cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
incontinent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪŋˈkɒntɪnənt/
Forms: form: more incontinent
form: most incontinent
Etymology: From Middle English incontinent, from Old French incontinent, from Latin incontinens, from in + continens.
Senses: glosses: Unable to contain or retain.
raw_tags: followed by of
examples: text: About 90% of all koalas have chlamydia... which makes them incontinent, so they spend all day pissing themselves.
ref: 2016, Thoughty2, Is This the Most Stupid Animal in the World?, via YouTube:
text: The male body, opened and bleeding, can assume the shameful attributes of the incontinent female body as both cause of and justification for its evident vulnerability and defeat.
ref: 2018 [1993], Gail Kern Paster, The Body Embarrassed, Cornell University, page 92:
glosses: Plagued by incontinence; unable to retain natural discharges or evacuations, most commonly of urine or feces.
synonyms: wanton
lewd
glosses: Lacking moral or sexual restraint, moderation or self-control, especially of sexual desire.
examples: text: an incontinent river of pure water
text: [Jesus] was borne in Bethlem a City of Juda: where incontinent by the glorification of the Angels, the agnition of the Shepeherds, the veneration of the wiſe men, the prophecy of holy Simeon, and the admiration of the Doctours, he was had in honour.
ref: 1569, Richard Grafton, “The Seuenth Age, and Seuenth Part of this Chronicle”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume I, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye, →OCLC, page 75:
glosses: Unrestrained or unceasing.
glosses: Immediate; without delay.
Derived terms: doubly incontinent
incontinently
incontinent ordinance
incontinent
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪŋˈkɒntɪnənt/
Etymology: From Middle English incontinent, from Old French incontinent, from Latin incontinens, from in + continens.
Senses: examples: text: "As how, my lambkin," blushing, she replide, / "Because I in this dancing schoole abide? / If that it be, that breede's this discontent, / We will remoue the camp incontinent: / For shelter onelie, sweete heart, came I hither, / And to auoide the troblous stormie weather; / But now the coaste is cleare, we will be gonne, / Since, but thy self, true louer I haue none."
ref: 1593, Thomas Nashe, The Choice of Valentines:
text: He says he will return incontinent:
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 IV, scene iii]:
glosses: Immediately, forthwith.
incontinent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪŋˈkɒntɪnənt/
Forms: form: incontinents
Etymology: From Middle English incontinent, from Old French incontinent, from Latin incontinens, from in + continens.
Senses: examples: text: O, old Incontinent, dost not thou shame
ref: 1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: One who is unchaste.
Australian rhyming slang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The set of slang expressions used by Australians in which a word or phrase is replaced by a rhyming word or phrase, this word or phrase then often being abbreviated to its first syllable or syllables, or its first word. Examples include bag of fruit, Joe Blake, and Noah's ark. Much Australian rhyming slang overlaps with the rhyming slang of New Zealand, the UK, and the US.
bag of fruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bags of fruit
Senses: examples: text: Very few of the males wore the bag of fruit. ‘Suits’ were becoming the contemptuous synechdoche now used in reference to members of the executive/managerial elite.
ref: 1995, Overland, numbers 138-141, page 46:
text: One had spent much time in Queensland. Ah! he said, fingering my jacket. Australian bag of fruit.
ref: 2003, Brian Castro, Shanghai Dancing, page 377:
text: A few nights later Patti dug out my ‘bag of fruit’, but there was no way I was going to wear that.
ref: 2009, Rex Ellis, Go with the Flow, page 43:
text: The bloke's suit looked made-to-order for someone else's body, not so much a bag of fruit as a crate of it, and his hat band was twice the normal width, more like a bandana.
ref: 2011, Christopher Kremmer, The Chase, unnumbered page:
glosses: A suit (clothing).
outer ear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outer ears
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The outer portion of the ear which includes the auricle/pinna and the ear canal and leads to the eardrum.
Synonyms: auris externa
external ear
Related terms: middle ear
inner ear
middle ear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middle ears
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea.
Synonyms: auris media
tympanum
Related terms: inner ear
outer ear
inner ear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inner ears
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The portion of the ear located within the temporal bone which includes the semicircular canals, vestibule, and cochlea and is responsible for hearing and balance.
glosses: The mind's ear.
Synonyms: sense: part of the ear
word: auris interna
word: internal ear
word: labyrinth
Related terms: middle ear
outer ear
Greek number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Greek numbers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Greek numeral.
synonyms: word: Greek numeral
Greek numeral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Greek numerals
Senses: glosses: One of the Greek numerals. A symbol formed from one or more of the letters of the Greek alphabet which has been modified by the addition of a mark, thus: Δ' θ'. These are used to numerate monarchs, chapters, etc as Roman numerals are used in English.
