cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
lee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /liː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: le
homophone: lea
homophone: Lea
homophone: Lee
homophone: leigh
homophone: Leigh
homophone: li
homophone: Li
homophone: Lie
Senses: examples: text: A thousand demons lurk within the lee.
ref: 1745, [Edward Young], “Night the Eighth. Virtue’s Apology: Or The Man of the World Answered. In which are Considered, the Love of This Life; the Ambition and Pleasure, with the Wit and Wisdom, of the World.”, in The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750, →OCLC, page 264:
glosses: Lees; dregs.
lee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /liː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: le
homophone: lea
homophone: Lea
homophone: Lee
homophone: leigh
homophone: Leigh
homophone: li
homophone: Li
homophone: Lie
Forms: form: lees
Senses: examples: text: Here, after little less than a month's protracted journey over a distance, by the Chinese itinerary, of 950 lees, and by our own calculation 280 miles, from the canal, we quitted the magnificent Keang to cross the lake […]
ref: 1865, John Francis Davis, Chinese Miscellanies: A Collection of Essays and Notes, page 184:
glosses: Obsolete form of li (“traditional Chinese unit of distance”).
Related terms: english: probably etymologically unrelated
translation: probably etymologically unrelated
word: on one's lee-lane
destroyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈstɹɔɪd/
rhymes: -ɔɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of destroy
destroyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈstɹɔɪd/
rhymes: -ɔɪd
Senses: examples: text: The dragon from under-earth,
the nightmarish destroyer, lay destroyed as well,
utterly without life.
ref: 1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 89:
glosses: Damaged beyond repair; ruined; wrecked; obliterated.
glosses: (particularly of a child) soiled, muddied, especially as a result of a fall or spill.
programming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹəʊɡɹəmɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊɡɹæmɪŋ/
Forms: form: programmings
form: programing
Etymology: From program /programme + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The network changed its programming to mess with DVRs again.
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: The designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program/programme.
examples: text: Now it has become a regular part of City Ballet's programming this season.
ref: 2000, Dance Reviews, page 218:
glosses: The design and scheduling of a performance such as ballet.
examples: text: Management wanted to know how much programming the project would need.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The act of writing a computer program.
examples: text: A robot's programming doesn't allow for love.
glosses: The software that controls a machine, or the logic expressed in such software; operating instructions.
glosses: Brain-washing.
examples: text: Together with this is the influence of an infinite number of neurotransmitters, neurohormones, environmental hazards, and accidental programmings.
ref: 2016, David R. Hawkins, The Eye of the I: From Which Nothing is Hidden, page 142:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A conditioned response.
Hyponyms: broadcast programming
cell-oriented programming
computer programming
data-driven programming
Derived terms: application programming interface
aspect-oriented programming
aspect-oriented programming language
class-based programming
contract programming
counterprogramming
dataflow programming
declarative programming
defensive programming
dynamic programming
embeddable programming
esoteric programming language
event-based programming
event-driven programming
extreme programming
functional programming
generic programming
genetic programming
imperative programming
linear programming
literate programming
logic programming
macroprogramming
metaprogramming
mob programming
monoprogramming
multiprogramming
neuro-linguistic programming
nonprogramming
object-based programming
object oriented programming
object-oriented programming
pair programming
predictive programming
programming by contract
programming interface
programming in the large
programming in the small
programming language
programming socks
programming style
prototype-based programming
prototype-oriented programming
reactive programming
return-oriented programming
skeleton programming
social programming
structured programming
systems programming
tacit programming
teleprogramming
uniprogramming
user-programming
visual programming language
voodoo programming
programming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹəʊɡɹəmɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊɡɹæmɪŋ/
Forms: form: programing
Etymology: From program /programme + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of program
examples: text: I was programming a new module for the software package.
text: He was programming the VCR.
glosses: present participle and gerund of programme
prints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪnts/
rhymes: -ɪnts
homophone: prince stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Senses: glosses: plural of print
prints
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪnts/
rhymes: -ɪnts
homophone: prince stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of print
can of worms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cans of worms
Senses: examples: text: If someone gets a promotion that might not be deserved, it could open up a whole can of worms with the other employees.
glosses: A complex, troublesome situation arising when a decision or action produces considerable subsequent problems.
examples: text: Questioning the decision would definitely open a can of worms.
glosses: A troublesome situation; an issue whose resolution is difficult or contentious but not necessarily complex.
glosses: Any difficult or disgusting task, activity, topic of discussion or subject matter, which would be ideally avoided if at all possible.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see can, worm.
Synonyms: kettle of fish
Pandora's box
tar baby
Related terms: genie is out of the bottle
hornets' nest
synophrys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σύνοφρυς (súnophrus, “with meeting eyebrows”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The condition in which the eyebrows grow together.
