cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bourbon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜː(ɹ).bən/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bən
ipa: /ˈbʊə(ɹ).bən/
ipa: /ˈbɔː(ɹ).bən/
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)bən
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)bən
Forms: form: bourbons
Etymology: From "bourbon whiskey", originally "Bourbon whiskey", of disputed provenance. Generally taken to derive from Bourbon County, Kentucky, but possibly also from Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Both derive from the French Bourbon dynasty, named for the lordship of French Bourbon l'Archambault. The town's name derives from Borvo, a local Celtic deity associated with hot springs, from Proto-Celtic *borvo (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to be hot, boil”). See also Borvo.
Senses: glosses: A whiskey distilled from a mixture of grains in which at least 51% is corn, aged in charred, new oak barrels. Made in the United States.
examples: text: It concerns the gnomelike quality of the average American at a party. I have been to many parties where staid American business men have been transformed by a few ryes or bourbons into unpredictable gremlins out for adventure.
ref: 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 17:
glosses: A serving of bourbon whiskey.
glosses: A Bourbon biscuit.
Synonyms: bourbon and branch
bourbon cream
Bourbon whiskey
bourbon whiskey
Hypernyms: American whiskey
American whisky
corn whiskey
corn whisky
whiskey
whisky
Coordinate terms: corn malt whiskey
corn malt whisky
malted corn whiskey
Tennessee whiskey
Tennessee whisky
Derived terms: Bourbon
bourbon chicken
bourbonic
Old Bourbon
Bourbon biscuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bourbon biscuits
form: bourbon biscuit
Senses: glosses: An oblong chocolate-flavoured biscuit with a chocolate cream filling.
cricket ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cricket balls
Senses: examples: text: A feat sometimes achieved by outstanding local athletes is to throw a cricket ball clean over the top [of the viaduct].
ref: 1951 October, William B. Stocks, “A Few Miles from Huddersfield”, in Railway Magazine, page 701:
glosses: A hard, solid ball with an interior of cork and a leather case with a slightly raised sewn seam. Traditionally red, but other colors are available.
Knaggs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /næɡz/
rhymes: -æɡz
homophone: nags
Forms: form: Knaggses
Etymology: Of North Germanic origin.
Senses: examples: text: With regard to the statement made by Mr. Knaggs, that he was the author of the process, and designer of the factory, Mr. Anderson had already expressed his regret that, in curtailing the Paper for reading, the introductory paragraphs, in which Mr. Knaggs' name was mentioned, were omitted.
ref: 1873, Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers:
text: George Knaggs, a former ski racer...
ref: 1990, Susan Eastman, “Say Goodbye to Push-Pull Shifting”, in Snow Country, page 74:
text: The ... man for [this] was Robert C. Knaggs.
ref: 2021, Buying and Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America, page 23:
glosses: A Northern English surname from North Germanic.
Knaggs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /næɡz/
rhymes: -æɡz
homophone: nags
Senses: glosses: plural of Knagg
Stephanie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɛfəni/
Forms: form: Stefani
form: Stefanie
form: Stefany
form: Stephany
form: Stephannie
form: Stephenie
Etymology: Borrowed from French Stéphanie. The standard English feminine form of Stephen.
Senses: examples: text: Allison made a careful note of the address and within the hour she had met, decided she liked, and moved in with a girl of twenty who called herself Steve Wallace.
"Don't call me Stephanie", Steve had said. "I don't know why it should, but being called Stephanie always makes me feel like something pale and dull out of Jane Austen."
ref: 1956, Grace Metalious, Peyton Place, UPNE, published 1999, →ISBN, Book Three,Chapter 13:
text: The sponsor of the Utah legislation, Republican Rep. Stephanie Gricius, acknowledged fluoride has benefits, but said it was an issue of “individual choice” to not have it in the water.
ref: 2025 March 28, “Utah becomes the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press:
glosses: A female given name from French.
Related terms: sense: pet forms
word: Stef
sense: pet forms
word: Steff
sense: pet forms
word: Steffi
sense: pet forms
word: Steffie
sense: pet forms
word: Steffy
sense: pet forms
word: Steve
sense: pet forms
word: Stevie
sense: pet forms
word: Steph
CLG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CLGs
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Initialism of guided-missile light cruiser.
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of company limited by guarantee.
noisome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔɪ.səm/
rhymes: -ɔɪsəm
Forms: form: more noisome
form: most noisome
form: noysome
Etymology: From Middle English noysom; equivalent to noy + -some (short for annoy, from an(n)oien, enoien from Anglo-Norman anuier, from Old French enuier (French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiare, from in- (intensive prefix) + odium (“hate”)).
