cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
autarchie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autarchies
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of autarchy.
examples: text: Autarchie, or contentednes, vvhich is a vertue vvhereby vve are contented vvith thoſe things vvhich vve preſently enioy, & haue iuſtly gotten, & meekly ſuffer poverty & other diſcommodities, neither are broken through vvant or penury, nor gape after other mens goods or ſubſtance, nor covet things needleſſe and vnneceſſary.
ref: 1587, Zacharias Ursinus, “Of the Law of God, or, Of the Decalog and Ten Commandements. [The Eight Commandment.]”, in Henry Parry, transl., The Summe of Christian Religion: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Ioseph Barnes, and are to be solde [by T. Cooke] […], published 1589, →OCLC, paragraph 2, page 914:
text: Selfe-ſufficiencie is the end.] To haue all things, and to vvant or deſire nothing, is Selfe-ſufficiencie, Ariſtot: Polit. Lib. 7. Cap. 5. This autarchie or ſelfe-ſufficiencie, is the end and the good contained in the forme of a Citie, and conſequently is the end of all other ſocieties.
ref: 1598, Aristotle, “What is a Citie: And that It Consisteth by Nature: And that Man is Naturally a Sociable and Ciuill Creature”, in I. D. [i.e., John Dee], transl., Aristotles Politiques, or Discourses of Government. […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, book I, page 13:
text: Let vs rather turne our eyes, to behold and vvonder at the Diuine royalties and endovvments of it, it being in man the principall part of GODS Image, and that by vvhich Man reſembleth moſt the Autarchie and ſelf-ſufficiencie of GOD, vvhich I graunt is proper to his Infiniteneſſe, to be content and compleat vvithin it ſelfe: […]
ref: 1616 October 30 (Gregorian calendar), Samuel Ward, Balme from Gilead to Recouer Conscience. In a Sermon Preached at Pauls-Crosse, Octob. 20. 1616, London: […] [[w:Thomas Snodham|T[homas] S[nodham]] for Roger Iackson, and William Bladen, […], published 1617, →OCLC, page 18:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of autarky.
oculate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oculate
form: most oculate
form: oculated
Etymology: From Latin oculātus, from oculus (“eye”).
Senses: glosses: having eyes, or a specific type of number of eyes
examples: text: oculate cupola
glosses: having spots or holes resembling eyes; ocellated
Derived terms: binoculate
trioculate
precaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precarium
VTR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VTRs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of videotape recorder.
Related terms: VCR
ENG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of England.
ENG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of electronic newsgathering.
VOR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VORs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of VHF omnidirectional range, a radio-navigation beacon operating on VHF radio.
glosses: Initialism of voice-on recording.
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of vestibulo-ocular reflex, a reflex eye movement.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of video operation room, part of the set-up for the video assistant referee (VAR) in association football.
Related terms: topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: VAR
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: DME
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: NDB
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: TACAN
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: VORTAC
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: VLOC
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: GPS
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: ILS
sense: recording
word: VOX
VOx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of vanadium oxides.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: oxygen uptake
Related terms: NOx
VCO₂
VCO2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of VCO₂.
VCO₂
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VCO2
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of carbon dioxide production.
Related terms: VOx
pow wow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pow wows
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of powwow.
Pow Wow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pow Wows
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of powwow.
CNG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrochemistry
petrology
physical-sciences
hypernyms: NG
natural gas
<
gas
coordinate_terms: LNG
LPG
glosses: Initialism of compressed natural gas.
pow-wow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pow-wows
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of powwow.
pow-wow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pow-wows
form: pow-wowing
form: pow-wowed
form: pow-wowed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of powwow.
Pow-Wow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pow-Wows
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of powwow.
Pow wow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pow wows
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of powwow.
fatedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fatedly
form: most fatedly
Etymology: From fated + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a fated, foreordained or predetermined manner; in a way established in advance by fate.
