cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
urbano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish urbano, from Spanish música urbana.
Senses: examples: text: With so many flavors, the album may be a sign that KAROL G is transitioning from the world of urbano to the broader category of Latin pop.
ref: 2025 June 20, “KAROL G's 'Tropicoqueta' Is A Love Letter To Latin America: 5 Takeaways From The New Album”, in GRAMMY.com:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
related: word: urbano music
synonyms: música urbana
glosses: An umbrella term for various popular Latin American music genres.
universal Turing machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: universal Turing machines
Etymology: From Alan Turing, English mathematician, logician, and cryptographer.
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A Turing machine capable of simulating the behavior of any Turing machine.
Related terms: Turing machine
Turing complete
Turing function
buy straw hats in winter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: buys straw hats in winter
form: buying straw hats in winter
form: bought straw hats in winter
form: bought straw hats in winter
Senses: glosses: Of stocks, to buy when both demand and price are low, so as to sell when demand and price are high.
computability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: computabilities
Etymology: From compute + -ability.
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The property of being computable by purely mechanical means.
Derived terms: computability logic
computability theory
incomputability
noncomputability
recomputability
uncomputability
Related terms: Turing machine
computable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpjuːtəbəl/
ipa: /ˈkɒmpjʊtəbəl/
Etymology: From compute + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being computed, or enumerated.
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: decidable
solvable
glosses: Of a problem, solvable by a Turing machine or any thereto Turing-equivalent model; Turing-computable.
topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: recursive
effective
glosses: of a number, able to be approximated to arbitrary precision by a computable function
topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
synonyms: recursive
decidable
glosses: Of a countably infinite set, having a computable indicator function.
Derived terms: computability
computable analysis
computable function
computably
incomputable
noncomputable
precomputable
recomputable
semicomputable
punnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌnɪt/
ipa: /ˈpʌnət/
rhymes: -ʌnɪt
rhymes: -ʌnət
Forms: form: punnets
Etymology: Uncertain. First appears in the 1820s. Perhaps a diminutive of pun, a dialect variant of pound, the weight + -et. The suggestion that it is an eponym of Reginald Crundall Punnett (1875–1967), geneticist and grower of strawberries, is not chronologically possible. The suggestion it was an ancestor of his lacks evidence.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, according to the same Year-Book, a sea-kale punnet measures 8 in. in diameter at the top and 7½ in. at the bottom, being 2 in. deep, while a radish punnet is 8 in. in diameter and 1 in. deep, if to hold six “hands,” or 9 in. by 1 in. for twelve “hands.” A mushroom punnet is 7 in. by 1 in., while a salading punnet is 5 in. by 2 in.
ref: 1904, Arthur George Liddon Rogers, The Business Side of Agriculture, 2010, Forgotten Books, page 85
text: Another type of splint basket, called a punnet, was used in the strawberry trade of New York City between 1815 and 1850.[…]Punnets and pottles found little favor except in the vicinity of Boston and New York and were soon discarded for more convenient and less expensive packages.
ref: 1917, Stevenson Whitcomb Fletcher, The Strawberry in North America: History, Origin, Botany, and Breeding, pages 77–78:
text: Most of the fruit for market is picked and sold in punnets, but for jam making buckets are used, similar to the raspberry bucket.
ref: 1933, South Australian Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Journal of Agriculture, South Australia, Volume 36, page 1292
text: Early this season, Ross Lill got together with a plastics firm to produce a flat tray to replace the commonly used punnet.
ref: 1982, New Zealand Department of Agriculture, New Zealand journal of agriculture, page 13
text: However we recommend, particularly in cooler climates, sowing tomato seeds into a seed tray or punnet and allowing the seedlings to grow before they are transplanted into the garden.
ref: 2005, Don Burke, The Complete Burke's Backyard: The Ultimate Book of Fact Sheets, page 408:
text: ‘But rather than spend £5 on a small punnet of exotic berries, a family would be better off buying regular and larger quantities of fresh fruit and vegetables from their local market.[…]’
ref: 2007 May 13, Amelia Hill, “Forget superfoods, you can′t beat an apple a day”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A small basket or receptacle for collecting and selling fruit, particularly strawberries.
Synonyms: sense: receptacle for strawberries
word: chip
sense: receptacle for strawberries
word: pottle
firewood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaɪ.ə(ɹ).wʊd/
note: triphthong smoothing
ipa: /ˈfa.ə(ɹ).wʊd/
note: triphthong smoothing
ipa: /ˈfaː(ɹ).wʊd/
note: triphthong smoothing
ipa: /ˈfɑ.ə(ɹ).wʊd/
note: triphthong smoothing
ipa: /ˈfɑ.əː(ɹ).wʊd/
enpr: fīʹərwo͝od
enpr: fīr
ipa: /ˈfaɪ.ɚ.wʊd/
ipa: [ˈfaɪ.ɚ.wʊd]
ipa: [ˈfäː.ɚ.wʊd]
ipa: /ˈfɑe.ə(ɹ).wʊd/
rhymes: -ʊd
Forms: form: firewoods
Etymology: From Middle English ferwode, fyrewoode, equivalent to fire + wood.
