cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /teɪlz/
homophone: tails
rhymes: -eɪlz
ipa: /ˈteɪliːz/
ipa: /teɪlz/
homophone: tails
rhymes: -eɪlz
Forms: form: tales
Etymology: From Latin plural of talis (“such (persons)”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A person available to fill vacancies in a jury.
topics: law
glosses: A book or register of people available to fill jury vacancies.
topics: law
glosses: A writ to summon people to court to fill vacancies in a jury.
Derived terms: pray a tales
tales book
talesman
tales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /teɪlz/
homophone: tails
rhymes: -eɪlz
ipa: /ˈteɪliːz/
Forms: form: talesim
form: taleysim
form: talaisim
form: taleisim
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tallit (“Jewish prayer shawl”).
institutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz/
ipa: /ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of institution
observations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃənz/
ipa: /ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of observation
villages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒɪz/
homophone: villagers (non-rhotic, weak vowel merger)
Senses: glosses: plural of village
products
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒd.əkts/
ipa: /ˈpɹɑ.dəkts/
Senses: glosses: plural of product
zero coupon bond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zero coupon bonds
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A bond (e.g., corporate debenture or government debt) that has no coupon (i.e., pays no interest), during the life of the issue. Such a bond is initially sold at a discount to its face value. The rate of return to the holder is derived from the gradual appreciation as the security moves toward maturity.
Synonyms: zero-coupon note
cacophonous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈkɑfənəs/
ipa: /kəˈkɒfənəs/
Forms: form: more cacophonous
form: most cacophonous
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”).
Senses: examples: text: […] Huple had rescued them just in time by seizing the controls back from Dobbs and leveling the ship out almost as suddenly right back in the middle of the buffeting layer of cacophonous flak from which they had escaped successfully only a moment before.
ref: 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Texan”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 46:
text: The good thing about this job is that it gives me time and space to contemplate the future at my leisure, whilst the city sleeps, free from the cacophonous curiosity of the hoi polloi.
ref: 1993, Mike Leigh, Naked, spoken by Brian (Peter Wight):
text: The first time I saw the NYC quartet [Sonic Youth] was in 1983 for their Confusion Is Sex album, when they filled The Venue in Victoria, London with a cacophonous maelstrom of mangled sounds that still reverberates, more than two decades on.
ref: 2006, Everett True, Nirvana: The Biography, Da Capo Press, published 2007, →ISBN, page 58:
text: […] and the cacophonous clatter of pots and pans accompanied the vociferous complaints of the ship's cook.
ref: 2011, Fern Michaels, To Taste the Wine, Kensington Books, published 2011, →ISBN, page 153:
text: A colony of pelicans can be cacophonous.
ref: 2012, Michael D. Breed & Janice Moore, Animal Behavior, Academic Press (2012), page 199 (image caption)
synonyms: inharmonious
unmusical
unmelodic
antonyms: harmonious
musical
euphonious
glosses: Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.
Synonyms: word: absonant
word: cacophonic
word: cacophonical
word: cacophonious
word: cacophonous
word: discordant
word: disharmonious
word: dissonant
word: honeyed
word: horrisonant
word: horrisonous
word: immelodious
word: inharmonious
word: insonorous
word: noneuphonious
word: nonsonorous
word: raucous
word: scabrous
word: tuneless
word: uneuphonious
word: unmusical
word: unharmonious
word: unlistenable
word: unmellifluous
word: unmelodic
word: unmelodious
word: untunable
word: unsonorous
Hypernyms: word: audible
word: unpleasant
Hyponyms: word: drony
word: strident
word: stridulous
word: croaky
word: grating
word: guttural
word: hoarse
word: nasal
word: raspy
word: sibilant
word: throaty
Related terms: word: cacophonic
word: cacophonously
word: cacophony
word: harsh
word: jarring
offers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒfəz/
ipa: /ˈɔfɚz/
ipa: /ˈɑfɚz/
Senses: glosses: plural of offer
offers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒfəz/
ipa: /ˈɔfɚz/
ipa: /ˈɑfɚz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of offer
junk bond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: junk bonds
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A bond (an instrument of debt) which is considered below "investment grade" due to a significant risk of default by the issuer. The interest rate is higher in order to compensate holders for that risk.
writings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaɪtɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of writing
volumes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɒl.juːmz/
ipa: /ˈvɑ.ljumz/
Senses: glosses: plural of volume.
volumes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɒl.juːmz/
ipa: /ˈvɑ.ljumz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of volume
homes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /həʊmz/
ipa: /hoʊmz/
rhymes: -əʊmz
rhymes: -oʊmz
Senses: glosses: plural of home
homes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /həʊmz/
ipa: /hoʊmz/
rhymes: -əʊmz
rhymes: -oʊmz
Senses: examples: text: Ghee said, "Yo, homes. This is my youngest baby, Marisol. Sweetie, say hi to Mr. Holman." Marisol told Holman it was a pleasure to meet him.
ref: 2007, Robert Crais, The Two Minute Rule:
text: I said what's up Homes? What you doing over this side of the hood?
ref: 2008, Matthew Ray, Ethan Brown's Twisted Reality:
glosses: Alternative spelling of holmes.
