cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bedizened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈdaɪz(ə)nd/
ipa: /bɪˈdaɪzənd/
ipa: /-ˈdɪ-/
rhymes: -aɪzənd
rhymes: -ɪzənd
Forms: form: more bedizened
form: most bedizened
Etymology: From bedizen + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: There was much whispering and plotting after she had gone in, a conference with some of the boys, and a handing over of bedizened pencils and chews of gum for value received.
ref: 1923, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “Trial by Fire”, in Emily of New Moon, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →OCLC, page 84:
text: She wore only the subtlest touch of make up and round her delicate throat only a single string of pearls. Among the hundred bedizened women she was a rarity.
ref: [1943], Marjorie Barnard, “Arrow of Mistletoe”, in The Persimmon Tree and Other Stories, Sydney, N.S.W.: The Clarendon Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 12:
synonyms: gaudy
glosses: Dressed or ornamented in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner; ostentatious.
Derived terms: unbedizened
bedizened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈdaɪz(ə)nd/
ipa: /bɪˈdaɪzənd/
ipa: /-ˈdɪ-/
rhymes: -aɪzənd
rhymes: -ɪzənd
Forms: form: bedisened
Etymology: From bedizen + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bedizen
bemuds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bemud
bemudding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bemud
bemudded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bemud
plancher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: planchers
Etymology: French planche.
Senses: glosses: A floor made of wood.
examples: text: Elm; [used] some for planchers
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: A plank.
topics: architecture
glosses: The underside of a cornice; a soffit.
plancher
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: planchers
form: planchering
form: planchered
form: planchered
Etymology: French planche.
Senses: examples: text: your stable be well paved with rounde stone, wel planchered and kept clean
ref: 1586, Conrad Heresbach, Foure Bookes of Husbandrie:
glosses: To form using planks.
pleasure craft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleasure craft
Senses: examples: text: Now the estuary has silted up, and only small pleasure craft can sail up the narrow channel.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 68:
glosses: A boat used for recreational activities, such as sport fishing or touring.
Synonyms: pleasure boat
Hyponyms: cabin cruiser
Coordinate terms: boat
ship
watercraft
yacht
Related terms: banana boat
cruiseliner
floating restaurant
party boat
tourboat
cabin cruiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabin cruisers
form: cabin-cruiser
Senses: examples: text: A hundred yards away a cluster of boys on the deck of a sturdy cabin-cruiser swung their caps and sent a hail across.
ref: 1917, Ralph Henry Barbour, chapter 4, in The Adventure Club Afloat:
text: Today the ubiquitous cabin cruiser seems to many a Sunday skipper like nothing more than a watertight version of the car he left parked at the marina.
ref: 1963 July 5, “Perils of the Surface”, in Time:
text: The Franks were lost on July 5, shortly after leaving Grenada on their cabin cruiser Reel Lucky.
ref: 2007 November 5, Denyse Renne, “Lost at sea; no sign of brothers for 3 months”, in Trinidad and Tobago Express:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A motorboat which has enclosed living quarters, especially a privately owned pleasure craft.
ruche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹuːʃ/
rhymes: -uːʃ
Forms: form: ruches
Etymology: Borrowed from French ruche, from Middle French rusche, from Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”), from Gaulish *ruskā, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (“bark”). Compare Breton rusk, Irish rúsc, Welsh rhisgl and Catalan rusc.
Senses: glosses: A strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated.
examples: text: Mrs. Newsome wore at operatic hours a black silk dress—very handsome, he knew it was "handsome"—and an ornament that his memory was able further to identify as a ruche.
ref: 1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:
glosses: A small ruff of fluted or pleated fabric worn at neck or wrist.
glosses: A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.
Derived terms: word: ruching
ruche
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹuːʃ/
rhymes: -uːʃ
Forms: form: ruches
form: ruching
form: ruched
form: ruched
Etymology: Borrowed from French ruche, from Middle French rusche, from Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”), from Gaulish *ruskā, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (“bark”). Compare Breton rusk, Irish rúsc, Welsh rhisgl and Catalan rusc.
