cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
let slip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lets slip
form: letting slip
form: let slip
form: let slip
Senses: examples: text: It was let slip that they were planning to take over the business.
text: The frizzle-headed man-eaters were loath to leave their fleshpots so long as the harvest of human carcases was plentiful. Sometimes, when the harvest was too plentiful, they imposed on the missionaries by letting the word slip out that on such a day there would be a killing and a barbecue.
ref: 1909 December 29, Jack London, “The Whale Tooth”, in South Sea Tales, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published October 1911, →OCLC, page 61:
glosses: To divulge a secret, as by accident or mistake.
examples: text: I would take it kind of your worship to let me be present at his examination, that if he clear himself of one murder I may let slip at him with the other.
ref: 1862, Thomas Hood, John Clubbe, Tom Hood, Works: Comic and Serious, in Prose and Verse. Edited, with Notes, page 263:
glosses: To let fly; to attack or challenge someone.
keep one's lips sealed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps one's lips sealed
form: keeping one's lips sealed
form: kept one's lips sealed
form: kept one's lips sealed
Senses: examples: text: You can certainly trust me to keep my lips sealed about the matter.
glosses: To keep quiet; to keep a secret; to not tell.
Synonyms: keep one's mouth shut
one's lips are sealed
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: You're talking a lot / But you're not saying anything / When I have nothing to say / My lips are sealed
ref: 1977, Talking Heads, “Psycho Killer”, in Talking Heads: 77:
glosses: One will not tell anyone else; one is keeping a secret.
Related terms: keep one's lips sealed
air pollution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The contamination of the atmosphere by noxious gases and particulates.
gases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæsɪz/
ipa: /ˈɡæzɪz/
rhymes: -æsɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of gas
gases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæsɪz/
ipa: /ˈɡæzɪz/
rhymes: -æsɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gas
Kuroshio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌkʊəɹəʊˈʃiːəʊ/
Forms: form: Kuro Shio
form: Kuro Siwo
form: Kurosiwo
Etymology: Borrowed from the romaji transcription of Japanese 黒潮 (Kuroshio, “Black Tide”).
Senses: examples: text: Between Fatsisio and Mikura a current to the eastward is marked, called the Kuro Siwo Stream.
ref: 1851, Alexander G. Findlay, A directory for the navigation of the Pacific Ocean; with description of its coasts, islands, etc., from the Strait of Magalhaens to the Arctic Sea, and those of Asia and Australia; its winds, currents, and other phenomena. Part I. The coasts of the Pacific Ocean, London: R. H. Laurie, page 635:
text: Still less must we forget the mighty river in the sea—the Kuroshio, or “Black Current”—which, flowing northwards from the direction of Formosa and the Philippine Islands, warms the southern and south-eastern coasts of Japan much as the Gulf Stream warms the coasts of western Europe.
ref: 1890, Basil Hall Chamberlain, Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd., page 134:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
oceanography
glosses: The oceanic current forming the swift, warm, northward-flowing western quarter of the North Pacific Gyre.
raw_tags: with "~ Current"
Synonyms: Japan Current
Black Current
Black Stream
Hyponyms: Tsushima Current
Tsugaru Current
Sōya Current
Oyashio Current
Liman Current
kyanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kyanites
Etymology: Ancient Greek κυανός (kuanós, “blue”) + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A blue neosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅, found in metamorphic rocks.
neosilicate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + silicate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any simple silicate mineral in which the SiO₄ tetrahedra are isolated and have metal ions as neighbours
Hypernyms: silicate
tetrahedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛdɹə
Forms: form: tetrahedrons
Senses: glosses: plural of tetrahedron
crawler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔːlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: crawlers
Etymology: From crawl (“to move slowly, by dragging the body along the ground”) + -er.
Senses: glosses: A child who is able to creep using its hands and knees but is not able to walk.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A crawl swimmer.
glosses: A tractor crawler, a motorized vehicle that uses caterpillar tracks instead of wheels.
examples: text: Crawler-based search engines have three major elements. The first is the spider, also called the crawler, which visits a web page, reads it, and then follows links to other pages within the site.
ref: 2008, Alex Michael, Ben Salter, Marketing Through Search Optimization, Routledge, →ISBN, page xii:
text: These serve as an algorithmic way to judge the “mobileness” of a site, and similar algorithms are likely to be used by the search crawlers.
ref: 2011, James Pearce, Professional Mobile Web Development with WordPress, Joomla! and Drupal, page 466:
synonyms: spider
glosses: A software bot that autonomously follows connected paths such as links between web pages.
glosses: A mobile stage in the development of stationary hemipteran insects such as scale insects—generally the first instar.
glosses: A cab that is driven slowly along while its driver looks out for a fare.
glosses: Synonym of crawler crane.
synonyms: word: crawler crane
Derived terms: church crawler
crawler crane
crawlerize
crawler lane
crawler track
crawlerway
creepy crawler
curb crawler
dungeon crawler
ice crawler
kerb crawler
metacrawler
nightcrawler
pub crawler
rock crawler
wall-crawler
wall crawler
wallcrawler
Web crawler
crawler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔːlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: crawlers
Etymology: From crawl (“to act in a servile manner”) + -er.