Related terms: Greek number
eardrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪəˌdɹʌm/
ipa: /ˈiɚˌdɹʌm/
rhymes: -ɪədɹʌm
Forms: form: eardrums
form: ear drum
Etymology: From ear + drum.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus.
Synonyms: english: which some sources assert to be a TA term; perhaps it was formerly so
translation: which some sources assert to be a TA term; perhaps it was formerly so
word: membrana tympani
english: current TA term
translation: current TA term
word: membrana tympanica
word: myringa
word: myrinx
word: tympanic membrane
word: tympanum
external ear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: external ears
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The outer ear.
Related terms: internal ear
earache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪə̯ɹeɪk/
ipa: /ˈiɹeɪk/
Forms: form: earaches
Etymology: From ear + ache.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: otalgia
otodynia
glosses: A pain in the middle or inner ear.
examples: text: I can't stay too late at the pub, otherwise I'll get a load of earache from the missus.
glosses: Annoyance or aggravation caused by noise, especially the sound of someone nagging, complaining, issuing orders, etc.
otalgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: otalgias
Etymology: From ot- + -algia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: earache
Derived terms: otalgic
Related terms: otitis
otitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /oʊˈtaɪ.tɪs/
Forms: form: otitides
form: otitises
Etymology: From ot- + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the ear.
Derived terms: acute otitis media
aerotitis
chronic suppurative otitis media
otitic
otitis externa
otitis media
panotitis
Related terms: otalgia
cystitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪsˈtaɪtɪs/
Forms: form: cystitides
Etymology: From cysto- + -itis.
Senses: examples: text: Partying involves taking the tube home two days late, in a damp silk dress, ravenous, reeking of Moët, sweat and stale Shalimar, a bunch of plastic cocktail twizzlers in your clutch bag, with glitter on your face and extreme dehydration, followed by a 20-hour sleep and three days of cystitis.
ref: 2022 August 27, Bidisha Mamata, “Tinder is 10 but after a dip in the dating app pool I’m staying resolutely single”, in The Observer:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the urinary bladder.
Derived terms: acute cystitis
aerocystitis
cystitic
emphysematous cystitis
pericystitis
radiocystitis
vaginismus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /væd͡ʒɪˈnɪzməs/
Forms: form: vaginismuses
Etymology: From vagina + -ismus.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A painful muscular contraction of the vagina when attempting to insert something, such as a tampon or a penis, into it.
Synonyms: word: colpospasm
word: vaginism
Related terms: dyspareunia
vulvodynia
vaginitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vaginitides
form: vaginitises
Etymology: From vagin- + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: colpitis
glosses: Inflammation of the vagina.
bovarysm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bovarism
form: Bovarysm
Etymology: Named after the character of Emma Bovary in Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary + -ism.
Senses: glosses: An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a fictitious personality.
boyology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From boy + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: For such understanding of boys' problems, he recommends a “boyology” class for business men and fathers so that they can learn to understand more fully their own boys and the boys of other people.
ref: 1928, Welfare Magazine, page 1005:
glosses: The examination or study of male adolescence.
adolescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌædəˈlɛsəns/
Forms: form: adolescences
Etymology: From Middle English adolescence, from Old French adolescence, from Latin adolēscentia, from adolēscēns (“young”); see adolescent.
Senses: examples: text: During adolescence, the body and mind go through many complex changes, some of which are difficult to deal with.
synonyms: teendom
teenhood
hog age
glosses: The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.
Derived terms: middlescence
postadolescence
preadolescence
Related terms: adolescent
braced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹeɪst/
rhymes: -eɪst
Etymology: See brace (verb)
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brace
braced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹeɪst/
rhymes: -eɪst
Etymology: From brace (noun).
Senses: glosses: Having braces or similar supports.
examples: three chevronels braced in base
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Interlaced.
raw_tags: of multiple figures of the same form
Derived terms: braced wall line
nonbraced
break the back of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breaks the back of
form: breaking the back of
form: broke the back of
form: broken the back of
Senses: examples: text: I've broken the back of painting the shed – I'll finish it after lunch.
text: […] broke the back of the housing problem in this country .
ref: 1946, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).:
text: I think we will find, or I predict that we will find, that during the course of this year we will break the back of the energy crisis.
ref: 1974, The 1974 Economic Report of the President:
text: I plan to grab my chance to take a break by trying to break the back of all the tasks that have flown through the ether into my inbox during the course of the morning.
ref: 2023, Kas Hawes, The Heart of the Matter: A Day in the Life of a GP:
glosses: To complete the greater part of (a project) or solve the most critical part of (a problem).
examples: text: You will have heard of the three kathia system. It broke the back of the farmers.
