cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
IVR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: 2000, William Yarberry, Computer Telephony Integration http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0849399955&id=wyH13HkOjcYC&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&sig=ORtVjHDxag-j3ZlcLuazZgxERWc
Without IVR, the business (and non-profit) world would be slower, less efficient, and far more manpower intensive. Without IVR, many firms would be forced to close.
text: 2001, Peter R Kongstvedt, The Managed Health Care Handbook http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0834217260&id=01RM-eHPxPQC&pg=PA698&lpg=PA698&sig=hyKUmU2fqUpk9m7ZDcW3Qs3Pi1s
Prescreening IVR application scripts can identify the caller and then provide the caller with menu options applicable only to him or her.
text: The IVR feature allows TCL IVR scripts to be used during call processing. The scripts interact with the IOS software to perform various call-related functions.
ref: 2002, Tina Fox and Phil Bailey, Deploying Cisco Voice Over IP Solutions http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1587050307&id=UyJ00b96_90C&pg=PA554&lpg=PA554&sig=ftc40pNdmaR87UOC_7Yzjh6FXc0
glosses: Initialism of Interactive voice response.
glosses: Initialism of interventional radiology.
glosses: Initialism of international vehicle registration.
RIF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪf
Forms: form: RIFs
form: rif
Senses: examples: text: According to Norman Seay, executive director of Blacks in Government, an organization of federal employees, the RIFs will have the heaviest impact on the professional, managerial, and technical workers — those making between about $20,000 and $37,000 a year.
ref: 1981 December 24, Black Enterprise, page 29:
text: A lot of the RIFs were done because budgets were cut by the Congress.
ref: 1983, Management, United States. Office of Personnel Management, page 110:
text: The legislators who represented many federal employees, and those on authorizing committees who were sympathetic with the goals of programs they supervised, had reacted with frustration to the RIFs of the early Reagan administration, since there had been no time to oppose them.
ref: 2002, Irene S. Rubin, Balancing the Federal Budget: Trimming the Herds or Eating the Seed Corn?:
text: A RIF notice received by one FDA employee on Tuesday included performance ratings that were incorrectly low, meaning the severance pay offered was lower than it would be for the ratings they previously received, the employee told CNN.
ref: 2025 April 1, Nick Valencia, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell, Tami Luhby and Sean Lyngaas, “‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies”, in CNN:
text: The Office of Personnel Management regulations for RIFs include details about so-called bumping and retreating rights, which should apply to any agency conducting a reduction in force, said Jenny Mattingley, vice president for government affairs at the Partnership.
ref: 2025 May 2, Eric Bradner, Tami Luhby, Sarah Owermohle, Sunlen Serfaty, Brian Todd and Marshall Cohen, “Left in limbo: How federal workers still on the job are coping with chaos”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of reduction in force.
examples: text: Any measure can be related to the improvement of a RIF, thus the resulting risk reduction can be assessed.
ref: 2003, Tim Bedford, Safety and Reliability: Proceedings of the ESREL 2003 Conference:
text: We study helicopter risk by means of the risk influencing model, so the effect of changes is related directly to the RIFs in the model.
ref: 2009, Radim Bris, Reliability, Risk, and Safety, Three Volume Set: Theory and Applications, page 4:
text: Risk Influencing Factor (RIF): A factor or condition that influences the risk.
ref: 2013, R.D.J.M. Steenbergen, Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis: Beyond the Horizon, page 2215:
glosses: Initialism of risk influencing factor.
RIF
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪf
Forms: form: RIFs
form: RIFing
form: RIFed
form: RIFed
form: rif
Senses: examples: text: Our own agency let go 300 positions, affected 120 people who got RIFed, but 1,200 people were affected in the process.
ref: 1994 February 1, Restructuring of the federal government, United States Congress House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, page 58:
text: Federal employees got 'RIFed.' That lasted about six months.
ref: 2015, William F. Buckley, Tucker's Last Stand:
text: Despite my exemplary service, I got RIFed.” Ginger cringed at the raw sarcasm in his voice, but wanted clarification. “Riffed?” “Reduction in force. Let go, laid off, whatever fits.”
ref: 2016, Jenna Mindel, A Soldier's Valentine:
text: “If somebody’s been RIF’ed, they may have the opportunity of moving into another position where they have seniority that is specifically similar to the job that they had before,” Stier said.
ref: 2025 May 2, Eric Bradner, Tami Luhby, Sarah Owermohle, Sunlen Serfaty, Brian Todd and Marshall Cohen, “Left in limbo: How federal workers still on the job are coping with chaos”, in CNN:
glosses: To lay off from work due to a reduction in force.
QDRO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɑdɹoʊ/
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Acronym of qualified domestic relations order.
Related terms: EDRO
EDRO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈidɹoʊ/
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Acronym of eligible domestic relations order.
