern Bards: Being a Curious Collection of Old and New Songs and Poems, Peculiar to the Counties of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, and Durham, page 185:
text: Little mense to the cheeks to bite aff the nose[…]
ref: 1842, William Chambers, Robert Chambers, Chambers's Information for the People, page 796:
text: For she had baked a crumpie cake And butter scones, for mense's sake, To entertain her lodger.
ref: 1871, Henry Scott Riddell, The Poetical Works of Henry Scott Riddell, page 141:
text: Be seen with men of mense, but turn aside From swicks and sweeps, the silly and the low […]
ref: 1895, William Dunbar, Dunbar: Being a Selection from the Poems of an Old Makar, page 31:
text: ... ye'll hae the sense and the mense to keep a calm sough,[…]
ref: 1904, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, The Men of the Moss-hags: Being a History of Adventure Taken from the Papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway, page 126:
glosses: Decency; propriety; civility.
examples: text: There is not a mense of snow in "smoky Leeds,"
ref: 1841, Richard Winter Hamilton, Nugae Literariae: Prose and Verse, page 356:
text: He has a mense o' pure nonsense,
ref: 1857, James Stewart, Sketches of Scottish Character, and Other Poems. The Late James Steward. With a Memoir of the Author, page 22:
glosses: A large amount.
Derived terms: menseful
menseless
mense
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /mɛns/
Forms: form: menses
form: mensing
form: mensed
form: mensed
Etymology: From earlier mensk, from Middle English menske (“courtesy, honour”), from Old English mennisċu (“the human condition, humanity”) and/or Old Norse menska (“humanity”). More at mennish, mensch.
Senses: glosses: To adorn, bring honour to; grace.
prolegomena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prolegomenon
muff-diver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muff-divers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of muff diver.
sleep deprivation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Sleep deprivation can lead to fatal vehicular accidents.
text: Growing evidence has accumulated over the last two decades and revealed that a number of sleep traits in humans are heritable, such as timing of sleep, total daily sleep requirement, response to sleep deprivation, and various EEG measurements/patterns.
ref: 2017 June 1, Guangsen Shi, David Wu, Louis J. Ptáček, Ying-Hui Fu, “Human genetics and sleep behavior”, in Current Opinion in Neurobiology, volume 44, number 3, →DOI, pages 43–49:
synonyms: sleep dep
glosses: The condition of being kept awake and not getting enough sleep (as forcibly by someone else, or by a disorder), to the point of noticeably lower alertness.
Related terms: sleep-deprived
insomnia
sleep debt
sleep disorder
undersleep
lack of sleep
beyond a shadow of a doubt
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: beyond a shadow of doubt
form: beyond the shadow of a doubt
form: without a shadow of a doubt
Etymology: From shadow of a doubt.
Senses: examples: text: I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that my sister would want to go to the concert.
text: So that there can be no possible misunderstanding, both Germany and Japan can be certain beyond any shadow of a doubt that America will continue to fight for freedom until no vestige of resistance remains. Our demand has been and it remains unconditional surrender.
ref: 1945 April 16, Harry S. Truman, 10:06 from the start, in MP72-20 President Roosevelt’s Funeral and Procession; Truman – New President of U.S., Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:
glosses: Without any doubt or hesitation at all.
Related terms: beyond reasonable doubt
hastening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hasten
hastening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hastenings
Senses: examples: text: Miss D. had found that regular blinking, or a loud-ticking watch, or horizontal lines or marks on the ground, etc., similarly served to pace her, and to prevent the incontinent hastenings and retardations which otherwise marred her ambulation.
ref: 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
text: The secret seems to be a very precise control of the subtle slackenings and hastenings of tempo that are essential to Scriabin's idiom[…]
ref: 1991, Christopher Pollard, The Good CD guide, 1992:
glosses: The act of speeding up; a growing faster.
Synonyms: acceleration
hastens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hasten
speleothem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspiːliəˌθɛm/
ipa: /ˈspiːlioʊˌθɛm/
Forms: form: speleothems
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σπήλαιον (spḗlaion, “cave”) + θέμα (théma, “what is laid down”).
Senses: examples: text: But it is possible that the painting itself might be thousands of years older because the technique only assesses the age of a mineral deposit, speleothem, that formed on the cave walls.
ref: 2021 January 13, Becky Ferreira, “Pig Painting May Be World’s Oldest Cave Art Yet, Archaeologists Say”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any secondary mineral, deposited in a natural cave by the action of water. Includes formations such as stalactites, stalagmites, flowstones, and helictites.
Synonyms: cave formation
Hyponyms: cave pearl
flowstone
rimstone
stalactite
stalagmite
Derived terms: speleothemic
depositional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From deposition + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a deposit or a deposition.
