cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
fieldfare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfiːldfɛː/
ipa: /ˈfiːldfɛɹ/
Forms: form: fieldfares
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English feldefare, from Old English feldefare, from feld (“field”) + ġefara (“traveller”); equivalent to field + fare.
Senses: examples: text: Paul seemed relaxed, scanning the fields on either side of the muddy lane for fieldfares
ref: 2007, Diana Athill, “Somewhere Towards the End”, in Granta, 98, p. 20:
synonyms: word: felty
word: feltyfare
glosses: A large thrush, Turdus pilaris, a bird of Eurasia.
Drina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river that flows northward 160 miles along the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia to empty into the Sava River.
Drina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Alexandrina.
MOS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of metal oxide semiconductor.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of maintenance operating system.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of mobile operating system.
glosses: Initialism of member of the opposite sex.
examples: text: "I was a marine. My MOS was 0311," he said.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of military occupational specialty.
examples: text: "We have an MOS down," the dispatcher said.
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of member of the service.
related: word: MoS
glosses: Initialism of manual of style.
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: Initialism of man on the street.
MOS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Ma On Shan.
Related terms: MOSFET
pMOS
nMOS
MOS
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Disputed, with many speculative suggestions; see Wikipedia.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Without a synchronous audio track.
TDC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TDCs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of time-to-digital converter.
glosses: Initialism of torpedo data computer.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: BDC
glosses: Initialism of top dead centre/top dead center.
glosses: Initialism of Theoretical Driving Course.
VDL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VDLs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of vernier delay line.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of VHF Data Link.
qualifier: oil industry
glosses: Initialism of variable density log.
glosses: Initialism of vertical dyad linkage.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of virtual digital library.
VDL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of View Design Language.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Vienna Definition Language.
glosses: Initialism of von der Leyen.
Related terms: TDC
natural science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: natural sciences
Senses: glosses: Any science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world: physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, and so on.
Synonyms: word: natural science
Coordinate terms: social science
Meronyms: word: physical science
word: life science
word: physics
word: chemistry
word: biology
word: earth science
Related terms: hard science versus soft science
pure science versus applied science
formal science versus quasiscience
BIA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Bureau of Indian Affairs (a U.S. government federal agency for dealing with Native Amerindians).
examples: text: If one party opposes recalendaring or does not “affirmatively indicate” a nonopposition, the immigration court or the BIA must consider the following factors in determining whether to grant the motion to recalendar the case:
ref: 2025 July 24, Kate Mahoney and Merle Kahn, “RESPONDING TO DHS MOTIONS TO RECALENDAR”, in Immigrant Legal Resource Center, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2025, page 2:
glosses: Initialism of Board of Immigration Appeals.
Coordinate terms: AANDC
CIRNA
DIA
DIAND
DINA
INAC
taconite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taconites
Etymology: From Taconic + -ite, after the Taconic Mountains. The name Taconic is from a Lenape language.
Senses: glosses: A low-grade flint-like iron ore containing 20-30% iron.
wikipedia: Taconic Mountains
tabouret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tabourets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of taboret.
taboret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtæbəɹɛt/
Forms: form: taborets
form: tabouret
Etymology: From Old French tabouret (“a stool, pincushion, base of a pillar; literally, a little drum or tabor”), diminutive of tabour (“drum”). Compare French tambour.
Senses: glosses: A little drum; a tabret.
examples: text: He sat close to her on a low tabouret, and as he spoke his fingers lightly touched the hair that fell a little over her forehead.
ref: 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:
text: They lie
upon a big dim doily
draping a taboret
(part of the set), beside
a big hirsute begonia.
ref: 1965, Elizabeth Bishop, Filling Station:
glosses: A low stool in the form of a drum.
glosses: A low stand or embroidery frame in the same shape.
ep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛp/
text: Audio (US)
rhymes: -ɛp
Forms: form: eps
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: episode (of a TV serial, etc.)
TVP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TVPs
Senses: topics: food
lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of textured vegetable protein, vegetarian ground meat substitute.
TVP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Thames Valley Police.
ep.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eps.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ep; abbreviation of episode.
reprographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or produced by reprography.
seditious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈdɪʃəs/
Forms: form: more seditious
form: most seditious
Etymology: From Middle French séditieux, from Latin seditiosus.
Senses: examples: text: There may not be anything seditious about his music, but plundering and ravaging the tracks needed to create it requires a spirit of rebellion at odds with corporate organization. Enterprise mashup may be an oxymoron.
ref: 2010, Jonathon Keats, Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 112:
synonyms: treasonous
subversive
insubordinate
rebellious
glosses: Of, related to, or being involved in sedition.
