cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
disjunct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈdʒʌŋkt/
ipa: /dɪsˈdʒʊŋkt/
rhymes: -ʌŋkt
rhymes: -ʊŋkt
Forms: form: disjuncts
Etymology: From dis- + Latin junctus (“joined”).
Senses: examples: text: Knowing for ourselves that a large disjunct existed between what could be read at NIE and what could be heard, we set about devising a way to measure what we were familiar with hearing.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 1:
glosses: The state of being disjointed; disjointedness; a disconnect.
examples: text: […] a continental northern Alaskan element, including a series of endemic species and disjuncts that have survived the Pleistocene glaciation in northern Alaska and thus represent relicts of the much warmer Tertiary […]
ref: 1966 October, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, New York, N.Y.; London: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 4:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A species or population occurring at a distant or separate location, and separated from other members of the same group.
examples: Holonym: disjunction
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction).
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence.
An adverbial that expresses the speaker's or writer's attitude towards, or descriptive statement of, the propositional content of the associated clause or sentence.
synonyms: sentence adverb
examples: text: In English, linking elements are the conjunction and, the disjunction or and the adversative linker but, collectively called COORDINATORS. The units that are coordinated will be called COORDINANDS in this article (CONJUNCTS, when linked by conjunction, DISJUNCTS, when linked by the disjunctive connector).
ref: 2019, Roberto Zamparelli, “Coordination”, in De Gruyter, Mouton, pages 135-170:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A conjunct of a disjunctive conjunction.
Omniscient
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɪʃənt
Forms: form: the Omniscient
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: God.
topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Sambuddha.
Omnipotent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Omnipotent
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: God.
couldest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: could + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of can
dramatis personæ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dramatis persona
Senses: examples: text: For about the fifth time he then proposed the Heir at Law, doubting only whether to prefer Lord Duberley or Dr. Pangloss for himself, and very earnestly, but very unsuccessfully, trying to persuade the others that there were some fine tragic parts in the rest of the Dramatis Personæ.
ref: 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XIV, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 274–275:
text: They are constantly abusing Proserpine, who is introduced with all the trappings of Tartarean pomp into this performance, where there are no less than ninety-two dramatis personæ, among whom are the Virgin and God the Father.
ref: 1823, William Hone, Ancient Mysteries Described, Especially the English Miracle Plays, Founded on Apocryphal New Testament Story, Extant Among the Unpublished Manuscripts in the British Museum; […], London: […] William Hone, […], page 174:
text: He knew not his countrymen again: one trait of their character still, however, predominated,—their vanity and their love of dramatic situation: hence their liberty, equality, republic, were all êtres de raison, personified into so many dramatis personæ.
ref: 1825, A[ndré] Vieusseux, chapter III, in Anselmo: A Tale of Italy, volume I, London: […] Charles Knight, […], page 75:
glosses: Archaic spelling of dramatis personae.
Sub-Saharan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sub-Saharan.
marshmellow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of marshmallow.
fingerpicking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fingerpick
fingerpicking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fingerpickings
Senses: examples: text: Her largely unadorned sound hinges on scratchy, intimate fingerpickings and her warm Northern Ireland accent — and is a worthy, pensive addition to record shelves already lined with Sharon Van Etten and Damien Rice.
ref: 2015 July 9, “Pop & Rock Listings for July 10-16”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The plucking of the individual strings of a stringed instrument with the fingers
fingerpick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪŋ.ɡə(ɹ)ˌpɪk/
Forms: form: fingerpicks
Etymology: From finger + pick.
Senses: glosses: A type of plectrum that clips on to, or wraps around the end of the fingers and thumb.
fingerpick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪŋ.ɡə(ɹ)ˌpɪk/
Forms: form: fingerpicks
form: fingerpicking
form: fingerpicked
form: fingerpicked
Etymology: From finger + pick.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To play a stringed instrument by plucking individual strings with the fingers.
certificate of deposit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: certificates of deposit
Senses: glosses: A type of bank account representing a time deposit, which is insured, with a specific, fixed term, and, usually, a fixed interest rate.
glosses: The certificate issued to the holder of such an account, verifying that he owns it.
fouettés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fouetté
matais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matai
matai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matais
form: matai
Etymology: Borrowed from Samoan matai.
Senses: glosses: A Samoan chief.
matai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matais
form: matai
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori mataī.
Senses: examples: text: Constructed from the native timbers rimu, kauri, or matai, the interior has been refurbished in sympathy with the era of the home. The five bedrooms are individually designed, all with private balconies or verandahs.
ref: 2008, “The Peppertree”, in Friars Guide to New Zealand Accommodation for the Discerning Traveller 2009, Auckland: Hodder Moa, page 150:
glosses: A coniferous tree, Prumnopitys taxifolia, endemic to New Zealand.