Related terms: monobrow
unibrow
fighter-bomber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fighter-bombers
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A military aircraft designed to operate in combined roles of attacking enemy aircraft and bombing targets; usually faster and more maneuverable than a traditional bomber.
Related terms: fighter
strike fighter
ground attack aircraft
FB
evoke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊk
ipa: /ɪˈvəʊk/
ipa: /ɪˈvoʊk/
Forms: form: evokes
form: evoking
form: evoked
form: evoked
Etymology: From French évoquer, from Latin ēvocō (“to call out, summon”), from ex (“out”) and vocō (“call”). Akin to voice.
Senses: glosses: To call out; to draw out or bring forth.
examples: text: Being here evokes long forgotten memories.
text: Seeing this happen equally evokes fear and anger in me.
text: The book evokes a detailed and lively picture of what life was like in the 19th century.
synonyms: invoke
excite
inspire
put someone in mind of
coordinate_terms: connote
denote
allude
glosses: To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
examples: text: The outstanding train on the L.M.S. route was the 6.20 p.m. from Birmingham, which reached Euston in two hours after intermediate stops at Coventry, Rugby and Watford Junction, and evoked some sparkling performances from "Patriot" and "Jubilee" 4-6-0s.
ref: 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98:
synonyms: word: instigate
word: provoke
word: abet
word: actuate
word: goose
word: send
word: sting
word: bring about
word: cheer
word: drive
word: encourage
word: egg on
word: engender
word: evoke
word: excite
word: foment
word: goad
word: grill
word: ignite
word: impel
word: incite
word: induce
word: inflame
word: instigate
word: invoke
word: lash
word: motive
word: motivate
word: move
word: obligate
word: oblige
word: push
word: promote
word: prompt
word: provoke
word: rouse
word: set off
word: spark off
word: spur
word: spur on
word: stimulate
word: stir
word: stir up
word: stoke
word: tempt
word: urge
word: whet
word: whip up
glosses: To elicit a response.
Derived terms: evocable
evokable
evoker
reevoke
re-evoke
reëvoke
unevoked
Related terms: evince
evocate
evocation
invoke
oblivious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈblɪviːəs/
Forms: form: more oblivious
form: most oblivious
Etymology: From Middle English oblivious, from Latin oblīviōsus (“forgetful, oblivious”), formed from oblīvium (“forgetfulness, oblivion”) + -ōsus (“full of, overly, prone to”), from oblīvīscor (“to forget”).
Senses: examples: text: Your grandmother is completely oblivious to her surroundings.
glosses: Lacking awareness; unmindful; unaware, unconscious of.
raw_tags: with to or of
examples: text: He's hopelessly oblivious, always forgetting his appointments.
qualifier: never with to
glosses: Forgetful.
Derived terms: cache-oblivious
nonoblivious
obliviously
obliviousness
semioblivious
unoblivious
Related terms: oblivion
oblivious transfer
oblivion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: əblĭvʹēən
ipa: /əˈblɪviːən/
Forms: form: oblivions
Etymology: From Middle English oblivion, from Anglo-Norman oblivion, from Latin oblīviō (“forgetfulness”), from oblivisci (“to forget”).
Senses: examples: text: He regularly drank himself into oblivion.
text: Only the oblivion of sleep can heal the greatest traumas.
glosses: The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.
examples: text: Due to modern technology, many more people and much more information will not slip into oblivion, contrary to what happened throughout history until now.
text: They tried to bomb them into oblivion.
text: I will cast them into oblivion!
glosses: The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.
glosses: A form of purgatory.
glosses: Amnesty.
Synonyms: forgetness
Derived terms: oblivionate
oblivionize
Related terms: obliviate
obliviation
oblivious
oubliette
obliteration
oblivion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: əblĭvʹēən
ipa: /əˈblɪviːən/
Forms: form: oblivions
form: oblivioning
form: oblivioned
form: oblivioned
Etymology: From Middle English oblivion, from Anglo-Norman oblivion, from Latin oblīviō (“forgetfulness”), from oblivisci (“to forget”).
Senses: glosses: To consign to oblivion; to efface utterly.
hendeca-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: hendeka-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἕνδεκα (héndeka, “eleven”).
Senses: glosses: eleven
wikipedia: number prefix
Synonyms: undeca-
Related terms: number
Arthur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːθə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈɑɹθɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑːɹtəɹ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)θə(ɹ)
Etymology: From the name of the legendary king, from Middle English Arthure, from Medieval Latin Arthurus, probably from Middle Welsh arth (“bear”).
Other suggestions include Old Welsh arth (“bear”) and ur (“man”), or a Latinized (Romano-British) name; compare Latin Artorius, itself possibly of Etruscan origin, or more likely Messapic-Illyrian related to Proto-Albanian *artsa (“bear”).
