cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
beam up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beams up
form: beaming up
form: beamed up
form: beamed up
Etymology: From the Star Trek franchise.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: To teleport (someone or something) using a (fictional) device, especially from the surface of a planet to an orbiting starship.
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: To be teleported, or to teleport oneself, in this manner.
glosses: To appear suddenly, as if by teleport.
examples: text: Pookie: "They call it the "Enterprise Room", man, because it's for people who wanna be beamed up to Scotty."
ref: 1991, New Jack City:
text: Crack cocaine done gave straight-up pimping a nosebleed in the ghetto. 'Specially when crack hoes be trickin for two or three dollars, just to get enough to beam up, how you gon charge a John a hundred or two hundred bucks?
ref: 2004, Teddy Hayes, Blood Red Blues, →ISBN, page 75:
glosses: To get high on drugs, especially crack cocaine.
Related terms: transporter
limbic system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: limbic systems
Senses: examples: Holonyms: brain < central nervous system, CNS
topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: A part of the brain, in humans and various other animals, that is involved in emotion, motivation, and emotional association with memory; in humans it includes the amygdala, cingulate gyrus, fornicate gyrus, hippocampus, hypothalamus, mammillary body, nucleus accumbens, orbitofrontal cortex and parahippocampal gyrus.
indexed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having an index, or arranged in an index.
Hyponyms: even-indexed
odd-indexed
Derived terms: autoindexed
binary indexed tree
nonindexed
subindexed
thumb-indexed
unindexed
indexed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of index
labyrinthal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more labyrinthal
form: most labyrinthal
Etymology: From labyrinth + -al.
Senses: glosses: Like a maze or labyrinth, intricate or convoluted. labyrinthine.
Derived terms: labyrinthally
Kelvin function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kelvin functions
Etymology: Named after Lord Kelvin.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of class of special functions, usually denoted as two pairs of functions berₙ(x), beiₙ(x), kerₙ(x) and keiₙ(x) with variable x and given order number n. The former two functions berₙ(x) and beiₙ(x) respectively correspond to the real part and the imaginary part of the Kelvin differential equation's solution that can be expressed with the Bessel function of the first kind Jₙ(x), and the latter kerₙ(x) and keiₙ(x) correspond to those that can be expressed with the modified Bessel function of the second kind Kₙ(x).
Related terms: Kelvin differential equation
blasphemed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blaspheme
blaspheming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Middle English blasfemyng; equivalent to blaspheme + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blaspheme
blaspheming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blasphemings
Etymology: From Middle English blasfemyng; equivalent to blaspheme + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Every character, from the boisterous blasphemings of Bajazet to the shrinking timidity of womanhood, must play the orator.
ref: 1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:
glosses: An act of blasphemy.
blaspheming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blaspheming
form: most blaspheming
Etymology: From Middle English blasfemyng; equivalent to blaspheme + -ing.
Senses: glosses: blasphemous
Derived terms: blasphemingly
Bessel function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bessel functions
Etymology: For Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of functions that are solutions to a particular form of differential equation (a Bessel equation) and are typically used to describe waves in a cylindrically symmetric system.
wikipedia: Friedrich Bessel
Synonyms: cylinder function
Hypernyms: function
Hyponyms: modified Bessel function
Riccati-Bessel function
spherical Bessel function
Related terms: Bessel function of the first kind
Bessel function of the second kind
arenavirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arenaviruses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of several RNA viruses, of the genus Arenavirus, most of which cause severe diseases transmitted by rodents
Hyponyms: Junin virus
Lassa virus
Derived terms: arenaviral
RNA virus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RNA viruses
Senses: glosses: Any of many viruses that possess ribonucleic acid as their genetic material and do not replicate using DNA
genetic material
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genetic materials
Senses: glosses: The material used to store genetic information in the nuclei, mitochondria or plastids of an organism's cells; either DNA or RNA
cypovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cypoviruses
Etymology: Shortened from the full description cy(toplasmic) po(lyhedrosis) virus.
Senses: glosses: Any of several RNA viruses, of the genus Cypovirus, whose icosahedral virions are embedded in a polyhedral protein structure
Synonyms: cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus
CPV
icosahedral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: icosahedric
Etymology: From icosa- + -hedral.
