cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nescience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛsɪəns/
ipa: /ˈnɛʃəns/
ipa: /ˈnɛsi.əns/
ipa: /ˈnɛʃiəns/
Forms: form: nesciences
Etymology: From Latin nescientia, from the present participle of nescire.
Senses: examples: text: Better to have honest nescience than to have militant ignorance.
text: To lapse from knowledge into nescience is always possible—there is no law of God or man forbidding it.
ref: 1911, Ralph Barton Perry, “Notes on the Philosophy of Henri Bergson”, in The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, volume 8, number 26, page 720:
text: Many a day we had been twenty-two out of the twenty-four hours in the saddle, each taking it in turn to lead through the darkness while the others let their heads nod forward over the pommel in nescience.
ref: 1935, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Wordsworth Editions, published 1997, →ISBN, page 579:
text: Algernon, in a condition of masculine nescience, lets himself become engaged to a woman of whom he knows nothing.
ref: 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
glosses: The absence of knowledge, especially of orthodox beliefs.
examples: text: The theory of nescience is but the obverse of the fact of science.
ref: 1895, J. G. Schurman, “Agnosticism”, in The Philosophical Review, volume 4, number 3, page 244:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The doctrine that nothing is actually knowable.
Derived terms: omninescience
Related terms: nescient
Adriatic Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪ.dɹiˈæ.tɪk si/
Forms: form: the Adriatic Sea
Etymology: Calque of Latin Adriāticum mare, variant of Mare Hadriāticum.
Senses: glosses: A sea and arm of the Mediterranean Sea, stretching north from the Ionian Sea to Venice, separating the Italian and Balkan Peninsulas.
Synonyms: word: Gulf of Venice
Hyponyms: Gulf of Venice
Gulf of Trieste
peerage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peerages
Etymology: From Middle English perage, equivalent to peer + -age. Doublet of parage.
Senses: glosses: Peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy.
examples: text: “Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.[…]”
ref: 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tremarn Case”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
glosses: The rank or title of a peer or peeress.
glosses: A book listing such people and their families.
Synonyms: peerdom
peership
Derived terms: beerage
Related terms: aristocracy
bunyip aristocracy
toot one's own horn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: toots one's own horn
form: tooting one's own horn
form: tooted one's own horn
form: tooted one's own horn
form: blow one's own horn
Senses: examples: text: Not to toot my own horn, but I already knew all that.
text: Not to toot our own horn, but we def had Austin Powers on VHS. This fun pop culture costume for couples may require some planning in advance to come up with these unique costumes, but trust us—it'll pay off!
ref: 2023 September 19, Chaise Sanders, “50 Best Halloween Costumes of All Time, From the Classics to the Truly Unique”, in Cosmopolitan:
synonyms: blow one's own trumpet
glosses: To promote oneself; to boast or brag; to tout oneself.
onanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onanists
Etymology: From onan(ism) + -ist, from Onan, a biblical character known for spilling his seed (semen) on the ground.
Senses: glosses: A person, especially a man, who masturbates.
glosses: A man who uses coitus interruptus as a means of birth control.
Related terms: onanism
onanistic
merlin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɝlɪn/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪn
Forms: form: merlins
form: marlin
form: marlion
form: marlyon
form: merline
form: merlion
form: merlon
Etymology: From Middle English merlioun, merlion, marlyon, merlyon, merlinge, from Old French emerillon, esmerillon, from Old Frankish *smiril (“falcon, hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *smirilaz (“falcon, merlin”). Cognate with Old High German smirl (“falcon”), Old Norse smyrill (“falcon”).
Senses: examples: text: The gentle falcon, that with its feet distraineth / The kingës hand; the hardy sperhawke eke, / The quailës foe; the merlion that paineth / Himself full oft the larkë for to seek; [...]
ref: [c. 1381–1382, Geoffrey Chaucer, Parlement of Foules; republished as “The Assembly of Fowls”, in D[avid] Laing Purves, editor, The Canterbury Tales and Faerie Queene: With Other Poems of Chaucer and Spenser. […], Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1874, →OCLC, page 220, column 2:
text: Smaller and less powerful falcons included the merlon, the hobby, and the kesterel.
ref: 1991, Thomas S. Henricks, “Sport in Feudal England”, in Disputed Pleasures: Sport and Society in Preindustrial England (Contributions to the Study of World History; 28), Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 23:
synonyms: pigeon hawk
glosses: A small falcon, Falco columbarius, that breeds in northern North America, Europe, and Asia.
Derived terms: perlin
merlin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɝlɪn/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪn
Etymology: Acronym of moesin-Ezrin-Radixin-like protein + -in (“protein”)
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: schwannomin
hypernyms: protein
glosses: A cytoskeletal protein active in the suppression of tumors.