Senses: examples: text: Young Arthur is alive: this hand of mine / Is yet a maiden and an innocent hand, / Not painted with the crimson spots of blood.
ref: Act IV, Scene II
text: "Is his name Arthur?" "Arthur James." "It’s quite an old-fashioned name." "We’re an old-fashioned family. His mother was fond of Tennyson."
ref: 1951, Graham Greene, The End of the Affair, Viking Press, page 96:
text: "It will not be his only name," Mr. Saporta said, and his glance hoped he had found an acceptable solution. "We shall also call him 'Aaron'. That will be his Jewish name. But for everyday purposes—Arthur."
ref: 1966, Patrick White, The Solid Mandala, Avon Books, published 1975, →ISBN, page 270:
glosses: A male given name from the Celtic languages.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Douglas County and Moultrie County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Patoka Township, Pike County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Ida County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village, the county seat of Arthur County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Cass County, North Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Paulding County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Stephens County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Claiborne County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the town of Lima, Grant County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of the municipality of Two Borders.
glosses: A community in Wellington North township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada, named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.
Derived terms: word: Arthur County
word: Arthur Daley
word: Arthurian
word: arthurite
word: Arthur's Pass
word: Port Arthur
sense: pet forms
word: Art
sense: pet forms
word: Artie
sense: pet forms
word: Arty
Related terms: King Arthur
Arthur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːθə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈɑɹθɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑːɹtəɹ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)θə(ɹ)
Etymology: After Arthur Guinness, a famous brewer.
Senses: glosses: Guinness stout.
mournful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔɹnfəl/
ipa: /ˈmɔːnfəl/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈmo(ː)ɹnfəl/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈmoənfəl/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nfəl
Forms: form: mournfuller
form: more mournful
form: mournfullest
form: most mournful
form: mournfull
Etymology: From mourn + -ful.
Senses: synonyms: word: miserable
word: sorrowful
word: atrabiliary
word: atrabilious
word: blitheless
word: dispirited
word: blue
word: bummed out
word: chapfallen
word: cheerless
word: chopfallen
word: crestfallen
word: cut up
word: damp
word: dejected
word: depressed
word: despondent
word: disgruntled
word: disconsolate
word: disheartened
word: dismal
word: doleful
word: dolesome
word: down
word: down in the dumps
word: down in the mouth
word: downcast
word: downhearted
word: downsome
word: dull
word: elegiac
word: elegious
word: forlorn
word: gloomy
word: glum
word: grief-stricken
word: grieving
word: heavy-hearted
word: heartsore
word: heartsick
word: inconsolable
word: infelicitous
word: jawfallen
word: joyless
word: lachrymose
word: lamentful
word: low
word: low-spirited
word: lugubrious
word: lumpish
word: melancholic
word: melancholy
word: miserable
word: moody
word: mopey
word: morose
word: mournful
word: passionate
word: plaintive
word: querulous
word: sad
word: saddened
word: saturnine
word: shattered
word: solemn
word: sombre
word: sorrowful
word: sorrow-ridden
word: sorrowsome
word: spiritless
word: sullen
word: threnetic
word: threnetical
word: triste
word: tristful
word: uncheerful
word: uncheery
word: unconsolable
word: unhappy
word: unlively
word: wistful
word: woe
word: woebegone
word: woeful
word: wretched
glosses: Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
examples: text: Having deposited our mournful burden upon tressels within this region of horror, we partially turned aside the yet unscrewed lid of the coffin, and looked upon the face of the tenant.
ref: 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher:
synonyms: word: pitiful
word: rueful
word: atrabiliary
word: atrabilious
word: deplorable
word: depressing
word: distressing
word: grievous
word: miserable
word: lamentable
word: lachrymable
word: mournful
word: pathetic
word: pathetisad
word: pitiable
word: pitiful
word: pitisome
word: regrettable
word: rueful
word: sad
word: saddening
word: sorrowful
word: tragic
word: unhappy
word: upsetting
word: woebegone
word: woeful
glosses: Fit to inspire mourning; tragic.
Derived terms: mournfully
mournfulness
overmournful
unmournful
mourner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: môrnʹər
ipa: /ˈmɔɹnɚ/
enpr: mônʹə
ipa: /ˈmɔːnə/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: mōrnʹə
ipa: /ˈmo(ː)ɹnɚ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈmoənə/
note: rare, rhotic, with or without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: mo͝ornʹər
ipa: /ˈmʊɹnɚ/
note: rare, rhotic, with or without the horse–hoarse merger
note: rare, non-rhotic, with or without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: mo͝ornʹə
ipa: /ˈmʊənə/
note: rare, non-rhotic, with or without the horse–hoarse merger
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)
Forms: form: mourners
Etymology: From Middle English mourner, mornere, equivalent to mourn + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Disuniter of all affection—awful seal to life's nothingness—warning and witness of power and judgment—Death has always enow of terror and sorrow, even when there are many to comfort the mourner, when the path has been smoothed for the sufferer, and life offers all its best and brightest to soothe the survivor; […]
ref: 1830, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Juvenile Forget Me Not 1831, The Miniature, pages 37–45:
text: I stood close to heartsick mourners and worried that I would not sustain the enormousness of their spiritual weight.
ref: 2024 September 17, Lauren DePino, “I Sang at Hundreds of Funerals. This Is What I Learned About Grief.”, in The New York Times Magazine:
glosses: Someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness, especially over a death; someone who mourns.
glosses: Any of a number of suboscine birds in the related familes Tityridae and Tyrannidae.
