cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hole state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hole states
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a vacant electron energy state near the top of the energy band of a solid; the movement of electrons between such states is the basis of electrical conduction
Synonyms: electron hole
Related terms: Dirac sea
exciton
Huntington's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after American physician George Huntington.
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
pathology
sciences
glosses: A hereditary disorder of the basal ganglia that leads to progressive loss of motor coordination.
Synonyms: word: Huntington's chorea
word: Huntingtonism
Hypernyms: word: St. Vitus' dance
Derived terms: Huntington's disease-like syndrome
Huntington's chorea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Huntington's disease.
synonyms: word: Huntington's disease
chorea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: Indic
ipa: /ˈkʰorɪjɑ/
note: Indic
ipa: /kʰɵˈrɪjɑ/
ipa: /kəˈɹi.ə/
ipa: [kʰɵˈɹi.ə]
ipa: /kəˈɹiːə/
ipa: [kʰɵˈɹiːə]
homophone: Korea (most accent)
rhymes: -iːə
Forms: form: choreas
form: choreae
form: choreæ
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía).
Senses: glosses: An Ancient Greek circular dance accompanied by a chorus.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
hypernyms: dyskinesia
glosses: Any of the various diseases of the nervous system characterized by involuntary muscular movements of the face and extremities; St. Vitus's dance.
Derived terms: chorea-acanthocytosis
chorea gravidarum
choreal
choreatic
choreic
choreiform
choreiform movements
chorein
choreoathetosis
choreoid
hemichorea
Huntington's chorea
monochorea
Sydenham's chorea
Related terms: choreodrama
choreography
choreomania
choreo-
chorus
subchoreal
talking points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talking-points
Senses: glosses: plural of talking point
anomoly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of anomaly.
Bryn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh bryn (“hill, mound”), or Cumbric *brınn (“hill”) in the Greater Manchester place-name.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Welsh.
glosses: A female given name from Welsh in occasional modern use.
glosses: Part of several place names in Wales and elsewhere.
glosses: A suburb of Ashton-in-Makerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5700).
glosses: A village and community in Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS8192).
Derived terms: Bryn-crug
hydrometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /haɪˈdɹɑːmɪtɚ/
rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: hydrometers
form: hydrometre
Etymology: From hydro- + -meter.
Senses: examples: text: [E]ach degree of the hydrometer, when at or near proof, is about a quart in a hundred gallons stronger or weaker, as the hydrometer vibrates under or over the silver speck or sight on the index or upper stem; at the intermediate or strong overproofs, is about a pint in ditto; and at the low underproofs is about three pints in ditto.
ref: 1806, Peter Jonas, “Method of Ascertaining the Strength of Spiritous Liquors by Clarke’s Hydrometer”, in The Genuine Art of Gauging Made Easy and Familiar; Exhibiting All the Principal Methods Actually Practised by the Officers of His Majesty’s Revenue of Excise and Customs: …, London: Printed [by C[harles] Whittingham] for Dring and Fage, […], →OCLC, page 367:
text: On the wall were hanging thermometers, barometers, and hydrometers, and every other sort of ometer, numberless, dusty, and mysterious; […]
ref: 1843, John Holmes Agnew, Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art:
synonyms: areometer
coordinate_terms: specific gravity bottle
pycnometer
glosses: An instrument that floats in a liquid and measures its specific gravity on a scale.
Derived terms: Twaddell hydrometer
thermohydrometer
Related terms: hygrometer
thermohydrometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermohydrometers
Etymology: From thermo- + hydrometer.
Senses: glosses: A hydrometer that has a thermometer enclosed in its float section.
chromatophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromatophores
Etymology: From chromato- (“color”) + -phore (“bearer”).
Senses: examples: text: Cuttlefish skin contains chromatophores that enable it to change colour.
glosses: A pigment-bearing cell or structure found in certain fish, reptiles, cephalopods, and other animals
Derived terms: chromatophoric
chromatophorotropic
Related terms: chromatophoral
chromophore
walk the beat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: walks the beat
form: walking the beat
form: walked the beat
form: walked the beat
Senses: glosses: To patrol on the job, especially as a police officer or guard.
pleating to the sett
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A system of pleating a kilt in which one full sett of the tartan pattern is taken up in each pleat, resulting in a reproduction of the pattern across the back of the kilt.
Coordinate terms: pleating to the stripe
Highland games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Festivals held throughout the year and in many countries of the world, involving competitive events, whose purpose is to celebrate the culture and heritage of Scotland and especially the Scottish Highlands.
decima
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɛsɪmə/
Forms: form: decimas
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin decima (“a tenth”), now particularly via Italian decima. Doublet of decim, decime, and dime.
Senses: examples: text: He brandished his title as apostolic commissioner in court, and as supervisor of the papal decima in Tuscany.
ref: 1988, Renaissance Studies, volume 2, page 195:
qualifier: generally obsolete
glosses: A tenth, particularly
A tithe or tax of one-tenth (now usually in historical Italian contexts).
