cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
optometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒpˈtɒmɪtri/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɔpʈo.mɛʈri/
Etymology: From opto- + -metry.
Senses: glosses: The art and science of vision and eye care.
Derived terms: optometric
optometrical
optometrist
Related terms: ophthalmology
O.D.
bullseye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊlzaɪ/
ipa: /ˈbʊlzɑɪ/
Forms: form: bullseyes
form: bull's-eye
form: bull's eye
Etymology: From bull's + eye. May have come from the practice of English archers shooting an arrow through the eye socket of a bull's skull as a test of skill. The connection to philately comes from the shape of the key plate or vignette.
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: The centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
glosses: A shot which hits the centre of a target.
topics: darts
games
glosses: The two central rings on a dartboard.
glosses: A hard striped peppermint-flavoured boiled sweet.
topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: porthole
glosses: Thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light.
glosses: A hand-cancelled postmark issued by a counter clerk at a post office, typically done on a receipt for proof of mailing.
glosses: The central part of a crown glass disk, with concentric ripple effect.
examples: text: [I]nstead of the six pair of feet which should have protruded therefrom, the gleam of the bull's-eye showed but four.
ref: 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of his Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 45:
text: He put on his fur coat and hat and went out into the hall. There he paused, hearing the slow heavy tread of the policeman on the pavement outside and seeing the flash of the bull's-eye reflected in the window.
ref: 1890, Oscar Wilde, chapter XII, in The Picture of Dorian Gray:
glosses: A convex glass lens which is placed in front of a lamp to concentrate the light so as to make it more conspicuous as a signal; also the lantern itself.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A commonly-known reference point used when indicating the location or direction of something.
topics: architecture
glosses: An oculus.
glosses: A £50 banknote.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Any of the first postage stamps produced in Brazil from 1843.
topics: arts
crafts
glassblowing
hobbies
lifestyle
synonyms: bullion
glosses: The mark left on a glass piece from its attachment to a punty.
glosses: An egg in a hole.
synonyms: bull
glosses: A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
Derived terms: bullseye lantern
bullseye
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊlzaɪ/
ipa: /ˈbʊlzɑɪ/
Forms: form: bull's-eye
form: bull's eye
Etymology: From bull's + eye. May have come from the practice of English archers shooting an arrow through the eye socket of a bull's skull as a test of skill. The connection to philately comes from the shape of the key plate or vignette.
Senses: glosses: A cry when someone hits the bullseye of a target.
examples: text: —Did John steal the petty cash? —Bullseye.
glosses: A response to a totally accurate statement.
Related terms: goat's eye
kitskonstabel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitskonstabels
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans kits (“instant”) + konstabel (“constable”).
Senses: examples: text: During 1987 sixteen kitskonstabels were sent to Bhongolethu to police the area after their six weeks of training. The kitskonstabels proved to be a law unto themselves - between September 1987 and January 1988 less than six months, at least six activist were injured by kitskonstabels a remarkable series of incidents, involving the kitskonstabels was recorded by the police themselves in the Bhongolethu police station incident book.
ref: 1996 June 18, “Submission, questions and answers”, in Truth and Reconciliation Commission, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2004:
text: The activities of the South Africa Police's notorious apartheid-era "kitskonstables" will come under the spotlight at the three-day hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Grahamstown next week, from April 7 to 9. The kitskonstables (special constables) were infamous for random beatings and shootings in the Grahamstown area during the 1980s.
ref: 1997 April 3, “KITSKONSTABEL ACTIONS TO BE HEARD AT GRAHAMSTWON TRC HEARINGS”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 18 Jan 2005:
text: Harrington’s hero was Major Deon Terreblanche – notorious for his killing sprees. ‘He was actually like my father. He was interested in my work. He always wanted to know how I was. He told me I personally have to fight against the ANC, because they were communists. He said he would see to it that I never get into trouble.’ But a kitskonstabel with ANC sympathies killed Terreblanche.
ref: 1998, Antjie Krog, Country of My Skull:
glosses: A newly deputized constable in the South African police during the last days of apartheid; they were noted for their zealousness and lack of procedure. Their official name was special policeman.
caravels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caravel
nationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈneɪʃənɪz(ə)m/
Forms: form: nationisms
Etymology: From nation + -ism, by Joshua Fishman, 1968.
Senses: examples: text: In determining language policies, Fishman contends that a country needs to balance the concerns of nationalism (the feelings that develop from a sense of group identity) and nationism (the practical concerns of governing).
ref: 1992, Sandra McKay, Teaching English Overseas: an Introduction, page 9:
text: For these nations language was a prior criterion of national identity, in the sense of ‘nationalism’, and only later became and issue at the level of ‘nation’, once these societies had made the transition from nationalism to nationism.
ref: 2002, Tim Ingold, Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology, page 544:
text: Instead of this, the dominant role of language in nation-building in many states, at least in the early post-independence era, has been […] pragmatic nationism rather than aggressive nationalism.
ref: 2008, Andrew Simpson, Language and National Identity in Africa, page 22:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
social-science
sociolinguistics
sociology
glosses: The practical concerns of running a nation, especially seen as divorced from emotional beliefs about national identity.
wikipedia: Joshua Fishman
Derived terms: nationist
one-nationism
Related terms: nationalism
nationalist
qui vive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French qui vive.
