cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
UAW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: What the UAW and the automobile manufacturers had done in the private sector, Eisenhower wanted to accomplish in the public sector.
ref: 2022, Gary Gerstle, chapter 1, in The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order […] , New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, Part I. The New Deal Order, 1930–1980:
text: The W.G.A. owes a debt of gratitude to unions like the U.A.W., too, for modeling effective — and at times ineffective — collective bargaining techniques.
ref: 2023 September 29, Adam Seth Litwin, “Hollywood’s Deal With Screenwriters Just Rewrote the Rules Around A.I.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2023:
text: Though Davis hasn’t experienced the violence other campuses faced, Weintraut said UCD grad students stand in solidarity with UCLA, UCI and UCSD and chose to follow the stand-up strike strategy the UAW used to organize autoworkers.
ref: 2024 June 22, Monica Stark, “Grad students will strike at UCD next week”, in The Davis Enterprise:
hypernyms: labor union
coordinate_terms: CAW
qualifier: labor union
glosses: Initialism of United Auto Workers.
PNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PNAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of personal navigation assistant.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of peptide nucleic acid.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of pulmonary nodular amyloidosis.
Related terms: topics: biochemistry
microbiology
chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
biology
word: DNA
topics: biochemistry
microbiology
chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
biology
word: RNA
topics: biochemistry
microbiology
chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
biology
word: TNA
topics: biochemistry
microbiology
chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
biology
word: GNA
PNA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: PA
glosses: Initialism of Palestinian National Authority.
glosses: Initialism of Polish National Alliance.
glosses: Initialism of Philippine News Agency.
SBA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SBAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of school-based assessment.
qualifier: numismatic slang
glosses: Initialism of Susan B. Anthony.
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of single best answer.
SBA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Calls for oversight are growing, and the SBA Inspector General has already told lawmakers his office will review implementation of the Paycheck Protection Program in an upcoming investigation.
ref: 2020 April 29, Lauren Fox, “SBA moves to help smaller banks access business relief funds”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of Small Business Administration.
QA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of question & answer.
glosses: Initialism of quixotic agitator.
glosses: Initialism of quality assurance.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of quaternary ammonium.
glosses: A member of Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps.
DNC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The DNC organized the petition drive when it became clear this week that the network was prepared to ignore criticism of its decision to air a right-wing, factually inaccurate mocudrama that dishonors the memory of 9/11 victims in order to serve a cheap, callous political agenda two months before the election.
ref: 2006, Bruce R. Lindsey, Douglas J. Band, Comments About ABC Entertainment's 9/11 Film, ABC News, page 1:
text: The wide gap – revealed late Friday in filings with the Federal Election Commission – follows a tumultuous few months for Martin and the DNC that included a public feud with the party’s former vice chair.
ref: 2025 June 21, Fredreka Schouten and Arit John, “The DNC’s cash crunch deepens as new filings show Republicans with a huge advantage”, in CNN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Democratic National Committee.
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of District of North Carolina, a former United States federal court.
DNC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DNCs
Senses: examples: text: Undoubtedly, there were some who thought that the party, once defined and consolidated, would appeal to “Reagan Democrats,” but there were also many who thought that the liberal groups dominating the party could easily splinter into diverse interest groups if not afforded the opportunity to come together as one. The 1984 DNC was going to be that opportunity.
ref: 2020, Theodore F. Sheckels, The Rhetoric of the American Political Party Conventions, 1948–2016, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 103:
topics: government
politics
coordinate_terms: RNC
glosses: Initialism of Democratic National Convention.
glosses: Initialism of direct numerical control.
glosses: Initialism of distributed numerical control.
Related terms: LNC
RNC
DNC
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of did not compete.
gal.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of gallon.
Derived terms: imp. gal.
Gal.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Galatians.
lb.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lbs.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lb: Abbreviation of pound (“unit of weight”).
Mont.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Montana: a state of the United States.
PEEK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of polyetheretherketone.
PES
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of IEEE Power Engineering Society.
topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Pro Evolution Soccer.
PES
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PESes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of polyethersulfone.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of potential energy surface.
glosses: Initialism of phantom eye syndrome.
glosses: Abbreviation of polyester.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of performance-enhancing substance.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of precise event sampling.
Tenn.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Tennessee: a state of the United States, as used in case citations.
Ind.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Indiana: a state of the United States.
glosses: Abbreviation of India: a country in South Asia.
Ind.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ind..