Related terms: QDRO
SDBA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SDBAs
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of self-directed brokerage account.
AD&D
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Initialism of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.
AD&D
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AD&Ds
Senses: examples: text: This chapter covers additional risk benefit programs often provided to employees, including the following: […] Group accidental death and dismemberment plans (AD&Ds)
ref: 2014, Bashker Biswas, Employee Benefits Design and Planning, page 109:
topics: business
insurance
related: word: ADD
glosses: Initialism of accidental death and dismemberment [insurance].
examples: text: Application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals need to understand the potential benefits AI will bring, not only to how they build software but also to the nature of the applications themselves.
ref: 2016 October 13, Diego Lo Giudice, “How AI Will Change Software Development And Applications”, in Forrester, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2022:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of application development and delivery.
Related terms: accidental death
dismemberment
capital expenditure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capital expenditures
Senses: examples: text: As passenger numbers rise, the transport authority believes it can return to self-funding daily running costs during 2023, but it said government support for major capital expenditure is essential to prevent further decline.
ref: 2022 March 23, Paul Clifton, “Network News: TfL in "managed decline" - network will be degrading...”, in RAIL, number 953, page 12:
text: Meta has invested heavily in generative AI, with the majority of its planned $72bn in capital expenditure this year earmarked for data centres and servers.
ref: 2025 June 14, “Meta invests $15bn in scale AI as it builds ‘superintelligence’ team”, in FT Weekend, Companies & Markets, page 12:
synonyms: capital expense
CAPEX
coordinate_terms: operating expenditure
OPEX
glosses: Funds spent by a company to acquire or upgrade a long-term asset.
CES
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Center for Employee Services.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
coordinate_terms: COMDEX
E3
glosses: Initialism of Consumer Electronics Show
examples: 1976, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Official Year Book of Australia: No. 61, 1975 and 1976, page 722,
The organisation and functions of the CES conform to the provisions of the Employment Service Convention, 1948, of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) which was ratified by Australia in December 1949.
glosses: Commonwealth Employment Service.
CES
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of cauda equina syndrome.
glosses: Initialism of cat eye syndrome.
glosses: Initialism of constant elasticity of substitution.
lexicological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lexicology + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: In some, the arbitrary character of the linguistic signs is more apparent […] and these Saussure calls lexicological languages.
ref: 1937, J. Orr, transl., Iordan's Introduction to Romance Linguistics:
glosses: pertaining to lexicology
Derived terms: lexicologically
lexicologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From lexicological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of lexicology.
all in
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: all-in
Senses: examples: text: [Yawn] Well, I'm all in! Time to turn in! Good night all!
text: By half past seven we were both pretty nearly all in, and wet from innumerable fordings of the river, so we stopped and boiled some hot water with the sugar left over from lunch.
ref: 1927 November 10, Aldo Leopold, “Part 2, Country: The Gila, 1927”, in Round River: From the Journals of Aldo Leopold, New York: Oxford University Press, published 1953:
text: Either the celebrated lilt of her voice was born in, or she had used it so much and so long that it might as well have been. She looked all in, no doubt of that, but the lilt was there.
ref: 1955, Rex Stout, “The Next Witness”, in Three Witnesses, Bantam edition, Viking Press, published Oct 1994, →ISBN, page 51:
glosses: Very tired.
synonyms: all-inclusive
glosses: With everything included.
examples: text: By betting his last $100, John was all in.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Having no further stake to wager, but remaining active in a hand.
examples: text: John is now all in on getting this product to market by year end, come hell or high water.
hypernyms: on board
glosses: Totally committed.
Related terms: all out
all-out
give one's all
go all out
pot committed
all in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: all ins
form: all-in
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A hand where at least one player bets all of his or her chips.
examples: text: Since she was against an all in, Jill had no reason to bet.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A player who is all in.
all-important
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From all- + important.
Senses: glosses: Very important; vital or crucial.
allheal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allheals
form: all-heal
form: all heal
Etymology: From all + heal. Compare Latin panax and panacea.
Senses: glosses: Any of several plants supposed to have broad healing powers.
Prunella vulgaris, a species in the mint family.
synonyms: common self-heal
selfheal
heal-all
woundwort
heart-of-the-earth
carpenter's herb
brownwort
glosses: Any of several plants supposed to have broad healing powers.
Stachys, a genus of plants in the mint family, heal-all, self-heal, woundwort, betony, lamb's ears, hedgenettle.
examples: text: Along the river Neb, at Ballig, the common valerian (Valeriana officinalis) is blooming thickly; tall, slender, pale pink, beautifully scented, moving in the wind. Also called ‘all-heal’, ‘cut-finger’ and ‘cat's love’.
ref: [1986, Richard Adams, A Nature Diary, Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 82:
glosses: Any of several plants supposed to have broad healing powers.
