cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
orchestral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔɹˈkɛstɹəl/
Forms: form: orchestrals
Etymology: From orchestra + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The ABC would have top-billing for the orchestral concerts and Williamsons for the recitals; we would go for a three-guinea top for the orchestrals, at that time a record; the ABC would do the front of house and the banking; [...]
ref: 1984, Charles Buttrose, Words and Music, page 62:
text: I also enjoy, still using music as an analogy, when Nature segues from quieter contemplative pieces featuring fog and overcast and rain to the full orchestrals of storms: booming tympani of thunder, cymbal crashes of lightning, full-brass of wind ...
ref: 2011, Dorien Grey, Short Circuits: A Life in Blogs: - Book 1, →ISBN:
text: Classical composers like Alexander Reinagle, Rayner Taylor, and Susannah Haswell Rowson made their names in the 18th century, while the 19th century was given over to English opera, religious orchestrals, and gospel.
ref: 2017, Karrie Gavin, Moon Philadelphia: Including Pennsylvania Dutch Country, →ISBN:
glosses: An orchestral performance.
myologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒdʒɪk
Etymology: From Greek myo- "muscle" and -logy "study (of)".
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the study of muscles or muscle tissue.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the muscles.
Related terms: myology
myrmecology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɜː(ɹ)mɪˈkɒləd͡ʒi/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek myrmeco- (“ant”) + -logy (“study (of)”).
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
synonyms: word: formicology
glosses: The study of ants.
Derived terms: paleomyrmecology
Related terms: myrmecological
myrmecologist
Ravenscar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Recorded as Rauenesere 1312, from Old Norse hrafn + sker, so Peak must have been a later renaming.
The computing term was derived from the name of the village, the location of the 8th International Real-Time Ada Workshop (IRTAW 8).
Senses: glosses: A coastal village in Staintondale parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district, renamed from Peak in the early 20th century (OS grid ref NZ9801).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of Reliable Ada Verifiable Executive Needed for Scheduling Critical Applications in Real Time.
odonatology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Odonata + -ology
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: The study of dragonflies and often damselflies.
Derived terms: odonatological
odonatologist
monomorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɑnoʊ̯ˈmɔɹfɪk/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)fɪk
Etymology: From mono- (“one”) + -morphic (“of a form”).
Senses: examples: text: If, in fact, in L. funebris there is no sex marker on the song elements themselves, then a young bird must be able to sex its tutor. The same is true if the individuals were predisposed to produce the total vocabulary of any population, or of both sexes in their own population, and then under experience had to suppress a sex-specific subset of that repertoire. It seems unrealistic to assume the reverse, that a parent bird can sex by some hidden cues newly hatched sexually monomorphic offspring and direct its own vocabulary to consexual young only.
ref: 1996 December 1, W. Wickler, K. Lunau, “How Do East African Bush Shrikes Laniarius funebris Recognize Male and Female Tutors During Gender Dialect Development?”, in Naturwissenschaften, volume 83, →DOI, pages 579b–c:
glosses: Having or existing in a single shape or form.
examples: text: Common immunohistochemical markers of this lymphoma include CD2, CD56, CD3, and T-cell receptors. 7 Typically, the histology of these lymphomas are characterized by monomorphic inflammatory cellular infiltrates, which may be diffuse or show angiocentricity and angiodestruction as well as tissue destruction. 7 Lymphoid markers from the nasal mucosal biopsy from this patient were negative for CD56 and EBER.
ref: 2015, Brook McConnell, M. Sherif Said, Vijay R. Ramakrishnan, “Nasal septal perforation associated with pyoderma gangrenosum”, in Allergy & Rhinology, volume 6, →DOI:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Invariant across a species.
raw_tags: of a gene
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Taking only a single data type.
raw_tags: of a function
Derived terms: monomorphically
quasimonomorphic
mailer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: mailers
Etymology: From mail + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Large and frequent mailers may send material on a monthly basis to their house lists, test acquisitions several times a year to drum up new donors, and perhaps do a few special appeals on top of that.
ref: 2009, Robert Bly, 88 Money-Making Writing Jobs, page 133:
glosses: One who sends mail.
glosses: A computer program that sends electronic mail.
examples: text: The cassette came in a brown paper mailer.
glosses: A packet or container designed for postal use.
examples: text: Lasky Co., Newark (N. J.) printer, has been using a direct-mail campaign slanted toward this problem. Latest mailer, an oversized post card, has on the address side a colorful drawing of a bird perched on top of a sign post.
ref: 1957, Printers' Ink, volume 260, page 43:
text: Do they recall your latest mailer? Did you ever sell an armoire through ads on hard-rock radio? Find out with low-cost "intercept" surveys of customers as they leave the store.
ref: 1982, NHFA's CompetitivEdge, volume 56, page 71:
text: Do not delete this mailer as information given within may not be repeated in subsequent mailers.
ref: 2025 March 4, “Mailer III”, in ASCE, page 1:
glosses: A mailshot; advertising sent by mail.
