cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
deal breaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deal breakers
form: deal-breaker
form: dealbreaker
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: nonnegotiable (noun), prerequisite (noun), sine qua non
text: Sometimes the process of digging uncovered a deal breaker.
ref: 2004, Mark A. Williams, Your Identity Zones: Who Am I? Who Are You? How Do We Get Along?, page 294:
text: For Rosie, Carl’s attitude isn’t a deal breaker—not even close. It’s just a product of the bizarre wealth imbalances that the housing market is creating among young people.
ref: 2023 July 22, Barbara Speed, “‘We could soon see a Jane Austen-style marriage market’: how the housing crisis is turning modern dating on its head”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
antonyms: dealmaker
glosses: An issue which causes a relationship or proposal, especially in business, to fail.
Derived terms: deal-breakery
Related terms: apple of discord
bone of contention
last straw
passion killer
showstopper
stumbling block
veni, vidi, vici
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈveɪni ˈviːdi ˈviːt͡ʃi/
ipa: /ˈvɛ-/
note: Classicizing
ipa: /ˈw- ˈw- ˈw-k-/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vēnī vīdī vīcī (“I came, I saw, I conquered”).
Senses: glosses: Describes a belligerent attitude.
mean time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mean times
Senses: examples: mean time between failures
glosses: A mean (average) amount of time.
glosses: Alternative form of meantime.
glosses: Synonym of solar time.
synonyms: word: solar time
Derived terms: Dublin Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time
local mean time
New Zealand Mean Time
Port Blair Mean Time
Washington Mean Time
noon-time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noon-times
Etymology: From noon + time.
Senses: glosses: noontide; noon; the middle of the day.
Synonyms: midday
noon
noontide
twelve
Derived terms: noontimes
oftentime
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒfəntaɪm/
ipa: /ˈɒftəntaɪm/
ipa: [ˈɒfn̩taɪm]
ipa: [ˈɒftn̩taɪm]
Etymology: Inherited from the Middle English oftyntyme; equivalent to often + time. Compare oftentimes.
Senses: glosses: (elsewhere, archaic) Synonym of oftentimes.
oftentime
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒfəntaɪm/
ipa: /ˈɒftəntaɪm/
ipa: [ˈɒfn̩taɪm]
ipa: [ˈɒftn̩taɪm]
Etymology: Inherited from the Middle English oftyntyme; equivalent to often + time. Compare oftentimes.
Senses: glosses: (elsewhere, archaic) Synonym of frequent.
old time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: old times
Senses: glosses: A time in the past.
Derived terms: for old times' sake
old-time
passage of time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Presented with an opportunity to go off the rails, the show stays small and focuses on the characters and relationships as we know them, acknowledging the passage of time only when it suits the comedy of “Lisa’s Wedding.
ref: 2013 October 13, Erik Adams, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Lisa’s Wedding” (season six, episode 19; originally aired 3/19/1995)”, in The Onion AV Club:
synonyms: passing of time
glosses: The elapsing of time.
Derived terms: with the passage of time
pea-time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pea-times
Etymology: From pea + time.
Senses: glosses: The time when peas ripen: pea season.
Derived terms: the last of pea-time
pea-time is past
Related terms: in season
out of season
point in time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: points in time
Senses: examples: text: In the future means "At a future point in time".
synonyms: instant
juncture
glosses: A moment (of time).
Synonyms: word: instant
word: juncture
word: minute
word: moment
word: occasion
word: point in time
word: sith
word: time
Derived terms: at this point in time
prime time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prime-time
form: primetime
form: prymtyme
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
radio
television
glosses: The block of programming on television during the middle of the evening, usually between 7:00 pm and 11:00 pm.
examples: text: Mass-produced mithai are readily available online, but these five independent shops make their sweets by hand every day, offering their local South Asian communities a taste of the familiar. Diwali is their prime time.
ref: 2022 October 17, Priya Krishna, “It’s Not Diwali Without Mithai”, in The New York Times:
glosses: The busiest or most important period.
examples: text: It took years longer than proponents had hoped, but wireless data is ready for prime time.
ref: 2000, Ira Brodsky, Network World, page 18:
text: Can these measures be regarded as useful, promising, or not ready for prime time? We focus only on the utility of these measures for use by policymakers.
ref: 2005, Leanna Stiefel, Measuring School Performance and Efficiency: Implications for Practice and Research, Eye On Education, →ISBN, page 13:
text: Now, as more and more businesses re-orient themselves to serve the consumer, ethnography has entered prime time.
ref: 2007, John E. Richardson, Annual Editions: Marketing 08/09, →ISBN:
text: And as with commodity-based models, tour-based models have also not yet reached prime time.
ref: 2008, J. Richard Kuzmyak, Forecasting Metropolitan Commercial and Freight Travel, Transportation Research Board, →ISBN, page 3:
glosses: Maturity; the state at which a person or product will be accepted by the mainstream.
glosses: Spring.
glosses: A new period or time of youthfulness; the beginning of something.
prime time
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: prime-time
form: primetime
form: prymtyme
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
radio
television
glosses: Showing or broadcasting during prime time.
