cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
untrammeled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untrammeled
form: most untrammeled
form: untrammelled
Etymology: From trammel (“fishing net; shackle”), from Old French tramail (“net for catching fishes”), from Late Latin tremaculum.
Senses: examples: text: The vivid, untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza.
ref: 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 32, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
text: A system of untrammeled discretion exists when there are no limits on what officials may consider in reaching a decision [..]
ref: 1998, Cass R. Sunstein, Legal Reasoning and Political Conflict, page 21:
text: The family thinks highly of the new king, though he wasn’t the reason they trekked all the way from England. They wanted untrammeled nature, and they found it in every direction they walked.
ref: 2023 May 1, David Segal, “In Transylvania, Anyone With $200 Can Live Like a King. (Well, One Specific King.)”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Not limited or restricted; unrestrained; limitless.
airdrop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airdrops
form: air-drop
Etymology: From air + drop.
Senses: glosses: The act of delivering goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
examples: text: But Facebook is also likely to carry out what’s known in cryptocurrency circles as an “air drop”, handing out small amounts of currency for free in an effort to kickstart the ecosystem.
ref: [2019 June 18, Kari Paul, “What is Libra? All you need to know about Facebook's new cryptocurrency”, in The Guardian:
topics: business
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
finance
glosses: The distribution of free tokens to help bootstrap a new cryptocurrency.
airdrop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: airdrops
form: airdropping
form: airdropped
form: airdropped
form: air-drop
Etymology: From air + drop.
Senses: examples: text: The Mako is powered by a sealed hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell, and includes a small element zero core. While not large enough to nullify the vehicle’s mass, the core can reduce it enough to be safely air-dropped.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Vehicles: M35 Mako Codex entry:
glosses: To deliver goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
topics: business
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
finance
glosses: To distribute free tokens to help bootstrap a new cryptocurrency.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of AirDrop.
Derived terms: airdroppable
WSS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Web Security Service.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Windows Search Service.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Windows Server System.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Windows SharePoint Services, former name of Microsoft SharePoint Foundation
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Windows Storage Server.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Windows Sound System.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of WS-Security (meaning Web Services Security).
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of Wavelength Selective Switching.
WSS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of Widescreen signaling.
glosses: Initialism of white spot syndrome.
glosses: Initialism of wrinkly skin syndrome.
glosses: Initialism of Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome.
straw shoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straw shoes
form: straw-shoe
Etymology: US, mid 1700s.
Senses: synonyms: straw-bail
man of straw
glosses: A professional false witness hired by an unscrupulous attorney. Such a man would frequent the vicinity of a courthouse and show his intention and availability by a straw sticking from one of his shoes.
rabbit punch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rabbit punches
Etymology: From the use of a similar technique by hunters to kill rabbits.
Senses: glosses: A chopping punch to the back of the neck or head.
ills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪlz/
rhymes: -ɪlz
Senses: glosses: plural of ill
pasticheur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pasticheurs
Etymology: From French pasticheur.
Senses: glosses: One who mimics the literary or artistic style of another.
Related terms: pastiche
nosebleed seat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nosebleed seats
Senses: examples: text: You might want to bring binoculars if you will be in the nosebleed seats, so that you can see the action on the stage better.
text: A few fans who buy nosebleed seats to see Paul McCartney get the chance to see a Beatle as closely as they might have at the Cavern Club in 1962.
ref: 2023 August 10, Matthew Cantor, “‘Paul McCartney winked right at me’: the fans who buy nosebleed seats – and get whisked to the front”, in The Guardian, UK:
glosses: A seat in the nosebleed section, usually cheaper and with a poorer view than other seats.
pans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pænz/
rhymes: -ænz
Senses: glosses: plural of pan
pans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pænz/
rhymes: -ænz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pan
pins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪnz/
rhymes: -ɪnz
homophone: pens (pin–pen merger)
Senses: glosses: plural of pin
pins
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪnz/
rhymes: -ɪnz
homophone: pens (pin–pen merger)
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pin
distaff side
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: distaff sides
Senses: glosses: The female or maternal branch of a family.
newsletter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈn(j)uzˌlɛtɚ/
ipa: /ˈnjuːzˌlɛtə/
Forms: form: newsletters
form: news letter
form: news-letter
Etymology: From news + letter.
Senses: glosses: A periodically sent publication containing current events or the like, generally on a particular topic or geared toward a limited audience.
