cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
exbi-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: /ˈɛksbɪ-/
/ˈɛksbi/
Etymology: Blend of exa- + binary.
Senses: glosses: The IEC prefix meaning 2⁶⁰ = 1,024⁶ = 1,152,921,504,606,846,976. Compare exa-, meaning 10¹⁸ = 1,000⁶ = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000, a quintillion.
wikipedia: binary prefix
-illion
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Back-formation from million, then used in billion, trillion, quadrillion, each from French, ultimately from Italian mille (“thousand”) and the augmentative suffix -one. -illion was segmented from million as if mi- was a prefix, and -illion the stem.
Senses: examples: text: bi- + -illion → billion
text: tri- + -illion → trillion
glosses: Combined with Latin prefixes for names of integers in order to form names of powers of a million.
examples: text: bajillion, gazillion
glosses: Added to various nonsense syllables to indicate an arbitrarily very large number.
Related terms: -illiard
centuriate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛnˈtjʊəɹiət/
ipa: /sɛnˈtʃʊəɹiət/
Etymology: First attested in 1540; borrowed from Latin centuriātus, perfect passive participle of centuriō (“to divide into groups of one hundred”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: In the Centuriate assemblies holden by degrees, and Curiat-meetings by the wardes and parishes.
ref: 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
glosses: Divided into hundreds.
centuriate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛnˈtjʊəɹieɪt/
ipa: /sɛnˈtʃʊəɹieɪt/
Forms: form: centuriates
form: centuriating
form: centuriated
form: centuriated
Etymology: First attested in 1540; borrowed from Latin centuriātus, perfect passive participle of centuriō (“to divide into groups of one hundred”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To divide into hundreds.
Related terms: cent
centime
centurion
century
centurion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛnˈtjʊəɹ.i.ən/
ipa: /sɛnˈtʃʊəɹ.i.ən/
ipa: /-ɔːɹ.i.ən/
ipa: /sɛnˈtjʊɹ.i.ən/
ipa: /sɛnˈtʊɹ.i.ən/
ipa: /-ɚ.i.ən/
Forms: form: centurions
Etymology: From Middle English centurioun, from Latin centuriō, centuriōnis (“a commander of a hundred, centurion”), from Latin centum (“a hundred”). Displaced native English hundreder and hundredman, from Middle English hundredman, from Old English hundredmann (“centurion”).
Senses: examples: text: “Man,” said the largest, most protective of the Praetorian guard, her lover, no doubt, and her peroxide-blond centurion, “for an apostle of peace you sure are filled up with war.”
ref: 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 5:
glosses: An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player who scores a century.
glosses: A pilot in the United States Navy who has performed one hundred night landings on an aircraft carrier.
Synonyms: sense: an officer commanding one hundred or so men
word: centenier
sense: an officer commanding one hundred or so men
word: centenary
sense: an officer commanding one hundred or so men
word: hundreder
sense: an officer commanding one hundred or so men
word: hundredman
Derived terms: centurion's staff
centurion syndrome
Related terms: century
regulation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/
Etymology: From regulate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: It is regulation that these directives are to be destroyed on receipt.
ref: 1969, Thomas Wiseman, The Quick and the Dead, page 328:
text: "The hat is regulation as well, I assume."
ref: 2004, Marc Miller, The Kettles and the Keeps: Ghosts at War, page 88:
text: It is the responsibility of every legionare to be sure that he is regulation height as well.
ref: 2007, Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury, page 48:
glosses: In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.
Related terms: regulatory
KDE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Initialism of K Desktop Environment.
Senses: examples: text: The KDE MIDI/Karaoke file player allows you to play .mid and .kar files if your sound card has hardware support for raw MIDI files.
ref: 2006, Michael Jang, Mastering Red Hat Linux 9, page 529:
glosses: A computer desktop environment that runs on Unix and Linux.
glosses: The free software community that develops KDE and other software.
AWOL
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ̯.wɔl/
ipa: /ˈeɪ̯.wɑl/
ipa: /ˈʔɐ.wɔl/
Forms: form: awol
form: a.w.o.l.
form: A.W.O.L.
Etymology: Acronym of absent without official leave, originally used in the United States military.
Senses: examples: text: The Army had a lot of AWOL soldiers.
glosses: Absent without official leave (permission).
Derived terms: go AWOL
AWOL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ̯.wɔl/
ipa: /ˈeɪ̯.wɑl/
ipa: /ˈʔɐ.wɔl/
Forms: form: AWOLs
form: awol
form: a.w.o.l.
form: A.W.O.L.
Etymology: Acronym of absent without official leave, originally used in the United States military.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one is required to be at the time prescribed.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A person who holds AWOL status.
glosses: Somebody who is absent without permission.
glosses: Someone or something missing.
