cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
alligation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Errant spelling of allegation.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of allegation.
tanlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tanling
cozie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cozier
form: coziest
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of cosy.
cozie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cozies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of koozie.
thriver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thrivers
Etymology: From thrive + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who thrives, or prospers.
Derived terms: surthrivor
bourrée
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bʊˈreɪ/
Forms: form: bourrées
Etymology: From French bourrée.
Senses: glosses: A baroque dance of French origin, common in Auvergne and Biscay in Spain in the 17th century.
examples: text: Stationed just outside the main gate, the band is hammering away at ‘Rule Britannia’ and the bourrée from the ‘Royal Fireworks Music.’
ref: 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 309:
glosses: A piece of music in character with such a dance.
bourrée
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /bʊˈreɪ/
Forms: form: bourrées
form: bourréeing
form: bourréed
form: bourréed
Etymology: From French bourrée.
Senses: examples: text: As a physical presence, nevertheless, he can bourree with the best of them and packs a mean port-de-bras.
ref: 1991 April 6, Ron Caldwell, “Kind of Stranger”, in Gay Community News, page 16:
glosses: To perform this dance.
saola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊlə/
/ˈsaʊˌlɑː/
Forms: form: saolas
form: saola
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese sao la, probably from Lao ເສົາຫລ (sao la, “spindle[-horned]”) or some other Tai-Kadai language.
Senses: examples: text: 2013, C. Michele Thompson, 10: Would a saola by any other name still be a saola?, Hue-Tam Ho Tai, Mark Sidel (editors), State, Society and the Market in Contemporary Vietnam, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 185,
The current consensus is that the saola is so rare and so solitary in terms of genetic relatives that it should be placed not only in its own separate genus (Pseudoryx) but also in its own tribe (Pseudorygini) within the subfamily Bovinae.
text: Killing or capture of saola is prohibited by law in both Vietnam and Lao PDR, and the sale of wildlife in both countries is generally illegal, but there is insufficient enforcement of these laws in both countries.
ref: 2014, William Robichaud, Barney Long, “Chapter 19: Saola Pseudoryx nghetinhensis Dung, Giao, Chinh, Touc, Arctander & Mackinnon, 1993”, in Mario Melletti, James Burton, editors, Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour of Wild Cattle: Implications for Conservation, Cambridge University Press, page 323:
text: 2015, William deBuys, The Last Unicorn: A Search for One of Earth's Rarest Creatures, Hachette (Little, Brown and Company), unnumbered page,
It is surprising, twenty years after saola first attracted the world's attention, that so little about the species is known.
glosses: A critically endangered ruminant of species Pseudoryx nghetinhensis, of Vietnam and Laos.
Synonyms: sense: Pseudoryx nghetinhensis
word: Asian unicorn
sense: Pseudoryx nghetinhensis
word: spindlehorn
sense: Pseudoryx nghetinhensis
word: Vu Quang ox
sense: Pseudoryx nghetinhensis
word: Vu Quang bovid
bourrées
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bourrée
thrivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thriver
thunderstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thunderstones
Etymology: From thunder + stone.
Senses: glosses: A thunderbolt.
examples: text: Thunderstones are sacred to the vodounist, forged as they are by Sobo and Shango, the spirits of thunder and lightning.
ref: 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 94:
glosses: A stone or fossil thought to be, or be caused by, a thunderbolt striking the earth.
glosses: A belemnite.
thunderstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thunderstone
toothpicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toothpickers
Etymology: From tooth + picker.
Senses: glosses: A toothpick.
toothpickers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toothpicker
tressel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛsəl/
Forms: form: tressels
Senses: examples: text: Having deposited our mournful burden upon tressels within this region of horror, we partially turned aside the yet unscrewed lid of the coffin, and looked upon the face of the tenant.
ref: 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher:
glosses: Dated spelling of trestle.
tressels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tressel
kiosque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kiosques
Senses: examples: text: Cafés and restaurants were scattered here and there among the trees, and twice a week military bands from the garrison played in the kiosques on the parapets.
ref: 1895, Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow:
glosses: Archaic form of kiosk.
countersinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countersink
countersinks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of countersink
countersinking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of countersink
countersank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of countersink
commiserates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of commiserate
commiserating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of commiserate
corroborations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corroboration
craniums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cranium
clothespins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clothespin
clothespins
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clothespin
two-wheeler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: two-wheelers
Etymology: From two + wheeler.