Derived terms: e-newsletter
advertizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of advertize
naughty bit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naughty bits
Senses: glosses: Those parts of the body not normally shown in public, particularly the nipples of women and the genitals.
guanodine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guanodines
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: any of the three nucleotides guanosine monophosphate, guanosine diphosphate and guanosine triphosphate
guanosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guanosines
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A nucleoside derived from guanine and ribose
Derived terms: acycloguanosine
deoxyguanosine
diguanosine
ganciclovir
guanosine diphosphate
guanosine monophosphate
guanosine triphosphate
hydroxyguanosine
isoguanosine
methylguanosine
polyguanosine
thioguanosine
trimethylguanosine
Related terms: guanodine
adenosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈdɛnə(ʊ)siːn/
ipa: /əˈdɛnəˌsin/
ipa: /əˈdɛnəsən/
ipa: /əˈdinəˌsin/
Forms: form: adenosines
Etymology: From German Adenosin, corresponding to aden(ine) + (rib)os(e) + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: Caffeine acts as an antagonist at receptors in the brain for one of the chemical messengers called adenosine.
ref: 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 82:
text: Think of adenosine as a chemical barometer that continuously registers the amount of elapsed time since you woke up this morning.
ref: 2017, Matthew Walker, Why We Sleep, Penguin, published 2018, page 27:
text: SAM: Readings confirmed. Based on the levels of adenosine in your system, the neural implant is functioning properly.
ref: 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Hyperion:
text: Adenosine levels can be quickly righted after a few nights of good sleep, however.
ref: 2022 June 24, Oliver Whang, “The Sleep Debt Collector Is Here”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue.
Derived terms: word: adenoside
alt: ADP
word: adenosine diphosphate
english: AMP
translation: AMP
word: adenosine monophosphate
word: adenosine phosphate
word: adenosinergic
english: ATP
translation: ATP
word: adenosine triphosphate
word: adenosinic
word: adenosyl
word: aminoadenosine
word: chloroadenosine
word: cyclohexyladenosine
word: deoxyadenosine
word: desoxyadenosine
word: diadenosine
word: dideoxyadenosine
word: methyladenosine
word: oligoadenosine
word: phenylisopropyladenosine
word: phosphoribosyladenosine
word: phosphorylated adenosine
word: polyadenosine
word: thioadenosine
Related terms: adenylate
adenylic acid
Ekaterina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian and Russian Екатерина (Jekaterina).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian or Serbo-Croatian female given name Екатерина (Jekaterina), equivalent to Catherine.
Panjab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The pashms of Rodak, Ladak, Spiti, Rampur, Bashabir are a second class wool, and form the staple export to the shawl manufacturing cities of the Panjab.
ref: 1873, Edward Balfour, Cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial and Scientific, volume 5, page 203:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Punjab
glosses: Alternative spelling of Punjab:
a geographical region in South Asia, politically divided between India and Pakistan
glosses: Alternative spelling of Punjab:
A state in northern India
glosses: Alternative spelling of Punjab:
A province in Pakistan
anticathode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æn.ti.kæθ.oʊd/
Forms: form: anticathodes
Etymology: From anti- + cathode.
Senses: topics: chemistry
electrochemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The opposite of a cathode, an anode.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The target at which electrons from the cathode in a CRT or x-ray tube are directed.
X-ray tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: X-ray tubes
Senses: examples: text: The dentist aimed the X-ray tube at my mouth to find the cavity.
glosses: A device that produces X-rays by directing energetic electrons into a metal target.
X-rays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of X-ray
X-rays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of X-ray
black bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black bears
Senses: glosses: An American black bear, Ursus americanus, indigenous to North America.
glosses: An Asiatic black bear, Ursus thibetanus.
Derived terms: American black bear
Asian black bear
Japanese black bear
antiarrhythmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiarrhythmic
form: most antiarrhythmic
Etymology: From anti- + arrhythmic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to treat or prevent (heart) arrhythmia (irregular beat).
antiarrhythmic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiarrhythmics
Etymology: From anti- + arrhythmic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug that treats or prevents (heart) arrhythmia (irregular beat).
brigadier general
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brigadier generals
form: Brig. Gen.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A military officer who commands a brigade.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A one star general.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A military rank between colonel and the second lowest general rank or major general, having an O7 NATO rank scale equivalency
Synonyms: brigadier
Coordinate terms: word: commodore admiral
english: lower half
translation: lower half
word: rear admiral
commencement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈmɛnsmənt/
Forms: form: commencements
Etymology: From French commencement; analyzable as commence + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: The time of Henry VII nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed modern history.