Senses: examples: text: Of the convex polyhedra with regular faces, the only ones that have tetrahedral, octahedral, or icosahedral symmetry are the Platonic and Archimedean solids.
ref: 1966, Norman W. Johnson, “Convex Polyhedra with Regular Faces”, in Canadian Journal of Mathematics, volume XVIII, number I, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, page 181:
glosses: Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
Derived terms: icosahedrality
icosahedrally
nonicosahedral
Related terms: icosahedron
Deutschmark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Deutschmarks
form: Deutschmark
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Deutsche Mark.
asparagine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French asparagine, from Latin asparagus + French -ine. By surface analysis, asparagus + -ine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
related: word: aspargine
word: ;
word: mul:Asn
word: mul:N
hypernyms: amino acid
coordinate_terms: mul:Asp
mul:D
aspartic acid
aspartate
glosses: A nonessential amino acid C₄H₈N₂O₃ found in plants such as asparagus.
Related terms: asparaginase
asparaginate
asparaginic
asparaginic acid
asparaginyl
asparagus
asparagusate
asparagusic acid
aspartate
aspartic
aspartic acid
isoasparagine
polyasparagine
pfennig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈ(p)fɛn.ɪɡ/
Forms: form: pfennige
form: pfennigs
Etymology: From German Pfennig. Doublet of penny and fening.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: One hundredth of the former German mark (Deutsche Mark).
2-12-4
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 2-12-4s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, six pairs of coupled driving wheels, and four trailing wheels.
2-12-2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 2-12-2s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, six pairs of coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels.
2-10-2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 2-10-2s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, five pairs of coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels.
2-8-2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 2-8-2s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, four pairs of coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels.
Synonyms: sense: locomotive
word: Mikado
sense: locomotive
english: during World War II
translation: during World War II
word: MacArthur
4-4-4-4
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 4-4-4-4s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a duplex steam locomotive that has four leading wheels in a leading truck, two sets of four driving wheels, and a four-wheel trailing truck.
deflexed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more deflexed
form: most deflexed
Senses: glosses: Bent downward, as branches, leaves, or hairs.
balançoire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balançoires
Etymology: French balançoire
Senses: qualifier: ballet
glosses: Swinging the working leg between front and back through first position, usually in conjunction with grands battements or attitudes and involving seesaw-like shifting of the upper body in opposition to the legs.
effulge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈfʌld͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌldʒ
Forms: form: effulges
form: effulging
form: effulged
form: effulged
Etymology: From Latin effulgere (“to shine forth”).
Senses: examples: text: His eyes effulging a peculiar fire.
ref: 1729, James Thomson, Britannia:
glosses: to radiate, shine or beam
Derived terms: effulgence
effulgent
punching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈpʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈpən(t)ʃɪŋ]
rhymes: -ʌntʃɪŋ
Forms: form: punchings
Etymology: From punch + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Over the past four years, the rate of "interpersonal" attacks and "penetrating injuries" – such as stabbings, glassings, punchings, beatings – has doubled, he said.
ref: 2009 January 25, Evonne Barry, “Booze and the trail of violence”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2009:
glosses: gerund of punch
An incident in which someone is punched.
glosses: gerund of punch
The process of making holes in something (for example, a leather belt or a rail ticket).
punching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈpʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈpən(t)ʃɪŋ]
rhymes: -ʌntʃɪŋ
Etymology: From punch + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of punch
Derived terms: buddy punching
hippie punching
punching bag
punching bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌnt͡ʃɪŋ ˌbæɡ/
ipa: /ˈpʌnt͡ʃɪŋ ˌbæɡ/
ipa: [ˈpən(t)ʃɪŋ-]
Forms: form: punching bags
Senses: synonyms: word: punchbag
hyponyms: speed bag
coordinate_terms: focus bag
speed ball
swerve ball
glosses: A tough bag, usually cylindrical, filled with air, sand, or other material, often suspended so that it swings freely, which is punched or kicked when practising sports such as boxing or martial arts.
examples: text: For so long, Theon Greyjoy was the punching bag of Game of Thrones, a sort of shitty Charlie Brown who not only failed to kick the football, but would then be beaten savagely with it every time he landed on his ass.
ref: 2019 April 14, Alex McLevy, “Winter is Here on Game of Thrones’ Final Season Premiere (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2020:
text: The response was swift, and [Harold] Bloom became a punching bag for leftist critics, who valued literature’s power to deliver social and political messages for the underrepresented.
ref: 2025 June 16, Eric Bulson, “Yes I Will Read ‘Ulysses’ Yes”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2025:
synonyms: word: punchbag
glosses: A person serving as an object of abuse.
punching bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of punching bag
thesauruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thesaurus
thesaurusi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thesauri
form: thesauruses
Senses: examples: text: In the closing weeks of 1959 and the early weeks of 1960, book dealers must have had a bonanza in selling thesaurusi.
