cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
elitist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈliːtɪst/
Forms: form: more elitist
form: most elitist
form: élitist
Etymology: From elite + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: And unlike his Davis, California homey DJ Shadow, who smothers tracks with avant-garde displays of turntable mastery, Mike isn't afraid to let his B-boy bouillabaisse coalesce into real bootylicious grooves that are more about moving the crowd than wowing elitist nerds who crowd around the DJ booth.
ref: 1998 September, Matt Diehl, Vibe, volume 6, numbers 6-8, page 302:
glosses: Of or relating to elitism.
elitist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈliːtɪst/
Forms: form: elitists
form: élitist
Etymology: From elite + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Narrators demonstrated resistance coping techniques through direct confrontation with aggressors, such as racists, sexists, homophobes, elitists, and misogynoirists.
ref: 2022 December 6, LeAnna T. Luney, “Like our foremothers survived: Self-education, direct confrontation, and humor as resistance coping in Black womxn and femme college student being”, in Frontiers in Education, volume 7, →DOI, page 10:
glosses: Someone who believes in or is perceived as believing in rule by an elite group.
Derived terms: antielitist
nonelitist
unisex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːnɪsɛks/
ipa: /ˈjunəˌsɛks/
Etymology: From uni- (prefix meaning ‘one, single’) + sex.
Senses: examples: text: Kim is a unisex name.
text: So while today’s unisex fashions may seem like another benchmark for equality, it’s rarely progressive when you look at it through the lens of a lucrative fashion industry that’s looking to turn a profit.
ref: 2016 January 14, Mary Rizzo, “Runway revolution: Can we tie unisex fashion trends to gender equality?”, in CNN:
synonyms: epicene
genderless
gender-neutral
nongendered
omnigender
synoecious
ungendered
unisexual
gendered
glosses: Not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender.
glosses: Of or pertaining to only one sex or gender; unisexual.
Related terms: unisexual
unisexuality
unisexualize
unisexually
non-binary
intersex
unisex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːnɪsɛks/
ipa: /ˈjunəˌsɛks/
Etymology: From uni- (prefix meaning ‘one, single’) + sex.
Senses: glosses: The state of not being distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; the state of being suitable for any sex or gender.
trouper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹuːpə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)
homophone: trooper
Forms: form: troupers
Etymology: From troupe + -er.
Senses: glosses: A member of a theatrical company (a troupe).
glosses: A veteran performer.
examples: text: [...]for Mr. Ruth, who in his mental travail has conducted himself like a real trouper.
ref: 1933 August 13, Pittsburgh Press, page 29:
synonyms: survivor
tough cookie
glosses: One who endures adversity or hardship with an attitude of stoicism and persistence
Derived terms: super trouper
blurb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /blɝ(ː)b/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b
Forms: form: blurbs
Etymology: Coined by American humorist Gelett Burgess in 1907 on a dust jacket at a trade association dinner. The dust jacket said “YES, this is a “BLURB”!” and featured a (fictitious) “Miss Belinda Blurb” shown calling out, described as “in the act of blurbing”.
Senses: examples: text: In a few weeks, blurbs would come back; a few, or many, depending on the book. There were certain writers we knew were always good for a blurb: Louis Untermeyer would always come through — poetry, fiction, humor — whatever, he'd send a well‐turned commendation.
ref: 1978 July 23, William Cole, “The Blurb and I”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes.
Derived terms: blurbification
blurbist
blurb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /blɝ(ː)b/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b
Forms: form: blurbs
form: blurbing
form: blurbed
form: blurbed
Etymology: Coined by American humorist Gelett Burgess in 1907 on a dust jacket at a trade association dinner. The dust jacket said “YES, this is a “BLURB”!” and featured a (fictitious) “Miss Belinda Blurb” shown calling out, described as “in the act of blurbing”.
Senses: examples: text: When Rene Rodriguez of The Miami Herald blogged about having seen and loved “The Departed” in Toronto in a supposedly private screening last fall, Warner Brothers “scolded me very strongly,” he said, “but they still blurbed a line from my blog in their opening ad.”
ref: 2007 July 4, David M. Halbfinger, “Appearing Way Before the Film: The Review”, in New York Times:
glosses: To write or quote in a blurb.
examples: text: The unseemly business of book blurbing has been source of both humor and concern in the pages of The New Yorker.
ref: 2012 April 17, Jon Michaud, “Blurb This!”, in The New Yorker:
text: Edward R. Murrow and other leading radio personalities blurbed the book, published in 1950 by Oxford University Press, and Siepmann thanked Paul Lazarsfeld and Herta Herzog in his acknowledgments.
ref: 2015, Peter Simonson, David W. Park, The International History of Communication Study, page 268:
glosses: To supply with a blurb.
Related terms: capsule review
hassle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæsl̩/
rhymes: -æsəl
Forms: form: hassles
Etymology: Unknown. Probably from US Southern dialectal hassle (“to pant, breathe noisily”), possibly from haste + -le (frequentative suffix).
