cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ropy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊpi/
rhymes: -əʊpi
Forms: form: ropier
form: more ropy
form: ropiest
form: most ropy
form: ropey
Etymology: From Middle English ropy, from rope + -y.
Senses: examples: Myofascial Syndrome
Hence, myofascial pain is usually associated with a taut band, indicating a "ropey" thickening of muscle tissue.
glosses: Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch.
glosses: Capable of forming rope-like or thread-like structures.
examples: text: The Hoary Froſts, and Northern Blaſts take care / Thy muddy Bev'rage to ſerene, and drive / Præcipitant the baſer, ropy Lees.
ref: 1708, [John Philips], “Book II”, in Cyder. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 68:
synonyms: word: bingy
glosses: Slimy, as after the action of Enterobacter aerogenes in syrup.
raw_tags: of milk or another liquid
ropy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊpi/
rhymes: -əʊpi
Forms: form: ropier
form: more ropy
form: ropiest
form: most ropy
form: ropey
Etymology: From Scots roupy (“husky; hoarse”), from Scots roup (“hoarseness, huskiness, any inflamed condition of the throat”).
Senses: examples: text: The very poultry in the coop / Began to pine away and droop— / The cock was first to go; / And glad we were on all our parts, / He used to damp our very hearts / With such a ropy crow.
ref: 1845, Thomas Hood, The Captain’s Cow:
text: Although Britain’s migration figures are ropey, other data point in the same direction.
ref: 2012 September 8, “Emigration: On The Road”, in The Economist:
synonyms: inferior
second-rate
shabby
unwell
glosses: Of poor quality; in poor health.
Related terms: rope
ropey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ropey
form: most ropey
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ropy.
in force
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
Patrick was a cabbie & a dispatcher at Yellow Cab & when we got to the church where the [funeral] services were being held, the cabbies came out in force for Pat & there were at least 30 cabs pulling into the church parking lot.
text: The police arrived in force at dawn to raid the drug lab.
glosses: With a substantial number of men capable of exerting force or of making a show of force.
examples: text: They made the presentation in force to try to impress the client.
glosses: With a substantial display of resources.
examples: text: Some of the old laws against treason are no longer in force.
topics: business
insurance
law
glosses: In effect; applicable.
Related terms: in full force
antimicrobials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antimicrobial
anti-microbial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Door grab handles have been coated with an anti-microbial finish.
ref: 2021 January 13, “Fleet News: Final Avanti West Coast Super Voyager refurbished”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 23:
glosses: Alternative spelling of antimicrobial.
anti-microbial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of antimicrobial.
respider
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: respiders
form: respidering
form: respidered
form: respidered
Etymology: From re- + spider.
Senses: glosses: To spider again.
let-off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: let-offs
Etymology: Deverbal from let off.
Senses: examples: text: The accused received a suspended sentence, which many saw as a let-off.
text: The missed penalty was a massive let-off for the home team.
coordinate_terms: get-out
glosses: An escape from punishment.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom.
grumbles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grumble
grumbles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grumble
skinful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪnfəl/
Forms: form: skinfuls
form: skinsful
Etymology: From skin + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: a skinful of wine
glosses: Enough to fill a skin.
examples: text: I wasn't thinking straight – I'd had a skinful that night.
text: When methodist preachers come down,
A-preaching that drinking is sinful,
I'll wager the rascals a crown,
They always preach best with a skinful.
ref: 1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer:
text: “’E generally goes down there when ’e’s got ’is skinful, beggin’ your pardon, sir, an’ they do say that the more lush — in-he-briated ’e is, the more fish ’e catches.”
ref: 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 140:
text: "People who've had a skinful," Robey explains. "They lose their inhibitions and forget the boundaries of acceptable behaviour.
ref: 2024 August 7, Paul Clifton, “You absolute moron!”, in RAIL, number 1015, page 54:
glosses: Enough alcoholic drink to cause inebriation.
examples: text: To steal a housewife's purse might mean that her children would have to go hungry; but what of that, if the flash young “dip” could gain admiration from his mates by boasting that he had “frisked a judy's cly and lifted a skinful of bunce”?
ref: 1959, Frank Clune, Murders on Maunga-tapu, page 10:
text: “Now there's a skinful of abuse!” the curly top exclaimed. “Sounds as if she crossed the ocean just to denounce you in a public place.”
ref: 2011, Anne Emery, Death at Christy Burke's, page 102:
glosses: Plenty; a large amount.
grumblings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grumbling
value voter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: value voters
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: One who participates in elections and makes decisions based on issues such as religion, abortion, capital punishment and same-sex marriage.