ref: 1965, Pierre A. Rinfret, “Changing Population and Changing Demand”, in Financial Analysts Journal, volume 17, number 5, →JSTOR, page 75:
text: Gather a variety of dictionaries and thesaurusi written for middle-school students as well as adults.
ref: 1999, Lynn Tooma with et al., Exploring the Bible, →ISBN, →OL, page 49:
text: UMLS is an integration of several thesaurusi.
ref: 2004, Vincent Mary, “MeSH and Specialized Terminologies”, in MedInfo 2004, →ISBN, →OL, page 530:
glosses: plural of thesaurus
researching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of research
researching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: researchings
Senses: examples: text: There are also the formal researchings into the past by Herod's doctors/councillors.
ref: 1994, Richard Beadle, The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre, page 160:
glosses: The act of carrying out research.
partaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of partake
partaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partakings
Senses: glosses: The act of taking part in something.
glosses: An act of taking sides; partiality.
unverifiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + verifiable.
Senses: glosses: Not capable of being verified, confirmed, checked or proven.
6-4-4-6
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 6-4-4-6s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a duplex steam locomotive that has six coupled leading wheels in a leading truck, two sets of four driving wheels, and a six coupled trailing wheels in a trailing truck.
transfers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transfer
transfers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of transfer
4-4-6-4
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 4-4-6-4s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a duplex steam locomotive that has four leading wheels in a leading truck followed by four coupled driving wheels, a second set with six coupled driving wheels, and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck.
selectively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more selectively
form: most selectively
Etymology: From selective + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Our prototype implements a basic pharming attack to selectively misresolve the client domain name requests.
ref: 2006, Markus Jakobsson, Steven Myers, Phishing and Countermeasures, page 128:
glosses: In a selective manner, only affecting or applying to some selected cases.
Derived terms: selectively mute
4-6-4-4
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 4-6-4-4s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a duplex steam locomotive that has four leading wheels in a leading truck followed by six coupled driving wheels, a second set with four coupled driving wheels, and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck.
stubby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstʌbi/
ipa: /ˈstʊbi/
Forms: form: stubbier
form: stubbiest
form: stubbie
Etymology: From stub + -y.
Senses: glosses: Abounding with stubs.
examples: text: St Cuthbert's stands among trees at one corner of the green, and has a 17th-century bellcote decorated with stone balls and a stubby spire.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 174:
text: The mouth with its bright, shiny grimace exposes a stubby row of teeth, from left to right growing stubbier and stubbier, with more and more cavities.
ref: 1996, Botho Strauß, translated by Roslyn Theobald, Couples, Passerby, page 17:
text: For instance, long, thin hands generally indicate that a person is creative and intuitive, while shorter, stubbier hands typically connote a hardworking or athletic type of person.
ref: 2003, Katina Z. Jones, The Everything Palmistry Book, page 8:
text: The front-most spines are the shortest, stubbiest, and most forward directed.
ref: 2009, George P. Hansen, Trilobites of Black Cat Mountain, iUniverse, page 249:
glosses: Like a stub; short, especially cut short, thick and stiff; stunted; stubbed.
Synonyms: sense: short and thick
word: squat
Derived terms: stubbily
stubbiness
stubby Hubble
stubby squid
stubby tree
stubby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstʌbi/
ipa: /ˈstʊbi/
Forms: form: stubbies
form: stubbie
Etymology: From stub + -y.
Senses: examples: text: While most stubbies looked alike, there was one distinct stubby brought out by Carling-O′Keefe.[…]The era of the stubby was short, however. Although a superior container, it was not chic enough for the 1980s drinker.
ref: 1998, Randy Ray, Mark Kearney, The Great Canadian Trivia, page 201:
text: Annie looked at him a bit surprised and came in, and he realized she carried a bottle of beer with her. Not a stubby, but a long neck.
ref: 2002, A. S. Finney, Gully Ghost, US: Eloquent Books, page 74:
text: Near the memorial were some wine casks and an unopened stubby of beer, whose label was yet to fade, which had been left to slake the thirst of the deceased.
ref: 2004, Michael McGirr, Bypass: The Story of a Road, Pan Macmillan Australia, published 2005, page 117:
text: Another notable thing that happens this month is the debut of Spycatcher on Star TV.[…]But come Wednesday night, he sits in the TV room with his stubby of Foster′s beer and watches Steve Nolan catch dirty foreigners (called Commies) selling secrets to some Russian organization called the KGB.
ref: 2005, Vikas Swarup, Q & A, Black Swan, published 2006, page 133:
text: I had everything planned, and later I kept a stubby behind the spare tire of my ′37 Ford until the bottle was better aged than the beer. I don′t know what happened to it but I′m surprised that it didn′t explode with the heat of that summer.