Senses: examples: text: I went through a lot of hassle to be the first to get a ticket.
glosses: Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
glosses: A fight or argument.
glosses: An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.
Derived terms: hassle-free
hasslefree
hassly
hassle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæsl̩/
rhymes: -æsəl
Forms: form: hassles
form: hassling
form: hassled
form: hassled
Etymology: Unknown. Probably from US Southern dialectal hassle (“to pant, breathe noisily”), possibly from haste + -le (frequentative suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The unlucky boy was hassled by a gang of troublemakers on his way home.
text: "Oh uncool bush! Unloose this passle Of furry cats that you hassle!"
ref: 1969, Beard & Kennedy, Bored of the Rings, page 42:
synonyms: word: disturb
word: irritate
word: molest
word: aggravate
word: annoy
word: rankle
word: ruffle
word: sting
word: antagonize
word: bother
word: disgruntle
word: botherate
word: bug
word: get
word: grate
word: burn up
word: bedevil
word: cheese off
word: devil
word: exasperate
word: frustrate
word: get up
word: grotch
word: hack off
word: hassle
word: irk
word: irritate
word: jazz
word: molest
word: mommick
word: nark
word: nerve
word: pee off
word: peeve
word: persecute
word: pique
word: piss off
word: provoke
word: rile
word: rile up
word: roil
word: storm
word: test someone's patience
word: tick off
word: trouble
word: try one's patience
word: vex
word: wind up
word: Idioms:
word: boil someone's piss
word: chap someone's hide
word: get on someone's nerves
word: get on someone's tits
word: get on someone's wick
word: get someone's back up
word: get someone's dander up
word: get someone's goat
word: get someone's Irish up
word: get someone's nanny
word: get someone's nanny-goat
word: get under one's goat
word: get under someone's skin
word: give someone the shits
word: grind one's gears
word: harsh one's mellow
word: put someone's back up
word: raise someone's hackles
word: rub someone the wrong way
word: rub up the wrong way
word: ruffle someone's feathers
word: tee off
word: torque off
glosses: To trouble, to bother, to annoy.
synonyms: look for trouble
pick a quarrel
glosses: To pick a fight or start an argument with.
examples: text: If you don't want to hassle through converting formats, you'll have to stick with one program.
synonyms: grind
glosses: To work through something troublesome; to be bothered by.
examples: text: Likewise, “hassling”—mock dogfighting—was strictly forbidden, and so naturally young fighter jocks could hardly wait to go up in, say, a pair of F–100s and start the duel by making a pass at each other at 800 miles an hour, […]
ref: 2018, Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff:
text: If you were caught 'hassling,' as we called dogfighting, your career could end. The edict against dogfighting divided our squadron into three factions.
ref: 2019, Dan Pedersen, Topgun:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: To engage in a mock dogfight.
Derived terms: hassler
unhassled
hassle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæsl̩/
rhymes: -æsəl
Forms: form: more hassle
form: most hassle
Etymology: Unknown. Probably from US Southern dialectal hassle (“to pant, breathe noisily”), possibly from haste + -le (frequentative suffix).
Senses: glosses: hassling; hasslesome
backy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of baccy.
backy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backies
Senses: examples: text: I took out my papers and stuck three together, then the bag of weed and took a small clump, carefully arranging it into a line along the papers. I took out my backy, covered the green stuff with brown, picked it all up and rolled it around between my fingers; ripped off a roach from my rizla packet, rolled it all together, licked it and finally held the new joint in my hand, admiring my creation.
ref: 2011, Chris Morton, English Slacker, page 61:
glosses: Alternative spelling of backie.
quellenforschung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From German Quellenforschung, from Quelle (“source”) + Forschung (“research”).
Senses: glosses: The study of the sources of, or influences upon, a literary work.
wacky baccy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whacky baccy
form: wacky tabaccy
form: whacky tabaccy
form: wacky tabacky
form: wacky tobaccy
form: whacky tobacky
Senses: glosses: Marijuana.
fragrant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹeɪ.ɡɹənt/
rhymes: -eɪɡɹənt
ipa: /ˈfɹæ.ɡɹənt/
Forms: form: more fragrant
form: most fragrant
form: fragraunt
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin frāgrāns, present active participle of frāgrō (“I smell”).
Senses: examples: text: fragrant flower
text: fragrant smell
glosses: Sweet-smelling; having a pleasant (usually strong) scent or fragrance.