Derived terms: ready for prime time
run time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: run times
form: runtime
Etymology: From run + time.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The stage during which a program is executing.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The amount of time during which a program is executing.
examples: text: You need to install the .NET runtime before you can run this application.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A software component designed to support the execution of computer programs.
topics: media
synonyms: running time
glosses: The length of a film, television program or audio track in minutes, usually with end credits included
Coordinate terms: sense: phases in the life of a program
word: compile time
sense: phases in the life of a program
word: link time
sense: phases in the life of a program
word: load time
Derived terms: run-time modifier
run-time
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: runtime
Senses: examples: text: a run-time error
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or happening during run time.
run-time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: run-times
form: runtime
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of run time.
runtime
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of run-time.
runtime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: runtimes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of run time.
sands of time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the sands of time
Senses: examples: text: […] And, departing, leave behind us / Footprints on the sands of time […]
ref: 1838 October, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “A Psalm of Life. […]”, in Voices of the Night, Cambridge, Mass.: […] John Owen, published 1839, →OCLC, stanza 7, page 7:
glosses: Time that is considered as a finite commodity that is gradually running out, as the sand in an hourglass.
Derived terms: footprints on the sands of time
Related terms: mists of time
purser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɝsɚ/
ipa: /ˈpɜːsə/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pursers
Etymology: From purse + -er.
Senses: examples: text: So the Comptroller and I thence to a tavern hard by, and there did agree upon drawing up some letters to be sent to all the pursers and Clerks of the Cheques to make up their accounts.
ref: 1660 March 5 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “February 24th, 1659–1660”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume I, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893, →OCLC, page 339:
text: There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.
ref: 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:
text: If we offend against any of the other rules (A's or B's) - that is if we, say, utter the formula incorrectly, or if, say, we are not in a position to do the act because we are, say, married already, or it is the purser and not the captain who is conducting the ceremony, then the act in question, e.g. marrying, is not successfully performed at all, does not come off, is not achieved.
ref: 1962, J. L. Austin, How To Do Things With Words:
text: “Cabin 459, sir.” “What deck?” “'A' deck, sir.” “That's second class.” “Yes, sir. You have a second-class ticket.” “There must be some mistake. I can't possibly have a second-class ticket.” The assistant purser examined another ledger, […]
ref: 2015 August 25, Michael Kilian, Dance on a Sinking Ship, Open Road Media, →ISBN, →OCLC:
synonyms: nipcheese
glosses: The person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship, or for dealing with the passengers on a ship or aircraft.
Derived terms: purser rigged and parish damned
Related terms: bursar
short time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: reduced time
qualifier: human resources
glosses: A period of reduced workhours.
examples: text: Ok, so what is short time? One young bar ladies’ explanation always comes to mind when asked this question. “You come, I go!” There it is, very simple!
ref: 2022 February 8, “What do you prefer? Short time, good times, Long time, bad times”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 08 Dec 2022:
topics: lifestyle
prostitution
sexuality
qualifier: Southeast Asia
glosses: A meeting with a sex worker that usually ends when ejaculation is reached.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see short, time.
Derived terms: short-time
short-timer
Related terms: topics: sex
sexuality
lifestyle
word: long time
small time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: The TV talent show rocketed her from the small time to stardom.
glosses: A modest level of achievement, often local
Derived terms: small-time
small-time
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: a small-time thief
glosses: On a small scale.
Synonyms: minor
petty
small-scale
Derived terms: small-timer
bassoonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bassoonists
Etymology: From bassoon + -ist (“a person who uses something”).
Senses: examples: text: Actually there was recently a talented young female bassoonist who gave up a promising career on that sturdy instrument, not to do something more feminine but to take up bullfighting. This is Patricia Hayes of San Angelo, Texas, who has had spectacular success in the arenas of Mexico and Portugal. Unfortunately she is not America's only matadoress.
ref: 1956 December 24, Cornelia Otis Skinner, “Women are misguided: They are still waging a shrill, ridiculous war over the dead issue of feminism”, in Life, volume 41, number 26, page 75:
text: Using the “endangered species” model employed by the World Wide Fund for Nature, campaigners are highlighting the scarcity of bassoonists and paving the way for the promotion of some other orchestral instruments that are under threat, such as the oboe, French horn, viola, trombone and double bass.
ref: 2015 August 1, Vanessa Thorpe, “Musicians launch campaign to save the bassoon as shortage threatens orchestra”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A person who plays the bassoon, a musical instrument in the woodwind family.
