cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
amort
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle French à la mort (“to the death”) reinterpreted as all amort.
Senses: examples: text: How fares my Kate? What, sweeting, all amort?
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
text: How nowe fellowe Franticke, what all a mort? Doth this sadnes become thy madnes?
ref: c. 1590 (date written), G[eorge] P[eele], The Old Wiues Tale. […], London: […] Iohn Danter, for Raph Hancocke, and Iohn Hardie, […], published 1595, →OCLC, [lines 3-5]:
text: What, all amort, Signior, no Courage left?
ref: 1737, Susanna Centlivre, The Perjur’d Husband, London: W. Feales, act IV, scene 2, page 56:
text: The hallow'd hour was near at hand: she sighs / Amid the timbrels, and the throng'd resort / Of whisperers in anger, or in sport; / 'Mid looks of love, defiance, hate, and scorn, / Hoodwink'd with faery fancy; all amort, / Save to St. Agnes and her lambs unshorn, / And all the bliss to be before to-morrow morn.
ref: 1819, John Keats, “The Eve of St. Agnes”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, →OCLC, stanza VIII, page 87:
text: Here repose houris, dreamlike fair;
Eyes half amort by amorous care;
Marvels of flesh, wonders of hair!
ref: 1890, Francis Saltus Saltus, “The Harem”, in Shadows and Ideals, Buffalo: Charles Wells Moulton, page 338:
synonyms: lifeless
spiritless
dejected
glosses: As if dead; depressed
anarch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anarchs
Etymology: From an- + -arch.
Senses: examples: text: Thus Satan; and him thus the Anarch old / With falt'ring speech and visage incomposed / Answer'd.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book LIX”, 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, lines 988-990:
text: 1830, George Gordon Byron, Thomas Moore (editor), poem fragment, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life, Volume 1, page 302,
One rank'd in some recording page / With the worst anarchs of the age, / Him wilt thou know — and, knowing, pause,
text: Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe.
ref: 1969, Henry Miller, The Books in My Life, page 82:
text: As all the world knows, Emma Goldman is the chief anarch of her time.
ref: 1910, Elbert Hubbard, Fra Magazine: A Journal of Affirmation, January 1910 to June 1910, page One Hundred:
glosses: The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt.
anion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăn'-ī-ŏn
ipa: /ˈænˌaɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈænˌaɪ.ɑn/
ipa: /ˈænˌaɪ.ɒn/
Forms: form: anions
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνιόν (anión, “(thing) going up”), neuter present participle of ἄνειμι (áneimi, “go up”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + εἶμι (eîmi, “go”). Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1834 for Michael Faraday, who introduced it later that year. By surface analysis, ana- + ion.
Senses: antonyms: cation
hypernyms: ion
glosses: A negatively charged ion.
wikipedia: Michael Faraday
Derived terms: anex
anion gap
anionic
anionization
anionize
anionoid
carbanion
counteranion
dianion
fluoroanion
high anion gap metabolic acidosis
interanion
monoanion
oxoanion
oxyanion
polyanion
radical anion
superanion
tetraanion
thioanion
trianion
Related terms: anodal
anode
anodic
anise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.ɪs/
ipa: /ˈæn.ɪs/
ipa: /æˈnis/
ipa: /ˈæn.ɪs/
ipa: /əˈnis/
rhymes: -ɪs
rhymes: -iːs
Forms: form: anises
Etymology: From Middle English anys, borrowed from Old French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἄνισον (ánison), from Egyptian jnst.
Senses: examples: text: A concoction consisting of saffron, orange blossoms, dried dates, anise, wild carrots, and egg yolk, boiled in clear water into which honey and the blood of two freshly killed doves have been poured, is recommended by Arabs as a sexual inducement.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 212:
glosses: An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds, which are used as a spice. It has a licorice scent.
examples: text: […] of the butcherbirds which were perched on the electric wires skirting the road must be nesting birds, and that in the absence of trees or brush they must be nesting in some of the weeds along the highway, mostly anise (Foeniculum vulgare).
ref: 1934, The Gull (Golden Gate Audubon Society), volumes 16-29, page 25
qualifier: often qualified as "sweet anise" or "wild anise"
glosses: Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare.
Synonyms: anix
Derived terms: aniseed
anise hyssop
aniselike
aniseroot
anise seed
anisette
anisey
anisic
anisole
Chinese anise
Florida anise
star anise
star of anise
sweet anise
wild anise
Related terms: five-spice powder
mastika
ouzo
raki
anneal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈniːl/
rhymes: -iːl
Forms: form: anneals
Etymology: From Middle English anelen, onelen, from Old English onǣlan (“to burn, ignite, set fire to, consume, heat, enlighten, incite, inflame, inspire, kindle”), from Proto-Germanic *ana (“on”) + Proto-Germanic *ailijaną (“to burn”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn”). The double-N spelling may have arisen by analogy with Latinate verbs like announce, annex, and annul.