Derived terms: nonseditious
seditious conspiracy
seditiously
seditiousness
unseditious
balding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɔːldɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bald
balding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːldɪŋ
Forms: form: more balding
form: most balding
Senses: examples: text: […] doing variations on Old Devil Moon on trumpet, backed by an aging hippy on drums, a stringbeany, college student type on upright bass, and a balding man in his fifties playing an effectively understated piano.
ref: 2002, Laurance L. Priddy, Critical Evidence, page 96:
glosses: Becoming bald, especially having male pattern baldness.
Derived terms: nonbalding
ceo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceos
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of CEO.
reprography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: reprographies
Etymology: Blend of reproduce + photography
Senses: glosses: The reproduction, reprinting and copying of graphics, especially using electromechanical or photographic methods.
Related terms: reprographic
reprographics
xerography
reprographics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From repro- + graphics.
Senses: glosses: The process of reprography.
glosses: The equipment and materials used in this process.
male pattern baldness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: dermatology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A genetically predisposed loss of hair from the scalp in males, theorized to be caused by an excessive response to androgens, specifically dihydrotestosterone.
Synonyms: alopecia androgenetica
alopecia hereditaria
androgenetic alopecia
androgenic alopecia
Related terms: female pattern baldness
male pattern violence
electron transfer reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electron transfer reactions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A reaction in which a single electron is transferred from one molecule to another; one being oxidized and the other reduced (also known as a redox reaction); long-range electron transfer reactions are important in biological reactions involving metalloproteins such as haemoglobin.
metalloprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metalloproteins
Etymology: From metallo- + protein.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a protein, such as haemoglobin or chlorophyll, that contains a metal atom as a cofactor
Related terms: apometalloprotein
cofactor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cofactors
Etymology: From co- + factor.
Senses: examples: text: Although many believe HTLV-III plays a primary role in the development of AIDS, it is still unresolved how the virus works and what cofactors, if any, play a role.
ref: 1985 April 27, Christine Guilfoy, “HTLV-3 Test Availability Elicits Mixed Response”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
glosses: A contributing factor.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A substance, especially a coenzyme or a metal, that must be present for an enzyme to function.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A molecule that binds to and regulates the activity of a protein.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The result of a number being divided by one of its factors.
topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The signed determinant of the submatrix produced by removing the row and column containing a specified element; primarily used in the recursive definition and calculation of the determinant of a matrix.
raw_tags: of a matrix
Synonyms: sense: determinant of a submatrix
english: unsigned
translation: unsigned
word: minor
Derived terms: cofactor expansion
cofactor matrix
metallocofactor
procofactor
Goldschmidt classification
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Developed by Victor Goldschmidt (1888–1947).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a classification of the chemical elements into groups according to the part of the Earth where they tend to concentrate.
wikipedia: Victor Goldschmidt
Related terms: atmophile
lithophile
siderophile
chalcophile
atmophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atmophiles
Etymology: From atmo- + -phile.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: In the Goldschmidt classification, a gaseous element that concentrates in the atmosphere.
Related terms: lithophile
siderophile
chalcophile
convenience
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈviːnɪəns/
ipa: /kənˈvinjəns/
ipa: [kənˈvinjənts]
ipa: /kənˈviːnjəns/
ipa: [kənˈvɪinjəns]
ipa: [kənˈvɪinjənts]
Forms: form: conveniences
form: conveniencing
form: convenienced
form: convenienced
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin convenientia, from conveniens (“suitable”), present participle of convenire (“to come together, suit”). Doublet of convenance.
Senses: examples: text: These are equally viable times and I propose we alternate between the two times in order to convenience as many people as possible.
antonyms: inconvenience
glosses: To make convenient.
concession
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsɛʃən/
Forms: form: concessions
form: concessioning
form: concessioned
form: concessioned
Etymology: From late Middle English concession, from Middle French concession, from Latin concessiō (“a grant, permission, conceding”), from concēdō. Doublet of concessio.
