cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
doner kebab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒn.ə(ɹ)kəˌbæb/
ipa: /ˌdoʊ.nɚ kɪˈbɑb/
Forms: form: doner kebabs
form: döner kebab
form: doner kebap
form: döner kebap
Etymology: From Turkish döner kebap (with the second element respelled to match kebab), from döner (“turning, rotating, revolving”) + kebap (“kebab”)
Senses: glosses: A Turkish dish in which meat (typically seasoned lamb or mutton, but alternatively chicken or perhaps beef) is grilled on a revolving vertical spit; when cooked, the meat is sliced off and served with fresh vegetables in pita or rolled in a piece of unleavened flatbread.
Related terms: gyro
cyathus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyathuses
form: cyathi
Etymology: From Latin cyathus, from Ancient Greek κύαθος (kúathos, “ladle”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of kyathos.
Senses: glosses: An ancient Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1⅔ Roman ounce of wine and equivalent to about 45 mL although differing slightly over time.
glosses: A ladle, especially (historical) a small one used for serving wine in ancient Greece and Rome.
glosses: Synonym of kyathos (“an ancient ladle and serving beaker”).
synonyms: word: kyathos
extra: an ancient ladle and serving beaker
Synonyms: sense: unit of measure
word: Roman cup
sense: unit of measure
word: cup
sense: unit of measure
english: Roman contexts
translation: Roman contexts
word: cupful
Coordinate terms: sense: unit of measure
alt: ¼ cyathus
word: lingula
sense: unit of measure
word: acetabulum (1½ cyathi)
sense: unit of measure
word: quartarius (3 cyathi)
sense: unit of measure
word: hemina (6 cyathi)
sense: unit of measure
word: sextarius (12 cyathi)
sense: unit of measure
word: congius (72 cyathi) urna (288 cyathi)
sense: unit of measure
word: amphora (576 cyathi)
sense: unit of measure
word: culeus (11520 cyathi)
ferula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɛɹələ/
Forms: form: ferulas
form: ferulae
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ferula (“giant fennel”), whose stalks were once used in punishing schoolboys. Doublet of ferule.
Senses: examples: text: He humbles with a ferula the tall ones
ref: 1613–1614, William Shakespeare, John Fletcher, “The Two Noble Kinsmen”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: A ferule.
examples: text: And Old Barrett has a new way of twisting the note so that you can't open it and fold it again to see how many ferulæ you are to get.
ref: 1916 December 29, James Joyce, chapter I, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC, page 46:
glosses: A stroke from a cane.
glosses: The imperial sceptre in the Byzantine Empire.
temporale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: temporales
Etymology: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin temporāle, substantivisation of temporālis (“of or pertaining to time”).
Senses: examples: text: The third and final volume of the temporale employs a different stave height and was clearly written later.
ref: 2003, Pia Palladino, Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, →ISBN, page 53:
text: In the Roman rite, this period of the year is known as ‘ordinary time’ and, like the Old Hispanic rite, mostly uses quotidian materials for the temporale.
ref: 2022, Emma Hornby, Raquel Rojo Carrillo, “The Liturgical Year in the Old Hispanic Rite”, in Emma Hornby et al., editors, Understanding the Old Hispanic Office: Texts, Melodies, and Devotion in Early Medieval Iberia, →ISBN, page 37:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: A cycle of texts to be read or chanted at liturgical services on particular weeks and movable feasts throughout the year; a book that contains this cycle.
Coordinate terms: sanctorale
temporale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: temporales
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish temporal (“storm”), perhaps via back-formation from the plural temporales.
Senses: examples: text: Only two storms, Emily and Jennifer, developed over the Pacific; and of these, Emily formed within a temporale, over southern Mexico, that occurred in the wake of hurricane Camille.
ref: 1970, Neil F. Frank, “Atlantic Tropical Systems of 1969”, in Monthly Weather Review, volume 98, number 4, page 310:
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A rainy wind that blows into Central America from the southwest during the summer, often bringing stormy weather.
Related terms: planum temporale
frons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɒnz/
ipa: /fɹɑnz/
rhymes: -ɒnz
Forms: form: frontes
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin frōns (“the forehead, brow, front”). Doublet of front.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.
examples: text: In a generalized insect the frons extends from the vertex to the frontoclypeal (epistomal) suture, between the two anterior tentorial pits.
ref: 1981, J. F. McAlpine, Manual of Nearctic Diptera, volume 1, →ISBN, page 14:
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: The front part of the epicranium or head capsule of many insects; generally speaking, the area below or between the antennae and above the clypeus. Typically it lies between the genal or "cheek" areas on either side of the head.
examples: text: In most blondeliines (and in most Tachinidae in general), males have a narrower frons than conspecific females […]
ref: 1985, D. M. Wood, “A taxonomic conspectus of the Blondeliini of North and Central America and the West Indies (Diptera: Tachinidae)”, in Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, volume 117, →DOI, page 9:
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: (of Diptera) The postfrons.
