cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ACE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ās
ipa: /eɪs/
rhymes: -eɪs
Forms: form: ACEs
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A member of American Cinema Editors
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of angiotensin converting enzyme.
topics: government
military
politics
war
qualifier: NATO
glosses: Initialism of air combat element.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of aviation combat element.
glosses: Initialism of analysis and control element.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of arbitrary code execution.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of access control entry.
examples: text: Because the DNS requires that a domain name be in an ACE format, IDNA proposes that client applications, such as a web browser, manage the character conversion internally.
ref: 2003, John Yunker, Beyond Borders: Web Globalization Strategies, New Riders, →ISBN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of ASCII-compatible encoding.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of adverse childhood experience.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of accumulated cyclone energy.
Derived terms: sense: angiotensin-converting enzyme
english: angiotensin-converting enzyme 1
translation: angiotensin-converting enzyme 1
word: ACE1
sense: angiotensin-converting enzyme
english: angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
translation: angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
word: ACE2
sense: angiotensin-converting enzyme
english: human recombinant soluble angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
translation: human recombinant soluble angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
word: hrsACE2
MAOI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪ
Forms: form: MAOIs
Senses: examples: text: ‘Sertraline in combination with an MAOI will kill you, in enough quantities.’
ref: 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 70:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of monoamine oxidase inhibitor.
Related terms: MAO
DKA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of diabetic ketoacidosis.
DKA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: I pledged for DKA my sophomore year and went through a rigorous process of weekly meetings and projects, each designed to build fraternal bonds and to teach values such as honesty, reliability and generosity.
ref: 2020 June 30, Spencer Wright, “My fraternity taught me the secret to surviving a pandemic”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of Delta Kappa Alpha.
PPI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PPIs
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of producer price index.
qualifier: graphics
glosses: Initialism of pixels per inch.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of proton-pump inhibitor.
examples: 2010, Kodama and Hu, "An improved biomolecular flourescence complementation assay with a high signal-to-noise ratio", BioTechniques, vol 49, no 5, pg. 793.
in abstract This improved Venus-based BiFC system will facilitate PPI studies in various biological research fields.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of protein–protein interaction.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of patient and public involvement.
glosses: Initialism of personal priesthood interview.
glosses: Initialism of payment protection insurance.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of positive polarity item.
DHT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DHTs
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of dihydrotestosterone.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of distributed hash table.
TPM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TPMs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of topiramate.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: Initialism of ticket point mileage.
glosses: Initialism of technical project manager.
glosses: Initialism of total productive maintenance.
glosses: Initialism of total preventative maintenance.
glosses: Initialism of tentative parole month.
TPM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Trusted Platform Module.
DDS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DDSs
form: DDSes
form: D.D.S.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Doctor of Dental Surgery, a terminal higher education degree.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of direct digital synthesis.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of data distribution service.
glosses: Initialism of Dewey Decimal System.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Davao Death Squad.
topics: government
politics
qualifier: potentially
glosses: Initialism of Diehard Duterte Supporters.
glosses: Initialism of dopamine dysregulation syndrome.
glosses: Initialism of dialysis disequilibrium syndrome.
glosses: Initialism of Denys-Drash syndrome.
OB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OBs
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
coordinate_terms: OR
PB
SB
WB
glosses: Initialism of Olympic best.
topics: broadcasting
media
radio
television
glosses: Initialism of outside broadcast.
topics: broadcasting
media
radio
television
glosses: Initialism of outside broadcasting.
glosses: Initialism of old boy (a male graduate; also a CB radio operator's term of address for a male).
examples: text: One woman in ten is at risk — yet one-third of all women over 50 have never had a mammo! By making Pap tests routine, OBs and GYNs have saved many lives.
ref: 1989, Contemporary Obstetrics-gynecology, volume 33, page 200:
glosses: Abbreviation of obstetrician.
glosses: Abbreviation of obstetrics.
glosses: Abbreviation of Old Babylonian.
OB
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of obstetric.
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of out of bounds.
glosses: Abbreviation of obligatory (as in "ob. link" on Usenet) (see ObLink at c2.com; see also ob-)
glosses: Abbreviation of Old Babylonian.
Derived terms: OB marker
GYN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GYNs
Senses: examples: text: One woman in ten is at risk — yet one-third of all women over 50 have never had a mammo! By making Pap tests routine, OBs and GYNs have saved many lives.
ref: 1989, Contemporary Obstetrics-gynecology, volume 33, page 200:
glosses: Abbreviation of gynecologist.
glosses: Abbreviation of gynecology.