The word is related to Old English onāl (“that which is burnt, burning; incense”), Old English āl (“fire, burning”), Icelandic eldur (“fire”), Swedish eld (“fire, flame”), Danish ild (“fire”).
Senses: examples: text: Additional information obtained from counting krypton-85 released during the anneals shows that only fractions of a per cent of the theoretical amount of gas are released […]
ref: 1958 October 3, William V. Johnston, The Effect of Transients and Longer-time Anneals on Irradiated Uranium-zirconium Alloys (AEC Research and Development Report; KAPL; 1965), Schenectady, N.Y.: Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, General Electric Company, page xiii:
text: In contrast, our work showed that the 100% hydrogen anneal (1160°C for 45 min) led to a defect-free, atomically smooth surface. It should be noted that a high temperature anneal in Ar, H₂, or high vacuum is a well established pre-epitaxial growth step by which a native oxide film is removed to obtain a good quality epitaxial layer[…].
ref: 1994, D. M. Lee, D. Ruprecht, D. Hymes, W. Huber, “Surface Characterization of Heat Treated Silicon Wafers”, in H[oward] R. Huff, W. Bergholz, K[ōji] Sumino, editors, Semiconductor Silicon/1994: Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Silicon Materials Science and Technology (Electronics Division Proceedings; 94-10), The Electrochemical Society, →ISBN, page 241:
text: In the two-step anneal, the low temperature (nucleation) anneal was conducted at 450°C, 650°C, 750°C, or 850°C for various times. Following the low temperature anneal, the samples were heat treated at 1000°C for a total cumulative anneal time of 40 h. All anneals were carried out in a dry nitrogen ambient environment.
ref: 1999, C. Y. Kung, F. C. Tsuy, H. M. Lee, S. C. Lee, “The Effect of the Nucleation Temperature on the Variation of the Microstructure of Cz Silicon after Two- and Three-step Anneals”, in T. Abe et al., editors, Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Defects in Silicon (Electronics Division Proceedings; 99-1), Pennington, N.J.: The Electrochemical Society, →ISBN, page 291:
topics: chemistry
engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An act of annealing.
anneal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈniːl/
rhymes: -iːl
Forms: form: anneals
form: annealing
form: annealed
form: annealed
Senses: examples: text: MABEL: Is he to die, unshriven – unannealed?
ref: 1879, W. S. Gilbert, The Pirates of Penzance, Act II:
glosses: Alternative form of anele (“anoint”).
anode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.əʊd/
ipa: /ˈæn.oʊd/
Forms: form: anodes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) and ὁδός (hodós, “path”), forming the New Greek compound ἄνοδος (ánodos). Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1834 for Michael Faraday, who introduced it later that year.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows inwards (and thus, electrons flow outwards). It can have either a positive or a negative voltage with respect to cathode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively).
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: (by extension) The electrode at which chemical oxidation of anions takes place, usually resulting in the erosion of metal from the electrode.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The electrode which collects electrons emitted by the cathode in a vacuum tube or gas-filled tube.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: That electrode of a semiconductor device which is connected to the p-type material of a p-n junction.
Derived terms: anion
anodal
anode slime
anodic
anodization
anodize
anodophile
anodophilic
anolyte
bioanode
galvanic anode
multianode
photoanode
sacrificial anode
anomie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.ə.mi/
ipa: /a.noʊ̯ˈmi/
Forms: form: anomies
form: anomy
Etymology: From French anomie, from Ancient Greek ἀνομία (anomía, “lawlessness”), from ἄνομος (ánomos, “lawless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”). Popularized by French sociologist Émile Durkheim (1858–1917).
Senses: examples: text: This is in line with sociologist Emile Durkheim's seminal study Suicide (1897 [1997]), which argued that "anomie", or normlessness, could explain variations in suicide rates across countries and time.
ref: 2019, Kathryn Edin, Timothy Nelson, Andrew Cherlin, Robert Francis, “The Tenuous Attachments of Working-Class Men”, in Journal of Economic Perspectives:
text: Although the hypotheses on what causes anomie are different and reflect the social conditions of different societies, the concept itself refers to the same idea/phenomenon: a weakening of the guiding power of social norms, a loosened social control.
ref: 2020, Freda Adler, The Legacy of Anomie Theory, Routledge, →ISBN:
text: No wonder, then, that all of these women are consigned to their lot. What’s the point? From adolescent traumas to adulthood indignities, their anomie has been overdetermined.
ref: 2020 March, Jess Bergman, “I’m Not Feeling Good at All”, in The Baffler, number 50:
text: In fact, one of the recurrent themes in all Didion’s books, both fiction and nonfiction, is Americans’ penchant for reinventing themselves, their belief in fresh starts and second acts — a faith, on the one hand, that helped settle this country and fueled the American dream, and yet, on the other, has resulted in rootlessness and anomie, the discarding of personal and public history.