Senses: examples: text: "QUI vive!" The sentry's musket rings,
The channelled bayonet gleams;
High o'er him, like a raven's wings
The broad tri-colored banner flings
"QUI vive!" The sentry's musket rings,. The channelled bayonet #:gleams; ... "Qui vive!" How oft the midnight air. That startling cry has borne! ...
ref: 1836, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Qui Vive:
text: Qui vive? Who passes by up there?
Who moves -- what stirs in the startled air?
What whispers, thrills, exults up there?
Qui vive?
ref: 1917, Grace Ellery Channing, The Flags of France:
text: The political influence wielded by many of the court ladies, and especially by the first lady-in-waiting (mother of the present Emperor), bears a certain resemblance to that which the eunuchs wielded under the later Manchus at the court of Peking. [...] And behind the 30 ladies-in-waiting there are the rank and file of female palace attendants, some 300, all of Kyoto stock—quite sufficient to keep any conscientious chamberlain on the qui vive.
ref: 1920, J[ohn] O[tway] P[ercy] Bland, “[Exhibit G.] Three Palaces.”, in Administration of Immigration Laws: Hearings before the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization: United States House of Representatives, Sixty-sixth Congress, Second Session: […], Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office, →OCLC, page 373:
text: Were a tall black man to do the same, there is not one of us who would not immediately be on the qui vive. My sadness about the American estrangement just mentioned doesn't make me act any differently at such a moment,
ref: 1994, Jack Miles, Arguing Immigration:
glosses: a state of heightened vigilance, especially prior to battle
Derived terms: on the qui vive
roup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹuːp/
rhymes: -uːp
Forms: form: roups
form: rouping
form: rouped
form: rouped
Etymology: A variant of roop.
Senses: glosses: To cry or shout.
examples: text: During the space of his tack he had plentiful crops of corn upon it, and when his tacks were run ont, the town took it into their own hands, and rouped it annually
ref: 1791, William Orem, A Description of the Chanonry in Old Aberdeen:
glosses: To sell by auction.
roup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹuːp/
rhymes: -uːp
Forms: form: roups
Etymology: A variant of roop.
Senses: glosses: An outcry.
glosses: A sale of goods by auction.
Derived terms: roup sale
roup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹuːp/
rhymes: -uːp
Etymology: Uncertain.
Senses: glosses: An infectious disease of poultry caused by Trichomonas gallinae.
Synonyms: sense: pigeon
word: canker
topics: falconry
hunting
hobbies
lifestyle
word: frounce
alt: avian
word: trichomoniasis
olpe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒlpiː/
Forms: form: olpes
form: olpae
form: olpai
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὄλπη (ólpē).
Senses: examples: text: Altogether, Amyx attributed fifty-six olpai and oinochoai to the Painter of Vatican 73, thus making his oeuvre rank among the largest recognized in Corinthian ceramics.
ref: 1983, C. W. Neeft, “What Is in a Name? The Painter of Vatican 73 in the Getty”, in Greek Vases in the J. Paul Getty Museum, →ISBN, page 1, column 1:
text: In later vase-iconography, oinokhoai and olpai appear in sympotic scenes where they are used for ladling wine from the krater and pouring it into cups (Richter & Milne, 1935: 18; Gericke, 1970: 32-35).
ref: 2011, Alexandra Alexandridou, The Early Black-Figured Pottery of Attika in Context (c. 630-570 bce) (Monumenta Graeca et Romana; 17), Brill, →ISBN, page 15, column 1:
text: Some inscribed olpai from Athens were probably used as measures, but there are other possible domestic uses, such as for serving small amounts of oil or vinegar.
ref: 2016, Margarit Damyanov, “Votive and other pottery from a sanctuary of Demeter in Apollonia Pontica”, in Manolis Manoledakis, editor, The Black Sea in the Light of New Archaeological Data and Theoretical Approaches: Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on the Black Sea in Antiquity held in Thessaloniki, 18-20 September 2015, Archaeopress, →ISBN, page 130, column 1:
glosses: Originally, a leather flask or vessel for oils or liquids; afterward, an earthenware vase or pitcher without a spout.
redactor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈdæktə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: redactors
Etymology: From redact + -or.
Senses: examples: text: Why the redactor created this conflate version, despite its inconsistencies, is a matter of conjecture.
ref: 1999, Emanuel Tov, The Greek and Hebrew Bible: Collected Essays on the Septuagint:
glosses: A person who redacts: one who edits or compiles texts; one who censors portions of them.
Derived terms: redactor-in-chief
Related terms: redact
redaction
tripeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tripeptides
Etymology: From tri- + peptide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound formed from three amino acids joined by peptide bonds.