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
qualifier: generally obsolete
glosses: A tenth, particularly
A tenth: a note nine degrees of the scale above or below a given note (and thus ten degrees separate counting inclusively) or the interval between such notes.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
qualifier: generally obsolete
glosses: A tenth, particularly
An organ stop a tenth above the normal 8-foot pitch.
Synonyms: sense: generally
word: tenth
sense: tithe
word: tithe
sense: musical note or interval
word: tenth
sense: organ stop
word: double-tierce
sense: organ stop
word: great-tierce
decima
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɛsɪmə/
Forms: form: decimas
form: décima
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish décima, from Latin decima (“a tenth”). Doublet of decim, decime, and dime.
Senses: examples: text: His album... dealt with the song form of Puerto Rican back-country troubadours, and it had a preoccupation with... the décima, a 10-line stanza with specific rhyme schemes.
ref: 2008 December 4, New York Times, C8:
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: A 10-line verse or stanza, (chiefly) in the form of a song comprising an introductory verse followed by four such divisions.
PBUH
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: AS
SAW
glosses: Initialism of peace be upon him or peace be upon her; an honorific phrase used by some Muslims after any mention in speech or print of the Islamic prophet Muhammad or any other prophets or chosen figures believed by the majority of Muslims to be sent by God (Allah).
Related terms: word: RIP
alt: ע״ה
word: A"H
word: SWT
vesta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛstə/
rhymes: -ɛstə
Forms: form: vestas
Etymology: Named after Vesta, the Roman goddess of fire and the hearth.
Senses: glosses: A short match, made of wood or wax.
Derived terms: wax vesta
johnny house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: johnny houses
Etymology: From the use of john in American slang as a synonym for toilet.
Senses: glosses: An outhouse or portable toilet.
Synonyms: bathroom
rez
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɛz/
Forms: form: rezes
form: rezzes
Senses: examples: 2016, Kalina Newmark, Nacole Walker, James Stanford, ‘The rez accent knows no borders’: Native American ethnic identity expressed through English prosody, Cambridge University Press, Published online.
related: word: res
word: rezzy
glosses: Clipping of reservation or reserve (semiautonomous Indigenous territory).
glosses: Clipping of residence; dormitory.
glosses: Clipping of resonance.
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Clipping of resurrection.
glosses: Clipping of resolution.
Derived terms: go off the rez
rez
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɛz/
Forms: form: rezs
form: rezzes
form: rezing
form: rezzing
form: rezed
form: rezed
form: rezzed
form: rezzed
Senses: examples: text: When you die during the first 3 levels, you rez with food and water.
ref: 1999 March 7, Phaedra, “My review of the EQ beta. (Very Long ;-)”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet):
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Clipping of resurrect.
examples: text: Don't rez some enormous prop: it'll lag the server!
topics: video-games
glosses: To spawn or load into the game.
sacred kingfisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sacred kingfishers
Senses: glosses: a tree kingfisher, Todiramphus sanctus, that inhabits Australian forests.
tree kingfisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree kingfishers
Senses: glosses: Any of the most numerous family, Halcyonidae, of kingfishers; they are widely distributed in Africa, Asia and Australia.
invisibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: invisibilities
Etymology: From Middle French invisibilité, from Latin invisibilitas.
Senses: glosses: The state of being invisible.
glosses: That which is invisible.
Synonyms: hiddenness
latency
Related terms: invisible
invisibleness
invisibly
transparency
vice-skip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vice-skips
Etymology: From vice- + skip.
Senses: topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The player who throws the fifth and sixth rocks for a team
Aboyne dress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named for the Aboyne Highland Gathering, whose organizing committee designed it.
Senses: glosses: The dance costume prescribed for females performing the Scottish National dances in competitions at Highland games gatherings. It consists of a dark bodice or elaborate waistcoat, decorative blouse, full tartan skirt and sometimes a petticoat and apron, or a tartan sash.
top of mind awareness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Companies that are well known advertise heavily and have attention-getting ads that tend to receive the highest top of mind awareness scores in ad tracking studies.
topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: The awareness of a brand in a consumer who, without prompting, names that brand first when asked to list all the advertisements they recall seeing in a general product category over the past 30 days.
Related terms: aided awareness
unaided awareness
unaided awareness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Since the company was new and had only started advertising two weeks before the research began, it was not surprising to see low unaided awareness of the brand.
topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: In advertising research, recognition of a specific brand or product without being prompted with possible names.
Related terms: aided awareness
advertising
advertising tracking
copy testing
global advertising
birth-certificate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birth-certificates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of birth certificate.
USOC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of United States Olympic Committee.
glosses: Initialism of Universal Service Order Code.
aided awareness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Since respondents were asked specifically if they saw any of the company's ads in the aided awareness question, that score is higher than the one for unaided awareness.
topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: In advertising research, recognition of a specific brand or product from a list of possible names offered as a prompt.
