cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
rebuff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈbʌf/
rhymes: -ʌf
Forms: form: rebuffs
Etymology: From obsolete French rebuffer, from Middle French rebuffer (compare French rebiffer (“to rise up, revolt”)), from Italian ribuffare.
Senses: examples: text: He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal.
text: And it is symptomatic of the many paradoxes of Lederer's life that of all the people in the room, Brotherhood is the one whom he would most wish to serve, if ever he had the opportunity, even though — or perhaps because — his occasional efforts to ingratiate himself with his adopted hero have met with iron rebuff.
ref: 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
text: His administration’s blunt rebuff of a plea by his ally and Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for an increased supply of vaccines to combat a Covid-19 spike represents the kind of tough decision the President and his team will increasingly face on the exit road from the crisis.
ref: 2021 April 13, Stephen Collinson, “Michigan vaccine rebuff puts Biden and a top ally in a dicey political spot”, in CNN:
text: U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he would support a new election in Venezuela, after Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also floated the idea, despite rebuffs from Venezuela's ruling party and its opposition which both claim victory in the July 28 contest.
ref: 2024 August 15, Reuters, “US, Brazil float new Venezuela election despite government, opposition rebuffs”, in Fox News:
glosses: A sudden resistance or refusal.
examples: text: the strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: Repercussion, or beating back.
rebuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈbʌf/
rhymes: -ʌf
Forms: form: rebuffs
form: rebuffing
form: rebuffed
form: rebuffed
Etymology: From obsolete French rebuffer, from Middle French rebuffer (compare French rebiffer (“to rise up, revolt”)), from Italian ribuffare.
Senses: examples: text: The plaque (2014) doesn't tell you that Leonard [Woolf] had initially been rebuffed. His intended proposal was refused by Virginia [Woolf to be], who then had a change of heart.
ref: 2021 September 22, Stephen Roberts, “The writings on the wall...”, in RAIL, number 940, page 71:
text: Lawyers for CBS News are rebuffing a legal threat from Donald Trump over the network’s “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris, telling the former president his demands are based on a “faulty premise.”
ref: 2024 October 23, Brian Stelter, “CBS News rebuffs Trump’s legal threat over ‘60 Minutes’ interview”, in CNN:
text: “If you have rule of the bureaucrat — if the bureaucracy is in charge, then what meaning does democracy actually have?” Musk said during his 30-minute appearance with Trump, where he rebuffed critics who said he’s the one undermining democratic institutions.
ref: 2025 February 14, Marshall Cohen, “The almighty Musk: How the world’s richest man became Washington’s most powerful bureaucrat”, in CNN:
glosses: To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
Related terms: rebuffal
rebuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈbʌf/
rhymes: -ʌf
ipa: /ɹiːˈbʌf/
ipa: /ɹɪˈbʌf/
rhymes: -ʌf
Forms: form: rebuffs
form: rebuffing
form: rebuffed
form: rebuffed
Etymology: From re- + buff.
Senses: glosses: To buff again.
Related terms: repolish
rewax
rewipe
child's play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃaɪldz ˌpleɪ/
Etymology: From child + -’s + play, originally referring literally to play by a child.
Senses: examples: text: Compared to my last job, this is child’s play.
text: The brawny craftsman finds it no child's play to mould his unpliant rugged masses; neither is guidance of men a dilettantism: what it becomes when treated as a dilettantism, we may see!
ref: 1839 (indicated as 1840), Thomas Carlyle, “Laissez-Faire”, in Chartism, London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, pages 52–53:
text: In every county there were elderly gentlemen who had seen service which was no child's play.
ref: 1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter III, in The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume I, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 322:
text: He'd pull his bars apart like bow and bow-string, / And let them go and make them twang until / His hands had worn them smooth as any ox-bow. / And then he'd crow as if he thought that child's play— / The only fun he had.
ref: 1914, Robert Frost, “A Servant to Servants”, in North of Boston, London: David Nutt […], →OCLC, page 74:
text: I knew something of the railway engineer's uncanny genius for finding a path through such barriers if any path existed; yet I also knew the path would be no child's play.
ref: 1949 January–February, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–1”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11:
synonyms: kid stuff
piece of cake
glosses: Something particularly easy or simple.