Synonyms: word: aromatic
word: ambrosial
word: aromatique
word: balmy
word: fragrant
word: redolent
word: sweet-smelling
Hypernyms: word: olfactible
word: pleasant
Hyponyms: word: perfumatory
word: perfumed
word: perfumelike
word: perfumey
word: scented
word: spicy
word: musky
word: thuriferous
Derived terms: word: fragrancy
word: fragrant azalea
word: fragrantly
word: fragrant meat
word: fragrantness
word: fragrant orchid
taxonomic: Dalbergia odorifera
word: fragrant rosewood
word: fragrant water lily
word: infragrant
word: nonfragrant
word: overfragrant
word: unfragrant
Related terms: word: fragrance
word: aroma
pyrogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛnɪk
Forms: form: more pyrogenic
form: most pyrogenic
Etymology: From pyro- + -genic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: pyrogenous
pyrogenetic
pyretogenetic
pyretogenic
pyretogenous
glosses: generating or produced by heat, especially in the body; causing or caused by fever
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
synonyms: pyrogenous
pyrogenetic
glosses: of a mineral formed from magma at high temperature
Derived terms: apyrogenic
apyrogenically
apyrogenicity
nonpyrogenic
nonpyrogenicity
pyrogenically
pyrogenicity
Related terms: apyrogen
apyrogenetic
apyrogenous
nonpyrogen
nonpyrogenous
pyrogen
pyrogenesis
pyrogenetic
pyrogenous
pyrogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pyrogenous
form: most pyrogenous
Etymology: From pyro- + -genous.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of pyrogenic.
synonyms: word: pyrogenic
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of pyrogenetic.
synonyms: word: pyrogenetic
pyrolyse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pyrolyses
form: pyrolysing
form: pyrolysed
form: pyrolysed
form: pyrolyze
form: pyrolize
Etymology: From pyro- + -lyse.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To undergo pyrolysis.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To decompose or transform a substance by subjecting it to heat.
Synonyms: pyrolysize
Related terms: pyrolysis
pyrolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pyro- + lytic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of, relating to, or produced by pyrolysis.
Derived terms: pyrolytically
Related terms: pyrolysis
pyrolyse
pyrolyze
pyromania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpaɪɹə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/
rhymes: -eɪniə
Forms: form: pyromanias
Etymology: From pyro- + -mania.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A compulsive disorder characterized by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.
Related terms: pyromaniac
pyromanic
pyromaniacal
pyromaniac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpaɪɹoʊˈmeɪniæk/
ipa: /ˌpaɪɹəˈmeɪniæk/
rhymes: -eɪniæk
Forms: form: pyromaniacs
Etymology: From pyro- + -maniac.
Senses: glosses: A person experiencing pyromania.
Related terms: pyromania
pyromanic
pyromaniacal
arsonist
pyrometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrometers
Etymology: From pyro- + -meter.
Senses: examples: text: I was working with full regulator and about 40 per cent cut-off and we were going quite hard when André called my attention to the pyrometer. This was showing a comparatively low temperature (about 250 deg C.) which meant that unless I eased up, the boiler might start to prime. So we eased her a shade, let the water come down to a third of a glass and then we were away again in perfect order with the pyrometer showing about 375 deg C.
ref: 1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 147:
glosses: A thermometer designed to measure high temperatures.
glosses: An instrument for measuring the thermal expansion of solids.
Derived terms: radiation pyrometer
Related terms: pyrometric
pyrometry
pyrometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pyro- + -metric.
Senses: qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: Of, or relating to a pyrometer or pyrometry.
pyrometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pyro- + -metry.
Senses: glosses: The measurement of high temperatures.
Related terms: pyrometer
pyrometric
randomise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹændəmɑɪz/
Forms: form: randomises
form: randomising
form: randomised
form: randomised
form: randomize
Etymology: From random + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: He randomised the marbles by spilling them onto the floor.
glosses: To arrange randomly; to make random
Derived terms: randomisation
randomiser
Related terms: random
pyrophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrophores
Etymology: From the taxonomic name, which is itself from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + φέρω (phérō, “bear,carry”). Analyzable as pyro- + -phore.
Senses: glosses: pyrophorus
glosses: a firefly of the genus Pyrophorus
pyrophoric alloy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrophoric alloys
Senses: glosses: An alloy, especially one of iron or cerium, that emits sparks when scratched or struck.
pyrophorus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear”). Analyzable as pyro- + -phorus
Senses: glosses: a substance capable of catching fire spontaneously on exposure to the air, especially in a finely divided state
fireflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firefly
pyroclastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æstɪk
Etymology: From pyro- + clastic, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”), and κλαστός (klastós, “broken”).
Senses: examples: text: The word "ash" is not a very good one to include all the mechanical accompaniments of a subaerial or subaqueous eruption, since ash seems to be restricted to a fine powder, the residuum of combustion. A word is wanting to express all such accompaniments, no matter what their size or condition may be, when they are accumulated in such mass as to form beds of "rock." We might call them perhaps "pyroclastic materials," ...
ref: 1862, Joseph Beete Jukes, “Igneous Rocks”, in The Student's Manual of Geology, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 68:
text: Within sixty seconds, the entire area was razed by pyroclastic material with a temperature of nearly two thousand degrees Fahrenheit.
ref: 2022, Lindsey Fitzharris, The Facemaker, page 61:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
volcanology
glosses: Mostly composed of rock fragments of volcanic origin or comminuted during an eruption.
