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affine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfaɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
Forms: form: more affine
form: most affine
Etymology: From Latin affinis (“connected with”).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Assigning finite values to finite quantities.
examples: text: Now, let P, Q, and R be three noncollinear points that are left fixed by an affine transformation T.
ref: 1986, Patrick J. Ryan, Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometry: An Analytic Approach, Cambridge University Press, page 44:
text: In our example of the affine cryptosystem family, deciphering is also accomplished by an affine map, namely P#92;equiva#123;-1#125;C-a#123;-1#125;b#92;bmodN, and so the deciphering transformation uses the same algorithm as the enciphering transformation, except with a different key, namely, the pair (a#123;-1#125;,-a#123;-1#125;b).
ref: 1987, Neal Koblitz, A Course in Number Theory and Cryptography, Springer, page 81:
text: Clearly every linear functional is affine, and every affine function is both convex and concave.
ref: 2006, Charalambos D. Aliprantis, Kim C. Border, Infinite Dimensional Analysis: A Hitchhiker's Guide, 3rd edition, Springer, page 256:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a function expressible as f(⃑x)=A⃑x+⃑b (where A is a linear transformation and ⃑b is a constant), which, regarded as a transformation, maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of two materials, having mutual affinity.
Derived terms: affine arithmetic
affine combination
affine differential geometry
affine geometry
affine group
affinely
affineness
affine scheme
affine space
affine span
affine transformation
affine variety
affinition
affinization
affinize
affinoid
biaffine
centroaffine
equiaffine
nonaffine
self-affine
Related terms: affinity
affine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfaɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
Forms: form: affines
Etymology: From Latin affinis (“connected with”).
Senses: examples: text: 1970 [Routledge and Kegan Paul], Raymond Firth, Jane Hubert, Anthony Forge, Families and Their Relatives: Kinship in a Middle-Class Sector of London, 2006, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 135,
The element of personal idiosyncracy may be expected to be most marked in regard to affines (i.e. those related by marriage) and particularly with the consanguines of affines, who are linked by still more tenuous bonds. There are many possible degrees of affinal relationship here, but broadly affines separate into two main types: spouse of consanguine of Ego, and consanguine of spouse of Ego—exemplified by my brother's wife, and my wife's brother.
text: In contrast to bonds of kaḅisu membership, which require ritual maintenance and can produce intense factional rivalries, and those of affines, which demand ongoing exchanges, unmediated relations of blood are created by nothing more than physical procreation.[…]People's ability to swivel between these two rhetorical possibilities reflects the inherent tension that lies between affines, who are both others and extensions of oneself.
ref: 1997, Webb Keane, Signs of Recognition: Powers and Hazards of Representation in an Indonesian Society, University of California Press, page 51:
text: For the Cubeo the Vekürüwá and Okómiwa were, as they say, designated to be their affines, in a manner that was calculated to emphasize their similarities rather than the formal differences that set contemporary intermarriages apart. I suspect that Cubeo themselves sense that an excessive intimacy with the contingent of affines may have been suitable for a formative period of still ambiguous distinctions, but not for the real social world.
ref: 2004, Irving Goldman, Cubeo Hehénewa Religious Thought, Columbia University Press, page 64:
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
synonyms: in-law
qualifier: genealogy
glosses: A relative by marriage.
Derived terms: co-affine
Related terms: affinal
affine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfaɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
Forms: form: affines
form: affining
form: affined
form: affined
Etymology: From Latin affinis (“connected with”).
Senses: examples: text: The next stage is remelting: the affined sugar is dissolved in hot water and the syrup formed is made alkaline by adding milk of lime.
ref: 2016, Romain Jeantet, Thomas Croguennec, Pierre Schuck, Handbook of Food Science and Technology 3, page 360:
glosses: To refine.
examples: text: affined the sequential regions to run only on CPU 0
ref: 2005, M. Annavaram, E. Grochowski, J. Shen, “Mitigating Amdahls Law through EPI Throttling”, in 32nd International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA'05), Madison, WI, USA: IEEE, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 298–309:
text: the affined CPU will be randomly allocated
ref: 2013, Zi Guo Fan, Rong Liang Wang, Peng Hao Yang, “Study and Simulation of CPU Priority Scheduling Algorithm on Multi-Core Processor Platform”, in Advanced Materials Research, volumes 694-697, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 2540–2544:
text: we also affined all interrupts to CPU cores that are not allocated to FASA
ref: 2015 June 24, Raphael Eidenbenz, Thanikesavan Sivanthi, Aurelien Monot, Jun Liu, “Real-time network traffic handling in FASA”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), IEEE, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 1–10:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To set the CPU affinity of something
afire
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfaɪɚ/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more afire
form: most afire
Etymology: 13ᵗʰc., from Middle English afire, equivalent to a- (“on”) + fire. Figurative usage from late 14ᵗʰc.
Senses: glosses: On fire (often metaphorically).
afire
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfaɪɚ/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more afire
form: most afire
Etymology: 13ᵗʰc., from Middle English afire, equivalent to a- (“on”) + fire. Figurative usage from late 14ᵗʰc.
Senses: glosses: On fire (often metaphorically).
