cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dorsal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɔː.səl/
ipa: /ˈdɔː.sl̩/
ipa: /ˈdɔɹ.səl/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)səl
Forms: form: dorsals
form: dossal
Etymology: From Late Middle English dorsal/dorsale, borrowing from Medieval Latin dorsālis (“of or relating to the back”), from dorsum (“the back”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to dorsum + -al.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
zootomy
glosses: Any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.
raw_tags: in snakes
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A sound produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
ecky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛki
Forms: form: eckies
form: eckie
form: eccy
Etymology: First syllable of ecstasy, + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Afterwards, Tom wanted to drive home. Francoise said he was in no state to. Tom said that he always drove home from clubs, and that the ecky wouldn't impair his driving.
ref: 1997, Barry Graham, Before: A Novel, page 45:
text: Penman and I have taken half an ecky each, but mair coke would be sound.
ref: 2008, Irvine Welsh, The Acid House, →ISBN:
text: We give you the ecky or skunk and tell you who to get it to.You get paid by them.
ref: 2014, Murray C. Morison, Time Sphere, →ISBN:
glosses: The drug ecstasy.
Related terms: sense: etymologically unrelated terms
word: ecky-becky
sense: etymologically unrelated terms
word: ecky thump
chevage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chevages
form: chiefage
form: chivage
Etymology: Old French chevage, from chief (“head”) + -age.
Senses: glosses: A capitation tax; an equal tax or tribute per person.
choss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɒs/
Etymology: A colloquial form of chaos.
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Rock that is unsuitable for rock climbing, e.g. because it is too soft, unstable, or overgrown.
examples: text: One's for ever in a state of choss or chassis and I hate it.
ref: 1968, Doreen Wallace, Ashbury People, →ISBN, page 314:
text: With a 'begging your pardon, miss,' to a stoically resigned Elstow, he went on, 'I take the mum and dad back to Paphos for a month, and when I gets back, the office is in a right state of choss. A right boss-eyed state of choss.'
ref: 1981, James Barnett, The firing squad, →ISBN, page 189:
text: We have been in a state of choss for some time, and the smell of newly painted woodwork was so bad that it gave both of us colds and bronchial coughs and sent us to the Biltmore for a week until the house had dried out.
ref: 1986, Margaret Mitchell, Richard Barksdale Harwell, Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the wind letters, 1936–1949, →ISBN, page 173:
glosses: chaos
Derived terms: chossy
preternatural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹiː.təˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə)ɹ.əl/
ipa: /ˌpɹi.tɚˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə)ɹ.əl/
ipa: /ˌprɛdərˈnætʃ(ə)rəl/
Forms: form: more preternatural
form: most preternatural
form: praeternatural
form: præternatural
Etymology: From preter- + natural, after Latin prēternātūrālis/praeternātūrālis, from praeter nātūram, from praeter (“beyond”) + nātūra (“nature”); compare supernatural.
Senses: examples: text: I have employed cold air, and very often spongings with cold water, in order to moderate the preternatural heat of the skin, and to check the increased velocity of the circulation.
ref: 1815, William Shearman, New Medical and Physical Journal:
text: Doubtless there has been some exaggeration in the picturesque and fanciful relations of the almost preternatural skill and cunning of the Indian […]
ref: 1882, George Edward Ellis, The Red Man and the White Man in North America, page 152:
text: "Villette! Villette! wrote George Eliot. "It is a still more wonderful book than Jane Eyre. There is something almost preternatural in its power."
ref: 2014 January 4, Lucy Hughes-Hallett, “The other Charlotte Brontë girl [online version (3 January 2014): Why Villette is better than Jane Eyre: Everybody knows Jane Eyre, but Charlotte Brontë's greatest and most original novel was her last, Villette]”, in The Daily Telegraph, London, page R14:
text: D.B. Woodside as Amenadiel: "Something Charlotte said made me think. Maybe celestial beings and humans, Luci maybe they aren't that different."
Tom Ellis as Lucifer Morningstar: "What, are we talking in bed? 'Cause we know all know my skills are preternatural. But I suppose you on the other hand..."
ref: 2018, “Quintessential Deckerstar”, in Lucifer:
synonyms: inexplicable
exceptional
extraordinary
abnormal
uncanny
glosses: Beyond or not conforming to what is natural or according to the regular course of things; strange.
examples: text: Macbeth is like a record of a preternatural and tragical event.
ref: 1817, William Hazlitt, “Macbeth”, in Characters of Shakespeare's Plays:
text: Not Leonore, in that preternatural midnight excursion with her phantom lover, was more terrified than poor Maggie in this entirely natural ride on a short-paced donkey, [...]
ref: 1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, Book 1, Chapter 11:
text: Vansittart Smith, fixing his eyes upon the fellow's skin, was conscious of a sudden impression that there was something inhuman and preternatural about its appearance.
ref: 1925, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Ring of Thoth:
synonyms: paranormal
supernatural
unnatural
glosses: Having an existence outside of the natural world.