Derived terms: pyroclastic density current
pyroclastic flow
pyroclastic rock
pyroclastic surge
pyroclastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æstɪk
Forms: form: pyroclastics
Etymology: From pyro- + clastic, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”), and κλαστός (klastós, “broken”).
Senses: examples: text: The basic volcanics are altered andesites, porphyritic diabases and andesites, and various pyroclastics.
ref: 1897, “General Notes: Geology and Paleontology”, in Edward D. Cope, Frederick C. Kenyon, editors, The American Naturalist: An Illustrated Magazine of Natural History, volume 31, Philadelphia: The Edwards & Docker Co., No. 363, page 221:
glosses: A rock mostly composed of rock fragments of volcanic origin.
pyroclastic surge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyroclastic surges
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
volcanology
glosses: A fluidized mass of turbulent gas and rock fragments which is ejected during some volcanic eruptions.
Related terms: pyroclastic flow
comment out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comments out
form: commenting out
form: commented out
form: commented out
Senses: examples: text: If you do not want to run this line of code, just comment it out!
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To disable a section of source code by converting it into a comment.
Synonyms: comment
commentize
rem out
leggy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛɡi/
rhymes: -ɛɡi
Forms: form: leggier
form: leggiest
Etymology: From leg + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Fred preferred leggy blondes.
glosses: Having long, attractive legs; long-legged.
raw_tags: of a woman
examples: text: Pam looked leggy today because she was wearing a miniskirt.
glosses: Exposing the bare or pantyhose-clad legs, especially the thighs.
raw_tags: of a woman
examples: text: the leggiest centipede ever found
glosses: Having numerous legs.
examples: text: Plants grow leggy if deprived of light.
glosses: Taller or longer than usual.
Derived terms: leggily
legginess
Related terms: legs all the way to one's neck
leggy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛɡi/
rhymes: -ɛɡi
Forms: form: leggies
Etymology: leg + -y
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leggie (“a leg”).
alg
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of all good.
Siamese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪ.əˈmiːz/
Forms: form: more Siamese
form: most Siamese
Etymology: From Siam + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: I remember one such occasion when a Siamese pupil had fired the train from Lime Street, and so complimentary were the Chief's remarks on the condition of the fire that we found our young Siamese friend difficult to live with for about a week afterwards!
ref: 1943 July and August, T. Lovatt Williams, “Some Reminiscences of the Footplate—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 235:
glosses: Of or relating to Siam; Thai.
glosses: Of a connection of tubes or hoses: shaped like the letter Y.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Crossocheilus oblongus
word: Siamese algae-eater
taxonomic: Balantiocheilos ambusticauda
word: Siamese bala shark
taxonomic: Barleria siamensis
word: Siamese barleria
taxonomic: Argyrophis siamensis
word: Siamese blind snake
word: Siamese buffalo
taxonomic: Catlocarpio siamensis
word: Siamese carp
alt: Wijayarana melasma
word: Siamese cascade frog
word: Siamese cat
taxonomic: Crocodylus siamensis
word: Siamese crocodile
taxonomic: Betta splendens
word: Siamese fighting fish
taxonomic: Lophura diardi
word: Siamese fireback
taxonomic: Catlocarpio siamensis
word: Siamese giant carp
taxonomic: Alpinia galanga
word: Siamese ginger
taxonomic: Trichopodus pectoralis
word: Siamese gourami
taxonomic: Gekko siamensis
word: Siamese green-eyed gecko
taxonomic: Lepus peguensis
word: Siamese hare
taxonomic: Canis aureus cruesemanni
word: Siamese jackal
word: Siamese joint
taxonomic: Dixonius siamensis
word: Siamese leaf-toed gecko
taxonomic: Henicorhynchus siamensis
word: Siamese mud carp
alt: Craspedocephalus puniceus
word: Siamese palm viper
taxonomic: Arborophila cambodiana
word: Siamese partridge
taxonomic: Gracupica floweri
word: Siamese pied myna
taxonomic: Xylotrupes socrates
word: Siamese rhinoceros beetle
taxonomic: Cnemaspis siamensis
word: Siamese rock gecko
taxonomic: Dalbergia cochinchinensis
word: Siamese rosewood
taxonomic: Daboia siamensis
word: Siamese Russell's viper
taxonomic: Shorea obtusa
word: Siamese sal
taxonomic: Naja siamensis
word: Siamese spitting cobra
taxonomic: Lygosoma siamense
word: Siamese supple skink
taxonomic: Siebenrockiella crassicollis
word: Siamese temple turtle
word: Siamese tigerfish
taxonomic: Datnioides pulcher
word: Siamese tiger perch
alt: Wijayarana melasma
word: Siamese torrent frog
word: Siamese twin
taxonomic: Lygosoma isodactylum
word: Siamese writhing skink
taxonomic: Xanthophyllum flavescens
word: Siamese yellowleaf
Siamese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪ.əˈmiːz/
Etymology: From Siam + -ese.
Senses: glosses: The Thai language.