Senses: examples: text: After many days of hard work, we finally had enough firewood for the winter.
hypernyms: fuel
coordinate_terms: kindling
tinder
glosses: Wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.
Derived terms: firewood-gatherer
firewooding
firewood rape
Related terms: fireplace
wood burner
woodfire
woodfired
woodstove
Truth or Dare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of truth or dare.
read between the lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reads between the lines
form: reading between the lines
form: read between the lines
form: read between the lines
Etymology: Probably from glosses and commentaries which were written between the lines and provided the reader with additional information not explicitly stated in the text.
Senses: examples: text: If you read between the lines a little, you will realize that he has deeper motives.
text: The next day he made incantation, and distorted the miracle of the loaves and fishes till it became prophecy, and I, reading between the lines, saw that it was aimed at the wealth of meat stored in my caches.
ref: 1901, Jack London, “A Hyperborean Brew: […]”, in The Faith of Men and Other Stories, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., published September 1904, →OCLC, pages 54–55:
text: “I’m quite of your opinion,” Miss Van Vluyck came briskly to her support; “on condition, that is, that all grossness of language is avoided.”
“Oh, I’m sure we shall understand without that,” Mrs. Leveret tittered; and Laura Glyde added significantly: “I fancy we can read between the lines,” while Mrs. Ballinger rose to assure herself that the doors were really closed.
ref: 1911, Edith Wharton, Xingu:
text: “Yes. And if you had as much sense as the talking parrot I owned once you would have read between the lines that all I wanted you here for was to tell you what I think of you.”
ref: 1919, Joseph Conrad, chapter IV, in The Arrow of Gold: A Story between Two Notes, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, […], →OCLC, part IV, page 186:
text: I know you read between the lines / When them up there say it's all fine
ref: 1982, Andy Hill, Peter Sinfield, “Twentieth Century Hero”, in Are You Ready, performed by Bucks Fizz:
text: “Trust is as trust does. I tend to be extremely literal in what I say … One does not [need]^([sic]) to read between the lines. One can simply read the lines,” Musk said in the meeting, according to a tweet from Nola Weinstein, Twitter’s global head of brand experiences and engagement.
ref: 2022 June 16, Kari Paul, quoting Elon Musk, “In rare move, Elon Musk meets Twitter employees to give ‘freedom of speech’ address”, in The Guardian:
text: If you could see behind my eyes / You'd see the truth inside the lies / And if you read between the lines / You'd see I'm running from my mind
ref: 2024, Jackie Evancho, “Behind My Eyes”, in Solla:
glosses: To infer a meaning that is not stated explicitly.
feather duster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛð.ə(ɹ)ˈdʌstə/
ipa: /ˈfɛð.ɚ ˈdʌstɚ/
Forms: form: feather dusters
Etymology: From feather + duster.
Senses: glosses: An implement, traditionally consisting of a bundle of feathers (especially ostrich feathers) attached to a handle, used to remove surface dust.
Derived terms: feather duster worm
urna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urnas
Etymology: From Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ūrṇā, “wool, thread”).
Senses: examples: text: The urna is not worn by all, nor the monastic dress of the magnificent image of the Buddhistic prince on the right side of the great Buddha in the chanḍi Mĕndut.
ref: 1901, Isaac Groneman, translated by A. Dolk, The Hindu Ruins in the Plain of Parambanan, translation of original in Dutch:
text: The ûrna or mark upon the forehead and the long pierced ear lobes so generally characteristic of Buddhist images are not present in this instance.
ref: 1916, “Notes on Chinese statuary”, in The Museum Journal, volume 7, University of Pennsylvania University Museum, page 156:
text: Between the eyes is a curl of hair (urna), one of the identifying features of a Buddha, and the thing that looks like a nose is a miraculous light emanating from the urna (it can also be interpreted as the Nepali figure “one”, conveying the unity of all things).
ref: 2009, David Reed, The Rough Guide to Nepal, page 107:
topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A spiral or circular dot placed on the forehead of Buddhist images as an auspicious mark.
urna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urnas
form: urnae
Etymology: From Latin urna. Doublet of urn.
Senses: examples: text: A wine vessel, probably the Roman urna, which contained half the quantity of the amphora.
ref: 1810, A Description of the Collection of Ancient Terracottas of the British Museum, British Museum, No. XXXIX, page 22:
text: The congius was the 8th part of the amphora, and the 4th of the urna: it contained 6 sextarii.
ref: 1847, Francis Adams, The Seven Books of Paulus Ægeineta, volume 3, The Sydenham Society, page 623:
text: It follows that the seah must equal the urna, and the hin equal 2 Attic choes.
ref: 1903, Sir Charles Warren, The Ancient Cubit and Our Weights and Measures, page 89:
glosses: A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 40 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 13 L although differing slightly over time.
Synonyms: urn
half-amphora
Coordinate terms: sense: unit of liquid volume
word: lingula (1
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: 1152 urna)
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: cyathus (1
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: 288 urna)
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: acetabulum (1
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: 192 urna)
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: quartarius (1
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: 96 urna)
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: hemina (1
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: 48 urna)
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: sextarius (1
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: 24 urna)
sense: unit of liquid volume
alt: ¼ urna
word: congius
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: amphora (2 urnas)
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: culeus (40 urnas)
urticaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɜɹtɪˈkɛəɹi.ə/
ipa: /ˌɜːtɪˈkɛəɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
Forms: form: urticarias
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin urtīcāria, from Latin urtīca (“nettle”) + -āria.
