cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
atropine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈa.tɹə.piːn/
ipa: /ˈa.tɹəp.ɪn/
ipa: /ˈæ.tɹəˌpin/
Forms: form: atropines
form: atropia
Etymology: From Latin Atropa (“genus of deadly nightshade”) + -ine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
toxicology
glosses: An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources, such as the seeds of the thorn-apple. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils).
Derived terms: apoatropine
atropinic
atropinism
atropinization
atropinize
atropism
benzatropine
homatropine
ipratropium
methylatropine
octatropine
revatropate
trop-
-trop-
deadly nightshade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deadly nightshades
Senses: examples: text: Deadly nightshade, henbane, hellebore and mandrakes were of evil reputation[.]
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 157:
synonyms: belladonna
poisonberry
glosses: The plant Atropa belladonna, a perennial shrub of the nightshade family that contains high concentrations of the alkaloid atropine which can be deadly if taken in excess.
mad man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mad men
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of madman.
punk music
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of punk rock.
synonyms: word: punk rock
airfield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airfields
Etymology: From air + field.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An open field designated for the taking off and landing of aircraft, but which, unlike an airport, does not necessarily have terminals or paved runways.
Synonyms: aerodrome
airdrome
landing field
Derived terms: nonairfield
helluo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛljuːəʊ/
ipa: /ˈhɛljuoʊ/
Forms: form: helluos
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin helluo (“glutton, squanderer”).
Senses: glosses: A glutton, a gormandizer.
rede
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːd/
rhymes: -iːd
homophone: read
homophone: reed
Forms: form: read
Etymology: From Middle English red, rede, from Old English rǣd, from Proto-West Germanic *rād, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz.
Cognate with Danish råd, Dutch raad, German Rat, Swedish råd, Norwegian Bokmål råd. Indo-European cognates include Old Irish rádaid (“to speak, say, tell”). Doublet of rada.
Senses: examples: text: Ophelia:
Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
Whiles, like a puffed and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads,
And recks not his own rede.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
text: When the Bull heard these words he knew the Ass to be his friend and thanked him, saying, "Right is thy rede"
ref: 1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume I, [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC:
text: ‘Yet do not cast all hope away. Tomorrow is unknown. Rede oft is found at the rising of the Sun.’
ref: 1954, JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers:
glosses: Help, advice, counsel.
glosses: Decision, a plan.
rede
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːd/
rhymes: -iːd
homophone: read
homophone: reed
Forms: form: redes
form: reding
form: red
form: red
form: redd
form: redd
Etymology: From Middle English reden, ræden, from Old English rǣdan (“to counsel, advise; plot, design; rule, govern, guide; determine, decide, decree; read, explain”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną.
Cognate with German raten, Low German raden, Dutch raden. More at read.
Senses: glosses: To govern, protect.
glosses: To discuss, deliberate.
examples: text: The meane whyle his squyer founde wryten vpon the crosse that Bagdemagus shold neuer retorne vnto the Courte ageyne / tyll he had wonne a knyȝtes body of the round table body for body / lo syr said his squyer / here I fynde wrytyng of yow / therfor I rede yow retorne ageyne to the Courte / that shalle I neuer said Bagdemagus
ref: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter V, in Le Morte Darthur, book IV:
english: Meanwhile, his squire found written upon the cross that Bagdemagus should never again return to the court / till he had won a knight's body of the round table, body for body. / “Lo sir,” said his squire, / “here I find writing about you; / therefore I rede you return again to the court.” / “That I never shall,” said Bagdemagus.
translation: Meanwhile, his squire found written upon the cross that Bagdemagus should never again return to the court / till he had won a knight's body of the round table, body for body. / “Lo sir,” said his squire, / “here I find writing about you; / therefore I rede you return again to the court.” / “That I never shall,” said Bagdemagus.
bold_translation_offsets: 252
256
text: But let me rede you, marry not.
ref: 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Dead Spy”, in The Black Arrow:
glosses: To advise.
examples: text: The secret of Man's Being is still like the Sphinx's secret: a riddle that he cannot rede.
ref: 1836, Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus:
glosses: To interpret (a riddle or dream); explain.
Derived terms: berede
misrede
Seamus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃeɪməs/
rhymes: -eɪməs
homophone: shamus
Forms: form: Shamus
Etymology: Anglicization of Irish Séamas (“James”), itself from English James.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Irish.
Derived terms: shamus
soothed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /suːðd/
rhymes: -uːðd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of soothe
glosses: simple past and past participle of sooth
shepherds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɛpɚdz/
ipa: /ˈʃɛpədz/
Senses: glosses: plural of shepherd
shepherds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɛpɚdz/
ipa: /ˈʃɛpədz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shepherd
Sundays
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: On Sunday; each Sunday.
