cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
afka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of artist formerly known as.
arfvedsonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arfvedsonites
Etymology: Named for Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson (1792-1841)
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
Derived terms: potassic-arfvedsonite
girly bits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪts
Senses: glosses: The female genitalia.
categorical product
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: categorical products
Senses: examples: text: The categorical product generalises the Cartesian product of sets, product of topological spaces and direct product of groups.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The limit of two (or more) objects, considered without regard to any arrows between them.
Hypernyms: limit
Hyponyms: Cartesian product
direct product
product space
Meronyms: projection
Related terms: coproduct
populizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: populizers
form: populiser
Etymology: From populize + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who can communicate technical or scientific ideas to a general public
categorical dual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: categorical duals
Senses: topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: For a given category C, its dual category Cᵒᵖ is obtained by reversing the direction of each one of the arrows of C.
scarna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scarnas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scaRNA.
pushout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pushouts
Etymology: * Deverbal from push out.
* (one who leaves school): Intended to avoid the negative implications of dropout.
Senses: topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The colimit of a pair of morphisms which share the same domain.
examples: text: For most of these school leavers or 'pushouts', school has been an experience of progressive alienation from their traditional way of life. We prefer the term 'pushout' to 'dropout' because the former term appropriately allocates the agency for the phenomenon.
ref: 1996, Sharon Goodman, David Graddol, Redesigning English: New Texts, New Identities, page 221:
glosses: A person who is expelled from school or who drops out because of a lack of support.
Hypernyms: colimit
Hyponyms: coequalizer
Related terms: pullback
initial object
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: initial objects
Senses: examples: text: In the category of sets, the initial object is the empty set, since there exists a unique function, namely the empty function, from the empty set into any other given set.
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An object within a category which sends out arrows to all other objects in that category, and such that each of these arrows is unique.
Hyponyms: english: zero object
translation: zero object
word: null object
terminal object
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terminal objects
Senses: examples: text: In the category of sets, a terminal object is any singleton, since there exists a unique function, namely the constant function, from any given set into that singleton.
text: The terminal object is the limit over the empty diagram.
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An object within a category which receives arrows from all other objects in that category, and such that each of these arrows is unique.
Synonyms: final object
Hypernyms: limit
Hyponyms: english: zero object
translation: zero object
word: null object
snowpacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snowpack
drop the writ
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drops the writ
form: dropping the writ
form: dropped the writ
form: dropped the writ
Etymology: Compression of draw up the writ. "Writ" means a writ of election issued by the Governor that initiates a parliamentary election.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Chrétien visited Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson and asked her to drop the writ, meaning that for the next 36 days, Canada will be hit with election fever.
ref: 2000 October 22, Allison Dunfield, “Chrétien calls election for Nov. 27”, in Globe and Mail, Toronto:
glosses: To call a federal or provincial election.
wikipedia: Dropping the writ
somatopleuric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From somatopleure + -ic.
Senses: topics: embryology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the somatopleure; somatopleural.
somatopleural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From somatopleure + -al.
Senses: topics: embryology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the somatopleure; somatopleuric.
somatopleure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somatopleures
Etymology: From somato- + Ancient Greek πλευρά (pleurá, “side”).
Senses: topics: embryology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A fold of tissue, in the embryo of a vertebrate, from which the walls of the body and the amnion develop.
Derived terms: somatopleural
somatopleuric
Related terms: splanchnopleure
sempiternally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sempiternal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a sempiternal manner; eternally.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: in an everlasting manner, as to have an infinite temporal duration; as opposed to eternally or timelessly, as to exist outside time
frilled lizards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frilled lizard
media democracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of media democracy
idiot lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of idiot light
goober grabbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goober grabblers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goober-grabbler.
grandparental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From grandparent + -al.