Synonyms: forehead
Derived terms: prefrons
chicken-hearted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chicken-hearted
form: most chicken-hearted
Etymology: From chicken + hearted, after chicken heart. Compare hen-hearted.
Senses: examples: text: This chicken-hearted couple, by the light of a rush-candle that burned on the hearth, seeing a stranger burst into the chamber, in such a terrible attitude, were seized with consternation […].
ref: 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
synonyms: word: hen-hearted
word: boneless
word: chicken
word: chicken-hearted
word: chickenshit
word: cowardly
word: craven
word: dastardly
word: fainthearted
word: fearful
word: heartless
raw_tags: in this sense
word: gutless
word: hen-hearted
word: kiasi
word: lily-livered
word: milky
word: mousy
word: niddering
word: nidering
word: niding
word: nithing
word: poor-spirited
word: pusillanimous
word: sissy
word: spineless
word: timid
word: timorous
word: unhearty
word: weak-kneed
word: wimpish
word: yellow
word: yellow-bellied
antonyms: word: lionhearted
word: afraid
word: cowardly
word: cautious
word: fearful
word: frightened
word: meek
word: shy
word: timid
word: uncourageous
word: unhearty
glosses: Not brave; lacking courage; cowardly.
Derived terms: chicken-heartedly
chicken-heartedness
pertness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəːtnəs/
Forms: form: pertnesses
Etymology: From pert + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Dinwiddie, who did not love her, having indeed undergone a hundred pertnesses from the imperious little lady, […]
ref: 1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC:
text: He was completely bald and had a heavy, Chinese-looking countenance which contained, deeply embedded, two eyes of penetration and pertness, always twinkling on the edge of laughter.
ref: 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1021
glosses: The quality of being pert; cheekiness, impudence.
glosses: The quality of being pert; firmness (usually of breasts).
cavalries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cavalry
magick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magicks
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of magic.
topics: fantasy
human-sciences
mysticism
occult
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Actual magic or sorcery in fiction or in e.g. Wicca, neopaganism or modern witchcraft, as opposed to illusion or stage magic.
magick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of magic.
topics: fantasy
human-sciences
mysticism
occult
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Relating to actual magic or sorcery in fiction or in e.g. Wicca, neopaganism or modern witchcraft, as opposed to illusion or stage magic.
Derived terms: magickal
magickian
magickly
magicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magick
magics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magic
magics
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of magic
magicking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of magic
sheepshank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃiːpʃæŋk/
ipa: /ˈʃipˌʃæŋk/
Forms: form: sheepshanks
Etymology: Originally sheepshank knot or sheepshanks knot, from sheep + shank (“part of the leg between the knee and ankle”); the connection between the knot and a sheep’s leg is unclear.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A type of knot which is useful for shortening a rope or taking up slack without cutting it.
Coordinate terms: catshank
dogshank
sheepshank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃiːpʃæŋk/
ipa: /ˈʃipˌʃæŋk/
Forms: form: sheepshanks
form: sheepshanking
form: sheepshanked
form: sheepshanked
Etymology: Originally sheepshank knot or sheepshanks knot, from sheep + shank (“part of the leg between the knee and ankle”); the connection between the knot and a sheep’s leg is unclear.
Senses: glosses: To shorten (a rope) using a sheepshank knot.
surgeon's knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surgeon's knots
form: surgeons' knot
Senses: glosses: A knot derived from the reef knot, commonly used by surgeons.
monkey's fist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkey's fists
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
qualifier: knots
glosses: A type of knot tied at the end of a rope to serve as a weight, making it easier to throw the line.
glosses: Something which is difficult to understand; a puzzle.
sheet bend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheet bends
Senses: glosses: A type of knot that can be used to join two ropes of different diameters.
Synonyms: becket bend
weaver's knot
weaver's hitch
Related terms: double sheet bend
double sheet bend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double sheet bends
Senses: glosses: Doubled version of the sheet bend; a strong knot used to tie two ropes of different diameters together.
madrigals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of madrigal
bottle sling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottle slings
Senses: glosses: A knot that can be used to create a handle for a glass or ceramic container with a slippery narrow neck.
Synonyms: jug sling
bottle knot
jar sling
lapsarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /læpˈsɛəɹɪən/
Etymology: From Latin lapsus (“fall”) + -arian (“believer, advocate”); compare English lapse.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the fall of man from innocence.
lapsarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /læpˈsɛəɹɪən/
Forms: form: lapsarians
Etymology: From Latin lapsus (“fall”) + -arian (“believer, advocate”); compare English lapse.
Senses: glosses: One who believes that mankind has fallen from a better state.
Derived terms: antilapsarian
Related terms: antelapsarian
ante-lapsarian
infralapsarian
infra-lapsarian
lapsarianism
prelapsarian
pre-lapsarian
postlapsarian
post-lapsarian
sublapsarian
sub-lapsarian
superlapsarian
super-lapsarian
supralapsarian
supra-lapsarian
purler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: purlers
Etymology: From purl (“a fall”).
