cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
box office
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒksˌɒfɪs/
enpr: bäksʹä'fĭs
enpr: bäksʹô'fĭs
ipa: /ˈbɑksˌɑfɪs/
ipa: /ˈbɑksˌɔfɪs/
Forms: form: box offices
form: box-office
form: boxoffice
Etymology: 1786, presumably from sales of boxes, box seats (“separated private seating”). Sense of “total sales” from 1904.
Folk etymology is that this derives from Elizabethan theatre, where theater admission was collected in a box attached to a long stick, passed around the audience. However, the term is first attested over a century later (theaters were closed in 1642), making this highly unlikely.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
glosses: A place where tickets are sold in a theatre/theater or cinema.
examples: text: If any further insurance was required, the popularity of the three "Topper" films in the 1930s — based on Thorne Smith's characters — would seem to indicate that amusing ghosts made good box office.
ref: 2005, Barry Day, Coward on Film: The Cinema of Noël Coward, page 88:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: The total amount of money paid by people worldwide to watch a movie at cinemas/movie theaters.
examples: text: His performance last night was pure box office.
glosses: Quality of an entertainment or spectacle that makes it very popular with the public, or likely to be so.
Derived terms: box-office bomb
poison at the box office
Related terms: word: ticket office
english: for train, bus
translation: for train, bus
word: booking office ticket window
word: cume
word: will call
supplant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: səpläntʹ
ipa: /səˈplɑːnt/
rhymes: -ɑːnt
enpr: səplăntʹ
ipa: /səˈplænt/
rhymes: -ænt
Forms: form: supplants
form: supplanting
form: supplanted
form: supplanted
form: supplaunt
Etymology: From Middle English supplanten, supplaunten, from Old French supplanter, from Latin supplantō (“trip up”), from sub (“from below, under”) + planta (“sole”).
Senses: examples: text: Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?
synonyms: dethrone
oust
replace
supersede
take over from
glosses: To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
examples: text: Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in's tale, by this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
synonyms: uproot
glosses: To uproot, to remove violently.
shoemakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoemaker
flyweight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flyweights
Etymology: From fly + weight.
Senses: topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.
examples: text: The characters of "Sex and the City 2" are flyweight bubbleheads living in a world which rarely requires three sentences in a row.
ref: 2010, Roger Ebert, Sex and the City 2:
qualifier: adjectival use
glosses: Small, light or unimportant.
Derived terms: flyweight pattern
stipulative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈstɪpjələtɪv/
Forms: form: more stipulative
form: most stipulative
Etymology: From stipulate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a stipulation.
glosses: Relating to something that is merely asserted in an ad hoc fashion rather than following logically from general principles.
Derived terms: stipulative definition
stipulativeness
stipulative definition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stipulative definitions
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
glosses: A definition in which a new or extant term is given a new meaning for the purposes of argument or discussion in a given context.
stipulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌstɪp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: stipulations
Etymology: From Latin stipulātiō.
Senses: glosses: The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
examples: text: The stipulations of the contract won't allow you to do that.
text: If I lend you my car, my only stipulation is that you fill up the gas tank before returning it.
text: The acts authorising the subsequent Underground lines would include a stipulation that cheap early morning fares be provided, and the Cheap Trains Act of 1883 would standardise the terms for all railways.
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 47:
glosses: Something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A goal to be achieved in a chess problem; for example, to checkmate Black within a specified number of moves.
Related terms: stipulate
nuts and bolts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuts-and-bolts
Senses: examples: text: It's really not so hard, once you know the nuts and bolts of the editing process.
text: Perhaps those who analyze the prospects for government in an Islamic state based on the works of these theorists forget that, after the revolution, lofty ideals and Utopias are discarded for the nuts and bolts of day-to-day governing.
ref: 1999, Daniel E. Price, Islamic Political Culture, Democracy, and Human Rights: A Comparative Study, page 31:
text: It also involves working with the nuts and bolts of management and leadership.
ref: 2010, Virginia A. Walter, Twenty-First-Century Kids, Twenty-First-Century Librarians, page 77:
text: The information presented in the previous chapters gives the nuts and bolts of the most common and basic techniques used to prove the truth of mathematical results.
ref: 2011, Antonella Cupillari, The Nuts and Bolts of Proofs: An Introduction to Mathematical Proofs, page 71:
glosses: The basic inner workings of something; the fundamentals; that which makes something operate.
Synonyms: sense: basic or fundamental workings
word: brass tacks
word: nitty-gritty
Related terms: word: low-level
gushing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌʃɪŋ
Forms: form: more gushing
form: most gushing
Senses: glosses: Flowing forth suddenly or violently.
examples: text: a gushing tourist
text: With what smothered sorrow, with what gushing pathos, Mrs. Haller delivered her part!