Derived terms: tripeptide aminopeptidase
Related terms: dipeptide
wolfhound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wolfhounds
Etymology: Compound of wolf + hound.
Senses: glosses: A dog of various breeds originally developed to hunt wolves.
Derived terms: Irish wolfhound
Related terms: wolf dog
échappé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: échappés
Etymology: Borrowed from French. Doublet of escapee.
Senses: examples: text: A certain mystique has always been attached to his extraordinary leaps. “Suddenly a tremendous jump straight up, grand échappé, his legs firmly locked,” […]
ref: 1991, Peter F. Ostwald, Vaslav Nijinsky: A Leap Into Madness:
qualifier: ballet
glosses: A movement performed in ballet involving a leap from both feet simultaneously.
taping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -eɪpɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tape
taping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪpɪŋ
Forms: form: tapings
Senses: examples: When we were in Los Angeles, we went to the taping of the television show The Price is Right.
glosses: The act of recording something on tape, or (by extension) on another medium.
examples: text: The necessary tapings are then made using the Scotch Magic, taking care to cover the area systematically, and not to overload the tape.
ref: 2012, Forensic Science Progress, volume 4, page 54:
glosses: The act of sticking adhesive tape to something.
Derived terms: buddy taping
hypertoroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypertoroids
Etymology: From hyper- + toroid.
Senses: glosses: An N-dimensional equivalent to a toroidal, given N being a positive integer greater than 3.
qualifier: by restriction
glosses: A toroid scaled up into the fourth dimension.
Coordinate terms: hypertorus
boiler suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boiler suits
Etymology: From boiler + suit.
Senses: examples: text: Where Babcock has proprietary technologies, they will be preserved and developed, in so far as they help to give the company an edge over its rivals. But make no mistake, if Parker and Salmon have their way, boiler suits are the workwear of yesteryear at Babcock. Graduates, not grease-monkeys, are the typical employees of the future.
ref: 1994 November 5, Ross Tieman, “Yachtsmen on a long-term voyage to recovery”, in The Times, number 65,104, London, page 25:
text: The boiler suit was the kind with stud-fasteners rather than a zip.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 19:
glosses: A one-piece suit combining trousers and jacket, worn for heavy or hot manual labour.
Synonyms: overall
overalls
coverall
campused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of campus
Canadiana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑːnə
Etymology: From Canadian + -ana or Canada + -iana.
Senses: examples: 2007, Derick Chetty, "Made ... in Canada, eh!," Toronto Star, 30 Jun. (retrieved 25 Spe. 2008),
Some of the pieces wink slyly at traditional elements of Canadiana. Like up-and-coming designer Stephen Lindsay's coat hanger: two hockey sticks fused together.
glosses: Things, ideas, or activities distinctive of Canada or Canadians, especially works of literature and other cultural products.
Related terms: Canuckiana
canalside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canalsides
Etymology: From canal + -side.
Senses: glosses: The bank of a canal.
canalside
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From canal + -side.
Senses: glosses: Situated near or alongside a canal.
ripsaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ripsaws
form: rip saw
Etymology: From rip + saw.
Senses: examples: text: A ripsaw will slice smoothly along the grain, but chew up the wood if it goes against the grain.
ref: 2001, Percival Everett, Erasure, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), pages 4-5:
topics: arts
business
carpentry
construction
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
woodworking
glosses: A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands.
Synonyms: word: rake and scrape
ripsaw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ripsaws
form: ripsawing
form: ripsawed
form: ripsawed
form: rip saw
Etymology: From rip + saw.
Senses: glosses: To cut with a ripsaw.
Canute
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /kəˈn(j)uːt/
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Canut, from Anglo-Norman *Canut, Kenut (compare Medieval Latin Canūtus), from Old Norse Knútr, possibly originally a byname meaning "knot".
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages used in England from the eleventh to the thirteenth century.
glosses: Canute the Great, king of England, Denmark and Norway.
glosses: A town in Oklahoma.
Derived terms: Canutian
Canutish
Canutism
carte de visite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cartes de visite
Etymology: Borrowed from French carte de visite (“visiting card”).
Senses: glosses: A business card
glosses: A visiting card
glosses: A photograph of a famous person, the same size as a visiting card
Related terms: cartulary
visiting card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: visiting cards
Senses: examples: text: On the 19th of May we are a maiden castle no longer. Black coats and hats ring at the bell, and pass in and out of the different apartments. The hall table is sprinkled with letters, visiting-cards, and programmes which seem to have had the alphabet shaken out upon them, for they bear the names of professors, doctors, reverends, and very reverends, and fairly bristle with A. M.'s, M. A.'s, A. B.'s, D. D.'s, and LL. D.'s.
ref: 1898, Kate Douglas Wiggin, chapter 8, in Penelope’s Progress […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:
glosses: A written card which identifies the bearer, presented for introduction when attending a business meeting or formal social gathering.