Senses: glosses: A bicycle or motorbike.
glosses: A dicycle.
Related terms: wheeler
three-wheeler
four-wheeler
tone up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tones up
form: toning up
form: toned up
form: toned up
Senses: antonyms: tone down
glosses: To cause to give a higher tone or sound; to give a higher tone to; to make more intense; to heighten; to strengthen.
glosses: To firm and strengthen the muscles of the body by regular exercise.
credit rating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: credit ratings
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: An estimate, based on a company, government or person's history of borrowing and repayment or available financial resources, that is used by creditors to determine the maximum amount of credit that can be extended without undue risk.
Related terms: credit score
rebreather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rebreathers
Etymology: From rebreathe + -er.
Senses: topics: diving
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
underwater-diving
glosses: A breathing apparatus that recycles expelled air, removing carbon dioxide and thus allowing extended use of a supply of air.
Related terms: non-rebreather
a similar device that does not recycle expelled air
bell-pull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bell-pulls
Etymology: From bell + pull.
Senses: glosses: A rope that rings a bell.
examples: text: While she was doing this the wood partition in the centre of the house thrilled to its centre with the tugging of a bell-pull upstairs. A bell below tinkled a note that was feebler in sound than the twanging of wires and cranks that had produced it.
ref: 1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter 7, in The Mayor of Casterbridge:
text: Jessamy tugged the scrolled iron bell-pull which hung down on one side of the gate. Somewhere behind, she could hear an answering jangle.
ref: 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 11:
glosses: A handle attached to a rope that rings a bell.
examples: text: The "bell-pull," as trophy, is kept to preserve,
And the hounds eat the fox they so richly deserve.
ref: 1863, Ned Farmer, Ned Farmer's Scrap Book, 3rd edition, page 91:
glosses: The tail of a fox
give as good as one gets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives as good as one gets
form: giving as good as one gets
form: gave as good as one got
form: given as good as one got
Senses: examples: text: On balance, it was harsh on Hearts, who had given as good as they got against their more-fancied opponents, who, despite not being at full strength, fielded a multi-million pound team.
ref: 2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
text: The Foreign Correspondents Association's annual banquet last week turned into an angry slanging match. Botha gave as good as he got. "I am sick and tired of a lot of foreign representatives descending on my country and picking up on all the dirty work instead of all the beauty, promise and goodwill," Botha said.
ref: 1988 November 21, “World Notes SOUTH AFRICA”, in Time:
glosses: To behave toward others in a manner resembling or commensurate with their behavior towards oneself, especially in a situation where one is insulted or otherwise ill-treated.
Related terms: stick up for oneself
as good as it gets
give someone a run for their money
give someone a taste of their own medicine
pay back in someone's own coin
pay back in kind
Gherkin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Gherkin
Etymology: After the shape of the building, which is like that of a gherkin.
Senses: glosses: The building at 30 St Mary Axe, a distinctively-shaped skyscraper in London, England
midgetism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From midget + -ism.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The state of being a midget.
Briticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Briticisms
form: Britishism
Etymology: From Brit- (in British) + -icism (in Scotticism, Anglicism, etc.). Compare earlier Britishism.
Senses: glosses: A word or figure of speech used in Britain exclusively or primarily.
Synonyms: Anglicism
Hypernyms: Anglicism
Englishism
ghost car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghost cars
Senses: examples: text: The committee is asking Metro Council to tack new restrictions onto Metro licences, including . . . an expanded ghost car program.
ref: 1984 October 10, “Curbing Metro's auto ripoffs”, in Toronto Star, page A18:
text: Officers in a ghost car were doing speed enforcement near 82 Street and 132 Avenue when a white 1995 Ford Contour sped by.
ref: 2007 July 13, Eliza Barlow, “Police pursuit called off”, in Edmonton Sun, Alberta, retrieved 28 Feb 2008:
glosses: An unmarked police car or an unmarked vehicle used as a decoy by police.
Synonyms: undercover car
unmarked car
ODC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ODCs
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of ordinary decent criminal (a prisoner not associated with terrorism).
Cowtown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From cowtown, being the centre of the Canadian cattle industry.