Synonyms: ablaze
aflame
Derived terms: chimney's afire
like a house afire
set afire
set the world afire
agave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɡɑːveɪ/
ipa: /əˈɡeɪviː/
rhymes: -eɪvi
Forms: form: agaves
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀγαυή (Agauḗ, “Agave”), from ἀγαυός (agauós, “noble, illustrious”).
Senses: examples: text: On the mountains a few junipers and piñons are found, and cactuses, agave, and yuccas, low, fleshy plants with bayonets and thorns.
ref: 1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22:
text: 1893 Charles Richards Dodge, A Report on the Leaf Fibers of the United States. Pub: Govt. print. office Washington
The work of cutting the leaves, even from these isolated plants, was in the nature of an ordeal. Every member of the party took a knife and attacked the thicket, no one escaping the experience of bleeding hands and arms and of more or less injured clothing. If there is any place where strong language is halfway excusable it is in a thicket of Agave' decipiens.
text: It was one of the large, vicious varieties of agave, each individual plant an upturned rosette of stiff, fibrous, fleshy leaves, some of them over a meter long on the big parent plants.
ref: 1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), pages 25–26:
synonyms: century plant
glosses: Any plant in the large, variable genus Agave: succulent plants, commonly armed with formidable prickles; they flower at maturity after several years, and generally die thereafter; large species, such as the maguey or century plant, (Agave americana), produce gigantic inflorescences. Several are of economic importance as sources of fibre such as sisal, and alcoholic beverages such as tequila.
Derived terms: butterfly agave
coast agave
Goldman agave
Shaw's agave
alamo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alamos
Etymology: From Spanish álamo. Doublet of elm.
Senses: glosses: A poplar tree of Southwestern U.S.; a cottonwood (Populus spp.).
alan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alaunt.
aland
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈland/
rhymes: -ænd
Etymology: From Middle English aland, alond, alonde, o lande, from Old English on lande (“on land”), equivalent to a- + land.
Senses: examples: text: I maruell how the Fishes liue in the Sea […] Why, as Men doe a-land.
ref: c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act V]:
glosses: On dry land, as opposed to in the water.
examples: text: Henry the Eighth […] departed out of England from Sowthampton, with a great navy of shipps to set that company aland in Spayne, for to helpe the kynge of Spayne agaynste the Frenche kynge […]
ref: c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London, published 1846:
glosses: To the land; ashore.
aldrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aldrins
Etymology: From Alder + -in. Named after German chemist Kurt Alder (1902–1958).
Senses: coordinate_terms: dieldrin
endrin
DDT
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
glosses: An insecticide and persistent organic pollutant containing a naphthalene-derived compound.
aleph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɑˌlɛf/
/ˈɑˌlɪf/
Forms: form: alephs
form: alef
form: alif
form: alaph
form: olaph
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew אלף (álef). Doublet of alpha and alif.
Senses: glosses: The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, ʾaleph), Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ), Classical Syriac ܐ ('ālaph), Hebrew א (aleph) and Arabic ا (ʾalif).
examples: The axiom of choice is equivalent to the proposition that every infinite cardinal is an aleph.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The cardinality of an infinite well-ordered (or well-orderable) set.
Derived terms: aleph-beth
aleph-null
aleph-one
aleph-zero
since aleph
Related terms: alpha
alga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæl.ɡə/
Forms: form: algae
Etymology: From Latin alga.
Senses: examples: text: For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp.
ref: 2016 January 21, “Choose Your Weaponry: Selective Storage of a Single Toxic Compound, Latrunculin A, by Closely Related Nudibranch Molluscs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.
Hyponyms: sense: photosynthetic aquatic organism
word: seaweed
sense: photosynthetic aquatic organism
english: Chlorophyta and Charophyta; Rhodophyta and Glaucophyta
translation: Chlorophyta and Charophyta; Rhodophyta and Glaucophyta
word: green alga and red alga in Plantae)
sense: photosynthetic aquatic organism
english: Phaeophyceae; Xanthophyceae
translation: Phaeophyceae; Xanthophyceae
word: brown alga and yellow-green alga
sense: photosynthetic aquatic organism
word: Haptophyta
sense: photosynthetic aquatic organism
word: and Cryptomonada in Chromista)
sense: photosynthetic aquatic organism
english: Cyanobacteria
translation: Cyanobacteria
word: and blue-green alga
word: microalga
word: golden alga
word: ice alga
word: snow alga
Derived terms: algacidal
algaculture
algin
algist
algoid
macroalga
picoalga
algal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈælɡəl/
Etymology: From alga + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Wallace [...] came closer to the dense algal stink of the lake.
ref: 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 7:
glosses: Pertaining to, or like, algae.
Derived terms: algal bloom
algally
algal mat
antialgal
macroalgal
microalgal
monoalgal
nonalgal
picoalgal
plurialgal
postalgal
unialgal
algal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈælɡəl/
Forms: form: algals
Etymology: From alga + -al.
Senses: glosses: An alga.
alkane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæl.keɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Forms: form: alkanes
Etymology: From German Alkan, formed as alkyl + -ane.