text: Yet from the commencement of mining there have been unnoble proprietors of mines, who belonged to the class of merchants.
ref: 1800, William Took, View of the Russian empire during the reign of Catharine the Second:
text: Commencement of a two-hourly service pattern by GWR marked the return of regular services to Okehampton for the first time since their withdrawal in 1972. There are plans to extend this to hourly.
ref: 2022 January 12, “Network News: Thousands savour Okehampton visit”, in RAIL, number 948, page 11:
synonyms: rise
origin
beginning
start
dawn
glosses: The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; the beginning.
topics: education
glosses: The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
topics: education
glosses: A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university. Sometimes before the actual graduation.
Coordinate terms: sense: graduation ceremony
word: convocation
Derived terms: begincement
noncommencement
Related terms: commence
suffix tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suffix trees
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: (of a string) a radix tree containing all suffixes of the string
Hypernyms: tree
ion exchange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ion exchanges
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the reversible process whereby ions are exchanged between a solution and a solid or gel; cation exchange is the process used in a water softener
Hyponyms: anion exchange
anex
cation exchange
catex
Derived terms: ion exchange chromatography
ion exchange resin
Related terms: montmorillonite
zeolite
water softener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water softeners
Senses: glosses: A device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water by passing it through an ion exchange resin.
Related terms: water softening
hard water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hard waters
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals, especially calcium, making it difficult to lather with soap.
Related terms: water softener
heavy water
soft water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soft waters
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Water with a low concentration of dissolved minerals, especially calcium, making it easier to lather with soap.
Related terms: water softener
heavy water
ion exchange chromatography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: A technique that uses ion exchange to separate compounds, anions and cations according to their electrical properties.
Related terms: ion exchange resin
ion exchange resin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ion exchange resins
Senses: synonyms: ionex
qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: An insoluble matrix of small beads having a charged surface; used as an artificial zeolite in water softeners and in ion exchange chromatography.
zeolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zeolites
Etymology: From Swedish zeolit, and its source, New Latin zeolites, from Ancient Greek ζέω (zéō, “to boil, bubble”) + -lite.
Senses: examples: text: What I liked best were the zeolites from the stacks which rise out of the sea off the coast near Jaci.
ref: 1962, WH Auden; Elizabeth Mayer, translating JW Goethe, Italian Journey, Penguin, published 1970, page 284:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several minerals, aluminosilicates of sodium, potassium, calcium or magnesium, that have a porous structure (originally, those which swelled and gave off water when heated); they are used in water softeners, in ion exchange chromatography, and as industrial catalysts.
aluminosilicate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aluminosilicates
Etymology: From alumino- + silicate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many silicate minerals, such as feldspar and zeolite, in which a proportion of the Si⁴⁺ ions are replaced by Al³⁺, the excess negative charge being balanced by extra sodium, potassium or calcium ions.
Hypernyms: silicate
montmorillonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: montmorillonites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of soft, clay-like silicate minerals having many industrial and technical uses.
Derived terms: calcium montmorillonite
calcium-montmorillonite
Ca-montmorillonite
Fe-montmorillonite
iron-montmorillonite
iron montmorillonite
montmorillonitic
nano-montmorillonite
organo-montmorillonite
Related terms: vermiculite
isotopologue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isotopologues
Etymology: From isotope + -logue.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any of a group of compounds only differing in their isotopic composition; for example normal water and heavy water
Related terms: isotopomer
isotopomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isotopomers
Etymology: From iso- + topomer.
Senses: glosses: An isomer of a chemical compound differing only in the position of an isotope
wikipedia: isotopomer
Derived terms: isotopomeric
Related terms: isotopologue
lone pair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lone pairs
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A pair of electrons in the valence shell of an atom that does not participate in bonding.
Related terms: free electron
valence shell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: valence shells
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the outermost shell of electrons in an atom; these valence electrons take part in bonding with other atoms
Related terms: lone pair
lyotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lyo- + -tropic, c. 1910, presumably borrowed from German, or by analogy with earlier lyo- terms such as lyophilic or lyophilization (1894). From Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, “to loosen, to dissolve”) + τροπικός (tropikós, “of or pertaining to a turn or change; or the solstice; or a trope or figure; tropic; tropical; etc.”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”).