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 4, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
glosses: Inclined to gush; effusive.
Derived terms: gushingly
gushingness
ungushing
gushing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌʃɪŋ
Forms: form: gushings
Senses: examples: text: Oh, then what gushings forth of living water are seen to flow out from the smitten Rock!
ref: 1866, George Wyard, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: The act or motion of something that gushes.
gushing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌʃɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gush
predicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛdɪˌkeɪtɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of predicate
balsamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɔːlˈsæmɪk/
rhymes: -æmɪk
Etymology: From balsam + -ic and French balsamique. Doublet of balsamico and balmy.
Senses: glosses: Producing balsam.
examples: text: […] the Souls of men also shall then catch life from the more pure and Balsamick parts of the Earth, and be cloathed again in terrestriall bodies […]
ref: 1662, John Heydon, The Harmony of the World, London: Robert Horn, Epistle Dedicatory:
glosses: Having the health-giving properties of balsam; soothing, restorative.
examples: text: he stood in the road, fragrant with the odor of the azaleas in the undergrowth and the balsamic breath of the low-hanging firs, which were all fibrously a-glitter wherever the moon touched the dew in the dense midst of their shadows.
ref: 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 14:
glosses: Having the pleasant odour of balsam; balmy, fragrant.
Derived terms: balsamical
balsamically
balsamic moon
balsamic vinaigrette
balsamic vinegar
balsamic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɔːlˈsæmɪk/
rhymes: -æmɪk
Forms: form: balsamics
Etymology: From balsam + -ic and French balsamique. Doublet of balsamico and balmy.
Senses: examples: text: Emilia-Romagna is home to fabled Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and aged balsamics.
ref: 2009 February 21, Gord Stimmell, “Many fine wines plus one for a coffee lover”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Balsamic vinegar.
reweigh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: reweighs
form: reweighing
form: reweighed
form: reweighed
Etymology: From re- + weigh.
Senses: examples: text: Take it out of the box and reweigh it.
glosses: To weigh again; to weigh something that has already been weighed.
balsam fir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balsam firs
Senses: glosses: A North American species of fir tree (Abies balsamea).
Hypernyms: sense: Abies balsamea
english: family
translation: family
word: Pinaceae
sense: Abies balsamea
english: genus
translation: genus
word: Abies
sense: Abies balsamea
english: section
translation: section
word: Abies sect. Balsamea
the birds and the bees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of birds and bees.
judiciary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒuːˈdɪʃəɹi/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒuːˈdɪʃɪɛɹi/
Forms: form: judiciaries
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin iudiciarius, judiciarius.
Senses: glosses: The collective body of judges, justices, etc.
glosses: The court system, inclusive of clerical staff, etc.
Synonyms: judicature
justiciary
the judicial branch
Derived terms: antijudiciary
Related terms: adjudication
adjudicatory
judge
judicator
judicatory
judicial
judiciary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒuːˈdɪʃəɹi/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒuːˈdɪʃɪɛɹi/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin iudiciarius, judiciarius.
Senses: glosses: Judicial.
Derived terms: judiciarily
judiciary astrology
Fremantle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fremantles
Etymology: The surname is a variant of Freemantle. The Australian seaport is named after Captain (later Admiral) Charles Howe Fremantle, who pronounced British possession of Western Australia and established a camp at the site of the now port.
Senses: glosses: An English surname from Old French.
synonyms: Freo
glosses: A major port city and suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
glosses: A local government area in Western Australia; in full, the City of Fremantle.
Derived terms: North Fremantle
redistribution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹiːdɪstɹəˈbjuːʃən/
Forms: form: redistributions
Etymology: From re- + distribution.
Senses: examples: text: The redistribution of wealth between the rich and poor has been tried many times.
glosses: The act of changing the distribution of resources.
examples: text: The redistribution of this software in any form is prohibited.
glosses: The further distribution of something received or purchased.
Derived terms: body fat redistribution syndrome
redistribution of wealth
redistributive
route redistribution
juncture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.tʃə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.t͡ʃɚ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃɚ/
Forms: form: junctures
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English juncture, from Latin iūnctūra. Doublet of jointure.
Senses: synonyms: word: combination
word: composite
word: conjunction
word: fusion
word: junction
word: juncture
word: melding
word: merger
word: unification
word: union
word: unity
glosses: A place where things join, a junction.
examples: text: We're at a crucial juncture in our relationship.
text: What a mercy you are shod with velvet, Jane! a clodhopping messenger would never do at this juncture.
ref: 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC:
text: The object is to keep the yard operators apprised of main-line movements, so that they do not plan to occupy the main lines with activity into or out of the yard at an inopportune juncture.
ref: 1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 170:
synonyms: word: point in time
word: sith
word: instant
word: juncture
word: minute
word: moment
word: occasion
word: point in time
word: sith
word: time
glosses: A critical moment in time.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds; a suprasegmental phonemic cue, by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical sequences of sounds that have different meanings.