Senses: examples: text: ruched curtains
text: At each seam the dress opens to a-point over a silk petticoat. The skirt is ruched around the bottom and the openings, between which are bows of ribbon and lace.
ref: 1864, Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine:
text: This will consist in large part of a half-dozen inexpensive flowered organdies, which she has picked up at various sales for from ten to twenty cents a yard. She has had all of them made with low waists, ruffled or ruched around the corsage, ...
ref: 1899, The Country Gentleman, page 337:
text: The matching skirt consists of a drape of pink figured silk, tucked up at the hips to show tiers of machine-made lace frills and pleats […] It is ruched in front and has a train box-pleated into the back.
ref: 1984, Natalie Rothstein, Madeleine Ginsburg, Avril Hart, Four hundred years of fashion, page 138:
glosses: To flute or pleat (fabric).
examples: text: Joe Baxter pulled the dress farther down, so it was ruched around my middle, the bottom half pulled up to my stomach.
ref: 2014, Harriet Evans, Not Without You, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 47:
text: A woman with an agonized expression on her up-turned face sat with her knees apart while a man buried his head between her legs. Her dress was ruched around her waist, and her breasts were bared. Gilmore's scandalous, erotic art.
ref: 2017, Laura Trentham, An Indecent Invitation: Spies and Lovers Book 1, Laura Huskins, →ISBN:
text: Clad in a leather bodice and black skirts ruched up past her knees, the wild-haired rescuer pushed a pair of brass goggles up onto her mop of red locks and squinted. “Well, this is a fine mess,” she said.
ref: 2018, Raquel Byrnes, Tremblers, Pelican Ventures Book Group, →ISBN:
glosses: To bunch up (fabric); to ruck up.
Related terms: english: to crease
translation: to crease
word: ruck
english: to slide
translation: to slide
word: rutch
cabin-cruiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabin-cruisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cabin cruiser.
pleasure boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleasure boats
Senses: examples: text: Steaming up the Adriatic aboard ex-King Farouk's former pleasure boat (now renamed Freedom), Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser arrived last week at the beautiful Yugoslav seaport of Dubrovnik.
ref: 1958 July 14, “When Soldiers Meet”, in Time:
glosses: A boat used for recreational activities, such as sport fishing or touring.
Synonyms: pleasure craft
absolutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absolute
absorbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absorber
abrasives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abrasive
affidavits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affidavit
aftershocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aftershock
equal rights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The concept that every person is to be treated equally by the law.
wikipedia: equal rights
halogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From halogen + -ous.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of a compound: containing a halogen as part of the molecule.
Related terms: halogenate
halogenation
chromatograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹə(ʊ)ˈmæ.tə(ʊ)ˌɡɹɑːf/
ipa: /kɹoʊˈmæ.toʊˌɡɹæf/
Forms: form: chromatographs
Etymology: From chromato- + -graph.
Senses: qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: A machine that performs chromatography by gas or liquid separation.
Derived terms: chromatographer
gas chromatograph
radiochromatograph
Related terms: chromatogram
chromatographic
chromatography
chromatograph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹə(ʊ)ˈmæ.tə(ʊ)ˌɡɹɑːf/
ipa: /kɹoʊˈmæ.toʊˌɡɹæf/
Forms: form: chromatographs
form: chromatographing
form: chromatographed
form: chromatographed
Etymology: From chromato- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: To analyze or separate mixtures using chromatography
Derived terms: chromatographable
rechromatograph
torace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈɹeɪs/
Forms: form: toraces
form: toracing
form: toraced
form: toraced
Etymology: From Middle English toracen, torasen (“to tear up, snatch away”), equivalent to to- + race. Related to rash.
Senses: glosses: To tear apart, rend to pieces, rip up.
chromatogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromatograms
Etymology: From German Chromatogramm, which was coined by Mikhail Tsvet in 1906.
Senses: hyponyms: papergram
qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: The visual output from a chromatograph, usually a graphical display or histogram.
wikipedia: Mikhail Tsvet
Derived terms: electrochromatogram
paper chromatogram
radiochromatogram
Related terms: chromatographic
chromatography
typedef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tīpʹdĕf
ipa: /ˈtaɪ̯pdɛf/
Forms: form: typedefs
Etymology: From type and definition; originally a keyword in the C programming language.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A statement that declares a name for a data type.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A name that has been declared by such a statement.
interventricular septum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interventricular septa
form: interventricular septums
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The stout wall separating the lower chambers (the ventricles) of the heart from one another.
histogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪstəˌɡɹæm/
Forms: form: histograms
form: histogramme
Etymology: Probably from Ancient Greek ἱστός (histós, “mast”) + -γραμμα (-gramma), although it is sometimes claimed to have been derived from historical + diagram; coined in 1891 by English mathematician Karl Pearson.
