cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
lances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lănsʹĭz
ipa: /ˈlænsɪz/
enpr: länsʹĭz
ipa: /ˈlɑːnsɪz/
rhymes: (General American) -ænsɪz
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːnsɪz
enpr: lănsʹēz
ipa: /ˈlænsiːz/
enpr: lănsʹĭz
ipa: /ˈlænsɪz/
enpr: länsʹĭz
ipa: /ˈlɑːnsɪz/
rhymes: (General American) -ænsɪz
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːnsɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of lanx
hose barb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hose barbs
Senses: glosses: A short protrusion marked by ridges or dull barbs useful for securing a rubber hose or tube.
alliteration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/
ipa: [əˌlɪɾəˈɹeɪʃən]
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: alliterations
Etymology: From New Latin allīterātiō, from allīterātus, from allīterō, from Latin ad (“to, towards, near”) and lītera (“a letter”).
Senses: examples: text: So fish fury all round, as there has been in the past. And as an aside, that alliteration was, sadly, not mine that of a former political correspondent of the Daily Record, John Deans, and applied to the 'cod wars' with Iceland.
ref: 2018 March 20, “Fish fury flares over Brussels Brexit deal”, in ITV:
hypernyms: consonance
consonant rhyme
pararhyme
coordinate_terms: assonance
glosses: The repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; such repetition specifically involving stressed syllables.
glosses: The recurrence of the same letters or sounds in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.
Derived terms: alliterationist
Related terms: alliterational
alliterative
alliteratively
alliterativeness
sebum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsibm̩/
Forms: form: sebums
form: seba
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sēbum (“tallow, grease; suet”).
Senses: examples: text: ‘I mean, it is not simply adolescent acne caused by the over-excretion of sebum.’
ref: 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 387:
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of fat, keratin and cellular debris.
Derived terms: sebaceous
homothetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: for a geometric figure that is the image of another figure under an homothety.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: of a function of two or more variables in which the ratio of the partial derivatives depends only on the ratio of the variables, not their value
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: in which the ratio of goods demanded depends only on the ratio of their prices
glosses: the relationship of a microcosm to a macrocosm
Derived terms: homothetically
Related terms: homotheticity
sebaceous gland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sebaceous glands
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A gland of the skin which secretes an oily substance, sebum, usually into a hair follicle near the surface of the skin.
Synonyms: sebaceous follicle
glandulae sebaceae
mammon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Mammon (“wealth, material avarice”).
fletching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛtʃɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fletch
fletching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛtʃɪŋ
Forms: form: fletchings
Senses: glosses: The process of attaching fins, such as halved feathers, to a projectile in order to stabilize its flight.
examples: text: But the fletching on this arrow is not well aligned and so the hunter’s second shot strikes short.
ref: 2022, Jim Crace, eden, Picador, page 198:
glosses: The fins or feathers so attached.
uvea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːvɪə/
ipa: /ˈjuvɪə/
rhymes: -uːviə
Forms: form: uveas
Etymology: From Medieval Latin, from Latin uva (“grape”), partial calque of Ancient Greek ῥαγοειδής χιτών (rhagoeidḗs khitṓn, “[covering] like a grape”), from ῥάξ (rháx, “grape”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The middle of the three concentric layers that make up the eye; it is pigmented and vascular, and comprises the choroid, the ciliary body, and the iris.
Synonyms: uveal coat
uveal layer
uveal tract
vascular tunic
Derived terms: uveal
uveitis
shadowbox
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shadowboxes
form: shadowboxing
form: shadowboxed
form: shadowboxed
form: shadow-box
form: shadow box
Etymology: From shadow + box (“cuboid container”).
Senses: examples: text: This is also the time to decide which photos will be shadowboxed, which ones will be popped up, and which will lie flat on the paper.
ref: 2004, Leisure Arts, Inc, Award-Winning Scrapbook Pages, page 42:
text: The trailer walls were covered with collectable plates, framed fan art, and shadowboxed phasers and tricorders.
ref: 2008, Holly Black, Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale, page 45:
text: Awesome is shadowboxed images that float above the site and make your image pop off the screen.
ref: 2009, Tris Hussey, Create Your Own Blog:
glosses: To display in a shadowbox.
shadowbox
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shadowboxes
form: shadowboxing
form: shadowboxed
form: shadowboxed
form: shadow-box
form: shadow box
Etymology: From shadow + box (“to fight in a boxing match”).