Derived terms: at this juncture
disjuncture
junctural
junctureless
misjuncture
Related terms: conjuncture
jump-start
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jump-starts
form: jump-starting
form: jump-started
form: jump-started
form: jumpstart
form: jump start
Senses: synonyms: boost
glosses: To start a motor vehicle with a discharged ("dead") battery by connecting it with jumper cables to an alternate source of electrical current, generally either the charged battery of another vehicle or a purpose-made device ("hotshot").
examples: text: Giving a really good speech at the convention could jump-start her political career.
text: ‘That debt means we can’t access credit to jump-start the economy as needed.’
ref: 2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 262:
synonyms: boost
reactivate
kick start
glosses: To reactivate or rejuvenate.
jump-start
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jump-starts
form: jumpstart
form: jump start
Senses: examples: text: I left my headlights on all night. Could you give me a jump-start?
glosses: The process or result of jump-starting a motor vehicle.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: jumped start
jumped-start
false start
flier
flyer
glosses: A false start.
Related terms: jumper cable
jump start
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jump starts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jump-start.
jumper cables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jumper cable
jujitsu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒuːˈd͡ʒɪtsuː/
Forms: form: jujitsus
form: jiu-jitsu
form: jiujitsu
form: ju-jitsu
form: ju-jutsu
form: jujutsu
form: jūjutsu
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 柔術 (jūjutsu). Popular spelling jitsu (instead of less popular jiutsu or jutsu) could reference to allophonic [d͡ʑɨ] or [d͡ʑi] (in Shitamachi dialect). First mentioned in The Japan Mail (1875, page 133), before the widespread use of the Hepburn system.
Senses: glosses: A Japanese martial art and method of self-defence, typically unarmed, emphasizing manipulating an opponent’s force against themselves rather than directly opposing it with force, and using a wide variety of holds, throws, and defensive techniques.
glosses: Brazilian jiu-jitsu, a related art, derived from judo.
examples: text: The far-right glitterati were not impressed with Trump’s Epstein jiu-jitsu.
ref: 2025 July 16, Ryan Bort and Asawin Suebsaeng, “Trump calls Epstein conspiracy a ‘hoax’ and turns on Maga ‘weaklings’”, in Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2025:
glosses: Strategic maneuvering, especially with the aim of using the strength of one's opponent against them in an unexpected or counterintuitive way.
Derived terms: Bartitsu
Suffrajitsu
Related terms: Brazilian jiu-jitsu
judo
jujitsuka
jujitsu
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒuːˈd͡ʒɪtsuː/
Forms: form: jujitsus
form: jujitsu's
form: jujitsuing
form: jujitsu-ing
form: jujitsued
form: jujitsued
form: jujitsu-ed
form: jujitsu-ed
form: jiu-jitsu
form: jiujitsu
form: ju-jitsu
form: ju-jutsu
form: jujutsu
form: jūjutsu
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 柔術 (jūjutsu). Popular spelling jitsu (instead of less popular jiutsu or jutsu) could reference to allophonic [d͡ʑɨ] or [d͡ʑi] (in Shitamachi dialect). First mentioned in The Japan Mail (1875, page 133), before the widespread use of the Hepburn system.
Senses: examples: text: He could never have developed GE’s reputation in that sector if he were still fighting the image of stonewalling on Hudson River cleanup efforts. “They've completely jujitsu-ed that,” notes PR executive Richard Edelman. “They've set a new standard. It's not just corporate social responsibility (CSR) as philanthropy. It's CSR that makes money.”
ref: 2008, “Go on the Offensive and Shape the Message”, in William J. Holstein, Manage the Media (Don't Let the Media Manage You), Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press, →ISBN, page 60:
text: Mischievous bloggers and tweeters are jujitsu-ing the Allied publicity machine with gags about how it’s Ange who is going to come on to whack Marion. Allied might be upstaged by the gossip, and become best known for something other than itself.
ref: 2016 November 7, Peter Bradshaw, “Allied: what happens when a film gets eclipsed by gossip”, in The Guardian:
text: Your economy will face “devast[at]ing” consequences, U.S. President Joe Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin about the sanctions the United States and its allies would impose if Russia invaded Ukraine. When Putin invaded Ukraine anyway, the sanctions did hit hard. Yet Putin hasn’t withdrawn. And he’s jiujitsu-ed with Russia’s own countersanctions.
ref: 2022 August 18, Bruce W. Jentleson, “Who’s Winning the Sanctions War?”, in Foreign Policy:
glosses: To attack (someone) or overcome (a challenge) with strategic maneuvering.
jet-setter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jet-setters
Etymology: From jet set + -er.
