cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
echidna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕkĭdnä
ipa: /əˈkɪdnə/
Forms: form: echidnas
form: echidnae
Etymology: Coined in scientific literature around 1811. Probably from Ancient Greek ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “snake, viper”) via Latin echidna. Compare ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog, etc.”). However, this sense is problematic (unless it is a reference to the ant-eating tongue). The name perhaps belongs to Latin echinus (“sea urchin, hedgehog”) from the aforementioned Ancient Greek term's alternate sense of "sea-urchin" (also "sharp points"), which Watkins explains as "snake-eater", from ἔχις (ékhis, “snake”), though it may actually be from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰis (“hedgehog, hedgehog-like animals”). The 1810 Encyclopaedia Britannica deduces thus the animal's alternative name as "porcupine ant-eater".
Alternatively, and perhaps more likely, the name refers to Echidna as the name of a serpent-nymph in Greek mythology, "a beautiful woman in the upper part of her body; but instead of legs and feet, she had from the waist downward, the form of a serpent", in which case the animal was named for its mixed features (early naturalists doubted whether it was a mammal or amphibian). Ultimately, the etymology may be from a synthesis of all the roots above. (From OED.)
Senses: glosses: Any of the species of small spined monotremes in the family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea.
Synonyms: sense: species of Tachyglossidae
word: spiny anteater
sense: species of Tachyglossidae
word: bunning
sense: species of Tachyglossidae
word: tachyglossid
Derived terms: taxonomic: Zaglossus attenboroughi
word: Attenborough's long-beaked echidna
taxonomic: Zaglossus bartoni
word: Barton's long-beaked echidna
taxonomic: Zaglossus attenboroughi
word: cyclops long-beaked echidna
taxonomic: Zaglossus bartoni
word: eastern long-beaked echidna
word: echidnine
english: Zaglossus
translation: Zaglossus
word: long-beaked echidna
english: Tachyglossus
translation: Tachyglossus
word: short-beaked echidna
taxonomic: Tachyglossus aculeatus
word: short-beaked echidna
taxonomic: Zaglossus attenboroughi
word: Sir David's long-beaked echidna
taxonomic: Zaglossus bruijni
word: western long-beaked echidna
Related terms: Tachyglossidae
Tachyglossus
Zaglossus
Piggi-Billa
puggle
Bath Oliver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bath Olivers
Etymology: The biscuit was invented by William Oliver (1695–1764), an English physician from Bath, Somerset, around 1750.
Senses: glosses: A hard dry biscuit made from flour, butter, yeast and milk; often eaten with cheese.
wikipedia: William Oliver
plastered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plastered
form: most plastered
Senses: examples: text: The old home had plastered walls rather than drywall.
glosses: Coated with plaster.
examples: text: The only way he could deal with the grief following his wife's death was to get so plastered that he passed out.
text: Every Monday morning my boss would come in plastered, with a squash about 50 pounds in size.
glosses: Drunk, intoxicated.
Synonyms: sense: drunk
word: drunk
Derived terms: unplastered
plastered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of plaster
anodyne
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.ə.daɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
Forms: form: more anodyne
form: most anodyne
Etymology: From Middle English anodine, from Medieval Latin anōdynos (“stilling or relieving pain”), from Ancient Greek ἀνώδυνος (anṓdunos, “free from pain”), from ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ὀδύνη (odúnē, “pain”).
Adjective sense “noncontentious” probably through French anodin (“harmless, trivial”), of same origin.