Synonyms: supernatural
uncanny
Derived terms: preternaturalism
preternaturality
preternaturally
preternaturalness
Related terms: preterite
pretermit
pretermission
abnormal
extraordinary
unusual
bbiab
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: The baby's crying. I'll bbiab.
glosses: Be back in a bit.
Related terms: english: 'be right back'
translation: 'be right back'
word: brb
english: 'be back soon'
translation: 'be back soon'
word: bbs
clerk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /klɑːk/
enpr: klerk
ipa: /klɝk/
ipa: /klɐːk/
ipa: /klɜːk/
homophone: Clark stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: clerks
form: clerking
form: clerked
form: clerked
form: clark
Etymology: From Middle English clerc, from Old English clerc, from Late Latin clēricus (“priest, clergyman, cleric”, also generally “learned man, clerk”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “of the clergy”, adj. in church jargon), from κλῆρος (klêros, “lot, inheritance”, originally “shard used in casting lots”). Doublet of cleric.
Senses: examples: text: The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer.
text: He turned to a more attentive audience, and found it in the young fellow they called The Iceman, because he clerked in the swell jewelry store around the corner, and was always there with the finger advertisement for his boss’s diamondware.
ref: 1908 July 4, “Iceman’s Boss Was Easy. How Needles Put the Jeweler Next to a Winner and an Accomodating^([sic]) Bookie. [New York Press.]”, in The Cincinnati Enquirer, volume LXV, number 186, page 13, column 6:
text: […] for three years he had worked in the stinking labyrinth of the Mandalay bazaars, clerking for the rice merchants and sometimes stealing.
ref: 1934, George Orwell, chapter 1, in Burmese Days:
text: 1956, Jean Stafford, "A Reading Problem" in The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford, New York: E.P. Dutton, 1984, p. 332,
In the winter, they lived in a town called Hoxie, Arkansas, where Evangelist Gerlash clerked in the Buttorf drugstore and preached and baptized on the side.
glosses: To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk.
examples: text: The best preparation for the long case is to clerk patients on the wards and in outpatients within a strict 60 minutes. This would include deciding on a policy of management.
ref: 1987, R.A. Blackwood, T.M.E. Davis, A Guide to the MRCP Part II Examination, Blackwell Scientific Publications, →ISBN, page 51:
text: You should present a case you have clerked to a doctor (registrar or consultant) and discuss your choice of investigations and management.
ref: 2008, Nathalie Hurley, James Dawson, Stephan Sanders, Simon Eccles, Oxford Handbook for the Foundation Programme, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 18:
text: The best way to get involved is to clerk new patients on the ward prior to the rounds and then present your clerkings to the person leading the round.
ref: 2011, David Randall, Introduction to Clinical Medicine: A Clerking Companion, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page xi:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To assemble information about a patient during their initial assessment by actions such as a taking a detailed medical history and performing a physical examination.
Meaco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 都 (miyako, “capital”), as the city was formerly the capital of Japan.
Senses: examples: ref: 1670, Atlas Japannensis: Being Remarkable Addresses by Way of Embassy ... from the East-India Company ... to the Emperor of Japan:
text: So on the thriteenth of June in the Year 1585, having reciv'd theſe ſeveral Bounties, and Benedictions from his Holineſs, they departed, and travelling through Italy and other Lands, much toſs'd and turmoil'd by Sea, ſpending five years abroard, they Landed at Nangeʃaque in Japan, and from thence went directly to the Emperors Court at Meaco.
ref: 1670, Atlas Japannensis: Being Remarkable Addresses by Way of Embassy ... from the East-India Company ... to the Emperor of Japan:
text: The greateſt and wealtheiſt ſtands divided into three and fifty Provinces, or petty Kingdoms, the chief City call'd Meaco, gives in denomination to that Iſle.
glosses: A late medieval name for Kyoto, a city of Japan.
glosses: The entire island of Honshu, of which it was the capital.
deicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪ.ɪ.saɪd/
ipa: /ˈdiː.ɪ.saɪd/
ipa: /ˈdi.ə.saɪd/
ipa: /ˈdeɪ.ə.saɪd/
Forms: form: deicides
Etymology: From Medieval Latin deicīdium.
Senses: glosses: The killing of a deity; godslaughter.
synonyms: godkiller
glosses: The killer of a deity.
topics: Christianity
lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: The crucifixion of Jesus, viewed as a crime.
Derived terms: deicidal
Herzegovina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɜːtsəˈɡɒvɪnə/
ipa: /ˌhɜɹtsəɡoʊˈviːnə/
Forms: form: Herzegowina
form: Hercegovina
Etymology: A direct borrowing from Serbo-Croatian Hercegovina, from German Herzog (“duke”) + Serbo-Croatian -ov (possessive suffix) + Serbo-Croatian -ina (feminine suffix). Thus meaning, a Duke's possession, a dukedom.
