cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Ludwig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈludvɪɡ/
ipa: /ˈlʌdwɪɡ/
Forms: form: Ludwigs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Ludwig, which see for more information. Doublet of Louis etc.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from German.
Franz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ænz
Etymology: From German Franz. Doublet of Francis.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Latin, rare in English.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Frances.
glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Wiedemann-Franz law
liquefy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪ.kwɪ.faɪ/
enpr: lĭʹkwĭ-fī
Forms: form: liquefies
form: liquefying
form: liquefied
form: liquefied
form: liquify
Etymology: From Middle English liquefien, from Anglo-Norman liquefier, from Latin liquefacere.
Senses: examples: text: We’ll liquefy this rock by heating it in a furnace until it melts and flows out.
text: Faraday succeeded in liquefying a certain number of gases by compression and refrigeration, but there still remained a number that proved absolutely refractory to the most powerful agencies; hence these gases were called permanent. […] A retired manufacturer, who at the same time is a distinguished man of science, M. Cailletet, has subdued the permanent gases, having succeeded in liquefying and solidifying them.
ref: 1878 March 12, Gaston Tissandier, “Liquefaction of Gases”, in Popular Science Monthly:
text: Place crayfish and fresh pepper in a blender, add small water, liquefy and cook for 20 minutes or until tender.
ref: 2007, May Jideofo, Healthier Alternatives: Low Saturated Fat African Cooking and Recipes, Ukwa (Breadfruit Beans), page 38:
synonyms: liquidate
liquidize
melt
antonyms: condense
freeze
solidify
coordinate_terms: vaporize
glosses: To make (something) into a liquid.
qualifier: image manipulation; especially Adobe Photoshop; image manipulation; especially Adobe Photoshop
glosses: To distort and warp (an image).
examples: text: The substance liquefied upon heating.
glosses: To become liquid.
Derived terms: deliquefy
liquefiable
nonliquefying
reliquefy
Related terms: solidify
needing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -iːdɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of need
needing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːdɪŋ
Forms: form: needings
Senses: examples: text: […] the pinching of the Penis in young Children, upon their Needings to the urinary Excretion […]
ref: 1733, Daniel Turner, The Ancient Physician's Legacy Impartially Survey'd:
glosses: A need.
Derived terms: unneeding
sharing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɛə.ɹɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈʃɛɚ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ
Forms: form: sharings
Senses: examples: text: IE also has sharings with Nakh-Daghestanian, Semitic, and Sumerian. IE and Kartvelian, and no other languages, share numerals with Semitic.
ref: 1997, Roger Blench, Matthew Spriggs, Archaeology and Language I:
glosses: Something shared; a point in common.
examples: text: Roe v. Wade was preceded by all those moments that make a movement: tentative and explosive sharings in kitchens and CR groups; times of great courage and stillness, […]
ref: 1983 February 5, Rhonda Copelon, quotee, “Roe v. Wade: The Challenge of the Next Decade”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 28, page 5:
glosses: The act by which something is shared.
Hyponyms: behind-the-scenes data sharing
CPU sharing
data sharing
file sharing
power sharing
Derived terms: call by sharing
false sharing
gain-sharing
job-sharing
needle sharing
photo-sharing
power-sharing
powersharing
profit sharing
revenue sharing grant
secret sharing
sharing economy
sharing is caring
social sharing
think-pair-sharing
time-sharing
sharing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɛə.ɹɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈʃɛɚ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of share
sending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛndɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ
Senses: examples: text: One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school.
ref: 2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1:
glosses: present participle and gerund of send
sending
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛndɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ
Forms: form: sendings
Senses: examples: text: Both Matthew and Luke have three sendings of servants, but the narratives are framed differently. Matthew has two sendings of servants (plural) to the original guests, two excuses offered for the refusal, and one sending of servants to the substitute guests.
ref: 2008, Klyne Snodgrass, Stories with Intent:
glosses: The act by which somebody or something is sent.
competing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpiːtɪŋ/
Forms: form: more competing
form: most competing
Senses: glosses: Being in the state of competition (often unintentionally).
Derived terms: competingly
noncompeting
competing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpiːtɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of compete
fixing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪksɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪksɪŋ
Forms: form: fixings
form: fina
form: finna
Senses: glosses: The act of subverting (fixing) a vote.
glosses: Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc)
glosses: See fixings.
Derived terms: match fixing
nitrogen-fixing
price fixing
fixing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪksɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪksɪŋ
Forms: form: fina
form: finna
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fix
examples: text: It's fixing to rain.
glosses: Going; preparing; ready. Only used in fixing to.