Related terms: bubble mailer
e-mailer
Gmailer
hate mailer
junk mailer
mail
padded mailer
self-mailer
victims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪktɪmz/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈvɪktəmz/
Senses: glosses: plural of victim
victims
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪktɪmz/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈvɪktəmz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of victim
districts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪstɹɪk(t)s/
Senses: glosses: plural of district
districts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪstɹɪk(t)s/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of district
sails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /seɪlz/
rhymes: -eɪlz
Senses: glosses: plural of sail
sails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /seɪlz/
rhymes: -eɪlz
Forms: form: sails
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The sailmaker on board ship.
sails
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /seɪlz/
rhymes: -eɪlz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sail
representatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛpɹɪˈzɛntətɪvz/
Senses: glosses: plural of representative
bands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bændz/
rhymes: -ændz
Senses: glosses: plural of band
bands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bændz/
rhymes: -ændz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of band
codes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊdz/
ipa: /koʊdz/
rhymes: -əʊdz
rhymes: -oʊdz
Senses: glosses: plural of code
codes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊdz/
ipa: /koʊdz/
rhymes: -əʊdz
rhymes: -oʊdz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of code
seeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /siːdz/
rhymes: -iːdz
homophone: cedes
homophone: sedes
Senses: glosses: plural of seed
seeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /siːdz/
rhymes: -iːdz
homophone: cedes
homophone: sedes
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of seed
charms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɑɹmz/
ipa: /tʃɑːmz/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mz
Senses: glosses: plural of charm
charms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɑɹmz/
ipa: /tʃɑːmz/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of charm
newspapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnjuːsˌpeɪpəz/
ipa: /ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəz/
ipa: /ˈn(j)usˌpeɪpɚz/
ipa: /ˈn(j)uzˌpeɪpɚz/
Senses: glosses: plural of newspaper
newspapers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnjuːsˌpeɪpəz/
ipa: /ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəz/
ipa: /ˈn(j)usˌpeɪpɚz/
ipa: /ˈn(j)uzˌpeɪpɚz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of newspaper
blows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bləʊz/
ipa: /bloʊz/
rhymes: -əʊz
Senses: glosses: plural of blow
blows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bləʊz/
ipa: /bloʊz/
rhymes: -əʊz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blow
nickelous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: homophone: Nicholas
homophone: Nicolas
Forms: form: more nickelous
form: most nickelous
Etymology: From nickel + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Containing nickel.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Containing bivalent nickel.
Synonyms: sense: containing nickel
word: nickelic
Derived terms: nickelous chloride
Related terms: nickelic
nickelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nickel + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Containing nickel.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Containing trivalent nickel.
Synonyms: sense: containing nickel
word: nickelous
Related terms: nickelous
trepan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɪˈpæn/
ipa: /tɹəˈpæn/
ipa: /tɹi-/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: trepans
Etymology: Borrowed into Middle English from Old French trepan, from Latin trepanum, from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “auger, borer”). Doublet of trephine.
Senses: glosses: A tool used to bore through rock when sinking shafts.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A surgical instrument used to remove a circular section of bone from the skull; a trephine.
Related terms: hole saw
trepan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɪˈpæn/
ipa: /tɹəˈpæn/
ipa: /tɹi-/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: trepans
form: trepanning
form: trepanned
form: trepanned
Etymology: Borrowed into Middle English from Old French trepan, from Latin trepanum, from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “auger, borer”). Doublet of trephine.
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
mining
glosses: To create a large hole by making a narrow groove outlining the shape of the hole and then removing the plug of material remaining by less expensive means.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To use a trepan; to trephine.
Derived terms: word: trepanned
word: trepanner
word: trepanning
word: trepanize
word: trepanation
trepan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɪˈpæn/
ipa: /tɹəˈpæn/
ipa: /tɹi-/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: trepans
Etymology: See trapan.
Senses: examples: text: As for all other Pretences, they are nothing but Death and Damnation, dreſſed up in Fair VVords and Falſe Shevvs; nothing but Ginns, and Snares, and Trepans for Souls; Contrived by the Devil, and Managed by ſuch as the Devil ſets on VVork.
ref: 1661 December 20 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar); first published 1698, Robert South, “False Foundations Removed, and True Ones Laid for such Wise Builders as Design to Build for Eternity. In a Sermon Preached at St. Mary’s, Oxon, before the University, Decem. 10. 1661.”, in Twelve Sermons upon Several Subjects and Occasions, volume III, London: […] Tho[mas] Warren for Thomas Bennet […], →OCLC, pages 207–208:
text: Julian was hastily revolving whether they ought, in prudence, to accept this man's invitation, aware, by experience, how many trepans, as they were then termed, were used betwixt two contending factions, […]
ref: 1822, [Walter Scott], chapter VII, in Peveril of the Peak. […], volume IV, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 159:
text: [O]ld associates who had once thought him [Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston] a man of dauntless courage and spotless honour, […] now pronounced that he was at best a meanspirited coward, and hinted their suspicions that he had been from the beginning a spy and a trepan.