Senses: examples: text: “We can however say that, with electrolytes, the effects are always lyotropic. Sulphates, tartrates, etc., raise the point of solidification, decrease the period of solidification, and increase the rate of change of the viscosity with the time. They therefore help the solidification.”
ref: 1910, The Journal of Physical Chemistry,, volume 14, pages 628–629:
text: It is interesting to note that sulphates head one of Freundlich’s lyotropic series; but I fear that this is merely a coincidence.
ref: 1910, The British Journal of Photography,, volume 57, page 631:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: describing a liquid crystal that exhibits phase transitions as a function of concentration
liquid crystal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liquid crystals
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A phase of matter similar to a liquid, in which the molecules are arranged regularly in one or two dimensions.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A phase of matter similar to a liquid, in which the molecules are arranged regularly in one or two dimensions.
Material in that phase.
Derived terms: liquid crystal display
Related terms: nematic
smectic
discotic
lyotropic
dwarvish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: A variant of dwarfish, coined by J. R. R. Tolkien. For -f → -vish, compare beevish, calvish, elvish, selvish, thievish, wivish, wolvish.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dwarfish.
monostich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /məˈnɒstɪk/
Forms: form: monostichs
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, single”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “line”). See stich.
Senses: examples: text: Monostich is a self-contained, stand-alone poem consisting of a single line. It is also sometimes referred to as a micro-poem or one-line haiku. The magic of monostich poems lies in their brevity.
ref: 2014, Anne Schuster, To the Islands, Siber Ink, →ISBN, page 76:
hypernyms: micropoem
coordinate_terms: distich
glosses: A poem having only one line.
Derived terms: monostichic
monostich
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /məˈnɒstɪk/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, single”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “line”). See stich.
Senses: examples: text: The piece is described on the title-page as being written 'chiefly in imitation of Aeschylus,' and in accordance with the Greek model it contains monostich passages, and is furnished with a Chorus and a Messenger.
ref: 1895, William Richard Wood Stephens, The Life and Letters of Edward A. Freeman, D.C.L., LL. D., page 37:
glosses: Containing a single line of verse.
Related terms: monostichous
nunchucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nunchuck
crepuscular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɪˈpʌs.kjʊ.lə/
ipa: /kɹɪˈpʌs.kjə.lɚ/
rhymes: -ʌskjʊlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more crepuscular
form: most crepuscular
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin crepusculum + -ar.
Senses: synonyms: twilightish
glosses: Of or resembling twilight; dim.
examples: text: That's why cats are crepuscular — most active at dawn and dusk — because mice and rats forage for food during these hours when fewer of their natural enemies are around.
ref: 1999, J. Anne Helgren, Communicating with Your Cat, →ISBN, page 51:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight.
Synonyms: word: crepuscular
word: crepusculine
word: twilightish
Hyponyms: word: matutinal
word: vespertinal
word: vespertine
word: acronical
word: matutine
Coordinate terms: diurnal
nocturnal
Derived terms: crepuscularity
crepuscularly
crepuscular ray
noncrepuscular
Related terms: crepuscule
crepusculine
crepusculous
crepusculum
leap second
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leap seconds
Etymology: 1971; derived from the terminology for leap day/leap year.
Senses: glosses: A second of time added to the year occasionally to compensate for variation in the rate of Earth's rotation relative to the absolute standards of time.
Related terms: leap
leap year
second
arcsec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arcsecs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of arcsecond.
Synonyms: word: as
word: arcsecond
word: second of arc
Derived terms: microarcsec
milliarcsec
Related terms: alt: arcminute
word: arcmin
spellbind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spellbinds
form: spellbinding
form: spellbound
form: spellbound
Etymology: From spell + bind.
Senses: glosses: To place under the influence of a magical spell; to enchant or bewitch with a spell.
glosses: To captivate, or hold the attention of, as if by a magic spell; to entrance.
Derived terms: spellbinding
baby boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby boys
Senses: glosses: A very young male human being, from birth to a couple of years old.
examples: text: Tyrese stars as Jody, a misguided young Black man who is really just a "baby boy" finally forced to face the commitments of real life.
ref: 2001, Jet - Volume 100, page 63:
text: Says the director: "They've all been raised by women, so they're always trying to show how much of a man they are when they really are baby boys. They have nothing going for them."
ref: 2009, Craigh Barboza, John Singleton: Interviews, →ISBN, page 129:
text: "I have to sit in a class full of baby boys. Don't you hate baby boys?" "What're baby boys?" "Boys who don't know anything about girls," she said vaguely.
ref: 2011, Jackie Collins, DEADLY EMBRACE, →ISBN, page 207:
glosses: A man who is immature or infantile.
examples: text: My baby boy was accepted to Columbia!
glosses: The youngest son in a family.
glosses: A term of endearment for a man.
