cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Ghent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Etymology: From Middle Dutch Ghent (modern spelling: Gent), from Latin Ganda, itself probably of Celtic origin.
Senses: examples: text: The higher levels of chlorate were discovered during routine testing at the company's production facility in Ghent, Belgium, according to an unnamed company spokesperson quoted by the AFP news agency.
ref: 2025 January 29, Lucy Hooker, “Coca-Cola recalls drinks in UK due to chemical levels”, in BBC News:
glosses: The capital city of the province of East Flanders, Belgium.
Derived terms: Ghentish
Mechelen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛkələn/
/ˈmɛx-/
/-ə/
Forms: form: Mechlin
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality in Antwerp province, Belgium.
Synonyms: word: Malines
Ostend
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒstˌɛnd/
Etymology: From Dutch Oostende, from oost (“east”) + ende (“end”); in the middle ages the city was on the easter end of an island, Testerep, which is now attached to the main land. Doublet of East End.
Senses: glosses: A coastal city and municipality in West Flanders, Belgium.
Charleroi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɑː(ɹ)ləɹwɑː/
note: anglicised
ipa: /ˈʃɑː(ɹ)ləɹɔɪ/
Etymology: From French Charleroi, from Charles (“Charles”) roi (“king”).
Senses: glosses: The largest city of Wallonia, in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
glosses: A borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Monongahela River, 21 miles south of Pittsburgh.
bergen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bergens
Etymology: Shortened from Bergen rucksack, possibly named after their creator, Norwegian Ole F. Bergan, combined with the name of the Norwegian city of Bergen.
Senses: examples: text: Their bergens were already stuffed almost to bursting point, as were their belt kits, with rations, water, radios and spare batteries, ammunition, personal equipment, sleeping bags, waterproofs, medical packs, survival kits, and much more.
ref: 2012, Peter Ratcliffe, Eye of the Storm:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A large rucksack.
Arlon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑ(ɹ).lɔːn/
ipa: [ˈɑɹ.ɫɔːn]
ipa: [ˈɑː.ɫɔːn]
rhymes: -ɔːn
Etymology: Borrowed from French Arlon, from Latin Orolaunum.
Senses: glosses: The largest city and provincial capital of Luxemburg, Wallonia, Belgium
♥
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ♥s
form: ♥'s
form: ♥ing
form: ♥'ing
form: ♥ed
form: ♥ed
form: ♥'d
form: ♥'d
form: ♥'ed
form: ♥'ed
Senses: examples: text: I♥NY
translation: I love New York.
english: I love New York.
bold_translation_offsets: 2
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text: I♥U
translation: I love you.
english: I love you.
bold_translation_offsets: 2
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text: "My karma ran over your dogma" is well regarded by these gentlemen, though the baffling "I ❤ Quisp" is more singular.
ref: 2011, Phineas Mollod, Jason Tesauro, “Travel”, in The Modern Gentleman, 2nd Edition, A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy, and Vice, part 4 (The Wayfaring Gentleman), page 271:
synonyms: <3
glosses: Stylistic substitution for the word love.
spades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: spādz
ipa: /speɪdz/
rhymes: -eɪdz
Senses: glosses: plural of spade
spades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: spādz
ipa: /speɪdz/
rhymes: -eɪdz
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠.
examples: text: Griff and his cronies played spades at the back of the classroom.
ref: 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 57:
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A card game in which the spade suit cards are trumps.
Derived terms: ace of spades
in spades
jack of spades
king of spades
knave of spades
queen of spades
Related terms: spade
♠
♤
spades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: spādz
ipa: /speɪdz/
rhymes: -eɪdz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spade
clover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkləʊ.və(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈkloʊ.vɚ/
ipa: /ˈkləʉ.və(ɹ)/
rhymes: -əʊvə(ɹ)
Forms: form: clovers
form: claver
Etymology: From Middle English clovere, claver, from Old English clāfre, earlier clǣfre, from Proto-West Germanic *klaibrā. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kleeuwer (“clover”), West Frisian klaver (“clover”), Dutch klaver (“clover”), German Low German Klaver (“clover”), German Klee (“clover”).
Senses: examples: text: He Raine upon her [the Earth's] boſom poures; / His ſvvelling clouds abound vvith ſhoures: / […] / The Deſert with ſvveet claver fills; / And richly ſhades the joyfull Hills.
ref: 1636, G[eorge] S[andys], “[A Paraphrase upon the Second Booke of the Psalmes of David.] Psalme LXV.”, in A Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David. And upon the Hymnes Dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments, London: [Andrew Hebb […]], →OCLC, page 101:
glosses: A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
topics: cartomancy
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.
