cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
youthism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From youth + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: And now we have youthism — the hatred of young people, a new moral and social scourge, a kind of collective psychosis.
ref: 1976, Atlas world press review: Volume 23:
text: Physical prejudice exists among people surrounding ageism, youthism, sizeism and disabilities.
ref: 1999, Leigh Stephens Aldrich, Covering the community: a diversity handbook for media, page 8:
glosses: discrimination against young people
Hypernyms: ageism
Related terms: youthemism
ryder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪdə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: ryders
Etymology: From Dutch rijder, properly, a rider.
Senses: glosses: A gold coin of Zealand (Netherlands) worth 14 florins.
ryder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪdə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: ryders
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rider (“clause added to a document”).
ryders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ryder
reformade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reformades
Senses: glosses: A reformado.
reformades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reformade
diurnation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: the diurnation of bats
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The condition of sleeping or becoming dormant by day.
glosses: Continuance during the day.
Related terms: diurnal
pretex
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pretexes
form: pretexing
form: pretexed
form: pretexed
Etymology: From Latin praetexere. See pretext.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of pretext.
pretexed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pretex
pretexes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pretex
pretexing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pretex
cyclopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyclops + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cyclopean.
synonyms: word: cyclopean
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Related to cyclopia
cyclopses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclops
nontricyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + tricyclic.
Senses: examples: a nontricyclic antidepressant drug
glosses: Not tricyclic.
pridian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin pridianus.
Senses: examples: text: sure sign of pridian intoxication
ref: 1840, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “A Shabby Genteel Story”, in Miscellanies: Prose and Verse, volume IV, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
glosses: Of or relating to the day before, or yesterday.
periauger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: periaugers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pirogue (“a kind of boat”).
periaugers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of periauger
chiaro-oscuro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chiaro-oscuros
Etymology: From Italian chiaro-oscuro, under influence from French clair-obscur.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of chiaroscuro.
chiaro-oscuros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chiaro-oscuro
arietation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arietations
Etymology: Latin arietatio.
Senses: examples: text: the strength of the percussion , wherein likewise ordnance do exceed all arietations and ancient inventions
ref: 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Vicissitude of Things”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
glosses: The use of a battering ram, or similar.
examples: text: tumultuary motions, cross thwartings, and arietations of other particles, especially when for one way of hitting right, there are thousands of missing
ref: 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:
glosses: The act of striking, attacking or conflicting.
Related terms: Aries
arietate
arietiform
arietine
arietations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arietation
Zuinglian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Zuinglian
form: most Zuinglian
Etymology: From Zuinglius + -an.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Zwinglian.
Zuinglian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zuinglians
Etymology: From Zuinglius + -an.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Zwinglian.
Zuinglians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zuinglian
ubiquitaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ubiquitary
ubiquitary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin ubīquitārius.
Senses: examples: text: For wealth and an ubiquitary commerce, none can exceed her
ref: 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC:
glosses: Ubiquitous.
ubiquitary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ubiquitaries
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin ubīquitārius.
Senses: examples: text: I doe vviſh my ſelfe ſometime an Vbiquitarie for their loue, in good faith.
ref: 1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, signature F iij, recto:
glosses: One who exists everywhere.
examples: text: To conclude, either [Thomas] Aquinas is falſe, or the Papiſts Vbiquitaries.
ref: 1614, Jos[eph] Hall, “No Peace with Rome. […]. Section 18. Concerning the Multi-presence of Christs Body..”, in A Recollection of Such Treatises as Haue Bene heretofore Seuerally Published and are Nowe Reuised, Corrected, Augmented. […], London: […] [Humfrey Lownes] for Arthur Iohnson, Samuel Macham and Laurence Lisle, published 1615, →OCLC, page 877:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A ubiquitarian.
Zuinglianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Zuinglian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Zwinglianism.
Zwinglianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Zwinglian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Zwinglian theology
Baldwins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Baldwin
pinaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pinasters
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pīnaster (“a wild pine”).
Senses: glosses: The maritime pine (species Pinus pinaster), that grows in southern Europe.
pinasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The grove was varied by a plantation of rose trees, a few pinasters, and a multitude of winding paths.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter II, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 18:
glosses: plural of pinaster
ecbatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: See ecbasis.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Denoting a mere result or consequence.
phebe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phebes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phoebe.
phebes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phebe
anodynous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anodynous
form: most anodynous
Etymology: From Latin anōdynus.