Siamese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪ.əˈmiːz/
Forms: form: Siameses
form: Siamese
Etymology: From Siam + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: The third kitten said her name was Juno, and that she was a Siamese.
ref: 1951, Winifred Martin, Calling All Kittens, Blackie & Son Limited:
qualifier: plural "Siameses"
glosses: A Siamese cat.
qualifier: plural "Siamese" or "Siameses"
glosses: An inhabitant of Siam.
qualifier: plural "Siameses"
glosses: A connection of tubes or hoses shaped like a letter Y.
Yumpla Tok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yumplatok
Etymology: From yumpla a plural personal pronoun in the creole, and tok meaning talk or speech.
Senses: glosses: a creole of the Torres Strait in Australia.
Synonyms: Torres Strait Creole
Brokan
roundtrip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roundtrips
Senses: examples: text: Left with only her Sun-Times subscribers, she faced a 35-mile roundtrip to deliver to four of them.
ref: 1988 May 20, Michael Miner, “Screwed by the Tribune, Part 3; Screwed by the Sun-Times; Screws Loose”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Alternative form of round trip.
roundtrip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: roundtrips
form: roundtripping
form: roundtripped
form: roundtripped
Senses: examples: text: In the colorimetric intents only the values within the gamut of the data encoding can be roundtripped accurately[…]
ref: 2010, Phil Green, Michael Kriss, Color Management: Understanding and Using ICC Profiles, page 284:
text: In some cases, roundtripping can involve repeated conversions of the file from one format to another and back. Frequent roundtripping may be a concern because each conversion has the potential to introduce unwanted changes to the file.
ref: 2010, Ramesh Bangia, Dictionary of Information Technology, page 449:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To export (a file, data, etc.) and eventually import it again without loss of fidelity.
topics: business
finance
glosses: To engage in the form of barter called a round trip.
round trip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaʊn(d).tɹɪp/
Forms: form: round trips
Etymology: From round (“complete, entire"; "forming a circle or cycle”) + trip (“journey”).
Senses: examples: text: Margaret purchased a single round trip ticket to and from Chicago, as it was cheaper than buying two one-way tickets.
text: The fare for this sightseeing tour of London is about 1s., but it is necessary to rebook at least once, as through tickets are not issued for the round trip.
ref: 1950 July, J. G. Gibbons, “Sightseeing on the Inner Circle”, in Railway Magazine, page 485:
topics: lifestyle
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location.
examples: 2014, Exploring Tech Careers: Fourth Edition (page 632), Ferguson Publishing
As drilling progresses, the bit gets more and more worn, till eventually it has to be replaced. In order for the bit to be replaced, the whole string has to be lugged up to the surface and taken apart section by section. Once done, the string can be put back together and the bit lowered to the well once again. This operation, called a round trip, takes most drilling crews 12 hours to complete.
glosses: In an oil-drilling operation, the raising, disassembly and replacement of the drilling equipment.
topics: business
finance
synonyms: lazy Susan
glosses: A form of barter that involves the sale of an unused asset and the purchase of the same asset back again, or a similar one, typically used in accounting fraud.
topics: business
finance
glosses: The investment of a borrowed overdraft in order to make a profit in the same market.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The export and eventual reimport of a file, data, etc. without loss of fidelity.
Coordinate terms: there and back
Derived terms: round-trip delay time
round-trippable
round-tripper
round-trip ticket
round-trip time
germicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more germicidal
form: most germicidal
Senses: glosses: that kills pathogenic organisms; disinfectant
Derived terms: germicidally
nongermicidal
Related terms: germicide
mechatronics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mecha + -tronics.
Senses: examples: text: Advanced technology to create energy-saving, resource-saving and highly intelligent systems by integrating mechanics, electronics and software is called mechatronics.
ref: 1989, Makoto Kajitani, A Concept of Mechatronics:
text: So what's this new hybrid called a Mechatronics Engineer? Simply stated, these pros apply mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering theory and techniques to create automated, intelligent products, smart devices, and industrial control systems--systems that can then be "taught" to improve their performance. This is where many future engineering jobs are headed.
ref: 2012, Alex A. Kecskes, The Rise of the Mechatronics Engineer:
glosses: The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
Synonyms: electromechanical systems
Derived terms: biomechatronics
mechatronics engineer
mechatronics engineering
micromechatronics
nanomechatronics
optomechatronics
Related terms: mechatronic
electromechanical
systems
heedful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heedful
form: most heedful
form: heedfull
Etymology: From heed + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Taking heed.
glosses: Paying close attention; mindful.
Derived terms: heedfully
heedfulness
unheedful
thankee
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθæŋki/
rhymes: -æŋki
Senses: examples: text: "Thankee," said the knight politely, as he took a pinch and sneezed seven times so violently that his head fell off.
ref: 1868, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 12, in Little Women:
text: "Thankee, Sir."
ref: 1874, Anthony Trollope, chapter 10, in Harry Heathcote of Gangoil:
glosses: Alternative form of thank you.
thankee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθæŋki/
rhymes: -æŋki
Forms: form: thankees
Senses: glosses: A thank-you.