Sundays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sunday
Sundays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Sunday
graveyard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪvˌjɑɹd/
Forms: form: graveyards
Etymology: From grave + yard. Compare West Frisian begraafplak (“graveyard”), Dutch begraafplaats (“graveyard”), Norwegian gravplass (“graveyard”).
Senses: synonyms: word: boneyard
word: Boot Hill
word: burial ground
word: camposanto
word: cemetery
word: churchyard
word: crypt
word: God's acre
word: gravestead
word: graveyard
word: kirkyard
word: lichyard
word: marble orchard
word: memorial park
glosses: A tract of land in which the dead are buried.
examples: text: Certain cards place other cards here because such cards might have abilities deemed too strong if they sent them to the graveyard instead.
ref: 2006, John Kaufeld, Jeremy Smith, Trading Card Games For Dummies, →ISBN, page 49:
text: If you want to be tricky, though, Rapid Decay can be a flying elbow drop out of nowhere for a surprise win against graveyard manipulation decks; they will always see a Beetles coming, remember.
ref: 2006, Michael J. Flores, Deckade: 10 Years of Decks, Thoughts, and Theory!, →ISBN, page 235:
text: When a player does discard or use a card or when a creature also died or a spell gets destroyed, that card gets placed into the player's graveyard.
ref: 2015, Kinetik Gaming, Magic the Gathering Game Guide (Unofficial), →ISBN:
glosses: A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.
The discard pile, in some trading card games.
qualifier: collectible card games
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.
A team where players are sent when they are not useful, or a team where players become useless if sent there.
examples: text: graveyard shift, graveyard slot, graveyard watch
text: Her husband, of course, came dressed as Herman Melville.) She's a veteran of these marathons, and warned me about the forthcoming graveyard stretch—when Moby-Dick melds with the altered brain chemistry of sleep deprivation.
ref: 2024 January 14, Luke Winkie, “A Whale of a Time”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2024:
glosses: A period very early in the morning in which there is very little activity.
glosses: Synonym of suicide (“beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain”).
synonyms: word: suicide
extra: beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain
Derived terms: aircraft graveyard
automobile graveyard
elephants' graveyard
flies' graveyard
ghost in the graveyard
graveyard chompers
graveyard cough
graveyard market
graveyard-minded
graveyard of empires
Graveyard of Empires
Graveyard of the Atlantic
Graveyard of the Pacific
graveyard orbit
graveyard poet
graveyard poetry
graveyard shift
graveyard slot
graveyard spiral
graveyard stew
graveyard test
graveyard tour
graveyard watch
graveyardy
whistle past the graveyard
groundwater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groundwaters
form: ground water
Etymology: From ground + water.
Senses: examples: text: The pH in water of the hillside soils varied between 3.1 and 6.1 with a mean of 4.2. The pattern of pH variation is complex and does not clearly relate either to cultivation or occupation. The most consistent, though weak, correlation appears to be between higher pH and flushes or bogs, which indicates that the local groundwaters are comparatively basic.
ref: 1995, Olwyn Owen, Christopher Lowe, Kebister: The Four-thousand-year-old Story, page 45:
text: Research has shown bone apatite to undergo chemical exchange with carbonates in either vadose water or groundwater.
ref: 2003, B. B. Huckell, C. Vance Haynes, “The Ventana Complex: New Dates and New Ideas on Its Place in Early Holocene Western Prehistory”, in American Antiquity, volume 68, number 2, page 357:
glosses: Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.
Derived terms: groundwater level
overbear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊvəˈbɛː/
Forms: form: overbears
form: overbearing
form: overbore
form: overborne
Etymology: From Middle English overberen; equivalent to over- + bear.
Senses: glosses: To carry over.
examples: text: I attacked first and they were overborne, / Glad to apologize and even suing / Pardon for what they'd never thought of doing.
ref: 1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by Nevill Coghill, The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977, page 287:
glosses: To push through by physical weight or strength; to overwhelm, overcome.
examples: text: It often fals, in course of common life, / That right long time is overborne of wrong […].
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To prevail over; to dominate, overpower; to oppress.
glosses: To produce an overabundance of fruit.
Derived terms: overbearance
overbearer
overbearing
betake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈteɪk/
rhymes: -eɪk
Forms: form: betakes
form: betaking
form: betook
form: betaken
Etymology: From Middle English betaken, bitaken, in form equivalent to be- + take, however, in sense from betæcen, betechen (“to beteach”). More at beteach.