Related terms: unaided awareness
rebels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛbl̩z/
Senses: glosses: plural of rebel
rebels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈbɛlz/
rhymes: -ɛlz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rebel
rags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹæɡz/
rhymes: -æɡz
Senses: glosses: plural of rag
Derived terms: glad rags
in rags
rags and tatters
rags to riches
rags
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹæɡz/
rhymes: -æɡz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rag
recombinant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Formed by a new combination of existing elements.
examples: text: The new HIV test is the first test designed for widespread application that uses recombinant technology to test for highly specific HIV antibodies.
ref: 1988 December 11, Chris Bull, “Get Ready For The 5-Minute HIV Test”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 1:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Formed by genetic recombination.
Derived terms: RAC
rBGH
rBST
rDNA
recombinant DNA
recombinantly
recombinase
rFSH
rGH
rhGH
rhIGF-1
rLH
rPRL
rtPA
rTSH
recombinant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recombinants
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: An organism, cell, or haplotype formed by genetic recombination.
Rotarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəʊˈtɛəɹ.i.ən/
enpr: rō-târʹē-ən
ipa: /ɹoʊˈtɛɹ.i.ən/
Forms: form: Rotarians
Etymology: From rotary + -an.
Senses: glosses: A member of a Rotary Club.
Synonyms: word: Rtn
rotary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊtəɹi/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊtəɹi/
Etymology: Attested mid 18th century, from Medieval Latin rotarius, from Latin rota (“wheel”).
Senses: examples: text: A rotary engine revolves the heads rather than having pistons go back and forth.
text: Volatiles of kecap manis and its raw materials were extracted using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with diethyl ether as the extraction solvent. The extracts were then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated using a rotary evaporator followed by flushing using nitrogen until the volume was about 0.5 ml.
ref: 1997, A. J. Taylor, D. S. Mothram, editors, Flavour Science: Recent Developments, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 63:
glosses: Capable of rotation.
Derived terms: rotary beater
rotary converter
rotary dial
rotary-dial
rotary dialing
rotary encoder
rotary engine
rotary evaporator
rotary phone
rotary press
rotary printing press
rotary saw
rotary switch
rotary table
rotary wing
rotary-wing aircraft
rotary-wing intercept
rotary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊtəɹi/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊtəɹi/
Forms: form: rotaries
Etymology: Attested mid 18th century, from Medieval Latin rotarius, from Latin rota (“wheel”).
Senses: glosses: A roundabout, traffic circle.
glosses: Any of the clubs making up the international Rotary International movement for community service.
raw_tags: with initial capital
Turnhout
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality in Antwerp province, Belgium.
Campine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Campine
form: the Campine
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Campania
Senses: glosses: A region of Antwerp, Limburg and North Brabant, Belgium and the Netherlands, Europe.
Synonyms: Texandria
Campine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Campines
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Campania
Senses: glosses: A chicken of a breed originating from the aforementioned region.
hor
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: note: Newcastle
ipa: /høː/
note: Newcastle
ipa: /hɔː/
Senses: glosses: her
pharaoh ant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pharaoh ants
Senses: examples: text: It probably received the scientific name of "Pharaoh's ant" on account of a defective knowledge of Scripture on the part of its describer, who doubtless imagined that ants formed one of the plagues of Egypt in the time of Pharaoh, whereas the only entomological plagues mentioned were lice, flies and locusts.
ref: 1889 May 25, “The Little Red Ant”, in Good Housekeeping, volume 9, number 2, page 26:
text: The pharaoh ant, Monomorium pharaonis, is one of the most persistent and pestiferous ants to invade the sanctity of hearth and home.
ref: 1989, May Berenbaum, Ninety-nine Gnats, Nits, and Nibblers, page 19:
text: Because the pharaoh ant eats a variety of items (it is an omnivore), it can survive on just about any crumb it finds.
ref: 2013, Beatrix Beisner, Nature All Around Us: A Guide to Urban Ecology, page 39:
glosses: A small yellow-brown ant, Monomorium pharaonis, introduced to virtually every area of the world, considered to be a major indoor pest.
left, right and center
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of left and right.
oncogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒŋkoʊˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/
rhymes: -ɛnɪk
Etymology: From onco- (“tumor”) + -genic (“producing”).
Senses: examples: text: oncogenic viruses
text: From the late 1960s research into oncogenic viruses was particularly advanced by David Baltimore (b. 1938) and Howard Tenin (1934–94), who simultaneously published a report of the discovery of an enzyme reverse transcriptase.
ref: 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 554:
synonyms: oncogenous
glosses: Causing the formation of tumors.
examples: text: oncogenic osteomalacia
synonyms: oncogenous
glosses: Arising from or caused by a tumor: tumor-induced.
