cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ten-percenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ten-percenters
Etymology: ten-percent + -er. So called because the agent takes a commission from the entertainer's fee.
Senses: glosses: An entertainment agent.
ten-percenters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ten-percenter
unclick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unclicks
form: unclicking
form: unclicked
form: unclicked
Etymology: From un- + click.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To unselect (an item) by clicking.
examples: to unclick a seatbelt
glosses: To undo or release a mechanism that clicks into place.
unclicking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unclick
unclicks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unclick
anatoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anatoxin
anatoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to anatoxins.
drypainting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drypaintings
Etymology: From dry + painting.
Senses: glosses: sandpainting
drypaintings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drypainting
sandpainting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandpaintings
Etymology: From sand + painting.
Senses: glosses: The art of pouring coloured sands and pigments onto a surface to make a temporary or permanent picture.
glosses: A picture of this kind.
Synonyms: drypainting
sandpaintings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandpainting
crazings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪzɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of crazing
powerpoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of powerpoint
puppet valve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puppet valves
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A simple type of valve, consisting of one or more circular plates held down by a spring.
parking violations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parking violation
puppet valves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puppet valve
double-parking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: related: word: double parking#Verb
glosses: present participle and gerund of double-park
double-parking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In addition, the many fine restaurants of the area bring on a high incidence of double-parking.
ref: 2009, Ira Gershkoff, Richard Trachtman, The Boston Driver's Handbook: The Almost Post Big Dig Edition, →ISBN:
text: Many years ago when I was young – many years ago – double-parking was a traffic offence.
ref: 2014, The Great Body Bible: Total Self Improvement Guide, →ISBN:
text: Thus, if the fine is set appropriately, the optimal deterrence of double-parking violations can be achieved with each expenditure of enforcement.
ref: 2018, A. Mitchell Polinsky, An Introduction To Law and Economics, →ISBN:
related: word: double parking
hypernyms: parking
glosses: The (usually illegal) act of parking beside a car that is already parked at the side of the street, thus obstructing both the flow of traffic and the egress of the blocked vehicle.
double-parks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of double-park
Community languages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Community language
ooyah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: 'Yeeks! Ooyah!' yelled Willard in agony.
ref: 1987, Forrest Wilson, Super Gran on Holiday, page 103:
text: All I know is that we're moving off down the drive, I'm trying to concentrate on where we're going, but I've got one eye on the mirror, where I can see the old man squirming around on the back seat, when suddenly he shouts "OOYAH!" and starts thrashing about like a fish on a hook!
ref: 2011, Mark Simon, Strange Briefs, page 44:
glosses: ouch; oof
Ivatan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ivatans
form: Ivatan
form: Ibatan
Senses: examples: text: Their fruits are valued, but they are seasonal, and the Ivatan are not dependent on the fruits of these.
ref: 2000, Florentino H. Hornedo, Taming the Wind, page 137:
glosses: A member of a Filipino ethnolinguistic group predominant in the Batanes Islands of the Philippines.
Ivatan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ivatan
form: most Ivatan
form: Ibatan
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to these people.
Ivatan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ibatan
Senses: glosses: The Austronesian language of these people.
Ivatans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ivatan
Wankie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Business was fair, and good during public holidays, when visitors from as far as Salisbury, Fort Victoria, Mount Darwin and Wankie would be tempted to buy a little extra to take home with them.
ref: 1988, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 31:
glosses: Alternative form of Hwange.
Hwange
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wankie
Senses: glosses: A town and district in Zimbabwe.
rebuyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rebuyers
Etymology: From rebuy + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who rebuys.
rebuyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rebuyer
moral low ground
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɔɹəl ˈloʊ ɡɹaʊnd/
Forms: form: moral low grounds
Etymology: Modelled on moral high ground.
Senses: glosses: A position or point of view which is unethical or less reputable, in comparison to others which are under consideration.
patté
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pattée
form: pattee
form: patty
form: paté
form: patée
Etymology: French patté, from patte (“paw, foot”). Compare English patten.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
synonyms: formée
glosses: Narrow at the inner end, and very broad at the other end, or having its arms of that shape
raw_tags: of a cross
pattée
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of patté.
