cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
iguana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪ.ɡjuˈɑːnə/
ipa: /ɪˈɡwɑːnə/
enpr: ĭ-gwäʹ-nə
ipa: /ɪˈɡwɑnə/
ipa: /əˈɡwɑnə/
rhymes: -ɑːnə
Forms: form: iguanas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.
Senses: examples: text: The problem with keeping the green iguana as a pet is that they are often misfed. For example, some will feed them meat or meat-based foods […]
ref: 2015, Rachel Smith, John Davidson, Lizards For Kids, page 18:
glosses: A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the genus Iguana.
examples: text: Marine iguanas line the shores of the islands, and are usually seen sprawled over lava rocks near the sea.
ref: 1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, page 44:
glosses: In America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae.
glosses: In Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor (see leguan).
examples: text: The last they had had, was an iguana one of the blacks had brought in; and though he felt disgusted at the idea of eating it, he made up into a kind of stew, and they both enjoyed it immensely.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 161:
qualifier: formerly
glosses: Any member of the genus Varanus (see goanna).
Derived terms: taxonomic: Iguana iguana
word: American iguana
taxonomic: Ctenosaura similis
word: black iguana
taxonomic: Ctenosaura similis
word: black spiny-tailed iguana
taxonomic: Cyclura lewisi
word: blue iguana
taxonomic: Dipsosaurus dorsalis
word: desert iguana
taxonomic: Laemanctus longipes
word: eastern casquehead iguana
taxonomic: Brachylophus fasciatus
word: Fiji banded iguana
taxonomic: Brachylophus vitiensis
word: Fiji crested iguana
taxonomic: Iguana iguana
word: green iguana
taxonomic: Cyclura spp.
word: ground iguana
word: guana
taxonomic: Corytophanes cristatus
word: helmeted iguana
word: iggie
word: iggy
word: iguaniform
word: iguanoid
word: iguanomorph
taxonomic: Cyclura collei
word: Jamaican iguana
taxonomic: Conolophus spp.
word: land iguana
taxonomic: Iguana delicatissima
word: lesser antillean iguana
taxonomic: Amblyrhynchus cristatus
word: marine iguana
taxonomic: Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri
word: Mona island iguana
taxonomic: Conolophus marthae
word: pink iguana
taxonomic: Cyclura cornuta
word: rhino iguana
taxonomic: Cyclura cornuta
word: rhinoceros iguana
word: ringed spinytail iguana
taxonomic: Cyclura spp.
word: rock iguana
taxonomic: Microlophus tarapacensis
word: Tarapaca Pacific iguana
street racing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Motorsport or auto racing held on public roads.
Related terms: street racer
street race
street racing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of street race
zebu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈziː.b(j)uː/
ipa: /ˈzɛ.b(j)uː/
ipa: /ˈzeɪ.b(j)uː/
rhymes: -iːbuː
Forms: form: zebus
Etymology: From French zébu, from Tibetan (perhaps མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po, “male bull–yak hybrid”), whence also zobo).
Senses: glosses: A domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa, having a large fleshy hump on its back and a dewlap (Bos taurus indicus).
Synonyms: Indian ox
Derived terms: cattabu
idiosyncrasy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪdɪəʊˈsɪŋkɹəsi/
ipa: /ˌɪdɪəˈsɪŋkɹəsi/
ipa: /ˌɪdiəˈsɪŋkɹəsi/
ipa: /ˌɪdioʊˈsɪŋkɹəsi/
ipa: /ˌɪdiəˈsɪŋkɹəsi/
ipa: /ˌədiəˈsəŋkɹəsi/
Forms: form: idiosyncrasies
Etymology: First attested in 1604, in modern sense since 1665, from Ancient Greek ἰδιοσυγκρασία (idiosunkrasía, “one’s own temperament”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one’s own”) + σύν (sún, “together”) + κρᾶσις (krâsis, “temperament”). Analyzable as idio- + syn- + -crasy.
Senses: glosses: A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person.
glosses: A language or behaviour that is particular to an individual or group.
examples: See also: risk factor and host factor
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor.
examples: text: He mastered the idiosyncrasies of English spelling and speech.
glosses: A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify.
Synonyms: eccentricity
foible
habit
idiocrasy
mannerism
oddity
quirk
vagary
Derived terms: idiosyncratic
idiosyncratically
Related terms: sense: See also
word: eccentricity
sense: See also
word: habit
sense: See also
word: peculiarity
sense: See also
word: speciality
sense: See also
word: specialness
sense: See also
word: specialty
sense: See also
word: trait
aircraft carrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aircraft carriers
Senses: examples: text: The US Air Force has 383 F-35As in its fleet, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
The F-35A is one of the three versions of the US military’s stealth fighter. The Marine Corps flies the F-35B – a short take-off, vertical landing aircraft – and the Navy flies the F-35C, designed for aircraft carrier operations.
ref: 2025 April 10, Brad Lendon, “‘Frankenjet’ stealth fighter made from two wrecked warplanes joins US Air Force fleet”, in CNN:
glosses: A warship designed to carry aircraft, serving as a seagoing air base, with a deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed.
