cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
inverse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈvɝs/
ipa: /ˈɪnvɝs/
rhymes: -ɜ(ɹ)s
Forms: form: inverses
form: inversing
form: inversed
form: inversed
Etymology: Recorded since 1440, from Latin inversus, the past participle of invertere (“to invert”), itself from in- (“in, on”) + vertere (“to turn”).
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
surveying
glosses: To compute the bearing and distance between two points.
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: additive inverse
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: conceptual inverse
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: inverse condemnation
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: inverse cosine
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: inverse Fourier transform
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: inverse function
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: inverse hyperbolic function
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: inverse image
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: inverse kinematics
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: inverse limit
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: inversely
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: inverse matrix
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: inverse proportion
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: inverse semigroup
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: inverse sine
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: inverse spelling
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: inverse-square law
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: inverse system
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: inverse tangent
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: inverse trigonometric function
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: inverse video
sense: terms derived from all parts of speech
word: multiplicative inverse
hexahedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɛksəˈhiːdɹə/
rhymes: -ɛdɹə
Senses: glosses: plural of hexahedron
octahedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒktəˈhiːdɹə/
rhymes: -ɛdɹə
Forms: form: octahedrons
Senses: glosses: plural of octahedron
dodecahedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəʊˌdɛkəˈhiːdɹə/
Forms: form: dodecahedrons
Senses: glosses: plural of dodecahedron
icosahedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪˌkɒsəˈhiːdɹə/
rhymes: -ɛdɹə
Forms: form: icosahedrons
Senses: glosses: plural of icosahedron
Platonic solid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Platonic solids
form: platonic solid
Etymology: From Platonic + solid, in reference to the Greek philosopher Plato, who in his dialogue Timaeus theorised about a correspondence between these solids and the classical physical elements.
Senses: examples: text: As the names suggest, the groups and their existence are connected to the five Platonic solids. They are in fact the rotation groups of the Platonic solids.
ref: 1961, J. S. Griffith, The Theory of Transition-Metal Ions, page 41:
text: The boat which the gods tell Utnapishtim to build is no ordinary boat but a perfect cube with seven levels; the ark resembles more a Platonic solid from the Timaeus than a seaworthy craft.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 202:
text: The erroneous number of planets, six, gave him^([Johannes Kepler]) the clue for his model of five Platonic solids (the five regular convex polyhedra) on which he erected the universe.
ref: 1993, Aharon Kantorovich, Scientific Discovery: Logic and Tinkering, page 160:
text: In the 13th and final book, he^([Euclid]) shows how to construct the five Platonic solids, and proves that they are the only regular polyhedra (bodies whose faces are congruent, regular polygons) that exist.
ref: 2015, Alexander A. Stepanov, Daniel E. Rose, From Mathematics to Generic Programming, page 44:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of five convex polyhedra with congruent regular polygonal faces, which have a high degree of symmetry and have been studied since antiquity.
wikipedia: Classical element
Timaeus (dialogue)
Hyponyms: sense: Any of five polyhedra
word: cube
sense: Any of five polyhedra
word: dodecahedron
sense: Any of five polyhedra
word: icosahedron
sense: Any of five polyhedra
word: octahedron
sense: Any of five polyhedra
english: cube
translation: cube
word: regular hexahedron
sense: Any of five polyhedra
word: tetrahedron
Related terms: Platonic hydrocarbon
Archimedean solid
Catalan solid
Johnson solid
Kepler solid
Kepler solid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kepler solids
Etymology: Named after Johannes Kepler.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of several nonconvex regular polyhedra with regular pentagrammatic faces or vertex figures and which can be obtained by stellation of the dodecahedron or icosahedron.
wikipedia: Johannes Kepler
great stellated dodecahedron
Synonyms: sense: Any of several polyhedra
word: Kepler-Poinsot polyhedron
Hyponyms: sense: Any of several polyhedra
word: great dodecahedron
sense: Any of several polyhedra
word: great icosahedron
sense: Any of several polyhedra
word: great stellated dodecahedron
sense: Any of several polyhedra
word: small stellated dodecahedron
Related terms: Archimedean solid
Keplerate
Platonic solid
polygon of forces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polygons of forces
Senses: topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A polygonal figure the sides of which are vectors representing several forces acting simultaneously upon one point, so that the vector necessary to make the figure closed is the resultant of those forces.
Related terms: parallelogram of forces
parallelogram of forces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parallelograms of forces
Senses: topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A parallelogram, two adjacent sides of which are vectors having the same initial point and representing two forces acting simultaneously upon this point, such that the resultant of the forces is given by the diagonal of the parallelogram that passes through this point.