Valeriana officinalis, a species in the valerian family.
synonyms: garden valerian
garden heliotrope
setwall
Related terms: heal-all
selfheal
valerian
all for
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: I'm all for people being able to speak their minds.
glosses: Completely in favour of.
examples: text: Esau sold Jacob his birthright all for a bowl of lentil stew.
glosses: Merely for the sake of.
raw_tags: of an undertaking
all-embracing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From all + embracing.
Senses: examples: text: The trouble today is that few such causes of delay are taken up with the people concerned; "there is a war on" provides the usual all-embracing excuse.
ref: 1945 September and October, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 269:
text: [...] at each station the train times are not shown in one all-embracing chronological list, but in two separate sheets, one with a conspicuous band of yellow detailing westbound departures and the other with a similar band of blue the eastbound trains.
ref: 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714:
glosses: Having a broad scope; of universal application.
Synonyms: exhaustive
thorough
comprehensive
astochastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + stochastic.
Senses: glosses: Non-random.
DOL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: USDOL
glosses: Initialism of Department of Labor.
DOL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of days of life.
glosses: Initialism of deprivation of liberty.
EBSA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Employee Benefits Security Administration (a division of the Department of Labor).
PBGC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
OCAW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: labor union
glosses: Initialism of Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union.
EAP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EAPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Employee Assistance Program.
qualifier: authentication
glosses: Initialism of Extensible Authentication Protocol.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of Electronic Account Payment.
examples: text: EAP research has developed advanced methods for producing corpus-informed vocabulary resources, but these have yet to be fully leveraged to promote disciplinary literacy within the secondary school context
ref: 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 105:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of English for Academic Purposes.
Oriole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Orioles
Senses: examples: text: He became an Oriole as the result of a pre-season trade.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player on the team Baltimore Orioles.
custodia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: custodias
Senses: glosses: pyx (container for the host)
Cardinals
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The team St. Louis Cardinals.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The team Arizona Cardinals.
examples: text: The Cardinals take the field.
glosses: A sports team at the University of Louisville.
Cardinals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cardinal
Sox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The Boston Red Sox.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The Chicago White Sox.
Related terms: Red Sox
White Sox
Black Sox
Bosox
Chisox
Sox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Soxes
Etymology: Variant of Socks.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Bums
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The folks were quite happy about Sunday's thrilling reprieve in Philadelphia and happily confident that "d' Bums'll moider dem Jints"
ref: 1951 October 2, “VOICE OF FLATBUSH GOES UP AND DOWN; Loud Shouts of Morning Fall to …”, in New York Times:
text: To his credit, Allen could not imagine the Jints or Bums unabiding on New York's behalf. "New York is fully capable of supporting three clubs."
ref: 2007, Curt Smith, The Voice: Mel Allen's Untold Story, page 111:
text: The faithful cheered loudly for their beloved Bums; they jeered loudly at the others teams, especially if they were the hated "Jints" from the Polo Grounds.
ref: 2000, G. Richard McKelvey, The MacPhails: Baseball's First Family of the Front Office, page 38:
text: The Polo Grounds, which had been the site of many fierce battles between the "Jints" and the "Bums," was not friendly to the home team.
ref: 2001, G. Richard McKelvey, The Bounce: Baseball Teams' Great Falls and Comebacks, page 100:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Nickname of the Brooklyn Dodgers, later the Los Angeles Dodgers.
X-Phile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: X-Philes
Etymology: Punningly from X-Files and -phile.
Senses: examples: ref: 1995, Ngaire Genge, The Unofficial X-Files Companion: An X-Phile's Guide to the Mysteries, Conspiracies, and Really Strange Truths Behind the Show, Crown Trade Paperbacks, →ISBN:
text: 1998, Richard Corliss, Time, quoted in Peter Bart, The Gross: The Hits, the Flops — the Summer That Ate Hollywood, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 227,
And that’s enough to turn an X-phile into an ex-phile.
text: 2003, Robynn J. Stilwell, "The sound is ‘out there’: score, sound design and exoticism in The X-Files", in Allan F. Moore (ed.), Analyzing Popular Music, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 70,
The X-Files – as any X-Phile could tell you – divides into two kinds of episodes: the mythology shows, which further the overarching plot of Mulder’s search for the truth that is ‘out there’ about the US government conspiracy to conceal the alien presence; and the stand-alone shows.
text: My involvement in coffee connoisseur (Kozinets, 2002), Star Trek fan (2001) and X-Phile (1997) communities was high.
ref: 2006, Robert V. Kozinets, “Netnography 2.0”, in Russell W. Belk, editor, Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Marketing, Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, page 133:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan of the television series The X-Files.