Senses: examples: text: Many a time has the vapor of ether been inhaled for the relief of oppressed lungs; many a time has the sought relief been thus obtained; and just so many times has the discovery of the wonderful anodyne properties of this gas, as affecting all bodily suffering, been brushed past and overlooked.
ref: 1847 June 12, Littell's Living Age, volume 13, number 161, page 483:
text: The citrate is the most efficient as an alkali, but irritates some stomachs, the liquor the most anodyne, the acetate the most diuretic.
ref: 1910, Edward L. Keyes, Diseases of the Genito-Urinary Organs, page 211:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Capable of soothing or eliminating pain.
examples: text: Classical music is rather anodyne.
glosses: Soothing or relaxing.
examples: text: It all became so routine, so anodyne, so dull.
ref: 20 May 2003, The Guardian:
text: States typically like to stick to anodyne messages, like saving wildflowers or animals. But every so often a controversy crops up.
ref: 2010 December 9, “Rattled”, in The Economist:
text: The Vatican supports the vision of an independent Palestine living in peace alongside Israel, and Francis on Saturday called for a “just solution” to the conflict – the sort of neutral, anodyne language he is expected to adhere to during the stay.
ref: 2014 May 25, Crispian Balmer, “Pope Francis Poised To Arrive in West Bank”, in The Forward:
synonyms: bland
inoffensive
noncontentious
glosses: Noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate.
Synonyms: topics: pharmacology
medicine
sciences
word: analgesic
Derived terms: anodyne necklace
anodyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.ə.daɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
Forms: form: anodynes
Etymology: From Middle English anodine, from Medieval Latin anōdynos (“stilling or relieving pain”), from Ancient Greek ἀνώδυνος (anṓdunos, “free from pain”), from ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ὀδύνη (odúnē, “pain”).
Adjective sense “noncontentious” probably through French anodin (“harmless, trivial”), of same origin.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any medicine or other agent that relieves pain.
examples: text: Nor do I mean to say that Virtue is not Virtue because it is never tempted to go astray; only that dulness is a much finer gift than we give it credit for being; and that some people are very lucky whom Nature has endowed with a good store of that great anodyne.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 16, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
text: The air was heavy with the perfume of the flowers, and their beauty seemed to bring him an anodyne for his pain.
ref: 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter VII, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.; Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:
text: So, with a sigh, because novels so often provide an anodyne and not an antidote, glide one into torpid slumbers instead of rousing one with a burning brand.
ref: 1929, Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own, page 79:
glosses: A source of relaxation or comfort.
Derived terms: anodynia
anodynic
anodynous
chlorodyne
pinata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinatas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of piñata.
pinata
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pinatas
form: pinataing
form: pinataed
form: pinataed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of piñata.
paracetamol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpæ.ɹəˈsɛt.əm.ɒl/
ipa: /pæ.ɹəˈsiː.təm.ɒl/
ipa: /ˌpɛɹ.əˈsiː.təˌmɔl/
Forms: form: paracetamols
form: acetaminophen
Etymology: Contraction of para-acetylaminophenol.
Senses: examples: text: So you know, we have a good case with an increasing body of evidence, supported by a trifecta of research from human epidemiology, animal and in vitro studies, which suggests that prenatal acetaminophen or paracetamol might alter fetal development, increasing the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders.
ref: 2025 September 22, Lauren Gardner, “Co-author of study linking Tylenol to autism says pain reliever still an option”, in POLITICO:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic compound used as a drug to relieve and reduce fever, usually taken in tablet form.
Derived terms: propacetamol
acetaminophen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌsitəˈmɪnəfən/
Forms: form: acetaminophens
Etymology: Shortening of the chemical name para-acetylaminophenol. By surface analysis, acet- + amino- + -phen.
Senses: examples: text: You need to take acetaminophen / Or just a little aspirin / acetylsalicylic for the pain
ref: 1997, “The Druggist”, Joel Mabus (music):
text: “I [have] actually witnessed a resident have to be taken to the emergency room because of acetaminophen toxicity,” Lee recalls. “I was pushed to find a solution because I wanted to help the residents who I volunteer for.”
ref: 2025 March 28, Ella Jeffries, “This 17-Year-Old Scientist Is Making an Acetaminophen Alternative That Is Less Damaging to the Liver”, in Smithsonian Magazine, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2025:
text: Top U.S. health officials urged pregnant women not to use acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, claiming it could cause autism, though studies have been inconclusive.
ref: 2025 September 22, Azeen Ghorayshi, “Trump Issues Warning Based on Unproven Link Between Tylenol and Autism”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2025:
glosses: A white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever.