ref: 1851, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XVII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume IV, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 32:
glosses: Alternative spelling of trapan (“act of entrapping or tricking; thing which entraps or tricks; (archaic or obsolete) person (or occasionally an animal) that traps or tricks another into doing something that benefits them but harms the victim”)
trespasser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trespassers
Etymology: From trespass + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Pilton Yard, the Lynton & Barnstaple headquarters, has been taken over by a fur trading firm, and would-be trespassers to the old engine-shed are turned back by the pungent odour of heaps of carcases.
ref: 1951 February, “Notes and News: Lynton & Barnstaple Remains”, in Railway Magazine, page 136:
text: The human is a land animal, not an aquatic one, and he is therefore a trespasser in the water.
ref: 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 16:
glosses: One who trespasses; an interloper.
vandalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vandalizations
form: vandalisation
Etymology: From vandalize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: vandalism
Related terms: vandal
vandalise
vandalize
herbal tea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herbal teas
Senses: synonyms: herb tea
tisane
hypernyms: tea
coordinate_terms: tea
glosses: A beverage made by infusing mainly the leaves (and sometimes the flowers, roots, or stems) of various herbs or other plants, generally not including true tea (Camellia sinensis).
Related terms: herbal medicine
swanherd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swanherds
Etymology: 1475-85, swan + herd
Senses: glosses: A person who tends or herds swans; a keeper of swans.
Oxfam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɒksfæm/
Etymology: Syllabic abbreviation of Oxford Committee for Famine Relief: originally the telegraphic address of the organisation.
Senses: examples: text: [E]xquisitely torn jeans adorned the 'Hard Times' cover of The Face, while the long macs and second-hand suits of the 'Oxfam brigade', with their doomy Joy Division rock and George Orwell haircuts, made a suitable fanfare for the advent of the dreaded 1984. In one sense Oxfam chic was a lament for the passing of the old working-class certainties […]
ref: 1992, Juliet Ash, Elizabeth Wilson, Chic Thrills: A Fashion Reader, page 42:
text: In the town center of the village I live in, there is an Oxfam shop, a Salvation Army shop, a Heart Disease UK shop, and a Cancer Research shop. They sell the usual thrift store stuff of used clothes and books.
ref: 2012, Alana Muir, An American Guide to Britishness, page 34:
glosses: A United Kingdom-based charity focused on alleviating global poverty and operating a chain of charity shops.
wikipedia: Oxford Committee for Famine Relief
telegraphic address
sallies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæ.liz/
rhymes: -æliz
Senses: glosses: plural of sally
sallies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæ.liz/
rhymes: -æliz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sally
market town
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: market towns
form: market-town
Senses: examples: text: Chan Sam had already received two receipts, one from the banking institution in Hong Kong to which he had sent his draft, and another from the broker in the market town of Shekki, which served several satellite villages including Chang Gar Bin. A courier had carried the draft from Hong Kong to Shekki.
ref: 1994, Denise Chong, “Chapter Three”, in The Concubine's Children, Penguin Books, published 1996, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 38:
text: Frank Fisher’s butcher’s shop had been in business, he liked to tell people, for more than 300 years. A while back, a signpainter was commissioned to advertise this fact on an outside wall, in case any strangers should pass through the market town of Dronfield in Derbyshire and feel compelled to stop and inspect a time capsule.
ref: 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian:
text: Over the past two centuries, the railway has become a force of economic and social transformation connecting towns and cities, carrying ideas and ambitions. One place to experience this change was Swindon. With the arrival of Brunel's Great Western Railway, Swindon began a remarkable transformation as what had been a modest market town quickly became a centre of industrial activity.
ref: 2025 October 1, Richard Evans, “The value of the railway effect”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 58:
glosses: A town that has a traditional right to hold a regular market.
Triangulum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin triangulum (“triangle”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: Triangula
glosses: An autumn constellation of the northern sky whose brightest three stars form a small triangle. It lies near Perseus, between Aries and Andromeda.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The Triangulum Galaxy, a relatively nearby spiral galaxy to the Milky Way; M33.
Derived terms: Trianguli
Triangulum Australe
Triangulum Galaxy
Triangulum Minor
triathlete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triathletes
Etymology: From tri- + athlete.
Senses: examples: text: This is how Alzheimer's transforms encyclopedians into vegetables, how Parkinson's immobilizes triatheletes.
ref: 2012, Rob Benvie, Maintenance:
topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An athlete who competes in the triathlon.
tribular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tribular
form: most tribular
Senses: glosses: tribual
tribual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪb.ju.əl/
Senses: examples: text: The tribual lisping of the Ephraimites.
ref: a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:
glosses: Of or relating to a tribe; tribal.