Senses: examples: text: He came a purler on the icy path.
text: 1869, “Stonehenge” (editor), The Coursing Calendar for the Autumn Season 1868, Containing Returns of All the Public Courses Run in Great Britain snd Ireland, page 172,
Dilston and Savernake: the latter led, and turned, but in trying to kill came down a purler, which completely knocked all the go out of him; Dilston took possession of the hare, and kept it, winning the course in hollow style.
text: Her French-speaking table in the dining-room is a riot of second-rate behaviour and dexterously aimed bread-pellets; the stairs outside her bedroom are relentlessly buttered and she comes purler after purler.
ref: 1954, British Broadcasting Corporation, The Listener, volume 51, page 67:
text: 1986, Judith Saxton (Katie Flynn), Family Feeling, 2012, unnumbered page,
Yet he was very sure that he had tripped and gone a purler just as he was leaving the Other Place . . . had that made him gash his forehead, once he was back in the pit?
text: ‘You could hold the ladder,’ Mart said, ‘see I don′t come a purler.’
ref: 2003, Susan Hill, The Boy Who Taught The Beekeeper To Read: The Boy Who Taught The Beekeeper To Read: And Other Stories, published 2011, unnumbered page:
glosses: A headlong fall or tumble.
examples: text: [The horse] falling with a mighty crash, gave him a purler on the opposite side, and was within an ace of striking him dead with his hoof in frantic struggles to recover.
ref: 1867, Ouida [pseudonym; Maria Louise Ramé], “The End of a Ringing Run”, in Under Two Flags: A Story of the Household and the Desert. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 119:
glosses: A knockdown blow; a blow that causes a person to fall headlong.
Synonyms: sense: incapacitating blow
word: king hit
Related terms: come a cropper
purler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: purlers
form: pearler
Etymology: Uncertain.
Senses: examples: text: The greatest game ever played is the one marketed with that tag by Australian Football Video: the 1989 round 6 match at Prince's Park between Hawthorn and Geelong, an awesome display of the skills of the game. It is doubtful whether two such great sides had ever graced a single season as the Hawks and the Cats did in 1989. The return match in September was a bit of a purler too, as I recall.
ref: 2000 May 12, peter.ryan, “Top3 best games of all time”, in aus.sport.aussie-rules (Usenet):
text: And just when I had a slight thought that there could be a "Lets be nice to George Week"
And you come along with that purler.
ref: 2008 December 24, George W, “Best way to transport wreck Syd-Tsv.”, in aus.motorcycles (Usenet):
glosses: Something extremely good.
dartitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dart + -itis.
Senses: glosses: A nervous condition which prevents a darts player from releasing the dart at the optimum moment.
Related terms: yips
yips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: His office is a baseball park and he is a pitcher for the N.Y. Mets—a job guaranteed to give anyone a good case of after-hours yips.
ref: 1962 May 4, Life, volume 52, number 18, →ISSN, page 3:
text: Bracing as all this may be to the President, it gives his security and logistical forces the yips.
ref: 1970, Newsweek, volume 76, page 13:
text: Golfers may be surprised to learn that the yips, in one form or another, occur in a wide variety of other sports and even in other non-athletic walks of life and work.
ref: 1992, Carol Mann, The 19th Hole: Favorite Golf Stories, Longmeadow Press, →ISBN, page 123:
text: Defining precisely why a professional cyclist might lose his touch on descents is as difficult as explaining a golfer's yips or a striker's sudden inability to find the net. It happens rarely, most famously in the early 1990s; the double world champion Gianni Bugno suffered from it and only rediscovered his "flow" after being made to listen to Mozart to calm his nerves.
ref: 2013 May 13, William Fotheringham, The Guardian:
ref: 2017 April 18, Rick Ankiel, The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life, PublicAffairs, →ISBN:
synonyms: wobbles
glosses: A nervous condition which prevents a sportsperson from playing properly; especially a condition which causes a golfer to miss an easy putt, or a tennis player to serve a double fault.
Related terms: dartitis
performance anxiety
yips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yip
yips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yip
diel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaɪ.əl/
ipa: /ˈdi.əl/
rhymes: -aɪəl
Etymology: From Latin dies (“day”) + -al.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a 24-hour period regardless of day or night.
Related terms: diurnal
nocturnal
dupatta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dupattas
form: dupatte
form: dopatta
form: dooputty
form: dupata
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi दुपट्टा (dupaṭṭā) / Urdu دوپَٹَّہ (dopaṭṭa).
Senses: examples: text: Her dupatta slipped from her shoulders, as he encircled her waist with one hand.
ref: 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:
text: Red bangles are stacked all the way to her elbows and her glittering scarlet dupatta is pinned to the high mound of her hair.
ref: 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 284:
glosses: A double layer of cloth worn by women as a scarf, veil etc.
Synonyms: odhni
tertian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: tercian
Etymology: From Middle English tertiān, terciān, terciāne (adjective and noun), originally often as part of the collocation fever cum terciane, after Latin febris cum tertiānā. Compare the "third" essence of tertiary.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: quartan
quotidian
glosses: Characterised by paroxysms recurring every other day (that is, every third day by inclusive reckoning).
raw_tags: of a fever
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Pertaining to the mean-tone temperament, in which major thirds are perfectly in tune.