Related terms: ill-fatedly
feminize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛmɪnaɪz/
ipa: /ˈfemɪnɑez/
ipa: /ˈfemənaɪz/
ipa: [ˈfemɪnɑe̯z]
Forms: form: feminizes
form: feminizing
form: feminized
form: feminized
form: femininize
form: femininise
form: feminise
Etymology: From Latin fēmina (“woman, female”) + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Parabiosis experiments on primitive vertebrates showed inversion of sex in either direction, males were feminized and females masculinized.
ref: 1962, Human Intersex, D J B Ashley:
text: The comedies work in very obvious ways to feminize this socially-ominous triad of young fops, old lechers, and greedy businessmen.
ref: 2000, Deborah Payne Fisk, The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre, page 202:
text: For a start, it feminizes Tarquin by drawing on the conventional gendering of the human soul as female (Donne's 'Batter my heart . . .' offers an obvious but interesting comparison), and implies that his physical assault on Lucrece has both offended against his own body and contaminated, almost violated, his spiritual and 'female' self. Rape has almost been self-rape.
ref: 2014, A. D. Cousins, Shakespeare's Sonnets and Narrative Poems, →ISBN, page 84:
text: Surgical interventions for gender dysphoria, according to WPATH, can include feminizing or masculinizing hormone therapy, voice therapy, chest augmentation and reduction, or genital surgery.
ref: 2018 May 31, Emanuella Grinberg, “What is medically necessary treatment for gender-affirming health care?”, in CNN:
glosses: To make (more) feminine.
glosses: To become (more) feminine.
Synonyms: femalize
Derived terms: defeminize
feminizable
feminization
feminizer
overfeminize
refeminize
unfeminize
feminise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: feminises
form: feminising
form: feminised
form: feminised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of feminize.
Derived terms: feminisation
feminiser
refactorise
refeminise
feminising
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more feminising
form: most feminising
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of feminizing.
feminising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of feminise
falsidical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /fɑlˈsɪdɪkəl/
Forms: form: more falsidical
form: most falsidical
Etymology: From Latin falsidicus (“speaking falsehood”), from falsi- (“false”) + dicus (“speaker”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Having a false basis.
Derived terms: falsidicality
falsidically
feminized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more feminized
form: most feminized
Senses: glosses: Made feminine; made to have more feminine behaviour, traits or physiology.
Derived terms: hyperfeminized
nonfeminized
unfeminized
feminized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of feminize
feminised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more feminised
form: most feminised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of feminized.
feminised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of feminise
femininize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: femininizes
form: femininizing
form: femininized
form: femininized
Etymology: From feminine + -ize.
Senses: examples: The International Cyclopedia
to femininize proper names
glosses: Synonym of feminize.
synonyms: word: feminize
verismo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Italian
Senses: glosses: An artistic movement, from 19th-century Italian literature and opera, in which rural and everyday people and themes were treated in an often melodramatic manner
complexometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From complex + -o- + -metric.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a form of titration in which the titrant forms a complex (usually coloured) with the analyte.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any indicator that is used in such titrations.
Derived terms: complexometric indicator
complexometric titration
Related terms: complexometry
polynegative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polynegative
form: most polynegative
Etymology: From poly- + negative.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Containing multiple negative charges
pseudogroup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudogroups
Etymology: From pseudo- + group.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An algebraic structure having elements that are homeomorphisms between subsets of a space
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any group of the extended periodic table containing lanthanides or actinides
pseudohomolog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudohomologs
form: pseudohomologue
Etymology: From pseudo- + homolog.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of a pair of lanthanides or actinides and related transition elements that have similar chemical properties because of similar electronic structure.
Related terms: pseudohomologous
recluster
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reclusters
form: reclustering
form: reclustered
form: reclustered
Etymology: From re- + cluster.
Senses: glosses: To cluster together the particles of an aerosol, often by cooling
reexamined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reexamine
reexamined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more reexamined
form: most reexamined
Senses: glosses: examined again
reinterpreted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reinterpret
reinterpreted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more reinterpreted
form: most reinterpreted
Senses: glosses: interpreted again
seaborgate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seaborgates
Etymology: From seaborgium + -ate (derivative).
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion SgO₄²⁻ analogous to molybdate; any salt containing this ion.
thermochromatographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thermochromatography + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to thermochromatography.
thermochromatographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From thermochromatographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of thermochromatography
thermochromatography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From thermo- + chromatography.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of gas-liquid chromatography in which volatile materials are separated at gradually increasing temperatures.
gas-liquid chromatography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of chromatography in which the mobile phase is a gas and the stationary phase is a liquid, usually on small beads packed in a long column
Synonyms: gas chromatography
gas chromography
gas chromatography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: gas-liquid chromatography
RWA
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: We confirm that we are RWA to transact the below-mentioned commodity under the following terms and conditions.
glosses: Initialism of ready, willing and able.
raw_tags: in commodity transactions
glosses: Initialism of ready, willing and available.