Senses: examples: text: The carbon chain of an alkane may be linear or branched, but must not contain loops (cycles); its chemical formula is of the form CₙH₂ₙ₊₂.
text: Whereas production levels of short-chain alkanes in plants are insufficient to provide an economically viable fuel source, the genes encoding the alkane biosynthetic pathway may provide a biotechnological resource for engineering fermentation organisms with the capacity to convert biomass to an alkane-based fuel.
ref: 1997, T. J. Savage, M. K. Hristova, R. Croteau, “Biochemistry of Short-Chain Alkanes: Evidence for an Elongation/Reduction/C1-Elimination Pathway”, in John Peter Williams, Mobashsher Uddin Khan, Nora Wan Lem, editors, Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plant Lipids, Kluwer Academic Publishers, page 51:
text: The oxidation of the simplest alkane methanol is carried out by methylotrophs that may be obligate or facultative.
ref: 2007, Alasdair H. Neilson, Ann-Sofie Allard, Environmental Degradation and Transformation of Organic Chemicals, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 103:
text: 2012, Chulsung Bae, Chapter 3: Catalytic Carbon-Boron Bond Formation via Activation of Alkane C-H Bonds, Pedro J. Pérez, Alkane C-H Activation by Single-Site Metal Catalysis, Springer, page 73,
Alkanes are extremely unreactive toward nucleophiles and electrophiles because they are composed of nonpolar, strong, saturated C–H and C-C bonds.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any acyclic saturated hydrocarbon (methane, ethane, etc.).
Synonyms: sense: acyclic saturated hydrocarbon
word: paraffin
Hypernyms: hydrocarbon
Hyponyms: methane
ethane
propane
butane
pentane
hexane
heptane
octane
nonane
decane
undecane
dodecane
hexadecane
tetracosane
Derived terms: alkanesulfonate
alkanethiol
alkanethiolate
alkanium
alkanofer
alkanol
bioalkane
bromoalkane
chloroalkane
chlorofluoroalkane
cycloalkane
fluoroalkane
haloalkane
halonitroalkane
hydrofluoroalkane
isoalkane
nitroalkane
phenylalkane
polyhaloalkane
trimethylalkane
Related terms: -ane
alkene
alkyne
alkene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ælˈkʰin/
rhymes: -in
Forms: form: alkenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds.
Synonyms: sense: with only one carbon-carbon double bond
word: olefin
Derived terms: alkenyl
bisalkene
bromoalkene
chloroalkene
cycloalkene
dialkene
fluoroalkene
haloalkene
heteroalkene
ketoalkene
monoalkene
nitroalkene
phosphaalkene
polyalkene
Related terms: alkenic
alkyne
ethylene
allyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈælaɪl/
ipa: /ˈælɪl/
Forms: form: allyls
Etymology: From Latin allium (“garlic”) + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical, CH₂=CH-CH₂-, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.
Synonyms: sense: organic radical
word: allyl group
Derived terms: albutoin
alcuronium
aliconazole
alimadol
alizapride
alletorphine
allyl alcohol
allylamine
allylamino
allylate
allylbenzene
allylborane
allylboration
allyl chloride
allylchloride
allylescaline
allylestrenol
allylglycine
allyl isothiocyanate
allylmercaptomethylpenicillin
allylmetal
allylnickel
allylpalladium
allylphenol
allylphosphine
allylsilane
allylstannane
allylsulfide
allylthiourea
allylzinc
almecillin
alphenal
alpiropride
altrenogest
aminoallyl
bromoallyl
cycloallyl
diallyl
dimethylallyl
homoallyl
levallorphan
nalorphine
oxyallyl
polyallyl
Seconal
tetraallyl
triallyl
tricarballylic acid
veralipride
Related terms: allylation
allylic
methylene bridge
vinyl
aloe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.loʊ/
ipa: /əˈləʊ.i/
ipa: /ˈæ.ləʊ/
rhymes: -æləʊ
Forms: form: aloes
form: aloë
Etymology: From Old English alwe (“fragrant resin of an East Indian tree”), from Latin aloē, from Ancient Greek ἀλόη (alóē), from Hebrew אָהָל (ʾāhāl) or related Aramaic forms, ultimately from Tamil அகில் (akil); reinforced in Middle English by Old French aloes.
Senses: glosses: The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for their fragrant aroma, produced after infection by the fungus Phialophora parasitica.
examples: text: 1885 Ferdinand von Mueller: Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible For Industrial Culture Or Naturalization. pub: Melbourne: J. Ferres
Aloe ferox, Miller. South-Africa. This species yields the best Cape-aloes, as observed by Dr. Pappe. The simply inspissated juice of the leaves of the various species of the genus constitutes the aloe-drug. It is best obtained by using neither heat nor pressure for extracting the sap. By re-dissolving the aqueous part of Aloes in cold water, and reducing the liquid through boiling or other processes of exsiccation to dryness, the extract of aloes is prepared. The bitter sap, used for dressing wounds, keeps off flies very effectually. It deserves introduction particularly in veterinary practice.
text: '…you know how difficult it is to break yourself of a habit.' 'Yes,' said Cyril; 'Jane used to bite her nails.' 'But I broke myself of it,' urged Jane, rather hurt, 'You know I did.' 'Not till they put bitter aloes on them,' said Cyril.
ref: 1904, E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet:
glosses: Any plant of the large and variable genus Aloe.
examples: text: In mercy I put a bullet through his skull, and he fell sprawling among the aloes.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: Misnomer for any large, vaguely aloe-like plant, such as Agave
glosses: A strong, bitter drink made from the juice of such plants, used as a purgative.