Related terms: easy as pie
like taking candy from a baby
easy
apples and oranges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apples to oranges
Senses: examples: text: It's apples and oranges. You can't convert square meters to linear inches.
text: So on the one hand, comparing policing issues in Scotland with what is happening in England may be like comparing apples and oranges.
ref: 2014 January 17, Kath Murray, “Stop and search in Scotland: record figures need open debate”, in The Guardian:
text: In comparing Britain with other countries, it is important to remember that we are not comparing like with like; there is an apples and oranges issue.
ref: 2019 June 11, Rory Stewart, “Sustainable Development Goals”, in parliamentary debates (House of Commons), column 592:
synonyms: chalk and cheese
day and night
night and day
coordinate_terms: word: apples to apples
word: apples with apples
word: apples to apples, oranges to oranges
word: oranges with oranges
glosses: A comparison of items that, however categorically similar, is inapt; an incompatible analogy, or the items so compared; a disanalogy.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see apples, and, oranges.
Derived terms: mix apples and oranges
Related terms: coinstantiation
incomparable
like-for-like
noncomparable
pancakes and waffles
uncomparable
oranges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔɹ(ɪ)nd͡ʒɪz/
ipa: /ˈɔɹənt͡ʃɪz/
ipa: /ˈɒɹɨn(d)ʒɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of orange
oranges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔɹ(ɪ)nd͡ʒɪz/
ipa: /ˈɔɹənt͡ʃɪz/
ipa: /ˈɒɹɨn(d)ʒɪz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of orange
legwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛɡˌwɜːk/
ipa: /ˈlɛɡˌwɝk/
ipa: /ˈleɡˌwɜːk/
Forms: form: legworks
form: leg work
form: leg-work
Etymology: From leg + work.
Senses: examples: text: In addition to spreading more information, brokers are going to have to do some leg work to get new customers.
ref: 1955 March 7, “Who'll Buy My Stocks?”, in Time:
text: The worldwide effort has already revealed several valuable lessons [including] . . . the use of old-fashioned legwork in tracking down people who may unknowingly carry a virus.
ref: 2003 May 1, Peter Spotts, “What the world has done right on SARS”, in Christian Science Monitor, retrieved 05 Jan 2009:
text: John did all the legwork. He had the invitations printed and mailed. He found speakers.
ref: 2004, Jerry Acuff, The Relationship Edge in Business, page 62:
glosses: Work, especially research or preparation, that involves significant walking, travel, or similar effort.
examples: text: "Watriss, No. 3, is rowing well. . . . His leg work is very fair."
ref: 1890 May 11, “Atalanta and Yale Race: An English expert criticizes the crews of Yale and Harvard”, in New York Times, retrieved 05 Jan 2009, page 20:
text: Fancy legwork and jumping rope will get you in great shape.
ref: 2005, Thomas Incledon, Matthew Hoffman, Men's Health Maximum Muscle Plan, page 353:
glosses: Skillful or vigorous use of the legs, as in dance or sports.
Related terms: footwork
groundwork
pound the pavement
groundwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groundworks
form: ground-work
Etymology: From ground + work.
Senses: examples: text: The discovery of the laws of electricity laid the groundwork for a century of innovation.
text: This outline programme was compiled by a working party consisting of members from the Regional Planning Office, the civil, mechanical and electrical, and signal engineering departments and the traffic services, on the basis of much groundwork done within each of these departments.
ref: 1961 December, “Planning the London Midland main-line electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 720:
glosses: The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow for the rest.
Derived terms: lay the groundwork
Related terms: topics: construction
manufacturing
business
word: formwork
word: legwork
word: spadework
ebbe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: ebber
form: ebbest
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of ebb.
gingiva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɪvə/
ipa: /d͡ʒɪnˈd͡ʒaɪvə/
rhymes: -aɪvə
Forms: form: gingivae
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin gingiva (“gums”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The gum, consisting of the tissue surrounding the roots of the teeth and covering the jawbone.
Derived terms: gingival
gingivectomy
gingivitis
handle with kid gloves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: handles with kid gloves
form: handling with kid gloves
form: handled with kid gloves
form: handled with kid gloves
Etymology: From kid glove.
Senses: examples: text: The campaign staff cautioned the candidate to handle the issue with kid gloves.
text: He does not trifle with them, or handle them with kid gloves. No, he judges them to be the scum of the earth, and he treats them accordingly by putting them away.
ref: 1884, C. H. Spurgeon, “Psalm One Hundred and Nineteen—Verses 113 to 120, Exposition”, in The Treasury of David: […], volume VI, London: Passmore and Alabaster, 4 paternoster Buildings, page 260:
text: [Richard] Ingrams has always enjoyed a reputation for insensitivity. As with other columnists in the British press, he treads on toes to make his point and rides roughshod over issues that others handle with kid gloves, or avoid altogether.
ref: 2003 August 3, Stephen Pritchard, “Racist or just anti-Sharon?”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: treat with kid gloves
glosses: To treat (a person or a subject) very delicately or carefully, especially so as not to cause offense or controversy.
