cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
WGA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The use of AI in the production of film and television – either to write scripts, generate actors’ likenesses, or cut corners in paying creative work, has been a major point of contention in negotiations between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and Sag and the Writers Guild of America (WGA).
ref: 2023 July 26, Adrian Horton, “Netflix lists AI job worth $900,000 amid twin Hollywood strikes”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2023:
text: The W.G.A.’s negotiating committee recognized that A.I. had to be on the table, and not simply as something to be resisted or refused. […] They also could have circumvented W.G.A. members altogether. Instead, this deal guarantees a contractually mandated context in which A.I. can be utilized — one that benefits, rather than impedes or replaces, the workers.
ref: 2023 September 29, Adam Seth Litwin, “Hollywood’s Deal With Screenwriters Just Rewrote the Rules Around A.I.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2023:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Initialism of Writers Guild of America, the labor union representing writers of film and television.
ALR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Law Review.
2d
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of two-dimensional; 2D.
glosses: Obsolete form of 2nd.
2d
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of two pence, tuppence (in pre-decimalisation currency, never used for 'two new pence').
3d
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: 3D
3-D
glosses: Abbreviation of three-dimensional.
glosses: Obsolete form of 3rd.
3d
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: thruppence, threepence, a coin valuing three pennies
DHS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: However, the council, which provides guidance and recommendations to the DHS secretary, noted that the “underlying work of Department components on this issue is critical.”
ref: 2022 August 24, Geneva Sands, “DHS shuts down disinformation board months after its efforts were paused”, in CNN:
text: Asked by CNN what measures DHS was taking after the Pentagon leaks, Mayorkas said the department issued a reminder to employees and that he had directed a review.
ref: 2023 May 16, Priscilla Alvarez, “DHS directs review of personnel with access to classified material in wake of Pentagon leak”, in CNN:
synonyms: USDHS
coordinate_terms: NORAD
NORTHCOM
USNORTHCOM
glosses: Initialism of Department of Homeland Security.
coordinate_terms: HHS
DHHS
glosses: Initialism of Department of Human Services.
AF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪ̯ˈɛf/
ipa: /æf/
rhymes: -ɛf
rhymes: -æf
homophone: af
Forms: form: AFs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of air force.
glosses: Initialism of alternative fact.
glosses: Initialism of atrial fibrillation or auricular fibrillation.
glosses: Initialism of autofocus.
glosses: Initialism of adult female.
glosses: Initialism of auditory feedback.
glosses: Initialism of as found, also af, a/f.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Initialism of aggression factor.
AF
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪ̯ˈɛf/
ipa: /æf/
rhymes: -ɛf
rhymes: -æf
homophone: af
Senses: glosses: Initialism of antiferromagnetic.
AF
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪ̯ˈɛf/
ipa: /æf/
rhymes: -ɛf
rhymes: -æf
homophone: af
Senses: examples: text: Beowulf’s got plenty of admirers, so the romance is totally on point too. Trust me, this story is the lit AF, and you won’t wanna miss it.
ref: 2023 May 16, Ella Creamer, quoting ChatGPT, “‘Beowulf is lit AF’ – could ChatGPT really write good book blurbs?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
related: word: af
word: asf
glosses: Initialism of as fuck.
DPI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DPIs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Dots Per Inch; alternative spelling of dpi.
glosses: Initialism of Dry Powder Inhaler.
glosses: Initialism of Deep Packet Inspection.
Prof.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Profs.
form: Profs
Senses: examples: text: The Social at the College of Pharmacy—Profs. Cook and Van Derbeck Lecture.
ref: 1883 January 10, The Philadelphia Inquirer, volume CVIII, Philadelphia, Pa., page 2, column 4:
text: Profs Zeisler & Pardee / Surgery. / Prof. Morgan
ref: 1901, Quarterly Bulletin of Northwestern University Medical School, page 401:
text: The Profs they lead a jolly life, jolly life, / They’re free from every care and strife, care and strife. / They make the studes, poor studes fall into line; / I wish the Profs’ soft snap were mine.
ref: 1920, “Sammy” and “Reck”, “The Profs: A Cornell Forester’s Song”, in Cornell Forester:
glosses: Abbreviation of Professor.
mfg.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of manufacturing.
Colo.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Colorado: a state of the United States.
Synonyms: sense: Colorado
word: CO
sense: Colorado
word: Co.
sense: Colorado
word: Co
sense: Colorado
word: CO.
sense: Colorado
word: Col.
sense: Colorado
word: COL
sense: Colorado
word: Col
Mi'kmaq
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪkmæk/
ipa: /ˈmɪɡmɔː/
ipa: /ˈmɪɡəmɒk/
Forms: form: Mi'kmaqs
form: Mi'kmaq
form: Mikmaq
form: Míkmaq
form: Micmac
Etymology: From Mi'kmaq Míkmaq.
Senses: synonyms: Gaspesian
glosses: A member of an Indigenous people residing in the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Quebec, and in the U.S. cities of Boston and New York City.
