cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ammo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.məʊ/
ipa: /ˈa.məʊ/
ipa: /ˈæ.moʊ/
rhymes: -æməʊ
Forms: form: ammos
form: ammoing
form: ammoed
form: ammoed
Etymology: Clipping of ammunition + -o.
Senses: examples: text: "Harry and Hassan are getting the car re-ammoed; they dropped me off here.
ref: 2001, H. Beam Piper, Uller Uprising:
synonyms: ammo up
glosses: To load up on ammunition.
solvency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solvencies
Etymology: From solvent + -cy.
Senses: examples: text: This is often phrased in terms of whether they are facing liquidity or solvency problems; but I think it’s better phrased in terms of the possibility of self-fulfilling crises, a la Obstfeld.
ref: 2011 July 8, Paul Krugman, “A Self-Fulfilling Euro Crisis? (Wonkish)”, in The New York Times:
topics: business
finance
glosses: The state of having enough funds or liquid assets to pay all of one's debts; the state of being solvent.
Derived terms: solvency margin
maddeningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more maddeningly
form: most maddeningly
Etymology: From maddening + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Hardman ran to the corner and jumped into a trishaw. The driver was maddeningly slow and stupid.
ref: 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 378:
text: Precise herbed-lamb packets amid art nouveau swirls of asparagus noodles, a lacy tuile that adds a peekaboo seductivity to potato gnocchi — [Anthony] Martin’s presentations are bold and beautiful, yet his flavor pairings are almost maddeningly subtle, driving overanalytical foodies to despair.
ref: 2011 January 13, Phil Vettel, “Chef of the Year: Anthomy Martin”, in Chicago Tribune, 164th year, number 13, section 5, page 4:
text: Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth. When she clawed at her chest and neck, the crumbs maddeningly slid back onto her face. She grew claustrophobic.
ref: 2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a maddening manner.
maddening
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmædənɪŋ/
Forms: form: more maddening
form: most maddening
Senses: glosses: Causing frustration or anger.
glosses: Leading to insanity.
Derived terms: maddeningly
maddeningness
maddening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmædənɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of madden
madden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmædən/
homophone: Madden
rhymes: -ædən
Forms: form: maddens
form: maddening
form: maddened
form: maddened
Etymology: From mad + -en.
Senses: glosses: To make angry.
glosses: To make insane; to inflame with passion.
examples: text: The rascal saw his advantage, and began a fierce harangue against the heretic strangers. As he maddened, his hearers maddened; the savage nature, capricious as a child's, flashed out in wild suspicion. Women yelled, men scowled, and ran hastily to their huts for bows and blow-guns.
ref: 1855, Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho!, published 1898, page 353:
text: And as he maddened at the thought, honest Fergus, too, forgot himself, and added in an excited strain, " I wish one end o' the hog's puddin' was sthuck in yer nose, you foolish craythur!"
ref: 1870, John O'Hanlon, Irish folk lore, page 71:
glosses: To become furious.
mantel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæn.təl/
homophone: stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -æntəl
Forms: form: mantels
Etymology: A variant of mantle (“cloak, robe”) now distinguished in sense.
Senses: glosses: The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.
topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: mantelshelf
glosses: A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.
Derived terms: mantelboard
manteltree
Related terms: mantelpiece
mantel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæn.təl/
homophone: stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -æntəl
Forms: form: mantels
form: manteling
form: mantelling
form: manteled
form: manteled
form: mantelled
form: mantelled
Etymology: A variant of mantle (“cloak, robe”) now distinguished in sense.
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To surmount a ledge by pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.
Synonyms: mantelshelf
navigate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/
enpr: năv′-ĭ-gāt
Forms: form: navigates
form: navigating
form: navigated
form: navigated
Etymology: First attested in 1588; borrowed from Latin nāvigātus, the perfect passive participle of nāvigō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from nāvis (“ship”) + -igō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”).
Senses: examples: text: He navigated the bomber to the Ruhr.
text: Earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began an investigation into four crashes of Teslas operating with a partial-automation system (which can navigate highways and steer the car on city streets but requires a licensed driver to be present), including one in which a pedestrian was killed. In a news release, NHTSA said reduced visibility may have led to the crashes.
ref: 2024 December 25, Elaine S. Povich, “Self-driving cars aren’t here yet, but states are getting the rules ready”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.
examples: text: You drive. I'll navigate.
glosses: To give directions, as from a map, to someone driving a vehicle.
examples: text: We navigated to France in the dinghy.
glosses: To travel over water in a ship; to sail.
examples: text: It was difficult to navigate back to the home page.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To move between web pages, menus, etc. by means of hyperlinks, mouse clicks, or any other mechanism.
examples: text: However, given current sensibilities about individual privacy and data protection, the recording of oral data is becoming increasingly onerous for researchers who are obliged to navigate an often time-consuming and complex series of administrative requirements and corollary review processes in order to be granted ethics clearance.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 11:
text: Complaints have risen in particular from passengers changing trains, who have observed little or no improvement in their ability to navigate between the station's 13 platforms.
ref: 2020 July 29, Paul Stephen, “A new collaboration centred on New Street”, in Rail, page 54:
glosses: To find a way through a difficult situation or process.