Senses: glosses: A historical region consisting of the southern one-fourth of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Derived terms: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Herzegovinan
Herzegovinian
fizzy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: fĭz'i
ipa: /ˈfɪzi/
rhymes: -ɪzi
Forms: form: fizzier
form: fizziest
Etymology: From fizz + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Fizzy drinks are also known as carbonated beverages.
glosses: Containing bubbles.
raw_tags: of a liquid
examples: text: [I]ts main character, Henry (Mr. [Ewan] McGregor), is a successful, intellectual dramatist who seems quite capable of churning out fizzy, challenging works about brilliant but ambivalent revolutionaries, philosophers, etc.
ref: 2014 October 30, Ben Brantley, “When the head leads the heart: 'The Real Thing,' With Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal, opens on Broadway [print version: When the witty head is far ahead of the heart: Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ewan McGregor star in revival of 'Real Thing', International New York Times, 4 November 2014, p. 9]”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Lively, vivacious.
glosses: Makes a hissing sound.
Synonyms: sense: of a liquid
word: sparkling
word: carbonated
word: effervescent
Derived terms: fizzily
fizziness
fizzy drink
fizzy water
unfizzy
fizzy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fĭz'i
ipa: /ˈfɪzi/
rhymes: -ɪzi
Forms: form: fizzies
Etymology: From fizz + -y.
Senses: synonyms: fizzy drink
glosses: A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage.
Derived terms: fizzies
hopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɒp.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈhɔp.ə/
ipa: /ˈhɑ.pɚ/
rhymes: -ɒpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: hoppers
Etymology: From Middle English hoppere, alteration of *hoppe (found in grashoppe (“grasshopper”)), from Old English *hoppa (“one who hops, hopper”), equivalent to hop + -er. Cognate with Dutch hopper (“hopper”), Swedish hoppare (“hopper, jumper”), Icelandic hoppari (“hopper”).
Senses: glosses: One who or that which hops.
synonyms: feedbin
glosses: A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
glosses: A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.
synonyms: feeder
feedbin
glosses: A bin or device that feeds material into a machine.
glosses: Various insects
A grasshopper or locust, especially
examples: text: I went over and found the mealies and ground covered with large hoppers, about two weeks old.
ref: 1901, J. H. Stansell, “Locust Destruction”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, page 21:
glosses: Various insects
A grasshopper or locust, especially:
The immature form of a locust.
glosses: Various insects
The larva of a cheese fly.
glosses: Various insects
A leafhopper.
glosses: Various insects
Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
examples: text: To catch a big fish, use a hopper that jumps across the pond surface.
glosses: An artificial fishing lure.
examples: text: The fresh-water container for the house was above the ceiling directly over the toilet. One day, I was comfortably seated on the hopper minding my own business, when a large portion of the ceiling came crashing down […]
ref: 2010, Robert Hudson, Stories of an Unusual Life, page 250:
glosses: A toilet.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An escapement lever in a piano.
glosses: The game of hopscotch.
glosses: A window with hinges at the bottom, opened by tilting vertically.
glosses: A hopper car.
examples: text: The Leo, Pao (or Cannon, a piece from Chinese chess) and Vao (Z.Mach FCR 1940) are hybrid hoppers that move like a queen, rook or bishop and capture along these lines like a lion.
ref: 2010 August 21, G. P. Jelliss, “Simple Chess Variants”, in Mayhematics, page 11:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A fairy chess piece which moves only by jumping over another piece.
glosses: A person or machine that picks hops.
Derived terms: ash-hopper
barhopper
bed-hopper
bell hopper
bellhopper
bunny hopper
clodhopper
club-hopper
fence hopper
flaghopper
freight hopper
freighthopper
froghopper
froth-hopper
grasshopper
groundhopper
hedgehopper
hip-hopper
hopper boy
hopper car
hopper crystal
hopper wagon
in the hopper
job-hopper
landhopper
leaf-hopper
leaf hopper
mudhopper
planthopper
puddle hopper
rockhopper
sandhopper
space hopper
summit-hopper
swan hopper
table-hopper
train hopper
trainhopper
treehopper
hopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɒp.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈhɔp.ə/
ipa: /ˈhɑ.pɚ/
rhymes: -ɒpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: hoppers
Etymology: From Sinhalese ආප්ප (āppa).
Senses: examples: text: Hoppers come in different varieties and can be sweet or savoury, while an egg hopper has an egg in the middle added during cooking.
ref: 2010, Channa Dassanayaka, Sri Lankan Flavours, page 20:
glosses: A Sri Lankan pancake made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast.
impugn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpjuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
homophone: impune
Forms: form: impugns
form: impugning
form: impugned
form: impugned
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French impugner, from Latin impugnō, from im- + pugnō (“fight”), from pugnus (“fist”), as in English pugilism (“fighting with fists, boxing”).
Senses: glosses: To assault, attack.
examples: text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:impugn.
text: [The fact] that Americans’ trust in government is at historic lows […] makes it easier for politicians to impugn the system – courts, parties, and institutions.
ref: 2023 March 13, Mark Sappenfield, “Governing wisely”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
synonyms: call into question
challenge
contest
contradict
deny
disavow
dispute
oppugn
negate
question
antonyms: authenticate
endorse
support
glosses: To verbally assault, especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of.