Synonyms: sense: going
word: about
sense: going
word: fitting
Related terms: going to
ranking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæn.kɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɹæŋ.kɪŋ/
rhymes: -ænkɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rank
ranking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæn.kɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɹæŋ.kɪŋ/
rhymes: -ænkɪŋ
Forms: form: more ranking
form: most ranking
Senses: glosses: Having a specified rank.
examples: text: Eldred Pottinger was now the ranking political officer and had negotiated—at the insistence of the army's officers—an unmolested passage to Jalalabad.
ref: 2002, Stephen Tanner, Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the War against the Taliban, page 176:
glosses: Superior in rank.
examples: text: In a region as large and sparsely populated as this, it is not surprising that there are few cities. Hu-ho-hao-t’e and Pao-t’ou are the two ranking cities of Inner Mongolia. Hu-ho-hao-t’e, the capital of the region, is one of China's famous ancient cities; it was once a trade center to which the wool, hides, food, and medicine from the surrounding grasslands were brought.
ref: 1973, Chiao-min Hsieh, “Inner Mongolia”, in Christopher L. Salter, editor, Atlas of China, McGraw-Hill, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 188, column 1:
text: But neither leader nor followers give up the rhythms or reasons of a ranking MC, and I'm grieved to report that only “Kick Out the Jams” overcomes the formlessness of personality his detractors have always charged him with — […]
ref: 1990, Robert Christgau, Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s, page 48:
glosses: Prominent or outstanding.
Derived terms: high-ranking
top-ranking
ranking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæn.kɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɹæŋ.kɪŋ/
rhymes: -ænkɪŋ
Forms: form: rankings
Senses: examples: text: Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) CEO Warren Buffett and Facebook's (FB) Mark Zuckerberg rank third and fourth in the world's richest rankings.
ref: 2018 February 6, Paul R. La Monica, “Amazon worth more than Microsoft for first time”, in CNN Business:
glosses: One’s relative placement in a list.
Derived terms: rug ranking
stack ranking
bombing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒmɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɒmɪŋ
Forms: form: bombings
Senses: glosses: The action of dropping bombs from the air.
glosses: The action of placing and detonating bombs.
glosses: The act of bombing a drug (wrapping it in a covering before swallowing it).
Derived terms: axe bombing
Bombingham
bombing run
carpet bombing
loft bombing
love bombing
mail bombing
parabombing
photobombing
R-bombing
skip bombing
suicide bombing
terror-bombing
terror bombing
toss bombing
train bombing
yarn bombing
Zoombombing
bombing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒmɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɒmɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bomb
breaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹeɪks/
rhymes: -eɪks
homophone: brakes
Etymology: Break + -s, pluralisation suffix.
Senses: glosses: plural of break
breaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹeɪks/
rhymes: -eɪks
homophone: brakes
Etymology: Break + -s, third-person singular present tense conjugating suffix.
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of break
Related terms: them's the breaks
collections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlɛkʃənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of collection
examples: text: We have sent your account to collections.
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: A state being beyond merely past due.
raw_tags: of an account
examples: text: Sorry, but you'll have to talk with collections.
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: A department that attempts to collect on accounts that are beyond merely past due.
armies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑɹ.miz/
ipa: /ˈɑː.miːz/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)miːz
Senses: glosses: plural of army
businesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪz.nɪ.sɪz/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈbɪz.nə.sɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of business
graverobber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪvˌɹɒbə/
enpr: grāvʹräb'ər
ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪvˌɹɑbɚ/
Forms: form: graverobbers
form: grave robber
Etymology: From grave + robber.
Senses: glosses: One who robs graves or tombs in order to sell the contents for profit.
Synonyms: bodysnatcher
resurrectionist
Related terms: ghoul
channels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃænəlz/
rhymes: -ænəlz
Senses: glosses: plural of channel
channels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃænəlz/
rhymes: -ænəlz
Senses: examples: text: I'd love to be able to help you, but you'll have put that request through channels.
glosses: Formal lines of command and procedure.
Derived terms: usual channels
channels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃænəlz/
rhymes: -ænəlz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of channel
faces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪsɪz/
rhymes: -eɪsɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of face
faces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪsɪz/
rhymes: -eɪsɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of face
peers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pîrz
ipa: /pɪɹz/
ipa: /pɪəz/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z
homophone: piers
homophone: Piers
Senses: glosses: plural of peer
peers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pîrz
ipa: /pɪɹz/
ipa: /pɪəz/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z
homophone: piers
homophone: Piers
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of peer
antagonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænˈtæɡənɪzəm/
Forms: form: antagonisms
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνιστής (antagōnistḗs, “opponent”), from ἀνταγωνίζομαι (antagōnízomai, “antagonize”), from ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”) (English agon).
Senses: examples: text: Their longstanding antagonism is manifested in frequent scuffles and shouting matches.
glosses: A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.
Derived terms: fantagonism
heteroantagonism
homoantagonism
isoantagonism
queerantagonism
transantagonism
Related terms: agon
agonism
antagonist
antagonistic
antagonize
ill will
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ill-will
Etymology: From Middle English ill will, il wille, ill wille, equivalent to ill + will.
Senses: examples: text: The losing side bore no ill will toward the winners.
glosses: A spiteful or vengeful attitude; a grudge; dislike.