Related terms: polygon of forces
ADD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of attention deficit disorder.
examples: text: Although not sought by QuesTech, the dismemberment portion of the policy was nonetheless issued as an integral part of Hartford’s standard ADD policy.
ref: 1989, West's Federal Supplement, volume 713, page 958:
text: ADD Insurance: Also known as Accidental Death and Dismemberment policy, […]
ref: 1989, David Frangiamore, How Insurance Companies Settle Cases, James Publishing, pages 4–110:
text: You represent that the ADD Plan was established in 1987 to provide accidental death and disemberment insurance to ALPA members and certain ALPA employees.
ref: 1993, Pension Plan Guide, Transfer Binder, Commerce Clearing House, page 871:
text: Life plus accidental death and dismemberment; disability income; in-hospital indemnity; major medical; ADD/250 high-limit coverage accidental loss of life, limbs, sight, speech, or hearing.
ref: March, 1997, American Bar Association Journal, page 444
text: Accidental Death and Dismemberment (ADD)
ref: 1997, Philippine Financial Almanac, Ventures Unlimited, page 125:
text: We do not endorse a particular provider of ADD insurance.
ref: 2003, Program Director’s Handbook, volume 21 / 29, AmeriCorps, page 12
topics: business
insurance
synonyms: AD&D
glosses: Initialism of accidental death and dismemberment.
qualifier: sound engineering
glosses: A designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating that the contents were recorded in analog but mixed and mastered in digital.
Derived terms: ADDer
Adderall
ADHD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪ diː ˌeɪtʃ ˈdiː/
Forms: form: A.D.H.D.
Senses: examples: text: Men diagnosed with ADHD had a reduction in life expectancy by 4 ½ years to nine years, while women’s life expectancy was shortened by 6 ½ years to 11 years, according to the study published Thursday in The British Journal of Psychiatry.
ref: 2025 January 23, Kristen Rogers, “People with ADHD have shorter life expectancy and higher risk of mental health issues, study finds”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
ADHD
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪ diː ˌeɪtʃ ˈdiː/
Forms: form: more ADHD
form: most ADHD
form: A.D.H.D.
Senses: examples: text: an ADHD person
glosses: as of or relating to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Derived terms: ADHD-C
ADHDer
ADHD-PH/I
ADHD-PI
AuDHD
AuDHDer
DAMP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DAMPs
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of damage-associated molecular pattern.
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: Acronym of deficits in attention, motor control and perception.
PDD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of pervasive developmental disorder.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of persistent depressive disorder.
topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: PDT
photodynamic therapy
photochemotherapy
glosses: Initialism of photodynamic diagnosis.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Parkinson's disease dementia.
PDD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of People Demand Democracy.
MBD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MBDs
Senses: examples: text: Four kinds of first-cousin marriages are possible. A man could marry (1) his father's brother's daughter (FBD), (2) his mother's brother's daughter (MBD), (3) his father's sister's daughter (FZD), or (4) his mother's sister's daughter[…]
ref: 2015 January 4, Bobbi S. Low, Why Sex Matters: A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior - Revised Edition, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 63:
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of mother's brother's daughter.
topics: CAD
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of model-based definition.
topics: business
computing
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of motherboard.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of minimal brain damage.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of minimal brain disorder.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of minimal brain dysfunction.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of mosquito-borne disease.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of model-based development.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: testing
glosses: Initialism of model-based testing.
OCPD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
Related terms: english: not to be confused
translation: not to be confused
word: OCD
OCPD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OCPDs
Senses: examples: text: Lahad Datu OCPD, ACP Hamzah Ahmad said both suspects, believed to be Malaysian nationals aged 46 and 47, were detained at 2pm after police received information from the public on the drug trafficking activities at a car parking area in the town centre.
ref: 2015 March 29, “Two men detained, drugs worth RM250k seized”, in New Straits Times:
text: The remand for nine individuals, including two officers-in-charge of police districts (OCPD) has been extended by five days […]
ref: 2017 May 22, “Remand for Melaka cops extended over protection money racket probe”, in Malay Mail:
text: Home minister Hamzah Zainudin said the OCPDs would act as ground commanders to coordinate the operation, which will be conducted jointly with other enforcement agencies.
ref: 2021 July 1, “OCPDs to lead nationwide SOP crackdown”, in Free Malaysia Today:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of Officer in Charge of the Police District.
RNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑː(ɹ)ɛn eɪ/
Forms: form: RNAs
Senses: examples: text: Looked at from RNA’s point of view, DNA is just a passive archive of information, a dull hunk of a telephone directory; it is RNA that looks up the numbers, establishes the connections and determines how long each call will last.
ref: 2006 June 20, Nicholas Wade, “DNA or RNA? Versatile Player Takes a Leading Role in Molecular Research”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of ribonucleic acid.