Derived terms: impugnable
impugnation
impugner
impugnment
unimpugned
blackleg
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blacklegs
form: blacklegging
form: blacklegged
form: blacklegged
Etymology: From black + leg.
Senses: examples: text: Why was I there, munitioning, blacklegging, slaving as though my bread depended on it?
ref: 1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 154:
glosses: To continue working whilst fellow workers strike.
dip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭp
ipa: /dɪp/
rhymes: -ɪp
Forms: form: dips
Etymology: Back-formation from dippy.
Senses: examples: text: A commander tells the soldiers, "We're going on a 5 mile run". And some dip asks, "Do we have to bring our kitbags?" At which point, the answer is yes. It wouldn't have been if the soldier hadn't asked the question.
ref: 2001 January 1, Lisa Beth, “Question of Conversion”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):
glosses: A foolish person.
Derived terms: dipshit
dip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭp
ipa: /dɪp/
rhymes: -ɪp
Forms: form: dips
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of device-independent pixel.
dip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭp
ipa: /dɪp/
rhymes: -ɪp
Forms: form: dips
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: A diplomat.
synonyms: word: gaming pants
word: pamp
word: pampie
word: pamps
word: diap
word: diapee
word: diapy
word: diapie
word: didee
word: didie
word: diddy
word: didy
word: dipe
word: hippins
word: napkin
word: nappy
word: pamper
word: Pampers
word: pampers
word: dip
word: gamer pants
word: gaming pants
word: omutsu
word: padding
word: pamp
word: pampie
word: pamps
glosses: A diaper; diap, dipe.
Related terms: dip locker
dip hop
slammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslæmɚ/
rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)
Forms: form: slammers
Etymology: From slam + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Margaret was also, by her own admission, a determined slammer of doors.
ref: 1989, Jane Howard, Margaret Mead: A Life, page 27:
glosses: One who, or that which, slams.
examples: text: A man being sentenced for starving some horses chose 24 hours in the slammer with no food rather than seven days with the regular amenities.
ref: 1971 June 7, “Better Than Prison”, in Time:
qualifier: usually "the slammer"
glosses: Jail, prison.
glosses: A tequila cocktail that is slammed onto a surface to induce fizzing.
glosses: One who takes part in slam-dance.
glosses: One who competes in a poetry slam.
examples: text: The basic modern 'Pog' game is played thus. Each child tosses a pog into the arena, face-up or face-down, as agreed. Each player in turn takes his slammer and pitches it hard onto the accumulated pile of pogs.
ref: 1997, Iona Archibald Opie, Peter Opie, Children's Games with Things, page 120:
glosses: In the game of Pogs, the heavier piece used to strike the stack of counters.
examples: text: I was in Britain, wanting to take a train to Portsmouth, and I only needed a one-way ticket. I did love the English trains; we still had slammers then. A slammer is a train where you got to slam the door shut yourself.
ref: 2009, Claude Lambert, On Pets and Men, page 33:
glosses: A slam-door train.
glosses: A fraudster who carries out slamming (fraudulent changes to a customer's service).
Derived terms: Alabama slammer
tequila slammer
Kalashnikov
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlæʃ.nɪˌkɒv/
ipa: /-ˌkɒf/
enpr: kəlăshʹnəkäv'
enpr: -käf'
ipa: /kəˈlæʃnəˌkɑv/
ipa: /-ˌkɑf/
rhymes: -ɒv
rhymes: -ɒf
Forms: form: Kalashnikovs
Etymology: Named after Russian inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919–2013), from Russian Кала́шников (Kalášnikov).
Senses: examples: text: A Cameroonian soldier lies in a trench, the tip of his Kalashnikov rifle pointing toward the Nigerian town of Gambaru, which has been taken over by Boko Haram terrorists.
ref: 2015 February 20, Ngala Killian Chimtom, “Soldiers from Cameroon, Chad take on Boko Haram at Nigerian border”, in CNN:
text: So, we are prepared to bear arms and yesterday we were given Kalashnikovs so we will be able to resist if Russian forces will come to Kyiv.
ref: 2022 February 25, Kira Rudik, 1:36 from the start, in Ukrainian parliament member says she's armed and ready to fight, CNN:
glosses: A particular model of Russian assault rifle.
examples: text: As if he were assembling a collection of Russian scary stories, the director Dmitrii Kalashnikov makes the bizarre beguiling.
ref: 2018 January 18, Teo Bugbee, “Review: In ‘The Road Movie,’ Russian Highways Are the Final Frontier”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2018:
glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Кала́шников (Kalášnikov).
Related terms: AK-47
blunderbuss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblʌn.dəˌbʌs/
ipa: /ˈblʌn.dɚˌbʌs/
Forms: form: blunderbusses
Etymology: From Dutch donderbus (“blunderbuss”, literally “thunder gun”), which was altered under the influence of blunder.