Mi'kmaq
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪkmæk/
ipa: /ˈmɪɡmɔː/
ipa: /ˈmɪɡəmɒk/
Forms: form: Mikmaq
form: Míkmaq
form: Micmac
Etymology: From Mi'kmaq Míkmaq.
Senses: glosses: The polysynthetic Eastern Algonquian language spoken by this people, closely related to Maliseet and Passamaquoddy.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Mi'kmaq terms
Wabanaki
Mi'kmaq
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪkmæk/
ipa: /ˈmɪɡmɔː/
ipa: /ˈmɪɡəmɒk/
Forms: form: Mikmaq
form: Míkmaq
form: Micmac
Etymology: From Mi'kmaq Míkmaq.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Mi'kmaq people, language, or culture.
Synonyms: Mikmaw
Mi'kmaw
Míkmaw
Gaspesian
HPLC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: high-performance liquid chromatography or high-pressure liquid chromatography
Derived terms: nanoHPLC
Related terms: chromatography
GCMS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GCMSes
form: GC-MS
Senses: qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: Initialism of gas chromatography coupled mass spectrometry.
qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: Initialism of gas chromatograph mass spectrometer.
Related terms: english: gas chromatography, gas chromatograph
translation: gas chromatography, gas chromatograph
word: GC
english: mass spectrometry, mass spectrometer
translation: mass spectrometry, mass spectrometer
word: MS
colitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlaɪtɪs/
Forms: form: colitides
form: colitises
Etymology: From col- + -itis.
Senses: examples: text: Peritoneal fluid was commonly found in acute colitides, particularly pseudomembranous, infectious, and ischemic colitides, and not in chronic IBD.
ref: 1996 July, Richard M. Gore, Emil J. Balthazar, Gary G. Ghahremani, Frank H. Miller, “CT Features of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease”, in American Journal of Roentgenology, volume 167, number 1, →DOI, page 11:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: colonitis
glosses: inflammation of the colon.
examples: text: Crohn's disease and colitis
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of ulcerative colitis.
Derived terms: colitogenic
enterocolitis
gastrocolitis
gastroenterocolitis
hemicolitis
ileocolitis
pancolitis
proctocolitis
rectocolitis
spastic colitis
ulcerative colitis
Related terms: Crohn's disease
irritable bowel syndrome
packet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpækɪt/
ipa: /ˈpækət/
rhymes: -ækɪt
Forms: form: packets
form: packeting
form: packeted
form: packeted
form: pacquet
Etymology: From Middle English pacquet; either from Middle French pacquet, or formed independently from pak and -et.
Senses: glosses: To make up into a packet or bundle.
examples: text: [H]er husband / VVas packetted to France, to ſtudy courtſhip, / Under forſooth a colour of employment, / Employment, yea of honour.
ref: c. 1635–1636 (date written), Iohn Ford [i.e., John Ford], The Fancies, Chast and Noble: […], London: […] E[lizabeth] P[urslowe] for Henry Seile, […], published 1638, →OCLC, Act I, page 2:
glosses: To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
glosses: To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
examples: 2007, Committee on Improving Cybersecurity Research in the United States, Toward a Safer and More Secure Cyberspace
Typically, one hacker will annoy another; the offended party replies by launching a denial-of-service attack against the offender. These attacks—known as packeting—tend to be of limited duration […]
glosses: To subject to a denial-of-service attack in which a large number of data packets are sent.
Related terms: datagram
packetlike
packet radio
packet switching
packet-switching
phlebitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɪˈbaɪtɪs/
Forms: form: phlebitides
Etymology: From phleb(o)- + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of a vein, usually in the legs.
Derived terms: endophlebitis
metrophlebitis
omphalophlebitis
paraphlebitis
periphlebitis
phlebitic
thrombophlebitis
nevermind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neverminds
Etymology: From never + mind (in never mind).
Senses: examples: text: Hell, they've got groundrules and guidelines comin' out the kazoo, but do they pay any nevermind to 'em?
ref: 2002, William Walling, It's Too Late to Leave Early:
glosses: Attention, heed.
examples: text: "... buy what he wants. It's none of your nevermind."
ref: 1949, A.B. Guthrie, Jr., The Way West, page 22:
text: "These is my brothers, Tom and Benjamin. We's from Missoura. Would you be Yankee or Secesh?" / "Neither one," Joe said. "Not that it's any nevermind o' yours, Mr. Wickersham."
ref: 2008, Gary Franklin, Blood at Bear Lake, page 76:
glosses: Concern, affair.
examples: text: Let 'em say she was his mistress, that she was a witch. Wasn't true, but it didn't make any nevermind if they thought it was. Nice woman, quiet, could tell the cards.
ref: 1926, Lester Cohen, Sweepings, page 306:
text: Either way—doesn't mean no nevermind to me, you understand.
ref: 1997, Annie Jones, Irish Eyes, →ISBN, page 211:
text: So it don't make a heap of nevermind to me which one you choose!
ref: 2002, Lee Gramling, Ninety-Mile Prairie, Pineapple Press, →ISBN, page 248:
text: If'n it makes any nevermind, you'll be grubbin' alongside me.
ref: 2005, Larry Jay Martin, O'Rourke's Revenge, page 21:
glosses: Consequence; significant change in or effect on a situation or state; difference.
nevermind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: neverminds
form: neverminding
form: neverminded
form: neverminded
Etymology: From never + mind (in never mind).