Synonyms: OB-GYN
Ste.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: 6500 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 2200
Los Angeles, CA 90048
ref: 2008, Randall Rutledge, From Movie City to Music City, USA, Randall Rutledge., →ISBN, page 185:
text: Joe Baca (D) District 62 - San Bernardino
201 N. E. St., Ste. 102, San Bernardino, CA 92401
Steve Baldwin (R) District 77 - San Diego
8419 La Mesa Blvd., Ste. B, La Mesa, CA 91941
ref: 1999, Nancy Capace, Somerset Publishers, Incorporated, Encyclopedia of California, North American Book Dist LLC, page 85
glosses: Alternative form of Ste (abbreviation for suite, etc)
Coordinate terms: english: Saint
translation: Saint
word: St.
english: Santa; saint; abbreviation of female from Spanish, found in some English placenames
translation: Santa; saint; abbreviation of female from Spanish, found in some English placenames
word: Sta.
MSW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MSWs
Senses: qualifier: professional education
glosses: Initialism of Master of Social Work.
glosses: Initialism of municipal solid waste.
topics: epidemiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of men who have sex with women.
Related terms: sense: professional education
word: CMSW
BCBS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Blue Cross Blue Shield (Association), a federation of health insurance companies in the USA.
cop out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cops out
form: copping out
form: copped out
form: copped out
Etymology: Attested since 1942 as “flee, escape, cop (an) out”.
Senses: examples: text: Faced with the prospect of cooking for himself, his first thought was to cop out and order a pizza.
text: There was no bird fair at Druridge so I didn't have to feel guilty about copping out of it.
ref: 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 67:
glosses: To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner.
glosses: To plead guilty and ask for mercy.
examples: text: His lawyer copped him out on just one felony charge.
glosses: To blame; to assign blame to; to get into trouble.
examples: text: Somebody should have copped him out last night.
glosses: To remove from a situation or crowd, such as for arrest or punishment.
examples: text: I can't believe you copped out on us.
glosses: To leave a gang.
examples: text: She thought I'd copped out on her.
glosses: To abandon, let down or betray (someone).
glosses: To win (someone) over; to get on (someone's) good side.
Synonyms: weasel out
Derived terms: word: cop-out
word: copout
ICU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ICUs
Senses: examples: text: A day earlier, state epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers warned the minimal available ICU capacity meant dozens of patients are waiting in emergency rooms for an ICU bed. […] “We desperately needed the nursing support because our ICUs are so inundated with critically ill Covid patients,” Brown said.
ref: 2021 August 14, Christina Maxouris, “‘Bursting at the seams’: Full ICUs are creating a dangerous ER backlog and forcing hospitals to cancel surgeries”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: CCU
ITU
glosses: Initialism of intensive care unit.
topics: transport
glosses: Initialism of intersection capacity utilization: a measure of the capacity of a roadway intersection.
ICU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of International Christian University, a private university located in Tokyo.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: Unicode
glosses: Initialism of International Components for Unicode: software libraries supporting internationalization.
glosses: Initialism of Islamic Courts Union: a belligerent in Somali Civil War.
ICU
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of I see you.
PL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PLs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of public library.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of proximity labeling.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of programming language.
topics: copyright
intellectual-property
law
glosses: Initialism of public license.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of price level.
topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: Initialism of piecewise linear.
examples: text: The government's primary market promotion tool is Public Law 480, the Food for Peace program. Since its inception in 1954, PL 480 has provided an outlet in less-developed countries for American agricultural surpluses.
ref: 1982, Richard Gilmore, A Poor Harvest: The Clash of Policies and Interests in the Grain Trade, page 21:
topics: government
law
glosses: Initialism of public law.
qualifier: scouting
glosses: Initialism of patrol leader.
Derived terms: PL/SQL
PL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of Premier League.
PL
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of protamine-like.
PL
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: topics: entertainment
handbells
lifestyle
music
glosses: Abbreviation of pluck.
BMI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BMIs
Senses: examples: text: The Federal Obesity Clinical Guidelines define underweight as a BMI of 18 or less, overweight as a BMI of 25 to 29.9 and obesity as a BMI of 30 and above.
text: Wrong, says a new study, which has found that among adults 18 to 90 across the BMI continuum, having an apple shape increased the risk of death -- particularly death from cardiovascular disease.