Martians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Martian
tribune
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪbjuːn/
ipa: /tɹɪˈbjuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: tribunes
Etymology: From Middle English tribune, from Old French tribun, tribune, from Latin tribunus (“tribune, tribal leader”), from tribus (“tribe”).
Senses: glosses: An elected official in Ancient Rome, a tribune of the plebs.
glosses: A military officer in Ancient Rome ranking below a legate and above a centurion, a military tribune.
glosses: A protector of the people; a public figure who appeals to and on behalf of the people through oratory.
topics: Christianity
architecture
glosses: The domed or vaulted apse in a cathedral housing the bishop's throne (see).
examples: text: The new magazine's goal is to give a tribune to unmarried mothers.
glosses: Synonym of pulpit, a platform, a place or opportunity to express one's opinion
synonyms: word: pulpit
extra: a platform, a place or opportunity to express one's opinion
Derived terms: tribunary
tribune of the plebs
tribuneship
Tribunite
Related terms: tribunate
tribunician
tribunitian
mapped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mapped
form: most mapped
Senses: glosses: Having been mapped; (graphic design) having had a map projected onto its surface.
Derived terms: bump-mapped
imagemapped
unmapped
mapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of map
tricultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + culture + -al.
Senses: coordinate_terms: monocultural
bicultural
;
multicultural
polycultural
glosses: Of, relating to, or containing three cultures.
belligerency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belligerencies
Senses: examples: text: Scott was a little unsteady now and he looked at people out of the side of his eyes with a certain belligerency.
ref: 1964, Ernest Hemingway, “Scott Fitzgerald”, in A Moveable Feast, New York: Scribner, page 173:
glosses: Alternative form of belligerence.
Derived terms: nonbelligerency
maps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæps/
rhymes: -æps
Senses: glosses: plural of map
maps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæps/
rhymes: -æps
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of map
triculture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tricultures
Etymology: From tri- + culture.
Senses: glosses: A state, nation etc. that contains three distinct cultures.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A coculture containing three different types of cells.
trifle with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: trifles with
form: trifling with
form: trifled with
form: trifled with
Senses: glosses: To toy with.
glosses: To mock; to treat lightly.
Synonyms: sport
Derived terms: untrifled with
triglyceride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaɪˈɡlɪsəɹaɪd/
Forms: form: triglycerides
Etymology: From tri- + glyceride.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A lipid, an ester of glycerol and three fatty acids (the same or different); the major constituent of animal and vegetable fats
Derived terms: medium-chain triglyceride
Related terms: diglyceride
monoglyceride
quantum onion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quantum onions
Senses: glosses: a quantum well incorporated in a quantum dot
monoglyceride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɒnəʊˈɡlɪsəɹaɪd/
Forms: form: monoglycerides
Etymology: From mono- + glyceride.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: a lipid, an ester of glycerol and one fatty acid (in the 1- or 2- positions)
Related terms: diglyceride
triglyceride
diglyceride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈɡlɪsəɹaɪd/
Forms: form: diglycerides
Etymology: From di- + glyceride.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: a lipid, an ester of glycerol and two fatty acids (the same or different, in the 1,2 or 1,3 positions)
Related terms: monoglyceride
triglyceride
quantum well
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quantum wells
Senses: qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: a potential well that confines particles in one dimension, forcing them to occupy a planar region
Fritz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɪts/
rhymes: -ɪts
Forms: form: Fritzes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Fritz, pet form of Friedrich (“Frederick”).
Senses: examples: text: Someone sent up a shout and word came that oil had begun to show on the water—that meant one less submarine afloat! Again the roar of guns—again the shout! Two Fritzes sunk. . . !
ref: 1918, Elaine Sterne, Over the Seas for Uncle Sam:
glosses: A German person, usually male.
Synonyms: Boche
jerry
Kraut
Hun
Fritz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɪts/
rhymes: -ɪts
Forms: form: Fritzes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Fritz, pet form of Friedrich (“Frederick”).
Senses: examples: text: But if Fritz is stationed in that patch of woodland, we've got no chance!
text: You! Fritz! Tell us where the ammunition's kept!
text: […]so Fritz could sleep easily in his trench, so far as mines were concerned; and Fritz, confident in his Herr Professors, altogether neglected any attempt to counter-mine.
ref: 1923, Frank Fox, “The Man-Made Earthquake”, in Charles Francis Horne, The Great Events of the Great War, volume 5:
text: 'Fritz is pounding away at the crossing,' he said. 'We'd do better to wait till things quieten down.'
ref: 1952, Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert Chandler and Yury Bit-Yunan, Stalingrad, page 227:
glosses: A name used to represent the German people (particularly the German armed forces) as a group.
examples: text: Uncle Fritz “talked eyes” when he was the most deeply aggrieved; and little Fritz found it most unpleasant to have an American relative addicted to the same bad habit. She came into the room just then and there, and, seeing the two Fritzes in such confidential discussion, would have speedily withdrawn, had not the gentleman risen and begged her to remain.