Related terms: tertiary
tertian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tertians
form: tercian
Etymology: From Middle English tertiān, terciān, terciāne (adjective and noun), originally often as part of the collocation fever cum terciane, after Latin febris cum tertiānā. Compare the "third" essence of tertiary.
Senses: examples: text: And although we feele it not, it is not to bee doubted, if a continuall ague may in the end suppresse our mind, a tertian will also (according to her measure and proportion) breed some alteration in it.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: He died of the slow fever call'd the tertian, / And left his widow to her own aversion.
ref: 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, Canto 1:
glosses: A tertian fever.
related: word: tercian
synonyms: puncheon
hypernyms: cask
coordinate_terms: word: rundlet
english: in order of increasing volume
translation: in order of increasing volume
word: ;
word: barrel
word: ;
word: tierce
word: ;
word: hogshead
word: ;
word: pipe
word: butt
word: ;
word: tun
glosses: A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity (one-third of a tun's).
glosses: A Jesuit going through tertianship.
Related terms: tertial
tertiary
ear bud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ear buds
form: ear-bud
form: earbud
Etymology: From ear (“fruiting body of grain”) + bud.
Senses: glosses: An immature ear of maize from which the threadlike silks emerge.
ear bud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ear buds
form: ear-bud
form: earbud
Etymology: From ear (“auditory organ”) + bud.
Senses: glosses: An underdeveloped mammalian ear.
glosses: Alternative form of earbud.
glosses: A cotton swab.
earbud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiɹ.bʌd/
Forms: form: earbuds
Senses: examples: text: Both have ears plugged with earbuds, delightfully oblivious to the mayhem and destruction unfolding in the background of every shot: fire, car crashes, brain-hungry zombies!
ref: 2018 November 27, April Wolfe, “Anna And The Apocalypse is a Holiday-horror Cocktail of Singing, Maiming, and Clichés”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2019:
glosses: A small earphone designed to be placed in the ear canal for use with portable sound systems.
glosses: Alternative form of ear bud.
Derived terms: bud up
earbudded
bud up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: buds up
form: budding up
form: budded up
form: budded up
Senses: glosses: To don a pair of ear buds in preparation for listening to a portable sound system.
Eeyorish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːɔːɹɪʃ/
Forms: form: more Eeyorish
form: most Eeyorish
form: eeyorish
form: Eeyore-ish
Etymology: From the character Eeyore (in Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne) + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: More important for Brienne than the king's disengagement and eeyorish bad temper, however, was the consistency of the queen's favour.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 384:
text: We all know how that particular story ended, of course, and while Her late Majesty never had to suffer the indignity of opening up the accounts from which the project was funded, it could be argued that the occasional brush with realism - however aesthetically distasteful - would do our Eeyorish prince no harm.
ref: 2006 October 28, Marina Hyde, The Guardian:
text: The Great Exhibition and the Festival of Britain, declared one Eeyorish historian in the Daily Mail, had been ‘celebrations of the best in education, art and design, temples to technology and industry’.
ref: 2015, Dominic Sandbrook, The Great British Dream Factory, Penguin, published 2016, page xxi:
glosses: Very gloomy or pessimistic.
wikipedia: A. A. Milne
fitna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fitnas
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic فِتْنَة (fitna, “sedition, strife”).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Temptation.
glosses: Strife; social unrest or civil war among Muslims, especially from the 7th to the 9th century.
fitna
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: I'm fitna go to the store.
glosses: African-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.
flob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɒb/
rhymes: -ɒb
Etymology: Uncertain; possibly imitative. Possibly a Blend of phlegm + gob
Senses: glosses: Spittle or phlegm, especially a piece of spittle or phlegm that has been spat out.
Derived terms: flobby
flob
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɒb/
rhymes: -ɒb
Forms: form: flobs
form: flobbing
form: flobbed
form: flobbed
Etymology: Uncertain; possibly imitative. Possibly a Blend of phlegm + gob
Senses: examples: text: Every day she would flob on Zoe’s head from the flats as the little girl walked to school. And every day Tina would laugh, as if it was the funniest thing in the world.
ref: 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
text: I pointed out that they both looked equally unhappy, and that he was essentially kicking himself. He contemplated this for a moment, then flobbed at me and kicked the weakling slightly harder.
ref: 27 September 2010, Charlie Brooker, The Guardian:
glosses: To spit or to gob.
flob
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɒb/
rhymes: -ɒb
Forms: form: flobs
form: flobbing
form: flobbed
form: flobbed
Etymology: Probably an alteration of flop.
Senses: glosses: To flop; to move or behave in a loose or uncoordinated way.
foot-tapping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foot-tappings
Senses: glosses: A rhythmic tapping of the foot, especially in time to music
foot-tapping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more foot-tapping
form: most foot-tapping
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Having an insistent rhythm; catchy
giant slalom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giant slaloms
Etymology: From giant + slalom.