Derived terms: matai beer
matés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maté
primary market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: primary markets
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The part of the financial markets that deals with the issuance of new securities.
examples: text: The primary market is art directly from the artist, offered for sale for the first time.
ref: 2010, Don Thompson, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, Aurum Press Limited, →ISBN:
topics: art
arts
glosses: Works of art directly bought from the artist.
Coordinate terms: secondary market
secondary market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secondary markets
Senses: examples: text: Although 4.1 million tickets were sold for the 2023 shows—including over 2 million on the first day, a new record—scalpers jacked up prices on the secondary market to more than $22,000.
ref: 2023 December 6, Sam Lansky, “Person of Year 2023 : Taylor Swift”, in Time, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2023:
topics: business
finance
glosses: The financial market for trading of securities that have already been issued in an initial private or public offering.
examples: text: The primary market is art directly from the artist, offered for sale for the first time. The secondary market is resale: buying, selling and trading among collectors, dealers and museums.
ref: 2010, Don Thompson, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, Aurum Press Limited, →ISBN:
text: He dealt in the “secondary” market—reselling pieces that have been sold before—to individual collectors and investors who grouped together for high-value works.
ref: 2024 April 17, Charlotte Edwardes, “‘The money is not real – it’s a feckless level of wealth’: the inside story of the biggest art fraud in American history”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: art
arts
glosses: The market for works of art that have been sold before.
Coordinate terms: primary market
Related terms: aftermarket
open-end fund
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open-end funds
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A collective investment scheme which can issue and redeem shares at any time.
Synonyms: open-ended fund
closed-end fund
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closed-end funds
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A collective investment scheme with a limited number of shares.
collective investment scheme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collective investment schemes
Senses: examples: text: The definition of primary importance is of course the definition of "collective investment scheme" itself. That is to be found in s.235 of FSMA 2000.
ref: 2003, Jonathan Fisher, Jane Bewsey, The Law of Investor Protection:
text: If a fund is structured as a collective investment scheme, it cannot be marketed to the general public unless it is authorized.
ref: 2003, Theodor Baums, Andreas Cahn, Hedge Funds:
topics: business
finance
glosses: A way of investing money with other people to participate in a wider range of investments than may be feasible for an individual investor, and to share the costs of doing so.
idiophonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more idiophonic
form: most idiophonic
Etymology: From idiophone + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or produced by an idiophone
idiophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪdi.əfoʊn/
ipa: /ˈɪdi.əfəʊn/
homophone: ideophone
Forms: form: idiophones
Etymology: From idio- + -phone.
Senses: glosses: Any musical instrument that produces its sound by its own vibration (without any strings or membranes).
Derived terms: idiophonic
idiophonist
percussion idiophone
Related terms: aerophone
membranophone
chordophone
electrophone
faine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faines
Etymology: See fane.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of fane.
faine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more faine
form: most faine
Etymology: See fain.
Senses: examples: text: Penker in his ſermõ [sermon] ſo loſt his voice that he was faine to leaue of [off] & come downe in the middes.
ref: c. 1513 (date written), Thomas More, “The History of King Richard the Thirde (Vnfinished) […]”, 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 58, column 1:
text: [T]hey vvere faine to patche uppe the Matter vvith a little piece of Paper clappid over the foreſaid VVordes, […]
ref: 1559, John Strype, quoting John Feckenham, “[An Appendix; being a Repository of Faithful Extracts out of Various Records and Registers, […].] Numb[er] IX. The Oration of the Reverend Father in God Mr. Dr. Fecknam, Abbott of Westminster, in the Parliament House, 1559, against the Bill for the Liturgy.”, in Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion, and Other Various Occurrences in the Church of England; […], volume I, London: […] John Wyat, […], published 1709, →OCLC, page 26:
text: VVhat is the truſt or ſtrength of fooliſh man? / They that of late vvere daring vvith their ſcoffes, / Are glad and faine by flight to ſaue themſelues.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v], page 108, column 1:
text: [S]carcely ſhe could ryde, / And eke through heauie armes, vvhich ſore annoyd / The Prince on foot, not vvonted ſo to fare; / VVhoſe ſteadie hand vvas faine his ſteede to guyde, / And all the vvay from trotting hard to ſpare, / So vvas his toyle the more, the more that vvas his care.
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 37, page 118:
text: By this heaunly ground I tread on, I muſt be faine to pavvne both my plate, & the tapeſtry of my dining chambers.