Hyponyms: circumnavigate
negotiate
Derived terms: astrogate
misnavigate
navigatable
neuronavigate
renavigate
unnavigated
Related terms: circumnavigate
naval
navigable
navigation
navigator
navy
driverless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From driver + -less.
Senses: examples: text: a driverless vehicle
text: Will Underground trains be completely driverless? The new signalling being installed as part of the Upgrade will allow this, and the development, allowing a faster throughput of trains, might arise from, or be stopped by, a battle with the unions. Mike Brown, Managing Director of London Underground, envisages driverless trains within twenty years.
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 277:
text: One of the latest [conditions], from last summer, was that Transport for London should look again at driverless trains. I examined their prospects in RAIL 933, and it's fair to say that their introduction is technically difficult and very expensive. If introducing driverless Tube trains were easy, then I'm quite sure that Prime Minister Boris Johnson would have brought them into service during his two terms as London mayor.
ref: 2021 December 1, Philip Haigh, “TfL's deepening financial crisis puts Tube services at risk”, in RAIL, number 945, page 59:
text: Toyota Motor Corp. will begin a self-driving transportation service in Odaiba, Tokyo, this summer using the technology of Level 4 autonomous driving — automated driving under certain conditions — with the aim of starting a driverless robotaxi business in the future, sources said.
ref: 2024 February 11, “Toyota to Launch Japan’s First Fully Automated Driving Service on Public Roads Starting in Odaiba, Tokyo, This Summer”, in The Japan News:
text: A man who blocked and shouted at a driverless Waymo car later brutally beat a bystander who told him to let it go, California police reported.
ref: 2024 July 17, Don Sweeney, “Man brutally beats bystander after standoff with driverless car, California cops say”, in The Sacramento Bee, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2025:
text: The regulations apply to self-driving cars, which have a human behind the wheel. These differ from the driverless cars that Elon Musk’s Tesla and other companies are also working on, which are not allowed on UK roads. , Joe Pinkstone, 9
ref: 2025 January 24, “Why using your phone behind the wheel could become legal in self-driving cars”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: Without a driver.
Derived terms: driverlessness
handsfree
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hands + -free.
Senses: examples: a handsfree phone
glosses: That can be used without using the hands, hands-free.
handsfree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handsfrees
Etymology: From hands + -free.
Senses: glosses: A handsfree phone.
mileage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪləd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈmaɪlɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: mileages
form: milage
Etymology: From mile + -age.
Senses: examples: text: But beyond these cut-offs, to avoid the wholesale alteration of all mileposting and mileages—of bridges and culverts, for example—the original mileposts have remained unaltered.
ref: 1946 July and August, “Mileposts and their Peculiarities”, in Railway Magazine, page 217:
text: In June, 1950, therefore, the Railway Board prepared a tentative regrouping scheme, which contemplated the formation of six new railway systems, each serving a specific zone, and consisting of approximately 5,000 to 6,000 route-miles of line, the total mileage being 33,000.
ref: 1952 January, “Notes and News: The Indian Regrouping Scheme”, in Railway Magazine, pages 62-63:
text: Having laid out these big-picture figures, the report then begins its analysis of traffic types against route mileage.
ref: 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 46:
glosses: The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.
examples: text: On the other hand, there will be widespread agreement with Sir Brian's belief that, when a British main line has been completely dieselised and the schedules have been recast to suit the new traction, much higher daily mileages than 350 are not only possible but requisite, at least in the early stages of dieselisation.
ref: 1961 July 24, “Editorial: Sir Brian begs the questions”, in Trains Illustrated, page 386:
glosses: The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.
glosses: An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile.
examples: text: This old PC has still got plenty of mileage in it.
text: There’s quite a lot of mileage in language, speech and computing, particularly in research.
text: Don't waste your money on a new set of speakers / You get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers / Next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways / It's still rock and roll to me
ref: 1980, Billy Joel, “It's Still Rock and Roll to Me”, in Glass Houses:
glosses: The amount of service that something has yielded or may yield in future.
examples: text: There’s some mileage in your argument.
glosses: Something worth taking into consideration.
examples: text: Now she's phoning me on private
When I told her I don't like it
She's a ho and she got mileage
Probably more miles than my whip (Skrrt)
I see it then I buy it
She's still eating on my privates
ref: 2019 February 1, Fredo, “Mmhm” (track 3, 0:48–0:59 from the start), in Third Avenue:
glosses: The total number of a person's past sexual encounters.