Related terms: moesin
ezrin
radixin
chromatid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹəʊmətɪd/
Forms: form: chromatids
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) + -id.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: After DNA replication, either of the two connected double-helix strands of a metaphase chromosome that separate during mitosis.
Derived terms: chromatidic
interchromatid
intrachromatid
isochromatid
multichromatid
sister chromatid
marabou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæɹəbuː/
Forms: form: marabous
form: marabu
form: marabout
Etymology: From French marabou, an older spelling of marabout.
Senses: synonyms: adjutant stork
marabou stork
glosses: Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
examples: text: Madimarian , a Marabou, killed me a bullock; I give him one bottle of powder.
ref: 1815, Mungo Park, The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa:
glosses: A person having five-eighths black ancestry; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: A kind of thrown raw silk, naturally nearly white, but capable of being dyed without scouring.
glosses: A thin fabric made from this silk, as for scarves.
gorgon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɔːrɡən/
Forms: form: gorgons
Etymology: From Middle English gorgon, from Latin Gorgō, from Ancient Greek Γοργώ (Gorgṓ), from γοργός (gorgós, “terrible”). Possibly from the same root as the Sanskrit word "garğ" (गर्जन), which is defined as a guttural sound, similar to the growling of a beast, thus possibly originating as an onomatopoeia.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale
examples: text: I'll shrowd this Gorgon from all humane view.
ref: 1670, John Dryden, The Conquest of Granada:
text: Swilling martinis and spewing venom, Phyllis is a particularly unappetizing gorgon, telling us at one point that an acquaintance of hers is aroused by the Heimlich maneuver.
ref: 2005 July 1, Washington Post:
glosses: An intimidating, ugly, or disgusting woman; anything hideous or horrid.
Derived terms: Gorgonean
Gorgonesque
gorgonian
gorgonize
gorgonlike
gorgon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɔːrɡən/
Etymology: From Middle English gorgon, from Latin Gorgō, from Ancient Greek Γοργώ (Gorgṓ), from γοργός (gorgós, “terrible”). Possibly from the same root as the Sanskrit word "garğ" (गर्जन), which is defined as a guttural sound, similar to the growling of a beast, thus possibly originating as an onomatopoeia.
Senses: glosses: Like a gorgon; very ugly or terrifying.
Related terms: Medusa
nightjar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaɪtd͡ʒɑː/
ipa: /ˈnaɪtd͡ʒɑɹ/
Forms: form: nightjars
form: nightchurr
Etymology: From night + jar (“a discordant sound”), due to the bird's harsh call.
Senses: glosses: Any of various medium-sized nocturnal birds, of the family Caprimulgidae from the order Caprimulgiformes, that feed predominantly on moths and other large flying insects.
Derived terms: word: Eurasian nightjar
taxonomic: Caprimulgus europaeus
word: European nightjar
taxonomic: Caprimulgus asiaticus
word: Indian nightjar
word: owlet-nightjar
ampul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ampuls
Etymology: From Old French ampule, from Latin ampulla, itself of unknown origin.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ampoule.
glosses: Alternative spelling of ampulla.
inimicable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inimicable
form: most inimicable
Etymology: Apparently a confused Blend of inimical + amicable.
Senses: glosses: Inimical (harmful, hostile).
initialisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: initialisations
Etymology: From initialise + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of initialization.
Derived terms: reinitialisation
idealisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: idealisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of idealization.
idealised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more idealised
form: most idealised
Senses: examples: text: Since 2013, he has become a guru for the US-based far-right movement neoreaction, or NRx as it often calls itself. Neoreactionaries believe in the replacement of modern nation-states, democracy and government bureaucracies by authoritarian city states, which on neoreaction blogs sound as much like idealised medieval kingdoms as they do modern enclaves such as Singapore.
ref: 2017 May 11, Andy Beckett, “Accelerationism: how a fringe philosophy predicted the future we live in”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of idealized.
idealised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of idealise
idealized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: idealised
Senses: glosses: Regarded as ideal.
glosses: Considered as an ideal form of something.
Derived terms: nonidealized
unidealized
idealized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: idealised
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of idealize
idealize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪˈdiːəlaɪz/
ipa: /ˈaɪdɪəˌlaɪz/
Forms: form: idealizes
form: idealizing
form: idealized
form: idealized
form: idealise
Etymology: From ideal + -ize. Compare French idéaliser.
Senses: glosses: To regard something as ideal.
examples: text: People tell me that I wouldn't be so anxious for a lover if I knew the kinds of problems which such a relationship brings, to which I reply that, yes, perhaps I am idealizing somewhat, but basically I know that people aren't plastic, and that where there are human beings there are problems, and, all the same, I think it can be worth it in the long run if there is honesty on both sides.
ref: 1975 December 20, Alan Belkin, “On Relationships”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 25, page 5:
glosses: To conceive or form an ideal.
topics: art
arts
glosses: To portray using idealization.