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], signature C3, recto:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of fain.
faine
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: fainer
form: fainest
Etymology: See fain.
Senses: examples: text: I vvould faine knovv vvhat you haue to ſay.
ref: 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, Much Adoe about Nothing. […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v], signature F2, verso:
text: Yet dearely I love you, and vvould be lov'd faine, / But am betroth'd unto your enemie, […]
ref: 1609–1610 (date written), J[ohn] Donne, “[Holy Sonnets] Sonnet X [Batter My Heart, Three-Person’d God]”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633, →OCLC, page 38:
text: Now vvould I giue a thouſand furlongs of Sea, for an Acre of barren ground: Long heath, Brovvne firrs, any thing; the vvills aboue be done, but I vvould faine dye a dry death.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 1, column 2:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of fain.
faine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: faines
form: faining
form: fained
form: fained
Etymology: See fain.
Senses: examples: text: The ſprevvſeſt Citie-Lads for her vvould faine the Countrie-aire.
ref: 1606, William Warner, “(please specify the page)”, in A Continuance of Albions England: […], London: […] Felix Kyngston [and Richard Bradock?] for George Potter, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of fain.
working definition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: working definitions
Senses: examples: text: Not knowing of established definitions would be grounds for selecting or devising a working definition.
glosses: A definition that is chosen for an occasion and may not fully conform with established or authoritative definitions.
glosses: A definition being developed; a tentative definition that can be tailored to create an authoritative definition.
omphaloskeptic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒm.fəl.əˈskɛp.tɪk/
ipa: /ˌɑːm.fəl.əˈskɛp.tɪk/
Forms: form: omphaloskeptics
form: omphalosceptic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”) + σκέψις (sképsis, “perception, reflection”).
Senses: examples: text: The trouble with this book, however, is that he gazes so fixedly at himself that his own eyes dazzle a little. He is not an omphalosceptic. His gaze never turns downwards; it is kept obstinately at face-level.
ref: 1956 January 24, Francis Wyndham, “A Beginning and Other Stories”, in London Magazine, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2008, page 85:
text: […]though you must admit that no omphaloskeptic, nay, not Plotinus, could have so utterly realized the Infinite as at moments one did to night.
ref: 1970, Aldous Huxley, Letters of Aldous Huxley, Harper & Row, page 78:
text: Omphalopsychites: Mencken's word for those who dream of bringing American English into line with English English. Omphalos is Greek for navel, whence also omphaloskeptic, one who dreams up bright ideas while gazing at (skepsis, a looking at) his navel.
ref: 1980, John B. Bremner, Words on Words: A Dictionary for Writers and Others Who Care About Words, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, pages 268-269:
text: His coronation as the Grand Omphaloskeptic of the cinema was still more than a decade away.
ref: 1998, Eddie Muller, Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 154:
glosses: One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
omphaloskeptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒm.fəl.əˈskɛp.tɪk/
ipa: /ˌɑːm.fəl.əˈskɛp.tɪk/
Forms: form: omphalosceptic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”) + σκέψις (sképsis, “perception, reflection”).
Senses: examples: text: This approach has been referred to as an omphaloskeptic method of design, so called after the term omphaloskepsis used to describe the technique of meditation through contemplation of the navel (from the Greek "omphalos" for navel and "skepsis" for examination).
ref: 1998, Louis C. Burmeister, Elements of Thermal-Fluid System Design, Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 31:
glosses: Likely to, prone to, or engaged in contemplating or meditating upon one's navel.
Derived terms: omphaloskepsis
Related terms: omphalocentric
omphalomancy
omphalomesenteric
omphalopsychic
Omphalopsychite
omphalos
omphaloscopy
Irishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Irish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the quality or state of being Irish.
yield curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yield curves
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The relation between the interest rate (or cost of borrowing) and the time to maturity of the debt for a given borrower in a given currency.
examples: text: His business was clairvoyance. You looked at the yield curve arching and slumping like an inchworm making its inefficient progress, and it told you everything you needed to know.
ref: 2020, Rumaan Alam, Leave the World Behind, Bloomsbury (2023), page 66:
glosses: A style of yoga based on a flow between sequential poses and coordinated breathing.
SOHO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsəʊhəʊ/
rhymes: -əʊhəʊ
Forms: form: SOHOs
form: SoHo
Senses: examples: text: I bet if you look at the average home or SOHO PC, that it will have an old version of Java installed, […]
ref: 2008 December 14, sm5w2@yahoo.com, “Re: What is the difference between Java JRE 5.x and 6.x (1.5.x / 1.6.x) ???”, in comp.lang.java.programmer (Usenet), retrieved 15 Dec 2008, message-ID <1553486c-1c35-4dcb-bccd-d656615e4a44@q30g2000prq.googlegroups.com>:
glosses: Acronym of Small Office, Home Office.
