cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
House of Lords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Houses of Lords
Senses: examples: text: In between you have the Business Man Jocular: ‘I say, where's the geography, old son?’ or ‘When you need the House of Lords, it's through there.’
ref: 1967 December 21, The Listener, page 802:
synonyms: word: big white telephone
word: bog
word: can
word: commode
word: crapper
word: crapper trapper
word: donniker
word: dunny
word: head
word: highway to hell
word: jacks
word: jakes
word: john
word: khazi
word: latrine
word: lav
word: pisser
word: pooper
word: porcelain god
word: porcelain goddess
word: pot
word: potty
word: privy
word: Quincy
word: shitcan
word: shitpot
word: shitter
word: stool
word: throne
word: toilet
word: toot
word: bathroom
word: latrine
word: necessarium
word: toilet
word: toilet room
word: urinal
word: water closet
word: WC
word: cloaca
word: closet
word: jacques
word: kocay
word: siege
word: cludgie
word: neddy
word: netty
word: shield
word: six
word: facilities
word: ladies and gentlemen
word: lavatory
word: lavabo
word: necessary
word: necessary room
word: office
word: office of ease
word: place
word: potty
word: privy
word: small room
word: smallest room
word: throne room
word: cottage
word: geography
word: House of Lords
word: khazi
word: usual offices
word: restroom
word: teahouse
word: tearoom
word: washroom
raw_tags: used in Canada
word: closet of decency
word: closet of ease
word: house of office
word: necessary place
word: purging place
word: vault
word: withdraught
word: wardrobe
word: shitter
word: urination station
word: bog
word: carsey
word: crapper
word: karzy
word: lats
word: lav
word: lavvy
word: loo
word: thunderbox
raw_tags: in Australia
word: can
word: john
word: johnny
word: bogger
word: brasco
word: dike
raw_tags: in New Zealand
word: dunny
raw_tags: in New Zealand
word: jacks
word: jakes
glosses: A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
glosses: A urinal.
Related terms: House of Commons
Peerage
Senate
National Assembly
House of Representatives
Upper House
Lower House
the other place
popish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊpɪʃ/
enpr: pōʹpĭsh
ipa: /ˈpoʊpɪʃ/
Forms: form: more popish
form: most popish
Etymology: From pope + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: I do, therefore, much blame the petulcity of whatsoever author, that should dare to impute a Popish affection to him […]
ref: 1629, Joseph Hall, The Reconciler:
glosses: of or pertaining to Roman Catholicism
raw_tags: used by early Protestants
glosses: acting like, or holding beliefs similar to, the pope.
Synonyms: Roman Catholic § Synonyms
Derived terms: popishly
popishness
semipopish
Related terms: pope
popess
Orangey
Prod
Proddy
Westminster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛs(t)ˌmɪnstə/
ipa: /ˈwɛstˌmɪnstɚ/
Etymology: From the abbey of Westminster; from Middle English Westmestre; equivalent to west + minster.
Senses: glosses: The abbey of Westminster.
glosses: The City of Westminster: a London borough of Greater London including the principal offices of the British government.
glosses: A neighbourhood in central London; the administrative centre of the borough of Westminster.
glosses: The Palace of Westminster
glosses: The British parliament, based at the Palace of Westminster.
glosses: A northern suburb of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4076).
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Orange County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Adams County and Jefferson County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Carroll County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Paradise Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Auglaize Township, Allen County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Oconee County, South Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place, formerly a city in Collin County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and village in Windham County, Vermont.
glosses: A community in Alfred and Plantagenet township, eastern Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A neighbourhood, formerly a town, now within the City of London, Ontario.
glosses: A village in the Free State province, South Africa, founded by the Duke of Westminster.
glosses: A suburb of Perth in the City of Stirling, Western Australia.
glosses: An English dukedom.
Derived terms: New Westminster
Westminster bubble
Westminsterian
Westminster system
Westminster village
Related terms: english: London Borough
translation: London Borough
word: City of Westminster
word: Westminster Abbey
word: Westminster Cathedral
word: Palace of Westminster
Palace of Westminster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An extensive building on the north bank of the River Thames in London, housing the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
Synonyms: the Houses of Parliament
Related terms: Big Ben
graphics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹæfɪks/
rhymes: -æfɪks
Senses: glosses: The making of architectural or design drawings.
glosses: The graphic arts.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The pictorial representation and manipulation of data; the process by which a computer displays data.
examples: text: This game is really fun, but the graphics aren't very good.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The art or visual representations displayed by a computer.