homes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /həʊmz/
ipa: /hoʊmz/
rhymes: -əʊmz
rhymes: -oʊmz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of home
dawn patrol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dawn patrols
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: The act of going out for a surf at dawn.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: The surfers who go out to surf at dawn.
open outcry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A trading method whereby traders gather in person, often in a pit, and call out to all their desire to buy or sell a quantity at a given price, transactions being consummated when two parties can agree on a price. Most frequently used in securities markets.
mad as a cut snake
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: as mad as a cut snake
form: mad as cut snakes
Senses: examples: text: I′m feeling slightly less furious than I was earlier, but I′m still about as mad as a cut snake.
ref: 2005, Melody Carlson, Fool's Gold: Color Me Consumed, unnumbered page:
text: Sutcliffe went in hard, did everything to provoke him. Got him as mad as a cut snake.
ref: 2009, Robert Sims, Tropic of Death, page 346:
text: “Dad would be mad as a cut snake if he knew what you were doing,” Cal warned. “He hates Harry Fraser. All the Frasers.”
ref: 2009, Kate Hoffmann, Harlequin Blaze: The Mighty Quinns: Callum, unnumbered page:
text: 2010, Stuart Gibbs, Belly Up, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, page 192,
“ […] I know he wasn′t exactly Prince Charming, but for someone to kill him—at my very own zoo, no less—well, it makes me mad as a cut snake.”
text: “[…]Mad as a cut snake, he was. Good thing he didn′t have a gun. He′d a shot all three of the blokes and the snake too. Probably shot me just for laughing.”
ref: 2010, Robin Easton, Naked in Eden: My Adventure and Awakening in the Australian Rainforest, page 129:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very irate, crazy with rage.
examples: text: “Trackless,” Sean muttered, “there′s a man over there planting a chopstick.″
“Him? That′s Lurker. Mad as a cut snake.”
ref: 1986, Mike Shanley, Strela, unnumbered page:
text: ‘I have to tell you,’ he continued with his leaden and yet fascinating sincerity, ‘that you are a most exquisite and intelligent woman and I would like to court you. I′m no seducer or casual fornicator. It′s against my religion. If all this sounds mad as a cut snake, so be it. I was under necessity to say it. Would you accept my card?’
ref: 2000, Thomas Keneally, Bettany′s Book, page 9:
text: — Did you see him perform?
— From the wings. Some Coward, a smidge of Richard the Third. Then R and J, with his missus, Vivian Leigh. Mad as a cut snake, but a wonderful actress.
ref: 2003, David Geary, A Man of the People, New Zealand: Victoria University Press, page 69:
text: What made her attractive was that she was cerebral as well as beautiful, a rare combination in movies, then as now. She was also as mad as a cut snake, which only added to her allure. In retrospect, I′d call her an el primo flake.
ref: 2010, Kate Jennings, Trouble: Evolution of a Radical, Selected Writings 1970-2010, page 70:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Crazy; eccentric.
Synonyms: sense: crazy
word: mad as a meat axe
instruments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnstɹəmənts/
ipa: /ˈɪnstɹʊmənts/
Senses: glosses: plural of instrument
instruments
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnstɹəmənts/
ipa: /ˈɪnstɹʊmənts/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of instrument
visitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪzɪtɚz/
ipa: /ˈvɪzɪtəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of visitor
students
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstudn̩ts/
ipa: /ˈstjuːdn̩ts/
Senses: glosses: plural of student
big girl's blouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big girl's blouses
form: big girls' blouses
Etymology: First recorded (1969) in the television sitcom Nearest and Dearest, used by the character Nellie Pledge (played by comedienne Hylda Baker). It has been suggested that Baker had previously used this expression in her stage act.
Senses: examples: text: You can see why people might think you’re a bit of a big girl’s blouse, because you have manicures, sunbeds and bleach your hair.
ref: 2002 June, “Question to David Beckham”, in Marie Claire:
text: The reason for this was not because I was a big girl's blouse – no matter what anyone else says – but because as a fast bowler the big toe on the landing foot, which was the right in my case, is always in a state of disrepair.
ref: 2013, Ian Botham, Beefy's Cricket Tales: My Favourite Stories from On and Off the Field, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 134:
text: Call an election, you great big girl's blouse.
ref: 2019 September 4, Boris Johnson, Prime Minister's Questions, Response to Jeremy Corbyn (the Leader of the Opposition), House of Commons:
glosses: An effeminate or weak man, a sissy.
wikipedia: Hylda Baker
Nearest and Dearest
Synonyms: nancyboy
pantywaist
pansy
wuss
milksop
effeminate man
-ite
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /-aɪt/
Etymology: From French -ite, from Old French, from Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Senses: examples: Adamsite, Campbellite, Jacobite, laborite, Mansonite, Reaganite, Thatcherite
glosses: Used to form nouns denoting followers or adherents of a specified person, idea, doctrine, movement, etc.
examples: text: Cainite, Ephraimite, Hamite, Japhetite, Lamanite
text: There were no robbers, nor murderers, neither were there Lamanites, nor any manner of -ites; but they were in one, the children of Christ, and heirs to the kingdom of God.
ref: 1830, Joseph Smith, Book of Mormon, translation of original by Mormon, 4 Nephi 1:17:
glosses: Used to form nouns denoting descendants of a specified historical person, especially a biblical figure.