Senses: examples: text: Such distinctions, however, require detailed information, such as histograms of the distribution of energy use among residential customers, both by month and by year.
ref: 1983, Alan Meier, Janice Wright, Arthur H. Rosenfeld, Supplying Energy Through Greater Efficiency: The Potential for Conservation, University of California Press, page 39:
text: The use of the piecewise linear frequency polygon (FP) in place of the underlying histogram would seem mainly a graphical advantage.
ref: 2005, D. W. Scott, S. R. Sain, “Multidimensional density estimation”, in C. R. Rao, E. J. Wegman, J. L. Solka, editors, Data Mining and Data Visualization, Elsevier, page 237:
text: A histogram is constructed by placing the variable of interest on the horizontal axis and the frequency, relative frequency or percent frequency on the vertical axis.[…]Histograms for data found in applications are never perfectly symmetric, but the histogram for many applications may be roughly symmetric.
ref: 2017, David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran, Essentials of Statistics for Business and Economics, Cengage Learning, page 44:
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A graphical display of numerical data in the form of upright bars, with the area of each bar representing frequency.
Derived terms: color histogram
colour histogram
histogramatic
image histogram
immunohistogram
metahistogram
Related terms: bar chart
vertical line diagram
histogram
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪstəˌɡɹæm/
Forms: form: histograms
form: histogramming
form: histogrammed
form: histogrammed
form: histogramme
Etymology: Probably from Ancient Greek ἱστός (histós, “mast”) + -γραμμα (-gramma), although it is sometimes claimed to have been derived from historical + diagram; coined in 1891 by English mathematician Karl Pearson.
Senses: glosses: To represent (data) as a histogram.
toppe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toppes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of top.
drink from a firehose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drinks from a firehose
form: drinking from a firehose
form: drank from a firehose
form: drunk from a firehose
Senses: glosses: To be overwhelmed (with work, information, etc.); to be inundated with an unrestricted or unfiltered amount.
examples: text: If we are to be drinking from a firehose, with billions of web pages at our fingertips, then we should possess the skills to manage its flow.
ref: 2004, Anthony G. Wilhelm, Digital Nation: Toward an Inclusive Information Society, page 20:
glosses: To take a small amount from an enormous, hard-to-manage quantity.
Synonyms: drink from the fire hydrant
magnetic stirrer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetic stirrers
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A laboratory machine that produces a rotating magnetic field, so that a magnetic stir bar will automatically stir a chemical solution. They often incorporate an electric heating plate.
stir bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stir bars
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A short magnetic bar with a covering of, usually, Teflon; used with a magnetic stirrer in laboratory work to stir a chemical solution.
or what
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: How should he know or guess or what?
ref: 1926, Theodore Dreiser, An American Tragedy, page 68:
text: Do they check you at the door or what?" Michael laughed.
ref: 1982, Armistead Maupin, Further Tales of the City, page 146:
text: [S]he asked me, and like you, I didn't know if that was like having heart failure or what.
ref: 2006, V.C. Andrews, Broken Flower, page 141:
text: I don't know if she was joking or what, but I joked back with her anyway. […]. Did I take her back to her hotel room and drop her off or what?
ref: 2007, Omar Tyree, What They Want: A Novel, page 95:
glosses: Or something else; allows for the existence of an unexpressed alternative to what was said.
doyennes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doyenne
stick one's tongue out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /stɪk wʌnz tʌŋ aʊt/
Forms: form: sticks one's tongue out
form: sticking one's tongue out
form: stuck one's tongue out
form: stuck one's tongue out
form: stick out one's tongue
Senses: examples: text: The class clown stuck her tongue out at her classmate.
text: Leona took his glass and went to the kitchen. Rufus stuck out his tongue at Vivaldo, who was watching him with a faintly quizzical frown.
ref: 1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, New York, N. Y.: The Dial Press, published January 1963, page 42:
synonyms: pull tongues
glosses: To push one's tongue so that it protrudes from the mouth, especially as a gesture of rudeness.
OECD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: As of April 26, the US ranked 22nd in the number of tests performed per capita, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
ref: 2020 May 12, Holly Yan, “Trump says the US leads the world in testing. But it’s far behind in testing per capita, studies show”, in CNN:
text: Although the OECD is not predicting a recession, its forecast is more pessimistic than that of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which said last month that it expects the world economy to grow by 3.2% this year and 2.7% next year.
ref: 2022 November 22, Hanna Ziady, “If the world avoids a recession, it’ll have India and China to thank”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
cannibalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cannibalized
form: most cannibalized
Senses: examples: text: cannibalized version of the events
glosses: Patched together from pieces taken from elsewhere.