Synonyms: word: bird farm
word: flattop
Hyponyms: helicopter carrier
escort carrier
aviation cruiser
supercarrier
fleet carrier
Derived terms: commando carrier
escort carrier
fleet carrier
harrier carrier
light carrier
lightning carrier
merchant aircraft carrier
supercarrier
Related terms: air carrier
seaplane tender
caribou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kăr'ĭ-bū
ipa: /ˈkæɹəbu/
ipa: /ˈkærɪbuː/
Forms: form: caribous
form: caribou
Etymology: Borrowed from Canadian French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”) (compare qalipi (“to shovel snow”)), from Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa (“caribou; it shovels snow”).
Senses: glosses: Any of several North American subspecies Rangifer tarandus of the reindeer.
Derived terms: alt: R. t. groenlandicus
word: barren-ground caribou
alt: R. t. caribou
word: boreal woodland caribou
word: Caribou County
word: caribouskin
word: carideer
alt: †R. t. dawsoni
word: Dawson's caribou
alt: †R. t. eogroenlandicus
word: East Greenland caribou
word: forest caribou
alt: R. t. granti
word: Grant's caribou
alt: R. t. caboti
word: Labrador caribou
alt: R. t. terraenovae
word: Newfoundland caribou
alt: R. t. osborni
word: Osborn's caribou
alt: R. t. pearyi
word: Peary caribou
alt: R. t. granti
word: porcupine caribou
alt: †R. t. dawsoni
word: Queen Charlotte Islands caribou
alt: R. t. caribou
word: woodland caribou
stoop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stuːp/
rhymes: -uːp
Forms: form: stoops
Etymology: From Middle English stoupen, from Old English stūpian (“to bow, bend”), from Proto-West Germanic *stūpōn, from Proto-Germanic *stūpōną, *stūpijaną (“to stand out”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, butt, knock”). Compare steep. Cognate with Dutch stuipen (“to bend the upper part of the body forward and downward”), Old Norse stúpa (“to stoop”). Related also to Old Frisian stēpa (“to help”), Old Norse steypa (“to cause to stoop, cast down, overthrow”).
Senses: examples: text: The old man walked with a stoop.
text: Theo Walcott's final pass has often drawn criticism but there could be no complaint in the 11th minute when his perfect delivery to the far post only required a stoop and a nod of the head from Young to put England ahead.
ref: 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England:
glosses: A stooping, bent position of the body.
examples: text: At length the hawk got the upper hand, and made a rushing stoop at her quarry
ref: 1819, “Bracebridge Hall”, in Hawking, Washington Irving:
glosses: An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
Derived terms: poop stoop
stoop labor
stoopwork
stoopy
stoop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stuːp/
rhymes: -uːp
Forms: form: stoops
form: stoup
form: stowp
Etymology: From Middle English stope, stoupe, from Old Norse staup (“dip, well, cup”), from Proto-Germanic *staupą, related to the verb *staupijaną (“to steep”). Related to Old English stēap (“drinking vessel, cup, flagon, stoop”).
Senses: glosses: A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
stoop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stuːp/
rhymes: -uːp
Forms: form: stoops
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch stoep (“platform", "pavement”). Doublet of stoep. Cognate with step.
Senses: examples: text: Nearly all the houses were built with their gables to the streets and each had heavy wooden Dutch stoops, with seats, at its door.
ref: 1856, James Fenimore Cooper, Satanstoe or The Littlepage Manuscripts: A Tale of the Colony, London, page 110:
text: ...the entrance being at the side of the house and reached by a low front stoop with four or five risers...
ref: 1905 Carpentry and Building, vol. 27 (January 1905), NY: David Williams Company, page 2
text: The guard at the door coughed up blood, and died instantly. Fina was carrying an empty rifle with a sharpened bayonet, and she'd thrust it straight up through his neck, severing the spinal cord. She levered him off the front stoop and into the bushes, then stood up on the tips of her toes to peer through the window in the door.
ref: 2023 October 12, HarryBlank, “Fire in the Hole”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 22 May 2024:
topics: architecture
synonyms: porch
verandah
qualifier: Connecticut
glosses: The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
examples: text: A short flight of iron steps leads up to it and a storm door is built over the stoop, forming a little vestibule, and serving to keep out the gusts.
ref: 1902, Gustav Kobbé, Signora: a child of the opera house, page 15:
text: You better hurry up and get strong, if you going to carry me across the stoop.
ref: 1975, Laurraine Goreau, Just Mahalia, Baby: The Mahalia Jackson Story, page 248:
text: Holding her breath while she set one foot over the stoop and followed it up into the house
ref: 1997, Peter S. Feibleman, A place without twilight, page 15:
text: She grins at me and lifts her walker over the stoop.
ref: 1999, Nora Gallagher, Things Seen and Unseen: A Year Lived in Faith, page 115:
topics: architecture
synonyms: step
doorstep
glosses: The threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
Derived terms: stoopball
Related terms: stoep
stoop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stuːp/
rhymes: -uːp
Forms: form: stoops
form: stoup
Etymology: From Middle English stoupe, stulpe, from Old Norse stólpi (“post, pillar”), from Proto-Germanic *stulpô.