ref: 2021 December 24, Michiko Kakutani, “Didion’s Prophetic Eye on America”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: [T]hey duly make the acquaintance of all the dysfunctional, boorish and anomie-stricken super-rich on board, including a hateful elderly Brit couple with the Churchillian names of Winston and Clementine.
ref: 2022 May 21, Peter Bradshaw, “Triangle of Sadness review – heavy-handed satire on the super-rich loses its shape”, in The Guardian:
text: Stories about technology-driven anomie and lives that had become unmoored from meaningful values were thrilling to readers in the 1980s and 1990s, but to be a character in such stories is a different thing.
ref: 2024 July 30, Dan Brooks, “Do you ever get the feeling that we’re living in a postmodern fiction? You’re not alone”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alienation or social instability caused by erosion of standards and values.
wikipedia: Émile Durkheim
Coordinate terms: anarchy
lawlessness
Derived terms: word: anomic
antes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ante
antes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ante
aorta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪˈɔːtə/
ipa: /eɪˈɔɹtə/
Forms: form: aortas
form: aortae
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: great artery
glosses: The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
examples: text: Tracing their battles, I had many occasions to walk along Second Avenue, the aorta of the Lower East Side, exploring places that were once as vibrant and tumultuous as Midtown Manhattan.
ref: 2007 January 26, Stefan Kanfer, “In Lower Manhattan, the Echo of the Yiddish Stage Endures”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2019:
glosses: The liveliest part of something.
Coordinate terms: circulatory system
Derived terms: abdominal aorta
aortal
aortic
aortitis
aortography
aortoplasty
aortorrhaphy
arch of the aorta
porcelain aorta
apogee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæp.ə.d͡ʒi/
Forms: form: apogees
form: apogée
Etymology: From Middle French apogée, from Latin apogaeum, apogēum, from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειον (apógeion, “away from Earth”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.
examples: text: Conjunctions of I and II [Io and Europa] occur when they are near perigee and apogee respectively; conjunctions of II and III [Europa and Ganymede] occur when II [Europa] is near perigee.
ref: 1995, John H. Rogers, The Giant Planet Jupiter, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 335:
text: The resolution of the images obtained by this American probe [Messenger] will depend on its altitude [above Mercury] at any one time: about ten meters at perigee (200km altitude), but only one 1 km at apogee (15000km).
ref: 2002, Serge Brunier, Solar System Voyage, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 36:
text: [Nereid’s] apogee—farthest point from Neptune—is five times the distance of its perigee—its closest point.
ref: 2010, Ruth Walker, Mary M. Shaffrey, et al., Exploring Space: The High Frontier, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 129:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is farthest from the planet: the apoapsis of any satellite.
qualifier: possibly archaic outside astrology
glosses: The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is farthest from the Earth.
examples: text: Another manifestation, significantly reaching its apogee in the midst of Antonine virtues, was the growing popularity of adoxographical exercises. Mock panegyrics were dashed off, not just by sardonic intellectuals such as Lucian, but also by trained courtiers and polished encomiasts of the stamp of [Marcus Cornelius] Fronto.
ref: 1979, Carl Deroux, editor, Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History [Collection Latomus; 164], volume 1, Brussels: Latomus, →OCLC, page 111:
text: The cult of the chief executive reached its apogee in the nineteen-nineties, a period when C.E.O.s seemed not so much to serve their companies as to embody them.
ref: 2004 March 22, The New Yorker:
text: The apogee of Ming China […] came in the half century following his [the Hongwu Emperor's] death. Of this period, the initial two decades were dominated by his son, the Yongle emperor (1360–1424), who was a much more successful Oriental version of Richard III.
ref: 2014 September 15, Martin Gayford, “There's more to Ming than a vase [print version: 16 August 2014, pp. R6–R7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
glosses: The highest point.
Synonyms: sense: point in an orbit
word: apocenter
sense: point in an orbit
word: apoapsis
sense: point in an orbit
word: apsis
sense: highest point or state
word: acme
sense: highest point or state
word: culmination
sense: highest point or state
word: pinnacle
sense: highest point or state
word: zenith
sense: highest point or state
word: climax
Derived terms: apogeal
apogean
apogeic
Related terms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: apoapsis
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Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æps/
rhymes: -æps
homophone: apps
Forms: form: apses
form: apsides
Etymology: From Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”), from ἅπτω (háptō, “I bind, join”).