Senses: examples: text: "And the cramps when my body - like a badly articulated skeleton - would all get twisted into one rigid tangle! But now, except some dyspepsia and urticaria of the palms, I am free from pain."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
text: So when I was diagnosed with a fairly difficult-to-treat disease called idiopathic angioedema and chronic urticaria (a fancy way of saying we don’t know why you swell and hey, enjoy the 24/7 hives) six months ago, I wasn't quite sure how to cope.
ref: 2014 January 20, Simona Supekar, “How the Internet Helped Me Cope With My Rare Disease”, in The Atlantic:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or other conditions.
Synonyms: hives
nettle-rash
Derived terms: cold urticaria
urticaria-deafness-amyloidosis syndrome
free-for-all
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiːfəɹɔːl/
ipa: /ˈfɹiːfɚɔːl/
Forms: form: free-for-alls
form: FFA
Senses: examples: text: When the fire alarm went off, it was a free-for-all.
text: Competition was the order of the day: the industrial warfare of the sixties was a free-for-all.
ref: 1919, Burton Jesse Hendrick, The Age of Big Business:
text: […] this was a consequence of building Tubes by means of a competitive free-for-all. Each company wanted to expand its territory at the expense of the others.
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 134:
glosses: Chaos; a chaotic situation lacking rules or control.
topics: video-games
glosses: Deathmatch, sometimes specifically one in which every player is pitted against all the others.
Related terms: word: kick bollocks scramble
word: law of the jungle
free-for-all
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiːfəɹɔːl/
ipa: /ˈfɹiːfɚɔːl/
Forms: form: FFA
Senses: examples: text: Men, as well as women, were springing in to the rope and pulling. No longer was it team against team, but all Oakland against all San Francisco, festooned with a free-for-all fight.
ref: 1913 October, Jack London, The Valley of the Moon, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC:
text: Then Lucy told him about the great passion of her father—about the long, time-honored custom of free-for-all races, and the great races that had been run in the past; […]
ref: 1917, Zane Grey, Wildfire:
text: But, he added, “Twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape where anything can be said with no consequences!”
ref: 2022 October 27, Lauren Hirsch, quoting Elon Musk, “Elon Musk Reaches Out to Advertisers Ahead of Deadline for Twitter Deal”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
qualifier: competition etc.
glosses: Open to anyone and with no or few rules.
raw_tags: of a fight
Related terms: knockdown-dragout
POTS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
synonyms: publicly offered telephone service
publicly offered telephone system
PSTN
public switched telephone network
coordinate_terms: publicly
offered
telephone
system
service
glosses: Acronym of publicly offered telephone service/system: the public telephone network
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
synonyms: plain old telephone service
plain old telephone system
coordinate_terms: plain
old
telephone
system
service
CSTN
circuit-switched telephone network
PSTN
packet-switched telephone network
ISDN
DSL
FTS
FTH
glosses: Acronym of plain old telephone service/system: the old analog landline circuit-switched telephone network
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
synonyms: post office telephone service
post office telephone system
postal office telephone service
postal office telephone system
coordinate_terms: post
postal
office
post office
postal office
telephone
system
service
glosses: Initialism of post/postal office telephone service/system
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
coordinate_terms: postural
orthostatic
tachycardia
syndrome
glosses: Abbreviation of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
Aegis class cruiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aegis class cruisers
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A cruiser equipped with sophisticated defenses against missile and air attack.
chaplain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃæp.lɪn/
Forms: form: chaplains
Etymology: From Middle English chapeleyn, from Old French chapelain, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappellānus, from cappella. Doublet of capelin. Displaced Old English handprēost.
Senses: examples: text: The Railway Mission's regionally based chaplains perform the role of impartial 'friend' to anyone working on the railway, regardless of their faith.
ref: 2021 September 8, Stefanie Foster, “Network News: Countdown is on to the National Rail Awards 2021”, in RAIL, number 939, page 19:
glosses: A member of a religious body who is (often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.
glosses: A person without religious affiliation who carries out similar duties in a secular context.
Derived terms: archchaplain
chaplaincy
chaplainry
chaplainship
college chaplain
domestic chaplain
football chaplain
hospital chaplain
lay chaplain
military chaplain
naval chaplain
prison chaplain
school chaplain
sports chaplain
street chaplain
unchaplained
inane
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈneɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Forms: form: inaner
form: more inane
form: inanest
form: most inane
Etymology: From Middle French inane, from Latin inānis (“empty, vain, useless”) which is of unknown origin.
Senses: examples: text: Francesca followed, reluctant enough in her secret; for though she would not have admitted it even to herself, she did shrink from the infliction of the inane solemnities with which her father garnished his discourse—to say nothing of the ungracious reflections which so often glanced at herself.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 237:
text: God, if she had to listen to another conversation about some kid she didnʼt know—how Tina J. stole the stage at the talent show or Bobby R. won the tee ball game or any other number of inane accomplishments.
ref: 2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 156:
text: This supremely gifted kid told me that in the early elementary grades, the songs sung in music class were so inane that he wanted to skip grades already! Eventually he did, so better late than never.
synonyms: silly
fatuous
vapid
glosses: Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.
examples: text: Vague and inane instincts.
ref: 1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball, →OCLC:
glosses: Purposeless; pointless.