Derived terms: aloe-emodin
aloelike
aloe vera
aloin
American aloe
coral aloe
lignaloe
lign aloe
xylaloe
Related terms: agave
maguey
alp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ælp/
Forms: form: alps
Etymology: Late Middle English, back-formation from alps pl, via French from Latin Alpes (“high mountains, especially those of Switzerland”). Compare Old Saxon elbon (“Alps”), Old High German Alpūn (“Alps”); Old High German alba (“alp, mountain”)).
Senses: examples: text: Nor breath of Vernal Air from ſnowy Alp.
ref: 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 42, line 529:
text: Hills peep o'er Hills, and Alps on Alps ariſe!
ref: 1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC, page 15:
text: There is a great alp of sand, one hundred metres high, between the pines and the ocean, […]
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe.
examples: text: At the alp of Khyarkuti, a wide flat at the junction of several glens[…]
ref: 1942, Marco Pallis, Peaks and Lamas, page 54:
glosses: An alpine meadow.
Derived terms: alpine
alpinely
alpinism
alpinist
alpland
althea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altheas
Etymology: From Latin althaea.
Senses: glosses: Any of several plants of the genus Althaea; the hollyhocks and mallows, native to Eurasia.
alum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæl.əm/
homophone: Allam
Forms: form: alums
form: alumn
Etymology: From Middle English alum, alum, alym, alyme, from Anglo-Norman alum, alun, from Latin alūmen.
Senses: examples: text: Venice also needed alum for trade, since it was the point of departure for overland transportation of alum to southern Germany and its cloth-manufacturing Free Cities.
ref: 1991, Felix Gilbert, The Pope, His Banker, and Venice, page 80:
text: A natural astringent and antiseptic, potassium alum was coveted for its medicinal and cosmetic properties.
ref: 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 201:
glosses: An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K₂SO₄·Al₂(SO₄)₃·24H₂O).
examples: text: With weld and cochineal, which are colouring matters the most sensible to the action of sulphate of iron, the purified alums gave us colours more brilliant, fresh, and in a slight degree lighter; while those with our common alums were all duller, and evidently of a deeper hue.
ref: 1807, William Nicholson, editor, A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts, volume XVIII, page 286:
text: For similar reasons, aluminium sulphate and alums are used in dyeing cloth.[…]Normally alums are soluble in water and insoluble in alcohols.
ref: 2000 June, Competition Science Vision, page 486:
text: In structure, the alums consist of simple ions, being not complexes, but double salts. Potash alum or potassium alum is the common alum, with the formula KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O) which, for convenience, may be written K₂SO₄·Al₂(SO₄)₃·24H₂O
ref: 2005, Amit Arora, Text Book Of Inorganic Chemistry, page 386:
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations.
Synonyms: sense: double sulphate of potassium and aluminum
word: potash alum
Derived terms: alum-basket
alum cake
alum earth
alumed
alumiferous
alumina
aluming
alumish
alumium
alum mine
alumocalcite
alum rock
Alum Rock
alum root
alumroot
alum schist
alum shale
alum slate
alumstone
alum stone
alum works
ammonia alum
burnt alum
cake alum
carmalum
chrome alum
chrome-ammonia alum
common alum
feather alum
filter alum
hemalum
iron alum
magnesia alum
manganese alum
manganoso-magnesium alum
native alum
papermaker's alum
plume alum
plumose alum
potash alum
pseudo alum
rock alum
Roman alum
saccharine alum
silver alum
soda alum
sodium alum
unalumed
Related terms: aluminiferous
aluniferous
aluminiform
aluminilite
aluminise
aluminize
aluminite
aluminous
alunite
alunogen
apjohnite
bosjemanite
halotrichite
kalinite
websterite
alum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæl.əm/
homophone: Allam
Forms: form: alums
form: aluming
form: alumed
form: alumed
form: alumn
Etymology: From Middle English alum, alum, alym, alyme, from Anglo-Norman alum, alun, from Latin alūmen.
Senses: examples: text: The silk should be boiled at the rate of 20 parts of soap per cent. , and then alumed. The aluming need not be so strong as for the fine crimson
ref: 1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines:
text: After drying, the cloth was alumed and finally dyed.
ref: 1979, Kax Wilson, A History of Textiles, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 90:
glosses: To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
Derived terms: unalumed
alum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæl.əm/
homophone: Allam
ipa: /əˈlʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
ipa: /ˈæl.əm/
homophone: Allam
Forms: form: alums
form: alumni
form: alumn
Etymology: Clipping of alumnus and alumna (> alumn- > alum), by the removal of the originally Latin gender-specific nominative singular case endings -us (masculine) and -a (feminine).