Senses: examples: text: We fired the blunderbuss several times by way of salute, and soon after landed at the bank near the village of the Mahahas, or Shoe Indians, and were received by a crowd of people, who came to welcome our return.
ref: 1817, Merriweather Lewis, William Clark, Travels to the Source of the Missouri River, and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, page 354:
text: One of the most picturesque of the old flintlock guns is the blunderbuss, which was often carried by coach guards for protection against highwaymen.
ref: June 1942, Carl G. Erich, “Flintlock Blunderbuss”, in Popular Science:
text: The blunderbuss never gained great favor in the American colonies or early United States.
ref: 2007, Norm Flayderman, Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms, Gun Digest Books, →ISBN, page 764:
glosses: An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
blunderbuss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblʌn.dəˌbʌs/
ipa: /ˈblʌn.dɚˌbʌs/
Forms: form: blunderbusses
form: blunderbussing
form: blunderbussed
form: blunderbussed
Etymology: From Dutch donderbus (“blunderbuss”, literally “thunder gun”), which was altered under the influence of blunder.
Senses: glosses: To shoot with a blunderbuss.
claymore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkleɪmɔːɹ/
Forms: form: claymores
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic claidheamh-mòr.
Senses: coordinate_terms: claybeg
glosses: A large two-handed sword historically used by the Scottish Highlanders.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Claymore (“antipersonnel mine”).
Agent Orange
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the orange-striped barrels in which it was shipped.
Senses: glosses: A potent herbicide and defoliant used by US forces in the Vietnam War.
gunpowder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌnˌpaʊdə/
ipa: /ˈɡʌnˌpaʊdɚ/
Forms: form: gunpowders
Etymology: From gun + powder.
Senses: examples: text: They have been a bold, heroic, and purely self dependent nation, never having either courted,—or been subdued by—other Tribes or Europeans. But what early mind—a power—could face gunpowder and the ﬁrelocks? Hence their annihilation!
ref: ca. 1823, William E. Cormack, Cormack Papers, page 19/84 (note: on the annihilation of the Beothuk):
glosses: An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulfur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.
glosses: Ellipsis of gunpowder tea.
Derived terms: gunpowder chicken
gunpowder empire
gunpowderish
gunpowderous
Gunpowder Plot
gunpowder tea
Gunpowder Treason
gunpowdery
gunpowder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌnˌpaʊdə/
ipa: /ˈɡʌnˌpaʊdɚ/
Forms: form: gunpowders
form: gunpowdering
form: gunpowdered
form: gunpowdered
Etymology: From gun + powder.
Senses: examples: text: […] he was […] never getting into quarrels with his neighbors and gunpowdering them out of house and home. His subjects loved him.
ref: 1875, John H. Kingsbury, Kingsbury Sketches, page 54:
glosses: To destroy with gunpowder.
Related terms: powder burn
gunpowder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌnˌpaʊdə/
ipa: /ˈɡʌnˌpaʊdɚ/
Etymology: Possibly due to its smell resembling gunpowder during the British Raj.
Senses: examples: text: Some restaurants try and give their dosas the "ethnic" touch by slipping along a small dish of mulaga podi-gunpowder mixed with oil as well, but that isn't always enough.
ref: 1989, Bombay: The City Magazine, page 26:
text: It was a hardcore Andhra lunch from a restaurant famous for its lunch meals. And that is where I had my first run-in with 'gunpowder'. And to be honest, I hated it.
ref: 2015 June 12, Priyadarshini Nandy, “South India's Spice Hero: How to Make the Famous Gunpowder”, in NDTV:
text: In fact, I’ve long suspected that the popularity of gunpowder or molagapodi outside South India has little to do with the burst of flavours it serves.
ref: 2020 May 27, Pooja Pillai, “The Back Burner: Homemade molagapodi is easier than you think”, in The Indian Express:
glosses: Idli podi/milagai podi; ground-up dry spices mixed with oil and ghee and served alongside idli or dosa.
woggle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɒɡəl/
rhymes: -ɒɡəl
Forms: form: woggles
Etymology: 1923, coined in Australia by Bill Shankley, from earlier American boondoggle. Popularized from 1929 by use in Scouting for Boys, 14th edition, by Baden-Powell.
Senses: glosses: A Boy Scout's neckerchief clasp or slide, originally a loop or ring of leather.
woggle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɒɡəl/
rhymes: -ɒɡəl
Forms: form: woggles
form: woggling
form: woggled
form: woggled
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of waggle.
Related terms: hornswoggle
boondoggle
Vegemite
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈve.d͡ʒiː.mɑɪt/
ipa: /ˈvɛ.d͡ʒɪ.maɪt/
Forms: form: vegemite
Etymology: Named as a result of an Australian national competition. The name was chosen in part for its similarity to Marmite.