Related terms: wrap in cotton wool
gloves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlʌvz/
rhymes: -ʌvz
Senses: glosses: plural of glove
gloves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlʌvz/
rhymes: -ʌvz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glove
gingivitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɪˈvaɪtəs/
Forms: form: gingivitides
form: gingivites
Etymology: From gingiva + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the gums or gingivae.
Derived terms: acute membranous gingivitis
acute necrotising ulcerative gingivitis
acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis
acute ulcerative gingivitis
antigingivitis
fusospirochetal gingivitis
gingervitis
gingivitic
mucogingivitis
phagedenic gingivitis
ulcerative gingivitis
Related terms: periodentosis
small intestine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: small intestines
Etymology: From small + intestine, perhaps a partial calque of Middle English smaltharm, smaleþarm, from Old English smælþearme (“lower gut, small intestine”, literally “small tharm”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The upper part of the intestine, between the stomach and the large intestine, divided into the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum.
Synonyms: small bowel
Derived terms: small intestinal
Related terms: large intestine
psychro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪkɹə(ʊ)-/
ipa: /s(a)ɪˈkɹɒ-/
ipa: /ˌsaɪkɹə(ʊ)-/
ipa: /ˌsaɪkɹəʊ/
rhymes: -aɪkɹəʊ
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ψυχρός (psukhrós, “cold, frozen”).
Senses: synonyms: cryo-
antonyms: thermo-
glosses: Cold
psychrometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychrometers
form: psychrometre
Etymology: From psychro- + -meter.
Senses: examples: 1982 July, Ray W. Brown, Dale L. Bartos, A Calibration Model for Screen-caged Peltier Thermocouple Psychrometers, United States Department of Agriculture: Forest Service, Research Paper INT-293, page 2,
Gross adjustment of the model using a small number of well controlled calibration measurements would suffice to make the model applicable to any new psychrometer or group of psychrometers.
2007, N. J. Livingston, G. Clarke Topp, 71: Soil Water Potential, M. R. Carter, E. G. Gregorich (editors), Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis, 2nd Edition, Canadian Society of Soil Science, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 976,
Psychrometers have two main components: the porous cup with its contained sensing and reference junctions and the instrument for generating the electrical current and measuring the psychrometer output.
2008, Ross Montgomery, Robert McDowall, Fundamentals of HVAC Control Systems, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Elsevier, page 132,
An aspirated psychrometer combines low cost with the fundamental measurement principle of wet- and dry-bulb readings.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of several instruments used to measure the relative humidity of the atmosphere; especially a wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer.
wikipedia: Stevenson screen
Derived terms: sling psychrometer
Related terms: psychrometric
psychrometry
also: Category:English terms prefixed with psychro-
psychrophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From psychro- + -philic.
Senses: synonyms: cryophilic
cryophilous
antonyms: cold-sensitive
cryosensitive
psychrosensitive
glosses: Especially of certain bacteria: capable of living at relatively low temperature.
Derived terms: piezopsychrophilic
psychrophilicity
Related terms: extremophile
ontological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ontology + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: A curious thing about the ontological problem is its simplicity. It can be put in three Anglo-Saxon monosyllables: ‘What is there?’ It can be answered, moreover, in a word—‘Everything’—and everyone will accept this answer as true.
ref: 1948, W.v.O. Quine, On What There Is:
text: Applying a critical discourse analysis to MM, this thesis argues that far-right media portrays any challenge to the status quo, be it demographic, political, cultural, or social, as threatening to ontological security by utilizing a Positive Self and Negative Other dichotomy.
ref: 2020 May 3, Julien Morein, “Murdoch Murdoch: A Case Study in Threats to Ontological Security in Far-Right Propaganda”, in Arcadia University, page 2:
glosses: Of or relating to ontology.
examples: text: Such is the human ontological imagination, and such is the convincingness of what it brings to birth. Unpicturable beings are realized, and realized with an intensity almost like that of an hallucination.
ref: 1902, William James, “Lecture 3”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the nature of being or existence.
Derived terms: nonontological
ontological argument
ontologically
ontological proof
ontological shock
preontological
unontological
Related terms: ontic
lake stratification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The separation of the waters of a lake etc into three layers: epilimnion, metalimnion (or thermocline) and hypolimnion.