Senses: examples: text: While the process of bringing the private sector into the railroad industry in Vietnam is probably not going to be a single step, several countries have pursued the path of concessioning their rail operations in order to reduce the public fiscal burden associated with rail subsidization and to improve a deficient service.
ref: 2000, Private Solutions for Infrastructure: Opportunities for Vietnam, World Bank Publications, →ISBN, page 82:
text: [A] consultant was contracted for one year to prepare the legal and administrative framework for concessioning selected roads to the private sector and is expected to complete the framework in July 2005.
ref: 2007, International Monetary Fund, Kenya: Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report - 2003/2004, International Monetary Fund, page 24:
glosses: To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.
lithophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lithophiles
Etymology: From litho- + -phile.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: in the Goldschmidt classification, an element that forms silicates or oxides and is concentrated in the minerals of the Earth's crust.
Related terms: atmophile
siderophile
chalcophile
siderophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siderophiles
Etymology: From sidero- + -phile.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: In the Goldschmidt classification, an element that forms alloys easily with iron and is concentrated in the Earth's core.
glosses: A siderophile element, tissue, or cell.
siderophile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more siderophile
form: most siderophile
Etymology: From sidero- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: Having an affinity for iron.
raw_tags: of a cell or tissue
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having an affinity for metallic iron.
Related terms: atmophile
lithophile
chalcophile
chalcophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chalcophiles
Etymology: From chalco- + -phile.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: In the Goldschmidt classification, an element such as copper that forms sulfide minerals if enough sulfur is available.
Related terms: atmophile
lithophile
siderophile
elevon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛləvɒn/
ipa: /ˈɛləvɑn/
Forms: form: elevons
Etymology: Blend of elevator + aileron
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: ailevator
glosses: A movable surface at the trailing edge of a tailless airplane (such as the space shuttle) that provides pitch and roll control.
Related terms: flaperon
rudderon
spoileron
ASX
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of Australian Stock Exchange.
AEDT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Australian Eastern Daylight Time.
Related terms: EDT
BFH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BFHs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of bitch from hell.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of big fucking hammer.
CSMA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of carrier sense, multiple access.
CSMA/CD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A contention protocol for computers to send messages over the segment of an Ethernet network.
10Base5
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 10BASE5.
Ethernet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈiθəɹˌnɛt/
Forms: form: ethernet
Etymology: Originally a trademark of Xerox, apparently composed of ether + net (“network”).
Senses: glosses: A set of network cabling and network access (CSMA/CD) protocol standards for bus topology computer networks invented by Xerox but now controlled by the 802.3 subcommittee of the IEEE.
Ethernet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈiθəɹˌnɛt/
Forms: form: Ethernets
form: ethernet
Etymology: Originally a trademark of Xerox, apparently composed of ether + net (“network”).
Senses: glosses: A computer network that complies with this set of standards.
Derived terms: Ethernet card
Related terms: word: ether
urls: https://web.archive.org/web/20100726111446/http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.3.html
word: the standards are available for download in PDF format
alt: ETHERNET
urls: http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/3/
word: IEEE 802.3 CSMA
roman: ETHERNET
alt: ETHERNET
urls: http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/3/
word: CD
bus topology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bus topologies
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A (computer) network topology in which the nodes are all connected at different points to a line called a bus.
angel of death
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angels of death
Senses: glosses: A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.
An angel which attends to death, collecting souls at death, ending life at the appointed time of death.
glosses: A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.
An angel in Abrahamic scripture or eschatology that attends to death.
Azrael.
glosses: A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.
An angel in Abrahamic scripture or eschatology that attends to death.
Death, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
glosses: A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.
The Grim Reaper.
glosses: A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.
A shinigami.
qualifier: translations
raw_tags: of Japanese
examples: text: New evidence could lead to the freeing of a nurse known as the “angel of death” who was convicted of killing four patients.
ref: 2021 February 12, Vikram Dodd, “Colin Norris: serial killer nurse conviction sent to court of appeal”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: angel of mercy
qualifier: crime
glosses: A type of serial killer who is employed as a caregiver and kills people under their care.
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of destroying angel (“a type of mushroom”).
synonyms: word: destroying angel
extra: a type of mushroom
Synonyms: death angel
BNC connector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BNC connectors
Etymology: Short for bayonet Neill–Concelman, after its bayonet mount locking mechanism and its inventors, Paul Neill and Carl Concelman.
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: A connector for a coaxial cable which keeps the central wire from touching the cable's outer shield.
Hypernyms: cable connector
coaxial connector
connector
NC connector
Related terms: bayonet
Concelman
N
NC
NC connector
N connector
Neill
TNC
TNC connector
bass trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bass traps
Senses: glosses: A device, usually a foam block, placed in the corner of a control room or listening room in order to reduce unwanted low-frequency noises.
coaxial cable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coaxial cables
Senses: topics: business
communications
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
telecommunications
glosses: A transmission line, consisting of a conducting wire surrounded by an insulated spacer, surrounded by a cylindrical conducting sheath; used to carry high frequency signals such as TV.