From the Australian convict period (1788–1850); a prisoner who was purposely and extensively abused by an overseer (also a convict) and thereby driven to escape but who, finding it impossible to survive in the Australian bush, surrenders to this overseer, who would then have his penal term reduced. The particular crawler was picked for his weak personality and might escape and return a number of times increasing his own penal term each time. According to James Tucker, some convict overseers had their sentences extensively reduced using this odious practice.
Senses: glosses: A person who is abused, physically or verbally, and returns to the abuser a supplicant.
glosses: A sycophant.
lactam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlækˌtæm/
Forms: form: lactams
Etymology: From lac(tone) + am(ide).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of cyclic amides that are the nitrogen analogs of lactones, formed by heating amino acids; the tautomeric enol forms are known as lactims.
Derived terms: lactamase
macrolactam
spirolactam
thiolactam
β-lactam
Related terms: alpha-lactam
beta-lactam
lactim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lactims
Etymology: From lactam and imide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of cyclic hydroxy-imides (enols) that are tautomeric with the lactams.
tautomeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tautomeric
form: most tautomeric
Etymology: From tautomer + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, formed or characterized by tautomerism.
imide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪmaɪd/
rhymes: -aɪd
Forms: form: imides
Etymology: Alteration of amide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: a form of amide in which the nitrogen atom is attached to two carbonyl groups - R₁CONHCOR₂
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the anion NH²⁻
Derived terms: amine imide
aminimide
azoimide
bisimide
bromoimide
carbimide
chlorimide
diimide
haloimide
hydrazide imide
imesatin
imidazole
imidic
imipramine
isoimide
lactimide
maleimide
nitrile imide
phosphine imide
phthalimide
polyamide-imide
polyetherimide
polyimide
lactone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæktəʊn/
rhymes: -æktəʊn
Forms: form: lactones
Etymology: From lacto- + -one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cyclic intramolecular ester derived from a hydroxy acid.
Derived terms: anislactone
bislactone
boschnialactone
dehydrocostus lactone
dilactone
enterolactone
iminolactone
iodolactone
juniper lactone
kavalactone
ketolactone
lactam
lactonase
lactonic
lactonisation
lactonization
macrolactone
massoia lactone
mevalolactone
mevalonolactone
nepetalactone
oligolactone
peptidolactone
polylactone
spironolactone
thiolactone
trilactone
xylonolactone
Related terms: butanolide
hydroxy acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroxy acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: a carboxylic acid that also contains a hydroxy group
Related terms: alpha-hydroxy acid
AHA
alpha-hydroxy acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alpha-hydroxy acids
form: AHA
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any hydroxy acid, of general formula RCH(OH)COOH, used in the cosmetic industry for their supposed property of reducing wrinkles.
Related terms: beta-hydroxy acid
citric acid
glycolic acid
lactic acid
glycolic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: the simplest alpha-hydroxy acid, hydroxy-acetic acid, found in sugar cane and unripe grapes; used in cosmetics etc
Derived terms: polyglycolic acid
thioglycolic acid
Related terms: glycolate
lactide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lactides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds, formally acid anhydrides, formed by heating α-lactones
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The anhydride of lactic acid
Lagrange's equations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Joseph Louis Lagrange, French mathematician and astronomer.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A set of equations of motion of a mechanical system which relate the kinetic energy of the system to its generalized coordinates.
Related terms: Lagrange's equation
Lagrangian function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lagrangian functions
Etymology: From Joseph Louis Lagrange, French mathematician and astronomer.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A function of the generalized coordinates and velocities of a dynamic system from which Lagrange's equations may be derived.
wikipedia: Joseph Louis Lagrange
Synonyms: Lagrangean
Lagrangian
Lagrangian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈɡɹɑ(ː)nd͡ʒi.ən/
ipa: /ləˈɡɹeɪnd͡ʒi.ən/
ipa: /læˈɡɹɑ̃ʒi.ən/
Etymology: From Lagrange + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: After studying a recursive formulation and the associated Bellman equation, in section 5.5 we analyze a Lagrangian formulation that provides useful insights about how Lagrange multipliers on transition laws relate to gradients of value functions.
ref: 2018, Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent, Recursive macroeconomic theory, 4th edition, MIT Press, page 129:
glosses: Of or relating to Joseph Louis Lagrange.
topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to Lagrangian mechanics.
topics: astrophysics
glosses: Of or relating to a Lagrange point.