Derived terms: inanely
inaneness
inanery
inanity
uninane
inane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈneɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Forms: form: inanes
Etymology: From Middle French inane, from Latin inānis (“empty, vain, useless”) which is of unknown origin.
Senses: examples: text: The undistinguishable inane of infinite space.
ref: 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 2, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book I, page 13:
text: [...] whom we watch as we watch the clouds careering in the windy, bottomless inane, or read about like characters in ancient and rather fabulous annals.
ref: 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:
glosses: That which is void or empty.
broccoli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɒ.kə.li/
ipa: /ˈbɹɑ.kə.li/
ipa: /ˈbɹɑk.li/
ipa: /ˈbɹɔ.kə.liː/
ipa: /ˈbɹɔ.kə.lɑe/
ipa: /ˈbɹɒk(ə)li/
ipa: /ˈbɹɒk(ə)lɪ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈbrɔk(ɵ)li/
note: Indic
ipa: /brɵˈkoli/
Forms: form: broccolis
form: broccoli
form: broccolo
form: brocoli
form: brockely
Etymology: 1699, Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo (“cabbage sprout, head”), diminutive of brocco (“shoot, sprout”) (which is also the origin of brocade), from Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp, projecting; buck-toothed”), possibly of Gaulish origin, related to Proto-Celtic *brokkos (“badger”) or Proto-Celtic *brozdos (“tip, point”) (compare Scottish Gaelic brog (“pointed instrument, awl”), Welsh procio (“thrust, poke”), Old English brord (“point, spike”)). More at brochure, brad.
Senses: examples: text: You can also get oriental broccolis such as kailaan and nabana, which are easy to grow and really tasty.
ref: 2010, Sven Wombwell, Allotment Gardening For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, Growing Oriental Leaf Vegetables
text: Examples of leafy vegetables are broccoli, spinach, celery, and chicory.
ref: 2013, Anselm Anyoha, MD, How Broccoli-Head Lost Thirty Pounds: A Handbook for Healthy Living, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 83:
hypernyms: crucifer
glosses: A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.
examples: text: I be smokin' broccoli, mama told me eat my veggies
ref: 2014, “Kodak Black”, in Heart Of The Projects, performed by Skrilla:
text: All I want is cottage, roll a cigar full of broccoli
ref: 2017, “T-Shirt”, in Culture, performed by Migos:
synonyms: word: bhang
word: benj
word: boo
word: broccoli
word: bud
word: buddha
word: cannabis
word: cheeba
word: choof
word: daccha
word: dank
word: devil's lettuce
word: djamba
word: doja
word: doobage
word: dope
word: endo
word: gage
word: ganja
word: ganj
word: grass
word: green
word: greenery
word: hash
word: hashish
word: hemp
word: herb
word: Mary Jane
word: MJ
word: marihoochie
word: marijuana
word: Mary Joanna
word: method
word: mezz
word: muggle
word: mull
word: pot
word: puff
word: reefer
word: sens
word: sensimillia
word: sensimilla
word: shit
word: sweetleaf
word: tea
word: Texas tea
word: trees
word: twig
word: wacky tobaccy
word: weed
word: yarndie
word: zaza
word: zombie
glosses: Marijuana.
Derived terms: Aztec broccoli
baby broccoli
broccoflower
broccoli cut
broccoli haircut
broccolilike
broccolini
broccoli raab
broccoli rabe
broccoli rape
broccoloid
Chinese broccoli
superbroccoli
Related terms: brocade
broccoli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɒ.kə.li/
ipa: /ˈbɹɑ.kə.li/
ipa: /ˈbɹɑk.li/
ipa: /ˈbɹɔ.kə.liː/
ipa: /ˈbɹɔ.kə.lɑe/
ipa: /ˈbɹɒk(ə)li/
ipa: /ˈbɹɒk(ə)lɪ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈbrɔk(ɵ)li/
note: Indic
ipa: /brɵˈkoli/
Forms: form: broccolo
form: brocoli
form: brockely
Etymology: 1699, Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo (“cabbage sprout, head”), diminutive of brocco (“shoot, sprout”) (which is also the origin of brocade), from Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp, projecting; buck-toothed”), possibly of Gaulish origin, related to Proto-Celtic *brokkos (“badger”) or Proto-Celtic *brozdos (“tip, point”) (compare Scottish Gaelic brog (“pointed instrument, awl”), Welsh procio (“thrust, poke”), Old English brord (“point, spike”)). More at brochure, brad.
Senses: glosses: plural of broccolo
ukelele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ukeleles
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Alternative spelling of ukulele.
unbutton
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈbʌtən/
rhymes: -ʌtən
Forms: form: unbuttons
form: unbuttoning
form: unbuttoned
form: unbuttoned
Etymology: From Middle English onbottonen, unbotonen; equivalent to un- + button.