Even at BMIs above 30, where obesity begins, men and women whose waist-to-hip ratio identified them as more pear-shaped were less likely to die -- of any cause and of cardiovascular causes -- than those with similar BMIs who were apple-shaped.
ref: 2015 November 9, Melissa Healy, “Pear-shaped vs. apple trumps body mass index as a measure of risk”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2015:
text: In the bivariate analysis carried out by subgroups, we did not find statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) between bionaïve or bioexperienced patients, patients with BMI < 30 or BMI > 30 in relation to the efficacy variables (PASI and BSA) and analyzed PROs (VAS pruritus and DLQI).
ref: 2022 August 30, Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde, Lourdes Rodriguez Fernandez-Freire, Pilar Font-Ugalde, Manuel Galan-Gutierrez, “Tildrakizumab: Efficacy, Safety and Survival in Mid-Term (52 Weeks) in Three Tertiary Hospitals in Andalucia (Spain)”, in Journal of Clinical Medicine, volume 11, number 17, →DOI, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2025, page 5:
glosses: Initialism of body mass index.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: BCI
glosses: Initialism of brain–machine interface.
NCI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of NICI (“negative ion chemical ionization”).
NCI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Cancer Institute.
CMT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CMTs
Senses: topics: business
government
healthcare
glosses: Initialism of certified massage therapist.
topics: business
finance
stock-market
glosses: Initialism of Chartered Market Technician.
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of communication, media and technology.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Charcot-Marie-Tooth.
qualifier: textile industry
glosses: Initialism of cutting-manufacturing-trimming.
glosses: Initialism of clutchless manual transmission.
glosses: Initialism of cassette magnetic tape.
Th.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Th
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Thursday.
Th.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Th
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Thessalonians.
topics: bibliography
computing
engineering
human-sciences
information-science
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Thucydides.
Thur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Thursday.
Thur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Haut-Rhin department, Grand Est, France, a tributary of the Ill.
glosses: A river in north-east Switzerland, a tributary of the Rhine.
DOT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: D.O.T.
form: D. O. T.
form: DoT
Senses: examples: text: Alaska DOT crews returned to Igiugig on Tuesday to repair the lights, which are now back in service, Dapcevich said.
ref: 2020 September 1, Christina Zdanowicz, “When the runway lights failed, Alaska residents used their car headlights to land a medevac plane”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of Department of Transportation or Department of Transport.
glosses: Initialism of Department of Tourism.
Derived terms: english: Arizona
translation: Arizona
word: ADOT
english: Alabama
translation: Alabama
word: ALDOT
word: FDOT
english: Michigan
translation: Michigan
word: MDOT
english: Minnesota
translation: Minnesota
word: MnDOT
word: NDOT
word: NYCDOT
english: New York State
translation: New York State
word: NYSDOT
word: VDOT
english: Wisconsin
translation: Wisconsin
word: WisDOT
english: Washington State
translation: Washington State
word: WSDOT
Related terms: english: Ministry of Transport (test)
translation: Ministry of Transport (test)
word: MOT
DOT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DOTs
form: D.O.T.
form: D. O. T.
form: DoT
Senses: glosses: Initialism of disodium octaborate tetrahydrate.
topics: video-games
related: word: DoT
antonyms: HOT
glosses: Initialism of damage over time.
topics: video-games
glosses: A weapon or ability that deals damage over time as opposed to or in addition to direct damage.
CNP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CNPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of copy number polymorphism.
glosses: Initialism of certified nurse practitioner.
topics: endocrinology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of C-type natriuretic peptide.
Related terms: sense: natriuretic peptides
word: ANP
sense: natriuretic peptides
word: BNP
CPR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CPRs
Senses: examples: text: If there is no pulse, or if the pulse rate is less than 60 beats per minute with signs of poor perfusion (eg, poor skin color, unconscious), perform CPR.
ref: 2007, Benjamin Gulli, Stephen J. Rahm, Professional Rescuer CPR, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 45:
glosses: Initialism of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
glosses: Initialism of calibrated peer review.
glosses: Initialism of common-pool resource.
examples: text: CPR, in units of micrometers per year, is calcualted using Faraday's law:
ref: 2018, C. Suryanarayana, A. Inoue, Bulk Metallic Glasses, second edition, Boca Raton, F.L.: CRC Press, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
glosses: Initialism of corrosion penetration rate.
CPR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Initialism of Canadian Pacific Railway.
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of Civil Procedure Rules.