Synonyms: coax
coax cable
control room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: control rooms
Senses: glosses: The area inside a recording studio designed to facilitate the mixing of audio for studio recordings.
examples: text: In the control room the operating console and illuminated layout diagram are divided into four sections, each controlled by a signalman and set at different angles to allow any one of the four signalmen and the Traffic Regulator an unrestricted view of the whole panel, which is 53 ft. long and 4 ft. 6 in. high overall.
ref: 1959 June, “The N.E.R.'s new wonder signalbox at Newcastle”, in Trains Illustrated, page 327:
text: The two men sit 10 feet apart, behind a long console in Islington’s closed-circuit television (CCTV) control room, painted and carpeted in gray, with no adornments.
ref: 2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security have Put Us All under Surveillance. Is Privacy Becoming just a Memory?”, in National Geographic, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2018:
glosses: A room serving as a centre for monitoring a building, controlling an operation etc.
seagulling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, seagull + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: As long as he can stay away from the seagulling in the tight games.
ref: 2002 May 25, Greig Blanchett, “Re: So. To The ABs”, in rec.sport.rugby.union (Usenet):
text: Jack has to cut out the seagulling and get in and do the dirty work.
ref: 2009 December 28, Steve Hepburn, “Rugby: Oval ball gazing for 2011 World Cup”, in Otago Daily Times:
text: And while Williams cut down the seagulling, he still wasn't hitting the breakdown with any vigour.
ref: 2011 August 29, lord shineything [username], “Re: AB Players”, in rec.sport.rugby.union (Usenet):
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: The practice, in Rugby Union, of forwards running in the back line rather than concentrating on their primary positional duties in open play (see rugby union positions).
examples: text: I'm going take the boat out and do some seagulling.
text: Happy Seagulling.
ref: 2000 July 6, Miniature Embroideries [username], “Re: Ancient Seagull”, in uk.rec.sailing (Usenet):
text: The Seagull and Heineken gods were with us — what a wonderful day weather wise — an ideal Seagulling race day — winds were light — and crossing the harbour to Sandys Boat Club at 7.15am the water was glassy.
ref: 2011 September, Martine Purssell, “News From Bermuda - 2011 R. I. S. R”, in The Gull:
text: It isn't often young people get involved in Seagulling, never mind build their own boat to do so.
ref: 2012 March, “Camden Sutherland's 'Waikato Bullet Boat'”, in The Gull:
qualifier: boating slang
glosses: The practice of using a British Seagull outboard.
examples: text: Sometimes I went down to the Wellington wharves for what was called 'seagulling', where I joined a crowd of other men just before 8 a.m., hoping to be given the nod for a day's work.
ref: 1995, Bryan Gould, Goodbye to All That, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 22:
text: After two months there was a lull on the waterfront, seagulling declined, and I had to seek another job. By this time my hands were hard and I actually looked like a labourer, so the New Zealand Posts and Telegraph department took me on as a linesman.
ref: 1997, Phillip Knightley, A Hack's Progress, J. Cape, →ISBN, page 25:
text: As a young shipwright, I heard old timers warn me against seagulling or bypassing the union hall while seeking work.
ref: 2001, Archie Green, Torching the Fink Books and Other Essays on Vernacular Culture, University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 180:
glosses: The practice of working as a non-union casual stevedore.
seagulling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: By surface analysis, seagull + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of seagull
scissile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪs.ɪl/
Forms: form: more scissile
form: most scissile
Etymology: From Latin scissilis, from scindere, scissum (“to cut, to split”). Compare French scissile. See schism, scissors.
Senses: examples: text: The differences of impressible and not impressible; figurable and not figurable; mouldable and not mouldable; scissile and not scissile; and many other passions of matter, are plebeian notions, applied unto the instruments and uses which men ordinarily practise; but they are all but the effects of some of these causes following, which we will enumerate without applying them, because that would be too long.
ref: 1651, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum:
glosses: Readily cut or split.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Easily broken.
raw_tags: of a bond
Astro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Astros
Senses: examples: text: Jones became an Astro as the result of a pre-season trade.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player for the Houston Astros.
Astros
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæstɹəʊz/
ipa: /ˈæstɹoʊz/
Forms: form: the Astros
Senses: examples: text: The Astros lead the division through half the season.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The team Houston Astros.