Derived terms: accelerated graphics port
audiographics
autographics
computer graphics
cybergraphics
geographics
graphics adapter
graphics card
graphics engine
graphics processing unit
graphics tablet
graphics whore
micrographics
nongraphics
pseudographics
raster graphics
reprographics
semigraphics
supergraphics
turtle graphics
vector graphics
Related terms: graph
graphic
graphical
Houses of Parliament
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The House of Commons and the House of Lords within the Palace of Westminster.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Collectively, all the chambers of parliament in the political system of a particular jurisdiction.
Houses of Parliament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of House of Parliament
Westminster Abbey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, next to the Houses of Parliament in London; the traditional place of coronation and burial of English monarchs.
Related terms: word: Westminsterian
word: Westminster Cathedral
Westminster Cathedral
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: the principal Roman Catholic church in England
Related terms: Westminster Abbey
photographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfəʊtəˈɡɹæfɪk/
note: US, flapping
ipa: [ˌfoʊɾəˈɡɹæfɪk]
note: Indic
ipa: /pʰoʈoɡræpʰɪk/
rhymes: -æfɪk
Forms: form: more photographic
form: most photographic
Etymology: From photo- + -graphic or photograph + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: This shop stocks all the latest photographic equipment.
text: There is also a fine dance and concert hall, a capacious reading room, a well-appointed billiards room with five tables, various committee and games rooms, photographic dark rooms, and a small but compact ladies' lounge.
ref: 1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 150:
glosses: Pertaining to photographs or photography.
examples: text: What each evangelist preserved is not a photographic reproduction of the words and deeds of Jesus, but an interpretative portrait delineated in accord with the special needs of the early church.
glosses: Synonym of accurate.
synonyms: word: accurate
Derived terms: alphaphotographic
chromophotographic
chronophotographic
cinephotographic
electrophotographic
macrophotographic
microphotographic
nonphotographic
photographical
photographically
photographic artist
photographic emulsion
photographic interpretation
photographic memory
photographic paper
photographic plate
prephotographic
pseudophotographic
radiophotographic
stereophotographic
telephotographic
printout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: printouts
form: print-out
Etymology: From print + out.
Senses: examples: text: During the meeting, Trump brandished printouts of what he said were reports about White South Africans being killed.
ref: 2025 May 21, Daniel Dale, “Fact check: Trump’s false suggestion of a ‘genocide’ against White farmers in South Africa”, in CNN:
glosses: Something printed on paper, usually by a printer (machine).
Synonyms: word: hard copy
sense: listing
word: listing
print-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: print-outs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of printout.
tabulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtæbjʊˈleɪʃən/
Forms: form: tabulations
Etymology: From tabulate + -ion.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of tabulating
examples: text: Here is a tabulation of baseless claims made in the last month.
glosses: A result of tabulating: a table, displaying data in compact form
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A printout
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The pattern of plates on a dinoflagellate
Derived terms: cross tabulation
Related terms: tabulate
entabulate
entabulation
paratabulation
tabular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæbjʊləʴ/
Forms: form: more tabular
form: most tabular
Etymology: From Late Latin tabulāris. By surface analysis, table + -ar.
Senses: glosses: having a flat, plane surface
glosses: organized as a table or list
glosses: calculated by means of a table
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: tending to split into thin flat pieces, as slate does
Derived terms: hypertabular
hypotabular
intertabular
intratabular
nontabular
penitabular
pseudotabular
subtabular
supertabular
tabularisation
tabularise
tabularization
tabularize
tabularly
tabular spar
Related terms: tabulate
tabulation
periodic table
tabular
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæbjʊləʴ/
Forms: form: tabulars
Etymology: From Late Latin tabulāris. By surface analysis, table + -ar.
Senses: glosses: tabular bone
Brit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: Brits
Etymology: 1901, either a shortening of Britisher or Briton, or a back-formation from British.
Senses: qualifier: formerly offensive
glosses: A British person.
glosses: A Brit Award, a prize for musicians in Britain.
Derived terms: word: West Brit
Brit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: more Brit
form: most Brit
Etymology: 1901, either a shortening of Britisher or Briton, or a back-formation from British.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of British.
Brit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Etymology: 1901, either a shortening of Britisher or Briton, or a back-formation from British.
Senses: examples: text: If Brit joins Common Market . . .; terms for Brit's entry agreed upon, U S will face new econ, political, defense problems when Brit joins EEC; […]
ref: 1971, U.S. News & World Report, page 30:
text: Worked extensively in Brit and USA on behaviour of biol fluids, particularly blood, also lectured in Brit, Germany, Sweden, Japan, Can, USA, 1960s; […]
ref: 1999, Who's Who in Asia and the Pacific Nations, 4th edition, Routledge, page 445:
text: 34 EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT (TCF, Dec) Irving Cummings; genre: Drama; locations: Switzerland, Brit, France; coding: Ital, Pol, Jew, Ger, US-Brit Coop, For Corr, Nazi, Atroc-Conc, Pacifism, Ref, Brit, Am Icons; biases: Anti-Nazi, Pacifist?.
ref: 1996, Michael S. Shull, David Edward Wilt, Hollywood War Films, 1937–1945: An Exhaustive Filmography of American Feature-Length Motion Pictures Relating to World War II, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 102:
glosses: Abbreviation of Britain.
topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of British English.
glosses: A short river in Dorset, England, which flows through Bridport to the sea at West Bay; in full, the River Brit.