Synonyms: bad blood
Derived terms: ill-willer
ill-willed
ill-willing
Related terms: goodwill
dustup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌstʌp/
Forms: form: dustups
form: dust-up
form: dust up
Etymology: Deverbal from dust up.
Senses: examples: text: Mik looked at his arm and knew this wouldn't work for another dustup with the she-hemoth that was hot on his heels. He put his shield on the damaged arm. It felt strange since he usually wore it on his left.
ref: 2014 September 9, Patrick M. Robbins, Supergatory, iUniverse, →ISBN:
synonyms: word: fight
word: affray
word: dust-up
word: fracas
word: kerfuffle
word: ruckus
word: set to
word: set-to
word: stoush
glosses: A scuffle or fight.
examples: text: The incident followed other dustups between the two parties over the conduct of the war on terrorism.
ref: 2005 June 21, Seattle Times:
text: “Look at us. I plumb forgot what this dustup's even about. Now, what I'm-what I'm... what I'm trying to say here is, hoo, boy, we all need to stop fightin'.”
ref: 2020 September 27, Christy Stratton & Jeremy Rowley, “Violet's Secret” (18:18 from the start), in Bless the Harts, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Wayne Edwards (Ike Barinholtz):
text: And given how few Netflix subscribers appear to have canceled their subscriptions during last year’s dust-up with Mr. Chappelle, Spotify can probably breathe easy on this front for now.
ref: 2022 January 31, Kevin Roose, “Spotify’s Joe Rogan Problem Isn’t Going Away”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: word: argument
word: argy-bargy
word: altercation
word: barney
word: bawl out
word: blue
word: bobbery
word: brawl
word: clash
word: conflict
word: controversy
word: debate
word: difference
word: ding-dong
word: disagreement
word: discordance
word: disharmony
word: disputation
word: dispute
word: dissonance
word: disunion
word: dustup
word: face-off
word: falling out
word: feud
word: fight
word: flite
word: hassle
word: quarrel
word: quibble
word: row
word: spat
word: squabble
word: tangle
word: threap
word: tiff
word: wrangle
glosses: An argument or dispute.
Related terms: word: dust up
think better of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thinks better of
form: thinking better of
form: thought better of
form: thought better of
Senses: examples: text: He got halfway out the door, thought better of it, and decided to stay home, instead.
synonyms: reconsider
glosses: To change one's mind concerning, especially to decide against.
Related terms: know better
think twice
ACK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ACKs
form: ack
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An acknowledgement either of a packet or a message received from a network.
ACK
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ACKs
form: ACKing
form: ACKed
form: ACKed
form: ack
Senses: examples: text: Yet, with full ECN nonce functionality and totally unreliable behaviour, ACKing individual packets only would require the receiver to maintain state that could theoretically grow without bounds.
ref: 2005, Michael Welzl, Network Congestion Control: Managing Internet Traffic, page 150:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To acknowledge a packet or a message received from a network.
Derived terms: unacked
Related terms: topics: telecommunications
electrical-engineering
communications
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
radio
broadcasting
media
word: roger:
NAK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nak
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A negative ACK; a response indicating that a message was not fully received, or that there was a problem with the message.
satisfactory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹi/
rhymes: -æktəɹi
Forms: form: more satisfactory
form: most satisfactory
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French satisfactoire, from Late Latin satisfactōrius, from Latin satisfactus, past participle of satisfaciō.
Senses: examples: text: The satisfactory results of the survey led to his promotion.
text: The criterion of mental health is not one of individual adjustment to a given social order, but a universal one, valid for all men, of giving a satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
ref: 1955, Erich Fromm, The Sane Society, Fawcet:
glosses: Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.
examples: text: To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch their renewal of life,—this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.
ref: 1870, Charles Dudley Warner, “Preliminary”, in My Summer in a Garden, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, page 15:
glosses: Causing satisfaction; agreeable or pleasant; satisfying.
examples: text: […] therefore the ſuffering of any other nature could not bee ſo pertinent, nor kindly ſatisfactory.
ref: 1623, John Mayer, The English Catechisme Explained, 3rd edition, London: Aug. Mathewes, page 36:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Making atonement for a sin; expiatory.
Synonyms: word: acceptable
word: adequate
word: all right
word: average
word: close enough
word: close enough for government work
word: close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades
word: decent
word: favoursome
word: fair
word: fine
word: jake
word: good enough
word: good enough for government work
word: hunky dory
word: kosher
word: mustn't grumble
word: nonbad
word: not bad
word: not half bad
word: OK
word: okay
word: okayish
word: passable
word: pretty good
word: tolerable
word: up to par
word: up to scratch
word: up to snuff
word: reasonable
word: respectable
word: satisfactory
word: snug
word: sufficient
word: suitable
word: tickety-boo
Hypernyms: word: intermediate
Hyponyms: word: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
word: all cats are grey in the dark
word: any hole's a goal
word: any port in a storm
word: beggars can't be choosers
word: don't look a gift horse in the mouth
word: half a loaf is better than none
word: Joan's as good as my lady in the dark
word: something is better than nothing
Derived terms: word: satisfactorily
word: unsatisfactory
Related terms: alt: n
word: satisfaction
word: satisfied
satisfactory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹi/
rhymes: -æktəɹi
Forms: form: satisfactories
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French satisfactoire, from Late Latin satisfactōrius, from Latin satisfactus, past participle of satisfaciō.
