cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Zeug
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zeugs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Zeug.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
look on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: looks on
form: looking on
form: looked on
form: looked on
Senses: examples: text: My performance seems somehow always to get worse when there are other people looking on.
glosses: To watch; to observe without participating.
examples: text: I look on him not as a boss, but as a friend.
text: We don't look kindly on people like you.
text: I look poorly on any suggestion of overspending.
glosses: To think of something in a particular way.
Related terms: look on as
onlooker
spritzing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spritzings
Senses: examples: text: He gave the shirt a spritzing of water and ran the iron across the collar.
text: Employees even help pool guests stay cool on hot summer days with spritzings of Evian water.
ref: 2008, Hotelier, volume 20, page 253:
glosses: The amount applied by a spritz; a small amount of liquid, lightly applied; a sprinkling.
spritzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spritz
risk universe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: risk universes
Senses: topics: business
glosses: All the risks that could affect an entity.
Microscopium
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763, from later Latin microscopium (“microscope”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A faint constellation of the southern spring sky, said to resemble a microscope. It lies south of the constellation of Capricornus.
wikipedia: Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
Derived terms: Microscopii
psig
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: Pounds per square inch, gauge (unit of pressure)
political risks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of political risk
showcases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of showcase
showcases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of showcase
risk management
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: 2002: InsTech.info, LLC, A short history of risk management: 1900 - 2002 at http://www.instech.info/utaustin/DOWNLOADS/Hist_of_RM_2002.pdf
1921: Frank Knight publishes Risk, Uncertainty and Profit, a book that becomes the keystone in the risk management library.
a2006: University of Surrey website, Risk Management History read at https://web.archive.org/web/20080529083848/http://portal.surrey.ac.uk/portal/page?_pageid=823,181134&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Even if it has deeper foundations, risk management, as it is practiced today, is essentially a post-1960s phenomenon.
2006: BBC News website, How do you judge offenders' risk? read at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4828832.stm
Where release is recommended, a "risk management plan" outlining how the offender will be managed in the community and detailing recommended licence conditions, is also submitted.
glosses: The process of determining the maximum acceptable level of overall risk to and from a proposed activity, then using risk assessment techniques to determine the initial level of risk and, if this is excessive, developing a strategy to ameliorate appropriate individual risks until the overall level of risk is reduced to an acceptable level.
cooled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kuːld/
ipa: /kuld/
rhymes: -uːld
Etymology: From cool + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Set one of the cooled cakes, with its top side down, on a cake stand or plate […].
ref: 2010, Nigella Lawson, nigella.com, archived from the original on 29 May 2023:
glosses: Brought to a lower temperature.
examples: text: a water-cooled engine
glosses: With a descriptive word: brought to a lower temperature by means of.
glosses: Brought to a reduced degree of anger or fervour.
Derived terms: air-cooled
cryocooled
noncooled
overcooled
subcooled
ultracooled
uncooled
water-cooled
cooled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kuːld/
ipa: /kuld/
rhymes: -uːld
Etymology: From cool + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cool
along about
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: If you ask for it back Sunday he might return it along about Wednesday.
glosses: Approximately; at around some time.
political risk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: political risks
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Any financial or other risk that stems from the possibility of a nation changing its policies.
Related terms: expropriation
nationalization
on the verge of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: He was finally on the verge of success.
text: Every time I thought he was on the verge of telling us, he decided to say something else instead.
glosses: Almost at the beginning of.
Coordinate terms: on the brink of
on the edge of
on the point of
Related terms: on the verge
Musca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin musca (“a fly”). Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman, between 1595 and 1597. Doublet of mouche.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An autumn constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a fly, between the constellations of Carina and Apus.
wikipedia: Frederick de Houtman
Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser
Derived terms: Muscae
musca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muscae
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of musca volitans.
frustrated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹəˈstɹeɪ.tɪd/
ipa: /ˈfɹʌs.tɹeɪ.tɪd/
ipa: /ˈfʌs.tɹeɪ.tɪd/
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of frustrate
frustrated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹəˈstɹeɪ.tɪd/
ipa: /ˈfɹʌs.tɹeɪ.tɪd/
ipa: /ˈfʌs.tɹeɪ.tɪd/
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
Forms: form: more frustrated
form: most frustrated
Senses: glosses: Foiled, stopped, disappointed.
examples: text: She easily gets frustrated when it comes to financial matters.
text: Alan Pardew finished by far the most frustrated man at the Emirates, blaming fatigue for the fact that Arsenal were able to kill his team off in the dying minutes.