examples: Brooklynite, Delhiite, Jerusalemite, Keralite, Kilgoreite, New Jerseyite, Seattleite, Seoulite, Sydneyite, Wisconsinite, Wyomingite; also see ashramite, hostelite
glosses: Used to form demonyms.
examples: andalusite, anorthosite, anthracite, erythrite, forsterite, graphite, hawleyite, titanite
glosses: Used to form nouns denoting rocks or minerals.
examples: ammonite, belemnite
glosses: Used to form nouns denoting fossil organisms.
examples: dendrite, somite
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Used to form nouns denoting segments or components of the body or an organ of the body.
examples: Bakelite, cordite, dynamite, ebonite, metabolite, vulcanite
glosses: Used to form nouns denoting the product of a specified process or a commercially manufactured product.
examples: bromite, chlorite, iodite, phosphite, sulfite
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Used to form names of certain chemical compounds, especially salts or esters of acids whose name ends in -ous.
examples: sporozoite, epizoite, troglobite, lychnobite
glosses: Used to form nouns for kinds, mostly from bases of Ancient Greek origin.
-ite
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /-aɪt/
ipa: /-aɪt/
ipa: /-ɪt/
ipa: /-aɪt/
Etymology: From Latin past participles in -ītus, of verbs in -īre, -ĕre, -ēre, partly via Old French.
Senses: glosses: Forms adjectives.
toey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /təʊ.i/
ipa: /toʊ.i/
homophone: towy
Forms: form: toeier
form: toeyer
form: more toey
form: toeiest
form: toeyest
form: most toey
Etymology: From toe + -y.
Senses: examples: text: “You’re toeyer than a chook caught in a swag.”
She rolled her eyes. “I still don’t know what you mean.”
ref: 2000, Joan Kilby, The Cattleman’s Bride, Harlequin, page 158:
glosses: Agitated, anticipatory, excited (sometimes specifically sexually so), nervous.
Synonyms: sense: agitated
word: antsy
sense: sexually excited
word: horny
sense: sexually excited
word: randy
Derived terms: toey as a Roman sandal
Related terms: frustrated
glossaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glossary
subconscious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌbˈkɒn.ʃəs/
ipa: /sʌbˈkɒn.t͡ʃəs/
ipa: /sʌbˈkɑn.ʃəs/
rhymes: -ɒnʃəs
rhymes: -ɒntʃəs
rhymes: -ɑnʃəs
Forms: form: more subconscious
form: most subconscious
Etymology: From sub- + conscious.
Senses: examples: text: The sense of smell can be a subconscious influence on our actions.
text: The “name-letter effect” refers to the subconscious bias that people have for the letters in their own name, and for their own initials in particular. They are more likely to choose careers, partners and brands that start with their initials (Joe becomes a joiner, marries Judy and loves Jaffa cakes).
ref: 2022 March 19, Bartleby [pseudonym], “Why loafing can be work”, in Economist, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2022:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
qualifier: no longer in technical use
glosses: Occuring in the part of our mind that we are not normally aware of.
examples: text: What other neurological examination techniques are useful for assessing central nervous system (CNS) damage in a subconscious patient?
ref: 2000, Alick Munro, The GP Quiz (book 2, page 2)
glosses: Partially conscious.
Related terms: conscious
preconscious
semiconscious
unconscious
subconscious
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌbˈkɒn.ʃəs/
ipa: /sʌbˈkɒn.t͡ʃəs/
ipa: /sʌbˈkɑn.ʃəs/
rhymes: -ɒnʃəs
rhymes: -ɒntʃəs
rhymes: -ɑnʃəs
Forms: form: subconsciouses
Etymology: From sub- + conscious.
Senses: examples: text: A person can sometimes wake up knowing the solution to a problem that their subconscious has been working on.
text: At a recent meeting of the Organisation for Human Brain Mapping, held in Brighton, England, they explained how brain-scanning has revealed differences in the ways that traumatised and healthy brains respond to the world. This enables researchers to peer into the subconscious of traumatised patients.
ref: 2001 June 21, “At the back of the mind”, in Economist, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2024:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
synonyms: subconsciousness
subconscious mind
glosses: The part of the mind that we are not normally aware of.
klomp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /klɒmp/
ipa: /klɑmp/
rhymes: -ɒmp
Forms: form: klomps
form: klompen
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch klomp. Doublet of clump.
Senses: examples: text: Elisha could have saved his ox-yokes and made a farewell feast out of his shoes, had he been a Dutchman. The cast-off klomps of Holland must, in the course of a year, form a considerable addition to the stock of fuel.
ref: 1900, William Elliot Griffis, The American in Holland:
glosses: A Dutch wooden clog.
klomp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /klɒmp/
ipa: /klɑmp/
rhymes: -ɒmp
Forms: form: klomps
form: klomping
form: klomped
form: klomped
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch klomp. Doublet of clump.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of clomp (“to walk heavily or clumsily”).