Synonyms: word: paracetamol
word: para-acetylaminophenol
word: tylenol
Derived terms: acetaminosalol
dusty plasma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dusty plasmas
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A plasma containing particles larger than the ions of the plasma; typically manufactured plastic microspheres.
-plast
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /plæst/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πλαστός (plastós, “molded, formed”).
Senses: glosses: A small body, structure, particle, or granule, especially of living matter.
glosses: A plastid.
Coordinate terms: -plasm
pietà
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pietàs
form: pieta
Etymology: From Italian pietà. Doublet of piety, and pity.
Senses: examples: text: Two ladies were already in the cloister chapel, with a gentleman. As Kitty and her friend entered, these persons had just finished their inspection of the damaged but most beautiful "Pietà" which hangs over the altar, and their faces were towards the entrance.
ref: 1905, Mary Augusta Ward, The Marriage of William Ashe:
text: Whereas Beuys's early sculptural work was consciously formed within a modernized version of the stylized Romanesque tradition of art, frequently with a Christian content such as crucifixions or pietàs, he gradually was able to free himself from this more traditional approach.
ref: 1998, David Adams, “Afterword: The Artistic Alchemy of Joseph Beuys”, in Thomas Braatz, transl., Bees, Rudolf Steiner, page 195:
text: Ceremonial masks, Hindu deities, and pietàs shine down on you.
ref: 2009, Pico Iyer, “5: Making Kindness Stand to Reason”, in Rajiv Mehrotra, editor, Understanding the Dalai Lama, page 61:
text: It does not show the events it depicts as static, frozen in the eternal present of historia sacra in the way many late medieval crucifixions, pietàs or annunciations do, but as a narrative.
ref: 2011, Caroline van Eck, Stijn Bussels, Theatricality in Early Modern Art and Architecture, page 10:
glosses: A sculpture or painting of the Virgin Mary holding and mourning the dead body of Jesus.
piazza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /piˈæt.sə/
other: /piˈɑt.sə/
ipa: /piˈæ.zə/
other: /piˈɑ.zə/
Forms: form: piazzas
form: piazze
Etymology: From Italian piazza. Doublet of piatza, place, and plaza.
Senses: examples: text: Incidentally, the yard in front of the Granary, now a lovely piazza, was once a canal basin that had been filled in decades before.
ref: 2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 43:
glosses: A public square, especially in Italian cities.
examples: text: Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: A veranda; a porch.
glosses: A roofed gallery or arcade (for example around a public square or in front of a building).
Derived terms: piazzaed
piazzaless
piazzalike
wily
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwaɪ.li/
rhymes: -aɪli
homophone: Wiley
homophone: Wylie
homophone: Wylye
Forms: form: wilier
form: more wily
form: wiliest
form: most wily
Etymology: From Middle English wily, wiley, wyly. By surface analysis, wil(e) + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Horatio's new girlfriend is a wily coquette, and poor Horatio is too smitten to see it.
text: Of all the medical monsters Peter Hotez could have set out to slay, the Yale University researcher could not have chosen a more wily and obscure villain than the hookworm.
ref: 1996 October 6, William Hathaway, “PARASITE LINKS MEN IN DARING VENTURE”, in Hartford Courant, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2020:
glosses: Sly, cunning, full of tricks.
Synonyms: word: astute
word: artful
word: cautelous
word: crafty
word: cunning
word: foxlike
word: foxy
word: frood
word: guileful
word: shrewd
word: slim
word: sly
word: subtle
word: tricky
word: vulpine
word: wily
Hypernyms: word: deceitful
word: intelligent
Derived terms: wilily
wiliness
wily beguily
Related terms: word: learned
word: wise
scally
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskæli/
rhymes: -æli
Forms: form: scallies
Etymology: Abbreviation of scallywag.