Related terms: thank'ee
thanky
recognise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛkənaɪz/
ipa: /ˈɹɛkəɡnaɪz/
ipa: /ˈɹekənɑɪz/
ipa: /ˈɹekəɡnɑɪz/
Forms: form: recognises
form: recognising
form: recognised
form: recognised
Senses: examples: text: “[…] That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh. Her own father recognised it when he bereft her of all power in the great business he founded. […]”
ref: 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
text: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul.
ref: 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
text: "When you think about it, who wants to drive 300 tonnes of steel at 125mph in the pitch black at four o'clock in the morning?" Whelan says this with a wry smile, however, recognising that these are exactly the sort of things that train drivers love about their jobs.
ref: 2025 March 5, Richard Wilcock, “In defence of the train drivers”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 33:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of recognize.
self-conscious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more self-conscious
form: most self-conscious
Etymology: From self- + conscious.
Senses: glosses: Aware of oneself as an individual being.
examples: text: “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.[…]”
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour.
glosses: Uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease.
digitigrade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭʹjĭtĭgrād'
ipa: /ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡɹeɪd/
ipa: /ˈdɪd͡ʒətəɡɹeɪd/
ipa: /-ɾə/
Etymology: From French digitigrade, from Latin digitus (“finger, toe, digit”) + -grade (“gait”); compare New Latin digitigradus.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of an animal: walking on the toes, putting the weight of the body mainly on the ball of the foot, with the back of the foot, or heel, raised.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of feet or a manner of walking: of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora.
Derived terms: digitigradism
digitigrady
digitigrade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭʹjĭtĭgrād'
ipa: /ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡɹeɪd/
ipa: /ˈdɪd͡ʒətəɡɹeɪd/
ipa: /-ɾə/
Forms: form: digitigrades
Etymology: From French digitigrade, from Latin digitus (“finger, toe, digit”) + -grade (“gait”); compare New Latin digitigradus.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.
Coordinate terms: plantigrade
unguligrade
plantigrade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplæntɪɡɹeɪd/
ipa: /ˈplæntəˌɡɹeɪd/
ipa: [ˈpleə̯ɾ̃əˌɡɹeɪ̯d]
Etymology: From French plantigrade, from Latin planta (“sole of the foot”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”)) + -grade, from Latin gradus (“pace, step”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of an animal: walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.
Derived terms: nonplantigrade
plantigradism
plantigrady
semiplantigrade
subplantigrade
plantigrade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplæntɪɡɹeɪd/
ipa: /ˈplæntəˌɡɹeɪd/
ipa: [ˈpleə̯ɾ̃əˌɡɹeɪ̯d]
Forms: form: plantigrades
Etymology: From French plantigrade, from Latin planta (“sole of the foot”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”)) + -grade, from Latin gradus (“pace, step”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A plantigrade animal; an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.
Coordinate terms: digitigrade
unguligrade
refactor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: refactors
form: refactoring
form: refactored
form: refactored
Etymology: From re- + factor.
Senses: examples: text: The code works, but I must refactor it before it is production quality.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
hypernyms: recode
reprogram
glosses: To rewrite existing source code in order to improve its readability, reusability or structure without affecting its meaning or behaviour.
examples: text: Two significant activities which to contribute to community projects, such as Wikipedia, are to refactor complicated articles into simpler ones, and to refactor duplicated content into reusable templates.
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
publishing
writing
glosses: To rewrite existing text in order to improve its readability, reusability or structure without intentionally affecting its meaning. Similar to, but sometimes involving more extensive restructuring than, copy editing.
refactor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refactors
Etymology: From re- + factor.
Senses: examples: text: We don't have time for a major refactor: we're shipping in two weeks.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The process by which source code is refactored.
ande
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of onde.
noncommittal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɒnkəˈmɪtl̩/
ipa: /ˌnɑnkəˈmɪtl̩/
Forms: form: more noncommittal
form: most noncommittal
form: non-commital
form: noncommital
form: non-committal
Etymology: From non- + committal.
Senses: examples: text: The Major's face was noncommittal.
text: The noncommittal Indians would give no counsel as to fording.
text: [He] is candid, open-hearted, and hardly non-commmittal enough for his own interest at times.
ref: 1818, S.R. Wells, The American Phrenonological Journal, and other miscellany, volume 10, page 234:
text: A United Nations spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, has previously said the organization would not divulge its sources of information, but welcomed any additional information from the coalition. The United Nations has been noncommittal on the Saudi proposal to send its experts to Riyadh.
ref: 2016 June 22, Somini Sengupta, “Saudis Question U.N. Leader Over Report on Rights Violators”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.
Derived terms: noncommittalism
noncommittally
noncommittalness
Related terms: reticent
noncommittal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɒnkəˈmɪtl̩/
ipa: /ˌnɑnkəˈmɪtl̩/
Forms: form: noncommittals
form: non-commital
form: noncommital
form: non-committal
Etymology: From non- + committal.