Senses: examples: text: [S]ome Bodies taken into that of a Man, are deoppilating, others inciding, reſolving, diſcuſſing, ſuppurating, abſterſive of noxious adherences, and thickning the Blood and humors, being aſtringent, Anodinous or appeaſing paine &c.
ref: 1671, Robert Boyle, “An Introduction to the History of Particular Qualities. Chapter I.”, in Robert Boyle, Tracts […]. About the Cosmicall Qualities of Things. […], London: […] W[illiam] H[all] for Ric[hard] Davis, →OCLC, page 6:
glosses: Anodyne.
premonstrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: premonstrates
form: premonstrating
form: premonstrated
form: premonstrated
Etymology: From Latin praemonstratus, past participle of praemonstrare, from prae (“before”) + monstrate (“to show”).
Senses: examples: text: The same coniunction againe infusing, doth out of all doubt premonstrate the second coming of the sonne of God and man in the maiestie of his glorie.
ref: 1588, John Harvey, A Discoursive Probleme concerning Prophesies, how far they are to be valued or credited:
glosses: To show beforehand; to foreshow.
premonstrated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of premonstrate
premonstrates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of premonstrate
premonstrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of premonstrate
exogeography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From exo- + geography.
Senses: glosses: The study of the physical structure and inhabitants outside the Earth.
glosses: The physical structure outside a particular region; terrain.
Derived terms: exogeographic
Related terms: ecogeography
biogeography
phytogeography
zoogeography
geoecology
brush one's teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: brushes one's teeth
form: brushing one's teeth
form: brushed one's teeth
form: brushed one's teeth
Senses: glosses: To clean one's teeth, especially by using a toothbrush and toothpaste. (This entry is a translation hub.)
comb one's hair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: combs one's hair
form: combing one's hair
form: combed one's hair
form: combed one's hair
Senses: glosses: To straighten one's hair with a comb. (This entry is a translation hub.)
huh-uh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: [ˈhʌ̃.ʔʌ̃]
Forms: form: uh-uh
Senses: examples: text: "You could take my horse and herd a couple for me, if we have to—"
"Huh-uh," said South Boy in decisive negation. "That'd be worse than herding weanlings."
ref: 1994, Charles L. McNichols, Crazy Weather, page 160:
glosses: no
photoablation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: photoablations
Etymology: From photo- + ablation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The selective destruction of tissue by light, normally by means of a laser
ensorcellment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ensorcellments
form: ensorcelment
Etymology: From ensorcell + -ment.
Senses: glosses: enchantment, bewitchment
photoactinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Forms: form: more photoactinic
form: most photoactinic
Etymology: From photo- + actinic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: photochemical
photoallergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photoallergic
form: most photoallergic
Etymology: From photo- + allergic.
Senses: glosses: Showing an allergic reaction only after exposure to light
photoceptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoceptors
Senses: glosses: photoreceptor
photochemotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photochemotherapies
Etymology: From photo- + chemotherapy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: photodynamic therapy
PDT
glosses: Chemotherapy with the use of a photosensitizing agent and exposure to light.
photochromatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photochromatic
form: most photochromatic
Etymology: From photo- + chromatic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to or exhibiting photochromism.
glosses: Relating to photochromy.
photochromogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photochromogens
Etymology: From photo- + chromogen.
Senses: glosses: A microorganism (especially a mycobacterium) whose pigmentation develops following exposure to light.
Coordinate terms: scotochromogen
nonchromogen
Related terms: photochromogenic
photochromogenicity
photodistribution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + distribution.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The distribution of photosensitive damage to those areas of skin that receive the greatest exposure to sunlight
99 percent
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Forms: form: 99%
Senses: synonyms: 99.9 percent
99.99 percent
glosses: Almost all.
99 percent
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: 99%
Senses: examples: text: Roy: I'm 95% sure it was him.
Jen: You... you said you were 99% sure.
Roy: I'm 97% sure it was him.
ref: 2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1
text: I'm 99 percent certain.
glosses: Almost completely, almost totally.
99 percent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 99%
Senses: examples: text: We are the 99 percent!
text: Feminists for the 99 percent do not operate in isolation from other movements of resistance and rebellion.
ref: 2019, Cinzia Arruzza, Nancy Fraser, Tithi Bhattacharya, Feminism for the 99 Percent, →ISBN, page 54:
glosses: Those who are not part of the ultrarich.
hash brownies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hash brownie
uptoss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uptosses
form: uptossing
form: uptossed
form: uptossed
Etymology: From up- + toss.