Senses: examples: text: I said, "Do you speak-a my language?" / And he just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich
ref: 1980, Colin Hay, Ron Strykert, “Down Under”, performed by Men at Work:
text: This story introduces the reader to Australian food. A baby possum named Hush eats many kinds of food to become visible again after Grandma Poss uses magic to make him invisible. He even eats a vegemite sandwich.
ref: 1998, Desiree Webber, Travel the Globe: Multicultural Story Times, page 5:
text: Breakfast tends to be substantial, with eggs, steak or sausages, toast, sometimes baked beans or chips; Vegemite (a vegetable-based salty spread) on toast.
ref: 2007, Jeanne Jacob, Michael Ashkenazi, The World Cookbook for Students: Afghanistan to Cook Islands, page 48:
text: Nunzio improves his prospects with members of the dominant team by swapping his salami or crayfish sandwiches for ‘more normal′ Australian Vegemite delights.
ref: 2007, Ron Davidson, Fremantle Impressions, Fremantle Press, page 60:
text: Such advertising campaigns have done more than merely sell Vegemite, Mortein or cricket; they have played an important role in reflecting and defining Australian national identity.
ref: 2008, Robert Crawford, But Wait, There′s More...: A History of Australian Advertising, 1900-2000, Melbourne: University Press, page 258:
glosses: An Australian food paste made from brewer's yeast.
Derived terms: as Australian as Vegemite
cheesymite
cheesymite scroll
happy little vegemite
Vegemitini
caustic soda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caustic sodas
Senses: glosses: sodium hydroxide (NaOH), a strong alkaline substance used in the manufacture of paint, soap and detergents, or as a drain cleaner.
Synonyms: lye
Hypernyms: alkali
the cat's pyjamas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the cat's pajamas
Etymology: Popular in the US as early as 1922 around which the bee's knees, cat's whiskers, and numerous other similar phrases gained prominence. Sometimes attributed to cartoonist Tad Dorgan. It is widely believed that the origin of this idiom predates considerably, tracing back to the early 1800s in England. During this period, a tailor named E.B. Katz crafted silk pajamas for members of royalty and the upper class.
Senses: examples: text: That new car was really the cat's pyjamas.
glosses: A highly sought-after and fancy example of something, usually referring to inanimate objects.
wikipedia: Tad Dorgan
Synonyms: word: the bee's knees
word: cat's meow
word: kitty's titties
word: dog's bollocks
word: all that and a bag of chips
word: spider's ankles
word: ant's pants
basta
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /ˈbɑstɑ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian basta.
Senses: examples: text: Baſta, content thee: for I haue it full.
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 212, column 1:
glosses: (that's) enough; stop!
unless
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ənˈlɛs/
ipa: /ʌnˈlɛs/
ipa: /ʊnˈlɛs/
ipa: /ɪnˈlɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Forms: form: unlesse
form: unlessen
Etymology: From Middle English unlesse, earlier on lesse (modern on + less), from (not) on lesse (than) (“(not) on a less compelling condition (than)”). The quality of negation in the word and the lack of stress changed on to un-.
Senses: examples: text: I’m leaving unless I get a pay rise.
text: You can't go out unless it stops raining.
text: Unless part of the staff, you are not allowed beyond this point.
text: Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion.
ref: 1839, Denison Olmsted, A Compendium of Astronomy, page 95:
text: Unless someone like you...cares a whole awful lot...nothing is going to get better...It's not.
ref: 1971, Dr. Seuss, The Lorax:
glosses: Except on a specified condition; if not.
examples: text: Who would know of Alexander or Caesar, or would respect the Stoics or the Peripatetics, unless they had been distinguished by the memorials of writers?
ref: 1159, John of Salisbury, Policraticus, edited by Cary J. Nederman, Cambridge University Press, 1990, page 3 (Google Books view)
text: And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 2:27:
text: Unless He were omnipotent, we could not be sure of His ability to bless us.
ref: 1867, William Robinson Pirie, Natural Theology: An Inquiry Into the Fundamental Principles of Religious, Moral, and Political Science, page 75 (Google Books view)
glosses: If not; used with counterfactual conditionals.
examples: text: Q. If Lieutenant P. had given the word "Fire," would you have fired, and at what?—A. I should not have known, unless he had told me what to fire at.
ref: 1809, The Naval Chronicle for 1809: Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects. Vol. XXII. (from July to December), Cambridge University Press, 2010, page 482 (Google Books view)
text: Lie down and finish out the night, since you are here; but, for heaven's sake! don't repeat that horrid noise: nothing could excuse it, unless you were having your throat cut!
ref: 1847, Emily Brontë, chapter III, in Wuthering Heights:
text: Suppose Breugel had done the whole painting with no legs. Then, titled as it is, it would be mystifying, unless someone were to say: the boy has fallen in the waters and they have closed over him, calm is restored, life goes on (as in The Israelites Crossing the Red Sea).
ref: 1981, Arthur C. Danto, The Transfiguration of the Commonplace: A Philosophy of Art, page 118 (Google Books view)
glosses: Except if; used with hypothetical conditionals.
Derived terms: precisely unless
unlesss
unless and until
until and unless
chemical reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemical reactions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A process, typically involving the breaking or making of interatomic bonds, in which one or more substances are changed into others.
rôle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rôles
Senses: examples: text: We have referred to the Bull many times, both in his astronomical aspect as pioneer of the Spring-Sun, and in his more direct rôle as plougher of the fields[.]
ref: 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 81:
text: Somehow, I was not quite as elated as I might have been. I remembered that Cynthia had begun her confidences in much the same way. Besides, a father confessor should be elderly, it is not at all the rôle for a young man.