ref: 1962, Rajendra Prasad, Legacy of Gandhiji: Speeches, page 6:
text: And it's about helping people provide for their workers, but doing it—I;m talking about health care, training—gut doing it in a way that just doesn't break the back of the small business that's struggling anyway and make them lay off workers in order to accommodate some Federal mandate from Washington, DC.
ref: 1992, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, page 1627:
text: It'll just break the back of consumers. It'll break the back of people who are sick. It'll break the back of Medicare, break the back of state governments and the Medicaid system .
ref: 2004, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Generic Pharmaceuticals, page 86:
glosses: To overburden (a person, group, or organization).
examples: text: I don't think it has broken the back of organized crime at all in the New England area, any more than I think when we got convictions in Buffalo that it broke the back of organized crime in Buffalo, or when Mr. McKeon got convictions in Detroit it broke the back of organized crime in Detroit.
ref: 1970, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee, Federal Effort Against Organized Crime, page 60:
text: To prop up capitalism, the bosses and politicians from both parties are driving down the standard of living for the 99 percent and keeping the profits for themselves. In order to do this, they need to break the back of the labor movement.
ref: 2015, Nellie Wong, Talking Back: Voices of Color:
text: The Russian intervention then broke the back of IS in north-western Syria enabling the knockout blow to fall on Raqqa in October 2017 as this was the last stand of IS.
ref: 2021, Daurius Figueira, The Islamic State and the Muslims of Trinidad and Tobago in the 21st Century, page 125:
glosses: To cripple.
Related terms: break someone's back
breviary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɛv.ɪ.əɹ.i/
ipa: /ˈbɹiː.vɪ.əɹ.i/
ipa: /ˈbɹɛv.i.ɛɹ.i/
ipa: /ˈbɹiː.və.ɹi/
Forms: form: breviaries
Etymology: From Latin breviārium (“summary”) (compare abbreviation), ultimately from brevis (“short”). Doublet of brevier and brimborion.
Senses: examples: text: Sister took out her breviary and said her evening office.
ref: 2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 95:
glosses: A book containing prayers, hymns, and so on for everyday use at the canonical hours.
glosses: A brief statement or summary.
Hyponyms: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
sense: personal prayer book
word: psalter
baby grand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby grands
Senses: glosses: A baby grand piano.
fire break
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire breaks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of firebreak.
baby-jumper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby-jumpers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of baby jumper.
baby-minder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby-minders
Senses: glosses: A childminder or babysitter.
colonisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colonisations
Senses: examples: text: Colonisation began towards the end of 1826, when a British settlement was founded at Albany, on the southern coast, and in the next year the whole territory (then known as New Holland) became a possession of the British Crown.
ref: 1952 November, “The Western Australian Government Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 760:
glosses: Alternative spelling of colonization.
Derived terms: decolonisation
monocolonisation
recolonisation
colonization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colonizations
form: colonisation
Etymology: From colonize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The process of establishing a colony.
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
social-sciences
glosses: The process of colonizing or taking over.
Derived terms: anticolonization
biocolonization
Cocacolonization
cocolonization
colonizational
colonizationism
colonizationist
decolonization
dyscolonization
endocolonization
hypercolonization
monocolonization
neocolonization
pseudocolonization
recolonization
Related terms: anticolonialist
colonial
colonialism
colonialist
colonialistic
colonially
colonist
colony
neocolonialist
Asbo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Asbos
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of ASBO.
contact language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contact languages
Senses: examples: text: The main contact languages providing Western words in Arabic today are English and French.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A language that influences another, especially because it is understood by a relevant portion of the speech community.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A pidgin language.
Related terms: lingua franca
pidgin
creole
vehicular
vehicular language
containerisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: containerisations
Etymology: From container + -isation.
Senses: qualifier: Australian spelling
glosses: Alternative spelling of containerization.
containerization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: containerizations
form: containerisation
Etymology: From container + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: Again, because containerisation had yet to arrive, we loaded and unloaded the lot by hand.
ref: 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 79:
glosses: The process of containerizing; the use of containers in shipping and transport, especially shipping containers.
examples: text: These cloud deployments become simple due to well-defined and matured cloud technologies such as containerization, virtual infrastructure, orchestration, CI/CD, etc.
ref: 2022, Pethuru Raj, Anupama C. Raman, Harihara Subramanian, Cognitive Internet of Things: Enabling Technologies, Platforms, and Use Cases, CRC Press, →ISBN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Software virtualization at the level of the operating system.
Related terms: containerize
containerload
container ship
break-bulk
intermodal
transloading
transshipment
continence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒntɪnəns/
Forms: form: continences
form: continency
Etymology: Dated from the 14th century as Middle English contynence, from Old French continence, from Latin continentia (“a repression”). See also countenance.