Senses: glosses: of or relating to a grandparent
Synonyms: word: aval
Hyponyms: sense: grandfather
word: grandfatherly
sense: grandfather
word: grandpaternal
sense: grandmother
word: grandmaternal
sense: grandmother
word: grandmotherly
Elche
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪlt͡ʃeɪ/
Etymology: From Spanish Elche, from Ancient Greek Ἑλίκη (Helíkē, “A nymph who took care of Zeus in his infancy on Crete”). The Spanish city was named after Helike by Greek colonists.
Senses: glosses: A city in Spain.
semantic net
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semantic nets
Senses: glosses: A semantic network.
hyponymy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyponymies
Etymology: From hypo- + -nymy or hyponym + -y.
Senses: examples: text: By isolating these two main types of relation, hyponymy and incompatibility, we can characterize the relations between a large web of items.
ref: 1977, Ruth Kempson, Semantic Theory, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 86:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
antonyms: hypernymy
hyperonymy
glosses: The semantic relation between hyponyms; the quality of being hyponymous.
Derived terms: autohyponymy
cohyponymy
hypernymy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypernymies
Etymology: From hyper- + -nymy or hypernym + -y.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
synonyms: hyperonymy
antonyms: hyponymy
glosses: The semantic relation between hypernyms; the quality of being hypernymous.
greater alar cartilage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greater alar cartilages
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A flexible plate-like cartilage that support the tip of the nose
exponential object
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exponential objects
Senses: examples: text: An exponential object generalizes its interpretation in category #92;mathbf#123;Set#125;; namely, that of as a function set or internal hom-set.
text: The pair Z^Y,#92;mbox#123;eval#125;#58;Z^Y#92;timesY#92;rightarrowZ is the terminal object of the comma category (-#92;timesY)#92;downarrowZ. Therefore the exponential object is a kind of universal morphism.
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An object which indexes a family of arrows between two given objects in a universal way, meaning that any other indexed family of arrows between the same given pair of objects must factor uniquely through this universally-indexed family of arrows.
Hypernyms: internal Hom
Related terms: roman: an instance of which is the transpositioning λ in the figure
word: currying ∼ exportation_(logic)
alt: homologous to the universal evaluation morphism, eval
word: modus ponens
manifestant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manifestants
Etymology: From French manifestant.
Senses: glosses: A protester; someone participating in a protest.
medicant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medicants
Senses: glosses: A medication.
macules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macule
manifester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manifesters
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English manifestour; by surface analysis, manifest + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which manifests.
maturas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matura
meem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mēm
ipa: /miːm/
rhymes: -iːm
Forms: form: meems
Senses: glosses: The letter م (m) in the Arabic script.
maturant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maturants
Etymology: From Latin maturans. See maturate.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A medicine or application which promotes suppuration.
meares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meare
substantive law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The statutory or written law that governs rights and obligations of those who are subject to it.
procedural law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The law that comprises the rule by which a court hears and determines what happens in civil or criminal proceedings.
storage device
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: storage devices
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A piece of hardware whose main function is to store data.
distinguishability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: distinguishabilities
Etymology: From distinguish + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: The problem is separated into two parts: proof of distinguishability of codewords by receiver, and that of indistinguishability of codewords by environment (privacy).
ref: 2008, Michał Horodecki, Seth Lloyd, Andreas Winter, “Quantum coding theorem from privacy and distinguishability”, in Open Systems and Information Dynamics, number 15, pages 47–69:
text: This visual characteristic is called kernel visual distinguishability, or KVD, and it is presently one of the requirements that must be met if a wheat variety is to be registered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) for unrestricted registration, production and handling.
ref: 2008, Canadian Grain Commission, Kernel visual distinguishability in western Canadian wheat classes, 03-05:
glosses: The state of being distinguishable.
Synonyms: word: differentiability
word: discriminability
word: distinguishableness
word: distinguishness
Derived terms: distinguishable
gazillionaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gazillionaires
Etymology: From gazillion + -aire.