ref: 2008, Albert Drake, The Age of Hot Rods: Essays on Rods, Custom Cars and Their Drivers from the 1950s to Today, US: McFarland & Co, page 45:
text: A schooner (425ml in Queensland), when you allow for the collar, is not much more beer than a stubby. A stubby of home brew costs me 25 cents.
ref: 2008, Ron Bowden, The Lazy Brewer′s Handbook, Australia: BOOKSnTHAT, page 4:
text: The Liquor Trades Union member concedes that both dogs are quite clever, but says his is even cleverer. His dog, named Measure, is told to go and fetch a stubby of beer and pour seven ounces into a ten-ounce glass. It does this perfectly.
ref: 2009, Graham Seal, Great Australian Stories: Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales, ReadHowYouWant, published 2010, page 253:
text: Anyhow, so I goes into the bar and there′s the donkey having a beer with a tourist. See, the way they done it was, they′d hold up the stubby and the donkey would just guzzle it down, like there was no tomorrow.
ref: 2009, Bill Marsh, Great Australian Stories: Outback Towns and Pubs, published 2011, unnumbered page:
glosses: A small, squat beer bottle.
Derived terms: Darwin stubby
stubby holder
rotates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rotate
receivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of receiver
psychiatrists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychiatrist
crusher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹʌʃə/
rhymes: -ʌʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: crushers
Etymology: From crush + -er (agent noun suffix), or, for one who elicits a crush, + -er (patient suffix).
Senses: examples: text: […] for unless a matter be true enough to stand a good deal of misrepresentation, its truth is not of a very robust order, and the blame will rather lie with its own delicacy than with the carelessness of the crusher.
ref: 1878, Samuel Butler, Life and Habit, London: Trübner & Co., page 1:
text: Woe unto every backbiter, slanderer, who has gathered riches and counted them over thinking his riches have made him immortal! ¶ No indeed, he shall be thrust into the Crusher, and what shall teach thee what is the Crusher?
ref: 1955 [609–632], “The Backbiter”, in Arthur J. Arberry, transl., The Koran Interpreted, →ISBN, page 664:
glosses: Someone or something that crushes.
coordinate_terms: breaker
dresser#Etymology_2
glosses: A machine designed to crush rocks.
examples: text: Anything about the police sets them a talking at once. […] 'The blessed crushers are everywhere,' shouted one. 'I wish I'd been there to have had a shy at the eslops,' said another. And then a man sung out: 'O, don't I like the Bobbys?'
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, “The Literature of Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 25:
text: Back in the lobby he bought a copy of Time but didn't like the way the plain-clothes crushers looked at him, and left.
ref: 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 110:
glosses: A policeman.
examples: text: “She is a crusher, ain’t she now!” Mr. Foker asked of his companion.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 4, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
glosses: Something overwhelming.
Derived terms: beetle-crusher
bit crusher
clodcrusher
crumb crusher
crusher gage
crusher gauge
garlic crusher
gyratory crusher
mud-crusher
quartz crusher
rockcrusher
sandshoe crusher
toe-crusher
crushers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crusher
copyrightable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From copyright + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The four criteria that Congress, courts, and theorists have traditionally employed to distinguish the copyrightable from the uncopyrightable are: […]
ref: 1984, MJ Touponse, “Application of Copyright Law to Computer Operating System Programs: Apple Computer, Inc. v. Franklin”, in Connecticut Law Review, page 665:
topics: copyright
intellectual-property
law
glosses: Able to be protected by copyright law.
Derived terms: copyrightability
copyrightably
noncopyrightable
copyrightable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copyrightables
Etymology: From copyright + -able.
Senses: glosses: Anything for which one can obtain copyright.
gamme
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪmiː/
Etymology: Written form of a reduction of gave me.
Senses: examples: text: It gamme something to think about.
text: Told you she my bella chicca, and she gamme her heart [...] I don't cheat, she's so cakey, and she gamme a slice
ref: 2021, Gladwin Ngobeni, Nhlayiseko Makaringe, Ntsako Nukeri, “Muchacha”, in How It Started, performed by Sadistic Zombie feat. Slay & Clesh:
glosses: Gave me.
wikipedia: reduction (linguistics)
coauthors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coauthor
coauthors
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coauthor
Umbrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈʌmbɹi.ən/
Etymology: From Umbria + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to Umbria, Italy or the extinct Umbrian language.
Umbrian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈʌmbɹi.ən/
Forms: form: Umbrians
Etymology: From Umbria + -an.