Tendenz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: German Tendenz
Senses: glosses: The drift or bias of a literary work.
colligation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colligations
Etymology: From Latin colligātiō. By surface analysis, colligate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: These therefore the midwife cutteth off, contriving them into a knot close unto the body of the Infant; from whence ensueth that tortuosity or complicated nodosity we usually call the Navell; occasioned by the colligation of the vessels before mentioned.
ref: 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A binding together.
examples: text: Induction is a term applied to describe the process of a true Colligation of Facts by means of an exact and appropriate Conception.
ref: 1840, William Whewell, “Aphorisms Concerning Science”, in The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Founded upon Their History. […], volume I, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […]; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: J. and J. J. Deighton, →OCLC, paragraph XIII, page xxxix:
text: the colligation of facts
ref: 1843, John Stuart Mill, A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence, and the Methods of Scientific Investigation. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], →OCLC:
text: In order to have knowledge of the physical world, we use our ideas and concepts as the "thread" on which we string the facts about the world, the "pearls." We do this by a process Whewell called colligation.
ref: 2011, Laura J. Snyder, The Philosophical Breakfast Club Broadway Books, page 252 (in a discussion of William Whewell's Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Founded upon Their History (1840))
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The formulation of a general hypothesis which seeks to connect two or more facts.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The co-occurrence of syntactic categories, usually within a sentence.
Derived terms: colligational
Related terms: word: colligate
word: colligative
sense: binding together
word: ligation
topics: logic
mathematics
philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: intersection
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: collocation
bivouac sack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bivouac sacks
Senses: synonyms: bivi bag
bivy
tent-sack
glosses: A waterproof fabric shell designed to slip over a sleeping bag.
Related terms: Zdarsky tent-sack
Ajay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ajays
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi अजय (ajay), etc.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit.
glosses: A surname from Sanskrit.
Ajay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali অজয় (ojoẏ), from Sanskrit अजय (ajaya).
Senses: glosses: A river in eastern India.
brachypterous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /bɹəˈkɪptəɹəs/
Forms: form: brachypteran
Etymology: By surface analysis, brachy- + -pterous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: subapterous
coordinate_terms: apterous
wingless
glosses: Having short, possibly non-functional wings.
Related terms: word: Apteryx
word: brachyptery
lemonized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lemonize
lemonized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lemonized
form: most lemonized
Senses: glosses: Flavoured with lemon.
ventrolaterally
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ventrolateral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Both ventrally and laterally, or involving movement in this direction.
croons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹuːnz/
rhymes: -uːnz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of croon
gastrolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gastroliths
Etymology: From gastro- + -lith.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: rocks which are or have been held inside the digestive tract of an animal to aid in buoyancy or food processing.
regurgitalith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regurgitaliths
Etymology: From regurgitate + -lith.
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: The fossilised remains of stomach contents regurgitated by an animal.
legitimised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of legitimise
legitimises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of legitimise
legitimising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of legitimise
PWD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PWDs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of public works department.
glosses: Initialism of Portuguese Water Dog.
examples: text: Again, any subject concerning the situation or welfare of mankind has a direct or indirect bearing on PWDs either both as members of society and as PWDs.
ref: 1999, Alex Ndeezi, Progress and challenges with constitutional and legal provisions on disability:
text: Polyrhythmic refers to the rhythm of identity markers changing in importance to the person and to society. A person may identify more as a woman and second as a PWD. Disabilities can be visible and invisible.
ref: 2014, Neal F. Chalofsky, Handbook of Human Resource Development, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 302:
glosses: Initialism of person with disability.
terai hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terai hats
Senses: examples: text: She used to trot up and down Simla Mall in a forlorn sort of way, with a grey Terai hat well on the back of her head, and a shocking bad saddle under her.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Other Man”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 65:
glosses: A wide-brimmed ventilated sunhat worn in subtropical regions.
vakil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /vəˈkiːl/
Forms: form: vakils
form: vakeel
Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu وکیل (okel) / Hindi वकील (vakīl), from Arabic وَكِيل (wakīl, “agent”).
Senses: examples: text: These papers deal with all sorts of things—from the payment of Rs.200 to a ‘secret service’ native, up to rebukes administered to Vakils and Motamids of Native States
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Consequences”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 69:
text: A berth was reserved for me by my friends in the same cabin as that of Sergt. Tryambakrai Mazmudar, the Junagadh vakil. They also commended me to him. He was an experienced man of mature age and knew the world. I was yet a stripling of eighteen without any experience of the world. Sergt. Mazmudar told my friends not to worry about me.
ref: 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xii
glosses: Alternative form of vakeel.
chlorodyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈklɒɹədaɪn/
Forms: form: chlorodynes
Etymology: By genericization from a trade name, which was from a blend of chloroform + anodyne.