ref: 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, discontent and/or slightly angry because one is unable to perform an action or fulfill a desire, or something happened or someone else did something in a way one did not hope for, expect, or desire.
examples: text: A frustrated robbery may financially cripple the company or lead it to recover; a frustrated homicide or murder leaves the victim injured or wounded, not killed.
topics: law
glosses: Imperfect form of execution of a crime in that, despite performing all the acts that should produce it, the crime fails to be consummated.
raw_tags: of a felony or serious criminal offense
Derived terms: average frustrated chump
flustrated
frustratedly
fuckstrated
unfrustrated
Related terms: frustrating
Rigel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaɪd͡ʒəl/
rhymes: -aɪdʒəl
Forms: form: Regel
Etymology: A corruption of Arabic رِجْل (rijl, “foot, leg”), in the Arabic name رِجْل الْجَبَّار (rijl al-jabbār, literally “foot of the great one”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: Algebar
Elgebar
glosses: A blue supergiant star in the constellation Orion; Beta (β) Orionis. The seventh brightest star in the night sky.
Rigel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaɪd͡ʒəl/
rhymes: -aɪdʒəl
Forms: form: Rigels
form: Regel
Etymology: Probably an Americanized spelling of German Reigel or Riegel.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
vaso vasorum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vaso-vasorum
form: vasovasorum
Senses: examples: text: These vessels communicate with the cavity of the thrombosed vessel, and with its vaso vasorum. (Fig. 128.)
ref: 1878, Thomas Henry Green, An Introduction to pathology and morbid anatomy, page 301:
text: The tenuous vaso vasorum therefore remains preserved in the naturally occurring state, a circumstance which improves vascular patency.
ref: 1996, William E. Cohn and Ducksoo Kim, "Catheter apparatus and methodology for generating a fistula on-demand", US Patent 5830224, page 21
text: New vasculature, under the influence of angiogenic growth factors, may grow from the vaso vasorum within the adventitia into the plaque.
ref: 2006, Morton J. Kern, SCAI Interventional Cardiology Board Review Book, page 5:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Misspelling of vasa vasorum.
Tucana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From later Latin tucana (“toucan”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a toucan. It lies south of the constellations Phoenix and Grus.
Derived terms: Tucanae
salmagundi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsal.məˈɡʌn.di/
ipa: /ˌsæl.məˈɡʌn.di/
Forms: form: salmagundis
form: salmagundy
form: solomongundy
form: solomon gundy
form: Solomon Gundy
Etymology: From French salmigondis (“seasoned salt meats”), from Middle French salmigondin, probably related to Middle French salomene (“hodgepodge of meats or fish cooked in wine”), from Old French salemine.
Senses: glosses: A food consisting of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.
examples: text: Partly too it reflected the nature of Revolutionary politics throughout the 1790s, which was invariably a kind of inspired bricolage, which involved yoking together a wide range of pre-existent elements into an unanticipated and constantly changing salmagundi of political forms.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 544:
text: This is not, however, a mere salmagundi of alphabetical arcana.
ref: 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R29:
synonyms: miscellany
olio
potpourri
glosses: Hence, any mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.
Derived terms: english: Jamaican fish pâté
translation: Jamaican fish pâté
word: Solomon Gundy
riff-raff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riff-raffs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of riffraff.
recompensation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recompensations
Etymology: From recompense + -ation. Equivalent to re- + compensation.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of compensation.
synonyms: word: compensation
topics: law
glosses: A plea in cases of debt collection whereby a plaintiff counters a defendant's claim of compensation as a reason for absolving the alleged debt.
red mist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red mists
Senses: examples: text: What was that tackle about? The red mist still descends on Beckham occasionally.
text: Slowly the red mist faded from before Tarzan’s eyes. Things began to take form—he was regaining the perspective of civilized man.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 45:
text: On the face of it, this appears to have fit into a pattern that seems familiar with Vettel's errors in recent times. In stressed moments, a sort of red mist seems to descend that reduces his capacity for rational thinking.
ref: 2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport:
text: In that little office, seated before that wretched Do No Bend envelope, the red mist came down, and it wasn't a mist, it was a torrent.
ref: 2023, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Spare, Penguin Random House, →ISBN:
text: Bellingham felt the red mist come down. He had been booked at the end of the first half after stamping into Dmitrijs Zelenkovs. Which only made his full-blooded slide challenge into Jurkovskis risky to say the least.
ref: 2025 March 24, David Hytner, “Reece James bends it like Beckham to help England break down Latvia”, in The Guardian:
text: That red-mist moment prompted [James] Blake to dig properly into the workings of the music industry.
ref: 2025 June 14, Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, “James Blake's fight against ‘free music’”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 12:
glosses: Uncontrollable rage, anger sufficient to prevent clear thinking.
examples: text: the red mists of the morning
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, mist.
reimbursement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹiː.ɪmˈbɜːs.mənt/
Forms: form: reimbursements
Etymology: From reimburse + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: expense reimbursement
text: medical reimbursement
text: seek reimbursement
text: Employees can claim reimbursement for travel expenses.
text: The patient received full reimbursement for the cost of treatment.
topics: accounting
business
finance
management
glosses: The act of compensating someone for an expense.