Senses: examples: text: They seem quite big on more selectivity in breeding and stiffer tests to divide the satisfactories from rejects. They say that even the term 'satisfactories' is wrong because it suggests a level just above mediocrity.
ref: 1978, Robert Thurston, Alicia II, page 143:
glosses: Somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them.
examples: text: I've been a good student — mostly distinguisheds and only a few satisfactories […]
ref: 1996, Donna E. Muncey, Patrick J. McQuillan, Reform and Resistance in Schools and Classrooms, page 130:
glosses: The rating given to somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them.
drop in the bucket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drops in the bucket
Etymology: First used in Wycliffe's Bible, from Isaiah 40:15.
Senses: examples: text: A $100 donation from an individual is generous, but it is a drop in the bucket compared to the $100,000 fundraising goal.
synonyms: word: drop in the ocean
word: drop in the sea
word: spit in the ocean
word: bagatelle
word: bag of shells
word: bric-a-brac
word: dicky
word: dicky-bird
word: fico
word: fig
word: flyspeck
word: minuity
word: niff-naff
word: picayune
word: scuddick
word: sop
word: toy
word: trick
word: trifle
word: triviality
word: whiffle
word: white chip
glosses: Something of little importance, especially an inconsequential effort or action as compared to a huge problem.
wikipedia: Wycliffe's Bible
fianchetto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪənˈt͡ʃɛtəʊ/
ipa: /fɪənˈkɛtəʊ/
Forms: form: fianchetti
Etymology: From Italian fianchetto, diminutive of fianco (“flank”).
Senses: examples: text: I’m not a hero, I’m not even a chessboard knight. Trying to be a priest was something of a fianchetto wasn’t it? Clever move by a poor player.
ref: 1994, Jeanette Winterson, Art & Lies, →ISBN:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: The development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file.
fianchetto
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪənˈt͡ʃɛtəʊ/
ipa: /fɪənˈkɛtəʊ/
Forms: form: fianchettos
form: fianchettoes
form: fianchettoing
form: fianchettoed
form: fianchettoed
Etymology: From Italian fianchetto, diminutive of fianco (“flank”).
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: To play a fianchetto.
change one's mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: changes one's mind
form: changing one's mind
form: changed one's mind
form: changed one's mind
Senses: examples: text: She started up the stairs, changed her mind, and turned to go back down.
text: So don’t necessarily assume that something has changed if I appear to have changed my mind, sometimes my mind is all that’s changed.
ref: 2006 Baggs, Amanda, Changes in Self-Awareness Over Time, Disclaimer on Assumptions, [http://] ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?page_id=294 May 2006
text: Of course, I was not always right. I questioned the value of Crossrail (a scheme revived by Prescott after being scrapped by the Conservatives), suggesting wrongly that it may be "doomed to hit the buffers" […]. A dozen years later, I published my book on it, extolling the line's wonders. We are all allowed to change our minds.
ref: 2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 61:
text: I’m looking for the ladies in this frantic sea
But then I change my mind and I fall in love with me
ref: 2025 July 19, Pacifik, “Semicherubino”, in Wonderfool, performed by Pacifik:
glosses: To decide differently than one had decided before.
Related terms: change of mind
change someone's mind
change of heart
close one's mind
have second thoughts
hearts and minds
make up one's mind
prevaricate
think better of
petrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Middle French petreux, from Latin petrōsus, from petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).
Senses: glosses: Resembling rock or stone in its hardness.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of the dense portion of the temporal bone that protects the inner ear.
Derived terms: intrapetrous
planarize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: planarizes
form: planarizing
form: planarized
form: planarized
Etymology: From planar + -ize.
Senses: glosses: to flatten, or make into a plane
hummus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ho͝o'məs
ipa: /ˈhʊməs/
enpr: hŭ'məs
ipa: /ˈhʌməs/
enpr: ho͞o'məs
ipa: /ˈhuːməs/
rhymes: -uːməs
rhymes: -ʌməs
Forms: form: hummuses
form: hommos
form: hommus
form: hoummos
form: hoummous
form: houmous
form: houmus
form: humus
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic حُمُّص (ḥummuṣ).
Senses: glosses: A Levantine Arab dip made of chickpea paste with various additions, such as olive oil, fresh garlic, lemon juice, and tahini, often eaten with pitta bread, or as a meze.
pseudointellectual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudointellectuals
form: pseudo-intellectual
Etymology: From pseudo- (“false, fake”) + intellectual.