Senses: examples: text: He was shadowboxing to keep fit and practice before the big fight.
text: The fighter starts to shadowbox in front of them.
ref: 1975, Stephen Dunning, Literature for Adolescents, page 392:
text: McAfferty giggled, then stepped back and shadowboxed, jabbing the air with his little fists.
ref: 2009, Jim Lynch, Border Songs:
text: He shadowboxed harder than anyone I had seen before, and I soon developed that habit, too.
ref: 2018, Glen Sharp, Punching from the Shadows, page 117:
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: To practice moves without an actual opponent, often in front of a mirror.
examples: text: He wrapped himself forever in the garden of his mind showered with golden cataclysms, sun-explosive and shadowboxed all patentcy of death.
ref: 1931, Pagany - Volume 2, Issues 1-3, page 34:
text: But, he knew, like all the other firms they had to shadowbox around the issue until things got awkward and it was apparent they had discussed everything in the world but money.
ref: 1991, John Grisham, The Firm, 1st edition, New York: Doubleday:
text: The situation now clearly demanded the U.S. Army. Yet throughout the day Republican George Romney and the White House shadowboxed.
ref: 2005, Mitchell B. Lerner, Looking Back at LBJ: White House Politics in a New Light, page 133:
glosses: To engage in evasive maneuvers; to avoid addressing something directly.
examples: text: Without being shadowboxed into psychedelic fears about losing Japan as a trader or as a friend — let us remind our Government today that Japan wants what we have and we want them to get what we have but not at the expense of our economy or at an unfair price.
ref: 1968, United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Retailing, Distribution, and Marketing Practices, Log-exporting Problems, page 583:
text: No one here is calling for Joe Peacock to be ostracized. We’re calling him on his bullshit. Brave of you to shadowbox all those non-existent censors though.
ref: 2012 July 28, Gulliver [username], “Who Gets To Be a Geek? Anyone Who Wants to Be”, in Whatever, WordPress, Comments:
text: The majority of the pages in the dissent are directed at an opinion no longer in existence. Indeed much of the dissent continues to shadowbox with an opinion we never wrote.
ref: 2021 July 14, Beverly B. Martin, “Drew Adams v. School Board of St. Johns County, Florida”, in Appeals from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, USCA11 Case 18-13592; D.C. Docket No. 3:17-cv-00739-TJC-JBT, page 19:
glosses: To argue with an imaginary enemy.
Related terms: sense: argue with an imaginary enemy
word: tilt at windmills
shadowgraph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shadowgraphs
form: shadow-graph
form: shadow graph
Etymology: From shadow + -graph.
Senses: examples: text: `There you have its exemplification, a shadowgraph of vapour, penetrated by a single concrete element - my Mind.
ref: 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 108:
glosses: A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index
Derived terms: shadowgraphic
shadowgraphist
shadowgraphy
shadowgraph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shadowgraphs
form: shadowgraphing
form: shadowgraphed
form: shadowgraphed
form: shadow-graph
form: shadow graph
Etymology: From shadow + -graph.
Senses: glosses: To outline in a shadow-picture on a screen.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: To take a picture by means of X-ray, radium, or similar source of actinic radiation.
vascular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvæskjələ/
ipa: /ˈvæskjəlɚ/
Etymology: From New Latin vasculāris, from Latin vasculum, diminutive of vas (“vessel”).
Senses: examples: text: Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.
ref: 2013 March 24, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2016, page 98:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the flow of fluids, such as blood, lymph, or sap, through the body of an animal or plant, or to the vessels that carry such fluids
Synonyms: angio-
Derived terms: antivascular
biliovascular
bivascular
bronchovascular
cardiovascular
cerebrovascular
circumvascular
craniovascular
dermovascular
dysvascular
endovascular
extravascular
fibrovascular
gastrovascular
gliovascular
haemovascular
hemovascular
hydrovascular
hypervascular
hypovascular
immunovascular
intervascular
intravascular
isovascular
juxtavascular
lymphovascular
macrovascular
meningovascular
microvascular
monovascular
multivascular
myovascular
neovascular
nephrovascular
neurovascular
nonvascular
non-vascular plant
normovascular
oligovascular
paravascular
perivascular
polyvascular
postvascular
prevascular
protovascular
provascular
pseudovascular
renovascular
retinovascular
stromavascular
stromovascular
subvascular
thrombovascular
transvascular
trigeminovascular
univascular
unvascular
uveovascular
vascular bundle
vascular dementia
vascular endothelial growth factor
vascularisation
vascularity
vascularization
vascularize
vascularly
vascular plant
vascular stroma
vascular tissue
water vascular system
stanchion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: stănʹshən
enpr: stänʹshən
ipa: /ˈstanʃən/
ipa: /ˈstɑːnʃən/
ipa: /ˈstænʃən/
Forms: form: stanchions
Etymology: From Old French estanson, estanchon, (Modern French étançon), from estance (“a stay, a prop”), from Latin stāns (“standing”), present participle of stō.
Senses: examples: text: The train began to move. Lace walked with it, holding a stanchion.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter IX, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 149:
text: You cross under the rusting stanchions of the old elevated highway and walk out to the pier.
ref: 1984, Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City, →ISBN, page 10:
text: Hiro climbs on his bike, eases it through the neighbourhood and onto the Street, and then gosses it up to a few hundred miles an hour, slaloming between the stanchions of the monorail, praticing.