Derived terms: car mileage
make mileage out of
maximum permitted mileage
ticket point mileage
ton mileage
your mileage may differ
your mileage may vary
Related terms: kilometrage
millage
your mileage may vary
gluttony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlʌ.tən.i/
Forms: form: gluttonies
Etymology: Old French glutonie, from gloton + -ie < Latin glutio, equivalent to glutton + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?
ref: 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
glosses: The vice of eating to excess.
Related terms: glut
glutton
gluttonous
gluttonry
alimentiveness
potency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊtənsi/
Forms: form: potencies
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin potentia. Doublet of Potenza.
Senses: examples: text: I would to heauen I had your potencie,
And you were Isabell: should it then be thus?
No: I would tell what 'twere to be a Iudge,
and what a prisoner.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 67, column 2:
text: The doctor is the modern master of the mythological realm, the knower of all the secret ways and words of potency.
ref: 1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 9:
glosses: Power, authority.
glosses: The ability or capacity to perform something
examples: text: Pliny the Elder states that, to increase sexual potency, the right testis of an ass should be worn in a bracelet.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 49:
glosses: The ability or capacity to perform something
Sexual virility: the ability to become erect or achieve orgasm.
antonyms: impotence
raw_tags: of men
glosses: Concentration; strength
raw_tags: of alcoholic drinks
of drugs
glosses: Potentiality, ability, capacity.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Cardinality.
Derived terms: biopotency
bipotency
equipotency
idempotency
immunopotency
multipotency
oligopotency
orgastic potency
prepotency
subpotency
superpotency
tripotency
unipotency
Related terms: impotence
impotent
potence
potent
potentate
potential
potentiality
showcase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃəʊˌkeɪs/
ipa: /ˈʃoʊˌkeɪs/
Forms: form: showcases
Etymology: From show + case.
Senses: glosses: A case for displaying merchandise or valuable items.
glosses: A setting, occasion, or medium for exhibiting something or someone, especially in an attractive or favorable aspect.
Synonyms: sense: case for displaying
word: vitrine
sense: case for displaying
word: display case
sense: setting for exhibiting in favorable aspect
word: flagship
raw_tags: of a store
showcase
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃəʊˌkeɪs/
ipa: /ˈʃoʊˌkeɪs/
Forms: form: showcases
form: showcasing
form: showcased
form: showcased
Etymology: From show + case.
Senses: examples: text: I think the demonstration really showcases the strengths of the software.
text: Today's debates over the place of religion in modern life often showcase the claim that belief in God stifles reason and science.
ref: 2012 August 24, Yoram Hazony, “The God of Independent Minds”, in The Wall Street Journal:
text: The women usually wore bikini tops with shorts, swimsuits underneath cover-ups or just swimsuits. Men came in various types of trunks, from traditional boxers, to Speedos, to G-string trunks that showcased their packages.
ref: 2013, Velvet Carter, Blissfully Yours, page 93:
text: A traveling exhibition titled 'Sunshine Moving Elementary School', presented by the National Museum of Natural Science in partnership with DELTA Electronics Foundation, will be showcased at the Museum's plaza on Shi-tun Road from Feb. 27 through Apr. 9, 2014. The exhibition will inspire people of every age to be part of green revolution with the example of Ming-chuan Elementary School in Namahsia District, Kaohsiung City.
ref: 2015 August 21, “Archives 2014”, in National Museum of Natural Science, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022:
text: The manufacturer showcased vehicles in September 2018, at Derby Litchurch Lane, but they won't be in traffic this year.
ref: 2019 October 23, “New train fleets... but the same old problems”, in Rail, page 34:
glosses: To display, demonstrate, show, or present.
nationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnæʃənəli/
Forms: form: more nationally
form: most nationally
Etymology: From national + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The speech was televised nationally.
text: The impact on rural communities of rail closures was acute, but I would argue that the worst outcome it created was the long-term diminishment of suburban capacity outside London, which has had a far more insidious effect on rail usage nationally.
ref: 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 49:
text: US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) stipulates that to qualify for an O-1 visa, the beneficiary must demonstrate extraordinary ability recognized nationally or internationally.
ref: 2025 July 24, “Work visas for the United States: price, requirements, duration, and how to apply”, in CNN en Español:
glosses: In a way relating to the whole nation.
Derived terms: extranationally
intranationally
subnationally
firsthand
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɜːstˌhænd/
ipa: /ˌfɜːstˈhænd/
ipa: /ˈfɝstˌhænd/
note: /æ/ raising
ipa: [ˈfɝstˌhɛənd]
ipa: /ˌfɝstˈhænd/
note: /æ/ raising
ipa: [ˌfɝstˈhɛənd]
rhymes: -ænd
Forms: form: first hand
form: first-hand
Etymology: From first + hand.