Senses: examples: text: Nevermind a sustainable river, a sustainable earth, like an improvident farmer who kills his only milk cow because he wants steak tonight.
ref: 1989, William Mills, The Arkansas: An American River, page 159:
text: "Ya, that's a good idea, neverminding. Let's nevermind, huh?"
ref: 2002, Chris Lynch, Freewill, page 28:
glosses: To ignore.
examples: text: Nevermind that she didn't know him, or that he was Japanese. Nevermind that she saw herself as always alone, despite the many people in her life.
ref: 2003, Nina Revoyr, Southland, page 280:
text: Nevermind where the eggs & sperm came from. Nevermind how it is that all these planets & stars came from nothing.
ref: 2005, Alexander T. Newport, The Vomit Factory (Life Is Fake: Death Is Good), page 399:
glosses: Misspelling of never mind.
adm.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of administrative.
adm.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Adm. here has finally approved my purchase of a small personal computer.
ref: 1985 December 7, Ed Mead, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 21, page 12:
glosses: Abbreviation of administration.
jejunum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒɪˈdʒuːnəm/
Forms: form: jejuna
form: jejunums
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin iēiūnum, neuter of iēiūnus.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The central of the three divisions of the small intestine which lies between the duodenum and the ileum
Derived terms: midjejunum
Related terms: jejune
adm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of administer and related forms of that word (administering, administrate, administration. administrative, administrator, etc.)
CXO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: C-suite, C-level
text: As someone taught me many, many years ago, businesses aren't run by CXO-level executives but by the people on the front lines working with customers or supporting the people who do.
ref: 2010, Susan Cramm, 8 Things We Hate About IT, Harvard Business Press, →ISBN, page 9:
topics: management
related: word: CxO
hypernyms: officer#Noun
<
person#Noun
glosses: “chief X officer”, with X as functional placeholder (finance, operating etc.)
examples: text: A growing number of companies are installing a chief experience officer (CXO) into the C-suite, with responsibility for every facet of the customer journey. Harvard Business Review even makes the case that every company should have a CXO to oversee both customer experience and employee experience.
ref: 2021, Dan Gingiss, chapter 14, in The Experience Maker […] , Morgan James Publishing, →ISBN:
synonyms: CExO
glosses: Initialism of chief experience officer.
CXO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Conoco on Monday announced a $9.7 billion all-stock takeover of Concho Resources (CXO), a fracker squarely focused on the Permian Basin, the massive West Texas oilfield at the heart of the shale revolution.
ref: 2020 October 19, Matt Egan, “The oil industry is in crisis. ConocoPhillips is doubling down”, in CNN Business:
topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Abbreviation of Concho Resources.
MFA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: MEA
glosses: Initialism of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, any of various ministries so called (in various countries).
MFA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MFAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Master of Fine Arts.
qualifier: computer security
glosses: Initialism of multi-factor authentication.
USAT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of USA Today, an American newspaper.
caca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑːkə/
ipa: /ˈkɑkə/
rhymes: -ɑːkə
Etymology: From Middle English cakken, from Old English *cacian, from Old English cac (“dung; excrement”), of uncertain origin and relation. Cognate with English cack. Compare Latin cacō (“to defecate”), French caca (“excrement”), Basque kaka (“excrement”), Lithuanian kaka (“excrement”), Hungarian kaka (“excrement”), Italian cacca, Ancient Greek κάκκη (kákkē, “dung”), German kacken, Irish cac, Welsh cach, Cornish caugh, Breton cac'h, Aromanian cac, Scottish Gaelic cac, Romanian căca, Spanish caca (“excrement”).
Senses: glosses: Excrement; feces.
Synonyms: cack
feces
CAFTA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Central American Free Trade Agreement.
Related terms: DR-CAFTA
XM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: XMs
Senses: examples: text: For instance, the rhythm-action game Dance Factory used 24-channel XM tracker music, composed by Allister Brimble decades after his Amiga debut […]
ref: 2019, Simon N. Goodwin, Beep to Boom:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of extended module: a tracker music file format.
GTA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Greater Toronto Area, the most populous urban region in Southern Ontario, Canada.
glosses: Initialism of Greater Tokyo Area.
examples: text: GTA 6, the next chapter of the action-adventure franchise, has been a long time coming. GTA 5 was released in 2013. […] Rockstar Games, owned by Take-Two Interactive, has struggled with leaks. In 2022, hackers leaked unreleased footage from its next iteration of GTA.
ref: 2023 December 4, Ramishah Maruf, “GTA 6 leak: ‘Grand Theft Auto’ trailer reveals game’s release date”, in CNN:
topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Grand Theft Auto, a series of video games by Rockstar Games involving car theft and gang warfare.