Derived terms: uncannibalized
cannibalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cannibalize
cannibalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cannibalize
cannibalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cannibalize
techies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of techie
categorical imperative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: categorical imperatives
Etymology: From German kategorischer Imperativ.
Senses: topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A fundamental ethical principle intended as a guide for determining whether any contemplated action is morally right, based on the concept that an action is good or bad in and of itself regardless of what the actor's aims or preferences are.
Related terms: deontology
golden rule
hypothetical imperative
moral imperative
Ten Commandments
co-operation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "Pray," said she, "keep any thing like sentiment for Allerton. I am not the least afraid that you will have too much. But one thing I beg to observe—I shall expect active co-operation on your part. You are clever enough if you exert yourself, and that is what people usually do when it is for themselves."
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 24:
text: “I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. … .”
ref: 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
text: Although Chiang Kai-shek was released without publicly acceding and Chang Hsüeh-liang was technically punished, in effect the dramatic incident was the precursor to the easing of the war against the Communists and to the eventual co-operation of the latter in the defense against Japan.
ref: 1968, “CHINA”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 5, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 592, column 2:
text: Note: Under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 all territorial claims are held under abeyance in the interest of international co-operation for scientific purposes.
ref: 1985 [1967], John Bartholomew & Son Limited, “Antarctica”, in The Times Atlas of the World, 7th comprehensive edition, Times Books Limited, →ISBN, plate 123:
text: Now the co-operation is set to go one step further. 'We'll be training NYMR [North Yorkshire Moors Railway] staff in basic NR [Network Rail] competencies and awarding Sentinel licences so they'll be able to work as contractors on NR's behalf and we won't be so dependent on people travelling out from Middlesbrough' says Mr Gee.
ref: 2019 October, James Abbott, “Esk Valley revival”, in Modern Railways, page 78:
glosses: Alternative spelling of cooperation.
Derived terms: co-opetition
deontologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deontologists
Etymology: From deontology + -ist.
Senses: topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A philosopher or other thinker who advocates or employs a deontological approach to ethics.
deontologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deontologist
transcendental idealism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transcendental idealisms
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A school of philosophy first proposed by Immanuel Kant. It can be juxtaposed with transcendental realism in that it views things in terms of how they appear to the actor rather than how they actually are.
Related terms: Kantianism
ethic of reciprocity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethics of reciprocity
Senses: topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The golden rule used by philosophers.
transcendental realism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transcendental realisms
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A school of philosophy that can be juxtaposed with transcendental idealism in that it views things in terms of how they actually are rather than how they appear to the actor.
reciprocal altruism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reciprocal altruisms
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The phenomenon of two organisms acting in ways that mutually benefit one another.
Protestant work ethic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Protestant work ethics
Senses: glosses: A Calvinist value emphasizing the necessity of constant labor in a person's calling as a sign of personal salvation.
glosses: A strong work ethic.
Synonyms: sense: Calvinist value
word: Puritan work ethic
Related terms: work ethic
Puritan work ethic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Puritan work ethics
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Protestant work ethic.
synonyms: word: Protestant work ethic
prosperity doctrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: prosperity theology.
Loren
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A unisex given name.
A male given name from German Lorenz, Spanish Lorenzo, or Italian Lorenzo, equivalent to English Laurence, all in turn derived from Latin Laurentius (“Lawrence”).
glosses: A unisex given name.
A female given name from Latin, of rare usage, variant of Lauren.
Related terms: Lorn
Lorna
Lorne
word of faith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A teaching among Pentecostal and charismatic Christians that good health and long life are promised to those who follow God's will. By extension, those who die early have wronged God in some way.
Synonyms: prosperity gospel
prosperity gospel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosperity gospels
Senses: glosses: Synonym of prosperity theology.
synonyms: word: prosperity theology
glosses: Synonym of word of faith.
synonyms: word: word of faith
Protestant ethic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Protestant work ethic.
social evolutionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Following of social evolution.
cultural evolutionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Following of cultural evolution.
sociocultural evolutionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Belief in sociocultural evolution.