Synonyms: sense: departure from military duty without permission
word: French leave
sense: departure from military duty without permission
english: unauthorized absence
translation: unauthorized absence
word: UA
sense: other departure without permission
word: French leave
topics: business
sense: other departure without permission
word: no-call-no-show
marine corps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈɹinˌkɔɹ/
ipa: /məˈɹinˌkɔɹz/
Forms: form: marine corps
Senses: glosses: A military organization of marines, soldiers who are trained and equipped to fight on or from ships.
Synonyms: naval infantry
marines
naval infantry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An organization of sailors who are trained and equipped to fight as an infantry unit on land.
Synonyms: marines
marine corps
bi-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /baɪ-/
ipa: /bɪ-/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).
Senses: examples: text: biont
glosses: Alternative form of bio-.
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from bio
word: biont
sense: terms derived from bio
word: biopsy
heterosexuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterosexualities
Etymology: From heterosexual + -ity or hetero- + sexuality.
Senses: glosses: The state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the opposite sex.
glosses: Sexual activity with a person of the opposite sex.
Hyponyms: heteroflexibility
Derived terms: antiheterosexuality
compulsory heterosexuality
pseudoheterosexuality
Related terms: heterosexual
heterosociality
heteroeroticism
nonheterosexuality
heterogenitality
bisexuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bisexualities
Etymology: From bisexual + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state of being sexually attracted to members of either sex.
raw_tags: of humans or other animals
examples: ref: 1926, Dorothy E. Newton, The Bisexuality of Individual Strains of Coprinus Rostrupianus:
text: Recall from earlier in this paper that H. longicornis consists of obligatory bisexual diploid races (20+XX 0; 20+X) […] and variance is obscured because of the simultaneous variables of method of reproduction (bisexuality vs. thelytoky) and […]
ref: 1983, Entomological Society of America, Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The state of being bisexual (“having both male and female parts or roles”).
lesbianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛzbiəˌnɪzəm/
Forms: form: lesbianisms
Etymology: From lesbian + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Because all Asari present as female and use female pronouns, the deadly sexual nature of Ardat-Yakshi may reflect the continued fear of lesbianism that persists among many in human society.
ref: 2018, Alexandra M. Lucas, “From Smoldering Justicar to Blue-Skinned Space Babe: Asari Sexuality in Mass Effect”, in Heidi McDonald, editor, Digital Love: Romance and Sexuality in Video Games, CRC Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 72:
glosses: Female homosexuality; the state of a woman being sexually attracted to other women.
Synonyms: lesbiandom
lesbianhood
lesbianness
Hypernyms: gayness
homosexuality
Derived terms: lipstick lesbianism
political lesbianism
sexual orientation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sexual orientations
Etymology: Coined by New Zealand American psychologist, sexologist, and college professor John Money.
Senses: examples: text: There are more sexual orientations than simple homosexuality and heterosexuality.
glosses: The tendencies of a person's sexual attraction, considered as a whole.
glosses: The process of orientation with regard to a sexual goal or potential partner.
Synonyms: sexuality
sexual preference
Derived terms: sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts
sexual orientation change efforts
Related terms: romantic orientation
bisexual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /baɪˈsɛk.ʃʊ.əl/
ipa: /baɪˈsɛk.ʃ(ʊ)l/
ipa: /-sjʊ(ə)l/
ipa: /baɪˈsɛk.ʃ(əw).əl/
rhymes: -ɛkʃuəl
Forms: form: bisexuals
form: bi-sexual
Etymology: From bi- + -sexual, via the French bisexuel (bi-, sexuel). Attested since 1792 as a synonym in botany for "hermaphroditic" ("having male and female parts"). First used of sexuality in Richard von Krafft-Ebing's 1886 Psychopathia Sexualis (in German) and Charles Gilbert Chaddock's 1892 English translation thereof, due to the theory that people were naturally attracted to the opposite sex and so the brain or mind of a person attracted to "both" sexes (or to the same sex) must be partly of another sex and thus "hermaphroditic".
Senses: examples: text: Several chapters are devoted to the investigations of the origins and influences prevalent in the life of a bisexual with the latter portion of the book devoted to three extensive in-depth interviews with three bisexuals.
ref: 1984, Women and deviance, page 63:
synonyms: word: bi
hypernyms: LGBTQ
glosses: A person who is bisexual.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant or fungus, or part thereof, which is bisexual.
examples: text: The direct way to solve this dilemma is to study the inheritance of some specific features of genomic DNA of bisexual species by the genome of unisexual species . It seems possible to study this if the recent bisexuals resemble their ancestral […]
ref: 1999, Russian Journal of Herpetology:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An organism (that is, a species) which has male and female sexes.
sexual preference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛkʃuəl pɹɛf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/
Forms: form: sexual preferences
Senses: examples: text: My family has shut me out from their lives because of my sexual preference.
ref: 1986 December 7, Tommy Griffis, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 21, page 14:
glosses: Sexual orientation.
pleonasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpliː.əˌnæz.əm/
Forms: form: pleonasms
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin pleonasmus, from Ancient Greek πλεονασμός (pleonasmós), from πλεονάζω (pleonázō, “to be superfluous”), from πλείων (pleíōn, “more”).