Senses: examples: text: […] and brasses reflective Gleam in the sun, and away to the clouds uptoss the refulgence: […]
ref: 1888, Virgil's Æneid:
glosses: To toss up.
examples: text: The boat drew closer and closer, hurling along through the seething green like a thing alive, lifting and sending and uptossing across the huge-backed breakers, or disappearing behind them only to rush into sight again […]
ref: 1904, The Century:
glosses: To be tossed up.
uptoss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uptosses
Etymology: From up- + toss.
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes its sky line was broken by an uptoss from some one overpowering blast.
ref: 1917, Collier's: incorporating features of the American magazine:
text: You can see even the smallest animals, such as porcupines and ground hogs, over a mile away, and the first step of a bear, or the first uptoss of a deer's head is seen instantly.
ref: 1922, Charles Hallock, William A. Bruette, Forest and Stream:
glosses: A tossing up.
glosses: That which is tossed up.
cosmesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosmeses
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κόσμησις (kósmēsis, “an adorning”), from κοσμέω (kosméō, “to order, arrange, adorn”), κόσμος (kósmos, “order”).
Senses: glosses: The preservation, restoration, or bestowing of physical beauty, especially to the human body.
glosses: The correction of disfigurement, as by surgery or tattooing.
glosses: The results of cosmetic procedures or interventions.
glosses: A procedure or intervention to improve appearance.
glosses: The creation of life-like prosthetic limbs.
glosses: A prosthetic limb with life-like appearance.
Related terms: cosmetic
upgang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upgangs
form: upgaing
form: upgeng
form: uppgeng
Etymology: From Middle English upgang, from Old English upgang (“ascent”), equivalent to up- + gang. Cognate with Dutch opgang (“ascent”), German Aufgang (“rising, ascent”), Swedish uppgång (“a rise, a way up”), Icelandic uppgang (“expansion”).
Senses: glosses: The act of ascending a slope; ascent.
glosses: A way up; a slope.
glosses: A sudden rising of wind and sea; a storm.
Derived terms: upgang of weather
hash brown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hash browns
form: hashbrown
form: hash-brown
form: hashed brown
Senses: examples: text: He plucked a hash brown from her chest and popped it in her mouth before slurping several more into his mouth.
ref: 2010, Olivia Cunning, Backstage Pass: Sinners on Tour, Sourcebooks Casablanca, →ISBN, page 175:
glosses: A single piece of a quantity of finely-chopped, fried potatoes; singular of hash browns
examples: text: A Florida middle school civics teacher who was arrested Saturday for misdemeanor battery denied she threw a hash brown at a McDonalds^([sic]) employee.
ref: 2011 December 20, Alyssa Newcomb, “Civics Teacher Arrested in McDonald's Hash-Brown Smackdown”, in ABC News:
glosses: A fried patty made from finely-diced bits of potato.
hashbrown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hashbrowns
Senses: examples: text: […] I wanna get a hashbrown down at the Ds. You know they stop servin' em after ten-thirty."
ref: 2002, Meg Cabot, She Went All the Way, Avon Books, →ISBN, page 2:
glosses: Alternative spelling of hash brown.
hash-brown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hash-browns
Senses: examples: text: I had sausage eggs and a hash-brown with ketchup while the man and woman had Caesar salads.
ref: 2007, Latonya S. Hicks, Carrying Her Past, Lulu Publishing, page 33:
glosses: Alternative spelling of hash brown.
hashbrownie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hashbrownies
Senses: examples: text: Or it could have been that I was nibbling on a hashbrownie at a Canned Heat concert.
ref: 1999, Howard Altman, “A Few Tokes Over the Line”, in Philadelphia City Paper, 30 September-7 October 1999:
glosses: Alternative spelling of hash brownie.
hashbrownies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hashbrownie
Gadarene
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡadəɹiːn/
Forms: form: more Gadarene
form: most Gadarene
Etymology: From the Late Latin Gadarēnus, from the Ancient Greek Γαδαρηνός (Gadarēnós, “inhabitant of Gadara”), from Γάδαρα (Gádara, “Gadara”, now “Umm Qais”).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Gadara (near modern-day Umm Qais, in Jordan).