Coordinate terms: sense: Greater Toronto Area
word: Golden Horseshoe
Related terms: sense: Greater Toronto Area
word: GTHA
sense: Greater Toronto Area
word: Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area
sense: Greater Toronto Area
word: GMA
sense: Greater Toronto Area
word: Greater Montreal Area
sense: Greater Toronto Area
word: Greater Toronto
sense: Greater Toronto Area
word: Metro Toronto
sense: Greater Toronto Area
word: Mega-Toronto
GTA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GTAs
Senses: examples: text: I remember that car was in one of the classic GTAs.
topics: video-games
glosses: Any game in the Grand Theft Auto series.
glosses: Initialism of graduate teaching associate.
Derived terms: before GTA 6
Related terms: grand theft auto
BR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BRs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of bedroom.
qualifier: roadway
glosses: Initialism of business route.
BR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Initialism of British Rail, formerly British Railways up to 1965.
glosses: Abbreviation of Brandenburg: a state of Germany.
glosses: Abbreviation of Baton Rouge: the capital of Louisiana, United States.
glosses: Abbreviation of Bihar: a state of India.
MBR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MBRs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of master bedroom.
glosses: Initialism of membrane bioreactor/membrane biological reactor.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of master boot record.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
coordinate_terms: GBR
glosses: Initialism of maximum bitrate.
examples: text: The Data Center relocation planning process took place within a “management by results” (MBR) framework. / MBR as applied to the Great Western DP environment consisted of: […]
ref: 1975 October 1, “Planning Helps DP Center Move 10 Miles in Two Days”, in Computerworld, volume 9, number 40, page 27:
topics: management
synonyms: word: RBM
english: results-based management
translation: results-based management
glosses: Initialism of management by results.
Coordinate terms: APM
GPT
qt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Q.T.
form: q.t.
Etymology: By abbreviation.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of quart.
glosses: Abbreviation of quiet, used in the expression on the Q.T., meaning secretly or in confidence.
glosses: Quality time.
qt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qts
Etymology: A homophone derived from the pronunciation of the letters "QT".
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cutie.
Derived terms: qt 3.14
Qt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kjuːt/
homophone: cute
rhymes: -uːt
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: a free and open-source cross-platform software for creating graphical user interfaces as well as cross-platform applications.
norman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔɹmən/
ipa: /ˈnɔːmən/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mən
Forms: form: normans
Etymology: From French normand.
Senses: examples: text: An iron norman pin penetrates the bitt near the top , and there is visible wear on the bitt from lines being tied to it and the norman pin
ref: 2013, Keith N. Meverden, Wisconsin Coal Haulers:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A wooden bar, or iron pin.
norman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔɹmən/
ipa: /ˈnɔːmən/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mən
Forms: form: normans
Etymology: From normal + -an, possibly influenced by the given name Norman.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of normie (“a normal person”).
synonyms: word: normie
extra: a normal person
vs
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vs..
vs
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Obsolete typography of us.
vs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of v
Sat.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Saturday.
ins.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of insurance.
windows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪndoʊz/
ipa: /ˈwɪndəʊz/
rhymes: -əʊz
Senses: glosses: plural of window
windows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪndoʊz/
ipa: /ˈwɪndəʊz/
rhymes: -əʊz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of window
recap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rē-kăpʹ
ipa: /ɹiːˈkæp/
rhymes: -æp
Forms: form: recaps
form: recapping
form: recapped
form: recapped
Etymology: From re- + cap.
Senses: examples: text: They're planning to recap those oil wells permanently.
hypernyms: cap#Verb
cap off#Verb
glosses: To seal (something) again with a cap.
examples: text: They buy a lot of camelback because they recap a lot of truck tires for trailer fleets.
text: In 1942 almost 86,000,000 pounds of camelback—a 25-percent increase over 1941—were made available for recapping purposes, and the output of this product is continually increasing. Dealer establishments are as busy as beehives. They have about 90 percent of the recapping equipment. In the testimony before you yesterday one of the proponents of this bill admitted that independent dealers had 88 percent of all the recapping machinery there is in the United States. We estimate that it is probably about that figure, although we thought it was a little higher, probably 90 percent. In addition to recapping tires for the general public, they also are doing this work on Government-owned tires, including the military, with the result that the independent dealer has retreaded hundreds and hundreds of thousands of tires, at a substantial profit, during said period.
ref: 1943 November 10, Lyle M. Buckingham, “Distribution of motor-vehicle tires. [Testimony.]”, in Hearings Before the United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Government Printing Office, page 51:
text: Are recapped tires safe? This is obviously the thing to know before you consider buying recaps.
ref: 1957 Aug, “Recap your old tires?”, in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 11, number 8, page 13:
synonyms: retread#Verb
glosses: To replace the worn tread on a tire by gluing on a new outer portion.
recap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rē-kăpʹ
ipa: /ɹiːˈkæp/
rhymes: -æp
Forms: form: recaps
Etymology: From re- + cap.
