cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
imprison
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpɹɪzən/
rhymes: -ɪzən
Forms: form: imprisons
form: imprisoning
form: imprisoned
form: imprisoned
form: emprison
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English imprisonen, emprisounen, emprisonen, from Old French emprisonner. Equivalent to im- + prison.
Senses: examples: text: One of the village's most notable sons was Thomas Grantham, a Baptist church leader born in 1634, who was persecuted and imprisoned in the struggle for nonconformist beliefs during the reign of Charles II.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 214, about Halton Holegate:
text: None of these people has ever had what they really wanted, and if they get a glimmer of it, they back off suspiciously, failures of imagination helping to imprison them further.
ref: 1985 December 21, Mara Math, “Fen (review)”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 23, page 15:
text: [...] demand for the boots fell sharply after the Battle of Waterloo, and Brunel was imprisoned for debt in 1821.
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 87:
glosses: To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.
Synonyms: word: bang up
word: gaol
word: jail
word: lock up
word: put away
word: immure
word: send to the Tower
word: bastille
word: clap up
word: confine
word: incarcerate
word: imprison
word: mew up
word: roof
word: send down
Hypernyms: word: detain
word: punish
word: restrain
Derived terms: disimprison
imprisonable
imprisoner
imprisonment
reimprison
unimprison
Related terms: word: be in for
word: behind bars
word: sent to the Tower
word: prison
word: prisoner
intrigue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭn'trēg
ipa: /ˈɪntɹiːɡ/
enpr: ĭntrēg'
ipa: /ɪnˈtɹiːɡ/
rhymes: -iːɡ
Forms: form: intrigues
form: entrigue
Etymology: Borrowed from French intrigue, from Italian intricare, from Latin intrīcō (“I entangle, perplex, embarrass”). Doublet of intricate.
Senses: examples: text: […] lost in such a jungle of intrigues, pettifoggings, treacheries, diplomacies domestic and foreign […]
ref: 1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
glosses: The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
examples: text: I often used to smile at a young Ensign of the Guards, who always popped [pawned] his sword and watch when he wanted cash for an intrigue; […]
ref: 1773, The Westminster Magazine, Or, The Pantheon of Taste:
text: He proposed to call witnesses to show how the prisoner, a profligate and spendthrift, had been at the end of his financial tether, and had also been carrying on an intrigue with a certain Mrs. Raikes, a neighbouring farmer’s wife.
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 152:
text: In 1679 and 1680 there were persistent rumors of an intrigue between Mary, Lady Grey, and the Duke of Monmouth.
ref: 1976, John Harold Wilson, Court Satires of the Restoration, page 245:
glosses: Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair.
Derived terms: counterintrigue
palace intrigue
intrigue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭn'trēg
ipa: /ˈɪntɹiːɡ/
enpr: ĭntrēg'
ipa: /ɪnˈtɹiːɡ/
rhymes: -iːɡ
Forms: form: intrigues
form: intriguing
form: intrigued
form: intrigued
form: entrigue
Etymology: Borrowed from French intrigue, from Italian intricare, from Latin intrīcō (“I entangle, perplex, embarrass”). Doublet of intricate.
Senses: glosses: To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
examples: text: Scenic illusions such as those caused by the haze, or the apparent diminution of scale where everything was enormous, intrigued Dutton.
ref: 1954, Wallace Stegner, Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 170:
text: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. And, on top of all that, they are ornaments; they entice and intrigue and sometimes delight.
ref: 2012 March, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2013, page 106:
glosses: To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
glosses: To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
examples: text: And as wililye as thoſe ſhrewes that beguyle hym haue holpe hym to inuolue and intryke the matter: I ſhall vſe ſo playn and open a way therin, that euery man ſhall well ſee the trouth.
ref: 1533 (date written), Thomas More, “The Debellacyon of Salem and Bizance […]. Chapter XVIJ.”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, page 1004, column 2:
text: How doth it [sin] perplex and intrigue the whole course of your lives!
ref: c. 1681, John Scott, The Christian Life from Its Beginning to Its Consummation in Glory […]:
glosses: To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.
Derived terms: outintrigue
Related terms: intricacy
intricate
intriguer
intriguery
intriguing
intriguingly
pasture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑːs.tjə/
ipa: /ˈpɑːs.t͡ʃə/
ipa: /ˈpæs.t͡ʃɚ/
ipa: /ˈpæs.tɚ/
rhymes: (UK) -ɑːstjə
rhymes: (US, dialectal) -æstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pastures
Etymology: From Middle English pasture, pastoure, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pastour, Old French pasture, from Latin pāstūra, from the stem of pāscō (“to feed, graze”).
Senses: glosses: Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding.
examples: text: He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 23:2:
text: So graze as you find pasture.
ref: 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:
synonyms: word: leasow
glosses: Ground covered with grass or herbage, used or suitable for the grazing of livestock.
examples: text: Ne euer is he wont on ought to feed, / But toades and frogs, his pasture poysonous […].
