cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
mid-life crisis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mid-life crises
form: midlife crisis
Senses: examples: text: Though we prefer the word "transition" in naming this period, our view of it owes much to his. The Mid-life Transition may be rather mild. When it involves considerable turmoil and disruption, we speak of a mid-life crisis.
ref: 1978, Daniel J. Levinson, The Seasons of a Man's Life, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 26:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: An emotional period of doubt and anxiety sometimes experienced by middle-aged people who realize that their life is already half over.
Related terms: quarter-life crisis
existential crisis
cranberry morpheme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cranberry morphemes
Etymology: From the cran- of cranberry as an archetype. Cran- is from Low German Kraan (“crane”), but is now a bound morpheme, hence an example of a cranberry morpheme.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistic-morphology
linguistics
morphology
sciences
glosses: A bound morpheme within a complex word that is a fossil and whose meaning is opaque to the present speakers of the language.
Related terms: cranberry word
native speaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: native speakers
form: NS
Senses: examples: text: Native speakers of English get paid much more than locals in the schools.
text: The differences between acceptable constructions like "Have you a book on modern music?" and unacceptable ones like "Read you a book on modern music?" need no Chomskyan signposts for a native speaker[.]
ref: 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 155:
text: In the past, secondary classrooms have perhaps been seen as largely native speaker environments, but this is certainly no longer the case and secondary teachers are fully aware they need pedagogies and materials that support the different language backgrounds and proficiencies of contemporary classrooms.
ref: 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 106:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: L1 speaker
antonyms: non-native speaker
glosses: A person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue.
Derived terms: native-speakerism
Related terms: native-speaking
contradistinguish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: contradistinguishes
form: contradistinguishing
form: contradistinguished
form: contradistinguished
Etymology: From contra- + distinguish.
Senses: examples: text: Reason, therefore, here, as contradistinguished to faith, I take to be the discovery of the certainty or probability of such propositions or truths which the mind arrives at by deduction made from such ideas, which it has got by the use of its natural faculties ; viz. by sensation or reflection.
ref: 1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding:
text: A genuinely educative experience, then, one in which instruction is conveyed and ability increased, is contradistinguished from a routine activity on one hand, and a capricious activity on the other.
ref: 1916, John Dewey, Democracy and Education:
glosses: To distinguish things by contrasting their different qualities.
Related terms: contradistinction
contradistinctive
contradistinctively
cannier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of canny: more canny
canniest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of canny: most canny
cannily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cannily
form: most cannily
Etymology: From canny + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She had heard of girls who would not speak of their love, arguing to themselves cannily that there may be many a slip between the cup and the lip.
ref: 1862 September – 1864 April, Anthony Trollope, “Mrs. Dale’s Little Party”, in The Small House at Allington. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published April 1864, →OCLC, page 87:
glosses: In a canny manner.
canniness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From canny + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being canny.
equable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛk.wə.bəl/
Forms: form: more equable
form: most equable
form: æquable
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin aequābilis, from aequō (“make level”), from aequus (“even, level”).
Senses: examples: text: The cheerful influence of the morning seemed to have some effect, even upon his equable temper.
ref: 1841, Charles Dickens, chapter LXXXV, in Barnaby Rudge:
text: Turning to the prisoner, "Budd," he said, and scarce in equable tones, "Budd, if you have aught further to say for yourself, say it now."
ref: 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 18, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
glosses: Unvarying, calm and steady; constant and uniform.
examples: text: The indulgences of habit she would not resign, therefore held by the pleasures of the table; but the comforts of equable heat, which was particularly necessary, she denied herself much too long, and resisted warm clothing most determinately;...
ref: 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 107:
glosses: Free from extremes of heat or cold.
raw_tags: of temperature
glosses: Not easily disturbed; tranquil.
raw_tags: of emotions etc
Synonyms: sense: unvarying, calm and steady
word: constant
word: uniform
word: unvarying
word: steady
sense: not easily disturbed
word: imperturbable
sense: not easily disturbed
word: steady
sense: not easily disturbed
word: tranquil
sense: at a constant rate
word: regular
Derived terms: equability
equableness
equably
inequable
unequable
Related terms: equabile
out-gassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of outgassing.
outgassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outgas
outgassing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outgassings
Senses: examples: text: A major component of new-car smell is outgassing by plastic interior parts.
text: A sudden out-gassing of methane from the seabed sends up a giant bubble that lowers water density at the sea surface so much that a ship is no longer buoyant and sinks like a stone down a mineshaft.
ref: 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 233:
text: Zeona has a thin atmosphere of sulfur dioxide and trioxide, created by volcanic outgassing. There are traces of water vapor in the atmosphere, but over the last five centuries of observation particle counts have decreased 4%.
ref: 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Zeona, Elysta System:
glosses: The slow release of gas from a solid or liquid; especially, the release of gases into the atmosphere of a planet, or the release of gases from plastic parts.