Senses: examples: text: He refused to buy recaps because he didn't trust them not to come apart on the highway.
text: As she did so, Stacy noted that the tire had been a recap—a tire created by gluing a new outer portion of tread onto the worn inner core of old tires.
ref: 2008, John Adamson, Law for Business and Personal Use, →ISBN, page 102:
synonyms: retread#Noun
glosses: A tire that has had new tread glued on.
recap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rē-kăpʹ
ipa: /ɹiːˈkæp/
rhymes: -æp
enpr: rēʹ-kăp
ipa: /ˈɹiːkæp/
rhymes: -iːkæp
rhymes: (verb) -æp
enpr: rē-kăpʹ
ipa: /ɹiːˈkæp/
rhymes: -æp
Forms: form: recaps
Etymology: Clipping of recapitulation.
Senses: examples: text: Before we begin with today's agenda, Alice will give us a recap of recent decisions.
text: With that in mind, here is an attempt to provide an overview of what's happening where, as well as a recap on some of the major announcements that have taken place in the past few months.
ref: 2020 August 12, Paul Bigland, “High Speed 2 is starting to accelerate”, in Rail, page 56:
glosses: A recapitulation.
Synonyms: sense: recapitulation
word: summarisation
sense: recapitulation
word: summarization
sense: recapitulation
word: summary
sense: recapitulation
word: summing-up
recap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rē-kăpʹ
ipa: /ɹiːˈkæp/
rhymes: -æp
enpr: rēʹ-kăp
ipa: /ˈɹiːkæp/
rhymes: -iːkæp
rhymes: (verb) -æp
enpr: rē-kăpʹ
ipa: /ɹiːˈkæp/
rhymes: -æp
Forms: form: recaps
form: recapping
form: recapped
form: recapped
Etymology: Clipping of recapitulation.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: review; overview
text: Before we begin with today's agenda, Alice, would you please recap the decisions that were made last week?
synonyms: summarise
summarize
sum up
glosses: To recapitulate.
recap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rē-kăpʹ
ipa: /ɹiːˈkæp/
rhymes: -æp
enpr: rēʹ-kăp
ipa: /ˈɹiːkæp/
rhymes: -iːkæp
rhymes: (verb) -æp
Forms: form: recaps
Etymology: Clipping of recapitalization.
Senses: examples: text: A survey of private equity firms found that most firms are comfortable with a debt/equity ratio of 4:1 following a dividend recap.
ref: 2009, Thomas Kirchner, Merger Arbitrage: How to Profit from Event-Driven Arbitrage, →ISBN, page 196:
glosses: A leveraged recapitalization accomplished by increasing the debt to equity ratio.
recap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rē-kăpʹ
ipa: /ɹiːˈkæp/
rhymes: -æp
enpr: rēʹ-kăp
ipa: /ˈɹiːkæp/
rhymes: -iːkæp
rhymes: (verb) -æp
Forms: form: recaps
form: recapping
form: recapped
form: recapped
Etymology: From re- + cap (capacitor).
Senses: glosses: To replace capacitors in electronic equipment.
Mo.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: He suggested that members of the various Associations should be represented at the meeting in Jefferson City, Wednesday afternoon, February 19, in the Capital Building, Jefferson City, Mo., to oppose this bill.
ref: 1992, Clement E. Vose, Caucasians Only:
glosses: Abbreviation of Missouri: a state of the United States.
mo.
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: Clipping of month.
Senses: examples: text: 12 yr., 4 mo., 17 d.
related: word: mo
word: mon
word: mul:m
word: mul:M
glosses: month
no.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nos.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of No..
ybp
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of YBP.
dest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dests
Senses: examples: text: So what’s your debark dest, Santoul?
ref: 1990 April, James Luceno, chapter 1, in Illegal Alien, New York, N.Y.: Del Rey, →ISBN, part 1 (Upside), page 4:
glosses: Clipping of destination.
diag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diags
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of diagnosis.
glosses: Abbreviation of diagram.
diag
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of diagnostic.
GIS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GISs
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of gas injection system.
glosses: Initialism of geographic information science.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of geographic information system (“computer-based system to analyse and present spatial data”).
B&H
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
B&H
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Building and Housing.
teledildonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + dildonics.
Senses: examples: text: And considering their comfort level with remote interaction and online gaming, teledildonics will not seem odd at all. It will just be another option on a Wednesday night.
ref: 2005 August 19, Regina Lynn, “You'll Know When You're Older”, in Wired:
text: Wide-eyed futurists have long envisioned a world where teledildonics helps us all get it on with partners half a world away; so far, their predictions have amounted to little more than empty hype.
ref: 2015 October 8, Lux Alptraum, “Cam Girls Are Charging Clients to Control Their Vibrators Over the Internet”, in Vice:
synonyms: cyberdildonics
glosses: Technology which can be used to remotely control dildonics, allowing mutual masturbation over the Internet.