Derived terms: idealizable
idealization
idealized
idealizer
overidealize
unidealize
Related terms: ideate
idolisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: idolisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of idolization.
idolization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: idolizations
form: idolisation
Etymology: From idolize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act of idolizing, adoring or worshiping, especially to excess.
galvanometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡæl.vəˈnɒm.ɪt.ə/
ipa: /ˌɡæl.vəˈnɑm.ət.ɚ/
rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: galvanometers
Etymology: From Italian physicist Luigi Galvani + -o- + -meter.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A device used to indicate the presence and direction of a small electric current, especially used to detect a null or balanced condition in a bridge circuit.
wikipedia: Luigi Galvani
Derived terms: cosine galvanometer
psychogalvanometer
sine galvanometer
tangent galvanometer
Gantt chart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡænt ˌtʃɑː(ɹ)t/
Forms: form: Gantt charts
Etymology: Designed and named after American mechanical engineer and management consultant Henry Gantt in the 1910s.
Senses: topics: management
glosses: A graphical representation of the tasks and resources needed to complete a job or project; may show ranges of possible start and end dates and the relationships between tasks; used to pinpoint bottlenecks and assign priorities.
Coordinate terms: harmonogram
gas constant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gas constants
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a universal constant, R, that appears in the ideal gas law, PV=nRT, derived from two fundamental constants, the Boltzmann constant and Avogadro's number, R=N_Ak.
genetic code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genetic codes
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The set of rules by which the sequence of bases in DNA are translated into the amino acid sequence of proteins.
heaped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hiːpt/
rhymes: -iːpt
Senses: examples: the heaped dishes waiting to be washed up
glosses: In a heap.
examples: (especially US, Canada)
a heaped teaspoon of sugar
synonyms: heaping
glosses: Containing a heap.
Derived terms: unheaped
heaped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hiːpt/
rhymes: -iːpt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of heap
hearthstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑɹθstoʊn/
ipa: /ˈhɑːθstəʊn/
Forms: form: hearthstones
form: hearth-stone
Etymology: From hearth + stone.
Senses: examples: text: I took a seat at the end of the hearthstone opposite that towards which my landlord advanced […].
ref: 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter I, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A flat stone used to form a hearth.
examples: text: I am going to my own hearth-stone, / Bosomed in yon green hills alone,
ref: 1846, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Good-Bye, line 15:
text: The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land
ref: 1861, Abraham Lincoln, First inaugural address:
text: The denominational relations of a household will shape the future political positions of the young men growing around the hearth-stone, just as they did those of their fathers
ref: 1876, Richard J. Hinton, English Radical Leaders, page 55:
glosses: The fireside, home life.
examples: text: Lastly, there is the hearth-stone barrow, piled up with hearth-stone, Bath-brick and lumps of whiting
ref: 1861, Henry Mayhew, London labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 29:
glosses: A soft kind of stone used to whiten doorsteps, scour floors, etc.
hearthstone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑɹθstoʊn/
ipa: /ˈhɑːθstəʊn/
Forms: form: hearthstones
form: hearthstoning
form: hearthstoned
form: hearthstoned
form: hearth-stone
Etymology: From hearth + stone.
Senses: examples: text: We've a woman come in twice a week, to scrub, and red-brick, and hearthstone, and black-lead, and the rest we manage ourselves.
ref: 1876, Hallberger's Illustrated Magazine, page 202:
glosses: To scour, as a floor, with hearthstone.
Hebbian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Hebb + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: I could follow the shape of the Hebbian Law: if two neurons fire together, their connection grows stronger and stimulation gets easier the next time out.
ref: 1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 83:
glosses: Of or relating to Canadian neuropsychologist Donald Hebb or his theories and techniques.
Derived terms: Hebbian learning
Hebbian theory
neoHebbian
Hebraizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Hebraize
Hebraize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Hebraizes
form: Hebraizing
form: Hebraized
form: Hebraized
form: hebraise
form: Hebraise
form: hebraize
Etymology: Partly from Ancient Greek Ἑβραΐζειν (Hebraḯzein) and probably partly from Hebra- + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To convert (something) into a Hebrew/Hebraic form.
glosses: To use Hebrew/Hebraic idioms.
Synonyms: hebraicise
Hebraicise
hebraicize
Hebraicize
Derived terms: Hebraization
Related terms: Hebraic
Hebrew
Hebraic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɪˈbɹeɪ.ɪk/
ipa: /hiːˈbɹeɪ.ɪk/
Forms: form: more Hebraic
form: most Hebraic
form: Hebraïc
Etymology: From Middle English Ebrayk, Hebrak, Hebrayke, from Late Latin hebraicus, from Byzantine Greek Ἑβραϊκός (Hebraïkós), from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos, “Hebrew”). Equivalent to Hebra- + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Note that in Hebraic legend and in occultism Asmodeus is the King of the Demons.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 3:
synonyms: Hebrew#Adjective
glosses: Of, or relating to the Hebrew people, language or culture.