Hypernyms: compensation
payment
retrospective memory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retrospective memories
Senses: glosses: The remembering of information from the past.
Related terms: prospective memory
retrospective study
risk assessment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: risk assessments
Senses: examples: text: BBC News website, Radioactive warning on Fife beach read at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/4974692.stm on 14 May 2006 - Sepa has been carrying out a risk assessment at the bay and now wants a detailed investigation to be carried out.
text: NR had carried out risk assessments in 2002, identifying potential dangers with the crossing and recommending the installation of automatic locking gates. But this was not acted upon. In 2007, following the tragic deaths of Charlotte and Olivia, NR erected a footbridge and installed locking gates at the foot crossing.
ref: 2023 November 1, Ian Prosser talks to Stefanie Foster, “Safety Mission: Possible”, in RAIL, number 995, page 36:
glosses: The overall process of identifying all the risks to and from an activity and assessing the potential impact of each risk.
glosses: The determination of the potential impact of an individual risk by measuring or otherwise assessing both the likelihood that it will occur and the impact if it should occur, and then combining the result according to an agreed rule to give a single measure of potential impact.
Related terms: risk-assess
risk-assessed
risk management
rolling pin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rolling pins
form: rolling-pin
Senses: glosses: A food preparation utensil consisting of a cylinder with a handle at each end, used to flatten dough.
menthol cigarette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: menthol cigarettes
Senses: glosses: A cigarette containing added menthol, the mint flavour tending to produce a cool sensation.
mercury-vapour lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mercury-vapour lamps
form: mercury-vapor lamp
Senses: examples: text: By night the carriage yard is illuminated by mercury vapour lamps on 50ft lattice steel towers remotely controlled from the diesel depot.
ref: 1962 June, “The Eastern Region completes the Colchester scheme”, in Modern Railways, page 412:
glosses: a gaseous discharge lamp in which the arc discharge takes place in mercury vapour; used for highway illumination and as an industrial source of ultraviolet radiation
mercury-vapor lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mercury-vapor lamps
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mercury-vapour lamp.
salam
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of salaam.
salam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salams
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of salaam.
salam
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: salams
form: salaming
form: salamed
form: salamed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of salaam.
meromictic lake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meromictic lakes
Senses: glosses: Any lake whose waters are permanently stratified and do not completely circulate.
Related terms: mixolimnion
chemocline
monimolimnion
mixolimnion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mixolimnions
form: mixolimnia
Etymology: From mixo- + -limnion.
Senses: glosses: The upper stratum of a meromictic lake; its waters are mixed by the wind.
Related terms: mesolimnion
chemocline
monimolimnion
chemocline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemoclines
Etymology: From chemo- + -cline.
Senses: glosses: the boundary layer between the mixolimnion and monimolimnion in a meromictic lake
centauroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more centauroid
form: most centauroid
Etymology: From centaur + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: 'Centauroid' was a very loose description. The burly two-armed torso merged smoothly with the four-legged barrel…
ref: 1974, Poul Anderson, Fire Time:
glosses: Resembling a centaur in shape — particularly, a creature having an upper humanoid torso adjoining the lower quadrupedal body where the creature's head should normally appear.
centauroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centauroids
Etymology: From centaur + -oid.
Senses: topics: fantasy
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A creature resembling a centaur.
mesoionic compound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesoionic compounds
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any of a class of compounds having five-membered ring heterocycles (or their benzo derivatives) which possess a sextet of π-electrons in association with the atoms comprising the ring, but which cannot be represented by any one covalent or polar structure; typically the ring structure contains both positive and negative delocalised charges which cannot be associated with any one ring atom, and the negative charge can also be associated with a conjugated exocyclic atom (typically oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen).
Related terms: aromatic compound
Rajesh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit राज (rāja, “king”) + ईश्वर (īśvara, “God, the ultimate power”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Related terms: Rajindra
Rajindra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rajendra
Etymology: From Sanskrit राज (rāja, “king”) + इन्द्र (indra, “Indra”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
mesoionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meso- + ionic.