Derived terms: Lagrangian asteroid
Lagrangian density
Lagrangian mechanics
Lagrangian moon
Lagrangian planet
Lagrangian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈɡɹɑ(ː)nd͡ʒi.ən/
ipa: /ləˈɡɹeɪnd͡ʒi.ən/
ipa: /læˈɡɹɑ̃ʒi.ən/
Forms: form: Lagrangians
Etymology: From Lagrange + -ian.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of Lagrangian function.
topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A function summarizing the dynamics of a physical system, typically in non-relativistic contexts amounting to the kinetic energy minus the potential energy, L=T-V.
topics: astrophysics
glosses: An object residing in a Lagrange point.
topics: astrophysics
glosses: Ellipsis of Lagrangian point, a Lagrange point.
qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: Ellipsis of Lagrangian density.
navigable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnævɪɡəbəl/
Forms: form: more navigable
form: most navigable
Etymology: From Middle French navigable, from Latin navigabilis.
Senses: examples: text: Shanghai is situated on this river, about twelve miles above Woosung; and the river is navigable for steam-boats forty-seven miles higher up—to the point where it issues from the small lake on the south of the canal. Chapoo, the town taken by the British immediately before the attack upon Woosung, is on the north side of the gulf of Che-kiang, about midway between its north cape and its innermost recess. Shanghai is the great emporium of the trade of this district with the tea-provinces on the South, with the province of Shantung and the coast of the Mantchoo Tartars on the North.
ref: 1842 November 26, “GEOGRAPHY OF THE DESPATCHES.”, in The Spectator, number 752, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1139, column 2:
text: [...] on July 16, 1790, a public meeting [...] unanimously approved of a scheme for making the River Soar navigable from Leicester to Loughborough, and "a cut or rail-way from Swannington and the neighbourhood to the bason at Loughborough."
ref: 1939 July 24, Charles E. Lee, “Swannington: One-Time Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 3:
glosses: Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels.
raw_tags: of a body of water
glosses: Seaworthy; in a navigable state; steerable.
raw_tags: of a boat
glosses: Steerable, dirigible.
raw_tags: of a balloon
examples: text: This Web site isn't very navigable. I can't tell which image links to which page.
glosses: Easy to navigate.
Synonyms: word: navigatable
Derived terms: circumnavigable
keyboard-navigable
navigability
navigableness
navigable waters
navigably
nonnavigable
Related terms: navigatable
navigate
navigation
navigator
laminar flow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laminar flows
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A smooth, streamline type of viscous flow in which the fluid behaves as a system of orderly layers, with no eddies or irregular fluctuations.
Derived terms: laminar flow hood
eddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eddy
eddies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eddy
turbulent flow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turbulent flows
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A form of irregular viscous flow in which the velocity and pressure of the fluid fluctuates at random in both time and space,
landing gear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landing gears
Senses: examples: text: Modern landing gear usually has a tricycle configuration.
text: Boeing had a problem of too much landing gear
ref: 1954, “Where Do All the Wheels Go on a B-52?”, in American Aviation, volume 18, page 42:
text: The comparison between the tricycle and tail-skid type of landing gears is a case in point.
ref: 1968, Astronautics & Aeronautics, volume 6, page 4:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft; its undercarriage.
examples: text: Large modern commercial aircraft have a nose landing gear and two main landing gears.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of the assemblies which support an aircraft when it is on the ground.
qualifier: trucking
glosses: The bipod stand found near the front end underneath a truck trailer, used to keep the trailer level when not attached to a tractor truck.
Derived terms: bicycle landing gear
quadricycle landing gear
tandem landing gear
tricycle landing gear
Langevin function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Langevin functions
Etymology: After Paul Langevin, French physicist.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a mathematical function that describes the behaviour of paramagnetic materials and the dielectric properties of insulators
dielectric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdaɪ.ɪˈlɛk.tɹɪk/
ipa: /ˌdaɪ.əˈlɛk.tɹɪk/
Forms: form: dielectrics
Etymology: From dia- (“through”) + electric.
Learned 19th-century formation, coined by William Whewell (died 1866).
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An electrically insulating or nonconducting material considered for its electric susceptibility, i.e. its property of polarization when exposed to an external electric field.
Synonyms: insulator
Derived terms: chromodielectric
dielectric absorption
dielectrically
dielectric constant
dielectric grease
dielectric heating
dielectricity
dielectric strength
dielectric withstand test
magnetodielectric
metallodielectric
nanodielectric
nondielectric
dielectric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdaɪ.ɪˈlɛk.tɹɪk/
ipa: /ˌdaɪ.əˈlɛk.tɹɪk/
Forms: form: more dielectric
form: most dielectric
Etymology: From dia- (“through”) + electric.