Senses: examples: text: The extent to which Lakeview is a for-profit undertaking becomes clearer when Nathan meets David Choak (the inspiration for whom is also easily guessable), a gazillionaire magnate who “influenced American politics for a generation” and who now spends his fortune in the afterlife on black-rhino burgers and endangered-parrot sandwiches.
ref: 2020 May 7, Sophie Gilbert, “'Upload' Satirizes a Capitalist Heaven”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: An incredibly rich person.
Synonyms: bajillionaire
bazillionaire
squillionaire
zillionaire
bazillionaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bazillionaires
Etymology: From bazillion + -aire.
Senses: glosses: An incredibly rich person.
Synonyms: bajillionaire
gazillionaire
squillionaire
zillionaire
squillionaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squillionaires
Etymology: From squillion + -aire.
Senses: glosses: An incredibly rich person.
Synonyms: bajillionaire
bazillionaire
gazillionaire
zillionaire
zillionaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zillionaires
Etymology: From zillion + -aire.
Senses: examples: text: “Just dropping some friends off at the pool,” the 50-year-old zillionaire informed his 66 million Twitter followers on the evening of Nov. 29, having previously advised that at least half his tweets were “made on a porcelain throne.”
ref: 2021 December 13, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2021:
glosses: An incredibly rich person.
Synonyms: bajillionaire
bazillionaire
gazillionaire
squillionaire
wysshe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Than he sayd, 'I wysshe them here on this talbe.' he had no sooner made his wysshe but they were set on the table / wherof all such as were there had gret meruayle.
ref: 1534, Sir John Bourchier, edited by Lord Berners, The Boke of Duke Huon of Burdeaux:
text: God gyue grace that this may be soone, and that he to whom we wolde wysshe moste good in this worlde, be cause of the reformacion of suche an obstynate wylle
ref: 1595, Thomas Pope Goodwine, Blanchardine and Eglantine:
text: I wysshe your lordship, ether by a letter unto my lord-tresowror or by somme other meanes, to make somme answer therunto.
ref: 1844, Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, edited by John Bruce, Correspondence of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leycester: During His Government of the Low Countries in the Years 1585 and 1586, page 161:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of wish.
wysshe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wysshes
Senses: examples: text: Than he sayd, 'I wysshe them here on this talbe.' he had no sooner made his wysshe but they were set on the table / wherof all such as were there had gret meruayle.
ref: 1534, Sir John Bourchier, edited by Lord Berners, The Boke of Duke Huon of Burdeaux:
text: Long tyme mayest thou therefore enjoye this same benefyte, and maye God Almyghte take you into his gude kepynge. Wythe wysshes of al healthe and happynesse,
ref: 1755, Thomas Walker, Letter from Dr. Thomas Walker, of Queen's College, on Dr. Ducarel's promotion to the Commissariate of St. Katherine's:
text: As Nero the Emperour wold to his mayster Seneca,“ the same wysshe I wold to my mayster I love soo well.
ref: 1875, Works of the Camden Society, page 4:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of wish.
abseiler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑpˌzaɪ.lɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑpˌzaɪ.l̩.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑbˌzaɪ.lɚ/
ipa: /ˈæb.seɪ.lɚ/
Forms: form: abseilers
Etymology: From abseil + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Trains were kept running at all times, with a COSS (Controller of Site Safety) and a lookout present when abseilers were being used.
ref: 2021 May 5, Paul Stephen, “Restoring the glory of Ribblehead”, in RAIL, number 930, page 39:
glosses: Someone who abseils.
gramophonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gramophonists
Etymology: From gramophone + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who listens to a gramophone
gramophonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gramophone + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the gramophone.
Derived terms: gramophonically
gramophony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of gramophone + y
Senses: glosses: The business or study of gramophones.
pneumatic bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pneumatic bones
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any bone, such as the mastoid process or those of the birds, that contains many hollow cells full of air
grandmaternal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From grand- + maternal.