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: It was reserved for Christians to torture bread, the staff of life, bread for which children in whole districts wail, bread, the gift of pasture to the poor, bread, for want of which thousands of our fellow beings annually perish by famine; it was reserved for Christians to torture the material of bread by fire, to create a chemical and maddening poison, burning up the brain and brutalizing the soul, and producing evils to humanity, in comparison of which, war, pestilence, and famine, cease to be evils.
ref: 1831 July 15, “Of the Blood”, in Western Journal of Health, volume 4, number 1, L. B. Lincoln, page 38:
glosses: Food, nourishment.
Derived terms: black-headed pasture cockchafer
depasture
grassture
impasture
nonpasture
pastural
pasture day moth
pastureland
pastureless
pasture rose
pasture thistle
pasture tick
put out to pasture
silvopasture
pasture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑːs.tjə/
ipa: /ˈpɑːs.t͡ʃə/
ipa: /ˈpæs.t͡ʃɚ/
ipa: /ˈpæs.tɚ/
rhymes: (UK) -ɑːstjə
rhymes: (US, dialectal) -æstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pastures
form: pasturing
form: pastured
form: pastured
Etymology: From Middle English pasture, pastoure, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pastour, Old French pasture, from Latin pāstūra, from the stem of pāscō (“to feed, graze”).
Senses: glosses: To move animals into a pasture.
glosses: To graze.
examples: text: The farmer pastures fifty oxen.
text: The land will pasture forty cows.
glosses: To feed, especially on growing grass; to supply grass as food for.
Derived terms: pasture out
pasturer
repasture
extrapolate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛkˈstɹæp.əˌleɪt/
ipa: /ɪk-/
ipa: /ekˈstɹæp.əˌlæɪt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɪksˈʈrapɵleʈ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɛksʈɾɑ.pɵˈleʈ/
Forms: form: extrapolates
form: extrapolating
form: extrapolated
form: extrapolated
Etymology: From extra- + (inter)polate.
Senses: examples: text: With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
glosses: To infer by extending known information.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To estimate the value of a variable outside a known range from values within that range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known ones
Derived terms: extrapolatable
extrapolation
extrapolative
extrapolator
extrapolatory
misextrapolate
misextrapolation
nonextrapolated
overextrapolate
unextrapolated
Related terms: english: upon
translation: upon
word: expound
carbohydrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑːbəʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/
ipa: /kɑːɹboʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/
Forms: form: carbohydrates
Etymology: From their general formula Cₙ(H₂O)ₙ; they were once thought to be hydrates of carbon.
Senses: examples: text: These microbes are primarily responsible for breaking down cellulose and other carbohydrates into volatile fatty acids (VFAs).
text: Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
ref: 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: carb
saccharide#Noun
qualifier: nutrition
glosses: A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.
examples: text: I'm cutting down on carbohydrates like bread and pasta.
glosses: Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates.
Synonyms: word: carb
word: carbohydrate
word: saccharide
Hypernyms: word: organic compound
word: chemical compound
Hyponyms: word: monosaccharide
word: decasaccharide
word: disaccharide
word: heptasaccharide
word: hexasaccharide
word: trisaccharide
word: tetrasaccharide
word: octasaccharide
word: oligosaccharide
word: nonasaccharide
word: polysaccharide
word: pentasaccharide
word: sugar
word: starch
word: cellulose
word: fructose
word: sucrose
Derived terms: amino carbohydrate
anticarbohydrate
carbohydrate loading
carbo-load
complex carbohydrate
lipocarbohydrate
noncarbohydrate
polycarbohydrate
simple carbohydrate
thiocarbohydrate
white carbohydrate
Related terms: word: :Category:Carbohydrates
hydrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hīʹdrāt
ipa: /haɪˈdɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈhaɪdɹeɪt/
ipa: /hɑɪˈdɹæɪt/
ipa: /ˈhɑɪdɹæɪt/
Forms: form: hydrates
Etymology: From French hydrate, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules.
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Water.
Derived terms: carbohydrate
chloralhydrate
chloral hydrate
chlorohydrate
cryohydrate
decahydrate
dihydrate
docosahydrate
dodecahydrate
duodecahydrate
ethyl hydrate
gas hydrate
hemihydrate
heptahydrate
hexadecahydrate
hexahydrate
hydratable
hydratase
hydrator
hyperhydrate
methane hydrate
methyl hydrate
monohydrate
nonahydrate
octadecahydrate
octahydrate
overhydrate
oxyhydrate
pentadecahydrate
pentahydrate
perhydrate
prehydrate
quadrihydrate
semihydrate
sesquihydrate
tetracosahydrate
tetrahydrate
tricosahydrate
tridecahydrate
trihydrate
undecahydrate
underhydrate
Related terms: water of crystallization
hydrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: hīʹdrāt
ipa: /haɪˈdɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈhaɪdɹeɪt/
ipa: /hɑɪˈdɹæɪt/
ipa: /ˈhɑɪdɹæɪt/
Forms: form: hydrates
form: hydrating
form: hydrated
form: hydrated
Etymology: From French hydrate, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -ate.