Related terms: limnic eruption
sacred cow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sacred cows
Senses: examples: text: Many sacred cows were milked dry in an unbelievable series of outrageous events.
ref: 1965 December, Phil Ochs, “That Was The Year That Weren't”, in Cavalier:
text: Irreverence is our only sacred cow.
ref: 1967, Paul Krassner, The Realist, issue 74, May 1967, front page tagline
text: In my opinion, in order to save serious amounts of money, a number of 'sacred cows' will need slaying.
ref: 2022 January 12, Sir Michael Holden, “Reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts?”, in RAIL, number 948, page 24:
glosses: Something which cannot be tampered with, or criticized, for fear of public outcry. A person, institution, belief system, etc. which, for no reason other than the demands of established social etiquette or popular opinion, should be accorded respect or reverence, and not touched, handled or examined too closely.
Related terms: holy cow
third rail
totem
identity matrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: identity matrices
form: identity matrixes
Senses: topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A diagonal matrix all of whose diagonal elements are equal to 1.
Synonyms: unit matrix
unit matrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unit matrices
form: unit matrixes
Senses: topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of identity matrix.
synonyms: word: identity matrix
diagonal matrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diagonal matrices
Senses: topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A matrix in which the entries outside the main diagonal are all zero.
Related terms: diagonalize
window dresser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: window dressers
Senses: glosses: A person whose job is to arrange displays in shop windows
Related terms: window dressing
mokusatsu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 黙殺.
Senses: glosses: A policy of ignoring or taking no notice of something.
naevus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naevi
form: nævus
form: nevus
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin naevus.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal area on the skin, whether congenital or acquired.
Synonyms: birthmark
longing mark
mole
mother's mark
mother-spot
naeve
Derived terms: blue naevus
melanocytic naevus
naevogenesis
naevoid
naevus flammeus
spider naevus
naevoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more naevoid
form: most naevoid
form: nævoid
form: nevoid
Etymology: From naevus + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: He thought the tumour was at first more nævoid in character, but that now it was a melanotic sarcoma.
ref: 1897, The British Homoeopathic Review, volume 41, page 3:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Resembling a naevus.
Synonyms: naevose
naevous
naevose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more naevose
form: most naevose
form: nevose
form: naevous
form: nevous
Etymology: From Latin naevus + -ose.
Senses: glosses: Having naevi.
glosses: Naevoid.
glosses: Spotted or freckled.
naevus flammeus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nevus flammeus
Etymology: Latin
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A vascular birthmark or naevus, usually on the head and neck, consisting of an overgrowth of capillaries which produce a reddish to purplish discoloration of the skin.
Synonyms: port-wine mark
port-wine stain
calenture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calentures
Etymology: From Middle French calenture, from Spanish calentura.
Senses: examples: text: To returne: in changing so many parallels, the weather increast from warme to raging hot, the Sunne flaming all day, insomuch that Calentures begun to vexe us.
ref: 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, section I:
text: Yet even in this voyage I had my misfortunes too; particularly that I was continually sick, being thrown into a violent calenture by the excessive heat of the climate.
ref: 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC:
glosses: A heat stroke or fever, often suffered in the tropics.
glosses: A delirium occurring from such symptoms, in which a stricken sailor pictures the sea as grassy meadows and wishes to dive overboard into them.
Derived terms: calentured
Aalst
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑlst/
ipa: /ɑːlst/
rhymes: -ɑlst
rhymes: -ɑːlst
Senses: glosses: A city in East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium
glosses: Any of a number of towns in Belgium or the Netherlands.
ullage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌl.ɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈʌl.əd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈjul.ɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈjul.əd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌlɪdʒ
Forms: form: ullages
Etymology: From Middle English ulage, from Anglo-Norman ulliage, from *ullier (“to fill a partially empty cask”), from Old French oel (“bunghole”, literally “eye”), from Latin oculus (“eye”). See French ouillage.
Senses: glosses: In a wine bottle, the empty space between the cork and the top of the wine.
examples: text: The dry ullage will be obtained in the same manner, the dry inches being used instead of the wet.
ref: 1840, Joseph Bateman, The Excise Officer's Manual and Improved Gauger:
glosses: In a cask or barrel, the empty space, occupied by air, that is created by not completely filling the cask or barrel, or through spillage.
synonyms: ulling
glosses: The topping-up of such a barrel with fresh wine.
examples: text: Upon completion of loading, all cargo tanks shall again be inspected and ullages carefully measured and recorded, with temperatures, in the Cargo Record Book, Port Log and Supplementary Loading and Discharging Report.
ref: 1950, Marine Regulations, Esso Shipping Company, page 234:
text: According to the Colombian Government's report regarding this accident, the bomb explosion itself did not compromise the structural integrity of the airplane; however, the explosion punctured the CWT and ignited the Jet A fuel/air vapor in the ullage, resulting in the destruction of the airplane.