Senses: examples: text: Though it was a maternal feeling of a kind she hadn't really known with her own children; perhaps, in fact, a grandmaternal feeling, wise, affectionate, forbearing, soft-hearted, but also a little weary, a little retrospective, a little removed...
ref: 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 213:
glosses: of or relating to a grandmother
grandpaternal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From grand- + paternal.
Senses: glosses: of or relating to a grandfather
grapey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: grapier
form: grapiest
form: grapy
Etymology: From Middle English grapy, equivalent to grape + -y.
Senses: examples: text: It was round and purple and had sort of a grapey appearance.
text: The God we now behold with open'd eyes;
A herd of spotted panthers round him lies
In glaring forms; the grapy clusters spread
On his fair brows, and dangle on his head.
ref: 1717, Joseph Addison, Metamorphoses:
synonyms: grapelike
glosses: Resembling grapes.
examples: text: full of grapey goodness
glosses: Of, or pertaining to, grapes.
graphiologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graphiologists
Etymology: From graphiology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An expert in graphiology.
mandor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mandors
Senses: glosses: A chief worker or a supervisor, who oversees the work of other workers.
glosses: A workman who oversees others in a factory or a plantation, typically an oil palm or rubber estate.
mandem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Jamaican Creole man dem (“men”). Equivalent to man + them.
Senses: examples: text: The mandem all used to go round there and get head off her, the sister blowing the man line by line while her brother shotted downstairs in the stairwell.
ref: 2011, “Chyna”, in How I Escaped a Girl Gang: Rolling in a London Girl Gang:
text: She probably heard some hyped up version from the mandem but she don't know the truth. She ain't seen what I seen.
ref: 2013, Polly Courtney, Feral Youth, page 169:
text: […] reports suggest he may have had links to that group and allied north London gangs such as the Broadwater Farm Posse and Tottenham Mandem.
ref: 2013, David Childs, Britain since 1945: A Political History:
text: But you see my man over there with the pouch
Dare one of you man try get loud
All of my mandem move so foul
ref: 2015, “Shut Up”, performed by Stormzy:
text: The mandem too inconsiderate, five-star hotel, smokin' cigarette / Mixin' codeine up with the Phenergan
ref: 2023, “Sprinter”, performed by Central Cee x Dave:
coordinate_terms: gyal dem
glosses: A group of men or boys; male friends or fellow gang members.
fellest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: fell + -est
Senses: examples: text: Then all the enemies drew back daunted, except for the fellest of the warriors, who stepped forward to accept the challenge.
glosses: superlative form of fell: most fell
fellest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: fell + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of fell
glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of fall
featherier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of feathery: more feathery
featheriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of feathery: most feathery
firebugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firebug
friskier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of frisky: more frisky
friskiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of frisky: most frisky
frothier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of frothy: more frothy
frothiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of frothy: most frothy
fripperies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frippery
flabbiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of flabby: most flabby
at peace with
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: He lay down, cuddled the blankets up to his ears, closed his eyes and composed himself to sleep, at peace with his conscience and the world.
ref: 1904, B. M. Bower, “The Spirit of the Range”, in The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories:
glosses: Not disturbed or upset by.
examples: text: If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 1:4-5:
glosses: Not menacing or hostile toward.
Related terms: at peace
pitbull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pitbulls
form: pit-bull
form: pit bull
Senses: glosses: Shortened form of pit bull terrier.
examples: text: My mother was a pitbull.
glosses: An aggressive person.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: NATO brevity code indicating a semi-active radar homing missile has begun active homing, and no longer requires its operator to maintain a radar track.
Derived terms: pitty
Czenglish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Czech + English
Senses: glosses: The poor English spoken or written by some Czechs.
Synonyms: english: much less common
translation: much less common
word: Czechlish
Gergely
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gergelys
Etymology: Borrowed from the Hungarian personal name Gergely.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hungarian.
significs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪks/
Etymology: From significance + -ics.
Senses: glosses: plural of signific
significs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪks/
Etymology: From significance + -ics.