Derived terms: Britsploitation
columnar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlʌmnɚ/
Etymology: From Latin columnāris. By surface analysis, column + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Having the shape of a column.
glosses: Constructed with columns.
examples: text: where a villus comes next to a gland the short cubical cells of the gland may be traced into the columnar cells of the villus , the hyaline border becoming more marked
ref: 1880, Arthur Gamgee, A Text-book of the physiological chemistry […] :
coordinate_terms: cuboidal
glosses: Of or pertaining to an epithelium with has cells taller than they are wide (column-shaped).
Derived terms: bicolumnar
circumcolumnar
columnarity
columnarize
columnarly
extracolumnar
half columnar
intercolumnar
intracolumnar
microcolumnar
multicolumnar
nanocolumnar
noncolumnar
pseudocolumnar
semicolumnar
squamocolumnar
stratified columnar epithelium
subcolumnar
supercolumnar
supracolumnar
transcolumnar
tricolumnar
Uncle Sam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌŋkl̩ ˈsæm/
ipa: /ˌʌŋkəl ˈsæm/
ipa: /ˌəŋ-/
rhymes: -æm
Etymology: From uncle + Sam (diminutive of the male name Samuel), probably based on the initialism U.S. of the United States. While folk etymology suggests that the term was named after Samuel Wilson (1766–1854), a meat packer from Troy, New York, who supplied the United States Army with canned meat during the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom, the Oxford English Dictionary notes there is no evidence that this is the case.
Senses: examples: text: Uncle Sam needs brave men and women to enlist in the Army.
glosses: A personification of the United States federal government or (rare) citizens.
wikipedia: James Montgomery Flagg
Oxford English Dictionary
Samuel Wilson
United States Army
War of 1812
Derived terms: Uncle Scam
Uncle Sham
Uncle Shmuel
Uncle Sucker
Related terms: John Bull
Johnny Canuck
Uncle Joe
Uncle Sugar
egg yolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: egg yolks
form: egg-yolk
form: eggyolk
Etymology: From Middle English egyolk, egge yolk, equivalent to egg + yolk. Compare Dutch eigeel (“egg yolk”), German Low German Eigeel (“egg yolk”), German Eigelb (“egg yolk”), Swedish äggula (“egg yolk”).
Senses: glosses: The central part of a chicken’s (or other bird’s) egg, yellow when fresh.
Synonyms: ovoplasma
vitellus
yolk
Coordinate terms: egg white
spherical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsfɛɹɪkəl/
ipa: /ˈsfiːɹɪkəl/
rhymes: -ɛɹɪkəl
Forms: form: more spherical
form: most spherical
form: sphærical
Etymology: English spheric [from Latin sphaericus, from Ancient Greek σφαιρικός (sphairikós)] + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight.
ref: 2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: spheric
spheral
globular#Adjective
orbicular#Adjective
round#Adjective
coordinate_terms: spheroidal#Adjective
spherelike#Adjective
glosses: Shaped as a sphere; being a sphere.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of, or pertaining to, spheres.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and two angles.
examples: text: Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance.
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.
examples: a spherical Gaussian distribution
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Of a multivariate probability distribution, to have a covariance matrix equal to the identity matrix up to a multiplicative factor.
Derived terms: aspherical
biospherical
bispherical
conicospherical
conospherical
demispherical
extraspherical
fluorospherical
hemispherical
hyperspherical
intraspherical
macrospherical
microspherical
monospherical
nanospherical
neurospherical
nonspherical
pentaspherical
perispherical
pseudospherical
quasispherical
semispherical
spherical aberration
spherical angle
spherical cap
spherical chicken
spherical cone
spherical coordinates
spherical cow
spherical curve
spherical distance
spherical excess
spherical geometry
spherical harmonics
sphericality
sphericalization
spherical linear interpolation
spherical lune
spherically
spherical mirror
sphericalness
spherical nucleic acid
spherical sector
spherical segment
spherical triangle
spherical trigonometry
spherical wedge
sphericity
subspherical
tetraspherical
ultraspherical
Britpop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Brit- + pop.