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 365:
text: He staggers against a stanchion, trips over a rope, and tumbles into the space between the quay and the steel plates of the freighter.
ref: 2013, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 27, in The Childhood of Jesus, Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company, page 268:
glosses: A vertical pole, post, or support.
glosses: A framework of such posts, used to secure or confine cattle.
Derived terms: barrack stanchion
stanchion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: stănʹshən
enpr: stänʹshən
ipa: /ˈstanʃən/
ipa: /ˈstɑːnʃən/
ipa: /ˈstænʃən/
Forms: form: stanchions
form: stanchioning
form: stanchioned
form: stanchioned
Etymology: From Old French estanson, estanchon, (Modern French étançon), from estance (“a stay, a prop”), from Latin stāns (“standing”), present participle of stō.
Senses: glosses: To erect stanchions, or equip something with stanchions.
glosses: To confine by means of stanchions, typically used for cattle.
tonsil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɒn.səl/
ipa: /ˈtɒn.sɪl/
ipa: /ˈtɑn.səl/
homophone: tonsile (General American)
rhymes: -ɒnsəl
Forms: form: tonsils
Etymology: Late 16th century borrowing from French tonsille or Latin tonsillae (“the tonsils in the throat”, plural).
Senses: topics: anatomy
immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of palatine tonsil.
topics: anatomy
immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues.
Derived terms: tonsil hockey
tonsillectomy
tonsilotome
tonsil stone
tonsil tennis
to the tonsils
up to the tonsils
Related terms: tonsillar
tonsillo-
tonsill-
brit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: brits
form: britting
form: britted
form: britted
form: britt
form: brite
Etymology: From Middle English brytten, brutten, from Old English brittian, bryttian (“to divide, dispense, distribute, rule over, possess, enjoy the use of”), from Proto-Germanic *brutjaną (“to break, divide”), from Proto-Germanic *breutaną (“to destroy, crush, break”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewd- (“to break”). Cognate with Icelandic brytja (“to chop up, break in pieces, slaughter”), Swedish bryta (“to break, fracture, cut off”), Danish bryde (“to break”), and outside the Germanic family with Albanian brydh (“I make crumbly, friable, soft”). Related to Old English brytta (“dispenser, giver, author, governor, prince”), Old English brēotan (“to break in pieces, hew down, demolish, destroy, kill”).
Senses: glosses: To break in pieces; divide.
glosses: To bruise; indent.
glosses: To fall out or shatter (as overripe hops or grain).
glosses: To fade away; alter.
Derived terms: britten
brittle
brit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: brit
form: britt
Etymology: Probably from Middle English bret or birt, applied to a different kind of fish. See bret.
Senses: glosses: One of the young of herrings, sprats, etc.
examples: text: The edges of these bones are fringed with hairy fibres, through which the Right Whale strains the water, and in whose intricacies he retains the small fish, when openmouthed he goes through the seas of brit in feeding time.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: One of the tiny crustaceans, of the genus Calanus, that are part of the diet of right whales.
brit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: brits
form: bris
Etymology: Short for brit milah.
Senses: glosses: brit milah
Related terms: alternative brit
brit ben
brit tikkun
dominoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒmɪnəʊz/
ipa: /ˈdɑmɪnoʊz/
Senses: glosses: plural of domino
dominoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒmɪnəʊz/
ipa: /ˈdɑmɪnoʊz/
Senses: glosses: Any of several games played by arranging domino tiles on a flat surface.
Derived terms: sparrow dominoes
Related terms: domino effect
domino effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: domino effects
Etymology: An allusion to a row of dominoes in which the fall of one leads to a cascade of falling pieces.
Senses: examples: text: While the move has, for now, calmed fears of a repeat of a 2008-style domino effect, the merger has left Switzerland with a new megabank on Paradeplatz square.
ref: 2023 March 22, Philip Oltermann, “Switzerland’s national pride dealt heavy blow by the merger of its banking titans”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The situation in which one event sets off a chain of additional events.
topics: government
politics
synonyms: domino theory
glosses: The theory that, if South Vietnam became communist, it would be followed by Cambodia, Laos, additional Southeast Asian countries, other Asian countries, and likely even elsewhere.
Related terms: butterfly effect
demonstration effect
ripple effect
slippery slope
snowball effect
European mistletoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: European mistletoes
Senses: glosses: a parasitic evergreen plant (Viscum album) with white berries which grows on oaks, apple and other trees.
Related terms: english: American mistletoe, eastern mistletoe
translation: American mistletoe, eastern mistletoe
word: Phoradendron leucarpum
word: mistletoe
voice-over
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɔɪsoʊvɚ/
ipa: /ˈvɔɪsəʊvə/
Forms: form: voice-overs
form: voiceover
Etymology: From voice + over.