Hyponyms: shamrock
trefoil
Derived terms: word: Bokhara clover
taxonomic: Trifolium badium
word: brown clover
taxonomic: Lespedeza spp.
word: bush clover
word: Caucasian clover
word: clover clamp
word: Cloverdale
word: clovered
word: clover grass
word: cloverleaf
word: cloverlike
word: clover louse
taxonomic: Apion apricans etc.
word: clover weevil
alt: Asopia costalis
word: clover worm
word: clovery
word: Cooper clover
taxonomic: Trifolium incarnatum
word: crimson clover
taxonomic: Trifolium repens
word: Dutch clover
taxonomic: Trifolium alexandrinum
word: Egyptian clover
word: four-leaf clover
word: four-leafed clover
word: four-leaved clover
english: Melilotus
translation: Melilotus
word: hart's clover
taxonomic: Medicago arabica
word: heart clover
word: in clover
word: jackass clover
word: Japan clover
word: Japanese clover
word: kura clover
taxonomic: Oxalis stricta
word: lemon clover
word: like a bee in clover
word: like a pig in clover
word: like pigs in clover
word: lucky clover
word: lupine clover
word: Menindee clover
taxonomic: Trifolium monanthum
word: mountain carpet clover
word: owl's clover
taxonomic: Dalea spp.
word: prairie clover
word: rare as a four-leaf clover
taxonomic: Trifolium pratense
word: red clover
word: rolling in clover
taxonomic: Lespedeza capitata
word: round-headed bush clover
taxonomic: Medicago scutellata etc.
word: snail clover
word: Spanish clover
word: strawberry clover
word: sub clover
word: subterranean clover
word: suckling clover
word: sweet clover
taxonomic: Melilotus spp.
word: sweet-clover
taxonomic: Trifolium repens
word: white clover
hearts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɑːts/
ipa: /hɑɹts/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ts
Senses: glosses: plural of heart
hearts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɑːts/
ipa: /hɑɹts/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ts
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: One of the four suits of playing cards, in red, marked with the symbol ♥.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A trick-taking card game in which players are penalized for taking hearts and (especially) the queen of spades.
Derived terms: ace of hearts
heartsette
jack of hearts
king of hearts
knave of hearts
queen of hearts
Related terms: heart
♥
♡
hearts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɑːts/
ipa: /hɑɹts/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of heart
diamonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dīʹ(ə)məndz
ipa: /ˈdaɪ(ə)məndz/
Senses: glosses: plural of diamond
diamonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dīʹ(ə)məndz
ipa: /ˈdaɪ(ə)məndz/
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♦.
synonyms: family jewels
glosses: The testicles.
Derived terms: ace of diamonds
jack of diamonds
king of diamonds
knave of diamonds
queen of diamonds
Related terms: diamond
diamonds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: dīʹ(ə)məndz
ipa: /ˈdaɪ(ə)məndz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of diamond
Related terms: ♦
♢
in the wake of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Forms: form: in someone's wake
form: in something's wake
Senses: examples: text: The city rebuilt in the wake of the earthquake.
text: Economic reforms followed in the wake of political change.
glosses: Following
examples: text: Increased security was introduced in the wake of the attack.
glosses: As a result of, because of
glosses: In the noticeable disturbance of water behind (a maritime vessel).
vanish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: văn'ĭsh
ipa: /ˈvænɪʃ/
rhymes: -ænɪʃ
Forms: form: vanishes
form: vanishing
form: vanished
form: vanished
Etymology: Aphetic for obsolete evanish, from Middle English vanyshen, evaneschen, from Old French esvanir, esvaniss- (modern French évanouir), from Vulgar Latin *exvanire (“to vanish, disappear, to fade out”), from Latin evanescere, from vanus (“empty”). Doublet of evanesce.
Senses: examples: text: Holly, mistletoe, red berries, ivy, turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, meat, pigs, sausages, oysters, pies, puddings, fruit, and punch, all vanished instantly.
ref: 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Three. The Second of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, pages 79–80:
text: The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
ref: 1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 01:
text: I realize sometimes / In a web of passion we all get caught / But understand / All the hurt and all the pain / It's gonna vanish just like the rain
ref: 1982, Ashford & Simpson, “Love It Away”, in Street Opera:
glosses: To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
examples: text: The function f such as f(x)#61;x² vanishes at x#61;0.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To become equal to zero.
examples: text: And as if to prove it, one of his friends was vanished and was never seen again. The guy got in a taxi one night, and no one ever saw him ever again.
ref: 2011, Patrick Meaney, Our Sentence Is Up: Seeing Grant Morrison's the Invisibles, Sequart, →ISBN, page 330:
text: It was whispered that men had been “vanished” by the Line and returned everted. Turned inside out.
ref: 2004, John Varley, The John Varley Reader, Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: To disappear; to kidnap.
Synonyms: disappear
Derived terms: angle of vanishing stability
Kodaira vanishing theorem
vanishing foam
vanishing fraction
vanishing ideal
vanishing point
vanishing spray
vanishing testes syndrome
vanishing twin
vanishing twin syndrome
vanish into thin air
vanish to the four winds
Related terms: vain
vanish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: văn'ĭsh
ipa: /ˈvænɪʃ/
rhymes: -ænɪʃ
Forms: form: vanishes
Etymology: Aphetic for obsolete evanish, from Middle English vanyshen, evaneschen, from Old French esvanir, esvaniss- (modern French évanouir), from Vulgar Latin *exvanire (“to vanish, disappear, to fade out”), from Latin evanescere, from vanus (“empty”). Doublet of evanesce.