Derived terms: cross pattée
age compression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The children, tweens, teens, and the college market represent enormous potential for marketers, and the trend of age compression will have great impact on such selected industries as toys, apparel, cosmetics, shoes, and jewelry.
ref: 2006 September 30, Ronald D. Michman with Edward M. Mazze, The Affluent Consumer: Marketing And Selling the Luxury Lifestyle, Westport: Praeger, →ISBN, →OL, page 63:
text: A news item (Chittenden, 2007) reported that Tesco and WH Smith were forced by protest to remove a pole dancing kit (an eight foot long pole, thongs, frilly garters and DVD) from the Toys and Games section of their web site. Apparently this is an example of a marketing phenomenon called ‘kids getting older younger’ or ‘age compression’.
ref: 2007, Jill Radford, “The Politics of Pornography: A Feminist Perspective”, in Clare McGlynn, Erika Rackley, Nicole Westmarland, editors, Positions on the Politics of Porn: A debate on government plans to criminalise the possession of extreme pornography, Durham: Durham University, →ISBN:
glosses: The marketing to young children of items for older children and adults.
Related terms: KAGOY
bastard umbrella thorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bastard umbrella thorns
Senses: glosses: Acacia luederitzii, a tree of Namibia.
book of hours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: books of hours
Etymology: From the books' usual division of prayers according to the canonical hours.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: An illuminated Catholic devotional book, popular in the Middle Ages.
topics: Christianity
glosses: Synonym of horologion, the equivalent of the breviary in Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism.
synonyms: word: horologion
extra: the equivalent of the breviary in Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism
books of hours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of book of hours
dromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drome
dependancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dependancy
dependancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dependancies
Etymology: From dependant + -cy or dependance + -y or depend + -ancy.
Senses: examples: text: One thing we may learn from Spain as she is, namely, the management of colonies. "Sweet are the uses of adversity;" and the "precious jewel" in this case is to be found in Spanish dependancies.
ref: 1858, Hercules Robinson, Sea drift, page 92:
glosses: Archaic form of dependency.
singler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English singler, from Old French sangler, seingler, sengler (“single, individual”) and a shortened form of Middle English singuler.
Senses: examples: text: Nomore then it lyeth in the libertye of the liuelye tre wel planted to ceaſſe frome bringing forth hir frutes in hir time / except God altereth this his natural ordinaunce bi ſome ſingler gifte.
ref: [1531], George Ioye, The Letters Which Iohan Ashwel Priour of Newnham Abbey Besids Bedforde / Sente Secretely to the Bishope of Lyncolne in the Yeare of our Lorde M.D.xxvij. Where in the Sayde Priour Accuseth George Ioye That Tyme Beinge Felawe of Peter College in Cambridge / of Fower Opiniõs: with the Answer of the Sayed George vn to the Same Opinions, [Antwerp]: [M. de Keyser]:
text: In doing whereof there neither wanted polycie in him ſelf, nor yet ſingler manhode in his men.
ref: 1553, Quintus Curcius, translated by Iohn Brende, The Historie of Quintus Curcius, Conteyning the Actes of the Greate Alexander, London: Rycharde Tottell:
text: But Maximilian reteyning ſtill a ſingler ambition in this iorney, would admit no companion or communitie of name or authoritie[…].
ref: 1579, [Francesco] Guicciardin, translated by Geffray Fenton, The Historie of Guicciardin, Conteining the VVarres of Italie and Other Partes, Continued for Many Yeares vnder Sundry Kings and Princes, together with the Variations and Accidents of the Same: And Also the Argumentes, vvith a Table at Large Expressing the Principall Matters Through the VVhole Historie, London: Thomas Vautroullier, pages 386–387:
glosses: Singular.
singler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singlers
Etymology: From single + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Where the young turnip plants are very thin in the rows they may easily and readily be singled by the hoe alone; but, where turnips are very thick in the rows, it is desirable, if not actually necessary, that singlers should be employed.
ref: 1843, Barugh Almack, “On the Drill Husbandry of Turnips.—Prize Essay.”, in The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, volume the fourth, London: John Murray, section V (The Manner of performing the Hoeing), page 69:
text: Their backs were to him, and their heads close to the ground, and of course out of sight, so that they looked like a lot of immense bee-skeps, covered with coarse bags,[…]‘Goodness! gracious! father! what sort of creatures are those!’ ‘Singlers, my boy, Singlers,’ was the reply.[…]‘They are the working people, you know,’ says the father, ‘and they’re always grumbling; they want more money, better houses, shorter hours, and all sorts of things that poor people have no right to think of.’ ‘What shocking creatures!’ replied the son,[…].