ref: 2000 August 23, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.18.1 Accident Record and History of Fuel Tank Fires/Explosions on Airplanes”, in Aircraft Accident Report: In-flight Breakup Over the Atlantic Ocean, Trans World Airlines Flight 800, Boeing 747-131, N93119, Near East Moriches, New York, July 17, 1996, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2022, page 180:
glosses: In an industrial setting, the empty space in a tank, especially as for fuel.
examples: text: […]5 hhds. rum/ 5 bbls. flour/ 1 bbl. sugar/ 9 do. pork/ 1 do. suett/ 3 do. cocoa/ 6 do. peas/ 2 ullage bbls. vinegar[…]
ref: 1815 Niles Weekly Register volume 8, Supplement, p. 152. From an inventory of the frigate Confiance
glosses: Additional cargo of little or no value taken on to prevent movement of shifting of the purposive cargo.
examples: text: Mopps […] was draining his vast array of wine-glasses, lest the waiters carrying them off should find any "ullages" in them for surreptitious tippling on stair-cases.
ref: 1862, Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, page 13:
glosses: Left-over wine surreptitiously drunk by waiters as they clear away the glasses.
Derived terms: ullage burn
ullage gas
ullage motor
ullage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌl.ɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈʌl.əd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈjul.ɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈjul.əd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌlɪdʒ
Forms: form: ullages
form: ullaging
form: ullaged
form: ullaged
Etymology: From Middle English ulage, from Anglo-Norman ulliage, from *ullier (“to fill a partially empty cask”), from Old French oel (“bunghole”, literally “eye”), from Latin oculus (“eye”). See French ouillage.
Senses: examples: text: The Duties on Spirits in England are charged on the number of proof gallons they contain, which is ascertained by first “gauging” or “ullaging” the liquor, and then “trying its strength” by Sike's hydrometer, in the way already described […]
ref: 1856, Arnold James Cooley, A Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts:
glosses: To gauge the amount of empty space between the top of a cask and the level of liquid inside it.
neurotransmitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurotransmitters
Etymology: From neuro- + transmitter.
Senses: examples: text: Anyway, my neurotransmitters are scrambled and they're going to stay scrambled. But I can do okay as long as other people don't know about me.
ref: 1993, Octavia Butler, chapter 2, in The Parable of the Sower:
text: Together with this is the influence of an infinite number of neurotransmitters, neurohormones, environmental hazards, and accidental programmings.
ref: 2016, David R. Hawkins, The Eye of the I: From Which Nothing is Hidden, page 142:
text: The class of antidepressants most commonly associated with sexual dysfunction is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which treat depression by ultimately increasing levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain.
ref: 2024 March 21, Kristen Rogers, “If antidepressants are killing your sex life, here’s what you can do”, in CNN:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
neuroscience
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any substance, such as acetylcholine or dopamine, responsible for sending nerve signals across a synapse between two neurons.
Synonyms: word: neuromediator
word: neurotransmitter
Hyponyms: word: acetylcholine
word: adrenaline
word: dopamine
word: dynorphin
word: endorphin
word: epinephrine
word: glutamate
word: histamine
word: melatonin
word: noradrenaline
word: octopamine
word: oxytocin
word: serotonin
word: tyramine
word: gamma-aminobutyric acid
Derived terms: retrograde neurotransmitter
Related terms: word: acetylcholine
word: adenosine triphosphate
word: serotonin
word: dopamine
word: norepinephrine
word: :Category:Neurotransmitters
D&D
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: D.&D.
form: D & D
form: D. & D.
form: DnD
form: D'n'D
form: D and D
form: D. and D.
Senses: qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Initialism of Dungeons & Dragons.
D&D
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: D.&D.
form: D & D
form: D. & D.
form: DnD
form: D'n'D
form: D and D
form: D. and D.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of drunk and disorderly.
D&D
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: D.&D.
form: D & D
form: D. & D.
form: DnD
form: D'n'D
form: D and D
form: D. and D.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of drink and drive.
glosses: Initialism of dine and dash.
D&D
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: D.&D.
form: D & D
form: D. & D.
form: DnD
form: D'n'D
form: D and D
form: D. and D.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of dinner and dance.
NRSV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Initialism of New Revised Standard Version.
NIV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Initialism of New International Version.
NIV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NIVs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of non-invasive ventilation.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of non-invasive ventilator.
Hyponyms: english: negative pressure ventilation
translation: negative pressure ventilation
word: NPV
english: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
translation: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
word: NPPV
english: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
translation: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
word: NiPPV
english: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
translation: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
word: NIPPV
english: continuous positive airway pressure
translation: continuous positive airway pressure
word: PAP
english: continuous positive airway pressure
translation: continuous positive airway pressure
word: CPAP
english: bilevel positive airway pressure
translation: bilevel positive airway pressure
word: BiPAP
Derived terms: english: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
translation: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
word: NPPV
english: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
translation: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
word: NIPPV
Related terms: english: negative pressure ventilation
translation: negative pressure ventilation
word: NPV
english: positive pressure ventilation
translation: positive pressure ventilation
word: PPV
KJV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: KJV
form: the KJV
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Initialism of King James Version (of the Bible).