examples: text: Television is a key influence on social culture, yet what it provides is increasingly dominated by the Gadarene rush to grab viewers.
ref: 2000, Greg Philo, The Guardian, letter, 28 Aug 2000:
text: A gadarene rush to convert from paper to specie in early 1720, led by Law's erstwhile cronies among the court aristocracy, underlined the point.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 68:
glosses: Headlong, as of a flight or rush (with reference to the swine of Matthew VIII:28-32.).
godwink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: godwinks
Senses: examples: text: For several moments of disbelief and absolute wonder, he stared at the godwink he held in his hands!
ref: 2006, SQuire D. Rushnell (sic), When God Winks at You: How God Speaks Directly to You Through the Power of Coincidence, page 15:
text: The image was warm and comforting. I understood that Harley was giving us a symbol, while at the same time we were receiving together the sacred symbols of Reiki. This experience was another godwink for Harley and me.
ref: 2010, Pat Stempfy, Who Says Dogs Don't Talk?, →ISBN:
text: What qualifies this as an interesting Godwink is that in 1987, when each of us got married, we had outdoor weddings officiated by the same minister!
ref: 2011, Edie Weinstein, The Bliss Mistress Guide to Transforming the Ordinary Into the Extraordinary, →ISBN, page 86:
glosses: Alternative form of God wink.
micro-architecture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micro-architectures
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of microarchitecture.
micro-architectures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micro-architecture
exotic cheroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exotic cheroots
Etymology: Coined by Private Eye magazine.
Senses: examples: text: But some busybody got a whiff of an exotic cheroot and the place was closed down.
ref: 1989, Punch, volume 296, numbers 7721-7733, page 207:
text: No sweet scent of the exotic cheroot taints the air, there are scarcely even any smokers, and no one seems to be employing the men's room either to take on fuel or to make a brisk exchange of spermatozoa.
ref: 1994, Christopher Hitchens, “Warhol in One Dimension”, in For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports, →ISBN, page 283:
text: 'This friend of yours must have been smoking exotic cheroots while writing to you,' reads the note and I laugh out loud, especially as the letter comes from Chuck Pfeifer.
ref: 1994, Taki, Nothing to Declare, →ISBN, page 188:
glosses: Cannabis, a joint of cannabis.
examples: text: The second smell that pervades the sales is cigar smoke. Whether you're there to buy a horse or merely watch other people buying horses, it is almost obligatory to puff on an exotic cheroot.
ref: 1981 04, The Bulletin:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see exotic, cheroot.
exotic cheroots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exotic cheroot
nail sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nail set
for realsies
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From for real + -sies.
Senses: examples: text: Connie Britton, who played Tami Taylor for five seasons, confirms the news is "for realsies."
ref: 2011 October 6, Kathleen Perricone, “'Friday Night Lights' movie is happening 'for realsies,' promises show's star Connie Britton”, in New York Daily News:
glosses: True, genuine, real.
for realsies
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From for real + -sies.
Senses: examples: text: Hostage: I love you. Do you love me?
Gunman: For realsies, babe.
ref: 2009, Holt Bailey, Brian Steele, Hostage: A Love Story, 00:01:44-00:01:49:
synonyms: word: candidly
word: earnestly
word: for real
word: for realsies
word: forthcomingly
word: frankly
word: genuinely
word: honestly
word: no cap
word: openly
word: simply
word: sincerely
word: singly
word: straight up
word: truly
word: truthfully
glosses: Truly, genuinely, actually.
-sies
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /ziz/
/siz/
Forms: form: -ses
Etymology: From -s (plural marker) + -y (diminutive suffix) + -s (plural marker).
Senses: glosses: A diminutive suffix used to add an element of childishness, informality, affectionateness, or levity to a word.
Derived terms: downsies
upsies
Related terms: -sie
-sy
informatise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: informatises
form: informatising
form: informatised
form: informatised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of informatize.
Derived terms: informatisation
informatises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of informatise
MFT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: architecture
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Managed file transfer.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Master File Table.
qualifier: mental health
glosses: Initialism of marriage and family therapy or marriage and family therapist; ellipsis of LMFT.
EAI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EAIs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of enterprise application integration.
motorbicycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motorbicycles
Etymology: From motor + bicycle.
Senses: glosses: A motorcycle.