Senses: examples: text: […] Gauls used the suffix -acus, Etruscans -nas or -na, Umbrians -enus, -ienus.
ref: 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xv:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Umbria, Italy.
Umbrian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈʌmbɹi.ən/
Etymology: From Umbria + -an.
Senses: glosses: An extinct Italic language formerly spoken by the Umbri in the ancient Italian region of Umbria.
evolving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of evolve
declarer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈkleəɹə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: declarers
Etymology: From Middle English declarer, equivalent to declare + -er.
Senses: topics: bridge
games
glosses: The person who wins the bidding and so declares what suit will be trump.
synonyms: word: declarant
topics: law
glosses: One who declares.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: A statement that declares the properties of a variable or contributes to doing so.
Derived terms: nondeclarer
declarers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of declarer
mutations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mutation
possessives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of possessive
firefighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firefighter
waxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waxers
Etymology: From wax + -er.
Senses: glosses: A device used to apply wax.
glosses: A person who applies wax.
glosses: Something that waxes (grows larger, as opposed to waning).
waxers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waxer
eight-ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eight-balls
form: 8 ball
form: eight ball
Etymology: From eight + ball.
Senses: glosses: A pocket billiards (pool) game played with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls) on a pool table with six pockets.
glosses: The billiard ball, almost always black, bearing the number eight.
examples: text: (a policeman confiding to a friend) ".. She had welts and bruises all over. So, one night we get called out there again, and I slip down their hallway and stuff two eight balls in his closet. Turns out he was on parole. He goes back to jail, she's safe, and I slept like a baby."
ref: 2003, House of Sand and Fog, 00:43:39
glosses: A portion of cocaine or methamphetamine weighing ¹⁄₈ of an ounce, or 3.5 grams.
examples: text: When a white fellow gets in the ring with an eight ball the eight ball's got no chance. You see, 'cause they call boxing the sweet science. And that's where your colored just runs into trouble. That's just that science part.
Yeah, but Joe Louis is a big 'un.
ref: 2005, “Creed, OK”, in Carnivàle, episode 17:
glosses: A black person.
examples: text: The angle-of-attack error indicator, located to the right of the attitude "eight-ball," requires some explanation.
ref: 1960, John Marshall Eggleston, Sheldon Baron, Donald C. Cheatham, Fixed-base Simulation Study of a Pilot's Ability to Control a Winged-satellite Vehicle During High-drag Variable-lift Entries, page 11:
text: He kept his eyes outside, stole a few glances at the "eight ball" attitude indictors^([sic]) inside, and relied on Irwin's callouts.
ref: 2011, David A. Mindell, Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight, page 254:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A spherical attitude indicator.
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: A kind of spherical microphone.
Derived terms: behind the eight-ball
Chinese eight-ball
eight-ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eight-balls
form: eight-balling
form: eight-balled
form: eight-balled
form: 8 ball
form: eight ball
Etymology: From eight + ball.
Senses: examples: text: She whips me in the first game of pool, I do not even get a shot. Eight-balled from the break.
“Have you been practising?” I ask my sister.
“Some,” she says, “play again?”
“One more.”
My sister beats me at pool in public a second time. I claim some dignity back by potting two of my balls before Tammy sinks the black.
ref: 2008, Edward Keating, The Joy of Ex: A Novel:
topics: games
pool
glosses: To outplay (an opponent) by potting all one's color balls and then the black (or eight-ball) without the opponent potting a single one.
Coordinate terms: nine-ball
batted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbætɪd/
rhymes: -ætɪd
Senses: glosses: Carrying a bat (the sports equipment, but maybe also the animal).
Derived terms: unbatted
batted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbætɪd/
rhymes: -ætɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bat
pitchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pitcher
isotopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isotope
baserunner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baserunners
form: base runner
Etymology: From base + runner.
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
softball
sports
glosses: A player who is on base and is thus trying to advance to the next base.
Related terms: baserunning
baserunners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baserunner
competitions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of competition
subsets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subset
subsets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subset
numerary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin numerarius, from numerus (“number”). Doublet of numéraire.
Senses: glosses: Relating to numbers or numbering.
glosses: Of a position which is held by a certain person permanently (in an administration or academy).
Derived terms: extranumerary
numerary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: numeraries
Etymology: From Latin numerarius, from numerus (“number”). Doublet of numéraire.
Senses: glosses: A person with a numerary or permanent position.
examples: text: Like numeraries, assistant numeraries are celibates who live in Opus Dei centres.
ref: 2024 March 16, Antonia Cundy, “The Opus Dei diaries”, in FT Weekend, page 17:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
coordinate_terms: assistant numerary
supernumerary
glosses: A celibate lay member of Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic religious institution.