Synonyms: sense: card with personal contact information
word: at-home card
sense: card with personal contact information
word: calling card
sense: card with personal contact information
word: name card
sense: card with personal contact information
word: meishi
sense: card with personal contact information
word: pasteboard
Related terms: business card
name card
Carthusian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑɹˈθuʒən/
ipa: /kɑːˈθjuːzi.ən/
ipa: /kɑːˈθjuːzɪən/
Forms: form: Carthusians
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Carthusianus, from Cart(h)usia, Latinization of Old French Chartrouse, a region near Grenoble where the order was founded, now Chartreuse; from Late Latin Catorissium, Cantourisa, Caturissium, Chatrousse, probably ultimately from Gaulish *Katurīx (literally “battle-king”). Also see Caturix, Helvetian war god.
Senses: glosses: A member of a Christian contemplative order of monks founded by Bruno of Cologne (St Bruno) in 1084.
glosses: A pupil of Charterhouse School (founded in a Carthusian monastery)
Carthusian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑɹˈθuʒən/
ipa: /kɑːˈθjuːzi.ən/
ipa: /kɑːˈθjuːzɪən/
Forms: form: more Carthusian
form: most Carthusian
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Carthusianus, from Cart(h)usia, Latinization of Old French Chartrouse, a region near Grenoble where the order was founded, now Chartreuse; from Late Latin Catorissium, Cantourisa, Caturissium, Chatrousse, probably ultimately from Gaulish *Katurīx (literally “battle-king”). Also see Caturix, Helvetian war god.
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to this order.
Related terms: charterhouse
cased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /keɪst/
rhymes: -eɪst
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of case
cased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /keɪst/
rhymes: -eɪst
Senses: glosses: Having a case or covering; encased or clad.
Derived terms: cased glass
uncased
Related terms: camel-cased
snake-cased
oologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒdʒɪk
Forms: form: oölogic
Etymology: From oology + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to oology
Synonyms: oological
Derived terms: oologically
tarse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɑːɹs/
rhymes: -ɑːɹs
Forms: form: tarses
Etymology: From Middle English tarse, tearse, terce, ters, from Old English teors (“penis”), from Proto-West Germanic *ters (“nail; penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay; split”). Related to Dutch teers, German Zers, and distantly (via Latin) to try.
Senses: examples: text: For though in her he settles well his tarse,
Yet his dull, graceless bollocks hang an arse.
ref: 1673, John Wilmot, A Satire on Charles II:
text: "Yea!" Odred screamed, "Take my tarse into thy mouth, and my great balls, too. Suck on my balls, make them hot with your sweet mouth. Then suck my tarse again! Make my cock hard as that of a young ram, or a wild bull!"
ref: 2000, Perry Brass, Angel Lust: An Erotic Novel of Time Travel, page 210:
text: […] my Pirate of Penzance, my lilac love lance, my ramrod, my wad, my schlong, my tube, my tonk, my Jimmy, my Johnny, my tarse, my verge, my honk, my bishop, my pawn, my rook, my king, my knight, my Gonzo, my Kermie, my Bert, my Ernie, […]
ref: 2007, Alan A. Gillis, Hawks and doves, page 41:
text: Just as I take the chance that your tarse is as crooked as your soul.” His mouth twitched in amusement. “'Tis straight and strong, as you will likely soon learn. However, you bargained only for my arm and my horse, not my tarse.
ref: 2009, Lisa Hendrix, Immortal Outlaw:
glosses: The penis.
tarse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɑːɹs/
rhymes: -ɑːɹs
Forms: form: tarses
Etymology: Borrowed from French tarse, from Latin tarsus.
Senses: glosses: The tarsus (seven bones in the ankle).
tarse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɑːɹs/
rhymes: -ɑːɹs
Forms: form: tarses
Etymology: Compare tassel, tiercel.
Senses: topics: falconry
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: A male falcon.
groat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹoʊt/
ipa: /ɡɹəʊt/
ipa: /ɡɹɔːt/
rhymes: -əʊt
Forms: form: groats
Etymology: From Middle English grot, from Old English grot, from Proto-West Germanic *grot, from Proto-Germanic *grutą, related to *greutą. More at grit, grout.
Senses: glosses: Hulled grain, chiefly hulled oats.
Derived terms: Embden groats
groaty
grotty
Margaret
Related terms: grit
grits
grout
grouts
gruel
meal
semolina
groat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹoʊt/
ipa: /ɡɹəʊt/
ipa: /ɡɹɔːt/
rhymes: -əʊt
Forms: form: groats
Etymology: Possibly from Middle Dutch groot, the Old French gros Tournois (“a coin of Tours”), from Medieval Latin denarius (“coin”) grossus (“large”). Related to German Groschen.
Senses: examples: text: The Widdow that hath but a pan of braſſe,
And ſcarſe a houſe to hide her head,
Sometimes no penny to buy her bread,
Muſt pay her Landlord many a groat,
Or twil be puld out of her throat:
ref: 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:
glosses: Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.
glosses: Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.