Senses: examples: text: To maintain continence, the puborectalis muscle chokes the anal canal. The sling of tissue is supposed to release during defecation. Mine has not been doing that.
ref: 2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times:
topics: medicine
sciences
urology
glosses: The voluntary control of urination and defecation.
examples: text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:continence.
text: He knew what to say; he knew also, when to leave off, — a continence which is practised by few writers.
ref: 1700, [John] Dryden, “Preface”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
text: Chastity is either abstinence or continence: abstinence is that of virgins or widows; continence of married persons.
ref: 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:
text: For this was a line so little frequented, especially at this hour, when the driver, the stoker, the guard and the station staffs all along the line, were anhelating towards their wives, after the long hours of continence, that the train would hardly draw up, when it would be off again, like a bouncing ball.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: Moderation or self-restraint, especially in sexual activity; abstinence.
examples: text: the Continence of the Cause should be divided
ref: 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC:
glosses: Uninterrupted course; continuity.
Synonyms: sense: moderation or self-restraint
word: asceticism
sense: moderation or self-restraint
word: temperance
Related terms: countenance
CTC
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of care to chat?.
CTC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Children's Theater Company, a company in Minneapolis.
examples: text: The CTC approved $105 million for the first phase of the project, which essentially serves as a green light for Caltrans to begin looking for a contractor to start construction work.
ref: 2024 May 17, Orko Manna, “Toll lane project on Interstate 80 between West Sacramento and Davis gets green light”, in KCRA:
glosses: Initialism of California Transportation Commission.
CTC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CTCs
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of city technology college.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Initialism of Centralized (or Centralised) Traffic Control.
examples: 2018—Mursina, Kate (8 February 2018): "Teasing Out Circulating Tumor DNA". ClinicalOMICs.
An ability to etect (sic) circulating tumor cells (CTCs) or cell-free cancer DNA (cfDNA) in blood or saliva opens possibilities to suspect cancer even before it is visible on radiological images.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of circulating tumor cell.
glosses: Initialism of closed timelike curve.
glosses: Initialism of certified true copy.
examples: text: In 2018, the EITC and CTC kept 10.6 million people out of poverty, according to the CBPP, and the evidence shows they improve health, education and long-term employment outcomes, especially among children.
ref: 2021 July 14, Sherrod Brown, Peter Edelman, “It’s time to make these expanded tax credits permanent”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Initialism of child tax credit.
CTC
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: CTCs
form: CTCing
form: CTCed
form: CTCed
Senses: qualifier: film classification
glosses: Initialism of Check The Classification, given to films to allow advertising prior to their official classification.
examples: text: That installation will deplete telegraphers jobs considerably. Santa Fe already CTCing Mojave to Barstow.
ref: 1959, Trans-communicator - Volume 76, page 39:
text: Considerable activity on CTC projects will occur during the year. Several roads are well along on programs of CTCing their mainlines: AT&SF, C&O, CNR, NYC, NP, SP and UP.
ref: 1960, Railway Signaling and Communications - Volume 53, page 16:
text: The control of NS yards in Lousiville is a first step of CTCing the entire line from Danville to Prinston.
ref: 1995 February 12, krjo...@ulkyvx.louisville.edu, “Monitoring CSX and NS in Louisville, KY”, in rec.railroad (Usenet):
text: This is something of a stretch. Yes, CalTrain is already safe, but, like I said, it is behind the times compared to other railroads. Part of improving service will involve CTCing the whole 47 miles of line.
ref: 1997 May 10, Kevin013, “Should CalTrain Drop "Push-Pull" Operating?”, in ba.transportation (Usenet):
text: Back in the early 80's when Amtrak was CTCing the Northeast corridor the operators union (BRAC) notified Amtrak that only they could operate CTC on ex PRR lines.
ref: 1999 July 3, Erich Houchens, “NYC, PRR and CTC”, in misc.transport.rail.americas (Usenet):
glosses: Install or convert to Centralized Traffic Control.
Related terms: sense: centralized traffic control
english: positive train control
translation: positive train control
word: PTC
culminated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of culminate
cupped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kʌpt/
rhymes: -ʌpt
Senses: examples: text: cupped hands
glosses: In the shape of a cup; concave.
Derived terms: uncupped
cupped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kʌpt/
rhymes: -ʌpt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cup
curbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more curbed
form: most curbed
Senses: glosses: restrained
Derived terms: uncurbed
curbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of curb
cure-all
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkjʊəɹɔːl/
Forms: form: cure-alls
form: cureall
Etymology: From cure + -all.