Senses: examples: text: Then he began, for he had a good memory, quoting a few of the more important notes in the papers—slowly and one by one as a man drops chlorodyne into a glass.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Consequences”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 71:
text: Mr. Pappleworth arrived, chewing a chlorodyne gum, at about twenty to nine, when all the other men were at work.
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 5”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
glosses: A narcotic drug, made from chloroform, morphia and other substances.
family man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: family men
Senses: examples: text: But the breakup and awkward love rectangle were a recurring topic in Google's gossip mill, adding even more tension. Page, a devout family man, didn't speak with his co-founder for some time afterward.
ref: 2022, Mark Bergen, Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination, Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: An adult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated.
Related terms: father of the family
paterfamilias
patriarch
family woman
head of household
soy milk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪlk
Forms: form: soy milks
form: soymilk
Etymology: Compound of soy + milk.
Senses: glosses: A milky liquid made from soy beans and used as a beverage, cooking ingredient or substitute for dairy milk.
glosses: An individual serving of such a beverage.
Synonyms: soya milk
soybean milk
Hypernyms: plant milk
Coordinate terms: almond milk
coconut milk
hazelnut milk
hemp milk
oat milk
peanut milk
rice milk
Derived terms: soy milk maker
aggrandisement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aggrandisements
form: aggrandizement
Etymology: From aggrandise + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: Evelyn was but one of many. Reckless, loving pleasure and ease; with much of worldly wealth and aggrandisement to tempt him on the other side of the question; yet was he heart and soul devoted to the Stuarts...
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 174:
text: What is clear is that Chelsea will live a different reality without Abramovich and there is a strong chance that it will not be as exciting. In football terms, he was the ideal owner: no money constraints; an individual motivated purely by aggrandisement, to succeed year after year.
ref: March 11 2022, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of aggrandizement.
Derived terms: self-aggrandisement
analogise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: analogises
form: analogising
form: analogised
form: analogised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of analogize.
aggrandisements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aggrandisement
apocryphalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apocryphalists
Etymology: From apocryphal + -ist.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A member of the group who supported the inclusion of the Apocrypha in the Bible.
topics: Christianity
glosses: A writer of the Apocrypha in the Bible.
Related terms: Apocrypha
apocryphal
apocryphalism
toxicopharmacological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From toxico- + pharmacological.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to toxicopharmacology.
toxicopharmacology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From toxico- + pharmacology.
Senses: glosses: The pharmacology of toxic substances.
Related terms: toxicopharmacological
adjoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adjoint
admiralship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: admiralships
Etymology: From admiral + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The state, property, or office of being an admiral.
admonisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: admonishers
Etymology: From admonish + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The question was put distinctly, yet resonantly, as when a great clock-bell—stunning admonisher—strikes one; and the stroke, though single, comes bedded in the belfry clamor.
ref: 1857, Herman Melville, chapter XVII, in The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade:
glosses: One who admonishes.
admonishers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of admonisher
albedos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of albedo
fine art
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fine arts
Senses: examples: text: Friendly haggling is a fine art and all part of the experience of visiting a local market; it's not meant to be a battle.
ref: 2006 November 11, Richard Hammond, “Eco dilemma. Is it OK to barter?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: An exact skill that needs practice to perfect.
glosses: singular of fine arts
Related terms: down to a fine art
surströmming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsʊə(ɹ)stɹɜːmɪŋ/
/ˈsʊə(ɹ)stɹɒmɪŋ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish surströmming, from sur (“sour”) + strömming (“Baltic herring”).
Senses: glosses: A traditional Swedish food made by fermenting Baltic herring in wooden casks.
chilver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪlvə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪlvə(ɹ)
Forms: form: chilvers
Etymology: From Old English ċilfor (or ċeolfor).