Merton thesis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Merton thesis
Etymology: Proposed by Robert K. Merton in 1936.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: A theory that significant developments in the modern world have a positive correlation with Protestant pietism, similar to Weber's link between success and the Protestant ethic.
wikipedia: Robert K. Merton
iron cage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: A theory proposed by Max Weber which argues that rationalization and rules trap humans in a figurative "cage" of thought.
sociocultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sociocultural
form: most sociocultural
Etymology: From socio- + cultural.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to both society and culture.
Derived terms: sociocultural evolutionism
socioculturally
supposition theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Theory in medieval Europe to explain then-modern events from an Aristotelian context.
travesti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: travestis
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish travesti and Portuguese travesti, themselves both from French travesti. Doublet of travesty.
Senses: glosses: A member of a Latin American gender role, variously construed as a cross-dressing man, a third gender or a trans woman.
Related terms: en travesti
phronesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /fɹəˈniːsɪs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φρόνησις (phrónēsis, “practical wisdom”), from φρονέω (phronéō, “to think”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The virtue of "practical wisdom" as posited by Aristotle.
Related terms: episteme
sophrosyne
techne
A-bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A-bomb
terriculament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terriculaments
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin terriculāmentum.
Senses: examples: text: […]the paines of purgatorie are but a vaine terriculament, to make men pay deere for popish masses, merites, satisfactions and pardons.
ref: 1589, William Fulke, Confutation of the Rhemish New Testament (Annotation on Hebrews 10:31:
text: [M]any times such terriculaments may proceed from natural causes, and all other senses may be deluded.
ref: , (1832 publication)
glosses: A source of unnecessary or uncontrollable fear.
ravin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: răvʹən
ipa: /ˈɹævən/
rhymes: -ævən
Forms: form: ravins
form: ravining
form: ravined
form: ravined
form: raven
form: ravine
Etymology: From Middle English ravine, from Old French raviner (“rush, seize by force”), itself from ravine (“rapine”), from Latin rapīna (“plundering, loot”), itself from rapere (“seize, plunder, abduct”).
Senses: examples: text: Now, if ye hear the bruit of death or wounds,
Give not yourselves o'ermuch to shriek and scream,
For Ares ravins upon human flesh.
ref: 1908, “The Seven Against Thebes”, in Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead, transl., Four Plays of Aeschylus, page 124:
glosses: To dine or feast upon plunder or goods seized by violence.
Derived terms: ravin down
ravin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: răvʹən
ipa: /ˈɹævən/
rhymes: -ævən
Forms: form: raven
form: ravine
Etymology: From Middle English ravine, from Old French raviner (“rush, seize by force”), itself from ravine (“rapine”), from Latin rapīna (“plundering, loot”), itself from rapere (“seize, plunder, abduct”).
Senses: examples: text: Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw
 With ravine, shriek'd against his creed
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “(please specify |part=Prologue or Rpilogue, or |canto=I to CXXIX)”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven.
ravin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: răvʹən
ipa: /ˈɹævən/
rhymes: -ævən
Forms: form: more ravin
form: most ravin
form: raven
form: ravine
Etymology: From Middle English ravine, from Old French raviner (“rush, seize by force”), itself from ravine (“rapine”), from Latin rapīna (“plundering, loot”), itself from rapere (“seize, plunder, abduct”).
Senses: examples: text: Better 'twere
 I met the ravin lion when he roared
 With sharp constraint of hunger;
ref: c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], line 117:
glosses: Ravenous.
caryopsis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caryopses
form: caryopsides
Etymology: From caryo- + -opsis.
Senses: examples: text: The variation of caryopsis characters in species of Aegilops and wheat diploids is similar to that of wheat tetraploids .
ref: 1995, Romuald Kosina, Tetraploids of the Genus Triticum in the Light of Caryopsis Structure:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal.
beso negro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish beso negro (literally “black kiss”).
Senses: examples: text: The other reason was that Waldo had backhanded her across the mouth after she refused to give him beso negro.
ref: 1997, Barry Gifford, Baby Cat-Face:
text: He says that he has now tried beso negro and likes it.
ref: 2000, Michael James Higgins, Tanya L. Coen, Streets, Bedrooms, and Patios: The Ordinariness of Diversity in Urban Oaxaca, page 204:
glosses: anilingus.
scatolia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scatolias
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκῶρ (skôr, “excrement”) + -olia.
Senses: examples: text: The 'dirty protest' - the spreading of faeces is called 'scatolia' and this may be undertaken by some as a form of protest.