Synonyms: word: bassooner
spare time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Free time.
Synonyms: free time
leisure
leisure time
one's own time
Derived terms: copious spare time
standard time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: slow time
glosses: Time as measured by synchronizing clocks in different geographical locations within a time zone to the same time, rather than using the local meridian, as in local mean time or solar time.
Derived terms: Alaska-Hawaii Standard Time
Alaska Standard Time
Atlantic Standard Time
Australian Central Standard Time
Australian Central Western Standard Time
Australian Eastern Standard Time
Australian Western Standard Time
Bering Standard Time
British Malayan Standard Time
British Standard Time
Central Standard Time
Chamorro Standard Time
Chatham Standard Time
China Standard Time
Chungyuan Standard Time
daylight standard time
Eastern Standard Time
Egypt Standard Time
Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time
Hawaii Standard Time
Indian Standard Time
intermediate standard times
Israel Standard Time
Japan Standard Time
Korea Standard Time
Macao Standard Time
Macau Standard Time
Malaysian Standard Time
Moscow Standard Time
Mountain Standard Time
National Standard Time
Newfoundland Standard Time
New Zealand Standard Time
Pacific Standard Time
Pakistan Standard Time
Philippine Standard Time
Provincial Standard Time
Samoa Standard Time
Singapore Standard Time
South Africa Standard Time
Tokyo Standard Time
Western Standard Time
bhuna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bhunas
form: bhoona
form: bhunao
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi भुना (bhunā), adjectival participle of भुनना (bhunnā, “to be boiled”).
Senses: glosses: A type of curry, in which the onions and spices are cooked in oil with no water
summer time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: When the clocks are put forward at the introduction of summer time, the long-distance night trains automatically become one hour late, and continue to run late for the remainder of their journeys. […] Similarly, when the clocks are put back in the autumn, the night trains become one hour early.
ref: 1951 June, “The Why and the Wherefore: Railways and Summer Time”, in Railway Magazine, page 429:
glosses: daylight saving time
Derived terms: British Double Summer Time
British Summer Time
Central European Summer Time
Double Summer Time
Eastern European Summer Time
European Summer Time
Irish Summer Time
Middle European Summer Time
Moscow Summer Time
West Africa Summer Time
Western European Summer Time
take time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes time
form: taking time
form: took time
form: taken time
Senses: examples: text: Learning a foreign language takes time.
text: It takes time to get used to having a step-parent.
text: After World War II it took time to clear up the arrears of track maintenance on both lines and it was not until 1953 that the L.M.R. restored any two-hour schedules, the W.R. following suit a year later.
ref: 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98:
glosses: To require a comparatively long period of time.
examples: text: He took time to help us with his son with his homework.
text: He took time for his son.
glosses: To volunteer to spend one's time (for a purpose or beneficiary).
Synonyms: sense: require a comparatively long period of time
word: take a long time
sense: require a comparatively long period of time
word: take some time
sense: volunteer to spend one's time
word: make time for
sense: volunteer to spend one's time
word: take the time
Derived terms: take time to smell the roses
Related terms: take the time
take one's time
take time by the forelock
take time off
take time out
time and tide wait for no man
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: A figura etymologica – time and tide respectively derive from Proto-Germanic *tīmô and *tīdiz, which are ultimately related.
Senses: examples: text: "And now", said Daniel, looking at his watch, "as time and tide wait for no man, my trusty partner, and as I am ready for starting, bag and baggage, at the gate below, let me say a last word".
ref: 1857, Charles Dickens, chapter 22, in Little Dorrit:
text: "Do you not think, my dear lad, that you had better begin? Time and tide, as you are aware, wait for no man".
ref: 1903, P. G. Wodehouse, “Work”, in Tales of St. Austin's:
glosses: Opportunities will not wait; action should be undertaken without delay.
wikipedia: figura etymologica
Synonyms: time is of the essence
procrastination is the thief of time
there's no time like the present
time and tide
time and tide stay for no man
time and tide tarry for no man
tide nor time tarrieth no man
Related terms: he who hesitates is lost
look before you leap
strike while the iron is hot
boucles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boucle
play the race card
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays the race card
form: playing the race card
form: played the race card
form: played the race card
Senses: examples: text: The defense played the race card, but Ito let them.
ref: 1997, Mark Fuhrman, Murder in Brentwood, page 153:
text: Moreover, some leaders on both sides of any racial divide love to play the race card to keep themselves in power.
ref: 2002, Donald A. Carson, Love in Hard Places, page 94:
text: White man: White privilege? Now you're just playing the race card.
Clio: No. I'm not "playing the race card". Because racism isn't a card game to me. It can get me killed or jailed... threaten my livelihood. I don't have the privilege to treat it like a game.