Senses: examples: text: firsthand knowledge
text: I recently received a firsthand report from an old friend — John A. Keel — who until last year was as skeptical a newshound as I have known.
ref: 1967, Ivan Terence Sanderson, Uninvited Visitors:
text: Ours is a generation of aromantics, jaded about matters of the heart — often before gaining firsthand experience.
ref: 1986, Wanda Urbanska, The Singular Generation, Doubleday & Company, published 1986, →ISBN, page 86:
text: 1990 March, Cliff Gromer, Firsthand Report: Yamaha WaveRunner III, Popular Mechanics.
ref: 1997, Chuck Carlock, Firebirds: A Harrowing Firsthand Account of Helicopter Combat in Vietnam, Bantam, →ISBN:
text: Given Mr. Kissinger’s firsthand experience in the anguishing decisions about withdrawal from Vietnam, the disclosure sparked the inevitable Iraq-Vietnam comparisons that Mr. Bush has assiduously sought to avoid.
ref: 2007 January 2, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Kissinger’s Appearance Revives Memories of Vietnam Era”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 May 2020:
text: But in his strongest criticism yet of the superdatabase, Sir Ken Macdonald, the former director of public prosecutions, who has firsthand experience of working with intelligence and law enforcement agencies, told the Guardian such assurances would prove worthless in the long run...
ref: 2008 December 31, Alan Travis, Richard Norton-Taylor, “Private firm may track all email and calls”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2018:
text: The same sort of doublethink is evident in the White House’s treatment of firsthand impeachment witnesses.
ref: 2019 December 2, Eric Lutz, “Trump Lawyer Cites No Due Process as Reason to Sit Out Due Process”, in Vanity Fair, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2021:
glosses: Direct, without intermediate stages.
examples: text: a firsthand copy
glosses: Not previously owned or used; contrasted with secondhand.
Derived terms: firsthand learning
insurgency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsɜːd͡ʒənsi/
enpr: ĭn-sûrʹ-jən-si
ipa: /ɪnˈsɝd͡ʒənsi/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənsi
Forms: form: insurgencies
Etymology: From insurgent + -cy.
Senses: examples: text: suppress the insurgency by isolating the rebels from the rest of the population
glosses: rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent
Derived terms: antiinsurgency
counterinsurgency
for crying out loud
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɚ ˈkɹaɪ.ɪŋ aʊt ˌlaʊd/
Forms: form: for cryin' out loud
Etymology: Minced version of for Christ's sake.
Senses: examples: text: Oh, for crying out loud, get off the computer! You've been on there for ages!
text: 'I knew yeh weren't gettin' yer letters but I never thought yeh wouldn't even know abou' Hogwarts, fer cryin' out loud!'
ref: 1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], chapter IV, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
text: Waldo739 asks a "what would you do?" question: "So it's August 31st, 1939, and you are Captain Gustav Kleikamp" - I think - "standing on the bridge wing of SMS" - oh, for crying out loud - "SMS Schleswig-Holstein, drinking a cup of tea[…]"
ref: 2020 May 3, Drachinifel, 37:29 from the start, in The Drydock - Episode 092, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2022:
synonyms: word: FFS
word: for Christ's sake
word: for cripes' sake
word: for crying in the beer
word: for crying out loud
word: for fucking out loud
word: for fuck's sake
word: for Fuck's sake
word: for God's sake
word: for goodness' sake
word: for heaven's sake
word: for mercy's sake
word: for Pete's sake
word: for pity's sake
word: for the love of all that is holy
word: for the love of Betsy
word: for the love of God
word: for the love of Mike
word: for the love of fuck
word: for the love of Fuck
glosses: Used to express frustration, exasperation, or annoyance.
wikipedia: Minced oath
Related terms: for fucking out loud
set forth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sets forth
form: setting forth
form: set forth
form: set forth
Senses: examples: text: Where any judge falls under any of the challengeable grounds set forth in section 13, the judge may state the grounds to the Court and remove himself from the case concerned.
text: At Delphi every eighth year a sacred drama or miracle-play was acted which drew crowds of spectators from all parts of Greece. It set forth the slaying of the Dragon by Apollo.
ref: 1906, James George Frazer, Adonis, Attis, Osiris, volume 2, page 240:
glosses: To state; describe; give an account of.
glosses: To present for consideration; to propose.
examples: text: Columbus set forth with three small ships.
text: Next, the Chinese text says that they set forth from the district of Lo-lang, which is situated not in Leao-tung, but in Corea, and of which the capital is the present city of Pʽing-jang (in d’Auville’s map, Ping-yang), situated upon the northern bank of the Ta-tʽung-kiang, or Pʽai-shue, a river of the province of Pʽing-ngan, which, in great part, in the time of the dynasty of Han, formed the district of Lo-lang.
ref: 1885, Edward P. Vining, quoting J. Klaproth, “Researches regarding the Country of Fu-sang, mentioned in Chinese Books, and erroneously supposed to be a Part of America”, in An Inglorious Columbus; or, Evidence that Hwui Shăn and a Party of Buddhist Monks from Afghanistan Discovered America in the Fifth Century, a. d., D. Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 43:
glosses: To begin a journey or expedition.
glosses: To start.