Senses: examples: text: A lotion can hydrate the skin.
glosses: To take up, consume or become linked to water.
glosses: To drink water.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To load data from a database record into an object's variables
Synonyms: sense: to add water to
word: bewater
Coordinate terms: caffeinate
Derived terms: dehydrate
hydrate or diedrate
hydration
rehydrate
amine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmiːn/
ipa: /ˈæ.mɪn/
ipa: /ˈeɪ.miːn/
ipa: /əˈmiːn/
ipa: /ˈæ.miːn/
rhymes: -iːn
rhymes: (UK) -æmɪn
rhymes: (UK) -eɪmiːn
rhymes: (US) -æmiːn
Forms: form: amines
Etymology: From ammonia + -ine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic compound containing an amine functional group.
Derived terms: adamantylamine
alkoxyamine
alkylamine
allenylamine
allylamine
amidoamine
aminal
aminase
amination
amine imide
amine oxide
aminergic
amine scrubber
amine ylide
aminic
aminimide
aminium
amino-
aminol
aminyl
arylalkylamine
arylamine
benzylamine
bioamine
butylamine
chlormethine
clomifene
colesevelam
cyclohexylamine
cyclopropylamine
diacylamine
dialkylamine
diarylamine
dicyclomine
dienamine
dimenhydrinate
dinitrodiphenylamine
dodecylamine
fluorescamine
fluoxetine
fluvoxamine
fructosamine
galactopyranosylamine
galantamine
gallamine
glycosylamine
haloamine
heptylamine
hexosamine
hexylamine
homoallylamine
indolamine
ketamine
lactosamine
mecamylamine
miglitol
mitoclomine
naphthylamine
neuroamine
nitramine
nitroamine
nitrosamine
octadecylamine
octylamine
oleylamine
oligoamine
organic amine
penicillamine
pentaamine
pentylamine
perfluorotributylamine
phenolamine
phenoxybenzamine
phentolamine
phenylhydroxylamine
phloramine
picolylamine
primary amine e.g. methylamine
propanolamine
propargylamine
propylamine
quaternary ammonium compound e.g.tetramethylammonium hydroxide
secondary amine e.g. dimethylamine
sideramine
suramin
tamoxifen
tertiary amine e.g. trimethylamine
tetraamine
tetramine
thiamine
thionylamine
tranylcypromine
triamine
triarylamine
trichloramine
tyramine
venlafaxine
vinylamine
Related terms: ammine
peptide bond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peptide bonds
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An amide bond formed between the amino and carboxyl functional groups of separate amino acids.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The primary linkage of amino acids in proteins.
uplink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uplinks
Etymology: From up + link.
Senses: glosses: The portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from an Earth terminal to a satellite or to an airborne platform. An uplink is the converse of a downlink. An uplink or downlink is distinguished from reverse link or forward link.
qualifier: by analogy; less formally; by analogy; less formally
glosses: The communication path from a mobile device to a base station, a consumer to the network backbone, a client device to a server, etc.
glosses: Data transmission from a data station to the headend.
uplink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uplinks
form: uplinking
form: uplinked
form: uplinked
Etymology: From up + link.
Senses: glosses: To transmit a signal by means of an uplink.
covalent bond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /koʊveɪlənt bɒnd/
Forms: form: covalent bonds
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A type of chemical bond where two atoms are connected to each other by the sharing of two or more electrons.
Derived terms: coordinate covalent bond
polar covalent bond
Related terms: ionic bond
coordinate bond
ionic bond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ionic bonds
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A type of chemical bond where two atoms or molecules are connected to each other by electrostatic attraction.
Related terms: covalent bond
coordinate bond
hydrogen bond
polar covalent bond
coordinate bond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coordinate bonds
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A type of covalent bond where the two electrons being shared originate from the same atom; a dative bond.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: One of the bonds between the central metal atom of a coordination compound and its ligands.
Related terms: ionic bond
covalent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kōvā'lənt
ipa: /kəʊˈveɪ.lənt/
ipa: /koʊˈveɪ.lənt/
ipa: /kəʉˈvæɪ.lənt/
Forms: form: more covalent
form: most covalent
Etymology: From co- + valent.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Containing or characterized by a covalent bond.
Derived terms: bicovalent
covalent compound
covalently
covalent radius
ionocovalent
monocovalent
noncovalent
pentacovalent
Related terms: covalency
covalence
distinguish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭ-stĭngʹgwĭsh
ipa: /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡwɪʃ
Forms: form: distinguishes
form: distinguishing
form: distinguished
form: distinguished
Etymology: From Middle English distingwen, from Old French distinguer, from Latin distinguere (“to separate, divide, distinguish, set off, adorn, literally mark off”), from di-, dis- (“apart”) + stinguere, related to English stink. Compare extinguish.