RWA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RWAs
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of risk-weighted asset.
examples: text: At the same time, research using the RWA measure shows little evidence of drawing on Altemeyer’s social learning explanation.
ref: 2021, Stanley Feldman, Vittorio Mérola, and Justin Dollman, “THE PSYCHOLOGY OF AUTHORITARIANISM AND SUPPORT FOR ILLIBERAL POLICIES AND PARTIES”, in Vittorio Merola, page 636:
text: These questions measuring RWA (or what I would term “authoritarian values”) are available in the BES data.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Erik R. Tillman, “Authoritarianism and Support for Populist Radical Right Parties”, in DePaul University, page 9:
topics: government
politics
antonyms: LWA
glosses: Initialism of right-wing authoritarianism.
RWA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Romance Writers of America.
Rwa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An ethnic and linguistic group in Tanzania
thermodynamical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thermodynamical
form: most thermodynamical
Senses: glosses: thermodynamic
transplutonium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more transplutonium
form: most transplutonium
Etymology: From trans- + plutonium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing elements having an atomic number greater than that of plutonium (94)
unbuffered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + buffered.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: That operates without a hardware or software buffer.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Whose pH is not stabilized with a buffer.
unbuffered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unbuffer
mareel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːɹiːl/
Etymology: From an unattested Norn term *mareld, from Old Norse mǫrueldr, from marr (“sea”) + eldr (“fire”). Compare Icelandic maurildi, Swedish mareld.
Senses: examples: text: This is especially the case in late summer when the sea is aflame with mareel and the boats come and go with illumined wakes while the ghostly fire drips from the oar-blades.
ref: 1956, The Scots Magazine, volume 65, page 200:
coordinate_terms: milky sea
glosses: Phosphorescence on the ocean.
Related terms: sea sparkle
lepidocrocite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lepidocrocites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: esmeraldite
hydrohematite
turgite
glosses: A hydrated iron oxide related to hematite.
antiferromagnetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From antiferromagnetic + -ally.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: In an antiferromagnetic manner
antiferromagnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiferromagnets
Etymology: From anti- + ferromagnet or antiferro- + magnet.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An antiferromagnetic material
coaxially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From coaxial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With a common central axis
Related terms: coaxial
devitrification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devitrifications
Etymology: From de- + vitrification.
Senses: glosses: The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state.
diffractometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From diffract + -o- + -metry.
Senses: glosses: The elucidation of the structures of crystalline materials by the use of X-ray diffraction
Derived terms: diffractometric
Related terms: diffractometer
diffractometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diffractometers
Etymology: From diffract + -o- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: A device that uses diffraction (especially X-ray diffraction) to investigate the structure of matter.
Derived terms: microdiffractometer
Related terms: diffractogram
diffractometry
ferrihydrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferrihydrites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrated iron oxide
Related terms: ferrihydritic
ferrihydrate
ferrimagnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferrimagnets
Etymology: From ferri- + magnet.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any ferrimagnetic material
ferripyrophyllite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferripyrophyllites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The ferric iron analogue of pyrophyllite.
glauconite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glauconites
Etymology: From German Glaukonit, from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green”) + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A greenish form of mica found in greensand.
Derived terms: glauconiferous
glauconitic
glauconitization
goethite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡœtaɪt/
/ˈɡoʊθaɪt/
Forms: form: goethites
Etymology: From German Goethit, named for German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; by surface analysis, Goethe + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Recent work has shown that the teeth of limpets approximate to an almost ideal model natural composite material where high aspect ratio mineral nanofibres of goethite reinforce a protein matrix.
ref: 2015 February 18, Asa H. Barber, Dun Lu, Nicola M. Pugno, “Extreme strength observed in limpet teeth”, in Journal of the Royal Society Interface:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: iron ore
glosses: An iron oxyhydroxide that is the main constituent of rust and in mineral form is an ore.
wikipedia: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Derived terms: hydrogoethite
oxyhydroxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxyhydroxides
Etymology: From oxy- + hydroxide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any mixed oxide and hydroxide
greenalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greenalites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrated ferrous silicate related to serpentine.
auctorial descriptive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auctorial descriptives
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: An adjective based on an authors' name.
auctorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: more auctorial
form: most auctorial
Etymology: From Latin auctor (“originator, author”) + -ial.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an author.