Related terms: Ind Est
Ind
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnd/
homophone: end (pin–pen merger)
rhymes: -ɪnd
Etymology: From Middle French Inde, from Latin India.
Senses: examples: text: From the east to western Ind, / No jewel is like Rosalind.
ref: c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], line 84:
text: High on a throne of royal state , which far
Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind
ref: 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: India; the East.
Ind
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnd/
homophone: end (pin–pen merger)
rhymes: -ɪnd
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of India.
glosses: Abbreviation of Indonesia.
COO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: COOs
Senses: examples: text: Atsme similarly protested when editors sought to portray Trump as racist by referring to a reconstructed and uncorroborated conversation in a book by a former COO at one of Trump’s companies, which attributes to Trump defamatory and racist remarks against black people.
ref: 2024 August 29, Ashley Rindsberg, “How Wikipedia Launders Regime Propaganda”, in Pirate Wires, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2024:
hypernyms: CXO
officer#Noun
<
person#Noun
coordinate_terms: CEO
;
more at [[CXO#English:_Chief [X] Officer, with variable|CXO § Hyponyms]]
glosses: Initialism of chief operating officer.
qualifier: international trade
glosses: Initialism of country of origin.
BLS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Trump has previously criticized the BLS for its jobs data and revisions, and he told reporters Friday evening he’s “always had a problem with these numbers.”
ref: 2025 August 1, Kit Maher, Matt Egan, Alicia Wallace, “Trump fires a senior official over jobs numbers”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Initialism of Bureau of Labor Statistics.
examples: usage New York Stock Exchange
topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Abbreviation of BellSouth Corporation.
BLS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of basic life support.
MTBE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of methyl tert-butyl ether.
Synonyms: topics: organic-chemistry
chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: methyl tertiary butyl ether
topics: organic-chemistry
chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: methyl tert-butyl ether
topics: organic-chemistry
chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: methyl t-butyl ether
topics: organic-chemistry
chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: 2-methoxy-2-methylpropane
Ore.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The Northwest Fruit Barrelers association elected J. J. Fisher of Gresham, Ore., as its president for 1936.
ref: 1935, Edgar Harvey Defebaugh, Barrel and Box and Packages, volumes 40-41, page 9:
glosses: Abbreviation of Oregon.
Synonyms: OR
Ark.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Arkansas: a state of the United States.
Synonyms: AR
EWG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of environmental working group.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of electron-withdrawing group.
MLI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Molecular Libraries and Imaging program.
MLI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of multi-layer insulation.
CAS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CASes
Senses: topics: business
communication
communications
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of channel-associated signalling.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of combat armor suit, used for a powered, armed and armored exoskeleton, in fiction and military research.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of calibrated airspeed.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: RIMCAS
TCAS
GCAS
glosses: Acronym of collision avoidance system.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of close air support.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of computer algebra system.
qualifier: organisation
glosses: Initialism of complex adaptive system.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of compare and swap.
glosses: Initialism of cowboy action shooting.
CAS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Chemical Abstracts Service.
topics: hobbies
law
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Court of Arbitration for Sport.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of Cigarettes After Sex.
STN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: STNs
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Initialism of subthalamic nucleus.
STN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Scientific and Technical Network.
glosses: Initialism of Schaghticoke Tribal Nation.
MLSCN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Molecular Libraries Screening Center Network.
BOD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of biochemical oxygen demand.
glosses: Initialism of biological oxygen demand.
glosses: Initialism of benefit of the doubt.
glosses: Initialism of beginning of day.
glosses: Initialism of board of directors.
glosses: Initialism of Brightlingsea One Design (sailing boat class).
Synonyms: sense: beginning of day
word: SOD
ETD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ETDs
Etymology: Initialisms.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Electron-transfer dissociation.
glosses: Initialism of estimated time of departure.
glosses: Initialism of Everhart-Thornley detector.
glosses: Initialism of Explosives trace detector.
glosses: Initialism of Eye Tracking Device.
glosses: Initialism of emergency travel document.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of exchange-traded derivative.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Eustachian tube dysfunction.
Related terms: ETA
Nat.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of natural.
Nat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /næt/
homophone: gnat
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: Nats
Senses: examples: text: Nathan was one of the tiniest, tottering along, holding on to the hand of a much older girl. Nat. Small like a gnat.
ref: 2008, Kate Atkinson, When Will There Be Good News, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 27:
glosses: A unisex given name.