White man: Oooo well played!
ref: 2015 May 15, Tatsuya Ishida, “Black Lives 3”, in Sinfest:
glosses: To assert that race or racism is involved in a situation, especially in order to exploit racist or antiracist attitudes.
Coordinate terms: play the gender card
moot court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moot courts
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In law school, an activity wherein students compete by making arguments with respect to a hypothetical case, or a case that has already been decided by an actual court.
topics: law
glosses: A law school organization which organizes such competitions and prepares competitors.
Synonyms: sense: activity
word: mock trial
Related terms: moot courtroom
moot courts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moot court
classicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: classicisms
Etymology: From classic + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: It catches an American athleticism and energetic team spirit that still seem to smash European notions of ballet classicism, as does its dancers’ selfless manner and their practicelike costumes.
ref: 2008 June 9, Alastair Macaulay, “In Student Steps and Leaps, a Survey of National Styles”, in The New York Times:
glosses: All the classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, especially the aspects of simplicity, elegance and proportion.
glosses: Classical scholarship.
glosses: A Latin or Ancient Greek expression used in an English sentence.
Derived terms: pseudoclassicism
law review
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: law reviews
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, normally published by an organization of students at a law school or through a bar association.
examples: text: Joe has an excellent publication record - he has two books, a law review, and a regular magazine article under his belt.
topics: law
glosses: An article published in such a journal.
examples: text: Students compete in various ways to be able to join the law review.
topics: law
glosses: The student organization responsible for publishing such a scholarly journal.
classwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklæsˌwɝk/
ipa: /ˈklɑːsˌwɜːk/
Etymology: From class + work.
Senses: glosses: That part of a scholar's work that is done in class.
Hypernyms: schoolwork
Coordinate terms: homework
law reviews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of law review
clausal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From clause + -al.
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or constructed using clauses.
Derived terms: biclausal
clausal complement
clausal normal form
monoclausal
multiclausal
nonclausal
subclausal
superclausal
cleanable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cleanable
form: most cleanable
Etymology: From clean + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be cleaned
Derived terms: noncleanable
clean-cut
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clean-cut
form: most clean-cut
Etymology: Apparently from the idea of being smoothly shaped and thus the opposite of “rough” or “coarse”.
Senses: examples: text: I fell down / To my bended knees, / Saying, "I dig farmers, / Don't shoot me, please!" / He cocked his rifle / And began to shout, / "You're that travelin' salesman / That I have heard about." / I said, "No! No! No! / I'm a doctor and it's true, / I'm a clean-cut kid / And I been to college, too."
ref: 1964, Bob Dylan, “Motorpsycho Nitemare”, in Another Side of Bob Dylan:
text: Of the fifty or so people present, most were clean-cut men in their twenties or thirties. Dalio sat down near the front of the room.
ref: 2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN:
text: here’s something a little too perfect about Dan Stevens. Even when he’s not literally playing a Disney prince, he looks like one: poised, chiseled, giving off a clean-cut aura no matter his state of grooming.
ref: 2021 September 16, A. A. Dowd, “Dan Stevens as a dashing robot lover? That computes”, in AV Club:
glosses: Having a neat, smart appearance
clean-shaven
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clean-shaven
form: most clean-shaven
form: cleanshaven
form: clean-shaved
Senses: examples: text: a clean-shaven man; a clean-shaven face; a clean-shaven leg
text: A moment later there entered a tall thin Englishman with a great moustache, which was a rare thing amid that clean-shaven race.
ref: 1903, Arthur Conan Doyle, “How the Brigadier Triumphed in England”, in The Adventures of Gerard:
synonyms: bare-faced
glosses: Having had hair (especially facial hair) shaved off, so that it is no longer visible; smooth-shaven.
clear-sighted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clear-sighted
form: clearer-sighted
form: most clear-sighted
form: clearest-sighted
form: clearsighted
Senses: glosses: Having sharp vision.
examples: text: Who can form even a likely guess as to what is to succeed, even the best-informed and clearest-sighted Russian, except as to his own immediate neighborhood? The proceedings of one neighborhood cannot in the least be inferred from those of another.
ref: 1905 December 8, “The Russian Empire—and After?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2025:
text: Even the clearer-sighted prisoners make their own compromises with reality. An amiable artist (Lon Huber) had left his hiding place for a walk even though he knew the danger, while the best-informed of the lot, a Marxist electrician (Tim O’Hare), lives his own life as a historical abstraction amid a larger class struggle.
ref: 1995 December 13, Philip Brandes, “Theater Review: Strong Ensemble Delivers Powerful ‘Incident at Vichy’”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2021:
text: Eventually, in 1970, at a Meeting in Aberdeen, he appeared drunk and stated that his word was of such consequence that the Bible was no longer necessary - a bombshell that caused a number of clearer-sighted Brethren to protest and break away.
ref: 2007 June 2, Rosie Strode, “I was brought up in the exclusive brethren”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2014:
glosses: Acutely perceptive or discerning; perspicacious.