Senses: glosses: A person who claims proficiency in scholarly or artistic activities while lacking in-depth knowledge or critical understanding.
examples: text: The telltale sign of a pseudo intellectual is the superficial sprinkling and misuse of terms like "paradigm shift" and name dropping
ref: 2002 September 3, Cyber Cypher, “The sign of pseudo-intellectual”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet), message-ID <Xns927E5A0D9A8C1ccdenews@130.133.1.4>:
glosses: A person who pretends to be of greater intelligence than they actually are.
Synonyms: pseud
pseudo
Related terms: charlatan
fraud
sophist
pseudointellectual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pseudointellectual
form: most pseudointellectual
form: pseudo-intellectual
Etymology: From pseudo- (“false, fake”) + intellectual.
Senses: glosses: Pretentiously or insincerely intellectual.
pseudo-random
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pseudorandom.
juxtaposed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: juxtaposed pictures
glosses: Placed side by side often for comparison or contrast.
juxtaposed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of juxtapose
Montenegro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒn.tɪˈnɛɡ.ɹəʊ/
ipa: /mɒn.tɪˈneɪ.ɡɹəʊ/
ipa: /ˌmɑn.təˈneɪ.ɡɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˌmɑn.tɪˈni.ɡɹoʊ/
Forms: form: Montenegros
Etymology: Borrowed from Venetan Montenegro (from mónte + negro, literally “black mountain”), a calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra, referring to Mt Lovćen.
Senses: examples: text: A man shot dead 12 people in a rampage in a small town in Montenegro before dying from self-inflicted injuries early on Thursday, authorities said, in one of the tiny Balkan nation’s worst mass killings.
ref: 2025 January 1, Reuters, “Suspect in Montenegro shooting dies from self-inflicted injuries after killing at least 12 people”, in CNN:
glosses: A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Capital and largest city: Podgorica. Part of Yugoslavia until 2003, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.
Related terms: Montenegrin
Montenegro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒn.tɪˈnɛɡ.ɹəʊ/
ipa: /mɒn.tɪˈneɪ.ɡɹəʊ/
ipa: /ˌmɑn.təˈneɪ.ɡɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˌmɑn.tɪˈni.ɡɹoʊ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Venetan Montenegro (from mónte + negro, literally “black mountain”), a calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra, referring to Mt Lovćen.
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Balatan, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
Vojvodina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvɔɪvəˈdiːnə/
rhymes: -iːnə
Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Vojvodina/Војводина.
Senses: glosses: A northern autonomous province of Serbia. Capital and largest city: Novi Sad.
gospodin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gospodins
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hospodar.
synonyms: word: hospodar
have one's heart set on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has one's heart set on
form: having one's heart set on
form: had one's heart set on
form: had one's heart set on
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of set one's heart on.
heartfelt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑːt.fɛlt/
ipa: /ˈhɑːɹt.fɛlt/
Forms: form: more heartfelt
form: most heartfelt
form: heart-felt
Etymology: From heart + felt.
Senses: examples: text: a heartfelt apology
text: She expressed her heartfelt sympathies at the death of his mother.
text: [T]hey were not the spoiled children of affectation and refinement, but a bold, vigorous, independent race of thinkers, with prodigious strength and energy, with none but natural grace, and heartfelt unobtrusive delicacy.
ref: 1820, William Hazlitt, “Lecture I. Introductory.”, in Lectures Chiefly on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth. […], London: Stodart and Steuart, […]; Edinburgh: Bell and Bradfute, →OCLC, page 2:
text: Infused with family warmth, but with a knowing adult eye on the loss of innocence, it is one of the year's most genuinely heartfelt films.
ref: 2022 November 19, Caryn James, “Spielberg’s The Fabelmans Review: An Emotional Crowd-pleaser”, in BBC:
text: He fell flat on his back before Sinner trudged around the net for a warm, heartfelt embrace.
ref: 2025 June 8, Jonathan Jurejko, “Alcaraz stuns Sinner in extraordinary French Open final”, in BBC:
glosses: Believed or felt deeply and sincerely.
Synonyms: genuine
sincere
true
hearty
Derived terms: heartfeltly
heartfeltness
unheartfelt
by heart
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /baɪ ˈhɑːt/
ipa: /baɪ ˈhɑɹt/
Forms: form: off by heart
Etymology: From Middle English by herte. Compare French par cœur (literally “by heart”), of which the English may be a calque.
Senses: examples: text: to learn something by heart
text: to know something by heart
text: He used to live in that town, and he still knows all the streets by heart.
text: You should play over all the pieces you know by heart at least once a month or oftener with the printed copies before you: or all sorts of wrong notes may creep in, and you will be leaving out some crescendo, or rallentando, or sforzato.
ref: 1906, The Monthly Musical Record, volume 36, page 55:
text: None of the other animals on the farm could get further than the letter A. It was also found that the stupider animals, such as the sheep, hens, and ducks, were unable to learn the Seven Commandments by heart.