Learned 19th-century formation, coined by William Whewell (died 1866).
Senses: qualifier: electrically
glosses: insulating
nonconductor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonconductors
Etymology: From non- + conductor.
Senses: glosses: any material that does not conduct electricity; a dielectric
Langmuir circulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist.
Senses: glosses: a form of cylindrical motion found in the near-surface waters of lakes and oceans under windy conditions, characterized by lines or streaks of seaweed etc (called windrows) roughly parallel to the wind
wikipedia: Irving Langmuir
windrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪnd.ɹəʊ/
Forms: form: windrows
Etymology: From wind + row.
Senses: glosses: A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field.
glosses: A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind.
glosses: A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation.
glosses: A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade.
glosses: A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade.
A ridge or berm at a perimeter
glosses: A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade.
glosses: A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade.
A long snowbank along the side of a road.
glosses: The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth onto other land to improve it.
windrow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪnd.ɹəʊ/
Forms: form: windrows
form: windrowing
form: windrowed
form: windrowed
Etymology: From wind + row.
Senses: examples: text: This cool spell favored the cane shipped to some extent, for if the weather had remained as warm for three or four days as it was Friday, all the cane that was windrowed after the freeze would have been lost and much of it that was windrowed before the freeze would have met a like fate.
ref: 1899, January 7, correspondent P.C.M., The Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer, volume 22, number 1, “Vermilion”, page 7
text: Threshing a previously windrowed swath (windrowing) or cutting and threshing the crop in one operation (direct heading) are the common methods of harvesting oilseed rape.
ref: 1979, Ralph E. H. Sims, New Zealand Journal of Experimental Agriculture, ISSN 0301-5521, volume 7, number 4, “Comparative methods of harvesting oilseed rape”, page 79
text: Using a motor grader to windrow the pulverized reclaimed material.
ref: 1990, J. A. Epps, Transportation Research Board, NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice, ISSN 0547-5570, “Cold-Recycled Bituminous Concrete Using Bituminous Materials”, “Blade Mixing”, page 13
glosses: To arrange (e.g. new-made hay) in lines or windrows.
frog legs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: froglegs
form: frogs' legs
Senses: glosses: The hind legs of a frog used as food.
Related terms: word: frog
english: terms for French
translation: terms for French
word: frogeater
lanthanide contraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lanthanide contractions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the progressive decrease in the radii of atoms of the lanthanide elements as the atomic number increases; evident in various physical properties of the elements and their compounds
Larmor precession
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Joseph Larmor, Irish physicist.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The precession of the motion of charged particles, or particles having a magnetic moment, in a magnetic field.
Related terms: Larmor frequency
magnetic moment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetic moments
Senses: topics: electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The torque exerted on a magnet within a magnetic field; a vector, being the product of the strength of the magnet and the distance between its poles.
Derived terms: spin magnetic moment
larnite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: larnites
Senses: glosses: a polymorph of calcium silicate, Ca₂SiO₄, found in limestone or chalk in contact with semimolten basalts
polymorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polymorphs
Etymology: From poly- + -morph.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any organism that shows polymorphism.
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any substance or mineral that forms different types of crystal.
topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: The transformation of an item or creature into something different by magic.
Derived terms: polymorphic
polymorphistic
polymorphitis
polymorph-perverse
polyself
unpolymorph
polymorph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: polymorphs
form: polymorphing
form: polymorphed
form: polymorphed
Etymology: From poly- + -morph.
Senses: glosses: To transform; to change into another form.
examples: text: I got hemmed in by the werewolf again and, in desperation, tried an experimental new wand on it; and polymorphed it into a black pudding.
ref: 1999, Robin Johnson, “My gnomish healer has been having a rough time of it”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet):
topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: To transform into something different by magic.
interactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪn.təˈɹæk.tɪv/
ipa: /ɪn.tɚˈæk.tɪv/
rhymes: -æktɪv
Forms: form: more interactive
form: most interactive
Etymology: From inter- + active.
Senses: examples: text: interactive teaching methods
text: two interactive systems
glosses: Interacting with or communicating with and reacting to each other; influencing or having an effect on each other; acting or capable of acting on each other or with the other.
examples: text: an interactive digital map with zoom and pan features
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: Offering or involving interaction with the user.
Derived terms: interactive fiction
interactive geofiction
interactively
interactiveness
interactive teller machine
interactive whiteboard
interpassive
noninteractive
non-interactive
preinteractive
Related terms: interaction
interactivity
interactive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪn.təˈɹæk.tɪv/
ipa: /ɪn.tɚˈæk.tɪv/
rhymes: -æktɪv
Forms: form: interactives
Etymology: From inter- + active.