A diminutive of the male given name Nathanael, Nathaniel, Nathan.
coordinate_terms: Nate
glosses: A unisex given name.
A diminutive of the female given name Natasha, Natalie, Natalia.
coordinate_terms: Natty
Nattie
Natti
glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Natmeg
Nat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /næt/
homophone: gnat
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: Nats
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A member or supporter of the Australian National Party.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A member or supporter of the New Zealand National Party.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A member or supporter of the Scottish National Party.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A member or supporter of the National Party of South Africa.
nat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɑːt/
rhymes: -ɑːt
Forms: form: nats
Etymology: Borrowing from Burmese နတ် (nat).
Senses: examples: text: They greatly dread evil "Nats" or spirits, to whom they attribute every possible misfortune or illness.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 175:
glosses: A spirit in Burmese mythology, whose cult is followed alongside Buddhism.
nat
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɑːt/
rhymes: -ɑːt
Etymology: Reduced form of naught.
Senses: examples: text: And he a pistle rowned in her eare, / Nat what I want, for I ne came nat there.
ref: 1614, William Browne, The Shepheard's Pipe:
glosses: Not.
nat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɑːt/
rhymes: -ɑːt
Forms: form: nats
Etymology: Abbreviation of natural logarithm.
Senses: glosses: A logarithmic unit of information or entropy, based on natural logarithms.
Synonyms: nit
nepit
Related terms: bit
qubit
nat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɑːt/
rhymes: -ɑːt
Forms: form: nats
Senses: glosses: Clipping of natatorium.
nat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɑːt/
rhymes: -ɑːt
Etymology: Clipping of natural.
Senses: examples: text: After rolling a Strength check to move a heavy cabinet, I got a nat 1 and the cabinet fell on me.
text: in the Dark Sun campaign I'm playing in, the DM handles crits/fumbles this way: Natural 20: an excellent attack, player gets a bonus attack, if he gets another Nat. 20, he gets a 3rd attack, and so on.
ref: 1992 October 5, Jordan M. Wolbrum, “Critical Hits”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet):
text: Almost killed my cleric mage when she was juggling with another bard...missed the juggling check, rolled a nat 20 on the to-hit roll, and rolled maximum damage...and said cleric-mage was already wounded, and recuperating...8P
ref: 1995 September 21, Deanna Hatter, “How to roll d16 in level distribution?”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet):
text: But she continued. "I do a Survival check to see if there are any worm people in these puddles... and roll a nat twenty!"
ref: 2022, Shelly Mazzanoble, Welcome to Dragon Talk: Inspiring Conversations About Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Love to Play It, Iowa City, I.A.: University of Iowa Press, →ISBN, page 56:
topics: dice
games
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Clipping of natural (“pertaining to a dice roll before bonuses or penalties have been applied to the result”).
IH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of industrial hygiene.
glosses: Initialism of idiopathic hypersomnia.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of induction hypothesis or inductive hypothesis.
glosses: Initialism of interstate highway.
magic realism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmad͡ʒɪk ˈɹiəlɪzəm/
ipa: /ˈmæd͡ʒɪk ˈɹiəlɪzəm/
Forms: form: magic realisms
form: magical realism
Etymology: Calque of German Magischer Realismus, first referring to the anti-expressionist artistic movement New Objectivity (1925), later applied to literature, especially in Latin America where it is known as realismo mágico.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps the best news to come out of the nominations was the brightened box-office prospects for such films as Benh Zeitlin's Beasts of the Southern Wild, a dazzling piece of magic realism pieced together from just $1.8m, some rusty bathtubs and whatever Louisiana bric-a-brac its youthful collective of film-makers could lay their hands on; […]
ref: 2013 January 11, Tom Shone, “Oscar nominations pull a surprise by showing some taste – but will it last?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A literary style or genre that combines naturalistic details and narrative with surreal or dreamlike elements.
Coordinate terms: hysterical realism
socialist realism
Derived terms: magical feminism
Related terms: magicorealism
AIHA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Industrial Hygiene Association.
CIH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of certified industrial hygienist.
mail merge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mail merges
form: mailmerge
form: mail-merge
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A software product that uses a file (or database) of names and addresses, together with a template document, to produce multiple copies of a letter, each personally addressed to a different recipient.