Astros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæstɹəʊz/
ipa: /ˈæstɹoʊz/
Senses: glosses: plural of Astro
Astros
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæstɹəʊz/
ipa: /ˈæstɹoʊz/
ipa: /ˈæstɹɒs/
ipa: /ˈæstɹɑs/
ipa: /ˈæstɹəʊz/
ipa: /ˈæstɹoʊz/
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek Άστρος (Ástros).
Senses: glosses: A town in Arcadia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece.
mgr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mgrs
Senses: related: word: mgr.
glosses: Abbreviation of manager.
glosses: Abbreviation of monsignor.
mgr.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mgrs.
Senses: related: word: mgr
glosses: Abbreviation of manager.
universal product code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: universal product codes
Senses: glosses: A barcode symbology used on retail products, encoding 12 digits using seven bits for each in its main variant, UPC-A, and differing slightly from EAN.
Synonyms: UPC
UPC code
inaccessible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪnəkˈsɛsɪbl̩/
Forms: form: more inaccessible
form: most inaccessible
Etymology: From Middle French inaccessible, from Late Latin inaccessibilis, equivalent to in- + accessible.
Senses: examples: text: physically inaccessible
text: remote and inaccessible
text: The village was inaccessible during the winter.
text: Much of the archive remains inaccessible to the public.
text: It’s just offshore from private property inaccessible to the general public, so a good way to approach the rock is by kayak, which can be rented in the small village of Port Austin.
ref: 2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN:
synonyms: unaccessible
antonyms: accessible
glosses: Not able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient.
synonyms: unaccessible
antonyms: accessible
glosses: Not able to be reached; unattainable.
Derived terms: Inaccessible Island
inaccessibleness
inaccessibly
inaccessible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪnəkˈsɛsɪbl̩/
Forms: form: inaccessibles
Etymology: From Middle French inaccessible, from Late Latin inaccessibilis, equivalent to in- + accessible.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An uncountable regular cardinal number that is a limit cardinal.
flight ceiling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flight ceilings
Senses: glosses: The highest altitude at which an aircraft may fly due to physical factors, such as low air density.
ACCH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of associated control channel.
Related terms: word: UMTS
english: Wikipedia
translation: Wikipedia
word: UMTS
ACIR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of adjacent channel interference ratio.
Related terms: word: UMTS
english: Wikipedia
translation: Wikipedia
word: UMTS
HCLK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HCLKs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Acronym of high-speed clock.
Related terms: CLK
FOM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
coordinate_terms: FOTA
FOCA
F1
FIA
FISA
glosses: Acronym of Formula One Management.
FOM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of figure of merit.
glosses: Initialism of follow-on maintenance.
dabchick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dabchicks
Etymology: From dab (“dive, dip, dabble”) + chick.
Senses: examples: text: Once there was a moment where the sun beat through the fog, and they discovered they were surrounded on all sides by dabchicks whinnying and diving.
ref: 2016, Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent, Serpentʼs Tail (2017), page 396:
glosses: A small grebe, little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis).
Derived terms: New Zealand dabchick
dotterel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒtɹəl/
Forms: form: dotterels
Etymology: 15th century. From dote (“to be foolish; senile”) + -rel (“pejorative suffix”). The bird is so named as it is easy to catch.
Senses: examples: text: This poor dotterel, Sir Arthur, is playing fast and loose with me.
ref: 1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. V, letter 88:
glosses: A gullible fool, especially an elderly person with impaired faculties.
synonyms: Eurasian dotterel
glosses: A small brown-and-black bird of species Charadrius morinellus, of the plover family.
glosses: Any of various small birds of Australasia thought to resemble the Eurasian dotterel.
Synonyms: sense: gullible fool
word: dotard
word: dote
word: fool
Derived terms: taxonomic: Elseyornis melanops
word: black-fronted dotterel
taxonomic: Charadrius morinellus
word: Eurasian dotterel
taxonomic: Thinornis cucullatus
alt: syn. Thinornis rubricollis
word: hooded dotterel
taxonomic: Peltohyas australis
alt: syn. Charadrius australis
word: inland dotterel
taxonomic: Erythrogonys cinctus
word: red-kneed dotterel
word: sea dotterel
taxonomic: Thinornis novaeseelandiae
word: shore dotterel
taxonomic: Oreopholus ruficollis
word: tawny-throated dotterel
dotterel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒtɹəl/
Forms: form: more dotterel
form: most dotterel
Etymology: 15th century. From dote (“to be foolish; senile”) + -rel (“pejorative suffix”). The bird is so named as it is easy to catch.