Senses: glosses: A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
Derived terms: stoup and room
disown
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈəʊn/
ipa: /dɪsˈoʊn/
rhymes: -əʊn
Forms: form: disowns
form: disowning
form: disowned
form: disowned
Etymology: From dis- + own.
Senses: examples: text: Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn’t go through with marrying Count Paris.
text: Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it is emitted [James II of England], to be the greateſt Tyrant that ever lived in the world, and their Revolt who have diſowned him to be the juſteſt that ever was.
ref: 1744, Alexander Shiels, “Period VI.”, in A Hind Let Loose, Edinburgh: Reprinted by R. Drummond and Company, →OCLC, pages 167–168:
glosses: To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
examples: text: He disowns me, and he scorns me / But when we're alone he tells me I'm his very own
ref: 1968, Don Covay, “I'm Gonne Take What He's Got”, in Tell Mama, performed by Etta James:
synonyms: word: disavow
word: disclaim
word: abjure
word: deny
word: disavow
word: disclaim
word: disown
word: forsay
word: forswear
word: renounce
word: repudiate
word: wash one's hands of
glosses: To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To detach (a job or process) so that it can continue to run even when the user who launched it ends his/her login session.
Derived terms: disownable
disownee
disowner
disownment
undisowned
populace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒpjʊləs/
enpr: päpʹyə-ləs
ipa: /ˈpɑpjələs/
ipa: /ˈpɑpjulɛs/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈpɔp(j)ʊles/
homophone: populous (most accents)
Forms: form: populaces
Etymology: From Middle French populace, from Italian popolaccio. Compare demotic.
Senses: examples: text: The populace despised their ignorant leader.
text: Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.
ref: 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
glosses: The common people of a nation.
examples: text: Thomas Brassey (1805-70) should be equally famous, yet he is unknown to swathes of the greater populace. His plaque is at Chester.
ref: 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57:
glosses: The inhabitants of a country or one of its administrative divisions (such as a state, province, or county).
Synonyms: sense: common people of a nation
word: common people
sense: common people of a nation
word: hoi polloi
sense: common people of a nation
word: masses
sense: common people of a nation
word: people
sense: common people of a nation
word: rabble
sense: common people of a nation
word: riff-raff
sense: inhabitants of a nation
word: inhabitants
sense: inhabitants of a nation
word: population
Derived terms: populicide
pec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛk
Forms: form: pecs
Etymology: Clipping of pectoral.
Senses: examples: text: He's flexing his pecs at anyone who'll look.
text: The quest for perfect pecs is so strong that psychiatrists now sometimes refer to it as “bigorexia,” a form of muscle dysmorphia exhibited mostly by men and characterized by excessive weight lifting, a preoccupation with not feeling muscular enough and a strict adherence to eating foods that lower weight and build muscle.
ref: 2022 March 5, Alex Hawgood, “What Is ‘Bigorexia’?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2022:
glosses: The pectoralis major muscle.
examples: text: Greenshank, dunlins, common sand, snipe and blackwits accompanied the pec.
ref: 2016 August 1, Trevor Lee, “Another pec.”, in Lincsbirders (blog), archived from the original on 01 Jan 2025:
text: I went back into my photos, and yes, on 13 Nov, I photographed both Sharpie and the Pec.
ref: 2019 November 21, Stan Jarzynski, “Possible Pectoral Sandpiper”, in canberrabirds mailing list, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2025:
topics: biology
birdwatching
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: Clipping of pectoral sandpiper.
Derived terms: pec bounce
pec deck
pec pop
pec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛk
Etymology: From Latin pecūnia (“money”).
Senses: qualifier: Eton College
glosses: Money.
repudiate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈpjuː.di.eɪt/
ipa: /ɹəˈpjuː.di.eɪt/
Forms: form: more repudiate
form: most repudiate
Etymology: First attested in 1543; from Latin repudiātus, the perfect passive participle of repudiō (“to cast off, reject”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from repudium (“rejection, repudiation, divorce”).
Senses: glosses: Repudiated by a husband, divorced.
raw_tags: as a participle
of a woman
glosses: Repudiated after betrothal or engagement.
raw_tags: of a woman
qualifier: generally
glosses: Set aside, rejected.
repudiate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈpjuː.di.eɪt/
ipa: /ɹəˈpjuː.di.eɪt/
Forms: form: repudiates
Etymology: First attested in 1543; from Latin repudiātus, the perfect passive participle of repudiō (“to cast off, reject”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from repudium (“rejection, repudiation, divorce”).
Senses: glosses: A divorced wife.
camouflage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæ.məˌflɑːʒ/
Forms: form: camouflages
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French camouflage, from camoufler (“to veil, disguise”), alteration (due to camouflet (“smoke blown in one's face”)) of Italian camuffare (“to muffle the head”), from ca- (from Italian capo (“head”)) + muffare (“to muffle”), from Medieval Latin muffula, muffla (“muff”). This Medieval Latin, from which there is also English muffle, is either derived from a Frankish *molfell (“soft garment made of hide”) from *mol (“softened, forworn”) (akin to Old High German molawēn (“to soften”), Middle High German molwic (“soft”)) + *fell (“hide, skin”), from Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”), or, an alternate etymology traces it to a Frankish *muffël (“a muff, wrap, envelope”) composed of *mauwa (“sleeve, wrap”) from Proto-Germanic *mawwō (“sleeve”) + *fell (“skin, hide”) from Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”).