Related terms: volatile organic compound
up-tight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: up-tighter
form: more up-tight
form: up-tightest
form: most up-tight
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of uptight.
extra-curricular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of extracurricular.
thin out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thins out
form: thinning out
form: thinned out
form: thinned out
Senses: glosses: To make sparse; to remove some of a group of newly-planted plants in order to allow the remaining ones to grow unimpeded.
examples: text: And later on, when the crowd thinned out / I was just about to do the same / She was standing there in back of my chair / Said to me, "Don't I know your name?"
ref: 1975, Bob Dylan, “Tangled Up in Blue”, in Blood on the Tracks:
text: “Abandon Starbucks!” screamed a member of the staff, and his colleagues immediately stopped making coffees or bagging muffins and ran for their lives
“It seems to be thinning out a little, ” announced Mr. Stink
ref: 2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
text: The numbers thin out the further we get from London, so I don't feel guilty when I remove my mask momentarily to scoff some of the snacks I'd bought at Marylebone.
ref: 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
glosses: To become sparse.
Related terms: prethin
geochronometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From geo- + chronometric.
Senses: glosses: of, pertaining to, or measured using geochronometry
Your Worship
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: A title used to address a magistrate, mayor, or clergyman
Related terms: Her Worship
His Worship
Your Honour
unsolved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈsɒlvd/
ipa: /ʌnˈsɑlvd/
ipa: /ʌnˈsɔlvd/
rhymes: -ɒlvd
Etymology: From un- + solved.
Senses: examples: an unsolved crime
an unsolved crossword puzzle
glosses: Not yet solved.
Related terms: unresolved
stainless-steel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stainless steel.
dendrochronologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From dendrochronological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: by the use of, or with reference to dendrochronology
tree-ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree-rings
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tree ring.
doolie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːli
Forms: form: doolies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dooly (“basic Indian litter; stretcher; litter”).
doolie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːli
Forms: form: doolies
Etymology: Origin unclear. One theory is that it originates from the word duly, as in “duly appointed [a cadet]” (part of the official acceptance). Another claims that the term is derived from Ancient Greek δοῦλος (doûlos, “slave”) + -ie. Apparently dates to the first class of the Academy, in 1955.
Senses: glosses: A first-year student at the United States Air Force Academy; a cadet freshman.
tree ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree rings
Senses: synonyms: growth ring
annual ring
glosses: The annual growth ring in the trunk of a tree.
Related terms: dendrochronology
growth ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: growth rings
Senses: glosses: A circular structure that forms as a living thing ages that is used or counted to estimate the age of the living thing.
glosses: A circular structure that forms as a living thing ages that is used or counted to estimate the age of the living thing.
Any of the concentric rings formed in the trunk of a tree by the annual growth of wood.
synonyms: tree ring
annual ring
Related terms: dendrochronology
bristlecone pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bristlecone pines
Senses: glosses: Any of certain small, slow-growing pine trees found in the western United States, of three species in Pinus subsect. Balfourianae, some of which are over 4,000 years old.
Hyponyms: sense: small, slow-growing pines
taxonomic: Pinus aristata
word: Rocky Mountains bristlecone pine of Colorado
sense: small, slow-growing pines
word: New Mexico
sense: small, slow-growing pines
word: and Arizona
sense: small, slow-growing pines
taxonomic: Pinus longaeva
word: Great Basin bristlecone pine
sense: small, slow-growing pines
word: of Utah
sense: small, slow-growing pines
word: Nevada
sense: small, slow-growing pines
word: and eastern California
sense: small, slow-growing pines
taxonomic: Pinus balfouriana
word: foxtail pine
sense: small, slow-growing pines
word: of California and southern Oregon
playfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more playfully
form: most playfully
Etymology: From playful + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: In the late stages of the Green Bay Packers’ snowswept 42-20 playoff victory over Seattle on Saturday, Brett Favre and Donald Driver playfully engaged in a snowball fight.
ref: 2008 January 14, Pat Borzi, “Youth and Age Blend Well for Packers in Playoffs”, in The New York Times:
glosses: In a playful manner.