* (skiing): Being a slalom with larger turns.
* (snowboarding): From its similarity of turn with skiing's giant slalom.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: An Alpine skiing discipline in which the course is longer, steeper, and faster than normal slalom, and the gates are spaced at a greater distance.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
snowboarding
sports
glosses: An Alpine snowboarding discipline derived from the skiing discipline.
Hypernyms: alpine skiing
technical skiing
alpine snowboarding
Coordinate terms: slalom
super-G
downhill
downhill skiing
parallel slalom
alpine combined
parallel giant slalom
Derived terms: topics: skiing
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
snowboarding
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: GS
topics: skiing
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: Super-G
topics: skiing
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: Super G
topics: skiing
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: Super-GS
topics: skiing
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: Super GS
topics: skiing
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: super giant slalom
topics: skiing
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: SG
topics: skiing
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: SGS
topics: snowboarding
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: PGS
topics: snowboarding
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: parallel giant slalom
granthi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granthis
form: granthee
form: grunthee
form: grunthi
Etymology: Borrowed from Punjabi ਗ੍ਰੰਥੀ (granthī).
Senses: glosses: The person who reads the sacred scripture at a Sikh religious ceremony.
Related terms: Guru Granth Sahib
greigite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Joseph W. Greig, American mineralogist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A magnetic form of iron sulfide, Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄, analogous to magnetite, produced by microorganisms and found in lake sediments; Note: half the iron ions are ferrous and half ferric.
groupware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From group + -ware.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: collaborative software
glosses: software designed to be used collaboratively by multiple users on a network
Guru Granth Sahib
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Punjabi ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ (gurū granth sāhib), from ਗੁਰੂ (gurū, “guru”) + ਗ੍ਰੰਥ (granth) + ਸਾਹਿਬ (sāhib, “sahib”).
Senses: synonyms: Adi Granth
glosses: The main religious scripture of Sikhism.
Related terms: granthi
gyoza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡjɒzə/
ipa: /ˈɡjoʊzə/
rhymes: -ɒzə
rhymes: -əʊzə
Forms: form: gyozas
form: gyoza
Etymology: From Japanese 餃子 (gyōza), itself borrowed from Mandarin 餃子／饺子 (jiǎozi), possibly from a variety without significant palatalization, such as Peninsular Mandarin (Weihai: /ciau²¹³ tsz̩⁰/), or from Mandarin before palatalization (ie. *giǎozi). Doublet of jiaozi.
Senses: examples: text: […] the steadily increasing demand for ready-made gyozas at convenience stores and other retail outlets.
ref: 1999, New Technology Japan, volume 27, page 29:
text: Here’s a grocery list of foods Chestnut has eaten competitively, drawn from his Major League Eating bio: apple pie, asparagus, boysenberry pie, brats, burritos, chicken spiedies (a kind of sandwich), chicken wings, chili, corned beef sandwiches, eggs, fish tacos, funnel cake, grilled cheese sandwiches, gyoza, Krystal hamburgers, horseshoe sandwiches, hot dogs, ice cream, jalapeno poppers, kolaches, pastrami sandwiches, Philly cheesesteaks, pierogi, pizza, pork ribs, pulled pork, poutine, salt potatoes, shrimp, tacos, tamales, turkey and Twinkies.
ref: 2015 July 2, Michael Pearson, “6 things to know about hot dog king Joey Chestnut”, in CNN:
glosses: A Japanese crescent-shaped dumpling filled with a minced stuffing and steamed, boiled or fried; the Japanese equivalent of the Chinese jiaozi.
wikipedia: Palatalization_(sound_change)#Mandarin_Chinese
Related terms: potsticker
jiaozi
pelmeni
jiaozi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒjaʊ.d͡ʒi/
Forms: form: jiaozi
form: jiaozis
form: chiao-tze
form: jiao zi
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 餃子／饺子 (jiǎozi). Doublet of gyoza.
Senses: examples: text: I took the Blakes over for a jiaozi dinner in the park—not my favorite place although the jiaozis were much better than the food we had before.
ref: 1975 May 26, George H[erbert] W[alker] Bush, “‘We Do Have Principles and It Is Time We Stood Up for Them’: April 16 to June 2, 1975”, in Jeffrey A. Engel, editor, The China Diary of George H. W. Bush: The Making of a Global President, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 297:
text: It was especially good that night—with wonderful fish, steamed pike, fish dumplings (rather like hot gefilte fish), a whole braised duck, the crab-filled jiaozis I love so much, and more beer and wine than I’ve consumed in months.
ref: 1985 December 16, James Friend, “Monday, December 16”, in Beverly Friend, editor, China Journal: A World of Difference, Lincolnwood, Ill.: Friendly Books, published 2008, →ISBN, volume II (October 24–Dec 19, 1985), page 272:
text: Jiaozi are eaten all year long and at any time of day—breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
ref: 2010, Alan Hoenig, Eating Out in China: A Traveler's Resource, page 52:
text: Her favorite were dumplings. One Chinese New Year, her mom cooked us so many dumplings, I stopped eating them for almost a year. I craved those little jiaozis. Even one bite now, and I would have traded away my birthright.