Derived terms: numerary adjunct
Related terms: supernumerary
wikification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wikifications
Etymology: From wiki + -ification.
Senses: glosses: The process of adding wiki syntax to text in a wiki platform, or converting HTML to wiki markup.
examples: text: Given a text or hypertext document, we define “text wikification” as the task of automatically extracting the most important words and phrases in the document (keywords), and identifying for each such keyword the appropriate link to a Wikipedia article with detailed explanatory information about the corresponding keyphrase. ¶ Text wikification is performed in two steps. […]
ref: 2007, Andras Csomai, Rada Mihalcea, “Linking Educational Materials to Encyclopedic Knowledge”, in Rosemary Luckin et al., editors, Artificial Intelligence in Education, IOS Press, →ISBN, page 558:
text: This task will introduce the process of “wikification”; that is, automatically and judiciously augmenting a plain-text document with pertinent hyperlinks to Wikipedia articles – as though the document were itself a Wikipedia article. […] Wikification is a useful process in itself, […]
ref: 2009, Ian H. Witten, abstract of the presentation “Semantic Document Processing Using Wikipedia as a Knowledge Base”, in Shlomo Geva et al. (editors), Focused Retrieval and Evaluation (INEX 2009 workshop proceedings), Springer (2010), page 3
text: 3 Query Wikification
The process of automatically recognizing the topics mentioned in an unstructured text and linking them to the appropriate Wikipedia [6] articles is known as wikification. Two Wikification method[s] have been proposed by now.
ref: 2009–10, Amir Hossein Jadidinejad, Fariborz Mahmoudi, Cross-Language Information Retrieval Using Meta-language Index Construction and Structural Queries, in Multilingual Information Access Evaluation I, page 73
qualifier: chiefly Wikimedia jargon
glosses: The automated process of adding links to Wikipedia (or another wiki) to specific words and phrases in an arbitrary text (e.g. a news article).
Related terms: wikify
dewikification
wikifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wikification
pedigrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedigree
androecium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: androecia
Etymology: From New Latin; from andro- + oecium (from Ancient Greek οἰκῐ́ον (oikĭ́on), diminutive of οἶκος (oîkos, “house”)).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The set of a flower's stamens.
Derived terms: androecial
Related terms: gynoecium
learners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of learner
chanters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chanter
markers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marker
markers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of marker
excludes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of exclude
mathas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matha
batters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batter
batters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of batter
reprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rēʹprĭnt
ipa: /ˈɹiːpɹɪnt/
enpr: rē-prĭntʹ
ipa: /ɹiːˈpɹɪnt/
rhymes: -ɪnt
Forms: form: reprints
form: re-print
Etymology: From re- + print (verb).
Senses: examples: text: The reprint is much less expensive than a first edition.
glosses: A book, pamphlet or other printed matter that has been published once before but is now being released again.
reprint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rēʹprĭnt
ipa: /ˈɹiːpɹɪnt/
enpr: rē-prĭntʹ
ipa: /ɹiːˈpɹɪnt/
rhymes: -ɪnt
Forms: form: reprints
form: reprinting
form: reprinted
form: reprinted
form: re-print
Etymology: From re- + print (verb).
Senses: examples: text: The novel was printed with an appendix.
glosses: To print (something) that has been published in print before.
examples: text: The whole business of our redemption is […] to reprint God's image upon the soul.
ref: 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
glosses: To renew the impression of.
everchanging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more everchanging
form: most everchanging
form: ever-changing
Etymology: From ever + changing.
Senses: glosses: Frequently or constantly changing.
reprints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reprint
reprints
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reprint
grammars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grammar
grammars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grammar
pushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of push
pushes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of push
wikifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wikify
debated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈbeɪtɪd/
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
Senses: glosses: disputed, under discussion, not settled.
Derived terms: debatedly
undebated
debated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈbeɪtɪd/
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of debate
procedural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəl/
Forms: form: more procedural
form: most procedural
Etymology: From procedure + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The judge dismissed the case on procedural grounds: it wasn't the facts or the law, but just that they hadn't filed the correct forms.
text: An externment of a person is a harsh punishment on him and calls for procedural safeguards against the abuse of power by the authorities.
ref: 1983, D. C. Pandey, Habitual Offenders and the Law, page 31:
glosses: Related to procedure.
examples: text: a procedural texture
text: procedural terrain
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Generated by means of a procedure, rather than being designed.