Senses: glosses: A disguise or covering up.
glosses: The act of disguising.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
examples: text: Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.
ref: 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
glosses: Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
Derived terms: word: active camouflage
word: anticamouflage
english: by abbreviation
translation: by abbreviation
word: camo
word: Camotint
word: camouflage discipline
word: camouflage net
word: camouflage passport
word: camouflagic
word: camouflanguage
word: dazzle camouflage
word: immunocamouflage
word: spamouflage
Related terms: camoufleur
camouflage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæ.məˌflɑːʒ/
Forms: form: camouflages
form: camouflaging
form: camouflaged
form: camouflaged
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French camouflage, from camoufler (“to veil, disguise”), alteration (due to camouflet (“smoke blown in one's face”)) of Italian camuffare (“to muffle the head”), from ca- (from Italian capo (“head”)) + muffare (“to muffle”), from Medieval Latin muffula, muffla (“muff”). This Medieval Latin, from which there is also English muffle, is either derived from a Frankish *molfell (“soft garment made of hide”) from *mol (“softened, forworn”) (akin to Old High German molawēn (“to soften”), Middle High German molwic (“soft”)) + *fell (“hide, skin”), from Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”), or, an alternate etymology traces it to a Frankish *muffël (“a muff, wrap, envelope”) composed of *mauwa (“sleeve, wrap”) from Proto-Germanic *mawwō (“sleeve”) + *fell (“skin, hide”) from Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”).
Senses: examples: text: THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF WORLD RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES. Edited by P. Ransome-Wallis. Hutchinson. 50s.
A gaudy jacket, remarkably out of keeping with the contents, camouflages the weightiest and meatiest work on a railway topic since the war.
ref: 1960 January, “New reading on railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 26:
text: Elegant brick and stone buildings, with iron and glass canopies and decorative wooden scalloping and fencing—all evidencing care on the part of the architect to produce a pleasing, well-planned building—were submerged beneath a profusion of ill-conceived additions and camouflaged by vulgar paint schemes; and the original conception was lost.
ref: 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, pages 250–251:
glosses: To hide or disguise something by covering it up or changing its appearance.
Derived terms: camo
camouflageable
camouflager
troops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹuːps/
rhymes: -uːps
Senses: glosses: plural of troop
troops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹuːps/
rhymes: -uːps
Senses: examples: text: There were 10,000 troops in Iraq.
glosses: Military personnel in uniform.
Synonyms: soldiers
Derived terms: barrier troops
ground troops
troops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹuːps/
rhymes: -uːps
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of troop
Mickey Mouse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mickey, a diminutive of the given name Michael, + mouse, referring to the species of the character. Walt Disney chose the name Mickey Mouse in 1928, changing it from Mortimer Mouse at the suggestion of his wife, Lillian, who felt the original name was too formal for the character's playful nature.
The derogatory adjectival sense developed in the US after WWII, originally applied to dance music, then broadened.
Senses: glosses: The most famous Disney cartoon character, an anthropomorphic mouse with a falsetto voice and a cheerful disposition.
Derived terms: Mickey Mouse cap
Mickey Mouse glove
Mickey Mouse hat
Mickey Mouse Protection Act
Mickey Mousing
Mickey Mouse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Mickey, a diminutive of the given name Michael, + mouse, referring to the species of the character. Walt Disney chose the name Mickey Mouse in 1928, changing it from Mortimer Mouse at the suggestion of his wife, Lillian, who felt the original name was too formal for the character's playful nature.
The derogatory adjectival sense developed in the US after WWII, originally applied to dance music, then broadened.
Senses: examples: text: "They are putting a Mickey Mouse operation on the ice," added Gretzky, who extended apologies to New Jersey goaltenders Ron Low and Chico Resch.
ref: 1983 November 21, “Rangers get past Quebec in Overtime”, in Miami Herald:
text: You mean, somebody who, for example, is a retired Army officer, has been teaching, as you do in the Army about half the time for about 30 years, you mean he couldn't go in and teach in the school' cause he didn't take some Mickey Mouse course in education at a state university?
ref: 1991 April 20, CNN_Novak:
text: California (78-67): This is no Mickey Mouse outfit, even though Disney is buying into the team. / The Angels didn't make many changes in personnel during the winter.
ref: 1996 February 11, Dave van Dyck, “Braves, Indians Are Teams to Beat Again; Series Repeat Appears Likely As Camps Open”, in Chicago Sun-Times, SPORTS, page 18:
text: Mr. [Kash] Patel said he would not tolerate any more “Mickey Mouse operations,” an official on the call recounted. It was one of his few utterances without profanity, the person added.
ref: 2025 September 12, Glenn Thrush, Devlin Barrett, Adam Goldman, “Patel and F.B.I. Face Scrutiny as Kirk’s Killer Remains at Large”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
synonyms: dodgy
noddy
shoddy
glosses: Of inferior quality, poorly-run; too easy to be taken seriously, trivial.
glosses: Grouse, excellent.