Related terms: baby girl
child
infant
toddler
SEA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: “Southeast Asia”
ipa: /ˈsea/
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of Seattle.
glosses: Initialism of Southeast Asia.
glosses: Initialism of Single European Act.
Derived terms: SEATAC
ASEAN
SEAbling
SEAFDEC
SEAmonkey
SEAsianE
SEATO
SEA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: “Southeast Asia”
ipa: /ˈsea/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Strategic Environmental Assessment.
lids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪdz/
rhymes: -ɪdz
Senses: glosses: plural of lid
lids
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪdz/
rhymes: -ɪdz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lid
lifecycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lifecycles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of life cycle.
bryology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bryo- + -logy.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The study of bryophytes (non-vascular plants including mosses, liverworts and hornworts).
Derived terms: bryological
call girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: call girls
Senses: glosses: A female prostitute who is hired by telephone.
examples: text: The Quinlan Marketing Coordination Plan – "Call girl" approach , separating sales from prospecting doubled agency sales in one year.
ref: 1980, Insurance Marketing - Volume 81, page 47:
text: The telephone reduced isolation and danger for rural families. City dwellers used it as a babysitter. It reinforced the social phenomenon of the teenage peer group. It led to new social and occupational roles: telephone operator, telemarketer, call girl. It helped the geographic expansion of organizations.
ref: 1994, Connie J. G. Gersick, Group Management: Current Issues in Practice and Research, page 173:
text: Designed primarily as a marketing tool for television stations, the "call-girl" console is produced by Key Marketing and sells for $3,995.
ref: 1996, Polling and Survey Research Methods, 1935-1979, page 239:
text: Girl: Yeah, Pay was okay, but it just wasn't worth it. Everybody always yelling at you and hanging up on you. Guy: Hanging up on you? Girl: Yeah. Guy: Because you were a call girl? Girl: Yeah. Guy: Like a telemarketer? Girl: Yes! Guy: Oh. Well, this girl wasn't...that kind of call girl.
ref: 2008, S. Morgan Friedman, Michael Malice, Overheard in New York:
text: My position taking telephone calls in customer service at Hewlett-Packard wasn't a high-status job—in fact, we were originally known as 'the call girls'—but soon I learned enough about the company's products to move into marketing and corporate communications.
ref: 2009, Aundrea Lacy, Brownie Points: Seven Steps to Success for Woman, page 8:
glosses: A woman who works as a call center agent. (see usage notes)
Related terms: callboy
call house
Solomon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒləmən/
ipa: /ˈsɑləmən/
Forms: form: Solomons
Etymology: From Latin Solomōn (variant of Salomon), from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (šĕlōmōʰ), from שָׁלוֹם (šālōm, “peace”). Doublet of Shlomo and Suleiman.
Senses: examples: text: And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 4:34:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: In the Old Testament and Qur'an, a king of Israel famous for his wisdom; father of King Rehoboam and the son of King David.
examples: text: Authorities have identified Solomon Henderson, a 17-year-old student, as the suspect in the Antioch High School shooting in Nashville, Tennessee.
ref: 2025 January 22, Channel2 NOW Staff, “Solomon Henderson, Antioch High School shooter’s manifesto leaked”, in Channel2 NOW:
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek [in turn from Hebrew], feminine equivalent Salome.
glosses: A surname from Hebrew.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States.
glosses: A minor city in Dickinson County and Saline County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: An electoral division in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
Derived terms: judgement of Solomon
judgment of Solomon
Ring of Solomon
Solomon equations
Solomon Islands
Solomon syndrome
Related terms: Salome
shalom
Shalom
Shlomo
Shula
Shulamith
Solomon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒləmən/
ipa: /ˈsɑləmən/
Forms: form: Solomons
Etymology: From Latin Solomōn (variant of Salomon), from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (šĕlōmōʰ), from שָׁלוֹם (šālōm, “peace”). Doublet of Shlomo and Suleiman.