World Trade Center
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the World Trade Center
Senses: examples: text: To obtain this information we contacted a source at the World Trade Center itself who provided us with a value for the height above sea-level for Tower Two of 417 ± 1 m.
ref: 1992 February 24, Robert O'Keefe, Bahman Ghavimi-Alagha, “The World Trade Center and the distance to the world's center”, in American Journal of Physics, volume 60, number 2, →DOI, page 184:
text: Remember Rappin' Duke? Duh-ha, duh-ha
You never thought that hip-hop would take it this far
Now I'm in the limelight 'cause I rhyme tight
Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade
ref: 1994, 0:41 from the start, in Juicy (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G.:
text: The twin towers of the World Trade Center soared so majestically over the Manhattan skyline that, from the pavement below, it was hard to believe that the writhing shapes falling from the upper storeys were office workers who had jumped to escape the flames.
ref: 2001 September 12, James Bone, “When war came to America”, in The Times, number 67,242, page 1:
glosses: A complex of buildings in New York City, three of which were destroyed in the 9/11 attacks.
Related terms: Ground Zero
Ceram Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An inland sea in Indonesia that is part of the Pacific Ocean and is between the islands of Buru and Ceram.
Related terms: Ceram
Buru
Buru Sea
Gulf of Thailand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: word: Gulf of Siam
glosses: An inland body of water in the Pacific Ocean that is southeast of Southeast Asia below the countries of Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia, and is close to the Malay Peninsula of Malaysia.
Gulf of Riga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The inland body of water that is part of the Baltic Sea in eastern Europe and is near Latvia and Estonia.
Synonyms: Bay of Riga
Gulf of Livonia
thermoplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æstɪk
Etymology: From thermo- + plastic.
Senses: coordinate_terms: thermosetting
glosses: Softening when heated and hardening when cooled, and thus able to be moulded, remelted, and remoulded.
Derived terms: photothermoplastic
thermoplastic resin
thermoplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æstɪk
Forms: form: thermoplastics
Etymology: From thermo- + plastic.
Senses: coordinate_terms: thermoset#Noun
glosses: A plastic with this property.
deactivate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdiːˈæktɪveɪt/
Forms: form: deactivates
form: deactivating
form: deactivated
form: deactivated
form: de-activate
form: deäctivate
Etymology: From de- + activate.
Senses: examples: text: deactivate an account
text: deactivate a device
text: The technician deactivated the alarm system before repairs began.
text: You should deactivate your old account to protect your privacy.
glosses: to make something inactive or no longer effective
examples: text: chemically deactivate
text: The chemical agent was deactivated by exposure to heat.
glosses: to prevent the action of a biochemical agent (such as an enzyme)
glosses: to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service
glosses: to commit suicide
Derived terms: deactivatable
deactivator
Related terms: activate
inactivate
protostar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹəʊtə(ʊ)stɑː/
enpr: prōʹtə-stär'
enpr: prōʹtō-stär'
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊtəˌtaɪp/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊtoʊˌtaɪp/
rhymes: -əʊtəʊstɑː(ɹ)
rhymes: -əʊtəstɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: protostars
Etymology: From proto- + star. Compare later protostellar.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: infant star
glosses: A collection of gas and dust in space with high temperature that usually grows to the point of beginning nuclear fusion and becoming a star.
alcalde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʔɐlˈkal.dɛ/
Forms: form: alcaldes
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish alcalde, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “the judge”). Doublet of qadi and casis.
Senses: examples: text: There's to be a fair, you know. The alcalde announced it. He's got a good head for business, our alcalde has.
ref: 1981, Gene Wolfe, chapter I, in The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun; 2), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 10:
glosses: In Spain or Latin America, a municipal magistrate who has both judicial and administrative functions.
Derived terms: alcaldeship
Related terms: qadi
mushrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mushroom
mushrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mushroom
mixed reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mixed reactions
Senses: examples: text: My favorite computer game was met with mixed reactions.
glosses: The state of diverse reception, when there are many who praise something while there are also many who dislike it.
qualifier: ironical
glosses: An unmixed reaction, usually opposition.
jural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒʊɹəl/
ipa: /ˈdʒɝəl/
ipa: /ˈdʒʊəɹəl/
ipa: /ˈdʒɔːɹəl/
ipa: /ˈdʒʉːɹəl/
ipa: /ˈdʒuːɹəl/
ipa: /ˈdʒʊəɹəl/
rhymes: -ʊəɹəl
Etymology: From Latin iūs (“law, right”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Of or pertaining to law.
examples: text: Then this action would have become legitimized and transformed into the social structure, changing the jural nature of the tree-focused social isolate.
ref: 1988, Derek Freeman, George N. Appell, T. N. Madan, Choice and morality in anthropological perspective:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to moral rights and obligations.
Synonyms: topics: legal
law
word: of
topics: legal
law
word: pertaining to law
Derived terms: bijural
jural assembly
jurally
laminar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæmɪnə/
Etymology: From Latin lamina.
Senses: examples: text: On the wall, in an ornate fixture of darkening bronze, a gas jet burned, laminar and gently singing — adjusted to what scientists of the last century called a "sensitive flame": invisible at the base, as it issues from the orifice, fading upward into smooth blue light that hovers several inches above...
ref: 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
text: The laminar bands of color to the west bleeding out under the hammered clouds. A sudden violet-colored hooding of the earth.
ref: 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses:
glosses: Of fluid motion, smooth and regular, flowing as though in different layers.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers.