Derived terms: Hebraically
Hebraicism
Hebraicize
Neo-Hebraic
Related terms: Hebraean
Hebraical
Hebraist
Hebraistic
Hebraize
Hebrew
heightened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪtənd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of heighten
heightened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪtənd/
Forms: form: more heightened
form: most heightened
Senses: examples: text: Some dealers also took advantage of heightened demand for Harleys to charge more, a move that may have done long-lasting harm. “Dealers were charging more than the suggested manufacturer price and it made Harley look greedy and jeopardized our brand that we spent a long time building,” Mr. Ziemer said.
ref: 2009 March 22, Susanna Hamner, “Harley, You’re Not Getting Any Younger”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020:
text: It may sound like science fiction, but heightened solar activity (known as space weather) can affect human technologies not just in space, but also in the air and on the ground.
ref: 2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:
synonyms: stepped-up
glosses: Increased in intensity or concentration; elevated.
Derived terms: unheightened
histogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From histo- + genetic.
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to histogenesis
Derived terms: histogenetically
osteohistogenetic
histogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: histogeneses
Etymology: From histo- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: the formation and development of the tissues of an organism from embryonic cells
Derived terms: neurohistogenesis
osteohistogenesis
Related terms: histogenetic
histogenomics
histology
histopathology
embryogenesis
embryology
histrionics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɪstɹiˈɒnɪks/
enpr: hĭs-trē-änʹĭks
ipa: /hɪstɹiˈɑnɪks/
rhymes: -ɒnɪks
Etymology: From histrionic + -ics, see histrionic.
Senses: examples: text: I’m tired of Mary’s histrionics.
text: Dexter's vocals are competent enough: his timbre is thin and eternally teenaged, but he can go apeshit on the hiccupy histrionics like no one's business.
ref: 1999 August 26, Buddy Seigal, “Even Old Englishmen Still Get Wood”, in OC Weekly, retrieved 16 Jun 2009:
glosses: Exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics.
Synonyms: sense: exaggerated behaviour
word: drama
sense: exaggerated behaviour
word: melodrama
sense: exaggerated behaviour
word: melodramatics
Hyponyms: testrionics
Derived terms: herstrionics
Related terms: histrionic
hog heaven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The boys were in hog heaven fishing with their dad.
glosses: A state of contented bliss.
hogherd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hogherds
form: hoggard
Etymology: From Middle English hoggeherde; equivalent to hog + herd.
Senses: glosses: A person who looks after pigs; a swineherd.
Related terms: word: bearherd
word: cowherd
word: goatherd
word: gooseherd
word: herd
word: herder
word: herding dog
word: herd instinct
word: herdsman
alt: the constellation Boötes
word: Herdsman
word: herdswoman
word: horseherd
word: neatherd
word: oxherd
word: shepherd
word: swanherd
word: swineherd
mas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mas
Etymology: From French mas, Occitan mas. Doublet of manse.
Senses: examples: text: When she was pregnant with her second child they ran away to France and played at being artists in a secluded mas near Avignon – two months of bliss.
ref: 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 520:
glosses: A country cottage or farmstead in Occitan-speaking territories.
mas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ma
mas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mas
Senses: examples: text: Ward, who was best known for his winning portrayal of George Bailey’s Cylindul the Sun God from the Golden City of Palengue, became a staple on the mas circuit up until the 1990s, lending his support to the likes of Peter Minshall and others.
ref: 2017 December 22, Shane Superville, Trinidad and Tobago Newsday:
text: Aming was a recipient of the Humming Bird Silver for his contribution to the vibrancy of T&T mas in 1996.
ref: 2017 September 28, “Neville Aming Passes Away At 96 In T&T”, in Bernews:
text: Belmont masman and wire bender Richard Lera displays a headpiece at his Norfolk Street mas camp.
ref: 2016 February 7, Michelle Loubon, “Taking a Carnival tour”, in Trinidad & Tobago Express:
glosses: A type of traveling dramatic performance conducted as part of a parade celebrating Carnival, originating in Trinidad and Tobago and performed throughout the Caribbean.
Derived terms: masman
chiasma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kaɪˈæzmə/
rhymes: -æzmə
Forms: form: chiasmas
form: chiasmata
form: chiasm
Etymology: Modern Latin, from Ancient Greek χίασμα (khíasma), from χιάζω (khiázō, “to mark with the letter chi, χ”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A crossing of two nerves, ligaments etc.
topics: biology
cytology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The contact point between the two chromatids of a chromosome during meiosis.
glosses: An instance of chiasmus.
Derived terms: optic chiasma
prechiasmal
Related terms: chiasmus
nuthatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnʌtˌhæt͡ʃ/
Forms: form: nuthatches
form: nuthack
form: nothag
form: nothagge
Etymology: From Middle English nutthache, notehache, nuthake, nuttehake, nothak, equivalent to nut + hatch. Compare English nutcracker.