SOHO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsəʊhəʊ/
rhymes: -əʊhəʊ
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: Initialism of Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (A spacecraft of the ESA and NASA).
SoHo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsəʊhəʊ/
ipa: /ˈsoʊhoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊhəʊ
Forms: form: SoHos
form: soho
form: SOHO
form: Soho
Etymology: Abbreviation of Small office/Home office.
Senses: glosses: Acronym of small office, home office.
SoHo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsəʊhəʊ/
ipa: /ˈsoʊhoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊhəʊ
Forms: form: Soho
Etymology: Acronym of South of Houston, a neighborhood south of Houston Street in Manhattan.
Senses: glosses: A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York.
Related terms: Tribeca
TriBeCa
SoHo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsəʊhəʊ/
ipa: /ˈsoʊhoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊhəʊ
Forms: form: Soho
Etymology: Blend of south + Hollywood.
Acronym of south of Hollywood Road.
Senses: examples: text: When he heard about Omnipork at the Food’s Future Summit in Hong Kong last year, he contacted Right Treat to give it a try, and eventually added it to the vegetarian mapo tofu at his restaurant in the city’s SoHo district.
ref: 2019 March 18, Andrew Genung, “It’s the Year of the Pig. Is it also the year fake pork takes off in China?”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2019, Food:
text: At No. 3 Staunton Street in the city’s SoHo district, the roughly 1,300 square-foot ground floor was once used as a parking space for a Ferrari.
ref: 2023 March 22, Christy Choi, “Hong Kong’s New Kids on the Block”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2023, Art & Design:
text: The fire started in a flat at No 9 on Gough Street at Shun King Building in the SoHo area of Sheung Wan at about 10.20pm.
ref: 2024 September 10, Danny Mok, “Woman dies, 3 others injured in fire that broke out in Hong Kong’s SoHo”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2024, Hong Kong/Society:
glosses: A neighbourhood of Central and Western district, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
Related terms: NoHo
SoBo
arsey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː(ɹ)si/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)si
Forms: form: more arsey
form: most arsey
form: arsy
Etymology: From arse + -y.
Senses: examples: text: First few months in, I was arsey as hell. Thought they were a right bunch of wankers.
ref: 2000, Peter Billingham, Sensing the City Through Television: Urban Identities in Fictional Drama, page 50:
text: "Oh, we had that singer in the other day and they were really arsey with us, and we only kept them waiting half an hour' - and I go, 'Hang on a minute, that's a long time and they've probably been doing lots of work that day and I think that it's actually justified for them to get annoyed.'"
ref: 2002 October 28, Simon Hattenstone, quoting Sophie Ellis-Bextor, “Sophie's world”, in The Guardian:
text: Work experience as an arsey teenager is pretty straightforward: disappear into the storeroom, smoke a few cigarettes, text your mates and watch the minute hand tick slowly by. If there's nowhere suitable to hide, all you need is a vacant computer and you can chat to your skiving associate in the building next door.
ref: 2007 April 30, Jon Bentham, “How to...... do work experience”, in The Guardian:
text: Maybe Hanna Frost, for all of her arsey mannerisms, really did know what she was doing.
ref: 2011, Lotte Daley, Faking It, Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: Unpleasant, especially in a sarcastic, grumpy or haughty manner.
glosses: Lucky.
Derived terms: arsey-versy
camembert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæmɒmˌbeə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈkæməmˌbeː/
Forms: form: camemberts
Etymology: From Camembert, the Normandy village where it originated.
Senses: glosses: A soft, creamy cheese from France made from cow's milk.
Derived terms: Cambozola
camembertlike
Related terms: camemberti
brie
Camembert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Campus Maimberti ("field of Maimbert"), a West Germanic personal name derived from Proto-Germanic *maginą (“strength, power, might”) and Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright”).