WIC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: “We are approaching an inflection point for Senate Democrats. Continue to hold out for the Far-Left wing of the party or reopen the government so mothers, babies, and the most vulnerable among us can receive timely WIC and SNAP allotments,” a USDA spokesperson said in an email.
ref: 2025 October 26, Mike Lillis, “SNAP funding expiration set to hit 40 million people”, in The Hill:
glosses: Acronym of women, infants and children.
CPA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CPAs
Senses: examples: text: The wash-sale rule prohibits you from buying the same stock or security 30 days before or after your loss-sale date, said Virginia-based CPA and CFP Mike Powers.
ref: 2022 May 11, Jeanne Sahadi, “Here’s what to do if you have a loss on an investment”, in CNN Business:
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: Initialism of certified public accountant.
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: Initialism of chartered professional accountant.
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: Initialism of collaboration protocol agreement in ebXML.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of copolymer alloy.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
transport
glosses: Initialism of closest point of approach.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.
topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of cyproterone acetate.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Christian Palestinian Aramaic.
qualifier: computer security
glosses: Initialism of correlation power analysis.
qualifier: computer security
glosses: Initialism of chosen-plaintext attack.
topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: Initialism of cost per action.
glosses: Initialism of co-citation proximity analysis.
examples: Meronym: LPA
glosses: Initialism of crores per annum.
CPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Consumer Protection Association.
Related terms: sense: accountant
word: CA
sense: accountant
word: CMA
sense: accountant
word: CGA
PAC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pæk/
ipa: [pʰæk]
homophone: pack
rhymes: -æk
Forms: form: PACs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of programmable automation controller.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of proxy auto-config (file).
glosses: Initialism of public accounts committee.
examples: text: A PAC may contribute no more than $5,000 to a federal candidate in a general or primary election. PACs have grown to become the second-largest source of campaign funds, trailing only individuals (Herrnson 2004).
ref: 2006, Peter L. Francia, The Future of Organized Labor in American Politics, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 81:
text: The new group, called Save America, is a federal fund-raising vehicle known as a leadership PAC that has donation limits of $5,000 per donor per year. […] In that sense, his PAC could become a fan-subsidized machine to perpetuate his agenda and plot his next moves. […] Leadership PACs are generally seen as loosely regulated — Joseph R. Biden Jr. operated one during the 2018 midterms ahead of his own presidential run — and the committee gives Mr. Trump a place to continue to direct supporter cash.
ref: 2020 November 10, Shane Goldmacher, Maggie Haberman, Rachel Shorey, “Trump Starts PAC for Future Endeavors, Biden Will Speak on Obamacare Case”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2021:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Acronym of political action committee.
topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of presentation-abstraction-control.
PAC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pæk/
ipa: [pʰæk]
homophone: pack
rhymes: -æk
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of Pacific (“Pacific Ocean”).
PAC
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pæk/
ipa: [pʰæk]
homophone: pack
rhymes: -æk
Senses: qualifier: artificial intelligence
glosses: Initialism of probably approximately correct.
Related terms: LANT
cop-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cop-outs
form: copout
Etymology: Deverbal from cop out.
Senses: examples: text: His disappearance on the day of the audition was just a cop-out.
text: “It’s interesting what he stayed away from,” said Cameron. “Look, I love the film-making, but I did feel that it was a bit of a moral cop-out.”
ref: 2025 July 2, Catherine Shoard, quoting James Cameron, “James Cameron calls Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer a ‘moral cop-out’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Avoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty; the action of copping out.
examples: text: It was a cop-out to say he couldn't sign the petition because he sprained his wrist.
glosses: An excuse made in order to avoid performing a task or duty; a reason offered when someone cops out.
examples: text: He's always a cop-out when there's hard work to be done.
text: Even when they are talking one-on-one, we aren't allowed to see behind the posturing and emblematic language. The major exception to this is Da Mayor […] who is both scorned and respected, seen as both a cop-out and a hero.
ref: 1989 August 12, Kate Rushin, “Is Better Than Hollywood Good Enough?”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 5, page 8:
glosses: A person who cops out.
pwr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of PWR.
pwr.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of PWR.
EFT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: banking
business
glosses: Initialism of electronic funds transfer.
Related terms: EFTPOS
EFT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Emotional Freedom Techniques (“a form of counselling based on various alternative medicine practices”).
LL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of limited license.
glosses: Abbreviation of lower level.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
social-science
sociolinguistics
sociology
glosses: Abbreviation of linguistic landscape.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Late Latin.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of lucky loser.
glosses: Abbreviation of low-lead fuel/gasoline/petrol/avgas.
glosses: Abbreviation of long live.