Senses: examples: text: It had begun to take a leading place even in the days of the Ptolemies, and in scientific, as distinguished from purely literary work, it had assumed a position of primary importance early in the Christian era.
ref: 1922, De Lacy O'Leary, Arabic Thought and Its Place in History:
text: The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.
ref: 2012 March-April, Jeremy Bernstein, “A Palette of Particles”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 146:
synonyms: word: differentiate
word: discriminate
word: decern
word: discern
word: differentiate
word: differentialize
word: discriminate
word: distinguish
word: set apart
word: tell
word: tell apart
antonyms: confuse
glosses: To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics.
synonyms: discern
make out
glosses: To see someone or something clearly or distinctly.
examples: text: The soldier distinguished himself in combat and received a medal.
text: 1784: William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., PREFACE
THE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Perſons of the firſt diſtinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ſeveral new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and diſtinguiſh it from others; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.
glosses: To make noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments.
examples: text: The soldier was distinguished with a medal for his bravery.
glosses: To confer an honor upon.
examples: text: For who diſtinguiſheth thee?
ref: 1749, The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. […] Newly reviſed, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures (Douay–Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision), 1 Corinthians 4:7, page 317:
glosses: To make to differ.
Derived terms: counterdistinguish
distinguishability
distinguishable
distinguished
distinguisher
distinguishing
distinguishment
distinguishness
interdistinguish
misdistinguish
redistinguish
subdistinguish
undistinguishability
undistinguishing
Related terms: contradistinguish
distinct
distinction
distinctive
extinguish
org
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orgs
Senses: examples: text: Joaquin shared that most Ateneans would hang out at MVP Building, which houses the majority of the organizations in the Ateneo. Here, org members plan org events or simply make friends with other students or seek tips from the upperclassmen.
ref: 2024 August 7, “Tips and hacks to survive your first week of college as an Atenean freshie”, in PhilSTAR L!fe, retrieved 27 Jul 2025:
text: “Fascists need to crush civil society orgs because they are a bulwark of liberalism. They democratize access to power and institutions while defending civil liberties,” Caraballo said on Bluesky.
ref: 2025 April 17, Zane McNeill, “DOGE Aims to Embed Agents in All Nonprofits That Receive Federal Funds”, in Truthout, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2025:
glosses: Clipping of organization.
Derived terms: micro org
org chart
tradition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: trə-dishʹ(ə)n
ipa: /tɹəˈdɪʃn̩/
note: Indic
ipa: /ʈrɛˈɖɪʃən/
rhymes: -ɪʃən
Forms: form: traditions
Etymology: From Middle English tradicioun, from Old French tradicion, from Latin trāditiō, from the verb trādō. Doublet of treason.
Senses: examples: text: After breakfast, Charles Macdoodle told Lady Mary that it was a tradition in the family that those rumbling carriages on the terrace betokened death.
ref: 1850, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Tree:
text: Yet if the only form of tradition, of handing down, consisted in following the ways of the immediate generation before us in a blind or timid adherence to its successes, "tradition" should positively be discouraged.
ref: 1920, T. S. Eliot, “Tradition and the Individual Talent”, in The Sacred Wood:
text: Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead, but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future prosperity.
ref: 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 2, in Well Tackled!:
text: The tradition continues today. Twenty-four-year-old Aziza Tojiyeva, who lives in a small village about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside of Bukhara, Uzbekistan, learned how to embroider from her mother, Mukhabbat Kuchkarova, who learned from her own grandmother.
ref: 2024 December 19, Amy Gunia, “Young Uzbeks are finding new markets for traditional handicrafts online”, in CNN Business:
glosses: A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.
examples: text: They followed the tradition of lighting candles for special occasions.
glosses: A commonly held system.
examples: Following tradition, the victorious athlete runs a lap around the track.
glosses: An established or distinctive style or method
examples: text: A deed takes effect only from this tradition or delivery; for, if the date be false or impossible, the delivery ascertains the time of it.
ref: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
glosses: The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
Synonyms: sense: a commonly held system
word: doctrine
Derived terms: break with tradition
oral tradition
traditional
traditionalism
traditionally
traditionarily
traditionary
tradition
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: trə-dishʹ(ə)n
ipa: /tɹəˈdɪʃn̩/
note: Indic
ipa: /ʈrɛˈɖɪʃən/
rhymes: -ɪʃən
Forms: form: traditions
form: traditioning
form: traditioned
form: traditioned
Etymology: From Middle English tradicioun, from Old French tradicion, from Latin trāditiō, from the verb trādō. Doublet of treason.