Senses: glosses: A member of the jet set; a rich person who travels for pleasure.
consequent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwənt/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwənt/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwənt/
ipa: /ˈkɔn.sɪ.kwənt/
ipa: /ˈkɒn.sə.kwənt/
ipa: [ˈkɔ̟n.sə.kwənt]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French conséquent, from Latin consequens, consequentem, present participle of consequi (“to follow”), from con- + sequi (“to follow”). Compare French conséquent.
Senses: examples: text: His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more.
text: The advantages are a saving in weight of about one ton, with consequent reduction in energy consumption; a saving in paint (of some three to four cwt. per car), with a corresponding economy on subsequent overhauls; and lower cleaning costs.
ref: 1957 October 24, “Prototype Tube Trains For London Transport”, in Railway Magazine, page 688:
text: Elsewhere in this issue, for example, an article on the new pattern of freight train operation in the N.E.R. consequent upon the opening this summer of its three mechanised marshalling yards shows that one effect will be a further step-up in the speed of the East Coast main line freight traffic.
ref: 1963 July, “News and Comment: Roller bearings for freight stock”, in Modern Railways, pages 5–6:
glosses: Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
glosses: Of or pertaining to consequences.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a stream, having a course determined by the slope it formed on.
Coordinate terms: antecedent
Derived terms: consequential
consequently
consequentness
consequent phrase
nonconsequent
consequent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwənt/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwənt/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwənt/
ipa: /ˈkɔn.sɪ.kwənt/
ipa: /ˈkɒn.sə.kwənt/
ipa: [ˈkɔ̟n.sə.kwənt]
Forms: form: consequents
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French conséquent, from Latin consequens, consequentem, present participle of consequi (“to follow”), from con- + sequi (“to follow”). Compare French conséquent.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
examples: text: They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment.
ref: 1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued:
glosses: An event which follows another.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.
examples: text: Consequents cannot get any better off than at first: they get all the drainage and cannot get more.
ref: 1899, Sydney Savory Buckman, “The Development of Rivers”, in Natural Science, page 275:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A consequent stream.
Coordinate terms: antecedent
Derived terms: affirming the consequent
Tom, Dick or Harry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tom, Dick and Harry.
Tom, Dick and Harry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pl
form: Tom, Dick or Harry
Etymology: Three common first names; many languages have similar formations, see translations.
Senses: examples: raw_tags: everybody
text: every Tom, Dick and Harry
raw_tags: anybody
text: any Tom, Dick or Harry
text: We want the place to be accessible to any Tom, Dick or Harry that happens to find it.
text: Here is Tom, Jack, and Harry:
Sing away, and doe not tarry.
Merrily now let's sing, carouse, and tiple.
ref: 1661, John Payne Collier, N D, editors, An antidote against melancholy: made up in pills., published reprint, page 90:
text: […] and that there was no such Thing as Government in the World; and that Tom, Dick, and Harry, ay, every individual Man, Woman, and Child, had a Right to the whole World […]
ref: 1723, Charles Leslie, A short and easie method with the deists: Wherein, the certainty of the […] , page 12:
text: Those whose nature it is to be rational will instinctively ask why and wherefore, and wrestle with themselves for an answer. But why every Tom, Dick and Harry should have the why and wherefore of the universe rammed into him, and should be allowed to draw the conclusion hence that he is the ideal person and responsible for the universe, I don't know.
ref: 1922, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “First Steps in Education”, in Fantasia of the Unconscious, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Seltzer, →OCLC, pages 111–112:
glosses: Anybody or everybody; random or unknown people.
topics: business
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Three hypothetical customers, user personas, or similar constructs.
Related terms: sense: hypothetical people
word: Alice and Bob
sense: hypothetical people
word: Huey, Dewey and Louie
John Q. Public
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: First use appears c. 1938. Compare also John Doe.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: everyman; Tom, Dick or Harry; Joe Sixpack
text: Even careful safety precautions in the factory do not make it a good place for John Q. Public to wander unattended.
synonyms: Joe Average
Joe Bloggs
Joe Blow
Joe Doakes
Joe Public
Joe Q. Public
J. Random User
man on the street
coordinate_terms: John Doe
Jane Doe
;
Richard Roe
Jane Roe
glosses: A generic individual; some hypothetical average or ordinary citizen.
Related terms: John Q. Law
Joe Schmoe
Joe Average
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Joe Averages
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: Joe Bloggs, Joe Sixpack, J. Random User
text: Write the instructions so that any Joe Average can understand them.
synonyms: average Joe
regular Joe
Joe Public
John Q. Public
man on the street
man in the street
man on the Clapham omnibus
glosses: A hypothetical average or generic individual; the common man (or person, by extension).