Synonyms: sense: to begin a journey
word: set out
sense: to present for consideration
word: propose
sense: to present for consideration
word: put forward
downpour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaʊn.pɔː(ɹ)/
Forms: form: downpours
Etymology: From down- + pour.
Compare typologically Czech liják, Polish ulewa, Slovene naliv, Russian ли́вень (lívenʹ) (akin to лить (litʹ)).
Senses: examples: text: They got caught in a downpour without an umbrella and came back soaked.
text: I left Inverness on a Saturday afternoon in July in a steady downpour of rain.
ref: 1951 January, H. A. Vallance, “Kyle of Lochalsh Revisited”, in Railway Magazine, page 14:
synonyms: word: cloudburst
word: rainstorm
word: pourdown
glosses: A heavy rain.
downpour
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaʊn.pɔː(ɹ)/
Forms: form: downpours
form: downpouring
form: downpoured
form: downpoured
Etymology: From down- + pour.
Compare typologically Czech liják, Polish ulewa, Slovene naliv, Russian ли́вень (lívenʹ) (akin to лить (litʹ)).
Senses: examples: text: It started to downpour, so Billy and I made our way back to our house, with Scotty following—or so I thought.
ref: 2002, Patricia Koretchuk, Chasing the comet: a Scottish-Canadian life - Page 211:
glosses: To pour down; rain heavily.
Derived terms: downpouring
contraire
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more contraire
form: most contraire
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of contrary.
Related terms: au contraire
put forward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts forward
form: putting forward
form: put forward
form: put forward
Senses: examples: text: The Prime Minister put forward new plans to tackle corruption.
text: Democrats, meanwhile, point out that Republicans seem to have made a conscious decision, beginning with the stimulus, to oppose anything the president put forward, dooming any chance of renewed cooperation between the parties.
ref: 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times:
text: Another argument for closing Woodhead was simply one of route duplication, and this was the main reason put forward by BR at the time.
ref: 2021 July 14, Pip Dunn, “Woodhead 40 years on: time to let go”, in RAIL, number 935, page 39:
synonyms: put forth
moot
propound
produce
glosses: To propose for consideration.
examples: text: Don't forget that this Sunday we put the clocks forward an hour.
text: When the clocks are put forward at the introduction of summer time, the long-distance night trains automatically become one hour late, and continue to run late for the remainder of their journeys. […] Similarly, when the clocks are put back in the autumn, the night trains become one hour early.
ref: 1951 June, “The Why and the Wherefore: Railways and Summer Time”, in Railway Magazine, page 429:
glosses: To change the time in a time zone to a later time.
Related terms: bring up
posit
table
put the clock forward
au contraire
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊ ˈkɒntɹɛː(ɹ)/
ipa: /oʊ ˌkɔnˈtɹɛ(ə)ɹ/
ipa: /oʊ ˌkɑnˈtɹɛ(ə)ɹ/
ipa: /ɔ-/
Etymology: Borrowed from French au contraire.
Senses: examples: text: Travellers have written and spoken so much of the beauty of this celebrated piece of water, that I expected to be disappointed; but, au contraire, I am almost inclined to write a rhapsody myself.
ref: 1856, Isabella L. Bird, The Englishwoman in America:
text: Fembots: (one by one) You can't resist us, Mr. Powers. / Austin Powers: Au contraire, baby. I think that you can't resist me.
ref: 1997, Mike Myers, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (motion picture):
text: The A-list cannot be loved by all the people all of the time. Au contraire, the bigger and better and more gorgeous one gets, the more likely one is to inspire antipathy.
ref: 2005 August 20, Polly Vernon, “Celebrity etiquette”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
glosses: On the contrary.
venu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: venus
Etymology: From Sanskrit वेणु (veṇu, “a bamboo, reed, cane; a flute, fife, pipe”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: One of the ancient transverse flutes of Indian classical music.
drop by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drops by
form: dropping by
form: dropped by
form: dropped by
Senses: examples: text: I dropped by on Thursday, but you were out.
synonyms: drop in
pop in
stop by
stop in
coordinate_terms: stop off
glosses: To visit informally and spontaneously.
Derived terms: word: drop-by
drug dealer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drug dealers
form: drug-dealer
Senses: synonyms: candyman
connect
dealer
peddler
pitcher
dope man
plug
pusher
pusherman
shotter
slanger
glosses: One who illegally sells recreational drugs.
earplug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earplugs
Etymology: From ear + plug.