Senses: glosses: A proposed linguistic science based on the use of the exact significance of terms and concepts.
locusta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: locustae
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses
lavature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lavatures
Senses: glosses: A wash (act of washing, or lotion for washing).
Related terms: lave
lavage
thumbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thumby
thumbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Knitted hand or thumb mitts
Erode
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tamil ஈரோடு (īrōṭu)
Senses: glosses: A district of Tamil Nadu, India.
glosses: The capital city of Erode district, Tamil Nadu, India.
ptyxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪksɪs/
Forms: form: ptyxes
Etymology: From New Latin ptyxis, from Ancient Greek πτύξις (ptúxis, “a folding”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The way in which an individual leaf is folded in the bud.
cerote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of cerate.
flowerier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of flowery: more flowery
floweriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of flowery: most flowery
fulminates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fulminate
fulminates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fulminate
fulminated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fulminate
floras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: florae
Senses: glosses: plural of flora
florae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floras
Senses: glosses: plural of flora
foolhardier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of foolhardy: more foolhardy
foolhardiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of foolhardy: most foolhardy
freakier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of freaky: more freaky
flamethrowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flamethrower
flimflamming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flimflam
flimflammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flimflam
filmiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of filmy: most filmy
flushest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of flush: most flush
frizzier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of frizzy: more frizzy
frizziest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of frizzy: most frizzy
frizzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frizz
glosses: plural of friz
frizzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of frizz
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of friz
frizzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of frizz
frizzed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more frizzed
form: most frizzed
Senses: glosses: frizzy
Derived terms: frizzed up
unfrizzed
frizzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: For hours he would dilate, with an enthusiasm only broken in upon by emotion, how he had relieved the monotony of colouring in Anne of Austria's picture (taken during the second year of her widowhood, when she wore a suit of entire grey silk) by painting her as Juno, and introducing a peacock. He was touched even to tears when he mentioned that her majesty graciously condescended to resume the use of powder for that occasion expressly, she not having worn it since the death of the king. "Yes, her grace had her hair frizzed and powdered entirely on my account!"
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 80–81:
glosses: simple past and past participle of frizz
fruitier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of fruity: more fruity
fruitiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of fruity: most fruity
gone native
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go native
chaparro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaparros
Etymology: From Spanish chaparro.
Senses: glosses: kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)
touch-tone dialling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of touch-tone dialing.
tone dialling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tone dialing.
pulse dialling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pulse dialing.
battle cry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: battle cries
Senses: examples: text: Hear my battle cry, hear that mighty sound / They’ve come before, and many more will try to strike me down
ref: 2011, Shayfer James, “Battle Cry”, in Counterfeit Arcade, performed by Shayfer James:
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: war cry
glosses: An exclamation troops yell out when going to war or battle.
glosses: A strong motto or purpose statement, especially in regards to winning a goal in sports, games or work.
Related terms: rallying cry
battle cries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of battle cry
tooshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toosh
thneeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thneed
thread counts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thread count
test drives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of test drive
test drives
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of test drive
test driving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of test drive
test drove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of test drive
test driven
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of test drive
tarasque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tarasques
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A mythical European dragon.
Derived terms: tarrasque
infraphyla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infraphylum
patas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patases
Senses: examples: text: When a male patas observes a predator approaching its group, he performs a noisy display, shaking the branches and overtly calling attention to himself.
ref: 1999, Robert W. Sussman, The Biological Basis of Human Behavior, →ISBN, page 173:
glosses: A ground-dwelling long-tailed monkey of species Erythrocebus patas, found in West and East Africa.
Derived terms: patas monkey
Astroturf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Astroturfs
form: Astroturfing
form: Astroturfed
form: Astroturfed
form: astroturf
Etymology: See AstroTurf and astroturfing.