Hyponyms: Duchovbot
CATO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CATOs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of Cadet Administrative and Training Order.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of catapult assisted takeoff.
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of catastrophe at takeoff.
Coordinate terms: ATO
JATO
RATO
CATOBAR
ZLTO
ZLL
jockstrap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɑkstɹæp/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɒkstɹæp/
Forms: form: jockstraps
form: jock strap
Etymology: Compound of (dated slang) jock (“penis”) + strap; from the earlier forms bike jockey strap and jockey strap.
Senses: examples: text: With their jock-straps pinching, they slouch to attention
While queueing for sarnies at the office canteen.
ref: 1972, “Thick As A Brick”, Ian Anderson (lyrics), performed by Jethro Tull:
text: There are many accounts of men, back in the 1970s, work out in nothing but a jockstrap.
ref: 2010, Erick Alvarez, Muscle Boys: Gay Gym Culture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 105:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: groin guard
supporter
athletic supporter
glosses: An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.
Derived terms: word: jockey shorts
word: jockstrappery
english: athlete
translation: athlete
word: jock
Jints
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Eye dialect for popular New York City pronunciation of giants
Senses: examples: ref: 1914 May 17, “The Old-Time Fan Refers To the Jints' Little Napoleon As a...”, in Atlanta Constitution:
text: The folks were quite happy about Sunday's thrilling reprieve in Philadelphia and happily confident that "d' Bums'll moider dem Jints"
ref: 1951 October 2, “VOICE OF FLATBUSH GOES UP AND DOWN; Loud Shouts of Morning Fall to...”, in New York Times:
text: He did about as well as could be expected with the Jints, though the halo he gained lastseason was knocked slightly askew in the process.
ref: 1952 September 4, “Sports of the Times; Wait Till Next Year”, in New York Times:
text: The faithful cheered loudly for their beloved Bums; they jeered loudly at the others teams, especially if they were the hated "Jints" from the Polo Grounds.
ref: 2000, G. Richard McKelvey, The MacPhails: Baseball's First Family of the Front Office, page 38:
text: The Polo Grounds, which had been the site of many fierce battles between the "Jints" and the "Bums," was not friendly to the home team.
ref: 2001, G. Richard McKelvey, The Bounce: Baseball Teams' Great Falls and Comebacks, page 100:
text: To his credit, Allen could not imagine the Jints or Bums unabiding on New York's behalf. "New York is fully capable of supporting three clubs."
ref: 2007, Curt Smith, The Voice: Mel Allen's Untold Story, page 111:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Nickname for the New York Giants, subsequently the San Francisco Giants.
examples: text: On Sunday it would be even more drinking, plus the Times, and the pitiful "Jints" on TV.
ref: 2000, James Patterson, The Midnight Club, page 101:
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The New York Giants.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Nickname for many teams with name including Giants.
apotropaism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
mysticism
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: The use of ritual or other magical means (including charms and/or incantations) to avert evil or bad luck.
Related terms: apotropaic
backbiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backbitings
Etymology: From Middle English bakbitynge, bacbiting, bacbitung, equivalent to backbite + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: […]ending his epistle by saying, "that his uncle having doubtless lent his ear to some old woman's tales and backbiting, he did not choose to place his property in the hands of a spendthrift,[…]
ref: 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter V, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 49:
text: She was not given to backbiting—though, when stirred by any motive near to her own belongings, she would say an illnatured word or two.
ref: 1860 July – 1861 June (date written), Anthony Trollope, Orley Farm. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1862, →OCLC, page 138:
glosses: The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
backbiting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more backbiting
form: most backbiting
Etymology: From Middle English bakbytynge, equivalent to backbite + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Backbiting talk that flattering blabs know wily how to blenge.
ref: 1580, Thomas Tusser, A hundreth good pointes of husbandrie:
text: Am I to have a backbiting wife?
ref: 1873, Rhoda Broughton, Nancy:
text: If the world’s premier A.I. start-up can so easily plunge into crisis over backbiting behavior and slippery ideas of wrongdoing, can it be trusted to advance a technology that may have untold effects on billions of people?
ref: 2023 December 9, Tripp Mickle, Cade Metz, Mike Isaac, Karen Weise, “Inside OpenAI’s Crisis Over the Future of Artificial Intelligence”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.
Derived terms: backbitingly
backbiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Middle English bakbytynge, equivalent to backbite + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backbite
fuze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fyo͞oz
ipa: /fjuːz/
rhymes: -uːz
Forms: form: fuzes
Etymology: Variant spelling of fuse used to differentiate senses, see Usage note there.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An auxiliary device with explosive components, used to detonate a munition.
Derived terms: fuzeless
time fuze
fuze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: fyo͞oz
ipa: /fjuːz/
rhymes: -uːz
Forms: form: fuzes
form: fuzing
form: fuzed
form: fuzed
Etymology: Variant spelling of fuse used to differentiate senses, see Usage note there.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To equip with a fuze.