Related terms: direct mail
mailing list
mail merge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mail merges
form: mail merging
form: mail merged
form: mail merged
form: mailmerge
form: mail-merge
Senses: glosses: To carry out such a process.
mail-merge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mail-merges
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mail merge.
mail-merge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mail-merges
form: mail-merging
form: mail-merged
form: mail-merged
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mail merge.
mailmerge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mailmerges
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mail merge.
mailmerge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mailmerges
form: mailmerging
form: mailmerged
form: mailmerged
Senses: examples: text: Although it can do mailmerging tasks, it does not have the full mailmerging capability that some offices might need.
ref: 1985, Brian Gallagher, Microcomputers and Word Processing Programs:
glosses: Alternative form of mail merge.
Del.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of delegate.
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Delaware: a state of the United States, as used in case citations.
La.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: related: word: LA
glosses: Abbreviation of Louisiana: a state of the United States.
MRO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MROs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of maintenance, repair, and overhaul.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
hypernyms: organelle
coordinate_terms: mitochondrion
glosses: Abbreviation of mitochondria-related organelle.
Coordinate terms: sense: maintenance, repair, overhaul
word: OEM
sense: maintenance, repair, overhaul
word: FBO
sense: maintenance, repair, overhaul
word: airframer
MRO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: NASA
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: Initialism of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Va.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Virginia: a state of the United States, as used in case citations.
Synonyms: VA
Va.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Va.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Abbreviation of viola.
PFOA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The new maximum contaminant level goal for PFOA and PFOS — a non-enforceable, health-based goal — will be zero.
ref: 2024 April 10, Jen Christiensen, “Biden administration sets first national standard to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water”, in CNN:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: PFOS
glosses: Abbreviation of perfluorooctanoic acid.
Hypernyms: sense: perfluorooctanoic acid
word: PFAS
Wis.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Wisconsin: a state of the United States, as used in case citations.
Synonyms: WI
Majorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Major + -ism.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The political and economic policies of the British Conservative prime minister Sir John Major.
glosses: The Lutheran theology of Georg Major.
Related terms: Majorist
Majoristic
Majorite
Thatcherism
Wyo.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Wyoming: a state of the United States, as used in case citations.
Synonyms: WY
EBIT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EBITs
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Acronym of electron beam ion trap.
examples: text: “Adjusted taxable income” corresponds with the financial accounting concept of earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT).
ref: 2025 May 24, “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill”, in United States House Committee on Ways & Means, page 22:
topics: accounting
business
finance
synonyms: operating income
coordinate_terms: EBITA
EBITDA
glosses: Acronym of earnings before interest and taxes.
SPECT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: hypernyms: tomography#Noun
<
imaging#Noun
coordinate_terms: PET
XRCT
glosses: Acronym of single-photon emission computed tomography.
CMIR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Center for Molecular Imaging Research.
CMIR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CMIRs
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of certified manager of investment recovery.
NIRF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of near-infrared fluorescence.
Vt.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Vermont: a state of the United States, as used in case citations.
Synonyms: VT
FY
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FYs
Senses: examples: text: For example, in FY 2016 the U.S. Department of Agriculture has budgeted more than $1.4 billion to spend on its own research through the Agricultural Research Service.
ref: 2016, Jayson Lusk, Unnaturally Delicious, →ISBN, page 205:
text: It cites a report by the Human Rights Campaign that found "anti-LGBTQ+ disinformation and harmful rhetoric" increased by 400 percent following the passage of Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill in 2022, as well as a report by the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations that found that "hate crimes involving anti-immigrant slurs increased by 31 percent" in FY 2024, the highest number since tracking began in 2007.
ref: 2025 July 24, Sophia Mandt, “California Is Advancing a Bill To Punish Social Media Companies for Not Suppressing Speech”, in Reason:
glosses: Initialism of fiscal year.
glosses: Initialism of financial year.
FY
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of fuck you.
glosses: Initialism of fuck yeah.
USW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: But US Steel has declined sharply since its heyday. It is no longer even the largest US steelmaker, with only 14,000 US employees — 11,000 of whom are USW members.
ref: 2025 June 13, Luciana Lopez and Chris Isidore, “US Steel and Nippon Steel say Trump has approved their partnership”, in CNN Business:
qualifier: trade unionism
glosses: Initialism of United Steelworkers.
ICWUC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: labor union
glosses: Initialism of International Chemical Workers Union Council.
PACE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
topics: law
glosses: Acronym of Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
qualifier: labor union
glosses: Acronym of Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union.
ICEM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: labor union
glosses: Initialism of International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers Union.