Senses: examples: text: The following story is […] traditioned with very much credit amongst our English Catholics.
ref: 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
glosses: To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.
poorly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʊəli/
ipa: /ˈpɔːli/
ipa: /ˈpʊɹli/
ipa: /ˈpɔɹli/
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)li
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)li
Forms: form: more poorly
form: poorlier
form: most poorly
form: poorliest
Etymology: From Middle English poorly, pouerly, poreliche, poureliche, pouerliche, equivalent to poor + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: to live poorly
glosses: In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort.
examples: text: to do poorly in business
text: “The Budget proposes eliminating Supporting Effective Instruction (SEI) State Grants (Title II State grants), a program that provides formula funds to States to improve the quality and effectiveness of teachers, principals, and other schools leaders. SEI grants are poorly targeted and funds are spread too thinly to have a meaningful impact on student outcomes.
ref: 2017 May 23, Gregory Krieg and Will Mullery, “Trump’s budget by the numbers: What gets cut and why”, in CNN:
glosses: With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage.
examples: text: Nor is their courage or their wealth so low, / That from his wars they poorly would retire.
ref: 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):
glosses: Meanly; without spirit.
examples: text: He plays tennis poorly.
glosses: Without skill or merit.
examples: text: I think poorly of them.
text: She looked poorly on that suggestion.
glosses: In a negative manner; with disapproval; unfavorably.
poorly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʊəli/
ipa: /ˈpɔːli/
ipa: /ˈpʊɹli/
ipa: /ˈpɔɹli/
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)li
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)li
Forms: form: poorlier
form: more poorly
form: poorliest
form: most poorly
Etymology: From poor + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: to report one's child poorly
text: We talk about Kim, who is very poorly now. He can hardly see at all, and his legs are suppurating.
ref: 2008, Carla van Raay, “The Passing of a Friend”, in The Price of Passion, London: Ebury Press, →ISBN, page 241:
text: A hospital was established very quickly – beds and clean sheets and skilled care – then by ambulance my cousin and I were taken to Celle and here hospital staff were wonderful. […] particular attention was given to my cousin who was poorlier than me […]
ref: 2011, Peter Liddle, quoting Manya Stern, “Manya Stern – A Polish Jewess, Life under German Occupation, Forced Labour in Germany, and Survivor of Bergen-Belsen”, in Captured Memories 1930–1945: Across the Threshold of War: The Thirties and the War, Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Military, →ISBN, section two (1939–1945), subsection “On the Home Front”, page 334:
glosses: Ill, unwell, sick.
Derived terms: poorliness
poorlyish
merge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɜːd͡ʒ/
ipa: /mɝd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ
Forms: form: merges
form: merging
form: merged
form: merged
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin mergō (“to dip; dip in; plunge; sink down into; immerse; overwhelm”).
Senses: examples: text: Headquarters merged the operations of the three divisions.
text: The two companies merged.
text: to merge all natural and all social sentiment in inordinate vanity
ref: 1791, Edmund Burke, letter to a member of the National Assembly:
text: Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the transcendent duties of patriots—Englishmen—lovers of liberty.
ref: 1835 January, [Thomas De Quincey], “Samuel Taylor Coleridge. By the English Opium-eater. […]”, in William Tait, editor, Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume II, number XIII, Edinburgh: William Tait […], →OCLC, page 8, column 1:
synonyms: word: agglomerate
word: aggregate
word: alloy
word: amalgamate
word: blend
word: coalesce
word: combine
word: consolidate
word: conflate
word: embody
word: fuse
word: integrate
word: mass
word: meld
word: merge
word: unite
antonyms: divide
split
glosses: To combine into a whole.
examples: text: The lanes of traffic merged.
glosses: To blend gradually into something else.
Derived terms: commerge
demerge
mail merge
match-merge
mergeability
mergeable
mergeburst
mergee
merge-purge
merger
merge sort
mergism
mergist
mismerge
remerge
unmerge
urge to merge
merge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɜːd͡ʒ/
ipa: /mɝd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ
Forms: form: merges
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin mergō (“to dip; dip in; plunge; sink down into; immerse; overwhelm”).
Senses: examples: text: There are often accidents at that traffic merge.
text: The merge of the two documents failed.
glosses: The joining together of multiple sources.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
syntax
glosses: Within the Minimalist Program, a fundamental operation of syntactic construction
Synonyms: merger
merging
Derived terms: mail merge
match-merge
merge lane
merge request
mergesort
zipper merge
intergalactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + galactic.
Senses: examples: text: Men In Black 3 finagles its way out of this predicament by literally resetting the clock with a time-travel premise that makes Will Smith both a contemporary intergalactic cop in the late 1960s and a stranger to Josh Brolin, who plays the younger version of Smith’s stone-faced future partner, Tommy Lee Jones.
ref: 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club:
text: Last week saw perhaps the first major showdown between the pseudo cryptolibertarianism they both espouse and that old-fashioned, resolutely analogue concept known as the nation state. For anyone who has spent any time pondering the intergalactic levels of entitlement among the tech broligarchy and the – until now – total impunity they’ve faced, the arrest and subsequent charging of Durov was a singular moment.
ref: 2024 August 31, Carole Cadwalladr, “Don’t rejoice yet, Elon Musk and his tech bros-in-arms are winning the global battle for the truth”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: interstellar
interplanetary
glosses: Occurring between galaxies.
examples: text: They say he's a member of the Exchange – you know, the big intergalactic criminal organization.
ref: 2003 July 16, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Occurring across a single galaxy, interstellar.