Synonyms: clear-eyed
Derived terms: clear-sightedness
Related terms: clairvoyant
clergywoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clergywomen
Etymology: From clergy + -woman.
Senses: glosses: An ordained (female) Christian minister; a female member of the clergy.
glosses: A woman belonging to a clergyman's family.
Hypernyms: clergyperson
Coordinate terms: clergyman
clericalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɛ.ɹɪ.k(ə)ˌlɪ.z(ə)m/
Forms: form: clericalisms
Etymology: From clerical + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Ireland in decades past saw an excess of clericalism and disregard for the laity.
text: 'I think I am an anti-clerical,' Father Brown would say with a faint smile; 'but there wouldn't be half so much clericalism if they would only leave things to the clerics.'
ref: 1926, G. K. Chesterton, The Resurrection of Father Brown:
glosses: Political or secular power invested in members of the clergy.
Related terms: clericalist
clericalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɛɹɪkəlɪst/
Forms: form: more clericalist
form: most clericalist
Etymology: From clerical + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: What is striking in this letter is its deeply clericalist character.
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 525:
glosses: Of or pertaining to clericalism.
clericalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɛɹɪkəlɪst/
Forms: form: clericalists
Etymology: From clerical + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An advocate of clericalism
clerkship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clerkships
Etymology: From clerk + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: Queen Mary of the Iron Road. By Fred C. Bishop. […] This is the life-story of a boy who was determined to become an engine driver, and who lost no time in realising his ambition. A bold plunge from a clerkship in a coal merchant's office carried Fred Bishop, at the age of 14, into the locomotive department of the London & North Western Railway.
ref: 1947 January and February, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 62:
glosses: The state or business of a clerk.
topics: law
glosses: A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school.
Related terms: law clerk
overlapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overlap
clevis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clevises
form: clevy
Etymology: First attested in the 1590s. Ultimately related to cleave. Exact origin unknown; probably derived from the verb cleave. If so, the word ultimately may stem from Scandinavian: compare Old Norse kljúfa (“to split”), Old Norse klofi (“a forked stick”).
Senses: glosses: A U-shaped coupling having holes at each end, through which a bolt is run; used especially to fit attachments to a tractor or other vehicle as it allows a degree of rotation about the bolt.
Derived terms: clevis pin
zheng
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zhengs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of guzheng.
synonyms: word: guzheng
irridescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of iridescent.
collared peccary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collared peccaries
Senses: synonyms: word: javelina
word: quenk
word: musk hog
glosses: A small wild hog (Dicotyles tajacu), native to southern United States through to northern Argentina.
monograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monogram
monograms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of monogram
monogramming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of monogram
monogrammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of monogram
leng
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛŋ/
rhymes: -ɛŋ
Forms: form: lenger
form: lengest
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes she got comments on her selfies calling her ‘leng’, and that went some way to making her happy.
ref: 2022, Candice Carty-Williams, People Person, Trapeze, page 26:
text: I'm rolling with my G's and my gang gang / Every time I walk by, they say "leng leng"
ref: 2023, “Outside”, performed by Br3nya:
glosses: Synonym of peng (“attractive, excellent”).
synonyms: word: peng
extra: attractive, excellent
Derived terms: lengity
Related terms: leng zai
leng
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛŋ/
rhymes: -ɛŋ
Forms: form: lengs
Senses: examples: text: If he likes leng so much, go army and be a soldier
I don't care what that badman told you
You can be a badman without a revolver
ref: 2007, Roll Deep, “Badman”:
text: What d'you know about the All Star pars?
Don't wanna see man driving his car
I'm behind tints with the leng in the car
I jumped out the car, put the leng to his car
I said "get out the car!"
ref: 2009, Tempa T, “Next Hype”:
glosses: gun
examples: text: Hot gyal there, she look peng-peng-peng
Wanna, come to my yard like when-when-when?
I don't wanna hear no one chatting about leng
Ten toes in your block manna get qweng
ref: 2017 December 1, Faultsz, “Raw to the Core”, in Raw to the Core, 2:31–2:37:
glosses: Synonym of peng (“attractive woman”).
synonyms: word: peng
extra: attractive woman
aniconic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /anʌɪˈkɒnɪk/
Forms: form: more aniconic
form: most aniconic
Etymology: From an- + iconic.