Pa.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Pennsylvania: a state of the United States, as used in case citations.
Synonyms: PA
hESC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hESCs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of human embryonic stem cell.
Related terms: word: ESC
english: embryonic stem cell
translation: embryonic stem cell
word: ES cell
english: stem cell
translation: stem cell
word: SC
IVF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IVFs
Senses: examples: text: The bill seeks to make IVF treatment more affordable by mandating coverage for fertility treatments under employer-sponsored insurance and certain public insurance plans.
ref: 2024 June 13, Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, “Senate GOP blocks bill to guarantee access to IVF nationwide”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of in vitro fertilization.
Derived terms: co-IVF
partner IVF
reciprocal IVF
Related terms: IUI
AI
Md.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: From Harrisburg, they may reach York, Pa., and Baltimore, Md., by railroad.
ref: 1851, W[ellington] Williams, The Traveller’s and Tourist’s Guide Through the United States of America, Canada, Etc., Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott, Grambo & Co, page 88:
text: He was then ordered to Annapolis, Md., for examination for promotion to the grade of Ensign, and was promoted, his commission dating from July 14, 1872.
ref: 1902, Class of ’71, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., New York, N.Y.: The Grafton Press:
text: The Bureau of Yards and Docks, Real Estate Division, has submitted to this committee and the House committee a proposal to acquire in the name of the Navy Department the fee-simple title in approximately 32 acres of land and the improvements thereon located in Annapolis, Md., known as St. John’s College.
ref: 1945, Acquisition of St. John’s College, Annapolis, Md., for Expansion of United States Naval Academy: […], Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, page 1:
glosses: Abbreviation of Maryland: a state of the United States.
glosses: Abbreviation of Muhammad.
chem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɛm/
rhymes: -ɛm
Forms: form: chems
Etymology: Clippings.
Senses: examples: text: It boils down to science. Biology, chemistry and physics. I used to hate bio and chem. Now they fascinate me because I’ve realised they make up the world around us as well as us.
ref: 2015 June 9, Lilah Raptopoulos, quoting Reed Shapiro, “Young people speak out about their fears and hopes on climate change”, in The Guardian:
qualifier: university slang
glosses: Clipping of chemistry (“branch of natural science”), usually referring to the subject or the department.
examples: text: The seas, morosely fished by Ethan and the others, are heavily polluted, with Ethan informing Timothy, who risked a freezing dip: “If the tide doesn’t get you, the chems will. You want to stay healthy past forty, alive past fifty, you’ll remember to stay well out of the water.”
ref: 2016 August 4, Catherine Taylor, “The Many by Wyl Menmuir review – a disturbing debut”, in The Guardian:
text: The baby's parents tell of how they wash him with "fresh fluoride chlorine chemical-free water from the sky" and how those with him now are most likely "using artificial perfume and bathing him in chems".
ref: 2021 January 21, “'This is my baby!' - Heartache as police rip baby away from breastfeeding mum”, in The New Zealand Herald:
glosses: Clipping of chemical.
examples: text: This is the very opposite of what we’ve called for — namely, for Biden to publicly identify in advance a specific US (at least) hard-power response to Putin’s use of chems (or other weapons of mass destruction).
ref: 2022 March 24, “Biden press conference gives Putin less than nothing to fear”, in New York Post:
glosses: Clipping of chemical.
A chemical weapon.
examples: text: “I actively searched for someone to tell me how they’d made an informed and calculated choice to use chems and, that for them, the chem scene is just recreation.” […] “Even those who told me sex on chems made them feel ‘like a don’ would follow up such celebratory statements with tales of rejection, regret, loneliness and longing for intimacy,” he said.
ref: 2016 May 10, Ben Guarino, “The ‘chemsex’ scene: An increasingly popular and sometimes lethal public-health problem”, in The Washington Post:
text: When you think ‘drugs’, you think Trainspotting. ‘Chems’ is easier off the tongue and, although explicit, it doesn't feel quite as bad. At least to us.
ref: 2017, James Wharton, Something for the Weekend, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Clipping of chemical.
A recreational drug.
synonyms: word: recreational drug
word: drug
word: dope
word: gear
word: horse
word: stuff
word: substance
Derived terms: chemsex
O-chem
chem
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɛm/
rhymes: -ɛm
Etymology: Clippings.