Derived terms: antioncogenic
multioncogenic
nononcogenic
oncogenicity
prooncogenic
protooncogenic
Related terms: oncogene
oncogenesis
oncogenetic
oncogenetics
oncogenics
oncogenome
oncogenomic
oncogenomics
oncologic
oncological
oncology
oncoprotein
oncoproteogenome
oncoproteogenomic
oncoproteogenomics
oncoproteome
oncoproteomic
oncoproteomics
proto-oncogene
proto-oncogenic
bosey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boseys
Etymology: Named after English cricketer Bernard Bosanquet who toured Australia for the 1903/4 summer; + -y. (Reference: Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 4, page 248.)
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A googly.
USCF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of United States Cycling Federation.
examples: text: After the Elo rating system, the second most popular chess ranking system is the USCF chess rating system.
ref: 2022 August 10, “Chess Ranking System: A Complete Guide”, in Square Off, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2022:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: Initialism of United States Chess Federation.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of United States Cricket Federation.
marital embrace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: sexual intercourse
Eph.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ephes.
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Ephesians.
Eph.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eph.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Abbreviation of euphonium.
lannet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lannets
Senses: qualifier: two-up
glosses: A bat with a slot to conceal a third coin which is used for cheating (that coin being either a jack or a gray).
never in a month of Sundays
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: See month of Sundays.
Senses: examples: text: Never in a month of Sundays would I have imagined that you'd be this tall in real life!
glosses: At no time whatsoever.
hard head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hard heads
Senses: qualifier: two-up
glosses: A crooked organiser of a two-up game, who would cheat players out of their money.
Titus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaɪtəs/
rhymes: -aɪtəs
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Titus, a Roman and Sabine praenomen meaning either "honorable" or "strong; of the giants".
Senses: synonyms: word: Tit.
word: Tts
glosses: The seventeenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to Titus.
examples: text: I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 12:18:
glosses: An early Christian, the addressee of the aforementioned epistle.
glosses: Titus Caesar Vespasianus, a Roman Emperor who succeeded Vespasian and preceded Domitian.
glosses: A male given name from Latin.
glosses: A surname
glosses: A short hairstyle, popular in Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Derived terms: Titus County
Titusville
Related terms: Titian
Turk's head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A knot, or any of various similar kinds of knot, resulting in a ball of rope.
glosses: The melon cactus.
glosses: Any of several species of Echinocactus.
glosses: A long-handled, round-headed broom for sweeping ceilings, etc.
glosses: A kind of cooking-pan, having a tin core in the centre.
Philemon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪˈliːmən/
ipa: /fɪˈliːmɒn/
ipa: /ˌfaɪˈliːmən/
ipa: /ˌfaɪˈliːmɒn/
ipa: /ˈfɪləmən/
Forms: form: Philemons
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Φιλήμων (Philḗmōn), from φιλήμων (philḗmōn, “kindly, affectionate”), from φιλέω (philéō, “I love”).
Senses: synonyms: word: Philem.
word: Phm
glosses: The eighteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of Saint Paul to a fellow Christian called Philemon.
examples: Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow labourer.
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
bomboora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bombooras
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of bombora.
dazed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /deɪzd/
rhymes: -eɪzd
Forms: form: more dazed
form: most dazed
Etymology: From Middle English, from Old Norse dasaðr (“weary”), dasask (“to become weary”), from Proto-Germanic *dasōjan-, from the adjective *daza-, possibly from a variant of Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold, support”), related to Armenian դադարել (dadarel, “to settle, stop, end”).
Senses: examples: text: The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital.
ref: 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:
glosses: In a state of shock or confusion.
glosses: Stunned or entranced.
Derived terms: dazed and confused
dazedly
dazedness
undazed
dazed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /deɪzd/
rhymes: -eɪzd
Etymology: From Middle English, from Old Norse dasaðr (“weary”), dasask (“to become weary”), from Proto-Germanic *dasōjan-, from the adjective *daza-, possibly from a variant of Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold, support”), related to Armenian դադարել (dadarel, “to settle, stop, end”).
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of daze
choco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɒkəʊ/
rhymes: -ɒkəʊ
Forms: form: chocos
Senses: examples: text: CHOCO MAYO CAKE
In this chocolate cake, mayonnaise is substituted for the butter. Good.
ref: 1991, Jean Paré, Cakes, page 64:
text: Vision is a 2.7% sodium-fluoride containing prophylaxis paste available in 12 oz. jars or boxes of 225 individual cups. Three flavors (fruit punch, cool mint, or choco-mint) are available.
ref: 1992, USAF [United States Air Force] Dental Investigation Service, Dental Items of Significance, page 5:
text: She used to make choco pudding only for me whenever I went.
ref: 2017, Siddharth Jayakumar, Umasree Raghunath, Simply Being Sidds!, page 180:
text: “D, you’ve had a weak spot for hot chocolate since you were small. You used to call it ‘choco-treat.’”
ref: 2018, Thomas Ogden, The Hands of Gravity and Chance, page 15:
glosses: Clipping of chocolate.
examples: text: I've a letter here to hand,
 Saying Chockos, Yanks and Refugees
 Have overrun the land.