Derived terms: Mickey Mouse degree
Mickey Mouse money
Mickey Mouse ring
Mickeysoft
Mickey Mouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mickey, a diminutive of the given name Michael, + mouse, referring to the species of the character. Walt Disney chose the name Mickey Mouse in 1928, changing it from Mortimer Mouse at the suggestion of his wife, Lillian, who felt the original name was too formal for the character's playful nature.
The derogatory adjectival sense developed in the US after WWII, originally applied to dance music, then broadened.
Senses: glosses: Scouse.
glosses: House.
Zinnia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Zinnia had already attained fifty, I guessed, and wore a professional white coat over a grey flannel skirt. In spite of her colourful name she had short grey hair hair, no lipstick, flat-heeled shoes and an air of tiredness, […]
ref: 1999, Dick Francis, Second Wind, page 199:
glosses: A female given name from English from the flower
contiguous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈtɪɡ.ju.əs/
ipa: /kənˈtɪɡ.jʉ.əs/
rhymes: -ɪɡjuəs
Etymology: From Latin contiguus (“touching”), from contingere (“to touch”); see contingent, contact, contagion.
Senses: glosses: Connected; touching; abutting.
examples: text: 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland
Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small,
He sees his little lot the lot of all;
Sees no contiguous palace rear its head
To shame the meanness of his humble shed;
text: […] the usual quietness of the day, with us, was broken in upon by the shout of success from the pursuing boats, followed by vehement respondings from the contiguous ship.
ref: 1835, William Scoresby, Memorials of the Sea, page 59:
glosses: Adjacent; neighboring.
examples: text: the forty-eight contiguous states
text: Supposing three such houses to be contiguous to a central one, each separated from the latter by a straight wall.
ref: 1886, Frank Hamilton Cushing, A Study of Pueblo Pottery as Illustrative of Zuñi Culture Growth:
glosses: Connecting without a break.
Derived terms: contiguosity
contiguous 48
contiguously
contiguousness
contiguous United States
discontiguous
incontiguous
multicontiguous
non-contiguous
noncontiguous
overcontiguous
pseudocontiguous
semicontiguous
subcontiguous
uncontiguous
Related terms: contiguity
coterminous
contagious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈteɪdʒəs/
rhymes: -eɪdʒəs
Forms: form: more contagious
form: most contagious
Etymology: From Old French contagieus, from Late Latin contagiosus, from contagio.
Senses: examples: text: Last year's flu strain was so contagious that everybody in town got sick!
antonyms: noncontagious
noncommunicable
nontransmissible
hypernyms: infectious
communicable
transmissible
spreadable
catching
glosses: Easily transmitted to others.
raw_tags: of a disease
examples: text: contagious enthusiasm; infectious laughter
text: Wearing jeans was a contagious fad at that time.
text: The taverns of our ancestors would ill bear contrasting with the clubs of to-day; but many a gay midnight was past in the former:—midnights, whose mirth has descended even to us; half the jests, whose gaiety is still contagious; half the epigrams, whose point is yet felt, were born of those brief and brilliant hours.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Success”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 75:
text: Cause love is contagious, when it's alright / Love is contagious, when it's alright / Love is alright
ref: 2000, Damon Gough, “Magic in the Air”, in The Hour of Bewilderbeast, performed by Badly Drawn Boy:
synonyms: infectious
spreadable
glosses: Easily passed on to others.
examples: text: They were highly contagious, spreading bacteria to other people.
glosses: Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: In Agypt's land contaygious to the Nile / Old Pharao's daughter went to bathe in style,
ref: 19th century, Zozimus, “The Finding of Moses”:
glosses: Contiguous.
Synonyms: catching
Derived terms: anticontagious
contagion
contagious abortion
contagious fire
contagiously
contagious magic
contagiousness
contagious shooting
uncontagious
Wallin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wallins
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Wallin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Swedish.
millinery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪl.nɚˌi/
ipa: /ˈmɪl.ɪ.nɚ.i/
Forms: form: millineries
Etymology: From milliner + -y (nominalizer).
Senses: examples: text: The show is worth watching for Agnes van Rhijn’s withering propriety and Bertha Russell’s dresses and millinery alone.
ref: 2025 August 10, Molly Jong-Fast, “Donald Trump, Julian Fellowes and the Gilded Age Finale”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: Women's hats.
glosses: A shop selling women's hats.
examples: text: They used to tell one about a kid asking his grumpy old man when they were walking to the park, "What's the name of this flower, Papa?" And the old guy is peevish and he yells, "How should I know? Am I in the milinery business?"
ref: 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 471:
glosses: The business and work that a milliner engages in.
Hypernyms: hatmaking
Related terms: haberdashery
faucet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fôʹsĭt
ipa: /ˈfɔːsɪt/
rhymes: -ɔːsɪt
ipa: /ˈfɔsɪt/
ipa: /ˈfɑsɪt/
homophone: Fawcett
Forms: form: faucets
Etymology: From Middle English faucet, fawcett, from Old French fausset, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Late Latin falsāre (“to falsify”) or from a diminutive of Latin faux, faucēs (“throat”). Alternatively, from Old Norse foss, fors (“waterfall”); if so, cognate with English force, foss.