Senses: examples: text: The draughtsman could not have held the sheet with the apse at the tip, for then, instead of shading away from the edge, most of his hatched lines would begin in the uncharted middle ground of a shadeable area, to strike against the contour; […]
ref: 1960, Leo Steinberg, San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane: A Study in Multiple Form and Architectural Symbolism:
topics: architecture
glosses: A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.
glosses: The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.
glosses: A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Obsolete form of apsis (“the nearest and furthest points to the centre of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit”).
Synonyms: apside
apsis
Derived terms: apse chapel
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Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æps/
rhymes: -æps
homophone: apps
Forms: form: apses
head_nr: 1
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: An aspen tree.
argot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːɡəʊ/
ipa: /ˈɑɹɡoʊ/
ipa: /ˈɑɹɡət/
rhymes: -ɑːɹɡəʊ
Forms: form: argots
Etymology: Borrowed from French argot, of unknown origin.
Senses: examples: text: Sadie had, in the argot of the day, a really good built.
ref: 2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, page 338 of 338–339:
synonyms: cant
jargon
slang
glosses: A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.
examples: text: The conversation was in the argot of the trade, full of acronyms and abbreviations that made no sense to the uninitiate.
synonyms: jargon
glosses: The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers.
examples: text: Merle spoke in the thin nasal argot of this city's slums: "This the fus toim yez been lobbed, oy, kiddow?"
ref: 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 232:
glosses: A strongly marked style of speaking.
Derived terms: argotic
Argus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːɡəs/
Forms: form: Argos
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἄργος (Árgos).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A mythical being, also called Argos or Argus Panoptes, with many eyes, a watchman who served Hera; his eyes were later transplanted to the peacock's tail.
Derived terms: Argus-eyed
Argus-like
Argus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːɡəs/
Forms: form: Arguses
form: Argos
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἄργος (Árgos).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of argus (“watchful guardian”).
arhat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɑːhæt/
Forms: form: arhats
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit अर्हत् (arhat, “worthy of worship”), used as a title for sanctified Buddhists. Doublet of arahant and arihant.
Senses: examples: 1954: Over and against the arhat, retreating from appearances into an entirely transcendental Nirvana, stands the Bodhisattva, for whom Suchness and the world of contingencies are one — Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception (Chatto & Windus 1954, p. 32)
topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.
synonyms: arhanta
glosses: One of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed.
Derived terms: arhathood
arhatship
arroyo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹɔɪ.əʊ/
ipa: /əˈɹɔɪ.oʊ/
Forms: form: arroyos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish arroyo.
Senses: examples: text: Across the field were the tents, and beyond them the brown cottonfields that stretched out of sight to the brown arroyo foothills and then the snow-capped Sierras in the morning air.
ref: 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 13, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 1:
glosses: A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain).
glosses: Any watercourse; any rivulet (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally).
Derived terms: arroyo willow
Related terms: coulee
draw
wash
arsine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ)siːn/
/ˈɑː(ɹ)saɪn/
Forms: form: arsines
Etymology: From ars(enic) + -ine (“suffix used to form names of chemical substances”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH₃, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic derivative of this compound, or of diarsane, triarsane etc.
Synonyms: arsane
arsenic trihydride
arseniuretted hydrogen
arsenous hydride
hydrogen arsenide
Derived terms: arsinate
arsine oxide
arsinic
cyclopentaarsine
cyclopolyarsine
diphenylcyanoarsine
trimethylarsine
trimethyl arsine
Related terms: arsane
arsonium
arsorane
aryl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aryls
Etymology: From aromatic + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any univalent organic radical derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon by removing a hydrogen atom.
Derived terms: aralkyl
arylalkylamine
arylamine
arylamino
arylate
arylated
arylation
arylative
arylazole
aryldialkylphosphatase
aryldiazonium
arylhydrazine
arylhydrazone
arylhydroxylamine
arylide
arylimine
arylmetal
aryloxide
aryloxy
arylsulfatase
arylsulfotransferase
arylthiourea
biaryl
biraryl
bisaryl
bromoaryl
diaryl
diarylamide
diarylamine
fluoroaryl
haloaryl
heteroaryl
hydroxyaryl
metalloaryl
monoaryl
nitroaryl
perfluoroaryl
saroglitazar
thioaryl
triaryl
triarylamine
Related terms: alkyl
aspen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæspən/
Forms: form: more aspen
form: most aspen
Etymology: From Middle English aspen, corresponding to asp + -en.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the asp or aspen tree.
examples: text: And then poore Aspen wretch, neglected thou / Bath'd in a cold quicksilver sweat wilt lye / A veryer ghost than I […].
ref: a. 1631 (date written), J[ohn] Donne, “The Apparition”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633, →OCLC:
glosses: Tremulous, trembling.
glosses: Of a woman's tongue: wagging, gossiping.
aspen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæspən/
Forms: form: aspens
Etymology: From Middle English aspen, from Old English æspen, Old English æspan (combining form), from Old English æspe (“aspen”). More at asp.