Senses: glosses: Nickname for Calgary: a major city in Alberta, Canada.
vault-worthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vault-worthy
form: most vault-worthy
form: vaultworthy
Etymology: From vault + -worthy.
Senses: examples: text: When Ella Carey promises something will be kept "in the vault," it's a lot safer bet than the same vow from a blabber-mouthed Seinfeld cast member, who notoriously spilled the beans anytime a secret was dubbed vault-worthy.
ref: 2006 June 15, Lisa Provence, “HOTSEAT- Last train to Clerksville: Keeping the board running on time”, in The Hook:
text: Google parkour, campus and map, and you'll find[…]photos, taken at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, of vault-worthy railings and bulwarks galore.
ref: 2007 April 5, Julie Rawe, “Student Stuntmen”, in Time:
text: In the regal style of society parties past, nearly 600 guests donned opulent black tie attire -- including several couture gowns and lots of vault-worthy jewels.
ref: 2008 January 29, Chuck Bennett, “A Grand Night affair lived up to its billing”, in The Detroit News:
glosses: Valuable; worth preserving; worth saving for later use.
stock market crash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stock market crashes
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market.
budu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: budus
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of budoo.
budu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An Asian fermented anchovy sauce.
destratificator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: destratificators
Senses: glosses: A ventilation fan that prevents the buildup of warm air near the top of tall rooms
derivative instrument
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: derivative instruments
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A security whose value is derived from one or more other, more fundamental, assets.
dodgery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dodgeries
Etymology: From dodge + -ery.
Senses: glosses: trickery
double bind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double binds
Etymology: Coined by English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist Gregory Bateson.
Senses: examples: text: She is deciding, right then and there, if she wants to be seen naked on the internet, forever, an object of desire as well as derision. […] In a sense, as Angel notes, the scene dramatizes “the double bind in which women exist: that saying no may be difficult, but so too is saying yes.”
ref: 2021 September 3, Helen Lewis, “The Problem With Being Cool About Sex”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:
glosses: A dilemma in which someone receives contradictory instructions and cannot act on either.
drum brakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drum brake
drum brake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drum brakes
Senses: glosses: A form of brake in which friction is applied by pads to the inner surface of a rotating cylinder (the brake drum) connected directly to a wheel
dry humor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dry humour
Senses: glosses: Humor that is presented with no change of expression; deadpan.
shaddup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of shut up.
yardbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɑːd.bəːd/
ipa: /ˈjɑɹd.bɝd/
Forms: form: yardbirds
form: yard bird
Etymology: From yard + bird. Attested since 1956 in the sense of ‘convict,’ derived from the idea of prison yards. During World War II, it meant ‘basic trainee’ among the armed forces.
Senses: glosses: A chicken.
examples: text: The working convict is a rare exception, sometimes envied because his time is occupied, sometimes derided for his deviance from the yardbird norm.
ref: 1985, John P. Conrad, “Charting a Course for Imprisonment Policy,”, in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, volume 478, page 126:
glosses: A person who is imprisoned.
examples: text: As the Marines expanded to war strength, Lou Diamond was the ideal liaison between crusty old-timers and impressionable recruits. He taught quick action by threats of yardbird detail.
ref: 1943 July 5, “In the Rough”, in Time:
glosses: A soldier who is required to perform menial work on the grounds of a military base.
yard bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yard birds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yardbird.
ELA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ELAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of enterprise licensing agreement.
glosses: Initialism of English language arts.
CTVHCS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Central Texas Veterans Health Care System.
backyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backyard
canonizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of canonize
canonizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of canonize
canonise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: canonises
form: canonising
form: canonised
form: canonised
Etymology: See canonize; analysable as canon + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: [T]hat a rhetorician, like Libanius, a Pagan even to madneſs, ſhould think the Chriſtians capable of attempting the life of Julian, is not ſurpriſing. [...] But that an eccleſiaſtical hiſtorian, like Sozomen, ſhould be tempted to canoniſe ſo deteſtable an action, might perhaps not be credited on my aſſertion.
ref: 1784, [Jean-Philippe-René] de La Bléterie, “History of the Emperor Jovian”, in John Duncombe, transl., Select Works of the Emperor Julian, and Some Pieces of the Sophist Libanius, Translated from the Greek. […], volume II, London: […] J[ohn] Nichols; [f]or T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, page 271:
text: Fifty-eight years ago Jolyon had become an Eton boy, for old Jolyon's whim had been that he should be canonised at the greatest possible expense.