In the form of thin flat electronic circuits, usually flexible
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers.
Describing the layer of capillaries in the choroid of the eye
Derived terms: basolaminar
bilaminar
colaminar
extralaminar
hexalaminar
interlaminar
intralaminar
laminar flow
laminar flow hood
laminarise
laminarite
laminarity
laminarization
laminarize
laminarly
laminary
multilaminar
nonlaminar
paralaminar
pentalaminar
plurilaminar
postlaminar
prelaminar
quadrilaminar
retrolaminar
semilaminar
spinolaminar
sublaminar
supralaminar
translaminar
trilaminar
unilaminar
languet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlæŋɡwɪt/
Forms: form: languets
Etymology: From Old French languete (modern French languette), diminutive of langue (“tongue”), from Latin lingua.
Senses: glosses: A tongue-shaped implement, specifically:
A narrow blade on the edge of a spade or shovel.
glosses: A tongue-shaped implement, specifically:
A piece of metal on a sword hilt which overhangs the scabbard.
examples: text: If there is music for this it’s windy strings and reed sections standing in bright shirt fronts and black ties all along the beach, a robed organist by the breakwater—itself broken, crusted with tides—whose languets and flues gather and shape the resident spooks here.
ref: 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
glosses: A tongue-shaped implement, specifically:
A flat plate in (or opposite and below the mouth of) the pipe of an organ.
synonyms: word: language
word: languid
glosses: A narrow tongue of land.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A tongue-like organ found on certain tunicates.
lanterloo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /læntəˈluː/
Forms: form: lanterloos
Etymology: From French lanturlu, originally the refrain of a 16th-century song.
Senses: examples: text: The helmsman began to sing a monotonous, Levantine lanterloo.
ref: 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:
glosses: A meaningless chant or refrain.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A trick-taking card game popular in 17th-century England, where each player is dealt three or five cards.
Synonyms: sense: card game
word: loo
Derived terms: loo
lanugo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈnjuːɡəʊ/
Forms: form: lanugos
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lānūgō.
Senses: examples: text: From the presence of the woolly hair or lanugo on the human fœtus, and of rudimentary hairs scattered over the body during maturity, we may infer that man is descended from some animal which was born hairy and remained so during life.
ref: 1874, Charles Darwin, “Chaper XX”, in The Descent of Man:
text: […] early spring mountains with young-elephant lanugo along their spines […]
ref: 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:
glosses: Soft down or fine hair, specifically that covering the human foetus or a tumorous area.
Laodicean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /leɪədɪˈsiːən/
Forms: form: more Laodicean
form: most Laodicean
Etymology: From Laodicea (“a city in Asia Minor”) + -an.
Senses: glosses: pertaining to Laodicea
examples: text: The baths were mostly tiled showers, with an endless variety of spouting mechanisms, but with one definitely non-Laodicean characteristic in common, a propensity, while in use, to turn instantly beastly hot or blindingly cold upon you, depending on whether your neighbor turned on his cold or his hot to deprive you of a necessary complement in the shower you had so carefully blended.
ref: 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:
synonyms: word: lew
word: luke
word: tepid
glosses: lukewarm, neither hot nor cold (with reference to Revelation 3:16)
synonyms: word: indifferent
word: unconcerned
word: adiaphroistic
word: apathetic
word: apathistical
word: blasé
word: deaf
word: cool
word: shiftless
word: dispassionate
word: dull
word: enervated
word: gallionic
word: halfhearted
word: heartless
word: impassive
word: ineffervescible
word: insouciant
word: indifferent
word: insensible
word: jaded
word: languid
word: languorous
word: Laodicean
word: lethargic
word: listless
word: lackadaisical
word: lotophagous
word: lukewarm
word: mopey
word: nonchalant
word: nonplussed
word: phlegmatic
word: pococurante
word: spiritless
word: supine
word: tepid
word: torpid
word: torpedinous
word: unaroused
word: uncaring
word: unconcerned
word: unenthusiastic
word: unimpressible
word: uninterested
word: unlively
word: unmoved
word: untouched
word: unzealous
word: world-weary
glosses: half-hearted or apathetic, especially with regards to religion or politics
Laodicean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /leɪədɪˈsiːən/
Forms: form: Laodiceans
Etymology: From Laodicea (“a city in Asia Minor”) + -an.
Senses: glosses: Somebody from Laodicea
larrup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæɹəp/
Forms: form: larrups
form: larruping
form: larrupping
form: larruped
form: larruped
form: larrupped
form: larrupped
Etymology: Uncertain.
Many dictionaries suggest a connection with Dutch larpen (“to thresh with flails”).
Senses: examples: text: ZOE-FANNY: I let him larrup it into me for the fun of it.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: ‘A kid like that oughtn’t to be mixed up with things,’ Ida said. ‘If he was mine I’d just larrup it out of him.’
ref: 1938, Graham Greene, Brighton Rock:
glosses: To beat or thrash.
Derived terms: larruper
larrup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæɹəp/
Forms: form: larrups
Etymology: Uncertain.
Many dictionaries suggest a connection with Dutch larpen (“to thresh with flails”).