LL
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of low-lead.
Related terms: L
UL
LL
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of lesson learned.
traf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of traffic.
Au.D.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: degree
glosses: Abbreviation of Doctor of Audiology.
EFA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EFAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of essential fatty acid.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Initialism of exploratory factor analysis.
Mich.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Michigan: a state of the United States.
BHRT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.
Related terms: HRT
bio-identical hormone replacement therapy
hormone replacement therapy
AACD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /eɪ eɪ siː ˈdiː/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry.
glosses: Initialism of American Association for Counseling and Development.
LF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LFs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of left foot.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of line feed.
topics: business
communications
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
telecommunications
coordinate_terms: MF
HF
VHF
UHF
SHF
glosses: Initialism of low frequency.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of left field or left fielder.
topics: architecture
business
construction
engineering
manufacturing
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of linear feet.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of logical form.
topics: arts
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
natural-sciences
optics
photography
physical-sciences
physics
qualifier: imaging
glosses: Abbreviation of light field.
examples: text: Attractive, career oriented LF 30 with sense of humor and zest for life, seeks intelligent, warm, mature but fun-loving LF for sharing all that life has to offer.
ref: 1986 April 5, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 11:
glosses: Initialism of lesbian female.
Coordinate terms: topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
telecommunications
electrical-engineering
communications
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: LW
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
telecommunications
electrical-engineering
communications
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: MW
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
telecommunications
electrical-engineering
communications
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: RF
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
telecommunications
electrical-engineering
communications
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: SW
sense: light field
english: RF
translation: RF
word: radiance field
Derived terms: topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
telecommunications
electrical-engineering
communications
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: ELF
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
telecommunications
electrical-engineering
communications
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: VLF
LF
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of low fat.
LF
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Initialism of looking for.
LF
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of like fuck.
MBTI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Myers–Briggs Type Indicator.
ISRHA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of International Self Realization Healing Association.
MMPI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.
collarette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒləˈɹɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: collarettes
form: collaret
Etymology: From French collerette.
Senses: examples: text: Work the 2 stitches in looped knitting; the last ten rows make a kind of gore on the lower edge of the collarette.
ref: 2013, Weldon's Practical Needlework, page 70:
text: Men in Sunday suits and orange collarettes swaggered to the music from uniformed flute bands.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 206:
text: The regalia of the Regional Grand Officers comprise the following items: an apron, a sash, a pair of gauntlets, a cap, a collarette, a collarette jewel, and the Order's breast jewel.
ref: 2023, Nicolas Laos, Freemasonic Enlightenment in the Context of the Modern and Perfecting Rite of Symbolic Masonry, page 226:
glosses: A small collar, especially as a kind of necklace of lace, fur etc. for women; a ruff
examples: text: There are no recurved strap-shaped little flowers; collarette of the composite flower with scales arranged in several rows ( Fig . TVU )
ref: 1917, Gaston Bonnier, Name this Flower, page 226:
text: The rather inconspicuous collarette of Aspergillus contrasts with the distinctive collarette of Phialophora richardsiae (Nannf. apud Melin & Nannf.)
ref: 2012, Garry T. Cole, Biology of Conidial Fungi, page 301:
glosses: A small collar of inner petals or leaf-like extensions to the stem.
examples: text: The Collarette dahlia is a very novel and distinct type.
ref: 1914, Liberty Hyde Bailey, The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, page 956:
glosses: A type of dahlia having a small collar of short inner petals.
examples: text: The edge of the pupil is soft and seems to dissolve into the collarette rather than stand apart from it.
ref: 2015, Keith R. Pine, Brian H. Sloan, Robert J. Jacobs, Clinical Ocular Prosthetics, page 129:
glosses: The jagged circle in the mid-diameter of the iris, separating the darker shade of the iris from the lighter shade of the iris.
examples: text: Occasionally, scaling may be diffuse and irregular instead of collarette of fragments of scales that from the border into the center of the lesion, like a curtain
ref: 2021, Subrata Malakar, Pediatric Dermoscopy Trichoscopy & Onychoscopy, page 35:
glosses: The rim of loosened keratin surrounding a skin lesion.
topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: An advertising card fitted around the neck of a bottle.
corp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of corp..