ref: 1921 September, John Galsworthy, “Old Jolyon Walks”, in To Let, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, part III, page 229:
text: Nay, where pilgrimages are not successful, they begin to canonise saints, not in honor of the saints—for they are sufficiently honored without canonisation—but in order to draw crowds and bring in money.
ref: 1947, Martin Luther, “An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, Concerning the Reform of the Christian Estate: 1520”, in [Charles M. Jacobs?], transl., Three Treatises: An Open Letter to the Christian Bobility of the German Nation Concerning the Reform of the Christian Estate. A Prelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church. A Treatise on Christian liberty, Philadelphia, Pa.: Muhlenberg Press, →OCLC, page 131:
text: The European library only achieves its characteristic design in 1843, with the separation of reading areas from bookstacks first attempted in library architecture at the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève at the Université de Paris. [...] [Anthony] Panizzi's British Museum Reading Room (stacks surrounding a central reading room) canonised the procedure, which dominates even the more recent tower stacks, in which librarianship triumphs over ideological and economic divides, [...]
ref: 1998, Sean Cubitt, “Reading the Interface”, in Digital Aesthetics, London; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 9:
text: American are perhaps more obsessed with the idea of royalty than our long-lost British brothers; our taste for anything royal, never satiated in a true democracy, manifests itself in the canonising of celebrities and their families and mass idealisation of political dynasties like the Kennedys.
ref: 2012, Jessica A. Fox, chapter 13, in Three Things You Need to Know about Rockets: A Real-life Scottish Fairy Tale, 1st trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Marble Arch Press, Atria Publishing Group, published August 2013, →ISBN, page 122:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English spelling of canonize.
Derived terms: canonistic
uncanonise
uncanonised
canonises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of canonise
canonising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of canonise
canonised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of canonise
clergywomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clergywoman
carjackings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carjacking
grand theft auto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From grand theft (“aggravated theft”) + auto (“automobile”), apparently at first in law-enforcement lists.
Senses: synonyms: twoccing
glosses: The criminal act of stealing or attempting to steal a motor vehicle.
Derived terms: GTA
Meaghan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Welsh, a pseudo-Irish spelling of the Welsh Megan.
decries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decry
decrying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decry
decrying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪɪŋ
Forms: form: decryings
Senses: glosses: A decrial.
decried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decry
depilatories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of depilatory
deadbolts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deadbolt
deadbolts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deadbolt
diodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diode
defers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of defer
dandies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dandy
glosses: plural of dandie
declassifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of declassify
descriptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of descriptor
disinfects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disinfect
disinfecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disinfect
disinfected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disinfect
Derived terms: nondisinfected
undisinfected
desalinates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of desalinate
desalinating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of desalinate
desalinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of desalinate
launchable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From launch + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being launched
Derived terms: unlaunchable
yard goods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: 2008, Judy O'Bannon, "Lingering with linens," The Corydon Democrat (Corydon, Indiana), 20 Feb.,
As I look at the stacks of neatly folded linens, I see more than yard goods and thread.
glosses: Merchandise, especially fabric, sold in units of linear measure.
spin a yarn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spins a yarn
form: spinning a yarn
form: spun a yarn
form: spun a yarn
Etymology: By metaphor from spinning fibers into yarn or thread, as for example at a spinning wheel.
Senses: examples: text: Now I must tell you a little about myself;—or rather, I am inclined to spin a yarn, and tell you a great deal.
ref: 1864, Anthony Trollope, chapter 14, in Can You Forgive Her?:
glosses: To tell or create a story, especially one which is lengthy or far-fetched.
Derived terms: yarn-spinner
YF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Combination of prefix F and prefix modifier Y
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: prototype fighter (prefix)
Derived terms: YF-17
YF-22A
YF-23B
Related terms: FB
F/A
RF
QF
XF
YA
YB
YC
YQ
Y-plane
EF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EFs
Senses: topics: cardiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of ejection fraction.
examples: text: Under certain conditions, the localized EF near an energized transmission line conductor can produce small electric discharges, ionizing nearby air. […] Modern “bipolar” cardiac devices are much less susceptible to interactions with EFs. Manufacturers of pacemakers and other IMDs have indicated that EFs below 6 kV/m are unlikely to cause interactions affecting the operation of most of their devices.
ref: 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, pages 55, 74:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of electric field.