Any unit of currency worth four pence.
examples: text: The needy groom, that never finger'd groat,
Would make a miracle of thus much coin …
ref: c. 1589–1590 (date written), Christopher Marlo[we], edited by Tho[mas] Heywood, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Iew of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published 1633, →OCLC, Act I:
glosses: Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.
A historical English coin representing such a unit: a silver coin worth four English pennies, still minted as one of the set of Maundy coins.
synonyms: fourpence
glosses: A proverbial small sum; a whit or jot.
Derived terms: groatsworth
shovegroat
slidegroat
colportage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colportages
Etymology: 1840s, from French colportage, from colporteur (1723).
Senses: glosses: The distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature.
Related terms: colporter
colporteur
beer pong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From beer + (ping-)pong.
Senses: examples: text: She came up with the idea of renting a pool house where they could play Beer Pong (the object is to land a ping-pong ball in a glass of beer that your opponent has to down) while listening to their favourite robot electronica, Daft Punk, in the sunny downtime between coding sessions and answering emails.
ref: 2013, Joanna Biggs, “Tell me everything”, in London Review of Books, volume 35, number 7:
synonyms: Beirut
glosses: A drinking game in which players attempt to throw a ping pong ball into cups of beer.
Related terms: beer bong
biodiesel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biodiesels
Etymology: From bio- + diesel.
Senses: examples: text: Biodiesel is an increasingly popular alternative fuel because it's made by refining oil. Thinner than vegetable oil, biodiesel can power diesel engines without further conversion.
ref: 2006 November 21, Jessica Seid Dickler, “Make your own gas”, in CNN Money:
text: Biodiesel is a technologically feasible alternative to petrodiesel, but nowadays biodiesel costs 1.5 to 3 times more than fossil diesel in developed countries.
ref: 2007, Ayhan Demirbas, Biodiesel: A Realistic Fuel Alternative for Diesel Engines, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 197:
synonyms: bioderv
coordinate_terms: petrodiesel
glosses: Fuel for diesel engines made from renewable organic raw materials, as opposed to fossil hydrocarbons.
casuistical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: casuistic
casuistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more casuistically
form: most casuistically
Etymology: From casuistic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: He approached the moral dilemma casuistically, not abstractly from first principles.
topics: manner
glosses: Using casuistry or casuistics.
examples: text: Those ideals are casuistically the best whose realisations lead to least number of other ideals sacrificed.
ref: 1967, Satyananda, World ethics:
text: Rule-utilitarian arguments — arguments that proceed from the consequences of our moral rules rather than of our individual acts — are casuistically very powerful.
ref: 1978, Philip E. Devine, The ethics of homicide:
text: She would then be — casuistically, I suppose, and legally, without doubt — worse off than the seduced Isabella: for Isabella would have submitted to Angelo without consent of the will
ref: 1987, Harold Bloom, William Shakespeare's measure for measure:
text: Critics may point out flaws in this story, which is casuistically vulnerable
ref: 2006, Inazo Nitob, Bushido, the Soul of Japan, page 22:
qualifier: domain
glosses: From the perspective of casuistics or casuistry.
Catawba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈtɔː.bə/
ipa: /kəˈtɔ.bə/
ipa: /kəˈtɑ.bə/
rhymes: -ɔːbə
Forms: form: Catawbas
form: Catawba
Etymology: From the noun catawba, as the tree was the people's totem.
Senses: examples: text: There was a Catawba brave who took some pottery [to another tribe] to trade for bows and arrows. This chief [of the other tribe] had a beautiful daughter, and the Catawba brave fell in love with her, and she likewise fell in love with him. When the Catawba brave left, she asked her father for a bow and arrow. She shot it in the air in the direction the brave went, and then she went to get it. She kept shooting it in the air until she caught up with him.
ref: 1970, Charles M. Hudson, The Catawba Nation:
glosses: A member of a Native American people who inhabit the Carolinas: the Iswa.
examples: text: The basic material for sherry is a mixture or a blend of dry wines from Niagaras, Delawares, and Catawbas or other white juices, which are sweetened and fortified and then blended with California sherry.
ref: 1950, Peter John Valaer, Wines of the world:
qualifier: plural "Catawbas"
glosses: A red American dessert grape variety.
Derived terms: Catawba County
Catawba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈtɔː.bə/
ipa: /kəˈtɔ.bə/
ipa: /kəˈtɑ.bə/
rhymes: -ɔːbə
Etymology: From the noun catawba, as the tree was the people's totem.
Senses: glosses: The language of the Eastern Siouan family spoken in eastern United States.
examples: text: Cornwallis finally moved after Morgan's men. Left behind to cover the fords and delay the British, North Carolina general William Lee Davidson and a few men were killed as the British poured across Cowan's Ford. Once the British crossed the Catawba, the Americans had to get past another river, the Yadkin beyond Salisbury.
ref: 1998, Lawrence E. Babits, A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens:
glosses: A river in North Carolina and South Carolina, United States.