anticoincidence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticoincidences
form: anti-coincidence
Etymology: From anti- + coincidence.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The occurrence of one event without the simultaneous occurrence of another
Derived terms: antocoincidence circuit
Related terms: anticoincident
burgeoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜː.d͡ʒə.nɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈbɝ.d͡ʒə.nɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of burgeon
Derived terms: burgeoningly
burgeoning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜː.d͡ʒə.nɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈbɝ.d͡ʒə.nɪŋ/
Forms: form: burgeonings
Senses: glosses: The act of budding or sprouting.
glosses: A bud or branch.
glosses: A new growth or expansion of something.
burgeoning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜː.d͡ʒə.nɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈbɝ.d͡ʒə.nɪŋ/
Forms: form: more burgeoning
form: most burgeoning
Senses: examples: text: burgeoning royal expenditure had been negligently nodded through by a complacent government and a compliant parliament at a time of renewed austerity and unemployment.
ref: 2022 September 8, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian:
text: Among those who study authoritarian regimes, a consensus has emerged that [US president Donald Trump's] early moves display common characteristics of burgeoning autocracies.
ref: 2025 May 9, Cameron Joseph, “They’ve watched democracies fail. They see it happening under Trump.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: That buds, grows or expands; developing.
huffing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌfɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌfɪŋ
Forms: form: huffings
Etymology: From huff + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The act of inhaling psychoactive inhalants.
Related terms: huffer
glue sniffer
huffing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌfɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌfɪŋ
Etymology: From huff + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of huff
huffing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌfɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌfɪŋ
Forms: form: more huffing
form: most huffing
Etymology: From huff + -ing.
Derived terms: huffingly
first-order
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of one of a series of models, languages, relationship, forms of logical discourse, etc., being the simplest one or the first in a sequence.
examples: text: If our goal is to put out the fire—to alleviate a humanitarian crisis broadly referenced in mainstream discourse as "mass incarceration" and "overcriminalization"— that are the specific benefits that flow from making fair policymaking process a first-order principle in the criminal-justice reform movement?
ref: 2021, Trevor George Gardner, “By Any Means: A Philosophical Frame for Rulemaking Reform in Criminal Law”, in Yale Law Journal Forum, page 800:
glosses: Of fundamental importance.
Derived terms: first-order approximation
first-order control
first-order difference
first-order election
first-order fluid
first-order function
first-order hold
first-order levelling
first-order logic
first-order ordinary differential
first-order predicate
first-order question
first-order reaction
first-order relief
first-order spectrum
first-order station
first-order subroutine
first-order theory
first-order transition
first-order variable
Related terms: second-order
Ramesh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit, meaning "husband of Rama (the goddess Lakshmi)", an epithet of Vishnu and Krishna.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit used in Nepal and India.
hydromagnetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hydro- + magnetic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to hydromagnetics.
Derived terms: hydromagnetically
hydromagnetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hydro- + magnetics.
Senses: glosses: magnetohydrodynamics
Related terms: hydromagnetic
second-order
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Denoting the second in a numerical sequence of models, languages, relationships, forms of logical discourse etc.
examples: text: If reformers establish the specific process of crime policymaking... as a second-order concern, their efforts will not be weighed down by any one normative theory of fair process.
ref: 2021, Trevor George Gardner, “By Any Means: A Philosophical Frame for Rulemaking Reform in Criminal Law”, in Yale Law Journal Forum, pages 819–20:
glosses: Of secondary importance.
Derived terms: second-order arithmetic
second-order conditioning
second-order cybernetics
second-order derivative
second-order difference
second-order election
second-order equation
second-order fluid
second-order leveling
second-order logic
second-order predicate
second-order reaction
second-order relief
second-order simulacra
second-order station
second-order subroutine
second-order threat
second-order transition
Related terms: first-order
higher-order
sin eater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sin eaters
form: sin-eater
Senses: examples: text: A Loafe of bread was brought out, and delivered to the Sinne-eater over the corps.
ref: 1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 35:
glosses: A person (usually a man) who is supposed to take sins of a deceased person upon himself by eating a piece of bread or other food laid on or passed across the breast of the corpse.
Related terms: sin-eating
sin eating
sin-eater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sin-eaters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sin eater.
personate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: personates
form: personating
form: personated
form: personated
Etymology: From Latin persōnātus.