Related terms: G.I. Joe
everyman
Jane Average
average Jane
John Doe
Jane Doe
Richard Roe
Jane Roe
just folks
regular folk
regular folks
pub test
Tom, Dick or Harry
sicko
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪkəʊ/
ipa: /ˈsɪkoʊ/
rhymes: -ɪkəʊ
Forms: form: more sicko
form: most sicko
Etymology: From sick + -o (“person with characteristic”).
Senses: examples: text: “Your kid isn't nuts.” “Ever had one of his broccoli-and-asparagus omelets? Kid eats another vegetable, I'm going to ram a carrot down his throat until he gags.” “Most parents would kill for a kid like yours. Come on, admit it. This kid was sicko.”
ref: 1996, Mark Richard Zubro, Another Dead Teenager: A Paul Turner Mystery, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN:
text: The damage level was sicko, even Eddy had been taken aback when they'd first gone inside, scared but trying to hide it. What was Eddy doing? "One last thing I wanna get," he'd said, and then disappeared back into the house. Now he was ...
ref: 1998, Daniel Hecht, Skull Session, New York: Viking:
text: “I didn't want that pediatrician to touch me, he was, like, a very weird guy, very sicko.” He took pictures of her genitals, and she later wondered whether this was for child pornography.
ref: 2012, Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, Childism: Confronting Prejudice Against Children, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 73:
glosses: Characterized by depraved tastes or habits; deviant.
under the microscope
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Our people get beat on so much, and because we are under the microscope, it is good for us once in a while to understand that VA folks are really great people and they are trying to do their job and they are very compassionate.
ref: 1994, United States, Congress, House, Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations for 1995, Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, Part 1, page 120:
synonyms: under the loupe
under the magnifying glass
under the spotlight
glosses: Under close scrutiny or examination.
Related terms: under the gun
-drome
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “running; racetrack”).
Senses: glosses: Forms placenames related to racetracks (now especially large covered racetracks) or similar structures.
Related terms: dromos
dromus
hippodrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪpəˌdɹəʊm/
Forms: form: hippodromes
Etymology: Borrowed from French hippodrome, from Latin hippodromos, from Ancient Greek ἱππόδρομος (hippódromos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”). By surface analysis, hippo- + -drome.
Senses: hypernyms: racecourse
racetrack
glosses: A horse racing course.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A fraudulent sporting contest with a predetermined winner.
glosses: A circus with equestrian performances.
Derived terms: hippodromic
hippodromist
hippodrome
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪpəˌdɹəʊm/
Forms: form: hippodromes
form: hippodroming
form: hippodromed
form: hippodromed
Etymology: Borrowed from French hippodrome, from Latin hippodromos, from Ancient Greek ἱππόδρομος (hippódromos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”). By surface analysis, hippo- + -drome.
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To stage a sporting contest to suit gamblers.
Related terms: hippo-
-drome
dancehall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dancehalls
form: dance hall
form: dance-hall
Etymology: From dance + hall.
Senses: examples: text: Six years later there were barely any dancehalls to supervise—it was all glitzy discos attached to pubs.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 125:
glosses: A public hall for dancing.
examples: text: It sounded Jamaican to me, a form of dancehall, and […] I wandered over and watched the dancing.
ref: 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 271:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of Jamaican dance music derived from dub and reggae.
dance hall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dance halls
Senses: examples: text: Cheap evening trips at a uniform fare after 6 p.m. are a feature of the northern line facilities, and include tickets to one resort which combine travel and admission to a dance hall.
ref: 1956 October, “Recent Changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 659:
glosses: Alternative form of dancehall.
gismo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gismos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gizmo.
sultan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌltən/
rhymes: -ʌltən
Forms: form: sultans
form: salateen
raw_tags: in certain senses
form: sultân
form: sulṭān
Etymology: From French sultan, from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “strength, authority, ruler”). (compare Hebrew שִׁלְטוֹן (shiltón) and Hebrew סוּלְטָן (sultán)). Doublet of soldan.
Senses: glosses: The holder of a secular office, formally subordinate to, but de facto the power behind the throne of, the caliph.
examples: text: Here from the king's mountain view
Here from the wild dream come true
Feast like a sultan, I do
On treasures and flesh never few
ref: 2006, “Jambi”, performed by Tool:
glosses: A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, Morocco (until 1957) or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A variant of solitaire, played with two decks of cards.
glosses: A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: sultan (chicken)
Derived terms: sultan tit
sultana
sultanate
Related terms: sultana bird
mamzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mamzers
form: mamzerim
form: mamser
form: momser
form: momzer
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew מַמְזֵר (mamzér, “a bastard”).