Derived terms: cedural
multiprocedural
nonprocedural
periprocedural
postprocedural
preprocedural
procedural due process
proceduralism
proceduralist
procedurality
procedural law
procedurally
procedural memory
unprocedural
Related terms: proceedable
processable
processual
procedural
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəl/
Forms: form: procedurals
Etymology: From procedure + -al.
Senses: examples: text: It is only fitting that the investigation of place-based police procedurals begins in America, where the police procedural was invented and turned into a literary art form.
ref: 2000, Gary Hausladen, Places for Dead Bodies, page 35:
text: David Fincher’s horribly addictive samurai procedural, adapted by Andrew Kevin Walker from the graphic novel by Alexis Nolent, stars Michael Fassbender as the un-named titular hitman[…]
ref: 2023 September 3, Peter Bradshaw, “The Killer review – terrific David Fincher thriller about a philosophising hitman”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: broadcasting
film
literature
media
publishing
television
glosses: A type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail.
examples: text: The Wire, however, did not kill the procedural. The procedural simply borrowed The Wire’s aesthetic. The detectives may trudge sombrely from one improbable homicide scene to another, week in, week out, as the blue lights circle bleakly, but we, the viewers, sink gleefully into our sofas ready to drink it in like cocoa.
ref: 2015 June 16, David Stubbs, “Watching the detectives: why the police procedural is more popular than ever”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Ellipsis of police procedural.
Derived terms: police procedural
shortchange
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɔɹtˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ʃɔːtˈtʃeɪnd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -eɪndʒ
Forms: form: shortchanges
form: shortchanging
form: shortchanged
form: shortchanged
form: short-change
form: short change
Etymology: From short + change.
Senses: examples: text: I got shortchanged! I gave him $10 for a $5 item and he only gave me $1 back.
glosses: To defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction.
examples: text: The elective class was easy, but in the end I was shortchanging myself by taking it.
text: They delivered on time and on budget even though the schedule was tight and the price was low; and this was thought to be impressive until the customer realized that what made it possible was the low quality: they shortchanged many aspects of the job.
text: Specific evidence that the United States is being short-changed in the cultural exchange program with the Soviet Union has been offered by Representative Michael Feighan of Ohio, chairman of the House subcommittee and the joint Senate House Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy.
ref: 1964 June 16, “Short End of Exchange”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 14:
glosses: To deprive (someone or something) of something due; to treat unfairly; to cheat, deceive; to half-ass.
misused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /mɪsˈjuːzd/
Senses: examples: text: The oft misused word didn't mean what he thought it meant, but everyone else misunderstood it too.
coordinate_terms: abused
ill-used
glosses: Used in an incorrect or inappropriate manner.
misused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /mɪsˈjuːzd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misuse
instructional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more instructional
form: most instructional
Etymology: From instruction + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The manual might have been instructional had anybody actually taken the time to read it.
glosses: Intended for purposes of instruction, for teaching.
examples: text: There are 33 instructional resignations tonight, double the amount at this time last year.
glosses: Relating to the teaching profession.
Derived terms: instructional design
instructionally
noninstructional
preinstructional
pre-instructional
teleinstructional
instructional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: instructionals
Etymology: From instruction + -al.
Senses: examples: text: On legitimate days off, during the summer, Klam received poolside instructionals in monied femininity from Marcia and her three sisters — “the Jewish Gang of Four.”
ref: 2008 May 18, Ginia Bellafante, “Mommy’s Dearest”, in New York Times:
glosses: A book, film, etc. intended to instruct.
developmental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˌvɛləpˈmɛntəl/
rhymes: -ɛntəl
Etymology: From development + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Developmental psychology studies how the mind forms as children and adolescents grow.
glosses: Related to development.
Derived terms: codevelopmental
cyclodevelopmental
developmental biologist
developmental biology
developmental disability
developmental disorder
developmentalism
developmentalist
developmental language disorder
developmentally
developmental position
developmental psycholinguistics
developmental psychologist
developmental psychology
ecodevelopmental
evolutionary developmental biology
intellectual developmental disorder
neurodevelopmental
nondevelopmental
oncodevelopmental
pervasive developmental disorder
pharmacodevelopmental
postdevelopmental
developmental
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˌvɛləpˈmɛntəl/
rhymes: -ɛntəl
Forms: form: developmentals
Etymology: From development + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Paguaga said: “We do have a pipeline of people that are developmentals coming into the building.
ref: 2007 May 12, Matthew L. Wald, “As Kennedy Traffic Rises, So Do Worries About Delays and Heavier Runway Use”, in New York Times:
glosses: A trainee flight controller.
triggered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: a motion-triggered alarm
glosses: Having a trigger that reacts to some specific condition.
examples: text: Mika: Willie, the Meatball is getting to him. He's obsessed with the Meatball. Although he won't stick with that name.