Senses: examples: text: But what was there left to Astroturf? The sitting-room? Hugh's bald patch?
ref: 2002, Wendy Perriam, Tread Softly, page 17:
text: Is it just me, or is it hard to find anyone nowadays to Astroturf your car?
ref: 2006, Dick Wolfsie, Indiana Curiosities, 2nd, page 41:
glosses: To cover with an artificial grass-like material.
examples: text: We have been Astroturfed by some of the biggest players in the business. As you will read in the coming pages, a reasonable-sounding group called Americans for Balanced Energy Choices spent us$40 million during the last presidential[…]
ref: 2009 December 1, James Hoggan, Richard Littlemore, Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming, Greystone Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 197:
text: Even Maher reacted; his Achilles' heel is that even though he's a leftie, he exhibits clear contempt for the astroturfed audience he relies upon for his laughs. The awkwardness continued for a full, commercial-free half hour,[…]
ref: 2011 April 15, Andrew Breitbart, Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World, Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN:
text: The opposition party in Washington and its Astroturfed Tea Partiers around the country could focus strictly on assigning blame for the disaster . At the direction of the field marshals of the rich right in Washington , the Tea Party was[…]
ref: 2021 August 10, Kurt Andersen, Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History, Random House Trade Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 282:
topics: government
politics
glosses: To fabricate an impression of political support for an agenda.
Derived terms: astroturfer
astroturfing
astroturfy
Astroturf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Astroturf
form: most Astroturf
form: astroturf
Etymology: See AstroTurf and astroturfing.
Senses: examples: text: Can we assure readers that astroturf letters will not appear as letters in The Star? Unfortunately, no. At least a dozen Web sites from which astroturf can be generated have been identified. Many more exist.
ref: 2005 04, Richard Larsen, You, Sir, Are an Idiot: Newspaper Columns, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 125:
text: The defining feature of astroturf groups is that they are generated by an industry, think tank, or front group, but disguised to appear as a spontaneous, popular 'grassroots' effort. They are created to lobby or campaign on behalf of[…]
ref: 2011 August 18, John S. Dryzek, Richard B. Norgaard, David Schlosberg, The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 154:
text: These astroturf organizations allow corporations to engage in public debates and government hearings under the guise of concerned citizens. A key purpose of astroturf activities is to defuse the efforts of social movement organizations[…]
ref: 2014 October 29, Hyunyi Cho, Torsten Reimer, Katherine A. McComas, The SAGE Handbook of Risk Communication, SAGE Publications, →ISBN:
glosses: Of a group created by a larger organisation (especially a corporation or political party), but presenting itself as a grassroots organisation.
Astroturf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Astroturfs
form: astroturf
Etymology: See AstroTurf and astroturfing.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of AstroTurf.
examples: text: An Astroturf campaign is a fake grassroots movement: it purports to be a spontaneous uprising of concerned citizens, but in reality it is founded and funded by elite interests. Some Astroturf campaigns have no grassroots component at all. Others catalyse and direct real mobilisations.
ref: 2010 October 25, George Monbiot, “The Tea Party movement: deluded and inspired by billionaires”, in The Guardian, retrieved 26 Sep 2021:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A campaign designed to appear like a genuine popular (or grassroots) movement, that does not have such popular support.
Related terms: claque
malaxate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: malaxates
form: malaxating
form: malaxated
form: malaxated
Etymology: From Latin malaxātus, perfect passive participle of malaxō (“to knead, malaxate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French malaxer.
Senses: glosses: To soften, especially by kneading with the hands.
Synonyms: malax
Derived terms: malaxation
Related terms: malaxage
trinitarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trinitarians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Trinitarian.
trinitarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Trinitarian.
trifocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + focal.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or pertaining to corrective lenses that have three different powers per eye.