Senses: examples: text: Step right up! Step right up! Our panacean patent medicine miracle cure-all will cure what ails ya! Cash only! No refunds.
glosses: Synonym of panacea: a medicine or practice that cures all human ailments.
synonyms: word: panacea
extra: a medicine or practice that cures all human ailments
costal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑstl̩/
ipa: /ˈkɒstl̩/
rhymes: -ɒstəl
Etymology: From French costal, from Medieval Latin costālis, from Latin costa (“rib”). As a Spanish unit, via Spanish costal. Doublet of coastal.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to a rib.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to a costa.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to a costa.
Pertaining to the costa or to the wing areas next to it.
Derived terms: antecostal
chondrocostal
costal cartilage
costalgia
costally
extracostal
hypocostal
iliocostal
infracostal
intercostal
intracostal
midcostal
paracostal
pericostal
phrenicocostal
phrenocostal
postcostal
precostal
retrocostal
sacrocostal
scapulocostal
spondylocostal
sternocostal
subcostal
supracostal
vertebrocostal
xiphocostal
costal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑstl̩/
ipa: /ˈkɒstl̩/
rhymes: -ɒstəl
Forms: form: costals
form: costales
Etymology: From French costal, from Medieval Latin costālis, from Latin costa (“rib”). As a Spanish unit, via Spanish costal. Doublet of coastal.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of saco, a historical Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 111 L
synonyms: word: saco
extra: a historical Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 111 L
soda water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soda waters
Etymology: From sodium bicarbonate, originally a constituent of soda water.
Senses: examples: text: "Scotch and soda" is a mixture of Scotch whisky and soda water.
glosses: Synonym of carbonated water.
synonyms: word: carbonated water
Related terms: bicarbonate of soda
soda bread
soda siphon
soda syphon
tonic water
soda siphon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soda siphons
Etymology: soda + siphon
Senses: related: word: soda syphon
synonyms: seltzer bottle
glosses: A stout glass bottle containing soda water under pressure, at one time found in bars. A lever-operated valve at the top is used to dispense the liquid.
anaphylactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to anaphylaxis.
Synonyms: anaphylaxic
Derived terms: anaphylactic shock
antianaphylactic
nonanaphylactic
pseudoanaphylactic
coagulant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin coagulans, present participle of coāgulō (“to thicken”).
Senses: glosses: That causes coagulation or that coagulates.
coagulant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coagulants
Etymology: From Latin coagulans, present participle of coāgulō (“to thicken”).
Senses: examples: text: Magnesium sulfate is the coagulant used in making tofu. It causes the liquid soy milk to separate into solid tofu and water.
text: Aluminum also is an incrustant present in most waters in quantities so small that it is not necessary to consider it; but when too much aluminum sulphate, a substance frequently used as a coagulant in filtering water, is added in the process of filtering, the excess passes through the filter and may cause trouble in the boiler, where it hydrolyzes, forming free sulphuric acid.
ref: 1909, Water-supply Paper, page 188:
text: Primary stage – removal of insoluble particulate material by screening, the addition of coagulants, followed by settlementation.
ref: 2007, Jim McLauchlin, Christine Little, Betty C. Hobbs, Hobbs' Food Poisoning and Food Hygiene, page 161:
synonyms: coagulator
antonyms: anticoagulant#Noun
coordinate_terms: styptic#Noun
;
clotting factor
glosses: A substance that causes coagulation.
Derived terms: hypercoagulant
hypocoagulant
noncoagulant
precoagulant
procoagulant
anaphylactic shock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anaphylactic shocks
Senses: glosses: A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, constricting the trachea and causing generalized vasodilation.
Synonyms: anaphylaxis
cauliflower ear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cauliflower ears
Senses: examples: text: A huge man with a notable cauliflower ear was peering into the car, a scowl of suspicion upon his face.
ref: 1928 February 25 – March 3, Arthur Conan Doyle, “When the World Screamed”, in The Professor Challenger Stories […], London: John Murray, […], published [1952], →OCLC, page 560:
text: Having gone in a lot for boxing from his earliest years, he had the cauliflower ear of which I had spoken to Aunt Dahlia and in addition to this a nose which some hidden hand had knocked slightly out of the straight.