Related terms: fuse
dives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaɪvz/
rhymes: -aɪvz
Senses: glosses: plural of dive
dives
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaɪvz/
rhymes: -aɪvz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dive
conflate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈfleɪt/
ipa: /kɒnˈfleɪt/
ipa: /kənˈfleɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: conflates
form: conflating
form: conflated
form: conflated
Etymology: Attested since 1541: from Latin cōnflātus, past passive participle of cōnflō (“fuse, kindle, blow together”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: synonyms: mix
blend
coalesce
commingle
flux
immix
merge
amalgamate
fuse
meld
glosses: To combine or mix together.
examples: text: “Bacon was Lord Chancellor of England and the first European to experiment with gunpowder.” — “No, you are conflating Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon.”
synonyms: confuse
mix up
lump together
glosses: To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
examples: text: But in reality, the order simply furthers the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant policies by continuing to conflate immigration issues with criminal ones.
ref: 2018 June 25, Shan Wu, “The real story behind Trump’s immigration executive order”, in CNN:
text: But again, this conflates global geographic variation with race, says Alan Goodman, a biological anthropologist at Hampshire College.
ref: 2020 August 18, “Your big questions about race, answered”, in CNN:
text: Climate skeptics have conflated the two for years, for example, pointing to cold winter weather as proof that global warming is a hoax, most likely to play on people’s confusion about the two.
ref: 2020 September 15, Brandon Miller and Judson Jones, “Climate is not weather: Trump continues to get the two conflated”, in CNN:
text: “We must stop conflating selectivity with excellence. We must stop correlating prestige with privilege,” he said.
ref: 2022 September 12, Deidre McPhillips, “Critiques mount around popular annual college rankings”, in CNN:
glosses: To deliberately draw a false equivalence or association, typically in a tacit or implicit manner as propaganda and/or an intentional distortion or misrepresentation of the subject matter.
Derived terms: conflatable
conflation
deconflate
deconflation
reconflate
unconflated
conflate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈfleɪt/
ipa: /kɒnˈfleɪt/
ipa: /kənˈfleɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Etymology: Attested since 1541: from Latin cōnflātus, past passive participle of cōnflō (“fuse, kindle, blow together”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Why the redactor created this conflate version, despite its inconsistencies, is a matter of conjecture.
ref: 1999, Emanuel Tov, The Greek and Hebrew Bible: Collected Essays on the Septuagint:
qualifier: biblical criticism
glosses: Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.
conflate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈfleɪt/
ipa: /kɒnˈfleɪt/
ipa: /kənˈfleɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: conflates
Etymology: Attested since 1541: from Latin cōnflātus, past passive participle of cōnflō (“fuse, kindle, blow together”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: qualifier: biblical criticism
glosses: A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.
tigerish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tigerish
form: most tigerish
form: tigrish
Etymology: From Middle English *tigrish, *tygrisch, from Old English tigrisċ (“of a tiger; tigerish”), equivalent to tiger + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Thomas P. Puccio, a tigerish New York lawyer who won fame prosecuting congressmen in the 1980s Abscam scandals, then switched sides and defended Claus von Bülow, corrupt politicians, an accused rapist who ran off to the ski slopes of Europe and other notorious clients, died on Monday in New Haven.
ref: 2012 March 13, Robert D. McFadden, “Thomas Puccio, Ex-Prosecutor and Lawyer for Notorious Clients, Dies at 67”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Having the characteristics of a tiger.
Synonyms: tigerlike
Goldendoodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Goldendoodles
form: goldendoodle
form: golden doodle
Etymology: Blend of Golden Retriever + poodle.
Senses: examples: text: Now there are dozens of mixes, most of which are a poodle blend. There is the goldendoodle, labradoodle, maltipoo, schnoodle, shihpoo, and the puggle, a mix of a pug and a beagle.
ref: 2007, Earl Mindell, Elizabeth Renaghan, Dr. Earl Mindell’s Nutrition and Health for Dogs, Basic Health Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 117:
text: Pretty soon, with poodles as the go-to sire dog, there were goldendoodles, cockapoos, Airedoodles, bich-poos, bassetoodles, shih-poos.
ref: 2013, Sue Halpern, A Dog Walks into a Nursing Home: Lessons in the Good Life from an Unlikely Teacher, Riverhead Books, →ISBN:
glosses: A mixed breed dog that is a cross between the Golden Retriever and the poodle.
embouchure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒm.bʊˈʃʊə/
ipa: /ˈɑm.bə.ʃɚ/
ipa: /ˌɑm.bəˈʃʊɹ/
Forms: form: embouchures
Etymology: From French embouchure, from emboucher (“to put in one’s mouth”), from en- (“in”) + bouche (“mouth”), from Latin bucca (“cheek”).