Senses: glosses: A piece of protective gear meant to be inserted in the ear canal to protect the wearer's hearing from loud noises or the intrusion of water.
earplug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: earplugs
form: earplugging
form: earplugged
form: earplugged
Etymology: From ear + plug.
Senses: examples: text: In this same strain of mouse, earplugging from 17-22 days postpartum is effective in inducing susceptibility to audiogenic seizures...
ref: 1975, International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Developmental Psychobiology, Volume 8:
text: There wasn't much I could tell him, earplugged, but I crawled into turbine number 3 and waved him on in.
ref: 1992, Robin Cody, Ricochet river:
glosses: To fit with earplugs.
Related terms: earmuffs
epidemiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛp.ɪ.diː.miː.ɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌɛp.ɪˌdi.miˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌɛp.ɪˌdɛm.iˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
Forms: form: epidemiologies
Etymology: From Late Latin epidemia + -logy. See epidemic for more.
Senses: examples: text: In addition to new diseases, Quammen touches on many of the examples often included in standard disease ecology or epidemiology courses—for example, myxomatosis in nonnative rabbits of Australia, and mutation rates in RNA versus DNA viruses.
ref: 2013 January 24, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2017, retrieved 09 May 2013, page 64:
text: Melzer and Luke C. Pilling, a research fellow in genomic epidemiology at the University of Exeter Medical School, have also studied the genetics underlying longevity.
ref: 2018 November 6, Susan Scutti, “Your Grandma may be old, but that doesn’t mean you will be, researchers say”, in CNN:
topics: sciences
glosses: The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems.
topics: sciences
glosses: The epidemiological body of knowledge about a particular thing.
Derived terms: ecoepidemiology
epidemiologic
epidemiological
epidemiologically
epidemiologist
geoepidemiology
immunoepidemiology
macroepidemiology
microepidemiology
neuroepidemiology
palaeoepidemiology
paleoepidemiology
pharmacoepidemiology
seroepidemiology
Related terms: epidemic
endangered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more endangered
form: most endangered
Senses: examples: text: I have but done my devoir, lady, as a good knight, in defence of an endangered maiden […]
ref: 1825 June 22, [Walter Scott], Tales of the Crusaders. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
glosses: in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct)
Derived terms: critically endangered
endangeredness
endangered species
nonendangered
unendangered
Related terms: endanger
endangered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of endanger
anchorage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæŋkəɹɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: anchorages
Etymology: From anchor + -age.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
examples: text: Anchorage is five pounds a night outside the harbour.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A fee charged for anchoring.
examples: text: the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge
glosses: That into which something is anchored or fastened.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
examples: text: And yet 'twas by such braggart vaunts as these
Thou broughtst thee to this woeful anchorage.
ref: 1866, Augusta Webster, transl., 'The Prometheus Bound of Æschylus, page 66, lines 1001–1002:
glosses: The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
glosses: The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
glosses: The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
glosses: Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
Coordinate terms: sense: fee for anchoring
word: cranage
sense: fee for anchoring
word: demurrage
sense: fee for anchoring
word: shippage
sense: fee for anchoring
word: shorage
sense: fee for anchoring
word: tonnage
sense: fee for anchoring
word: wharfage
undersized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undersized
form: most undersized
Etymology: From under- + sized.
Senses: glosses: below the usual or expected size
schlub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃlʌb/
Forms: form: schlubs
form: schlob
form: shlub
form: shlubb
Etymology: From Yiddish זשלאָב (zhlob), perhaps from Polish żłób (“manger, trough; furrow, large groove in the soil”). Compare Russian жлоб (žlob). While the word is superficially similar in both meaning and sound to the common English term slob, the two words are not believed to be etymologically related.
Senses: examples: text: “Do you want me to go in for a quick snoop and poop?” “No. You cannot go. They will sense you. No, we need a mortal. A human. A common schlub. A nobody. Someone whose personality is like a eunuch. Do you know?” “Okay, I'm gonna go. I'll go. All right? I'll go.”
ref: 2020 June 3, William Meny, “Witches” (5:14 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 2, episode 9, spoken by Nadja (Natasia Demetriou):
text: After the success of the film Jaws in 1975, two schlubs went around the United States pretending to be director Steven Spielberg and lead actor Richard Dreyfuss.
ref: 2022, W. David Marx, chapter 4, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN:
glosses: A person who is clumsy, oafish, or socially awkward, or unattractive or unkempt.
Derived terms: schlubby
Related terms: schlemiel
schlimazel
schmo
uke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːk/
rhymes: -uːk
Forms: form: ukes
Senses: glosses: Clipping of ukulele.
Derived terms: banjo uke
uke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːk/
rhymes: -uːk
ipa: /ˈuːke/
rhymes: -uːke
ipa: /juːk/
rhymes: -uːk
Forms: form: ukes
form: uke
Etymology: From Japanese 受け (uke), the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 受(う)ける (ukeru, “to receive, to get”).