ref: 1892, Evelyn Raymond, chapter VII, in Mixed Pickles, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. […], →OCLC, page 81:
text: “Has she any children?” asked the practical Johannes. / “Just one—a nice boy, too. Thirteen. Fritz is his name.” Jakob chuckled. “Just the same as your brother. That’s a good one—there’ll be two Fritzes in one family!”
ref: 1943, Madeleine Goss, Robert Haven Schauffler, “Black Forest Magic”, in Brahms: The Master, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 205:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Friedrich.
examples: text: The highly anticipated all-American matchup between Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe — marking the first US Open semifinals between two US men in nearly 20 years — will cost you quite a few Honey Deuces to attend.
ref: 2024 September 6, Jordan Valinsky, “Ticket prices for the all-American men’s matchup at the US Open are surging”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from German.
potential well
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potential wells
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the region surrounding a local minimum of potential energy, especially if the potential has a constant value in an interval and a higher (finite or infinite) value outside of it
Hyponyms: finite potential well
infinite potential well
local minimum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: local minimums
form: local minima
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A point on a graph (or its associated function) whose value is less than all other points near it.
Related terms: local maximum
global minimum
moshpit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moshpits
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mosh pit.
trilinear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + linear.
Senses: glosses: Having, or bounded by, three lines
Derived terms: trilinear coordinate
trilinear filtering
trilinear interpolation
trilinear line
trilinear polar
trilinear polarity
trilinear vertex matrix
trilinear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trilinears
Etymology: From tri- + linear.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A triple (x, y, z) of the algebraic distances of a point to each side of a surrounding triangle
trilingualism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trilingual + -ism.
Senses: coordinate_terms: monolingualism
bilingualism
multilingualism
glosses: The condition of being trilingual; the ability to speak three languages.
Related terms: bilingual
monolingual
trilingual
trilingualist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trilingualists
Etymology: From trilingual + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A trilingual person.
trillionth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪl.i.ənθ/
/ˈtɹɪl.jənθ/
Etymology: From trillion + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: glosses: The ordinal form of the number one trillion.
trillionth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪl.i.ənθ/
/ˈtɹɪl.jənθ/
Forms: form: trillionths
Etymology: From trillion + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: glosses: The person or thing in the trillionth position.
glosses: One of a trillion equal parts of a whole.
spackle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspæk.əl/
rhymes: -ækəl
Forms: form: spackles
Etymology: From Spackle, originally a brand name, perhaps based on German Spachtel which is ultimately from Latin spatula. Doublet of spatula.
Senses: glosses: Any powder (originally containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste, which is used to fill cracks and holes in plaster.
glosses: A plastic paste meant for filling cracks and holes in plaster.
examples: text: a spackle of guacamole inside a taco shell
ref: 2018 August 8, Helen Rosner, “It’s Time to Admit That Iceberg Is a Superior Lettuce”, in New Yorker:
glosses: A paste-like substance that fills a gap.
spackle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspæk.əl/
rhymes: -ækəl
Forms: form: spackles
form: spackling
form: spackled
form: spackled
Etymology: From Spackle, originally a brand name, perhaps based on German Spachtel which is ultimately from Latin spatula. Doublet of spatula.
Senses: glosses: To fill or repair with a plastic paste.
glosses: To fill cracks or holes with a spackle.
examples: text: The neighborhood has been spackled with coffee shops.
glosses: To fill gaps with something, as if spackling; to speckle
triplicate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪp.lɪ.kət/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪp.lɪ.keɪt/
Etymology: Early 15th century. From Latin triplicātus, perfect passive participle of triplicō (“to triple”) (see -ate), from tri- (“three”) + plicō (“to fold”). By surface analysis, tri- (“three”) + plicate, analogous with duplicate.
Senses: synonyms: word: triple
word: triplicate
word: threefold
word: thrissome
glosses: Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled.
triplicate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪp.lɪ.kət/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪp.lɪ.keɪt/
Forms: form: triplicates
Etymology: Early 15th century. From Latin triplicātus, perfect passive participle of triplicō (“to triple”) (see -ate), from tri- (“three”) + plicō (“to fold”). By surface analysis, tri- (“three”) + plicate, analogous with duplicate.