Senses: glosses: To beteach.
resistant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈzɪstənt/
Forms: form: resistants
Etymology: From French résistant; equivalent to resist + -ant.
Senses: glosses: A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
glosses: A thing which resists.
resistant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈzɪstənt/
Forms: form: more resistant
form: most resistant
Etymology: From French résistant; equivalent to resist + -ant.
Senses: glosses: Which makes resistance or offers opposition.
examples: text: The infection is resistant to antibiotics.
text: […] suggests the dauerlarva is resistant because of non-feeding and a more resistant cuticle. Examination of the dauerlarva cuticle by thin sectioning and electron micro[…]
ref: 1975, Daniel McMahon, C. Fred Fox, Developmental Biology: Pattern Formation, Gene Regulation, Addison Wesley Longman:
glosses: Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.
Derived terms: acid-resistant
antiresistant
atheroresistant
bioresistant
chemoresistant
coresistant
corticoresistant
crossresistant
cryoresistant
exoresistant
famine resistant
fire-resistant
gastro-resistant
gastroresistant
heat resistant
heat-resistant
heteroresistant
homoresistant
hyperresistant
immunoresistant
magnetoresistant
monoresistant
multi-resistant
multiresistant
nonresistant
osmoresistant
oxidoresistant
panresistant
pentaresistant
pharmacoresistant
phosphoresistant
photoresistant
piezoresistant
polyresistant
quantum-resistant
radioresistant
resistantly
resistant materials
seroresistant
superresistant
thermoresistant
thromboresistant
unresistant
water-resistant
Related terms: robust
skied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: skēd
ipa: /skiːd/
rhymes: -iːd
Etymology: See ski.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ski
skied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: skēd
ipa: /skiːd/
rhymes: -iːd
enpr: skīd
ipa: /skaɪd/
rhymes: -aɪd
enpr: skēd
ipa: /skiːd/
rhymes: -iːd
Etymology: See sky.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sky
laïcité
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laïcités
form: laicity
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French laïcité.
Senses: glosses: Secularism and strict separation of church and state characteristic of France since the Third Republic and of Quebec since the Quiet Revolution.
slip into something more comfortable
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slips into something more comfortable
form: slipping into something more comfortable
form: slipped into something more comfortable
form: slipped into something more comfortable
Senses: examples: text: Pointing to my bedroom, I said, “The bathroom's upstairs.” “Aw'ight, chill. You act like you got Tupac in there or something.” Jay laughed, then said, “I'll meet you upstairs. Why don't you slip into something a little more comfortable?"
ref: 2009, Carl Weber, Mary B. Morrison, She Ain't the One:
glosses: To change into clothes that are suitable to be stripped off by a lover.
in the thick of it
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: antonyms: above the fray
glosses: In a precarious situation; in the trenches; up to one's elbows; knee-deep.
Related terms: thick of things
bellend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bellends
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bell-end.
Davey Jones' locker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Davy Jones's locker.
snake eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the resemblance of the two single pips to the eyes of a snake.
Senses: examples: text: It’s as if snake eyes, which should occur randomly only once every 36 times you roll a pair of dice, were coming up once every four times.
ref: 2021 June 29, Michael E. Mann, Susan Joy Hassol, “That Heat Dome? Yeah, It’s Climate Change.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: dice
gambling
games
synonyms: crabs
coordinate_terms: boxcars
glosses: Two ones, after rolling two dice.
topics: bowling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A 7-10 split.
Derived terms: come up with snake eyes
magnifying glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnifying glasses
Senses: examples: text: The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight.
ref: 2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist:
text: Faced with this situation, the arrival of the Covid19 pandemic in late winter/early spring 2020 showed the real situation of the country, its fragility and the challenges it faces. Thus, analysis of the impact of Covid19 on Tunisia offers a useful magnifying glass to understand the path of Tunisia from the 2011 revolution to the present.
ref: 2021, Renata Pepicelli, “The Unfinished Transition. The Post-revolutionary Path of Tunisia and the Test of Covid19. A Historical and Socio-Economic Perspective”, in Francesca Maria Corrao, Riccardo Redaelli, editors, States, Actors and Geopolitical Drivers in the Mediterranean: Perspectives on the New Centrality in a Changing Region, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 284:
glosses: An instrument made of convex glass, used to magnify.
Related terms: loupe
reading glasses
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Walon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Wayland or Waylon.
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
rampagious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rampagious
form: most rampagious
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rampageous.
how come
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /haʊ kʌm/
Etymology: Earliest use in its modern form can also be found in The Trial of Titus Oates, referring to a trial that took place in 1685:
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1730, F. Hargrave, A Complete Collection of State-Trials and Proceedings for High-Treason, and Other Crimes and Misdemeanours; from the Reign of King Richard II. to the End of the Reign of King George I, volume 4:
Mrs. A. Ireland It was on Saturday Morning, as I remember, the 3rd of August, the Saturday after St. Ignatius's Day.