Senses: examples: text: Being now too high wound up to bear a delay, he unbutton'd, and drawing out the engine of love-assaults, drove it currently, as at a ready-made breach
ref: 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
english: Fanny Hill
translation: Fanny Hill
glosses: To open (something) by undoing its buttons.
examples: text: He was so muscled and firm, and the canvas shirt under his jacket unbuttoned easily.
ref: 2010, Janet Chapman, Tempt Me If You Can, page 70:
glosses: To come open by having its buttons unfastened.
Related terms: unbuttoned
uncalled-for
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈkɔld.foɹ/
Forms: form: more uncalled-for
form: most uncalled-for
form: uncalled for
Senses: glosses: Unwanted; not requested or required.
examples: text: That nasty remark was uncalled-for.
glosses: Unwarranted, disproportionate, or inappropriate; not deserved or justified, especially when rude or offensive.
uncalled for
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of uncalled-for.
unceasing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unceasing
form: most unceasing
Etymology: From un- + ceasing.
Senses: examples: text: The unceasing fatigue of my daily walks to and from Clapham, with my various trudgings from one Doctor Humbug to another Doctor Whimsical, combined with the before-mentioned causes to affect my health.
ref: 1841, William Johnstoun N. Neale, The naval surgeon, page 136:
text: To handle the unceasing traffic increase, immense sums of money are being expended in dealing with bottlenecks.
ref: 1962 December, “Beyond the Channel: Switzerland: Federal Railways' progress”, in Modern Railways, page 416:
glosses: continuous; continuing indefinitely without stopping
Synonyms: incessant
uncertain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈsɜːtən/
ipa: /ʌnˈsɜɹ.tən/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tən
Forms: form: more uncertain
form: uncertainer
form: most uncertain
form: uncertainest
Etymology: From Middle English uncerteyn. By surface analysis, un- + certain.
Senses: examples: text: Conſider man without the protection and conduct of a ſuperior Being, and he is ſecure of nothing that he enjoys in this world, and uncertain of every thing that he hopes for.
ref: 1664, John Tillotson, “Sermon I. The Wisdom of Being Religious. Job XXVIII. 28.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], London: […] B. Aylmer, […]; [a]nd W. Rogers, […], published 1696, →OCLC, page 20:
glosses: Not certain; unsure.
examples: text: Tomorrow's weather is uncertain.
glosses: Not known for certain; questionable.
glosses: Not yet determined; undecided.
glosses: Variable and subject to change.
examples: text: Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
ref: 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter III (Accessory After the Fact), page 382, column 1:
glosses: Fitful or unsteady.
examples: text: O, woman! in our hours of ease, / Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, / And variable as the shade / By the light quivering aspen made; […]
ref: 1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Canto Sixth. The Battle.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC, stanza XXXI, page 362:
glosses: Unpredictable or capricious.
Derived terms: in no uncertain terms
Related terms: uncertainly
uncertainty
uncertain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈsɜːtən/
ipa: /ʌnˈsɜɹ.tən/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tən
Etymology: From Middle English uncerteyn. By surface analysis, un- + certain.
Senses: examples: text: Thinking about the uncertain refines our perception of the certain, and generally this takes place in a framework in which the uncertain is the future and the certain is the present.
ref: 2011, John Lyons, The Phantom of Chance: From Fortune to Randomness in Seventeenth-Century French Literature:
glosses: Something uncertain.
dashboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæʃˌbɔː(ɹ)d/
ipa: /ˈdæʃˌboəɹd/
ipa: /ˈdæʃˌbɔːɹd/
Forms: form: dashboards
Etymology: From dash (“to sprinkle; to splatter”) + board for meaning 1. Possibly expanded meaning later.
Senses: glosses: An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves.
examples: text: Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night / I can see paradise by the dashboard light
ref: 1977, Jim Steinman, “Paradise by the Dashboard Light”, in Bat Out of Hell, performed by Meat Loaf:
glosses: A panel beneath the windshield of a vehicle or aircraft containing indicator gauges, compartments, and sometimes controls and indicator lights.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The float of a paddle wheel.
examples: text: Log in to the dashboard to change your account settings.
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
video-games
glosses: A graphical user interface for changing settings.
examples: text: It's so addictive, I all too often find myself just scrolling down my dashboard on Tumblr, finding things that other people have reblogged that appeal to me, reblogging, then continuing to scroll.
ref: 2012, "Grace", quoted in Jennifer Obee, Social Networking: The Ultimate Teen Guide, page 110
text: I began following other fat-positive Tumblrs, and soon my dashboard was filled with positive representations of fatness: pictures, stories, quotes, and links to articles and blogs.
ref: 2014, Cat Pausé, “Express Yourself: Fat Activism in the Web 2.0 Age”, in Ragen Chastain, editor, The Politics of Size: Perspectives from the Fat Acceptance Movement, page 3:
text: Though I rarely use it anymore, absently scrolling through my dashboard acquainted me with many new people from all around the world, and it helped me understand myself in new ways.
ref: 2022, Barrie Shannon, Sex(uality) Education for Trans and Gender Diverse Youth in Australia, page 163:
glosses: The personalized feed of a user of a website, consisting of recent updates of pages the user has used or followed.