Derived terms: depositionally
interdepositional
nondepositional
paleodepositional
postdepositional
redepositional
syndepositional
discriminator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: discriminators
Etymology: From discriminate + -or.
Senses: examples: text: keen discriminator
text: Generally, we may say, that Mr. Smith is a very accomplished etymological scholar, a very keen discriminator, and that his illustrative examples are selected with great industry, and from a wide field of English literature […]
ref: 1871, The British Quarterly Review, volume 54, page 279:
glosses: A person who discriminates, as:
A person who differentiates things or concepts.
synonyms: differentiator
examples: text: I am not a discriminator
glosses: A person who discriminates, as:
A person who acts unfairly through prejudice.
examples: text: Colour is not an effective discriminator when it comes to the spiciness of food.
text: Moreover, the domainness variable also plays the role of weighting discriminators to balance the relatedness of the generated images to different domains. […] Taking semantic segmentation as an example, a typical way is to append a discriminator to the segmentation model, which is used to distinguish the source and target samples.
ref: 2018 December 13, Rui Gong, Wen Li, Yuhua Chen, Luc Van Gool, “DLOW: Domain Flow for Adaptation and Generalization”, in arXiv, page 2481:
glosses: A test or variable, etc. that serves to distinguish between different things.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any of several electronic devices that convert some property of a signal into an amplitude whose value is proportional to the difference between the value of the input signal and that of a standard.
examples: text: An especially strong warranty can be a discriminator in some marketplaces.
topics: business
marketing
synonyms: differentiator
glosses: A feature of the seller's offering that differs from a competitor's offering and is important to the buyer in question.
Derived terms: anti-discriminator
nondiscriminator
time series
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time series
form: timeseries
Senses: examples: text: The message is a discrete or continuous sequence of measurable events distributed in time—presicely what is called a time series by the statisticians.
ref: 1948, Norbert Wiener, Cybernetics; or, Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine, 2nd edition, MIT Press, →ISBN, pages 8–9:
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A set of data points, each of which represents the value of the same variable at different times, normally at uniform intervals.
Hyponyms: series
set
Derived terms: time series analysis
time-series analysis
time series animation
time series data
time series database server
time series model
time series prediction
exsiccator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exsiccators
Etymology: From exsiccate + -or.
Senses: glosses: A desiccator.
gravimetrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From gravimetric + -ally.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Using a gravimetric method.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Using a gravimeter.
gravimetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gravi- + -metric.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to measurement by weight.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to measurement of the local gravitational field.
Derived terms: electrogravimetric
gravimetrical
gravimetrically
gravimetric analysis
gravimetric density
gravimetric energy density
gravimetric geodesy
isogravimetric
magnetogravimetric
microgravimetric
radiogravimetric
thermalgravimetric
thermogravimetric
Related terms: gravimeter
corporeity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɔː.pəˈɹiː.ɪt.i/
ipa: /kɔː.pəˈɹeɪ.ɪt.i/
Forms: form: corporeities
Etymology: From French corporéité or Medieval Latin corporeitas, from Latin corporeus, from corpus (“body”).
Senses: examples: text: Immortal-soulism, spiritism, ghostism, all spring from a fabulous or mythical source. Corporeity is characteristic of being.
ref: 1883, David D. Paterson, Zion's Waymarks, Or, Knowledge Vs. Mystery, page 105:
text: Determining what was unique about living beings, he postulated the ‘corporeity’ of a soul […], common to beast and man alike.
ref: 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin, published 2004, page 56:
glosses: The quality or fact of having a physical or material body.
glosses: A body, a physical substance.
gravimetric analysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gravimetric analyses
Senses: qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: Any of several methods and techniques of analytical chemistry in which the amount of a substance in a sample is determined by weighing a precipitate, filtrate, residue etc after some physical or chemical process.
Related terms: volumetric analysis
wet chemistry
volumetric analysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: volumetric analyses
Senses: qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: Any of various analytical methods and techniques in which the amount of a substance in a sample is determined by measuring the volume of a liquid or gas; especially any method using titration.
Related terms: gravimetric analysis
wet chemistry
wet chemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of the traditional methods and techniques of chemistry, especially those of analytical chemistry that use gravimetric analysis or volumetric analysis rather than spectroscopy.
scintillation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɪn.tɪˈleɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌsɪn.təˈleɪ.ʃən/
Forms: form: scintillations
Etymology: From scintillate + -ion.