ref: 1877, Saxon [pseudonym; Robert de Bruce Trotter], “The Lower Orders”, in Galloway Gossip Sixty Years Ago; Being a Series of Articles Illustrative of the Manners, Customs, and Peculiarities of the Aboriginal Picts of Galloway, Choppington, Northumberland: Robert Trotter; Bedlington: George Richardson, pages 332–333:
text: She’s gone singling, they can’t get singlers enew.
ref: 1886, R[obert] E[den] G[eorge] Cole, “SINGLER, s.”, in A Glossary of Words used in South-West Lincolnshire. (Wapentake of Graffoe)., London: Published for the English Dialect Society by Trübner & Co., page 131:
text: The singler could be provided with means for compensating for an irregular braird.
ref: 1968, Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, page 5:
glosses: One who singles (thins out) plants.
weather decks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weather deck
toluenesulfonic acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toluenesulfonic acid
incontinencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incontinency
incontinences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incontinence
chirre
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chirres
form: chirring
form: chirred
form: chirred
Etymology: Compare German girren (“to coo”) and Spanish chirriar (“to chirp”).
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of chirr
chirres
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chirre
outfittings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outfitting
pluginization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From plugin + -ization.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The act or process of designing a system so that it can be extended with plug-ins.
cofusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of co-fusion.
gittim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of get
vendor locator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vendor locators
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: A unique alphanumeric reference given by a computer reservations system to each sector of a travel booking.
Duluth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /dəˈluːθ/
Etymology: After French soldier and explorer Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of St. Louis County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A suburb of Atlanta, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pottawatomie County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Grant County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Clark County, Washington, named after Duluth, Minnesota.
Derived terms: Duluthian
Duluth model
Duluth pack
Perioecian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Perioecians
Senses: glosses: A perioecus.
Perioecians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Perioecian
metacontext
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metacontexts
Etymology: From meta- + context.
Senses: glosses: An overarching context; a context within which other contexts can be used.
Related terms: metacontextual
metacontexts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metacontext
metacontextual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metacontextual
form: most metacontextual
Etymology: From meta- + contextual.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to metacontext.
grand old man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grand old men
Senses: examples: text: Cervantes's Quixote made him the grand old man of belles-lettres.
text: Lope K. Santos, the "grand old man" of Tagalog letters, had long ago deplored the mechanical goodyism of the reading material […]
ref: 1974, Epifanio San Juan, Introduction to Modern Pilipino Literature, page 94:
glosses: A male leading light; a man who is the most senior exponent of a particular field.
grand old men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grand old man
pianoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piano
payolas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of payola
waitstate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waitstates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wait state.
waitstates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waitstate
down and dirty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more down and dirty
form: most down and dirty
Senses: examples: text: You also need to remember that it's rare to find someone in a C-suite or on a board who knows how to get down and dirty with IT, who knows the difference between a firewall and a fire exit.
ref: 2004 December, CSO, volume 3, number 12, page 53:
glosses: Thoroughly involved; hands-on.
shot stopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shot stoppers
form: shot-stopper
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A goalkeeper. More specifically refers to the ability to make saves, as opposed to other areas of goalkeeping like distribution and coming off the line.
shot stoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shot stopper
shot-stopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shot-stoppers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shot stopper.
shot-stoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shot-stopper
entrancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entrancers
Etymology: From entrance + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Jove the binder of reluctant powers, the coercer and entrancer of free spirits under the fetters of shape and mass and passive mobility[…]
ref: 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, On the Prometheus of Aeschylus:
glosses: One who entrances.
entrancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entrancer
Grantism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Grant + -ism, after US President Ulysses S. Grant. First used by Senator Charles Sumner in a speech in 1872.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: corruption and cronyism in government
wikipedia: Charles Sumner
Ulysses S. Grant
fishbelly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fishbellies
Etymology: From fish + belly.