EF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Entity Framework, an open-source ORM framework.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Followed by a number from 0 to 5: initialism of Enhanced Fujita, a rating on the Enhanced Fujita scale used to indicate the intensity of a tornado; it has superseded the Fujita scale.
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: Initialism of Extraordinary Form.
EF
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Initialism of extremely fine or extra fine; also XF.
PF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PFs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of pilot flying, a pilot currently in control of the flight trajectory of the aircraft, as opposed to pilot monitoring.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of peak flow.
glosses: Abbreviation of power failure; displayed by some household appliances after a power outage.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of phonological form.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of psychometric function.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of personal foul.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
coordinate_terms: PG
SG
SF
C
glosses: Initialism of power forward.
examples: text: Coordinate term: PA
text: The Giants and Commanders have the same record after 13 games each. However, Washington has control of third place in the NFC East due to a better PF/PA record in comparison to the Giants.
ref: 2022 December 14, “NFL Playoff picture Week 15: Are the New York Giants still in contention for the postseason?”, in Sportskeeda, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2022:
topics: American-football
ball-games
fantasy
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of points for.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
coordinate_terms: PB
PT
P
glosses: Initialism of patrol fighter.
TF
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: tf
Senses: examples: text: Why TF do you think that??
text: “Who TF Did I Marry?!?,” the TikTok user Reesa Teesa’s account of her relationship with her ex-husband, is a story for grown-ups.
ref: 2024 March 1, Amanda Hess, “‘Who TF Did I Marry?!?’ Rings in TikTok’s Midlife Crisis Era”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Adam Rippon is your/my/everyone’s favorite Olympic figure skater, pop culture expert, and person who can rock TF out of a fashion harness at the Oscars.
ref: 2024 September 18, Mehera Bonner, “A Look at All the ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Winners Over the Years”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: Initialism of the fuck.
TF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TFs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of teaching fellow.
topics: computing
engineering
human-sciences
information-science
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of term frequency.
glosses: Initialism of team final.
synonyms: TW#Noun
coordinate_terms: TM#Noun
glosses: Initialism of trans female.
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of transformation.
glosses: Initialism of talent fee.
Related terms: TF-CBT
gurry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Origin unknown. Attested from the mid-nineteenth century.
Senses: examples: text: The practice of throwing overboard gurry is in many respects reprehensible, because in the first place it is a very great waste of animal matter.
ref: 1878, Sir Alexander Galt, “Award of the fishery commission”, in Executive Documents for the House of Representatives for the Second Session of the Forty-Fifth Congress ([US] House of Representatives), page 2806:
text: She decided that in the future she'd take scales and gurry over soot and ash.
ref: 1995, Dana Stabenow, Play with Fire, →ISBN, page 18:
text: And when I got to describing the muck and gurry of a seal hunt I had to push the English tongue pretty hard to get the colors somewhere near the real picture; and once in a while I used to talk loud, sometimes when everybody else was piping down.
ref: 2013, Sheldon Bart, Race to the Top of the World, →ISBN:
text: With the butchering over, they hosed each other of any crap and gurry not washed from their oilskins by the seas, then kicked the remaining mess over the side.
ref: 2017, William B. McCloskey, Warriors, →ISBN, page 278:
glosses: fishing offal
Derived terms: gurry-butt
K.K.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: 株式会社 (kabushiki kaisha, kabushiki gaisha), a type of business organization defined in Japanese law and roughly equivalent to a stock company.
Becker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛkɚ/
Forms: form: Beckers
form: Baecker
form: Beck
form: Becke
form: Beckert
Senses: glosses: A surname.
An English habitational surname from Old Norse from Old Norse bekkr (“brook”).
glosses: A surname.
An English surname from Old English [in turn originating as an occupation] from Old English becca (“mattock”) for a mattock or pickaxe maker.
glosses: A surname.
A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation] from German Becker from Beck (“baker”).
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A city in Minnesota; named for politician George Loomis Becker.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Mississippi.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Texas.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms: Becker County
Becker muscular dystrophy
Related terms: Beck
Beckman
mesolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesolites
Etymology: From meso- + -lite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral with monoclinic crystals, Na₂Ca₂Al₆Si₉O₃₀·8H₂O, of the zeolite group.
perpetual bond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perpetual bonds
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A bond with no maturity date, paying coupons forever.