Senses: glosses: A British alternative rock movement from the mid-1990s, characterised by influences from the 1960s and 1970s, catchy hooks, the glamour of earlier pop stardom, and the sense of creating a soundtrack to the lives of a new generation of British youth.
Derived terms: Britpopper
Britpoppy
Related terms: Britrock
Britart
Joe Bloggs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A personification of the general public, or of an average ordinary person.
synonyms: John Doe
Richard Roe
glosses: A fictitious name used in legal documents for an unknown or anonymous male person.
Related terms: Charlie Farnsbarns
Fred Bloggs
Fred Nurk
Joe Average
Joe Blow
Joe Schmoe
John Bull
John Doe
John Q. Public
Mr. Average
placeholder name
Brit-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Etymology: Shortened from British.
Senses: examples: text: Britart, Britpop
glosses: British
Britart
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Brit- + art.
Senses: examples: text: A minute's silence, please, in memory of the Britart landmarks that were destroyed in Tuesday night's fire at a Momart warehouse in east London.
ref: 2004 May 28, Thomas Sutcliffe, “Why Britart is a burning issue”, in The Independent:
glosses: The work of the Young British Artists, a group of conceptual artists, painters, sculptors, and installation artists who came to prominence in the United Kingdom in the 1990s.
Related terms: Britpop
YBA
personification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɚˌsɑ.nə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: personifications
Etymology: From person(ify) + -ification.
Senses: examples: text: Adolf Hitler was the personification of anti-Semitism.
text: He might have sat for a personification of fear: if he moved, he seemed rather afraid of his own shadow following him too closely; if he laughed, he soon checked himself, quite alarmed at the sound.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Publishing”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 12:
text: De Coude was the personification of coolness—was he not the best shot in France?
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 52:
glosses: A person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification.
examples: text: The writer used personification to convey her ideas.
glosses: A literary device in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.
examples: text: The Grim Reaper is a personification of death.
glosses: An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human
Coordinate terms: anthropomorphism
humanization
prosopopoeia
Derived terms: impersonification
nonpersonification
Related terms: pathetic fallacy
prosopopeia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing. The mute and brute creatures, as they seem to groan together with the faithful, {#Ro 8:21,22} so here, by a prosopopeia, they are brought in as congratulating and applauding their deliverance.
ref: 1647, John Trapp, Commentary on the Book of Isaiah:
glosses: Alternative spelling of prosopopoeia.
photosensitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photosensitive
form: most photosensitive
Etymology: From photo- + sensitive.
Senses: synonyms: light-sensitive
glosses: having a reaction to, or able to be affected by, light
Derived terms: intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell
nonphotosensitive
photoepilepsy
photosensitively
photosensitiveness
photosensitive retinal ganglion cell
Related terms: photosensitivity
phototoxic
photosynthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfəʊ.təʊˈsɪn.θə.sɪs/
ipa: [ˌfəʊ.tʰəʊˈsɪn̪.θə.sɪs]
ipa: /ˌfoʊ.toʊˈsɪn.θə.sɪs/
ipa: [ˌfŏʊ.ɾoʊˈsɪn̪.θə.sɪs]
Forms: form: photosyntheses
Etymology: From photo- + synthesis.
Senses: examples: text: Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
ref: 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy.
Principally, oxygenic photosynthesis, any process by which plants and algae convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy.
Also, nonoxygenic photosynthesis, used by purple and green bacteria, heliobacteria, and acidobacteria.
Derived terms: alarm photosynthesis
anoxygenic photosynthesis
C2 photosynthesis
C3 photosynthesis
C4 photosynthesis
CAM photosynthesis
photosynthate
photosynthetron
Related terms: photosynthesise
photosynthesize
photosynthetic
photosynthetically
chemosynthesis
straightedge
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more straightedge
form: most straightedge
Etymology: Compound of straight + edge.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of straight edge.
straightedge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straightedges
form: straight edge
Etymology: Compound of straight + edge.
Senses: glosses: A flat, rectangular tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines.
straight edge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straight edges
Etymology: The subculture takes the name from the 1981 song Straight Edge by the hardcore punk band Minor Threat. Compare straight (“not using alcohol, drugs, etc.”) attested since the 1904.
Senses: synonyms: sXe
glosses: A lifestyle and subculture that advocates abstinence from alcohol, tobacco and the usage of recreational drugs.
glosses: One who follows this lifestyle.
glosses: Alternative form of straightedge (“tool to check straightness”).
Derived terms: bent edge
curved edge
break edge
sXe
straight edge
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more straight edge
form: most straight edge
Etymology: The subculture takes the name from the 1981 song Straight Edge by the hardcore punk band Minor Threat. Compare straight (“not using alcohol, drugs, etc.”) attested since the 1904.