Senses: examples: text: That way, you got the perfect four-in-one gauge every time. If you were caught doing it any other way, you got a larrup round the lughole or a kick up the khyber.
ref: 2013, Ken Sears, The Boy From Treacle Bumstead:
glosses: A blow or smack.
examples: text: Oi, less of your larrup!
glosses: backchat or rudeness
Synonyms: sense: rudeness
word: backchat
sense: rudeness
word: cheek
sense: rudeness
word: impertinence
sense: rudeness
word: impudence
sense: rudeness
word: rudeness
latah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɑːtə/
Forms: form: latahs
form: lata
Etymology: From Malay latah.
Senses: examples: text: Latah is a condition occurring in Southeast Asia. Otherwise sane, Latahs compulsively imitate every motion once their attention is attracted by snapping the fingers or calling sharply.
ref: 1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press:
text: It seemed to Sir Edwin that this patient, a young man who had never set foot outside England, was suffering from an ailment known as latah – common enough in the Malay archipelago but hitherto unknown, so far as the clinical records – admittedly not very reliable – could advise, in the temperate clime of northern Europe.
ref: 1989, Anthony Burgess, The Devil's Mode:
text: Actually, there is a debate among scholars as to whether the latah condition should be regarded as a culture-related "mental disorder" or merely as an "unusual behavior response" found in some cultures.
ref: 2003, Wen-Shing Tseng, Clinician's Guide to Cultural Psychiatry, page 116:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A condition found in Malaysia and nearby areas characterised by extreme suggestibility; also, a person suffering from this malady.
world trade center
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: world trade centers
Senses: synonyms: WTC
glosses: A building that houses all the facilities associated with global commerce.
thermoplastic resin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermoplastic resins
Senses: glosses: any synthetic material, such as polyethylene, that can be molded when hot but becomes hard on cooling
thermosetting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thermo- + setting.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: thermoplastic#Adjective
glosses: Becoming permanently (irreversibly) hard or solidifying when heated.
-ate
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ət/
ipa: /eɪt/
Forms: form: more -ate
form: most -ate
Etymology: First attested in the 15th century; borrowed from Latin -ātus, perfect passive participle ending of first conjugation verbs and forming participial adjectives from nouns. Before a suffix, introduced in Middle English, Latin-borrowed participial adjectives were written with final -at (Middle English desolat for modern desolate) and could also be used as past participles (see generate or communicate for remnants of it) with or without a corresponding verb ending in -aten, see Etymology 2. Doublet of -ee and, distantly, of -ed.
Senses: examples: lobate — “having lobes, lobed”
synonyms: -ed
-ous
glosses: forms adjectives with meaning "having the specified thing"
examples: Italianate — “characterized by Italian features”
glosses: forms adjectives with meaning "characterized by the specified thing"
examples: palmate — “resembling the palm”
glosses: forms adjectives with meaning "resembling the specified thing"
-ate
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ət/
ipa: /eɪt/
Etymology: First attested in the 15th century; borrowed from Latin -ātus, perfect passive participle ending of first conjugation verbs and forming participial adjectives from nouns. Before a suffix, introduced in Middle English, Latin-borrowed participial adjectives were written with final -at (Middle English desolat for modern desolate) and could also be used as past participles (see generate or communicate for remnants of it) with or without a corresponding verb ending in -aten, see Etymology 2. Doublet of -ee and, distantly, of -ed.
Senses: glosses: formed, up until Early Modern English (later seldom used but archaically, in poetry, or in religious writings), regular past participles of verbs ending in -ate, alternatively used alongside -ated from as early as Middle English
-ate
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ət/
ipa: /eɪt/
Forms: form: -ates
form: -ating
form: -ated
form: -ated
Etymology: See Etymology 1. In Middle English, verbs were derived from Latin-borrowed participial adjectives (also used as their past participles) and written with final -aten (see -en; Middle English desolaten for modern desolate). In the 15th century, the loss of most verbal morphology made verbs formally identical to adjectives; this led to the heteronymy of Middle English verbs in -aten with their corresponding past participles, numerous adjectives in -ate being used as verbs, and, in the late 16th century, the systematic borrowing of such Latin participles as English verbs. The sheer number of newly borrowed verbs from Latin ending in -ate later gave rise to -ate's productivity as a verbal suffix.
further etymology
The same process also led to the systematic borrowing of Latin perfect passive participle of other kinds as English verbs. See dissect, delete, erase, applause (when older applaud) and exhaust: all borrowed from Latin participial stems of diverse conjugation groups. Compare also Basque -tu for similar development.
Senses: examples: formulate ← fōrmula
phonate ← φωνή (phōnḗ)
glosses: derives verbs (mostly) from Latin stems
Related terms: -ation
-ative
-ator
-ate
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ət/
ipa: /eɪt/
Forms: form: -ates
Etymology: From the substantivization of perfect passive participle of first conjugation Latin verbs; see Etymology 1. Partly taken from French animate substantives that began to be Latinized during the 14th century: see French avoué and its re-Latinized version avocat, whence English advocate which underwent further re-Latinization. Partly from inanimate substantives taken from neuter forms of Latin participles: see mandate. French -é (e.g., avoué, employé) later gave English -ee.