Derived terms: aiRNA
A-RNA
asRNA
bacRNA
cfRNA
chiRNA
ctRNA
dsRNA
gRNA
lhRNA
lRNA
macroRNA
microRNA
miRNA
miscRNA
modRNA
mRNA
messenger RNA
mtRNA
nanoRNA
ncRNA
nsRNA
pgRNA
rasiRNA
RNAemia
RNA expression profile
RNA interference
saRNA
satsiRNA
sdRNA
siRNA
small interfering RNA
smRNA
ssRNA
tmRNA
tRNA
transfer RNA
vcRNA
vRNA
Z-RNA
Related terms: DNA
GNA
PNA
TNA
XNA
LSD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin lībra solidus dēnārius.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of £sd (pounds, shillings, pence).
Synonyms: word: acid
word: headlight
word: LSD
word: LSD-25
word: Lucy
word: lysergic acid diethylamide
Hypernyms: word: recreational drug
Related terms: word: acidhead
word: candy flipping
word: microdot
word: stamp
word: tripper
word: windowpane
LSD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From German LSD, initialism of Lysergsäure-diethylamid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: acid
Lucy
glosses: Abbreviation of lysergic acid diethylamide.
Synonyms: word: acid
word: headlight
word: LSD
word: LSD-25
word: Lucy
word: lysergic acid diethylamide
Hypernyms: word: recreational drug
Derived terms: 1V-LSD
Related terms: word: acidhead
word: candy flipping
word: microdot
word: stamp
word: tripper
word: windowpane
LSD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LSDs
Etymology: Other initialisms.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Lake Shore Drive (freeway in Chicago).
glosses: Initialism of long slow distance (training method of long-distance running).
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of longshore drift (geological process by which sediments move along a beach shore).
topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of limited-slip differential.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary-pathology
zoology
glosses: Initialism of lumpy skin disease.
Synonyms: word: acid
word: headlight
word: LSD
word: LSD-25
word: Lucy
word: lysergic acid diethylamide
Hypernyms: word: recreational drug
Related terms: word: acidhead
word: candy flipping
word: microdot
word: stamp
word: tripper
word: windowpane
REM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: REMs
form: R.E.M.
form: R. E. M.
form: rem
Etymology: From the initial letters of rapid eye movement.
Senses: examples: text: Similarly, the brain-penetrating Hrh2 antagonist zolantidine had no effect on light-induced phase shift as shown for hamsters, or the lengths or distributions of NREM, REM and wakefulness states as shown on rats.
ref: 2015 December 11, “On the Role of Histamine Receptors in the Regulation of Circadian Rhythms”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Initialism of rapid eye movement.
Derived terms: REM sleep
REM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rem
form: rem.
Etymology: Clippings
* (remaining time): Clipping of remaining.
* (remark): Clipping of remark.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of remaining time.
REM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: REMs
form: rem
form: rem.
Etymology: Clippings
* (remaining time): Clipping of remaining.
* (remark): Clipping of remark.
Senses: examples: text: I think it should be upgraded to Visual BASIC, but I'm no good at that. So maybe someone here would like to take a crack at it. There are only 40 lines of active code, plus a few REMs. About 100 BASIC commands altogether.
ref: 2006 December 24, David Williams, “satellite program”, in comp.lang.basic.visual.misc (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A remark (programming language statement used for documentation).
REM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: REMs
form: R.E.M.
form: R. E. M.
Etymology: Abbreviation
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of rare earth metal.
glosses: Abbreviation of reactive electrochemical membrane.
topics: diving
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
underwater-diving
glosses: Initialism of Reference Exit Marker.
MRI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MRIs
Senses: examples: text: Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.
ref: 2012 March 24, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2013, page 106:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of magnetic resonance imaging.
Derived terms: DW-MRI
fMRI
fMRI scan
MRI scan
Related terms: word: NMR
word: nuclear magnetic resonance
sense: magnetic resonance imaging
word: CAT
sense: magnetic resonance imaging
word: CT
sense: magnetic resonance imaging
word: PET
sense: magnetic resonance imaging
word: X-ray
MRI
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: MRIs
form: MRIing
form: MRIed
form: MRIed
Senses: examples: text: When the delirium stopped and it was safe to take Versed, her doctors doped her up and she managed to endure the MRI, on condition that I remain with her all the time. They MRIed her skull for thirty minutes, and two days later MRIed her spine for an hour.
ref: 2005, Donald Hall, The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, pages 99–100:
text: Remarkably, no one to that point had suggested MRIing my leg, which is where my pain actually was. Everyone surmised that the issue was really in my back. Dr. Smith scheduled an MRI for that very day.
ref: 2014, Mark Herzlich, What It Takes: Fighting For My Life and My Love of the Game, New York, NY: New American Library, →ISBN, page 74:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To take an MRI scan of.
fMRI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fMRIs
Etymology: From f- + MRI.