ref: 1942, [James Andrew] Tip Kelaher, The Digger Hat and Other Verses:
text: In the second war, militiamen and conscripts generally were called chocos, […] in a tribute to them the Sydney “Sun” headed a leader on 2 September 1942: “Chocos with Hard Centres”.
ref: 1945, Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, page 152:
glosses: A militiaman or conscript; chocolate soldier.
glosses: An army reservist.
examples: text: Our ethnic minorities whether they be oil slicks, chockos or slopies have certainly given a new dimension to the Australian businessman’s lunch.
ref: 1985, Sir Les Patterson [Barry Humphries], The Traveller’s Tool, page 89:
text: And it’s better than ending up with the latest dag her Mum’s lined up. This one's called Petro. He’s a big choc, you know really woggy
ref: 1993 [1987], Kathy Lette, Girl’s Night Out, page 128:
text: ‘I reckon we’ll call you Choco,’ said the Rat. “With – that tan of yours.’
ref: 2000, Ian Bone, Tin Soldiers, page 112:
glosses: A person with dark skin tone.
Derived terms: choco bar
choco lab
choco milk
choco pie
mint choco
stunned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /stʌnd/
rhymes: -ʌnd
Forms: form: more stunned
form: most stunned
Etymology: From stun + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: completely stunned
text: visibly stunned
text: stunned silence
text: She was stunned by the unexpected news.
text: The blow to the head left him stunned.
glosses: Unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked.
stunned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /stʌnd/
rhymes: -ʌnd
Etymology: From stun + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stun
Gretchen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɛt͡ʃən/
rhymes: -ɛtʃən
Senses: examples: text: On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.
ref: 2024 February 7, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign”, in CNN:
glosses: A female given name from German origin; a pet form of Margaret.
glosses: Heroine of the play Faust by Goethe.
buzzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌzə/
ipa: /ˈbʌzɚ/
rhymes: -ʌzə(ɹ)
Forms: form: buzzers
Etymology: From buzz + -er.
Senses: examples: text: And wants not buzzers to infect his ear / With pestilent speeches of his father's death.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:
text: ... it left, however, a bee at his ear and an itch to transfer the buzzer's attentions and tease his darling; for she had betrayed herself as right good game.
ref: 1895, George Meredith, The Amazing Marriage:
glosses: One who, or that which, buzzes; an insect that buzzes.
examples: text: If you think you know the answer to the question, hit the buzzer as fast as you can.
text: If a train enters the forward section before its description has been transmitted, a "not described" lamp is illuminated on the transmitter, an alarm buzzer is sounded, and the lamp remains alight until a description has been transmitted.
ref: 1955 March, “Train Describers at Euston”, in Railway Magazine, page 170:
glosses: A device that makes a buzzing sound.
examples: text: I flipped my wallet open on her desk and let her look at the buzzer pinned to the flap.
ref: 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 28:
glosses: A police badge.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A run scored from an overthrow.
examples: text: Her brother is in secret come from France,
Feeds on this wonder, keeps himself in clouds
And wants not buzzers to infect his ear
With pestilent speeches of his father's death.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:
glosses: A gossip.
Derived terms: buzzer-beater
buzzer flag
buzzer phone
joy buzzer
kirkbuzzer
moll buzzer
tail-buzzer
boardwalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔːd.wɔːk/
ipa: /ˈbɔɹdˌwɔk/
enpr: wäk
ipa: /ˈbɔɹdˌwɑk/
ipa: /ˈboːd.woːk/
Forms: form: boardwalks
Etymology: From board + walk.
Senses: examples: text: A man, whom we had noticed walking rather uncertainly, as if not sure whether he was going up or down hill, at this crisis came to a pause, staggered off the boardwalk, and leaned against the fence.
ref: 1865 June, “Godey’s Arm-chair”, in [Louis Antoine Godey and Sarah Josepha Hale], editors, Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine, volume LXX, Philadelphia, Pa.: L[ouis] A[ntoine] Godey, →OCLC, page 557, column 2:
text: [A]bout the beginning of the war the greatest concern of [Ulysses Simpson] Grant was to get a good boardwalk laid from his house to the store. […] It is related, that after one of his great victories, some gentlemen of Galena had the walk laid, and telegraphed the General: "Rest easy, the walk is down."
ref: 1868, James S[anks] Brisbin, chapter III, in The Campaign Lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax, Cincinnati, Oh.: C. F. Vent & Co., publishers; […], →OCLC, page 57:
text: From the height of the boardwalk the sea lay before them, silver and stony, fold on fold of it, stretching east into the mist and clouds.
ref: 1963 winter, Josephine W[inslow] Johnson, “Coney Island in November”, in The Virginia Quarterly Review, volume 39, number 1, Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 453:
text: Oh when the sun beats down and burns the tar up on the roof / And your shoes get so hot you wish your tired feet were fire proof / Under the boardwalk, down by the sea, yeah / On a blanket with my baby is where I'll be
ref: 1964 June, Kenny Young, Arthur Resnick, “Under the Boardwalk”, performed by The Drifters:
text: New Jersey was reeling on Wednesday from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which has caused catastrophic flooding here in Hoboken and in other New York City suburbs, destroyed entire neighborhoods across the state and wiped out iconic boardwalks in shore towns that had enchanted generations of vacationgoers.