Senses: examples: text: Nuthatches have rather a habit of entering houses through open windows, probably out of curiosity; and we owed to this habit a pet nuthatch, which became extremely tame, and used to take flies from our finger.
ref: 1895, Richard Lydekker, editor, The Royal Natural History, Volume 3, Frederick Warne & Co., page 440:
text: The bird was in very faded plumage with only a slight rusty wash to the underparts, and had I not heard the call, I might have mistaken it for a Pygmy Nuthatch.
ref: 1996, The Nebraska Bird Review, Volumes 64-69, Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, page 156:
text: Considered a resident bird, the red-breasted nuthatch usually winters in the coniferous forests within its breeding range.
ref: 1998, George Adams, Birdscaping Your Garden, Rodale Press, page 65:
glosses: Any of various small passerine birds from the genus Sitta, found throughout the northern hemisphere and noted for their unusual proclivity for climbing down trees head first.
Synonyms: sense: bird in Sittidae
word: nuthacker
sense: bird in Sittidae
word: nutjobber
sense: bird in Sittidae
word: nutpecker
Derived terms: word: Corsican nuthatch
taxonomic: Sitta europaea
word: Eurasian nuthatch
taxonomic: Sitta carolinensis
word: white-breasted nuthatch
taxonomic: Sitta europaea
word: wood nuthatch
word: For more
pipit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪpɪt/
rhymes: -ɪpɪt
Forms: form: pipits
Etymology: From Malay pipit.
Senses: glosses: Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country.
Synonyms: pihoihoi
titlark
Derived terms: American pipit
antpipit
Australasian pipit
Blyth's pipit
buff-bellied pipit
meadow pipit
olive-backed pipit
Pechora pipit
red-throated pipit
Richard's pipit
rock pipit
Sprague's pipit
tawny pipit
tree pipit
water pipit
brambling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bramblings
Etymology: From Middle English bramline, equivalent to bramble + -ling.
Senses: synonyms: bramble finch
brambling finch
mountain finch
cock o' the North
glosses: A finch, Fringilla montifringilla of northern Eurasia, the male having a black head in summer and an orange breast with white belly and a long white rump.
brambling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: By surface analysis, bramble + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bramble
Knox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɑks/
ipa: /ˈnɒks/
rhymes: -ɑks
homophone: knocks
Etymology: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cnoc (“round hill”).
Senses: glosses: A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
glosses: A male given name from the surname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Starke County, Indiana, also in Center Township.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Waldo County, Maine.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Albany County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Benson County, North Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Knox County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A former town and populated place in Vinton County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A borough in Clarion County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Price County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Knox Township.
glosses: A local government area in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; in full, the City of Knox.
Derived terms: Fort Knox
Knox City
Knox County
Knox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɑks/
ipa: /ˈnɒks/
rhymes: -ɑks
homophone: knocks
Etymology: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cnoc (“round hill”).
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Knox Box.
bustard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌs.təd/
ipa: /ˈbʌs.tɚd/
Forms: form: bustards
Etymology: From Middle English bustarde, from an Anglo-Norman blend of Old French bistarde and oustarde, both from Latin avis tarda (“slow bird”), which is a misnomer as bustards are fast runners.
Senses: glosses: Any of several large terrestrial birds of the family Otididae in the order Otidiformes that inhabit dry open country and steppes in the Old World.
examples: text: That bustard tried to conquer the world!
glosses: bastard
Derived terms: Arabian bustard
Ardeotis arabs
Australian bustard
Ardeotis australis
black-bellied bustard
Lissotis melanogaster
buff-crested bustard
Lophotis gindiana
bustard quail
Denham's bustard
Neotis denhami
great bustard
Otis tarda
great Indian bustard
Ardeotis nigriceps
Hartlaub's bustard
Lissotis hartlaubii
Heuglin's bustard
Neotis heuglinii
houbara bustard
Chlamydotis undulata
kori bustard
Ardeotis kori
little brown bustard
Eupodotis humilis
little bustard
Tetrax tetrax
Ludwig's bustard
Neotis ludwigii
Macqueen's bustard
Chlamydotis macqueenii
Nubian bustard
Neotis nuba
Savile's bustard
Lophotis savilei
white-bellied bustard
Eupodotis senegalensis
cinder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪndɚ/
ipa: /ˈsɪndə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: cinders
form: sinder
Etymology: From Middle English cyndyr, syndir, synder, sinder, from Old English sinder (“cinder, dross, slag, scoria, dross of iron, impurity of metal”), from Proto-West Germanic *sindr, from Proto-Germanic *sindrą, *sindraz (“dross, cinder, slag”), from Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro- (“coagulating fluid, liquid slag, scale, cinder”). Cognate with Scots sinder (“ember, cinder”), West Frisian sindel, sintel (“cinder, slag”), Dutch sintel (“cinder, ember, slag”), Middle Low German sinder, sinter (“cinder, slag”), German Sinter (“dross of iron, scale”), Danish sinder (“spark of ignited iron, cinder”), Swedish sinder (“slag or dross from a forge”), Icelandic sindur (“scoring”), Old Church Slavonic сѧдра (sędra, “lime cinder, gypsum”). Spelling (c- for s-) influenced by unrelated French cendre (“ashes”). Doublet of sinter.