Senses: glosses: Living one's life opposing or eschewing the use of substances such as alcohol, tobacco, and drugs.
Related terms: clean teen
xVx
fizzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪzɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪzɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fizz
glosses: present participle and gerund of fiz
fizzing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪzɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪzɪŋ
Forms: form: fizzings
Senses: glosses: The action of the verb to fizz.
examples: text: The fizzings of the radiators kept him awake.
glosses: The sound made by something that fizzes.
fizzing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪzɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪzɪŋ
Senses: examples: text: a fizzing mass of froth
text: From the spot where the body lay came a fierce fizzing and cracking sound, which ceased, however, before the fumes had cleared away.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: That fizzes or fizz.
examples: text: When Wilkinson found Ashton with another fizzing flat pass after 16 minutes, the Northampton man went flying through a hole in the Romanian defence and set up Cueto for a try in the corner.
ref: 2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Very fast or active.
Derived terms: fizzingly
piercing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪɹsɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈpɪəsɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)sɪŋ
Etymology: From pierce + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pierce
piercing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪɹsɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈpɪəsɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)sɪŋ
Forms: form: piercings
Etymology: From pierce + -ing.
Senses: glosses: gerund of pierce
examples: text: ear piercing
glosses: A hole made in the body so that jewellery can be worn through it.
glosses: An item of jewellery designed to be fitted through a piercing (sense 2).
Derived terms: body piercing
daith piercing
industrial piercing
lip piercing
Madonna piercing
Medusa piercing
Monroe piercing
nose piercing
piercing gun
septum piercing
piercing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪɹsɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈpɪəsɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)sɪŋ
Forms: form: more piercing
form: most piercing
Etymology: From pierce + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: piercing eyes
glosses: Appearing to look deeply into; penetrating.
synonyms: raw
glosses: Of temperature, extremely cold so that it penetrates through clothing and shelter.
examples: text: The piercing noise of the children could be heard two blocks from the elementary school.
text: In the meantime the saw was stopped and two of the men began filing and sharpening the blades, which produced such a piercing sound that it went through bone and marrow.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 155:
glosses: Of sound, loud and sharp; shrill.
Derived terms: armour-piercing
armor-piercing
ear-piercing
nonpiercing
piercingly
piercingness
unpiercing
aspis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæspɪs/
Forms: form: aspides
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís).
Senses: examples: text: "shield both large and tough" has never said that aspides are small and weak […]
ref: 1963, William Kurtz Wimsatt, What to Say About a Poem and Other Essays, page 39:
glosses: A type of round shield borne by ancient Greek soldiers.
examples: text: Flesh dipped in the sea Ægeum will never be sweet; the herb Trigion being once bit with an aspis never groweth, and conscience once stained with innocent blood is always tied to a guilty remorse.
ref: 1588, Robert Greene, “The History of Dorastus and Fawnia”, in Pandosto: The Triumph of Time, published 1907:
glosses: An asp or generic venomous snake
examples: text: As might be expected, characters of the aspides themselves are not of much value in pollen identification, but they are easily recognized and many three-pored, aspidate grains are broadly categorized as "betuloid" in studies of airborne pollen.
ref: 1974, Eugene Cecil Ogden, Manual for Sampling Airborne Pollen, →ISBN, page 128:
topics: biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
palynology
physical-sciences
glosses: A prominent ring of thickened exine around a pore on a pollen grain
Coordinate terms: sense: type of shield
word: hoplon
sense: ring of exine
word: annulus
Derived terms: aspidate
protaspis
carcinogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑɹˈsɪnəd͡ʒən/
Forms: form: carcinogens
Etymology: From carcino- + -gen.
Senses: examples: text: We know there are substances in our environment that are proven carcinogens—ionizing radiation, electromagnetic fields, organochlorines, pesticides and herbicides.
ref: 1995 October 26, Barbra Wiener, Executive Director Women's Cancer Resource Center Minneapolis, “Letter: Focus Cancer Research on Prevention”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013:
text: This isn’t the first benzene-related recall of 2021. In July, Johnson & Johnson recalled some spray-on Neutrogena and Aveeno sunscreens after it detected low levels of the carcinogen in the products.
ref: 2021 November 26, Jackie Wattles, “Some Old Spice and Secret deodorants recalled after cancer-causing chemical is detected”, in CNN Business:
text: “There is strong evidence that 76 known or potential breast carcinogens from food contact materials recently purchased all over the world can be found in people,” said study coauthor Jane Muncke, managing director and chief scientific officer at the Food Packaging Forum, a nonprofit foundation based in Zurich, Switzerland, that focuses on science communication and research.
ref: 2024 September 24, Sandee LaMotte, “Chemicals linked to breast cancer leach into our foods, study finds”, in CNN:
glosses: A substance or agent that can cause cancer.