Senses: examples: text: aniconic worship
text: While Father Kronos and the world he ruled, confident that the new anthropomorphism was destroyed, clung to the stone child, the aniconic pillar worship that expressed itself in the Bethels of the Semites and the Pillar Rooms at Knossos.
ref: 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 25:
text: With the notable exceptions of the painted ceilings in the Hall of the Kings and the sculpted lions that guard the fountain in the courtyard, the Alhambra is a strikingly aniconic building.
ref: 2004, Robert Irwin, The Alhambra, Profile Books, published 2005, page 127:
glosses: Of or pertaining to representations without human or animal form.
Related terms: aniconism
uniconic
iconoclastic
degu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: degus
Etymology: From the Mapudungun dewü, via South American Spanish degú.
Senses: examples: text: Along the trails, degus leave mini-urine puddles marking the trail.
ref: 2008, Ana Maria Rodriguez, Secret of the Singing Mice... and More!, page 37:
text: Dr. Braun used used laboratory rats called degus or brush-tail rats (Octodon degus), a species of rodent closely related to guinea pigs.[…]In their natural environment, degu infants are raised jointly by their father and mother and are extremely communicative, using whistling tones to carry on intensive “conversations.”
ref: 2011, Elsie Jones-Smith, Spotlighting the Strengths of Every Single Student, page 80:
text: Degus, or trumpet-tail rats, come from Chile. Taxonomically, they are in the same diverse order as guinea pigs and chinchillas. Degus have been used as laboratory animals for 20 years and in recent years have become popular as pets in the United States and Europe.
ref: 2011, Katherine Quesenberry, James W. Carpenter, Ferrets, Rabbits and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery, unnumbered page:
glosses: Any species of the genus Octodon, a small, caviomorph rodent native to Chile.
Synonyms: sense: Octodon degus
word: brush-tailed rat
sense: Octodon degus
word: trumpet-tailed rat
Derived terms: taxonomic: Octodon bridgesi
word: Bridges' degu
taxonomic: Octodon degus
word: common degu'
taxonomic: Octodon pacificus
word: Mocha Island degu
taxonomic: Octodon lunatus
word: moon-toothed degu
word: mountain degu
taxonomic: Octodon pacificus
word: Pacific degu
Related terms: octodont
time average
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time averages
form: time-average
Senses: qualifier: ergodic theory
glosses: The average, if it exists, of a function over iterations of T, a measure-preserving transformation on a measure space, starting from some initial point x.
Derived terms: time-averaged
time-average equation
Related terms: ensemble average
phase average
space average
time being
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the time being
Senses: glosses: The present time.
Derived terms: for the time being
timecode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timecodes
Etymology: From time + code.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of time code.
timecode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: timecodes
form: timecoding
form: timecoded
form: timecoded
Etymology: From time + code.
Senses: examples: text: timecoded data
glosses: To mark with time codes.
timecode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timecodes
Etymology: time + code, calque of Russian таймко́д (tajmkód).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of timestamp (“time at which something in a video occurs”).
synonyms: word: timestamp
extra: time at which something in a video occurs
time code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time codes
form: timecode
Senses: examples: text: A DigiSlate can be set to display either SMPTE or internal (real time) time code.
ref: 2010, Richard W. Kroon, A/V A to Z: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Media, Entertainment and Other Audiovisual Terms, page 207:
glosses: A numeric code generated at regular intervals by a timing system, often for video synchronization.
Derived terms: AES-EBU embedded timecode
burnt-in timecode
CTL timecode
inter-range instrumentation group time code
IRIG time code
linear timecode
MIDI timecode
rewritable consumer timecode
time code ambiguity
time code generator
time code reader
vertical interval timecode
time delay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time delays
Senses: glosses: A delay used to separate the occurrence of two events, especially in a mechanical or electronic device.
Synonyms: delay
Derived terms: time-delayed
time delay and integration clock
time-delay measuring instrument
time-delay measuring system
time-delay relay
time-delay spectrometry
time delay toxin activation
moral turpitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: depravity
examples: text: Here we see that both Lord TENTERDEN and Lord WYNFORD apply the test of moral turpitude to crime when considering the degree of punishment that ought to be annexed to it.
ref: 1836, The Punishment of Death: A Selection of Articles from the Morning Herald:
text: In their efforts to achieve a satisfactory definition of moral turpitude, the courts have been faced with the problem of arriving at a definition that is restrictive enough to facilitate application to a particular fact situation and yet not so broad as to distort the statutory intent. In this context moral turpitude is generally defined as a base or vile act that violates the accepted social relationship among men. This definition, however, is not completely satisfactory, and the courts generally base their decision upon the fact situation involved in the particular case. Moreover, this procedure has not been conductive to obtaining uniformity among the various jurisdictions.