Senses: examples: text: Wallace beats his palm against the reluctant handle of the faucet until it gives way, and the water comes out too hard, too fast.
ref: 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 80:
synonyms: tap
spigot
glosses: An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
antonyms: sink
qualifier: game development
glosses: One or several systems that inject currency into the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation
examples: text: The pipe or faucet or rather fast set, so called, because it is set fast in.
ref: 1585, Adrianus Junius, John Higgins, The Nomenclator, Or Remembrancer of Adrianus Iunius Physician ... VVritten ... in Latine, Greeke, French and Other Forrein Tongues : and Now in English by J. Higins... VVith ... a Dictional Index, London: Ralph Newberie and Henrie Denham, sourced from British Library, via Google Books, page 238:
glosses: A tapered tube, designed to be forced into a matching hole in a barrel, with the outer end holding a plug cock for decanting liquid from the barrel.
Hypernyms: valve
Derived terms: Bitcoin faucet
faucet aerator
faucetless
faucetlike
health faucet
integral calculus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: calculus
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The calculus that generalizes summation to find areas, masses, volumes, sums, and totals of quantities described by continuously varying functions.
Related terms: integral
integration
analysis
calculus
differential calculus
Marshal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑː(ɹ)ʃəl/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃəl
Forms: form: Marshall
Etymology: From marshal.
Senses: glosses: An English and Scottish status surname from Middle English for someone who was in charge of the horses of a royal household, or an occupational surname for someone who looked after horses, or was responsible for the custody of prisoners.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
fresher
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɛʃɚ/
ipa: /ˈfɹɛʃə/
rhymes: -ɛʃə(ɹ)
Etymology: From fresh + -er (comparative suffix).
Senses: glosses: comparative form of fresh: more fresh
fresher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɛʃɚ/
ipa: /ˈfɹɛʃə/
rhymes: -ɛʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: freshers
Etymology: From a clipping of freshman + -er (Oxford -er).
Senses: glosses: A first-year student at a university.
glosses: A fresh graduate looking for his/her first job.
Synonyms: sense: first year student
word: freshman
sense: first year student
word: frosh
Hypernyms: beginner
Derived terms: fresherdom
freshers' week
amalgamate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmælɡəˌmeɪt/
Forms: form: amalgamates
form: amalgamating
form: amalgamated
form: amalgamated
Etymology: From Medieval Latin amalgamātus, past participle of amalgamāre, amalgama.
Senses: examples: text: to amalgamate two races
text: to amalgamate one race with another
text: Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one.
ref: 1796, Edmund Burke, A Letter from the Right Honourable Edmund Burke to a Noble Lord, on the Attacks Made upon Him and His Pension, […], London: […] J. Owen, […], and F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […], →OCLC:
text: At length, the two schemes were amalgamated to form the Manchester & Birmingham, which was to pass through the Potteries and join the Grand Junction at Chebsey, a few miles north of Stafford.
ref: 1957 September 24, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 617:
synonyms: mix
antonyms: separate
glosses: To merge, to combine, to blend, to join.
glosses: To make an alloy of a metal and mercury.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To combine (free groups) by identifying respective isomorphic subgroups.
Derived terms: reamalgamate
unamalgamating
Related terms: amalgam
amalgamation
amalgamate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmælɡəˌmeɪt/
Forms: form: more amalgamate
form: most amalgamate
Etymology: From Medieval Latin amalgamātus, past participle of amalgamāre, amalgama.
Senses: glosses: Coalesced; united; combined.
amalgamate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmælɡəˌmeɪt/
Forms: form: amalgamates
Etymology: From Medieval Latin amalgamātus, past participle of amalgamāre, amalgama.
Senses: glosses: The substance resulting from a process of amalgamation.
ft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ft
form: ft.
Senses: examples: text: The drive system can provide a maximum of 516 lbs ft (700 Nm) at any one time.
ref: 2012 March 9, “Green cars at 2012 Geneva motor show – in pictures”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: I’m sorry to inform you that some of the biggest weak dweebs I know are 6ft and taller. […] We have Jeremy Allen White and Barry Keoghan as internet boyfriends of the moment, both around 5ft 7 tall.
ref: 2024 March 21, Rebecca Shaw, “I will never understand heterosexual dating culture’s obsession with height. Just get a footstool!”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Abbreviation of foot (“unit of length”).
Derived terms: ft-lb
sq ft
ft
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ft.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of featuring; used to introduce guest performer(s) on a musical recording.
relevant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛləvənt/
Forms: form: more relevant
form: most relevant
Etymology: From the Scots dialect of English meaning "legally pertinent," used in Scots legal circles starting in the early 1500s. Borrowed from Latin relevāns, relevāntem, present active participle of relevō (“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re- (“again”) + levō (“lift”).