Senses: examples: text: Above a certain elevation, the aspens gave way to scrubby, gnarled pines.
text: ſtaggering like a quiuering Aſpen leafe,
Fearing the force of Boreas boiſtrous blaſts.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iv:
text: Instead there were the white of aspens, streaks of branch and slender trunk glistening from the green of leaves[…].
ref: 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:
text: The beloved aspen forests that shimmer across mountainsides of the American West could be doomed if emissions of greenhouse gases continue at a high level, scientists warned on Monday. […] The new paper analyzed the drought and heat that killed millions of aspens in Colorado and nearby states a decade ago.
ref: 2015 March 30, Justin Gillis, “Climate Change Threatens to Kill Off More Aspen Forests by 2050s, Scientists Say”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020:
glosses: A poplar tree, especially of section Populus sect. Populus, of medium-size trees with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color.
examples: text: She claimed that aspen was the only "proper" material from which to make a wicker basket.
glosses: The wood of such a tree; usually pale, lightweight and soft.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Populus tremuloides
word: American aspen
word: aspen leaf blotch miner moth
word: aspenlike
taxonomic: Populus grandidentata
word: bigtooth aspen
taxonomic: Populus grandidentata
word: Canadian aspen
taxonomic: Populus adenopoda
word: Chinese aspen
word: Eurasian aspen
taxonomic: Populus tremula
word: European aspen
taxonomic: Populus sieboldii
word: Japanese aspen
taxonomic: Populus davidiana
word: Korean aspen
taxonomic: Populus grandidentata
word: large-toothed aspen
taxonomic: Populus tremuloides
word: quaking aspen
taxonomic: Populus tremuloides
word: trembling aspen
taxonomic: Populus alba
word: white aspen
assai
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Italian assai.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A tempo direction equivalent to "very".
assai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assais
Senses: examples: text: "What do you make of that?" he asked. "It is surely an Assai palm," said Summerlee. "Exactly. It was an Assai palm which I took for my landmark. The secret opening is half a mile onwards upon the other side of the river."
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of acai.
assay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæseɪ/
ipa: /əˈseɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: assays
Etymology: From Middle English assay (noun) and assayen (verb), from Anglo-Norman assai (noun) and Anglo-Norman assaier (verb), from Old French essai. Doublet of essay.
Senses: examples: text: I am withal persuaded that it may prove much more easy in the assay than it now seems at distance.
ref: [1644], [John Milton], Of Education. To Master Samuel Hartlib, [London: […] Thomas Underhill and/or Thomas Johnson], →OCLC:
glosses: Trial, attempt.
examples: text: This cannot be, by no assay of reason.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
glosses: Examination and determination; test.
glosses: The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.
examples: text: Through many hard assayes which did betide.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 35:
glosses: Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
examples: text: Purfled with gold and pearl of rich assay.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 13:
glosses: Tested purity or value.
glosses: The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.
glosses: The alloy or metal to be assayed.
Derived terms: assay dish
assay-dish
assay mark
assay office
assay plate
assay pound
assay ton
bandshift assay
bioassay
Bradford assay
ecoassay
fire assay
immunoassay
interassay
intraassay
microassay
multiassay
nanoassay
pan-assay interference compound
pathoassay
preassay
radioassay
radioimmunoassay
seroassay
specific gravity assay
atonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪˈtoʊnəl/
ipa: /eɪˈtəʊnəl/
rhymes: -əʊnəl
Forms: form: more atonal
form: most atonal
Etymology: From a- + tonal.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Lacking a tonal center or key.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Not tonal, lacking tones.
Derived terms: atonalism
atonalist
atonality
atonally
Related terms: atonic
atone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtəʊn/
ipa: /əˈtoʊn/
ipa: [əˈtʰoʊ̯n]
rhymes: -əʊn
Forms: form: atones
form: atoning
form: atoned
form: atoned
Etymology: From atone (“reconciled”), from Middle English atone, attone, atoon (“agreed”, literally “at one”), equivalent to at + one. Compare Latin adūnō (“I unite, make one”) for the similar formation. Regarding the different phonological development of atone and one, see the note in one.
Senses: examples: text: He tried to atone for his mistakes by working harder.
text: She gave a donation to atone for her past actions.
text: The ritual was performed to atone for sins.
synonyms: expiate
propitiate
glosses: To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
glosses: To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.
glosses: To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.
glosses: To unite in making.
glosses: To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.