Derived terms: megacorp
HMO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HMOs
Senses: examples: text: It's a real problem because HMOs do not deal with chronic pain — they want to just deal with crises.
ref: 1990 February 4, Margy Dowzer, Mary Frances Platt, Aviva Shmuckler, “Disability And Accessibility Cost Money!”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 13:
text: By the mid-1990s, seven states required HMOs to pay for bone marrow transplantation.
ref: 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 325:
topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: PPO
glosses: Initialism of health maintenance organization.
glosses: Initialism of home/house in/of multiple occupation/occupancy: a rented house typically let as individual rooms, often to students or migrant workers.
expo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expos
Etymology: Clipping of exposition
Senses: glosses: An exposition (type of public exhibition).
glosses: An exposition (type of public exhibition).
A world's fair
glosses: An expediter; a restaurant worker who prepares food to be taken to tables.
Derived terms: career expo
sexpo
rocket-propelled grenade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rocket-propelled grenades
form: rocket propelled grenade
Etymology: A backronym, from the acronym RPG, which derives from Russian РПГ (RPG); see RPG for more.
Senses: synonyms: word: RPG
glosses: A modern hand-held weapons system, comprising a launcher that fires a small explosive rocket.
glosses: The explosive rocket weapon component of such a system.
Hypernyms: grenade
Hyponyms: bazooka
Panzerfaust
Related terms: recoilless rifle
grenade launcher
BYOB
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Whether you choose a modest family restaurant, the little café around the corner, the new BYOB everybody's talking about, or even the local pizza palace, […]
ref: 2005, Jax Peters Lowell, The Gluten-Free Bible: The Thoroughly Indispensable Guide to Negotiating Life without Wheat, Holt Paperbacks, →ISBN:
text: It is a BYOB affair tonight, but ice, paper cups, and mixers are for sale. As the room fills, the lines lengthen.
ref: 2011, Charles Farley, Soul of the Man: Bobby "Blue" Bland, Univ. Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 117:
synonyms: BYO
coordinate_terms: cash bar
full bar
fully licensed
open bar
glosses: Initialism of bring your own bottle/booze/beer/beverage.
qualifier: Utah
glosses: Initialism of bring your own Bible.
examples: text: This release now supports proper BYOB readers on Fetch and WebTransport, which allows developers to prepare their ArrayBuffer so that it can be reused for read requests and thus saves memory allocation.
ref: 2023 August 1, Firefox 116.0 release notes:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of bring your own buffer.
Related terms: BYO
BYOW
corkage
flamer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfleɪmɚ/
rhymes: -eɪmə(ɹ)
Forms: form: flamers
Etymology: From flame + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The thinking is Ralston's gay—lots of us Fifth Squadders think he's gay. Me, I think he is, and it don't bother me any. You's queer, you's queer. So he's a flamer—big deal. Or maybe he's a switch-hitter, a bisexual. Who knows?
ref: 2010, Paul Bouchard, A Package at Gitmo, page 78:
glosses: A very flamboyant ("flaming"), effeminate gay male.
examples: text: Send a note to the flamer. Tell him that his message was inappropriate. Request that he refrain from posting anything like it again.
ref: 1997, Alex J. Packer, Pamela Espeland, How Rude!:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: One who flames, or posts vitriolic criticism.
examples: text: A Navy fighter was on the tail of a Jap dive bomber that was headed for the ships in the bay, and he nailed him at about 5,000 feet and made a flamer of him.
ref: 1945, The International Blue Printer, volume 18, page 26:
text: Fellows who didn't enjoy their breakfast unless they'd crept up behind some foolish Hun, put twenty rounds in his petrol tank and made a flamer of him.
ref: 2011, Derek Robinson, Damned Good Show:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A fireball.
closet case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closet cases
Etymology: From closet + case. First use appears c. 1946 in the Washington Post.
Senses: examples: text: Even self-styled liberated gay and straight people sometimes call outspoken bigots "closet cases".
ref: 1979 December 15, Rick Hillegas, “Workers World Party (response)”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 21, page 5:
text: Now this one portrays the drill instructor as an extreme/suicidal if he ever admits it closet case.
ref: 1986 February 25, Ray EMD & S Admin 223-5027, “More on Stereotypes/gays in Film”, in net.motss (Usenet):
synonyms: word: closet
word: closet queen
glosses: A person who conceals or denies their sexuality or gender identity.
examples: text: Closet case at Delta Upsilon is shunted to the basement....
ref: 1956 September 24, Frank Scherschel, Gary Villet, “Fraternity Rushing”, in LIFE Magazine, page 144:
text: Under-expectation on the part of the parent... can range from a complete refusal by the father to accept the fact that the child does exist (a closet case)...
ref: 1964, Paul H. Babbitt, “APPRAISAL OF PARENTAL ATTITUDES”, in Journal of Rehabilitation, volume 30, number 1, pages 20–21:
glosses: A person who is shunned, ignored, or considered to be an embarrassment.
drag queen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drag queens
form: dragqueen
Etymology: From drag (“women's clothing worn by men”) + queen.