Senses: examples: text: fMRI has not been carried out yet in the group of paedophilia or other paraphiliae. Given the much better spatial and in particular higher temporal resolution it may be the tool of preference.
ref: 2008, Raymond C. Browne, Forensic Psychiatry Research Trends, page 125:
text: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) visualizes the blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) signal in the brain, which indexes neural activity.
ref: 2015: Vogt, Nina (December 2015). "fMRI goes individual". Research Highlights. Nature Methods 12 (12): 1112. doi:10.1038/nmeth.3677
text: The women underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which measures changes in blood flow that happen with brain activity, while being shown images of their grandchild, another child they didn’t know, an adult they didn’t know, and the same-sex parent of their grandchild.
ref: 2021 November 19, Madeline Holcombe, “Is your mom warmer with her grandkids than with you? A new study says blame biology”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
radiology
sciences
synonyms: fMRI scanning
hypernyms: word: MRI
alt: magnetic resonance imaging
word: radiography
word: MRI scanning
glosses: Initialism of functional magnetic resonance imaging.
topics: medicine
radiology
sciences
synonyms: fMRI scanner
fMRI machine
hypernyms: word: MRI
alt: magnetic resonance imager
word: radiograph
word: MRI scanner
word: MRI machine
glosses: Initialism of functional magnetic resonance imager.
topics: medicine
radiology
sciences
synonyms: fMRI scan
hypernyms: word: MRI
alt: magnetic resonance image
word: radiogram
word: MRI scan
glosses: Initialism of functional magnetic resonance image.
Synonyms: functional MRI
Derived terms: fMRI machine
fMRI scan
fMRI scanner
fMRI scanning
Related terms: functional
MRI
fluoroscopy
redhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛdˌhɛd/
rhymes: -ɛdhɛd
Forms: form: redheads
Etymology: Bahuvrihi compound of red + head.
Senses: examples: text: I like redheads. Their mouths are like a drop of strawberry jam in a glass of milk.
ref: 2007, Matthew Weiner, “Red in the Face”, in Mad Men, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Roger Sterling:
synonyms: ginger
coppertop
bloodnut
Bluey
glosses: A person with red hair.
glosses: A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird.
glosses: A kind of milkweed (Asclepia curassavica), with red flowers, formerly used in medicine.
glosses: Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)
glosses: Red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps).
glosses: Red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus).
glosses: Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus).
glosses: Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus).
examples: text: Most [camera crews] carry two blondes and three redheads or their equivalents. Blondes are 2000 watt lamps traditionally with yellow heads (or shells) used to light fairly large areas — also referred to as 2Ks — and redheads smaller 800 watt lamps traditionally with red shells to light faces.
ref: 2012, Colin Hart, Television Program Making, page 63:
topics: broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
coordinate_terms: blonde
glosses: A kind of 800-watt lamp.
Synonyms: word: Red
word: redhead
word: ginger
word: ginge
word: ging
word: ginger head
word: ginger knob
word: gingette
word: gingernut
word: bloodnut
word: carrots
word: carrot top
word: coppertop
word: copperhead
word: strawberry blonde
word: Bluey
word: ranga
word: redpoll
word: fire-crotch
word: firebox
word: ginger minger
word: red-headed stepchild
word: Pippi Longstocking
Derived terms: redheaded
redhead grass
Related terms: auburn
freckleface
ginger
ranga
red
rusty
Red hair
redheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: red-headed
Etymology: From red + headed.
Senses: synonyms: red-haired
ginger
glosses: Having red hair.
raw_tags: of a person
glosses: Having a red head.
raw_tags: of an animal
Derived terms: redheadedness
Related terms: red-haired
redhaired
redhead
red-headed Eskimo
red-headed honeyeater
red-headed stepchild
red-headed vulture
red-headed woodpecker
Holy Grail
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Holy Grail
form: Holy Grails
Etymology: From Middle English Holy Grayle.
(web page layout): So called because it was traditionally difficult to achieve with the available markup.
Senses: qualifier: Arthurian legend
glosses: An artifact in Arthurian mythology, being the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper and in which some of his blood was caught during the crucifixion.
glosses: A web page layout with fixed-width columns to the left and right, and a central area that fills the remaining space.
Holy Grail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Holy Grails
form: holy grail
Etymology: From Middle English Holy Grayle.
(web page layout): So called because it was traditionally difficult to achieve with the available markup.
Senses: examples: text: Nanotechnology is the holy grail of medicine.
text: Pushing fifty, Alphonse was still afraid to approach women. Still searching for his holy grail, too: a 1965 yellow Mustang hardtop with 289-cubic-inch engine, four-barrel carburetor, and solid-lifter valve train. He belonged to something called the Yellow Mustang Registry. Checked eBay five or six times a day. Phoenician Yellow, his dream car had to be, not the paler Springtime Yellow, also available back in '65.
ref: 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.3, at p.65
glosses: Anything that is highly sought-after but attained only through difficult endeavor.
Related terms: Sangraal
Sangrail
Sangreal
GCE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GCEs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of gross conceptual error.
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of General Certificate of Education.
GCE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Global Campaign for Education.