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 141:
text: Finally the Negro had played a peculiar spiritual rôle in America as a sort of living, breathing test of our ideals and an example of the faith, hope and tolerance of our religion.
ref: 1924, W. E. B. DuBois, The Gift of Black Folk: The Negroes in the Making of America, The Stratford Co.: The Stratford Co., page iv:
ref: 1955, Graham J. Brealey, Michael Kasha, “The Rôle of Hydrogen Bonding in the n → π* Blue-shift Phenomenon”, in Journal of the American Chemical Society, volume 77, issue 17, 4462-4468:
text: 2006, Ricardo Bermúdez-Otero, Phonological change in Optimality Theory, in Keith Brown (ed.), Encyclopedia of language and linguistics [2nd edn., vol. 9], 497–505. Oxford: Elsevier.
Thus, diachronic reductionists follow Ohala in emphasizing the rôle of the parser in phonologization and downplaying the contribution of higher principles of grammatical organization.
text: As the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations wind down, it may be well to reflect on an aspect of public choice theory which supports constitutional monarchy — principally its rôle as a brake upon self-aggrandising politicians.
ref: 2012, Stephen MacLean, A cheer for constitutional monarchy's restraint on government, Adam Smith Institute
text: 2016, Pavel Iosad, Rule scattering and vowel length in Northern Romance, in Papers in Historical Phonology, volume 1, 218–237. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh.
Nevertheless, it can be argued that Loporcaro's (2015) rejection of any rôle for phonological computation in establishing the observed distribution of vowel length in Northern Romance goes too far in the other direction.
glosses: Dated spelling of role.
Related terms: rôleplay
role
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rōl
ipa: /ɹəʊl/
ipa: [ɹəʊɫ]
note: toe-tow merger
ipa: /ɹoʊl/
ipa: [ɹoʊɫ]
ipa: /ɹol/
ipa: /ɹəʉl/
ipa: /ɹəʉɫ/
ipa: /ɹɐʉl/
ipa: [ɹɐʉɫ]
ipa: /ɹɐʉl/
ipa: [ɹɐʉɫ]
note: Indic
ipa: /roːl/
rhymes: -əʊl
homophone: roll
Forms: form: roles
Senses: glosses: An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment.
white pudding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white puddings
Senses: glosses: A meat dish, made from minced pork and oats cooked in a sausage skin.
Related terms: black pudding
drisheen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹɪʃiːn/
Forms: form: drisheens
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish drisín.
Senses: examples: text: Mr Dedalus had ordered drisheens for breakfast and during the meal he crossexamined the waiter for local news.
ref: 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, section 86:
glosses: A type of Irish sausage made from pigs' blood, suet, and salt; an Irish version of black pudding.
woomera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wʊmra/
Forms: form: woomeras
form: wamara
form: womera
form: wommera
form: woomerah
form: woomerang
Etymology: Borrowed from Dharug wumara.
Senses: glosses: A traditional spearthrower, consisting of a stick with a hooked end, used by First Nations Australians.
Related terms: atlatl
multicellular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + cellular.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That has many cells, often differentiated in function.
raw_tags: of an organism
Derived terms: intramulticellular
multicellularity
multicellular
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multicellulars
Etymology: From multi- + cellular.
Senses: glosses: Such an organism
dysfunction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
Forms: form: dysfunctions
form: disfunction
Etymology: From dys- + function.
Senses: examples: text: Cerebellar dysfunction is characterized by truncal ataxia, a broad-based stance, dysmetria in which the limbs either overstep (hypermetria) or understep (hypometria), and tremor that is most pronounced when the animal attempts a goal-orientated movement (intention tremor).
ref: 2004, Johnny D. Hoskins, Geriatrics and Gerontology of the Dog and Cat, →ISBN, page 358:
text: We next consider the cognification of interpersonal dysfunctions in treating clinical depression.
ref: 2005, Dwight Evans, Dennis S. Charney, Lydia Lewis, The Physician’s Guide to Depression and Bipolar Disorders, →ISBN, page 69:
topics: medicine
sciences
antonyms: eufunction
function
glosses: A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers to a disorder in a bodily organ (e.g. erectile dysfunction), a mental disorder, or the improper behavior of a social group.
Derived terms: cognitive dysfunction syndrome
dysfunctional
dysfunctionally
Eustachian tube dysfunction
immunodysfunction
minimal brain dysfunction
neurodysfunction
post-retinoid sexual dysfunction
post-SSRI sexual dysfunction
sexual dysfunction
temporomandibular joint dysfunction
dysfunction
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
Forms: form: dysfunctions
form: dysfunctioning
form: dysfunctioned
form: dysfunctioned
form: disfunction
Etymology: From dys- + function.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To fail to function correctly; to malfunction.
protist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈproʊtɪst/
Forms: form: protists
Etymology: From translingual Protista, from Ancient Greek πρώτιστος (prṓtistos).