Senses: examples: text: chem plant; chem weapons
text: [“]Use of chem weapons is horrific,” tweeted ACLU national security lawyer Hina Shamsi, “but Trump’s military action violates Constitution & U.N. charter. No legit domestic or international law basis.”
ref: 2017 April 13, David M. Tafuri, “Why Trump’s Attack on Syria Is Legal”, in Politico Magazine:
glosses: Clipping of chemical.
Derived terms: chem suit
LIR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LIRs
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of laser-induced reaction.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Initialism of local interconnection region, an alternative to exchanged-based interconnection strategy for Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs).
glosses: Initialism of local Internet registry.
AAAS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
glosses: Initialism of American Academy of Asian Studies.
examples: text: By late February, we had collected dozens of discoveries and a handful of mysteries into an omnibus (9,000-word) technical paper that we submitted for peer review – in effect, a certification of the results – to the prestigious international journal Science, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
ref: (Can we date this quote?), “The PI's Perspective: We Made the Cover of the 'Rolling Stone' (for Nerds)!”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: Initialism of American Association for the Advancement of Science.
glosses: Initialism of Association for Asian American Studies.
glosses: Initialism of Australian Association for the Advancement of Science.
PLTL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of peer-led team learning.
Wash.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: “It increases anxiety in me when I leave a tab open,” said Cameron Haluska, a 26-year-old beer sales representative from Walla Walla, Wash.
ref: 2025 May 31, Paula Mejía, “Gen Z Doesn’t Want to Start a Bar Tab”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Washington: a state of the United States, as used in case citations.
Synonyms: WA
mgmt.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mgmt.
Synonyms: mgt.
mgmt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of management.
exp.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: BOOT Repairing.—Wtd., Benchman, exp. in Sewn and Cemented work pref., but not essen.—Wilks, 967, Spring-bank West. […]
DENNY, Mott & Dickson, Ltd., req. Lady Clerk for general office work.—Apply in own handwriting, stating age, exp., and salary reqd. to 14, Beresford-ave., Hull.
ref: 1946 January 9, “Prepaid Advertisements: Clerks, Workpeople, etc.”, in The Daily Mail, number 18,768, Hull, page 2:
synonyms: exper.
glosses: Abbreviation of experience.
glosses: Abbreviation of expiration.
glosses: Abbreviation of expiry.
Derived terms: exp. date
exp.
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of expires.
educ.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of educational.
educ.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of education.
Synonyms: ed
DTRA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
S&T
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of science and technology.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Initialism of signalling and telecommunications.
BAA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Broad Agency Announcement.
glosses: Initialism of Business Associate Agreement: under HIPAA, a contract to protect personal health information.
SBIR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of small business innovation research.
LDHI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of low dosage hydrate inhibitor.
yr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yrs
Senses: related: word: y
word: mul:a
glosses: Abbreviation of year.
yr
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: examples: text: Got yr card. Problem is: don't have yr address! Wd love to see you. Write w/number! xo Jeremy.
ref: 1985 December 7, “Albert in NYC (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 21, page 13:
text: On her street he reached into his pocket, pulled out his phone and typed: On yr St. U free? The answer came back: Door open.
ref: 2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 136:
glosses: Abbreviation of your.
yr
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Contraction of you are.
yr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /yːr/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English ȳr, the literal translation of which is uncertain: perhaps “yew” or “bow (made of yew)”, based on Old Norse ýr.
Senses: glosses: A letter of the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet, ᚣ, representing the vowel sounds /y/ and /yː/ in Old English.
Hout Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Afrikaans Houtbaai (literally “Wood Bay”).
Senses: glosses: A maritime suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
domino
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: dŏ'mĭnō
ipa: /ˈdɒmɪnəʊ/
enpr: dämĭnō
ipa: /ˈdɑmɪnoʊ/
Forms: form: dominoes
form: dominoing
form: dominoed
form: dominoed
Etymology: 1801, borrowed from French domino (1771), originally the term for a hooded garment, itself from Medieval Latin domino, oblique case of dominus (“lord, master”); compare Medieval Latin dominicale (“a kind of veil”).
Senses: examples: text: A dismasting often means the dominoing of one mast into the other, down through the decks, cannoning the cargo through the hull below, and sinking the ship very quickly.
ref: 2010, Ring of Fire: An Indonesian Odyssey, →ISBN, page 107:
glosses: To collapse in the manner of dominoes.
glosses: To cause to collapse in the manner of dominoes.