Hyponyms: consol
Related terms: perpetuity
maturity date
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maturity dates
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The date on which a principal amount of a note, draft, acceptance bond, or other debt instrument becomes due or payable.
Hypernyms: date
empressement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɑ̃ˈpɹɛs.mɒ̃/
/ɒmˈpɹɛs.mənt/
Forms: form: empressements
Etymology: From French empressement.
Senses: examples: text: He grasped my hand with a nervous empressement.
ref: 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Gold-Bug:
text: So Macmaster saw – almost physically – Sir Reginald Ingleby perceiving the empressement with which his valued subordinate was treated in the drawing-rooms of Mrs. Leamington, Mrs. Cressy, the Hon. Mrs. de Limoux […]
ref: 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 13:
glosses: Animated cordiality; friendliness, enthusiasm.
hectoampere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hectoamperes
form: hectoamp
Etymology: From hecto- + ampere.
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of electrical current equal to 10² amperes. Symbol: hA
Synonyms: sense: Symbol
word: hA
erga omnes
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin erga omnes.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In relation to everyone.
eschewal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eschewals
Etymology: From eschew + -al.
Senses: glosses: The act of eschewing
hectoamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hectoamps
form: hectoampere
Etymology: From hecto- + amp.
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of electrical current equal to 10² amps. Symbol: h
Synonyms: sense: Symbol
word: hA
ethnicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnicisms
Etymology: From ethnic + -ism.
Senses: glosses: An emphasis upon ethnic identity.
glosses: Prejudice based on ethnic origin.
glosses: heathenism; pagan superstition.
glosses: heathenism; pagan superstition.
religions from Antiquity regarded collectively apart from Christianity and Judaism.
glosses: heathenism; pagan superstition.
religions from Antiquity regarded collectively apart from Christianity and Judaism.
the characteristics of these religions.
Synonyms: sense: prejudice
word: racism
word: prejudice
centiamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centiamps
Etymology: From centi- + amp.
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of electric current equal to 10⁻² amperes. Symbol: cA
Synonyms: centiampere
cA
notional amount
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: notional amounts
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A nominal amount of a financial instrument that is used to calculate payments made on that instrument, especially for instruments that do not have a well-defined face value or par value.
excitotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From excito- + toxic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to excitotoxicity
glosses: Characteristic of an excitotoxin
Derived terms: antiexcitotoxic
immunoexcitotoxic
neuroexcitotoxic
deciamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛsiæmp/
Forms: form: deciamps
Etymology: From deci- + amp.
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of electrical current equal to 10⁻¹ amps. Symbol: d
Synonyms: deciampere
dA
excitotoxicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From excito- + toxicity.
Senses: glosses: The continuous stimulation of a nerve cell by a neurotransmitter, especially by glutamates
Derived terms: immunoexcitotoxicity
neuroexcitotoxicity
excitotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: excitotoxins
Etymology: From excito- + toxin.
Senses: glosses: Any neurotransmitter involved in excitotoxicity.
decagramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decagrammes
Etymology: From French décagramme. By surface analysis, deca- + gramme.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of decagram.
hectogramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hectogrammes
Etymology: From French hectogramme. By surface analysis, hecto- + gramme.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hectogram.
megagramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megagrammes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of megagram.
halophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halophytes
Etymology: From halo- (“salt”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant that tolerates an environment having a high salt content
Derived terms: euhalophyte
halophytic
hydrohalophyte
mesohalophyte
oligohalophyte
psammohalophyte
xerohalophyte
ensnares
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ensnare
ensnaring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ensnare
ensnaring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ensnaring
form: most ensnaring
Senses: examples: text: Abraham, like his parents, seemed to have been limed and caught by the ensnaring inn.
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 39:
glosses: That ensnares or traps.
Derived terms: ensnaringly
ensnared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ensnare
destratificators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of destratificator
decarbonatizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decarbonatization
farandole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: farandoles
Etymology: From French farandole, from Occitan farandola.
Senses: examples: text: "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…]."