L. C. J. How come you remember so particularly, that it was then?
In this text, it also co-occurs with forms such as "How come she to lie there?" and "How come you to remember those Days of the Month?".
Compare West Frisian hoe kom (“how come”), Dutch hoe komt het (“how comes it; why”), Afrikaans hoekom (“how come; why”).
According to Partridge's slang dictionary: US English, 1848, probably from older forms such as "How comes it that... ?" or "How does it come that... ?" and "How did it come to be like this?"
Senses: examples: text: How come you didn’t leave when you had the chance?
text: "Oh, yeah? The old days? Is that when you got your tattoo?"
"Yeah. I'm an alcoholic. Used to get in a lot of trouble. Been sober for eight years."
"Then how come everyone's scared of you?"
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 322:
synonyms: why come
glosses: Why; why is it; for what reason or purpose; due to what cause?
Synonyms: how's come
disimprove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disimproves
form: disimproving
form: disimproved
form: disimproved
Etymology: From dis- + improve.
Senses: examples: text: To which may be added this advantage, that the services of churchmen are rewardable upon the church's stock: no need to disimprove the royal banks to pay thanks to bishops.
ref: 1642, Jeremy Taylor, The Sacred Order and Offices of Episcopacy or Episcopacy Asserted against the Arians and Acephali New and Old:
glosses: To make worse.
glosses: To deteriorate.
qualifier: influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern
glosses: To try to make something better but end up making it worse.
dismast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dismasts
form: dismasting
form: dismasted
form: dismasted
Etymology: From dis- + mast.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To break off the mast (of a ship), especially by gunfire.
disobey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪs.əˈbeɪ/
ipa: /ˌdɪs.əˈbeɪ/
ipa: /ˌdɪs.oʊˈbeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: disobeys
form: disobeying
form: disobeyed
form: disobeyed
Etymology: From Old French desobeir.
Senses: examples: text: disobey the rules
text: disobey your parents
glosses: To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey an order of (somebody).
examples: text: The powerful Bene Gesserit sisterhood for ninety generations has been manipulating bloodlines to produce the Kwisatz Haderach, a superbeing. On Caladan, Jessica, a member of the sisterhood and the bound concubine of Duke Leto Atreides, had been ordered to bear only daughters. Because of her love for the duke, she disobeyed and gave birth to a son: Paul, Paul Atreides.
ref: 1984, 10:44 from the start, in Dune (Science Fiction), spoken by Princess Irulan, →OCLC:
glosses: To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey.
Synonyms: word: balk
word: decline
word: disregard
word: disobey
word: ignore
word: refuse
word: unmind
Hypernyms: word: react
word: respond
Hyponyms: word: mutiny
word: protest
word: rebel
word: revolt
word: sit-in
Derived terms: disobeyal
disobeyer
undisobeyed
Related terms: word: disobedient
word: disobedience
word: break
word: contravene
word: defy
word: flout
word: infringe
word: jib
word: violate
word: command
word: instruction
dishonor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈɑnəɹ/
text: Audio (US)
Forms: form: dishonors
form: dishonour
Etymology: From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honor.
Senses: examples: text: This prince bare alwaies in the field a greene shield, whereof he tooke his surname, and of him some forraine authors affirme, that he made an attempt to bring the whole realme of France vnder his subiection, which he performed, because his father susteined some dishonor and losse in his last voiage into that countrie.
ref: 1587, Raphael Holinshed, Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (2 of 8):
text: Indeed, those old insurgents, of 1868, are gradually being canonized with crimson death-names, because they neither knew dishonor, no, nor suffered it.
ref: 1906, John Luther Long, The Way of the Gods, page 25:
glosses: American standard spelling of dishonour.
dishonor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈɑnəɹ/
text: Audio (US)
Forms: form: dishonors
form: dishonoring
form: dishonored
form: dishonored
form: dishonour
Etymology: From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honor.
Senses: examples: text: It was while he was performing the duties of the store that he acquired the soubriquet "Honest Abe"--a characterization that he never dishonored, and an abbreviation that he never outgrew.
ref: 1866, Josiah Gilbert Holland, The Life of Abraham Lincoln:
text: The three lured him to their home to kill him for dishonoring their family by filing a paternity suit in family court.
ref: 1998 January 26, “Defense Says Blood Feud, Not Murder, Was Involved”, in The New York Times:
text: The DNC organized the petition drive when it became clear this week that the network was prepared to ignore criticism of its decision to air a right-wing, factually inaccurate mocudrama that dishonors the memory of 9/11 victims in order to serve a cheap, callous political agenda two months before the election.
ref: 2006, Bruce R. Lindsey, Douglas J. Band, Comments About ABC Entertainment's 9/11 Film, ABC News, page 1:
glosses: American standard spelling of dishonour.