Senses: examples: text: The prime minister is a determined centralist in thrall to a tactless and obsessive aide, Cummings, whose skill seems limited to writing slogans in triplicate.
ref: 2020 July 20, Simon Jenkins, “Britain deserves better than an Old Etonian Donald Trump”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The making of three identical copies of something.
examples: text: Among the six bottles, three of them were pumped every 30 minutes and the three others every 60 minutes. This provided a triplicate of each condition (30 or 60 minutes idle time between pumping).
ref: 2022, Vincent Busigny, François P. Mathon, Didier Jézéquel, Cécile C. Bidaud, Eric Viollier, Gérard Bardoux, Jean-Jacques Bourrand, Karim Benzerara, Elodie Duprat, Nicolas Menguy, Caroline L. Monteil, Christopher T. Lefevre, “Mass collection of magnetotactic bacteria from the permanently stratified ferruginous Lake Pavin, France”, in Environmental Microbiology, volume 24, number 2 (Special Issue: microbe:metal/metalloid interactions), →DOI, pages 721-736:
glosses: Each of a set of three identical objects or copies.
triplicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪp.lɪ.kət/
ipa: /ˈtɹɪp.lɪ.keɪt/
Forms: form: triplicates
form: triplicating
form: triplicated
form: triplicated
Etymology: Early 15th century. From Latin triplicātus, perfect passive participle of triplicō (“to triple”) (see -ate), from tri- (“three”) + plicō (“to fold”). By surface analysis, tri- (“three”) + plicate, analogous with duplicate.
Senses: glosses: To make three identical copies of something.
glosses: To triple.
Synonyms: word: treble
word: triplicate
Hypernyms: word: copy
Coordinate terms: english: one and a half times
translation: one and a half times
word: sesquiplicate
english: two times
translation: two times
word: duplicate
provisionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more provisionally
form: most provisionally
Etymology: From provisional + -ly.
Senses: antonyms: unprovisionally
glosses: In a provisional way; temporarily.
Related terms: improvisationally
aight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑˌaɪt/
ipa: /ˌɑˈaɪt/
ipa: /ˈaɪt/
ipa: /ˈaɪt/
ipa: [ˈaɪ̯ʔ]
ipa: /ˈəɪt/
ipa: [ˈəɪ̯ʔ]
rhymes: -ɑaɪt
rhymes: -aɪt
Forms: form: a'ight
form: aiight
form: ight
form: iight
form: aite
Etymology: Contraction of all right. Compare a' ("all").
Senses: qualifier: chiefly African-American Vernacular
glosses: Contraction of all right.
qualifier: chiefly African-American Vernacular
glosses: Okay; average; nothing special.
aight
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑˌaɪt/
ipa: /ˌɑˈaɪt/
ipa: /ˈaɪt/
ipa: /ˈaɪt/
ipa: [ˈaɪ̯ʔ]
ipa: /ˈəɪt/
ipa: [ˈəɪ̯ʔ]
rhymes: -ɑaɪt
rhymes: -aɪt
Forms: form: a'ight
form: aiight
form: ight
form: iight
form: aite
Etymology: Contraction of all right. Compare a' ("all").
Senses: qualifier: chiefly African-American Vernacular
glosses: Contraction of all right.
aight
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑˌaɪt/
ipa: /ˌɑˈaɪt/
ipa: /ˈaɪt/
ipa: /ˈaɪt/
ipa: [ˈaɪ̯ʔ]
ipa: /ˈəɪt/
ipa: [ˈəɪ̯ʔ]
rhymes: -ɑaɪt
rhymes: -aɪt
Forms: form: a'ight
form: aiight
form: ight
form: iight
form: aite
Etymology: Contraction of all right. Compare a' ("all").
Senses: examples: text: Aight, let's get started.
qualifier: chiefly African-American Vernacular
glosses: Contraction of all right.
koeksister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koeksisters
form: koeksijster
form: koeksuster
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans koeksister, from Dutch koek + sissen.
Senses: examples: 2003 Orania is unveiling a statue to the koeksister, that syrupy delicacy so loved by Afrikaners. When I tell people, everyone thinks it must be a joke. — Sunday Times
glosses: A traditional Afrikaner confection consisting of a deep-fried twisted or plaited doughnut dipped in syrup immediately after cooking.
Related terms: koesister
untruthfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From untruthful + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Subtlety may indeed effect a victory at the deadening cost of a sin, but timeservingness can only get transitory advantage, while the damage of its untruthfulness leaves its corroding taint behind for ever.
ref: 1855, The Ecclesiastic, page 346:
glosses: The state of being untruthful; dishonesty.
headquarter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: headquarters
form: headquartering
form: headquartered
form: headquartered
Senses: glosses: To provide (an organization) with headquarters.
examples: text: As the AANHPI population of the United States continued to grow and diversify following the elimination of most race-based restrictions on immigration, the Organization of Chinese Americans also changed to reflect that growing diversity. In 2013, it renamed itself “OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates” to reflect its work on behalf of all AANHPIs. OCA is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
ref: 2025 January 30, “OCA – ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN ADVOCATES v. MARCO RUBIO, et al.”, in United States District Court for the District of Columbia, page 4:
glosses: To establish headquarters.
non-toxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nontoxic.
nontoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-toxic
Etymology: From non- + toxic.