ref: 2013, Peter Tieryas Liu, “Thou Shalt Not Live on Bread Alone”, in Bald New World, Alresford, Hants.: Perfect Edge Books, John Hunt Publishing Ltd., published 2014, →ISBN, page 88:
text: In comparison, jiaozi fillings are much more diverse than those used for wontons. They could be any kind of meat, as well as many varieties of vegetables to make vegetarian jiaozi. And jiaozi are usually larger than wontons.
ref: 2015, Rongguang Zhao, Gangliu Wang, Aimee Yiran Wang, A History of Food Culture in China, page 39:
synonyms: Peking ravioli
glosses: A Chinese crescent-shaped dumpling filled with a minced stuffing and steamed, boiled or fried; the Chinese originator or predecessor of the Japanese gyoza.
Related terms: potsticker
gyoza
pelmeni
chiv
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɪv/
rhymes: -ɪv
Forms: form: chivs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shiv.
glosses: The scooped out portion at the end of a stave used to make a cask, where the croze will be incised.
glosses: A cooper's tool used to make that section.
chiv
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɪv/
rhymes: -ɪv
Forms: form: chivs
form: chivving
form: chivved
form: chivved
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shiv.
chivs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chiv
chivs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chiv
clipt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clipped
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of clip
Derived terms: unclipt
electric shock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electric shocks
Senses: examples: text: The newer taser delivered a more powerful electric shock to the target than the older one did.
text: Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines. Several telegraph operators received electric shocks and some telegraph stations even caught fire.
ref: 2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:
glosses: An instance of subjecting (someone or something) to an electric shock.
glosses: The physical reaction or shock caused by the flow of electricity through the body.
Synonyms: word: current shock
word: ground
Related terms: electrocution
electroshock
speciation event
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speciation events
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: a moment when the evolutional lineage splits, starting history of a new species.
electrical circuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrical circuits
Senses: glosses: An electric circuit.
megacity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megacities
Etymology: From mega- + city.
Senses: examples: text: Why, for instance, do water users in a megacity like Lagos not pay an extra charge to get cesspits pumped out?
ref: 2011 July 30, “Cholera and the super-loo”, in The Economist:
glosses: A very large city; a megalopolis.
dicotyledonous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dicotyledon + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the dicotyledons.
glosses: Having two cotyledons.
Related terms: acotyledonous
monocotyledonous
polycotyledonous
enameled wire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enameled wires
form: enamelled wire
Senses: glosses: Wire insulated with a thin baked-on varnish enamel, used in electric coils to allow the maximum number of turns in a given space.
heinie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪni/
rhymes: -aɪni
Forms: form: heinies
form: hiney
form: heiny
Etymology: From a corruption of *hindie, for *behindie (“behind, rear end, hindward parts”), equivalent to hind + -ie. Perhaps influenced in some way by Heinie (“a German”).
Senses: examples: text: She had spent enough time kissing heinies to wear her lips right off. And Shelby Symington didn't like kissing heinies. Down in Atlanta, where she was from, people used to line up to kiss hers.
ref: 1992, Olivia Goldsmith, The First Wives Club, page 200:
text: 2001, Stephen Coonts, America: Jake Grafton, Book 9, 2013, unnumbered page,
“I hope you’re right,” Jake said, “because if you aren’t, Jacob Lee Grafton, we’ve been betting our heinies for a lot of years. One more big bet won’t make any difference.”
text: But Leandro simply could not reconcile himself to the thought of her taking all the risk to save both their heinies.
ref: 2007, Sarah Mayberry, Hot for Him, page 68:
glosses: The buttocks.
Heinie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Heinrich (“German given name”) + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
Senses: examples: text: Henry "Heinie" Manush,^([Heinie Manush]) yet another outfield prospect, joined the Tigers in 1923, having impressed management with his outstanding Western League batting average of .375 the previous season. Major league pitching proved no mystery to Heinie either, as he connected for a .334 batting average in 1924, his freshman season.
ref: 1999, William Martin Anderson, The Detroit Tigers, page 48:
text: Heinie^([Heinie Zimmerman]) played with the Cubs from 1907 thru 1916, as a third baseman.
ref: 2010, Wayne Mausser, Chicago Cubs Facts and Trivia, Third Edition, page 27:
text: Lieutenant Colonel Harry C. “Heinie” Aderholt,^([Harry C. Aderholt]) who was born and raised in Birmingham, had been with the CIA since the Korean War and now commanded clandestine air operations out of Okinawa and Thailand. Heinie Aderholt knew most of the Alabama Guard pilots.
ref: 2011, Warren Trest, Donald B. Dodd, Wings of Denial: The Alabama Air National Guard's Covert Role at the Bay of Pigs, page 27:
glosses: A diminutive form of Heinrich, or its English cognate Henry, sometimes applied to a person of (real or supposed) German heritage.