Senses: examples: affiliate — “a person having been affiliated; literally, affiliated”
diffus(e) + -ate → diffusate (“in a process of dialysis, material that has diffused”)
synonyms: -ee
glosses: forms nouns meaning "person or thing that is either the object of a performed transitive verb or the subject of an intransitive one"
examples: assassin + -ate → assassinate (“an assassin”)
glosses: forms nouns meaning "person or thing that is the subject of a transitive verb"
examples: articulate — “An animal of the taxon Articulata”
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: forms nouns meaning "specimen of a corresponding taxon ending in -ata"
-ate
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ət/
ipa: /eɪt/
Forms: form: -ates
Etymology: From the substantivization of perfect passive participle from first conjugation Latin verbs; see Etymology 1. Used so to denote a product having been subjected to the said chemical and thus derived by it (e.g. plumbum acētātum (“acetated lead”) → acetate (“an acetated product; a salt or ester of acetic acid”)).
Senses: examples: acetate — “a salt or ester of acetic acid”
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: forms derivatives of specified elements or compounds; especially salts or esters of an acid whose name ends in -ic
-ate
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ət/
ipa: /eɪt/
Forms: form: -ates
Etymology: From the Latin abstract-noun-forming suffix -ātus, -ātūs.
Senses: examples: emirate — “the office of an emir”
glosses: forms nouns denoting a rank or office
examples: emirate — “the realm of an emir”
glosses: forms nouns denoting the concrete charge, context of a rank or office
examples: triumvirate — “an official group of three men, triumvirs”
glosses: forms nouns denoting a group of officials associated with a rank or office
examples: patriarchate — “a social system in which heads of household (patriarchs) hold the power”
glosses: forms nouns denoting a social or political system ruled by people or someone of a certain rank or office
examples: emirate — “a state ruled by an emir”
glosses: forms nouns denoting a state (government) ruled by people or someone of a certain rank or office
examples: celibate — “the state of being a bachelor, celibacy”
synonyms: -cy
glosses: forms nouns denoting a state associated with one's social situation
sakatottari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sakatottari
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 逆とったり, literally arm bar throw counter.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite, counter to a tottari, in which the attacker frees the arm being barred and forces his opponent to fall forward.
deal with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deals with
form: dealing with
form: dealt with
form: dealt with
Senses: examples: text: This book deals with incest.
text: With the return to monthly publication it is our intention to extend the variety of subjects dealt with, and it will also be possible to attain greater topicality.
ref: 1950 January, “Monthly Publication Resumed”, in Railway Magazine, page 1:
synonyms: address
cover
handle
plough
treat
glosses: To handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression; to address or discuss as a subject.
examples: text: The treasurer deals with financial matters.
text: The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students.
text: British Railways are beginning to reap the advantages of electronics applied to accounting. At Swindon Works, a computor, the first of its type to be used anywhere in the world, was installed recently to deal with the pay of some 10,000 employees.
ref: 1957 November 24, “Electronics in Railway Accountancy”, in Railway Magazine, page 746:
text: Work on anti-frost precautions on diesel locomotives is to be speeded up to ensure that most if not all locomotives have been dealt with before the winter sets in.
ref: 1964 September, “Motive Power Miscellany: BR Workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 220:
text: It is therefore dealing with pollution in two ways—suppression and mitigation.
ref: 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
synonyms: engage
handle
take on
work
glosses: To take action with respect to (someone or something).
examples: text: Let us deal with the case of China.
synonyms: consider
look at
take
glosses: To consider, as an example.
examples: text: We had to deal with having just a gallon of gas.
text: She's dealing with a lot of personal problems right now.
text: Thankfully he'd dealt with such issues before, so he had all the necessary experience.
synonyms: come to terms with
contend with
cope with
get by with
grapple with
make do with
make out with
manage with
glosses: To confront or overcome any difficulties presented by.
examples: text: I can deal with this crew of workers.
synonyms: care for
handle
look after
manage
take care of
glosses: To be in charge of, act on, or dispose of.
examples: text: He deals fairly with his employees.
text: And I will set my ielousie against thee, and they shall deale furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine eares, and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sonnes and thy daughters, and thy residue shal be deuoured by the fire.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 23:25:
synonyms: interact with
glosses: To behave in a certain way towards.
Derived terms: deal-withable
Suina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Suinas
Senses: glosses: A surname.
peccaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peccary
hippopotami
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.miː/
Senses: glosses: plural of hippopotamus
Synonyms: hippopotamuses
hippos
hippos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hippo
Synonyms: hippopotami
hippopotamuses
Rockies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Rockies
Senses: examples: text: The North American continental divide runs along the Rockies.
text: The Canadian Pacific Railway is about to introduce dome cars, already popular in the United States, which will add, if possible, to the scenic delights of the journey through the Rockies.
ref: 1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, page 130:
text: To the north are the Rockies. To the west, the Chuska Mountains on the border of Arizona and New Mexico. And to the east, the dusty, sparsely-vegetated landscape of the San Juan Basin seems to go on forever, like a wide dry sea.
ref: 2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN:
glosses: The Rocky Mountains, a mountain range in North America.