Synonyms: authorial
Derived terms: auctorial descriptive
uno ab alto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin, or rather dog Latin, from uno (“one”) + ab (“from”) + alto (“height”), thus literally from one height.
Senses: qualifier: motto
glosses: One over all.
zythum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzaɪθəm/
Etymology: From Latin zȳthum, from Ancient Greek ζῦθος (zûthos).
Senses: examples: text: Cartwright looked up from the Chamber’s^([sic]) Encyclopaedia […] One day he would get right to the end, to zythum. Not that he needed to. He had already peeped ahead and seen that it was a kind of ancient Egyptian beer, much recommended by Diodorus Siculus – whoever he was.
ref: 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, pages 14–15:
glosses: An unfermented kind of Egyptian malt beer.
Synonyms: zythos
sisni
grunerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grunerites
Etymology: From Gruner + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An iron-rich amphibole related to cummingtonite.
Derived terms: gruneritization
manganogrunerite
ilvaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ilvaites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: jenite
lievrite
yenite
glosses: A black, crystalline sorosilicate of iron and calcium.
Eutopia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eutopias
Senses: glosses: A place of ideal well-being, as a practical aspiration (compared with utopia as an impossible concept).
Related terms: utopia
fishing ground
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fishing grounds
Senses: examples: text: The harbour is now a terminus of the Hebridean car-ferry service to Stornoway in Lewis, and the fishing grounds of the Minch attract many boats from east-coast ports.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 389, about Ullapool:
glosses: An area of water used for fishing (usually a sea area).
Related terms: hunting ground
flocculate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flocculates
form: flocculating
form: flocculated
form: flocculated
Etymology: Scientific internationalism; from Latin flocculus + -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3), diminutive of floccus (“a lock, tuft”).
Senses: examples: text: I. P. Roberts
When applied to clay soils it [lime] binds the small particles together, or flocculates them.
text: For example when the Mississippi water flows into the saline water of the Gulf of Mexico, much of the matter that was held suspended in the river-water is flocculated at once, so that it can subside. Such action as this is one prime cause of the formation of deltas, for the flocculation of fine mud by salt is common to all rivers that reach the sea.
ref: Frank Humphreys Storer Agriculture in Some of Its Relations with Chemistry 1897
glosses: To collect together in a loose aggregation like flocks (tufts) of wool.
Derived terms: bioflocculate
deflocculate
flocculate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Scientific internationalism; from Latin flocculus + -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3), diminutive of floccus (“a lock, tuft”).
Senses: synonyms: floccular
glosses: Having flock form or forms.
flocculate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flocculates
Etymology: Scientific internationalism; from Latin flocculus + -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3), diminutive of floccus (“a lock, tuft”).
Senses: glosses: A mass that has suffered flocculation.
flocculated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more flocculated
form: most flocculated
Senses: glosses: Collected together in a loose aggregation like flocks (tufts) of wool, or coagulated in this way.
fistular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fistular
form: most fistular
Etymology: From fistula + -ar.
Senses: synonyms: tubular
glosses: Tubelike; resembling a hollow cylinder.
glosses: Having tubelike parts of this form.
Derived terms: bifistular
perifistular
fistule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fistules
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fistula.
Derived terms: fistulectomy
partition of unity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partitions of unity
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A collection of non-negative-valued functions defined on a topological space, such that every point has only finitely many nonzero values, and these sum to one.
midafternoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midafternoons
form: mid-afternoon
Etymology: From Middle English mid-afternon, myd-afternon, equivalent to mid- + afternoon.
Senses: examples: text: I'll be busy until midafternoon, but you can try my office around 3.
text: THE human body was meant to have a midafternoon nap, according to a new consensus among sleep researchers who are studying the biological rhythms of sleep and alertness.
ref: 1989 September 12, Daniel Goleman, “Feeling Sleepy? An Urge to Nap Is Built In”, in The New York Times:
glosses: The middle of the afternoon, normally between 2 and 4 pm.
Synonyms: word: none
trikonasana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɪkəˈnɑːsənə/
Etymology: From Sanskrit त्रिकोणासन (trikoṇāsana), from त्रिकोण (trikoṇa, “triangle”) + आसन (āsana, “asana”).