Senses: examples: text: As a result of cowardly noncommittals during the immediate postelection period, there was so much strain on several black-white Democratic relationships that they approached open ruptures.
ref: 1997, Dennis Sven Nordin, The New Deal's Black Congressman, page 42:
glosses: Failure to commit to a decision or course of action.
examples: text: Where they occur, in the Liberal increases in Quebec and Ontario for instance, they are offset by declines in the number of undecideds or noncommittals.
ref: 1981, Howard Rae Penniman, Canada at the Polls, 1979 and 1980, page 372:
glosses: A voter etc. who has not yet committed to a decision.
alfa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: international standards
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Alfa from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
qualifier: international standards
glosses: Alternative spelling of alpha used in the ruleset of the international nonproprietary name system, where various digraphs are usually deprecated (except for grandfathered exceptions) because their replacement is translingually preferable (thus, for example, f, not ph; t, not th; and e, not ae).
Derived terms: alfa grass
berahyaluronidase alfa
alfa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alfas
Etymology: From Fula alfaa. Compare Yoruba àlùfáà.
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A West African cleric or religious teacher.
steam bath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steam baths
Senses: glosses: A room or building filled with steam, in which people sit and sweat.
glosses: The act of bathing by exposure to steam.
Related terms: banya
sauna
Turkish bath
Turkish bath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Turkish baths
Senses: glosses: An Islamic steam bath followed by a massage and, if running water is available, a dip in cool water.
glosses: An establishment where these facilities are available.
Synonyms: word: hammam
word: bagnio
Related terms: banya
hammam
sauna
Victorian Turkish bath
come to think of it
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Come to think of it, it's curious that nobody was there.
glosses: By the way; now that I think about it; indicates something brought to mind.
Synonyms: now you mention it
come to mention it
qi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /t͡ʃiː/
Forms: form: qis
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 氣／气 (qì).
Senses: examples: text: And so he trained his qi, his breath, and his sense of timing, so that strength and size became irrelevant to his understanding of Aikido.
ref: 2003, Mallory Fromm, Qi Energy for Health and Healing: A Practical Guide to the Healing Principles of Life Energy:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of chi.
pictogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pictograms
form: pictogramme
Etymology: From Latin pictus + -o- + -gram.
Senses: synonyms: pictograph
hieroglyph
coordinate_terms: ideogram
logogram
glosses: A picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration.
Synonyms: pictograph
hieroglyph
Related terms: emoji
ideogram
logogram
euhemerize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /juˈhiməˌɹaɪz/
ipa: /juːˈhiːməˌɹaɪz/
Forms: form: euhemerizes
form: euhemerizing
form: euhemerized
form: euhemerized
form: euhemerise
Etymology: From euhemerism + -ize, ultimately from Latin Euhēmerus, from Ancient Greek Εὐήμερος (Euḗmeros), an ancient Greek Sicilian Skeptic who proposed most or all mythology derived from historical figures and natural events which received supernatural characteristics only through retelling.
Senses: examples: text: Confucian scholars frequently euhemerized the myths used to explain religious rituals to the public.
text: He did but extend to the New Testament the Euhemerising principles which Eichhorn had applied to the Old.
ref: 1871, Frederic William Farrar, The Witness of History to Christ, page 57:
text: The legend of Semiramis was a euhemerised version of the story of Istar.
ref: 1887 September 3, I. Taylor, The Academy, page 143:
glosses: To invent a plausible but fanciful historical origin for something in order to rationalize mythology and legends.
examples: text: The Yellow Emperor was perhaps euhemerized from a prehistoric tribal leader.
glosses: Synonym of deify: to actually create mythology and legends from ancient historical figures and events.
synonyms: word: deify
extra: to actually create mythology and legends from ancient historical figures and events
Synonyms: sense: fanciful creation of rational explanations for the supernatural
word: rationalize
Derived terms: euhemerization
Euhemeros
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Εὐήμερος (Euḗmeros).
Senses: examples: text: Are we, with the Greek Euhemeros, to find it in certain human beings of bygone days who were wiser and stronger than their contemporaries, and on this account, and in consequence of the benefits which they conferred upon the race, were exalted into the position of gods, and woshipped as such by succeeding generations?
ref: 1871, The Christian Observer, volume 71, page 129:
text: Whereas Euhemeros was content to claim that the gods had once been great men, it now seems to be generally held that such a thing as a purely mythical character has never existed.
ref: 1956, FitzRoy Richard Somerset, The Hero: A Study in Tradition, Myth and Drama, page 70:
text: He has fallen into a common misconception of Euhemerism; for Euhemeros did not say that the first gods were dead kings: he said that they were living kings.
ref: 1966, Joseph Fontenrose, The Ritual Theory of Myth, published 1971, page 21:
text: The Church Father Athenagoras, in the manner of Euhemeros, conceives many demons as the postmortal souls of important deceased men, like heroes and kings.
ref: 1985, Marie-Louise von Franz, translated by Open Court Publishing, Reflections of the Soul: Projection and Re-collection in Jungian Psychology, page 113:
glosses: Alternative form of Euhemerus.
mythologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈθɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
ipa: /mɪˈθɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
Forms: form: mythologists
Senses: glosses: A person who studies mythology
Derived terms: geomythologist
Related terms: mythologism
legislature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsləˌt͡ʃʊə/
ipa: /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪslət͡ʃə/
ipa: /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪt͡ʃɚ/
Forms: form: legislatures
Etymology: 1676, from stem of legislator + -ure, cognate with French législature.