Senses: examples: text: The Try Guys, like everyone making a living online, were inevitably shaped by their audience’s desires: They and their fans all had their hands on the Ouija board, and together they conjured a nontoxic brand of masculinity — until Fulmer flicked the lights on, exposing the fantasy.
ref: 2022 October 25, Willy Staley, “The Try Guys and the Prison of Online Fame”, in The New York Times Magazine:
synonyms: atoxic
nonpoisonous
antonyms: poisonous
toxic
hypernyms: harmless
innocuous
glosses: Not toxic; not poisonous.
nontoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nontoxics
form: non-toxic
Etymology: From non- + toxic.
Senses: examples: text: I've simplified car cleaning to just the basic nontoxics.
ref: 1997, Karen Logan, Clean House Clean Planet, page 101:
text: The point is that increasingly we'll have two choices: fight lead bans and lose, or learn what nontoxics work for upland birds.
ref: 2008, Phil Bourjaily, “New Age Birdshot”, in Field & Stream, volume 113, number 2, page 26:
glosses: A substance that is not toxic.
off-limits
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The pond was off-limits to swimmers.
text: Irregardless, ex-boyfriends are just off-limits to friends. I mean that's just, like, the rules of feminism.
ref: 2004, Tina Fey, Mean Girls, spoken by Gretchen Wieners (Lacey Chabert):
text: According to Yang, the six islets have been purely military for more than five decades.
"These islets were completely off-limits to civilians, even to Kinmen residents," Yang said.
ref: 2004 October 18, “Kinmen seeks to develop six demilitarized islets”, in Taipei Times:
text: To Restricted Area
Directions
The restricted area is off-limits to all unauthorized personnel.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Noveria:
text: It was truly one of the most horrific filming experiences of my career there, contrasting neatly with some of the best of my career - filming in various off-limits storerooms at LTM's Acton Depot.
ref: 2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in RAIL, number 934, pages 49–50:
glosses: Not to be entered or used; restricted.
Synonyms: out of bounds
pied-à-terre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pi.eɪ.dəˈtɛɹ/
ipa: /pi.eɪ.dəˈtɛə/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pieds-à-terre
Etymology: Borrowed from French pied-à-terre (“foot on the ground”).
Senses: examples: text: But the pied-à-terre at the embassy provides little privacy and has none of the grandeur for the formal events that an American ambassador posted to the United States’ closest Middle East ally is expected to host.
ref: 2021 December 1, Lara Jakes, Michael Crowley, “In Israel, the New U.S. Ambassador’s Home Lacks a Certain View”, in The New York Times, retrieved 01 Dec 2021:
coordinate_terms: dacha
glosses: A smaller temporary or secondary lodging; a second home, especially one in the city.
Related terms: city break
love nest
lime-twig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lime-twigs
form: lime twig
Etymology: Used in English around the 15th century. lime + twig, with lime referring to birdlime.
Senses: glosses: A twig smeared with birdlime, used for catching birds.
Derived terms: lime-twigged
clinically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more clinically
form: most clinically
Etymology: From clinical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a clinical manner: dispassionately or analytically.
examples: text: clinically apparent
text: Hypokalemia may manifest clinically as fatigue and muscle cramping.
text: Mild electrolyte disturbances are usually not clinically apparent, but if they worsen, symptoms begin.
antonyms: nonclinically
coordinate_terms: subclinically
glosses: In the setting of a medical clinic; in a clinical setting; (of a health condition) to a degree high enough to be relevant to clinical practice.
examples: text: a person baptised clinically
glosses: At a person's bedside.
Derived terms: clinically dead
clinically depressed
nonclinically
paraclinically
chaplet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃæplət/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃæplɪt/
Forms: form: chaplets
Etymology: From Middle English chapelet, from Old French chapelet. Doublet of chapelet.
Senses: glosses: A garland or circlet for the head.
glosses: A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
examples: text: Down the long street she passed, with her chaplet of beads and her missal,[…]
ref: 1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, chapter I, in Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, part I, page 14:
glosses: A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
examples: text: The Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows of Mary consists of seven sets of Hail Marys.
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.
examples: text: People often pray the chaplet at 3:00 pm to commemorate Jesus' death.
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the most well-known chaplet in the Catholic Church.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A series of spores or other objects arranged like beads on a string.
glosses: A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.
glosses: A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
glosses: A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.
glosses: Alternative form of chapelet.
Derived terms: chapleted
chaplet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃæplət/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃæplɪt/
Forms: form: chaplets
Senses: glosses: A small chapel or shrine.
untruthful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untruthful
form: most untruthful
Etymology: From un- + truthful. Compare Middle English untreuthfull, untrowþeful, wntreuthtfull (“unbelieving, infidel”).