Senses: examples: text: a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill.
text: o as in old ordinarily ends with a vanish of oo as in foot.
text: The median stres may also on a protracted quantity , slightly resemble respectively that of the radical and of the vanish , by sudenly enlarging in the course of the prolongation and gradualy diminishing ; and by the reverse
ref: 1827, James Rush, The Philosophy of the Human Voice:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.
examples: text: The French drop is a well-known vanish involving sleight of hand.
glosses: A magic trick in which something seems to disappear.
glosses: A disappearance; a vanishment.
Related terms: glide
invisible
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭn-vĭz'ə-bəl
ipa: /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/
Forms: form: invisibles
form: invisibling
form: invisibled
form: invisibled
Etymology: From Middle English invisible, from Old French invisible, from Late Latin invīsibilis. Displaced native Old English unġesewenlīċ.
Morphologically in- + visible.
Senses: examples: text: In the next section I look at some of the factors that contribute to the “invisibling” of people in later life in terms of the marginalization and splitting that occurs in providing decent psychological as well as physical care.
ref: 2007, Rachael Davenhill, Looking into Later Life:
glosses: To make invisible, to invisiblize.
invisible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭn-vĭz'ə-bəl
ipa: /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/
Forms: form: invisibles
Etymology: From Middle English invisible, from Old French invisible, from Late Latin invīsibilis. Displaced native Old English unġesewenlīċ.
Morphologically in- + visible.
Senses: glosses: An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme Being.
glosses: A Rosicrucian; so called because avoiding declaration of his craft.
examples: text: Invisibles. Heretics who denied the visibility of the Church
ref: 1872, Orby Shipley, A Glossary of Ecclesiastical Terms:
glosses: One of those (as in the 16th century) who denied the visibility of the church.
visible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: vĭz'ĭ-bəl
enpr: vĭz'ə-bəl
ipa: /ˈvɪzɪb(ə)l/
ipa: /ˈvɪzəb(ə)l/
rhymes: -ɪbəl
Forms: form: more visible
form: most visible
Etymology: From Middle English visible, from Old French visible, from Late Latin visibilis (“that may be seen”), from Latin videre (“to see”), past participle visus; see vision. Displaced native Old English ġesewenlīċ.
Senses: examples: text: When the sun rises, the world becomes visible.
text: It cannot be denied it [the chameleon] is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious animall, and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time the obſervations are often made) will long ſubſist without a viſible ſuſtentation.
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, “Of the Cameleon”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 133:
text: Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.
ref: 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:
text: Participants perceived strength training as improving many aspects of their physical and mental health. Many appreciated the visible improvements in muscular strength and body composition.
ref: 2025 August 20, Ashlyn Barry, Justin A. Haegele, Daniel Schaefer, Kristen A. Pickett, Luis Columna, “Autistic Young Adults’ Experiences and Recommendations for Strength Training”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, →DOI:
synonyms: apparent
seeable
antonyms: hidden
invisible
non-visible
nonvisible
glosses: Able to be seen.
Synonyms: word: apparent
word: eyely
word: seeable
word: spottable
word: viewable
word: visible
Hypernyms: word: perceptible
Hyponyms: word: diaphanous
word: pervious
word: translucent
word: transparent
Derived terms: visible light
visible minority
visibles
visible spectrum
Visible Speech
visible trade
visible Web
Related terms: evidence
video
visage
visibility
vision
visionary
visual
visualization
visualize
shiny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: shī'nē
ipa: /ˈʃaɪ.ni/
rhymes: -aɪni
Forms: form: shinier
form: more shiny
form: shiniest
form: most shiny
Etymology: From shine + -y (adjectival suffix).
Senses: examples: text: He was wearing a new, fawn-coloured summer suit and a new straw hat—his trousers the creasiest and his shoes the shiniest. Yet he seemed not to be taking the usual infantile satisfaction in a very smart, correct costume.
ref: 1920, Will Payne, The Scarred Chin, page 130:
text: Commercially produced yarn, such as rayon, produces a cloth with a smoother, shinier look than hand-spun cotton, but the uneven, rugged look of hand-spun cotton can be quite appealing.
ref: 2011, Ronke Luke-Boone, African Fabrics: Sewing Contemporary Fashion with Ethic Flair:
coordinate_terms: glossy
glassy
antonyms: dull
flat
matte
glosses: Reflecting light.
antonyms: dark
glosses: Emitting light.
examples: text: We're shiny, Okay?
ref: 2007, Christopher Brookmyre, Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks, →ISBN, page 132:
glosses: Excellent; remarkable.
examples: text: Like distant thunder on a shiny day.
ref: 1665, John Dryden, Verses to her Royal Highness the Duchess [of York]:
text: When I was bound apprentice in famous Lincolnshire
Full well I served my master for nigh on seven years
Till I took up to poaching as you shall quickly hear
Oh, 'tis my delight on a shiny night in the season of the year.
ref: The Lincolnshire Poacher (traditional song)
glosses: Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
Synonyms: word: gleamy
word: glisteny
word: mirrorlike
word: mirrory
word: relucent
word: shining
word: shiny
word: zazzy
Hypernyms: word: reflective
Hyponyms: word: glossy
word: silvered
word: retroreflective
Derived terms: bite my shiny metal ass
bright shiny object
shinily
shininess
shiny cowbird
shiny-floor
Related terms: word: sunshiny
word: specular
shiny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: shī'nē
ipa: /ˈʃaɪ.ni/
rhymes: -aɪni
Forms: form: shinies
Etymology: From shine + -y (noun suffix).