Senses: glosses: A production technique, in which pictures are accompanied by the voice of an unseen actor or reporter.
glosses: A voice-overed release, especially of foreign content.
examples: text: With Reality [Winner]’s voice-overs doing the bulk of the dramatic work, the movie depends heavily on editing to keep the action moving visually, and “Winner” may well prove to be one of the best-edited movies this year.
ref: 2024 September 11, Richard Brody, ““Winner” Takes Political Comedy Seriously”, in The New Yorker:
glosses: The voice audio track of such a broadcast.
Derived terms: voice-over artist
Related terms: dub
dubbing
revoice
voice-over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɔɪsoʊvɚ/
ipa: /ˈvɔɪsəʊvə/
Forms: form: voice-overs
form: voice-overing
form: voice-overed
form: voice-overed
form: voiceover
Etymology: From voice + over.
Senses: glosses: To supply the voice audio track for (a broadcast).
voiceover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voiceovers
Senses: examples: text: Within a few weeks I was in the studio recording voiceovers. They're harder than they look, and the way that editors and producers create narratives from hundreds of hours of footage still amazes me.
ref: 2020 May 6, Tim Dunn, “The Architecture The Railways Built”, in Rail, page 76:
glosses: Alternative form of voice-over.
voiceover
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: voiceovers
form: voiceovering
form: voiceovered
form: voiceovered
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of voice-over.
actuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌækt͡ʃuˈælɪti/
Forms: form: actualities
Etymology: From actual + -ity.
* (television): Influenced by French actualité.
Senses: glosses: The state of existing; existence.
examples: text: "It seems as though I have lived this life always. The world of books and bookish folk is very vague, more like a dream memory than an actuality. I surely have hunted and forayed and fought all the days of my life. And you, too, seem a part of it. You are -- " I was on the verge of saying, "my woman, my mate," but glibly changed it to -- "standing the hardship well."
ref: 1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:
glosses: An instance or quality of being actual or factual; fact.
examples: text: A cabled despatch is better than nothing, but a voicecast of tolerable quality is preferable, and in certain types of story a voicecast with live or recorded actuality is best of all. Correspondents all have portable tape recorders.
ref: 1964, European Broadcasting Union, EBU Review: Programmes, Administration, Law, volume 83, page 22:
text: This is a news report from the scene of the event. When a voicer and an actuality are combined into one complete story, it's known as a wrap.
ref: 2005, Alan R. Stephenson, David E. Reese, Mary E. Beadle, Broadcast Announcing Worktext, page 164:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Live reporting on current affairs.
examples: text: By 1903, the actuality film had reached its peak; in 1903, the Edison and Biograph companies, combined, registered three hundred fifty one actuality films for copyright protection. By 1908 that number had dropped to two.
ref: 1999, “The Variety Stage collection”, in Selected Materials from the Library of Congress:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A short early motion picture.
Derived terms: in actuality
nonactuality
adaptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈdæp.tɪv/
Forms: form: more adaptive
form: most adaptive
Etymology: From adapt + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it issued a final rule allowing what’s called “adaptive driving beam headlights” on new vehicles. It will go into effect when published in the Federal Register in the next few days.
text: The real affinities of all organic beings, in contradistinction to their adaptive resemblances, are due to inheritance or community of descent.
ref: 1859, Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species:
text: That variation of germinal origin is a fact in organic nature is admitted on all hands, and that some variations are adaptive is also unquestioned.
ref: 1896, C. Lloyd Morgan, On Modification and Variation:
text: Advanced vehicle technologies, including automatic emergency braking and adaptive cruise control, were available as standard equipment for this truck-tractor; however, the carrier opted not to purchase these systems. We found that the collision may have been avoided or its severity lessened had these systems been installed on the truck-tractor. Because commercial vehicle customers can elect not to purchase collision avoidance systems, even those that are considered standard equipment, federal requirements are necessary to increase widespread deployment of this technology.
ref: 2024, NTSB, Highway Investigation Report, HIR-24-05:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
glosses: Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society.
Synonyms: sense: capable of being adapted
word: adaptable
word: adaptative
Derived terms: adaptive beamformer
adaptive behaviour
adaptive bridge
adaptive clothing
adaptive coding
adaptive communications
adaptive compression
adaptive control
adaptive cruise control
adaptive enzyme
adaptive equalization
adaptive expectations
adaptive filter
adaptive hypertrophy
adaptive immune system
adaptive immunity
adaptive intelligence
adaptive learning
adaptively
adaptive management
adaptive modulation
adaptiveness
adaptive optics
adaptive predictive coding
adaptive radiation
adaptive resonance
adaptive reuse
adaptive routing
adaptive switching
adaptive system
adaptive technology
adaptive tile refresh
adaptive value
adaptive zone
adaptivity
coadaptive
counteradaptive
disadaptive
idioadaptive
inadaptive
mechanoadaptive
multiadaptive
neuroadaptive
osmoadaptive
pathoadaptive
photoadaptive
postadaptive
preadaptive
proadaptive
radioadaptive
seroadaptive
unadaptive
viscoadaptive
Related terms: adapt
adaptability
adaptable
adaptableness
adaptably
adaptation
adaptational
adaptationary
adaptative
adaptatively
adaptativeness
adapted
adaptedness
adapter
adaption
adaptional
adaptionary
adaptitude
adaptly
adaptness
adaptorial
nonadaptive
nonadaptively
nonadaptiveness
nonadaptivity
seaway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːweɪ
Forms: form: seaways
Etymology: From Middle English seewey, from Old English sǣweġ (“a seaway, a path through the sea”), equivalent to sea + way. Compare Saterland Frisian Seegong (“seaway, swell”), German Seegang (“seaway, swell”).