The main issues surrounding scatolia are the health and safety aspects [...].
ref: 1999, Tom Mason, Mark Chandley, Managing Violence and Aggression: A Manual for Nurses and Health Care Workers, page 214:
text: Scatolia is not uncommon among dementia sufferers, and is very distressing to their carers.
ref: 2000, Alan Jacques, Graham A. Jackson, Understanding Dementia, page 170:
text: Fourteen cases of scatolia (smearing of faeces) were studied and all were found to be constipated when they smeared.
ref: 2004, AH Begg, C McDonald, "Scatolia in elderly people with dementia", International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages 53-54, Published Online: 13 Oct 2004
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The act of smearing faeces.
Related terms: scatology
coprophagy
ANZCERTA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement.
from sea to shining sea
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Originally used in the charters of some of the English colonies in North America.
Senses: glosses: From the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Related terms: manifest destiny
proleptic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹoʊˈlɛptɪk/
Forms: form: proleptics
Etymology: From prolepsis (“anticipation”) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: An instance of prolepsis;
The placement of an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
glosses: An instance of prolepsis;
Information about the outcome of a story placed near the beginning.
glosses: An instance of prolepsis;
A lateral branch that develops from a lateral meristem, after the formation of a bud or following a period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.
glosses: Something that predicts or implies the future or outcome.
for the love of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Used to form interjections expressing exasperation.
Related terms: for the love of God
for the love of fuck
mayors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mayor
promotor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: promotors
Etymology: From promote + -or.
Senses: topics: academia
scholarly
sciences
glosses: A full professor of a Dutch, Flemish, South African, or German university who acts as the principal supervisor of a student's doctoral research.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of promoter.
old women
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of old woman
lay siege
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lays siege
form: laying siege
form: laid siege
form: laid siege
Senses: examples: text: And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 4:2:
text: In 1574, the duke of Alva laid siege to Leiden to gain control of Holland's most beautiful and prosperous city. To relieve the siege, William of Orange and his followers opened the city's protective dikes to flush out—literally—the surrounding Spanish forces.
ref: 1994, John H. Makin, Norman J. Ornstein, Debt and Taxes: How America Got into Its Budget Mess and What We Can Do about It, New York, NY: Times Books, →ISBN, page 52:
text: And Jon—sweet, dull Jon—almost immediately shares his big secret with his sister-cousins, even though it means shattering the appearance of a united front, which is kind of important, since they are about to attempt to lay siege to King’s Landing.
ref: 2019 May 5, Danette Chavez, “Campaigns are Waged On and Off the Game Of Thrones Battlefield (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2021:
glosses: Chiefly followed by against or to: to engage in a siege; to besiege.
examples: text: They’re laying siege to all we hold dear.
text: The Reds laid siege to the Albion goal throughout, with Jordan Henderson striking the underside of the bar and Dirk Kuyt the inside of the post.
ref: 2012 April 22, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To attack continually over a long period.
yok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
Forms: form: yoks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yock.
yok
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
Forms: form: yoks
form: yokking
form: yokked
form: yokked
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yock.
yok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
Forms: form: yoks
form: Yok
Etymology: Reversal of goy, with final devoicing.
Senses: examples: text: [W]e had not only won the cup but also a great moral victory over the yoks.
ref: 1979, Clive Sinclair, Hearts of Gold, Penguin, published 1983, page 43:
text: I'd been warned about just such a day, when the yoks would come with their white-boned fists and start knocking us about.
ref: 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage, published 2007, page 162:
glosses: A non-Jew; a Gentile.
Congo-Brazzaville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Congo + Brazzaville to distinguish it from its neighbour, Congo-Kinshasa.
Senses: synonyms: word: Republic of the Congo
word: Congo Republic
word: the Republic of the Congo
extra: a country in Central Africa, the smaller of the two countries named Congo. Capital: Brazzaville.
glosses: Synonym of the Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa, the smaller of the two countries named Congo. Capital: Brazzaville.
Related terms: Congo-Kinshasa
dollops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dollop
maturated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of maturate
Congo-Kinshasa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Congo + Kinshasa to distinguish it from its neighbour, Congo-Brazzaville.
Senses: synonyms: word: Democratic Republic of the Congo
word: Congo
word: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
extra: a country in Central Africa, the larger of the two countries named Congo. Capital: Kinshasa.
glosses: Synonym of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa, the larger of the two countries named Congo. Capital: Kinshasa.
Related terms: Congo-Brazzaville
fumid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fumid
form: most fumid
Senses: examples: text: Two or three of these fumid vortices, are able to whirle it about the whole City.
ref: 1661, John Evelyn, Fumifugium:
glosses: Smoky or vaporous.