NSPCC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In primary school, a teacher had told his class that it was child abuse for parents to smack their children and had made them write down the number for the NSPCC helpline.
ref: 2019, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, “Christmas is Coming”, in Manchester Happened, Oneworld Publications (2020), page 9:
glosses: Initialism of National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
NVQ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NVQs
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of National Vocational Qualification.
Danube
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdænjuːb/
Forms: form: Danub
Etymology: Attested since at least 1598 (also note Middle English Danby (“Danube”) att. in 15th c. Mandeville's Travels).
Borrowed from Middle French Danube, from Old French Danube, from Latin Dānubius, from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos (compare Welsh river name Donwy), an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river, river goddess”), akin to *dʰenh₂- (“to set in motion; to flow”).
Cognate with Latin fōns (“spring”), Persian دنیدن (danidan, “to hasten, run”), Ossetian дон (don, “water, river”), Sanskrit धन्वति (dhánvati, “it flows, runs”). More at Danube.
Senses: glosses: A river in Europe; flowing 2850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania.
raw_tags: with the
glosses: A locale in the United States, named for the river:
A town in Herkimer County, New York.
glosses: A locale in the United States, named for the river:
A minor city in Renville County, Minnesota.
Derived terms: Danube catfish
Danube sturgeon
Danube Swabian
Danubian
Danubic
Bratislava
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɹætɪˈslɑːvə/
ipa: /ˌbɹɑːtɪˈslɑːvə/
Etymology: From the name of Prince Bräslav.
Senses: examples: text: One Terrorgram user livestreamed himself stabbing five people outside of a mosque in Turkey, she said, and a 19-year-old Slovakian man praised the group in a manifesto before killing two people at an LGBTQ bar in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.
ref: 2024 September 9, Hannah Rabinowitz, “Alleged leaders of White supremacist group charged in effort to encourage terrorism and hate crimes”, in CNN:
glosses: The capital city of Slovakia.
glosses: The region of Slovakia that includes the city of Bratislava.
Synonyms: Pressburg
Derived terms: Bratislavan
dragon boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dragon boats
Etymology: Calque from Chinese 龍船／龙船 (lóngchuán).
Senses: glosses: A type of boat raced in Chinese festivals featuring a dragon motif and twenty paddling, one drumming, and one steering known as the sweep.
Derived terms: Dragon Boat Festival
dragon boating
ice dragon boat
ice dragon boating
Related terms: english: called dragonships by enemies such as the English
translation: called dragonships by enemies such as the English
word: Viking longship
submarine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌb.məˈɹiːn/
ipa: /sʌb.məˈɹin/
ipa: /ˈsʌb.mə.ɹin/
ipa: /sʌb.məˈɹin/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: sub-marine
Etymology: From sub- + marine.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: submerged (synonymous in "being underwater" sense)
text: […] a Chorus of Sea-nymphs, who[…] arrive, in a winged car, from the submarine palace of their father Oceanus.
ref: 1908, Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead, Four Plays of Aeschylus, Introduction, page xiv:
glosses: Being, relating to, or made for use underwater, especially beneath the sea.
examples: a submarine patent
synonyms: undersea
subsea
glosses: Hidden or undisclosed.
examples: text: When Peterson saw the unusual pitching motion of Kent Tekulve—the submarine pitcher who threw baseballs as though they were coming right out of the rubber slab on the mound—he was the first of many who tried to change Tekulve's delivery.
ref: 2005, John McCollister, Tales from the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates: Remembering "The Fam-A-Lee", →ISBN, page 109:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Of a pitch, thrown with the hand lower than the elbow.
Related terms: subaquatic
subaqueous
submarine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌb.məˈɹiːn/
ipa: /sʌb.məˈɹin/
ipa: /ˈsʌb.mə.ɹin/
ipa: /sʌb.məˈɹin/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: submarines
form: sub-marine
Etymology: From sub- + marine.
Senses: examples: text: Me: *staring out window* looks like rain
Submarine captain: what
Me: but like more
ref: 2020 January 23, @PleaseBeGneiss, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A boat that can go underwater.
glosses: A kind of sandwich made in a long loaf of bread.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
glosses: Any submarine plant or animal.
glosses: A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.
Synonyms: sense: boat
word: sub
sense: boat
word: U-boat
sense: sandwich
word: grinder
sense: sandwich
word: hero
sense: sandwich
word: hoagie
sense: sandwich
word: hoagy
sense: sandwich
word: poor boy
sense: sandwich
word: po' boy
sense: sandwich
word: sub
sense: sandwich
word: submarine sandwich
sense: sandwich
word: torpedo
sense: sandwich
word: wedge
Hyponyms: fleet submarine
Derived terms: screen door on a submarine
vanilla submarine
Related terms: submariner
submarine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌb.məˈɹiːn/
ipa: /sʌb.məˈɹin/
ipa: /ˈsʌb.mə.ɹin/
ipa: /sʌb.məˈɹin/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: submarines
form: submarining
form: submarined
form: submarined
form: sub-marine
Etymology: From sub- + marine.