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter III, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
medicine
military
pathology
politics
sciences
sports
war
wrestling
synonyms: perichondrial hematoma
glosses: An ear swollen and deformed by repeated blows, common among boxers and rugby players.
nepotism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛp.ə.tɪ.zəm/
ipa: /ˈniːp.ə.tɪ.zəm/
Forms: form: nepotisms
Etymology: Borrowed from French népotisme, from Italian nepotismo, from Latin nepōs (“nephew”), a reference to the practice of popes appointing relatives (most often nephews) as cardinals during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Senses: examples: text: Nepotism can get you very far in the world if you've got the right connections.
text: Now retailers even demand deslotting or failure fees, a penalty for trial products that fail to meet their sales objectives. The struggle over display space heavily favors the incumbents and encourages what might be called brand nepotism.
ref: 1989, Report on Business Magazine, volume 6, numbers 1-6, page 100:
text: Mr Chen - a member of the national politburo as well as the Shanghai boss - is accused of nepotism and corruption on a grand scale: protecting political allies, granting preferment to his family and looting Shanghai's pension fund.
ref: 2006 September 27, “China airbrushes Chen”, in Financial Times:
glosses: The favoring of relatives (most strictly) or also personal friends (more broadly) because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.
Coordinate terms: english: broadly synonymous
translation: broadly synonymous
word: cronyism
Derived terms: antinepotism
nepotism baby
nepotism friend
Related terms: nepotistic
nepotistical
siphon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪfən
ipa: /ˈsaɪfən/
Forms: form: siphons
form: syphon
Etymology: From Middle French siphon, from Old French sifon, from Latin sipho, from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn, “pipe, tube”), of uncertain origin; possibly related to Latin tibia (“pipe, flute of bone”), with the irregular forms suggesting a non-Indo-European loan source, perhaps of the shape *twi-, *twibh.
Senses: examples: text: The asserted fact that free hydrochloric acid is absent from the fluid removed by a siphon in cases of cancer of the stomach has been lately much discussed in Germany, and Dr Van der Welden, of Strassburg, introduced an alcoholic solution of tropæolin as a test with this object.
ref: 1891, Charles Hilton Fagge, Philip Henry Pye-Smith, Text‐book of the Principles and Practice of Medicine, volume II, page 199:
glosses: A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.
glosses: A soda siphon.
examples: text: As a result, although corbinas commonly utilize mollusks, they are limited to the siphons, foot, or other soft parts that either extend from the shell or can be picked from it.
ref: 1962, Fish Bulletin, numbers 118-130, Department of Fish and Game, page 48:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants.
Derived terms: jet siphon
siphon condenser
siphon cup
siphonic
siphoniferous
siphon recorder
thermic siphon
thermosiphon
siphon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪfən
ipa: /ˈsaɪfən/
Forms: form: siphons
form: siphoning
form: siphoned
form: siphoned
form: syphon
Etymology: From Middle French siphon, from Old French sifon, from Latin sipho, from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn, “pipe, tube”), of uncertain origin; possibly related to Latin tibia (“pipe, flute of bone”), with the irregular forms suggesting a non-Indo-European loan source, perhaps of the shape *twi-, *twibh.
Senses: examples: text: He used a rubber tube to siphon petrol from the car's fuel tank.
glosses: To transfer (liquid) by means of a siphon.
examples: text: Today's teenagers are siphoning dangerous levels of membrane-damaging noise directly into their eardrums, with long-term effects that otologists prophesy will be disastrous for their hearing and lead to an epidemic of middle-aged deafness in the next thirty years.
ref: 2012 Sep, Rupert Christiansen, “Quiet, Please”, in Literary Review:
glosses: To transfer directly.
examples: text: In Juchipila power to the whole community of thirty thousand evaporated as the supraheavy grid buried alongside the little mountain cantina siphoned energy from the entire west-central portion of the Namerican national power net.
ref: 2009, Alan Dean Foster, Montezuma Strip, →ISBN:
text: Attempting to “unfeel” whatever you feel is a huge drain on your energy, and that effort can siphon off the power you need to crunch your problem.
ref: 2010, John Townsend, Now What Do I Do?:
text: Artiles, a Republican operative with a reputation for a foul mouth and sharp elbows, is accused of financing a sham candidate whose candidacy was intended to siphon votes from a legitimate Democratic candidate in a state Senate race in South Florida’s 37th District. The candidate has the same last name as then-Democratic incumbent Jose Javier Rodriguez but did not actively campaign for the seat and has since admitted being recruited as a spoiler.
ref: 2021 March 18, Scott Glover, Curt Devine and Audrey Ash, “Former Florida state senator charged in spoiler candidate scheme”, in CNN:
glosses: To steal or skim off something, such as money, in small amounts; to embezzle.
raw_tags: with "off"
Derived terms: siphon the python
Related terms: seep
sip
syphon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syphons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of siphon.
Derived terms: thermic syphon
thermosyphon
syphon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: syphons
form: syphoning
form: syphoned
form: syphoned
Senses: examples: text: It takes only a moment and a toe, the warning goes, and death will sink its teeth into your foot, and death will syphon the blood from your veins, to satisfy its phantoms and its ghosts.
ref: 2022, Jim Crace, eden, Picador, page 13:
glosses: Alternative spelling of siphon.
hematoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhiməˈtoʊmə/
Forms: form: hematomas
form: hematomata
form: haematoma
form: hæmatoma
Etymology: From hemato- + -oma. Among the many words derived from -oma that are in current common use, this word is one of only a few that do not denote a neoplasm; another is granuloma.