Senses: glosses: Morally hurtful or noxious.
examples: text: Surely he shall deliuer thee from the snare of the fouler: and from the noisome pestilence.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 91:3:
text: There is a distinct sense of freedom in the solitude of the night. The day's atmosphere is surcharged with noisome anxiety, the hours laden with impending terrors. But the night is soothing.
ref: 1912, Alexander Berkman, chapter 6, in Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist:
synonyms: word: harmful
word: damaging
word: deleterious
word: detrimental
word: hurtful
word: inimical
word: injurious
word: mischievous
word: nocent
word: nocuous
word: noxious
word: noisome
word: prejudicial
word: scathand
word: scathel
word: sullen
word: venom
glosses: Hurtful or noxious to health; unwholesome, insalubrious.
examples: text: Foule words is but foule wind, and foule wind is but foule breath, and foule breath is noiſome, therefore I will depart vnkist.
ref: 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 120:
text: And then, ſo nice, and ſo genteel; / Such Cleanlineſs from Head to Heel: / No Humours groſs, or frowzy Steams, / No noiſom Whiffs, or ſweaty Streams, / Before, behind, above, below, / Could from her taintleſs Body flow.
ref: 1731, [Jonathan Swift], “Strephon and Chloe”, in A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed. […], Dublin; London: […] [William Bowyer] for J. Roberts […], published 1734, →OCLC, page 8:
synonyms: foul
fetid
sickening
nauseating
glosses: Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous, especially having an undesirable smell.
Derived terms: noisomely
noisomeness
politesse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒlɪˈtɛs/
ipa: /pɑləˈtɛs/
Forms: form: politesses
Etymology: From French politesse, from Italian politezza, from polito, past participle of pulire (“to clean”), from Latin polire, present active infinite form of poliō (“I polish”).
Senses: examples: text: So if you meet me, have some courtesy / Have some sympathy, and some taste / Use all your well-learned politesse / Or I'll lay your soul to waste
ref: 1968, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, “Sympathy for the Devil”, in Beggars Banquet, performed by Rolling Stones:
text: The reference in his letter to ‘having a drink’ is of course just an empty politesse.
ref: 1978, Iris Murdoch, The Sea, The Sea, Vintage, published 1999, pages 56–57:
text: The soft politesse concealed a sharp observer, a gleaner of information, cool under pressure and used to having to think several steps ahead […]
ref: 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 7:
glosses: Civility, politeness, courtesy or gallantry; genteel politeness or an instance of this.
Schiff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schiffs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schiff.
Senses: examples: text: The resolution accuses Schiff of misleading the American people while pursuing the congressional investigation into Russia and the Trump campaign as the then-chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and for actions Schiff took leading up to the former president’s first impeachment. Schiff has dismissed the allegations as “false and defamatory.”
ref: 2023 June 21, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from German
glosses: A surname from German
A Jewish surname from Yiddish
Derived terms: Schiff base
torp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torps
form: torp.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of torpedo.
qualifier: Australian rules football
glosses: A torpedo punt.
sh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: "Sh!" said Josella, holding up a finger, and turning her ear to the wind. I held my breath, and strained my ears.
ref: 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids:
glosses: Alternative spelling of shh.
Related terms: sh sound
immunopathological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + pathological.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, immunopathology
Derived terms: histoimmunopathological
immunopathologically
tub
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: tŭb
ipa: /tʌb/
ipa: /tʊb/
rhymes: -ʌb
Forms: form: tubs
form: tubbing
form: tubbed
form: tubbed
Etymology: From Middle English tubbe, tobbe, from Middle Dutch tubbe or Middle Low German tubbe, tobbe, further etymology unknown. Considered to be unrelated to tube.
Senses: examples: text: to tub a plant
glosses: To plant, set, or store in a tub.
examples: February 1, 1873, Meredith Townsend and Richard Holt Hutton (editors), "Change of Air and Scene", in The Spectator
Don't we all "tub" in England?
glosses: To bathe in a tub.
bagsy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bagsies
form: bagsying
form: bagsied
form: bagsied
Etymology: Respelling and grammatical repurposing of bags I, as used to claim something for oneself, for example, Bags I have the top bunk!.
Senses: examples: text: I bagsy the top bunk of the bed.
text: “After you two nearly killed us, I’m going to drive from now on.”
“I never get to drive!” huffed Thumbs.
“Well, I bagsied it first!” snapped Fingers.
“I will drive!” announced Dad.
ref: 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: To make a verbal claim to.
Synonyms: sense: to make a verbal claim
word: shotgun
sense: to make a verbal claim
word: bags
Related terms: dibs
antonymous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænˈtɒn.ɪ.məs/
ipa: /ænt.əˈnɪm.ʌs/
ipa: /ænˈtɑnɪməs/
Forms: form: more antonymous
form: most antonymous
Etymology: From antonym + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of antonymic.
synonyms: word: antonymic
Derived terms: antonymously
tubby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʌbi/
ipa: /ˈstʊbi/
rhymes: -ʌbi
Forms: form: tubbier
form: tubbiest
Etymology: From tub + -y. False cognate with chubby, even though they are often interchangeable.