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
judo
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: The training partner against whom tori performs a move.
examples: text: Yaoi uke in fanfics often bear the brunt of stereotypical "negative female characteristics" such as passivity, helplessness, and masochism.
ref: 2008, Tan Bee Kee, “Rewriting Gender and Sexuality in English-language Yaoi Fanfiction”, in Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry, Dru Pagliassotti, editors, Boys' Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 142:
text: You'd rather have Sebas be an uke?
ref: 2010, Pentabu, My Girlfriend’s a Geek, volume 1, Yen Press, published 2012, →ISBN:
text: Shizuku is so, so, so cute! I love him as an uke so much I can't stand it!
ref: 2010, Kyoka Wakatsuki, “Afterword”, in The Selfish Demon King, Digital Manga Publishing, →ISBN, page 137:
topics: fiction
lifestyle
literature
media
publishing
antonyms: seme
glosses: A passive or submissive male fictional character in a same-sex relationship; a bottom.
cellevision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CV
Etymology: Blend of cellphone + television
Senses: examples: text: I became bored while waiting in the airport so I watched a little cellevision.
glosses: An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of visual images, and often sound, to wireless handheld electronic devices.
examples: ... fifty-seven channels and nothing on cellevision.
glosses: Collectively, the programs broadcast through cellevision.
metathesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈtæ.θə.sɪs/
ipa: /məˈtæ.θə.sɪs/
ipa: [məˈtʰæ.θə.səs]
ipa: /mɛˈtæ.θə.sɪs/
ipa: [mɛˈtʰæ.θə.sɪs]
Forms: form: metatheses
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin metathesis, from Ancient Greek μετάθεσις (metáthesis), from μετά (metá, “among”) + θέσις (thésis, “placement”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
prosody
sciences
glosses: The transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/.
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The double decomposition of inorganic salts.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped.
Derived terms: antimetathesis
crossmetathesis
olefin metathesis
quantitative metathesis
self-metathesis
Related terms: metathetic
metathesize
spoonerism
double decomposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double decompositions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a reaction between two substances in which two parts of each substance are exchanged; metathesis
pkg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pkgs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of package.
examples: text: Gay roommate wanted to share roomy 2 bedroom Fenway apt. with pkg., kitchen, bay window.
ref: 1977 April 1, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
glosses: Abbreviation of parking.
H5N1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Authorities said the discovery of H5N9 bird flu in poultry came alongside the detection of the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced county, California, and that almost 119,000 birds on the farm had been killed since early December.
ref: 2025 January 27, Edward Helmore, “First outbreak of rare bird flu strain reported at California poultry farm”, in The Guardian:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A strain of avian influenza, often lethal in humans but not transmissible between humans.
Related terms: H1N1
avian influenza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any strain of influenza carried by and primarily affecting birds.
Synonyms: avian flu
bird flu
Related terms: swine influenza
H5N1
lobby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒb.i/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈlɑ.bi/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈlɒb.i/
ipa: /ˈlɔb.i/
ipa: /ˈlɒb.i/
rhymes: -ɒbi
Forms: form: lobbies
Etymology: From Medieval Latin lobia, lobium, laubia (“a portico, covered way, gallery”), borrowed from Frankish *laubijā (“arbour, shelter”), related to Old English lēaf (“foliage”). More at leaf. Doublet of leaf, lodge, and loggia.
Political sense derives from the entrance hall of legislatures, where people traditionally tried to influence legislators because it was the most convenient place to meet them.
Senses: examples: text: I had to wait in the lobby for hours before seeing the doctor.
glosses: An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
glosses: That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
examples: text: Near-synonym: special interest
text: The influence of the tobacco lobby has decreased considerably in the US.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
glosses: A virtual area where meeting attendees can await admittance from an authorized person.
topics: video-games
glosses: A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
examples: Near-synonyms: cowyard, paddock
glosses: A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
glosses: A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.
examples: text: Ranger Leslie Thompson, assigned to elevator duty, brought the elevator to the surface about 12:30 to bring down the tourists who were in the lobby of the elevator tower at that time.
ref: 2005, Charles R. "Butch" Farabee Jr., Death, Daring, and Disaster (page 135)
glosses: A waiting area in front of a bank of elevators.
Derived terms: gun lobby
lobbier
lobby card
lobby correspondent
lobby fodder
Lobbygate
lobby group
lobbyism
lobbyist
lobbylike
lobbyman
on lobby terms
lobby
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒb.i/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈlɑ.bi/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈlɒb.i/
ipa: /ˈlɔb.i/
ipa: /ˈlɒb.i/
rhymes: -ɒbi
Forms: form: lobbies
form: lobbying
form: lobbied
form: lobbied
Etymology: From Medieval Latin lobia, lobium, laubia (“a portico, covered way, gallery”), borrowed from Frankish *laubijā (“arbour, shelter”), related to Old English lēaf (“foliage”). More at leaf. Doublet of leaf, lodge, and loggia.