Senses: examples: text: But this latter has, at the suggestion of Tyndarus, exchanged clothes with him, and the slave[…] personates the master.
ref: 1873, William Lucas Collins, chapter IV, in Plautus and Terence, page 67:
glosses: To fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate.
examples: text: The antients would certainly have invoked the goddess Flora for this purpose, and it would have been no difficulty for their priests, or politicians to have persuaded the people of the real presence of the deity, though a plain mortal had personated her and performed her office.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV:
glosses: To portray a character (as in a play); to act.
examples: text: One do I personate of Timon's frame , Whom Fortune with her iv'ry hand wafts to her
ref: c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: Therfore though Leuy receiued tithes aftervvard, by a particular grant from GOD, for the time: yet novv he paide them generally vvith the congregation, in the loines of Abram vnto the Prieſthood of Chriſt, heere perſonated by Melchiſedeck: […]
ref: 1616, Henry Spelman, De Non Temerandis Ecclesijs [Churches Not to Be Violated]. A Tract of the Rights and Respect Due unto Churches. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Iohn Beale, →OCLC, page 11:
glosses: To attribute personal characteristics to something; to personify.
examples: text: a personated mate
ref: 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:
glosses: To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.
Derived terms: dispersonate
Related terms: personation
personative
personator
personate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin persōnātus.
Senses: examples: text: This arrangement is well typified in plants with a personate corolla, such as the toad-flax and snap-dragon, ...
ref: 1881, Journal of the Northampton Natural History Society and Field Club, page 248:
text: […] the commencement of the tube of a personate or labiate flower.
ref: 1887, Jonathan Periam, The American Encyclopedia of Agriculture: A Treasury of Useful Information for the Farm and Household, page 946:
text: Bumble bees are a sturdy race of insects, made to crowd, push, probe, and burrow; therefore they prefer a tubular or bell-shaped flower that they can enter, or a personate or papilionaceous flower that they can force, or a tubular ...
ref: 1899, Eliphalet Williams Hervey, Observations on the Colors of Flowers, page 90:
text: Botanically, the palate is a rounded prominence on the lower lip, closing or nearly closing the throat of a personate flower.
ref: 2011, Katherine Dunster, Dictionary of Natural Resource Management, UBC Press, →ISBN, page 230:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: masked
glosses: Having the throat of a corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip (reminiscent of a mask), as in the flower of the snapdragon.
Derived terms: personately
personate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: personates
form: personating
form: personated
form: personated
Etymology: From Latin personō (“cry out”).
Senses: examples: text: I vvill drop in his vvay ſome obſcure Epiſtles of loue, vvherein by the colour of his beard, the ſhape of his legge, the manner of his gate, the expreſſure of his eye, forehead, and complection, he ſhall finde himſelfe moſt feelingly perſonated.
ref: c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 261, column 2:
text: In fable, hymn, or song so personating / Their gods ridiculous.
ref: 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 4:
glosses: To celebrate loudly; to extol, to praise.
coquille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coquilles
Etymology: Borrowed from French coquille. See also cockle.
Senses: glosses: A meal, especially a seafood dish, served in an actual scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like a shell.
glosses: A scallop shell or a dish shaped like one, especially when used to serve the aforementioned food.
glosses: A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled.
personated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of personate
personating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of personate
personating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personatings
Senses: examples: text: In other words, English dramatists continued to enliven their work by indulging in parallels, examples, and personatings.
ref: 1995, Dale B. J. Randall, Winter Fruit: English Drama, 1642-1660, page 377:
glosses: An act of impersonation.
personates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of personate
amende
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmɒnd/
ipa: /əˈmɑːnd/
rhymes: -ɒnd
rhymes: -ɑːnd
Forms: form: amendes
form: amand
Etymology: Borrowed from French amende.
Senses: glosses: A monetary punishment; a fine.
Related terms: amende honorable
solar eclipse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sōl'ər
ipa: /ˈsoʊlɚ ɪˈklɪps/
ipa: /ˈsəʊlə ɪˈklɪps/
Forms: form: solar eclipses
Etymology: From solar + eclipse. First use appears c. 1602 in the writings of Thomas Blundeville.
Senses: examples: text: A solar eclipse is one of nature's most impressive sights.
text: The earliest reliable accounts of Chinese eclipses come from Spring and Autumn Annals (Ch’un-ch’iu), recording eclipses from 772 to 481 BCE, including a total solar eclipse in 709 BCE.
ref: 2017, Mark Littmann, Fred Espenak, “Ancient Efforts to Understand”, in Totality: The Great American Eclipses of 2017 and 2024, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 38:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A phenomenon occurring when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun.
wikipedia: Thomas Blundeville
Related terms: word: 🝵
word: lunar eclipse
cosmogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cosmo- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: produced by cosmic rays
glosses: cosmogenetic
Derived terms: cosmogenically
cosmogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to cosmogeny.
cosmogeny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosmogenies
Senses: glosses: cosmogony
as is
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /æzˈɪz/
rhymes: -ɪz
Senses: examples: text: I bought the car as is, so the seller was within his legal rights to refuse to repair it when it broke down after two days.
text: You're welcome to borrow my car, such as it is.
glosses: as it is; in its present state or condition, especially as a contractual condition of sale.
raw_tags: of an object
Related terms: as it stands
as was
self-congratulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-congratulates
form: self-congratulating
form: self-congratulated
form: self-congratulated
Etymology: From self- + congratulate.