Senses: glosses: A village in Normandy, France, famous for being the place where camembert cheese was invented.
hockling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hockle
let out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lets out
form: letting out
form: let out
form: let out
Senses: examples: text: The students were let out of school early.
text: If you go into the aviary, don't let out any of the birds!
text: I was able to let the butterfly out of the window.
glosses: To release.
examples: text: We're gonna have practice tomorrow morning for an assembly we're giving on Thursday before school lets out for Easter.
ref: 1999, Laura Beckham, A Bad Seed: And Other Stories, page 47:
glosses: Of a school: to finish for the day or term, allowing the pupils to go home.
examples: text: He let out the reins when they were a mile from the barn.
text: The engineer let out the throttle after the train crossed the bridge.
glosses: To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls.
examples: text: We let out the house and went on a two-year world trip.
glosses: To rent out.
examples: text: After the holidays he had to have his suits let out.
antonyms: take in
coordinate_terms: let down
glosses: To enlarge by adjusting one or more seams.
raw_tags: of clothing
examples: text: The dog let out a yelp.
text: For a moment Mr. Stink fell silent. Then he opened his mouth and let out the deepest darkest dirtiest burp.
ref: 2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Of sound, to emit.
examples: text: He accidentally let out the location for the meeting.
glosses: To disclose.
glosses: To begin to tell a story.
glosses: To lay off or fire someone (from a job).
light out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lights out
form: lighting out
form: lit out
form: lit out
form: lighted out
form: lighted out
Etymology: Phrasal verb from light (“to get down, drop, come”, verb) + out (“away from”, adverb).
Senses: examples: text: the outlaws lit out for the border
text: He didn’t see a road for him at TI, so he lit out to build one in Taiwan.
ref: 2023 March 21, Virginia Heffernan, “I Saw the Face of God in a Semiconductor Factory”, in WIRED:
glosses: To go away or depart, especially in haste or without notice.
Synonyms: word: abscond
word: make off
word: skip
apophthegms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apophthegm
apothegms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apothegm
aromatical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aromatical
form: most aromatical
Senses: glosses: aromatic.
Derived terms: aromaticalness
defensemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defenseman
defencemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defenceman
fixed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fix up
egres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of egre
Golden Arches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: golden arches
Etymology: From the large yellow plastic logo of the letter M, from the design of the first restaurants, which incorporated large yellow arches.
Senses: examples: text: Suzan-Lori Parks is drawn to archways. Early on in her New York life, long before she became one of the nation’s most acclaimed playwrights, she lived above a McDonald’s on Sixth Avenue — the Golden Arches.
ref: 2022 October 5, Michael Paulson, “Suzan-Lori Parks Is on Broadway, Off Broadway and Everywhere Else”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2022:
glosses: A McDonald's restaurant.
glosses: The McDonald's company, or the fast food industry in general.
Related terms: word: Maccas
word: McDonaldization
word: McJob
word: McWorld
word: Mickey D
word: Mickey D's
attackman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attackmen
Etymology: From attack + -man.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player in a position whose primary responsibility is offense.
attackmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of attackman
avoirdupois ounce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: avoirdupois ounces
Senses: glosses: A unit of weight in the avoirdupois system of units, equal to one sixteenth of a avoirdupois pound.
avoirdupois ounces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of avoirdupois ounce
avoirdupois pound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: avoirdupois pounds
Senses: glosses: A unit of weight in the avoirdupois system of weights, defined as 0.45359237 kg in most of the English-speaking world since 1959.
avoirdupois pounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of avoirdupois pound
beetroot red
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycoside obtained from beets and used as a food dye, also known as betanin and E162.
Derived terms: red as a beetroot
beetled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Projecting over.
beetled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of beetle
hamstringing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hamstring
hamstringing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hamstringings
Senses: glosses: An instance of somebody being hamstringed.
binary name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: binary names
Senses: examples: text: The binary name for human is Homo sapiens.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: The scientific name for an organism consisting of its genus and species.
binary names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binary name
binational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æʃənəl
Etymology: From bi- + national.
Senses: examples: text: Binational peace talks broke down, so a third nation stepped in to mediate.
text: Experience elsewhere since World War II is hardly encouraging to binational or multi-national concepts.
ref: 1968, Don Peretz, “A Binational Approach to the Palestine Conflict”, in Law and Contemporary Problems, page 34, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2013:
text: Finally, a binational state would foster alliances between Palestinians currently under occupation and Palestinian Israelis to combat discriminatory Israeli land and housing policies.
ref: 2001 December 1, Lama Abu-Odeh, “The Case for Binationalism”, in Boston Review:
glosses: Relating to, or involving, two nations.
Derived terms: binationalism
binationalist
binationally
binational
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æʃənəl
Forms: form: binationals
Etymology: From bi- + national.
Senses: glosses: A person of two nationalities.
binomials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binomial
binucleate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + nucleate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: binuclear
glosses: having two nuclei
binucleate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: binucleates
Etymology: From bi- + nucleate.