Senses: glosses: The belly of a fish.
examples: text: Original stone Stockton & Darlington Railway sleepers, thought to be 195 years old, have been installed as close as possible to the route's original starting point. They carry replica fishbelly rails, and the project [...] was part of an initiative by the Brusselton Incline Group to mark the start of the five-year countdown to the S&D bicentenary celebrations in 2025.
ref: 2020 October 21, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Eastern: Shildon”, in Rail, page 24:
glosses: An early kind of cast iron rail for railways, predating the bullhead rail.
fishbellies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fishbelly
pin cushion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pin cushions
Senses: examples: text: [...] and, finally, came a platoon of footmen, bearing a large green coffer full of mirrors, sponges, clothes brushes with red velvet handles, pin cushions of crimson satin, combs, nightcaps—everything that could be thought of for her comfort.
ref: 1967, Mildred Allen Butler, Twice Queen of France: Anne of Brittany, New York, N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls, →OCLC; republished [s.l.]: Ad Stellae Books, 2013, page 127:
text: Unaware of what she was doing, Skyla gripped Ladek's arm. For someone who bit her nails, they were remarkably sharp, and within seconds he felt like a pin cushion.
ref: 2012, S. V. Bodle, “Hiding Place”, in Planet Treasure Guardians: Hunt for the Emberteller, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 75:
glosses: Alternative form of pincushion.
pin cushion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pin cushions
form: pin cushioning
form: pin cushioned
form: pin cushioned
Senses: examples: text: [page 42] Flaps, however, ‘pin cushion’ and develop a convex form as they contract. For this reason, flaps are best used to resurface convex surfaces. A skin graft is best for planar or concave recipient sites. [...] [page 282] As the flap contracts, it pin cushions. This trapdoor effect can contribute to a convex shape.
ref: 2009, Frederick Menick, “The Nasal Defect – Understanding the Challenge”; “Restoring Contour – Recreating a Subsurface Architecture”, in Nasal Reconstruction: Art and Practice, [Edinburgh]: Mosby Elsevier, →ISBN, pages 42 and 282:
glosses: Alternative form of pincushion.
ceroes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cero
quasiessential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quasi- + essential.
Senses: examples: text: Silicon is a quasiessential element for most living organisms.
glosses: Almost essential.
parasitic gap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parasitic gaps
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A construction wherein the dropping of an argument is dependent on a covarying argument having been fronted in a local context, as in "Which book did she review without reading?".
untensed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + tensed.
Senses: examples: text: The relevant point, though, is that there is a clear distinction between untensed and tensed clauses as far as the parasitic gap phenomenon is concerned[…]
ref: 1993, William J. Ashby, Linguistic Perspectives on the Romance Languages, page 251:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Not tensed.
murga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: murgha
Etymology: From Hindi मुर्ग़ा (murġā, “rooster”).
Senses: glosses: A stress position used as corporal punishment in parts of South Asia. The punished person has to squat and loop the arms behind the knees to grip the ears.
street musician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: street musicians
Senses: glosses: A musician who performs in a public place, often for money.
synthesisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more synthesisable
form: most synthesisable
Etymology: From synthesise + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of synthesizable.
unsynthesizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsynthesizable
form: most unsynthesizable
form: unsynthesisable
Etymology: From un- + synthesizable.
Senses: glosses: Not synthesizable; that cannot be synthesized.
unsynthesisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsynthesisable
form: most unsynthesisable
Etymology: From un- + synthesisable.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unsynthesizable.
pararesonance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + resonance.
Senses: glosses: autorhythmicity
autorhythmicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + rhythmicity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being autorhythmic, or generating its own rhythm, as for example the cells of the cardiac muscle do.
Synonyms: pararesonance
pasticcios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pasticcio
pundonor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pundonores
Etymology: Spanish pundonor
Senses: glosses: Synonym of point of honor (both senses)
synonyms: word: point of honor
extra: both senses
firsthood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English *firsthod, firsthed, equivalent to first + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being first; priority.
pony and trap
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pony and trap
form: most pony and trap
Senses: examples: text: The hospital was pony. The nurses didn't seem to know what they were doing.
glosses: Of little worth; crap.
pony and trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Crap; rubbish, nonsense.
glosses: Excrement; the act of defecation.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pony, trap.
Related terms: horse and cart
hoochie mama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoochie mamas
Etymology: From hoochie + mama.
Senses: glosses: A hoochie.
hoochie mamas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoochie mama
F.O.B.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of FOB.
F. O. B.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of FOB.
DoF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DoFs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DOF (In the sense Degree(s) of Freedom.)
d.o.f.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DOF (In the sense Degree(s) of Freedom.)
d. o. f.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DOF (In the sense Degree(s) of Freedom)
D.O.F.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DOF.