Senses: synonyms: plume
glosses: To congratulate oneself, especially in a self-satisfied manner.
Related terms: self-congratulation
self-congratulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-congratulations
Etymology: From self- + congratulation.
Senses: glosses: Self-satisfied congratulation of oneself for one's achievements or accomplishments.
apple-polish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: apple-polishes
form: apple-polishing
form: apple-polished
form: apple-polished
Senses: glosses: To attempt to obtain favors, especially by flattery; to toady or fawn.
Derived terms: apple polisher
apple-polisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple-polishers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of apple polisher.
confederationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From confederation + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The advocacy of confederation as a means of government.
confederationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: confederationists
Etymology: From confederation + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of confederation.
glosses: A supporter of confederation.
A supporter of Canadian Confederation.
confederationist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From confederation + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a political movement in favour of Canadian Confederation.
non-standard
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more non-standard
form: most non-standard
Senses: examples: text: By 1932, nearly all the odd non-standard engines, which the L.M.S.R. and the L.N.E.R. had acquired at the grouping, had disappeared.
ref: 1950 September, H. C. Casserley, “Locomotive Cavalcade, 1920-1950—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 591:
glosses: Alternative form of nonstandard.
octahedral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: octahedric
Etymology: From octa- + -hedral.
Senses: examples: text: Of the convex polyhedra with regular faces, the only ones that have tetrahedral, octahedral, or icosahedral symmetry are the Platonic and Archimedean solids.
ref: 1966, Norman W. Johnson, “Convex Polyhedra with Regular Faces”, in Canadian Journal of Mathematics, volume XVIII, number I, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, page 181:
glosses: Of, relating to, or having the shape of an octahedron.
Derived terms: dioctahedral
hyperoctahedral
interoctahedral
octahedrality
octahedrally
trioctahedral
trisoctahedral
Related terms: octahedron
in virtue of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Synonym of by virtue of.
synonyms: word: by virtue of
long-drawn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Placed opposite, on a low seat, was her granddaughter, a huge book propped on her knee, from which she was reading aloud. Perhaps there was a charm in that sweet voice, which gave its own unconscious fascination to the long-drawn pages; but there was, also, the still stronger charm of habit.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Chamber of Death”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 264:
glosses: long-drawn-out
misapprehend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsapɹɪˈhɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
Forms: form: misapprehends
form: misapprehending
form: misapprehended
form: misapprehended
Etymology: From mis- + apprehend.
Senses: examples: text: I define white as a social category, not a racial category. Of course, it carries unmistakable racial meanings, but as I have argued in this book, to see it as racial and nothing more is to misapprehend it.
ref: 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 139:
text: They misapprehended the intentions and capabilities of our enemies, miscalculated the strength of communism, and misjudged the threat of terrorism.
ref: 2007, Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, published 2008, page xv:
glosses: To interpret incorrectly; to misunderstand.
Derived terms: misapprehendingly
Boolean algebra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Boolean algebras
Etymology: Named after George Boole (1815–1864), an English mathematician, educator, philosopher and logician.
Senses: examples: text: The set of divisors of 30, with binary operators: g.c.d. and l.c.m., unary operator: division into 30, and identity elements: 1 and 30, forms a Boolean algebra.
text: A Boolean algebra is a De Morgan algebra which also satisfies the law of excluded middle and the law of noncontradiction.
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An algebraic structure (Σ,∨,∧,∼,0,1) where ∨ and ∧ are idempotent binary operators, ∼ is a unary involutory operator (called "complement"), and 0 and 1 are nullary operators (i.e., constants), such that (Σ,∨,0) is a commutative monoid, (Σ,∧,1) is a commutative monoid, ∧ and ∨ distribute with respect to each other, and such that combining two complementary elements through one binary operator yields the identity of the other binary operator. (See Boolean algebra (structure)#Axiomatics.)
topics: algebra
computing
engineering
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
natural-sciences
philosophy
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Specifically, an algebra in which all elements can take only one of two values (typically 0 and 1, or "true" and "false") and are subject to operations based on AND, OR and NOT
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The study of such algebras; Boolean logic, classical logic.