Synonyms: Esaw
Issa
Iswä
Iswa
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Catawba terms
chc ⁠
dessert grape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dessert grapes
Senses: glosses: A grape grown for eating rather than for making wine.
caulescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more caulescent
form: most caulescent
Etymology: From caulis (“stem”) + -escent.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: having a well-developed stem above ground; with a trunk
Derived terms: sarcocaulescent
subcaulescent
cementitious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌsɛmɛnˈtɪʃəs/
/ˌsɛmənˈtɪʃəs/
Forms: form: more cementitious
form: most cementitious
Etymology: From cement + -itious, from Latin caementitius (“pertaining to quarry stones”). See cement.
Senses: examples: text: In the course of (2014 repair) works it was discovered that inappropriate cementitious repairs had been carried out historically on the top of the tower inside the parapet wall at the base of the steeple.
ref: 2021 April 25, Sarah McCutcheon, “Fresh calls to repair 200 year-old Limerick church”, in Limerick Leader:
text: This decomposition is owing to the action of the atmosphere , sun , and rain , that alters the cementitious or stiff matter in the different earthy particles . The cementitious matter is chiefly sulphureous or aluminous
ref: 1806, Robert Forsyth, The Beauties of Scotland:
glosses: Resembling or having some properties of cement.
chafing dish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chafing dishes
form: chafing-dish
form: chaffing dish
form: chaffing-dish
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Any of several devices, involving a pan and a heater, used to warm food at the table, or to keep it warm.
tiercel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)səl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)səl
Forms: form: tiercels
form: tercel
form: terzel
form: tassel
form: tassell
form: tarcel
form: tarsel
form: tarsell
form: tyercel
form: tyercle
Etymology: From Middle English tercel, from Old French terçuel, from Late Latin tertiolus, the diminutive of Latin tertius (“third”). Sources disagree whether the connection is that the males of most species of birds of prey favoured in falconry are smaller than the females by about a third, or whether it refers to the supposition that only one egg in three yields a male.
Senses: examples: text: In this wise, the glossy bright-eyed kestrel, whom tiercels’ training could not reclaim, shook off silver bells, and velvet hood, and broidered jesses; and fled away—to consort, henceforward for evermore, with gleds, and hawks, and such birds of prey as make their nests deep in Bohemian forests, or in the desolate places of the Wilderness that girdles the frontier of the reputable world.
ref: 1866, [George Alfred Lawrence], “Evasit”, in Sans Merci; or, Kestrels and Falcons, volume III, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], page 126:
text: He is a tiercel, lean and long and supple-winged, the first of the year.
ref: 1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 39:
topics: falconry
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: A male hawk or falcon.
Synonyms: tarse
tercelet
ger-tiercel
Derived terms: tiercel gentle
Related terms: formel
chain drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chain drives
Senses: topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: transmission system in which power is transferred to the wheels (for example), by means of a chain.
wikipedia: chain drive
Related terms: chain-driven
riskless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more riskless
form: most riskless
Etymology: From risk + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Nothing is completely riskless—not even staying at home in bed.
glosses: Free of risk; safe.
Derived terms: risklessly
risklessness
Related terms: risk
risqué
chain pump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chain pumps
Senses: examples: text: […] when we came out to Sea [the Ship] prov’d so very leaky, that we were oblig’d to keep two Chain-pumps continually at Work:
ref: 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, pages 7–8:
glosses: A water pump consisting of a series of buckets on a chain, wheel or drum.
challis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃæ.li/
rhymes: -æli
Forms: form: challises
Senses: examples: text: "Not all, mamma, because you told us we must find our own dresses, and so we did of course; we bought our winter clothing, and then our summer bonnets, and our challis pour demi saison, and our———"
ref: 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 9:
glosses: A light, soft fabric of silk and worsted, having a printed design.
glosses: Misspelling of chalice.
Challis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An English surname derived from a Norman habitational name for someone from Eschalle in Pas-de-Calais, France.
glosses: A small city, the county seat of Custer County, Idaho, United States.
alible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.lɪ.bəl/
Forms: form: more alible
form: most alible
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin alibilis, from alō (“feed, nourish”) + -ibilis (“-ible”). First attested in c. 1650.
Senses: examples: text: […] Alible substances, of the most healthy kind, may then generate the same evils as would follow from a deficiency of food.
ref: 1827, F. J. V. Broussais, M.D., “A Treatise on Physiology applied to Pathology”, in John Bell, M.D. & René La Roche, M.D., transl., The North American Medical and Surgical Journal — “Analytical Reviews”, volume 3, J. Dobson, page 338:
text: For in the same way as this dew, by ulterior condensation and adhesion, becomes alible gluten and cambium, whence the parts of the body are constituted […]
ref: 1847, William Harvey, On Generation, Sydenham Society, Of the primigenial moisture, page 514; republished as The works of William Harvey, (Please provide a date or year):
glosses: Nourishing.
apprehensible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more apprehensible
form: most apprehensible
Senses: synonyms: word: apprehendable
word: apprehensible
word: clear
word: comprehensible
word: explainable
word: explicable
word: explicatable
word: fathomable
word: graspable
word: illuminable
word: intelligible
word: lucid
word: pellucid
word: perspicuous
word: straightforward
word: tangible
word: understandable
glosses: Which can be apprehended (usually in the sense of being understood).