Senses: examples: text: The show includes computer interactives, animation, models and live parakeets (for an exercise in species identification).
ref: 2009 June 26, Laurel Graeber, “Spare Times: For Children”, in New York Times:
glosses: A feature (as in a museum) that can be interacted with.
inhumane
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪnhjuːˈmeɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Forms: form: more inhumane
form: most inhumane
Etymology: Originally a variant spelling and pronunciation of inhuman, ultimately from Latin inhūmānus; it appears to have died out 17c. but returned c. 1822, probably a reformation as a negative of humane from in- + humane.
Senses: examples: text: Herein thou haſt done good ſeruice to thy country:
VVere all inhumaine ſlaues ſo ſerued as he,
England would be ciuill, and from all ſuch dealings free.
ref: 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:
text: But the ruthless cleaning up of those streets and merciless treatment of gang members have triggered outrage and concern among human rights organizations, which have condemned Cecot as inhumane and unacceptable.
ref: 2024 November 6, David Culver, Abel Alvarado, Evelio Contreras and Rachel Clarke, “Exclusive: Locking eyes with mass murderers in El Salvador”, in CNN:
glosses: Alternative form of inhuman: lacking pity or compassion for misery and suffering; cruel, unkind.
Synonyms: nonhumane
Derived terms: inhumanely
inhumaneness
importer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Forms: form: importers
Etymology: From import + -er.
Senses: examples: text: India is the world's biggest importer of gold.
text: The data importer has crashed. Did we receive a corrupted file?
text: Tobacco, for instance, shrinks materially by frequent reshippings, and as all goods are warehoused as a convenience to importers, duties should be paid on what the importer receives.
ref: 1894, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance, Opinions of Collectors of Customs Concerning Ad Valorem and Specific Rates of Duty on Imports:
glosses: One who, or that which, imports: especially a person or company importing goods into a country.
Related terms: exporter
laser cooling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the process of using the force exerted by a laser to reduce the temperature of a gas, or the spread of velocities of a beam of atoms
Related terms: Doppler cooling
hyperventilate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hyperventilates
form: hyperventilating
form: hyperventilated
form: hyperventilated
Etymology: From hyper- + ventilate.
Senses: examples: text: When I tried it, I hyperventilated.
ref: 1981 April 15, Ira Berkow, “DRAMA IN 'STENGELESE: YOU CAN LOOK IT UP”, in The New York Times:
text: Sometimes her prose hyperventilates ("Once, years ago, his and N.'s love for each other had glowed like phosphorescent fire on the surfaces of their bodies"), and she has a weakness for epiphanies ("There was a man, no longer young, though not yet old, who, traveling alone in northern Europe, began to feel that his soul was being drained slowly, almost secretly from him, drop by drop").
ref: 1988 February 10, James Atlas, “DABBLING IN LOVE - NOT THE NICE KIND”, in The New York Times:
text: Sometimes on the highway I had to pull over to hyperventilate and sob.
ref: 2020 June 15, Eva Holland, “In a Crisis, We Can Learn From Trauma Therapy”, in The New York Times:
text: Even some middle-of-the-road economic commentators have been hyperventilating, saying that she’s essentially calling for price controls, which is odd, because she didn’t say anything like that.
ref: 2024 August 19, Paul Krugman, “Kamalanomics, Revealed: A Solid Center-Left Agenda”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To breathe quickly and deeply, especially at an abnormally rapid rate.
Synonyms: overbreathe
Related terms: hyperventilation
hyperventilative
hyperventilator
launch complex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: launch complexes
Senses: glosses: The facilities and support equipment needed to assemble, test and launch a rocket-powered vehicle
Synonyms: LC
Derived terms: LC
SLC
space launch complex
Related terms: complex
launch
launch center
launch centre
launcher
launch pad
launch site
launch vehicle
grog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹɒɡ/
ipa: /ɡɹɑɡ/
ipa: /ɡɹɔɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
Forms: form: grogs
Etymology: An allusion to Admiral Edward Vernon (nicknamed “Old Grog” after the grogram coat he habitually wore), who in 1740 ordered his sailors' rum to be watered down.
Alternatively, from Old Catalan grog or groch, modern groc, meaning "yellow" (ultimately from Latin crocum (“saffron”); after the name of the resulting color of the watered down rum sold all over the Mediterranean. The ration of rum tot could also come from Catalan tot meaning "full", "whole".