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to a mesoionic compound
mesoionic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesoionics
Etymology: From meso- + ionic.
Senses: glosses: A mesoionic compound
delocalised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of delocalized.
delocalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈləʊkəlaɪzd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of delocalize
delocalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈləʊkəlaɪzd/
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: Describing the π-electrons in a conjugated, aromatic or mesoionic compound that are not associated with any particular atom or bond
Derived terms: nondelocalized
aromatic compound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aromatic compounds
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound which exhibits aromaticity.
aromaticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aromaticities
Etymology: From aromatic + -ity, from aroma.
Senses: glosses: The property of having an aroma.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The property of being aromatic, i.e. having at least one conjugated ring.
Synonyms: aromaticness
Derived terms: amidicity
antiaromaticity
homoaromaticity
benzo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɛnzoʊ/
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of a ring compound, especially a heterocycle, which also has a fused benzene ring.
benzo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɛnzoʊ/
Forms: form: benzos
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A divalent radical formed by the removal of two adjacent hydrogen atoms from a benzene ring.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Sometimes used in place of the phenyl group.
examples: text: The benzos, it turns out, are just as highly addicting as the barbs, but they do have a much lower potential to cause death by overdose.
ref: 1998, Jerry Dorsman, How to Quit Drugs for Good, New York, NY: Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 50:
text: I feel fly / I'm rocking Kenzo / I'll get high, but I ain't doing benzos
ref: 2014, Greg Kurstin, Lily Allen, “Our Time”, in Sheezus, performed by Lilly Allen:
text: Now I'm starin' at the room service menu off a benzo / I can hear the music continue to crescendo
ref: 2020, “Darkness”, in Music to Be Murdered By, performed by Eminem:
text: Martin said he was partially inspired to open the store by his stepbrother Gord Rennie, who died of a drug overdose last year. Rennie was interviewed in the VICE News Tonight documentary, Beyond Fentanyl, about his addiction to benzo dope.
ref: 2023 May 4, Manisha Krishnan, “Man Arrested After Opening Heroin, Cocaine, and Meth Store in Canada”, in Vice:
coordinate_terms: barb
glosses: Clipping of benzodiazepine.
Derived terms: benzocyclobutene
benzocyclobutenylpotassium
benzodiazole
benzodioxin
benzodithiolium
benzo dope
benzo flu
benzofurazan
benzofurazanide
benzohydrazide
benzohydroquinone
benzoisochromanequinone
benzonitrile
benzopyrylium
benzothiazepine
benzothiazolethiolate
benzothiazolylthiolate
benzotriazole
benzotriazolium
benzotriazolo
benzotrifluoride
dehydrobenzo
dibenzo
hexabenzobenzene
nebulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: neb'jə-lē
ipa: /ˈnɛbjʊliː/
Senses: glosses: plural of nebula
12-foot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 12-foots
Senses: topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The 12-foot diameter circle outermost in the house.
Synonyms: front ring
Related terms: 4-foot
4-foot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: four foot
form: four-foot
Senses: topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The 4-foot diameter circle in the house
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Alternative form of four foot.
Related terms: topics: curling
ball-games
games
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: 12-foot
topics: curling
ball-games
games
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: 8-foot
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
word: 6-foot
metal carbonyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metal carbonyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any complex of a transition metal combined with carbon monoxide; they are typically volatile solids or liquids, soluble on common organic solvents but insoluble in water; they are highly toxic.
8-foot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The 8-foot diameter circle in the house.
Related terms: 12-foot
4-foot
arena ice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Temporary curling ice made quickly on a hockey rink or the like, generally different or less suitable for curling than that of a full-time curling facility.
back board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back boards
Senses: topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The border at the extreme ends of the sheet.
blank end
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blank ends
Senses: topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An end in which no stones are touching the house, and thus no points are scored.
Derived terms: blank an end
metal cluster compound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metal cluster compounds
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: any compound in which two or more metal atoms are bonded to one another
Related terms: cluster chemistry
metal halide lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metal halide lamps
Senses: glosses: A high-pressure discharge lamp that is enclosed in a quartz envelope containing metal halides (usually iodides), and produces high-efficacy white light.
Synonyms: quartz halogen lamp
metal hydride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metal hydrides
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: solid hydrogen
glosses: any compound in which hydrogen is bonded chemically to a metal or metalloid element
mixed doubles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A game played between two teams, each consisting of a female and a male.