Senses: glosses: A cell that has two nuclei
balas-ruby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balas-rubies
Senses: examples: text: In shape it is a tiny square box of silver, studded outside with eight small balas-rubies.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Bisara of Pooree”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 171:
text: Richard II had a coat, valued at thirty thousand marks, which was covered with balas rubies.
ref: 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage, published 2007, page 120:
glosses: A rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a type of ruby.
bird-lime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of birdlime.
merry cocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: merry cockers
Senses: examples: text: In fact the modern human beater — the fustian-clad yokel, with a long and stout stick and a stentorian cry of "Cock ! cock ! cock !" — has very long ago pretty well ousted the merry cockers or the more staid Clumber for driving the coverts; certainly an innovation not at all a desirable one.
ref: 1897, Rawdon Briggs Lee, A History and Description of the Modern Dogs of Great Britain and Ireland, page 227:
text: The merry Cocker now is one of the most popular of breeds.
ref: 1931 February 8, “Garden Dog Show to Start Tuesday”, in New York Times:
text: Again, the merry cocker is coming back.
ref: 1967 September 1, Fresno Bee, The, Fresno, California:
glosses: A cocker spaniel
merry cockers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merry cocker
boarhound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boarhounds
Etymology: From boar + hound.
Senses: glosses: A large dog, descended from breeds originally used to hunt boars.
boarhounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boarhound
bodyboarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bodyboard
military exercise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: military exercises
Senses: examples: text: Another major military exercise, codenamed Operation Intrinsic Action held in August 1992, involved the participation of 2400 US troops from the First Cavalry Division at Ford Hood, Texas and members of the Fifth Special Forces Group from Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
ref: 2005, Chookiat Panaspornprasit, US-Kuwaiti Relations, 1961-1992: An Uneasy Relationship, page 136:
text: In the first months of 1993 the situation worsened as the United States and South Korea resumed their annual Team Spirit military exercise (canceled in 1992) and North Korea announced its intention to withdraw from the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
ref: 1997, David R. McCann, Korea Briefing: Toward Reunification, page 34:
text: In early November the United States and its NATO allies carried out an unusually extensive and high-level military exercise, called Able Archer 83, testing the command and communications procedures for the release and use of nuclear weapons in case of war.
ref: 1994, Raymond L. Garthoff, The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War, page 138:
glosses: A large-scale activity involving military forces from multiple countries or commands, designed to demonstrate the level of alliance between those forces and their ability to coordinate, as a signal to potential military adversaries.
Synonyms: training exercise
war game
trouser snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trouser snake
bone hard
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: As hard as a bone, rock hard.
binded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: bound; simple past and past participle of bind
temporary gentleman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: temporary gentlemen
Senses: glosses: Someone who may be considered (through rank etc.) a gentleman for the duration of a war. Abbreviated as TG.
remainder trust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: remainder trusts
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A trust which is funded by the remainder of the trustors estate left over after all specific bequests have been funded.
remainder trusts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remainder trust
remaindermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remainderman
capitalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capitalization
collaterals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collateral
expansions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expansion
mappings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mapping
omnisexuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From omnisexual + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Pansexuality.
burial mound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burial mounds
Senses: glosses: A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
Synonyms: word: barrow
word: burian
word: cairn
english: Siberia and Central Asia
translation: Siberia and Central Asia
word: kurgan
word: tumulus
word: others in Thesaurus:cemetery
Related terms: dolmen
pyramid
burial mounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burial mound
conductress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conductresses
Etymology: From conductor + -ess.
Senses: glosses: a female conductor
Synonyms: conductrix
Derived terms: bus conductress
conductresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conductress
bushbuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bushbucks
form: bushbuck
form: bosbok
form: boschbok
form: boshbok
Etymology: From bush + buck.
Senses: glosses: Either of two species of antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus or Tragelaphus sylvaticus, considered by some sources to be the single species Tragelaphus scriptus) found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
glosses: Any relatives of the above that share the same habitat.
Synonyms: sense: Tragelaphus scriptus
word: bush antelope
sense: Tragelaphus scriptus
word: kéwel
sense: Tragelaphus scriptus
word: marsh buck
sense: Tragelaphus sylvaticus
word: imbabala
sense: Tragelaphus sylvaticus
word: Cape bushbuck
word: harnessed bushbuck
bushbucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bushbuck
bush antelope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bush antelopes
Senses: glosses: A bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus.
bush antelopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bush antelope
bushland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bushlands
Etymology: From bush + land.
Senses: glosses: An area of land in a natural, uncultivated state; wilderness, open forest.
Hypernyms: land
bushlands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bushland
callable bond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callable bonds
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A bond that can be called (redeemed) by the issuer prior to its maturity, on certain call dates, at call prices. On the call dates, the issuer has the right, but not the obligation, to buy back the bonds from the bond holders at the call price. Technically speaking, the bonds are not really bought and held by the issuer, but cancelled immediately or no longer accrue interest at the original coupon rate.