Derived terms: mourneress
drastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹæs.tɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
ipa: /ˈdrɑːstɪk/
Forms: form: more drastic
form: most drastic
form: drastick
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δραστικός (drastikós, “active, efficient”), from δρᾶσις (drâsis, “strength, efficacy”), itself from δράω (dráō, “to do”).
Senses: examples: text: If our third attempt fails, we may need drastic ideas.
text: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.
ref: 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
glosses: Having a strong or far-reaching effect; extreme, severe.
examples: text: Great statesmen err, and why not small medical men? Mr. Wrench did not neglect sending the usual white parcels, which this time had black and drastic contents. Their effect was not alleviating to poor Fred [...]
ref: 1871-72, George Eliot, Middlemarch:
qualifier: Orig. of medicine
glosses: Acting rapidly or violently.
Synonyms: sense: severe
word: draconian
Derived terms: dramastic
drastically
drastic times call for drastic measures
superdrastic
ultradrastic
drastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹæs.tɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
ipa: /ˈdrɑːstɪk/
Forms: form: drastics
form: drastick
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δραστικός (drastikós, “active, efficient”), from δρᾶσις (drâsis, “strength, efficacy”), itself from δράω (dráō, “to do”).
Senses: glosses: A powerful, fast-acting purgative medicine.
critical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪt.ɪ.kəl/
ipa: /ˈkɹɪt.ɪ.kəl/
ipa: [ˈkɹɪɾ.ɪ.kəl]
Forms: form: criticals
Etymology: From Latin criticus + -al, from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from
κρίνω (krínō, “I separate, judge”); also the root of crisis.
Senses: examples: text: The second undamped system criticals show a greater percentage depression than the first.
ref: 1976, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Journal of engineering for industry, volume 98, page 508:
text: Finally, criticals are high-risk, high-value items that give the final product a competitive advantage in the marketplace […] Criticals, in part, determine the customer's ultimate cost of using the finished product — in our example, the computer.
ref: 2008, John J. Coyle, C. John Langley, Brian Gibson, Supply Chain Management: A Logistics Perspective, page 564:
glosses: A critical value, factor, etc.
glosses: In breakdancing, a kind of airflare move in which the dancer hops from one hand to the other.
alimentary canal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alimentary canals
Senses: examples: text: The mouth, oesophagus, stomach, and intestines are part of the human alimentary canal.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The organs of a human or other animal through which food passes; the digestive tract.
defecate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛfɪkeɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɛfɪkət/
Forms: form: more defecate
form: most defecate
form: defæcate
form: defaecate
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dēfaecātus, the perfect passive participle of dēfaecō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also faeces; cognate with French déféquer.
Senses: examples: text: Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense.
ref: 1699, William Bates, Spiritual Perfection, unfolded and enforced:
glosses: Freed from pollutants, dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.
brain-washing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brain-washings
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of brainwashing.
brainwashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brainwashings
form: brain-washing
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 洗腦 /洗脑 (xǐnǎo, literally “wash brain”).
Senses: examples: text: So it came about, through Pavlov's work, that the Soviets developed and perfected the 'brain-washing' technique seen to be so effective in the state trials of the 1930s. An amazed world witnessed the sight of intelligent and renowned figures genuinely confessing to criminal acts against the state, or voicing ideological dogma in a total reversal of their previously held values.
ref: 1994, David Lawrence Pedersen, Cameral Analysis: A Method of Treating the Psychoneurosis Using Hypnosis, page 96:
text: All new prisoners were assigned to "study groups" or "introductory teams" that were responsible for applying a variety of brain-washing techniques designed to break down all old beliefs and attitudes and replace them with Communist-Socialist thoughts.
ref: 2000, Boyé De Mente, The Chinese Have a Word for It: The Complete Guide to Chinese Thought and Culture, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 421:
glosses: A form of indoctrination that forces people to abandon their beliefs in favour of another set of beliefs by conditioning through various forms of pressure or torture.
Synonyms: coercive persuasion
mind control
menticide
programming
re-education
thought control
thought reform
brainwashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: brain-washing
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 洗腦 /洗脑 (xǐnǎo, literally “wash brain”).