Senses: examples: text: St. Jerome and St. Augustine are both sparing in the employment of the device of pleonasm.
ref: 1939, John Nicholas Hritzu, The Style of the Letters of St. Jerome, Catholic University of America Press, page 5:
text: Indeed, pleonasm, the use of superfluous or redundant words, is only part of the broader features of that style, the expressions of which have been so thoroughly analyzed by Franz Neirynck² and which for convenience will here be referred to as "dualisms."
ref: 1989, Harold Riley, The Making of Mark: An Exploration, Mercer University Press, page 219:
text: My salvation is in my Saviour who saveth me hence the redundancy and pleonasm of my asseveration.
ref: 1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford:
glosses: Redundancy in wording.
glosses: A phrase involving pleonasm; a phrase containing one or more words which are redundant because their meaning is expressed elsewhere in the phrase.
Coordinate terms: ellipsis
Derived terms: pleonasmic
Related terms: circumlocution
pleonastic
auxesis
battology
perissology
tautology
English pleonastic compounds
Pleonastic compounds by language
out-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Middle English ut-, from Old English ūt- (“out, without, outside”) (also as ūta-, ūtan- (“from or on the outside, without”), as in ūtanweard (“outward, external”)), from Proto-Germanic *ūt- (“out-”). Cognate with Dutch uit-, German aus-, Swedish ut-, Icelandic út-. More at out.
Senses: examples: outback
outhouse
glosses: External to, on the outside of
examples: outcast
outlead
outflee
glosses: Toward the outside of, away from
examples: text: outdo
text: outlast
text: outmaneuver
text: It out-Herods Herod. Pray you, avoid it.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
text: She was nobody when he married her, barely the daughter of a gentleman; but ever since her being turned into a Churchill she has out-Churchill’d them all in high and mighty claims: but in herself, I assure you, she is an upstart.
ref: 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XVIII, in Emma: […], volume II, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 345:
text: With a few honorable exceptions it out-Descartesed Descartes […]
ref: 2016, Noam Chomsky, What Kind of Creatures Are We?, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 124:
glosses: Forms verbs with the sense of surpassing or exceeding the prefixed word. This construction is productive.
examples: text: outsize
text: outrun
text: outgrow
text: By the end of the competition, Lisa's plant had outgrown its competitors, winning the competition.
glosses: Greater than
examples: text: The plant's leaves outgrew their box
glosses: Beyond
examples: outfit
outwork
glosses: Completely
Synonyms: sense: outside
word: ex-
sense: outside
word: exo-
sense: outside
word: ecto-
sense: away from
word: off-
sense: away from
word: ab-
sense: away from
word: apo-
sense: away from
word: de-
sense: away from
word: away
sense: away from
word: off
sense: surpassing; loose sense
word: supra-
sense: greater than
word: supra-
sense: beyond
word: trans-
sense: beyond
word: para-
sense: beyond
word: hyper-
sense: beyond
word: ultra-
sense: beyond
word: extra-
sense: beyond
word: preter-
politburo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒlɪtˌbjʊəɹəʊ/
ipa: /-ˌbjɔː-/
ipa: /ˈpɑlətˌbjʊɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˈpoʊ-/
Forms: form: politburos
form: Politburo
form: politbureau
form: Politbureau
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Политбюро́ (Politbjuró, “politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union”), a contraction of полити́ческое бюро́ (politíčeskoje bjuró, “political bureau”).
Senses: topics: communism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
synonyms: Political Bureau
glosses: The governing council and chief policymaking body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and other Marxist-Leninist political systems.
examples: text: They were the people who surrounded Biden who were the true believers: Ricchetti, Donilon, etc. The Politburo would argue that the decisions were always fine and sound and never problematic.
ref: 2025 May 21, Ezra Klein, quoting Jake Tapper, “How Groupthink Protected Biden and Re-elected Trump”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A senior governing or policymaking body in a political or other organization, generally consisting of members who are either appointed by the party in control of the organization, or who attain membership through their personal political affiliations; an inner circle.
Related terms: junta
p.p.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
related: word: p. p.
word: pp.
word: pp
word: PP
coordinate_terms: pres. part.
pres.part.
glosses: Initialism of past participle.
related: word: pp
glosses: Initialism of percentage point.
p.p.
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: related: word: per pro
word: pp.
glosses: Abbreviation of per procurationem.
glosses: Abbreviation of postpartum.
p.pr.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of present participle.
commodore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔ.mə.doɹ/
ipa: /ˈkɒm.ə.dɔː/
Forms: form: commodores
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch kommandeur, from Middle French commandeur. See command, compare commend (a doublet), and mandate.