Senses: examples: text: The chilver and pur lambs, at 2d. per head for about 40 weeks, will cost
ref: 1812, General View of the Agriculture of the County of Dorset, page 407:
text: For the last few years I have put out my Chilver lambs to keep from the middle of October til Lady-day upon a dry, sheltered, and healthy farm, andd as the result of this plan, I have found that the lambs did quite as well there with cut swedes and hay as they would on my high exposed farm during the winter upon the same allowance of roots and hay, with the addition of a quarter of a pound of best cake per day for each lamb.
ref: 1868, British Farmer's Magazine - Issue 54, page 114:
text: Among the purchasers of the Chilver lambs were Mr. Morrison, a lot at £170; Mr. Taylor, £80; Mr. Buxton, :£33 10s, Mr Holdsworth £34
ref: 1874, The Farmer's Magazine - Volume 76, page 259:
text: To repairing Hurne bridge 1 chilver shepe.
ref: 1898, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, page 66:
text: If anything has to go short, it will not be the heifers or chilver lambs, as they call their yearling ewes ; and in fact , as I have already said, except in the occasional seasons of drouth, the Dorset ewe during the four or five years of her life never knows what it is to want.
ref: 1898, Wool Markets and Sheep - Volumes 8-9, page 2:
text: In the summer and autumn, the chilver lambs are frequently folded, being fed on grass, rape, turnips, and hay, from the latter end of summer till the following spring.
ref: 1970, William Marshall, Southern and peninsular departments, page 280:
glosses: A female lamb.
the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
Etymology: From the Bible's account of Jesus' last night in Gethsemane. Matthew 26:41: Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Senses: examples: text: It’s obvious that when it comes to business vs government regulation the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
ref: 1976 May 10, Stanley Modic, “Spirit Is Willing, but . . .”, in Industry Week, Cleveland, Oh., →ISSN, →OCLC; quoted in Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 94ᵗʰ Congress, Second Session, volume 122, part 12, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 18 May 1976, →OCLC, page 14337, column 2:
text: I should have more willpower, but as the saying goes, “the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Thus, all too often, instead of going to waste, my leftovers go to “waist.”
ref: 2019 January 19, Sue Bowman, “Rural Ramblings: Weighing In”, in Lancaster Farming, Northern edition, volume 64, number 16, Ephrata, Pa., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B9, column 1:
text: We are enjoying the aftermath of an all-grandkid weekend: fatigue, muscle cramps and a blue bucket filled with cicada shells by the back door. We will rebound shortly. Thanksgiving sounds about right. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak—especially when you are outnumbered 11 to two.
ref: 2023 September 7, Lori Borgman, “A level playing field between youth, age”, in Lincoln Journal Star, volume 162, number 250, Lincoln, Neb.: Lee Enterprises, →ISSN, →OCLC, page B8, column 4:
synonyms: the spirit is strong, but the flesh is weak
glosses: As much as one wishes to achieve something, the frailties of the human body often make it impossible. Sometimes extended to jocular or organizational referents.
Related terms: the spirit moves one
Janjaweed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒandʒəˈwiːd/
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic جَنْجَوِيد (janjawīd), from Persian جنگوی (jangavi, “warrior”), influenced by Arabic جَوَاد (jawād, “horse”).
Senses: examples: text: Hilal has admitted recruiting local Janjaweed militias for the government, but denies personal involvement in the scorched-earth campaign that has driven more than two million people from their homes and seen more than 200,000 people die.
ref: 2008 January 22, Xan Rice, The Guardian:
glosses: An Arab militia force in Darfur, western Sudan, which has been in conflict with various Darfur rebel groups.
pentyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentyls
Etymology: From pentane + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₅H₁₁, formally derived from pentane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
Synonyms: amyl
Derived terms: aminopentyl
capecitabine
dipentyl
gabapentin
isopentyl
pentobarbital
pentylamine
pentylic
tetrapentyl
hexyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexyls
Etymology: From hexane + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₆H₁₃, formally derived from hexane by the loss of a hydrogen atom
Derived terms: aminohexyl
cyclohexyl
dihexyl
hexoprenaline
hexylamine
hexylamino
hexylic
hexyloxy
hexylresorcinol
hexylthiophene
iodohexyl
monohexyl
parahexyl
perfluorohexyl
trihexyphenidyl
octyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octyls
Etymology: From octane + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₈H₁₇, formally derived from octane by the loss of a hydrogen atom
Derived terms: cyclooctyl
dioctyl
iodooctyl
isooctyl
monooctyl
naboctate
octisalate
octylamine
octyl gallate
octylglucoside
octylic
octylisothiazolinone
perfluorooctyl
tetraoctyl
trioctylphosphine
nonyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonyls
Etymology: From nonane + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₉H₁₉, formally derived from nonane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
Derived terms: dinonyl
isononyl
nonabine
nonylphenol
Related terms: nonylic
nonylic acid
decyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decyls
Etymology: From decane + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₀H₂₁, formally derived from decane by the loss of a hydrogen atom
Derived terms: decylic
decylmaltoside
decylplastoquinone
dequalinium
hexdecyl
iododecyl
isodecyl
monodecyl
tridecyl
Hillary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪ.lə.ɹi/
Forms: form: Hillarys
form: Hilary
Etymology: From Latin Hilarius or Hilaria, from hilare (“cheerfully”) (compare English hilarious).