Senses: examples: text: No descendant of a mamzer may ever enter the assembly, no matter how many generations later.
ref: 2001, David L. Lieber and Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1122:
glosses: A child born to Jewish parents whose relationship is incestuous or otherwise forbidden by Jewish law (e.g. an unmarried man and a married woman), or the descendant of such a person.
glosses: A child who is born from an incestuous or adulterous relationship; a bastard.
glosses: A contemptible person; a jerk.
sultanate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌltənət/
Forms: form: sultanates
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian سَلْطَنَت (saltanat). By surface analysis, sultan + -ate (forms noun denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).
Senses: glosses: A sovereign or vassal princely state—usually Muslim—where the ruler is styled sultan.
glosses: The office or position of sultan.
Derived terms: Delhi Sultanate
Sultanate of Bengal
Sultanate of Oman
Related terms: sultanic
pharoah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pharaoh.
loxodrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒksədɹəʊm/
Forms: form: loxodromes
Etymology: Back-formation from loxodromic, from Ancient Greek λοξός (loxós, “oblique”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”) via French.
Senses: topics: mathematics
nautical
sciences
transport
glosses: A line on a surface (such as the Earth) that cuts all meridians at a constant angle (but not a right angle) – on Earth, the path followed by a ship or aircraft that maintains a constant course by the compass.
Synonyms: rhumb line
rhumb
Derived terms: loxodromics
Related terms: loxodromic
loxodromic transformation
loxodromics
great circle
prodrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹoʊˌdɹoʊm/
Forms: form: prodromes
Etymology: Probably by analogy with syndrome (pro- + -drome), but consistent with Ancient Greek προδρομή (prodromḗ, “running forward, sally, skirmish”).
Senses: examples: text: These may prove the Prodromes […] to the ruin of our Monarchy.
ref: 1643, Lawrence Womack, Sober Sadness, page 45; quoted in The American encyclopædic dictionary, Volume 7, page 3252, published 1897
glosses: A precursor or harbinger; also a warning event.
examples: (archaic)
synonyms: prodromus
glosses: An introductory or preliminary book or treatise.
examples: text: It is becoming increasingly recognised that bipolar, like schizophrenia, has a prodromal phase which can be identified prior to development of the full illness. However, one issue with research into this area is the potential conflation of the concepts of a prodrome for bipolar, referring to symptoms that can be retrospectively identified as preceding the onset of the disorder, and a ‘risk syndrome’ consisting of clinical features, comorbidities and risk factors which increase the risk of later developing bipolar. At present, neither prodrome nor risk syndrome has been fully defined, although the bipolar at-risk (BAR) assessment tool has demonstrated predictive validity and reliability for identifying those at risk of bipolar, with around 23% of those identified transitioning to mania or hypomania.
ref: 2018 April 26, Tobias A Rowland, Steven Marwaha, “Epidemiology and risk factors for bipolar disorder”, in Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, volume 8, number 9, →DOI, pages 251–269:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An early sign or symptom (or set of signs and symptoms) warning of the onset of a disease.
Related terms: prodromal
prodromous
prodromus
prodrome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹoʊˌdɹoʊm/
Etymology: Probably by analogy with syndrome (pro- + -drome), but consistent with Ancient Greek προδρομή (prodromḗ, “running forward, sally, skirmish”).
Senses: glosses: Prodromous.
flyweight pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flyweight patterns
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: object-oriented computing
glosses: A structural design pattern in which an object contains no pointers to data type methods.
design pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: design patterns
Senses: topics: architecture
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A formal way of documenting a general reusable solution to a design problem in a particular field of expertise.
Related terms: architectural pattern
datatype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: datatypes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of data type.
data type
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: data types
form: datatype
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A classification or category of various types of data, that states the possible values that can be taken, how they are stored, and what range of operations are allowed on them.
Related terms: database
datafication
datafy
data structure
bromic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊmɪk
Etymology: From brom- + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to bromine or its compounds, especially those in which it has a valency of five.
Derived terms: bromic acid
bromic silver
hydrobromic
oxybromic
perbromic
Related terms: brominous
bromous
hydrobromic
hypobromous
tannic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: tăn'ĭk
ipa: /ˈtæn.ɪk/
rhymes: -ænɪk
Etymology: From French tannique, from tan.
Senses: examples: text: They're tannic and sometimes a little bitter depending on how long the skins have contact with the juice.
ref: 2015, Lettie Teague, Wine in Words: Some Notes for Better Drinking, Rizzoli Publications, →ISBN:
glosses: Pertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin.