Senses: glosses: A person of unusual wisdom.
glosses: A very large champagne bottle (named after the king) with the capacity of about 20 liters, equivalent to 28 standard bottles.
Related terms: Slimane
antimnemonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimnemonic
form: most antimnemonic
Etymology: From anti- + mnemonic.
Senses: examples: text: Features that make a password good tend to make it antimnemonic as well, which is bad because a password should be memorized rather than written down.
text: I have translated the symbols used by these German authors, which are antimnemonic for readers of English, to the initial letters...
ref: 1998, Arthur Robert Jensen, The g factor: the science of mental ability:
glosses: Hard to remember, often intentionally so.
bake-off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bake-offs
Etymology: From bake + -off.
Senses: examples: text: The winner of the Pillsbury bake-off is obviously a very good cook and is respected for it.
glosses: A cooking contest, especially one where competition is head-to-head, not limited to preparing food involving baking.
bake-off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In its most speeded-up form, bake-off bread might need only a few minutes in the oven to give it a crust and some colour.
ref: 2004, Wadebridge Ecological Centre, The Ecologist: Volume 34:
glosses: Prepared in advance, to be finished off by baking.
raw_tags: of bread
Related terms: cook-off
shake and bake
airbrake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airbrakes
form: air brake
Etymology: From air + brake.
Senses: examples: text: The powerful airbrake of the truck quickly brought it to a stop.
text: These VEAs (of which some 550 were built in total) would themselves have been converted from 1962 vanwides, refurbished and fitted with airbrakes specifically with Ministry of Defence munitions traffic in mind, as many military establishments and depots would have had track too sharply curved for newer airbraked wagons.
ref: 2022 January 12, Chris Hegg, “The secret railway in the woods”, in RAIL, number 948, page 37:
glosses: A brake (slowing device) that is operated pneumatically (by air pressure).
examples: text: The BAe 146 and Fokker 100's tailcone-mounted airbrakes allow them to slow down quickly for steep approaches without experiencing the lift degradation seen with spoiler-only aircraft.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A movable control surface that extends to increase drag without affecting lift (unlike a spoiler); a device that provides aerodynamic braking.
Related terms: air-braked
queenly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwiːnli/
Forms: form: queenlier
form: queenliest
Etymology: From Middle English queenly, quenly, from Old English cwēnlīċ, equivalent to queen + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: So Maggie, glad of anything that would soothe her mother, and cheer their long day together, consented to the vain decoration, and showed a queenly head above her old frocks, steadily refusing, however, to look at herself in the glass.
ref: 1860, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], The Mill on the Floss […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
text: There was an innate refinement, a languid queenly hauteur about Gerty which was unmistakably evidenced in her delicate hands and higharched instep.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: I'm so sorry. If I'd done my queenly duties right, none of this would have happened. But maybe I can fix it with some wish help.
ref: 2018, Queen True, “A Royal Stink”, in True and the Rainbow Kingdom:
glosses: Having the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal.
examples: text: The Pet Shop Boys are yet another synth-pop duo, albeit one that is not quite out of the closet. […] In past interviews, however, they [the Pet Shop Boys] have referred to their sound as "specifically gay disco," and their lyrics have that certain queenly something that lead singer Neil Tennant sings with an adorable sibilance.
ref: 1990 December 23, Christopher Wittke, “Pop Goes 1990”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 23, page 9:
glosses: Resembling a queen (a typically feminine gay man); queenish.
Synonyms: queenlike
reginal
Derived terms: queenliness
queenly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwiːnli/
Forms: form: queenlier
form: queenliest
Etymology: From queen + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a queenly manner; regally.
Synonyms: queenlily
reginally
ebooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ebook
everlasting
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛvəˈlɑːstɪŋ/
ipa: /-ˈlæst-/
ipa: /ˌɛvəɹˈlæstɪŋ/
text: -
rhymes: -ɑːstɪŋ
rhymes: -æstɪŋ
Forms: form: more everlasting
form: most everlasting
Etymology: From Middle English ever-lasting (“(adjective) eternal, perpetual; constant; (adverb) eternally; (noun) eternity”), from ever (“at all times, always, constantly; eternally, perpetually; regularly; etc.”) + lasting (“continuing, lasting; eternal; etc.”).