Heinie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Heinies
Etymology: From Heinrich (“German given name”) + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
Senses: examples: text: "Let's go get them heinies, Sergeant," I challenged, with forced good cheer.
ref: 2005, John B. Babcock, Taught to Kill, page 99:
text: The Heinies had run off. We were suspicious; the boys were a little nervous because in a hedgerow we didn't know where our friends and foes were. Suddenly Bud said, “Damn, there's a Heinie over there. There's his helmet!”
ref: 2009, John Wayne Gorman, Dorothy Gorman Yundt, Patrick Quinn, Compass: U.S. Army Ranger, European Theater, 1944-45, page 58:
text: At the outcry of “Heinies!" Gaul jumped out of the window and bolted for the woods.
ref: 2009, Sonya Jason, Maria Gulovich, OSS Heroine of World War II, page 131:
glosses: A German, especially a German soldier.
grease gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grease guns
Senses: glosses: A levered or plungered device for forcing grease into machinery.
qualifier: due to its appearance
glosses: A submachine gun, particularly the .45 calibre M3 used by the US in World War II.
Related terms: grease nipple
grease fitting
grease up
hoisin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɔɪ.sɪn/
/ˈhɔɪ.zən/
Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 海鮮 /海鲜 (hoi² sin¹), literally "seafood", though the sauce contains no seafood ingredients.
Senses: glosses: A sauce made from soy, garlic, chili etc, used in Chinese cooking
Synonyms: hoisin sauce
hoisin sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoisin sauces
Etymology: Partial calque from Cantonese 海鮮醬／海鲜酱 (hoi2 sin1 zoeng3, literally “seafood sauce, sauce for seafood”).
Senses: glosses: A thick, pungent, dark, sweet and salty sauce made from soy, garlic and chili, used in Chinese cooking.
nickel silver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: alpacca
argentone
German silver
maillechort
glosses: A hard, corrosion-resistant alloy of copper, zinc and nickel used to make domestic silverware.
German silver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: German silvers
form: german silver
form: German-silver
Etymology: From its appearance and its development by 19th-century German metalworkers in imitation of the Chinese alloy known as paktong.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Briggs recommended plated medals, on German silver, as the best.
ref: 1841, John Yonge Akerman, editor, The Numismatic Chronicle, Volume IV: April 1841—January 1842, page 175:
text: German silver consists essentially of copper, zinc, and nickel. Various metals have been introduced under fanciful names, such as Brazilian and Nevada silver, Argentan, Potosi silver, silveroid, silvene, arguzoid, etc., but these consist of German silver with perhaps slight additions, as, for instance, of iron, manganese, lead, tin, silver, cobalt, and magnesium. German silver is noted for its whiteness, lustre, brilliance, tenacity, and toughness, and its power of resisting chemical influences.
ref: 1907, [D. McKay], Paul N. Hasluck, Metalworking: Old-fashioned Tools, Materials, and Processes for the Handyman, Skyhorse Publishing, published 2011, page 8:
text: Of these, unquestionably, the most popular are the German silvers, i.e., the alloys of nickel, copper, and zinc.
ref: 1922, Metal Industry, volume 21, page 129:
text: German silvers are also used in ornamental hardware, costume jewelry, valves, rivets, springs, and plumbing fixtures. A typical German silver contains about 66% copper, 17% nickel, and 17% zinc.
ref: 1998, The Encyclopedia Americana: International Edition, Volume 1, page 582:
text: Between 1865 and 1880, the supply of German silver increased greatly, leading to an abundance of items manufactured from it and a decline in its value as a rare commodity. Southern Plains metalsmiths produced horse gear, pectorals and crosses, earrings, finger rings, other jewelry, and decorative objects with German silver.
ref: 1999, Daniel C. Swan, Peyote Religious Art: Symbols of Faith and Belief, University Press of Mississippi, page 63:
glosses: Cupronickel, nickel silver; specifically the variety developed by 19th-century German metalworkers, an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc.
Synonyms: sense: alloy of copper, nickel and zinc
word: albata
sense: alloy of copper, nickel and zinc
word: argentan
sense: alloy of copper, nickel and zinc
word: cupronickel
sense: alloy of copper, nickel and zinc
word: electrum
sense: alloy of copper, nickel and zinc
word: maillechort
sense: alloy of copper, nickel and zinc
word: new silver
sense: alloy of copper, nickel and zinc
word: nickel brass
sense: alloy of copper, nickel and zinc
word: nickel silver
sense: alloy of copper, nickel and zinc
word: paktong
hospitalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hospitalists
Etymology: From hospital + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A hospitaller
glosses: A physician who specializes in the care of hospital in-patients.
Derived terms: neurohospitalist
surgicalist
hospitaller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hospitallers
Etymology: From Middle English hospiteler, from Middle French hospitalier; equivalent to hospital + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who attends visitors in a religious institution.
glosses: A member of any of several religious orders that cared for the sick in hospitals.