Senses: examples: text: some old dotterel trees
ref: c. 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster:
glosses: decayed
dunlin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dunlins
Etymology: A diminutive of dun.
Senses: glosses: A small wading bird, Calidris alpina, found along the coast and having a distinctive black belly patch in its breeding plumage. A type of stint.
wealthiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wealthy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: wealth; the possession of riches
Azrael
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæzɹi.əl/
ipa: /ˈæzɹeɪ.əl/
ipa: /ˈʌzɹɑːˌɛl/
Forms: form: Azriel
Etymology: From Latin Azrahel, from Ancient Greek Ἀζαραήλ (Azaraḗl), from Biblical Hebrew עֲזַרְאֵל (ʿăzarʾēl), possibly via Aramaic (compare Classical Syriac ܥܲܙܪܵܐܹܝܠ (ʿazrāʾēl)).
Senses: examples: text: And his voice through all the garden is a thunder sent to bring / Black Azrael and Ariel and Ammon on the wing.
ref: 1915, Gilbert K[eith] Chesterton, “[War Poems.] Lepanto.”, in Poems, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, published 1916, →OCLC, page 31:
glosses: The angel of death in Catholic and Orthodox Christianity, and in Islam.
Synonyms: sense: personification of death
word: Death
sense: personification of death
word: the Grim Reaper
sense: personification of death
word: the reaper
sense: personification of death
word: the pale rider
sense: personification of death
word: the rider
sense: personification of death
word: the angel of death
sense: personification of death
word: the Shinigami
sense: personification of death
word: psychopomp
native-born
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From native + born.
Senses: glosses: Being a native and inhabitant of the same place; living where one was born.
examples: text: “There are a lot of jobs in the US that native-born people don’t want – and foreign-born people are happy to have,” said Stephanie Roth, chief economist at Wolfe Research.
ref: 2025 July 25, Matt Egan, “How Trump’s mass deportations could backfire on the American economy by shrinking paychecks”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Born in the country of citizenship.
native-born
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: native-borns
Etymology: From native + born.
Senses: glosses: A person who was born in the country of their citizenship.
glosses: A person who was born as a citizen of a specified country.
Related terms: natural-born
nativism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nativisms
Etymology: From native + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: To understand just how rare, look back into history to, say, the Johnson Act of 1924. Its national-origins quota system reverberated with nativism and racism.
ref: 1982 March 18, “Not Nativist, Not Racist, Not Mean”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2025:
text: If there is to be another iteration of a Trump presidency, or a successful campaign by one of his acolytes, the scientific denial may be dialed down somewhat while retaining the reflex nativism.
ref: 2021 November 21, Oliver Milman, “Climate denial is waning on the right. What’s replacing it might be just as scary”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2021:
glosses: A policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants.
glosses: The policy of perpetuating the culture of the natives of a colonised country.
examples: text: The Columbian Exchange was proof like no other of how, when it comes to food, so often the venue of our greatest nativisms, we, as human beings, easily slip the ties of belonging.
ref: 2021 November 11, Aatish Taseer, “Tracing Mexico’s Complicated Relationship With Rice”, in The New York Times Style Magazine, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2021:
glosses: A cultural element that is native to a colonised country.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The doctrine that some skills or abilities are innate and not learned.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A theory that some knowledge of grammar is innate.
Derived terms: antinativism
nationalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnæʃ.ə.nə.lɪst/
ipa: /ˈnæʃ.nə.lɪst/
ipa: /ˈnæʃ.ə.lɪst/
Forms: form: more nationalist
form: most nationalist
Etymology: From national + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The anti-German riots which erupted simultaneously in many countries in response to the torpedoing of the Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915 reflected shifts in the status of minorities in multi-ethnic societies at a time of escalating nationalist emotions.
ref: 2013 November 24, Tilman Dedering, “‘Avenge the Lusitania’: The Anti-German Riots in South Africa in 1915”, in Immigrants & Minorities, volume 31, number 3, →DOI, pages 256–288:
text: Nationalism has been on the rise worldwide, as evidenced by the success of nationalist political parties in Europe.
ref: 2018 October 23, Doug Criss, “The definition of a nationalist”, in CNN:
glosses: Of or relating to nationalism.