Related terms: bifocal
trifocals
Trinitarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Trinitarian
ETOPS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of Extended-range Twin-engine Operational Performance Standards or Extended Twin Operational Performance Standards, An aviation rule about how far two-engined aircraft can operate distant from a diversion airport at all times in case of a single-engine failure. Without ETOPS that is 60-minutes of flight time, Various ETOPS levels of qualification extend this to 90, 120, 180-minutes.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of engines turn or passengers swim, a facetious backronym reinterpretation of ETOPS to explain the literal situation of ETOPS operations, due to the lack of range from single-engine operations on twin-engined aircraft, and circumstances over long-haul ocean routes.
VLJ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VLJs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of very light jet.
Related terms: topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: LJ
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: light jet
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: microjet
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: minijet
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: bizjet
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: verylight
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: ultralight
LJ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LJs
form: LJJ
form: LLJJ
Senses: glosses: Initialism of lord justice.
LJ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LJs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of light jet.
Derived terms: topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: VLJ
Related terms: topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: mid-size jet
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: super light jet
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: very light jet
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: microjet
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: minijet
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: bizjet
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: verylight
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: ultralight
LJ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: LJs
Senses: examples: text: During the years that I lived abroad without access to the Internet and LJ […]
ref: 2006, Henrike Schmidt, Katy Teubener, Natalja Konradova, Control and Shift: Public and Private Usages of the Russian Internet:
text: […] various roles where the "real" person is not necessarily much like her LJ persona.
ref: 2006, Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse, Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet:
text: She put a banner for the One Campaign, an effort to eradicate poverty in the third world led by U2's singer Bono, on her LJ […]
ref: 2007, Anastasia Goodstein, Totally Wired:
glosses: Initialism of LiveJournal, a blogging service or any of the individual blogs kept on it.
yellow-bellied sapsucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow-bellied sapsuckers
Senses: synonyms: yellowbelly
hypernyms: sapsucker#Noun
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woodpecker
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bird#Noun
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animal#Noun
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creature#Noun
coordinate_terms: red-bellied woodpecker
red-headed woodpecker
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glosses: A type of woodpecker: Sphyrapicus varius.
ears are burning
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: His ears are burning.
glosses: Being the topic of discussion in another place; or sensing that this is happening.
Related terms: are your ears burning
CVR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CVRs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of cockpit voice recorder.
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of cerebrovascular resistance.
glosses: Initialism of cast vote record (“an electronic record of votes in an election”).
Synonyms: topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: black box
Related terms: FDR
QAR
computor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: computors
Etymology: From compute + -or.
Senses: examples: text: British Railways are beginning to reap the advantages of electronics applied to accounting. At Swindon Works, a computor, the first of its type to be used anywhere in the world, was installed recently to deal with the pay of some 10,000 employees.
ref: 1957 November 24, “Electronics in Railway Accountancy”, in Railway Magazine, page 746:
text: WITH SERIAL COMPUTOR INTERFACE
ref: 1985 December 24, “Sims Anemometers Measure Wind!”, in Weatherwise (inline advertisement), Sims Anemometers, page 58:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of computer.
PnP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of plug and play.
examples: text: Feel not ashamed, if you can afford only PnP versions of certain games.
topics: games
glosses: Initialism of print and play.
Derived terms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: UPnP
haptics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhæptɪks/
Etymology: From haptic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The study of the sense of touch.
examples: text: Future work of this research field will include two issues: the safety and psychology of haptics.
ref: 2003, Julie A. Jacko, Andrew Sears, editors, The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies and Emerging Applications, page 218:
text: 2008, Manuel Ferre (editor), Haptics: Perception, Devices and Scenarios: 6th International Conference: EuroHaptics, Madrid, Spain, June 2008: Proceedings, LNCS 5024.
text: However haptics is more than that. Haptic perceptions range from minor interactions in everyday life, eg, drinking from a glass or writing this text, to a means of social communication, eg shaking hands
ref: 2009, Thorsten A. Kern, Engineering Haptic Devices: A Beginner's Guide for Engineers, page 5:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The study of user interfaces that use the sense of touch.