Derived terms: dishonorer
dishonour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈɒnə(ɹ)/
ipa: /dɪzˈɒnəɹ/
Forms: form: dishonours
form: dishonor
Etymology: From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honour.
Senses: examples: text: You have brought dishonour upon the family.
text: That which were a dishonour to God the Son, were a dishonour to God the holy Ghost.
ref: 1645, G. Gillespie, Nihil Respondes, section 11:
glosses: Shame or disgrace.
glosses: Lack of honour or integrity.
topics: law
glosses: Failure or refusal of the drawee or intended acceptor of a negotiable instrument, such as a bill of exchange or note, to accept it or, if it is accepted, to pay and retire it.
Synonyms: unhonour
dishonour
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈɒnə(ɹ)/
ipa: /dɪzˈɒnəɹ/
Forms: form: dishonours
form: dishonouring
form: dishonoured
form: dishonoured
form: dishonor
Etymology: From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honour.
Senses: examples: text: You have dishonoured the family.
text: Still, in the very fullest blaze of gospel light, while we see that both Christ and His work are most ungratefully and flagrantly dishonoured, by our persistings in the attempt to do for ourselves what He has told us we cannot do, […]
ref: 1854, Robert Aitken, The teaching of the types, page 99:
glosses: To bring disgrace upon someone or something; to shame.
examples: text: disworshipping and dishonouring God
ref: 1684, Obadiah Walker, A Paraphrase and Annotations Upon All the Epistles of St Paul:
glosses: To refuse to accept something, such as a cheque; to not honor.
examples: text: “My men, the schooner coming up on our weather quarter is a Portuguese pirate. His character is known; he scuttles all the ships he boards, dishonours the women, and murders the crew.”
ref: 1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash:
glosses: To violate or rape.
Derived terms: dishonourer
dishearten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈhɑː.tən/
ipa: /dɪsˈhɑɹ.tən/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tən
Forms: form: disheartens
form: disheartening
form: disheartened
form: disheartened
Etymology: From dis- + hearten.
Senses: examples: text: The repeated failures began to dishearten the team.
text: Do not let criticism dishearten you.
text: As the storm darkens around him, his spirit grows more bright and serene. That which appals and disheartens others only animates him.
ref: 1841, Lydia Sigourney, Pocahontas, Pocahontas Notes:
synonyms: discourage
antonyms: hearten
encourage
glosses: To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.
Derived terms: disheartener
disheartenment
disgusted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈɡʌstɪd/
ipa: /dɪsˈkʌstɪd/
ipa: /dɪzˈɡʌstɪd/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /dɪsˈɡʌstəd/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /dɪsˈkʌstəd/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /dɪzˈɡʌstəd/
ipa: /dɪsˈɡʊstɪd/
ipa: /dɪsˈkʊstɪd/
ipa: /dɪzˈɡʊstɪd/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /dɪsˈɡʊstəd/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /dɪsˈkʊstəd/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /dɪzˈɡʊstəd/
rhymes: -ʌstəd
Forms: form: more disgusted
form: most disgusted
Senses: examples: text: The sight of the squirming mass of maggots left me disgusted.
text: I'm disgusted by her egocentric behaviour.
glosses: Filled with disgust.
Derived terms: disgustedly
disgustedness
Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells
undisgusted
disgusted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈɡʌstɪd/
ipa: /dɪsˈkʌstɪd/
ipa: /dɪzˈɡʌstɪd/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /dɪsˈɡʌstəd/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /dɪsˈkʌstəd/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /dɪzˈɡʌstəd/
ipa: /dɪsˈɡʊstɪd/
ipa: /dɪsˈkʊstɪd/
ipa: /dɪzˈɡʊstɪd/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /dɪsˈɡʊstəd/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /dɪsˈkʊstəd/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /dɪzˈɡʊstəd/
rhymes: -ʌstəd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disgust
spoils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɔɪlz/
rhymes: -ɔɪlz
Senses: examples: text: Gentle gales, / Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense / Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole / Those balmy spoils.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: Mr Big threw a bundle each to his two trusty henchmen, Fingers and Thumbs. “There’s your share,” said the boss. The two men looked happy enough with their spoils.
ref: 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage, booty.
examples: text: dredging spoils
glosses: Waste material left over in the course of excavation, construction, mining, or dredging operations.
examples: text: To the victor belong the spoils.
glosses: Public offices and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage.