Related terms: doubles
chemically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛm.ɪ.kli/
Forms: form: more chemically
form: most chemically
Etymology: From chemical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Using a chemical reaction, process, or operation.
examples: text: This letter, inscribed in a feminine, but irregular hand, and in some places almost illegible, plainly attesting the state of the mind which had dictated it;—stained, too, here and there, with spots of tears, which chemically acted upon by the ink, assumed a strange and reddish hue […]
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
glosses: According to the principles of chemistry.
Derived terms: allelochemically
chemically imbalanced
chemically impaired
chemically inconvenienced
chemically peculiar star
cytochemically
fluorochemically
hydrochemically
infochemically
microchemically
nanochemically
chemically
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛm.ɪ.kli/
Forms: form: more chemically
form: most chemically
Etymology: From chemical + -y.
Senses: examples: text: It starts out as kind of a chemically taste, sharp and irritating, but then there's another taste underneath, like some kind of plant, maybe . . . flowers?
ref: 2013, E. E. "Doc" Murdock, My Vietnam War (page 250)
glosses: Reminiscent of chemicals.
nineteenth hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nineteenth holes
Etymology: From an extension of the golf course hole-numbering system, wherein a (normal) full-length course consists of eighteen holes.
Senses: examples: text: The incident occurred at the "University Bar," Sinclair Road, the public house now styled the "Nineteenth Hole."
ref: 1972, The Diced Cap: The Story of Aberdeen City Police, page 79:
text: Many golfers enjoy the tradition associated with the nineteenth hole. This tradition usually involves a trip to the clubhouse bar, or something serving its reasonable approximation, [... for] a few drinks. On occasion, some golfers get carried away at the nineteenth hole, sometimes in handcuffs.
ref: 2007, John H. Minan, The Little Green Book of Golf Law: The Real Rules of the Game of Golf, →ISBN, page 145:
text: As it was told to me in the nineteenth hole, a cracking pub in the center of town, […]
ref: 2009, Tom Coyne, A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk, →ISBN, page 50:
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
coordinate_terms: après-ski
glosses: A pub/bar where golfers go for drinks after a game of golf, usually in the clubhouse at the course.
metallocene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metallocenes
Etymology: From metallo- + c(yclopentadi)ene. First used in ferrocene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of organic compounds containing two cyclopentadienyl anions and a transition metal whose bonding involves overlap of ns and np orbitals of the metal with molecular orbitals of appropriate symmetry of each cyclopentadienyl ring; the rings are parallel to each other, or sometimes canted.
Hyponyms: chromocene
cobaltocene
ferrocene
hafnocene
manganocene
molybdocene
niobocene
rhodocene
tantalocene
titanocene
tungstenocene
uranocene
vanadocene
zirconocene
Related terms: sandwich compound
cyclopentadienyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclopentadienyls
Etymology: From cyclopentadiene + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent anion derived from cyclopentadiene; contains a ring of delocalized electrons; forms metallocene compounds with transition metals.
Derived terms: cyclopentadienyl complex
cyclopentadienyldimethylborane
cyclopentadienyldinitrosylchromium
cyclopentadienylgold
cyclopentadienyl-propylcyclopentadienylruthenium
cyclopentadienylsodium
cyclopentadienyltitanium
dicyclopentadienyl
metamorphic rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metamorphic rocks
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
hypernyms: rock
stone
<
material#Noun
coordinate_terms: igneous rock
sedimentary rock
glosses: one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; consists of pre-existing rock mass in which new minerals or textures are formed at higher temperatures and greater pressures than those present on the Earth's surface.
igneous rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: igneous rocks
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
hypernyms: rock
stone
<
material#Noun
coordinate_terms: metamorphic rock
sedimentary rock
glosses: One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the cooling of molten rock, either below the surface (intrusive) or on the surface (extrusive).
Related terms: pyroclastic flow
sedimentary rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sedimentary rocks
head_nr: 1
Senses: examples: text: It's a geological wonderland, with great exposures of colorful and varied sedimentary rocks.
ref: 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
head_nr: 1
hypernyms: rock
stone
<
material#Noun
coordinate_terms: igneous rock
metamorphic rock
glosses: One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the deposition of either the weathered remains of other rocks, the results of biological activity, or precipitation from solution.
metasomatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metasomatisms
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The process by which the bulk chemical composition of a rock is changed by the introduction of components from an external source, especially by a hydrothermal fluid.
water pick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water picks
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: A device that is used to clear away food debris from the mouth, mostly used by people with braces or periodontal problems.
waving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪvɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪvɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wave
waving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪvɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪvɪŋ
Forms: form: wavings
Senses: glosses: The motion of something that waves.
glosses: Repeated moving of arms or hands to signal.