Derived terms: apprehensibly
inapprehensible
keywords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keyword
keywords
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of keyword
combi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒmbi/
ipa: /ˈkɑmbi/
rhymes: -ɒmbi
Forms: form: combis
form: combies
Etymology: Clipping of combination.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aircraft adapted to carry either cargo or passengers, or both at once.
examples: text: My old combi boiler broke down.
glosses: Combination.
examples: text: The combi at our last place was just fine for rads and showers. The biggest restriction was the speed of filling the bath...
ref: 2013 July 9, Adrian, “Re: OT Are all heating engineers touchy?”, in uk.d-i-y (Usenet):
glosses: A combination boiler.
glosses: Alternative form of kombi.
Derived terms: combi deck
combi-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Combination.
Derived terms: combi-deck
philter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪltə/
ipa: /ˈfɪltɚ/
rhymes: -ɪltə(ɹ)
homophone: filter
Forms: form: philters
form: philtre
Etymology: From Middle French philtre, from Ancient Greek φίλτρον (phíltron), from φιλέω (philéō, “I love”). Doublet of philtrum.
Senses: glosses: A kind of potion, charm, or drug; especially a love potion intended to make the drinker fall in love with the giver.
philter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪltə/
ipa: /ˈfɪltɚ/
rhymes: -ɪltə(ɹ)
homophone: filter
Forms: form: philters
form: philtering
form: philtered
form: philtered
form: philtre
Etymology: From Middle French philtre, from Ancient Greek φίλτρον (phíltron), from φιλέω (philéō, “I love”). Doublet of philtrum.
Senses: examples: text: to philter a draught
glosses: To impregnate or mix with a love potion.
examples: Government of the Tongue
Let not those that have repudiated the more inviting sins, shew themselves philtred and bewitched.
glosses: To charm to love; to excite to love or sexual desire by a potion.
philters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of philter
chase down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chases down
form: chasing down
form: chased down
form: chased down
Senses: examples: text: With Carlos Tevez chasing down every lost cause like his life depended on it, City always had an out ball but Arsenal had such a monopoly on possession that they barely had to give thought even to the Argentine.
ref: 2011 January 5, Jonathan Stevenson, “Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City”, in BBC:
glosses: to pursue and apprehend someone or something.
glosses: to investigate the cause of something
missable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsəbl̩/
Forms: form: more missable
form: most missable
Etymology: From miss + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Sherlock easily located the clue, but Watson considered it missable.
antonyms: unmissable
glosses: Able to avoid detection.
examples: text: a missable costume drama
synonyms: skippable
antonyms: unmissable
glosses: Far from unmissable; not worth watching or experiencing.
examples: text: She was missable after a week away from home.
glosses: Capable of being missed.
Derived terms: unmissable
Chicano
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɪˈkɑːnəʊ/
ipa: /t͡ʃɪˈkɑnoʊ/
other: /-ˈkæn-/
ipa: /t͡ʃi-/
rhymes: -ɑːnəʊ
Etymology: From Mexican Spanish chicano, from mechicano, a dialectal variant of mexicano (“Mexican”).
Senses: examples: text: When Chicanos think about us at all, they perpetuate the stereotypes. Gabacho depiction of us as emotionally unchecked, sultry women lusting after pale bodies is just an extension of the fantasy they have about all women. Such dishonest portrayals are why Chicanas are "breaking the silence," as Rita Sánchez calls it.
ref: 1980, [Juan D.] Bruce-Novoa, “Bernice Zamora”, in Chicano Authors: Inquiry by Interview, Austin, Tex.; London: University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 214:
synonyms: Mexican-American#Adjective
hypernyms: American#Adjective
glosses: Of a person: American and of Mexican descent, especially if conscious of one's political identity in the U.S. body politic.
glosses: Identifying with the mixed-raced heritage of Old World and New World.
raw_tags: of a person
glosses: Of or pertaining to Chicano people.
Chicano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɪˈkɑːnəʊ/
ipa: /t͡ʃɪˈkɑnoʊ/
other: /-ˈkæn-/
ipa: /t͡ʃi-/
rhymes: -ɑːnəʊ
Forms: form: Chicanos
Etymology: From Mexican Spanish chicano, from mechicano, a dialectal variant of mexicano (“Mexican”).
Senses: synonyms: Mexican American#Noun
Mexamerican#Noun
hypernyms: American#Noun
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person#Noun
glosses: A Chicano person.