Hyponyms: neo-nationalist
nationalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnæʃ.ə.nə.lɪst/
ipa: /ˈnæʃ.nə.lɪst/
ipa: /ˈnæʃ.ə.lɪst/
Forms: form: nationalists
Etymology: From national + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: You are either a globalist or a nationalist; one cannot be both.
text: The dilemma arose from what nationalists perceived as an intolerable disjuncture between the broad geographical extent of Serbdom—the imagined community of Serbs—and the Serbian state as a territorial homeland.
ref: 2011, Gerard Toal, Carl T Dahlman, Bosnia Remade, page 53:
text: It also would cut deeply into the trans-Atlantic alliance at the worst possible time by giving anti-American, anti-capitalist nationalists and protectionists in Europe a platform to thrive. Anti-American sentiment will grow, and Europe risks a retreat to protectionism. Those of us who make the case for the trans-Atlantic alliance will have a much harder job.
ref: 2019 February 21, Guy Verhofstadt, “A Trump trade war with Europe would hurt the trans-Atlantic relationship”, in CNN:
glosses: An advocate of nationalism.
Derived terms: antinationalist
archnationalist
binationalist
black nationalist
civic nationalist
civnat
cybernationalist
ethnonationalist
Euro-nationalist
femonationalist
homonationalist
linguonationalist
Nationalist China
nationalistic
neonationalist
pronationalist
supernationalist
ultranationalist
white nationalist
wignat
drouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹaʊθ/
rhymes: -aʊθ
Forms: form: drouths
Senses: examples: text: Name other great catastrophes this world has seen, the floods, the fires, the earthquakes, plague or famine or drouth.
ref: 1965, Marguerite Young, Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, Scribner, page 174:
text: He listened to her licking lap. Ham and eggs, no. No good eggs with this drouth.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 4]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of drought.
Derived terms: drouthy
drugstore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: drŭg'stôr
ipa: /ˈdɹʌɡ.stoɹ/
ipa: /ˈdɹʌɡ.stɔː(ɹ)/
Forms: form: drugstores
form: drug store
Etymology: From drug + store.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pharmacy, especially a small standalone general store which includes a pharmacy.
synonyms: word: pharmacy
extra: especially a small standalone general store which includes a pharmacy
Derived terms: drugstore beetle
drugstore cowboy
drugstore dice
drugstore die
ducking stool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ducking stools
Senses: examples: text: Near the pond was the ducking-stool where many a village scold had her tongue temporarily stilled.
ref: 1980, Robert Dougall, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 379:
glosses: A chair used to punish women, especially scolds, by ducking them in water.
ductal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From duct + -al.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or originating in a duct
Derived terms: acinoductal
extraductal
hepatoductal
intraductal
multiductal
panantigen
paraductal
periductal
postductal
preductal
retroductal
transductal
dukedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdjuːk.dəm/
ipa: /ˈdʒuːk.dəm/
ipa: /ˈdjuk.dəm/
ipa: /ˈduk.dəm/
Forms: form: dukedoms
Etymology: From late Middle English dukdom, dukedom; equivalent to duke + -dom.
Senses: glosses: A region ruled by a duke or duchess; a duchy.
examples: text: Forcible removal of Andrew’s dukedom by an act of parliament could have received government and public support with the king’s backing, but the palace is understood to have hoped Andrew would voluntarily relinquish his title.
ref: 2025 October 17, Caroline Davies, “Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after ‘discussion with king’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The rank or title of a duke.
Related terms: grand dukedom
epigenetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛpɪd͡ʒəˈnɛtɪks/
Etymology: Blend of epigenesis + genetics; coined by C. H. Waddington in 1942.
Senses: examples: text: Epigenetics deals with the regulation of genetic activity within a cell - which genes are switched on or off, and when it happens.
ref: 2010 November 6, “Sins of the Fathers”, in New Scientist:
text: The nuts and bolts of how this happens revolves around the massively trendy field of “epigenetics,” revealing how early life experience causes long-lasting changes in gene expression in particular brain regions.
ref: 2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The study of the processes involved in the genetic development of an organism, especially the activation and deactivation of genes.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The study of heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in DNA sequence.
Coordinate terms: epistasis
Derived terms: metaboloepigenetics
neuroepigenetics
pharmacoepigenetics
Related terms: epigenetic
epigenome
genetic determinism
gene expression
gene silencing
epigenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epigeneses
Etymology: From epi- + -genesis.
Senses: examples: text: Ignored for two millennia, Aristotle, in his book On the Generation of Animals, first proposed the theory of epigenesis in biology, suggesting that development of a plant or animal from an egg or spore follows a sequence of steps in which the organism changes and the various organs form.
ref: 2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 100:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: syngenesis
glosses: The theory that an organism develops by differentiation from an unstructured egg rather than by simple enlarging of something preformed.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Changes in the mineral content of rock after its formation.