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The leading ship in a fleet of merchantmen.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The president of a yacht club.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A yacht-club president's vessel in a regatta.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Ellipsis of commodore admiral.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A rear admiral (lower half).
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Parasarpa.
Synonyms: sense: non-flag naval rank
word: senior captain
sense: non-flag naval rank
word: fleet captain
sense: non-flag naval rank
word: flag captain
topics: nautical
transport
word: senior captain
topics: nautical
transport
word: fleet captain
topics: nautical
transport
word: flag captain
topics: nautical
transport
word: shipmaster senior grade
sense: flag naval rank
word: CDRE
sense: flag naval rank
word: COMO
sense: naval rank
word: Cmdre
sense: naval rank
word: Cmdre.
Coordinate terms: brigadier
fleet captain
senior captain
Derived terms: air commodore
Commie
commodora
commodore admiral
Commodorian
Related terms: brigadier general
senior colonel
captain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæp.tɪn/
ipa: /ˈkæp.tən/
ipa: /ˈkæp.tən/
ipa: /ˈkæp.ən/
topics: naval
navy
military
war
government
politics
ipa: [ˈkæpn̩]
topics: naval
navy
military
war
government
politics
ipa: [ˈkæpm̩]
topics: naval
navy
military
war
government
politics
rhymes: (US, General Australian) -æptən
Forms: form: captains
form: captaining
form: captained
form: captained
Etymology: From Middle English capitain, capteyn, from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.
Doublet of chieftain, also from Old French.
Senses: glosses: To act as captain
glosses: To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.
Related terms: cap
capital
capitalism
capitulate
capitulation
chapiter
chapter
chief
chieftain
lieutenant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛfˈtɛnənt/
ipa: /l(j)uˈtɛnənt/
ipa: /l(j)uˈtɛnənt/
ipa: /lɛfˈtɛnənt/
note: Indic
ipa: /lɛfʈənəɳʈ/
rhymes: -ɛnənt
Forms: form: leftenant
form: leftenaunt
form: lieftenant
form: lieftenaunt
form: lieutenaunt
Etymology: From Middle English lieutenant, lieftenaunt, from Anglo-Norman lieutenant, lyutenaunt, leu tenant, leu tenaunt (“deputy, lieutenant”), from Old French lieu (“place”) + tenant (“holder”). Doublet of locum tenens.
Senses: glosses: A military grade that is junior to the grade the adjective modifies: lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, lieutenant commander.
ensign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛn.sɪn/
ipa: /ˈɛn.sən/
ipa: [ˈɛn.sn̩]
ipa: /ˈɛn.saɪn/
rhymes: -ɛnsən
Forms: form: ensigns
Etymology: From Middle English ensigne, from Old French enseigne, from Latin īnsignia, nominative plural of īnsigne, meaning marked, distinguished. Doublet of insignia.
Senses: examples: text: The Ensigns of our Power about we bear; / And every Land pays Tribute to the Fair.
ref: 1690, Edmund Waller, The Maid’s Tragedy, Alter’d by Mr Waller, page 8:
glosses: A badge of office, rank, or power.
examples: text: The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
glosses: The lowest grade of commissioned officer in the United States Navy, junior to a lieutenant junior grade.
examples: text: Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still,
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:
synonyms: ancient
glosses: A flag or banner carried by military units; a standard or color/colour.
examples: text: But Alcibiades swiftly ran up the Athenian ensign on his flagship and bore down on that part of the Peloponnesian fleet which held the advantage and was pursuing the Athenians.
ref: 1960 [a. 120], Ian Scott-Kilvert, “Life of Alcibiades”, in The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives, translation of original by Plutarch:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The principal flag or banner flown by a ship (usually at the stern) to indicate nationality.
examples: text: Ten thousand thousand ensigns high advanced.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: Any prominent flag or banner.
glosses: A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th centuries whose duty was to carry the unit's ensign.
Synonyms: word: badge
english: cavalry equivalent of the infantry ensign
translation: cavalry equivalent of the infantry ensign
word: coronet
english: OF-1
translation: OF-1
word: second lieutenant
word: first NATO commissioned officer grade above OF-0 trainee officer
Derived terms: civil ensign
ensigncy
ensign first class
ensign fly
ensignhood
ensign scale
ensignship
merchant ensign
red ensign
revenue ensign
ship of the line ensign
ship-of-the-line ensign
ship of the line ensign first class
ship-of-the-line ensign first class
ship-of-the-line ensign second class
ship of the line ensign second class
ensign
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛn.sɪn/
ipa: /ˈɛn.sən/
ipa: [ˈɛn.sn̩]
ipa: /ˈɛn.saɪn/
rhymes: -ɛnsən
Forms: form: ensigns
form: ensigning
form: ensigned
form: ensigned
Etymology: From Middle English ensigne, from Old French enseigne, from Latin īnsignia, nominative plural of īnsigne, meaning marked, distinguished. Doublet of insignia.