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of brainwash
grand slam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grand slams
Senses: topics: bridge
games
glosses: The bid and winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand.
examples: text: SWR has more than its fair share of major national events. As well as the [Queen's] funeral and the coronation in the past 12 months, annual events include racing at Ascot, grand slam tennis at Wimbledon, and rugby internationals at Twickenham.
ref: 2023 July 26, Paul Clifton, “A (safe and secure) Day at the Races...”, in RAIL, number 988, page 35:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The winning of all available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The hitting of a home run with the bases loaded.
qualifier: roller derby
glosses: The situation in which the jammer laps the opposing team's jammer, scoring five points.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: The situation in which a racer starts from pole position, then wins first place while leading during the entire race, while also recording the fastest lap of the race.
Derived terms: golden slam
Grand Slam
Related terms: shoot the moon
Grand Slam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: winning in each of the three UEFA cups - UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and Cup Winners' Cup (defunct).
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: The four biggest competitions of the year: Wimbledon, the French Open, Australian Open and the US Open
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: Victory in every game in the Six Nations competition between England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: Victory by a Southern Hemisphere national team over all of the Home Nations—England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland—in a single tour
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The four (or five) biggest competitions of the year; see Grand Slam (golf) on Wikipedia.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A ten-tonne earthquake bomb used by the Royal Air Force in World War II; see Grand Slam (bomb) on Wikipedia.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: winning in each of the three Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) tournaments, each called locally a conference, in a season; see Grand Slam (PBA) on Wikipedia.
Related terms: word: grand slam
sense: Rugby
word: Triple Crown
viaticum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vʌɪˈatɪkəm/
Forms: form: viaticums
form: viatica
Etymology: From Latin viāticum (“travelling-money, provisions for a journey”), from viāticus (“of a road or journey”), from via (“road”). Doublet of voyage.
Senses: examples: text: […]from Anglo-Saxon times there had been a deep conviction that to receive the viaticum was a virtual death sentence which would make subsequent recovery impossible.
ref: 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic (nonfiction), Folio Society; republished as Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England, Penguin Books, 2003, →ISBN, page 37:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: The Eucharist, when given to a person who is dying or one in danger of death.
examples: text: Towards night-fall he entered a town called Sa’adiyah where he alighted and took out somewhat of his viaticum and ate.
ref: 1885, “Night 20”, in Sir Richard Burton, transl., The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (fiction), Kama Shastra Society, translation of أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ [ʔalfu laylatin walaylatun, One Thousand and One Nights] (in Arabic); republished 1978, →ISBN:
english: One Thousand and One Nights
roman: ʔalfu laylatin walaylatun
translation: One Thousand and One Nights
text: That viaticum I had been made to drink had undoubtedly been spiked with cantharides or something.
ref: 1971, Anthony Burgess, M/F (fiction), Jonathan Cape; republished Penguin Books, 2004, →ISBN, page 184:
glosses: Provisions, money, or other supplies given to someone setting off on a long journey.
glosses: A portable altar.
Carolina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæɹ.əˈlaɪ.nə/
ipa: /ˌkæɹ.əˈlaɪ.nə/
ipa: /ˌkɛɹ.əˈlaɪ.nə/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: [kæəˈlaːnə]
rhymes: -aɪnə
Forms: form: Carolinas
Etymology: From Latin Carolus (“Charles”) + -ina (feminine diminutive suffix).
The U.S. states are named for Charles I of England.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Latin, Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.
examples: text: I drove all the way from Florida to Carolina.
text: These first English migrants to Jamestown endured terrible disease and arrived during a period of drought and colder-than-normal winters. The migrants to Roanoke on the outer banks of Carolina, where the English had gone in the 1580s, disappeared. And a brief effort to settle the coast of Maine in 1607 and 1608 failed because of an unusually bitter winter.
ref: 2019 November 25, Peter C. Mancall, “Pilgrims survived until the first Thanksgiving thanks to an epidemic that devastated Native Americans”, in CNN:
glosses: A placename:
Either North Carolina or South Carolina.
glosses: A placename:
A town in Alabama.
glosses: A placename:
A municipality of Maranhão, Brazil.
glosses: A placename:
A municipality of Maranhão, Brazil.
glosses: A placename:
A municipality of Puerto Rico, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
glosses: A placename:
A municipality of Para district, Suriname.
glosses: A placename:
A town in San Miguel department, El Salvador.
glosses: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Derived terms: Carolina Alley
Carolina ash
Carolina burger
Carolina caviar
Carolina cranesbill
Carolina dog
Carolina duck
Carolina geranium
Carolina metallic tiger beetle
Carolina tiger beetle
Nina from Carolina
North Carolina
South Carolina
Related terms: Carol
Caroline
Lina
devote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈvəʊt/
ipa: /dɪˈvoʊt/
ipa: /dɪˈvəʉt/
ipa: /dɪˈvɐʉt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɖɪˈvoʈ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɖɛˈvoʈ/
rhymes: -əʊt
Forms: form: devotes
form: devoting
form: devoted
form: devoted
Etymology: From Latin dēvōtus, past participle of Latin dēvoveō (“dedicate by a vow, sacrifice oneself, promise solemnly”). Doublet of devow; see also devout. Displaced native Middle English ēstful, from Old English ēstful.