Senses: examples: text: It is 30 years since I tried yoga, but it mostly came back: trikonasana, this-asana, that-asana.
ref: 2006 January 14, The Guardian:
text: Because the feet are widely separated left to right in trikonasana, there is no problem with wobbling or falling in the left-to-right direction […].
ref: 2009, Mel Robin, A Handbook for Yogasana Teachers, page 918:
text: Trikonasana, or triangle pose, is often referred to as a lateral stretch, and this is true insofar as it lengthens the connective tissue pathway that runs along the side of the body.
ref: 2012, Leslie Kaminoff, Amy Matthews, Yoga Anatomy, page 40:
qualifier: yoga
glosses: A pose in which the legs are kept straight and wide apart, in the shape of a triangle, while the upper body bends.
Synonyms: triangle pose
triangle pose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: yoga
glosses: Trikonasana.
Mobius band
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mobius bands
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Möbius band.
Moebius band
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mobius band
form: Moebius bands
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Möbius band.
Moebius strip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Moebius strips
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Möbius strip.
atoroidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + toroidal.
Senses: glosses: Not toroidal; that does not consist of or contain a torus.
Derived terms: atoroidality
reverberator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reverberators
Etymology: From reverberate + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which reverberates.
reverberators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reverberator
fuchsine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfuːksɪn/
ipa: /ˈfuːkˌsiːn/
ipa: /ˈfjuksɪn/
ipa: /ˈfjukˌsin/
Forms: form: fuchsines
form: fuchsin
Etymology: From French fuchsine, of unknown origin. Possibly from fuchsia + -ine, because of its colour, or from German Fuchs (“fox”) + -ine, because of the first manufacturer, Renard (renard means “fox” in French).
Senses: examples: text: By other experiments a much finer subdivision can be made. A solution of .00000002ᵍ of the red coloring matter, fuchsine, in 1ᶜᶜ of alcohol gives a distinct color.
ref: 1894, Rufus Phillips Williams, “What Chemistry Is”, in Introduction to Chemical Science, Boston: Ginn & Company, page 4:
text: Acid members of this class include acid violets, soluble and alkali blues, wool blues, Acid Magenta which is the same as Acid Fuchsine, acid greens, patent blues, ketone blues, Neptune Green, Erioglaucine, and others.
ref: 1961, Adnah Clifton Newell, William Holtrop, Coloring, Finishing and Painting Wood, C. A. Bennett, page 113:
text: When skin is stained with Altmann’s acid fuchsin methyl green the spiral filaments of the epidermis are stained only moderately, but typical mitochondria stain clearly.
ref: 1962, William Montagna, “The Epidermis”, in The Structure and Function of Skin, 2nd edition, New York: Academic P, page 40:
glosses: A dye (rosaniline hydrochloride, C₂₀H₁₉N₃·HCl) usually a deep red or magenta colour.
fuchsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuchsins
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fuchsine.
Derived terms: carbolfuchsin
fuchsinophil
fuchsinophilic
leucofuchsin
sexual revolution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sexual revolutions
Senses: glosses: A period in which attitudes towards sexual behavior undergo a substantial change, usually in the direction of increased liberality.
examples: text: The sexual revolution has wreaked havoc on the American family: increasing rates of divorce, illegitimacy, and single-parent families.
ref: 1994, Richard Nixon, “America Beyond Peace”, in Beyond Peace, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 235:
glosses: A specific period in the 1960s and 1970s during which such change is said to have occurred in Western Europe and North America.
sexual revolutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexual revolution
afformation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of affirmation.
futton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of futon.
Proto-Afroasiatic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Proto-Afro-Asiatic
Etymology: From proto- + Afroasiatic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Afroasiatic languages.
Proto-Afroasiatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Proto-Afro-Asiatic
Etymology: From proto- + Afroasiatic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Proto-Afroasiatic language, or the people who spoke it.
hawse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɔːz/
homophone: whores
ipa: /hɔz/
ipa: /hɔs/
rhymes: -ɔːz
rhymes: -ɔz
rhymes: -ɔs
Forms: form: hawses
Etymology: Alteration of Middle English halse, from Old Norse hals (“neck”) (compare Icelandic háls (“neck”)).
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The part of the bow containing the hawseholes.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A hawsehole or hawsepipe.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The horizontal distance or area between an anchored vessel's bows and the actual position of her anchor(s).