Senses: glosses: Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
examples: text: His mother provided some relevant background information concerning his medical condition.
text: Although autistic women with AN have cited concerns with weight/shape as less relevant in the development of their ED (Kinnaird, Norton, Stewart, et al., 2019), these could still have been a contributing factor.
ref: 2025 February 14, Heather Westwood, Will Mandy, Rebecca Brewer, “The Relationship Between Interoception, Alexithymia, Autistic Traits and Eating Pathology in Autistic Adults”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, →DOI:
glosses: Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
Directly related, connected, or pertinent, with important ramifications or implications.
examples: text: The message of Christmas is still relevant as we near the end of a troubled year and the beginning of an uncertain but challenging new year.
ref: 1973 December 20, “Hansen says Christmas time for thanks, hope”, in The Aberdeen Times:
text: Motorola was quickly losing the cell-phone battle to Nokia for a time. When they launched the RAZR phone and combined it with their "Hello Moto" campaign, it made the brand relevant again.
ref: 2008, Scott Cooper, Fritz Grutzner, Birk Cooper, Tips and Traps for Marketing Your Business, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 39:
glosses: Not out of date; current.
glosses: Famous, popular, or noteworthy in a contemporary context.
Synonyms: sense: directly related to a topic
word: applicable
word: germane
topics: legal
law
word: in point
word: pertinent
word: salient
sense: not out of date
word: current
sense: not out of date
word: prevailing
sense: not out of date
word: prevalent
sense: not out of date
word: rife
sense: not out of date
word: up-to-date
Derived terms: safety-relevant
Related terms: relevance
relevancy
relief
relieve
reliever
FT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FTs
Senses: topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of free throw.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Fourier transform.
glosses: Initialism of fluctuation theorem.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of full time.
FT
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: coordinate_terms: PT
glosses: Initialism of full-time.
raw_tags: of a job
FT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: A third employee caught the error one-and-a-half hours after the payment was processed and the transaction was ultimately reversed several hours later, FT said.
ref: 2025 February 28, “Citigroup mistakenly credits customer account $81 trillion in "near miss", FT reports”, in Reuters:
text: The relationship between [Laurent] Freixe and his subordinate was an “open secret” in the company's management, current and former Nestlé executives tell the FT.
ref: 2025 September 20, Madeleine Speed, Mercedes Ruehl, “The meltdown at Nestlé”, in FT Weekend, page 6:
topics: journalism
media
glosses: Initialism of Financial Times.
examples: Example stock market indices: FT 30.
topics: business
finance
stock-market
glosses: A stock market index code for the British stock market.
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Initialism of Final Testament.
Derived terms: FTSE
FT
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: I've been facing the trans issue "face on" since about 2-3 years ago, having really admitted it to myself about 4 years ago (freshperson in college), [...] So you can see I'm very confused, yet 99% sure I want to take 'mones and see how far I really need to go to be happy. do I live FT?
ref: 1996 November 23, so...@triax.com, “not stereotypical”, in alt.transgendered (Usenet):
glosses: Initialism of full-time.
irrelevant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹɛl.ə.vənt/
Forms: form: more irrelevant
form: most irrelevant
Etymology: From ir- + relevant.
Senses: examples: text: His comments were completely irrelevant to the discussion.
text: We need to focus on the main topic and ignore irrelevant details.
text: The fact that she is his sister is irrelevant to the case.
text: Andy Kirby said that, on her second day in his class, Velvet declared algebra irrelevant to her life and strolled out the door. "Haven't seen her since," he said.
ref: 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.2, at p.35
glosses: Not relevant, as
glosses: Not relevant, as:
Not at all related: totally unrelated, wholly unconnected, completely inapplicable.
synonyms: unrelated
unassociated
uncorrelated
random
stochastic
alien
glosses: Not relevant, as:
Not usefully related: not associated in any way that is important or useful to the context being discussed: not materially applicable; having connections not applicable in the present situation.
synonyms: unimportant
immaterial
incidental
inapplicable
glosses: No longer famous or popular; washed up.
Synonyms: word: beside the mark
word: beside the point
word: immaterial
topics: legal
law
word: impertinent
word: irrelative
word: irrelevant
word: moot
word: nongermane
word: nonpertinent
word: off-topic
word: orthogonal
word: tangential
word: unapt
word: ungermane
Hypernyms: word: unconnected
Derived terms: irrelephant
irrelevance
irrelevancy
irrelevantly
Related terms: word: fun fact
word: what does that have to do with the price of corn
word: what does that have to do with the price of tea in China
FTSE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʊt.si/
homophone: footsie
Etymology: A joint venture between the Financial Times of London and the London Stock Exchange.
Senses: examples: text: “It’s hard to believe that as recently as 2011, 43% of the FTSE 350 [index] still had all-male boards,” Mary O’Connor, acting senior partner at KPMG UK, said in a statement.
ref: 2021 February 24, Hannah Ziady, “All-male boardrooms are a thing of the past at Britain’s top companies”, in CNN Business:
qualifier: London's
glosses: Financial Times and Stock Exchange.
topics: business
finance
stock-market
glosses: The main stock market index code for the British stock market.
synonyms: word: Footsie
glosses: The FTSE 100 Index.
Derived terms: Footsie
autotheism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + theism.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: The doctrine of the self-subsistence of God, especially of the second person in the Trinity.
glosses: The worship of oneself.
glosses: The belief that one is a deity.
glosses: The belief that one is possessed by a divine power.