Hyponyms: board
Derived terms: dash
dashcam
Related terms: control panel
gauge
instrument panel
dashboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæʃˌbɔː(ɹ)d/
ipa: /ˈdæʃˌboəɹd/
ipa: /ˈdæʃˌbɔːɹd/
Forms: form: dashboards
form: dashboarding
form: dashboarded
form: dashboarded
Etymology: From dash (“to sprinkle; to splatter”) + board for meaning 1. Possibly expanded meaning later.
Senses: examples: text: Dashboarding your work can enhance productivity.
glosses: To organize in a dashboard format.
unchallenged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unchallenged
form: most unchallenged
Etymology: From un- + challenged.
Senses: examples: text: Roman Sharonov rose unchallenged to head a corner wide, while diminutive winger Gokdeniz Karadeniz ghosted in with a diving header from the edge of the six-yard box that was acrobatically kept out by Gomes.
ref: 2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Not having any challengers.
glosses: Lacking experience due to lack of challenges; untested.
examples: text: Many of his crazy ideas remained unchallenged.
text: The intruders went unchallenged.
glosses: Undisputed, not called into question.
Related terms: challenge
challenged
unchallengeable
unchallengeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unchallengeable
form: most unchallengeable
Etymology: From un- + challengeable.
Senses: examples: text: A century ago, a very distinguished Swiss military writer, who saw much service throughout the Napoleonic period, who studied minutely many of the principal campaigns, and who reflected profoundly upon international relations as affecting war, and as affected by it, stated as a fundamental necessity of the European Balance of Power that no one State should be permitted to acquire an unchallengeable naval superiority.
ref: 1821, The North American Review, O. Everett, page 645:
text: With a solemn imprecation on the formality and absurdity of the writer, Lord Etherington let the letter of advice drop from his hand into the fire, and throwing himself into a chair, passed his hand across his eyes, as if their very power of sight bad been blighted by what he had read. His title, and his paternal fortune, which he thought but an instant before might be rendered unchallengeable by a single movement of his hand, seemed now on the verge of being lost for ever.
ref: 1824, Walter Scott, St. Ronan's Well, Archibald Constable and Company, Edinburgh, Hurst, Robinson, and Company, page 179:
text: The Policies of Parties admitted to the "Second Class of Select Assurances" shall be subject to the existing Conditions of the Company as to residing or travelling beyond the limits of Europe, and as to Military or Naval Service; but with these exceptions, and subject to payment of the ordinary Premiums, shall also be absolutely unchallengeable.
ref: 1857, Oliver and Boyd's New Edinburgh Almanac and National Repository, page 7:
text: Like most prisoners, Eddie Jones is serving an indeterminate sentence, meaning the time he actually spends behind bars depends on the decision of a parole board, a decision not subject to the due process requirements of the Constitution. And where he will spend that time, whether in a harsh maximum-security prison like Walpole or in the relative comfort of an institution like the Southeastern Correctional Center, depends on the equally unchallengable decisions of prison authorities.
ref: 1980 August 9, David Morris, “Prisoner Accused Of Rape”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
glosses: Not open to challenge; indisputable
Synonyms: inarguable
indisputable
unarguable
Related terms: unchallenged
feddle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feddles
Etymology: Eye dialect spelling descended from Middle English ffedle, fedele, fethil, fethele, variants of Middle English fithele, from Old English fiþele (“fiddle, viol, violin”). More at English fiddle.
Senses: examples: text: Is there ony soond mair meeserable an' peetifu' than the scrape o' a feddle, when it does na touch ony chord i' the human sensorium?
ref: 1816, Thomas Love Peacock, Headlong Hall, →ISBN:
text: I'll go immadiately an' buy Dermot's ould feddle.
ref: 1854, Grace Greenwood, The Little Pilgrim - Volumes 1-3, page 27:
text: “Aye, aye!” they all cry out. “Yer feddle, Tam, yer feddle!” (Tam gets it and comes down.)
ref: 1899, Jon Templeton, The Romance of Robert Burns:
glosses: Fiddle (musical instrument).
examples: text: Well, whoever that OTHER person was, it appears that the REAL Xona is back and in fine feddle.
ref: 1999 August 5, Mimi Weasel, “Proper Punishment for Linda Tripp”, in alt.politics.clinton (Usenet):
text: I'd rather see him once or twice a month while he gets his strength back, then he'll be more able to come back in fine feddle and kick some butt in style.
ref: 2006 November 20, Nyssa, “I'm going to miss Kevin and Kelly”, in alt.tv.one-life-to-live (Usenet):
text: I'm in my fine feddle — as one of my masters, Mr. Henry Val Miller would surely shout, "Well, fuck a duck!"
ref: 2014, Admiral Pat Arnold, Omar Khayyam and Etta James: Mooning Santa Barbara and Gertrude Tennyson, Your Protruding Colossal Bush Has Really Got Me Going!, →ISBN:
glosses: Misspelling of fettle.
feddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: feddles
form: feddling
form: feddled
form: feddled
Etymology: Eye dialect spelling descended from Middle English ffedle, fedele, fethil, fethele, variants of Middle English fithele, from Old English fiþele (“fiddle, viol, violin”). More at English fiddle.