Senses: examples: text: Grace bent to her oars with a springing verve and force which made the tubby little boat draw towards the shore, the whispering lapse of water gliding under its sides all the while.
ref: 1895, S. R. Crockett, A Cry Across the Black Water:
text: The clerk vanished, to be replaced a minute later by a tubby Indian with exhausted, visionary eyes.
ref: 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
glosses: stout, rotund
glosses: Resembling a tub
examples: a tubby violin
glosses: sounding dull and without resonance or freedom of sound.
Derived terms: tubbiness
tubby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʌbi/
ipa: /ˈstʊbi/
rhymes: -ʌbi
Forms: form: tubbies
Etymology: From tub + -y. False cognate with chubby, even though they are often interchangeable.
Senses: glosses: An overweight person.
raw_tags: used teasingly
Derived terms: Teletubby
light roller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light rollers
Senses: examples: text: The batting side may decide which of the two rollers to use - the heavy or the light roller.
ref: 2001, M.A. Pervez, A Dictionary of Cricket, page 67:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The lighter of the rollers used for flattening the pitch between innings.
Related terms: heavy roller
limited overs cricket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: One-day cricket.
line and length
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The direction (line) and point at which a delivery hits the pitch (length) of a delivery considered as a whole, especially that of a group of a particular bowler's deliveries.
equivalence relation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equivalence relations
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: A binary relation that is reflexive, symmetric and transitive.
Hypernyms: preorder
Hyponyms: bijection
congruence
congruence relation
equality
homeomorphism
homotopy
isometry
isomorphism
similar
Related terms: equivalence class
setoid
≡
~
lofted drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lofted drives
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A drive that sends the ball flying through the air, instead of along the ground, thus increasing the possibility of a catch.
binary relation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: binary relations
Senses: examples: text: A partially ordered set #92;langleA,#92;varrho#92;rangle consists of a nonvoid set A and a binary relation #92;varrho on A, such that #92;varrho satisfies properties (P1)-(P3).
ref: 1978, George Grätzer, General Lattice Theory, Academic Press, page 1:
text: 1.30. Corollary. If P is a binary relation which is asymmetric and negatively transitive, then P is also transitive.
It should be noted that a binary relation may be irreflexive and negatively transitive without being transitive; as an example, consider the standard inequality relation (≠).
ref: 1999, James C. Moore, Mathematical Methods for Economic Theory 1, Springer, page 24:
text: Definition If E is a non-empty set then by an order on E we mean a binary relation on E that is reflexive, anti-symmetric, and transitive.
ref: 2005, T. S. Blyth, Lattices and Ordered Algebraic Structures, Springer, page 1:
topics: mathematics
order-theory
sciences
set-theory
synonyms: homogeneous relation
qualifier: "on" a set A
glosses: A subset of the Cartesian product A×A (the set of ordered pairs (a, b) of elements of A, alternatively written as A²).
topics: mathematics
order-theory
sciences
set-theory
synonyms: heterogeneous relation
qualifier: "on" or "between" sets A and B
glosses: A subset of the Cartesian product A×B.
Synonyms: topics: order-theory
mathematics
sciences
word: correspondence
topics: order-theory
mathematics
sciences
word: dyadic relation
topics: order-theory
mathematics
sciences
word: 2-place relation
Hyponyms: topics: order-theory
mathematics
sciences
word: dependency relation
topics: order-theory
mathematics
sciences
word: equivalence relation
Related terms: english: the empty set
translation: the empty set
word: nil relation
alt: the entire set A×A
word: universal relation
setoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: setoids
Etymology: From set + -oid.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: A set together with an equivalence relation.
long hop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long hops
Senses: examples: text: It was a long hop, which bounced high and was flat-batted straight to cover to leave the score at 246 for seven.
ref: 2010 July 23, “Pakistan strike early but Australia respond as Headingley loses power”, in The Guardian:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a relatively slow ball that bounces short of the batsman and is thus relatively easy to hit
long off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: longs off
form: longing off
form: longed off
form: longed off
Senses: examples: text: To "long off something or someone means to avoid it. i.e. "Let's long off that movie and go get something to eat"
ref: [2016, contributor, “A Completely Unserious Guide to British Street Slang”, in highsnobiety.com:
text: Long off: 'Do you really want to go Bar and Beyond tonight? I'd rather long it off. This peculiar phrases is used instead of 'get rid of.'
ref: [2022 October 2, Kyia Small, “Lesser-known Essex phrases that sound made up to outsiders”, in EssexLive.news:
glosses: To avoid, to sack off, to kick into the long grass.
long off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long offs
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a fielding position on the off side, about 70° forward of square, designed to prevent runs from drives or to catch lofted drives
Related terms: long on
long on
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long ons
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a fielding position on the leg side, about 70° forward of square, designed to prevent runs from drives or to catch lofted drives
Related terms: long off
equivalence class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equivalence classes
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: Any one of the subsets into which an equivalence relation partitions a set, each of these subsets containing all the elements of the set that are equivalent under the equivalence relation.