Senses: examples: text: They devoted their lives to following Jesus Christ.
text: I devoted this afternoon to repainting my study, and nothing will get in my way.
text: He is the Chief of this far Countrey; and to his service, carnal and wicked men devote themselves.
ref: 1678, Obadiah Grew, Meditations Upon Our Saviour's Parable of The Prodigal Son:
text: a leafless and simple branch […] devoted to the purpose of climbing
ref: 1879, Asa Gray, Botanical Text-book:
glosses: to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter; to consecrate.
examples: text: to devote one to destruction
text: The city was devoted to the flames.
glosses: to consign over; to doom
glosses: to execrate; to curse
Derived terms: devotement
devoter
devotion
misdevote
predevote
redevote
Related terms: devotee
devote
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈvəʊt/
ipa: /dɪˈvoʊt/
ipa: /dɪˈvəʉt/
ipa: /dɪˈvɐʉt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɖɪˈvoʈ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɖɛˈvoʈ/
rhymes: -əʊt
Forms: form: more devote
form: most devote
Etymology: From Latin dēvōtus, past participle of Latin dēvoveō (“dedicate by a vow, sacrifice oneself, promise solemnly”). Doublet of devow; see also devout. Displaced native Middle English ēstful, from Old English ēstful.
Senses: examples: text: A world devote to universal wrack
ref: 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: devoted; addicted; devout
devour
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈvaʊə(ɹ)/
ipa: /dɪˈvaʊɚ/
rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ)
rhymes: -aʊ.ə(ɹ)
Forms: form: devours
form: devouring
form: devoured
form: devoured
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English devouren, from Old French devorer (Modern French dévorer), from Latin dēvorō, from vorō.
Senses: examples: text: Once constituted, capital reproduces itself faster than output increases. The past devours the future.
ref: 2017 [2013], Thomas Piketty, translated by Arthur Goldhammer, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Belknap Press, →ISBN, page 571:
synonyms: gobble
gorge
wolf#Verb
glosses: To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
examples: text: The fire was devouring the building.
text: If ye refuse[…]ye shall be devoured with the sword.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 1:20:
text: Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,[…]most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
ref: 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
synonyms: consume
devastate
overwhelm
glosses: To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
examples: text: She intended to devour the book.
text: Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor.
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 I (Anarchy), page 373, column 2:
glosses: To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.
examples: text: After the death of his wife, he was devoured by grief.
synonyms: devastate
overwhelm
glosses: To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.
examples: text: She devoured! She left no crumbs!
synonyms: word: go hard
word: kick ass
word: bang
word: devour
word: eat
word: eat and leave no crumbs
word: excel
word: go hard
word: kick
word: kick ass
word: rock
word: rule
word: shine
word: slap
word: slay
word: eat
extra: to be very good at something; to slay
glosses: Synonym of eat: to be very good at something; to slay.
Derived terms: all-devouring
devourable
devourer
devouringly
devouringness
devourment
interdevour
undevoured
Related terms: voracious
Min Min light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪt
Forms: form: Min Min lights
Etymology: Named after the small settlement of Min Min, located between the outback towns of Boulia and Winton, where the light was observed by a stockman in 1918.
Senses: examples: text: Min-min lights are usually seen during the winter, for example, when cold-air inversions abound. This, and his artificial min-min, seemed to confirm the theory.
ref: 2003, New Scientist, volume 180, numbers 2415-2428, page 71:
text: Then, once a man was talking about his outdoor work, he got around to speaking about the mysteries of the min-min light and who saw it where.
ref: 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 340:
text: Neuroscientist, Professor Jack Pettigrew, of the University of Queensland claims the Min Min lights are an inverted mirage of light sources hundreds of miles away, caused by a temperature inversion when cold dense air is trapped near the ground to be refracted so that it travels a curved path around the globe.
ref: 2006, Marion Houldsworth, From Gulf to God Knows Where, footnote, page 127:
text: “You′ve heard of Min Min lights?” She grinned. “Sure.”
The strange appearance of those lights in the outback was legendary.[…]
“Min Min lights were part of Aboriginal folklore long before modern day sightings made them famous,” Jack said.
ref: 2010, Robyn Grady, Bargaining For Baby, unnumbered page:
text: Travellers camping out on the plains may witness a glowing light that seems to hover eerily across the vast landscape – the unexplained Min Min Lights that have been shrouded in mystery for over 100 years.
ref: 2010, Craig Lewis, Cathy Savage, The Complete 4WD Guide, unnumbered page:
glosses: An unexplained light reportedly appearing in the sky in remote parts of Australia, especially northwest Queensland, possibly caused by reflections of distant light in the dry air conditions.