Synonyms: sense: that which is taken from another by violence
word: booty
Derived terms: racial spoils
spoils of war
spoils system
to the victor go the spoils
Related terms: manubial
patronage
bribe
spoils
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɔɪlz/
rhymes: -ɔɪlz
Senses: examples: text: Milk spoils when left out too long.
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spoil
blaze a trail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blazes a trail
form: blazing a trail
form: blazed a trail
form: blazed a trail
Senses: glosses: To show the way or proceed rapidly.
examples: text: We don't want to blaze a trail when we can imitate something that has already been done.
glosses: To set precedent or do something novel; to break new ground.
Synonyms: trailblaze
Related terms: blaze
blazer
blazing
trail
trailblaze
trailblazer
trailblazing
arm's reach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: All my reference books are within arm's reach.
glosses: The area within which something may be accessed without moving.
gutsy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌt.si/
rhymes: -ʌtsi
Forms: form: gutsier
form: gutsiest
Etymology: From guts + -y.
Senses: synonyms: word: bold
word: brave
word: hardy
word: adventurous
word: aweless
word: bad
word: bold
word: brass-balled
word: chivalrous
word: courageous
word: daredevil
word: daring
word: dauntless
word: doughty
word: fearless
word: fortitudinous
word: gallant
word: gutsy
word: heroic
word: intrepid
word: lionhearted
word: orped
word: plucky
word: stalwart
word: stalworth
word: stouthearted
word: unafraid
word: undaunted
word: valiant
word: valorous
word: venturesome
glosses: Marked by courage, determination or boldness in the face of difficulties or danger; having guts.
examples: text: Album release show for Cline's "S*&%ferbrains! Vol One Chapter 9." The singer and guitarist has a gutsy voice, both rustic and soulful lending itself well to country, punk, bluegrass, soul and rock.
ref: 2019 April 26, Brian Tucker, “Live music: 7 Wilmington shows to see, May 2-5”, in Star News Online:
glosses: From the gut; deep and often coarse.
raw_tags: of the voice
Derived terms: gutsily
gutsiness
Related terms: blood-and-gutsy
bombe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɒm(b)/
rhymes: -ɒm
rhymes: -ɒmb
Forms: form: bombes
Etymology: From French bombe. Doublet of bomb.
Senses: glosses: A dessert made from ice cream frozen in a (generally spherical or hemispherical) mold.
examples: text: Sous-chef Daniel O'Reagan prepares an array of tempting desserts, including a zabaglione and marzipan bombe, chocolate mousse torte and an amaretto-flavored cheesecake.
ref: 1983, Bon Appétit, volume 28, page 17
text: The best dessert by far is the chocolate-caramel bombe, a gorgeous chocolate-dusted dome with a heart of passion fruit crème brûlée.
ref: 2000, New York Times, The New York Times Guide to New York City 2001, page 454
text: Austria boasts the Mozart ball, a marzipan-filled chocolate ball wrapped in a portrait of the composer. Niemetz of Vienna also manufactures a famous marshmallow bombe called the Schwedenbombe.
ref: 2009, Tim Richardson, Sweets: A History of Candy, page 374
coordinate_terms: truffle
qualifier: otherwise rare
glosses: A small, roughly hemispherical, chocolate-covered confection.
raw_tags: in German cooking
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An electromechanical device used in early cryptanalysis.
white caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white cap
DPLL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of digital phase-locked loop.
Related terms: PLL
ADPLL
ADPLL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ADPLLs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of all-digital phase locked loop.
Related terms: PLL
DPLL
ACI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ACIs
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of accusativus cum infinitivo.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: adjacent channel interference.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of autologous chondrocyte implantation.
Related terms: word: ACPR
english: Wikipedia
translation: Wikipedia
word: power amplifier
ACPR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of adjacent channel power ratio.
Related terms: word: ACI
word: UMTS
english: Wikipedia
translation: Wikipedia
word: UMTS
english: Wikipedia
translation: Wikipedia
word: power amplifier
PAE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of power added efficiency.
topics: biology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of postantibiotic effect.
PAE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Physical Address Extension.
glosses: Initialism of City of Port Adelaide Enfield.
Related terms: english: Wikipedia
translation: Wikipedia
word: Power amplifier
PAM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Policy Analysis Market.
PAM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PAMs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Abbreviation of power amplitude modulation.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of pluggable authentication module.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis.
qualifier: space flight
glosses: Acronym of payload assist module.
glosses: Acronym of polycatenated architected material
Related terms: AM
PA
PM
DPRFP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of direct Polar RF Power.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of Direct Polar Radio Frequency Power.