Derived terms: anticarcinogen
biocarcinogen
carcinogenic
carcinogenicity
cocarcinogen
hepatocarcinogen
nephrocarcinogen
noncarcinogen
photocarcinogen
precarcinogen
procarcinogen
Related terms: carcinogenesis
carcinoid
carcinology
carcinoma
Prince Albert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The name for the genital piercing derives from an urban myth, published by Doug Malloy, associating it with Queen Victoria's consort Albert.
Senses: glosses: A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A city in Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A rural municipality in north-central Saskatchewan, which includes the city; in full, Rural Municipality of Prince Albert No. 461.
Derived terms: Prince Albert coat
Prince Albert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Prince Alberts
Etymology: The name for the genital piercing derives from an urban myth, published by Doug Malloy, associating it with Queen Victoria's consort Albert.
Senses: examples: text: Urine will run directly over certain piercings, including the Prince Albert and foreskin. To soothe stinging, follow the suggestions under “Genital Piercing: Urinating,” page 136.
ref: 2011, Elayne Angel, The Piercing Bible: The Definitive Guide to Safe Body Piercing, Crossing Press, →ISBN, page 154:
synonyms: PA
glosses: A piercing through the glans penis.
examples: text: and, by the way it fitted him, someone had loaned him a Prince Albert for the occasion, so old that it was green, instead of black, and frayed along the bottom.
ref: 1916 March 11, Charles E. Van Loan, “His Folks”, in Saturday Evening Post:
glosses: Ellipsis of Prince Albert coat.
Derived terms: PA
Prince Albert cage
reverse Prince Albert
recreational drug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recreational drugs
Etymology: From recreational + drug.
Senses: synonyms: recreational pharmaceutical
glosses: A psychoactive drug taken deliberately for the effect it has on the mind rather than for its medicinal effects.
Synonyms: word: recreational drug
word: drug
word: dope
word: gear
word: horse
word: stuff
word: substance
Hyponyms: word: alcohol
word: bhang
word: hashish
word: marijuana
word: pot
word: hemp
word: grass
word: opium
word: cocaine
word: methamphetamine
word: morphine
word: nicotine
word: heroin
word: LSD
word: phencyclidine
word: tobacco
word: angel dust
Related terms: word: hallucinogen
word: intoxicant
word: alcoholic beverage
word: :Category:Recreational drugs
ka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: kas
Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian kꜣ.
Senses: examples: text: Then, I wondered how long I must wait before seeing my Double, but if I recalled, the Ka was not supposed to appear before the seventy days of embalming were done.
ref: 1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings:
text: Hence Dorian's portrait is like the ka or double of the deceased in Egyptian tombs, heaped with toys and furniture.
ref: 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
text: ‘You could bind the ka of a man to his body for five thousand years,’ said Jaquel.
ref: 2011, Neil Gaiman, American Gods (Tenth Anniversary Edition), William Morrow 2013, p. 179
antonyms: ha
glosses: A spiritual part of the soul in Egyptian mythology, which survived after death.
ka
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
Etymology: Origin uncertain.
Senses: examples: text: Now nature stood ever on this point, Kæ mee Ile kæ thee, and ever ready to bee even alwaies on recompences and vicissitude of things, and to give as good as one brings.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.5:
text: Ka me, ka thee, is a proverb all over the world.
ref: 1821 January 8, [Walter Scott], Kenilworth; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; and John Ballantyne, […]; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
glosses: To serve or help; used only in the phrase "Ka me, ka thee" or variants thereof.
ka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: kas
Senses: glosses: The name of the Cyrillic script letter К / к.
Related terms: gwo ka
ish ka bibble
ka-boom
ka-ching
ka pai
paragraphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæɹəɡɹɑːfs/
ipa: /ˈpæɹəɡɹæfs/
ipa: /ˈpɛɹəɡɹæfs/
Senses: glosses: plural of paragraph
paragraphs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæɹəɡɹɑːfs/
ipa: /ˈpæɹəɡɹæfs/
ipa: /ˈpɛɹəɡɹæfs/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of paragraph
preter-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: praeter-
form: præter-
Etymology: From Latin praeter.
Senses: examples: text: Zurich is the capital of the preter-modern, preter-futurist movement called Dadaism, the home of its organ, of the literary and artistic group of Dadaists.
ref: 1919 June 8, “Intolerance at Zurich”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Beyond.
Synonyms: sense: beyond
word: trans-
sense: beyond
word: para-
sense: beyond
word: hyper-
sense: beyond
word: ultra-
sense: beyond
word: out-
sense: beyond
word: extra-
clerical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɛɹɪkəl/
Etymology: From Late Latin clēricālis (“clerical”), from clēricus (“clergyman, priest”).