Senses: examples: text: The so-called Danlos or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome consists of three symptoms: (1) pronounced fragility of the skin and its blood vessels, with breaking, splitting and the formation of hematomas and pseudotumors subsequent to the slightest trauma (dermatorrhexis-fragilitas cutis), (2) a more or less pronounced hyperlaxity and hyperelasticity of the skin (dermatochalasis-laxitas cutis) and (3) more or less pronounced hyperlaxity or hyperflexibility of the joints (arthrochalasis-laxitas articularis).
ref: 1936 June 24, F Ronchese, “Dermatorrhexis with dermatochalasis and arthrochalasis (the so-called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome)”, in American Journal of Diseases of Children, volume 51, number 6, page 1403:
text: In 30 years as an expert witness, I have seen total plexus paralysis in three patients after needle angiography with intraaxillary hematoma not followed by surgical repair.
ref: 2012, E. Zeitler, Radiology of Peripheral Vascular Diseases, page 191:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A swelling of blood, usually clotted, which forms as a result of broken blood vessels.
Hyponyms: alt: contusion
word: bruise
word: ecchymosis
Derived terms: cephalohematoma
hematomal
othematoma
otohematoma
perichondrial hematoma
subdural hematoma
subungual hematoma
Related terms: hemorrhage
fielding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of field
fielding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: the fielding of questions from an audience
glosses: The act of one who fields.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The role of a fielder.
Derived terms: fielding average
fielding circle
fielding percentage
fielding position
earlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɝliɚ/
ipa: /ˈɜː.lɪə/
Senses: glosses: comparative form of early: more early
examples: text: I shall be late because I missed the earlier train.
text: I'd seen earlier (in the day).
text: Machine learning uses computer algorithms to teach machines to make independent decisions by learning from earlier or existing behavior.
ref: 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2019:
glosses: occurring previously
Derived terms: earlierness
earlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɝliɚ/
ipa: /ˈɜː.lɪə/
Senses: glosses: comparative form of early: more early
examples: text: From what I vaguely saw earlier this morning, when I had just woken up and was tidying my bed, a tall, bulky person left an unfamiliar box at my front door.
text: I shall be late because I didn't start earlier.
text: They were looking for some measuring equipment they had placed in the ice earlier.
glosses: previously; before now; sooner
perceived
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈsiːvd/
ipa: /pɚˈsivd/
Senses: examples: text: The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore
text: In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
ref: 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:
glosses: Generally recognized to be true.
examples: text: In product design, where one deals with real, physical objects, there can be both real and perceived affordances, and the two need not be the same.
text: Anger is a natural response in humans to perceived or actual threat or provocation.
glosses: As seen or understood by someone.
Hyponyms: user-perceived
Derived terms: imperceived
nonperceived
perceivedly
perceivedness
perceived temperature
unperceived
perceived
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈsiːvd/
ipa: /pɚˈsivd/
Senses: examples: text: The alert officer perceived a dim shape in the distance.
glosses: simple past and past participle of perceive
deliberately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈlɪb(ə)ɹətli/
ipa: /dəˈlɪb(ə)ɹətli/
Forms: form: more deliberately
form: most deliberately
Etymology: From deliberate + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He deliberately broke that, didn't he?
text: Major funding for this book was made possible by deliberately starving a family of four in Tennessee.
ref: 2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page https://archive.org/details/whenwilljesusbri00hype/page/n9/:
text: “As a result, OCR found that the district’s pattern of inconsistent responses to reports it received of sexual harassment – infrequently responding under Title IX or not responding at all – rose to the level that the district’s response to some families’ sexual harassment reports was deliberately indifferent to students’ civil rights,” a news release from DOE reads.
ref: 2024 November 14, Lauren del Valle, “After suicide of nonbinary teen, DOE finds multiple Title IX violations at Oklahoma school district”, in CNN:
glosses: Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.
examples: text: After being called upon, he strode deliberately up to the blackboard.
glosses: Taking one's time, slowly and carefully.