Senses: examples: text: HENRY but ioyn’d the Roses, that ensign’d / Particular families, but this hath ioyn’d / The Rose and Thistle,
ref: 1610, Ben Jonson, The Speeches at Prince Henry's Barriers, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2018:
glosses: To designate as by an ensign.
glosses: To distinguish by a mark or ornament.
examples: text: Any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: To distinguish by an ornament, especially by a crown.
cavalry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkævəlɹi/
ipa: /ˈkælvəɹi/
Forms: form: cavalries
form: cavalery
Etymology: From Middle French cavalerie, in turn from Italian cavalleria. Recorded in English from the 1540s. Doublet of chivalry.
Senses: examples: text: Two hundred heavily-armed cavalry rode behind the Audley standard, while close at their heels came the Duke of Lancaster with a glittering train, heralds tabarded with the royal arms riding three deep upon cream-colored chargers in front of him.
ref: 1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, chapter XXXIII, in The White Company, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Thomas Y[oung] Crowell & Company […], →OCLC:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An individual unit of this arm of service.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry.
examples: text: call in the cavalry
text: "We landed in their killbox?" "We did. I am sor... No, belay that. Heads down! Cavalry incoming!"
ref: 2015 February 1, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary, archived from the original on 14 May 2024:
glosses: A source of rescue, especially in an emergency.
Derived terms: camelry
cavalry bone
cavalryman
cavalry moustache
cavalry mustache
cavalrywoman
heavy cavalry
light cavalry
mechanized cavalry
kuya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kuyas
Etymology: From Tagalog kuya, from Hokkien 哥仔 (*ko-iá).
Senses: glosses: An elder brother.
glosses: A respectful title or form of address for an older man.
septum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛp.təm/
ipa: /ˈsep.təm/
rhymes: -ɛptəm
Forms: form: septa
form: septums
form: saeptum
form: sæptum
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sēptum (“enclosure, wall, fence”).
Senses: examples: text: Deviated septum, a shift from the midline that commonly occurs in normal growth, is present in most adults.
ref: 2002, Springhouse, Illustrated Manual of Nursing Practice, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, page 1158:
text: Sally got a dagger hung from her septum
O'Malley cut his ears off, but wishes that he kept 'em
ref: 2008, Neil Cicierega, “Modify”, in View-Monster, performed by Lemon Demon:
topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: dissepiment
glosses: A wall separating two cavities; a partition.
Ellipsis of nasal septum (“the cartilaginous center wall of the nose separating the two nostrils”).
topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: dissepiment
glosses: A wall separating two cavities; a partition.
Either of the two walls that separate the atria or ventricles of the heart into left and right chambers.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: dissepiment
glosses: A wall separating two cavities; a partition.
A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
synonyms: dissepiment
glosses: A wall separating two cavities; a partition.
A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: dissepiment
glosses: A wall separating two cavities; a partition.
One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: dissepiment
glosses: A wall separating two cavities; a partition.
One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: dissepiment
glosses: A wall separating two cavities; a partition.
One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: dissepiment
glosses: A wall separating two cavities; a partition.
One of the walls dividing two holes in a parallel-hole collimator
qualifier: nuclear medicine
examples: text: Look, I got a new septum!
glosses: Ellipsis of septum ring or septum piercing.
Hyponyms: nasal septum
interventricular septum
septum pellucidum
Derived terms: anteroseptum
apicoseptum
distoseptum
euseptum
inferoseptum
interseptum
midseptum
posteroseptum
pseudoseptum
sarcoseptum
septal
septate
septectomy
septile
septo-
septumless
septum piercing
septum ring
superoseptum
alumna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈlʌmnə/
Forms: form: alumnae
form: alumni
form: alumnas
Etymology: From Latin alumna.
Senses: glosses: A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).
glosses: A female graduate.
Hypernyms: sense: of any gender
word: alum
sense: of any gender
word: alumn
sense: of any gender
word: alumni
sense: of any gender
word: alumnx
sense: of unspecified gender
word: alumnus
Related terms: alum
alumnae
alumni
alumnus
append
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌˈpɛnd/
ipa: /əˈpɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
homophone: upend
Forms: form: appends
form: appending
form: appended
form: appended
Etymology: From Latin appendere (“to hang up, suspend on, pay out”), via Old French apendre, appendre, via Middle English appenden; from ad (“on, upon, against”) + pendere (“to suspend, hang”), equivalent to ad- + pend. Compare with Old English appenden, apenden (“to belong”). See also pendant.
Senses: examples: text: a seal appended to a record
text: An inscription was appended to the column.
glosses: To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended
examples: text: notes appended to a book chapter
glosses: To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object.