MSA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Modern Standard Arabic (Fusha).
synonyms: MSAL
glosses: Initialism of Modern South Arabian.
glosses: Initialism of Michigan Statutes Annotated.
glosses: Initialism of Middle Stone Age.
qualifier: Java programming language
glosses: Initialism of Mobile Service Architecture.
MSA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MSAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of motorway service area.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
coordinate_terms: CBD
PSP
glosses: Initialism of multiple system atrophy.
topics: demographics
demography
glosses: Initialism of metropolitan statistical area.
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of master service agreement.
glosses: Initialism of Master Settlement Agreement.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of minimum safe altitude.
coordinate_terms: ESA
PESA
AESA
PAR
glosses: Abbreviation of mechanically steered array.
examples: text: A “mail submission agent” (MSA) that accepts outgoing mail from an MUA, grooms it, and submits it to the transport system[.]
ref: 2011, Evi Nemeth et al., UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, Pearson Education, →ISBN, page 744:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of mail submission agent.
ch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of chain (“a unit of measurement equal to 22 yards”).
qualifier: crochet
glosses: Abbreviation of chain (stitch)
examples: text: 5.1 ch surround sound
glosses: Abbreviation of channel, in reference to telephones, audio, radio, and television.
examples: text: Ch 2 secondarily interrupts the flow between chs 1 and 3 (see 2.1–16n.).
ref: 2007, The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, page 143:
glosses: Abbreviation of chapter (“main section of a book”).
examples: text: NAME OF HORSE (COLOR, SEX, YEAR BORN)
Secretariat (ch.s. 1970)
ref: 2014, Kenneth Hinchcliff, Andris Kaneps, Raymond Geor, Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery, page 675:
glosses: Abbreviation of chestnut (“a dark reddish-brown colored horse”).
ch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Ch 4, sl st to 1st sl st to close.
ref: 2011 August 23, Carmen Heffernan, “How to make colourful crocheted flowers”, in The Guardian:
qualifier: crochet
glosses: Abbreviation of chain.
ch
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: /t͡ʃ/
Etymology: Aphetic form of ich, utch, ultimately from Old English iċ (“I”). Compare Dutch 'k, an aphetic variant of ik (“I”). More at ich, I.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of I.
duplicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /duˈplɪ.sɪ.ti/
ipa: /dju-/
Forms: form: duplicities
Etymology: From Latin duplicare (double). Equivalent to duplex + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.
examples: text: For instance the rod-cone 'duplicity' of retinal function was first enunciated by the German microscopist Max Schultze in 1866 […]
ref: 1982, H. B. Barlow, J. D. Mollon, Senses, page 104:
glosses: The quality of being double or twofold.
Related terms: duplicitous
dupe
double-cross
marcescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin marcescens, present participle of marcescere.
Senses: examples: text: How often is the flower of human life marcescent, tenacious of its old estate when the blooming-time is past.
ref: a. 1893, Edith M. Thomas, The Undertime of the Year, published in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 72 (October 1893), page 452
text: “But,” she answered, “granting that Mon Cul is a remarkable creature, that he is the elder statesman among monkeys, that his marcescent eyelids have opened upon sights and splendors about which the most romantic among us only dream,[…]”
ref: 1990, Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction, page 75:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Withered, but still attached.
raw_tags: of an organ such as a leaf or blossom
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Able to revive when moistened.
Related terms: immarcescible
WSJ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Though a few workers have committed to the microretirement lifestyle, more and more young people say they are open to the idea of taking extended breaks from work to volunteer or focus on "personal projects," WSJ noted, citing data from Handshake, a job database for college students.
ref: 2024 September 7, Gabriel Hays, “Some young people plan ‘microretirements,’ borrow against goals of their future selves: Report”, in Fox Business:
topics: business
qualifier: newspaper
glosses: Initialism of Wall Street Journal.
GSW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GSWs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of gunshot wound.
Related terms: GSR
GSW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Golden State Warriors.
CCLCM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine.
serotonin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛɹəˈtəʊnɪn/
ipa: /ˌsɛɹəˈtoʊnɪn/
Forms: form: serotonins
Etymology: From sero- + tone + -in.
Senses: examples: text: Notably, mouse lines targeting genes codifying for serotonin receptors, for enzymes involved in 5-HT synthesis as Tph1 and Tph2, in its metabolism as monoaminoxidase A (MAOA) or in its re-uptake as serotonin transporter (SERT), have been generated.
ref: 2015 August 21, “Generation of a Tph2 Conditional Knockout Mouse Line for Time- and Tissue-Specific Depletion of Brain Serotonin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
text: The class of antidepressants most commonly associated with sexual dysfunction is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which treat depression by ultimately increasing levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain.
ref: 2024 March 21, Kristen Rogers, “If antidepressants are killing your sex life, here’s what you can do”, in CNN:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An indoleamine neurotransmitter, 5-hydroxytryptamine, that is involved in depression, appetite, etc., and is crucial in maintaining a sense of well-being, security, etc.