Senses: examples: text: 1961 Spring, Anchora of Delta Gamma, Volume LXXVII, No. 3, page 59,
Evanston-North Shore alums are happy to open their homes to Sigma actives for special social events.
text: You'll remember that we're starting with a list of slightly over 7,000 names that are alums (most of them over 50) that we'd like to whittle down to a manageable list of prospects.
ref: 2006, Ted Hart, James M. Greenfield, Pamela M. Gignac, Christopher Carnie, Major Donors: Finding Big Gifts in Your Database and Online, page 47:
text: All schools that last have alums, and, ancient as it was by American standards, Trinity by mid-century had thousands.
ref: 2009, Timothy C. Jacobson, Charity & Merit: Trinity School at 300, page 190:
text: “It breaks my heart to see them naked, undignified, shivering in the cold as they swallow our daily filth,” proclaims the woman, played by the Saturday Night Live alum Aidy Bryant.
ref: 2024 June 5, Shirley Li, “This Show Understands the Absurdity of Modern Existence”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A past attendee or graduate (of any gender) of a college, university or other educational institution.
Synonyms: sense: of any gender
word: alumni
sense: of any gender
word: alumnx
Hyponyms: sense: the original Latin gender-specific loanword
word: alumna
sense: the original Latin gender-specific loanword
english: of unspecified gender or masculine
translation: of unspecified gender or masculine
word: alumnus
clique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kliːk/
rhymes: -iːk
rhymes: -iːk
ipa: /ˈklɪk/
homophone: click
homophone: klick
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: cliques
Etymology: Borrowed from French clique, ultimately of imitative origin. Influenced by "claque", though this may have happened in French rather than in English.
Senses: examples: text: This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques.
text: There had been talk of some disagreement about a picture, but in Sir Maxwell's experience, artists frequently disagreed about pictures, with no more consequences than a little cold-shouldering or the formation of a clique.
ref: 1931, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Five Red Herrings:
glosses: A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.
examples: text: The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
examples: text: Does anyone know what an internet clique is/does? I came across a few and am thoroughly confused.
ref: 1999, Jackie, “someone help me out?”, in alt.fan.leo-dicaprio (Usenet):
text: even though we're not "regulars" anymore...*sniffle*...we still can't forget the NG...i always tell new fans about it...(people who join my clique, etc...)...and besides...i owe the NG a LOT...itz where i met my best friend...
ref: 2000, - deanna -, “ot: hiya”, in alt.fan.backstreet.boys (Usenet):
text: you always have to click some big section and you get a whole new set of options in a different frame, thats^([sic]) usually on the other side of the screen. when you're there, you can choose from (in a section site stuff or something like that) link me, link you, links, top 10 links, free for all links, cliques, and webrings.
ref: 2001, spee2k, “future no doubt website....”, in alt.music.no-doubt (Usenet):
glosses: A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
Synonyms: sense: small, exclusive group
word: coterie
sense: small, exclusive group
word: inner circle
sense: small, exclusive group
word: camp
Hypernyms: sense: small, exclusive group
word: ingroup
Derived terms: biclique
cliquedom
cliqueless
cliquemate
clique number
cliquery
clique tree
clique width
cliquey
cliquish
cliquism
coclique
hyperclique
subclique
Related terms: word: cliquey
english: another type of ingroup of people with biased interests
translation: another type of ingroup of people with biased interests
word: claque
clique
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kliːk/
rhymes: -iːk
rhymes: -iːk
ipa: /ˈklɪk/
homophone: click
homophone: klick
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: cliques
form: cliquing
form: cliqued
form: cliqued
Etymology: Borrowed from French clique, ultimately of imitative origin. Influenced by "claque", though this may have happened in French rather than in English.
Senses: glosses: To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.
charity mugger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charity muggers
Senses: glosses: A person employed by a charity, or by an intermediary fundraising agency employed by the charity, who stands in the street and invites passersby to set up standing orders or direct debits to make regular donations to the charity.
Synonyms: chugger
amide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.maɪd/
ipa: /ˈeɪ.maɪd/
ipa: /ˈæ.maɪd/
ipa: /ˈæ.mɪd/
Forms: form: amides
Etymology: From ammonia + -ide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino or substituted amino group; especially such derivatives of a carboxylic acid, the carboxamides or acid amides
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ionic derivative of ammonia in which a hydrogen atom has been replaced with a metal cation (R-NH⁻ or R₂N⁻)
Derived terms: acetamide
acetoamide
acrylamide
acylamide
alaninamide
alkalamide
alkynamide
ambenonium
amidation
amide hydrazone
amidic
amidicity
amidification
amidogen
amidol
amidrazone
aminoamide
benzamide
benzenesulfonamide
bisamide
butyramide
carsalam
cefaloram
ceramide
chloralamide
chloramide
chloramphenicol
clobazam
cocamide
dansyl amide
deamidase
diamide
diarylamide
diazepam
diethylamide
fenretinide
flecainide
formamide
glycinamide
haloamide
hexamethylphosphoramide
hydramide
hydroxyamide
iodoxamic acid
isopropylamide
ketoamide
lactam
lactamide
lipoamide
lithium amide
loviride
lysergamide
lysergic acid amide
malamide
midodrine
monamide
monoamide
motretinide
mucamide
naphthylamide
niacinamide
nicotinamide
nitroamide
oleamide
oligoamide
oxalamide
oxaluramide
oxoamide
phenylethylamide
phosphamide
phosphoramide
phthalamide
polyamide
polyesteramide
potassium amide
progabide
propargylamide
pyramidon
retinamide
retroamide
salicylamide
sameridine
selenoamide
sodium amide
succinamide
tartramide
thioamide
thiophosphorylamide
triamide
tropicamide
valeramide
xanthamide
xylamide
Related terms: imide
amino
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmiːnəʊ/
ipa: /əˈmaɪnəʊ/
ipa: /əˈminoʊ/
rhymes: -iːnəʊ
rhymes: (UK also) -aɪnəʊ
Etymology: From the prefix amino-, from amine, from ammonia + -ine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to an amine.
amino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmiːnəʊ/
ipa: /əˈmaɪnəʊ/
ipa: /əˈminoʊ/
rhymes: -iːnəʊ
rhymes: (UK also) -aɪnəʊ
Forms: form: aminos
Etymology: From the prefix amino-, from amine, from ammonia + -ine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The amine functional group.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An amino acid.