D.o.F.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DOF (In the sense Degree(s) of Freedom.)
D. O. F.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DOF.
D. o. F.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DOF (In the sense Degree(s) of Freedom)
df
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DOF (“degree(s) of freedom”).
d.f.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DOF (In the sense Degree(s) of Freedom)
d. f.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DOF (In the sense Degree(s) of Freedom)
flippy diskette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flippy diskettes
Senses: glosses: A flippy disk.
flippy diskettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flippy diskette
flippy disc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flippy discs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of flippy disk.
flippy discs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flippy disc
floppy disc drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floppy disc drives
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of floppy disk drive.
floppy disc drives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floppy disc drive
diskette drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diskette drives
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A floppy diskette drive.
diskette drives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diskette drive
floppy diskette drives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floppy diskette drive
spheres of knowledge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sphere of knowledge
Magnum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Magnums
Etymology: Shortening of Magnum Tonic Wine.
Senses: glosses: A bottle of Magnum Tonic Wine, a fermented mead drink popular among Jamaicans and other Caribbean peoples for its intoxicating effects, vitamins and use as a purported sexual stimulant. The drink is highly associated with dancehall music and Jamaican pop culture.
glibs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glib
seemlihead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seemlihed
Etymology: From Middle English semlyhede, equivalent to seemly + -head.
Senses: examples: text: she […] by his persons secret seemlyhed / Wel weend that he had beene some man of place […].
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: And then his tongue with sober seemlihed / Gave utterance.
ref: 1818, John Keats, Endymion, section IV:
text: Hereat Alaeddin arose and took horse, his Mamelukes riding a-van and a-rear of him, and they were such that all must cry, "Laud to the Lord who created them and clothed them with such beauty and loveliness." And they scattered gold amongst the crowd in front of their master who surpassed them all in comeliness and seemlihead […]
ref: 1886-88, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night
glosses: The condition of being seemly; seemliness.
Synonyms: seemlihood
Beer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪɚ/
Etymology: From Old English bearu (“grove”), from Proto-West Germanic *baru, from Proto-Germanic *barwaz (“grove”).
Senses: glosses: A village in East Devon district, Devon, England.
Derived terms: Beer Hackett
Beer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪɚ/
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the place name in Devon (see Etymology 1 above); also from Old English bār (“boar”).
* As a north German and Dutch surname, from beer (“bear”). See also the surnames Baer and Bahr.
* As an Alemannic German surname, spelling variant of Bier (“beer”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Beer-Lambert-Bouguer law
Beer-Lambert law
Lambert-Beer law
scandium group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Group 3 of the periodic table, comprising scandium, yttrium, lanthanum and actinium.
peri-apocalyptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more peri-apocalyptic
form: most peri-apocalyptic
form: periapocalyptic
Etymology: From peri- (“near”) + apocalyptic.
Senses: examples: text: Outage is 150,000 word novel of a genre I’d call peri-apocalyptic. It’s not post-apocalyptic because it doesn’t take place after the “end of the world,” but during.
ref: 2012 January 28, Peter Joseph Lewis, quoting Mathieu Gallant, “Mathieu Gallant - Outage”, in Why Did You Write That?:
coordinate_terms: preapocalyptic
postapocalyptic
glosses: During an apocalypse.
Republic of Kosovo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Republic of Kosovo
Senses: glosses: Official name of Kosovo: a partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe.
hedging bill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of billhook.
hedging-bill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hedging-bills
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of billhook.
feebless
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Old French feblesce, from feble (“feeble”).
Senses: examples: text: They passing forth kept on their readie way, / With easie steps so soft as foot could stryde, / Both for great feeblesse, which did oft assay / Faire Amoret that scarcely she could ryde, / And eke through heavie armes […]
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Feebleness; weakness, infirmity.
saddlebow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saddlebows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of saddle bow.
Synonyms: saddle tree
saddle bows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saddle bow
sugar rushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sugar rush
sugar highs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sugar high
bcos
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of because.
bcoz
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of because.
coverthound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coverthounds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of covert hound.
aitch-bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aitch-bones
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aitchbone.
H bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: H bones
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aitchbone.
hot bulbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot bulb
AAAM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Aircraft Manufacturers.
glosses: Initialism of Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine.