* Ever is derived from Old English ǣfre (“ever”), possibly from ā (“always, ever”) + in fēore (“in life”). Ā is from Proto-West Germanic *aiw (“eternity; long time”), from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“long time; eternity”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- (“life, vital force; long time; eternity”); and fēore is the dative singular of feorh (“life”), from Proto-West Germanic *ferh (“life; kind of tree”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhwą (“body; life; tree”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“oak tree”) (as the oak represented life and vitality in Germanic mythology).
* Lasting is derived from lasten (“to continue, last; etc.”) + -ing (suffix forming present participle forms of verbs, often used as adjectives)); and lasten from Old English lǣstan (“to follow, pursue; to carry out, perform”), from Proto-West Germanic *laistijan (“to follow, pursue; to carry out, perform”), from Proto-Germanic *laistijaną (“to follow, pursue”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to trace, track”).
By surface analysis, ever (adverb) + lasting (adjective).
Senses: examples: text: […] Miranda’s impression, conveyed in privacy to Jane, was that Hannah was close as the bark of a tree, and consid’able selfish too; that when she’d clim’ as fur as she could in the world, she’d kick the ladder out from under her, everlastin’ quick; […]
ref: 1903 October, Kate Douglas Wiggin, “The Hill Difficulty”, in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC, page 246:
text: The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on 'em.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter X, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, pages 248–249:
glosses: Synonym of everlastingly.
Used as an intensifier: extremely, very.
examples: text: You your ſelves in the opinion of this everlaſting talkative Advocate of the King, your accuſer, vvent more than half-vvay tovvards it; […]
ref: 1692, John Milton, chapter X, in [Joseph Washington], transl., A Defence of the People of England, […]: In Answer to Salmasius’s Defence of the King, [London?]: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 220:
glosses: Synonym of everlastingly.
In an everlasting (adjective sense 1) manner; forever.
sincerity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪnˈsɛɹəti/
rhymes: -ɛɹəti
Forms: form: sincerities
Etymology: From Middle English sinceritie, from Old French sincerité and Medieval Latin sincēritās; both from Latin sincēritās, from sincērus + -tās. Equivalent to sincere + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: I protest, in the sincerity of love.
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 II, scene iii]:
text: If the shew of any thing be good for any thing, I am sure sincerity is better
ref: c. 1779-1790, Vicesimus Knox, Essays Moral and Literary:
synonyms: honesty
sincereness
antonyms: insincerity
insincereness
glosses: The quality or state of being sincere.
Related terms: sincere
seriosity
seriousness
coincidental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəʊ.ɪn.sɪˌdɛn.tl̩/
rhymes: -ɛntəl
Forms: form: more coincidental
form: most coincidental
Etymology: From co- + incidental.
Senses: examples: text: Now, I don't know whether this is an example of nominative determinism – a phrase coined by the New Scientist to describe the phenomenon of one's name determining one's career – or aptonymy, the more coincidental occurrence of one's name being particularly fitting for one's personality, but I came across several such examples in the birding world.
ref: 2009, Alex Horne, Birdwatchingwatching: One Year, Two Men, Three Rules, Ten Thousand Birds, →ISBN:
glosses: Occurring as or resulting from coincidence.
glosses: Happening or existing at the same time.
Derived terms: coincidentalism
noncoincidental
uncoincidental
Related terms: cohencidence
cohencidental
coincidence
coincident
coincidentally
coincidently
coincide
incident
accident
triumphant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaɪˈʌmfənt/
Forms: form: more triumphant
form: most triumphant
Etymology: From Old French, from Latin triumphāns, present participle of triumphō (“to triumph; to exult, rejoice”). By surface analysis, triumph + -ant (adjectival suffix).
Senses: examples: text: church triumphant
text: Strachan emerged triumphant from the battle of former Celtic managers at the venue where they both enjoyed some of the highest points of their coaching careers.
ref: 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:
glosses: Having achieved victory; victorious, conquering.
examples: text: triumphant orchestral music
glosses: Rejoicing in victory or success; displaying triumph; exultant.
glosses: Celebrating victory; triumphal.
glosses: Splendid, magnificent.
Derived terms: triumphantly
Related terms: triumph
wits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪts/
rhymes: -ɪts
Senses: glosses: plural of wit
wits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪts/
rhymes: -ɪts
Senses: glosses: Senses.
glosses: Sanity.
Derived terms: collect one's wits
gather one's wits
have one's wits about one
keep one's wits about one
lose one's wits
out of one's wits
pit one's wits
scare someone out of their wits
neurotransmiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of neurotransmitter.
westward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛst.wɚd/
ipa: /ˈwɛst.wəd/
Forms: form: more westward
form: most westward
Etymology: From Middle English westward, from Old English westweard.