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
text: In another corner fragments of the town band tried hard to assemble a farandole, for this type of folklore seemed appropriate to a nationalist and patriotic celebration.
ref: 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (The Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 953:
glosses: A lively chain dance in 6/8 time, of Provençal origin.
total quality management
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: management
glosses: A strategic approach to management aimed at embedding awareness of quality in all organizational processes.
Synonyms: TQM
lindy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lindys
form: lindies
Etymology: Probably from Lindy, the nickname of US aviator Charles A. Lindbergh.
Senses: glosses: A jitterbug, originated in Harlem, New York.
Derived terms: Lindy Hop
lindy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lindies
form: lindying
form: lindied
form: lindied
Etymology: Probably from Lindy, the nickname of US aviator Charles A. Lindbergh.
Senses: glosses: To perform this dance.
dictaphone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪktəfəʊn/
Forms: form: dictaphones
Etymology: Early 20th century, originally a trademarked name for a type of dictation machine, presumably from dictate and -phone.
Senses: glosses: A dictation machine.
Derived terms: dictaphonic
dictation machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dictation machines
Senses: glosses: A sound recording device most commonly used to record speech for later playback or to be typed into print.
Synonyms: dictaphone
girandola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /dʒɪˈrændələ/
Forms: form: girandolas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian girandola.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of girandole.
pardessus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pardessus
Etymology: From French pardessus de viole.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A pardessus de viole; a bowed stringed instrument with a fretted neck and five or six strings, the highest pitched member of the viol family.
rallye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rallyes
Senses: examples: text: A car that wins such a rallye uses its victory to convince potential purchasers that it can cope with difficult driving conditions.
ref: 1969, Charles Winick, The New People: Desexualization in American Life:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: Dated form of rally.
disfrock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disfrocks
form: disfrocking
form: disfrocked
form: disfrocked
Etymology: From dis- + frock.
Senses: glosses: To remove from status as a member of a clergy; to unfrock.
ungual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to or resembling a creature's nail, claw or hoof; unguinal.
Derived terms: odonto-tricho-ungual-digital-palmar syndrome
periungual
preungual
subungual
transungual
ungual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unguals
Etymology: From Latin unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”).
Senses: glosses: A modified toe bone, typically ending in a hoof or claw.
spae-craft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spae + -craft.
Senses: examples: text: Twelfth Night is particularly a time fo fore-tellings; if there is a skilled rune-reader or someone with spae-craft in the group, this is when they should cast or speak for the year ahead.
ref: 1993, Our Troth: History and Lore, →ISBN, page 570:
text: The greatest tools of spae-craft seem to have been the staff and the hooded cloak.
ref: 1994, Kveldúlf Hagan Gundarsson, Teutonic Magic: The Magical & Spiritual Practices of the Germanic Peoples, Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, page 216:
text: I have the privilege of having a very wise and kind idis, Ealgitha, who teaches me spaecraft and other things.
ref: 1997, Elmindreda Pukwdugie, Winifred Hodge, Lina (Heathen Journal), volume 3, number 1:
topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
glosses: The magical art of foretelling the future, used especially in Heathenry.
tip of the hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tips of the hat
form: tip o' the hat
Senses: synonyms: hat tip
tip of the Stetson
glosses: A gesture of acknowledgement; often, an expression of gratitude; originally by doffing one's hat.
Related terms: hats off
tip one's hat
t-norm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: t-norms
Etymology: Short for triangular norm.
Senses: qualifier: fuzzy logic
glosses: A mathematical function T: [0, 1] × [0, 1] → [0, 1] that is commutative, associative, monotonic, and the number 1 acts as identity element, that is T(a, 1) = a.
Derived terms: t-norm fuzzy logic
Related terms: t-conorm
sticky rice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sticky rices
Senses: glosses: A variety of short-grain rice popular in South and East Asia, known for its stickiness when cooked.
examples: text: I think they are changing now, too, though, because you see groups and groups of them in bars, all Asian, together. It’s amazing. So my market is much more expanded. I’m “sticky rice” [Asians who like Asians].
ref: 1990 January 27, Jack Lo, Karin Aguilar-San Juan, Jacquelyn Ching Black, “Asian cultures, sexuality and class: sorting it all out”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 27, page 11:
text: During my "sticky rice" phase, I explored what it meant to be queer and Asian in contemporary America. We had terms for everyone: if you were rice (gay and Asian) and you liked white men, then you were a snow queen or a potato queen. White men who liked you were called rice queens. Every ethnicity had a term, usually related to food.