Derived terms: KJV-onlyer
space shuttle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: space shuttles
Senses: glosses: Any vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly between the Earth's surface and outer space carrying people or cargo.
glosses: Any vehicle capable of repeatedly travelling between destinations in outer space carrying people or cargo.
Hyponyms: Space Shuttle
Sam.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Samuel.
CFR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 77 requires that anyone building a structure near an airport report their intentions to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
ref: 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, page 25:
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of Code of Federal Regulations.
glosses: Initialism of Council on Foreign Relations.
CFR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CFRs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of cost and freight.
examples: text: The CFR for the SARS epidemic was around 9 to 10 percent, while MERS, first identified in 2012, is around 35 percent.
ref: 2020 March 12, Matt Stieb, “Does the Coronavirus Think I’m Old?”, in New York:
topics: epidemiology
mathematics
medicine
pathology
sciences
statistics
glosses: Initialism of case fatality rate.
qualifier: video compression
glosses: Initialism of constant frame rate.
Related terms: IFR
SU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: S.U.
Senses: synonyms: USSR
CCCP
SSSR
glosses: Initialism of Soviet Union: a former country in Europe and Asia.
glosses: Any of several universities:
Initialism of Sabancı University.
glosses: Any of several universities:
Initialism of Salisbury University.
glosses: Any of several universities:
Initialism of Seattle University.
glosses: Any of several universities:
Abbreviation of Seton Hall University.
glosses: Any of several universities:
Initialism of Shippensburg University.
glosses: Any of several universities:
Initialism of Silliman University.
glosses: Any of several universities:
Initialism of Silpakorn University.
glosses: Any of several universities:
Initialism of Sofia University.
glosses: Any of several universities:
Initialism of South University.
glosses: Any of several universities:
Initialism of Stanford University.
glosses: Any of several universities:
Initialism of Stellenbosch University.
glosses: Any of several universities:
Initialism of Stockholm University.
glosses: Any of several universities:
Initialism of Syracuse University.
glosses: Abbreviation of North Sumatra: a province of Indonesia.
SU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SUs
form: S.U.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of students' union.
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of special unitary group.
glosses: Initialism of state university.
glosses: Initialism of statistical unit.
main diagonal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: main diagonals
Senses: examples: text: In a diagonal matrix, non-zero elements appear only in the main diagonal.
topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: leading diagonal
primary diagonal
major diagonal
good diagonal
glosses: The entries of a square matrix from the top left to the bottom right.
Related terms: offdiagonal
NOAA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛn oʊ eɪ ˈeɪ/
ipa: /ˈnoʊə/
rhymes: -eɪ
rhymes: -əʊə
homophone: Noah
Senses: examples: text: It noted that the reanalyzer uses model output data, which it called “not suitable” as substitutes for actual temperatures and climate records. The NOAA monitors global temperatures and records on a monthly and an annual basis, not daily.
ref: 2023 July 7, “UN says climate change ‘out of control’ after likely hottest week on record”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Acronym of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
NMS
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of not my style.
non-zero
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonzero.
TTP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TTPs
Senses: examples: text: If it becomes cheaper to use a TTP to verify the transaction than some cryptographic or other automated mechanism, then the benefit of being “trustless” becomes an illusion.
ref: 2021, Shin'ichiro Matsuo, Nat Sakimura, editors, Blockchain Gaps: From Myth to Real Life, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 34:
glosses: Initialism of trusted third party.
topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: ITP
glosses: Initialism of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
examples: text: The cyber operation began and used the same malware and TTPs from the Crimea.
ref: 2018, Kha M. Nguyen, Learning to Mow Grass: IDF Adaptations to Hybrid Threats, page 33:
text: Al Qaeda used email as a TTP to communicate with what they called their ‘link man’ to bring the plot to fruition (Silber 2012, 163).
ref: 2022, John Michael Weaver, The U.S. Cybersecurity and Intelligence Analysis Challenges, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 43:
topics: government
military
politics
war
qualifier: computer security
glosses: Initialism of tactic(s), technique(s) and procedure(s).
TTP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The TTP has rejected "baseless" reports that it would protect Khan, who has led the high-profile campaign against the CIA's unmanned aircraft attacks on Fata, which have killed many leading militants.
ref: 2012 October 5, Jon Boone, “Pakistani Taliban TTP warns Imran Khan ahead of drones march”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Initialism of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (“Pakistani Taliban”).