Synonyms: suitheism
Derived terms: autotheist
autotheistic
autotheistically
eventify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eventifies
form: eventifying
form: eventified
form: eventified
Etymology: From event + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: According to Hauptfleisch (2001:170), events such as the Little Karoo Festival, eventify occasions in a fashion similar to the ancient festivals by turning an "[...] everyday life event (performing a play, a concerto, a dance, exhibiting a painting, a sculpture, an installation) [...] into a significant Cultural Event, framed and made meaningful by the presence of an audience [...] who will respond to the celebrated event."
ref: 2002, Johan Coetser, The South African War: Occasion and Event in Afrikaans Theatre:
glosses: To make into a special event.
autotheistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more autotheistic
form: most autotheistic
Etymology: From auto- + theistic.
Senses: examples: text: But under Professor Lerner’s scrutiny, example after example of allegedly extreme antinomian or autotheistic beliefs and of resultant flagrant libertinism loses those characteristics.
ref: 1972, Walter L. Wakefield, review of The Heresy of the Free Spirit in the Later Middle Ages, in Church History, Vol. 41, No. 4
glosses: Self-worshiping; prideful in the extreme.
Related terms: autotheism
BNP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of British National Party.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
BNP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BNPs
Senses: topics: endocrinology
medicine
sciences
synonyms: B-type natriuretic peptide
glosses: Initialism of brain natriuretic peptide.
Related terms: sense: natriuretic peptides
word: ANP
sense: natriuretic peptides
word: CNP
scientific method
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scientific methods
Senses: examples: text: 1858 - George Woodyatt Hastings, Andrew Edgar, Charles Wager Ryalls, Edwin Pears - Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science
Mr. Payne's paper aimed at the introduction of a scientific method founded upon rational principles which were altogether unknown to the mass
text: Let us sharply distinguish here between two epistemological positions. The first, extreme physicalism, asserts that only physics and its branches can be considered sciences. Hence, all observations must be formulated in the language of physics. The second position, a sort of liberal empiricism, recognizes a variety of legitimate methods and languages within the family of science. Indeed, since different types of problems are considered to require different methods of analysis, a diversity of scientific methods and expressions is not merely tolerated, but is considered necessary. According to this position, the value, and hence the scientific legitimacy, of any particular method or language depends on its pragmatic utility, rather than on how closely it approximates the ideal model of theoretical physics.
ref: 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., chapter 6, in The Myth of Mental Illness, →ISBN, page 102:
topics: sciences
hypernyms: method
glosses: A method of discovering knowledge about the natural world based in making falsifiable predictions (hypotheses), testing them empirically, and developing theories that match known data from repeatable physical experimentation.
Related terms: scientific methodology
scientific research
empirical
empiricism
Enlightenment
falsifiability
historical method
hypothesis
methodology
Occam's razor
scholarly method
dross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹɒs/
ipa: /dɹɔs/
ipa: /dɹɑs/
ipa: /dɹɔs/
ipa: /dɹɒs/
rhymes: -ɒs
rhymes: -ɔːs
Forms: form: drosses
form: drosse
Etymology: From Middle English drosse, dros, from Old English drōs, from Proto-Germanic *drōhs (“dregs, sediment”).
Also compare Old English drōsna, drōsne (“a ground, sediment, lees, dregs, dirt, ear wax”), from Proto-Germanic *drōhsnǭ, *drōhsnō (“dregs, sediment”), derived from *drōhs. Alternatively, this may be from *dragjō + *-snō (“yeast, sediment”; compare *dragjō (“yeast”)), as if from *drēcg + -sn.
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“sediment, yeast”).
Cognate with Scots dros, drose, drosse (“small particles, fragments, dross”), Middle Dutch droes (“dregs”), Dutch droesem (“dregs”), German Drusen (“lees, dregs”), Latin fracēs (“grounds or dregs of oil”). Related also to drast, dregs.
Senses: glosses: Waste or impure matter.
Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from oxidation.
synonyms: slag#Noun
scoria
glosses: Waste or impure matter.
The impurities in metal.
examples: text: Dross is related with the incomplete expulsion of the melt from the bottom of the kerf. For precision applications where the clean cutting edges are important the formation of dross at the bottom of the cutting kerf must be controlled. This requires deep understanding of the mechanisms of dross formation and the various materials and laser-cutting parameters which potentially control the formation of dross. For example, the highly cleaned (dross-free) cutting edges can be obtained in […]
ref: 2008, Narendra B. Dahotre, Sandip Harimkar, Laser Fabrication and Machining of Materials, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 176:
text: One of the main problems with recycling and melting magnesium is the presence of particles in the melt which lead to the formation of dross and sludge. To be more precise, the necessary removal of dross and sludge greatly increase the costs of the facility. And, material is lost.
ref: 2008, André Ditze, Christiane Scharf, Recycling of Magnesium, Ditze & Scharf, →ISBN, page 25:
glosses: Waste or impure matter.
A waste product from working with metal.
synonyms: slag#Noun
examples: text: What thou lovest well remains,
 the rest is dross
ref: c. 1945, Ezra Pound, Canto LXXXI:
synonyms: junk
rubbish
glosses: Worthless or trivial matter.
glosses: Residual raw opium left in an opium pipe which can be recycled for further sale or use.
Derived terms: drosser
drossless
drossy
human dross
Windross