AAAN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Applied Nutrition.
AAAOC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AAAOCs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Antiaircraft Artillery Operations Center.
AAAOCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AAAOC
AAAR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Aerosol Research.
glosses: Initialism of Association for the Advancement of Aging Research.
AAARG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /eɪ eɪ eɪ ɑː(ɹ) ˈd͡ʒiː/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Atheists Addiction Recovery Groups.
otter civets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of otter civet
giant forest genet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giant forest genets
Etymology: From giant + forest + genet.
Senses: glosses: Genetta victoriae, a species of carnivorous mammal, related to linsangs and civets.
Synonyms: sense: Genetta victoriae
word: giant genet
giant forest genets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giant forest genet
AAASA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Association for the Advancement of Agricultural Sciences in Africa.
glosses: Initialism of Australian and Allied All Services Association.
AAASS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, now known as the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
AAASUSS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Association of Administrative Assistants and Secretaries to United States Senators.
AAB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AABs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of army air base.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of army artillery board.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of anti-aircraft battery.
AAB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Association of Applied Biologists.
glosses: Initialism of Aircraft Accident Board.
AABB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Blood Banks.
AABB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AABBs
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: OOBB
glosses: Initialism of axis-aligned bounding box.
AABC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Initialisms.
Senses: glosses: American Amateur Baseball Congress
glosses: American Association of Bible Colleges, now known as Association for Biblical Higher Education
glosses: Associated Air Balance Council
glosses: Association for the Advancement of Blind Children
glosses: Australian Army Band Corps
AABD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of aid to the aged, blind and disabled.
AABEVM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Association of American Boards of Examiners in Veterinary Medicine.
AABFS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AABFSs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of amphibious assault bulk fuel system.
AABGA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboretums.
AABH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /eɪ eɪ biː ˈeɪt͡ʃ/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Australian Association of Better Hearing.
AABI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Bicycle Importers.
glosses: Initialism of Antilles Air Boats Incorporated.
AABL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Associated Australian Banks of London.
glosses: Initialism of Australian Associated Banks in London.
AABM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Association of American Battery Manufacturers.
glosses: Initialism of Australian Association of British Manufacturers.
AABNCP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AABNCPs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of advanced airborne command post.
AABNCPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AABNCP
AABP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Association of Area Business Publications.
glosses: Initialism of Australian Association of Business Publications.
glosses: Initialism of aptitude assessment battery program.
AABPDF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Allied Association of Bleachers, Printers, Dyers, and Finishers.
AABSHIL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of aircraft anti-collision beacon system high-intensity lighting.
AABT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, now known as The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.
AABTM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Baggage Traffic Managers.
aaby
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of as amended by.
FTTN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
hypernyms: FTTX
coordinate_terms: FTTP
FTTC
FTTB
FTTH
glosses: Initialism of fibre to the node.
evapourates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of evapourate
MVPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MVP
SFY
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of state fiscal year.
AACs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AAC
AACA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Apparel Contractors Association.
glosses: Initialism of American Association of Certified Appraisers.
glosses: Initialism of Antique Automobile Club of America.
glosses: Initialism of Automotive Air Conditioning Association.
AACB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /eɪ eɪ siː ˈbiː/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Aeronautics and Astronautics Coordination Board.
glosses: Initialism of Australian Association of Clinical Biochemists.
AACBC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪ eɪ siː biː ˈsiː/
rhymes: -iː
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of College Baseball Coaches, which is now known as the American Baseball Coaches Association.
AACBP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /eɪ eɪ siː biː ˈpiː/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Academy of Crown and Bridge Prosthodontics.
AACC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Cereal Chemists.
glosses: Initialism of American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
glosses: Initialism of American Association for Contamination Control.
glosses: Initialism of American Association of Credit Counselors.
glosses: Initialism of American Automatic Control Council.
glosses: Initialism of Army Air Corps Center.
glosses: Initialism of Association for the Aid of Crippled Children.
glosses: Initialism of Australian-American Chamber of Commerce.
glosses: Initialism of Australian Army Catering Corps.
A.A.C.C.A.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /eɪ eɪ siː siː eɪ/
Forms: form: A.A.C.C.A.s
Senses: glosses: Initialism of associate of the Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants.
A.A.C.C.A.s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A.A.C.C.A.