ref: 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, “New Jersey reels from storm’s thrashing”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2012:
text: To drive home the point, Obama and Christie visited the Point Pleasant boardwalk and even engaged in a “Touchdown Fever” football toss, with Obama missing his throws while Christie’s first effort was a winner, sailing through the tire.
ref: 2013 May 28, Tom Cohen, “Obama channels Springsteen in touring Jersey storm recovery”, in CNN:
glosses: A slightly elevated path (walkway) for pedestrians over sandy or swampy ground, typically made out of wood; specifically (Canada, US) one running alongside a body of water or beach.
Synonyms: sense: elevated path by a beach
word: promenade
Coordinate terms: sense: thoroughfare paved with wood
word: duckboards
sense: thoroughfare paved with wood
word: corduroy road
sense: thoroughfare paved with wood
word: plank road
boardwalk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔːd.wɔːk/
ipa: /ˈbɔɹdˌwɔk/
enpr: wäk
ipa: /ˈbɔɹdˌwɑk/
ipa: /ˈboːd.woːk/
Forms: form: boardwalks
form: boardwalking
form: boardwalked
form: boardwalked
Etymology: From board + walk.
Senses: examples: text: A footpath would be boardwalked across the east meadow and would minimize compaction.
ref: 1990 December, “Environmental Consequences”, in Camp Little Green Valley: American Sports Kids Association: Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Arrowhead Ranger District, San Bernardino National Forest, Pacific Southwest Region, Forest Service, USDA, page IV-21:
text: The state Forestry Division is boardwalking the Alaka‘i Swamp Trail to prevent damage to its fragile ecosystem, and, as of this writing, they had completed all but a mile.
ref: 2003, Richard McMahon, “Kaua‘i”, in Adventuring in Hawai‘i (Latitude 20 Book), revised edition, Honolulu, Hi.: University of Hawai‘i Press, →ISBN, page 314:
text: An 18-km trail, 65 fences now stiled, electric wires at the cross-points sheaved with PVC, the swamp boardwalked, the drainage canals bridged, the signage in place.
ref: 2011 July, Pete McDonald, “Walkways, Gazetted and Ungazetted, 1975–2003”, in Foot-tracks in New Zealand: Origins, Access Issues and Recent Developments, [Dunedin, New Zealand]: [Pete McDonald], →ISBN, part 1 (Origins of the New Zealand Foot-track), page 196:
glosses: To install a boardwalk over.
schnapps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃnɑps/
ipa: /ʃnæps/
rhymes: -æps
Forms: form: schnappses
form: schnapps
form: schnaps
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schnaps.
Senses: examples: text: apple schnapps; peach schnapps
glosses: A type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif.
examples: text: “What happened?” “You drank about a bottle of vodka and ten peppermint schnapps is what happened. Come on, up.”
ref: 2009, Colin Broderick, Orangutan: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 3:
glosses: A serving of this beverage.
Related terms: brandy
CHNOPS
cognac
eau-de-vie
eau de vie
firewater
hard liquor
spirit
spirits
vodka
water of life
whiskey
whisky
put up one's dukes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts up one's dukes
form: putting up one's dukes
form: put up one's dukes
form: put up one's dukes
Etymology: Possibly by analogy to a king or other ruler summoning his dukes, and by extension the duke's knights or other soldiers, to battle an enemy. Another possibility is Cockney rhyming slang as explained at duke. It could also be a convoluted--though erroneous--reference to the 9th Marquess of Queensberry (after whom the rules for modern boxing were initially named).
Senses: examples: text: The proceedings of the State Democratic Convention, held at Turner Hall, yesterday, were disgraceful enough to bring a blush even to the cheek of a Democrat. "Liar," "snide," "put up your dukes, if you want to fight," catcalls, hooting, and yelling filled up a greater part of the deliberations of the august body.
ref: 1886, Edward Money, The Truth about America, page 206:
glosses: To raise one's clenched fists in front of one's body and stand in a threatening or defiant manner, in preparation for a fistfight.
examples: text: Well you're a real tough cookie with a long history
Of breaking little hearts like the one in me
That's okay, let's see how you do it
Put up your dukes and let's get down to it
ref: 1980, Eddie Schwartz, “Hit Me with Your Best Shot”, in Crimes of Passion, performed by Pat Benatar:
text: The NBC reporter who came to the match on Wednesday told Lafferty "Come on, put up your dukes, we want to see some blood."
ref: 2008, Jonathan Schaeffer, One Jump Ahead: Computer perfection at checkers, →ISBN, page 401:
glosses: To take firm action or to show oneself to be committed to such action, as when competing in a sporting event or other contest.