Senses: examples: text: […] giving him a calebash, and the best part of a bottle of my rum, I desired him to run to the creek, and make me some grog, and this he did; but the poor fellow, never having made grog before, poured in all the spirits and but very little water, doubtless thinking, that the stronger it was the better; which beverage I swallowed to the bottom, without taking time to taste it, and I became instantly so much intoxicated that I could hardly keep my feet.
ref: 1796, John Stedman, chapter 11, in Narrative of a Five Years’ Expedition, volume 1, London: J. Johnson, page 264:
glosses: An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
glosses: An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
An alcoholic beverage made with hot water or tea, sugar and rum, sometimes also with lemon or lime juice and spices, particularly cinnamon.
examples: text: I quite understood their drift, and after a stiff glass of grog, or rather more of the same, and with each a sovereign in hand, they made light of the attack, and swore they would encounter a worse madman any day for the pleasure of meeting so 'bloomin' good a bloke' as your correspondent.
ref: 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, published 1993, page 142:
glosses: Any alcoholic beverage.
examples: 1950, Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice [The Legacy], New York: William Morrow, Chapter 5, p. 138,
Joe […] told them how he had been nailed up to be beaten, and they shouted another grog for him.
glosses: A glass or serving of an alcoholic beverage.
topics: ceramics
chemistry
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: chamotte
firesand
glosses: A type of pre-fired clay that has been ground and screened to a specific particle size.
Derived terms: grog artist
grog-blossom
grog-fight
groggery
groggified
groggy
groghouse
grogless
grog shanty
grog-shanty
grogshop
on the grog
six-water grog
sly-grog
grog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹɒɡ/
ipa: /ɡɹɑɡ/
ipa: /ɡɹɔɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
Forms: form: grogs
form: grogging
form: grogged
form: grogged
Etymology: An allusion to Admiral Edward Vernon (nicknamed “Old Grog” after the grogram coat he habitually wore), who in 1740 ordered his sailors' rum to be watered down.
Alternatively, from Old Catalan grog or groch, modern groc, meaning "yellow" (ultimately from Latin crocum (“saffron”); after the name of the resulting color of the watered down rum sold all over the Mediterranean. The ration of rum tot could also come from Catalan tot meaning "full", "whole".
Senses: topics: ceramics
chemistry
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To grind and screen (clay) to a specific particle size.
examples: text: […] a practice of “equal surrender.” This evocative phrase comes from Basil Sansom's ethnography […] of grogging sessions among Aboriginal communities in Darwin. Sansom argues that this style of communal drinking […]
ref: 2009, Kalissa Alexeyeff, Dancing from the Heart:
glosses: To drink alcohol.
Derived terms: ungrogged
garçon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɑː(ɹ)ˈsɒn/
ipa: /ɡɑː(ɹ)ˈsɒ̃/
rhymes: -ɒn
Forms: form: garçons
form: garcon
Etymology: From French garçon m (1788), from Old French garçon, oblique case of gars m (“servant”), from Medieval Latin garciō m, from Frankish *wrakjō m (“servant, boy”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô m (“exile, driven one”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to drive”).
Cognate with Old High German wrecheo, recko (“exile, warrior, hero”) (Modern German Recke), Old Saxon wrekkio (“a banished person, exile, stranger”), Old English wreċċa (“a wretch, stranger, exile”), and perhaps to Old Norse rekkr (“man, warrior, hero”). More at wretch, wreak.
Senses: glosses: A male waiter (especially at a French restaurant).
Related terms: en garçon
fattening
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæt(ə)nɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈfæˀ(ə)nɪŋ]
Forms: form: more fattening
form: most fattening
Senses: examples: text: I'd really love to lose weight, the trouble is, tasty desserts with stuff like whipped cream are so fattening.
antonyms: non-fattening
slimming
glosses: That causes weight gain; often of high calorie food with relatively little nutritive value.
Derived terms: fatteningly
fatteningness
nonfattening
unfattening
fattening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæt(ə)nɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈfæˀ(ə)nɪŋ]
Forms: form: fattenings
Senses: glosses: The act of making something fatter, particularly in reference or allusion to livestock.
glosses: The act of becoming fatter.
fattening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæt(ə)nɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈfæˀ(ə)nɪŋ]
Senses: examples: text: ‘Yer great puddin’ of a son don’ need fattenin’ any more, Dursley, don’ worry.’
ref: 1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], chapter IV, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: present participle and gerund of fatten
enamored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈnæməɹd/
Forms: form: more enamored
form: most enamored
form: enamoured
form: enamor’d
form: enamour’d
form: inamor’d
form: inamored
form: inamour’d
form: inamoured
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English enamoured, a partial calque of Old French enamore, past participle of enamorer, enamourer; compare amour and enamor, enamour.
Senses: examples: text: She's enamored of [or with] her new boyfriend.
text: During the 1980s, its vivid streetlife became a symbol of the “consumer socialism” that distinguished Hungary from other Eastern Bloc states, but Budapesters today are rather less enamoured of Váci: dressed-to-kill babes and their sugar daddies would rather pose in malls, and teenagers can find McDonald's anywhere, leaving Váci utterly dependent on tourists for its livelihood and bustle.
ref: 2002, Charles Hebbert, Dan Richardson, The Rough Guide to Budapest, 2nd edition, London: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 73:
glosses: In love, amorous.