Senses: examples: text: And my good companions and fellowe souldiours, if you will followe myne advise, laie aside your weapons, hang up your armours by the walles, and learne an other while (for your better advauncements) to pipe, to feddle, to synge, to daunce, to lye, to forge, to flatter, to cary tales, to set ruffe, or do any thyng that your appetites beste serve unto, and that is better fittyng for the tyme.
ref: 1581, Barnaby Riche, Eight Novels Employed by English Dramatic Poets of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.:
text: In a Presbyterian Church where a bass viol had been smuggled or foisted into the choir, the old dominie startled the worshipers by calling upon them to "feddle and sing" the psalm.
ref: 1882, George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania:
glosses: To fiddle (play the fiddle).
feddle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Eye dialect spelling descended from Middle English ffedle, fedele, fethil, fethele, variants of Middle English fithele, from Old English fiþele (“fiddle, viol, violin”). More at English fiddle.
Senses: examples: text: Uhmm, I don't know. Uhmm'but it looks like the feddle gummunt running ever'thing.
ref: 1985, Roy Blount, What Men Don't Tell Women, page 78:
text: If you're not working for the feddle gummint either directly (Assistant to Administrative Assistant Grade 3(a) in the U.S. Department of Administrative Assistance) or indirectly (lobbying, lawyering, feeding the beast, or living on bailout subsidies) you are a loser chump.
ref: 2010, Michael Graham, That's No Angry Mob, That's My Mom, →ISBN:
text: You'll run across a few who don't really carefor the 'feddle guvment' poking around.
ref: 2011, J. L. Bryan, Tommy Nightmare, →ISBN:
glosses: Federal.
feddle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feddles
Senses: examples: text: Sherwood defines CockNEY, by this word, niais, and mignot, cailnette, the former being, in Cotgrave, “a wanton, feddle, favourite, a dolling, dandling, darling,” and the latter, “foole, ninny, noddy, natural.”
ref: 1822, The Gentleman's Magazine - Volume 92, Part 2; Volume 132, page 616:
text: Chartier condemns the recreant scarceness of the laggard feddles who lowered their lineage, flung away their honour and like a quaking flock of sheep fled when they should have struck ;
ref: 1919, James Hamilton Wylie, William Templeton Waugh, The Reign of Henry the Fifth: 1415-1416, page 203:
text: Capulet regrets that Juliet has been “fedled” (“pampered,” RC, s.v. “Cadelé”) and as a result has become a “feddle” (“A wanton,” RC, s.v. “Mignot).
ref: 2010, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Romeo and Juliet, →ISBN:
glosses: A wanton; A spoiled person.
feddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: feddles
form: feddling
form: feddled
form: feddled
Senses: examples: text: Now here it was 12.20 and he had another 15,000 envelopes to feddle before he knocked off. If he feddled well, conscientiously, Gremm would apply a heavy, gluey mixture to the flap of each envelope, then allow it to dry.
ref: 1982, Bulletin with Newsweek - Volume 102, page 55:
text: As Mellors writes to Connie at the end of Lady Chatterley's Lover, a man has to fend and feddle for the best, and then trust in something beyond himself.
ref: 1986, Gerald J. Butler, This Is Carbon:
glosses: To fuss over.
examples: text: For example, a pipe smoker who spends all the time lighting matches and feddling with his pipe, is very distracting in an interview situation.
ref: 1968, Oklahoma State Engineer, page 102:
glosses: To fiddle or fidget.
fœtus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fœtuses
form: fœtus
form: fœtûs
form: fœti
Senses: examples: text: The progress of the fœtus appears to be much quicker in the early than latter months: but the proportional increase is attended with difficulty in the calculation; for this, among other reasons, that we have not an opportunity of knowing the magnitude or weight of the same fœtus in different months.
ref: 1784, Charles Elliot, A system of anatomy: from Monro, Winslow, Innes, and the latest authers:
text: The umbilical vein arises from the collected branches of the placenta, and enters the fœtus at the navel, it runs inclosed within a thick sheath, which afterwards forms the lower part of the suspensory ligament, to the horizontal fissure, where it gives off some branches on either side of the substance of the liver;
ref: 1800, Richard Powell, Observations on the bile and its diseases,and on the oeconomy of the liver:
text: Where the death of the fœtus has been induced with criminal intent, it may be due to puctured woulds of the fontanelles, orbits, heart, or spinal marrow; dislocation of the neck; separation of the head from the body; ffracture of the bones of the head and face; strangulation; suffocation; drowning in the closet pan or privy, or from being thrown into water.
ref: 1949, William George Aitchison Robertson, Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, →ISBN, page 54:
glosses: Dated spelling of foetus.
adherence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ədˈhɪə.ɹəns/
ipa: /ədˈhɪɹ.əns/
Forms: form: adherences
form: adhærence
Etymology: From Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhærentia.
Senses: glosses: A close physical union of two objects.
examples: text: Strict adherence to the rules is required.
text: The project failed because of poor adherence to deadlines.
text: Religious adherence can shape a community’s culture.
glosses: Faithful support for some cause.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
qualifier: Scots law
glosses: The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.
Derived terms: antiadherence
coadherence
cytoadherence
hyperadherence
immunoadherence
inadherence
in adherence to
in adherence with
maladherence
nonadherence
preadherence
Related terms: compliance
reticulocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reticulocytes
Etymology: From reticulo- + -cyte.