Derived terms: Knight Hospitaller
Grand Hospitaller
Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God
in-patient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: in-patients
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of inpatient.
inpatient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inpatients
form: in-patient
Etymology: From in- (“internal”) + patient.
Senses: examples: text: For three of the four regions, the number and rate of procedures was higher in inpatient than in ambulatory settings, but in the Midwest the differences between settings were not statistically significant.
ref: 1998, Maria Owings, Lola Jean Kozak, Ambulatory and Inpatient Procedures in the United States, 1996, Issue 139:
topics: government
healthcare
antonyms: outpatient
glosses: A patient whose treatment requires at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.
Derived terms: noninpatient
inpatient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: in-patient
Etymology: From in- (“internal”) + patient.
Senses: examples: text: the aim of our study is to evaluate, separately, the levels of independence and social functioning in adulthood among individuals diagnosed with ASD in early childhood, taking into account the cultural context and available resources of our country, and based on sociodemographic variables. […] Exclusion criteria included the presence of severe psychiatric disorders in the parent (such as psychosis requiring inpatient treatment, mood disorders in the acute phase, moderate to severe intellectual disability), physical illnesses that would impair communication (e.g., significant hearing or speech impairments), illiteracy, or inability to contact the parent.
ref: 2025 August 13, Müjdat Erarkadaş, Kübra Özmeral Erarkadaş, Şahika Gülen Şişmanlar, “Autism Spectrum Disorder Beyond Childhood: A Comprehensive Assessment of Activities of Daily Living and Social Functioning in Turkish Adults.”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, →DOI:
glosses: Of treatment, requiring at least one night's residence in a hospital.
inpatient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + patient.
Senses: examples: text: ...she told her, That she had an extreme desire to converse with the soul of her Noble Lord and dear Husband, and that she was inpatient of a longer stay.
ref: 1668, Margaret Cavendish, The Blazing World:
glosses: Alternative spelling of impatient.
flashover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flashovers
Etymology: Deverbal from flash over.
Senses: glosses: The near simultaneous ignition of all combustible material in an enclosed area.
examples: text: The overhead line was energised at 25,000 volts and the height of the contact wire was reduced to 11 in. above the chimney, then to 5 and finally to 2 in.; at this last, short distance the flashover occurred, but all the men were perfectly safe because the current went direct to earth through the locomotive.
ref: 1960 April, “Talking of Trains: Safety with 25kV a.c.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 203:
synonyms: sparkover
glosses: An unintended electric discharge or arc over or around an insulator.
Derived terms: flashover voltage
hypericin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypericins
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A red-coloured anthraquinone derivative, extracted from St. John's wort or prepared synthetically, used as an antidepressant and antiviral agent.
Derived terms: protohypericin
pseudohypericin
St. John's wort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /seɪnt ˈd͡ʒɑnz wɝt/
enpr: sānt jŏnz wûrt
ipa: /sən(t)ˈd͡ʒɒnz wɜːt/
Forms: form: St. John's worts
form: St John's wort
form: Saint John's wort
Senses: examples: text: that hearbe we call S. John]
ref: [1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 13 p. 218http://poly-olbion.exeter.ac.uk/the-text/full-text/song-13/
text: It is also necessary to watch cattle so that they may not graze in any place where the Elle-people have been. If any animal goes to a place where the Elle-people have spit or done what is worse, it is attacked by some grievous disease, which can only be cured by giving it a handful of St. John's wort, which was pulled at twelve o'clock on St. John's night.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 140:
text: Peony would keep away any kind of storms. Mugwort hung over doorways on Midsummer's Day, June 24, would keep off lightning, as St. John's-Wort would if gathered before sunrise on that day.
ref: 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 258:
text: Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.
ref: 2013 March 24, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 16 May 2013, page 134:
synonyms: John's wort
glosses: Any of several plants, of the genus Hypericum, especially Hypericum perforatum, that have yellow flowers and traditionally ward off evil.
glosses: The plant prepared as a medication.
Saint John's wort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Saint John's worts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of St. John's wort
ahinsa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ahimsa.
insource
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: insources
form: insourcing
form: insourced
form: insourced
Etymology: From in- + source.
Senses: glosses: To obtain goods or services by insourcing.
Derived terms: insourced
insourced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of insource
insourced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obtained by insourcing
raw_tags: of goods or services
glosses: Having one's employment transferred back to an original employer after being outsourced
raw_tags: of a person
outsourced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outsource
outsourced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obtained by outsourcing
raw_tags: of goods or services
glosses: Having ones employment transferred to a third party
raw_tags: of a person
jobseeker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jobseekers
form: job seeker
Etymology: From job + seeker.
Senses: examples: text: It has taken people off the dole queue, and its online jobseekers board is updated daily.
ref: 2021 September 8, “Network News: HS2 jobs boost - but skills shortage a concern”, in RAIL, number 939, page 16:
glosses: A person seeking employment.
glosses: An unemployed person who needs to prove he/she is looking for work in order to obtain government benefits.
Derived terms: Jobseeker's Allowance
Related terms: employer