Synonyms: sense: totally in love
word: head over heels
sense: totally in love
word: twitterpated
Derived terms: enamoredness
overenamored
unenamored
enamored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈnæməɹd/
Forms: form: enamoured
form: enamor’d
form: enamour’d
form: inamor’d
form: inamored
form: inamour’d
form: inamoured
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English enamoured, a partial calque of Old French enamore, past participle of enamorer, enamourer; compare amour and enamor, enamour.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enamor
profilometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: profilometries
form: profilemetry
Etymology: From profile + -o- + -metry.
Senses: glosses: The use of a technique in the measurement and profiling of an object.
examples: text: The profilometry of the tubing was conducted directly following the eddy current exam.
glosses: The methodology of performing eddy current profiling of tubing.
glosses: The technique in which a diamond stylus, in contact with a sample, measures surface variations as a function of position.
examples: text: Surface profilometry was used to measure the film thickness.
glosses: The use of a laser or white-light, computer-generated projections to perform surface measurements of three dimensional objects.
Related terms: eddy current
eeny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːni
Etymology: Possibly from teeny weeny.
Senses: examples: text: Can you put an eeny bit of mustard on my hot dog?
text: Then they would go back to the gang house—Woody named it the Eeny House because it was so small [...].
ref: 1999, Joe Klein, Woody Guthrie: A Life, page 35:
text: ... and weep and moan and scream every little eeny orgasm.
ref: 2003, Craig Lucas, “Reckless”, in Reckless and Other Plays, page 54:
text: The interior is, perhaps, an eeny bit tricksy, but has worn surprisingly well over nearly four years and did not really need the light refreshment it has received in the Cabrio
ref: 2004 August 14, Stephen Bayley, “Car culture: Why a MINI is better than a Porsche”, in Daily Telegraph:
glosses: minuscule
Synonyms: itsy bitsy
itty
teeny weeny
tiny
teeny
bitty
Derived terms: eeny-weeny
eeny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːni
Senses: glosses: Holey, cellular.
eeny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːni
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of any.
eeny
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːni
Senses: examples: He eeny most had enough to eat.
glosses: With most, almost
examples: He's eeny just come home.
glosses: Only
dropout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dropouts
form: drop-out
Etymology: Deverbal from drop out.
Senses: examples: text: The politicians of the world are mere political university dropouts.
glosses: Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course
glosses: Someone who has opted out of conventional society.
examples: text: The pastures are filled with gay political drop-outs, persons of reasonable intent who found the scene personally destructive.
ref: 1980 August 30, David Rothenberg, “A New York State of Confusion”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 5:
text: To avoid excessive dropouts from the study, we wouldn't employ a single tutored group and a single control group that received no instruction at all.
ref: 2010, R. Barker Bausell, Too Simple to Fail: A Case for Educational Change, page 193:
glosses: One who suddenly leaves anything, or the act of doing so.
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The slot in the frame that accepts the axles of the wheels.
glosses: A damaged portion of a tape or disk, causing a brief omission of audio, video, or data.
glosses: Momentary loss of an electronic signal.
glosses: A technique for regularizing a neural network by discarding a random subset of its units.
Derived terms: dropout factory
maxout
nondropout
stopout
major-domo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: major-domos
Senses: examples: text: As the other persons in the Castle, on whom such tasks were delegated, readily imitated the prudential conduct of the major-domo, there was little controul used towards Roland Græme, who, of course, learned no more than what a very active mind, and a total impatience of absolute idleness, led him to acquire upon his own account, and by dint of his own exertions.
ref: 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter III, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 74:
glosses: Alternative form of majordomo: chief servant of a large house; a similar position in other contexts.
major domo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: major domos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of majordomo: chief servant of a large house; similar positions in other contexts.
dialysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈælɪsɪs/
Forms: form: dialyses
Etymology: From Latin dialysis, from Ancient Greek διάλυσις (diálusis). By surface analysis, dia- + -lysis. First use appears c. 1550.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.
examples: text: An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
ref: 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: artificial kidney
glosses: The use of this method for the removal of waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure: hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.
glosses: The spelling out of alternatives, or presenting of either-or arguments that lead to a conclusion.
glosses: asyndeton.
Derived terms: cyclodialysis
dialyse
dialytic
dialytically
dialytrauma
dialyze
electrodialysis
haemodialysis
hematodialysis
hemodialysis
histodialysis
iridodialysis
lithodialysis
microdialysis
nephrodialysis
nondialysis
peridialysis
peritoneal dialysis
postdialysis
predialysis
retrodialysis
underdialysis
cruddy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹʌdi/
rhymes: -ʌdi
Forms: form: cruddier
form: cruddiest
Etymology: From Middle English cruddi, equivalent to crud + -y.