Senses: examples: text: you could see the twin lines running down from either side of his lower lip, etched in by the force of his embouchure, looking like extensions of his mustache.
ref: 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument.
examples: text: We approached Piteå at sunset. The view over the broad embouchure of the river, studded with islands, was quite picturesque, and the town itself, scattered along the shore and over the slopes of hills made a fair appearance.
ref: 1857, Bayard Taylor, “Northern Travel: Summer and Winter Pictures”, in Prose Writings of Bayard Taylor, revised edition, New York: G. P. Putnam, published 1862, page 180:
text: Passing by Conical Rock, an isolated peak which forms a conspicuous landmark, the coast trends to the northward to Cape Dudley Digges and on to Cape Athol. Beyond Cape Athol lies Saunders Island, at the entrance to Wolstenholme Sound, which like most of these inlets, forms the embouchure of a glacier-river.
ref: 1885, Winfield Scott Schley, James Russell Soley, “The Gateway of the Polar Sea”, in The Rescue of Greely, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 6:
glosses: The mouth of a river or valley.
motherhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌðəhʊd/
ipa: /ˈmʌðɚˌhʊd/
ipa: /ˈmə-/
Forms: form: motherhoods
Etymology: From Middle English moderhode, moderhede, equivalent to mother + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a mother.
examples: text: the nation's motherhood
glosses: Mothers, considered as a group.
Synonyms: momhood
mumhood
mommyhood
mummyhood
mothership
Coordinate terms: fatherhood
parenthood
siblinghood
Derived terms: flag, motherhood and apple pie
motherhood and apple pie
motherhood statement
Republican motherhood
motivating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more motivating
form: most motivating
Senses: glosses: Effectively providing an incentive.
Derived terms: nonmotivating
unmotivating
motivating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of motivate
mouthpiece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaʊθˌpiːs/
Forms: form: mouthpieces
Etymology: From mouth + piece.
Senses: glosses: A part of any device that functions in or near the mouth, especially:
The part of a telephone that is held close to the mouth.
glosses: A part of any device that functions in or near the mouth, especially:
The part of a wind instrument that is held in or against the mouth.
glosses: A mouthguard.
examples: text: The novel's protagonist serves as a mouthpiece for the author's political views.
text: Seeming “real” has been the aim since the earliest police procedurals, which began a long tradition of Hollywood productions acting as a mouthpiece for police departments.
ref: 2021 April 24, Adrian Horton, “‘The uprisings opened up the door’: the TV cop shows confronting a harmful legacy”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: Xi Jinping has told the People’s Liberation Army to “focus all its energy on fighting” in preparation for war, a Chinese Communist party mouthpiece has reported.
ref: 2022 November 9, Verna Yu, “Xi Jinping tells China’s army to focus on preparation for war”, in The Guardian:
text: Rightwing media mouthpieces and ICE get both barrels in South Park’s latest zeitgeist-capturing satire.
ref: 2025 August 7, Zach Vasquez, “From puppy murder to racist podcasts: South Park’s anti-deportation episode is utterly ruthless TV”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A spokesman; one who speaks on behalf of someone else.
glosses: A lawyer for the defense.
Derived terms: mouthpieced
mugwump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌɡwʌmp/
ipa: /ˈmʌɡˌwʌmp/
ipa: [ˈməɡˌwəmp]
Forms: form: mugwumps
form: mugwumping
form: mugwumped
form: mugwumped
Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Massachusett mugquomp, mummugquomp (“war leader”). Folk etymology reinterpreted it as referring to a person who sat on the fence with their mug (“face”) on one side and wump (“rump”) on the other, which influenced political cartoons during the 1884 United States presidential election.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: glosses: To behave like a mugwump.
glosses: To purport to stay aloof and independent, especially from party politics.
oystercatcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔɪstəˌkæt͡ʃə/
Forms: form: oystercatchers
Etymology: From oyster + catcher.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he sea-swallows uttered their ringing "Tree, tree," and the oyster-catchers their mocking "Click, click!" which has caused so many an unsuccessful sportsman to smile.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 181:
synonyms: sea-pie
sea-magpie
glosses: Any of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus Haematopus that have a long red or orange bill and feed on shellfish.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Haematopus moquini
word: African oystercatcher
taxonomic: Haematopus palliatus
word: American oystercatcher
taxonomic: Haematopus ater
word: blackish oystercatcher
taxonomic: Haematopus bachmani
word: black oystercatcher
taxonomic: Haematopus ostralegus
word: Eurasian oystercatcher
taxonomic: Haematopus leucopodus
word: Magellanic oystercatcher
taxonomic: Haematopus longirostris
word: pied oystercatcher
taxonomic: Haematopus fuliginosus
word: sooty oystercatcher
taxonomic: Haematopus finschi
word: South Island oystercatcher
taxonomic: Haematopus unicolor
word: variable oystercatcher
dark chocolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dark chocolates
Senses: glosses: Chocolate that has not had milk products added to lighten and sweeten it.
glosses: A serving or a variety of this chocolate.