Derived terms: hawse pipe
hawse timber
Related terms: english: col, lower ridge between peaks
translation: col, lower ridge between peaks
word: hause
word: hawser
hawse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɔːz/
homophone: whores
ipa: /hɔz/
ipa: /hɔs/
rhymes: -ɔːz
rhymes: -ɔz
rhymes: -ɔs
Etymology: Alteration of Middle English halse, from Old Norse hals (“neck”) (compare Icelandic háls (“neck”)).
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: In a position relative to the course and position of a vessel, somewhat forward of the stem.
hawse
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɔːz/
homophone: whores
ipa: /hɔz/
ipa: /hɔs/
rhymes: -ɔːz
rhymes: -ɔz
rhymes: -ɔs
Etymology: Alteration of Middle English halse, from Old Norse hals (“neck”) (compare Icelandic háls (“neck”)).
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Lying to two anchors, streamed from either bow.
raw_tags: of a vessel
Derived terms: athwart hawse
bold hawse
clearing hawse
in the hawse
foul the hawse
hawse-bags
hawse-blocks
hawse-bolster
hawse-fallen
hawse-full
hawsehole
hawse-hole
hawse-hook
hawse-pieces
hawsepipe
hawse-pipe
hawse-plug
hawse-timber
hawse-wood
hawse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɔːz/
homophone: whores
ipa: /hɔz/
ipa: /hɔs/
rhymes: -ɔːz
rhymes: -ɔz
rhymes: -ɔs
Forms: form: hawses
form: hawsing
form: hawsed
form: hawsed
Etymology: Alteration of Middle English halse, from Old Norse hals (“neck”) (compare Icelandic háls (“neck”)).
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To lie uneasily to an anchor, typically due to a weather tide.
raw_tags: of a vessel
straight-jacket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of straitjacket.
foam rubber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foam rubbers
Senses: glosses: Expanded latex.
glosses: Expanded polyurethane, the padding often used in cars and furniture.
precarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈkɛɹɪti/
ipa: /pɹəˈkɛəɹɪti/
rhymes: -ɛəɹɪti
Forms: form: precarities
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin precārietās. By surface analysis, precarious + -ity, leading to the syncopation.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of precariousness.
synonyms: word: precariousness
examples: text: A phenomenon that catches a general tendency towards obscurity is what Standing calls "uptitling" - to give a job a high-sounding epithet to conceal its precarity and, I would say, its substance.
ref: 2014, Roland Paulsen, Empty Labor: Idleness and Workplace Resistance, →ISBN, page 82:
text: Does the boy sense, already, the precarity of all this?
ref: 2021, Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land, page 622:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
synonyms: insecurity
glosses: A condition of existence without predictability or security, affecting material or psychological welfare.
Derived terms: bioprecarity
Related terms: sense: see
word: precarious
mining bee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mining bees
Senses: glosses: Any of very many species of bee, of the genus Andrena, that nest in burrows.
Hyponyms: taxonomic: Andrena helvola
word: coppice mining bee
antiport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiports
Etymology: From anti- + port.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A structure in a cell membrane that simultaneously transports different molecules or ions through the membrane in opposite directions.
Related terms: antiporter
antiport
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: antiports
form: antiporting
form: antiported
form: antiported
Etymology: From anti- + port.
Senses: glosses: To simultaneously transport different molecules or ions through a cell membrane in opposite directions.
antiport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiports
Senses: examples: text: [T]he Viſier and Solyman Aga went to the Chamber where the King ſlept, and lifting up the Antiport, made a ſign of ſilence to the Ladies of the Guard , commanding by dumb motions that the Young Queen ſhould be awakened […]
ref: 1668, Paul Rycaut, “A True Relation of the Designs Managed by the Old Queen, Wife of Sultan Ahmet, […]”, in The Present State of the Ottoman Empire. Containing the Maxims of the Turkish Politie, […], London: […] John Starkey and Henry Brome, […], →OCLC, page 15:
text: This like the Chappel at Mecca, they eſteem ſo holy, that it is only lawful for a Muſulman to enter into it. If a Chriſtian or Jew ſhould but lift up the Anti[-]port, and ſet one ſtep into it, he profaned it, […]
ref: 1678, Tho[mas] Smith, Remarks upon the Manners, Religion and Government of the Turks. […], London: […] Moses Pitt, […], →OCLC, pages 74–75:
text: Lifting up the antiport, and advancing a little forward, I could not perceive the leaſt noiſe; […]
ref: 1735 August 13 (Gregorian calendar), “Letter II, and Last. From a Gentleman in Constantinople, to His Friend in London.”, in The Weekly Amusement: or, The Universal Magazine. […], volume III, London: […] J. and T. Dormer […], →OCLC, page 1000, column 2:
text: [I]n bed chambers, and other ſmall rooms, where the air is excluded by window curtains, cloſe doors, and antiports, it [charcoal] is then moſt dangerous when the greateſt pains have been taken to burn it clear; […]
ref: 1794, Pat[rick] Russell, “Of the Inhabitants in General”, in Alex[ander] Russell, Pat. Russell, The Natural History of Aleppo. […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: […] G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], →OCLC, page 146:
glosses: Obsolete form of anteport.