ref: 1996, Elaine H. Kim, Eui-Young Yu, chapter 8, in East to America: Korean American life stories, The New York Press, page 87:
text: For instance, a rice queen is a white man who likes Asians. Asian men hooking up with Asian men are described as rice that sticks to other rice. Depending on the context, sticky rice can easily be resignified from a term of empowerment into a term of insult.
ref: 2014, Nguyen Tan Hoang, chapter 4, in A View from the Bottom: Asian American Masculinity and Sexual Representation, Duke University Press, page 155:
topics: LGBT
glosses: An (East) Asian man who is mostly attracted to other Asian men.
Synonyms: glutinous rice
passivism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passivisms
Etymology: From passive + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The quality or principle of being passive.
Related terms: pacifism
node of Ranvier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɑn.vi.eɪ/
other: /ɹɑnˈvjeɪ/
other: /ɹænˈvɪɹ/
Forms: form: nodes of Ranvier
Etymology: Named for French physician Louis-Antoine Ranvier.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: Ranvier's node
glosses: A small constriction in the myelin sheath of axons.
wikipedia: Louis-Antoine Ranvier
Related terms: node of Rouvière
etage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etages
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of étage.
antipain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + pain.
Senses: glosses: Preventing or counteracting pain; analgesic.
antipain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + pain.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An oligopeptide, produced by Actinomycetes and other bacteria, that acts as a protease inhibitor
aprotinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A polypeptide, obtained from bovine lung tissue, that acts as a protease inhibitor, and is used in surgery to reduce bleeding
ascidian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsɪdi.ən/
rhymes: -ɪdiən
Forms: form: ascidians
Senses: glosses: Any member of the class Ascidiacea (the sea squirts)
Related terms: ascidiate
astrocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From astrocyte + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the astrocytes.
Derived terms: nonastrocytic
oligoastrocytic
proastrocytic
axoglial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From axo- + glial.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or connecting an axon and a glial cell
axolemma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axolemmas
Senses: glosses: The surface membrane of an axon
Derived terms: axolemmal
axolemmal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more axolemmal
form: most axolemmal
Etymology: From axolemma + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the axolemma
Derived terms: subaxolemmal
flagging down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flag down
benzamidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzamidines
Etymology: From benz- + amidine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An aromatic amidine, C₆H₅C(NH)NH₂, that is used in protein crystallography
Derived terms: benzamidinium
Kama Sutra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Kama Sutra
form: Kamasutra
Etymology: From Sanskrit कामसूत्र (kā́ma-sūtra).
Senses: examples: text: Little is known about the Kama Sutra’s author, Vatsyayana, who claimed to be a celibate monk who had compiled all of the accumulated sexual knowledge from several previous authors as a form of his own meditation and contemplation of the deity.
ref: 2018, Scott Christianson, Colin Salter, 100 Books that Changed the World, Batsford Books, →ISBN:
glosses: A Sanskrit treatise (sutra) setting forth rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure, love, and marriage in accordance with Hindu law.
sex position
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sex positions
Senses: glosses: Any of the physical positions adopted for sexual intercourse.
forced convection
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: forced convections
Senses: examples: Transfer of heat from the engine to the automobile radiator occurs by means of forced convection.
Transfer of oxygen from the lungs to the brain in the human body occurs by means of forced convection.
glosses: The convection (carriage) of contents of a fluid, such as mass or (especially) heat, by means of currents induced in the fluid by a force which is not dependent on density changes in the fluid induced by heat.
Related terms: convection
free convection
natural convection
free convection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free convections
Senses: examples: The draft of a chimney due to a fire in a fireplace, and the rising of smoke particles from a fire, are due to free convection.
The transfer of heat from a hot object by means of upward hot air currents from the object, is due to free convection.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The convection (carriage) of contents of a fluid, such as mass or (especially) heat, by means of currents induced in the fluid by a buoyancy force which is dependent on an acceleration (such as gravity) acting upon density changes in the fluid which are induced by heat.
Related terms: convection
forced convection
natural convection
gravitational convection
cowgirl position
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cowgirl positions
Senses: glosses: A sex position in which the man lies on his back, and the woman sits on top of him facing him.
Derived terms: reverse cowgirl position