Synonyms: plain chocolate
Coordinate terms: milk chocolate
white chocolate
damped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -æmpt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of damp
damped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æmpt
Forms: form: more damped
form: most damped
Senses: glosses: stopped from smouldering and reigniting by the application of water
raw_tags: of an extinguished fire
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Possessing a nonzero damping ratio.
raw_tags: of a linear dynamic system
Derived terms: critically damped
nondamped
overdamped
underdamped
datcha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: datchas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dacha.
romanisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: romanisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Romanisation: non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Romanization.
romanise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: romanises
form: romanising
form: romanised
form: romanised
form: romanize
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of romanize.
undamped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æmpt
Etymology: From un- + damped.
Senses: examples: text: […] unwelcome smoke drifting from an undamped fire.
ref: 2017, Ernestine Hayes, The Tao of Raven: An Alaska Native Memoir, page 125:
glosses: Not having been damped.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
antonyms: damped
glosses: Possessing a damping ratio of exactly zero.
raw_tags: of a linear dynamic system
manpanzee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manpanzees
Etymology: Blend of man + chimpanzee.
Senses: coordinate_terms: chuman
glosses: Synonym of humanzee.
synonyms: word: humanzee
Tamil Tigers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former guerrilla and conventional militant organization that sought the establishment of an independent homeland (ஈழம் (īḻam, “Eelam”)) in the northeast of Sri Lanka for the minority Tamil community.
Related terms: Tamil Tiger
dimensional analysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: 2000, Stuart Churchill, 2.3: Similitude: Data Analysis and Data Correlation, Frank Kreith, CRC Handbook of Thermal Engineering, CRC Press, page 2-28,
The full power and utility of dimensional analysis is often underestimated and underutilized by engineers.
2008, Andrew Clennel Palmer, Dimensional Analysis and Intelligent Experimentation, World Scientific, page 1,
Dimensional analysis is a technique that can be used to clarify and explain relationships between physical quantities.
2014, Jonathan Worstell, Dimensional Analysis: Practical Guides in Chemical Engineering, Elsevier (Butterworth-Heinemann), page 19,
Buckingham investigated the foundation of Dimensional Analysis itself. In his paper, he stated, and proved, what became known as Buckingham's Pi theorem, which forms the foundation of Dimensional Analysis.
topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: The study of the dimensions of physical quantities; used to obtain information about large complex systems, and as a means of checking mathematical and physics equations.
Related terms: scaling analysis
DMSO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of dimethyl sulfoxide.
pochard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊtʃəd/
ipa: /ˈpɒtʃəd/
Forms: form: pochards
form: poachard
form: pocard
Etymology: Apparently originally from poach (“to poke”) + -ard. Compare poker.
Senses: glosses: Any of various diving ducks of the subfamily Aythyinae (genera Aythya and Netta), especially the common pochard, Aythya ferina.
Synonyms: sense: diving duck
word: scaup
Derived terms: Baer's pochard
common pochard
Madagascar pochard
red-crested pochard
rosy-billed pochard
southern pochard
dimethyl sulfoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DMSO
form: dimethyl sulphoxide
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound, (CH₃)₂SO, obtained as a byproduct from wood pulp, and is used as a solvent for carrying out chemical reactions and for administering drugs through the skin; also used as a reagent; its polar structure is a resonance hybrid.
diving duck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diving ducks
Senses: examples: Coordinate term: dabbling duck
glosses: Any of the ducks that feed mainly by diving such as pochards and scaups, of species in tribe Aythyini.
dabbling duck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dabbling ducks
Senses: glosses: One of the ducks of species in subfamily Anatinae, that feed by dabbling in shallow water, including mallards and teals.
Coordinate terms: diving duck
resonance hybrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resonance hybrids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound for which no simple structure can be written, but which actually has a structure midway between two simple ones - normally one polar and one nonpolar.
Hyponyms: dimethyl sulfoxide
dimethyl sulphoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of dimethyl sulfoxide.
nonpolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From non- + polar.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Not containing a dipole.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Not ionic; not dissociating into ions when dissolved in water etc.
glosses: Not relating to the polar regions.
Related terms: apolar
nonpolarity
stirrup bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stirrup bones
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: the smallest bone in the human body; it is situated in the ear and passes vibrations from the anvil to cochlea
Synonyms: stapes
antiquary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæntɪkw(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ˈæntɪˌkwɛɹi/
Forms: form: antiquaries
form: antiquitary
Etymology: From Latin antīquārius (“pertaining to antiquity, one fond of or employed in antiquities”), from antīquus (“ancient”) + -ārius; equivalent to antique + -ary.