Senses: glosses: A flash of light; a spark.
examples: text: Do the stars scintillate at all altitudes? Is there any altitude at which it ceases to manifest itself? At Morges the stars in general scintillate at all altitudes, although feebly near the zenith; but on the nights when the scintillation is very faint, it ceases completely at a zenith distance of 45°.
ref: 1857 December 11, Charles Dufour, “Notes on the Scintillation of the Stars. By Professor Dufour. (Extracts of Letters to Professor Piazzi Smyth.)”, in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Containing Papers, Abstracts of Papers, and Reports of the Proceedings of the Society, volume XVIII, number 2, London: Printed by George Barclay, Castle Street, Leicester Square and published at the apartments of the [Royal Astronomical] Society, published 1858, →OCLC, page 53:
text: It is generally believed that the planets do not scintillate at all, or scarcely at all. Nevertheless I have often observed a sensible scintillation of Venus and Mars, and in a few rare cases I have also observed a slight scintillation of Jupiter and Saturn. […] I would therefore call the attention of observers who may find themselves under atmospherical conditions of a nature to render the general scintillation very strong, to this point, as they might perhaps be able to ascertain whether Jupiter and Saturn ever sensibly scintillate.
ref: 1860 March, Charles Dufour, “XXIX. Instructions for the Better Observation of the Scintillation of the Stars. By Charles Dufour, Professor of Mathematics at Morges.”, in The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, volume XIX (4th Ser.), number CXXVI, London: Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, printers and publishers to the University of London [...], page 223:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The twinkling of a star or other celestial body caused by turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.
qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: The flash of light produced by something (especially a phosphor) when it absorbs ionizing radiation.
examples: text: […]here and there were Latin inscriptions—obscene scintillations of wit[…]
ref: 1869, Mark Twain, chapter XXXI, in The Innocents Abroad, page 333:
glosses: A brief expression that is amusing or clever; witticism.
Derived terms: liquid scintillation
scintillation camera
scintillation cocktail
scintillation counter
scintillation detector
scintillation spectrometer
scintillation vial
Related terms: word: scintillate
word: scintillating
word: scintillator
liquid scintillation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The scintillation of a solvent molecule when a radioactive solute molecule undergoes beta decay and emits an electron
Derived terms: liquid scintillation counting
liquid scintillation detector
liquid scintillation spectrometry
emanations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emanation
4-8-6
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 4-8-6s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and six trailing wheels in a trailing truck. The C&O had one planned as their class J4, but it was never built.
4-8-2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 4-8-2s
Senses: examples: text: Most Canadian engines are black. [...] The C.N.R. has only three classes of non-black engines, the "6400s", the later 4-8-2s and the 4-6-4s.
ref: 1959 November 24, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 552:
glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels in a trailing truck.
6-8-6
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 6-8-6s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has six leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and six trailing wheels in a trailing truck.
secretively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more secretively
form: most secretively
Etymology: From secretive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a secretive manner.
secretiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From secretive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or characteristic of being secretive.
Derived terms: organ of secretiveness
Related terms: conspiracy of silence
wall of silence
semigloss
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + gloss.
Senses: glosses: Slightly shiny, between matte (or flat) and gloss. Usually used to describe paint.
Synonyms: semiglossy
semigloss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semiglosses
Etymology: From semi- + gloss.
Senses: examples: text: Good water-thinned semiglosses are relatively new[…]
ref: 1971 March, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 25, number 3, page 19:
glosses: A slightly glossy paint.
semifinalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛmiˈfaɪnəlɪst/
Forms: form: semifinalists
form: semi-finalist
Etymology: From semi- + finalist or semifinal + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who competes in the semifinals, the winner of which goes on to compete in the finals.
augurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔː.ɡəz/
ipa: /ˈɔ.ɡɚz/
ipa: /ˈɑ.ɡɚz/
Senses: glosses: plural of augur
augurs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔː.ɡəz/
ipa: /ˈɔ.ɡɚz/
ipa: /ˈɑ.ɡɚz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of augur
drug on the market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drugs on the market
form: drug in the market
Senses: examples: text: for days and days he patrolled the town in vain; seeking for work, and finding none. The place, as his candid informer had said, was filled with clerks like himself in search of employment; and they, linguists especially, were a drug in the market — the cessation of the Franco-German War having flooded the country with foreign labour.
ref: 1880, J.C. Hutcheson, Fritz and Eric:
text: ...the bread fruit, roasted in the ashes of the fire, and the custard apples, with tea, furnished forth such a luxurious feast that all fears of possible starvation vanished, while the humble cocoanut at once became a drug on the market, useful enough perhaps as a thirst-quencher but otherwise of little value.
ref: 1923, Harry Collingwood, The Wreck of the Andromeda:
glosses: something which is overabundant at the moment and thus not in demand.
descendents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of descendants.
drug in the market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drugs in the market
Senses: glosses: drug on the market
geoscience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geosciences
Etymology: From geo- + science.
Senses: glosses: earth science
Derived terms: biogeoscience
geoscientific
geoscientist
nanogeoscience
descendent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of descendant.
Derived terms: descendental