Hyponyms: congruence class
tent peg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tent pegs
Senses: examples: text: Upon arrival at the campsite, they discovered that they had forgotten the tent pegs; they had to use rocks and logs to tether the tent instead.
synonyms: spike
stake
glosses: A peg, driven into the ground, to hold a rope that supports a tent.
glosses: An egg.
Derived terms: tent pegging
graph-theoretical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: graph-theoretic
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Relating to or using graph theory.
Derived terms: graph-theoretically
terrace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛɹəs/
rhymes: -ɛɹəs
Forms: form: terraces
form: terracing
form: terraced
form: terraced
Etymology: Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse.
Senses: glosses: To provide something with a terrace.
glosses: To form something into a terrace.
kauris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kauri
terrapin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛɹəpɪn/
ipa: /ˈtɛɹəˌpɪn/
ipa: /ˈtæɹəˌpɪn/
ipa: /ˈtɛɚpɪn/
ipa: /ˈtɑɹpɪn/
ipa: /-ən/
Forms: form: terrapins
form: terapin
Etymology: From torup (“snapping turtle native to North America, especially the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)”) or from its etymon Powhatan *tōrəp (“sea turtle”) + possibly English -ine (suffix forming derivative or diminutive nouns), perhaps influenced by Latin terra (“dry land; soil; planet Earth”). Cognate with Abenaki tolba (“turtle”), Penobscot dolba and Unami (pisëla)tulpe (“soft-shelled turtle”).
Senses: glosses: Any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae found throughout the world.
examples: text: The third ſervice was made up of a loin of freſh pork with apple-ſauce, a kid ſmothered with onions, and a terrapin baked in the ſhell; […]
ref: 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, “He is Found by the Lieutenant; Reconducted to His Own House; Married to Mrs. Grizzle, […]”, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC, page 27, column 2:
text: The land-turtle, or terrapin, is much better known at Nice, as being a native of this county; yet the beſt are brought from the iſland of Sardinia. The ſoup or bouillon of this animal is always preſcribed here as a great reſtorative to conſumptive patients.
ref: 1766, T[obias] Smollett, “Letter XIX”, in Travels through France and Italy. […], volume I, London: […] R[oberts] Baldwin, […], →OCLC, page 302:
text: The ancient whale-cry [i.e., "town-ho"] upon first sighting a whale from the masthead, still used by whalemen in hunting the famous Gallipagos terrapin.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Town-ho’s Story (as Told at the Golden Inn)”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, footnote, page 269:
glosses: Any turtle.
examples: text: As to the terrapin, I have not so much to say. The terrapin is a small turtle, found on the shores of Maryland and Virginia, out of which a very rich soup is made. It is cooked with wines and spices, and is served in the shape of a hash, with heaps of little bones mixed through it. […] I must, however, confess that the terrapin for me had no surpassing charms.
ref: 1862, Anthony Trollope, “From Boston to Washington”, in North America. […], volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 467:
glosses: Any of several small turtles native to North America that live in brackish or fresh water, especially the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin).
examples: text: The man who did not eat twice of terrapin would be held in small repute, as the Londoner is held who at a city banquet does not partake of both thick and thin turtle.
ref: 1862, Anthony Trollope, “From Boston to Washington”, in North America. […], volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 467:
glosses: The flesh of such a turtle used as food.
Derived terms: diamondback terrapin
Mobile terrapin
red-eared terrapin
salt-marsh terrapin
terrapin à la Maryland
North American
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Saturday’s tariffs are unlikely to be Trump’s last. The president said himself said in the Oval Office that additional tariffs could come by mid-February on chips, pharmaceuticals, steel, aluminum, copper, oil and gas imports – along with tariffs on the European Union – all threats that few would discount given his willingness to follow through on the North American and China tariffs on Saturday.
ref: 2025 February 1, Kevin Liptak, “With stiff tariffs he promised now in place, Trump opens a new trade war”, in CNN:
glosses: Of or relating to North America.
glosses: Of or relating to Northern America.
examples: text: Behind these two countries stands the North American Union goading them on and watchfully waiting.
ref: 1941 June 21, Adolf Hitler, Adolf Hitler's Letter to Benito Mussolini Explaining the Invasion of the Soviet Union:
glosses: Of or relating to the United States of America.