Senses: examples: text: On Friday, Meijer told CNN that he’s “not here to whine about the (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) coming in and meddling” in his race, referring to the House Democratic campaign arm spending spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on ads to boost Gibbs’ profile in hopes of a more favorable general election matchup. (Gibbs will face Democrat Hillary Scholten in November.)
ref: 2022 August 5, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Meijer says returning to Biden-Trump in 2024 would be ‘pretty sad commentary’ on country”, in CNN:
glosses: A unisex given name from Latin.
A female given name from Latin Hilaria.
glosses: A unisex given name from Latin.
A male given name from Latin Hilarius, variant of Hilary.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Derived terms: Billary
Hil
Hildebeast
Hiley
Hili
Hilie
Hill
HillaryCare
Hillarygate
Hilley
Hilli
Hillie
Hills
Hilly
Hils
Hily
Hitlery
Killary
Shillary
Shrillary
Related terms: hilarious
Hilary
ecphoneme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecphonemes
Senses: examples: text: 1858, Goold Brown, The Grammar of English Grammars, fourth edition, Samuel S. and William Wood, page 800,
The Ecphoneme, or Note of Exclamation, is used to denote а pause with some strong emotion of admiration, joy, grief, or other feeling; and, as a sign of great wonder, it is sometimes, though not very elegantly, repeated […]
text: The note of exclamation or ecphoneme is used after a word or phrase to express sudden emotion, and is sometimes repeated for emphasis.
ref: 1913, Frank H. Vizetelly, The Preparation of Manuscripts for the Printer, 5th revised edition, Funk & Wagnalls Company, page 51:
glosses: An exclamation mark.
Synonyms: word: bang
word: exclamation mark
word: exclamation point
Related terms: word: eroteme
alt: '; ’
word: apostrophe
word: curly brackets
word: brace
word: square bracket
word: bracket
alt: :
word: colon
alt: ,
word: comma
alt: ‒; –; —; ―
word: dash
alt: …
word: ellipsis
alt: !
word: exclamation mark
alt: ⁄
word: fraction slash
alt: « »; ‹ ›
word: guillemet
alt: -; ‐
word: hyphen
alt: ·
word: interpunct
alt: ‽
word: interrobang
word: bracket
word: parentheses (US
alt: ( )
word: Canada)
word: full stop
alt: .
word: period
alt: ?
word: question mark
alt: ‘ ’ ‚; „
word: quotation marks
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
alt: "; '
word: quotation marks
alt: ;
word: semicolon
word: slash
alt: /
word: stroke
alt: ] [
word: space
eroteme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erotemes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐρώτημα (erṓtēma).
Senses: examples: text: 1858, Goold Brown, The Grammar of English Grammars, fourth edition, Samuel S. and William Wood, page 798,
The value of the eroteme as a sign of pause, is stated very differently by different grammarians.... J.S. Hart avers, that, "A question is reckoned as equal to a complete sentence, and the mark of interrogation as equal to a period."
text: The note of interrogation or eroteme is used at the end of a sentence to designate (1) a single question or (2) more, and (3) is sometimes written in parentheses to express a doubt or challenge the accuracy of a statement.
ref: 1913, Frank H. Vizetelly, The Preparation of Manuscripts for the Printer, 5th revised edition, Funk & Wagnalls Company, page 50:
text: On the typewriter keyboard, just below the question mark (the eroteme, note of interrogation, or uncertainty sign), there appears a short, slanting stroke […]
ref: 1965, Dmitri A. Borgmann, Language on Vacation: An Olio of Orthographical Oddities, Scribner, page 240:
glosses: A question mark.
Related terms: word: erotema
word: erotematic
word: ecphoneme
alt: '; ’
word: apostrophe
word: curly brackets
word: brace
word: square bracket
word: bracket
alt: :
word: colon
alt: ,
word: comma
alt: ‒; –; —; ―
word: dash
alt: …
word: ellipsis
alt: !
word: exclamation mark
alt: ⁄
word: fraction slash
alt: « »; ‹ ›
word: guillemet
alt: -; ‐
word: hyphen
alt: ·
word: interpunct
alt: ‽
word: interrobang
word: bracket
word: parentheses (US
alt: ( )
word: Canada)
word: full stop
alt: .
word: period
alt: ?
word: question mark
alt: ‘ ’ ‚; „
word: quotation marks
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
alt: "; '
word: quotation marks
alt: ;
word: semicolon
word: slash
alt: /
word: stroke
alt: ] [
word: space
albumins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of albumin
Temple in Jerusalem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Temple in Jerusalem
Senses: glosses: A particular building complex once in Jerusalem, then a center of Jewish religious life.
flat cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flat caps
Senses: synonyms: longshoreman's cap
glosses: A man's cap made from wool, tweed, or other soft material. It has a small peak and fits snugly on the head.
glosses: Cap paper, not folded.