Synonyms: word: abegge
word: abide
word: aby/abye
word: acquit
word: answer
word: answer for
word: assoil
word: atone
word: expiate
word: make amends
word: propitiate
word: recover
word: redeem
word: repair
word: reparate
Hypernyms: word: compensate
Derived terms: atonable
atoneable
atonement
atoner
atoningly
unatoned
unatoning
atrium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.tɹi.əm/
Forms: form: atria
form: atriums
Etymology: From Latin ātrium (“entry hall”), from Etruscan.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
topics: architecture
glosses: A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
examples: an atrium of the infundibula of the lungs
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A cavity, entrance, or passage.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any enclosed body cavity or chamber.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: An upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it into a ventricle. In higher vertebrates, the right atrium receives blood from the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava, and the left atrium receives blood from the left and right pulmonary veins.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A microscopic air sac within a pulmonary alveolus.
examples: text: Nexine 0.5μ thick, separating from the sexine about 5μ from the pore and forming a deep, well-defined atrium.
ref: 1965, Janet Kircher Warter, Palynology of a Lignite of Lower Eocene (Wilcox) Age from Kemper County, page 52:
topics: biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
palynology
physical-sciences
glosses: A cavity inside a porate aperture of a pollen grain formed by the separation of the sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.
Synonyms: sense: room in Roman homes
word: cavaedium
Meronyms: sense: chamber of the heart
word: left atrium
sense: chamber of the heart
word: right atrium
Derived terms: atrial
atriate
atriumed
dorsoatrium
preatrium
subatrium
audit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔː.dɪt/
ipa: /ˈɔ.dɪt/
ipa: /ˈɑ.dɪt/
rhymes: -ɔːdɪt
Forms: form: audits
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin audītus, from audiō (“I hear”). Sense of “examine” was because examinations were originally presented orally, and the examiner listened.
Senses: glosses: A judicial examination.
glosses: An examination in general.
examples: text: National Assembly audit
glosses: An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures
examples: text: Yet I can make my audit up.
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.
examples: text: [ Werner Erhard said:] I got a lot of benefit from auditing. It was the fastest and deepest way to handle situations that I had yet encountered.
ref: 1978, William Warren Bartley, Werner Erhard: the Transformation of a Man: the Founding of est, New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., →ISBN, pages 146–47:
text: The trainings of Landmark, Block Training and UP Hans Schuster und Partner thus display strong similarities with the self-improvement seminars of Scientology, which are incidentally called 'auditing sessions', a term taken from the business world.
ref: 2007, Martin Ramstedt, “New Age and Business: Corporations as Cultic Milieus?”, in Daren Kemp, James R. Lewis, editors, Handbook of the New Age (Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion), volume 1, Leiden: BRILL, →ISBN, pages 196–197:
topics: Scientology
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Spiritual counseling, which forms the core of Dianetics.
examples: , "A Funeral Sermon"
It [a little brook] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud.
glosses: A general receptacle or receiver.
examples: text: With his Oriſons I meddle not, for hee appeals to a high Audit.
ref: 1649, J[ohn] Milton, chapter V, in ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC, page 49:
glosses: An audience; a hearing.
Derived terms: audit ale
audit house
audit room
audit trail
carbon audit
closet audit
ecoaudit
environmental audit
First Amendment audit
green audit
postaudit
preaudit
audit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔː.dɪt/
ipa: /ˈɔ.dɪt/
ipa: /ˈɑ.dɪt/
rhymes: -ɔːdɪt
Forms: form: audits
form: auditing
form: audited
form: audited
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin audītus, from audiō (“I hear”). Sense of “examine” was because examinations were originally presented orally, and the examiner listened.
Senses: examples: text: to audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court
glosses: To examine and adjust (e.g. an account).
topics: business
finance
glosses: To conduct an independent review and examination of system records and activities in order to test the adequacy and effectiveness of data security and data integrity procedures, to ensure compliance with established policy and operational procedures, and to recommend any necessary changes
examples: text: In John's case, I suspect, when he lost Diana he went back to his Scientology church to be audited.
ref: 2011, Diane Saks, Overcoming Celebrity Obsession, page 225:
topics: Scientology
lifestyle
religion
glosses: To counsel spiritually.
glosses: To attend an academic class without the opportunity to receive academic credit.
Derived terms: auditability
auditable
auditee
reaudit
unaudited
augend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɔd͡ʒɛnd/
Forms: form: augends
Etymology: From Latin augendum.
Senses: examples: In "4 + 5", 4 is the augend
topics: arithmetic
glosses: A quantity to which another is added.