Derived terms: dick-waving
dick-waving contest
flag-waving
hand waving
hand-waving
shroud-waving
otalgic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ældʒɪk
Etymology: From otalgia + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to otalgia.
otalgic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ældʒɪk
Forms: form: otalgics
Etymology: From otalgia + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A cure for otalgia.
walkathon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walkathons
Etymology: From walk + -athon.
Senses: examples: text: [In 1946.] Some tattered walkathon tune of the early thirties went banging like a one-wheeled Good Humor cart of those same years through his head as the cards slipped mechanically about the board and his fingers went lightly dividing change in the middle, taking the house's percentage without making the winner too sharply aware of the cut.
ref: 1949, Nelson Algren, The Man with the Golden Arm:
synonyms: sponsored walk
walking marathon
glosses: A long-distance walk, either as a race or in aid of charity.
shirts and skins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A method of indicating team membership, typically when played by boys or men in informal sporting contests, in which the members of one team (the "skins") remove their shirts and play shirtless, while the others (the "shirts") leave their shirts on.
glosses: Any game (especially basketball) played using the above method.
hypnotise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hypnotises
form: hypnotising
form: hypnotised
form: hypnotised
form: hypnotize
Etymology: Derived from hypnot(ic) + -ise (verbal derivational suffix).
Senses: glosses: To induce a state of hypnosis in.
Synonyms: mesmerise
Derived terms: dehypnotise
hypnotisability
hypnotisable
hypnotisee
hypnotism
hypnotist
unhypnotised
hypnotize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪpnətaɪ̯z/
Forms: form: hypnotizes
form: hypnotizing
form: hypnotized
form: hypnotized
form: hypnotise
Etymology: Derived from hypnot(ic) + -ize (verbal derivational suffix).
Senses: glosses: To induce a state of hypnosis in.
Synonyms: mesmerize
Derived terms: dehypnotize
dickmatize
hypnotism
hypnotist
hypnotizability
hypnotizable
hypnotization
hypnotizee
hypnotizer
rehypnotize
unhypnotize
Related terms: hypnotic
Hieronymite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hieronymites
Senses: glosses: A member of any of various mediaeval congregations of hermits named after St. Jerome.
Synonyms: Jeronymite
Jeronymite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jeronymites
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Hieronymite.
synonyms: word: Hieronymite
struck off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of strike off
swash
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /swɒʃ/
ipa: /swɑʃ/
rhymes: -ɒʃ
Forms: form: swasher
form: swashest
Etymology: Scandinavian. Compare Swedish dialect svasska, Norwegian svakka, English dialect swack (“a blow”).
Senses: examples: text: Very swash in camelly cashmere belted over shirt-tunic and pants in a neat, tiny print of cinnamon–navy–wine–beige crêpe de Chine;
ref: 1970, Vogue - Volume 155, page 40:
text: When Sir Noel Coward played King Magnus to the Orinthia of Miss Margaret Leighton, the stage was swash with beige draperies,
ref: 1972, James L. Steffensen, Great Scenes from the World Theater - Volume 2, page 248:
text: It seemed like a cool thing, very swash, very buckle.
ref: 1997, Tuesday Frase, Melissa Tyler, The Official Guide to Ultima Online, page 70:
text: I'd only feel stupid. How could that alter anything? It's just like you: big, swash actions.
ref: 2010, David Storey, This Sporting Life, page 147:
text: Should Angel-Feathers plume my Cap, I should Be swash? but oh! my Heart grows Cold.
ref: 2014, Edward Taylor, The Poems of Edward Taylor, page 60:
glosses: bold; dramatic.
examples: text: The French compositor took the greek capitals for latin ones and sought out his swashest type to set the handwritten letters,
ref: 1936, Acta arithmetica - Volume 58, page 217:
text: The failing to avoid at all costs when using this type of capital is that of making them too swash.
ref: 1967, John Le F. Dumpleton, Teach Yourself Handwriting, page 45:
text: A couple of the swashest Italic capitals have gone over the top
ref: 2001, Typography 21: The Annual of the Type Directors Club, page 285:
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Having pronounced swashes.
mortal sin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mortal sins
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
lifestyle
religion
theology
antonyms: venial sin
glosses: A sin which causes the loss of God's grace, leading to eternal damnation, unless the sinner repents, which includes their intent to confess and atone; such a sin is defined as a grave transgression against one of the Ten Commandments with the full knowledge and deliberate consent of the sinner.