Related terms: motorbicyclist
Hawaiian shirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hawaiian shirts
Senses: examples: text: A bartender in a straw hat was dispensing frozen tropical drinks that were as colorful as the bright flowers splashed across the fabric of his loud Hawaiian shirt.
ref: 2005, Cynthia Baxter, Lead a Horse to Murder, Bantem Dell, →ISBN, page 127:
synonyms: aloha shirt
glosses: A collared, short-sleeved shirt of a style originating in Hawaii, typically having a brightly-colored Polynesian print.
Hawaiian shirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hawaiian shirt
customer base
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: customer bases
Senses: synonyms: client base
consumer base
glosses: A group of customers and/or consumers that a business serves.
Related terms: clientele
product base
SSADM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of Structured systems analysis and design method.
content coupling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A form of coupling where one module relies on the internal workings of another module.
Synonyms: pathological coupling
pathological coupling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pathological couplings
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of content coupling.
synonyms: word: content coupling
pathological couplings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pathological coupling
common coupling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common couplings
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: a form of coupling in which multiple modules share the same global data
Synonyms: global coupling
global coupling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: global couplings
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of common coupling.
synonyms: word: common coupling
common couplings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common coupling
global couplings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of global coupling
external coupling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: external couplings
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A coupling where two modules share an externally imposed communication protocol, data format, or device interface.
external couplings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of external coupling
control coupling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: control couplings
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A form of coupling where one module controls the flow of another by passing information on what to do.
control couplings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of control coupling
stamp coupling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A form of coupling where modules share a composite data structure and use only parts of it.
Synonyms: data-structured coupling
Related terms: data coupling
data-structured coupling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of stamp coupling.
synonyms: word: stamp coupling
data coupling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: data couplings
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: a form of coupling when modules share data through objects like parameters
Related terms: data-structured coupling
data couplings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of data coupling
message coupling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: message couplings
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: the loosest form of coupling that can be achieved by a state of decentralization
message couplings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of message coupling
inorganisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of inorganization.
exponential equations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exponential equation
Columbo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Columbos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Columbo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Columbo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Colombo (“Sri Lankan city”).
insensibilise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: insensibilises
form: insensibilising
form: insensibilised
form: insensibilised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of insensibilize.
insensibilises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of insensibilise
instit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of institute; also instit.
insurpassable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more insurpassable
form: most insurpassable
Etymology: From in- + surpassable.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of unsurpassable.
synonyms: word: unsurpassable
afternoon teas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afternoon tea
morning teas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morning tea
chapel of ease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chapels of ease
Senses: glosses: A chapel built in a remote part of a parish to meet the needs of those who live far from the parish church.
glosses: A privy; a toilet.
LTE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LTEs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of letter to the editor.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of loss of tail rotor effectiveness (by a helicopter).
topics: communication
communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
mobile-telephony
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: Initialism of Long Term Evolution, a telephone and mobile broadband communication standard.
topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: Initialism of lifting the exponent, a lemma used to calculate p-adic orders.
Hypernyms: topics: communication
communications
sense: mobile
word: 4G
NFC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Initialism
* (unicode): in the Unicode sense, a compound of NF (“Normalization Form”) + C (“Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition”).
Senses: examples: text: By random chance alone, 99 times out of 100, the Lions should have won an NFL or NFC championship. Worse for arguably the league’s unluckiest fan base, the Lions haven’t really been competitive.
ref: 2022 February 12, Harry Enten, “Cincinnati Bengals vs. Los Angeles Rams: The unluckiest sports teams and other Super Bowl musings”, in CNN:
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of National Football Conference.
NFC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NFCs
Etymology: Initialism
* (unicode): in the Unicode sense, a compound of NF (“Normalization Form”) + C (“Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition”).
Senses: topics: communication
communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
mobile-telephony
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: Initialism of near field communication.
qualifier: materials science
glosses: Initialism of natural fiber composite.
NFC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NFCs
Etymology: Initialism
* (unicode): in the Unicode sense, a compound of NF (“Normalization Form”) + C (“Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition”).
Senses: qualifier: Unicode
glosses: Initialism of Normalization Form: (Canonical) Composition.
Related terms: sense: in Unicode
word: NFD
sense: in Unicode
word: NFKC
sense: in Unicode
word: NFKD
intendance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intendances
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of intendancy.
intendances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intendance
wheatback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheatbacks
Etymology: From wheat + back.