Political sense derives from the entrance hall of legislatures, where people traditionally tried to influence legislators because it was the most convenient place to meet them.
Senses: examples: text: For years, pro-life groups have continued to lobby hard for restrictions on abortion.
text: 2002, Jim Hightower, in Wikiquote
The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
text: Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Yeah, it's not a big deal. I lobbied for fuel-cell technology on Capitol Hill. I'm friends with Sandy Bullock, really good friends. Who cares? It's not a pissing contest, right, J?
ref: 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1)
text: Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.
ref: 2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
text: "We're still at only 80% [of pre-pandemic passenger numbers], but it's great news that Southeastern put some more trains in the timetable from December," Perry explains. "We worked very closely with Southeastern to lobby government and stakeholders to increase the timetable.
ref: 2024 January 24, Dyan Perry talks to Nick Brodrick, “The industry has given me so much”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 45:
glosses: To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.
Derived terms: lobby out
lobby up
nonlobbying
unlobbied
Related terms: lobbying
lobbyist
lobby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒb.i/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈlɑ.bi/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈlɒb.i/
ipa: /ˈlɔb.i/
ipa: /ˈlɒb.i/
rhymes: -ɒbi
Etymology: Shortened from lobscouse.
Senses: examples: text: My mam cooked us lobby for tea last night.
glosses: lobscouse
gram-molecular weight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gram-molecular weights
form: gramme-molecular weight
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the amount of a substance whose weight, in grams, is equal to its molecular weight
lousy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaʊ.zi/
rhymes: -aʊzi
Forms: form: lousier
form: lousiest
form: lowsy
form: lowsie
form: lousey
Etymology: From Middle English lousy, lowsy, lousi, equivalent to louse + -y.
Senses: examples: text: No offense, but his cooking is lousy.
synonyms: miserable
glosses: Remarkably bad; of poor quality.
examples: text: I cleaned the lousy garage.
glosses: Dirty or untidy.
examples: text: I caught a cold and I've been feeling lousy all week.
glosses: Unwell; under the weather.
examples: text: I've had enough of lousy backstabbing at this place.
glosses: Underhanded; mean; contemptible.
glosses: Infested with lice.
examples: text: The place was lousy with students.
text: The benignant influence crept like gas through the Row. […] And triangulation might possibly have located it in the Palace Flophouse and Grill. Certainly the Palace was lousy with it. Mack and the boys were charged. Jones was seen to leap from his chair only to do a quick tap dance and sit down again.
ref: 1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row:
text: [I talked to] Annabeth about the Greek gods who hung out in New York and made her life difficult. Apparently North America was lousy with ancient gods. We had a full-blown infestation.
ref: 2016, Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor, page 6:
synonyms: riddled
-ridden
inundated
jam-packed
teeming
glosses: Filled or packed (with something, usually bad).
raw_tags: with with
Derived terms: lousily
lousiness
lousy evil
unlousy
Related terms: word: cootie
word: crab louse
word: crabs
word: louse
word: pubic louse
english: infested with lice
translation: infested with lice
word: licey
catenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catenations
Senses: glosses: The act or process of catenating.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The ability of a few elements, most especially carbon, to yield chains and rings by forming covalent bonds with atoms of the same element.
Derived terms: decatenation
heterocatenation
intercatenation
precatenation
Related terms: organic chemistry
agrichemical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agrichemicals
Etymology: From agri- + chemical.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of agrochemical.
agrichemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From agri- + chemical.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of agrochemical.
chemical equation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemical equations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a symbolic representation of a chemical reaction; reactants are represented on the left, and products on the right
follicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɒlɪk(ə)l/
Forms: form: follicles
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin folliculus.
Senses: examples: text: He could feel the follicles in his inner ear go crazy.
ref: 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, paperback edition, Virago Press, page 345:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants.
Derived terms: fibrofolliculoma
follicle-challenged
follicle mite
follicle stage
follicle-stimulating hormone
follicle stimulating hormone
follicly
follicly challenged
folliculated
folliculoma
Graafian follicle
hair follicle
microfollicle
ovarian follicle
prefollicle
pseudofollicle
Related terms: follicular
folliculitis
acquiescer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acquiescers
form: acquiescor
Etymology: From acquiesce + -er.
Senses: examples: text: On the basis of these scores, patients were designated High Acquiescers and Low Acquiescers.
ref: 1969, Digest of Neurology and Psychiatry, page 82:
glosses: One who acquiesces.
chemical physics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The science that studies chemical processes and phenomena from the point of view of physics.
wikipedia: chemical physics
Related terms: biophysics
chemicophysical
physical chemistry
physicochemical