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A lane or route at sea that is regularly used by ships; a sea lane or trade route.
examples: text: The coracle […] was a very safe boat for a person of my height and weight, both buoyant and clever in a seaway; but she was the most cross-grained, lop-sided craft to manage.
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: An inland waterway used by seagoing shipping.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The headway of a vessel.
agelong
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more agelong
form: most agelong
form: age-long
Etymology: From age + -long.
Senses: examples: text: Latter day witches, continuing the age-long cult, frequently made use of these old circles as meeting places, holding esbats, sabbats, and performing their ritual "ring" dances within the circumference of the tall granite stones.
ref: 1965, Ruth E. St. Leger-Gordon, Witchcraft and Folklore of Dartmoor, page xviii. 146:
coordinate_terms: ageslong
glosses: Lasting throughout all time; eternal.
aggrade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -eɪd
Forms: form: aggrades
form: aggrading
form: aggraded
form: aggraded
Etymology: From ad- + grade.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: to raise the level of a river bed by the deposition of sediment
Derived terms: aggradation
antipapal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪpəl
Forms: form: more antipapal
form: most antipapal
Etymology: From anti- + papal.
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: Characterized by opposition to the pope
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: Of or relating to an antipope
antivivisectionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antivivisectionists
Etymology: From anti- + vivisectionist.
Senses: glosses: A person opposed to the practice of vivisection.
antivivisectionist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + vivisectionist.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to such a person.
glosses: Characterized by opposition to vivisection.
ATP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The ATP rulebook defines unsportsmanlike conduct as “any misconduct by a player that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the success of a tournament, ATP and/or the sport” and carries a fine of up to $20,000.
ref: 2022 February 23, Matias Grez, “Alexander Zverev is withdrawn from Mexican Open after striking umpire’s chair multiple times”, in CNN:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
coordinate_terms: word: WTA
english: Women's Tennis Association
translation: Women's Tennis Association
word: ITF
english: International Tennis Federation
translation: International Tennis Federation
glosses: Initialism of Association of Tennis Professionals: the governing body of men's professional tennis, formed in 1972.
topics: transport
qualifier: international law
glosses: The Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage (ATP).
ATP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ATPs
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: word: ADP
english: adenosine diphosphate
translation: adenosine diphosphate
word: AMP
english: adenosine monophosphate
translation: adenosine monophosphate
glosses: Initialism of adenosine triphosphate.
examples: text: Mr Sumption said: "The object would be to enable the Secretary of State to reconsider the decision, not simply so as to consider the reduction in the scope of the extradition proceedings which arises from the decision of the House of Lords, but to consider whether, in the light of that reduction, it would be right to issue an ATP (authorisation to proceed) at all."
ref: 1999 March 29, “Pinochet lawyers to challenge extradition ruling”, in The Guardian:
topics: law
qualifier: project management
glosses: Initialism of authorization to proceed.
examples: text: Industry planners and analysts are closely parsing July’s numbers to try to divine what’s ahead for the industry. One worrisome sign was the decline in the average transaction price, or ATP, paid by the typical buyer in July.
ref: 2020 August 4, Paul A. Eisenstein, “Consumers shopping for a new car are still wary, adding to problems for automakers”, in NBC News:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of average transaction price.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
coordinate_terms: word: ATC
english: automatic train control
translation: automatic train control
word: ATO
english: automatic train operation
translation: automatic train operation
word: ATS
english: automatic train stop
translation: automatic train stop
glosses: Initialism of automatic train protection.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of airline transport pilot.
Derived terms: ATPase
ATPergic
ATP synthase
ATP
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of at this point; also atp.
semiautomatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + automatic.
Senses: examples: text: The measure would make California the first state to require that all new semiautomatic weapons be equipped with technology known as microstamping, which imprints microscopic markings as a gun fires.
ref: 2007 September 24, “An Opportunity for Mr. Schwarzenegger”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Alternative spelling of semi-automatic.
semiautomatic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semiautomatics
Etymology: From semi- + automatic.