Senses: glosses: Anything that glitters; a trinket.
topics: video-games
glosses: A desirable collectible.
shiny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: shī'nē
ipa: /ˈʃaɪ.ni/
rhymes: -aɪni
Forms: form: shinies
Etymology: Contraction of "shiny arse", originated during World War II. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mAdUqLrKw4YC&pg=PA1717
Senses: glosses: A deskworker.
Cluj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Cluj; see below for more.
Senses: glosses: Cluj-Napoca, a capital city of Cluj County, Romania.
glosses: A county of Romania.
kwukyel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkuɡjʌl/
Forms: form: gugyeol
form: kugyŏl
Etymology: Borrowed from kwūkyel, the Yale romanization of Korean 구결(口訣) (gugyeol), from Middle Chinese 口訣 (MC khuwX kwet, “mnemonic rhyme”), from 口 (kǒu, “mouth”) + 訣 /诀 (jué, “rhymed saying”).
Senses: coordinate_terms: hyangchal
itwu
glosses: Abbreviated Chinese characters used to represent Korean grammatical items, inserted into a Chinese-character (Classical Chinese or itwu) text.
wikipedia: Yale romanization
los
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒs/
ipa: /lɑs/
rhymes: -ɒs
homophone: loss
Forms: form: loses
form: losse
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English lusk, from Old English lox, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic *luhsaz. Cognate with Scots los, Saterland Frisian Luks, Low German Luks, Dutch los, German Luchs, Luxembourgish Luuss.
Senses: examples: text: The los had been brought from a northern part of the United States.
text: A beaſt like unto a wolfe having many ſpottes, and being exceeding quicke of ſight: a wolfe like an hart, a Los or Lynx.
ref: 1592, Thomas Thomasius, Thomae Thomasii Dictionarium tertio ... emendatum ... et longe auctius ... redditum.:
synonyms: lynx
glosses: A medium-sized wildcat, most of them part of the genus Lynx.
los
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒs/
ipa: /lɑs/
rhymes: -ɒs
homophone: loss
Forms: form: loses
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English los, from Old English los, from Proto-Germanic *lusą, from Proto-Indo-European *lews-.
Senses: examples: text: If we come under France, we have not onely Spaine our enimie by Sea and Land (as we have ſhewne) but the los of our Spaniſh Trade, and the hazarding of our whole Levant Traffick: And if we rightly calculate, that amounts to no ſmall part of our Commerce.
ref: 1673, [Joseph Hill], The Interest Of theſe United Provinces. Being a Defence of the Zeelanders Choice […], Middelburg: Printed by Thomas Berry, [https://books.google.com/books?id=YD_cbDEj10sC&pg=PP75&dq=%22los%22 page [75]]:
glosses: Obsolete form of loss.
los
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒs/
ipa: /lɑs/
rhymes: -ɒs
homophone: loss
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of loos (“praise; fame; reputation”).
clubs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /klʌbz/
ipa: /klʊbz/
rhymes: -ʌbz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of club
clubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /klʌbz/
ipa: /klʊbz/
rhymes: -ʌbz
Senses: glosses: plural of club
clubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /klʌbz/
ipa: /klʊbz/
rhymes: -ʌbz
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of clumps (“game of asking questions”).
topics: card-games
games
glosses: One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣.
qualifier: rhythmic gymnastics
glosses: An apparatus, consisting of a set of two clubs.
qualifier: rhythmic gymnastics
glosses: An apparatus, consisting of a set of two clubs.
An apparatus program with clubs.
Derived terms: ace of clubs
jack of clubs
king of clubs
knave of clubs
queen of clubs
Related terms: ♣
♧
transportability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transportabilities
Etymology: From transport + -ability.
Senses: topics: communication
communications
glosses: The quality of equipment, devices, systems, and associated hardware that permits their being moved from one location to another to interconnect with locally available complementary equipment, devices, systems, associated hardware, or other complementary facilities.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The capability of materiel to be moved by towing, self-propulsion, or carrier via any means, such as railways, highways, waterways, pipelines, oceans, and airways.
Sarajevo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsæ.ɹəˈjeɪ.voʊ/
ipa: /ˈsæ.ɹə.jeɪ.voʊ/
ipa: /ˌsɑː.ɹəˈjeɪ.voʊ/
ipa: /ˈsɑː.ɹə.jeɪ.voʊ/
Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Sarajevo, from Ottoman Turkish سرای, Turkish Saray-ovası, from saray (“palace”), from Persian سرای (sarây, “inn”).), and ova "plain, lowland".
Senses: examples: text: I had planned a stop in Sarajevo to meet with a multiethnic delegation to hear their ideas about what the United States government and private organizations could do to help heal a society ripped apart by war. The security situation forced me to cancel my trip to Sarajevo, but the people I was to meet were so disappointed that they insisted on braving the journey along fifty miles of treacherous roads to meet me in Tuzla.
ref: 2003, Hillary Rodham Clinton, “War Zones”, in Living History, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 344:
glosses: The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river.
glosses: A canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Derived terms: Sarajevan
supercompany
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supercompanies
Etymology: From super- + company.