Senses: examples: text: Besides the hundreds or thousands of metres of fungal mycelium in a teaspoon of healthy soil, there are more bacteria, protists, insects and arthropods than the number of humans who have ever lived on Earth.
ref: 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 162:
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
synonyms: protistan
glosses: Any of the eukaryotic, usually unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades; any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal or fungus.
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
synonyms: protistan
glosses: Any of the eukaryotic, usually unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades; any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal or fungus.
Any single-celled eukaryote, prokaryote or sponge .
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
synonyms: protistan
glosses: Any of the eukaryotic, usually unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades; any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal or fungus.
Any single-celled eukaryote or prokaryote .
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
synonyms: protistan
glosses: Any of the eukaryotic, usually unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades; any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal or fungus.
Any single-celled eukaryote .
Related terms: monoprotist
protistal
protistological
protistologist
protistology
protozoa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protozoan
glosses: plural of protozoon
slime mold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slime molds
Senses: glosses: Any of various primitive organisms, a naked mass or protoplasm in diverse taxonomic classifications:
protists of the Amoebozoa
syncytial or plasmodial slime molds in subclass Myxogastria (syn. Myxomycetes)
glosses: Any of various primitive organisms, a naked mass or protoplasm in diverse taxonomic classifications:
protists of the Amoebozoa
cellular slime molds in order Dictyosteliida
glosses: Any of various primitive organisms, a naked mass or protoplasm in diverse taxonomic classifications:
protists of the Amoebozoa
in order Protostelida.
glosses: Any of various primitive organisms, a naked mass or protoplasm in diverse taxonomic classifications:
protists of the order Acrasida
glosses: Any of various primitive organisms, a naked mass or protoplasm in diverse taxonomic classifications:
Parasitic rhizarian chromists of the order Plasmodiophorida
glosses: Any of various primitive organisms, a naked mass or protoplasm in diverse taxonomic classifications:
The slime nets, of the class Labyrinthulea of chromists
glosses: Any of various primitive organisms, a naked mass or protoplasm in diverse taxonomic classifications:
Cellular slime molds of the genus Fonticula, in a sister group of the Fungi.
Derived terms: scrambled egg slime mold
protoplasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protoplasms
Etymology: From German Protoplasma, coined by Czech physiologist Jan Evangelista Purkyně, from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + πλάσμα (plásma, “something molded”). By surface analysis, proto- + -plasm. Compare also protoplasma, used in Late Latin for the “first-created one” (i.e. Adam).
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The entire contents of a cell comprising the nucleus and the cytoplasm. It is a semi-fluid, transparent substance which is the living matter of plant and animal cells.
Derived terms: protoplasmal
protoplasmatic
protoplasmic
cristal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to a crest.
Derived terms: intercristal
cristal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cristals
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of crystal.
objet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /oʊbˈʒeɪ/
Forms: form: objets
Etymology: Clipping. Doublet of object and objectum.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of objet d'art.
Related terms: objet de vertu
objet trouvé
proportional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proportional
form: most proportional
Senses: examples: text: For example, according to the gas laws, pressure is directly proportional to temperature: the quotient derived from pressure (numerator) and temperature (denominator) will be constant; however, pressure is inversely proportional to volume, meaning that the product between volume and pressure will be constant.
ref: 2012, David Ben-Chaim, Ratio and Proportion, page 34:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. Symbol: ∝.
examples: text: This ensures consistency across your website design so that you don't end up with elements that are not adequately proportional with each other.
ref: 2014, Aravind Shenoy, Learning Bootstrap:
glosses: In proportion (to), proportionate.
examples: text: A font is proportional if all characters in the font have different widths due to their various sizes.
ref: 2013, Eric A. Meyer, CSS Fonts: Web Typography Possibilities, page 2:
glosses: Of a typeface, having characters with natural (non-uniform) width (in contrast to monospace typefaces).
Derived terms: biproportional
directly proportional
disproportional
equiproportional
inversely proportional
mean proportional
nonproportional
proportional analogy
proportionality
proportionally
proportional navigation
proportional representation
proportional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proportionals
Senses: examples: text: It is almost superfluous to remark that the numbers attached to the elements of compounds are those of the proportionals in which they combine […]
ref: 1828, William Thomas Brande, Tables in Illustration of the Theory of Definite Proportionals, page xiii:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A proportion.
Derived terms: mixed-member proportional
objet d'art
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒbʒeɪ ˈdɑː(ɹ)/
Forms: form: objets d'art
Etymology: Borrowed from French objet (“object”) and d'art (“of art”).
Senses: synonyms: art object
glosses: A work of art with some artistic merit.
examples: text: They have one of the largest collections of miniature furniture in the city (perhaps the largest), cases of object d'art ^([sic]), and, most importantly, a mountain of imported cards for those most special on your mailing list.
ref: 1976 December 18, David Holland, “Dear Santa...”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 16:
glosses: An artwork exhibited for the purposes of decoration or the reflection of social status.
Derived terms: objet