Related terms: duke it out
control panel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹoʊl ˈpæn.l̩/
Forms: form: control panels
Senses: examples: text: The new signalling controls 40 track miles; 31 multiple-aspect signals are operated by the new control panels and a further 31 signals are automatic.
ref: 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: New signalbox at Twyford”, in Modern Railways, page 227:
synonyms: instrument panel
glosses: A flat, usually vertical surface onto which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A computer display offering a number of controls or options.
Related terms: console
dashboard
regroup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈɡɹuːp/
rhymes: -uːp
ipa: /ˈɹiːɡɹuːp/
Forms: form: regroups
Etymology: Borrowed from French regrouper. By surface analysis, re- + group.
Senses: glosses: An act of regrouping.
regroup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈɡɹuːp/
rhymes: -uːp
ipa: /ˈɹiːɡɹuːp/
Forms: form: regroups
form: regrouping
form: regrouped
form: regrouped
Etymology: Borrowed from French regrouper. By surface analysis, re- + group.
Senses: examples: text: As half-time approached with Everton desperate to get into the dressing room and regroup, Liverpool were awarded a penalty for Jagielka's rash challenge on Suarez. This time there was no disputing Atkinson's decision, but Howard rescued Everton by diving low to his left to keep out Kuyt's spot-kick.
ref: 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To pause and become organized again.
glosses: To group or categorize again.
glosses: To reform as a group.
instrument panel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɪns.tɹəˌmɛnt ˈpæn.l̩/
Forms: form: instrument panels
Senses: glosses: A flat, (usually) vertical surface onto which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
Synonyms: control panel
Related terms: console
dashboard
Pulitzer Prize
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpʊlɪtsɚ ˈpɹaɪz/
ipa: /ˌpjulɪtsɚ ˈpɹaɪz/
ipa: /ˌpʊlɪtsə ˈpɹaɪz/
ipa: /ˌpjuːlɪtsə ˈpɹaɪz/
Forms: form: Pulitzer Prizes
Etymology: Established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911), who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher.
Senses: examples: text: She won a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on health care.
glosses: An annual American award given for journalism, literature, and music
wikipedia: Joseph Pulitzer
Related terms: Pulitzer
Pulitzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʊlɪtsɚ/
ipa: /ˈpjulɪtsɚ/
ipa: /ˈpʊlɪtsə/
ipa: /ˈpjuːlɪtsə/
Forms: form: Pulitzers
Etymology: See Pulitzer Prize.
Senses: examples: text: He's won three Pulitzers in his career as a journalist.
glosses: Ellipsis of Pulitzer Prize.
Pulitzer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʊlɪtsɚ/
ipa: /ˈpjulɪtsɚ/
ipa: /ˈpʊlɪtsə/
ipa: /ˈpjuːlɪtsə/
Etymology: See Pulitzer Prize.
Senses: glosses: A surname
Yorkie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɔɹki/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ki
Forms: form: Yorkies
Etymology: From Yorkshire + -ie.
Senses: glosses: The Yorkshire terrier, a small breed of dog weighing 3–7 pounds as adults.
examples: text: It is getting as much air in your batter as possible that will make your Yorkies rise!
ref: 2004, Ed Baines, Entertain, page 183:
glosses: A Yorkshire pudding.
glosses: Someone from York, England.
jamb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒæm/
homophone: jam
rhymes: -æm
Forms: form: jambs
form: jambe
form: jaum
Etymology: From Middle English jambe, jaumbe, from Old French jambe (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba (“hock, shank, leg, thigh”), from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ, “turning post, bend or flexure”). Doublet of gam, gamb, gamba, and jambe.
Senses: topics: architecture
business
carpentry
construction
manufacturing
qualifier: interior decorating
glosses: Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.
topics: business
mining
glosses: Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
examples: text: Wyntoun, in his Chronicle, mentions an encounter betwixt Lindsay and a Highlander, whom he had pierced with his lance, but who, while on the ground, cut at him with his twohanded sword, and, striking through his steel jambs […]
ref: 1842, S.R. Meyrick, A Critical Inquiry Into Antient Armour, as it Existed in Europe, Particularly in Great Britain, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of King Charles II: Ill. by a Series of Illuminated Engravings : with a Glossary of Military Terms of the Middle Ages, page 51:
text: The light of the moon gleamed on his steel helmet, his globular corslet, and the taces cuisses, or thigh pieces, and steel jambs which protected his legs.
ref: 1889, Frank Cowper, The Captain of the Wight: A Romance of Carisbrooke Castle in 1488, page 257:
text: The arms are additionally protected by plate armour - arrière bras with epaules or roundels at the shoulders, and similar […] The steel poleyns below this are large and fully formed, and below them are steel jambs, or greaves ...
ref: 1907, Surrey Archaeological Society, Surrey Archaeological Collections: Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County, page 42:
text: Each was wearing a surcoat either of brocade or samite. They were still wearing their steel jambs, but their other armour had been removed from them. There can be no more sleeping. The King and Queen rose, a priest sang Mass.