Related terms: RF
UMTS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
mobile-telephony
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: Initialism of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System.
Related terms: GSM
LDO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of low drop out.
Related terms: word: VCO
english: Wikipedia
translation: Wikipedia
word: VCO
LDO
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of like duh obviously.
TWB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TWBs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of three-wire bus.
FEM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FEMs
Senses: qualifier: microscopy
glosses: Initialism of field emission microscopy.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of front end module.
topics: engineering
mathematical-analysis
mathematics
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of finite element method.
FEM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Ferdinand Marcos, 9th President of the Philippines.
Synonyms: sense: finite element method
english: finite element analysis
translation: finite element analysis
word: FEA
SMD
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of suck my dick.
SMD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SMDs
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Sega Mega Drive.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of surface-mount(ed) device.
glosses: Strategic Match Design
glosses: Standardized Mean Difference
SMD
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
antonyms: NSMD
glosses: Initialism of solder mask defined.
SMPS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of switching mode power supply.
cosmetic surgery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosmetic surgeries
Senses: examples: text: The face lift is a classic example of cosmetic surgery.
text: I come from Africa – we celebrate getting older. A friend was telling me there’s been a rise in cosmetic surgery, all because [people]^([sic]) have been looking at themselves in Zoom meetings.
ref: 2022 December 14, Nadia Khomami, quoting Iman, “‘He’s not my “late” husband’: Iman speaks of grief over death of David Bowie”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: aesthetic surgery
vanity surgery
;
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plastic surgery
hypernyms: plastic surgery
<
surgery
glosses: Surgery (and related medical treatment) to improve appearance rather than for health reasons.
Derived terms: cosmetic surgical
plastic surgery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plastic surgeries
Senses: examples: text: There was no tedious self-righteousness on the night of the gala event. The charity auction invited bids for a night out at the Windmill Club (a lapdancing venue in Soho) and a course of plastic surgery, offered as an opportunity to “Add spice to your wife”
ref: 2018 January 25, Amelia Gentleman, “Men-only clubs and menace: how the establishment maintains male power”, in the Guardian:
hypernyms: surgery
glosses: Surgery to repair or revise body parts, especially involving the transfer of tissue; it is done for health reasons, reconstructive reasons, aesthetic reasons, or a combination thereof.
hypernyms: surgery
glosses: Surgery to repair or revise body parts, especially involving the transfer of tissue; it is done for health reasons, reconstructive reasons, aesthetic reasons, or a combination thereof.
Cosmetic surgery for appearance.
synonyms: aesthetic surgery
vanity surgery
;
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Derived terms: plastic surgeon
plastic beauty
Related terms: -plasty
bee balm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bee balms
Etymology: Because bees are attracted to its nectar-rich blossoms.
Senses: examples: text: “Just before we stopped here, we passed by some bee balm,” I said. “The plant has big red flowers.”
ref: 2024, Percival Everett, James, Picador (2025), page 216:
glosses: The aromatic plant Monarda didyma or bergamot, native to North America.
glosses: Other species in the genus Monarda.
Synonyms: sense: Monarda didyma
word: Oswego tea
sense: Monarda didyma
word: scarlet beebalm
sense: Monarda didyma
word: crimson beebalm
sense: Monarda didyma
word: fragrant balm
sense: Monarda didyma
word: mountain mint
sense: Monarda didyma
word: scarlet monarda
Derived terms: mintleaf beebalm
black horehound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The plant Ballota nigra possessing a disagreeable odor. Traditionally used as a medicinal herb as an antispasmodic, stimulant and vermifuge.
Synonyms: black stinking horehound
Related terms: horehound
codger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒd͡ʒə/
ipa: /ˈkɑd͡ʒəɹ/
rhymes: -ɒdʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: codgers
form: coger
Etymology: Possibly derived from cadger (“hawker”). Or abbreviation of coffin dodger, but this is likely to be a folk etymology.
Senses: examples: text: Jed, darling. The old codgers need to talk. Andrew's going to buy you a drink in that beautiful bar up on the terrace.
ref: 2016, 27:21 from the start, in The Night Manager, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Richard "Dicky" Onslow Roper (Hugh Laurie):
text: Now I was a forsaken codger snuffling disgracefully from a beautiful floozy's abuse.
ref: 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 418:
text: ‘I haven’t been drinking your health, my codger,’ replied Mr. Squeers; ‘so you have nothing to do with that.’
ref: 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby:
synonyms: word: antiquity
word: codger
word: gadgie
word: gaffer
word: geezer
word: gramps
word: greybeard
word: old codger
word: old fart
word: old man
word: whitebeard
glosses: An amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man.
wikipedia: Michael Quinion
Derived terms: codgerhood
codgerly
codgy
old codger
vermifuge
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vermifuge
form: most vermifuge
Etymology: Attested since about 1720, from Latin vermis (“worm”) + fugāre (“to cause to flee”). Compare -fuge.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: anthelmintic
glosses: Acting as a drug to cause the expulsion or death of intestinal worms.