Senses: examples: text: […] yond same star that’s westward from the pole
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: […] about a quarter of an hour before the time of sunset the westward clouds parted […]
ref: 1895, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure, Part 1, Chapter 3:
text: It stands high up on the westward slopes of the Alpilles […]
ref: 1974, Lawrence Durrell, “Outremer”, in Monsieur, New York: Pocket Books, published 1976, page 43:
glosses: Lying toward the west.
examples: text: 1783, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, Volume 3, Chapter 17, p. 8,
Those who steer their westward course through the middle of the Propontis, may at once descry the high lands of Thrace and Bithynia, and never lose sight of the lofty summit of Mount Olympus, covered with eternal snows.
text: Oh! ye wild black swans, ’twere a world of wonder
For a while to join in your westward flight,
ref: 1896, A. B. Paterson, “Black Swans”, in The Man From Snowy River and Other Verses, London: Macmillan, page 113:
text: They moved out on the westward road again.
ref: 1942, Neville Shute, chapter 5, in Pied Piper, New York: William Morrow:
glosses: Moving or oriented toward the west.
Related terms: go west
out west
westerly
westward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛst.wɚd/
ipa: /ˈwɛst.wəd/
Forms: form: more westward
form: most westward
Etymology: From Middle English westward, from Old English westweard.
Senses: examples: text: ride westward.
text: Looke here my boies, see what a world of ground,
Lies westward from the midst of Cancers line,
Vnto the rising of this earthly globe,
ref: 1590, Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great, London, act V, scene 6:
text: Westward the course of empire takes its way;
ref: c. 1728, George Berkeley, “Verses, on the Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in America”, in The Works of George Berkeley, D.D., London: Thomas Tegg, published 1837, page 394:
text: 1857, John Henry Hopkins Jr., “We Three Kings” (Christmas carol),
O star of wonder, star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect light.
glosses: Toward the west.
westward
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛst.wɚd/
ipa: /ˈwɛst.wəd/
Etymology: From Middle English westward, from Old English westweard.
Senses: examples: text: I name this to explain what I said before, of Ships being embay’d and lost here: this is when, coming from the Westward, they omit to keep a good Offing, or are taken short by contrary Winds […]
ref: 1742, Daniel Defoe, A Tour thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain, London: J. Osborn, et al, Volume 1, Letter 6, pp. 297-298:
text: You will live quietly there till I come back from my next cruise to the westward.
ref: 1896, Joseph Conrad, chapter IV, in An Outcast of the Islands, London: T. Fisher Unwin […], →OCLC, part I, page 46:
glosses: The western region or countries; the west.
compassionate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpæʃənət/
ipa: /kəmˈpæʃəneɪt/
Forms: form: more compassionate
form: most compassionate
Etymology: A pseudo-Latin form of French compassionné, past participle of compassionner (“feel sorry for”).
Senses: examples: text: The Compassionate, the All-Compassionate
text: As a compassionate Turcoyse which doth tell
By looking pale, the wearer is not well,
ref: 1611, John Donne, An Anatomy of the World, London: Samuel Macham:
text: 1675, Robert South, A Sermon preached at Christ-Church, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bennett, 1692, p. 574,
[…] there never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender, and compassionate.
text: He was by nature so exceedingly compassionate of anyone who seemed to be ill at ease […] that he shook hands with Mr. Micawber, at least half-a-dozen times in five minutes.
ref: 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 49, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 502:
text: […] the compassionate pangs I felt for soon-to-be redundant workers were not overwhelming in their frequency; our job required a degree of commitment that left one with rather limited time for such distractions.
ref: 2007, Mohsin Hamid, chapter 7, in The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Orlando: Harcourt, page 99:
synonyms: empathetic
sympathetic
ruthful
glosses: Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).
examples: text: compassionate leave; a compassionate visa
glosses: Given to someone as an exception because of a family emergency or a death in their family.
examples: text: It boots thee not to be compassionate:
After our sentence plaining comes too late.
ref: 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene 3]:
synonyms: pitiable
glosses: Inviting or asking for pity.
Derived terms: compassionate conservatism
compassionate conservativism
compassionate leave
compassionately
compassionateness
compassionate use
discompassionate
incompassionate
noncompassionate
overcompassionate
uncompassionate