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
hyponyms: by rote
glosses: From unaided memory and in full detail.
Derived terms: byheart
Related terms: memory
heartworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heartworms
Etymology: From heart + worm.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
glosses: A parasitic organism that afflicts dogs, of species Dirofilaria immitis of roundworms.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
glosses: (uncountable) The condition caused by this organism.
skittish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪtɪʃ/
note: T-flapping
ipa: [ˈskɪɾɪʃ]
rhymes: -ɪtɪʃ
Forms: form: more skittish
form: most skittish
Etymology: Probably from skite (“to move lightly and hurriedly; to move suddenly, particularly in an oblique direction (Scotland, Northern England)”) + -ish; compare skitter.
Senses: examples: text: The dog likes people he knows, but he is skittish around strangers.
text: 1557, Roger Edgeworth, Sermons Very Fruitfull, Godly, and Learned, London: Robert Caly, The fiftenth treatice or Sermon,
All such be like a skittish starting horse, whiche coming ouer a bridge, wil start for a shadowe, or for a stone lying by him, and leapeth ouer on the other side into the water, & drowneth both horse and man.
glosses: Easily scared or startled; timid.
examples: text: How some men creep in skittish fortune’s hall,
Whiles others play the idiots in her eyes!
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
text: […] ’Tis pitiful
To court a grin, when you should wooe a soul;
To break a jest, when pity would inspire
Pathetic exhortation; and t’ address
The skittish fancy with facetious tales,
When sent with God’s commission to the heart.
ref: 1785, William Cowper, “Book II. The Time-piece.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 69:
glosses: Wanton; changeable; fickle.
examples: text: For everybody’s family doctor was remarkably clever, and was understood to have immeasurable skill in the management and training of the most skittish or vicious diseases.
ref: 1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter 15, in Middlemarch […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book (please specify |book=I to VIII):
glosses: Difficult to manage; tricky.
Synonyms: sense: easily scared or startled
word: spookish
sense: easily scared or startled
word: jumpy
sense: easily scared or startled
word: skittery
sense: easily scared or startled
word: skitterish
sense: easily scared or startled
word: squirrelly
Derived terms: skittishly
skittishness
Related terms: startle
squeamish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskwiːmɪʃ/
rhymes: -iːmɪʃ
Forms: form: more squeamish
form: most squeamish
form: sweamish
form: swaimish
form: squeimish
form: squemish
form: squeamous
Etymology: Origin obscure. Likely a merger of earlier squeamous (“squeamish”), from Middle English squaimous, queimous, from Anglo-Norman escoimus, escoymous, of unknown origin; and dialectal English sweamish, sweemish (“faint, squeamish”), from sweam (“dizziness, sudden qualm of sickness”) and dialectal sweem (“to swoon, be faint, be overcome, feel sick”), from Middle English swemen (“to grieve, make suffer, be faint of heart”), from Old English *swǣman (“to grieve, trouble, afflict”). If so, then related to swim (“to be dizzy, swoon”). See also sweam.
Senses: examples: text: He might have made a good doctor, had he not been so squeamish at the sight of blood.
glosses: Easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseated or nervous; oversensitive.
glosses: Averse or reluctant.
pitfall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pĭtʹfôl
ipa: /ˈpɪtfɔːl/
enpr: pĭtʹfäl
ipa: /ˈpɪtfɔl/
Forms: form: pitfalls
Etymology: First recorded use in the 14th century from pit + fall in the sense of "pit trap, pit snare", from Old English fealle (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *fallą, *fallaz (“a fall, trap”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pōl-. Cognate with German Falle (“trap, snare”).
Senses: examples: text: It's usually a simple task, but you should know the pitfalls before you attempt it yourself.
synonyms: trap
glosses: A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious.
synonyms: trapping pit
qualifier: literal
glosses: A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: antipattern
dark pattern
glosses: An antipattern.
examples: text: This pitfall, beginning in February and finishing in May, resulted in a drop of about 3 ft. in the platform level; during this period it was necessary to level the track three times weekly, and impose a service slack of 15 m.p.h. The subsidence appears now to have finished, and normal speed is once again permitted.
ref: 1939 June, “Pertinent Paragraphs: Pitfalls”, in Railway Magazine, page 456:
topics: business
mining
glosses: Subsidence below ground in a mine, which can cause the ground level above to drop.
Hyponyms: ifs, ands, or buts
Derived terms: pitfall and gin
pitfalled
pitfalling
placid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplæs.ɪd/
rhymes: -æsɪd
Forms: form: placider
form: placidest
Etymology: From French placide, from Latin placidus (“peaceful, calm, placid”), from placeō (“please, satisfy”).