Derived terms: appendable
appendage
appendant
appender
appendment
prepend
unappended
append
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌˈpɛnd/
ipa: /əˈpɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
homophone: upend
Forms: form: appends
Etymology: From Latin appendere (“to hang up, suspend on, pay out”), via Old French apendre, appendre, via Middle English appenden; from ad (“on, upon, against”) + pendere (“to suspend, hang”), equivalent to ad- + pend. Compare with Old English appenden, apenden (“to belong”). See also pendant.
Senses: examples: text: After recursively sorting the two subsets, the situation is (11,28) 35 (45,50,62) and an append of the three pieces gives the final result.
ref: 1997, Jeffrey H. Kingston, Algorithms and Data Structures, →ISBN:
text: Logging can be used to back out bad data, be it an overwrite of existing data or an append of new data.
ref: 2007, Jeff LeSueur, Marketing Automation: Practical Steps to More Effective Direct Marketing, →ISBN:
text: When a file is created or expanded due to an append of new data to the file, new blocks are allocated to the file.
ref: 2016, Sibsankar Haldar, SQLite Database System Design and Implementation:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.
appertain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæpɚˈteɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Forms: form: appertains
form: appertaining
form: appertained
form: appertained
Etymology: From Middle English apperteinen, apertenen, borrowed from Old French apartenir (French appartenir), from Late Latin appertinēre, from ad (“to”) + Latin pertinēre (“to reach to, belong”). More at pertain.
Senses: examples: text: McInnis reached down and gently raised the old man's head to face him. "Edwin Falkirk, I hereby relieve you of the Directorship of Site-43 under my authority as Administrator of the SCP Foundation. Your security clearance credentials will be revoked in full, and all privileges appertaining to your position are rescinded."
ref: 2023 October 8, HarryBlank, “Taking the Lead”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 26 May 2024:
glosses: To belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to.
examples: text: Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.
ref: 1551, James A.H. Murray, editor, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society., volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1888, Part 1, page 217:
text: In this great stretch of country there is no sign of life, nor of anything appertaining to life. There is no bird in the steel-blue heaven, no movement upon the dull, grey earth—above all, there is absolute silence. Listen as one may, there is no shadow of a sound in all that mighty wilderness; nothing but silence—complete and heart-subduing silence.
ref: 1886, Arthur Conan Doyle, “On the Great Alkali Plain”, in A Study in Scarlet, New York: D. Appleton and Company, published 1902, The Country of the Saints, page 115:
glosses: To belong as a part, right, possession, attribute, etc.
Synonyms: pertain
Derived terms: appertainment
unappertaining
Related terms: appurtenance
pertain
pertinence
pertinent
appetite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæpɪtaɪt/
ipa: /ˈæpəˌtaɪt/
homophone: apatite (GA pronunciation)
Forms: form: appetites
Etymology: From Middle English appetit, from Old French apetit (French appétit), from Latin appetitus, from appetere (“to strive after, long for”); ad + petere (“to seek”). See petition, and compare with appetence.
Senses: examples: text: And I return with an excellent appetite. There can be no question, my dear Watson, of the value of exercise before breakfast.
ref: 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of Black Peter:
text: The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
ref: 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
text: Though the breweries were forced to shut down, the dry spell did little more than whet the public's appetite for beer: Records show that within the first 24 hours after Congress lifted the ban Prohibition] in 1933, Americans guzzled 1 million barrels of the stuff.
ref: 1985, Susan Mullane, “Going for some gusto in the kitchen”, in National Fisherman, page 78:
text: Biotics possess extraordinary abilities, but they must live with minor inconveniences. The most obvious issue is getting adequate nutrition. Creating biotic mass effects takes such a toll on metabolism that active biotics develop ravenous appetites. The standard Alliance combat ration for a soldier is 3000 calories per day; biotics are given 4500, as well as a canteen of potent energy drink for quick refreshment after hard combat.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Biotics: Life as a Biotic Codex entry:
glosses: Desire to eat food or consume drink.
examples: text: If God had given to eagles an appetite to swim.
ref: 1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC:
text: To gratify the vulgar appetite for the marvellous.
ref: 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter IX, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
glosses: Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.
examples: text: appetite for reading
text: The object of appetite is whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek.
ref: 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
glosses: The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.
Synonyms: craving
longing
desire
appetency
passion
Derived terms: appetite comes with eating
appetited
appetiteless
appetitive
appetizer
appetizing
appetizingly
risk appetite
sexual appetite
whet someone's appetite
applause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: əplôzʹ
ipa: /əˈplɔːz/
rhymes: -ɔːz
enpr: əplôzʹ
ipa: /əˈplɔz/
enpr: əpläz'
ipa: /əˈplɑz/
Forms: form: applauses
Etymology: From Latin applausus, from applaudō (“I strike against, I applaud”) (whence applaud).