Senses: glosses: Full of crud.
examples: text: Because I didn't study for my test, I feel like I'm gonna make a pretty cruddy grade.
glosses: Crummy, lousy, worthless.
examples: text: Some children's cartoons sure have cruddy theme songs.
glosses: Annoying, irritating.
examples: text: His cruell wounds with cruddy blood congeal'd.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 29:
glosses: Coagulated.
Derived terms: cruddily
cruddiness
Related terms: crufty
crusty
cocksuckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocksucker
boozing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boozings
Senses: examples: text: "So kindly keep the vainglorious enumeration of your pots for the benefit of those village idiots who compose your particular set of boozing companions."
ref: 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 85:
text: Men, bearded, hirsute, sat dolefully at the bar, eyes translucent from diurnal boozings.
ref: 1989, Bill Kauffman, Every Man a King, page 220:
glosses: The act of drinking alcohol heavily.
Derived terms: boozing ken
boozing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of booze
blockage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blockages
Etymology: From block + -age.
Senses: examples: text: Only when one has seen a Control Office at first-hand does one realise the vast amount of unsparing but largely unsung work that is behind the eventual publication, perhaps, of a paragraph in this journal's "Motive Power Miscellany" recording the appearance, within hours of the complete blockage of a main line, of many of its trains, passenger and freight, on routes quite foreign to them; and of effective emergency services either side of the disaster area.
ref: 1962 August, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, in Modern Railways, page 133:
glosses: The state or condition of being blocked.
examples: text: There was a blockage in the sewer, so we called out the plumber.
glosses: The thing that is the cause of such a state, blocking a passage.
examples: text: Blockage of circulation quickly leads to ischemia.
text: In selected cases, endovascular thrombectomy can quickly remove a blockage that pharmaceutical thrombolysis can't budge.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Occlusion of a lumen (especially that of a blood vessel or intestine), or the thing that is causing it; as:
Synonym of thrombosis, thromboembolism, or embolism.
synonyms: word: thrombosis
word: thromboembolism
word: or embolism
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Occlusion of a lumen (especially that of a blood vessel or intestine), or the thing that is causing it; as:
Synonym of constipation (“impairment of feces passage”).
synonyms: word: constipation
extra: impairment of feces passage
Synonyms: obstruction
occlusion
Derived terms: antiblockage
deblockage
preblockage
reblockage
unblockage
Related terms: english: nearly synonymous, but not interchangeably; blockade usually denotes human agency
translation: nearly synonymous, but not interchangeably; blockade usually denotes human agency
word: blockade
barstool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barstools
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bar stool.
Derived terms: barstooler
geronimo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒəˈɹɑnɪmoʊ/
ipa: /d͡ʒəˈɹɒnɪməʊ/
Forms: form: Geronimo
Etymology: Various theories; see Wikipedia. In any case, likely ultimately from the name of Geronimo the Apache. Originally used by American paratroopers.
Senses: examples: text: Geronimo, motherfucker!
ref: 1988, Jeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza, Die Hard, spoken by John McClane (Bruce Willis):
glosses: A cry before jumping out of or into something.
Derived terms: geronimo line
interior angle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interior angles
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The inner angle between two sides of a polygon.
Synonyms: internal angle
Related terms: exterior angle
sludge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /slʌd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌdʒ
Forms: form: sludges
Etymology: Possibly related to slush.
Senses: examples: text: Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.[…]Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.
ref: 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:
glosses: Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
glosses: A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
glosses: A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
glosses: A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a water body.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Ellipsis of sludge metal.
examples: text: In the 2008 best seller Nudge, the legal scholar Cass R. Sunstein and the economist Richard H. Thaler marshaled behavioral-science research to show how small tweaks could help us make better choices. An updated version of the book includes a section on what they called “sludge”—tortuous administrative demands, endless wait times, and excessive procedural fuss that impede us in our lives.
ref: [2025 June 29, Chris Colin, “That Dropped Call With Customer Service? It Was on Purpose.”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 29 Jun 2025, Ideas:
qualifier: behavioral science
glosses: Institutional policies that introduce tedium and inefficiency in processes.
Synonyms: sense: separated solids
word: mire
sense: separated solids
word: mud
sense: separated solids
word: ooze
sense: separated solids
word: slush
Derived terms: activated sludge
biliary sludge
oil sludge
primordial sludge
sludge acid
sludgecore
sludge hole
sludge metal
sludge out
sludge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /slʌd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌdʒ
Forms: form: sludges
form: sludging
form: sludged
form: sludged
Etymology: Possibly related to slush.
Senses: glosses: To slump or slouch.
glosses: To slop or drip slowly.