Derived terms: acetylamino
acylamino
alkylamino
allylamino
aminate
amino-
aminoacetone
aminoacetophenone
amino acid
aminoacidic
aminoacyl
aminoacyltransferase
aminoadenosine
amino alcohol
amino aldehyde
aminoaldehyde
aminoallyl
aminobenzene
aminobenzoic acid
aminobutyric
amino carbohydrate
aminocatalysis
aminochromone
aminocyclitol
aminodeoxysugar
aminodiphosphine
aminoester
aminoethane
aminoethyl
aminoguanidine
aminohexanoic acid
aminohexyl
aminohydrolase
aminohydroxylation
aminoimidazole
aminoindanol
aminoindazole
aminoketone
aminolevulinic acid
aminomethane
aminomethoxy
aminomethyl
aminonaphthol
aminonicotinamide
aminonitrile
aminopenicillin
aminopentyl
aminophenanthrene
aminophenyl
aminophosphine
aminophosphonate
aminopropanal
aminopropanol
aminopropyl
aminoquinoline
aminosalicylic
aminosiloxydiene
aminosterol
amino sugar
amino-terminal
aminothiazole
aminothiol
aminotransfer
aminotransferase
aminotriazole
aminotripeptidase
amprolium
amrinone
arylamino
casamino
dehydroamino
dialkylamino
diamino
diaminomethylideneamino
dimethylaminomethyl
hexylamino
homoamino
hydroxyamino
lipoamino
methylamino
minamestane
minoxidil
nonamino
picramic
polyaminopolycarboxylic acid
pramipexole
terbutaline
tranexamic acid
triamino
verapamil
Related terms: imino
amir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amirs
form: umara
Etymology: From Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Doublet of Amir, emir, admiral, and amira.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of emir.
Derived terms: amir al-umara
amirate
amp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ămp
ipa: /æmp/
rhymes: -æmp
Forms: form: amps
Senses: glosses: Clipping of ampere.
glosses: Clipping of amplifier.
examples: text: The physician had included a note which said: "Dear Miss ........, I could not get the name of your friend over the phone so I am sending two prescriptions for Methedrine amps and one prescription for Drinalfa ten cc vials.
ref: 1963, Washington (State). Legislature. Joint Committee on Governmental Cooperation, Report and Recommendations (page 45)
glosses: Clipping of ampoule.
glosses: Clipping of amputee.
glosses: Clipping of amphetamine.
glosses: Clipping of ampicillin.
glosses: Clipping of ampersand.
Derived terms: amp-hr
ampless
centiamp
deciamp
giga-amp
gigamp
hectoamp
kilo-amp
kiloamp
locked rotor amp
mega-amp
mega amp
micro-amp
microamp
milliamp
milli-amp
multiamp
nanoamp
nano-amp
op-amp
pico-amp
picoamp
preamp
pre-amp
tera amp
tera-amp
amp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ămp
ipa: /æmp/
rhymes: -æmp
Forms: form: amps
form: amping
form: amped
form: amped
Senses: examples: text: He asked the disk jockey to amp it up.
glosses: To amplify.
examples: text: Well you're very amped up today, what's got you so excited?
text: In the distance, the music thumped, amping the crowd higher.
ref: 2012, Natalie Anderson, First Time Lucky?, page 78:
text: And it's raining, a little bit of drizzle, but the crowd is amped up and ready for a big event today.
ref: 2013, Hansi Lo Wang, “Morning Edition”, in National Public Radio:
glosses: To excite.
examples: text: Amping the Justin Timberlake cameos and revving up Jiggytron 5000, these Peas want to be on Middle America's fickle plate — losing little dread-whippin' imaginativeness in the wizzash.
ref: 2003, CMJ New Music Monthly, number 115, page 42:
text: 2014, Andy Paul, Amp Up Your Sales, AMACOM Books
glosses: To intensify or increase.
examples: text: and even the Velvet Underground were still only amping up conventional instruments
ref: 2015, Kris Needs, Suicide: Dream Baby Dream, A New York City Story:
glosses: To connect to amplifiers.
Derived terms: amp down
amp up
ana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.nə/
ipa: /ˈɑn.ə/
ipa: /ˈɑː.nə/
rhymes: -ænə
rhymes: -ɑːnə
Forms: form: anas
Etymology: Formed from the Latin suffix -ana; compare ism (from -ism), itis (from -itis), phobia (from -phobia).