Synonyms: redeemable bond
callable bonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callable bond
injecter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: injecters
Etymology: From inject + -er.
Senses: examples: text: […] young people who are starting to inject or are at risk of becoming injecters; […]
ref: 2010, Rowdy Yates, Margaret S. Malloch, Tackling Addiction: Pathways to Recovery, page 171:
glosses: Alternative form of injector.
can-openers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of can-opener
symphyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symphysis
cartilaginous fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cartilaginous fishes
form: cartilaginous fish
Senses: synonyms: chondrichthye
glosses: Any member of the taxonomic class Chondrichthyes, having a skeleton made of cartilage rather than bone. They can be contrasted with the Osteichthyes or bony fishes.
large bowel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: large bowels
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of large intestine.
synonyms: word: large intestine
laqueus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laquei
Senses: glosses: The lasso used by a laquearius.
cartooning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cartoon
cartooning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cartoonings
Senses: glosses: The act of drawing a cartoon or caricature.
language lab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: language labs
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A dedicated space for the learning of a foreign language where students have access to audiovisual materials.
Synonyms: language laboratory
cartooned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cartoon
open bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open bars
Senses: examples: text: The party included a reception, a dance, and an open bar.
synonyms: hosted bar
antonyms: cash bar
no host bar
glosses: A bar at which drinks are served without charge, usually at a social event.
barbarious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbeəɹɪəs/
Forms: form: more barbarious
form: most barbarious
Etymology: Possibly from barbary (“barbarian, non-Christian”), or combining barbaric and barbarous.
Senses: examples: text: During that calamitous period, every instant of time was marked, every province of the Roman world was afflicted, by barbarious invaders and military tyrants, and the ruined empire seemed to approach the last and fatal moment of its dissolution.
ref: 1776, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire:
text: "Well, it seems a barbarious practice enough to us, but I daresay the natives think nothing o' it," said Matthew.
ref: 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd, page 219:
text: The game is played out, the figures have melted away, the lines are frazzled, the board is mildewed. Everything has become barbarious again.
ref: 1941, Henry Miller, The Colossus of Maroussi, page 143:
glosses: barbarous, barbaric.
Derived terms: barbariously
barbariousness
omasum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /oʊˈmeɪsəm/
rhymes: -eɪsəm
Forms: form: omasums
form: omasa
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin omāsum.
Senses: examples: text: The deer of the northern group are larger in body size and have well-developed rumino-reticulums, smaller omasums, and longer small intestines (Takatsuki 1988).
ref: 2009, Seiki Takatsuki, “17: Geographical Variations in Food Habits of Sika Deer: The Northern Grazer vs. the Southern Browser”, in Dale R. McCullough, Seiki Takatsuki, Koichi Kaji, editors, Sika Deer: Biology and Management of Native and Introduced Populations, Springer, page 235:
text: The omasum is a spherical organ filled with muscular laminae (an estimated 90 to 130 in the bovine omasum) that lie in sheets, much like the pages of a book (giving the omasum its colloquial name, book stomach).
ref: 2018, Anna Dee Fails, Christianne Magee, Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals, Wiley Blackwell, page 385:
text: The role of the omasum is not entirely clear. The organ fills with very fluid digesta leaving the reticulo-rumen, but omasal contents are very dry and tightly compacted. Clearly, fluid absorption takes place in the omasum and in cattle, water, electrolytes and VFA^([volatile fatty acids]) are absorbed.
ref: 2019, Philip Hynd, Animal Nutrition, CSIRO Publishing, unnumbered page:
text: Finally, grazers, with the higher fluid throughput through the reticulorumen, require larger omasa (Table 4.6)—with the main function of omasa being the resorption of fluid, to prevent too diluted digesta reaching the sites of auto-enzymatic digestion (Clauss et al. 2006).
ref: 2019, Daryl Codron, Reinhold R. Hofmann, Marcis Clauss, “Chapter 4: Morphological and Physiological Adaptations for Browsing and Grazing”, in Iain J. Gordon, Herbert H. T. Prins, editors, The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing II, Springer, page 109:
topics: biology
food
lifestyle
natural-sciences
synonyms: bible
leaf tripe
manyplies
psalterium
hypernyms: compartment
tripe
coordinate_terms: abomasum
reticulum
rumen
glosses: The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the lining of said compartment, regarded as a foodstuff.