Derived terms: Canadian Rockies
Rockies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rocky
Pimlico
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪmlɪkəʊ/
Senses: glosses: A place in England:
An urban area in the City of Westminster, London (OS grid ref TQ2978).
glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet mostly in Abbots Langley parish, Three Rivers district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL0905).
glosses: A place in England:
A locality in Clitheroe parish, Ribble Valley district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD7443).
Related terms: Pamlico
streek
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -iːk
Forms: form: streeks
form: streeking
form: streeked
form: streeked
Senses: examples: text: Hae, there's a key, gang in your way
At the neist door there's braw ait strae;
Streek down upon't, my lad and learn
They're no ill lodg'd that get a barn."
ref: 1802, anonymous author, Four Funny Tales, The Monk and the Miller's Wife:
glosses: To stretch.
examples: text: Ye'll make a grave for my fair body,"
Running rain in the mill-water;
"And ye'll streek my brother at the side of me,"
The pains of hell for the king's daughter.
ref: 1866, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Poems and Ballads, The King's Daughter:
glosses: To lay down, as a dead body.
Derived terms: streeker
jat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jats
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of yat (“letter or vowel”).
saleable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪləbl̩/
Forms: form: saleables
Etymology: From sale + -able.
Senses: examples: text: If any of their ware were ſuch, as he could poſſibly make uſe of, or pretend to make uſe of, he always brought ſome: and paid for every half-penny-worth, at leaſt ſixpence: and for every penny-worth, a ſhilling. If their ſaleables were of another nature, he added ſomething to their ſtock: with ſtrict charges of induſtry, and honeſty.
ref: 1754, J. R. [pseudonym; Patrick Delany], chapter XI, in Observations upon Lord Orrery’s Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift. Containing Several Singular Anecdotes Relating to the Character and Conduct of that Great Genius, and the Most Deservedly Celebrated Stella. In a Series of Letters to His Lordship. Two which are Added, Two Original Pieces of the Same Author (Excellent in Their Kind) never before Publish’d, London: Printed and sold by W. Reeve at Shakespear's Head near Serjeants-Inn Gate, Fleet-street, and by A. Linde in Catherine-street in the Strand, →OCLC, pages 132–133:
text: The village itself looks like a fragment of antiquity, though the streets were somewhat enlivened, the day I passed through them, by multitudes of men, women, children, cows, horses, and sheep, to say nothing of vegetables and saleables of all kinds and quality.
ref: 1850, J. T. Headley, “Rambles in England”, in The Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. J. T. Headley. With a Biographical Sketch and Portrait of the Author, 2nd edition, volume I, New York, N.Y.: John S. Taylor, 143 Nassau Street, page 237:
text: The transformation of expressive content from an undirected impulse into material for manipulation makes it palpable, exhibitable, saleable. The lyrical subjectivism of [Heinrich] Heine, for example, does not stand in simple contradiction to his commercial traits; the saleable is itself subjectivity administrated by subjectivity.
ref: 1974, Theodor W. Adorno, “Small Sorrows, Great Songs”, in E. F. N. Jephcott, transl., Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life, London: New Left Books, →ISBN; republished London; New York, N.Y.: Verso Books, 2005, →ISBN, page 215:
text: Be prepared to give a discount for special reasons. Watch your merchandise carefully since light fingers sometimes make salables into disappearables.
ref: 1974, Sylvia O'Neill Dorn, The Insider’s Guide to Antiques, Art, and Collectibles, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, →OCLC, page 116:
glosses: Something that can be sold.
latigo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlætɪɡəʊ/
Forms: form: latigos
form: latigoes
Etymology: From Spanish látigo (“whip”), from Catalan or Portuguese látego (“whip”), probably from Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍄𐌿𐌲 (*laittug), cognate with Old English lāttēh.
Senses: examples: text: He looked at the saddle and saw that both latigos, the straps that held the cinches, were broken. Both were old latigos instead of the good new ones that had been on the saddle the day before, and both had been cut halfway through with a knife.
ref: 1989, Hal Borland, When the Legends Die, published 2011, unnumbered page:
text: Then they tightened the latigos on their horses and mounted up.
ref: 1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing:
text: These prices are for saddle with single cinch and two latigoes.
ref: 1999, [1938], edited by Victor M. Linoff, Saddle and Western Gear Catalog, 1938, page 41:
text: "How am I supposed to learn if you aren't clear?"
"Watch. These metal rings beside the saddle tree are the rigging rings. These long leather straps hanging on 'em are the latigoes. Leave the off-side latigo done up and use the near-side strap."
ref: 2008, Linda Aksomitis, Longhorns and Outlaws, page 21:
text: Cinches fasten with a latigo strap that is already attached to the saddle, using a special flat knot. Make sure the strap has no twists in it, then insert it through the cinch ring from inside to outside (figure 13.4a).
ref: 2013, Gincy Self Bucklin, The Gentle Art of Horseback Riding, page 142:
text: A double-roller functions like a pulley system in that the latigo runs through the top roller and then down and through a bottom roller.[…]Most riders today use latigos on the left side to tighten the cinch and off-billets on the right, but some horsemen still prefer to use latigos on both sides.
ref: 2013, Cynthia McFarland, The Horseman's Guide to Tack and Equipment: Form, Fit and Function, page 69:
glosses: A strap used to tighten a cinch.
Derived terms: latigo halter
latigo leather