Senses: glosses: An especially large company with very many divisions.
promo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: prō'mō
ipa: /ˈpɹəʊməʊ/
rhymes: -əʊməʊ
Forms: form: promos
Senses: glosses: Clipping of promotion.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
professional-wrestling
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: an interview or monologue intended to promote a character or an upcoming match.
glosses: A reduction in consumer cost for a limited time for items or services rendered; a special.
Derived terms: promo code
promo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: prō'mō
ipa: /ˈpɹəʊməʊ/
rhymes: -əʊməʊ
Forms: form: promos
form: promoing
form: promoed
form: promoed
Senses: glosses: To promote; to publicize.
Derived terms: no promo homo
radiologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹeɪ.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
ipa: /ˌɹeɪ.diˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/
ipa: /ˌɹæɪ.diːˈɔl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
ipa: /ˌɹæɪ.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
Forms: form: radiologists
Etymology: From radiology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who is skilled in or practices radiology.
Synonyms: word: shadow gazer
Derived terms: neuroradiologist
Aytos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ajtos
Etymology: Borrowed from Bulgarian Айтос (Ajtos), from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ετός (āetós, “eagle”).
Senses: glosses: A town in eastern Bulgaria.
Aytos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ayto
borrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bŏrʹō
ipa: /ˈbɒɹ.əʊ/
enpr: bärʹō
ipa: /ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/
enpr: bôrʹo
enpr: bōrʹō
ipa: [ˈbɔ(ː)ɹo(ʊ)]
ipa: [ˈboːɹo(ʊ)]
rhymes: -ɒɹəʊ
Forms: form: borrows
form: boro
Etymology: From Middle English borwen, borȝien, Old English borgian (“to borrow, lend, pledge surety for”), from Proto-West Germanic *borgōn, from Proto-Germanic *burgōną (“to pledge, take care of”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to take care”).
Cognate with Dutch borgen (“to borrow, trust”), German borgen (“to borrow, lend”), Danish borge (“to vouch”). Related to Old English beorgan (“to save, preserve”). More at bury.
Senses: examples: text: This putt has a big left-to right borrow on it.
text: The amount of borrow, as we term it, that must be taken from the side of any particular slope is entirely a matter of mathematical calculation, […]
ref: 1905, Harry Vardon, The Complete Golfer:
text: […] slippery contours, so that in making a side hill putt more than the usual amount of borrow had to be considered.
ref: 2020, George C. Thomas, Golf Architecture in America: Its Strategy and Construction:
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant.
examples: text: As previously indicated, slurry used for construction of the slurry cutoff trench at Beaver Creek Dam was produced with natural clays and clay tills from local borrows.
ref: 1979, The Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Bulletin:
topics: business
civil-engineering
construction
engineering
manufacturing
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A borrow pit.
examples: text: If we currently have any borrows of a value, we can't mutably borrow it into self, nor can we move it (because that would invalidate the existing borrows).
ref: 2018, Daniel Arbuckle, Rust Quick Start Guide:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: In Rust and some other programming languages, the situation where the ownership of a value is temporarily transferred to another region of code.
borrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bŏrʹō
ipa: /ˈbɒɹ.əʊ/
enpr: bärʹō
ipa: /ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/
enpr: bôrʹo
enpr: bōrʹō
ipa: [ˈbɔ(ː)ɹo(ʊ)]
ipa: [ˈboːɹo(ʊ)]
rhymes: -ɒɹəʊ
Forms: form: borrows
Etymology: From Middle English borwe, borgh, from Old English borh, borg, from Proto-West Germanic *borgōn, from Proto-Germanic *burgōną (“to borrow, lend”) (related to Etymology 1, above).
Senses: glosses: A ransom; a pledge or guarantee.
examples: text: ”where am I to find such a sum? If I sell the very pyx and candlesticks on the altar at Jorvaulx, I shall scarce raise the half; and it will be necessary for that purpose that I go to Jorvaulx myself; ye may retain as borrows my two priests.”
ref: 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
glosses: A surety; someone standing bail.
Blagoevgrad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in southwestern Bulgaria.
Botevgrad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in western Bulgaria.
Burgas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bourgas
Etymology: There are several possible origins for the name of the city, which is similar to Burgos, a city in Spain. When the city was founded, the inhabitants of the surrounding country got into the fortified village, named πύργος (púrgos, “fortress”). By another theory, the city's name comes from Latin burgus (“tower, fortress”), or Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 (baurgs, “consolidated walled village”).
Senses: glosses: A city in eastern Bulgaria.
glosses: A province in eastern Bulgaria.
Dimitrovgrad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Georgi Dimitrov.
Senses: glosses: A town in Bulgaria.
glosses: A town and municipality in Pirot district, south-easterm Serbia, near the border with Bulgaria.
Dobrich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dobrič
Senses: glosses: A city in northeastern Bulgaria.
glosses: A province in northeastern Bulgaria.
Gabrovo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in central Bulgaria.
Kazanlăk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kazanlak
Senses: glosses: A town in central Bulgaria.
Khaskovo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Haskovo.
Kyustendil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kjustendil
Senses: glosses: A town in western Bulgaria.
Kŭrdzhali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kardzhali
Lovech
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Loveč
Senses: glosses: A town in northern Bulgaria.