Synonyms: sense: Specifically ...
word: switching algebra
Hypernyms: distributive lattice
Ockham algebra
De Morgan algebra
Kleene algebra
residuated lattice
Heyting algebra
MV-algebra
Hyponyms: complete Boolean algebra
Derived terms: free Boolean algebra
Related terms: Boolean lattice
Boolean ring
Boolean function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Boolean functions
Senses: topics: algebra
computing
engineering
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
natural-sciences
philosophy
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any function based on the operations AND, OR and NOT, and whose elements are from the domain of Boolean algebra
Boolean variable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Boolean variables
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
natural-sciences
philosophy
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any variable, from the domain of Boolean algebra, having one of only two values
Boolean logic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Boolean logics
Senses: examples: Boolean logic can be shown to be "embedded" in integer arithmetic (modulo 2) by assigning polynomials to logical connectives, like so: operatorname NOT(x)=1-x,  operatorname AND(x,y)=xy,  operatorname OR(x,y)=x+y-xy.
topics: computing
engineering
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
natural-sciences
philosophy
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A system of symbolic logic that is the basis of Boolean algebra
Hypernyms: logic
man-month
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: man-months
Etymology: Compound of man + month, although, as with any such unit of measure (e.g., pack-years, newton metres), the mathematical relationship of multiplication is simultaneously involved: X men working during Y months = X × Y = Z man-months.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: man-year, person-year
text: Meronyms: man-hour, person-hour < man day, person-day
text: In project management, there is always another dimbulb who will ask whether the relationship of man-months to calendar months is such that the schedule can be cut in half by doubling the headcount. The standard joke for disabusing this nonsense involves an expedited pregnancy lasting four and a half months instead of nine.
text: Experience seems to indicate that developing such a TeX interface for a new output device takes on the order of one man-month.
ref: 1980, Richard S. Palais, “Message from the Chairman”, in TUGboat, volume 1, number 1, page 5:
synonyms: person-month
glosses: One person's working time for a month, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task.
play to the gallery
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays to the gallery
form: playing to the gallery
form: played to the gallery
form: played to the gallery
Senses: glosses: To appeal to the least sophisticated parts of an audience in order to obtain maximum approval.
Synonyms: play to the cheap seats
play to the crowd
Related terms: grandstand
lowest common denominator
atomic force microscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The science and technology associated with the design and use of atomic force microscopes
cagoule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈɡuːl/
rhymes: -uːl
Forms: form: cagoules
form: cagoul
form: kagoul
form: kagoule
Etymology: Borrowed from French cagoule. Doublet of cowl.
Senses: glosses: A lightweight waterproof parka.
Derived terms: cagouled
Related terms: cagoulard
chemise cagoule
atomic force microscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atomic force microscopes
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A device used to map the atomic structure of a surface by measuring the force acting on the very fine tip of a wire moved over the surface
Related terms: atomic force microscopy
AFM
buffer zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buffer zones
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A neutral area that is located between hostile forces, and is designed to prevent hostilities.
glosses: A transitional area between areas of different land use.
examples: text: Does she wear glasses with fashionable frames, has she had her lids lifted, does she streak or tint? All of these things are possible: we’ve both reached that borderline age, that buffer zone in which it can still be believed such tricks will work if you avoid bright sunlight.
ref: 1988, Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye:
glosses: A conceptual space between two things.
glosses: Synonym of bubble zone (“a perimeter around an abortion facility”).
synonyms: word: bubble zone
extra: a perimeter around an abortion facility
dovekie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdʌvki/
Forms: form: dovekies
Etymology: From dove + -ock + -ie, a double diminutive.
Senses: glosses: A small black and white seabird, of the genus Alle, of the north Atlantic; the little auk.
Jasus
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Jesus
dog pound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dog pounds
Senses: glosses: An animal shelter where stray dogs are kept.
Related terms: dogcatcher
furry lobster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furry lobsters
Senses: glosses: Any of several lobsters, of the genus Palinurellus, whose bodies are covered in short hairs.
glandular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlan.djʊl.ə/
ipa: /ˈɡlan.d͡ʒʊl.ə/
ipa: /ˈɡlan.ʒʊl.ə/
ipa: /ˈɡlæn.d͡ʒəl.ɚ/
rhymes: -ændjʊlə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ændʒʊlə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ænʒʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: Mid 18th century borrowing from French glandulaire, from glandule (“small gland”) + -aire (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix), from Latin glandulae (“glands of the throat”); equivalent to glandule + -ar.
Senses: examples: text: a glandular disorder
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to a gland or glands.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to a gland or glands.