Senses: examples: text: Experts say that there is no clear link between semiautomatics and the number of shootings by the police, and that officers are likely to get higher-powered weapons rather than go back to traditional handguns.
ref: 1999 February 7, Jodi Wilgoren, “Fatal Police Barrage Renews Debate Over Safety of Semiautomatics”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Alternative spelling of semi-automatic.
artifice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪfɪs/
Forms: form: artifices
Etymology: From Middle French artifice, from Latin artificium.
Senses: examples: text: The notion that consequence can be as easily managed as PR is the ultimate artifice and the ultimate delusion.
ref: 2021 November 21, Charles Hugh Smith, When Everything Is Artifice and PR, Collapse Beckons:
glosses: A crafty but underhanded deception.
examples: text: The heightened worlds of darkly comedic satire and soapy high-school romance make it easy enough to roll with unrealistic casting choices—and that goes for stage musicals, too, where some level of artifice is built into the format.
ref: 2021 September 22, Caroline Siede, “Dear Evan Hansen is a misfire on just about every level”, in AV Club:
glosses: A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
glosses: A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.
glosses: A tactical move to gain advantage.
glosses: Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.
artifice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪfɪs/
Forms: form: artifices
form: artificing
form: artificed
form: artificed
Etymology: From Middle French artifice, from Latin artificium.
Senses: examples: text: The Creator has so cunningly endowed our bodies that there is no labor to be done, no skill in artificing or fashioning the metals, that is beyond our reach.
ref: 1867, Egbert Pomroy Watson, The Modern Practice of American Machinists and Engineers […] :
text: Some of the greatest artists of their day either furnished designs or with their own hands artificed ornaments for domestic use,
ref: 1900, Country Life, volume 7, page 138:
text: Splints and slings, already described, are easily artificed out of small saplings or from stiff bark.
ref: 1922, Appalachian Mountain Club, The A.M.C. White Mountain Guide: A Guide to Trails in the Mountains:
glosses: To construct by means of skill or specialised art
Related terms: artificial
antenatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin ante (“before”) + nātālis (“natal”), from nāscor (“to be born”), equivalent to ante- + natal.
Senses: glosses: Occurring or existing before birth.
Synonyms: prenatal
Derived terms: antenatally
Related terms: natal
perinatal
postnatal
CEEB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of College Entrance Examination Board.
cryptorchid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kɹɪpˈtɔː(ɹ)kɪd/
Forms: form: cryptorchids
Etymology: From crypt- + orchid, from Latin orchis (“testicle”).
Senses: glosses: A male animal with one or two undescended testicles.
Derived terms: cryptorchidic
cryptorchidism
cryptorchism
Related terms: monorchid
polyorchid
cytologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪˈtɒlədʒɪst/
ipa: /saɪˈtɑːləd͡ʒɪst/
Forms: form: cytologists
Etymology: From cytology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A scientist who studies the physical characteristics of chromosomes.
glosses: A biologist who studies cells.
Derived terms: neurocytologist
Mandelbrot set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mandelbrot sets
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: the set of complex numbers c for which the orbit of 0 under iteration of the complex quadratic polynomial zₙ₊₁ = zₙ² + c remains bounded. The boundary of this set is a fractal.
Related terms: Mandelbox
Mandelbulb
Julia set
marketeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: marketeers
Etymology: From market + -eer.
Senses: glosses: A specialist in marketing (promoting and selling products and services).
glosses: One who promotes and sells products or services; called a marketer in US English.
glosses: Someone who works in or supports a certain kind of system of selling and buying, for example free marketeer, black marketeer.
Synonyms: english: only in one sense
translation: only in one sense
word: marketer
Derived terms: anti-marketeer
black marketeer
free marketeer
grey marketeer
gray marketeer
marketeering
marzipan layer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marzipan layers
Etymology: By analogy with the layer of marzipan below the icing on a Christmas cake.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The stockbroking executives immediately below the partners in a firm.
glosses: All those just below the highest echelon in any sphere.
Synonyms: marzipan set
hammered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hammered
form: most hammered
Senses: glosses: Having been hit with a hammer or hammer-like object.
examples: text: ‘Yeah, sorry about that, I was hammered.’
ref: 2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 243:
glosses: very drunk; inebriated.
Derived terms: hammered and sickled
hammered dulcimer
unhammered
hammered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hammer
marzipan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɑːzɪˈpæn/
ipa: /ˈmɑːzɪpæn/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹzəpæn/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹtsəpɑn/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹtsəpæn/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: marzipans
form: marchpane
Etymology: Borrowed from German Marzipan, from Italian marzapane, Venetan marzapane. Believed to be, with influence from pane (“bread”), derived from Arabic مَرْطَبَان (marṭabān, “spice box”) which comes from the name of a Burmese port known for its spice exports, Martaban, now called in Burmese မုတ္ထမ (muthta.ma.).