Derived terms: vermifugal
vermifuge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vermifuges
Etymology: Attested since about 1720, from Latin vermis (“worm”) + fugāre (“to cause to flee”). Compare -fuge.
Senses: examples: text: 1867, Advertisement, The Prairie Farmer, Volume 20, New Series, page 264,
We have been informed that the usual practice of Merchants, Farmers and Planters, in ordering their supplies of Dr. McLane's Celebrated VERMIFUGE, has been to simply write and order Vermifuge. The consequence is that instead of the genuine Dr. McLanes's Vermifuge, they very frequently get one or other of the many worthless preparations called Vermifuge now before the public.
text: [...]; that the fruit is very good eating, either raw or boiled, and that the seeds, distinguished by a mustard-like pungency, are an efficacious vermifuge for children.
ref: 1875, James Herman De Ricci, Fiji: Our New Province in the South Seas, page 135:
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: anthelmintic
glosses: A drug that causes the expulsion or death of intestinal worms, such as tapeworms.
antihelminthics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antihelminthic
anthelmintics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthelmintic
antispasmodic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + spasmodic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug.
antispasmodic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antispasmodics
Etymology: From anti- + spasmodic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug that suppresses spasms.
seizure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiː.ʒə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈsi.ʒɚ/
ipa: /ˈsiː.ʒə(ɹ)/
ipa: [ˈsɪi.ʒə(ɹ)]
ipa: /ˈsizjʊɚ/
rhymes: -iːʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: seizures
form: seisure
Etymology: From seize + -ure.
Senses: examples: text: the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.
text: The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.
text: As yet there had been no alarm of fever. The three seizures had excited some comment, however, and had it not been for the counter-excitement of the burning ship, it is possible that Pine's precaution would have been thrown away
ref: 1874, Marcus Clarke, chapter VII, in For the Term of His Natural Life:
glosses: The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
examples: text: He fell to the floor and convulsed when the epileptic seizure occurred.
glosses: A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
examples: text: He felt the sudden seizure of pain as the heart attack began.
glosses: A sudden onset of pain or emotion.
glosses: That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
examples: text: Make o'er thy honour by a deed of trust, / And give me seizure of the mighty wealth.
ref: 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
glosses: Retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership.
Derived terms: absence seizure
antiseizure
interseizure
Jacksonian seizure
microseizure
nonseizure
postseizure
preseizure
pseudopseudoseizure
pseudoseizure
reseizure
seizural
seizure dog
seizureless
seizurelike
subseizure
seizure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiː.ʒə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈsi.ʒɚ/
ipa: /ˈsiː.ʒə(ɹ)/
ipa: [ˈsɪi.ʒə(ɹ)]
ipa: /ˈsizjʊɚ/
rhymes: -iːʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: seizures
form: seizuring
form: seizured
form: seizured
form: seisure
Etymology: From seize + -ure.
Senses: examples: text: My doctor prescribed Namility. It made my vision blurry, I told him. He said keep taking it, it'll stop. Next day at work I seizured in the middle of an order.
ref: 2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 9:
glosses: To undergo an epileptic seizure.
Synonyms: seize
NIC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Nursing Interventions Classification.
NIC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NICs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of network interface card or network interface controller, used to interface a computer to a network.
glosses: Acronym of Network Information Center.
examples: text: Despite propelling the tax burden to its highest peacetime level – through a combination of next April’s national insurance contributions (NICs) increase and a sharp rise in corporation tax due to take effect in 2023 – the chancellor painted himself as the champion of low taxes.
ref: 2021 October 27, Heather Stewart, “Johnsonism wins budget battle but will Sunakism win the war?”, in The Guardian:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Acronym of national insurance contribution.
DHCP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdiːˌeɪt͡ʃˌsiːˌpiː/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (a protocol that computers use to decide on one IP address to use when using dynamic IP addressing, usually drawn from a limited pool of between 4 and 65,000 possible addresses).
grand mal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɡɹɒnˈmæl/
Etymology: Borrowed from French grand mal (literally “great illness”).
Senses: coordinate_terms: petit mal
glosses: A form of epilepsy where the seizures are characterized as severe and involve spasms and unconsciousness. A formal medical term would be tonic-clonic seizures.