AACCLA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɑːklə/
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Association of American chambers of commerce in Latin America.
AACDP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /eɪ eɪ siː diː ˈpiː/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Chairmen of Departments of Psychiatry.
AACE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /eɪ eɪ siː iː/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Cost Engineering.
examples: text: Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, which provide some funding to The Obesity Society and the Endocrine Society and partner with AACE, would not say whether they were engaging with medical associations on the creation of new guidelines.
ref: 2023 March 30, Patrick Wingrove, “Focus: As weight-loss drugs hit the U.S. market, doctors debate how to use them”, in Reuters:
glosses: Initialism of American Association of Clinical Endocrinology.
AACFT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AACFTs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of army aircraft.
AACFTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AACFT
AACHS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /eɪ eɪ siː eɪt͡ʃ ˈɛs/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Afro-American Cultural and Historical Society.
AACI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Conservation Information.
glosses: Initialism of Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel.
AACJC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /eɪ eɪ siː d͡ʒeɪ ˈsiː/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Community and Junior Colleges.
AACL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /eɪ eɪ siː ˈɛl/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Association of American Correspondents in London.
AACM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /eɪ eɪ siː ˈɛm/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Academy of Compensation Medicine.
glosses: Initialism of Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.
AACM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /eɪ eɪ siː ˈɛm/
Forms: form: AACMs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of anti-armor cluster munition.
AACO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Advanced and Applied Concepts Office.
glosses: Initialism of American Association of Certified Orthoptists.
AACO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AACOs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of assault airlift control office,assault airlift control officer.
AACOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AACO
AACOBS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Australian Advisory Council on Bibliographical Services.
AACOM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: āʹkŏm
ipa: /ˈeɪkɒm/
enpr: āʹkäm
ipa: /ˈeɪkɑm/
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Acronym of American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of Army Area Command.
AACP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Academy for Cerebral Palsy.
glosses: Initialism of American Academy for Child Psychiatry.
glosses: Initialism of American Academy for Clinical Psychiatrists.
glosses: Initialism of American Association of Colleges of Podiatry, now known as American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine.
glosses: Initialism of American Association of Commercial Publications.
glosses: Initialism of American Association of Convention Planners.
glosses: Initialism of American Association of Correctional Psychologists.
AACP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AACPs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of advanced airborne command post.
AACPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /eɪ eɪ siː piː ˈeɪ/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Asian American Certified Public Accountants.
AACPP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Association of Asbestos Cement Pipe Producers.
AACPR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Cleft Palate Rehabilitation.
AACR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association for Cancer Research.
AACRAO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.
AACSs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AACS
AACSA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa.
AACSB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business, now known as Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
AACSL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, now known as the American Society of Comparative Law.
AACSM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AACSMs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of airways and air communications service manual.
AACSMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AACSM
AACT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Commodity Traders.
glosses: Initialism of Armenian Assembly Charitable Trust.
AACTE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
AACTP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Correctional Training Personnel.
AACU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /æ.kʊ/
/eɪ.eɪ.keɪ.jʊ/
Forms: form: AACUs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of anti-aircraft cooperation unit.
AACU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /æ.kʊ/
/eɪ.eɪ.keɪ.jʊ/
Senses: examples: text: The American Association of Clinical Urologists (AACU) has issued a position statement encouraging the use of tissue-based molecular testing and/or germline testing for three groups of prostate cancer patients.
ref: 2018 March 6, “Clinical Urologists Group Supports Genomic Testing for Prostate Cancer”, in ClinicalOMICs:
topics: organization
glosses: Acronym of American Association of Clinical Urologists.
AACUBO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of College and University Business Officers.
AACV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AACVs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of assault air-cushion vehicle.
AACVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AACV
AADs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AAD
aads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aad
AADA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
glosses: Initialism of American Association of Deaf Athletes.
glosses: Initialism of Associated Antique Dealers of America.
glosses: Initialism of Australian Automobile Dealers Association.
AADA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AADAs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of advanced air depot area.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of army air defense area.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of anti-aircraft defended area.
AADAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AADA
AADAOPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Dealers in Ancient, Oriental, and Primitive Art.
AADB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Army Air Defense Board.
AADCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AADC
AADCCS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AADCCSs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of army air defense control and coordination system.
AADCCSs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AADCCS
AADCP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AADCPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of army air defense command post.
AADCPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AADCP