Senses: glosses: A person who is knowledgeable of, or who collects antiques (especially one holding an official position); an antiquarian.
examples: text: The sound of the bubbling water grew more distinct, as the ear became accustomed to its music: it reminded him of one very like it in Etheringhame Park. Both might have made the delight of either antiquary or poet.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 306:
glosses: An aficionado or student of antiquities, ancient artifacts, historic sites, ancient writings, or relics of the past.
Derived terms: antiquarian
antiquarianism
antiquarianist
antiquarism
antiquarist
Related terms: ancient
antic
antiquariat
antiquated
antique
antiquity
antiquary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæntɪkw(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ˈæntɪˌkwɛɹi/
Forms: form: antiquitary
Etymology: From Latin antīquārius (“pertaining to antiquity, one fond of or employed in antiquities”), from antīquus (“ancient”) + -ārius; equivalent to antique + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: Instructed by the antiquary times.
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
glosses: Relating to antiquity.
gapper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæpə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: gappers
Etymology: From gap + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Bob's gapper cleared the bags.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A ball hit through the regions between the outfielders.
glosses: Someone who is on or has done a gap year, or a break from study.
charismatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæɹɪzˈmætɪk/
ipa: /ˌkɛɹəzˈmætək/
Forms: form: more charismatic
form: most charismatic
form: Charismatic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χάρισμα (khárisma, “grace, favour, gift”) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, related to, or having charisma: having a form of compelling charm which inspires devotion in others due to their strength of character and being full of personality; charming, fascinating, magnetic
glosses: Of, related to, or being a member of a form of Christianity that emphasizes the role of the Holy Spirit.
Derived terms: charismatically
charismatic megafauna
neo-charismatic
noncharismatic
uncharismatic
charismatic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæɹɪzˈmætɪk/
ipa: /ˌkɛɹəzˈmætək/
Forms: form: charismatics
form: Charismatic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χάρισμα (khárisma, “grace, favour, gift”) + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: At a time when mainline denominations are engaged in massive closures of small rural churches, independent charismatics are strategically helping to rechurch rural Canada.
ref: 2010, Steven M. Studebaker, Pentecostalism and Globalization:
glosses: A member of the Charismatic Movement.
cosmography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: cosmographies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κοσμογρᾰφία (kosmogrăphía, “description of the world”). By surface analysis, cosmo- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: The creation of maps of the universe.
glosses: The study of the size and geometry of the universe and changes in those with cosmic time.
Derived terms: cosmographer
cosmographic
Related terms: cosmogony
cosmographize
cosmology
subtitled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: in which the dialogue is translated into another language, and displayed, in text, at the bottom of the screen.
raw_tags: of a film
subtitled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subtitle
Related terms: dubbed
breastwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breastworks
form: breast-work
Etymology: From breast + work.
Senses: examples: text: Before long we had flung enough sand-bags into place to make a low breastwork behind which the few men who were on this side of the position could lie down and fire.
ref: 1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter VII, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:
text: A cannonproof breastwork, built during the previous war, extended along the beach from the hills to the rocks.
ref: 1983, Richard J. Hargrove, General John Burgoyne, page 26:
glosses: A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
examples: text: The Independencia is a two-turreted, breastwork ship of 9,000 tons displacement. […] The central breastwork is 130 feet in length at the top of the belt, and extends to the upper deck, 11 feet above the water-line. This breastwork incloses the boiler and engine hatches, the scuttles to magazines and shell-rooms, the principal openings for ventilation, and the two turrets.
ref: 1878, J. W. King, Report of Chief Engineer J. W. King, United States Navy On European Ships of War and Their Armament, Naval Administration and Economy, Marine Constructions and Appliances, Dockyards, etc., etc., Washington, page 287:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
examples: text: A swarthy boy opened a book and propped it nimbly under the breastwork of his satchel. He recited jerks of verse with odd glances at the text: […]
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 2]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A parapet.
glosses: Breast augmentation.
amapakati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amapakatis
Etymology: From Xhosa ama- (plural noun class marker) + -phakathi (“council”); compare pagati. Attested in English from the 19th century.
Senses: examples: text: Then our people lived peacefully, under the democratic rule of their kings and their amapakati, and moved freely and confidently up and down the country without let or hindrance.
ref: 1962, Nelson Mandela, Struggle is my Life:
glosses: The council or inner circle of advisers of a chief in a Nguni society.
examples: text: The shrewdness of the Amapakati, or Kaffir advocate.
ref: 1870, C. Hamilton, Life and Sport in South-East Africa:
glosses: A member of a council; a trusted adviser.
Related terms: pagati