Related terms: sense: etymologically unrelated terms
word: a non domino
sense: etymologically unrelated terms
word: pro domino
interoperability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪntəɹɒpəɹəˈbɪləti/
Forms: form: interoperabilities
form: inter-operability
Etymology: From interoperable + -ity; alternatively analyzed as inter- + operability.
Senses: examples: text: The commission found that by withholding vital information about Windows, the company deliberately restricted interoperability between personal computers using Windows and computer servers running software from Microsoft's rivals.
ref: 2006 November 13, Victoria Shannon, “Microsoft and rivals to increase interoperability - Business - International Herald Tribune”, in The New York Times:
glosses: The capability of a product or system, to interact and function with others reciprocally.
examples: text: Dr Fox and Mr Morin have ruled out the notion of binational crews, but they are still exploring other ways to enhance the interoperability of France’s Charles de Gaulle and Britain’s planned two new carriers, which seem likely to be spared by the defence review.
ref: 2010 October 14, “Entente or bust”, in The Economist:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The capacity for a service, piece of equipment etc., to be operated by different forces or groups.
Hypernyms: operability
Derived terms: noninteroperability
Related terms: interoperable
interoperation
compatibility
white on rice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: a descriptive analogy of closeness. See like white on rice.
Related terms: stink on shit
stick like glue
ugly on an ape
Mammon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæmən/
ipa: /ˈmæmən/
rhymes: (General American) -æmən
Forms: form: mammon
Etymology: From Late Latin mammona (“wealth”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek μαμωνᾶς (mamōnâs), from Aramaic מָמוֹנָא (māmōnā, “money, wealth”). Compare Hebrew מָמוֹן (mamón, “money”).
Senses: examples: text: No man can ſerue two maſters: for either he will hate the one and loue the other, or elſe hee will holde to the one, and deſpiſe the other. Ye cannot ſerue God and Mammon.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 6:24:
text: They [bankers] would do what has been done by the Bank of France—buy bullion at a premium, on the approach of danger, and keep peril at a safe and respectable distance. Any expenditure that might be incurred for that purpose would be small indeed when contrasted with the immense loss and suffering caused by the present system, and the continual fear in which the public now live of some new crisis—because it has been out of one and into another for a long period now; and that will be the case hereafter, until we have no interval to gather strength, and recruit for the next struggle with Mammon, or Moloch, or whatever other name of evil import belongs to the "Tutelarity" of Lombard-street and its precincts.
ref: 1857 November, “The Present Panic”, in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume XXIV, Edinburgh: William Tait, →OCLC, page 644:
text: Lives sacrificed upon the altar of Mammon, only units in the thousands who have fallen in the wilds of Australia, victims to the fever and unrest caused by the search for gold.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 306:
glosses: The desire for wealth personified as an evil spirit or a malign influence.
examples: text: The proper sphere of the church, after all, was the kingdom of God, not greedy earthbound kingdoms of mammon, which should be left to temporal authorities to rule and squabble over.
ref: 2008, Edwin [B.] Mullins, The Popes of Avignon: A Century in Exile, New York, N.Y.: BlueBridge, →ISBN, page 43:
text: But he [Andrew Wyeth] did not want to become an all-American illustrator like the Post's illustrious Norman Rockwell – and he had heard his own father, an illustrator, bemoan choosing the path of mammon rather than the path of virtue, and declined.
ref: 2009 January 19, Michael McNay, “Andrew Wyeth: Realist painter whose work was much loved by the US public but divided the critics [obituary]”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2016:
glosses: Often mammon: wealth, material avarice, profit.
Synonyms: money
wealth
Derived terms: mammonic
mammonish
mammonism
Mammonist
Mammonite
mammonize
mammonolatry
abasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbeɪ.ʒə/
ipa: /əˈbeɪ.ʒi.ə/
ipa: /əˈbeɪ.zi.ə/
Forms: form: abasias
Etymology: From New Latin a- (“without”) + Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “step”) + New Latin -ia (“pathological condition”).
Senses: examples: text: The patient is able to move her legs while lying down but has abasia when she stands up.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An inability to walk due to a defect in muscular coordination.
Derived terms: abasia-astasia
abasiophilia
astasia-abasia
paralytic abasia
paroxysmal trepidant abasia
spastic abasia
abbotcy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.ət.si/
ipa: /ˈæb.ət.si/
Forms: form: abbotcies
Etymology: From abbot + -cy.