Derived terms: fumidity
Related terms: fume
Giordano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Giordano. Doublet of Jordan.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
lays siege
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lay siege
laying siege
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lay siege
laid siege
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of lay siege
seige
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of siege.
developmental position
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: developmental positions
Senses: glosses: A job that is designed to train or develop employees in preparation for further career advancement. example: management trainee
Song of the Three Holy Children
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A book of the Apocrypha, now included in the passage Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children.
S. of III Ch.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Song of the Three Holy Children.
Sol. Song
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Song of Solomon.
S. of Sol.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Song of Solomon.
Song of Sol.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Song of Solomon.
Song Sol.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Song of Solomon.
Sus.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Susanna (biblical character).
glosses: Abbreviation of Sussex.
ranchhand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ranchhands
Etymology: From ranch + hand.
Senses: glosses: A manual laborer on a ranch, often working under a foreman.
Hypernyms: hired hand
Coordinate terms: rancher
farmhand
farm hand
fieldhand
field hand
Related terms: cowboy
cowgirl
nimmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nimmers
Etymology: From Middle English nimere, equivalent to nim (“to filch, steal”) + -er. Cognate with Dutch nemer (“taker”), German Nehmer (“taker”).
Senses: glosses: A petty thief.
ultimate sacrifice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultimate sacrifices
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: martyrdom
text: However, the selfsame individual may be called to serve in armed services in times of war, and be asked to make the ultimate sacrifice by giving up his life
ref: 2000, Walter Prytulak, Paradise Regained: Prospects for a New Social Order in the Third Millennium:
text: The organizers sought to portray the bombers as "martyrs"—that is, as heroes prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice in defense of their people.
ref: 2002, Joe Stork, Erased in a Moment: Suicide Bombing Attacks Against Israeli Civilians, page 16:
synonyms: supreme sacrifice
last full measure
glosses: Death for a cause or for one's country.
Related terms: pay the ultimate price
grammar Nazi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹæmə(ɹ)ˈnɑːtsi/
ipa: /ˈɡɹæmɚ ˈnɑːtsi/
ipa: /ˈɡɹæmɚ ˈnætsi/
Forms: form: grammar Nazis
form: grammarnazi
form: grammar nazi
form: grammar-nazi
Etymology: First use appears c. 1991. From grammar + Nazi (“one who imposes one's views on others; one who is considered unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict”).
Senses: examples: text: He had to explain that the grammar Nazi's tantrum was mistaken because interposing an adverb to fall between the components of a to-infinitive is usually not wrong in English grammar.
synonyms: comma queen
grammar cop
grammar police
grammando
hypernyms: grammarian
<
person
qualifier: potentially offensive; see usage note at Nazi; potentially offensive; see usage note at Nazi
glosses: A person who habitually criticizes the grammar and (often) usage in others' speech or writing, often in ways that are sometimes not even linguistically accurate.
Derived terms: grammar Nazism
French bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: French beans
Senses: glosses: A haricot bean or kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).
French chalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of steatite, used to mark cloth and as a lubricant in shoes, gloves etc.
uncini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uncinus
French dressing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: French dressings
Etymology: Named in the Anglophone world for the early origins, in French vinaigrettes, that inspired later versions, although the present-day conventions for the dressing's composition do not directly reflect the original French influence; more at Wikipedia. Compare french fries regarding the name mostly not reflecting any direct French influence.
Senses: examples: text: CREAM CHEESE AND CUCUMBER SANDWICH: On thin slices of lightly buttered brown bread spread cream cheese; over same sprinkle chopped cucumbers that have been mixed with a little French dressing. Cover with another slice of lightly buttered brown bread.
ref: 1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 118:
glosses: A mixture of vinegar, oil and other herbs or flavourings (vinaigrette).
glosses: A salad dressing that is a uniform viscous sauce with a tangy sweet flavor. It is generally made from vegetable oil, vinegar, ketchup (or tomato puree), water, paprika, other spices, and sweeteners.
glosses: A salad dressing that is a uniform viscous sauce with a tangy sweet flavour. It is generally made from vegetable oil, vinegar, mustard, honey, water, and spices.