Senses: examples: text: The FRENCH ANAS, or Selections from the best of the French Anas, interspersed with biographical sketches. In three elegant Volumes, small 8vo. price 15s. boards
ref: 1803, publisher's advertisement in Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Robinson, Page 8
text: Jefferson was aware of the literary tradition of anas, which extended back at least as far as Athenaeus's Dipnosophistarum, a delightful collection of table talk from ancient times covering a variety of subjects including law, literature, medicine, and philosophy.
ref: 2008, Kevin J. Hayes, The road to Monticello: The life and mind of Thomas Jefferson:
glosses: A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table
ana
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.nə/
ipa: /ˈɑn.ə/
ipa: /ˈɑː.nə/
rhymes: -ænə
rhymes: -ɑːnə
ipa: /ˈæ.nə/
ipa: /ˈæ.nə/
ipa: /ˈɑn.ə/
ipa: /ˈɑː.nə/
rhymes: -ænə
rhymes: -ɑːnə
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “of each”).
Senses: examples: text: wine and honey, ana / ij
translation: of wine and honey, each, two ounces
english: of wine and honey, each, two ounces
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text: Take Sugrede Coriandre ſeedes 3 qv. of an ovvnce, deſcidede liqveriſh ℥ [?]. Calmus, redd Roſes, ana a q. of an ounce, Cĩnamone 3 qv. of an ounce, Ginger, cloves, Mace, Nuttmegges, ana a q. of an oũce, all vvhich being contunded together, & as much Suger mixede thervvith, as ther is of the other poulder, or accordinge as vve deſire the dulcor therof, vve muſt in the morning faſting, or one hovver before ſuppervſe heerof.
ref: 1599, Oswaldus Gabelhouer, translated by Charles Battus and A. M., The Boock of Physicke: […], Dort: […] Isaack Caen, page 116, column 2:
synonyms: aa
glosses: Of each; an equal quantity.
raw_tags: in prescriptions
ana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.nə/
ipa: /ˈɑn.ə/
ipa: /ˈɑː.nə/
rhymes: -ænə
rhymes: -ɑːnə
ipa: /ˈæ.nə/
Etymology: Clipping of anorexia; intentionally formed to resemble the given name Ana as form of personification and coded language. Compare mia.
Senses: glosses: Anorexia.
Derived terms: pro-ana
Related terms: mia
pro-mia
ana
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.nə/
ipa: /ˈɑn.ə/
ipa: /ˈɑː.nə/
rhymes: -ænə
rhymes: -ɑːnə
ipa: /ˈæ.nə/
Forms: form: more ana
form: most ana
Etymology: From Ancient Greek; see ana-.
Senses: examples: text: Your right half would move ana, let us say, and your left half would move kata. The two halves would, in their parallel spaces, move past the plane of rotation, and then they would swing back into our space.
ref: 1985, Rudy von Bitter Rucker, The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes, page 43:
text: Added to the conventional FPS control keys are two extra keys that move the player in ana and kata direction in 4d space. If you go in this extra direction the space around you changes, the room transforms.
ref: 2005, Animation journal, volumes 13-15:
antonyms: kata
glosses: In a direction analogous to up, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.
ana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.nə/
ipa: /ˈɑn.ə/
ipa: /ˈɑː.nə/
rhymes: -ænə
rhymes: -ɑːnə
ipa: /ˈæ.nə/
Forms: form: anas
Etymology: From Hindi अन्न (ann, “food, grain”), आना (ānā), from Sanskrit अन्न (anna).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anna (“a former subdivision of the rupee”).
anas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ana
angst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăng(k)st
ipa: /æŋ(k)st/
rhymes: -æŋkst
Etymology: Borrowed from German Angst or Danish angst; attested since the 19th century in English translations of the works of Søren Kierkegaard. Initially capitalized (as in German and contemporaneous Danish), the term first began to be written with a lowercase "a" around 1940–44. The German and Danish terms both derive from Middle High German angest, from Old High German angust, from Proto-Germanic *angustiz; Dutch angst is cognate. Compare Swedish ångest.
Senses: examples: text: I've begun to regret that we'd ever met / Between the dimensions. / It gets such a strain to pretend that the change / Is anything but cheap. / With your infant pique and your angst pretensions / Sometimes you act like such a creep.
ref: 1979, Peter Hammill, Mirror images:
text: Harry's adolescence is theatrical and gaudy, and many of its key scenes have a lurid and camp quality that is appropriate to the exaggerated mood-shifting and self-dramatizing of teen angst.
ref: 2007, Martyn Bone, Perspectives on Barry Hannah, page 3:
glosses: Emotional turmoil; painful sadness; anguish.
glosses: A feeling of acute but vague anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression, especially philosophical anxiety.
examples: text: General: a story with a general theme. It is neither romance or angst but may incorporate elements of all other genres.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Linda Green, Entering Potter's World: A Guide for Fanfiction Writers, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 21:
text: Fans prefer fluff to other types of fic. But angst (dramatic stories where characters have a wide range of emotions, including ... angsty ones) comes in a close second.
ref: 2017 October 31, Ashley J. Barner, The Case for Fanfiction: Exploring the Pleasures and Practices of a Maligned Craft, McFarland, →ISBN, page 67:
text: There are plots that take off from the discovery of another characters' letters or diaries (e.g., CarolB's “First Attachment," an angst fanfic in which Marianne Dashwood discovers Colonel Brandon's diary related to his youthful relationship with Eliza)
ref: 2020 October 2, Mike Goode, Romantic Capabilities: Blake, Scott, Austen, and the New Messages of Old Media, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 193:
qualifier: chiefly fanfiction
glosses: Fiction focusing on characters experiencing strong emotions and conflicts with other characters.