Having the characteristics or function of a gland.
examples: text: […]the almost glandular Russian instinct for adventure and romance.
ref: 1948, Newsweek:
glosses: Innate, inherent.
glosses: Physical, sexual.
Synonyms: glandulous
Derived terms: aglandular
biglandular
cryptoglandular
dermoglandular
eglandular
excitoglandular
extraglandular
fibroglandular
glandular fever
glandularity
glandularly
hypoglandular
interglandular
intraglandular
lymphoglandular
microglandular
multiglandular
musculoglandular
neuroglandular
nonglandular
oculoglandular
periglandular
pluriglandular
polyglandular
pseudoglandular
quadriglandular
retroglandular
subglandular
triglandular
tubuloglandular
ulceroglandular
unglandular
uniglandular
villoglandular
glandular
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlan.djʊl.ə/
ipa: /ˈɡlan.d͡ʒʊl.ə/
ipa: /ˈɡlan.ʒʊl.ə/
ipa: /ˈɡlæn.d͡ʒəl.ɚ/
rhymes: -ændjʊlə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ændʒʊlə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ænʒʊlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: glandulars
Etymology: Mid 18th century borrowing from French glandulaire, from glandule (“small gland”) + -aire (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix), from Latin glandulae (“glands of the throat”); equivalent to glandule + -ar.
Senses: examples: text: Then Mr. Rothschild states that there is a wealth of studies attesting to the beneficence of glandulars in the human diet, only to fall into the same error he lays on Dr. Holub: failing to cite a single one.
ref: 1982, Vegetarian Times, number 61, page 6:
text: An interesting event happened in my house that buttressed my appreciation of glandulars. I previously mentioned our cats, raised on a raw food diet that includes as many glands and other organs as we can obtain, […]
ref: 2010, Roy Mankovitz, The Wellness Project, page 158:
text: I started reading about acupuncture, acupressure, flower essences, Chinese herbals, American herbals, Ayurvedic herbals, raindrop therapy, essential oils, aromatherapy, homeopathy, glandulars, vitamins, folk remedies, […]
ref: 2014, Judy Morgan, From Needles to Natural: Learning Holistic Pet Healing, page 44:
glosses: A food supplement made from glands.
animal shelter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: animal shelters
Senses: glosses: An organization that provides temporary homes for stray pet animals.
glosses: A facility providing such shelter.
Synonyms: topics: organization
word: animal rescue
sense: facility
word: dog pound
sense: facility
word: pound
sense: facility
word: pinjrapole
Hyponyms: topics: organization
word: ASPA
topics: organization
word: ASPCA
topics: organization
word: humane society
sense: facility
word: goshala
sense: facility
word: no-kill shelter
sense: facility
word: pinjrapole
Related terms: animal facilities
dogcatcher
animal control
RM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RMs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of reichsmark.
glosses: Initialism of Resident Magistrate.
examples: text: Official demands on the archbishopric of Salzburg totalled 1,137 RMs across 1635–48, of which 1,334,420 florins or 64 per cent was paid.
ref: 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin, published 2017, page 452:
glosses: Initialism of Roman month.
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Initialism of right margin.
glosses: Initialism of returned missionary.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of radio material.
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Initialism of religious movement.
glosses: Initialism of Routemaster, a type of London bus.
glosses: Initialism of ring modulation.
glosses: Abbreviation of regional municipality.
glosses: Abbreviation of room; often visible on moving boxes.
Coordinate terms: sense: regional municipality
english: regional county municipality
translation: regional county municipality
alt: MRC
word: RCM
RM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Royal Marines.
glosses: Initialism of Royal Mail.
glosses: Initialism of Research Machines.
glosses: Initialism of Republic of Macedonia.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of Real Madrid.
RM
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: RMs
form: RMing
form: RMed
form: RMed
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of remove.
opacity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ōpăsʹĭti
ipa: /oʊˈpæsɪti/
Forms: form: opacities
Etymology: From opaque + -ity, from French opacité, from Latin opacitas.
Senses: examples: text: We could not see the sandbar due to the opacity of the muddy water.
glosses: The state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through.
examples: text: The opacity of these decisions is troubling.
glosses: The state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding.
examples: text: The opacity of a clean glass window is near zero.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A measure of relative impenetrability to electromagnetic radiation such as light.
examples: text: This report concerns a child with Down's syndrome (mongolism) and bilateral congenital corneal opacities born into a family affected through three generations by Rieger's anomaly.
ref: 1968, Dark A. J., Kirkham T. H., “Congenital corneal opacities in a patient with Rieger's anomaly and Down's syndrome”, in British Journal of Ophthalmology, volume 52, number 8, →DOI, page 631:
text: Scanty irregular opacities are not uncommonly observed on the chest roentgenogram in the absence of interstitial fibrosis of the lungs.
ref: 1992, Dick, J. A. et al., “The significance of irregular opacities on the chest roentgenogram”, in Chest, volume 102, number 1, →DOI, →PMID, pages 251-60:
glosses: An opaque area.