Related terms: bunnet
equivariant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From equi- + variant.
Senses: examples: f:S→T is equivariant with respect to g,!: for every s,! in S,!, g_T,!f(s)=f(g_S,!s), where g_S,! and g_T,! are actions on different sets of the same group.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Not affected by a specified group action.
raw_tags: of a function
Derived terms: equivariantly
reckon upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reckons upon
form: reckoning upon
form: reckoned upon
form: reckoned upon
Senses: examples: text: I reckon upon all others to do likewise.
glosses: Synonym of reckon on.
synonyms: word: reckon on
bilobed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + lobed.
Senses: examples: text: Larvae and nymphs with stubby bilobed large-clawed legs are cytophagous on epithelial cells beneath the lids.
ref: 1985, Ke Chung Kim, Coevolution of parasitic arthropods and mammals, page 613:
glosses: Having two lobes.
Synonyms: bilobate
fermionic condensate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fermionic condensates
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a superfluid phase formed by fermionic particles at low temperatures
dipteran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɪp.təɹ.ən/
Forms: form: dipterans
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
Immediately from translingual Diptera + -an, for denoting taxonomic specification, as opposed to instances where "fly" is used informally. From Ancient Greek δίπτερος (dípteros, “two-winged”) + -an, from δι- (di-, “two, di-”) + πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing”) + -ος (-os, “adjectival suffix”).
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: An insect of the large order Diptera; a fly.
Related terms: dipterous
dipteran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈdɪp.təɹ.ən/
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
Immediately from translingual Diptera + -an, for denoting taxonomic specification, as opposed to instances where "fly" is used informally. From Ancient Greek δίπτερος (dípteros, “two-winged”) + -an, from δι- (di-, “two, di-”) + πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing”) + -ος (-os, “adjectival suffix”).
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to or denoting dipterans.
kaza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaza/
Forms: form: kazas
form: caza
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish قضا (kaza, “division of a sanjak”), from Arabic قَضَاء (qaḍāʔ, “jurisdiction, court circuit”), from قَضَى (qaḍā, “to decide, to judge”).
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A subdistrict, particularly (historical) a third-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire.
Synonyms: kaymakamlik
Coordinate terms: vilayet
sanjak
nahiyah
kaymakam
Related terms: qadi
cadi
alcalde
in the ballpark
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: An early source is the 1945 book Memoirs of a Shy Photographer by Kenneth Patchen:
1945, Kenneth Patchen, Memoirs Of a Shy Photographer, New Directions:
"You're out in left field." "And you're out of the ballpark!"
In context, the first speaker is suggesting the listener's perspective is fringe; which may also be the origin of the idiom "out in left field." The response keeps the baseball metaphor, and suggests the first speaker is even further fringe than themselves.
In 1950, a scientific paper related to the US atomic program and/or ballistic missile development decides on a range the area of a standard baseball park as an "on target" area for a desired missile landing. Thus, a missile that lands "in the ballpark" was considered sufficiently accurate (for nuclear weapons at least).
Later, in the 1960s, the term "ballpark" would be repurposed for the name of the desired landing zone for de-orbiting satellites.
Senses: glosses: In the same general vicinity (as); somewhat similar (to); typically construed with of.
Related terms: ballpark estimate
ballpark estimation
ballpark figure
hit one out of the ballpark
ballpark frank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballpark franks
Senses: glosses: An oversized hot dog served at stadium games, particularly baseball, football, American football and rugby.
twinjet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twinjets
Etymology: From twin + jet.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aircraft powered by two jet engines.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Two jets of particles from an event or source.
Coordinate terms: monojet
quadjet
trijet
multijet
777
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Boeing-777 777
form: 777s
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A Boeing 777, a widebody twinjet used for commercial airlines.
Synonyms: triple seven
Boeing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈboʊ.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈbəʊ.ɪŋ/
Etymology: Anglicized spelling of the German surname Böing.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A US aerospace company known for their commercial aircraft.
Boeing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈboʊ.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈbəʊ.ɪŋ/
Forms: form: Boeings
Etymology: Anglicized spelling of the German surname Böing.