Senses: examples: text: Travellers over the London & North Western main line in bygone days will need no reminder of the pattering of cinders on the carriage roofs, the fountains of sparks from the chimneys at night and the distance from which the exhaust of approaching locomotives could be heard, due to the fierceness of their blast in such conditions.
ref: 1962 June, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, page 399:
coordinate_terms: ash#Noun
glosses: Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions.
examples: text: If from adown the hopeful chops
The fat upon the cinder drops,
To stinking smoke it turns the flame,
Poisoning the flesh from whence it came
ref: 1730, Jonathan Swift, The Lady's Dressing Room:
glosses: An ember.
glosses: Slag from a metal furnace.
examples: text: Oh, horrid proposition! One would imagine, Tom, that you had been a coal-heaver. Had you said soda and cinder, I would have seconded the motion.
ref: 1846, Catherine Grace Frances Gore, Selected Works, volume 2, page 9:
text: She'd sit by the fire, arms crossed, demanding that Ruby spike her tea with a cinder. But Ruby would never give in to her demands, no matter how much her mam begged. There was no alcohol in the house now; Arthur had made sure of that in an effort to get Mary sober.
ref: 2021, Glenda Young, The Miner's Lass:
glosses: Any strong stimulant added to tea, soda water, etc.
Derived terms: becindered
brittle cinder
cinderblock
cinder block
cinder cone
cinder dick
cinder frame
cinderless
cinderlike
cinder notch
cinderous
cinder tea
cinder toffee
cindery
mill cinder
tap cinder
Related terms: tinder
cinder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪndɚ/
ipa: /ˈsɪndə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: cinders
form: cindering
form: cindered
form: cindered
form: sinder
Etymology: From Middle English cyndyr, syndir, synder, sinder, from Old English sinder (“cinder, dross, slag, scoria, dross of iron, impurity of metal”), from Proto-West Germanic *sindr, from Proto-Germanic *sindrą, *sindraz (“dross, cinder, slag”), from Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro- (“coagulating fluid, liquid slag, scale, cinder”). Cognate with Scots sinder (“ember, cinder”), West Frisian sindel, sintel (“cinder, slag”), Dutch sintel (“cinder, ember, slag”), Middle Low German sinder, sinter (“cinder, slag”), German Sinter (“dross of iron, scale”), Danish sinder (“spark of ignited iron, cinder”), Swedish sinder (“slag or dross from a forge”), Icelandic sindur (“scoring”), Old Church Slavonic сѧдра (sędra, “lime cinder, gypsum”). Spelling (c- for s-) influenced by unrelated French cendre (“ashes”). Doublet of sinter.
Senses: glosses: To reduce to cinders.
examples: text: We plan to cinder this path.
glosses: To cover with cinders.
Related terms: sinter
Cinderella
scoria
coyness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɔɪnɛs/
ipa: /kɔɪnəs/
rhymes: -ɔɪnəs
Forms: form: coynesses
Etymology: From coy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Her coyneſs was conquered by aſſiduity, and at laſt ſhe conſented to reſign the treaſure of her charms to my paſſion.
ref: 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 15:
glosses: The property of being coy.
rumbo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌmbəʊ
Etymology: Arbitrary extension of rum; or perhaps compare rumbullion.
Senses: examples: text: Your worship would have seen him before now; for, when he is well, he and my good master Hatchway come hither every evening, and drink a couple of canns of rumbo apiece […].
ref: 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
text: Will you have a can of flip, or a jorum of hot rumbo?
ref: 1824 June, [Walter Scott], Redgauntlet, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
glosses: A type of punch made chiefly from rum; grog.
entender
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛndə(ɹ)/
/ɛnˈtɛndə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: entenders
form: entendering
form: entendered
form: entendered
Etymology: From en- + tender. Doublet of intenerate.