antiporter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiporters
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cell protein that acts within an antiport to transport different molecules or ions across the membrane in opposite directions
archaeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From archaea + -al.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Anyway, so we think an archaeal cell and a bacterial cell formed a close chemical dependency, and – we can’t say how this happened; this is the miracle – the two cells fused, became a single, chimerical identity.’
ref: 2023, Martin MacInnes, In Ascension, Atlantic Books, page 174:
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to the archaea.
Derived terms: lokiarchaeal
methanoarchaeal
nanoarchaeal
nonarchaeal
fley
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: flā
ipa: /fleɪ/
homophone: flay
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: fleys
form: fleying
form: fleyed
form: fleyed
Etymology: From Middle English fleien, from Old English flēgan.
Senses: examples: text: The Jack O'Lanthron was among the reeds again last night, and some of my neighbours are sore fleyed.
ref: 1860, James Phillips Kay, Scarsdale; or, Life on the Lancashire and Yorkshire border:
glosses: To frighten.
glosses: To be frightened.
life of the party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: ‘You were the life of the party last night, Ma'am, you know,’ returned Flowers, ‘and you suffer for it, to-day, you see.’
ref: 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, chapter 37, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
text: Tom was the life of the party, and the way he "cut up" was "simply awful," as Nellie declared.
ref: 1915, Edward Stratemeyer, chapter 30, in The Rover Boys in Business:
text: They were the life of the party and everyone loves them, even though it was not a party that the nation can afford to throw again.
ref: 1950 January 2, “Headliners of the 1920s”, in Life, page 46:
synonyms: life and soul of the party
party animal
glosses: A person who participates in entertainment events in a very enthusiastic manner and who has a leading role in inspiring others to join in the spirit of festivity.
to a man
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /tuː‿ə ˈmæn/
ipa: /tuː‿ə ˈmæn/
rhymes: -æn
Etymology: From to (“indicating a limit reached”) + a + man (“adult male human; human regardless of gender or sex”), indicating that something reaches the extent of every individual person.
Senses: examples: text: There is hardly a man in the world, one would think so ignorant, as not to know that the ordinary quack-doctors, who publish their great abilities in little brown billets, distributed to all who pass by, are to a man impostors and murderers; […]
ref: 1712 August 10 (Gregorian calendar), [Richard Steele], “WEDNESDAY, July 30, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 444; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 186:
text: To a man, Cyrenaica's new landlords insist they are the launchpad for a countrywide liberation, with Tripoli as the capital, not a separatist movement.
ref: 2011 February 25, “Building a new Libya”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Sep 2023:
text: [W]ould Iran’s players sing their national anthem, which is seen as a gesture in support of the regime? To a man, the answer was a stony-faced no.
ref: 2022 November 21, David Hytner, “England open World Cup in style with Bukayo Saka double in 6–2 rout of Iran”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2023:
glosses: Including every person; without exception; unanimously.
Related terms: as one man
every last
every man Jack
to the last man
Chantaya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
New France
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From new + France.
Calque of French Nouvelle-France.
From Middle French Nouvelle France.
Senses: glosses: A group of former French colonies in North America, existing from 1534 to 1763 in much of modern eastern Canada and the United States.