ref: 1959, David H. Kleiman, "Tax Evasion and Moral Turpitude", 49 Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology and Police Science 145 at 146
text: In characterizing moral turpitude, courts have consistently returned to themes traditionally associated with the concept of immorality. Typically included offenses are fraud, deceit, dishonesty, misrepresentation for the purpose of financial gain, and corruption, as well as offenses involving sexual misconduct and murder. In addition, many courts require a finding of knowledge or intent. However, the rationales which courts use to reach a finding of moral turpitude vary among the jurisdictions.
ref: 1988, John T. Burnett, "Attorney Discipline under DR 1-102(A)(3): Imposing Sanctions Absent a Finding of Moral Turpitude", (1988) 13 Journal of the Legal Profession 245
text: In fact, one view expressed at the time was that work on the farm was free from the moral turpitude of city sweatshops and that farm labor taught children valuable lessons and skills.
ref: 1998, Charles Jeszeck, Child Labor in Agriculture:
text: When Mr. Marsden, the mill's overseer, tells the superintendent of the factory that Lyddie did not have moral turpitude. (Book set in the 1800's during the time of the mills and Industrial Revolution)
ref: 1996, Katherine Patterson, Lyddie:
topics: law
glosses: Any base or vile conduct, contrary to accepted morals, that sometimes accompanies a crime
time-dependent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: Determined by the value of a variable representing time.
Derived terms: time-dependent density functional theory
time-dependent flow
time-dependent Schrödinger equation
time-dependent vector field
time-independent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: Not time-dependent; not determined by the value of a variable representing time.
Derived terms: time-independent Markovian type
time-independent Schrödinger equation
Related terms: time-invariant
time difference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time differences
Senses: glosses: The difference between one measurement of time and another; the length of a time interval.
examples: text: I want to call Nick – what's the time difference between here and Hong Kong?
synonyms: time change
glosses: The difference in clocktime between two or more different time zones.
Derived terms: time difference of arrival
argon-36
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A rare stable isotope of argon, ³⁶₁₈Ar, having eighteen protons and eighteen neutrons; it amounts to about 0.3% of the element in nature
Related terms: argon-38
argon-40
argon-38
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A rare stable isotope of argon, ³⁸₁₈Ar, having eighteen protons and twenty neutrons; it amounts to about 0.06% of the element in nature
Related terms: argon-36
argon-40
argon-40
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The major stable isotope of argon, ⁴⁰₁₈Ar, having eighteen protons and twenty-two neutrons; it amounts to about 99.6% of the element in nature
Related terms: argon-36
argon-38
time interval
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time intervals
Senses: glosses: A period of time with fixed, well-defined limits.
Synonyms: interval
interval of time
interval time
period
period of time
span
time
time period
time span
timespan
Hyponyms: life span
lifespan
lifetime
time slot
timeslot
time dilatation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time dilatations
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Alternative form of time dilation (less common)
potassium-39
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The major stable isotope of potassium, ³⁹₁₉K, having nineteen protons and twenty neutrons; it amounts to over 93% of the element in nature
Related terms: potassium-40
potassium-42
potassium-43
time domain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time domains
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: The set of values, representing time, over which a function dependent on time is defined.
Derived terms: time-domain analysis
time-domain averaging
time-domain electromagnetic method
time domain electromagnetics
time-domain reflectometer
time-domain reflectometry
Related terms: frequency domain
arrondissement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹɒn.dɪs.mənt/
ipa: /ˌæ.ɹɒnˈdiːs.mɒ̃/
ipa: /æˌɹɒn.diːsˈmɒ̃/
ipa: /əˈɹɑn.dɪs.mənt/
ipa: /ˌæ.ɹɑnˈdis.mɑ̃/
ipa: /æˌɹɑn.dːsˈmɑ̃/
Forms: form: arrondissements
form: arr.
form: arr
Etymology: Borrowed from French arrondissement.
Senses: glosses: An administrative division in some French- or Dutch-speaking countries.
glosses: A borough, a submunicipal administrative division.
Derived terms: arr
arr.
Rover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rovers
Etymology: From rover.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Someone connected with any number of teams called the Rovers, as a fan, player, coach etc.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Someone connected with any number of teams called the Rovers, as a fan, player, coach etc.
someone connected with Blackburn Rovers FC, as a fan, player, coach etc.
qualifier: scouting
glosses: A member of the senior section of the Boy Scout movement catering for men of age 18 upwards, now disbanded.
Rover
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From rover.
Senses: examples: text: Thor jumped off the sledge to undo the gate, and as we merrily drove up to the door we were met by the boisterous welcome of old Rover, who in his frantic joy at hearing my voice almost broke his chain in trying to rush at me.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 18:
glosses: A stereotypical given name for a dog.
glosses: A former make of a British motorcar.
pussier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of pussy: more pussy
overact
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvəɹˈækt/
Forms: form: overacts
form: overacting
form: overacted
form: overacted
Etymology: From over- + act.