Related terms: haptic
haptic interface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haptic interfaces
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A user interface that allows a user to receive tactile feedback through the movement of a limb or the head.
biocuration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + curation.
Senses: topics: biology
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The organization, representation and making accessible of biological data to both humans and computers
Related terms: biocurator
amplitude spectroscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The analysis of the energy level structure of a quantum system through its response to driving-field amplitude rather than frequency
double emulsion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double emulsions
Senses: glosses: A colloid in which an emulsion is suspended either in a third liquid, or in a second instance of the inner liquid e.g. water in oil in water
Synonyms: duplex emulsion
orgastic potency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of German orgastische Potenz, coined by Austrian physician Wilhelm Reich.
Senses: examples: text: Orgastic potency is the capacity to surrender to the flow of biological energy, free of any inhibitions; the capacity to discharge completely and the dammed-up sexual excitation through involuntary, pleasurable convulsions of the body.
ref: 1927, Wilhelm Reich, translated by Theodore P. Wolfe, The Function of the Orgasm, New York: Meridian, published 1970, page 79:
text: Establishment of orgastic potency brings about very definite changes in the individual — changes which are not properly recognized or understood by most psychiatrists even today. The recognition of orgastic potency was crucial.
ref: 1967, Elsworth F. Baker, Man in the Trap, →ISBN, page xxiii:
text: Orgastic potency is always lacking in neurotic individuals. It presupposes the presence or establishment of genitality: that is, the absence of pathological character armor and muscular armor. Orgastic potency is usually, and erroneously, not distinguieshed from erective and ejaculative potency, both of which are prerequisites of orgastic potency.
ref: 2015, Charles Konia, The Emotional Plague: The Root of Human Evil, →ISBN:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The ability to experience full orgasmic gratification while engaging in the sexual act, a condition only possible for people without neuroses.
wikipedia: Wilhelm Reich
gold piece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gold pieces
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: A gold coin.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: A gold coin.
A common unit of currency in many fantasy role-playing games.
qualifier: fantasy roleplaying games
card games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of card game
imaginings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
glosses: plural of imagining
ostentate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈɒstənteɪt/
Forms: form: ostentates
form: ostentating
form: ostentated
form: ostentated
Etymology: From Latin ostentātus, past participle of ostentō, intensive from ostendō. See ostent.
Senses: examples: text: It cannot avoid the brand of arrogancy, as well as hypocrisy, to challenge and ostentate that beauty or handsomeness of complexion as ours, which indeed is none of ours by any genuine right or property.
ref: 1701, John Gauden (attributed), Several Letters between Two Ladies Wherein the Lawfulness and Unlawfulness of Artificial Beauty:
synonyms: word: ostent
glosses: To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly.
pretorian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pretorian
form: most pretorian
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of praetorian.
pretorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pretorians
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of praetorian.
prac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pɹæk/
Forms: form: pracs
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A practical.
gentles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gentle
gentles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gentle
gentling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gentle
gentled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gentle
Derived terms: ungentled
shittim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shittah
gapes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡeɪps/
rhymes: -eɪps
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gape
gapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡeɪps/
rhymes: -eɪps
Senses: glosses: plural of gape
gapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡeɪps/
rhymes: -eɪps
Senses: examples: text: The gapes is contagious: when one person gets the gapes, pretty soon you've got a roomful of gapers.
glosses: A fit of yawning.
examples: text: The gapes has gotten to many of the birds.
glosses: A disease of young poultry and other birds, caused by a parasitic nematode worm in the windpipe, and having uneasy gaping as a symptom.
giddier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of giddy: more giddy
shittah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shittim
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew שִׁטָּה (shitá), usually expressed in its plural form שִׁטִּים (shitím).
Senses: glosses: A tree said in the Bible to have furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made; now believed to have been red acacia, of species Vachellia seyal (formerly Acacia seyal).
glosses: Wood of this tree.
Derived terms: shittimwood
giddiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of giddy: most giddy