Derived terms: epigenetics
Related terms: epigenetic
epigenetically
epigenesist
epigenist
epinephrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛp.ɪˈnɛ.fɹɪn/
Forms: form: epinephrines
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney”) + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: At the ER, after deflating me with a cocktail of epinephrine, a steroid and an antihistamine, the doctors scolded me for not coming in more quickly: I could have died of asphyxiation.
ref: 2023 November 1, “‘We’re sedating women with self-care’: how we became obsessed with wellness”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: “Anyone who has experienced or witnessed an anaphylaxis reaction knows it can be very stressful deciding when to inject epinephrine to themselves or a child and often delay,” Dr. Jonathan Spergel, chief of the allergy program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, said in a news release from ARS Pharmaceuticals.
ref: 2024 August 9, Meg Tirrell, “First nasal spray epinephrine drug for emergency allergic reactions gets FDA approval”, in CNN:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: adrenaline
glosses: A catecholamine hormone and neurotransmitter; as a hormone, secreted by the adrenal gland in response to stress (when it stimulates the autonomic nervous system); as a neurotransmitter, synthesized from norepinephrine. It is also used as a medication.
Synonyms: sense: hormone and neurotransmitter
word: 4
sense: hormone and neurotransmitter
word: 5-β-trihydroxy-N-methylphenethylamine
Hypernyms: sense: hormone
word: catecholamine
sense: neurotransmitter
word: monoamine
sense: neurotransmitter
word: phenethylamine
Derived terms: deoxyepinephrine
dipivefrine
epipen
EpiPen
metanephrine
norepinephrine
phenylephrine
racepinephrine
adrenaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈdɹɛnəlɪn/
Forms: form: adrenalines
form: adrenalin
Etymology: From adrenal + -ine, coined by Japanese chemist Takamine Jōkichi in 1901.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.
examples: text: Some people bungee jump to feel alive through the surge of adrenaline.
text: May be it's not as heavy as he thought, or may be he's on adrenaline overdrive.
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 361:
text: Despite the crisis, the adrenaline that must have been feeding his own alarm, Tim managed to maintain his control and spoke in a subdued tone, assuring the tenderman and all of us that things would be okay.
ref: 2017, Dave Atcheson, Dead Reckoning, →ISBN:
glosses: Excitement; thrills.
Derived terms: adrenalined
adrenaline junkie
adrenalinergic
adrenaline rush
adrenaline sport
adrenalinic
adrenalinogenic
adrenergic
metadrenaline
noradrenaline
dry ice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A genericised trademark of the DryIce Corporation of America.
Senses: examples: text: Two women were found unresponsive in a car along with the likely culprit – four coolers of dry ice – Friday morning in Pierce County, Washington, CNN affiliate KOMO reports.
ref: 2018 August 1, Michael Nedelman, “Ice cream salesman’s wife and mother suffocated by dry ice in car”, in CNN:
glosses: Carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state, used especially as a cooling agent and for the production of fog-like special effects. It sublimes at −78.5 °C (−109.3 °F) at normal atmospheric pressure.
Synonyms: cardice
eddy current
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eddy currents
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An induced electric current formed within the body of a conductor when it is exposed to a time varying magnetic field; used in induction heating and in some braking and damping systems.
Synonyms: Foucault current
Foucault current
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Foucault currents
Etymology: After J. B. L. Foucault (1819-1868), French physicist.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An eddy current.
electret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrets
Etymology: Blend of electricity + magnet.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A solid dielectric having a quasi-permanent charge; usually a metallized film; used in electroacoustic and electromechanical transducers and in air filters.
Derived terms: photoelectret
epoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈipɑksaɪd/
Forms: form: epoxides
Etymology: From epi- + oxy.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of organic compound, cyclic ethers, having a three-membered ring; they are prepared by the selective oxidation of alkenes or by ring-closure of halohydrins; used to make plastics.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any similar compound in which an ether linkage has been made across a larger ring.
Synonyms: alkylene oxide
Derived terms: arene epoxide
bisepoxide
diepoxide
epoxidase
epoxidate
epoxidation
epoxidic
epoxidisable
epoxidizable
epoxidise
epoxidize
epoxidized
epoxygenated
furanoepoxide
monoepoxide
polyepoxide
triepoxide
Related terms: epoxy
epidioxide
episulphide
ethylene oxide
episulphide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: episulphides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of episulfide.