Derived terms: intergalactically
intergalactic medium
warm-hot intergalactic medium
galactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəˈlæktɪk/
rhymes: -æktɪk
Forms: form: more galactic
form: most galactic
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek γαλακτικός (galaktikós, “milky”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”). Doublet of galactico.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a galaxy.
examples: text: Galactic astronomy is the study of the Milky Way.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to a galaxy.
Relating to the Milky Way galaxy.
synonyms: Galactic
examples: text: The policies and decisions to be made were neither very complex nor very numerous, since at that time, the needs and priorities in Germany did not involve issues of galactic impact, […]
ref: 1998, Mark Lynton, Accidental Journey: A Cambridge Intern's Memory of World War II:
text: For a fashion journal, there is a more important and more difficult judgement to make: Is the work of such galactic significance as to be eligible to grace the pages of this magnificent journal?
ref: 1999, Jonathan Michael Wyndham Slack, Egg & ego: an almost true story of life in the biology lab, page 65:
text: “Yes, his heart is one of galactic proportions.”
ref: 2007, Jeffrey P. Brown, Black Body Radiation and the Ultraviolet Catastrophe, page 128:
text: The credit crunch became a mess of galactic proportions.
ref: 2008, José D. Roncal, José N. Abbo, The Big Gamble: Are You Investing Or Speculating?, page 94:
glosses: Enormous (in size or impact).
examples: text: galactic acid
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to milk, or the secretion of milk.
Hyponyms: Galactic
Derived terms: active galactic nucleus
anagalactic
antigalactic
apogalactic
circumgalactic
Encyclopedia Galactica
exogalactic
extragalactic
Galactic
galactically
galactic arm
galactic bulge
galactic cannibalism
galactic center
galactic core
galactic disc
galactic habitable zone
galactic halo
galactic nucleus
galactic year
galactography
hypergalactic
intergalactic
intragalactic
metagalactic
multigalactic
nongalactic
non-galactic
pangalactic
perigalactic
pregalactic
protogalactic
subgalactic
supergalactic
transgalactic
Related terms: galaxy
CPAM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of cross-platform application management.
mondo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mondos
Etymology: From Japanese 問答 (mondō).
Senses: qualifier: Zen Buddhism
glosses: A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth.
mondo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mondo
form: most mondo
Etymology: From the title of the 1962 Italian cult documentary film Mondo cane, Italian for "A Dog's World", from mondo (“world”) and cane (“dog”). The film featured bizarre scenes, leading to English use of mondo as an adverb meaning "very, extremely" in mock-Italian phrases like mondo bizarro. Doublet of monde.
Senses: examples: text: […] I mean, me bein' here has caused us some mondo problems, so I shoulda figured out that not bein' here anymore would cause some more problems — "
ref: 1997, K. C. Constantine, Family Values, G. K. Hall & Co., published 1997, →ISBN, page 80:
text: Younger gorgeous woman marries older, rich man, lives her life solely for him while reaping the bennies of mondo moolah only to end up dumped by older rich man for newer, younger model.
ref: 2010, Dakota Cassidy, You Dropped a Blonde on Me, Berkley Sensation, published 2010, →ISBN:
text: “You're kidding—you can eat again after that mondo burger you had for lunch?”
ref: 2012, Lucienne Diver, Crazy in the Blood, Samhain Publishing, Ltd., published 2012, →ISBN, page 79:
glosses: Big, large; major, significant.
mondo
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From the title of the 1962 Italian cult documentary film Mondo cane, Italian for "A Dog's World", from mondo (“world”) and cane (“dog”). The film featured bizarre scenes, leading to English use of mondo as an adverb meaning "very, extremely" in mock-Italian phrases like mondo bizarro. Doublet of monde.
Senses: examples: text: "This rain is mondo depressing," Sam sighed as she stared out the sliding glass doors that led to the Hewitts' deck.
ref: 1992, Cherie Bennett, Sunset Paradise, Berkley, published 1992, →ISBN, page 1:
text: This recipe, from someone who really knows her tiramisu, is mondo rich, utterly divine, and simple.
ref: 2001, Margie Lapanja, Food Men Love: All-Time Favorite Recipes from Caesar Salad and Grilled Rib-Eye to Cinnamon Buns and Apple Pie, Conari Press, published 2001, →ISBN, page 196:
text: “Hey, this place is mondo cool. Bowie hangs out there. It's so packed you can hardly get in. And they play industrial out of one set of speakers and the Sex Pistols out of the other. I mean in the same room! Like, at a thousand decibels."
ref: 2002, Jeffrey Deaver, Mistress of Justice, Bantam Books, published 2002, →ISBN, page 93:
glosses: Very, extremely, really.