Senses: glosses: An American penny with wheat depicted on its reverse.
wheatbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheatback
guarded rights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: At the time, persons thought that if the fledgling government designed an exclusive list of guarded rights, then whatever rights were not on the list would be compromised by the authorities.
text: The Loophole In Guarded Rights
ref: 1952, L. Ron Hubbard, Journal of Scientology Issue 4-G, Hubbard Association of Scientologists Inc., page 1
glosses: Those rights laid down by a constitution as being guaranteed to all individuals in the society; human rights.
permansive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin permaneo.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: permanent, stative, maintaining the same state
raw_tags: of an aspect
transit lane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transit lanes
Senses: glosses: A freeway lane reserved for vehicles with a set minimum number of occupants.
Related terms: T2
T3
Nakamori
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
build on sand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: builds on sand
form: building on sand
form: built on sand
form: built on sand
Etymology: From the Parable of the Wise and the Foolish Builders in Matthew 7:24–27.
Senses: examples: text: Loveless marriages often end in divorce because they are built on sand.
glosses: To put something in an unstable position by failing to give it a secure foundation.
leading-strings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leading-string
at daggers drawn
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /æt ˌdæɡəz ˈdɹɔːn/
ipa: /æt ˌdæɡəɹz ˈdɹɔn/
rhymes: -ɔːn
Etymology: Probably a reference to people preparing to fight by drawing their daggers from their sheaths. Compare French à couteaux tirés (literally “at daggers drawn”).
Senses: examples: text: And upon this point, vvere they at Daggers Dravvn vvith the Emperour.
ref: 1667, Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, “The Seventh Vision of Hell Reform’d”, in R[oger] L[’Estrange], transl., The Visions of Dom Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, […], London: […] H[enry] Herringman […], →OCLC, page 263:
text: The new duke of Orléans, son of the Regent, was a callow and shallow youth and worse still—for the house of Condé, collateral with the Bourbons, was perennially at daggers drawn with the rival Orléans dynasty—had just married and already made his wife pregnant.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, “Negotiating Stormy Weather: The Regency and the Advent of Fleury (1715–26)”, in The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon 1715–99, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 80:
text: But [David] Cameron nevertheless feels confident, because he is pretty sure that he has got Labour where he wants it, still off the centre ground on economic credibility and increasingly at daggers drawn with the Liberal Democrats, not least over the pivotal electoral event of this parliament, the AV referendum.
ref: 2011 April 28, Martin Kettle, “Vote yes to AV if you want to see Tories feel the fear again”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2022:
synonyms: at daggers' points
glosses: In a state of open hostility.
Related terms: word: at daggers' drawing
english: at or to the point of fighting, quarrelling, or open hostility
translation: at or to the point of fighting, quarrelling, or open hostility
word: to daggers' drawing
word: at each other's throats
word: at loggerheads
word: the knives are out
nekomimi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nekomimi
form: nekomimis
Etymology: From Japanese 猫耳 (nekomimi), from 猫 (neko, “cat”) + 耳 (mimi, “ear”).
Senses: topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: Cat ears.
examples: text: Thank you, Galen - I was pretty sure that she wasn't really a nekomimi, but this gives me some proof.
ref: 2005 February 17, Rob Kelk, “Re: DiGi Charat without her hat”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: A fictional character who has cat ears on an otherwise human body, and possibly other feline characteristics such as a tail.
Synonyms: catperson
Hypernyms: kemonomimi
Hyponyms: catboy
catgirl
Related terms: monster boy
monster girl
nekomimis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nekomimi
God wink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: God winks
form: godwink
form: God-wink
Etymology: From God + wink; coined by SQuire Rushnell, author of a series of eleven books that include the phrase "When God winks" or "Godwink" in the title.