Malko Tŭrnovo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Malko Tarnovo
Etymology: From Bulgarian Малко Търново (Malko Tǎrnovo), ultimately derived from Old Church Slavonic малъ (malŭ, “small”) and трънъ (trŭnŭ, “thorn”), thus "lesser thorn", opposed to Veliko Tŭrnovo.
Senses: glosses: A town in southeastern Bulgaria.
Michurin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mičurin
Senses: glosses: A town in southeastern Bulgaria.
Petrich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Petrič
Senses: glosses: A town in southwestern Bulgaria.
Pernik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in western Bulgaria.
Pazardzhik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pazardžik
form: Pazardjik
Senses: glosses: A town in southern Bulgaria.
Pleven
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in northern Bulgaria.
Plovdiv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bulgarian Пловдив (Plovdiv).
Senses: glosses: A city in southern Bulgaria.
Razgrad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in northeastern Bulgaria.
Shumen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Šumen
Senses: glosses: A town and oblast in northeastern Bulgaria.
Silistra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bulgarian Силистра (Silistra).
Senses: glosses: A town in northeastern Bulgaria.
Sliven
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in central Bulgaria.
Sofia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsoʊfiə/
ipa: /ˈsoʊfijə/
ipa: /ˈsəʊfi.ə/
ipa: /sɒˈfiːə/
rhymes: -əʊfiə
Forms: form: Sofya
Etymology: Variant spelling of Sophia and from various other languages' own adaptations of Ancient Greek Σοφία (Sophía, “wisdom, especially divine wisdom”). Sometimes borrowed into English as an anglicization of an accented or closely related form, as with Spanish Sofía, Welsh Soffia, and Hungarian Zsófia.
As the capital of Bulgaria, via nonstandard romanization of Bulgarian Со́фия (Sófiya), from църква „Света София“ (cǎrkva "Sveta Sofija"), from Byzantine Greek Ναός Ἁγίας Σοφίας (Naós Hagías Sophías, “Church of Holy Wisdom”), the city's prominent 6th-century Byzantine Greek church, first attested being used as the name for the city in the 14th century and reinforced under Ottoman rule as Ottoman Turkish صوفیه (Sofya). Compare the name of the Hagia Sophia.
Senses: examples: text: Every year in California thousands of parents choose names such as José, Andrés and Sofía for their children, often honoring the memory of a deceased grandmother, aunt or sibling. On the state-issued birth certificates, though, those names will be spelled incorrectly.
ref: 2015 April 11, Tovin Lapan, “California birth certificates and accents: O’Connor alright, Ramón and José is not”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2025:
glosses: A female given name, variant of Sophia.
glosses: The capital city of Bulgaria.
Synonyms: word: Serdica
word: Serdonpolis
word: Triaditza
word: Sredets
Derived terms: Sofian
Sofia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsoʊfiə/
ipa: /ˈsoʊfijə/
ipa: /ˈsəʊfi.ə/
ipa: /sɒˈfiːə/
rhymes: -əʊfiə
Etymology: From Malagasy Sofia of uncertain origin. The region is named for the river.
Senses: glosses: A river in northwestern Madagascar.
glosses: A region of Madagascar around the river.
Smolyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Smoljan
Senses: glosses: A town in southern Bulgaria.
Stara Zagora
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in central Bulgaria.
varna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɜːnə/
ipa: /ˈvɑːnə/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)nə
Forms: form: varnas
Etymology: From Sanskrit वर्ण (várṇa, “colour, tint, dye, pigment, appearance, aspect”), from verbal root वृणोति (vṛṇoti, “to choose, select”).
Senses: glosses: any of the four original castes in Hinduism, or the system of such castes
Related terms: varnashrama
Brahmin
Kshatriya
Vaishya
Shudra
savarna
avarna
Dalit
Veliko Tărnovo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Veliko Tarnovo
Senses: glosses: A town in northern Bulgaria.
Vidin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bulgarian Видин (Vidin).
Senses: glosses: A town in northwestern Bulgaria.
Vratsa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vraca
form: Vratza
Senses: glosses: A town in northwestern Bulgaria.
Yambol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jambol
Senses: glosses: A town in southeastern Bulgaria.
amorphous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmɔ(ɹ)fəs/
ipa: /eɪˈmɔ(ɹ)fəs/
Forms: form: more amorphous
form: most amorphous
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos, “without form, shapeless, deformed”) (itself from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”) + -ous. By surface analysis, a- + -morphous.
Senses: examples: text: amorphous blob
text: The enormous pile of spaghetti landed on the floor in an amorphous heap.
synonyms: formless
shapeless
glosses: Lacking a definite form or clear shape.
examples: text: Gudrun, new from her life in Chelsea and Sussex, shrank cruelly from this amorphous ugliness of a small colliery town in the Midlands. Yet forward she went, through the whole sordid gamut of pettiness, the long amorphous, gritty street.
ref: 1920 November 9, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 1, in Women in Love, New York, N.Y.: Privately printed [by Thomas Seltzer] for subscribers only, →OCLC:
text: And people talking all the time about the AfD is just what it wants: to foster the impression that the others are ganging up against it. The “authentic” voice of “real people” v the amorphous elite.
ref: 2023 September 27, John Kampfner, “German politics has a built-in firewall against the far right. It’s beginning to crack”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Being without definite character or nature.