Senses: glosses: A confection made from a paste of almonds, sugar and egg white as a binder.
examples: text: Place the hazelnuts on a baking sheet and grill […] then grind finely […] then add the caster sugar and ground hazelnuts [to egg whites] and mix to a stiff marzipan paste. Sandwich the pecan nuts together in pairs with a little of the hazelnut marzipan.
ref: 2009, Hamlyn All Colour Cookery: 200 Christmas Recipes: Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook, (Please provide the book title or journal name), Hamlyn, →ISBN:
text: Hazelnut marzipan. Hazelnuts are used as an alternative to almonds, ground together in a proportion from 11⁄2 to 2 parts nuts to sugar. Almonds may be mixed in according to taste.
ref: 2015, The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 433:
text: […] cookie mini pack, watermelon Bubble Yum or, my favorite, de la Rosa, a peanut marzipan round packaged in a cellophane wrapper with a delicate rose printed on it. De la Rosa is a perfect confection. Just crumbly enough, just sweet enough […]
ref: 2019, Lagusta Yearwood, Sweet + Salty: The Art of Vegan Chocolates, Truffles, Caramels, and More from Lagusta's Luscious, Da Capo Lifelong Books, →ISBN:
text: To make the filling: In a food processor, blend the peanut butter, powdered sugar, salt, and cayenne together. […] THE FILLING RECIPE IS ALSO awfully close to that of peanut marzipan, which you can make yourself by adding more powdered sugar to create a sturdier, shape-able “dough,” or just look for the de la Rosa brand at your local Latino grocery.
ref: 2020, Amy C. Evans, Martha Hall Foose, A Good Meal Is Hard to Find: Storied Recipes from Deep South, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 87:
glosses: A similar confection made using another nut, such as peanut or hazelnut.
examples: text: One afternoon not long afterwards you waited byher bedside as she swam through anesthetic. A box of cherry chocolates and a dozen roses in your lap. Cherry chocolates and chocolate-covered marzipans. Then you drove her home. Chocolate-covered marzipans being her favorite.
ref: 2002, Lance Olsen, Girl Imagined by Chance, University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 81:
text: In one hand she held a handkerchief, and in the other she held two cherry-shaped marzipans. Rosalia smiled when she saw the marzipans and took them and the handkerchief from Madre Carmela.
ref: 2016, Rosanna Chiofalo, Rosalia's Bittersweet Pastry Shop, Kensington Books, →ISBN:
glosses: A piece of such a confection.
Coordinate terms: almond paste
Christmas cake
simnel cake
Derived terms: marzipan layer
marzipan set
persipan
peanut marzipan
marzipan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɑːzɪˈpæn/
ipa: /ˈmɑːzɪpæn/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹzəpæn/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹtsəpɑn/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹtsəpæn/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: marzipans
form: marzipanning
form: marzipanned
form: marzipanned
form: marchpane
Etymology: Borrowed from German Marzipan, from Italian marzapane, Venetan marzapane. Believed to be, with influence from pane (“bread”), derived from Arabic مَرْطَبَان (marṭabān, “spice box”) which comes from the name of a Burmese port known for its spice exports, Martaban, now called in Burmese မုတ္ထမ (muthta.ma.).
Senses: examples: text: a marzipanned cake
glosses: To cover with marzipan.
massively parallel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
hypernyms: in parallel
glosses: having many individual or distributed processing units and thus able to carry out many simultaneous calculations.
Related terms: embarrassingly parallel
massive parallelism
MPP
MPP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MPPs
form: M.P.P.
form: M. P. P.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of massively parallel processing.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of massively parallel processor.
examples: text: Got my name in registry so they stay on me, won’t let me free / Might call up my MPP / Nevermind, they won’t listen to me, don’t listen to me
ref: 2021, “On Me”, in Parallel World, performed by Cadence Weapon:
glosses: Initialism of Member of Provincial Parliament.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of mucus penetrating particle.
glosses: Initialism of meters per pixel.
Related terms: word: MLA
word: MHA
word: MNA
word: MP
word: senator
sprote
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sprote
form: most sprote
Etymology: Of German origin, meaning "to be fashionable"; made popular during the reign of King George III of England in the 1780s.
Senses: glosses: Of dapper attire.
Old Bailey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Old Bailey
Etymology: Originally "The Bailey", a street running outside the western wall of medieval London; from the word bailey, a Middle English term for the outermost wall or court of a fortification. The courthouse built nearby in the 16th century, alongside old Newgate Prison, took its name from the street.
Senses: glosses: A street in the City between Holborn Circus and St Paul's Cathedral.
glosses: The Central Criminal Court in this street; the Crown Court in the City of London.
glosses: The English legal system.
tonsillitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɒnsəˈlaɪtɪs/
Forms: form: tonsillitides
form: tonsillites
Etymology: From tonsil + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the tonsils.
Derived terms: tonsillitic
Related terms: quinsy
Duchesne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /duːˈʃeɪn/
Etymology: From Old French du + chesne (“oak (tree)”); French du chêne (“oak (tree)”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old French.
glosses: A small city, the county seat of Duchesne County, Utah, United States.
glosses: The Duchesne River in Utah.