Senses: glosses: To operate or serve on a submarine.
examples: text: “We’re really at the point of chicken, where the Fed is trying to ward off inflation without submarining the economy.”
ref: 2007 April 13, The Associated Press, “Shares Up as Investors Ponder Retail Data”, in New York Times:
glosses: To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack.
examples: text: The second their center snapped the ball, I submarined between the big guy's legs and tackled the halfback.
ref: 2003, Homer H. Grantham, Thunder in the Morning: A World War II Memoir, page 1:
text: Ten days later, the full force of what happened crushed me. I submarined into the depths of disillusionment.
ref: 2013, Gordon MacDonald, Building Below the Waterline, page 234:
glosses: To sink or submerge oneself.
examples: text: The seatback should always be up while driving so that the occupant doesn't submarine and potentially suffer severe internal injury.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: To slide forwards underneath one's seat belt (during a crash or sudden stop).
Derived terms: antisubmarine
anti-submarine
Italian submarine sandwich
minisubmarine
narcosubmarine
nonsubmarine
nuclear submarine
pizza submarine sandwich
submarine chaser
submarine fan
submarineful
submarinelike
submarine paradox
submarine patent
submarine pitch
submariner
submarine river
submarine sandwich
submarinism
submarinist
submarium
unidentified submarine object
when they go low, we go submarine
alluvial fan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alluvial fans
Senses: glosses: A cone-shaped heap of alluvium deposited by a river.
rapid eye movement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rapid eye movements
Senses: glosses: Fast movement of the eyes, characterising REM sleep
REM sleep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: REM sleeps
Senses: synonyms: paradoxical sleep
glosses: The stage of sleep during which most brain activity and dreams occur, characterised by rapid eye movement (REM).
moxie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mŏk'sē
ipa: /ˈmɒksi/
rhymes: -ɒksi
Forms: form: moxy
Etymology: First recorded use in 1930. From the name of an American soft drink Moxie made since 1885 to which advertisement ascribed many beneficial properties directly but also indirectly by using the same name as a patent medicine first manufactured in 1878. The word appears in very many place names in Maine, especially of falls and ponds, as well as the local name of a plant, the moxie-plum, and is perhaps ultimately from an Abenaki word meaning 'dark water' or an Algonquian root maski- meaning 'herbal infusion'.
Senses: examples: text: “Most definitely not!” replied Ms. Summers, who quickly added that she admired the woman’s moxie and, anyway, the day was hot.
ref: 2021 July 22, Guy Trebay, “Suddenly It’s Bare Season”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Aline Brosh McKenna, one of the creators of The CW TV series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, told a reporter in 2020: “I often say, ‘Lord, give me the moxie of a post-menopausal women^([sic]) who gives absolutely no fucks.’”
ref: 2023 November 11, Emma Jacobs, quoting Aline Brosh McKenna, “When will I start caring less about everything?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 4:
synonyms: spirit
backbone
determination
fortitude
glosses: Nerve, spunk, strength of character.
examples: text: As a girl she had speed and a knock-kneed moxie at athletics, and might have done more with it if she hadn't harvested all the glory already.
ref: 1971, John Updike, Rabbit Redux, page 401:
text: Yes it's true! / That you seem a little young to do the things that you do, / even with all that moxie you've got.
ref: 2011 January 29, “Rollercoaster: The Musical!” (“Aren't You a Little Young?” (song)), in Phineas and Ferb, season 2, episode 38, spoken by Building Engineer (Dan Povenmire):
synonyms: vigor
pep
energy
initiative
glosses: Verve.
synonyms: know-how
glosses: Wit, smarts, skill.
dumb down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dumbs down
form: dumbing down
form: dumbed down
form: dumbed down
Senses: examples: text: The public won't understand this concept. We need to dumb down our explanation of it.
glosses: To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending.
examples: text: Television has really dumbed down over the past ten years.
text: The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudo-science and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance.
ref: 1995, Carl Sagan, “Science and Hope”, in The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, 1st edition, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 25–26:
text: As the reports are written for both the industry and general public, inspectors are required to use accessible language that is free from jargon but without 'dumbing down'.
ref: 2021 December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, in RAIL, number 947, pages 32–33:
glosses: To become simpler in expression or content; to become unacceptably simplistic.
Synonyms: sense: convey subject matter in simple terms
word: oversimplify
sense: convey subject matter in simple terms
word: simplify
sense: convey subject matter in simple terms
word: put in layman's terms
Related terms: talk down to
write down
water down
arcana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪnə
rhymes: -ɑːnə
ipa: /ɑɹˈkeɪnə/
ipa: /ɑɹˈkɑːnə/
Etymology: From Latin arcānus (“hidden, secret”), from arcēre (“to withhold”), arca (“a chest”).