Derived terms: omasitis
Related terms: abomasum
bible
fardel
psalterium
reticulum
rumen
tripe
Everard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Euerarde
form: Everett
Etymology: From Old English Eofurheard, Eoferard, from Proto-West Germanic *Eburahardu, from *ebur (“wild boar”) + *hardu (“hard, brave”). Reinforced by cognate names from Anglo-Norman and Middle Dutch.
Senses: glosses: An English surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A male given name.
Derived terms: Papworth Everard
Captain Obvious
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kăpˌ-tən-ŏbˈ -vēəs
enpr: -tĭn-
ipa: /ˌkæptɪn ˈɒbviəs/
ipa: /-ən -/
ipa: /ˌkæptən ˈɑbviəs/
Forms: form: Captains Obvious
Senses: examples: text: Thank you, Captain Obvious!
text: 1994, L. E. Blair, Drummer Girl (Girl Talk series, vol. 12), Golden Books Publishing, →ISBN, page 33,
"But you're a girl," the guy said in surprise. This guy was getting on my nerves. "You are Captain Obvious, aren't you?" I shot back.
text: Text links, by their very nature, contain text (thank you, Captain Obvious).
ref: 1995, Rob Stokes and the Minds of Quirk, eMarketing, Рипол Классик, →ISBN, page 82:
text: The larger of the two specifications is known as Wide SCSI-2 because it's wider (Captain Obvious rides again).
ref: 1998, David Groth, A+: Core Module Study Guide, Sybex, →ISBN, page 189:
text: The Qiana-wearing slacker next to me poked me on the shoulder and said, "We totally knew it was you in the bathroom!" Well, thank you, Captain Obvious, I thought.
ref: 2002, Cathryn Michon, The Grrl Genius Guide to Life, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 145:
text: Hold the camera properly. No, I'm not playing Captain Obvious here, but there is a certain way to hold a DV camera to avoid jittery movement.
ref: 2002, Tee Morris, Steve Oakley, Premiere 6.5 Power!, Thomson Course Technology, →ISBN, page 240:
text: “Do you know who that is?” he said, pointing both hands at the screen. / “Harold…Wolf…?” the class stated the obvious in slow, disjointed unison. Mr. Candas looked ready to jump off a roof. / “Thank you, Captains Obvious,” he murmured.
ref: 2013, Kaleb Nation, Harken, VOLT, →ISBN, page 38:
text: Captains Obvious point to Sgt. Pepper’s as the source but, in reality, it’s Revolver. It comes from here, and it goes there and everywhere.
ref: 2022, Questlove [pseudonym; Ahmir K. Thompson], “Evolver”, in Revolver, Apple Corps, page 17, column 1:
glosses: Someone who makes superfluously obvious statements or who has just made one.
Synonyms: master of the obvious
Related terms: no shit
no shit, Sherlock
duh
surprise surprise
water is wet
where's the lie
grote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grotes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of groat.
wys
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: You’re a fuckboy whose most used phrase is, "wag one b, wys?"[.] Pulling girls at Gravity Monday is the highlight of your week. You constantly send selfies flexing your muscles and showing off your ‘six pack.’
ref: 2018 October 8, Ruby Bloom, “What your favourite social media says about you”, in The Tab:
text: While it might not be the best 11 inches you get in Freshers' Week, we can guarantee it'll be the tastiest (and it won't send you 'wys' texts at 3am).
ref: 2019 September 20, Matt Livingstone, “Here’s how to get FREE PIZZA in Leeds this Freshers’ Week”, in The Tab:
glosses: Initialism of what you saying.
Akron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.kɹɒn/
ipa: /ˈæ.kɹən/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “extremity, peak”).
Senses: examples: text: Betty graduated from college and married a Morehouse man from Ohio whom I never met. For a couple of years I received the occasional, uninformative postcard from Akron, usually depicting something called the Soap Box Derby.
ref: 2009, Percival Everett, I Am Not Sidney Poitier, Influx Press, page 48:
glosses: A city, the county seat of Summit County, Ohio.
glosses: A town in Hale County, Alabama.
glosses: A town, the county seat of Washington County, Colorado; named for the city in Ohio.
glosses: A township in Peoria County, Illinois.
glosses: A town in Henry Township, Fulton County, Indiana; named for the city in Ohio.
glosses: A city in Plymouth County, Iowa.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Fairview Township, Cowley County, Kansas.
glosses: A township in Tuscola County, Michigan.
glosses: A village in Akron Township and Fairgrove Township, Tuscola County, Michigan.
glosses: A township in Big Stone County, Minnesota.
glosses: A township in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Missouri; named for the city in Ohio.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Boone County, Nebraska; named for the city in Ohio.
glosses: A village in Erie County, New York.
glosses: A borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia.
Related terms: acro-
Acropolis