Related terms: will o' the wisp
netsuke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɛtˈsu.ki/
ipa: /nɛtˈsu.keɪ/
ipa: /ˈnɛt.skeɪ/
ipa: /ˈnɛt.ski/
Forms: form: netsukes
form: netsuke
Etymology: From Japanese 根付 (netsuke). Literally 根 (ne, “root”) + 付け (tsuke, “attach”).
Senses: glosses: A small, often collectible, artistic carving characterized by an opening or two small holes (紐通し (himotōshi)), most commonly made of wood or ivory, used as a fob at the end of a cord attached to a suspended pouch containing pens, medicines, or tobacco. Netsuke originated in feudal Japan in the late 16th and 17th centuries.
unexplained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪnd
Etymology: From un- + explained.
Senses: examples: text: Why this already very fast train should be speeded up still further, when none of the other more easily timed S.R. West of England trains has a single minute pared from its schedule, is unexplained - unless this is a playful dig at the Western Region, most of whose expresses, by reason of additional stops, will be decelerated from the same date.
ref: 1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 593:
glosses: Not explained; of unknown cause or origin.
Derived terms: sudden unexplained death syndrome
sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome
unexplained aerial phenomenon
unexplainedly
Related terms: unexplainable
inexplicable
quinqu-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quinque- used before a vowel.
Synonyms: pent-
penta-
cinqu-
purulent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpjʊəɹ(j)ʊlənt/
ipa: /ˈpjʊəɹələnt/
Forms: form: more purulent
form: most purulent
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French purulent, from Latin pūrulentus, from pūs (“pus”).
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: puriform
text: It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; with ſtrong Convulſions, with grievous Contractions of the Nerves and Sinews in both Hands, but eſpecially the Right; with Spleen, Flatus, Vertigos and Deliriums; with Scrophulous Tumors full of fœtid purulent Matter; with ſower frothy Ructations, with Canine Appetites and Crudeneſs of Digeſtion, beſides many others needleſs to mention.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Further Account of the Academy. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 82:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Consisting of pus.
examples: text: purulent inflammation
text: Close-up of two rats gnawing at a mutton bone, of the flies on the purulent eyelids of a small girl.
ref: 1948 August, Aldous Huxley, Ape and Essence, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC:
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: pussy#Etymology_2
suppurant
glosses: Leaking or seeping pus.
Derived terms: caseopurulent
fibrinopurulent
mucopurulent
necropurulent
nonpurulent
purulent bronchitis
purulently
seropurulent
persnickety
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɚˈsnɪ.kɪ.ti/
Forms: form: more persnickety
form: most persnickety
Etymology: From Scots persnickety, whence also pernickety. More at pernickety.
Senses: examples: text: Marjorie glanced up and down the long street. “Well, I never in my life saw so many different kinds of houses!” she exclaimed. “Aren’t they funny! Why, they look almost like people. Look at that little persnickety one over there — the white, white one with the green, green blinds — doesn’t it look exactly like —”
ref: 1905, Katherine M. Yates, At the Door: A Tale to Read Both on the Lines and Between, K. M. Yates & Company, page 7:
text: I have just read the article in your issue for May 16 on dialectic English. The word tempest recalls the surprise I felt at the beginning of three years' residence on Cape Cod to hear the word used commonly as an exact synonym for thunderstorm.
Persnickety I have been accustomed to use in the sense attached to perjinkety, that is, over-fastidious. I do not know how the word was acquired or how common its use is.
ref: 1914 July 3, William H. Bowers, “The Use of ‘Tempest.’”, letter to the editor, in The Dial: A Semi-Monthly Journal of Literary Criticism, Discussion, and Information, The Henry O. Shepard Co., volume LVII, page 47
text: Her free and easy association with her fellow nurses is prone to break down her womanly reserve and natural modesty. Her assiduity in clinging to ideals of modest begins to abate as a result. She is inclined to think she has been too “persnickety;” that this is unnecessary when one understands “the naturalness of the physical body.” She wonders what is the use. And forthwith the foundation is laid for Moral Lenity.
ref: 1919, Gertrude Harding, The Higher Aspect of Nursing, W. B. Saunders Company, pages 180–181:
glosses: US standard form of pernickety.
Synonyms: pernickety
fastidious
Derived terms: persnicketily
persnicketiness
PIRA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Provisional IRA.
Related terms: Old IRA
Official IRA
Provisional IRA
Provo
Provo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊ.voʊ/
rhymes: -əʊvəʊ
Etymology: From Dutch Provo, shortened from provoceren (“to provoke”), from French provoquer.
Senses: glosses: A Dutch counterculture movement of the 1960s.