Senses: examples: text: ‘The groans of this sick person,’ he said, ‘distract my attention. And without that it is extremely difficult to guard against clerical errors in this climate.’
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I:
glosses: Of or relating to clerks or their work.
synonyms: cleric
glosses: Of or relating to the clergy.
Derived terms: clerical collar
clerical error
clericalism
clericalist
clericality
clericalization
clericalize
clerically
clerical marriage
clerical script
interclerical
nonclerical
preclerical
pseudoclerical
semiclerical
unclerical
Related terms: clergy
clergyman
cleric
clerk
clerical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɛɹɪkəl/
Forms: form: clericals
Etymology: From Late Latin clēricālis (“clerical”), from clēricus (“clergyman, priest”).
Senses: glosses: A member of the clergy.
glosses: Clerical garments.
Nawin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Navin or Naveen, from a Sanskrit word meaning "new". Nawin is also a common name in Indonesia. Compare Persian نوین (navin, “new, modern”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from India.
confusable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more confusable
form: most confusable
Etymology: From confuse + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be confused.
Derived terms: confusably
unconfusable
Related terms: conflatable
confusable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: confusables
Etymology: From confuse + -able.
Senses: glosses: A word or phrase that is easily confused with another.
qualifier: Unicode
glosses: A single character that is easily confused with another, used in phishing attacks.
BAe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of British Aerospace.
ASPCA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
ANA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of Anaheim.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Afghan National Army.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of All Nippon Airways.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Australian National Airways.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of American Nurses Association.
Coordinate terms: sense: American Nurses Association
english: American Medical Association
translation: American Medical Association
word: AMA
sense: All Nippon Airways
english: Japan Air Lines
translation: Japan Air Lines
word: JAL
ANA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ANAs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of anti-nuclear antibody.
glosses: Initialism of animal nursing assistant.
Synonyms: sense: anti-nuclear antibody
english: anti-nuclear factor
translation: anti-nuclear factor
word: ANF
knee-jerk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more knee-jerk
form: most knee-jerk
form: kneejerk
form: knee jerk
Etymology: From knee + jerk, First attested c. 1876, and derived from a figurative sense of the patellar reflex.
Senses: examples: text: He gave a knee-jerk response.
text: There were knee-jerk demands from trade unions for immediate withdrawal of all HSTs; these were wrong-headed.
ref: 2022 March 23, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Drains, trains and Control”, in RAIL, number 953, page 3:
text: The knee-jerk reaction is further evidence of just how panicked investors are about the stability of the global financial system after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last week.
ref: 2023 March 15, Michael J. de la Merced, Maureen Farrell, “Credit Suisse to Borrow Up to $54 Billion From Central Bank”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Unthinking, not carefully considered, (nearly) automatic, spontaneous, easily predictable.
Derived terms: knee-jerkish
knee-jerkishly
knee-jerkism
knee-jerk reaction
knee-jerky
knee-jerk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knee-jerks
form: kneejerk
form: knee jerk
Etymology: From knee + jerk, First attested c. 1876, and derived from a figurative sense of the patellar reflex.
Senses: glosses: A sudden reflexive movement of the leg below the knee, as a reaction to a tap to the tendon just below the patella (kneecap).
Synonyms: kneejerk reflex
patellar reflex
azalai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azalais
form: Azalai
form: Azalay
form: azalay
Senses: glosses: A salt caravan route through the Sahara.
built-in
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪltɪn/
Senses: glosses: Constructed as a nondetachable part of a larger structure.
glosses: Being an essential and permanent part of something.
glosses: Being an included feature that normally comes as an extra.
Synonyms: word: inbuilt
sense: being an essential and permanent part of something
word: instilled
word: infused
word: integrated
sense: being an included feature that normally comes as an extra
word: incorporated
sense: being an included feature that normally comes as an extra
word: integrated
built-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪltɪn/
Forms: form: built-ins
Senses: examples: text: Still, some commenters were quick to criticize the trend, arguing that bookshelf wealth simply indicates you have the financial means (and the space for a built-in) and that it can lean inauthentic.
ref: 2024 February 5, Angela Tafoya, “Is "Bookshelf Wealth" the Most Authentic TikTok Interiors Trend Yet?”, in Vogue, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2024:
glosses: Anything (such as a piece of furniture, or a software feature) that is built in, not added as an extra.
examples: text: „If FUNCTION is a string starting with CORE::, the rest is taken as a name for a Perl builtin. If the builtin's arguments cannot be adequately expressed by a prototype (such as system), prototype() returns undef, because the builtin does not really behave like a Perl function. Otherwise, the string describing the equivalent prototype is returned.“
ref: 2015 February 26 (last accessed), “prototype”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name) (HTML), perldoc.perl.org:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A function that is built into a system.
caco-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: note: depending on overall word stress
ipa: /ˌkækəʊ- ~ ˌkækə-/
ipa: /kəˈkɒ-/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”).