Related terms: on purpose
affected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfɛktɪd/
Forms: form: more affected
form: most affected
Senses: examples: text: The affected products had to be recalled.
glosses: Influenced or changed by something.
examples: text: He spoke with an affected English accent.
text: The affected articulation of his opinions made it challenging to discern his true stance.
text: He drove over last Saturday with this English babe that’s in this new picture he’s writing. She was pretty affected, but very good-looking.
ref: 1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, chapter 26, in The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC:
synonyms: word: artificial
word: insincere
word: pretentious
word: mannered
word: stagy
word: stilted
word: affected
word: effete
word: fey
word: recherché
word: hoity-toity
word: overrefined
word: pansified
word: precious
word: pretentious
word: smug
word: stagy
word: stilted
word: theatrical
word: Woosterian
glosses: Simulated in order to impress.
examples: text: Jones […] was easily prevailed on to satisfy Mr Dowling's curiosity, by relating the history of his birth and education, which he did, like Othello. […] Mr Dowling was indeed very greatly affected with this relation; for he had not divested himself of humanity by being an attorney.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Emotionally moved; touched.
examples: text: an affected equation
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: adfected.
glosses: Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.
Derived terms: affected equation
affectedly
affectedness
gender-affected
ill-affected
inaffected
misaffected
nonaffected
transmisogyny-affected
Related terms: affectation
affected
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfɛktɪd/
Forms: form: affecteds
Senses: examples: text: Affecteds felt that they get conflicting orders from superiors more frequently than did nonaffecteds […]. Affecteds were more frequently bothered by feelings of a sharp increase in their workload than nonaffecteds […].
ref: 1979, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, page 306:
glosses: Someone affected, as by a disease.
affected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfɛktɪd/
Senses: examples: text: The thunderstorm affected the compass, and we got lost.
glosses: simple past and past participle of affect
Related terms: effected
geographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒiəˈɡɹæfɪkl̩/
Forms: form: more geographical
form: most geographical
Etymology: From Late Latin geōgraphicus + -al. By surface analysis, geography + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: Morality knows nothing of geographical boundaries, or distinctions of race.
ref: 1851, Herbert Spencer, “The Regulation of Commerce”, in Social Statics, London: Williams and Norgate, published 1868, section 1, page 326:
text: ONE OF the facts which define the United States is that its national and its imperial boundaries are the same. Another is that it is a political unit which occupies a remarkably compact geographical unit of continental extent.
ref: 1952, Bernard DeVoto, “Preface”, in The Course of Empire, Boston: Mariner Books, published 1998, page xxxi:
text: Clearly, the plane of the frame must be dominant, since that is the only plane that actually exists on the screen. Composition for this plane, however, is often influenced by factors in the geographical plane since, unless we are dealing with animation, a photographer or cinematographer must compose for the frame plane in the geographical plane.
ref: 1977, James Monaco, “The Language of Film: Signs and Syntax”, in How to Read a Film, page 155:
synonyms: geographic
glosses: Of or relating to geography.
Derived terms: anthropogeographical
biogeographical
cytogeographical
ecogeographical
ethnogeographical
geographical indication
geographically
geographical mile
hydrogeographical
ichthyogeographical
macrogeographical
microgeographical
morphogeographical
mythogeographical
nongeographical
north geographical pole
nosogeographical
ornithogeographical
palaeogeographical
paleogeographical
phylogeographical
physicogeographical
physiogeographical
phytogeographical
politicogeographical
psychogeographical
sociogeographical
transgeographical
ungeographical
zoogeographical
geographical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒiəˈɡɹæfɪkl̩/
Forms: form: geographicals
Etymology: From Late Latin geōgraphicus + -al. By surface analysis, geography + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: At QA they called these 'Geographicals'. It was a common tactic of the alcoholic type to think that a move would make all the difference.
ref: 2011, Michael Carson, Benson at Sixty:
text: There were always too many geographicals. That is a change of address.
ref: 2014, Sonny Carbo, Instant Idiot Just Add Alcohol:
text: 'Doing Geographicals'
The word 'geographical' comes from the recovery community. It refers to one of the actions that an alcoholic mistakenly takes in order to 'fix' their problems.
ref: 2014, Veronica Valli, Why you drink and How to stop: Journey to freedom:
glosses: A move to another place in the hope of curing an addiction etc.
Kenny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛni/
rhymes: -ɛni
Etymology: From Kenneth or Ken + -y (diminutive form).
Senses: examples: text: Kenny Perry was a leader or co-leader throughout Sunday’s final round.
ref: 2009 April 14, Richard Sandomir, “Live From the Masters, It’s Not the Leaders”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
coordinate_terms: Ken
Kenneth
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Kenneth.
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A placename
A former settlement in Mendocino County, California, United States.
glosses: A placename
A neighbourhood in south-west Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A placename
A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
kegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keg
glosses: Alternative spelling of kecks.
kegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing; underwear.
synonyms: trousers
breeches
britches
kecks
pants
strides
glosses: A bit of clothing that covers the part of the body between the waist and the ankles or knees, and is dealt into a separate bit for each leg.
Synonyms: trousers
kegs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of keg