Senses: examples: text: Cousin, good night; / And whatsoe’er be told of me henceforth, / A most untruthful annalist were he, / Who said I did not love my cousin Anna.
ref: 1827, [Henry Taylor], act III, scene V, in Isaac Comnenus. A Play., London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 134:
text: Upon principle it is his aim to exhibit integrity of dealing, honest and godly sincerity to all men; if he fail, it must be in degree, it cannot be in kind; for a false and untruthful mind can never rightly know God; the more we know of him, the more upright and ingenuous, and liberal, and kind, and humane, and generous, must be our conduct to man.
ref: 1832, chapter VI, in The Waning Church, London: […] James Nisbet, […], →OCLC, page 114:
text: He who obeys not the good Shepherd of the soul and heart has an untruthful mind; a mind filled with fallacies; a mind of wrong resolvings and concludings.
ref: 1965, Ann Ree Colton, The soul and the ethic, page 167:
glosses: Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying.
examples: text: But what was our astonishment when the “Seven Letters by Anglicanus” made their appearance amongst us, accompanied by the report that you—one of our brethren—was the author of that untruthful, bitter, and malignant publication!
ref: 1828, Charles Thomson, Letter to the Rev. Henry Grey, on Certain Passages Contained in the Letters of Anglicanus, Edinburgh: […] William Whyte & Co. […] and sold by M[aurice] Ogle, and William Collins, […], →OCLC, page 4:
glosses: Pertaining to falsehood; corrupt; dishonest.
Derived terms: untruthfully
untruthfulness
long in the tooth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Possibly from the practice of examining the length of horses’ teeth when estimating their ages: an old horse has long, rectangular incisors, and their occlusion angle is steep. Compare don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Senses: examples: text: His cousin was now of more than middle age. . . . She was lean, and yellow, and long in the tooth.
ref: 1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 2, in The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.:
text: So as Microsoft began its 30th year last month, investors wondered whether it's a little long in the tooth.
ref: 2004 May 10, Chris Taylor, “Is Microsoft A Slowpoke?”, in Time, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2008:
text: There were four relatively-fast, modern cruisers, the Oleg, Aurora, Zhemchug, and Izumrud... aaand the Dmitrii Donskoi, which was twenty-one years old and getting a bit long in the tooth.
ref: 2019 March 13, Drachinifel, 10:25 from the start, in The Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron - Voyage of the Damned, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2022:
text: For those who are interested, Deaton (1992) remains the best (and most readable) single introduction to the empirics of the canonical permanent income model, though it's now a bit long in the tooth.
ref: 2024, Jeremy B. Rudd, A Practical Guide to Macroeconomics, page 47:
glosses: Old; aged.
Synonyms: on in years
over the hill
wizened
elderly
Related terms: don't look a gift horse in the mouth
make old bones
renunciation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: renunciations
Etymology: From Latin renūntiātiō. Compare renounce.
Senses: examples: text: The President's renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress.
text: The life of the spirit demands readiness for renunciation when the occasion arises […].
ref: 1917, Bertrand Russell, Why Men Fight: A Method of Abolishing the International Duel:
glosses: The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
examples: text: The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.
glosses: The resignation of an ecclesiastical office.
topics: law
glosses: The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.
topics: Christianity
glosses: In the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the Devil and all his works.
Derived terms: self-renunciation
Related terms: renouncement
abjurement
repudiation
dotter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: homophone: daughter (cot–caught merger)
rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: dotters
Etymology: From dot + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Both edges of the crosshead are thus marked, the short centre lines being easily scratched with a scriber as soon as the arcs are made with a calliper, in fact, a mere dot with a dotter is sufficient.
ref: 1869, Cameron Knight, The Mechanician and Constructor for Engineers:
text: These have a long fine brush and a dotter in the lid of the brush for making small dots of the paint on the nail.
ref: 2011, Jane Symington, Karen Peppercorn, At Your Fingertips - The Nail Technician's Companion, page 289:
glosses: An instrument for drawing dots.
Derived terms: i-dotter
boomed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /buːmd/
rhymes: -uːmd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of boom
balletic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbəˈlɛtɪk/
ipa: /ˌbæˈlɛtɪk/
rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Forms: form: more balletic
form: most balletic
Etymology: From ballet + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Federer […]played the game with a balletic grace beyond modern compare. He had balance and coordination in spades; he had an iron forehand with a velvet touch; and the footwork of Muhammad Ali.
ref: 2022 September 22, Russell Fuller, “Roger Federer retires: Swiss great played tennis with a balletic grace beyond modern compare”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Pertaining to or suitable for ballet.
Derived terms: balletically
nonballetic
unballetic
trisect
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛkt
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Trisected; divided into three.
trisect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛkt
Forms: form: trisects
form: trisecting
form: trisected
form: trisected
Senses: glosses: to cut into three pieces
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: to divide a quantity, angle etc into three equal parts
triumphal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaɪˈʌmfəl/
Forms: form: more triumphal
form: most triumphal
Etymology: From Middle English triumphal, triumphall, tryumphal, from Latin triumphālis and Old French trionfal, triumphal.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or being a triumph.
glosses: That celebrates or commemorates a triumph or victory.
Synonyms: sense: celebrating triumph, victory
word: triumphant
Derived terms: triumphal arch
triumphally
triumphal entry
triumphalism
triumphalist