Synonyms: nontransparency
opaqueness
Coordinate terms: transparency
Derived terms: nonopacity
radioopacity
radiopacity
referential opacity
semiopacity
snowball opacity
subopacity
RAC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The station code of Racecourse in Hong Kong.
glosses: Initialism of Recombinant Advisory Committee.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
coordinate_terms: AA
AAA
CAA
glosses: Initialism of Royal Automobile Club.
RAC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RACs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of recreation and athletics centre.
glosses: Initialism of Regional Advisory Committee.
topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Real Application Cluster.
qualifier: pensions
glosses: Initialism of retirement annuity contract.
RAC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of Rock Against Communism.
piscatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin piscātor (“fisherman”), from piscis (“fish”).
Senses: examples: text: The Ribble and the Aire roll down, as yet unpolluted by dyers' chemistry; tenanted by merry trouts and piscatory otters.
ref: 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “5, "Twelfth Century"”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk):
glosses: Of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.
examples: text: The air among the houses was of so strong a piscatory flavour that one might have supposed sick fish went up to be dipped in it.
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, chapter 4, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Of or pertaining to fish; piscine.
Synonyms: piscatorial
Related terms: piscatory ring
sentience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛn.ʃəns/
ipa: /ˈsɛn.ʃi.əns/
ipa: /ˈsɛn.ti.əns/
Forms: form: sentiences
Etymology: From sentient, from Latin sentiēns, present participle of sentiō (“feel, sense”). Compare with sentence, its equivalent formation from Classic Latin sententia (for *sentientia).
Senses: examples: text: For a while I sat quiet, my heart beating. The place was grimly dark. The only light was a faint one from the top of the lamp which threw a white circle on the high ceiling, except the emerald sheen of the shade as the light took its under edges. Even the light only seemed to emphasize the blackness of the shadows. These presently began to seem, as on last night, to have a sentience of their own.
ref: 1903, Bram Stoker, chapter 5, in The Jewel of Seven Stars:
text: The science of animal sentience is far from a firm one; there's no way of knowing exactly what any animal is feeling.
ref: 2007 December 28, Alexandra Silver, “Did This Tiger Hold a Grudge?”, in Time, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2010:
glosses: The state or quality of being sentient; possession of consciousness or sensory awareness.
Coordinate terms: sapience
Related terms: word: pansentience
word: pseudosentience
word: pseudosentient
word: sensemaking
word: sentiency
word: sentient
make a leg
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes a leg
form: making a leg
form: made a leg
form: made a leg
Senses: examples: text: King Richard II: What must the king do now? must he submit? […]
What says King Bolingbroke? will his majesty
Give Richard leave to live till Richard die?
You make a leg, and Bolingbroke says ay.
ref: 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act 3, scene 3]:
text: "I beg pardon," said Mr. Datchery, making a leg with his hat under his arm, as he addressed himself equally to both gentlemen.
ref: 1870 April–September, Charles Dickens, chapter 18, in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1870, →OCLC:
text: "Father, return thanks; make a leg—no man can do it better. Master Mordacks, you shall have our utmost duty."
ref: 1880, R. D. Blackmore, chapter 26, in Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale:
glosses: To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back.
Synonyms: bow and scrape
keep one's shirt on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps one's shirt on
form: keeping one's shirt on
form: kept one's shirt on
form: kept one's shirt on
Senses: glosses: To be more patient; to calm down.
bow and scrape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbaʊ ən ˈskɹeɪp/
Forms: form: bows and scrapes
form: bowing and scraping
form: bowed and scraped
form: bowed and scraped
form: scrape and bow
Senses: glosses: To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back (thus scraping the floor), left hand pressed across the abdomen, right arm held aside.
examples: text: But he is not one of those lawyers who bow and scrape before wealthy clients. He will not be pushed around.
ref: 1988 March 27, Newgate Callendar, "Crime" (book review of The Vulgar Boatman by William G. Tapply), New York Times (retrieved 25 Nov 2012)
glosses: To behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.
Synonyms: sense: make a deep bow with the right leg draw back
word: make a leg
sense: behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner
word: brownnose
sense: behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner
word: fawn
sense: behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner
word: suck up