glosses: Lacking organization or unity.
examples: text: Near-synonym: noncrystalline
text: Glass is an amorphous solid, but some glass is called "crystal" because it looks crystalline and has been called crystal since before humans even understood molecular structure at all.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
antonyms: crystalline#Adjective
crystal#Adjective
glosses: In the non-crystalline solid state of, or being a non-crystalline counterpart to, a crystalline solid.
topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: Infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets.
raw_tags: of a set
Synonyms: word: amorphic
word: amorphous
word: formless
word: shapeless
word: unshaped
word: unshapely
Hypernyms: word: lacking
Hyponyms: word: blobby
Derived terms: amorphism
amorphous carbon
amorphously
amorphousness
phosphopeptide-amorphous
polyamorphous
foible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔɪbəl/
rhymes: -ɔɪbəl
Forms: form: foibles
Etymology: 1640–50, from Early Modern French foible (“feeble”) (contemporary French faible). Doublet of feeble.
Senses: examples: text: Try to look past his foibles and see the friendly fellow underneath.
text: He knew that this was like the sudden impulse of a madman—incongruous even with his habitual foibles.
ref: 1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XV, in Middlemarch […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book II:
text: Marguerite Blakeney was, above all, a woman, with all a woman’s fascinating foibles, all a woman’s most lovable sins.
ref: 1905 January 12, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], The Scarlet Pimpernel, popular edition, London: Greening & Co., published 20 March 1912, →OCLC:
text: They made up for the respect with which unconsciously they treated him by laughing at his foibles and lamenting his vices.
ref: 1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XLV, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC:
text: Final fillip in the Vice-President's study has been a boning up on Premier Khrushchev's favorite foible, proverbs. The bibulous Russian leader likes to throw out homely homilies in his speeches and conversations[…]
ref: 1959 July 24, “An Ounce of Prevention”, in Meriden Record, page 6:
glosses: A quirk, idiosyncrasy, frailty, or mannerism; an unusual habit that is slightly strange or silly.
examples: text: Jesus is reverenced as the one man who has lived unspotted by the world, free from human foibles, able to redeem mankind by his example.
ref: 1932, William Floyd, The Mistakes of Jesus:
synonyms: fault
glosses: A weakness or failing of character.
topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: Part of a sword between the middle and the point, weaker than the forte.
Derived terms: foibled
Related terms: feeble
foible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔɪbəl/
rhymes: -ɔɪbəl
Forms: form: more foible
form: most foible
Etymology: 1640–50, from Early Modern French foible (“feeble”) (contemporary French faible). Doublet of feeble.
Senses: examples: text: The good Fencing-maſters, in France eſpecially, when they preſent a Foyle or Fleuret to their Scholars, tell him it hath two Parts, one of which he calleth the Fort or ſtrong, and the other the Foyble or weak […]
ref: a. 1648, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury, page 46
glosses: Weak; feeble.
quirk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɜːk/
ipa: /kwɝk/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: quirks
Etymology: First attested in the 1540s. Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English *querk, from Old Norse kverk (“a bend or angle, especially below a cross-beam or below the chin, the bight of an axe", also "throat, gullet”), from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō (“throat, gullet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour; maw”). Cognate with Scots querk (“throat", also "any hollow in the body, such as an armpit, groin, instep, etc.”), Icelandic kverk (“interior angle”). Also partially from dialectal quirk, querk (“a whim, fancy, fuss, huff, complaint", also "to peevishly grumble, grunt, sigh, croak, die”), from Middle English querken, *quirken (“to choke”), from Old Norse kvirkja (“to choke, strangle”), from the same origin above. Related to dialectal querken, quirken (“to choke”). Likely not related to queer.
Senses: examples: text: The car steers cleanly, but the gearshift has a few quirks.
glosses: An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone.
topics: architecture
glosses: An acute angle dividing a molding; a groove that runs lengthwise between the upper part of a molding and a soffit.
examples: text: Had you no quirk / To avoid gullage, sir, by such a creature?
ref: 1605 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Ben: Ionson His Volpone or The Foxe, [London]: […] [George Eld] for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page):
text: Let us not be too curious in prying into Gods arke, leaſt vve ſmart like the flie fluttering about the candle, for God is a conſuming fire to thoſe that vvill be ſporting themſelves in the quirks of their vvit about his ſacred myſteries.
ref: 1657, Samuel Purchas, “[The Second Part. Being Meditations and Observations, Theologicall, and Morall, upon the Nature of Bees.] The First Century.”, in A Theatre of Politicall Flying-Insects. […], London: […] M. S. for Thomas Parkhurst, […], →OCLC, section II, page 258:
glosses: A quibble, evasion, or subterfuge.
Derived terms: quirkful
quirkish
quirkless
quirk of fate
quirks mode
quirksome
quirky
Related terms: querk
querken
quirkle
quirk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɜːk/
ipa: /kwɝk/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: quirks
form: quirking
form: quirked
form: quirked
Etymology: First attested in the 1540s. Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English *querk, from Old Norse kverk (“a bend or angle, especially below a cross-beam or below the chin, the bight of an axe", also "throat, gullet”), from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō (“throat, gullet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour; maw”). Cognate with Scots querk (“throat", also "any hollow in the body, such as an armpit, groin, instep, etc.”), Icelandic kverk (“interior angle”). Also partially from dialectal quirk, querk (“a whim, fancy, fuss, huff, complaint", also "to peevishly grumble, grunt, sigh, croak, die”), from Middle English querken, *quirken (“to choke”), from Old Norse kvirkja (“to choke, strangle”), from the same origin above. Related to dialectal querken, quirken (“to choke”). Likely not related to queer.