Senses: examples: text: Thou deign'st no answer,—or I fain would ask
If since thy bright creation, thou hast seen
Ought like a Newton, whose admitted eye
The arcana of the universe explored
Light's subtle ray its mechanism disclosed,
The impetuous comet his mysterious lore
Unfolded,
ref: 1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, To the Moon, page 15:
text: The witch, repository of hieratic lore and folk legends and occult arcana, became the distributor of philtres and unguents, electuaries and pastilles, herbs and charms and incantations - directed toward sexual pleasures and amatory satisfactions.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 223:
text: This is not, however, a mere salmagundi of alphabetical arcana.
ref: 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R29:
glosses: Specialized knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated.
Derived terms: lesser arcana
major arcana
minor arcana
Related terms: arcane
arcanum
arc
tarot
arcana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪnə
rhymes: -ɑːnə
ipa: /ɑɹˈkeɪnə/
ipa: /ɑɹˈkɑːnə/
Etymology: From Latin arcānus (“hidden, secret”), from arcēre (“to withhold”), arca (“a chest”).
Senses: glosses: plural of arcanum
dumbing down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dumb down
exotica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exotic
glosses: curious, strange, unusual and exotic things.
exotica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of American music from the 1950s, characterized by an evocative musical focus on the islands of the South Pacific.
pest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛst/
rhymes: -ɛst
Forms: form: pests
Etymology: In the 16th century in the sense of "pestilence" and specifically bubonic plague from Middle French peste (“pestilence”) (whence French peste). The other meanings are recorded soon after. Ultimately from Latin pestis.
Senses: examples: text: From the perspective of traditional Chinese culture, pests and famines are reflections of the current administration’s lack of moral values and deviation from divine will. The head of the administration (the emperor in the past) would then issue an edict to sincerely repent and correct his wrongdoings.
ref: 2020 March 24, Qing Zhu, Zhang Ming, “Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, China Faces Plague of Locusts”, in Minghui:
glosses: A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.
glosses: Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
glosses: An annoying person, a nuisance.
glosses: An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin.
glosses: An invasive weed.
Synonyms: sense: creature
word: bug
Derived terms: antipest
building and pest
chicken pest
empest
fowl pest
garden pest
impest
integrated pest management
nagana pest
nonpest
pest control
pest controller
pestful
pestify
pestlike
Pestminster
pestology
pestproof
pesty
serial pest
sex pest
tin pest
Related terms: pester
pesthole
pesthouse
pesticidal
pesticide
pestiferous
pestilence
pestilent
pestilential
pesting
pesticide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛstɪsaɪd/
ipa: /ˈpɛstəsaɪd/
enpr: pĕsʹtĭ-sīd'
ipa: /ˈpɛstɪˌsaɪd/
ipa: [ˈpɛstɪ̈ˌsaɪd]
Forms: form: pesticides
Etymology: From pest + -i- + -cide.
Senses: examples: text: “Twelve pesticides commonly applied to citrus groves are slated for study in the project’s plots,” reports Tom S. Bellows, UC Riverside assistant entomologist. They include four acaricides (Morestan, Kelthane, Pictran, Vendex), four thripsicides (Cygon, Carzol, Orthene, Sabadilla), and four scalicides (Parathion, Supracide, Lorsban, Sevin).
ref: 1983 May 26, “Pesticide residue effects under study”, in The Californian, volume 25, number 16, Temecula, Calif., page A-11:
text: Too much pesticide was applied and then washed from the fields by rains and surface runoff.
ref: 2001, David McConnell, The Good Earth: Companion Guide, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, →ISBN, page 1.12:
text: Pesticide and fertilizer use has been recorded since ancient times, […]
ref: 2011, Allan S. Felsot, Pesticides and Health: Myths vs. Realities, page 4:
text: Diluted neem oil can be effective as a pesticide and can control various fungal diseases, such as powdery mildew, on animals and plants.
ref: 2013, Meg Stout, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Aquaponic Gardening, →ISBN:
glosses: Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.
Derived terms: agropesticide
antipesticide
biopesticide
chloropesticide
mycopesticide
nanopesticide
nonpesticide
Related terms: pest
pesticidal
fungicide
germicide
herbicide
germ
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɜːm/
enpr: jûrm
ipa: /d͡ʒɝm/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: germs
form: germing
form: germed
form: germed
Etymology: From Middle French germe, from Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”). Doublet of germen.
Senses: examples: text: Thus tempted, the lust to avenge me / Germed inly and grew.
ref: 1909, Thomas Hardy, The Flirt's Tragedy:
glosses: To germinate.
examples: text: I’m addicted, want to germ inside your love
ref: 2011, Black Eyed Peas, Just Can't Get Enough:
glosses: To grow, as if parasitic.