ref: 1980, Wolfram Eschenbach, Parzival, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of jambeau (“piece of armor for the leg”).
synonyms: word: jambeau
extra: piece of armor for the leg
Hypernyms: frame
Hyponyms: topics: architecture
word: doorjamb
topics: architecture
word: doorpost
Coordinate terms: lintel
sill
Derived terms: doorjamb
jambless
jambstone
strike jamb
jamb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒæm/
homophone: jam
rhymes: -æm
Forms: form: jambs
form: jambing
form: jambed
form: jambed
form: jaum
Etymology: From Middle English jambe, jaumbe, from Old French jambe (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba (“hock, shank, leg, thigh”), from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ, “turning post, bend or flexure”). Doublet of gam, gamb, gamba, and jambe.
Senses: glosses: To fix or attach a jamb to.
gypsy cab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gypsy cabs
Senses: glosses: An unlicensed taxi, especially in the Northeastern United States.
Synonyms: word: gipsy cab
word: jitney
word: minicab
Hyponyms: matatu
mathree
temporized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: temporised
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of temporize
pseudorealism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + realism.
Senses: glosses: A dramatic or artistic technique in which an altered view of reality is presented as being real.
Related terms: pseudorealist
pseudorealistic
kinetic temperature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kinetic temperatures
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: a measure of the energy of motion possessed by a substance; especially a function of the root mean square velocity of the molecules of a gas
nutation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: nutations
Etymology: 1610s, from Latin nūtātiō (“nodding”), from nūtō (“I nod”). Compare mutation.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body.
glosses: A nodding motion (of the head etc.).
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The circular motion of the tip of a growing shoot.
Derived terms: circumnutation
nutational
counternutation
nutate
revolving nutation
chromosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromospheres
Etymology: From chromo- + -sphere.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The faint pink extension of a star's atmospheric envelope between the corona and the photosphere
Derived terms: chromospheric
Cepheid variable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cepheid variables
Etymology: From Latin Delta Cephei, the first such star identified. From Cepheus, the name of the constellation in which such stars were first discovered. From being a star with variable brightness.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A radially pulsating (expanding and contracting) variable star with a regular period and known relationship between period and intrinsic brightness.
delta particle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delta particles
Senses: glosses: A hyperon of short life.
hyperon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪpəɹɒn/
Forms: form: hyperons
Senses: examples: text: The known hyperons and their properties are listed in Table I of the companion lectures on Strange Particles. Most of these hyperons have lifetimes of the order of 10⁻¹⁰ sec, with the exception of the Σ⁰-hyperon whose electromagnetic decay has an exceedingly short lifetime.
ref: 1965, Richard Henry Dalitz, Nuclear Interactions of the Hyperons, page 1:
text: What is particularly noticeable is the steep rise in hyperon populations as the limiting mass is approached.
ref: 2000, Norman K. Glendenning, Compact Stars: Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics, and General Relativity, page 264:
text: The properties of the Λ⁰ hyperon and of the Κ⁰ were more precisely determined. The charged counterparts of the neutral Κ particle were also found as well as the charged Σ hyperons and their neutral counterpart.
ref: 2001, M.K. Sundaresan, Handbook of Particle Physics, page 21:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any baryon (a three-quark particle) with a non-zero strangeness (i.e., whose composition includes one or more strange or anti-strange quarks).
Derived terms: antihyperon
hyperonic
hyperonization
lambda hyperon
tempest in a teapot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tempests in teapots
Etymology: Attested since 1838.
Senses: examples: text: The media frenzy over the actor's drunken behavior was a tempest in a teapot.
glosses: A major fuss over a trivial matter.
Synonyms: word: much ado about nothing
word: storm in a teacup
word: and its variants storm in a tea-kettle
word: storm in a glass of water
word: and storm in a teapot
word: tempest in a teacup
word: tempest in a tea-kettle
Related terms: lightning in a bottle
make a mountain out of a molehill
shitstorm
delta iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delta irons
Senses: glosses: A particular allotrope of iron.
delta connection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delta connections
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A type of three-phase connection.
exterminator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈstɝmɪˌneɪtɚ/
ipa: /ɪkˈstɜːmɪˌneɪtə/
Forms: form: exterminators
Senses: glosses: Someone or something that exterminates.
glosses: Specifically, a person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building.
Derived terms: exterminatress
midterm
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪdˌtɚm/
Forms: form: mid-term
Etymology: From mid- + term.
Senses: examples: text: The administration is suffering from the usual midterm drop in approval ratings.
text: Most of the rational world . . . foresaw a smooth ride to victory for Democrats. They had, after all, the wind at their backs from the 2006 midterm elections.
ref: 2008 April 23, Amy Sullivan, “A Primary with No End”, in Time, retrieved 03 Jul 2015:
glosses: Halfway through a term, or roughly so.
Derived terms: midterm break
midterm election