Derived terms: North American bison
North American buffalo
North American ringtail
North American robin
North American wheel bug
North American
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: North Americans
Senses: glosses: A person living in or originating from North America.
glosses: A person living in or originating from Northern America.
glosses: A person living in or originating from the United States of America.
Synonyms: word: North American
Hypernyms: word: inhabitant
word: person
Hyponyms: word: One of a supernational region within North America
word: Antillean
word: Central American
word: Caribbean
word: West Indian
word: One of a country or nation within North America
word: American
word: Canadian
word: Mexican
word: One of a country or nation within Central America
word: Belizean
word: Costa Rican
word: Guatemalan
word: Honduran
word: Nicaraguan
word: Panamanian
word: Salvadorean
word: Salvadorian
word: One of a country or nation within the Caribbean
word: Antiguan
word: Bahamian
word: Bajan
word: Barbadian
word: Cuban
word: Cubana
word: Dominican
word: Grenadan
word: Haitian
word: Jamaican
word: Kittsian
word: Saint Lucian
word: Saint Vincentian
word: Tobagonian
word: Trinidadian
word: Vincentian
word: One of a dependency within North America
word: Anguillan
word: Aruban
word: Bermudian
word: Cayman Islander
word: Greenlander
word: Montserratian
word: Puerto Rican
word: Turks and Caicos Islander
word: Virgin Islander
terrifying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ.ɪŋ/
Forms: form: more terrifying
form: most terrifying
Senses: synonyms: word: affreux
word: alarming
word: spine-tingling
word: appalling
word: awful
word: buggish
word: butt-clenching
word: buttock-clenching
word: dismayful
word: dreadful
word: fearful
word: flaysome
word: flesh-crawling
word: formidable
word: freaky
word: frightening
word: frightensome
word: frightful
word: ghastly
word: ghostly
word: grisly
word: hair-curling
word: hair-raising
word: horrible
word: horrid
word: horrific
word: horrifying
word: horripilating
word: pulse-pounding
word: scaring
word: scary
word: shocking
word: skin-crawling
word: terrible
word: terrifying
word: terrorsome
glosses: Frightening or intimidating.
glosses: Of a formidable nature; terrific.
Derived terms: terrifyingly
Related terms: terrify
terror
terrifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ.ɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of terrify
territorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɛɹ.ɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/
ipa: /ˌtɛɹ.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl/
rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: more territorial
form: most territorial
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territory + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory.
examples: text: Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated ; occupied territories restored ; Serbia accorded free and secure access to the sea ; and the relations of the several Balkan states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality ; and international guarantees of the political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several Balkan states should be entered into.
ref: 1918, Woodrow Wilson, Fourteen Points, pages 6–7:
text: Studies have narrowed the territorial focus to signage used in specific cities, townships, suburbs, precincts, etc.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 2:
glosses: Of or relating to geography or territory.
glosses: Organized for home defence - such as the Territorial Army.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Displaying territoriality.
Derived terms: antiterritorial
aterritorial
biterritorial
deterritorial
ethnoterritorial
exterritorial
extraterritorial
infraterritorial
interterritorial
intraterritorial
nonterritorial
panterritorial
preterritorial
subterritorial
territorial integrity
territorialise
territorialism
territorialist
territorialistic
territorialization
territorialize
territorial justice
territorially
territorial matrix
territorial pissing
territorial sea
territorial water
territorial waters
triterritorial
uniterritorial
unterritorial
territorial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɛɹ.ɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/
ipa: /ˌtɛɹ.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl/
rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: territorials
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territory + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The territorials initiated about as many ground contacts (7,175) as the communists initiated against them (7,391) and more than those initiated by the army. As expected, the enemy attacked the territorials almost three times as often as it did the army.
ref: 2013, Ira A. Hunt Jr., Losing Vietnam: How America Abandoned Southeast Asia, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 166:
glosses: A non-professional member of a territorial army.
Territorial Army
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Territorial Army
Senses: glosses: A reserve force of the British Army, made up of part-time soldiers.
Synonyms: territorials
TA
the terriers
territoriality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɛɹɪtɔːɹɪˈalɪti/
Forms: form: territorialities
Etymology: From territorial + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The fact or legal status of being a territory.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The pattern of behaviour in animals that defines and defends a territory.
examples: text: These criticisms had a whiff of territoriality about them.
ref: 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 99:
glosses: A pattern of human behaviour characterised by defence of a particular territory or area of interest.
terrorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛɹəɹaɪz/
Forms: form: terrorizes
form: terrorizing
form: terrorized
form: terrorized
form: terrorise
Etymology: From terror + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: terrorize the population
text: terrorize civilians
text: The gang continued to terrorize the neighborhood.
text: She felt terrorized by the constant threats.
glosses: To fill (someone) with terror; to terrify.
glosses: To coerce (someone) by using threats or violence.