Senses: examples: text: Scene 85=JANE (Kathie Lee Gifford) Sometimes, God doesn’t speak to us in a voice we can hear. Sometimes-he winks.
ref: 2018, A Godwink Christmas:
text: When we carry ourselves as far as we can and feel we can go no further, that's when we should be on the lookout for a God Wink. It's coming.
ref: 2002, SQuire D. Rushnell (sic), When God Winks: How the Power of Coincidence Guides Your Life, →ISBN:
text: In its most vulgarized and solipsistic state, epiphany is what currently is marketed as a God wink. Here the believer is encouraged to take some coincidence, like winning the lottery or recovering from sickness, as evidence of a higher power at work.
ref: 2007, James B. Twitchell, Shopping for God, →ISBN, page 105:
text: A giant hand? That's the kind of stuff that makes people of faith smile — maybe a God wink? How fun.
ref: 2009, Ed Gungor, What Bothers Me Most About Christianity, →ISBN, page 117:
text: Still, at the time, I was dearly in need of a God-wink or two. And, as so often happens, I had to wait for them.
ref: 2011, Stephen G. Post, The Hidden Gifts of Helping, →ISBN:
glosses: An event or personal experience, often identified as coincidence, so astonishing that it is seen as a sign of divine intervention, especially when perceived as the answer to a prayer.
catperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catpeople
Etymology: From cat + person.
Senses: examples: text: I haven't seen one of my earliest acquaintances in the game, a catperson berserker named Silverkat, since Ugeta was just a lowbie.
ref: 2012, Timothy Rowlands, Video Game Worlds: Working at Play in the Culture of, EverQuest, Left Coast Press, →ISBN, page 69:
topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: An anthropomorphic feline, or a person who has characteristics of a cat on an otherwise human body, such as cat ears and a cat tail.
Synonyms: nekomimi
Hyponyms: catboy
catgirl
catwoman
Related terms: monster boy
monster girl
catpeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We had a delightful conversation as she told me of all the wonderful sites they'd seen — until the lights dimmed and the singing, dancing catpeople reappeared.
ref: 2002, Camerin Courtney, Table for One: The Savvy Girl's Guide to Singleness, Revell, published 2011, →ISBN:
glosses: plural of catperson
interphone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interphones
Etymology: From inter- + phone.
Senses: examples: text: I arrive on time and ring the interphone. Mrs C opens the door with the buzzer and I cross the courtyard and take the lift. When I reach her floor she is waiting for me in front of the door.
ref: 2003, Alessandra Piontelli, From Fetus to Child: An Observational and Psychoanalytic Study:
glosses: Synonym of intercom.
synonyms: word: intercom
Narmada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit नर्मदा (narmadā).
Senses: glosses: A long river in central India.
glosses: A district of Gujarat, India.
tum-tums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tum-tum
tum tums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tum tum
interphones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interphone
lowbie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lowbies
Etymology: From low + -bie.
Senses: examples: text: Chickening offers a much deeper prospect in grief management — no more raiding lowbie zones on a drunken Saturday morning just for kicks!
ref: 2008 November, Caleb Chew, “Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning”, in GameAxis Unwired:
topics: games
gaming
glosses: A low-level character in an MMORPG.
lowbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lowbie
there are none so blind as those who will not see
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: there's none so blind as those who will not see
Senses: examples: text: “There is no defense against the will of God. This has been coming. I have seen the signs. There are those here that I have told, but there are none so blind as those who will not see.”
ref: 1980, Stephen King, The Mist, Viking Press:
synonyms: there are none so deaf as those who will not hear
glosses: Understanding cannot be forced on someone who chooses to be ignorant.
Related terms: you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
Mossies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mossie
rah-rah skirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rah-rah skirts
Etymology: From rah-rah, reduplication of rah, a shortened form of hurrah (referencing the characteristic chant of cheerleaders) + skirt.
Senses: examples: text: "Someone's always saying 'Try on this rah-rah skirt,'", says fresh-faced vocalist Katrina Leskanich, 25.
ref: 1985 July 20, Ethlie Ann Vare, “Katrina's Waves Finally Find the Sunshine”, in Billboard:
glosses: A short flounced skirt of a style similar to that worn by cheerleaders.
rah-rah skirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rah-rah skirt
Mozzies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mozzie
Mozzie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mozzies
Senses: examples: text: Although the Mozzie was introduced into squadron service as a night fighter as early as 1942, and in spite of the immense and rapid developments in aircraft production on both sides during the next few years, it was still the best night fighter in use anywhere when the war ended three years later.[…]They had decided to install in our beautiful Mozzies, in fact in all the first batch of Mozzies to reach squadrons, a wretched new mark of AI.
ref: 2011, Lewis Brandon, C. F. Rawnsley, Robert Wright, Albert Smith, Ian Smith, Night Flyer/Mosquito Pathfinder: Night Operations in World War II, page 88:
glosses: Alternative form of Mossie.
Mozzie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Maurice loved her as a woman.