Senses: glosses: Abbacy; office of abbot (superior of a monastery).
abhesive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more abhesive
form: most abhesive
Senses: glosses: not adhesive; slippery.
abhesive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abhesives
Senses: glosses: an abhesive substance, such as Teflon.
abiogenetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪ.bai.oʊˈd͡ʒɛn.ət.ə.kəl/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of abiogenetic.
abiotrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪ.baɪˈɑ.tɹə.fi/
ipa: /ˌæ.biˈɑ.tɹə.fi/
ipa: /eɪ.baɪˈɑ.tɹə.fi/
ipa: /ˌeɪ.beˈɑ.tɹə.fi/
Forms: form: abiotrophies
Etymology: From abio- (“without life”) + -trophy (“development”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.
Derived terms: abiotrophic
abomasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæb.oʊˈmeɪ.səl/
ipa: /ˌæb.əˈmeɪ.səl/
Forms: form: more abomasal
form: most abomasal
Etymology: From New Latin abomasum.
Senses: glosses: Belonging to or involving the abomasum.
abortus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɔɹ.təs/
Forms: form: abortuses
form: aborti
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin abortus (“miscarriage”). Doublet of abort.
Senses: glosses: An abortion.
synonyms: abort
abortion
glosses: An aborted fetus, especially one aborted in early pregnancy.
Derived terms: abortus fever
headway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛdweɪ/
Forms: form: headways
Etymology: Partly from Middle English hauedwei, from Old English hēafodweġ (“head-road, main-road”); partly as a shortening of ahead-way, the source of the nautical sense. By surface analysis, head + way.
Senses: glosses: Movement ahead or forward.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Forward motion, or its rate.
examples: text: The whole of the main lines to be electrified were being equipped with four-aspect colour-light signals, automatically operated, where appropriate, and spaced to give a 5min headway throughout.
ref: 1961 December, “Planning the London Midland main-line electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 719:
text: Sixty minutes divided by the headway gives a potential figure for 'trains per hour' - the simplest possible and most simplistic definition of capacity, termed line capacity.
ref: 2019 October, William Barter, “West Coast capacity study”, in Modern Railways, page 66:
topics: transport
glosses: The interval of time or distance between the fronts of two vehicles (e.g. buses) moving in succession in the same direction, especially along the same pre-determined route.
glosses: Progress toward a goal.
examples: text: So as not to impede navigation the two principal spans of the bridge were designed to provide a clear headway of 157 ft. above high water for a distance of 500 ft.; [...].
ref: 1941 January, the late John Phillimore, “The Forth Bridge 1890-1940”, in Railway Magazine, page 5:
glosses: The clearance beneath an object, such as an arch, ceiling or bridge; headroom.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A crossheading.
Derived terms: make headway
Related terms: seaway
semi-automatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semiautomatic
form: semi-auto
form: semiauto
Etymology: From semi- + automatic.
Senses: glosses: Partially automatic.
examples: text: The pro-gun majority in the House of Representatives moved Wednesday to compel the nation's capital to broaden the rights of its residents to buy and own firearms, including semi-automatic weapons.
ref: 2008 September 17, “Bill in House forces capital to relax gun restrictions”, in The New York Times:
coordinate_terms: fully-automatic
glosses: Of a firearm that automatically ejects a shell and loads the next one, but requires the trigger to be squeezed for each shot; autoloading.
semi-automatic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semi-automatics
form: semiautomatic
form: semi-auto
form: semiauto
Etymology: From semi- + automatic.
Senses: examples: text: The Los Angeles ordinance covers semi-automatics with a detachable magazine of 20 rounds or more. As examples, it cited such weapons as the AR 15 assault rifles, Uzi assault rifles and carbines, Ingram Mac-10 and Mac-11 assault carbines, AK-47 assault rifles, Thompson carbines and all Avtomat Kalashnikov weapons.
ref: 1989 February 8, Robert Reinhold, “LOS ANGELES BANS RAPID-FIRING GUNS”, in The New York Times:
topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A semi-automatic firearm, especially such a pistol.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A semi-automatic transmission.
Related terms: manumatic
automatic
manual
lances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lănsʹĭz
ipa: /ˈlænsɪz/
enpr: länsʹĭz
ipa: /ˈlɑːnsɪz/
rhymes: (General American) -ænsɪz
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːnsɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of lance
lances
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: lănsʹĭz
ipa: /ˈlænsɪz/
enpr: länsʹĭz
ipa: /ˈlɑːnsɪz/
rhymes: (General American) -ænsɪz
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːnsɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lance