Senses: examples: text: Donald was donning a brand new pair of pantyhose. He hadn’t shaved in a while, and he could feel his stubble snag on the nylon. It’s not pretty when a drag queen gets careless, he thought, but it was too late to do anything about it tonight.
ref: 1996, Robert Rodi, Drag Queen, New York: Dutton, →ISBN, retrieved 05 Feb 2022, page 37:
synonyms: word: female impersonator
word: street queen
hypernyms: transvestite
coordinate_terms: drag king
glosses: A person, usually male, who dresses up in women's clothing and makeup, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance.
Coordinate terms: drag king
Derived terms: drag-queendom
drag queenery
drag-queenese
drag-queenish
drag queenism
Related terms: bio queen
faux queen
queen up
squirrel friend
graf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grafs
Etymology: From German Graf (“count”). Doublet of graaf and grave.
Senses: examples: text: Without ceremony, the Graf, on his entering the drawing-room, seated himself at the piano-forte, and proposed affording his new friends "a leetle example" how music was performed in Hungary.
ref: 1843 February, "Graf de Tropp", in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 27, [books.google.com/books?id=9ZUtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA200 page 200]
glosses: A German or Austrian count (nobleman).
Coordinate terms: gräfin
Derived terms: grafship
graf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grafs
Etymology: Phonetic respelling of clipping of paragraph.
Senses: examples: text: Brooks lays out the crux of his case his case in his first three grafs of his article:
ref: 2010 January 27, Matt Taibbi, “Populism: Just Like Racism!”, in True/Slant, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2013:
text: This Wednesday story includes a graf on Reuters’ stance:
ref: 2025 February 13, Joshua Benton, “Trump wants news outlets to get on board with ‘Gulf of America’ — or else. Will they?”, in Nieman Journalism Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Nieman Foundation for Journalism, retrieved 13 Feb 2025:
topics: journalism
media
glosses: A paragraph.
graf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For example, a current trend in graf is to simulate a three-dimensional effect (see Figure 1.2). No one graf artist is associated with having developed this method.
ref: 2002, Janice Rahn, Painting Without Permission: Hip-hop Graffiti Subculture, page 7:
text: Naar had been photographing the 'palimpsest of writings and marks on walls' since 1955 and he says his interest in graf is 'political, in the Greek sense of engagement with the life of the "polis", or city-state'.
ref: 2012, P. D. Smith, City: A Guidebook for the Urban Age, page 84:
glosses: Alternative spelling of graff (“graffiti”).
Derived terms: graf artist
gray area
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gray areas
Senses: glosses: American standard spelling of grey area
stuffed shirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stuffed shirts
form: stuffed-shirt
Senses: examples: text: "Don't you come the high-and-holy on me. You and your smooth, big, phony stuffed-shirt of a father."
ref: 1914, Samuel Hopkins Adams, chapter 30, in The Clarion:
text: Bernstein, am I a stuffed shirt? Am I a horse-faced hypocrite? Am I a New England school marm?
ref: 1941, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles, Citizen Kane (motion picture), spoken by Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotten), RKO Radio Pictures:
text: Oh? I remember, you came to Chicago once. Bit of a stuffed shirt, aren't you?
ref: 1944, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter 5, in The Razor’s Edge […], 1st American edition, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., →OCLC, section ii, page 208:
text: Dr. Laughlin was the only one in a movie party who detested the second male lead—"I regarded him as overserious, pedantic, a stuffed shirt."
ref: 1952 May 26, “Medicine: Mind Matters”, in Time, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2012:
text: The opportunistic style that was the bank's trademark still prevails and continues to attract talented young Hong Kongers looking for an alternative to the stuffed-shirt culture of most U.S. and European banks.
ref: 2000 July 10, Frederik Balfour, “Return of a Hong Kong Highflier”, in BusinessWeek:
coordinate_terms: empty suit
glosses: One who is pompous or self-important, especially one who is either officious or punctilious in a position of authority.
emission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈmɪʃən/
ipa: /ɪˈmɪʃn̩/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɛmɪʃan/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɪˈmɪʃan/
rhymes: -ɪʃən
Forms: form: emissions
Etymology: First attested in 1607. From Middle French émission, from Latin ēmissiō (“sending forth”), from ēmittō (“send out”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mittō (“send”).