Willie: No, he likes DeSanctimonious. I don't know. It's a mistake, I think. He's got better.
Mika: Triggered.
ref: 2023 March 1, Mika Brzezinski, 1:16 from the start, in As DeSantis considers visiting key primary states, Trump continues his attacks, MSNBC, archived from the original on 01 Mar 2023:
glosses: Angered; agitated.
triggered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trigger
Derived terms: edge-triggered
level-triggered
right-of-way
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rights-of-way
form: right-of-ways
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of right of way (American English).
taming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -eɪmɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tame
taming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪmɪŋ
Forms: form: tamings
Senses: glosses: The process by which a person, animal or thing is tamed.
utilized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: utilise
Senses: glosses: Being used.
utilized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: utilise
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of utilize
circuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circuit
circuits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of circuit
beginners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beginner
submarines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːnz
Senses: glosses: plural of submarine
submarines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -iːnz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of submarine
outsiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outsider
outsiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In the wagon, were found, under the seat, a pistol, a billy, and a pair of outsiders.
ref: 1885, Cases Determined by the St. Louis, Kansas City and Springfield Courts of Appeals of the State of Missouri, volume 14:
glosses: A pair of nippers for turning a key in a keyhole from the outside.
viewpoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viewpoint
citable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more citable
form: most citable
form: citeable
Etymology: From cite + -able.
Senses: examples: text: We file suggestions to correct the relevant Wikipedia entries, but are denied for lack of citable sources.
ref: 2024, Vajra Chandrasekera, Rakesfall, Solaris (2025), page 21:
glosses: Capable of being, or appropriate to be, cited.
Related terms: citability
upgraded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upgrade
upgraded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having had an upgrade; having been improved or enhanced.
propositional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more propositional
form: most propositional
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or limited to, propositions.
Derived terms: nonpropositional
propositional attitude
propositional calculus
propositional constant
propositional function
propositionalization
propositional logic
propositionally
propositional variable
summaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of summary
vocabularies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vocabulary
chear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Piping down the valleys wild /Piping songs of pleasant glee / On a cloud I saw a child. / And he laughing said to me: / "Pipe a song about a Lamb!" / So I piped with merry chear.
ref: 1789, William Blake, “Introduction”, in Songs of Innocence:
glosses: Obsolete form of cheer.
chear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chears
form: chearing
form: cheared
form: cheared
Senses: examples: text: He chears the fearful, and commends the bold, / And makes deſpairers hope for good ſucceſs.
ref: 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, stanza 242, page 61:
text: WHo ever ſaw a noble ſight, / That never view’d a brave Sea Fight: / Hang up your bloody Colours in the Aire, / Up with your Fights and your Nettings prepare, / Your Merry Mates chear, with a luſty bold ſpright, / Now each Man his brindice, and then to the Fight, […]
ref: 1673 May (first performance), John Dryden, Amboyna. A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1673, →OCLC, Act III, page 31:
text: He opens all the Magazins above, / Of boundleſs Goodneſs and Eternal Love, / From theſe rich Stores of Heav’n, theſe ſacred Springs / Of everlaſting Joy and Peace, he brings / Ambroſial Food, and rich Nectarean Wine, / Which chear pure Souls, and nouriſh Life Divine.
ref: 1695, Richard Blackmore, “Book I”, in Prince Arthur. An Heroick Poem. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Awnsham and John Churchil […], →OCLC, page 13:
text: The youth ruſh eager to the ſylvan war; / Swarm o’er the lawns, the foreſt walks ſurround, / Rowze the fleet hart, and chear the opening hound.
ref: 1713, [Alexander] Pope, Windsor-Forest. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, page 57:
text: And ſtill their long Reſearches met in This, / This Truth of Truths, which nothing can refel: / “From Virtue’s Fount the pureſt Joys out-well, / “Sweet Rills of Thought that chear the conſcious Soul;[…]”
ref: 1748, James Thomson, “Canto II”, in The Castle of Indolence: […], London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, stanza XXXVI, page 59:
text: The Baroneſs de Roſenheim renewed her exertions to chear the ſpirits of her dejected daughter, as in the great gothic hall, where they uſually eat, they took their melancholy ſupper.
ref: 1794, Charlotte Smith, chapter I, in The Banished Man. […], volume I, London: […] T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell) […], →OCLC, page 6:
glosses: Obsolete form of cheer.