Senses: examples: text: Southwest Airlines' fleet consists of all Boeings, without a single Airbus.
qualifier: aircraft
glosses: An aircraft produced by the Boeing company.
taxiway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taxiways
Etymology: From taxi + way.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A road or path within an airport designated for the taxiing of aircraft connecting the runways with ramps, hangars, terminals and other facilities.
Hypernyms: way
baggage handler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baggage handlers
Senses: glosses: One employed at airports to move baggage and other cargo between the aeroplanes and the terminal.
Synonyms: rampie
cabin crew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabin crews
form: cabin crew
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The members of staff aboard a commercial aircraft, employed to ensure the safety and comfort of their passengers.
Related terms: air hostess
stewardess
steward
trolley dolly
flight attendant
sky girl
sky girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sky girls
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A female flight attendant.
Synonyms: air hostess
stewardess
cart tart
trolley dolly
Hypernyms: flight attendant
steward
Juris Doctor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Juris Doctors
Etymology: From Latin iūris, jūris, genitive singular of iūs, jūs (“law”), and doctor (“teacher”).
Senses: glosses: A professional doctorate in law, and in some countries, a first professional graduate degree.
Synonyms: word: J.D.
word: JD
word: Doctor of Jurisprudence
english: in the U.S. only
translation: in the U.S. only
word: Doctor of Law
RFA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
glosses: Initialism of Royal Field Artillery.
examples: text: A staff member of the Kuchar County Judiciary told RFA that he did not have the authority “to answer political questions of this magnitude,” when asked whether 150 people had died in No. 1 Camp, and whether the number included any government officials or other employees.
“We have a county-wide directive—firstly, to never provide answers to pretend journalists, and secondly, to never take phone calls of unknown origin,” he said.
ref: 2019 October 29, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “At Least 150 Detainees Have Died in One Xinjiang Internment Camp: Police Officer”, in Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2019:
glosses: Initialism of Radio Free Asia.
RFA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RFAs
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
hypernyms: FA
coordinate_terms: UFA
glosses: Initialism of restricted free agent.
glosses: Initialism of request for application.
voitures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voiture
paddle shifters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paddle shifter
ginas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gina
potties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potty
pottier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of potty: more potty
pottiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of potty: most potty
restricted functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of restricted function
palæoanthropologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palæoanthropologist
stand up to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stands up to
form: standing up to
form: stood up to
form: stood up to
Senses: examples: text: If anyone stood up to him, I bet he'd back down.
text: He stated flatly that he could not run his airline with the middle seats unoccupied, as it was simply uneconomic. Actually, he probably could, but he stood up to the Government and ministers wilted and simply acquiesced. We needed some strong figure in the [rail] industry to stand up to government, but there has been no one to knock on number 10's door and argue the case.
ref: 2020 July 15, Christian Wolmar, “J'Accuse...! A letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson”, in Rail, pages 50–51:
glosses: To object to or interfere with the actions of (someone seen as bullying, pushy, or controlling).
examples: text: The paint looks good, but I don't know if it will stand up to years of weather.
text: […] it had obtained from its constituents rather antiquated and inefficient equipment, which scarcely stood up to overwork; […].
ref: 1946 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “Isle of Wight Central Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 244:
text: Using the countless tons of rock from the cliff-face, supplemented by much more from inland, they threw out a huge breakwater, 2,000 ft. long and 80 ft. high, roughly at right angles to the quay, so forming an almost completely sheltered corner. Fifty years later, this massive mole is still standing up to the worst that the Irish Sea can do.
ref: 1956 September, F. F. Nicholls, “Neyland, A Forgotten Harbour”, in Railway Magazine, page 632:
text: Overhead electric equipment generally stood up well both to the weight of vertically falling snow and to the effects of snow on contact wires; [...].
ref: 1962 March, “The New Year Freeze-up on British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 158:
glosses: To withstand, to weather, to survive in spite of.
Related terms: stand up
stand up for
stand up for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stands up for
form: standing up for
form: stood up for
form: stood up for
Senses: examples: text: She stood up for me when no one else would, and I've never forgotten it.
text: Those who don't stand up for their rights are apt to lose them.
text: Though I disagreed with him, I respected him for standing up for what he believed in.
text: 2000 December 3, J. Stewart Burns, Futurama, episode 32: “The Cryonic Woman”,
Michelle: Quit standing up for yourself, Fry. When we get back to the hole we are going to have a long, boring talk about our relationship!
glosses: To speak or act in support or defense of (a person, a cause, a belief, or the like).
Synonyms: stick up for
Related terms: stand up
stand up to
Swissess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Swiss + -ess, perhaps with influence from French Suissesse.