Senses: examples: text: the emission was mostly blood
text: Cymarron's sound resembled the mellow folkie emissions of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and America.
ref: 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 274:
glosses: Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.
examples: text: the emission of light from the sun
text: the emission of heat from a fire
text: Camden motive power depot has been much criticised for its emission of smoke in a residential neighbourhood and its complete dieselisation is rapidly taking place.
ref: 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99:
glosses: The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.
Synonyms: sense: act of sending out
word: issuance
Hyponyms: nocturnal emission
Derived terms: acoustic emission
alpha emission
atomic emission spectroscopy
emission allowance
emissionless
emission line
emission nebula
Emissionsgate
emission spectrum
emissions test
emission theory
emit
field emission
field emission display
field emission microscope
field emission microscopy
fugitive emission
Lambert's emission law
low-emission
neutron emission
night emission
nonemission
photoemission
positron emission tomography
reemission
secondary emission
stimulated emission depletion microscope
stimulated emission depletion microscopy
superemission
zero-emission
zero-emission vehicle
emission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈmɪʃən/
ipa: /ɪˈmɪʃn̩/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɛmɪʃan/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɪˈmɪʃan/
rhymes: -ɪʃən
Forms: form: emissions
Etymology: Borrowed from French émission.
Senses: examples: text: All too often, such shows result in destroying any idea that the topic just _could possibly_ be serious. I also discussed with gothic friends, telling they once were interviewed by people claiming to be creating an emission about gothics... just to discover later that the real topic was sects!
ref: 2002 June 13, Laura Dove, “Documentary about vampires”, in alt.vampyres (Usenet), retrieved 18 Dec 2022:
topics: broadcasting
media
qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: A show; a program.
smart arse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smart arses
form: smart-arse
form: smartarse
Senses: examples: text: ‘That Howard kid is a smart-arse little bugger!’
ref: 1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 51:
glosses: One who is particularly flippant or insolent or tends to make snide remarks or jokes.
Synonyms: word: know-all
word: know-it-all
word: smart alec
word: smart ass
word: wiseacre
word: wise guy
Derived terms: smart-arsed
on one's high horse
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: When she gets on her high horse there is not much to do but go along with it or wait for it to pass.
glosses: Self-righteous; proceeding on the belief one is more correct or proper than others.
Related terms: high horse
get off one's high horse
woe is me
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌwəʊ ɪz ˈmiː/
ipa: /ˌwoʊ ɪz ˈmi/
Forms: form: woe is I
Etymology: Here, the oblique pronoun me denotes not an informal copulative complement (as in this is me), but an indirect object, wherefore it literally means woe is to me, an obsolete way of saying I feel woe; compare German mir ist traurig (“I feel sad”, literally “to-me [it] is sad”). Idiomatically, it means woe is upon me. See also German weh ist mir and its descendant, Yiddish וויי איז מיר (vey iz mir), which are identical in form and meaning to the English expression.
Senses: examples: text: Blasted with extasie. Oh, woe is me,
T'haue seene what I haue seene: see what I see.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 266, column 1:
text: Woe is me, that I soiourne in Mesech: that I dwell in the tents of Kedar.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 120:5:
text: “Ah, woe is me! Alas, for my kingdom and my kinfolk!”
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 34:
glosses: Used to show that the speaker feels distress or misery.
Synonyms: word: ah me
word: alack
word: alackaday
word: alas
word: hey ho
word: oh dear
word: oh well
word: pity
word: shame
word: too bad
word: what a pity
word: what a shame
word: woe is me
Hyponyms: word: that's life
Related terms: word: sad
word: weep
word: dammit!
smartass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smartasses
form: smart ass
form: smart arse
Etymology: From smart + -ass.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of know-it-all, an obnoxious clever person or a person making obnoxious efforts to seem clever by acting or behaving as if they know everything.
synonyms: word: know-it-all
extra: an obnoxious clever person or a person making obnoxious efforts to seem clever by acting or behaving as if they know everything
examples: text: Lots of luck, smartass.
glosses: An insolent person, especially one who makes snide remarks.
Synonyms: smart aleck
smartass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: smart ass
form: smart arse
Etymology: From smart + -ass.
Senses: examples: text: I have had quite enough of your smartass remarks.
glosses: Related to or characteristic of a smartass; irritatingly clever or smug.