Synonyms: sense: fill with terror
word: petrify
sense: fill with terror
word: terrify
sense: coerce by threats or violence
word: bully
sense: coerce by threats or violence
word: hector
Derived terms: counter-terrorize
terrorization
Related terms: terrorism
terrorist
terrorise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: terrorises
form: terrorising
form: terrorised
form: terrorised
Etymology: From terror + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: Though unusual in the Dublin area he knew that it was not by any means unknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be abroad waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable pedestrians by placing a pistol at their head…
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 16: Eumaeus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of terrorize.
Terylene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛrɪˌliːn/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈtɛrəˌliːn/
Etymology: British brand name. Blend of terephthalate + polyethylene
Senses: glosses: A polyester fabric, polyethylene terephthalate.
Synonyms: Dacron
terylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terylenes
Etymology: From Terylene, originated as a trademark.
Senses: examples: text: I saw myself smart and clean in a white blouse and dark-red pleated terylene skirt, with blazer and gloves and a hat.
ref: 1988, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 268:
glosses: A polymer, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), used for making thread and cloth.
Synonyms: dacron
test bench
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: test benches
Senses: glosses: A laboratory bench upon which a device is physically tested.
glosses: A virtual simulation of a device for the same purpose.
Related terms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: sandbox
rotta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rottas
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Alternative form of rota.
test case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: test cases
form: testcase
Senses: examples: text: Although these decisions imply acceptance of gay and lesbian parenting, most of the second-parent adoption cases have been brought following "test-case" criteria that maximize the likelihood of judicial acceptance. The couples usually have had long-term monogamous relationships; they are economically stable; there is often direct economic benefit to the child of granting the adoption […] Also, in these cases there is no heterosexual parent or family member challenging custody, so the child will be raised in a lesbian or gay home regardless of the judge's decision.
ref: 1993 October, Nancy D. Polikoff, “Lesbian And Gay Parenting: What's At Stake?”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
topics: law
glosses: A legal action intended to set a precedent.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of a set of conditions and variables used to test an application.
tester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛstə/
ipa: /ˈtɛstəɹ/
rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: testers
Etymology: From Middle English tester, from Old French testre, from Latin testura.
Senses: examples: text: And I could as hardly spare my gloves as my shirt, or forbeare washing of my hands both in the mornng and rising from the table, or lye in a bed without a testerne and curtaines about it, as of most necessary things.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, volume III, page 13:
text: The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane half tester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: A canopy over a bed.
examples: text: With our shaggy jackets drawn about our shoulders, we now passed the Tomahawk from one to the other, till slowly there grew over us a blue hanging tester of smoke, illuminated by the flame of the new-lit lamp.
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, chapter 11, in Moby Dick:
glosses: Something that overhangs something else; especially a canopy or soundboard over a pulpit.
tester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛstə/
ipa: /ˈtɛstəɹ/
rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: testers
Etymology: From Middle English tester, equivalent to test + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who administers a test.
glosses: A device used for testing.
glosses: A punishment of 25 lashes (strokes of a whip) across a person′s back.
glosses: A sample of perfume available in a shop for customers to try before they buy.
glosses: A miniature pot of paint for testing and comparison purposes.
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A cyclist who focuses on success in time trials.
Synonyms: sense: punishment
word: Botany Bay dozen
Derived terms: animal tester
beta tester
hipot tester
linen tester
phase tester
shit tester
skill tester
strength tester
tester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛstə/
ipa: /ˈtɛstəɹ/
rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: testers
Etymology: For testern, teston, from French teston, from Old French teste (“the head, the head of the king being impressed upon the coin”). See tester (“a covering”), and compare testone, testoon.
Senses: glosses: An old French silver coin.
examples: text: When after their beaſtly ſport and pleaſure Mounſieur Libid[inoſo] heat of luſt was ſomewhat aſſwaged, and ready to goe, féeling his pocket for a venereall remuneration [i.e., a copper coin] finds nothing but a Teſter, or at leaſt ſo little, that it was not ſufficient to pleaſe dame Pleaſure for her hire. [...] My Ladie would not beléeue Monſ. Libid. a great while, but ſearched and féeled for more coine, [...]
ref: 1602, S[amuel] R[owlands], “How a Citizen was Serued by a Curtizan”, in Greenes Ghost Havnting Conie-catchers. […], London: Printed [by Peter Short?] for R[oger] Iackson, and I. North, […], →OCLC; republished in The Complete Works of Samuel Rowlands: 1598–1628: Now First Collected, volume I, [Glasgow]: Printed [by R. Anderson] for the Hunterian Club, 1880, →OCLC, page 42:
synonyms: teston
tizzy
glosses: A sixpence.
tester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛstə/
ipa: /ˈtɛstəɹ/
rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: testers
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English tester; see testiere.