Derived terms: tannic acid
thallic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ælɪk
Forms: form: more thallic
form: most thallic
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to or containing the element thallium, especially with valence 3.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to a thallus
Derived terms: amphithallic
heterothallic
homothallic
thallic oxide
Related terms: thallous
toric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɒɹɪk/
ipa: /ˈtɔːɹɪk/
ipa: /ˈtɔɹɪk/
ipa: /ˈtɑɹɪk/
rhymes: -ɒɹɪk
rhymes: -ɔːɹɪk
Forms: form: more toric
form: most toric
Etymology: From torus + -ic.
Senses: topics: algebra
algebraic-geometry
geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal.
Which, in any of several technical senses, admits a high degree of symmetry, allowing combinatorial methods to be used in its study.
Containing an algebraic torus as a dense subset, such that the group action of the torus on itself extends to the whole space; or, the embedding map taking the torus into the space. See Toric variety on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
raw_tags: of a variety
topics: algebra
geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal.
Which, in any of several technical senses, admits a high degree of symmetry, allowing combinatorial methods to be used in its study.
(Narrowly) A compact smooth toric variety. (Broadly) Quasitoric: a closed, real, even-dimensional smooth manifold equipped with an effective, smooth action by an algebraic torus whose orbits are simple complex polytopes and such that the action is locally the same as a faithful real representation of the group.
qualifier: generalizing the case of toric varieties
raw_tags: of a manifold
topics: algebra
algebraic-geometry
geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal.
Which, in any of several technical senses, admits a high degree of symmetry, allowing combinatorial methods to be used in its study.
Any of several generalizations of the notion of toric varieties to stacks: the stack quotient of a toric variety by its torus; the stack quotient of a toric variety by a subgroup of its torus.
raw_tags: of a stack
topics: algebra
geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal.
Which, in any of several technical senses, admits a high degree of symmetry, allowing combinatorial methods to be used in its study.
Generated by differences of monomials.
qualifier: commutative algebra
raw_tags: of an ideal
glosses: Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal.
A particular topological quantum error correcting code; see Toric code on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
qualifier: error correction
Derived terms: toricity
Hubble constant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hubble's constant
Etymology: After Edwin Powell Hubble, American astronomer
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A number that expresses the rate of expansion of the universe; the velocity at which a distant object is receding from the Earth divided by its distance; its reciprocal determines the age of the universe.
Related terms: Hubble law
Hubble's constant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Hubble constant.
Hubble law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Hubble law
form: Hubble's law
Etymology: After Edwin Powell Hubble, American astronomer
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: Lemaître's law
glosses: A law stating that the velocity at which a distant object is receding from the Earth (as measured by its redshift) is proportional to its distance; observational evidence for an expanding universe.
Related terms: Hubble constant
Hubble's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Hubble law.
Human Genome Project
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: HGP
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: An organized international scientific endeavour to determine the complete structure of human genetic material (DNA), identify all the genes, and to understand their function.
HGP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Human Genome Project.
humidification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: humidifications
Etymology: From humid + -ification.
Senses: glosses: The process of increasing the water vapour content of a gas.
humidistat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: humidistats
Etymology: From humid + -stat.
Senses: glosses: A device that measures, or controls, the relative humidity of a gas.
Synonyms: hygrostat
Huygens' principle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Christiaan Huygens, Dutch physicist.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The assumption that each point on a wavefront may be regarded as a source of secondary waves and that the position of the wavefront at a later time is determined by the envelope of these secondary waves; proposed in order to explain the fact that light travels in a straight line and casts sharp shadows.
wikipedia: Christiaan Huygens
Related terms: Huygens-Fresnel principle
libretti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of libretto
librettos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of libretto
coronal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒɹənəl/
ipa: /kəˈɹəʊnəl/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹənəl/
ipa: /ˈkɑɹənəl/
ipa: /kəˈɹoʊnəl/
enpr: kŏr'ə-nəl
enpr: kə-rōn'əl
Forms: form: coronals
Etymology: From Middle English coronal, from Anglo-Norman coronal, from Latin corōnālis (“related to a crown”), from corōna (“crown”).
Senses: examples: text: Therfore aryse and dresse the thow gloton / For this day shall thou dye of my hand / Thenne the gloton anone starte vp and tooke a grete clubbe in his hand / and smote at the kynge that his coronal fylle to the erthe
ref: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter V, in Le Morte Darthur, book V:
text: That shall embellish more your beautie bright, / And crowne your heades with heavenly coronall, / Such as the Angels weare before Gods tribunall!