Related terms: word: successor
sense: addition, summation
english: addend; total
translation: addend; total
alt: augend
word: + =
sense: addition, summation
english: sum
translation: sum
alt: summand
word: + +... =
sense: subtraction
roman: subtrahend
english: difference
translation: difference
word: − =
sense: multiplication, factorization; multiplier
roman: multiplicand
english: product
translation: product
word: × =
sense: multiplication, factorization; factor
english: factor; factor; product
translation: factor; factor; product
word: × ×... =
sense: division; dividend
roman: quotient
word: ÷ =
sense: numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient
english: with remaining
translation: with remaining
alt: quotient
word: Or sometimes
sense: exponentiation; base
english: power
translation: power
alt: exponent
word: =
sense: root extraction; degree
roman: radicand
word: √ =
sense: logarithmization
english: logarithm
translation: logarithm
alt: antilogarithm
word: log(base) =
auger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔː.ɡə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɔːɡə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈɔ.ɡɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑ.ɡɚ/
homophone: augur
Forms: form: augers
form: augre
Etymology: From a rebracketing of Middle English a nauger (seen as an + auger), from Old English nafugār (“nave drill”, literally “nave spear”), from Proto-West Germanic *nabugaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz. Cognate with Dutch avegaar.
Senses: examples: text: Pete Burnett needs a fan belt for his auger.
ref: 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, paperback edition, Virago Press, page 231:
glosses: A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
glosses: A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
glosses: A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
glosses: A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.
Derived terms: augerer
auger-fish
augerlike
auger mining
closet auger
hydrauger
pod auger
auger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔː.ɡə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɔːɡə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈɔ.ɡɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑ.ɡɚ/
homophone: augur
Forms: form: augers
form: augering
form: augered
form: augered
form: augre
Etymology: From a rebracketing of Middle English a nauger (seen as an + auger), from Old English nafugār (“nave drill”, literally “nave spear”), from Proto-West Germanic *nabugaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz. Cognate with Dutch avegaar.
Senses: glosses: To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
examples: text: It augered into the water and vanishedunder the surface only to float up again, its keel pointing skyward.
ref: 2010, Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, The Silent Sea:
text: There was no way to measure progress inside the sphere, to know whether it spun or leapt or wobbled like a top as it augered through the years.
ref: 2012, Ronald Wright, A Scientific Romance:
text: It augers down again behind him to gyre like a mindless deadly battling top.
ref: 2014, Steven R. Boyett, Mortality Bridge:
glosses: To proceed in the manner of an auger.
qualifier: Arkansas; Missouri; Arkansas; Missouri
glosses: To daydream.
Coordinate terms: gimlet
Derived terms: auger in
augite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: augites
Etymology: From Latin augītēs.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt.
Derived terms: aegirine-augite
augitic
augur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔː.ɡə/
ipa: /ˈɔ.ɡɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑ.ɡɚ/
rhymes: -ɔːɡə(ɹ)
homophone: auger
homophone: see also AGA
Forms: form: augurs
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin augur, of uncertain origin; akin to augurō (“interpret omens”).
Senses: examples: text: Augur of ill, whoſe tongue was never found / Without a prieſtly curſe, or boding ſound; [...]
ref: a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “The First Book of Homer’s Ilias”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume IV, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 420:
glosses: A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.
examples: text: It was an ancient tradition, that when the Capitol was founded by one of the Roman kings, the god Terminus (who presided over boundaries, and was represented, according to the fashion of that age, by a large stone) alone, among all the inferior deities, refused to yield his place to Jupiter himself. A favorable inference was drawn from his obstinacy, which was interpreted by the augurs as a sure presage that the boundaries of the Roman power would never recede.
ref: 1776, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol I, ch 1-pt ii:
glosses: An official who interpreted omens before the start of public events.
Derived terms: augurate
augurism
augurize
augurship
augur
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔː.ɡə/
ipa: /ˈɔ.ɡɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑ.ɡɚ/
rhymes: -ɔːɡə(ɹ)
homophone: auger
homophone: see also AGA
Forms: form: augurs
form: auguring
form: augured
form: augured
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin augur, of uncertain origin; akin to augurō (“interpret omens”).
Senses: examples: text: to augur well or ill
text: But there, too, the meteorological omens augured ill.
ref: 2024 May 9, Ned Temko, “On rare visit, Xi Jinping tries to rescue China’s relationship with Europe”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
text: Whether term limits would augur a return of justices with broader experience in public life is debatable.
ref: 2024 September 20, Mark Sherman, “Supreme Court justices have a job for life. But some left the court to make their lasting mark”, in AP News:
text: As Ellmann was quietly assembling materials for his biography, specialization was on the rise in American literature departments, as the critic Erich Auerbach warned, auguring the decline of a general humanities education.
ref: 2025 June 16, Eric Bulson, “Yes I Will Read ‘Ulysses’ Yes”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:
glosses: To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome.
Derived terms: augural
augury
auk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːk/
ipa: /ɔk/
ipa: /ɑk/
rhymes: -ɔːk
rhymes: -ɑːk
homophone: awk
homophone: orc (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: auks
form: awk
form: alk
Etymology: From Icelandic álka, from Old Norse alka (“auk”), from Proto-Germanic *alkǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“a kind of bird”). Cognate with Swedish alka (“auk”), Norwegian and Danish alke (“auk”), Swedish dialectal alla (“long-tailed duck”) (Clangula hyemalis, syn. Fuligula glacialis), Latin olor (“swan”), Ancient Greek ἐλέα (eléa, “marsh-bird”), Welsh alarch (“swan”).