Senses: examples: text: state legislature
text: bicameral legislature
text: colonial legislature
text: members of the legislature
text: The state legislature passed a new education bill.
text: Members of the legislature debated late into the night.
text: The law cannot take effect until approved by the legislature.
glosses: A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.
glosses: A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.
The legislative assembly of a province or territory, as opposed to the federal parliament.
glosses: A legislative building.
Synonyms: word: legislature
word: legislative body
Hypernyms: word: entity
Hyponyms: word: assembly
word: chamber
word: congress
word: council
word: diet
word: duma
word: hung parliament
word: parliament
word: senate
word: lower house
word: lower chamber
word: upper house
word: upper chamber
word: bicameral legislature
Meronyms: word: committee
word: crossbenches
word: backbench
word: front bench
word: backbencher
word: congressman
word: congresswoman
word: frontbencher
word: lawgiver
word: lawmaker
word: legislator
word: MEP
word: Member of Parliament
word: MP
word: parliamentarian
word: politician
word: senator
word: speaker
Derived terms: bicameral legislature
Related terms: word: W:Category:National legislatures
word: Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/48 § legislature
word: Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/93 § upper house
word: Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/50 § lower house
word: Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/55 § national assembly
surgation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surgations
Etymology: Latin surgo (“to rise”).
Senses: glosses: An erect penis; an erection.
Related terms: tentigo
tentigo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin tentīgō (“lust”), from tendō (“stretch”).
Senses: examples: text: The emission of semen is excited by its abundance in the vesicles and by sexual instinct: it is effected by the violent tentigo which prevents the course of the urine, and, as it were, throws the way open for the semen; by a kind of spasmodic contraction of the vesiculæ seminales, […]
ref: 1817, John Elliotson (translator), J. Fred. Blumenenbach (Latin author), The Institutions of Physiology, third Latin edition, second English edition, E. Cox and Son, page 284
text: Sometimes an obstinate and painful erection takes place, either without appetite, or with great and insatiable desire. To this rare kind of disorder are given the several names, tentigo, priapism, satyriasis. […] that slighter tentigo that is often felt on awakening, by persons otherwise in the best health […]
ref: 1833, unnamed translators, James Gregory (Latin author), Conspectus Medicinæ Theoreticæ: Or, A View of the Theory of Medicine, Second Edition, Stirling & Kenneg, page 180
text: Moreover, Boerhaave proceeded further than the suspicions of these physicians led him, as he expressly denied that he had ever known true semen to be discharged without a venereal tentigo, either sleeping or waking; so that it must be a very extraordinary disease indeed, wherein this fluid is spontaneously discharged, or without any sensation.
ref: 1849 March 3, H. J. McDougall, “Researches on Involuntary Seminal Discharges, and the Disorders Attending Them”, in The Medical Times, Volume XIX, William S. Orr and Company, page 379
text: It is an unrestrainable impulse to connection; but neither are they at all relieved by these embraces, nor is the tentigo soothed by many and repeated acts of sexual intercourse.
ref: 1912 August, Victor Robinson, translating and quoting Aretaeus, in “Aretaeus, the Forgotten Physician”, in Medical Review of Reviews, Volume 18, Number 8, page 521
glosses: Penile erection or tumescence; especially, pathological erection (priapism).
Related terms: surgation
midwife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪd.waɪf/
ipa: /ˈmɪd.(w)ɪf/
Forms: form: midwives
form: midwive
Etymology: From Middle English midwif, corresponding to mid (“with”) + wif (“woman, wife, female”). It appears not to be entirely clear whether the original understanding was “with-woman” in the sense of “attending/assisting woman”, or “they who are with the woman” (namely the mother).
Senses: examples: text: A hundred years ago, a midwife would bring the baby into the world - going to a hospital to deliver a baby was either impossible or unheard of.
text: The senior midwife confirmed that […] occasionally a multigravid woman could feel little more than slight abdominal discomfort.
ref: 2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 235:
text: Despite Richard's efforts to midwive his own narrative of legitimacy, the source of this legendary one cannot be controlled because it has moved from the mouths of nurses, midwives and gossips into the public domain.
ref: 2017, Caroline Bicks, Midwiving Subjects in Shakespeare’s England, page 123:
topics: medicine
obstetrics
sciences
glosses: A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
glosses: Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project.
Synonyms: accoucheuse
Coordinate terms: accoucheur
midman
Derived terms: man-midwife
midwife frog
midwife toad
midwifery
Related terms: midhusband