Derived terms: angst bunny
angstbunny
angster
angstfic
angstful
angstless
angst-ridden
angsty
eco-angst
Mulderangst
Scullyangst
technoangst
wangst
angst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ăng(k)st
ipa: /æŋ(k)st/
rhymes: -æŋkst
Forms: form: angsts
form: angsting
form: angsted
form: angsted
Etymology: Borrowed from German Angst or Danish angst; attested since the 19th century in English translations of the works of Søren Kierkegaard. Initially capitalized (as in German and contemporaneous Danish), the term first began to be written with a lowercase "a" around 1940–44. The German and Danish terms both derive from Middle High German angest, from Old High German angust, from Proto-Germanic *angustiz; Dutch angst is cognate. Compare Swedish ångest.
Senses: examples: text: In the second scene, the camera switches to the father listening, angsting, dying inside, but saying nothing.
ref: 2001, Joseph P Natoli, Postmodern Journeys: Film and Culture, 1996-1998:
text: She'd never angsted so much about her head as she had in the past twenty-four hours. Why the hell hadn't she just left it alone?
ref: 2006, Liz Ireland, Three Bedrooms in Chelsea:
glosses: To suffer angst; to fret.
alder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːldə/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ˈɔldɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑldɚ/
Forms: form: alders
form: owler
form: aller
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English aldre, alder, aller, from Old English alor, from Proto-West Germanic *aluʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō, *alizō, *alisō.
Senses: examples: text: I’ve known ere now an interfering branch / Of alder catch my lifted axe behind me. / But that was in the woods, to hold my hand / From striking at another alder’s roots, / And that was, as I say, an alder branch.
ref: 1923 October, Robert Frost, “[Notes.] The Axe-helve.”, in New Hampshire […], New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 37:
text: Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.
ref: 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 273:
text: That's what the tiercel was doing when I found him again in the alder.
ref: 1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 40:
glosses: Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.
Derived terms: word: alder bush
word: Aldercar
word: alder carr
word: alderfly
word: alder moth
word: aldern
word: alderwood
word: cherry alder
word: tag alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Frangula alnus
word: alder buckthorn
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Alnus acuminata
word: Andean alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Ilex verticillata
word: black alder
sense: alder species
word: black alder winterberry
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Ilex verticillata
word: brook alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Alnus subcordata
word: Caucasian alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Alnus glutinosa
word: common alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Alnus glutinosa
word: European alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Cunonia capensis
word: false alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Alnus formosana
word: Formosan alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Alnus viridis
word: green alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Alnus incana
word: grey alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Alnus serrulata
word: hazel alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Alnus nitida
word: Himalayan alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Alnus cordata
word: Italian alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Alnus japonica
word: Japanese alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Alnus hirsuta
word: Manchurian alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Alnus jorullensis
word: Mexican alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Alnus nepalensis
word: Nepalese alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Alnus orientalis
word: oriental alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Alnus rubra
word: red alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Alnus maritima
word: seaside alder
sense: alder species
word: smooth alder
sense: alder species
word: speckled alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Ilex verticillata
word: striped alder
sense: alder species
taxonomic: Ilex verticillata
word: white alder
sense: alder species
word: witch alder
alder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːldə/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ˈɔldɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑldɚ/
Forms: form: alders
form: owler
form: aller
Etymology: Clipping of alderman.
Senses: examples: text: Almost immediately, city alders contacted the campaign to negotiate an ordinance.
ref: 2004, Stephanie Luce -, Fighting for a Living Wage, page 121:
text: Chicago's mayor Edward Kennelly, the city alders, and many white Chicagoans opposed this siting plan.
ref: 2013, Dawn Day Biehler, Pests in the City: Flies, Bedbugs, Cockroaches, and Rats, page 180:
text: After three years as Ward 1 alder, Sarah Eidelson ’12 will leave city government at the end of the year.
ref: 2017 September 28, Isabel Bysiewicz, “Eidelson reflects on time as alder”, in Yale Daily News:
glosses: An alderman or alderwoman.
Derived terms: alder-liefest
aldership
amble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæm.bəl/
rhymes: -æmbəl
Forms: form: ambles
Etymology: From Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler (“walk as a horse does”), from Old Occitan amblar, from Latin ambulō (“I walk”). Doublet of ambulate.
Senses: examples: text: slow amble
text: casual amble
glosses: An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
glosses: An easy gait, especially that of a horse.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: That which follows the preamble, by analogy.
amble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæm.bəl/
rhymes: -æmbəl
Forms: form: ambles
form: ambling
form: ambled
form: ambled
Etymology: From Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler (“walk as a horse does”), from Old Occitan amblar, from Latin ambulō (“I walk”). Doublet of ambulate.
Senses: examples: text: amble through the park
text: slow amble
text: They decided to amble along the beach at sunset.
text: Tourists ambled through the narrow streets of the old town.
glosses: To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.
glosses: Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.
Synonyms: sense: walk slowly and leisurely
word: saunter
Derived terms: ambler
amblingly
Related terms: ambulate
ambulance
ambulatory