Synonyms: word: French salad dressing
word: vinaigrette
sense: U.S. viscous dressing
word: Catalina dressing
Hypernyms: salad dressing
Coordinate terms: english: vinegar, oil, herbs and spices; a vinaigrette
translation: vinegar, oil, herbs and spices; a vinaigrette
word: Italian dressing
word: Thousand Island dressing and Russian dressing
raw_tags: not drastically different
French Equatorial Africa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A federation of former French colonies in Central Africa, stretching from the Sahara to the Congo River, comprising the following colonised countries (present names as independent republics in parentheses if different): Chad, French Congo (Republic of the Congo), Gabon and Ubangi-Shari (Central African Republic).
French knickers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For this reason, any woman would much, much rather receive a pair of silk French knickers trimmed with antique lace that require handwashing in Evian water and which she will never actually wear than the three-pack of tummy-control pants from M&S that she desperately needs.
ref: 2004 December 3, Jess Cartner-Morley, “Present perfect”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A type of full-fitting women's underwear and/or sleepwear.
French Riviera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the French Riviera
Senses: glosses: An area of the coast in southern France, popular with holiday-makers.
Hypernyms: Europe
France
Riviera
Related terms: Italian Riviera
Mexican Riviera
riviera
Riviera
Spanish Riviera
Turkish Riviera
formonitrile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From formo- + nitrile.
Senses: glosses: hydrogen cyanide
adverse effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adverse effects
Senses: topics: sciences
antonyms: desired effect
hypernyms: adverse event[Appendix:Glossary#loose|loosely]] synonymous>
side effect[Appendix:Glossary#loose|loosely]] synonymous>
glosses: A side effect with negative (deleterious) consequences rather than positive (beneficial) ones; especially, such an effect in pharmacology.
colony counter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colony counters
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: laboratory equipment used to count colonies of bacteria, or other microorganisms, growing on agar, usually in a Petri dish.
AADC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Dental Consultants.
AADC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AADCs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of area air defense commander.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of air aide-de-camp.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of anti-aircraft defense commander.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of area air defense commander.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of army air defense commander; army air defense command.
cloison
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cloisons
Etymology: From French cloison.
Senses: glosses: A partition, dividing fillet or band.
Derived terms: cloisonless
AASLT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of air assault.
AAW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of anti-air warfare.
Coordinate terms: sense: anti-air warfare
word: ASuW
sense: anti-air warfare
word: ASW
ABCCC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of airborne battlefield command and control center.
ABCS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The callsign for the Ceduna station of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
homogenizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homogenizers
Etymology: From homogenize + -er.
Senses: glosses: Any piece of equipment used to homogenize mixtures, such as a kitchen blender, mortar and pestle, ultrasonic bath, etc.
Synonyms: word: homogenizer
Hyponyms: word: blender
word: cement mixer
word: concrete mixer
word: electric whisk
word: food processor
word: hand mixer
word: immersion blender
word: liquidizer
word: mixer
word: mortar and pestle
word: ultrasonic bath
word: vitamiser
word: whisk
Derived terms: microhomogenizer
Related terms: homogeneous
homogenize
ultrasonic bath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultrasonic baths
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
qualifier: laboratory
glosses: A piece of industrial or laboratory equipment that consists of a container, or bath, used for cleaning, mixing, or homogenisation of objects or substances by sending ultrasonic vibrations through the liquid contained in it.
Related terms: sonication
microtiter plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microtiter plates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: A flat plate with multiple "wells" used as small test tubes
Synonyms: assay plate
microplate
Nosferatu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɒsfəˈɹɑːtuː/
Forms: form: Nosferatu
Etymology: Possibly from a Romanian word for vampire (cf. nesuferit). The term achieved popular currency through Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula and F. W. Murnau's 1922 German film Nosferatu. See also: Wikipedia's article on the etymology of the word (and the references there).
Senses: examples: text: "Friend Arthur, if you had met that kiss [...] you would in time, when you had died, have become nosferatu, as they call it in Eastern Europe, and would all time make more of those Un-Deads that so have filled us with horror."
ref: 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, published 1993, page 192:
text: Those of us who have dabbled much in the lore of the nosferatu tend to think of them as imaginative creations of the German and English Romantics, and not without reason.
ref: 2018 November, Kevin Jackson, “Something to Sink Your Teeth Into”, in Literary Review:
text: While it may have been capable of flight, it almost certainly spent its time on Hateg crawling about on its wrists, with its great leathery wings folded over its body like a shroud. A gigantic kind of Nosferatu comes to mind.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 26:
glosses: A vampire.
Derived terms: Nosferatu spider
nosferatu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nosferatu
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Nosferatu.