Senses: examples: text: He quirked an eyebrow.
text: The corners of her mouth quirked.
text: He quirked his lips playfully.
ref: 2017, Jane Gloriana Villanueva, Snow Falling, page 203:
glosses: To (cause to) move with a wry jerk.
topics: architecture
glosses: To furnish with a quirk or channel.
examples: text: But in the dream the forms are quirked by the peculiar troubles of the dreamer, whereas in myth the problems and solutions shown are directly valid for all mankind.
ref: 1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 19:
glosses: To alter in a unique and unusual way.
examples: text: I have stung her and wrung her,
The venom is working;—
And if you had hung her
With canting and quirking,
She could not be deader than she will be soon
ref: 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
glosses: To use verbal tricks or quibbles.
quirk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɜːk/
ipa: /kwɝk/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: quirks
form: quirking
form: quirked
form: quirked
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of querk.
Derived terms: quirkle
bobbin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒbɪn
Forms: form: bobbins
Etymology: Borrowed from French bobine, recorded in English since 1530.
Senses: examples: text: Ignition coils using a bobbin molded from high-performance polyester withstand open-circuit bench tests to 70kV.
ref: Jan. 8, 2004, Machine Design Magazine, p. 108
glosses: A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
examples: text: Wind the bobbin, place it in the machine, and raise the thread.
glosses: In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
examples: text: She went from the linhay and boldly pulled the bobbin of the fuel-house door.
ref: 1878, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native, page 152:
text: Put the bobbin and the latch will go up
ref: 1729, Charles Perrault, Histories, or tales of past times: viz. i. The Little Red Riding-hood, London: Printed for J. Pote, at Sir Isaac New-ton's Head, near Suffolk-street, Charing-cross; and R. Montagu, the corner of Great Queen-street, near Drury-lane. M.DCC.XXIX. FC6 P4262 Eg729s. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., page 4:
glosses: The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
qualifier: haberdashery
glosses: A fine cord or narrow braid.
Derived terms: bobbin-and-fly frame
bobbinet
bobbin lace
bobbinless
bobbinlike
bobbin tank
bobbinwork
quirky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɜːki/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ki
Forms: form: quirkier
form: quirkiest
Etymology: From quirk + -y.
Senses: examples: text: She has a quirky laugh.
glosses: Given to quirks or idiosyncrasies; strange in a somewhat silly, awkward manner, potentially cute.
Derived terms: quirkily
quirkiness
quirkyalone
quirky subject
unquirky
glitch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlɪt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɪtʃ
Forms: form: glitches
form: glitching
form: glitched
form: glitched
Etymology: Probably from Yiddish גליטש (glitsh), from German glitschig (“slippy”), from glitschen (“to slide, glide, slip”) + -ig (“-y”). Related to gleiten (“glide”). Cognate with French glisser (“to slip, slide, skid”).
Popularized in the 1960s, by the US space program. Attested in 1962 by American astronaut John Glenn, in reference to spikes in electrical current.
Senses: examples: text: My computer keeps glitching; every couple of hours it just reboots without warning.
text: Jake’s parents, played unnervingly well by Colette and Thewlis, are like alien robots who have been programmed to behave like human beings, but keep glitching.
ref: 2020 September 1, Nicholas Barber, “Five stars for I'm Thinking of Ending Things”, in BBC:
glosses: To experience an unexpected, typically intermittent malfunction.
raw_tags: of machines
examples: text: His character will glitch into the wall and out of the level.
topics: video-games
glosses: To perform an exploit or recreate a bug while playing a video game.
pallbearer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pallbearers
Etymology: From pall + bearer.
Senses: glosses: One who carries a corner of the pall over a coffin or casket.
examples: text: It took ten pallbearers to carry her coffin.
ref: 1980, Stephen King, The Wedding Gig:
text: They are likely displeased with the viral videos showing policemen attempting to tear the Palestinian flags from Abu Aqleh’s coffin while beating pallbearers with clubs, causing her coffin to almost fall to the ground.
ref: 2022 May 16, Elizabeth Tsurkov, “Israel knows it will get away with the attack on Shireen Abu Aqleh’s funeral”, in The Guardian:
glosses: One called upon to carry or bear the coffin or the casket at a funeral.
diagenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪ.əˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/
/ˌdaɪ.əˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪ.sɪs/
Forms: form: diageneses
Etymology: Coined in the 18th century from greek meaning "Across Generation", dia- + genesis from Ancient Greek δια- (dia-, “through”) + γένεσις (génesis, “origin, creation”).
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: All the chemical, physical, and biological changes sediment goes through during and after lithification, not including weathering or other surface changes.
Derived terms: diagenetic
cylinder head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cylinder heads
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cylinder, head.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A part of an internal combustion engine, usually made as a removable piece, that closes one end of the engine's cylinders.