Synonyms: French North America
Hyponyms: Acadia
Canada
Louisiana
plain line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plain lines
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: a stretch of railway track that does not have any junctions, crossovers or points on it.
plain line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plain lines
form: plain lining
form: plain lined
form: plain lined
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: to remove points and crossovers from a stretch of track.
hot dog bun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hot dog buns
form: hot-dog bun
form: hotdog bun
Senses: glosses: A type of bun shaped specifically to contain a hot dog sausage.
regular expressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regular expression
spin doctors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spin doctor
spin doctors
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spin doctor
spin doctoring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spin doctor
spin doctoring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spin doctorings
Senses: glosses: The act or practice of a spin doctor.
spin doctored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spin doctor
fakery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fakeries
Etymology: From fake + -ery.
Senses: glosses: Fraud or forgery, or an individual instance of this.
squanderer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squanderers
Etymology: From squander + -er.
Senses: examples: text: How important can the greenhouse effect, biodiversity or future worldwide timber shortages seem to a third-worlder, for example? It would be wrong to think of this third-worlder as irresponsible or as a squanderer of resources before serious steps are taken towards solving the well-known and much worse problem of resource squandering and environmental irresponsibility in the developed nations.
ref: 1990 July 19, Ricardo Radulovich, “A view on tropical deforestation”, in Nature, volume 346, page 214:
glosses: One who squanders.
squanderers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squanderer
forewarned is forearmed
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: forewarned, forearmed
Etymology: Possibly, although not certainly, from the Latin saying praemonitus praemunitus.
Senses: examples: text: [W]hatever a young gentleman of that age says to you, he says to many other ladies; but your experience is not equal to your sense; so profit by mine . . . forewarned is forearmed.
ref: 1863, Charles Reade, chapter 4, in Hard Cash:
text: Sometimes, they say, it is wiser to remain in ignorance; at other times forewarned is forearmed.
ref: 1885, G. A. Henty, chapter 4, in Saint George for England:
text: "Well, Miss Maxwell, I think it only fair to tell you that you may have trouble with those boys when they do come. Forewarned is forearmed, you know."
ref: c. 1903, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind:
glosses: Advance awareness of a situation, especially a risky one, prepares one to deal with it.
wikipedia: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
Related terms: foresight
forethought
a danger foreseen is half avoided
word to the wise
encrypter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: encrypters
form: encryptor
Etymology: From encrypt + -er.
Senses: antonyms: decrypter
glosses: A person or a thing, such as an algorithm, program, or device, that encrypts.
Related terms: encrypt
encryption
fanciers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fancier
behind-the-scenes
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Like the activities of British Railways Research Department, developing, testing and modifying diesel locomotives before their acceptance for service is another behind-the-scenes activity which is a closed book to most passengers and to many railwaymen.
ref: 1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 266:
text: [...] we managed to gain remarkable access to the disused parts of London's tube network - and here, I'm able to share a bit of the behind-the-scenes experience.
ref: 2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in RAIL, number 934, page 46:
glosses: Alternative spelling of behind the scenes.
Delysid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Trade name.
Senses: glosses: LSD-25 when marketed as a pharmaceutical in the 1940s.
security community
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: security communities
Etymology: Coined by political scientist Karl Deutsch in 1957.
Senses: glosses: A region of the world in which large-scale use of violence, such as war, among nations is highly unlikely.
shirt lifter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shirt lifters
form: shirtlifter
form: shirt-lifter
Etymology: From the imagined lifting of a long shirt to facilitate receiving anal sex.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bottom: a gay man who is penetrated or prefers to be penetrated during anal sex.
synonyms: word: bottom
extra: a gay man who is penetrated or prefers to be penetrated during anal sex
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shirt, lifter.
Synonyms: male homosexual
Derived terms: chemise lifter
shirt-lifter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shirt-lifters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shirt lifter.
get one's own back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets one's own back
form: getting one's own back
form: got one's own back
form: got one's own back
form: gotten one's own back
Etymology: From get someone's back.
Senses: examples: text: When he spurns her, Julia is outraged to hear it is because she did not measure up to his secret list of 10 bullet-pointed attributes for an ideal bride. To get her own back, she invites her best friend, penniless clergyman’s daughter Selina Dalton (Freida Pinto), up to town to ensnare Malcolm, by faking the 10 comely attributes from his list.
ref: 2022 August 24, Peter Bradshaw, “Mr Malcolm’s List review – Regency romcom served with cake-icing of irony”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: word: avenge
word: even the score
word: retaliate
word: settle the score
word: take revenge
word: get back at
word: get one's own back
glosses: To avenge oneself.