Senses: examples: text: She had been engaged as French governess to his four little daughters, who were also provided with an English teacher, and attended by half the masters in the metropolis. The young Swissess had been received on the most unexceptionable recommendation, as to character, connexions, and elegant acquirements; […]
ref: 1836, Caroline Bowles Southey, Gems Selected from the Poems of Caroline Bowles, Boston: Light and Horton, page 88:
glosses: A Swiss woman or girl.
alephs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aleph
alderwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alderwoman
JFGI
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of just fucking google it.
Synonyms: english: less offensive
translation: less offensive
word: GIYF
word: FGI
word: STFW
block party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ti
homophone: bloc party
Forms: form: block parties
Senses: synonyms: street party
glosses: A festive event held in the street of a city block.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A game during which a single player blocks the shots of many other players.
block parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of block party
n-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: /ˈɛn-/
/ˌɛn-/
Etymology: Abbreviation of number. Borrowed from German n-.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Indicating an arbitrary number of elements.
n-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: /ˈɛn-/
/ˌɛn-/
Etymology: Abbreviation of normal.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The normal-form of a functional group (or molecule), being the long-chain form (the unbranched chain).
Derived terms: n-butyl-
Related terms: word: N-
english: isomeric form
translation: isomeric form
word: iso-
english: cyclic form
translation: cyclic form
word: cyclo-
CLEP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of College Level Examination Program.
LDC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LDCs
Senses: examples: text: Desperate to avoid any substantive redistribution of power and resources, Kissinger sought to change the narrative about inequality altogether, hoping to convince the LDCs to abandon their demands for global political reform and settle for aid handouts instead.
ref: 2017, Jason Hickel, “Debt and the Economics of Planned Misery”, in The Divide […] , London: William Heinemann, →ISBN:
text: “The key responsibility here falls on the UK,” Hopewell said. “In order to prevent a major drop in LDC (least developed country) exports, it urgently needs to replicate the terms of the EU GSP and the EBA treaty and ensure that these arrangements are in place before the UK leaves the EU on March 29.”
ref: 2019 February 4, Emily Dixon, “The developing countries with the most to fear from Brexit”, in CNN:
text: The “current deal is unacceptable for us. We need to speak to other developing countries and decide what to do,” Evans Njewa, the chair of the LDC group, said. […] “The US in particular, and rich countries, need to do far more to to{sic
ref: 2024 November 23, “UN talks in disarray as a draft deal for climate cash is rejected by developing nations”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press:
glosses: Initialism of least developed country.
glosses: Initialism of less developed country.
IBD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of inflammatory bowel disease.
IBD
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of identical by descent.
spamvertize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spamvertizes
form: spamvertizing
form: spamvertized
form: spamvertized
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of spamvertise.
as per usual
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: 1864, William Martin, “Beavers and Beaver-Meadows in North America”, in Peter Parley’s Annual for 1864: A Christmas and New Year’s Present for Young People, William Kent & Co., page 30,
As soon as the ice breaks up in the spring, they come to look for the sun, as if they had some doubts of his being as “per usual” in the sky.
1867, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Birds of Prey Volume III, “Book the Seventh: Charlotte’s Engagement”, Chapter “VIII: Christmas Peace”, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, page 296,
“Talking about the bonnets, as per usual,” said the stockbroker.
2007, Adrian McKinty, The Bloomsday Dead, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 16,
They’d send the paramilitary police for this one and I’m sure Bridget would have a plan B as per usual.
glosses: As usual.
as usual
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Ellipsis of as is usual.
Senses: examples: text: “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
text: […]and, the 3n by 3n matrix M is, as usual, diagonal with the masses occurring down the main diagonal in sets of three[…].
ref: 2008, Firdaus E. Udwadia, Robert E. Kalaba, Analytical Dynamics: A New Approach, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 83:
synonyms: as per usual
generally
typically
usually
normally
most of the time
antonyms: unusually
;
unprecedentedly
;
surprisingly
coordinate_terms: as always
glosses: As is usually the case.
Jesus fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jesus fish
form: Jesus fishes
Senses: examples: text: The Jesus fish has become a symbol of modern Christianity, depicted on bumper stickers and jewelry to show that the owner is a Christian. The symbol has spawned a variety of spin-offs, and some argument, including the Darwin Fish^([sic]), the gefilte fish, fish and chips, lutefisk, and Jesus fish eating Darwin fish.
ref: 2011, Gene Helfman, Bruce Collette, Fishes: The Animal Answer Guide, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 132:
glosses: The ichthys, a symbol of a fish made from two intersecting curved lines, representing Christianity.
Related terms: Darwin fish