Senses: examples: text: A few days before, the adulations and applauses of a nation were sounding in her [Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma's] ears, and now she was come to this!
ref: 1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), “”, in A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 535:
text: Lestrade and I sat silent for a moment, and then, with a spontaneous impulse, we both broke at clapping, as at the well-wrought crisis of a play. […] It was at such moments that for an instant he [Sherlock Holmes] ceased to be a reasoning machine, and betrayed his human love for admiration and applause.
ref: 1904 April 30, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Six Napoleons”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC, page 232:
text: Livy never gets her share of those applauses, but it is because the people do not know. Yet she is entitled to the lion's share.
ref: 1916, Albert Bigelow Paine, chapter 57, in The Boys’ Life of Mark Twain:
text: Rice’s celebrations upon his goal were controlled, muted. Not so those of Grealish, who lapped up the applause of the England fans behind the goal.
ref: 2024 September 7, David Hytner, “Rice and Grealish start new England era with Nations League victory in Ireland”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: word: acclaim
word: acclamation
word: approbation
word: approval
word: commendation
word: plaudit
word: accolade
word: approbation
word: approval
word: attaboy
word: compliment
word: commendation
word: congratulation
word: douceur
word: encomium
word: encouragement
word: laudation
word: laudits
word: praise
word: tout
word: props
glosses: The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.
Synonyms: word: applause
word: plaudit
word: clap
word: clapping
word: acclaim
word: acclamation
word: laudits
Hypernyms: word: approbation
word: approval
word: praise
Hyponyms: word: ovation
word: standing ovation
Meronyms: word: bravo
word: cheer
word: cheering
word: cheer on
word: hosanna
word: huzzah
word: zaghrata
Derived terms: word: applausable
word: applauseful
word: applauseless
word: applauselike
word: applauseometer
word: applause-worthy
word: round of applause
word: self-applause
applause
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: əplôzʹ
ipa: /əˈplɔːz/
rhymes: -ɔːz
enpr: əplôzʹ
ipa: /əˈplɔz/
enpr: əpläz'
ipa: /əˈplɑz/
Forms: form: applauses
form: applausing
form: applaused
form: applaused
Etymology: From Latin applausus, from applaudō (“I strike against, I applaud”) (whence applaud).
Senses: examples: text: But (which had ſcarrefide our wounds, if wounded, with the Balme / Of her ſweete Preſence, ſo applaus’d as in Sea-ſtormes a Calme) / Her royall-ſelfe, Elizabeth our Soueraigne lawfull Queene, / In magnanimious Maieſtie amidſt her Troupes was ſeene.
ref: 1596, William Warner, chapter IL, in Albions England: A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants Thereof: […], 4th edition, London: […] [Joan] Orwin, for I[oan] B[roome] […], →OCLC, page 228:
text: Now Ahab ſees the ground of that applauſed conſent of his rabble of Prophets: […]
ref: 1628, Ios[eph] Hall, “Ahab and Michaiah: or, The Death of Ahab”, in Contemplations. The Nineteenth Booke., London, →OCLC, page 1286:
text: O ſacred Emperour, theſe ears have heard, / What no Sons ears can unrevenged hear, / The Princes all of them, but ſpecially, / The Prince Elector Archbiſhop of Collen, / Revil’d him by the names of murderer, / Arch villain, robber of the Empires fame, / And Cæſars tutor in all wickedneſs, / And with a general voice applaus’d his death, / As for a ſpecial good to Chriſtendome.
ref: 1654, “Act. II.”, in The Tragedy of Alphonsus Emperour of Germany […], London: […] Humphrey Moseley, […], →OCLC, page 20:
glosses: To applaud.
applicant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæp.lə.kɪnt/
Forms: form: applicants
Etymology: From Latin applicans, present participle of applicare. See apply.
Senses: examples: text: Our job advertisement attracted seven applicants.
glosses: One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner.
topics: law
glosses: One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner.
A party who initiates legal proceedings against another party.
synonyms: applicate
glosses: The third coordinate (or z-coordinate) in a three-dimensional coordinate system.
Derived terms: nonapplicant
reapplicant
oat
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Pronunciation: enpr: ōt
ipa: /əʊt/
ipa: /oʊt/
homophone: ot-
rhymes: -əʊt
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of OAT.
massa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: massas
form: massah
Senses: examples: text: "All well, Massa Challenger, all well!" he cried. "Me stay here. No fear. You always find me when you want." His honest black face, and the immense view before us, which carried us half-way back to the affluent of the Amazon, helped us to remember that we really were upon this earth in the twentieth century, and had not by some magic been conveyed to some raw planet in its earliest and wildest state.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of master, representing African-American Vernacular English.
photo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfəʊ.təʊ/
ipa: [ˈfəʊtʰəʊ]
ipa: /ˈfoʊ.toʊ/
ipa: [ˈfŏʊɾoʊ]
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈpʰoːʈoː/
note: Indic
ipa: [ˈf-]
rhymes: -əʊtəʊ
Forms: form: photos
Etymology: Clipping of photograph
Senses: examples: text: Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.
ref: 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:
glosses: A photograph.