‘You know, Mozzie, I′ve been thinking about joining a practice up here when I graduate.[…]’
ref: 2011, Peter McAra, The Vintner′s Letters, unnumbered page:
glosses: Alternative form of Mossie.
Khowarezm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Chorasmia.
Khowarizm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Chorasmia.
Khowarazm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Chorasmia.
Godavari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit गोदावरी (godāvarī).
Senses: glosses: A major river in South India which flows through Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
glosses: A district in Madras Presidency during British rule between 1768 and 1947.
Derived terms: East Godavari
West Godavari
Adad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Adadus
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒀭𒅎 (Adad).
Senses: examples: text: Adad was often depicted in human form, standing on a bull and wearing a horned headdress and a tiered skirt decorated with stars.
ref: 1998, Tamra Andrews, Dictionary of Nature Myths, Oxford, published 2000, page 4:
text: The beauty of the sun god, Shamash, shone in his face, and the courage of the storm god, Adad, was in his blood.
ref: 2003, Janet Parker, Julie Stanton, editors, Mythology: Myths, Legends and Fantasies, Cape Town, published 2006, page 326:
glosses: The god of storms in Mesopotamian mythology.
jump blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of boogie-woogie blues music influenced by big band swing, typically performed by a seven-piece combo and characterized by use of horns, shuffle rhythm, group singing during the choruses and raunchy lyrics.
superpoliteness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + politeness.
Senses: glosses: Exceptional politeness.
Derived terms: superpolite
do one's bit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does one's bit
form: doing one's bit
form: did one's bit
form: done one's bit
Senses: examples: text: Soon we were climbing through New Mills and Foxhall, both of which are closed entirely, their buildings doing their bit to ease the housing problem, and Kilmacrenan was reached at four o'clock.
ref: 1949 November and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 355:
text: Elizabeth was said to be slow to mature, but she and her sister did their bit by digging vegetable plots and knitting garments for the troops.
ref: September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: do one's part
do one's fair share
glosses: To make an individual contribution toward an overall effort.
Related terms: carry one's weight
do well for oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does well for oneself
form: doing well for oneself
form: did well for oneself
form: done well for oneself
Senses: glosses: To thrive or succeed.
the devil you say
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: the deuce you say
form: the dickens you say
Senses: glosses: An expression of surprise at something stated by another. In modern usage usually sarcastic, implying that the statement was obvious.
newth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /n(j)uːθ/
rhymes: -uːθ
Etymology: From new + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare similarly formed Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌸𐌰 (niujiþa, “newness”).
Senses: examples: text: I came across one modern once who used "newth," meaning newness, and make it rhyme with "youth."
ref: 1922, The Outlook:
text: The Ancient Ones' repulsive fecundity is a septessential aspect of these unpossible non-beings; in a way, they are newness itself. (Or should that be 'newth'?) […]
ref: 2003, Novelty vs. Recycling
text: We write and talk and empower each other, but the obsession with newness and youth (newth?) does not seem to change.
ref: 2006, Erica Jong, Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir:
glosses: Newness.
nidder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nidders
form: niddering
form: niddered
form: niddered
Etymology: From a dialectal variant of nither, nether.
Senses: glosses: To keep down or under.
glosses: To press hard upon; straiten (applied to bounds).
glosses: To pinch or starve with cold or hunger; stunt in growth.
glosses: To harass; grill; plague; annoy.
threeling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: threelings
form: trilling
Etymology: From three + -ling.
Senses: glosses: One of three children born at the same birth; triplet.
glosses: A twoling, or twin crystal, composed of three individuals.
ditionary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ditionaries
Senses: examples: text: he with his famelie, famylyers, and ditionaries, of desperate mynde fledde to the mountaynes
ref: 1511, Richard Eden, Decades of the New World:
glosses: A subject; a tributary.
ditionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ditionary
form: most ditionary
Senses: examples: text: And now our markets their chief purveyance owe
To some remote and ditionary coast
ref: 1624, George Chapman, Juvenal's Fifth Satire:
glosses: Under rule; subject; tributary.
praecornu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: praecornua
Senses: examples: text: In man there are three extensions of the cella: cephalic, PRECORNU, ventral, MEDICORNU, and caudal, POSTCORNU; the last is wanting in the sheep as in most other mammals.
ref: 1893, Burt Green Wilder, Physiology Practicums:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
praecornua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of praecornu