Senses: glosses: An immature red blood cell, having a reticular network of RNA
intransigent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɹæn.sə.d͡ʒənt/
ipa: /ɪnˈtɹæn.zə.d͡ʒənt/
Forms: form: more intransigent
form: most intransigent
form: intransigeant
Etymology: Borrowed from French intransigeant, from Spanish intransigente, from Latin in- (“un-, not”) + trānsigēns, present participle of trānsigō (“to come to an understanding”), from trāns (“across”) + agō (“to do”).
Senses: examples: text: Don't waste your time trying to change his mind: he's completely intransigent.
text: Since I have been asked to do this in very brief compass, the harsh tone and terse style of my presentation will make my contentions appear more dogmatic and intransigent than I should wish them to be.
ref: 1966, H. Feigl, “Is Science Relevant to Theology?”, in Inquiries and Provocations: Selected Writings, published 2012, →ISBN:
text: Much of the new integration will come in the school districts that have been the most intransigent since the Supreme Court outlawed school segregation in its landmark 1954 decision.
ref: 1970 August 31, John Berbers, “Nixon Aides Voice Integration Hope”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: On the Spanish side, the war increased the anti-Cuban animosity and distrust felt by the most intransigent peninsulares.
ref: 1993, Leslie Bethell, Cuba: A Short History, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 27:
synonyms: word: adamant
word: ardent
word: bent on
word: bloody-minded
word: bullheaded
word: certain
word: chronic
word: confirmed
word: determined
word: diehard
word: dogged
word: hard-hearted
word: hard-nosed
word: hardheaded
word: headstrong
word: immovable
word: incalcitrant
word: inflexible
word: irrefragable
word: insistent
word: intractable
word: intransigent
word: intrepid
word: inveterate
word: mulish
word: obdurate
word: obstinate
word: obstreperous
word: peevish
word: peremptory
word: persistent
word: pertinacious
word: pigheaded
word: recalcitrant
word: refractory
word: resolute
word: resolved
word: rigid
word: self-willed
word: stalwart
word: staunch
word: steadfast
word: steady
word: stubborn
word: stubborn as a mule
word: sullen
word: tenacious
word: terminal
word: thran
word: thwart
word: tough
word: truculent
word: unbending
word: uncompromising
word: unyielding
word: vehement
word: wilful
word: willful
antonyms: transigent
glosses: Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable.
Derived terms: intransigentist
Related terms: intransigence
intransigency
intransigentism
intransigently
intransigent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɹæn.sə.d͡ʒənt/
ipa: /ɪnˈtɹæn.zə.d͡ʒənt/
Forms: form: intransigents
form: intransigeant
Etymology: Borrowed from French intransigeant, from Spanish intransigente, from Latin in- (“un-, not”) + trānsigēns, present participle of trānsigō (“to come to an understanding”), from trāns (“across”) + agō (“to do”).
Senses: glosses: A person who is intransigent.
intransigency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of intransigence.
synonyms: word: intransigence
uses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːsɪz/
ipa: /ˈjuːzɪz/
rhymes: -uːzɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of use
uses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːsɪz/
ipa: /ˈjuːzɪz/
rhymes: -uːzɪz
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A form of equitable ownership peculiar to English law, by which one person enjoys the profits of lands, etc. whose legal title is vested in another in trust.
uses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːsɪz/
ipa: /ˈjuːzɪz/
rhymes: -uːzɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of use
œconomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪːˈkɒ.nɒ.mi/
Forms: form: œconomies
Senses: examples: text: At the age of seventeen or eighteen, they should be indulged, even FOR A MORAL PURPOSE, in fishing, shooting, hunting*, tennis, cricket, and all other diversions consistent with safety, good company, health^†, and œconomy.
ref: 1785, Vicesimus Knox, Liberal Education: Or, a Practical Treatise on the Methods of Acquiring Useful and Polite Learning, §XXXI: on the regulation of puerile diversions, part 4
text: Its strong taste, its tendency to deliquiate, and indeed all its properties, lead us to think, that it would act powerfully on the animal œconomy […]
ref: 1790, Antoine-François de Fourcroy, Elements of natural history, and of chemistry:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of economy.
stadtholder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstadˌhəʊldə/
ipa: /ˈstatˌhəʊldə/
ipa: /ˈstætˌhoʊldɚ/
ipa: /ˈstædˌhoʊldɚ/
rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)
Forms: form: stadtholders
form: stadholder
form: stadhouder
Etymology: Adapted from Dutch stadhouder (literally “city holder”) (obsolete spelling: stadthouder), calqued from Medieval Latin locum tenēns.
Senses: examples: text: For decades, no stadtholder who would counterbalance the power of the Amsterdam regents had been appointed.
ref: 2001 [1999], Geert Mak, translated by Philipp Blom, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage, page 150:
glosses: The chief magistrate, then later, hereditary chief of state of the Dutch Republic.
glosses: An office formerly held by Danish and Swedish officials, best translated as governor-general.
Derived terms: antistadtholder
antistadtholderian
stadtholderate
stadtholderess
stadtholderian
stadtholdership