Coordinate terms: english: subset of Chicanos from the early 20th century
translation: subset of Chicanos from the early 20th century
word: pachuco
english: assimilated Mexican-American
translation: assimilated Mexican-American
word: pocho
Chinese overtime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any form of overtime in which increasing the hours worked reduces the hourly rate.
Related terms: roman: jiǔjiǔliù
word: 九九六 (9-to-9 workday and six-day workweek)
chi-square
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chi-squares
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A test statistic used in the chi-square test.
coordinate_terms: green eyeshade
glosses: A journalism educator or researcher focusing on statistical methods and quantitative measurement.
Derived terms: chi-square distribution
chi-square test
chi-square test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chi-square tests
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: any statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic has a chi-square distribution if the null hypothesis is true
chi-square distribution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chi-square distributions
form: chi-squared distribution
form: χ² distribution
Senses: examples: text: 1992, Harold R. Lindman, Analysis of Variance in Experimental Design, Springer, Softcover Reprint, page 7,
The chi-square distribution with ν degrees of freedom is defined to be the distribution of the sum of ν independent squared random variables, each having the standard normal distribution.
text: The family of chi-square distributions, like the "Student's" t distributions, has an infinite number of members, one for each number of degrees of freedom.
ref: 2003, Chin Long Chiang, Statistical Methods of Analysis, World Scientific Publishing, page 204:
text: The degrees of freedom of a chi-square distribution are usually denoted by the Greek letter #92;nu and can take any positive integer value.
ref: 2012, Anthony J. Hayter, Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, 4th edition, Cengage Learning, page 254:
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A probability distribution widely used in inferential statistics.
Synonyms: sense: probability distribution
word: central chi-square distribution
Related terms: chi-square test
chi distribution
Christianisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: Christianisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Christianization.
irrepressible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more irrepressible
form: most irrepressible
Etymology: From ir- + repressible.
Senses: examples: text: [...] here the two friends burst into a variety of giggles, and glanced from time to time, over the tops of their pocket-handkerchiefs, at Nicholas, who from a state of unmixed astonishment, gradually fell into one of irrepressible laughter [...]
ref: 1858, Charles Dickens, chapter 15, in Nicholas Nickleby:
glosses: Not containable or controllable.
examples: text: The irrepressible landlady gave the freest expression to her feelings.
ref: 1875, Wilkie Collins, chapter 3, in The Law and the Lady:
text: Schomberg, [...] an irrepressible retailer of all the scandalous gossip of the place, would, with both elbows on the table, impart an adorned version of the story to any guest who cared to imbibe knowledge along with the more costly liquors.
ref: 1899 September – 1900 July, Joseph Conrad, chapter XIX, in Lord Jim: A Tale, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1900, →OCLC, page 210:
text: "The irrepressible Yank is knocking at the doors of their temples and he will want to sell 'em carpet-sweepers for their harems."
ref: 1901, Frank Norris, The Octopus, Book II, Conclusion:
text: It was Paris' irrepressible High Fashion Doyenne Gabrielle ("Coco") Chanel, 80, so-soing this and high-hatting that, while Women's Wear Daily took notes.
ref: 1963 July 12, “People”, in Time:
text: High-strung and irrepressible, George Jefferson quickly became one of America’s most popular television characters, a high-energy, combative black man who backed down to no one.
ref: 2012 July 24, Mel Watkins, “Sherman Hemsley, ‘Jeffersons’ Star, Is Dead at 74”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Jun 2013:
glosses: Especially high-spirited, outspoken, or insistent.
raw_tags: of a person
Derived terms: irrepressibleness
irrepressibly
containable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more containable
form: most containable
Etymology: From contain + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be contained, especially applied to viruses and similar diseases.
controllable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more controllable
form: most controllable
Etymology: From control + -able.
Senses: examples: text: For instance, such nonweather factors as insects, disease, errors of management, accidents, and other factors may not be considered controllable […]
ref: 1961, American Farm Economic Association, Journal of Farm Economics:
text: A spring-loaded reducing valve, controllable from the cab, admitted h.p. steam to both h.p. and l.p. cylinders whenever necessary, as, for example, on starting; [...].
ref: 1961 Novermber, Voyageur, “The last of the Midland compounds”, in Trains Illustrated, page 675:
glosses: Able to be controlled; subject to regulation or command.
Derived terms: incontrollable
noncontrollable
photocontrollable
Related terms: control
controllability
controllableness
controllably
controllable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: controllables
Etymology: From control + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The widest variety of marketing research studies focus on the influences of controllables—products, distribution, promotion, and price.
ref: 1976, Edward W. Cundiff, Richard Ralph Still, Norman A. P. Govoni, Fundamentals of Modern Marketing, page 131:
topics: business
glosses: Any factor that can be controlled.
curiosity killed the cat
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: care killed the cat
Senses: glosses: One should not be curious about things that can be dangerous.
Coordinate terms: nine lives
E-format
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e format
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A scientific notation for floating point numbers in which e.g. 51.75 would be represented as 0.5175E+02 (meaning 0.5175 × 10²)