Senses: examples: text: He overacted his part.
text: If governments overact and become oppressive, the terrorists will have won, for their theory is that repression will eventually lead to revolution.
ref: 1989, Susheela Bhan, Terrorism: an Annotated Bibliography, page 116:
text: The scenework proves unsuccessful when Carmichael recalls not the source of her misandry but another episode of overacting, that of castratively biting off the moustache of an amorous man.
ref: 2016, Leslie H. Abramson, Hitchcock & the Anxiety of Authorship:
topics: acting
broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
glosses: To act in an exaggerated manner.
examples: text: The hope of inheritance overacts them.
ref: 1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC:
text: The χαμολνία, Humicubation, lying upon ground, &c. which things have been overacted, and still are in the Greek and Roman Churches.
ref: 1695, John Whitefoot, A Discourse upon I. Peter IV. VIII., Cambridge: John Hayes, page 16:
glosses: To act upon, or influence, unduly.
Synonyms: chew the scenery
ham
ham it up
melodramatize
tear a cat
Derived terms: overactor
overactor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌoʊvɚˈæktɚ/
ipa: /ˌəʊvəɹˈæktə/
rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)
Forms: form: overactors
Etymology: From over- + actor.
Senses: topics: acting
broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
glosses: Someone who overacts.
Synonyms: ham
hambone
hamfatter
tear-cat
overdress
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overdresses
form: overdressing
form: overdressed
form: overdressed
Etymology: From over- + dress.
Senses: glosses: To wear too many clothes for a particular occasion.
examples: text: We meet again, Fraulein. You Americans, you're all the same. Always overdressing for the wrong occasions.
ref: 1981, Lawrence Kasdan, Raiders of the Lost Ark, spoken by Toht:
glosses: To wear clothing which is too elaborate or formal for a particular occasion.
Derived terms: overdresser
overdress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + dress.
Senses: glosses: Any dress (feminine-style garment) worn over another, especially over an underdress.
antonyms: underdress#Noun
glosses: Any garment worn over another.
Related terms: overshoe
undirected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undirected
form: most undirected
Etymology: From un- + directed.
Senses: examples: text: He dabbed brown glaze paint on the jar close to the rim, and allowed it to trickle undirected down the sides
ref: 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 64:
glosses: not directed
Derived terms: undirected graph
undirected path
underdress
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underdresses
form: underdressing
form: underdressed
form: underdressed
Etymology: From under- + dress.
Senses: glosses: To dress in insufficiently warm clothes.
glosses: To dress in insufficiently formal clothes.
underdress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underdresses
Etymology: From under- + dress.
Senses: glosses: Any dress (feminine-style garment) worn under another, especially under an overdress.
coordinate_terms: underwear#Noun
glosses: Any garment (any clothing) that is worn under another but is not underwear.
outscore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outscores
form: outscoring
form: outscored
form: outscored
Etymology: From out- + score.
Senses: examples: text: Hollande is another possible candidate to succeed President Jacques Chirac - but Royal consistently outscores him in opinion polls.
ref: 2005 September 30, Katrin Bennhold, “She thinks a woman's place is in the Elysée”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2020:
text: But the car that outscored them all was the outrageous, wheelstanding Little Red Wagon pickup, which went for more than half a million dollars.
ref: 2009 October 11, Paul Stenquist, “A Market for Cars Born to Run”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022:
text: Here’s a look at McDavid’s scoring and outscoring numbers from the last three regular seasons, the previous two playoff runs and then this year’s postseason totals.
ref: 2024 May 27, Allan Mitchell, “Breaking down Connor McDavid’s impact on the Oilers’ playoff run”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 May 2024:
text: A gymnast who performs a difficult vault with some flaws can outscore one who does an easier vault cleanly.
ref: 2024 July 27, Maggie Astor, “Your Guide to Olympic Gymnastics: Vault”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2024:
glosses: To score more than.
outfight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outfights
form: outfighting
form: outfought
form: outfought
Etymology: From out- + fight.
Senses: examples: text: Ferguson, perhaps recalling how United had been comprehensively outfought in the 3-1 defeat at Liverpool last season, opted for a side with a more pragmatic look with Phil Jones moved into a midfield role.
ref: 2011 October 15, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To fight or battle better than.
calcium-40
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The major stable isotope of calcium, ⁴⁰₂₀Ca, with 20 protons and 20 neutrons; it amounts to almost 97% of natural calcium.
wikipedia: Isotopes of calcium
Related terms: calcium-42
calcium-43
calcium-44
calcium-45
calcium-46
calcium-48
calcium-42
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A stable isotope of calcium, ⁴²₂₀Ca, with 20 protons and 22 neutrons; it amounts to about 0.6% of the element in nature
Related terms: calcium-40
calcium-43
calcium-44
calcium-45
calcium-46
calcium-48