Senses: examples: text: Further afield, these auks are also in dire straits: Norway has seen vertiginous crashes, with hundreds of thousands of adult puffins in the once-teeming colony of Røst struggling to fledge any chicks in recent years.
ref: 2018 June 20, Louise Tickle, The Guardian:
synonyms: alcid
glosses: Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.
Derived terms: auklet
great auk
lesser auk
little auk
parakeet auk
paroquet auk
perroquet auk
razor-billed auk
aural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːɹəl/
rhymes: -ɔːɹəl
ipa: /ˈɔɹəl/
ipa: /ˈoɹəl/
note: for some speakers, to distinguish from oral; Latinate
ipa: /aʊɹəl/
note: for some speakers, to distinguish from oral; Latinate
other: /ˈɑ(ː)ɹəl/
homophone: oral stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: more aural
form: most aural
Etymology: From Latin auralis, from auris (“ear”).
Senses: examples: text: The aural surgeon attends Mondays and Thursdays, at half-past one.
ref: 1853 September 17, “Metropolitan Hospitals & Medical Schools”, in The Lancet, volume 62, number 1568, →DOI, page 268:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the ear.
examples: text: This is Radio Clash using aural ammunition
ref: 1981, “This Is Radio Clash”, performed by The Clash:
text: The meaning of the songs transcended their subject matter; for me they are an aural history that speaks more clearly than any book ever could, not just about dancing and having sex but about being alive in the late '70s.
ref: 1989 December 10, Andrew Miller, “It's That Old Highway I'm Looking For”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 22, page 16:
text: Clark made the album with producer Jack Antonoff, current collaborator of choice for Taylor Swift and Lorde. His involvement didn’t have a huge aural impact – the thrillingly disjointed but melodically gorgeous St Vincent sound remained intact – but his inclination for taking real-life trauma and fashioning it into pop took the album a step beyond Clark’s previous work.
ref: 2017 December 22, Rachel Aroesti, “The best albums of 2017, No 1: St Vincent – Masseduction”, in the Guardian:
text: He was alive to every creak and dunt, the thinness of the walls, as if the tenement block was a kind of aural panopticon that funnelled every sound to the other residents, let everyone eavesdrop on their business.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 274:
glosses: Of or pertaining to sound or hearing.
Synonyms: word: auditory
word: auric
Derived terms: auralize
aurally
aural toilet
aural wallpaper
binaural
cervicoaural
circumaural
dextraural
endaural
interaural
intraaural
intra-aural
monaural
sinistraural
subaural
supraaural
supra-aural
supraural
transaural
trinaural
aural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːɹəl/
rhymes: -ɔːɹəl
ipa: /ˈɔɹəl/
ipa: /ˈoɹəl/
note: for some speakers, to distinguish from oral; Latinate
ipa: /aʊɹəl/
note: for some speakers, to distinguish from oral; Latinate
other: /ˈɑ(ː)ɹəl/
homophone: oral stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -ɔːɹəl
ipa: /ˈɑ(ː)ɹəl/
homophone: oral
ipa: /ˈɔːɹəl/
rhymes: -ɔːɹəl
ipa: /ˈɔɹəl/
ipa: /ˈoɹəl/
note: for some speakers, to distinguish from oral; Latinate
ipa: /aʊɹəl/
note: for some speakers, to distinguish from oral; Latinate
other: /ˈɑ(ː)ɹəl/
homophone: oral stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: more aural
form: most aural
Etymology: From Latin aura (“moving air, breeze, vital air”) + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to an aura.
Synonyms: auric
Related terms: aura
auric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹɪk
Etymology: From Latin aurum + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to trivalent gold.
Derived terms: aurate
auric acid
auric chloride
auric iodide
auric oxide
chlorauric
chloroauric
Related terms: aurous
auric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹɪk
Etymology: From Latin auris + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to the ear; aural
auric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹɪk
Etymology: From aura + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Interestingly, it is easiest to read the physical aspects of this auric field when the subject is "heartily" exercising in or out of bed.
ref: 1996, Cyndi Dale, New Chakra Healing:
glosses: Pertaining to an aura.
Synonyms: aural
avers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of aver
avocet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈævəsɛt/
Forms: form: avocets
form: avoset
Etymology: From French avocette, from Italian avocetta.
Senses: glosses: Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Recurvirostra americana
word: American avocet
taxonomic: Recurvirostra andina
word: Andean avocet
taxonomic: Recurvirostra avosetta
word: pied avocet
taxonomic: Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
word: red-necked avocet
Related terms: stilt