Related terms: english: strictly a different concept, though often used interchangeably
translation: strictly a different concept, though often used interchangeably
word: deadly sin
word: capital vice
word: cardinal sin
word: state of grace
venial sin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: venial sins
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
lifestyle
religion
theology
coordinate_terms: mortal sin
deadly sin
glosses: A sin that is not a mortal sin; a sin that is not grave, and/or was not deliberate and/or was committed without a full understanding of the consequences.
cardinal sin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardinal sins
Senses: glosses: Any of the deadly sins.
glosses: Any action that is highly discouraged within a particular field.
Erle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A rare spelling variant of Earl.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from English.
glosses: A surname.
guest book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guest books
form: guestbook
Senses: glosses: a type of ledger in which visitors to a particular establishment, such as a bed and breakfast or a museum, may leave comments about the establishment.
glosses: a feature of a website performing a similar function to a physical guest book
Synonyms: visitors' book
Hypernyms: book
haat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haats
Senses: glosses: A local open-air market held regularly.
erythorbic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: erythro- + -ic
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a stereoisomer of ascorbic acid that does not occur naturally
Synonyms: E315 when used as an antioxidant
Related terms: erythorbate
erythorbate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erythorbates
Etymology: From erythorbic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: any salt or ester of erythorbic acid
Derived terms: sodium erythorbate
sodium erythorbate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The sodium salt of erythorbic acid.
Synonyms: E316 when used as an antioxidant
angioplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.d͡ʒi.əʊ.plæs.ti/
Forms: form: angioplasties
Etymology: From angio- + -plasty.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma.
Derived terms: photoangioplasty
postangioplasty
archiater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑɹkiˌeɪtɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑːkiˌeɪtə/
Forms: form: archiaters
Etymology: From French archiâtre, from Latin archīāter. Compare arch-, iatro-, -iatry.
Senses: examples: text: in his edition of Cicero's Oration for Archias , Lemgo , and Denmark , however , the dignity of Archiater still exists
ref: 1834, “ARCHIATER”, in Penny Cyclopaedia:
text: He brought into private practice and made the best use of these methods of precision which he had employed as a teacher, soon became the archiater of New York, and was esteemed as much for his gentle qualities as for his professional ability
ref: 1884, J. W. S. Gouley, “Recollecions of Dr. Alonzo Clark”, in Transactions of the New York State Medical Association for the Year 1884:
glosses: The chief, or highest-ranked physician of a prince, city or country, such as the Holy Roman Empire
reproductive cloning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: A form of artificial reproduction based on cloning in which a cloned embryo is implanted in a woman's uterus.
ampicillin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæm.pɪˈsɪl.ɪn/
rhymes: -ɪlɪn
Forms: form: ampicillins
Etymology: From am(ino)- + p(en)icillin.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A semisynthetic form of penicillin C₁₆H₁₉N₃O₄S that is effective against gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria and is used to treat infections of the urinary, respiratory, and intestinal tracts.
Derived terms: amoxicillin
bacampicillin
pivampicillin
sultamicillin
talampicillin
Quaalude
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkweɪluːd/
Forms: form: quaalude
Etymology: Supposedly a blend of quiet + Maalox + interlude.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A proprietary name for methaqualone.
Quaalude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkweɪluːd/
Forms: form: Quaaludes
form: quaalude
Etymology: Supposedly a blend of quiet + Maalox + interlude.
Senses: examples: text: On a daily basis I consume enough drugs to sedate Manhattan, Long Island, and Queens for a month. I take Quaaludes 10-15 times a day for my "back pain", Adderall to stay focused, Xanax to take the edge off, pot to mellow me out, cocaine to wake me back up again, and morphine... Well, because it's awesome.
ref: 2013, Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street, spoken by Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio):
text: Hef was the grinning pimp of the sexual revolution, with quaaludes for the ladies and Viagra for himself — a father of smut addictions and eating disorders, abortions and divorce and syphilis, a pretentious huckster who published Updike stories no one read while doing flesh procurement for celebrities, a revolutionary whose revolution chiefly benefited men much like himself.
ref: 2017 September 30, Ross Douthat, “Speaking Ill of Hugh Hefner”, in New York Times:
synonyms: methaqualone
lude
mandrake
glosses: A dose of this drug, sometimes taken recreationally.
vivant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪˈvænt/
rhymes: -ænt
Etymology: Borrowed from French vivant (“living”).
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: In mort, bridge, and similar games, the partner of dummy.
AOC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AOCs
Etymology: Various initialisms.