Related terms: bacteria
microbe
parasite
virus
germicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: germicides
Etymology: From germ + -cide.
Senses: glosses: An agent that kills pathogenic organisms; a disinfectant.
Related terms: germ
germicidal
sperm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɜɹm/
ipa: /spɜːm/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: sperms
form: sperming
form: spermed
form: spermed
Etymology: From Middle English sperme, from Latin sperma, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”). Compare also Old French esperme, sparme.
Senses: glosses: To ejaculate.
glosses: To ejaculate on or into.
spermicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɜː(ɹ)mɪsaɪd/
Forms: form: spermicides
Etymology: From sperm + -cide.
Senses: synonyms: spermaticide
spermatocide
glosses: A substance used for killing sperm.
Related terms: sperm
spermicidal
spermaticidal
spermatocidal
demi-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Middle English demi (“half, half-sized, partial”), from Anglo-Norman demi (“half”), from Vulgar Latin *dimedius, from Latin dīmidius, from dis- (“apart; in two”) + medius (“middle”).
Senses: synonyms: semi-
antonyms: holo-
glosses: partial
synonyms: half-
hemi-
semi-
antonyms: holo-
glosses: half
examples: text: The Barony of Pennicuik, the property of Sir George Clerk, Bart., is held by the following singular tenure: The proprietor is bound to sit upon a large rock, called the Buckstone, and wind three blasts of a horn when the king comes to hunt on the Borough Moor near Edinburgh. On account of this singular custom the family have adopted as their crest a demi-forester proper, winding a horn with the motto, Free for a blast.
ref: 1885, E. J. Guthrie, Old Scottish Customs, page 84:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Only the upper or front half of
Derived terms: demibastion
demicanton
demiglace
demigod
demigoddess
demimondaine
demimonde
demi-plié
demi-pointe
demirelief
demirep
demisemiquaver
demisexual
demitasse
demiworld
hemi-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek prefix ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”), from ἥμισυς (hḗmisus, “half”). Doublet of semi-.
Senses: synonyms: half-
semi-
demi-
glosses: Half.
Derived terms: hemisulcus
semi-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛmi/
ipa: /sɛmaɪ/
Forms: form: sem-
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin semi- (“half”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi/*sēmi-. Cognate to English sam, and to hemi- (via Ancient Greek).
Senses: examples: semi-invalid.
glosses: half
glosses: partial, incomplete
examples: text: Nothing like a nice hot ethnic dish before you go to see that semi-expensive, semi-meaningful Off-Broadway show.
ref: 1994, Eric Bogosian, Pounding nails in the floor with my forehead:
glosses: somewhat, rather, quasi-
Synonyms: sense: half
word: half-
sense: half
word: hemi-
sense: half
word: demi-
sense: partial
word: demi-
sense: somewhat
word: quasi-
sense: somewhat
word: -ish
Derived terms: semiflat
hexa-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: hex-
Etymology: From Latin hexa-, from Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, “six”).
Senses: synonyms: sexa-#Prefix
sex-#Prefix
glosses: Six.
wikipedia: number prefix
Related terms: number
mono-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒn.əʊ̯/
ipa: /ˈmɔn.əw/
ipa: /ˈmɔn.ə/
ipa: /ˈmɑ.nə/
ipa: /ˈmɑ.now/
ipa: /ˈmɔn.əʉ/
ipa: /ˈmɔn.ɐʉ/
ipa: /ˈmɒn.əʉ/
ipa: /ˈmɒn.ɐʉ/
Forms: form: mon-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-), combining form of μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).
Senses: glosses: one, single, only
wikipedia: number prefix
Synonyms: english: from Latin
translation: from Latin
word: uni-
Related terms: number
uni-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Latin uni-, combining form of unus (“one”).
Senses: glosses: one, single
wikipedia: number prefix
Synonyms: mono-
Related terms: uno
duo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Latin duo (“two”).
Senses: glosses: two
wikipedia: number prefix
Synonyms: di-
bi-
Related terms: duo
duodenum
duopoly
bi-
di-
twi-
minim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪ.nɪm/
Forms: form: minims
form: minom
Etymology: From French minime.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
examples: text: He thanked me with a smiling nod, measured out a few minims of the red tincture and added one of the powders.
ref: 1886, Robert Louis Stephenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:
glosses: A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, ¹⁄₆₀ fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.
glosses: A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.
examples: text: the minims of existence
glosses: Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The smallest kind of worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
examples: text: These as a line thir^([sic]) long dimension drew,
Streaking the ground with sinuous trace;
not all Minims of Nature; some of Serpent kinde
Wondrous in length and corpulence […]
ref: 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: A little man or being; a dwarf.
glosses: A small fish; a minnow.
examples: text: To make one minim of thy poor handmaid
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: A short poetical encomium.
Derived terms: minim confusion
minimometer
minim rest
semiminim
Related terms: crotchet
quaver
semibreve