examples: text: By this stage, Goof was clearly warming to his theme and, as they flashed past the post together, he reported that it was a photo. "And I don't know or care who won the photo," he concluded.
ref: 2005 June 28, “Racing diary: In the shake-up”, in The Telegraph:
glosses: A photo finish.
glosses: A digital picture of any kind.
examples: text: Photo student in need of subjects.
ref: 1981 February 7, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 28, page 14:
glosses: Photography
Derived terms: airphoto
air photo
astrophoto
file photo
group photo
I'm in this photo and I don't like it
nonphoto
non-photo blue
orthophoto
phlog
photo album
photo artist
photobank
photobash
photobiography
photoblog
photoblogger
photoboard
photobomb
photobombing
photobook
photo booth
photocall
photocard
photocomic
photo cube
photo echo
photo editor
photo essay
photo-essay
photofinisher
photo finishing
photofit
photofitting
photoholic
photoist
photo kill
photolab
photoless
photolike
photolog
photolurker
photolurking
photolyze
photo machine
photomagazine
photo magnet
photomancy
photomarathon
photomode
photo mode
photomorph
photomosaic
photonovel
photo-offset
photo op
photo pack
photopaper
photo paper
photophobia
photoplayer
photo-portrait
photorealist
photo-romance
photosharing
photoshoot
photo shoot
Photoshop
photostory
photostream
photowalk
photoworthy
phytophotodermatitis
radiophoto
stereophoto
stock photo
telephoto
wirephoto
photo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfəʊ.təʊ/
ipa: [ˈfəʊtʰəʊ]
ipa: /ˈfoʊ.toʊ/
ipa: [ˈfŏʊɾoʊ]
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈpʰoːʈoː/
note: Indic
ipa: [ˈf-]
rhymes: -əʊtəʊ
Forms: form: photos
form: photoing
form: photoed
form: photoed
Etymology: Clipping of photograph
Senses: examples: text: [1956] 1992 ed., The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=5kjheskJwVAC&pg=PA465&lpg=PA465&sig=_CY8N5ZLStxnOIlf_CNHhhBEPjA
What fun to be photoed together, / What luck for a break so opportune. / Oh, what a lark / To be posed in the park / Underneath the adolescent crescent of the moon.
text: 1998, Hans Schmidt, Maverick Marine http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=vQ7DKhq0ZckC&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&sig=hrMAoHDI9vAnq4RQwgFro_Lp24M
He even had himself photoed helping to hold one of the fire-hose.
text: Always photoing exits. What are all these ways out but rehearsals for his own?
ref: 2000, Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=2nFEV20sE1AC&pg=PA219&lpg=PA219&sig=8MxWTUwSXHcfah6pEaAnVLYaiL4
glosses: To take a photograph of.
Related terms: photog
photographer
photo-
photosensitive
photosynthesis
photosynthesize
photogenic
photocell
photo finish
photo opportunity
snapshot
phytoplankton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfaɪ.təˈplæŋk.tən/
ipa: /ˌfaɪ.təʊˈplæŋk.tən/
ipa: /ˌfaɪ.təˈplæŋk.tən/
ipa: /ˌfaɪ.toʊˈplæŋk.tən/
Forms: form: phytoplanktons
Etymology: From phyto- + plankton.
From Ancient Greek φυτόν (phutón, “plant”) + πλαγκτόν (planktón), neuter of πλαγκτός (planktós, “wandering”). However, they are no longer classified as plants, so the terminology is showing a historical meaning.
Senses: glosses: Plankton, especially those small in size, that obtain energy by photosynthesis.
Synonyms: microalga
Coordinate terms: zooplankton
Derived terms: macrophytoplankton
microphytoplankton
nanophytoplankton
phytoplankton bloom
phytoplanktonic
picophytoplankton
ultraphytoplankton
insecticidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The insecticidal properties of sulphur were also known to the Romans, for in about 200 B.C. Cato suggested that its fumes should be allowed to blow through trees to kill the vine fetter.
ref: 1959, Gardeners' Chronicle, Horticultural Trade Journal:
glosses: Of, relating to, or being insecticide; insect-killing.
Derived terms: bioinsecticidal
insecticidally
noninsecticidal
photoinsecticidal
Related terms: insect
insecticide
herbicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to herbicides
glosses: having the ability to damage or destroy plants, especially weeds
Derived terms: bioherbicidal
herbicidally
nonherbicidal
Related terms: herb
herbicide
fungicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fungi- + -cidal.
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to fungicide.
synonyms: mycocidal#Adjective
coordinate_terms: fungistatic#Adjective
mycostatic#Adjective
glosses: Having the ability to destroy or control fungus.
Derived terms: fungicidally
nonfungicidal
fungicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fungicidals
Etymology: From fungi- + -cidal.
Senses: synonyms: mycocidal#Noun
mycocide
coordinate_terms: fungistatic#Noun
mycostatic#Noun
glosses: A fungicide.