Senses: examples: text: A horse-head tester had cutouts for the animal's eyes and ears. A peytral protected the horse's breast, while the crinet, made of overlapping steel plates joined by leather straps or rivets, protected its neck.
ref: 2009 January 1, Madeleine Pelner Cosman, Linda Gale Jones, Handbook to Life in the Medieval World, 3-Volume Set, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 275:
text: The tester and crupper, together with the piser, which probably protected the chest, formed the basis of most horse armour[…]
ref: 2003, Juliet R. V. Barker, The Tournament in England, 1100-1400, Boydell Press, →ISBN, page 175:
glosses: Alternative form of testiere (“armor for a horse's head”).
testify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛstɪfaɪ/
Forms: form: testifies
form: testifying
form: testified
form: testified
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: testify
form: testify
form: testified
form: testify
form: testifiest
form: testified
form: testifiedst
form: testifies
form: testifieth
form: testified
form: testify
form: testified
form: testify
form: testified
form: testify
form: -
form: testifying
form: testified
Etymology: PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English testifien, borrowed from Old French testifier, from Latin testificārī (“to bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”) + facere (“to make”). See -fy.
Senses: examples: text: It was only after a decade away from Skipton that I was finally able to garner the courage to return and testify against my abuser.
ref: 2014 August 29, Ruzwana Bashir, “The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 35:30:
glosses: To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath.
examples: text: We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 3:11:
text: [T]he pleaſures of ſenſe have no reliſh vvhere thou [Jesus] irradiateſt and teſtifieſt vvith our conſcience, that vve are the children of God, and have done thy vvill ſincerely, […]
ref: 1733, Tho[mas] Allen, “Jesus Christ’s Sixth Royal Embassy; or Word to the Angel of the Church in Philadelphia”, in The Christian’s Sure Guide to Eternal Glory: Or, Living Oracles Most Comfortable, Holy and Instructive of the Lord Jesus Christ from Heaven, in His Royal Embassy to the Seven Churches of Asia, […], London: […] Francis Jefferies […], →OCLC, page 253:
glosses: To make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith.
examples: text: "Iberian-Sardinian" substrate features have been posited time and time again. These have usually been explained as testifying to a migration from the Iberian Peninsula to Sardinia in prehistoric times.
ref: 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 15:
glosses: To be evidence of.
raw_tags: with to
Synonyms: bear witness
Related terms: attest
testimony
testimonial
compel testimony
testimonial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɛstɪˈməʊni.əl/
ipa: /tɛstɪˈmoʊni.əl/
rhymes: -əʊniəl
Forms: form: testimonials
Etymology: From French testimonial, from Late Latin testimonialis (“of or pertaining to testimony”), from Latin testimonium (“testimony”). See testimony.
Senses: examples: text: The witness provided a written testimonial to the court.
glosses: A statement, especially one given under oath; testimony
examples: text: The company website features a customer testimonial.
glosses: A written recommendation of someone's worth or character
examples: text: He gave a moving testimonial at the retirement dinner.
glosses: A tribute given in appreciation of someone's service etc.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A match played in tribute to a particular player (who sometimes receives a proportion of the gate money).
Related terms: testify
testimony
testimonial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɛstɪˈməʊni.əl/
ipa: /tɛstɪˈmoʊni.əl/
rhymes: -əʊniəl
Etymology: From French testimonial, from Late Latin testimonialis (“of or pertaining to testimony”), from Latin testimonium (“testimony”). See testimony.
Senses: examples: a testimonial statement
glosses: Serving as testimony.
test paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: test papers
Senses: glosses: a paper submitted by a student for academic examination
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a small piece of paper impregnated with a chemical indicator for making qualitative tests
topics: law
glosses: An instrument admitted as a standard or comparison of handwriting in those jurisdictions in which comparison of hands is permitted as a mode of proving handwriting.
Related terms: litmus paper
pH paper
mouse mat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mouse mats
Etymology: From mouse + mat.
Senses: glosses: A mouse pad.
Synonyms: mouse pad
letter opener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: letter openers
form: letter-opener
Senses: glosses: Any of several devices for opening letters, either by breaking wax seals or (as is usually the case today) by cutting open their envelopes.
A device shaped like a fixed-blade knife, usually with a blunt edge; the blunt edge does not slice the envelope so much as precisely tear it.
coordinate_terms: paperknife[Appendix:Glossary#broadly|broadly]] synonymous>
glosses: Any of several devices for opening letters, either by breaking wax seals or (as is usually the case today) by cutting open their envelopes.