TTP
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of tender to percussion (“painful when tapped”).
MRHD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MRHDs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of maximum recommended human dose.
TD
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of typically developed.
TD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TDs
Senses: examples: text: When he and his Cincinnati Bengal playmates were done with the AFC’s best defense, that of the New York-New Jersey Jets, he had done Supermannish damage — 30 carries, 139 yards and two TDs — as the Bengals won, 36-19.
ref: 1988 October 10, Gary Nuhn, “Bengals put Jets, ghosts of ’87 to rest”, in Dayton Daily News, volume 112, number 31, Dayton, Ohio, page 1-B:
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of touchdown.
topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Initialism of tardive dyskinesia.
topics: lifestyle
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: Initialism of ticket designator.
topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of tower defense.
topics: entertainment
handbells
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of thumb damp.
examples: text: Fianna Fáil TD Jim O'Callaghan, whose Dublin constituency is home to one of Accenture's office here, said: […]
ref: 2023 August 1, “Accenture cuts 890 more job from Irish operation”, in The Irish Times, page 1:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Teachta Dála, a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Territorial Decoration (previously awarded to officers who had more than 12 years commissioned service in the Territorial Army (UK)).
glosses: Initialism of traveler's diarrhea.
qualifier: machine learning
glosses: Initialism of temporal difference.
glosses: Initialism of thought disorder.
glosses: Initialism of technical director.
ESP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ESPs
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
synonyms: ESC
coordinate_terms: ABS
TCS
glosses: Initialism of electronic stability program.
qualifier: financial services
glosses: Initialism of equity shelf program.
topics: education
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of English for specific or special purposes.
examples: text: We don't know how they decide if they should keep a name, because Bennie and Scotty don't actually talk. But they agree on everything, maybe through ESP.
ref: 2010, Jennifer Egan, “Ask Me if I Care”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad:
text: Rubio accused Christie of having to be dragged back to New Jersey under pressure to handle the storm. Christie retorted, “Is that one of the skills you get as a United States senator? ESP?”
ref: 2016 February 6, Kyle Cheney, “11 most explosive moments of the GOP debate”, in Politico:
topics: parapsychology
pseudoscience
glosses: Abbreviation of extrasensory perception.
examples: Near-synonym: wallhack
topics: parapsychology
pseudoscience
video-games
glosses: Abbreviation of extrasensory perception.
A cheat program that provides extra information that is not attainable during regular gameplay, such as player positions, equipment status, etc.
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Environmental Sample Processor.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of emotional, spiritual, and psychological.
glosses: Initialism of email service provider.
EPS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of extrapyramidal symptoms.
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: Initialism of expanded polystyrene (“plastic foam”).
examples: text: A strong agreement among sell-side analysts covering ABCB in raising earnings estimates for the current year has led to an increase in the consensus EPS estimate by 0.5% over the last 30 days.
ref: 2025 January 2, “Ameris Bancorp (ABCB) Loses -9.76% in 4 Weeks, Here's Why a Trend Reversal May be Around the Corner”, in Yahoo! Finance, United States, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2025:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of earnings per share.
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of extracellular polymeric substance high-molecular weight compounds secreted by microorganisms.
topics: business
marketing
glosses: Initialism of extended problem-solving.
Related terms: topics: publishing
media
word: PDF
topics: publishing
media
word: PS
topics: publishing
media
word: PS1
topics: publishing
media
word: PS2
topics: publishing
media
word: PS3
sense: plastic foam
word: PS
sense: plastic foam
word: XPS
EPS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
sciences
qualifier: file format
glosses: Initialism of Encapsulated PostScript: a typographically set publishing format with vector graphics.
diagonal element
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diagonal elements
Senses: topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An element on the main diagonal of a square matrix; that is, an element in row k and column k, where k is an integer between 1 and the number of rows (or columns) in the matrix.
ECT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ECTs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of electroconvulsive therapy.
examples: text: The traditional ECT view of hell combines an eternal life-sentence while also adding to that a perpetual torture at the same time.
ref: 2015, Jeremy Jernigan, Redeeming Pleasure: How the Pursuit of Pleasure Mirrors Our Hunger for God, Hachette, →ISBN:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Initialism of endless/eternal/everlasting conscious torment (“traditional view of the nature of Hell”).
NAMI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The NAMI survey found that most Americans did not know crucial facts about the Lifeline or what to expect if they call.
ref: 2023 July 13, Christina Caron, “Is the New 988 Suicide Hotline Working?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2023:
glosses: Initialism of National Alliance on Mental Illness.
leading diagonal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leading diagonals
Senses: topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A main diagonal.