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: A crown or coronet.
examples: text: The bowl is in the Renaissance style, with winged figures supporting coronals and wreaths of flowers, and on the edge is an emblematic figure pouring out water.
ref: 1862, Edward McDermott, The Popular Guide to the International Exhibition of 1862, Cambridge University Press, published 2014:
text: Where, darker for the sky's unclouded dome, The waves took sudden coronals of foam
ref: 1911, George Sterling, Duandon:
glosses: A wreath or garland of flowers.
examples: text: Oxycephaly results from the fusion of both coronal sutures and of the sagittal suture; trigonocephaly from a fusion of both coronals; […]
ref: 1947, Hans Grüneberg, Animal Genetics and Medicine, page 190:
glosses: The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands.
examples: text: This structurally accounts for a number of phenomena that treat coronals asymetrically with respect to other places of articulation.
ref: 2011, Mirco Ghini, Asymmetries in the Phonology of Miogliola, page 34:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A consonant produced with the tip or blade of the tongue.
coronal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒɹənəl/
ipa: /kəˈɹəʊnəl/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹənəl/
ipa: /ˈkɑɹənəl/
ipa: /kəˈɹoʊnəl/
enpr: kŏr'ə-nəl
enpr: kə-rōn'əl
Forms: form: coronals
Senses: examples: text: By Mr. Neville's kindness an accurate drawing of this relic has been obtained, and, considering the circumstances of its discovery, it has been conjectured that it may have been the coronal of a tilting lance.
ref: 1848, The Archaeological Journal, page 227:
text: […] the proper stroke was to knock off the salade, or bear it off in triumph on the three-pronged coronal of the lance.
ref: 1864, Central Committee of the British Archaeological Association for the Encouragement and Prosecution of Researches into the Arts and Monuments of the Early and Middle Ages, The Archaeological Journal, page 177:
text: The tilting lance differed from a war lance in that it possessed a coronal instead of a point. The coronal consisted of[…]
ref: 1908, Bertram Edward Sargeaunt, Weapons: A Brief Discourse on Hand-weapons Other Than Fire-arms, page 26:
glosses: Alternative form of cronel (“lance-part”).
coronal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒɹənəl/
ipa: /kəˈɹəʊnəl/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹənəl/
ipa: /ˈkɑɹənəl/
ipa: /kəˈɹoʊnəl/
enpr: kŏr'ə-nəl
enpr: kə-rōn'əl
Forms: form: coronals
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of colonel.
carbolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒlɪk
Etymology: Derived from German Carbolsäure (modern German Karbolsäure), which was coined in 1834 by its discoverer Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge. By surface analysis, carb- + -ol + -ic.
Senses: glosses: of, relating to or containing carbolic acid
Derived terms: carbolate
carbolically
carbolic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒlɪk
Forms: form: carbolics
Etymology: Derived from German Carbolsäure (modern German Karbolsäure), which was coined in 1834 by its discoverer Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge. By surface analysis, carb- + -ol + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The carbolics are utilised for disinfectants.
ref: 1916, Chambers's Journal, page 140:
text: But now, if you are of my opinion, we have had thrills enough for one day, and had best get back to the surgical box at the camp for some carbolic.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: Carbolic acid or similar disinfectant.
Derived terms: carbolic acid
carbolic soap
carbolize
sulfocarbolic acid
sulphocarbolic acid
carbolic soap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbolic soaps
Senses: glosses: a mildly disinfectant soap containing carbolic acid (phenol)
Derived terms: english: Strictly Germ-Proof
translation: Strictly Germ-Proof
urls: http://www.bachlund.org/Strictly_Germ_Proof.htm#3a
word: carbolated soap See
chemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛmɪk/
rhymes: -ɛmɪk
Forms: form: chymic
form: chymick
Etymology: From Late Latin chemicus, chimicus, chymicus.
Senses: glosses: Practising chemistry (or, earlier, alchemy); pertaining to these sciences.
examples: text: a chymic treasure / Is glittering Youth, which I have spent betimes— / My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.
ref: 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I.217:
glosses: Produced through alchemy; counterfeit.
glosses: Chemical.
chemic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛmɪk/
rhymes: -ɛmɪk
Forms: form: chemics
form: chymic
form: chymick
Etymology: From Late Latin chemicus, chimicus, chymicus.
Senses: examples: text: like the Chymicks masculine equall fire, / Which in the Lymbecks warme wombe doth inspire / Into th'earths worthlesse part a soule of gold […]
ref: 1633, John Donne, The Comparison:
glosses: A chemist or (earlier) an alchemist.
glosses: A solution of chloride of lime, used in bleaching.
chemic
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛmɪk/
rhymes: -ɛmɪk
Forms: form: chemics
form: chemicking
form: chemicked
form: chemicked
form: chymic
form: chymick
Etymology: From Late Latin chemicus, chimicus, chymicus.
Senses: glosses: To bleach with a solution of chloride of lime.
Derived terms: archchemic
photochemic
stereochemic