Related terms: english: modern spelling
translation: modern spelling
word: Duchêne
word: Duchesne County
pox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɑks/
rhymes: -ɒks
homophone: pocks
Forms: form: poxes
Etymology: From the plural of Middle English pocke. See also pock.
Senses: glosses: A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.
glosses: Syphilis.
examples: text: A pox on him, he's a cat still.
ref: c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
glosses: A curse.
Derived terms: antipox
a pox on
buffalopox
camelpox
canarypox
carp pox
chicken pox
cottonpox
cowpox
fowlpox
French pox
goatpox
great-pox
hog pox
hornpox
horsepox
horse-pox
kine-pox
milkpox
monkey pox
monkeypox
monkey-pox
mousepox
orthopox
parapox
plum pox
pox doctor's clerk
poxless
poxlike
pox party
poxviral
poxvirus
poxy
pseudopox
rabbitpox
raccoonpox
rickettsialpox
scrumpox
sealpox
sheeppox
skunk pox
smallpox
squirrelpox
swinepox
Tanapox
turkeypox
volepox
wartpox
water pox
whitepox
pox
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɑks/
rhymes: -ɒks
homophone: pocks
Forms: form: poxes
form: poxing
form: poxed
form: poxed
Etymology: From the plural of Middle English pocke. See also pock.
Senses: examples: text: Jack had a moſt ſcandalous tongue, and perſuaded Peg that all mankind, beſides himſelf, were pox'd by that ſcarlet-faced whore, †Signiora Bubonia. “As for his brother Lord Peter, the tokens were evident on him, blotches, ſcabs, and the corona. […]”
ref: [1750?], Dr. [John] Arbuthnot, “The History of John Bull: Part II, Chapter III”, in The History of John Bull [by Dr. Arbuthnot]. And Poems on ſeveral Occasions by Dr. Jonathan Swift, with Several Miſcellaneous Pieces, by Dr. Swift and Mr. Pope, London: D. Midwinter, A. Tonson, page 60:
glosses: To infect with the pox, or syphilis.
quinsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɪnzi/
rhymes: -ɪnzi
Forms: form: quinsies
form: quinsey
form: quinzy
Etymology: From Middle English quinesye, from Old French quinencie, from Medieval Latin quinancia, from Ancient Greek κυνάγχη (kunánkhē, “canine quinsy”), from κύων (kúōn, “dog”) + ἄγχω (ánkhō, “throttle”). Doublet of cynanche.
Senses: examples: text: He'd had the quinsy and swollen glands when he was young, he told me, and it had left him with a weal throat, and a hesitating, whispering fashion of speech.
ref: 1891 [September], A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adventure III.—A Case of Identity.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume II (July to December), number [9], London: […], page 251, column 2:
text: b False. Quinsies are found at the back of the throat on either side of the uvula along the tonsils.
c True. A quinsy grows as it swells with pus. This space-occupying effect can push the uvula away from it towards the opposite side.
ref: 2010, Gurdeep Singh Mannu, Tunde Odutoye, ENT MCQs for Medical Students: With Explanatory Answers, page 130:
text: The patient may have cervical lymphadenopathy, trismus (moderate to severe increases suggestive of quinsy in acute setting), erythema of tonsils, crypt debris in tonsils or purulence of tonsils.
ref: 2011, Kerryn Phelps, Craig Hassed, General Practice: The Integrative Approach, page 317:
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: angina
word: ;
word: squinancy
word: squinzey
glosses: A peritonsillar abscess; a painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues, usually a complication of tonsillitis, caused by bacterial infection and often accompanied by fever.
drainage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹeɪnəd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: drainages
Etymology: From drain + -age.
Senses: examples: text: It should move NR away from previous examples of repairs that have treated the symptoms (fixing the landslip) but not fixed the underlying cause (poor drainage), with the result that a second slip followed.
ref: 2023 June 14, Philip Haigh, “Landslips: NR strives to turn back the tide”, in RAIL, number 985, page 35:
glosses: A natural or artificial means for the removal of fluids from a given area by its draining away.
glosses: A system of drains.
examples: text: In the forward part of the cyclone, drainage katabasis is checked; but its highest intensity is observed in the rear part of the cyclone.
ref: 1960, N. P. Rusin, “The Radiation Balance of the Snow Surface of Antarctica”, in OG Krichak, editor, Scientific Conference on Problems of Meteorology of the Antarctic (Abstracts of Reports)(USSR)., page 29:
glosses: A downward wind.
Derived terms: air drainage
amniodrainage
cholangiodrainage
downdrainage
drainage area
drainage basin
drainage divide
drainage pipe
drainage system
drainageway
endodrainage
interdrainage
nondrainage
overdrainage
palaeodrainage
paleodrainage
positive drainage
predrainage
redrainage
subdrainage
superdrainage
underdrainage
updrainage