Senses: examples: text: a placid disposition
text: a placid lake
text: April advanced to May: a bright serene May it was; days of blue sky, placid sunshine, and soft western or southern gales filled up its duration.
ref: 1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 9, in Jane Eyre, HTML edition:
text: The ant has made himself illustrious / Through constant industry industrious. / So what? / Would you be calm and placid / If you were full of formic acid?
ref: 1941, Ogden Nash, “The Ant”, in The Face is Familiar, Garden City Publishing Company, page 224:
text: [I]n the 575 days since [Oscar] Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, there has been an unseemly scramble to construct revisionist histories, to identify evidence beneath that placid exterior of a pugnacious, hair-trigger personality.
ref: 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport):
synonyms: word: cool-headed
word: serene
word: calm
word: collected
word: composed
word: cool-headed
word: equable
word: equanimous
word: equanimitable
word: even-keeled
word: even-minded
word: even-tempered
word: imperturbable
word: laid-back
word: level-headed
word: mellow
word: pacate
word: pacific
word: peaceable
word: peaceful
word: phlegmatic
word: placid
word: quiescent
word: quiet
word: relaxed
word: roolie
word: sedate
word: serene
word: still
word: tranquil
word: unexcited
word: unfazed
word: unflappable
word: unflustered
word: unperturbable
word: unruffable
word: unruffled
word: untumultuous
glosses: calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil
Derived terms: Lake Placid
placidity
placidly
placidness
Placidyl
unplacid
Related terms: placate
placable
lipa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlipə/
ipa: /ˈliːˌpɑː/
ipa: /ˌliːˈpɑː/
rhymes: -iːpə
rhymes: -iːpɑ
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: lipa
form: lipas
form: lipe
Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian lipa (“linden/lime tree”), named for its design of linden flowers and leaves.
Senses: glosses: A former subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Croatian kuna.
bobèche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /boʊˈbɛʃ/
rhymes: -ɛʃ
Forms: form: bobèches
Etymology: From French bobèche.
Senses: glosses: A cup or ring at the top of a candlestick, used to catch melted wax running down the side of the candle.
barrage balloon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barrage balloons
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A tethered balloon, attached to the ground with a metal cable, intended to deter low-flying enemy aircraft; used especially in World War II.
Related terms: tethered aerostat
tethered aerostat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tethered aerostats
Senses: glosses: an aerostat, such as a balloon, connected to the ground by a cable and winch, and used as an observation platform etc.
aerostat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aerostats
Senses: examples: text: With its molten temperatures, sulphuric acid clouds, and crushing carbon dioxide atmosphere, Venus has only a handful of aerostat research outposts.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Venus:
glosses: An aircraft, such as a dirigible or balloon, that derives its lift from buoyancy rather than from wings or rotors.
glosses: A moored balloon flown in a semi-permanent manner, such as a border patrol monitoring balloon affixed at 18,000 feet (~6 km).
Derived terms: aerostatic
tethered aerostat
Related terms: aerodyne
airship
tether
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛðə/
ipa: /ˈtɛðəɹ/
rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ)
Forms: form: tethers
form: tedder
Etymology: From Middle English tether, teder, from Old English *tēoder and/or Old Norse tjóðr ( > Danish tøjr, Swedish tjuder); both from Proto-Germanic *teudrą (“rope; cord; shaft”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dewtro-, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to tie”), or from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Cognate with North German Tüder (“tether for binding the cattle”), Swedish tjuder (“tether for binding cattle”).
Senses: examples: text: With the bulky, heavy helmet for the film strapped on, I was inside a fully immersive virtual world. With de la Peña playing minder and holding a tether which prevented me from bumping into walls, I somehow ended up inside the news story.
ref: 2013 September 25, Neal Ungerleider, “Put On A Helmet, And You’re In The Story: Why Virtual Reality Journalism Is The Future”, in Fast Company:
text: We suffer the weather / We bind and we tether / This nation together
ref: 2018, John Kander, Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Cheering For Me Now”, in Hamilton (Hamildrops):
glosses: A rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.
examples: text: Since his hours have increased, I feel that he is at the end of his tether.
glosses: The limit of one's abilities, resources, patience, etc.
examples: text: Despite moving, he maintained a strong tether to his culture back home.
text: Deeper than speech our love, stronger than life our tether, / But we do not fall on the neck nor kiss when we come together.
ref: 1909, Rudyard Kipling, A Song of the English^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Song_of_the_English_(1909)), London: Hodder & Stoughton, →OCLC, England's Answer, page 227:
text: what tethers us to gravity and light / has most to do with distance and the shapes / we find in water
ref: 2002, John Burnside, “History”, in The Light Trap, London: Jonathan Cape:
text: The tether to our national identity can never feel stronger than it does over a cup of bad arena coffee in the dead of winter.
ref: 2019 August 6, Erik Koreen, “Ask Isaac: Minor hockey can be heaven, other people can be hell”, in New York Times:
text: But for toddlers who have now lived nearly 16 months in varying degrees of social isolation, the tether to before has long faded, and they now face after without clear recollections of the world to which they are returning.
ref: 2021 June 28, Caitlin Gibson, “What the ‘return to normal’ means for toddlers who no longer remember ‘normal’”, in Washington Post, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2021:
glosses: An attachment to a place, time, entity or person.
topics: nautical
sailing
transport
glosses: A strong rope or line that connects a sailor's safety harness to the boat's jackstay.