The same sort of device but with a sharpened edge, designed to appeal to customers who enjoy a sharpened one (regardless of whether or not it truly outperforms the nonsharp counterpart).
glosses: Any of several devices for opening letters, either by breaking wax seals or (as is usually the case today) by cutting open their envelopes.
A device incorporating a small razor-style blade in the crotch of a U-shaped plastic handle; it slices the envelope while being, like a safety razor, unlikely to cut the user accidentally.
Related terms: letterbox
letter carrier
enqueue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enqueues
form: enqueuing
form: enqueueing
form: enqueued
form: enqueued
Etymology: From en- + queue.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To add an item to a queue.
Derived terms: enqueuer
Teletubby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Teletubbies
Etymology: From tele- (television) + tubby.
Senses: examples: text: She spoke like the Teletubbies, behaved like a Teletubby, and seemed to live in this harmonious toddler phantasy world.
ref: 2007, Michael Günter, Playing the Unconscious, page 98:
text: They [wind turbines] turn pristine landscapes into Teletubby-style horror shows.
ref: 2012, James Delingpole, How To Be Right:
glosses: Any of the four color-coded tubby human-like characters in the BBC children's television series Teletubbies.
Teletubbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: tele- + tubby + -s
Senses: glosses: plural of Teletubby
proc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: procs
Etymology: The video game sense is from the abbreviation of procedure. The folk etymology from programmed random occurrence is a backronym.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of procedure.
topics: video-games
glosses: A special and possibly random event, typically activated by clicking on an object.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of processor.
Related terms: proc-gen
proc
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: procs
form: proccing
form: procced
form: procced
Etymology: The video game sense is from the abbreviation of procedure. The folk etymology from programmed random occurrence is a backronym.
Senses: examples: text: Dunno the weapons' stats, except they both procced fairly frequently - lightning sword procced decapitation (instant death), and the whip procced fire reel (or whatever it was called) which reeled to target into the balor's body, engulfing you in searing flames for big damage.
ref: 2000, S H, “The baddest weapons/armor”, in rec.games.mud.diku (Usenet):
text: Establish a proccing percentage of a weapon by putting it in the primary hand and then put it in your offhand and check the proccing percentage with varying levels of dual wield skill (while keeping level and dex constant).
ref: 2000, Billy Shields, “The truth about offhand procs”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet):
topics: video-games
glosses: To cause a proc to occur.
Synonyms: trigger
Faheem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic فَهِيم (fahīm, “to understand”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic.
mouse pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaʊs.pæd/
Forms: form: mouse pads
Etymology: From mouse + pad.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: word: mouse mat
hypernyms: pad
glosses: A pad with surface used to enhance the movement of a computer mouse.
companion animal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: companion animals
form: animal companion
Senses: examples: text: A loving relationship with a proper companion animal, a relationship that adequately provides for the animal's physical and psychological needs, is not at all inconsistent with the principles and advocacy of animal rights.
ref: 2023 August 11 (last accessed), David Pearce, “Companion Animals”, in HedWeb:
glosses: A pet.
Derived terms: companimal
nictitating membrane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nictitating membranes
form: nictating membrane
Senses: examples: 2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)https://web.archive.org/web/20151213095110/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/vultures-text
As the wildebeest shrinks, the circle of sated birds lounging in the short grass expands. With bulging crops, the vultures settle their heads atop folded wings and slide their nictitating membranes shut.
synonyms: winker
glosses: A transparent protective fold of skin acting as an inner eyelid in birds, reptiles and some mammals.
nictitating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈnɪktɪteɪtɪŋ/
Forms: form: more nictitating
form: most nictitating
Etymology: From the past participle stem of Latin nictitō, frequentative form of nictō (“I wink”) (see English nictate).
Senses: examples: text: But she gave me only a dry look. A blink crossed the table. It even seemed to come from the bottom of her eye upward, like a nictitating membrane.
ref: 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 406:
glosses: winking, blinking
Derived terms: nictitating membrane
nictitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈnɪktɪteɪtɪŋ/
Etymology: From the past participle stem of Latin nictitō, frequentative form of nictō (“I wink”) (see English nictate).
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nictitate
nictitate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈnɪktɪteɪt/
Forms: form: nictitates
form: nictitating
form: nictitated
form: nictitated
Etymology: Back-formation from nictitating.
Senses: glosses: to wink or blink
Related terms: nictitation
nictitating membrane
nictitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪktɪˈteɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: nictitations
Etymology: From nictitate.
Senses: examples: text: I saw a couple, later identified for me as Mr Colt, a local lawyer, and his wife, whose blundering Cadillac half entered my driveway before retreating in a flurry of luminous nictitation.
ref: 1962, Vlamidir Nabokov, Pale Fire:
glosses: Winking, blinking
Related terms: nictitate
nictitating membrane
nictation