Provo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊ.voʊ/
rhymes: -əʊvəʊ
Forms: form: Provos
form: provo
Etymology: From Dutch Provo, shortened from provoceren (“to provoke”), from French provoquer.
Senses: examples: text: Still, Daniel Cohn-Bendit has commented that without the example provided by the Dutch Provos to the young of other countries, Europe would have been a very different place in 1968.
ref: 2017, Richard Ivan Jobs, Backpack Ambassadors: How Youth Travel Integrated Europe, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 104:
text: ‘Dude, we want to make a revolution!’ protested one German Provo.
ref: 2023, Dorian Lynskey, “Bicycle Sharers of the World Unite!”, in Literary Review, number 524, page 17:
glosses: A member of this movement.
Provo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊ.voʊ/
rhymes: -əʊvəʊ
Forms: form: Provos
Etymology: Clipping of provisional + -o.
Senses: examples: text: The RUC broke up a Provo cell in Belfast.
text: 'The Provos bombing a Glasgow pub?' McCormack shook his head.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 210:
text: Marcus Babington, whose father Henry (52) was shot dead by the Provos in a case of mistaken identity in Belfast in 1989, was one of those who criticised Mr Finucane, telling the Belfast Telegraph he can’t understand why the MP would want to be involved in such a commemoration.
ref: 2023 June 7, Cillian Sherlock, “O’Neill says Finucane will attend controversial IRA commemoration”, in Belfast Telegraph, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2025:
glosses: A member of the Provisional IRA.
Provo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊ.voʊ/
rhymes: -əʊvəʊ
Etymology: * The city in Utah is named after the mountain man and trapper Étienne Provost.
* The city in South Dakota is named after Bill Provost, Sr., an early resident.
Senses: examples: text: When LGBTQ students, alumni and friends gathered off campus at a park in Provo, Utah, for a back-to-school event last weekend, they were met by dozens of protesters.
ref: 2022 September 7, Nicole Chavez and Amanda Musa, “People dressed in angel wings shielded LGBTQ students attending BYU from protesters”, in CNN:
glosses: A city, the county seat of Utah County, Utah, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fall River County, South Dakota.
Derived terms: Provoan
Provo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊ.voʊ/
rhymes: -əʊvəʊ
Senses: examples: text: Certificate of Ilypolite Lefever and wife Mary, that they have agreed to sell and convey to George Provo, late of the Parish of St. Martins in the Feilds, Co. of Middlesex, England, now of New Salem, cordwinder, their dividend[…]
ref: 1899, William Nelson, Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, page 547:
text: Minister MacKay said during the Nova Scotia election campaign that Tory candidate Dwayne Provo was in the best position to help his constituents receive money from ACAO.
ref: 2006, Canada. Parliament. Senate, Debates of the Senate: Official Report (Hansard):
text: Fred Provo received the Flaherty Award as the football team's most inspirational player. He was also their leading rusher. Husky fans knew him as a hard driver with the speed of a gazelle.
ref: 2013, W. Thomas Porter, Go Huskies!: Celebrating the Washington Football Tradition, Triumph Books (IL), →ISBN, page 53:
glosses: A surname
Seth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: sĕth
ipa: /sɛθ/
rhymes: -ɛθ
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), from Biblical Hebrew שֵׁת (Šet, literally “chosen one, appointed, placed”).
Senses: examples: And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The third son of Adam and Eve.
examples: text: The children suggested names. In his childhood the ones they knew would have been unheard-of (Scott, Ross, Damian, Liam, Seth) or, strangely enough, too old-fashioned for popular use (Joshua, Simon, Jack, George).
ref: 2011 November 17, Ruth Rendell, Myth / The Astronomical Scarf / Walter's Leg (Storycuts), Random House, →ISBN:
text: Reps. Seth Moulton, a Democrat from Massachusetts, and Peter Meijer, a Republican from Michigan, said in a joint statement Tuesday that they had traveled to Kabul “to conduct oversight on the mission to evacuate Americans and our allies” and that the trip had been conducted in secret “to minimize the risk and disruption to the people on the ground.”
ref: 2021 August 24, Devan Cole, Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, “Two congressmen traveled to Afghanistan amid frantic evacuation efforts”, in CNN:
text: 'David, Seth and Aaron,' said Emma. 'Biblical names. I wonder if either of the parents is religious.' 'Jewish?' said Sam. 'They sound Old Testament to me.'
ref: 2021 December 7, Elly Griffiths, The Midnight Hour, Brighton Mysteries, →ISBN, page 34:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
Seth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: sĕth
ipa: /sɛθ/
rhymes: -ɛθ
rhymes: -ɛθ
enpr: sĕth
ipa: /sɛθ/
rhymes: -ɛθ
Forms: form: Set
form: Sutekh
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), from Egyptian s-t:X (stẖ).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction.