cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
measureless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From measure + -less.
Senses: examples: text: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea.
ref: 1797, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Kubla Khan: Or A Vision in a Dream”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], published 1816, →OCLC, page 55:
synonyms: boundless
limitless
vast
glosses: Not measured because it is so large that it is difficult or impossible to do so.
Derived terms: measurelessly
measurelessness
metricize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: metricizes
form: metricizing
form: metricized
form: metricized
Etymology: From metric + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make metric
glosses: To introduce metrics into (a process)
glosses: To represent or measure by a metric
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: To use poetic meter
Related terms: metricization
metrify
metricate
metrification
mechanistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɛkəˈnɪstɪk/
Forms: form: more mechanistic
form: most mechanistic
Etymology: From mechan(ism) + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Having the impersonal and automatic characteristics of a machine.
glosses: Predetermined by, or as if by, a mechanism.
examples: text: Such ateleological explanation is what is meant by mechanistic explanation in the broad sense.
ref: 1908, William McDougall, An Introduction to Social Psychology, section 449:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Having a physical or biological cause.
Derived terms: antimechanistic
biomechanistic
mechanistically
multimechanistic
neuromechanistic
nonmechanistic
pathomechanistic
unmechanistic
mendicancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mendicancies
Etymology: From mendicant + -cy.
Senses: glosses: The act or state of being a mendicant
Derived terms: mendicancy squad
meatpacking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meat + packing.
Senses: examples: text: The administration’s focus on meatpacking is reflective of a larger shift in thinking about the costs of monopoly power.
ref: 2022 January 15, Binyamin Appelbaum, “Building a Better Meatpacking Industry”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2022:
glosses: The slaughter and further processing of animals for meat.
Synonyms: word: packing
Related terms: meatpacker
packer
packing plant
mechanized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mechanised
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mechanize
mechanized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mechanized
form: most mechanized
form: mechanised
Senses: glosses: Equipped with machinery.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Equipped with armoured motor vehicles; compare motorized (“equipped with unarmoured vehicles”).
Synonyms: topics: military
war
government
politics
word: armoured
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: armored
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: motorized rifle
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: motor-rifle
topics: military
war
government
politics
english: Soviet
translation: Soviet
word: motor rifle
Derived terms: antimechanized
mechanized cavalry
mechanized infantry
nonmechanized
semimechanized
unmechanized
mercantilism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mercantilisms
Etymology: From mercantile + -ism.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade, in the manner that a merchant would operate a shop. Typically this model presupposes protectionism.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The theory that holds that the prosperity of a nation depends upon its supply of capital, and that the global volume of trade is unchangeable.
Derived terms: neomercantilism
Related terms: mercantilist
mercantilistic
merchant
medicament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛdɪkəmənt/
ipa: /məˈdɪkəmənt/
Forms: form: medicaments
Etymology: From Middle English medicament, either from Middle French médicament or its etymon, Latin medicāmentum.
Senses: examples: text: 1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie, Book I, Chapter 23, “The forme of Poeticall lamentations,”
Therefore of death and burials, of th’aduersities by warres, and of true loue lost or ill bestowed, are th’onely sorrowes that the noble Poets sought by their arte to remoue or appease, not with any medicament of a contrary temper, as the Galenistes vse to cure [contraria contrarijs] but as the Paracelsians, who cure [similia similibus] making one dolour to expell another, and in this case, one short sorrowing the remedie of a long and grieuous sorrow.
text: Forasmuch as the soul is far more precious than the body, we do prohibit under the pain of anathema, that no physician for the health of the body, shall prescribe to a sick person any thing which may prove perilous to the soul. But when it happens that he is called to a sick person, he shall first of all effectually persuade them to send for the physicians of the soul; that after the sick person hath taken care for his spiritual medicament, he may with better effect proceed to the cure of his body.
ref: 1760, Richard Burn, “Physicians”, in Ecclesiastical Law, 6th edition, volume III, London, published 1797, page 88:
text: The Saracens gave an entirely new face to pharmacy and chemistry. They introduced a great variety of salutary medicaments into Europe.
ref: 1837, William H. Prescott, chapter 8, in History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, volume 1:
text: The musty smell of old thatch was mingled with the smell of Mrs Tulsi’s medicaments: bay rum, soft candles, Canadian Healing Oil, ammonia.
ref: 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part One, Chapter 4:
text: Many nostrums and traditional medicaments are mentioned throughout Greek literature as aphrodisiac stimulants.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 165:
text: Before any drug or medicament is loosed upon the public, it is essential for its toxicity to be tested. That testing involves animals, but not necessarily in the way that LD50 previously worked.
ref: 1986 February 17, Maurice Miller, Hansard, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2019:
glosses: A medicine, medication or drug.
Derived terms: medicamental
medicamentally
medicamentary
medicamentation
medicamentous
medium-sized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: coordinate_terms: small-sized
large-sized
glosses: Having a medium or intermediate size.
miserableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miserablenesses
Etymology: From miserable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being miserable.
Synonyms: miserability
PSAP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PSAPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of public-safety answering point.
glosses: Initialism of personal sound amplification product.
antimonates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antimonate
pyrophosphates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyrophosphate
Gütersloh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Gütersloh.
Senses: glosses: A city, the administrative center of Gütersloh district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Ahaus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Ahaus.
Senses: glosses: A town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Ahlen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Ahlen.
Senses: glosses: A town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
worked up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more worked up
form: most worked up
Senses: examples: text: I know it's difficult when things get this busy, but there's really no need to get so worked up over it.
text: Brother Wu gets worked up when you banter him off in any way, shape or form. Particularly his shoddy brand, football opinions or taste in clothes.
synonyms: agitated
cranked up
overemotional
overwrought
glosses: Excessively emotional, excited, aroused or angry.
Related terms: cranked up
psyched up
Boy Scout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Boy Scouts
form: boy scout
Senses: glosses: A male member of the Scout Movement.
examples: text: Gore, of course, has never been a political Boy Scout, least of all when it comes to campaign finance.
ref: 2003, Alexander Cockburn, Jeffrey St. Clair, Al Gore: a user's manual, Verso, page 233:
text: When he arrived in Washington, some people thought of him as a Boy Scout, perhaps because he wore his hair in a crew cut.
ref: 2004, Paul Alexander, Man of the People: The Life of John McCain, John Wiley and Sons, page 167:
glosses: A person, especially a politician, who is idealistic and naive.
Derived terms: Boy Scouting
Related terms: Girl Scout
Scouts
Scout's honor
coarser
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of coarse: more coarse
sport stacking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: speed stacking
cup stacking
glosses: A sport in which competitors stack cups as quickly as possible.
booster club
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: booster clubs
Senses: glosses: An organization devoted to collecting funds for a specific other organization.
booster dose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: booster doses
Senses: synonyms: booster
booster injection
booster shot
glosses: A dose of an antigen designed to strengthen immunity after an earlier immunizing dose.
booster injection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: booster injections
Senses: glosses: A dose of an antigen designed to strengthen immunity after an earlier immunizing dose.
Synonyms: booster dose
booster shot
booster shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: booster shots
Senses: glosses: A dose of an antigen (usually a vaccine) designed to strengthen immunity after an earlier immunizing dose.
Synonyms: booster dose
booster injection
the heck
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: What the heck are you doing?
glosses: Used for emphasis after an interrogative word.
examples: text: Elevators make me throw the heck up.
glosses: Intensifies a phrasal verb; goes between the base verb and its modifier.
Synonyms: the dickens
Related terms: flipping heck
Synonyms of hell
dig up dirt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: digs up dirt
form: digging up dirt
form: dug up dirt
form: dug up dirt
Senses: examples: text: The freelance investigative reporter made a career of digging up dirt on celebrities for tabloids.
glosses: To examine in order to find negative information for public opinion, usually with the purpose of embarrassing or discrediting a person.
woodfree
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wood + -free.
Senses: examples: text: The company's main product is high-quality coated woodfree printing paper.
glosses: Made from chemically processed (as opposed to mechanical pulping process) wood pulp.
raw_tags: of paper
upholding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uphold
upholding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upholdings
Senses: examples: text: […] the considerable political controversy that has surrounded important historical instances of judicial invalidations and judicial upholdings of federal legislation […]
ref: 2010, Tom S. Clark, The Limits of Judicial Independence:
glosses: The act by which something is upheld.
subsisted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪstɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subsist
roan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: rōn
ipa: /ɹəʊn/
enpr: rōn
ipa: /ɹoʊn/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.ən/
rhymes: -əʊn
Etymology: From Middle French roan, probably from Spanish roano, from Old Spanish raudano, itself probably of Germanic origin (compare Gothic *𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*raudan), accusative of 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (rauþs, “red”). Compare rowan.
Senses: glosses: Having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
raw_tags: of a horse
of an animal
examples: text: roan binding
glosses: Made of roan (kind of leather).
roan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rōn
ipa: /ɹəʊn/
enpr: rōn
ipa: /ɹoʊn/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.ən/
rhymes: -əʊn
Forms: form: roans
Etymology: From Middle French roan, probably from Spanish roano, from Old Spanish raudano, itself probably of Germanic origin (compare Gothic *𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*raudan), accusative of 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (rauþs, “red”). Compare rowan.
Senses: glosses: An animal (such as a horse) that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
glosses: The color of such an animal.
examples: text: Roan, a kind of leather used for shoes, slippers, and common bookbinding; prepared from sheep skins by tanning with sumach.
ref: 1882, Leo de Colange, The American Encyclopaedia of Commerce, Manufactures, Commercial Law, and Finance, volume 2:
glosses: A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
Derived terms: roan antelope
strawberry roan
roan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rōn
ipa: /ɹəʊn/
enpr: rōn
ipa: /ɹoʊn/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.ən/
rhymes: -əʊn
Forms: form: roans
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of rowan (“kind of tree”).
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: roan duck
ad truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ad trucks
Senses: examples: text: An ad truck passed down the lane blaring out a shrill announcement for a new perfume and cosmetics line that would be available Saturday in the town's department store.
ref: 2004, John Dalton, Heaven Lake, page 449:
topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: A truck whose sole purpose is to advertise, for example by means of billboards, electronic displays, or music.
Synonyms: mobile billboard
isophote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isophotes
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A contour of equal luminance in an image.
Derived terms: isophotal
isophotometry
thin trading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
finance
stock-market
glosses: The characteristic of lower trading frequency, commonly observed with lesser known companies and firms listed on the market. It often suggests higher level of investment opportunity and risk for investors, less transparency and less public information.
blype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blypes
Senses: glosses: A thin membrane or small piece of skin.
agrimony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.mən.i/
ipa: /ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌmoʊ.ni/
Forms: form: agrimonies
Etymology: From Middle English egremoyne, from a conflation of Old English agrimonia and Middle French agremoine (from Old French agremoine, variant of aegremone), both from Late Latin agrimōnia, metathesized from Latin argemōnia (“a kind of poppy”) (probably by association with ager, agri- (“field”)), from Ancient Greek ἀργεμώνη (argemṓnē, “Papaver argemone, prickly poppy”), probably from ἄργεμον (árgemon, “leucoma”), from ἀργός (argós, “white”).
Senses: examples: text: I grant, my Pils are bitter, I, and costly; / But their effects are rare, Diuine, and holsome, […] / I grant, theres bitter Egrimony in vm, / And Antimony, I put mony in all still: / And it works preciously […]
ref: 1620, Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, The World Tossed at Tennis, London:
text: So he put the four shoes in a graceful group on the turf and looked at them. And seeing them there among the grass and springing agrimony, it suddenly occurred to him that both pairs were exceedingly ugly to see.
ref: 1897, H. G. Wells, chapter 9, in The Invisible Man, New York: Pocket Books, published 1957, page 41:
glosses: Any of several perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Agrimonia, that have spikes of yellow flowers.
glosses: Any of several not closely related plants of a similar appearance.
Hyponyms: taxonomic: Eupatorium cannabinum
word: hemp-agrimony
Derived terms: bastard agrimony
immunosuppressive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: more immunosuppressive
form: most immunosuppressive
Etymology: From immuno- + suppressive.
Senses: examples: text: It is predictable that some of these infections occur in individuals immunocompromised by malnutrition or underlying disease (notably cancer or AIDS) or by immunosuppressive therapy.
ref: 2013, Robert H. Rubin, Lowell S. Young, Clinical Approach to Infection in the Compromised Host, →ISBN, page 275:
topics: immunology
medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Having the capability to suppress the immune system, capable of immunosuppression.
Derived terms: immunosuppressively
nonimmunosuppressive
immunosuppressive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: immunosuppressives
Etymology: From immuno- + suppressive.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An agent which is capable of immunosuppression.
Synonyms: immunosuppressor
immunosuppressant
melioration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meliorations
Etymology: From Latin meliōrātiō.
Senses: examples: text: It would seem that the rise and progress of this Republic; the spread of our ocean commerce; the building of a thousand cities; the rush of the world to our shores; the peopling of our boundless plains; the rapid birth of new States into our Union; the triumph of our arms; our repeated accessions of territory; our maritime and commercial superiority; our foreign discoveries; our inventions in mechanism; our discoveries in science; the use of steam, and electricity; our statesmanship, and foreign diplomacy; a thousand miraculous incidents of individual enterprise and success; the discovery of gold, of silver, and iron; our internal improvements and meliorations; our national prestige; and finally, our greatness and glory as a nation, — ought to suffice for any reasonable conception of the marvellous, as they outstrip the more ignoble creations of fancy, and absolutely invade the former domain of fiction and romance.
ref: 1860, True Worthy Hoit, The Right of American Slavery:
glosses: Archaic form of amelioration.
Derived terms: melioration theory
meliorative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈmiːlɪɒɹətɪv/
/ˈmiːlɪəɹətɪv/
/ˈmiːljəɹətɪv/
Etymology: From Late Latin meliōrō (“make better, improve”) + English -ative (“tending to”, suffix forming adjectives).
Senses: examples: text: We…become savage in our hatred to the various meliorative processes.
ref: 1808, G. Edwards, Pract. Plan, chapter iii, page 30:
text: Peel has no meliorative and restorative principle to propose.
ref: 1841, R. Oastler, Fleet Papers, volume I, chapter xl, page 314:
glosses: That meliorates; curative, improving, salutary.
immunosuppressives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immunosuppressive
immunosuppressor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunosuppressors
Etymology: From immuno- + suppressor.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An immunosuppressive agent.
Synonyms: immunosuppressive
immunosuppressant
menservants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manservant
immunosuppressors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immunosuppressor
ettles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ettle
ettles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ettle
undergrad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undergrads
Etymology: Clipping of undergraduate.
Senses: examples: text: Within a few days of our reading the report of the vandalish statue-burnings of the Oxford undergrads, we met with the announcement of a wholesale destruction of idols by the natives of Madagascar.
ref: 1870, The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 229, page 250:
glosses: An undergraduate.
timing belt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timing belts
Senses: synonyms: cam belt
cambelt
time belt
hypernyms: belt
coordinate_terms: timing chain
glosses: A part of an internal combustion engine that controls the timing of the engine's valves.
transfer tax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transfer taxes
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A transaction fee (often relatively small in relation to the value of property) imposed on the transfer of title to property.
Lili
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name, variant of Lily.
home care
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Health care provided in the patient's home by health care professionals.
glosses: Health care provided in the patient's home by family and friends.
Synonyms: sense: by healthcare professionals
word: home health care
sense: by healthcare professionals
word: formal care
sense: by healthcare professionals
word: skilled care
word: domiciliary care
Derived terms: home carer
Related terms: caregiver
carer
Isabell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Hebrew, a less common spelling of Isabel or Isabelle.
glosses: A surname originating as a matronymic.
Trine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Trines
Etymology: Probably an Americanized form of German Trein.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
immunosuppressant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more immunosuppressant
form: most immunosuppressant
Etymology: From immuno- + suppressant.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Capable of immunosuppression, immunosuppressive.
immunosuppressant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunosuppressants
Etymology: From immuno- + suppressant.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An immunosuppressive agent.
Synonyms: immunosuppressive
immunosuppressor
Derived terms: nonimmunosuppressant
immunosuppressants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immunosuppressant
apocarotenoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apocarotenoid
duci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duce
Mie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 三重(みえ) (Mie).
Senses: glosses: A prefecture of Japan.
Rie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * Japanese りえ (Rie), a given name with numerous possible original kanji.
* Danish Rie
* Dutch Rie
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
A female given name from Japanese.
glosses: A female given name.
A female given name from Dutch.
glosses: A female given name.
A female given name from Danish.
today's
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: This is today's newspaper.
synonyms: word: hodiernal
coordinate_terms: yesterday's
tomorrow's
glosses: Relating to, or produced today.
examples: text: A modern-day warrior / Mean, mean stride / Today's Tom Sawyer / Mean, mean pride
ref: 1981, Rush, “Tom Sawyer”, in Moving Pictures:
synonyms: present-day
modern
contemporary
glosses: Relating to, or produced in, the current historical period.
Derived terms: today's flavor
ansa compounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ansa compound
arenium ions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arenium ion
benzenium ions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benzenium ion
wordes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of worde
gadje
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gadjes
form: gadje
form: gadger
form: gaj
form: gaje
form: gadjo
form: gajo
form: gorger
form: gorjer
Etymology: Borrowed from Romani gaʒe, plural of gaʒo. Doublet of gadgie and gorger.
Senses: examples: text: This is one of the things that makes this music Roma rap,” the musicians say in an interview. And, “[w]e also try to attack everyday racism and throw back in the gadjes' face what they say about us, Roma” (“Roma rap,” my translation).
ref: 2007, Sylvia Mieszkowski, Joy Smith, Marijke de Valck, Sonic Interventions, page 274:
text: But they are sold to the gadjes for a relatively high financial price to the Gypsies' advantage.
ref: 2012, Thomas Fillitz, A. Jamie Saris, Debating Authenticity:
glosses: A non-Roma; a non-Romani person.
Related terms: goy
carded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of card
primary key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: primary keys
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: In the design of a database table, the primary key (abbreviated PK) is selected among the non-empty set of candidate keys. The PK is a column (or an irreducible group of columns) able to identify every row of the table.
Related terms: candidate key
foreign key
systems engineering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An interdisciplinary field of engineering, focusing on the development, analysis and organization of complex systems.
Related terms: systems engineer
pasillo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish pasillo (literally “corridor”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A South American genre of music with some of the features of European classical dance.
systems theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An interdisciplinary field of science which studies the nature of complex systems in nature, society and science, and studies complex parts of reality as systems.
glosses: The systematic study of the complex interactions in systems.
glosses: A collection of methods on the development and organization of complex systems.
Related terms: cybernetics
dynamical systems
systems analysis
systems biology
systems ecology
systems engineering
systems psychology
systems science
subarachnoid spaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subarachnoid space
minicam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minicams
Etymology: From mini- + cam.
Senses: glosses: A small movie camera.
minicams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minicam
minivan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æn
Forms: form: minivans
Etymology: From mini- + van.
Senses: glosses: A small van, especially (Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) one primarily used for family transport.
Hyponyms: word: people carrier
english: passenger-focused
translation: passenger-focused
word: MPV
word: matatu
word: mathree
minivan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -æn
Forms: form: minivans
form: minivanning
form: minivanned
form: minivanned
Etymology: From mini- + van.
Senses: glosses: To travel or transport in a small van.
minivans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minivan
minivans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of minivan
miscue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪskjuː/
ipa: /mɪsˈkjuː/
Forms: form: miscues
Etymology: From mis- + cue.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: In a cue sport, an error in hitting the ball with the cue.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: The act of missing one's cue or of responding to a cue intended for another actor.
examples: text: Some comical defending involving two terrible clearances saw Kingson called on to block Welbeck's strike and then Evatt made amends for his shocking miscue by heading Bent's powerful follow-up over the bar.
ref: 2010 December 28, Owen Phillips, “Sunderland 0 - 2 Blackpool”, in BBC:
text: All season, the Chiefs have struggled on offense, in particular in the pass catching department. On multiple occasions throughout the regular season, Mahomes was burned by mental miscues from his wide receivers which cost the Chiefs wins.
ref: 2024 February 12, Ben Morse and Steve Almasy, “Kansas City Chiefs defeat San Francisco 49ers in OT in Super Bowl LVIII, become first back-to-back NFL champions in 19 years”, in CNN.com:
glosses: A miss of the object one intended to hit.
miscue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪskjuː/
ipa: /mɪsˈkjuː/
Forms: form: miscues
form: miscuing
form: miscueing
form: miscued
form: miscued
Etymology: From mis- + cue.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: To give an incorrect cue.
examples: text: Fabregas was the guilty party when Chelsea had another escape soon after. Messi was the creator to set up Iniesta but when Cech could only push out his shot, the former Arsenal captain miscued his finish from eight yards.
ref: 2012 April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 1 – 0 Barcelona”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 08 May 2016:
glosses: to mishit, strike incorrectly.
cue sport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cue sports
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A game played with a cue and balls, such as billiards.
Synonyms: word: cue sport
word: billiards
Hypernyms: word: game
Hyponyms: word: billiards
word: carom billiards
word: English billiards
word: kelly pool
word: Kelly pool
word: pocket billiards
word: pool
word: snooker
word: nine-ball
word: straight pool
word: one-pocket
word: bank pool
Related terms: word: cue
word: pocket
word: ball
word: table
cue sports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cue sport
miscues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miscue
miscues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miscue
misdiagnosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misdiagnoses
Etymology: From mis- + diagnosis.
Senses: examples: text: Some researchers have proposed that early social dysfunction in 22q11DS is associated with premorbidity to schizophrenia, and that these social impairments may result in a misdiagnosis of an ASD.
ref: 2015 July 23, “Transcriptome Profiling of Peripheral Blood in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Reveals Functional Pathways Related to Psychosis and Autism Spectrum Disorder”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
text: They have suffered from misdiagnoses, lapses in treatment, a lack of access to specialized food and physical therapy, displacement and the unrelenting stress of war.
ref: 2024 April 10, Lynsey Addario, “‘Mom, I Want to Live’: A Young Girl Battles War and Cancer”, in The New York Times:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An incorrect diagnosis.
Related terms: word: misdiagnose
word: overdiagnose
word: overdiagnosis
word: underdiagnose
word: underdiagnosis
Gandhi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɑːndi/
ipa: /ˈɡæ-/
ipa: /ˈɡɑndi/
ipa: /ˈɡændi/
rhymes: -ændi
Forms: form: Gandhis
Etymology: From Gujarati ગાંધી (gāndhī, “grocer, merchant”), from Sanskrit गन्ध (gandha, “perfume”). Originally, a trader in perfume.
Senses: glosses: A surname from India used by Hindu, Jain, Parsi and Sikh people throughout India.
examples: text: No young Koreans in Jilin accepted Gandhi’s theory. No one was foolish enough to imagine that the outrageous and rapacious Japanese imperialists would hand independence to people on a silver plate, to those who advocated nonviolent disobedience.
ref: 2008 [1935], Kim Il Sung, “With the Conviction of Independence”, in Kim Il Sung Works, volume 48, Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House, →OCLC, page 101:
glosses: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement, and proponent of nonviolence.
Derived terms: Gandhian
Gandhism
Gandhist
Related terms: Gandhigiri
Gandhi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɑːndi/
ipa: /ˈɡæ-/
ipa: /ˈɡɑndi/
ipa: /ˈɡændi/
rhymes: -ændi
Forms: form: Gandhis
Etymology: From Gujarati ગાંધી (gāndhī, “grocer, merchant”), from Sanskrit गन्ध (gandha, “perfume”). Originally, a trader in perfume.
Senses: examples: text: Sulak is eminently qualified to be a Gandhi in terms of his ideas, but not his lifestyle.
ref: 2019, Matteo Pistono, quoting Arun Senkuttuvan, Roar: Sulak Sivaraksa and the Path of Socially Engaged Buddhism, North Atlantic Books, page 168:
glosses: Someone living in accordance with the lifestyle or ethical principles of Mahatma Gandhi.
misdiagnose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misdiagnoses
form: misdiagnosing
form: misdiagnosed
form: misdiagnosed
Etymology: From mis- + diagnose.
Senses: examples: text: Ulcerated BCC may mimic SCC, and Bowen's disease may be misdiagnosed for the superficial and morphoeic forms.
ref: 1993, W. E. De Launey, Harvey Rotstein, W. A. Land, De Launey and Land Principles and Practice of Dermatology:
text: What would it cost you and the patient if you were to misdiagnose or miss something as a result of not giving the documentation process the attention it requires? What could happen if you misdocument a patient chart?
ref: 2010, Keith Rosen, Coaching Salespeople into Sales Champions:
text: Big technology companies are still misdiagnosing why they have so many enemies.
ref: 2021 April 21, Shira Ovide, “Why Is Big Tech Under Assault? Power.”, in The New York Times:
text: I was alone when I read Ward’s piece, horizontal in bed after a long day, and it occurred to me that he might be misdiagnosing some of the reasons people appear to be spending more time alone, possibly underestimating the strength of virtual connections.
ref: 2022 March 12, Jessica Grose, “We’re Spending More Time Alone. Maybe It’s Because We’re Exhausted.”, in The New York Times:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: To incorrectly diagnose.
Related terms: word: misdiagnosis
word: overdiagnose
word: overdiagnosis
word: underdiagnose
word: underdiagnosis
misdealt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misdeal
mis-dealer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mis-dealers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of misdealer.
mis-dealers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mis-dealer
misdeals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misdeal
misdeals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misdeal
modernistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more modernistic
form: most modernistic
Etymology: From modern + -istic.
Senses: examples: text: The modernistic architecture was both ugly and unfunctional, in spite of its futuristic appearance.
text: The buildings now being demolished are said to date back to the opening of the Trent Valley line in 1846. They will be replaced by modernistic structures, including a fully mechanised booking office, which will be concentrated mainly on the Low Level down platforms, [...].
ref: 1960 November, “Talking of Trains: Tamworth to be rebuilt”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 644–645:
glosses: In modern style.
Derived terms: comodernistic
modernistically
ultramodernistic
moistener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moisteners
Etymology: From moisten + -er.
Senses: glosses: Something used to moisten, especially a cosmetic.
four-and-twenty
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Forms: form: four and twenty
Senses: examples: text: Ouer the firſt companie the firſt month Ieſboam was chiefe the ſonne of Zabdiel, and vnder him foure and twentie thouſand.
ref: 1609, The Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Lavrence Kellam, […], →OCLC, 1 Paralipomenon 27:2, page 863:
text: Sing a Song of Sixpence, / A bag full of Rye, / Four and twenty Naughty Boys,/ Baked in a Pye.
ref: 1744, Sing a Song of Sixpence, in Tommy Thumb’s Pretty Song Book (earliest known written version)
text: "He was four-and-twenty the 8th of last June,[...]"
ref: 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter IV, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 56:
text: Jamba has removed from Marlowe's Doctor Faustus all but the barest of essentials - even half its title, leaving us with an 80-minute hurtle through Faustus's four and twenty borrowed years on earth.
ref: 2005 June 20, “My Party This Way | Faustus”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Twenty-four. (24)
moisteners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moistener
mollification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mollifications
Etymology: From Old French mollificacion, from Latin mollificātiō, form of molliō. By surface analysis, mollify + -ification.
Senses: glosses: The act of mollifying.
mollifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mollification
mercerize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mercerizes
form: mercerizing
form: mercerized
form: mercerized
form: mercerise
Etymology: From Mercer + -ize, named after John Mercer of Great Harwood, Lancashire, who invented the process in the mid-19th century.
Senses: glosses: To treat (cotton fabric) with sodium hydroxide to make it more lustrous and accepting of dyes.
Derived terms: mercerisation
mercerization
mercerizer
misdiagnoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misdiagnosis
misdiagnoses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misdiagnose
freefalling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of freefall
hearthside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hearthsides
Etymology: From hearth + -side.
Senses: examples: text: “How much death must an old king have seen on the field of war, in the play of swords, without its grinning jaw coming over his own hearthside.”
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 43:
text: Working women are stressing out their male partners by discussing business problems around the family hearthside.
ref: 2000 January 11, Judi James, “How was your day, dear?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 09 May 2014:
glosses: The area around the fireplace in the living-room of a family house.
hearthside
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hearth + -side.
Senses: examples: text: A hearthside rug.
glosses: Used to identify something as normally being in the area of the fireplace.
examples: text: Every Wednesday we have a hearthside meeting of the family.
text: This is a good hearthside book.
glosses: Pertaining to an activity normal to the household, usually associated with the living-room, whether or not it has a real fireplace.
Synonyms: fireside
coffee-house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coffee-houses
Senses: examples: text: […] Miniſters are ſo wiſe to leave their Proceedings to be accounted for by Reaſoners at a Diſtance, who often mould them into Syſtems, that do not only go down very well in the Coffee-Houſe, but are Supplies for Pamphlets in the preſent Age, and may probably furniſh Materials for Memoirs and Hiſtories in the next.
ref: 1714 (date written), [Jonathan Swift], Some Free Thoughts upon the Present State of Affairs. […], Dublin; London: […] T. Cooper, […], published 1741, →OCLC, page 3:
text: He did not conceive how, upon so solemn a day, they could permit this fine church to be converted into a Roman coffee-house, where people met for pleasure; […]
ref: 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book X. Holy week.] Chap[ter] IV.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume III, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 50:
glosses: Alternative form of coffeehouse.
nettie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛti
Forms: form: netties
Etymology: See netty.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of netty: an outhouse; a lavatory; a toilet.
nettie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛti
Forms: form: netties
Etymology: From net + -ie, on the model of Trekkie.
Senses: examples: text: Any nettie ever driven in Los Angeles?
ref: 1985 May 13, Andrew Vare, “L.A. Drivers”, in net.flame (Usenet):
glosses: An Internet user, particularly a Usenet user.
Synonyms: netter
arrive at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: arrives at
form: arriving at
form: arrived at
form: arrived at
Senses: glosses: To reach (a destination)
glosses: To reach (an objective or conclusion)
capital city
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæpɪtəl ˈsɪti/
Forms: form: capital cities
Senses: glosses: A city that is a seat of government.
glosses: A city (or cities) much larger or more important to a country than all others, regardless of the actual seat of government (cf., Moscow and Saint Petersburg regardless of moves of the Russian government; Amsterdam despite the Dutch government having been situated in The Hague since 1588).
glosses: The major metropolitan areas of Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide), all of which happen to be state capitals, and by extension the major metropolitan areas of other countries; note that other state capitals Hobart, Darwin, and national capital Canberra are often excluded.
Synonyms: sense: by ellipsis
word: capital
Renoir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Renoirs
Senses: glosses: a painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Renoir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter
palm off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: palms off
form: palming off
form: palmed off
form: palmed off
Etymology: “Palming” an object (as in a playing card) is a type of sleight of hand, secretly removing the desired article and leaving only the undesired one.
Senses: examples: text: The inveterate liars of the Semi-Weekly Earthquake are evidently endeavoring to palm off upon a noble and chivalrous people another of their vile and brutal falsehoods […]
ref: 1871, Mark Twain, Journalism In Tennessee:
text: […] the old mangy parcel he sent at Xmas a cottage cake and a bottle of hogwash he tried to palm off as claret that he couldnt^([sic]) get anyone to drink […]
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 18]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: (p.359) […] no one is to be allowed fraudulently to palm off upon the public his goods as those of another.
(p.379) It is a fundamental rule that one man has no right to palm off his goods for sale as goods of a rival dealer […]
ref: 1963, United States Code Annotated:
synonyms: pawn off
pass off
;
foist
fob off
;
unload
offload
glosses: To sell or dispose of (something) with the intent to deceive; to attempt to pass off a counterfeit or inferior product as genuine.
Related terms: pam off
reverse palming off
Wavoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wavoids
Etymology: From wave + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: He created WAVX 101, an online "course" for fledgling Wavoids that is quite literally the book on Wave.
ref: 1999 December 13, Danny Hakim, “Catching the Wave”, in SmartMoney:
text: The Wavoids and Raging Bull's WAVX board are at the frontier of a still-evolving manifestation of modern investing life: the financial message board.
ref: 2000 February 28, Danny Hakim, “Who Wants to Marry a Wavoid Multimillionaire?”, in SmartMoney:
text: Joe Trippi--username "random1"--was also a Wavoid.
ref: 2003 November 17, Noam Scheiber, “Organization Man: Joe Trippi Reinvents Campaigning”, in The New Republic:
text: Through the boom and bust, when Wave's stock sold for $50 a share and when it sold for less than a buck, when the company was delisted from the Nasdaq in 1997 and then reinstated in 1999, the Wavoids have been predicting that Wave will be bigger than Intel, AOL, or Yahoo -- and searching for clues that Wave's software is about to become the gold standard of trusted computing, an indispensable part of the 150 million PCs shipped yearly.
ref: 2004 June 14, Scott Kirsner, “After 16 years of struggle, Wave awaits its big break”, in The Boston Globe:
text: At the height of the technology bubble, Wave Systems attracted a devoted throng of investors from across the country who called themselves Wavoids.
ref: 2004 August 14, Danny Hakim, “For a Reformed Wavoid, The Play's the Thing”, in The New York Times:
text: The Wavoids say they believe that Wave’s moment has finally come — of course, they have always believed that Wave’s moment has finally come.
ref: 2007 March 4, Danny Hakim, “That Ship Will Come In, Right?”, in The New York Times:
topics: business
finance
glosses: A person who believes (often fervently) that Wave Systems Corp. will be a financial success.
REP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Abbreviation of Republican Party.
DEP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DEPs
Senses: examples: text: A DEP allows a recruit to complete education before joining the military.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of delayed entry program.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of data execution prevention.
DEP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Department of Environmental protection.
pey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pe (“Semitic letter”).
ruddier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of ruddy: more ruddy
ruddiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of ruddy: most ruddy
metallurgic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒɪk
Etymology: From metallurgy + -ic.
Senses: synonyms: metallurgical
glosses: Related to metallurgy.
Derived terms: metallurgic engineer
minoxidil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈnɒk.sɪd.ɪl/
ipa: /məˈnɑk.səˌdɪl/
Etymology: From (a)mino + oxid(e) + -dil (“vasodilator”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A compound used orally as a vasodilator to treat hypertension and topically to reverse baldness.
mineralogist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mineralogists
Etymology: From mineralogy + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An expert in mineralogy.
mineralogists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mineralogist
miscibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miscibilities
Etymology: From miscible + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The property of being able to be mixed.
examples: text: Oil and water have low miscibility.
glosses: The degree to which two things mix.
Derived terms: immiscibility
bunton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buntons
form: buntin
Senses: glosses: A wooden cross-stay in a shaft; a support for shaft slides.
characters per inch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cpi
Senses: examples: text: Please use a type that is 10 characters per inch.
topics: arts
design
media
publishing
typography
glosses: A unit of measurement of the number of typographic characters that fit on a one inch line of printed type. This unit is mainly used to specify font sizes that have the same width for each character (monospaced), however it may also be used to give an average for fonts with characters of varying widths.
qualifier: electronic media
glosses: A unit of measurement of the number of characters per inch ("linear packing density") when storing data on certain types of magnetic media or tape, used to measure storage density that the encoding medium possesses.
Related terms: dpi
ppi
pitch
clubhaul
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clubhauls
form: clubhauling
form: clubhauled
form: clubhauled
Etymology: From club + haul; derived from nautical clubbing (dragging an anchor along the seabed) and hauling (changing direction).
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To force (a sailing vessel) to change tack by dropping the lee-anchor and hauling in the anchor cable to swing the stern to windward.
Derived terms: clubhauling
goalsneak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goalsneaks
Etymology: From goal + sneak.
Senses: glosses: An Australian rules football player, usually a forward, who manages to kick many goals in a game.