Synonyms: 5-hydroxytryptamine
Derived terms: acetylserotonin
antiserotonic
antiserotonin
dimethylserotonin
melatonin
methylserotonin
nonserotonin
phytoserotonin
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
serod
serotonemia
serotoninergic
serotonin-specific
serotonin-specific reuptake inhibitor
serotonin syndrome
sertindole
sertraline
Related terms: serotonergic
semidocumentary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semidocumentaries
Etymology: From semi- + documentary.
Senses: glosses: a drama (film, book or TV) that presents a fictional story incorporating many factual details or actual events
semidocumentary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more semidocumentary
form: most semidocumentary
Etymology: From semi- + documentary.
Senses: glosses: of such a drama
capstan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæp.stən/
Forms: form: capstans
form: capstern
form: capstorm
Etymology: Borrowed into Middle English from either Old French cabestan, from Old Occitan cabestan, from cabestre (“pulley cord”) or from Spanish cabestran, both of which derive from Latin capistrum (“halter”), from capiō (“take hold of”).
Senses: examples: text: to pawl the capstan
translation: to prevent the capstan from turning back
english: to prevent the capstan from turning back
text: to rig the capstan
translation: to prepare the capstan for use
english: to prepare the capstan for use
text: to surge the capstan
translation: to slack the tension of the rope or cable
english: to slack the tension of the rope or cable
text: "Man the capstan! Blood and thunder!—jump!"—was the next command, and the crew sprang for the handspikes.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
text: We toiled over the capstan, and late in the afternoon slipped out of the harbour.
ref: 1951, W. I. B. Crealock, Vagabonding Under Sail, Hastings House (New York), page 211:
text: Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.
ref: 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
topics: nautical
transport
hyponyms: cathead
glosses: A vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, typically surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for levers for turning it; used to apply force to cables, ropes, etc.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A rotating spindle used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder.
Derived terms: capstan bar
capstan effect
capstanman
capstan screw
jeer capstan
Related terms: hoist
winch
make the welkin ring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes the welkin ring
form: making the welkin ring
form: made the welkin ring
form: made the welkin ring
form: ring the welkins
Senses: examples: text: The 0-8-4 with its 13 six-wheel coaches generally managed to keep "neck-and-neck" with the Tredegar 0-6-0 and its load of five or six coaches, but the combined effort made the welkin ring and excitement reigned among both the train-crews and passengers.
ref: 1953 April, J. M. Dunn, “Memories of the L.N.W.R. 0-8-4 Tank Engines”, in Railway Magazine, page 237:
glosses: To make a loud noise.
examples: text: There was nothing like that spirit which, when the heart goes with the decree of the ruler, makes the welkin ring with its unregulated rejoicings.
ref: 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter IV, page 44:
glosses: To celebrate or revel.
androgyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.dɹə.d͡ʒaɪn/
Forms: form: androgynes
Etymology: From French androgyne, from Latin androgynus.
Senses: examples: text: Billy looked up at the face that went with the clogs. It was the face of a blond angel, of a fifteen-year-old boy. The boy was as beautiful as Eve. Billy was helped to his feet by the lovely boy, by the heavenly androgyne.
ref: 1969, Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five:
text: The yogi is in this way the androgyne of prehistory reachieved.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 33:
text: There are faculty advisers on El’s theater crew who balk at using “they” for one person; classmates at El’s public school on the outskirts of Boston who insist El can’t be “multiple people”; and commenters on El’s social media feeds who dismiss nonbinary gender identities like androgyne (a combination of masculine and feminine), agender (the absence of gender) and gender-fluid (moving between genders) as lacking a basis in biology.
ref: 2019 May 29, Amy Harmon, “Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2019:
glosses: A person who is androgynous.
glosses: An androgynous plant.
Derived terms: androgynism
androgynist
androgynize
androgynise
haya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hayas
Etymology: From Spanish haya, from Old Spanish haya, from Latin [materia] fāgea (“hay wood”).
Senses: glosses: A beech tree, especially a Mexican beech (Fagus mexicana).
haya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chaya.
pan out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pans out
form: panning out
form: panned out
form: panned out
Senses: examples: text: On the Saturday holidays in summer-time we used to borrow skiffs whose owners were not present and go down the river three miles to the cave hollow (Missourian for "valley"), and there we staked out claims and pretended to dig gold, panning out half a dollar a day at first.
ref: 1907, Mark Twain, chapter 26, in Chapters from My Autobiography:
text: His father came out in '49 with the gold rush crowd, panned out a good pile, and then, liking the life—San Francisco was a gay little burg those days—opened one of the crack gambling houses down on the Old Plaza.
ref: 1919, Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton, chapter 11, in The Avalanche:
glosses: To separate and recover (valuable minerals) by swirling dirt or crushed rock in a pan of water, in the manner of a traditional prospector seeking gold.