Senses: examples: text: And fearing lest the torments he felt, might in some sort entender his wifes heart[…], he besought her to be pleased she might be caried into the next chamber, which was accordingly performed.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 35, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: Entendered by distress, she easily yielded to the pensive manners of her companions and to the serene uniformity of a monastic life.
ref: 1790, Ann Ward Radcliffe, chapter 8, in A Sicilian Romance, HTML edition:
text: For whatsoever creates fear , or makes the spirit to dwell in a religious sadness , is apt to entender the spirit , and make it devout and pliant to any part of dut
ref: 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:
glosses: To make tender.
examples: text: th' entender'd heart
ref: 1742–1745, [Edward Young], The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750, →OCLC:
glosses: To treat with tenderness.
by the book
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: by-the-book
Senses: examples: text: As far as he is concerned, he umpired by the book.
ref: 2006 August 27, Simon Robinson, “It's Not Just Cricket”, in Time:
glosses: In a manner which strictly adheres to rules, legal requirements, or official procedures.
examples: text: Romeo: Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged!
Give me my sin again.
They kiss again.
Juliet: You kiss by th' book.
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:
glosses: In a manner which appears too studied, ritualized, and therefore artificial.
Related terms: by the numbers
according to Hoyle
legalism
literalism
proceduralism
to the letter
shipshape and Bristol fashion
cinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinder
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Fragments of lava; scoria.
chomper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃɒmpə/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɑmpɚ/
rhymes: -ɒmpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: chompers
Etymology: From chomp + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Hollier was a chomper, his jaws working up and down like pistons, and without seeming to be greedy he ate a great deal.
ref: 1983, Robertson Davies, The rebel angels:
text: I am a chomper of teeth and a displayer of feelings.
ref: 1993, Esther D Rothblum, Kathleen A Brehony, Boston marriages: romantic but asexual relationships among contemporary lesbians:
glosses: One who, or that which, chomps.
examples: text: I wanted an ancient shark tooth, a chomper that last saw use by a predator perhaps 25 million years ago.
ref: 2003, Curtis J Badger, Virginia's wild side: fifty outdoor adventures from the mountains to the ocean:
glosses: A tooth.
chompers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chomper
chivalric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪˈvalrɪk/
ipa: /ˈʃɪvəlrɪk/
ipa: /ˈʃɪvl̩ɹɪk/
ipa: /ʃəˈvalɹɪk/
Forms: form: more chivalric
form: most chivalric
Etymology: From chivalry + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: And yet, how much chivalric association has Shakespeare flung around their bloom! But for him, the wars of the "rival houses" would be but obscure chronicles of inglorious wars—fighting for fighting sake: no liberty to be defended or obtained, and no foreign enemy driven triumphantly from the frontier: but for him, "the aspiring blood of Lancaster" would long since have sunk in the ground.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 146–147:
text: Aunt Jennifer's tigers prance across a screen,
Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.
ref: 1951, Adrienne Rich, Aunt Jennifer's Tigers:
glosses: of, or relating to chivalry
examples: text: Some historical chivalric conventions remain relevant to this day, in certain circumstances. Historically, a gentleman would walk on the “outside” of the sidewalk, closest to the street, to shield his female companion from the splash of passing carriages. This is a subtle and harmless gesture of consideration that can still be practiced today.
ref: 2025 September 8, E. J. Daniels, “How to Walk Like a Gentleman”, in Gentleman's Gazette:
glosses: gallant and respectful, especially to women
Derived terms: chivalric rite
nonchivalric
unchivalric
bi-annual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of biannual.
byway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪweɪ/
rhymes: -aɪweɪ
Forms: form: byways
form: by-way
form: byeway
Etymology: From Middle English bywey, equivalent to by- + way.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: back road, back street, back lane
hypernyms: way
glosses: A road or track not following a main route; a secondary or minor road or path.
coordinate_terms: backwater
glosses: A road that is not frequently travelled.
examples: text: Though his account of written communication over the past 5,000 years necessarily has a powerful forward momentum, his diversions down the fascinating byways of the subject are irresistible ...
ref: 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R29:
coordinate_terms: backwater
glosses: a little-known or arcane field of study or detail.
Derived terms: restricted byway
decolonisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌkɒlənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: decolonisations
Etymology: From de- + colonisation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of decolonization.
decolonization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌkɒl.ə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Forms: form: decolonizations
form: decolonisation
Etymology: From de- + colonization.
Senses: glosses: The freeing of a colony etc from dependent status by granting it independence.
examples: text: But what does decolonisation have to do with place names? Place names are the meeting points of history and geography that shape part of our identities.
ref: 2019, Nalini Mohabir, “Renaming the Cook Islands would be a vital step towards true independence”, in Guardian.:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
social-sciences
glosses: The reverse of colonization, i.e. granting back autonomy to a group.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The elimination of a colony of pathogens from the body of a patient, especially antibiotic-resistant pathogens.
Synonyms: sense: reverse of colonization
word: decolonialization
Related terms: decolonize
decolorisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌkʌləɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
ipa: /diːˌkʊləɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: decolorisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of decolorization.
decolourisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌkʌləɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
ipa: /diːˌkʊləɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: decolourisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of decolorization.
decolourization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌkʌləɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Forms: form: decolourizations
Etymology: From de- + colour + -ization.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of decolorization.
decolorization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌkʌləɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
ipa: /diːˌkʊləɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Forms: form: decolorizations
Etymology: From de- + colorization.