Senses: examples: text: 'I stopped for one night to see Ur and the Chaldees and for three days in Baghdad with the A.O.C., who happens to be an old friend of mine.'.
ref: 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 8, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 128:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Air Officer Commanding, a title used to refer to RAF officers holding certain command appointments.
glosses: Initialism of age of consent.
glosses: Initialism of author of color.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of air operator's certificate.
AOC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Various initialisms.
Senses: examples: text: But I’m fine with candidates like AOC (can we start abbreviating?) proposing the jobs guarantee, for a couple of reasons.
ref: 2018 July 5, Paul Krugman, “More on a Job Guarantee (Wonkish)”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2018:
text: “Time to walk the walk,” AOC, as the New York politician is known to supporters, wrote in a Tuesday night tweet.
ref: 2018 December 5, Chantal Da Silva, “‘Time to Walk the Walk’: Ocasio-Cortez Praised for 'Transparency' on Congressional Budget and Intern Pay”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2019:
text: As speaker, Pelosi will face challenges from the party's robust wing of liberal newcomers, including 29-year-old New Yorker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has risen to such prominence she is already known around the Capitol – and on her prolific social media accounts – by the nickname “AOC.”
ref: 2019 January 3, Lisa Mascaro, “Nancy Pelosi elected speaker of the House, sees ‘new dawn’ for 116th Congress”, in Chicago Tribune, Associated Press, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2019:
topics: government
politics
related: word: A.O.C.
glosses: Initialism of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
glosses: Initialism of Admiral Overseas Corporation (Taiwanese eletronics company).
AOC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AOCs
Etymology: From French AOC (“appellation d'origine contrôlée”, literally “controlled designation of origin”).
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: DOC
text: Another change comes with the creation of the new AOC Coteaux Bourguignon, which will replace the existing AOC Bourgogne Grande Ordinaire over the next five years. This appellation will be open to both Burgundy and Beaujolais producers.
ref: 2011 October 5, Jane Anson, “Beaujolais in major appellation shake-up”, in Decanter, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2015:
glosses: A label for French wines named after their regions of origin certifying that origin.
examples: text: Tursan is one of South West France's lesser known AOCs, located in the southeast corner of the Landes administrative department.
ref: 2014 April 22, “Tursan Wine”, in Wine-Searcher, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2015:
glosses: A region for which such a certification is issued.
archeological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more archeological
form: most archeological
Etymology: From archeology + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: Rabbit is the most represented species at every archeological level, although some macromammal remains (ibex, red deer, wild boar, lynx, fox, and badger) have also been documented.
ref: 2015 March 12, “Looking at the Camp: Paleolithic Depiction of a Hunter-Gatherer Campsite”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative spelling of archaeological.
Derived terms: archeologically
bioarcheological
toxoplasmosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɒksəʊplæzˈməʊsɪs/
Forms: form: toxoplasmoses
Etymology: From French toxoplasmose, from translingual Toxoplasma + -osis.
Senses: examples: text: Some profiles are particularly associated with severe toxoplasmoses, but this relationship is especially true for experimental infections in the murine model.
ref: 2001, P. Ambroise-Thomas, “Parasitic diseases and immunodeficiencies”, in F. E. G. Cox, L. H. Chappell, editors, Concomitant Infections, page 569:
text: In a study of treatment of the infected mother during pregnancy with spiramycin, pyrimethamine, and sulfonamides there was a significant reduction in the severity of congenital toxoplasmosis.
ref: 2008, Sarah J. Gaskill, Arthur E. Marlin, “74: Tuberculosis and Fungal and Parasitic Infections of the Central Nervous System”, in A. Leland Albright, Ian F. Pollack, P. David Adelson, editors, Principles and Practice of Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2nd edition, page 1189:
text: Like other Australian marsupial taxa, wombats appear particularly susceptible to toxoplasmosis due to exposure to the coccidian parasite Toxoplasma gondii.
ref: 2008, Larry Vogelnest, Rupert Woods, editors, Medicine of Australian Mammals, unnumbered page:
text: Well, yes, boss, it’s a parasite called toxoplasmosis. It can be transferred from cats to humans and bring about some complications.
ref: 2025 September 24, “Conflict of Interest”, in South Park, season 27, episode 5, spoken by JD Vance:
synonyms: word: toxo
glosses: A disease, caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, that primarily affects felids, but also other mammals including humans.
Derived terms: neurotoxoplasmosis
toxoplasmotic
Related terms: toxoplasma
toxoplasmastasis
topnotch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more topnotch
form: most topnotch
Senses: examples: text: That was a topnotch performance!
glosses: Alternative form of top notch (“of the highest level”).