Senses: glosses: bad, defective
Related terms: cachexia
COOL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of CLIPS Object-Oriented Language.
dead week
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead weeks
Etymology: Possibly from the propensity during this period for students to cram for final exams and complete term papers, often resulting in sleep deprivation, increased irritability, and stress. Also possibly from the lack of classes or activities scheduled during this period, in order to allow more study time.
Senses: glosses: In a college or university, the week immediately preceding finals week.
Synonyms: word: reading week
word: swot vac
deadline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/
rhymes: -ɛdlaɪn
Forms: form: deadlines
Etymology: According to the Oxford English Dictionary, early usage refers to lines that do not move, such as one used in angling. Slightly later American usage refers to a boundary in a prison which prisoners must not cross. There is only indirect evidence that the sense of "due date" may be connected with this use of the term in prison camps during the American Civil War, when it referred to a physical line or boundary beyond which prisoners were shot. In 1904, in a report from the US Department of Commerce and Labor, the term is used for "minimum work goals" (and in contrast to bonus line): for example, as a typographer the line could be 18,000 ems per day; should one not cross this line, then that could have negative consequences. In 1917, the term is attested as a printing term for a guideline on the bed of a printing press beyond which text will not print. Three years later, the term is found in print in the sense of "time limit" in the closely connected publishing industry, indicating the time after which material would not make it into a newspaper or periodical.
Senses: examples: text: I must make this deadline or my boss will kill me!
text: TfW's [Transport for Wales] plans to meet the PRM [Persons with Reduced Mobility] deadline and withdraw all Pacers by 1 January have been made more difficult by delays to introduction of Class 769 and 230 units.
ref: 2019 October, Rhodri Clark, “TfW seeks PRM derogation for Class 37 sets”, in Modern Railways, page 87:
synonyms: closing date
glosses: A time limit in the form of a date on or before which something must be completed.
glosses: A guideline marked on a plate for a printing press.
glosses: A line that does not move.
glosses: A boundary around a prison, prisoners crossing which would be shot.
Derived terms: deadline fighter
deadliner
postdeadline
subdeadline
deadline
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/
rhymes: -ɛdlaɪn
Forms: form: deadlines
form: deadlining
form: deadlined
form: deadlined
Etymology: According to the Oxford English Dictionary, early usage refers to lines that do not move, such as one used in angling. Slightly later American usage refers to a boundary in a prison which prisoners must not cross. There is only indirect evidence that the sense of "due date" may be connected with this use of the term in prison camps during the American Civil War, when it referred to a physical line or boundary beyond which prisoners were shot. In 1904, in a report from the US Department of Commerce and Labor, the term is used for "minimum work goals" (and in contrast to bonus line): for example, as a typographer the line could be 18,000 ems per day; should one not cross this line, then that could have negative consequences. In 1917, the term is attested as a printing term for a guideline on the bed of a printing press beyond which text will not print. Three years later, the term is found in print in the sense of "time limit" in the closely connected publishing industry, indicating the time after which material would not make it into a newspaper or periodical.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.
demiurgus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːmɪɜːɡəs/
ipa: /dɛ-/
Forms: form: demiurguses
form: demiurgi
Etymology: See demiurge.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of demiurge.
diakoptics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the Greek dia (system) + koptic (tear).
Senses: glosses: The act of breaking a problem down into components which can be solved independently before being joined back together to obtain a solution to the whole problem.
federast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: federasts
Etymology: Blend of federalist + pederast
Senses: examples: text: ... while chuckling over Lady Thatcher's reference to "federast Tory MEPS" and her reluctance to campaign for them last time round, in 1989.
ref: 1994, The Economist, page 62:
text: I enjoyed the company of Jacques Delors, later to become a demon federast in the eyes of the Tory Right, rather more.
ref: 1999, George Walden, Lucky George: Memoirs of an Anti-politician, page 164:
text: ... as stubborn and jingoistic for defending British sovereignty in Ulster, not giving in to the IRA hunger strike and for rejecting Federast Europe
ref: 2000 January 31, “Blame Britain first”, in Washington Times:
text: As the poison has gone out of the European wound, the Conservative Party should now be able to tolerate a Federast leader.
ref: 2005 June 20, Bruce Anderson, “Ken Clarke may appeal to Middle England - but he is...”, in Independent:
glosses: A federalist, especially in the EU.