NARSAD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression.
DBSA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance.
NIMH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Institute of Mental Health.
PBPD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of pediatric bipolar disorder.
CME
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
CME
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CMEs
Senses: hypernyms: CE
continuing education
<
education
glosses: Initialism of continuing medical education.
examples: text: If the Earth had been in its path, this would have been followed minutes to hours later by the electrons and protons accelerated by the blast, followed by the CME, a billion-ton cloud of magnetized plasma.
ref: 2014 July 25, Maev Kennedy, The Guardian:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of coronal mass ejection.
glosses: Initialism of cystoid macular edema.
Related terms: sense: continuing medical education
english: maintenance of certification
translation: maintenance of certification
word: MOC
IPS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Institute for the Psychological Sciences.
glosses: Initialism of Indian Police Service.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Institute on Psychiatric Services.
IPS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of intrusion prevention system.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Internet Provider Security.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: MIPS
KIPS
glosses: Initialism of instructions per second.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of iron piping size.
glosses: Initialism of idiopathic postprandial syndrome.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
coordinate_terms: TN
VA
glosses: Initialism of in-plane switching (“LCD screen technology”).
PVN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PVNs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of paraventricular nucleus.
SON
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of supraoptic nucleus.
SON
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Initialism of socked on the nose.
SON
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Sonora: a state of Mexico.
mtDNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mtDNAs
form: mDNA
form: MDNA
form: mitoDNA
form: mtdna
Senses: examples: text: There is a large infographic on mtDNA types and population sampling.
ref: 2020, Raven Leilani, Luster, Picador (2021), pages 145–146:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of mitochondrial DNA.
Coordinate terms: nDNA
cpDNA
Related terms: mtRNA
CABF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation.
GAD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of generalized anxiety disorder.
SGA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Schwarz-Gelbe Allianz.
glosses: Initialism of Student Government Association.
glosses: Initialism of Siam General Aviation.
glosses: Initialism of Southern Governors' Association.
glosses: Initialism of Swedish Game Awards.
glosses: Initialism of Standard Galactic Alphabet.
glosses: Initialism of Stargate Atlantis.
glosses: Initialism of Séminaire de Géométrie Algébrique du Bois Marie.
glosses: Initialism of Special Geographic Area.
SGA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SGAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of same-gender attraction.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
coordinate_terms: FGA
glosses: Initialism of second-generation antipsychotic.
glosses: Initialism of student government association.
glosses: Initialism of System Global Area.
ICLE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Institute for Continuing Legal Education.
IOLTA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Interest On Lawyer Trust Accounts.
Rev.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Revelation.
qualifier: title
glosses: Abbreviation of Reverend.
stochastic matrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stochastic matrices
Senses: topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
probability-theory
sciences
statistics
glosses: A matrix having the property that the entries in each column are non-negative, real and sum to 1.
Synonyms: left stochastic matrix
Derived terms: right stochastic matrix
reverend
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛvɹənd/
ipa: /ˈɹɛvəɹənd/
Forms: form: reuerend
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French révérend, from Old French, from Latin future passive participle reverendus (“that is to be respected”), from deponent verb revereor (“I honor, revere”).
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: revered, esteemed
text: The reverend doctor will enlighten us with a lecture on the germ theory.
synonyms: reverable
estimable
glosses: Worthy of reverence or respect.
synonyms: reverent
glosses: Showing or granting reverence or respect.
examples: Near-synonyms: reverable, estimable
glosses: Extreme, extraordinary, or powerful.
reverend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛvɹənd/
ipa: /ˈɹɛvəɹənd/
Forms: form: reverends
form: reuerend
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French révérend, from Old French, from Latin future passive participle reverendus (“that is to be respected”), from deponent verb revereor (“I honor, revere”).
Senses: examples: text: The esteemed reverend will enlighten us with a sermon on reconciliation.
hypernyms: cleric
clergymember
glosses: A member of the Christian clergy; a minister.
Reverend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛvɹənd/
ipa: /ˈɹɛvəɹənd/
Forms: form: Reverends
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A title indicating respect, prefixed to the names of Christian clergy.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of reverend: a person who has received this designation and is entitled to use it publicly: a minister.
Synonyms: word: Rev.
word: Revd.
word: Revd
Derived terms: word: Most Reverend
english: referring to a clergyman
translation: referring to a clergyman
word: Reverend Gentleman
english: referring to an Anglican bishop
translation: referring to an Anglican bishop
word: Right Reverend
word: Very Reverend
Related terms: reverend
Ezek.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Ezekiel (book of the Bible).