Derived terms: mondo bizarro
cross-platform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cross- + platform.
Senses: examples: text: In person, Huff looks exactly as she does on her massively popular Instagram account, her sheer foundation and subtle bronze eyeshadow catching the spotlight just like they do the ring light. She has the cross-platform ease of someone who’s been famous forever because she basically has been.
ref: 2022 November 8, Allison Theresa, “Sadie Robertson Huff Preaches Submissive Womanhood. Her Message Is Uncomfortably Compelling.”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: Across platforms.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: multi-platform
antonyms: single-platform
monoplatform
glosses: Of software, etc., designed to work on various operating systems.
examples: text: At Euston the cross-platform interchange between the Victoria Line and the Northern Line (City branch) will be unusual in that passengers will board trains travelling in the opposite direction to continue their journey. Normally, of course, in cross-platform interchange, trains depart in the same direction.
ref: 1962 October, “London gets its Victoria tube”, in Modern Railways, page 256:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: That takes place between two trains in different platforms, usually across an island platform.
CPAD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of cross-platform application development.
PMS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Pantone Matching System, a proprietary set of color designations.
PMS
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: PMSes
form: PMSing
form: PMSed
form: PMSed
Senses: examples: text: Clarice raised an eyebrow. “I think I'm getting my period, so there's no guarantees it won't happen again.”.[…]“I'm feeling a little PMSed myself. Let's take it out on the cops next time.” “Deal.” Clarice smiled, feeling in control once more.
ref: 2019, Henry Roi, With Her Fists, Next Chapter:
glosses: To experience premenstrual syndrome or premenstrual stress.
PMS
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of pre-main sequence.
raw_tags: of a star
amino-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of amines and of the amino functional group.
aniline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ă′-nĭ-lēn
ipa: /ˈæ.nɪ.lin/
Forms: form: anilines
Etymology: Borrowed from German Anilin, coined by German chemist Carl Julius Fritzsche. From Portuguese anil (“indigo”) + -in (“-ine (organic compounds)”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The simplest aromatic amine, C₆H₅NH₂, synthesized by the reduction of nitrobenzene; it is a colourless oily basic poisonous liquid used in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals.
wikipedia: Carl Julius Fritzsche
Synonyms: aminobenzene
phenylamine
Derived terms: anileridine
aniline green
aniline purple
aniline yellow
anilinic
anilinism
anilinium
anilinohydroquinone
anilinopyrimidine
anilism
azodianiline
bromoaniline
butanilicaine
chrysaniline
dichloroaniline
diethylaniline
dimethylaniline
dinitroaniline
ethylaniline
hydroxyaniline
iodoaniline
leucaniline
mauvaniline
methoxyaniline
nitraniline
nitroaniline
oligoaniline
phenylaniline
polyaniline
violaniline
saccharide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæk.əˌɹaɪd/
ipa: /ˈsæk.əˌɹaɪd/
ipa: /ˈsæk.ɚ.ɪd/
Forms: form: saccharides
Etymology: From saccharo- + -ide.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: monosaccharide, oligosaccharide, polysaccharide
text: The saccharides include such substances as dextrose and levulose, which are typical examples of the two classes into which these bodies are divisible, viz. the Aldoses and Ketoses.
ref: 1895, Richard Lloyd Whiteley, chapter XXXV, in Organic Chemistry: The Fatty Compounds, London; New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 263:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula CₙH₂ₙOₙ. Either the simple sugars or polymers such as starch and cellulose. The saccharides exist in either a ring or short chain conformation, and typically contain five or six carbon atoms.
Derived terms: aminosaccharide
anhydrosaccharide
decasaccharide
disaccharide
dodecasaccharide
fructosaccharide
glucosaccharide
heptasaccharide
heterosaccharide
hexasaccharide
isomaltosaccharide
maltosaccharide
monosaccharide
mucosaccharide
mycosaccharide
nonadecasaccharide
nonasaccharide
nonsaccharide
oligosaccharide
pentasaccharide
phosphosaccharide
polysaccharide
pseudosaccharide
saccharidic
saccharidosis
sialosaccharide
tetradecasaccharide
tetrasaccharide
tridecasaccharide
trisaccharide
pov
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pov
form: most pov
form: povvo
Etymology: Abbreviation of poverty or clipping of impoverished.