Senses: glosses: the removal of color from something; bleaching
Derived terms: biodecolorization
vincular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: See Table 3.2 for a collection of enumerative results related to vincular 3-patterns, as well as for their connections to other combinatorial objects.
ref: 2011, Sergey Kitaev, Patterns in Permutations and Words, page 293:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: connective.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Relating to a vinculum.
Derived terms: parivincular
planivincular
mendigo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mendigos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mendigo.
Senses: examples: text: Sitting complacently upon a broken, fallen column, we beheld an object that filled us with horror—an Indian mendigo, a representation in one, of the ancient Aztec, the pobre Mexicano, and the gentleman of the nineteenth century.
ref: 1887, Fanny Chambers Gooch Iglehart, “chapter IX”, in Face to Face with the Mexicans:
glosses: A beggar.
rcpt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of receipt.
hstead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hsteads
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of homestead.
homestead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhoʊmˌstɛd/
Forms: form: homesteads
form: homesteading
form: homesteaded
form: homesteaded
Etymology: From Middle English hamstede, hemstede (attested in placenames), from Old English hāmstede (“homestead”), from Proto-West Germanic *haimastadi (“homestead”). By surface analysis, home + stead. Cognate with Old Frisian hāmstede, hēmstede (“homestead”), Dutch heemstede (“homestead”), German Heimstatt, Heimstätte (“homestead”), Swedish hemstad (“homestead”), Old Icelandic heimstǫð (“homestead”). Doublet of Hampstead and Hempstead.
Senses: examples: text: When Samuel and Liza came to the Salinas Valley all the level land was taken, the rich bottoms, the little fertile creases in the hills, the forests, but there was still marginal land to be homesteaded, and in the barren hills, to the east of what is now King City, Samuel Hamilton homesteaded.
ref: 1952, John Steinbeck, chapter 2, in East of Eden:
text: He's an old man, Bandy...he homesteaded here. He lives with his grandson...he said he would like to talk to you.
ref: 2007, Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood (motion picture), spoken by Al Rose (Jim Downey):
glosses: To acquire or settle on land as a homestead.
qualifier: political philosophy; chiefly libertarianism; political philosophy; chiefly libertarianism
glosses: To appropriate an unowned, scarce means, and thereby gain ownership of it.
Derived terms: homesteader
Homestead Valley
Related terms: hstead
homesteading
smallholding
croft
curtilage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɜːtɪlɪd͡ʒ/
enpr: kûrʹtəl-ĭj
ipa: /ˈkɝtəlɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: curtilages
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English curtylage and Anglo-Norman, from Old French cortillage, curtillage, from cortil (“court, courtyard”), from Latin cortis (“court”); see court. Compare courtledge.
Senses: examples: text: The scope of the curtilage is determined by considering the proximity to the home, whether it is fenced or otherwise enclosed, the nature of the use of the area, and the efforts the resident takes to screen the area from public view.
ref: 2007, Ken Wallentine, Street Legal: A Guide to Pre-trial Criminal Procedure for Police, Prosecutors, and Defenders:
text: High winds are not in themselves a controllable risk. But fallen trees certainly are, given the control the railway has over its own curtilage.
ref: 2022 March 9, Industry Insider, “A damaging trend”, in RAIL, number 952, page 68:
topics: law
glosses: The area immediately surrounding a house, especially dooryard areas and sometimes including closely associated buildings and structures.
Synonyms: sense: area around a house
word: grounds
Related terms: ambit
messuage
bldgs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bldg
buildings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪldɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of building
Related terms: bldgs
purebred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more purebred
form: most purebred
Etymology: From pure + bred.
Senses: glosses: Having genuine parents of the same breed, usually of an animal.
purebred
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: purebreds
Etymology: From pure + bred.
Senses: glosses: An animal which has genuine parents of the same breed.
dec
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: d
glosses: declared
dec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of decrement.
glosses: Abbreviation of declaration.
glosses: Abbreviation of decoration.
Derived terms: set dec
stat dec
dec
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Rep neck dec EOR 4 times more, AND AT THE SAME TIME, rep armhole dec EOR 4 (4,5) times more
ref: 2011, Hannah Fettig, Closely Knit: Handmade Gifts For The Ones You Love, page 44:
topics: business
knitting
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Abbreviation of decrease.
DEC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of diethylcarbamazine.
glosses: Initialism of diethyl carbonate.
topics: dermatology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of desquamated epithelial cell.
Related terms: english: ethyl methyl carbonate
translation: ethyl methyl carbonate
word: EMC
english: dimethyl carbonate
translation: dimethyl carbonate
word: DMC
english: ethylene carbonate
translation: ethylene carbonate
word: EC
english: propylene carbonate
translation: propylene carbonate
word: PC