Synonyms: sense: strap
word: hobble
Derived terms: at the end of one’s tether
tetherless
tether
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛðə/
ipa: /ˈtɛðəɹ/
rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ)
Forms: form: tethers
form: tethering
form: tethered
form: tethered
form: tedder
Etymology: From Middle English tether, teder, from Old English *tēoder and/or Old Norse tjóðr ( > Danish tøjr, Swedish tjuder); both from Proto-Germanic *teudrą (“rope; cord; shaft”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dewtro-, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to tie”), or from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Cognate with North German Tüder (“tether for binding the cattle”), Swedish tjuder (“tether for binding cattle”).
Senses: examples: text: The cowboy tethered his horse outside the saloon.
glosses: To restrict with, or as if with, a tether.
examples: text: The younger Targaryen feels as though she’s lost any intimacy that tethered her to compassion and humanity, and so all that remains is the imperious need to rule that has driven her all these years, now bereft of the warmth that previously tempered her.
ref: 2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 15 May 2019:
glosses: To connect to something else.
glosses: To connect to something else.
To connect (a smartphone) to a personal computer in order to give the computer access to the phone's Internet connection.
tether
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛðə/
ipa: /ˈtɛðəɹ/
rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tethera.
ballonet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbalənɛt/
ipa: /baləˈnɛt/
Forms: form: ballonets
Etymology: Borrowed from French ballonnet.
Senses: examples: text: An observation balloon, sausage-shaped and thickened at one end by small subsidiary ballonets, lifted itself, almost as though it were being hoisted by a series of pulls, out of one of the hollows beneath them […].
ref: 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 27:
glosses: Any of several small balloons, inside a dirigible, that can be inflated or deflated to control buoyancy during flight.
buoyancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔɪ.ən.si/
Forms: form: buoyancies
Etymology: From buoyant + -cy or buoy + -ancy.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
glosses: The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.
examples: text: With how much lighter a step, with how much brighter an eye, did Francesca wander through the forest, even in the last desolation of autumn, than she did in all the bloom and buoyancy of spring!
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 82:
glosses: Resilience or cheerfulness.
Derived terms: buoyancy aid
buoyancy tank
center of buoyancy
centre of buoyancy
overbuoyancy
reserve buoyancy
unbuoyancy
Related terms: buoyant
buoy
buoy up
Archimedes' principle
buoyant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔɪ.ənt/
rhymes: -ɔɪ.ənt
Forms: form: more buoyant
form: most buoyant
Etymology: From buoy + -ant.
Senses: examples: text: And of course, in order to understand the Earth's past and how it got to where it now is, it is important to have a basic knowledge of plate tectonics, which explains how the planet's continental and oceanic crusts are part of the lithospheric plates that are buoyant and ride upon the highly viscous asthenosphere.
ref: 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
glosses: Having buoyancy; able to float.
examples: text: I’m in a buoyant mood.
text: There was no delirium when he awoke in the morning. Instead, there was only a feeling of buoyant health. In fact, Dave Hanson had never felt that good in his life—or his former life. He reconsidered his belief that there was no delirium, wondering if the feeling were not itself a form of hallucination.
ref: 1963, Lester del Rey, The Sky Is Falling:
glosses: Lighthearted and lively.
examples: text: [...] the accelerated, high-frequency East Coast express timetable, operating this year in a buoyant economic environment, is beginning to attract more business travel to rail (although there is still a long way to go before the potential is fully realised); [...].
ref: 1964 September, G. Freeman Allen, “Interim report on the East Coast Route express service”, in Modern Railways, page 158:
text: It[China] had a buoyant economy outperforming forecasts. Its unemployment rate was among the lowest in years. While consolidating his power for a second term, Mr Xi proudly pointed to China's "flourishing" growth model as something other countries could emulate.
ref: 2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC:
synonyms: successful
thriving
glosses: Involving or engaged in much successful trade or activity. (of an economy, business etc.)
Derived terms: buoyantly
buoyantness
nonbuoyant
overbuoyant
semibuoyant
superbuoyant
unbuoyant
Related terms: buoyancy
buoy
buoy up
buoying
Archimedes' principle
Pompeian red
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pompeian reds
Senses: glosses: A red colour, tinted with orange, like that of the houses of Pompeii.
Pompeian red
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a red colour, tinted with orange, like that of the houses of Pompeii.
old lace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An off-white colour, like that of old lace.
old lace
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of an off-white colour, like that of old lace.
pistachio green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pistachio greens
head_nr: 1
Senses: head_nr: 2
glosses: A pale yellow-green colour, like that of the pistachio nut.
pistachio green
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a pale yellow-green colour, like that of the pistachio nut.
pearl grey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pearl greys
Senses: glosses: A pale grey colour, tinted with blue, like that of some pearls.