Senses: examples: text: Phantazeum is still in existence, on Chapel Street (the more pov end, not the yuppy end) ...
ref: 1999 April 28, Gerard, “GAF clothes in Melbourne”, in aus.culture.gothic (Usenet):
text: Especially considering the most pov Astra is $18,990 and $20k gets you a fully loaded Pulsar...
ref: 2002 June 2, Marco Spaccavento, “Focus to start at $23k!”, in aus.cars (Usenet):
glosses: Poor; impoverished; cheap.
pov
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: povs
form: povvo
Etymology: Abbreviation of poverty or clipping of impoverished.
Senses: examples: text: Well, mayor, it's based on the cash grab, but instead of money, the cans of food are blown around inside the capsule. The pov inside catches as many as he can to feed his family.
ref: 1997, South Park (animated TV series), "Starvin' Marvin" (episode)
glosses: A poor person; a pauper.
pov
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: povs
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of POV (“point of view”).
cellulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛljʊləʊz/
ipa: /ˈsɛljəloʊs/
Forms: form: celluloses
Etymology: Borrowed from French cellulose.
Senses: glosses: A complex carbohydrate that forms the main constituent of the cell wall in most plants and is important in the manufacture of numerous products, such as paper, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and explosives.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A polysaccharide containing many glucose units in parallel chains.
Synonyms: E460 when used as an emulsifier
Derived terms: alkali cellulose
benzyl cellulose
carboxymethyl cellulose
carboxymethylcellulose
cellophane
cellucotton
cellulase
cellulose acetate
celluloselike
cellulose nitrate
cellulosic
ethyl cellulose
ethylcellulose
ethyl methyl cellulose
hemicellulose
holocellulose
hydrocellulose
hydroxyethylcellulose
hydroxypropyl cellulose
hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose
hydroxypropylmethylcellulose
lactulose
lignocellulose
methylcellulose
methyl cellulose
mycocellulose
nanocellulose
nitrocellulose
noncellulose
oligocellulose
oxycellulose
paracellulose
pectocellulose
pectose
phosphocellulose
pyrocellulose
soda cellulose
woolulose
Related terms: cellophane
celluloid
pentosan
cellulose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛljʊləʊz/
ipa: /ˈsɛljəloʊs/
Etymology: Borrowed from French cellulose.
Senses: glosses: Consisting of, or containing, cells.
heliodor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhiːli.əˌdɔː(ɹ)/
Forms: form: heliodors
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) + δῶρον (dôron, “gift”).
Senses: glosses: A richly coloured form of golden beryl found in southwest Africa.
coloured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌl.əd/
Forms: form: more coloured
form: most coloured
Senses: examples: text: For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.
ref: 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Affair at the Novelty Theatre”, 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: British standard spelling of colored.
Derived terms: bicoloured
decoloured
discoloured
monocoloured
nun-coloured
off-coloured
party-coloured
plum-coloured starling
quadricoloured
rainbow-coloured
self-coloured
toffee-coloured
twi-coloured
unicoloured
coloured
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌl.əd/
Forms: form: coloureds
Senses: examples: 2018 Ticket taker, "Struggling Against the Perception of Facts", Anne with an E, season 2, episode 8, 13 minutes
On this train we put the coloureds to work.
glosses: Alternative form of colored.
coloured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌl.əd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of colour
heliogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heliograms
Etymology: From helio- + -gram.
Senses: glosses: A message transmitted by a heliograph.
Derived terms: spectroheliogram
transmit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: trănsmĭt'
enpr: trănzmĭt'
ipa: /tɹænsˈmɪt/
ipa: /tɹænzˈmɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: transmits
form: transmitting
form: transmitted
form: transmitted
Etymology: From Middle English transmitten, borrowed from Latin trānsmittō (“transmit”, verb, literally “across-send”).
Senses: glosses: To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.
glosses: To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal).
glosses: To impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity.
synonyms: broadcast
glosses: To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).
examples: text: The tractive and braking forces are transmitted to the body through a downward projecting pivot pin in the normal way.
ref: 1960 December, “The first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 728:
glosses: To convey or conduct (energy or force) through a mechanism or medium.
examples: text: A Mayday call was transmitted by the stricken vessel.
glosses: To send out (a signal, as opposed to receive).
examples: text: The Mayday call transmitted successfully.
glosses: To go out; to be sent, conveyed, spread, passed on, or communicated.
Synonyms: oversend
Derived terms: word: cross-transmit
word: press-to-transmit
word: push-to-transmit
word: transmittable
word: transmittal
word: transmitter
english: [abbreviation]
translation: [abbreviation]
word: TX
Related terms: transmissible
transmission
transmittance
transmittant
mission
ball-point pen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball-point pens
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ballpoint pen.
SAR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SARs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of search and rescue.
topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of synthetic-aperture radar.
glosses: Initialism of Saudi Arabian riyal.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Acronym of special administrative region.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Acronym of suspicious activity report.
glosses: Acronym of special administration regime.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of systemic acquired resistance.
glosses: Acronym of subject access request.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of structure-activity relationship.
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of sodium adsorption ratio.
Derived terms: HKSAR
MSAR