examples: text: My hopes for a white Christmas didn't pan out this year.
text: We'll see what pans out from the arbitration process.
text: Many a pretty girl I have seen in my time, who didn't pan out according to specifications when I finally met her.
ref: 1917, Mary Roberts Rinehart, chapter 3, in Bab: A Sub-Deb:
text: That was just a theory! There's a lot of theories that didn't pan out: lone gunman, communism, geometry…
ref: 1998, “The One With Rachel's Crush”, in Friends, spoken by Joey Tribbiani:
text: The China market is finally panning out, thanks to the voracious consumerism of the middle class.
ref: 2004 October 17, Matthew Forney, “Who's Getting It Right?”, in Time:
text: "It is anybody's guess how this is going to pan out. The Government will have even more control of the railway than before, with no incentive to innovate. [...]"
ref: 2020 July 29, “Carne: "Treasury has its hands on the railway joystick already"”, in Rail, page 9:
text: “It’s not a goodbye because you never know how things pan out in the future, but it’s a thank you and I’ll see you soon,” Kane posted on his social media accounts.
ref: 2023 August 12, “Harry Kane joins Bayern Munich and leaves door open for Spurs return”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: shape up
work out
glosses: To proceed according to plan; to result or end up with an acceptable outcome or in an acceptable form.
ness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: nĕs
ipa: /nɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Forms: form: nesses
Etymology: From Middle English nesse (in placenames), from Old English næs, from Proto-Germanic *nasją (“promontory; ness”); cognate with Middle Low German nes, Icelandic nes, Swedish näs, Danish næs, Old Norse nes. Related to nose.
Senses: examples: text: Velvraz Sebarm stands upon the lake, among orange-trees and pomegranates and almonds and peaches of the south, a mile north-west over the water from Zayana town, and two miles by land: an old castle built of honey-coloured marble at the tip of a long sickle-shaped ness that sweeps round southwards, with wild gardens running down in the rocks to the water’s edge, and behind the castle a wood of holm-oaks making a wind-break against the north.
ref: 1958, Eric Rücker Eddison, Zimiamvian Trilogy, volume 3, The Mezentian Gate, page 177:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.)
Derived terms: Fife Ness
Girdle Ness
Little Ness
Shoeburyness
Tarbat Ness
Related terms: Nesting
Nes
Ness
naze
highfalutin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhaɪ.fəˈlu.tɪn/
ipa: /ˈhaɪ.fəˌlu.tɪn/
Forms: form: more highfalutin
form: most highfalutin
form: hifalutin
form: hifalutin'
form: hifaluting
form: highfalutin'
form: highfaluting
form: high-falutin
form: high-falutin'
form: high-faluting
form: high falutin
form: high falutin'
form: high faluting
Etymology: Possible an alteration of high-fluting. Another speculation connects the term with high-flighting/-flying. First appears c. 1839 in the Spirit of the Times.
Senses: examples: text: It's only a matter of time before some highfalutin developer builds a huge hotel and ruins the scenery.
text: That one Cajun that moved to Austin is too highfalutin to come back to Livingston Parish. He's over there with that mean bread lady!
text: His speech was very highfalutin.
text: There’s been a spate of stories lately about how Cruz’s rhetoric is more hifalutin than everybody else’s. He uses lots of big words and dependent clauses.
ref: 2015 November 1, Hendrik Hertzberg, “That G.O.P. Debate: Two Footnotes”, in The New Yorker:
synonyms: bombast
hoity-toity
pretentious
glosses: Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.
Derived terms: highfalutinism
Related terms: fancy
ooh la la
highfalutin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhaɪ.fəˈlu.tɪn/
ipa: /ˈhaɪ.fəˌlu.tɪn/
Forms: form: hifalutin
form: hifalutin'
form: hifaluting
form: highfalutin'
form: highfaluting
form: high-falutin
form: high-falutin'
form: high-faluting
form: high falutin
form: high falutin'
form: high faluting
Etymology: Possible an alteration of high-fluting. Another speculation connects the term with high-flighting/-flying. First appears c. 1839 in the Spirit of the Times.
Senses: examples: text: Don't write so much highfalutin next time.
ref: 1865, Benn Pitman, The Assassination of President Lincoln: And the Trial of the Conspirators, page 43:
text: "We will, we will," shouted the Puddin'-owners; but the Puddin' said sourly: "This is all very well, all this high falutin'."
ref: 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 169:
glosses: Pompous speech or writing.
Derived terms: highfalutination
highfalutinism
high falution
reddy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛdi/
homophone: ready
homophone: Reddy
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈrɛɖːi/
homophone: Reddy
homophone: ready
rhymes: -ɛdi
Etymology: From red + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Baby brown snakes are dark grey or black, and have broad bands on the back of their heads and numerous reddy-brown spots on their bellies.
ref: 2010, Lindsay Marsh, Dangerous Aussie Animals:
glosses: Somewhat red in colour.
Synonyms: reddish