Senses: glosses: A rascal or miscreant, a scallywag.
glosses: A jobless yob who has little or no education and is suspected of having committed some type of crime.
raw_tags: in Manchester and Merseyside
glosses: A flat cap or driving cap.
Related terms: chav
ned
rascal
roadman
scallywag
scunner
townie
yob
Valkyrie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Valkyries
Etymology: The proper noun Valkyries was attested before the common noun valkyries. See the entry valkyrie for more.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of valkyrie.
stifle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstaɪfl̩/
ipa: /ˈstaɪf(ə)l/
rhymes: -aɪfəl
Forms: form: stifles
Etymology: The verb is derived from Late Middle English stuflen (“to have difficulty breathing due to heat, stifle; to suffocate by drowning, drown”) [and other forms]; further etymology uncertain, perhaps from stuffen (“to kill by suffocation; to stifle from heat; to extinguish, suppress (body heat, breath, humour, etc.); to deprive a plant of the conditions necessary for growth, choke”) + -el- (derivational infix in verbs, often denoting diminutive, intensive, or repetitive actions or events). Stuffen is derived from Old French estofer, estouffer (“to choke, strangle, suffocate; (figuratively) to inhibit, prevent”) [and other forms] (modern French étouffer), a variant of estoper, estuper (“to block, plug, stop up; to stiffen, thicken”) (modern French étouper (“to caulk”)), influenced by estofer (“to pad, stuff; to upholster”) (modern French étoffer). Estoper is derived from Vulgar Latin *stuppāre, from Latin stuppa (“coarse flax, tow”) (as a stuffing material; from Ancient Greek στύπη (stúpē), στύππη (stúppē) (compare στυππεῖον (stuppeîon)); probably from Pre-Greek) + -āre. According to the Oxford English Dictionary a derivation from Old Norse stífla (“to dam; to choke, stop up”) “appears untenable on the ground both of form and sense”.
The noun is derived from the verb.
Senses: glosses: An act or state of being stifled.
stifle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstaɪfl̩/
ipa: /ˈstaɪf(ə)l/
rhymes: -aɪfəl
Forms: form: stifles
Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English stifle (“joint between the femur and tibia of a quadruped”) [and other forms]; further etymology uncertain, probably derived from Anglo-Norman estive (“leg”), and Old French estive (“leg”) (compare Old French estival (“boot, shoe”)).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
zootomy
synonyms: stifle joint
glosses: The joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses, corresponding to the knee in humans.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
glosses: A bone disease of this region.
Derived terms: stifle bone
stifle joint
stifle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstaɪfl̩/
ipa: /ˈstaɪf(ə)l/
rhymes: -aɪfəl
Forms: form: stifles
form: stifling
form: stifled
form: stifled
Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English stifle (“joint between the femur and tibia of a quadruped”) [and other forms]; further etymology uncertain, probably derived from Anglo-Norman estive (“leg”), and Old French estive (“leg”) (compare Old French estival (“boot, shoe”)).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: glosses: To cause (a dog, horse, or other four-legged mammal) to dislocate or sprain its stifle joint.
Derived terms: word: stifling
dowry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaʊəɹi/
ipa: /ˈdaʊɹi/
rhymes: -aʊəɹi
rhymes: -aʊɹi
Forms: form: dowries
Etymology: From Middle English dowarye, dowerie, from Anglo-Norman dowarie, douarie, from Old French douaire, from Medieval Latin dōtārium, from Latin dōs. Doublet of dower.
Senses: antonyms: bride price
reverse dowry
dower
;
see others at bride price
hypernyms: marriage-portion
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fee#Noun
gift#Noun
glosses: Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
examples: text: The family of the groom makes sure the new couple has a house to live in and land to cultivate; they will also pay for the dowry (crucial, for without dowry the new father has no rights over his children; Trouwborst 1962: 136ff.)
ref: 2009, Peter Uvin, Life after Violence: A People's Story of Burundi, page 125:
synonyms: bride price
reverse dowry
dower
;
see others at bride price
hypernyms: marriage-portion
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price#Noun
fee#Noun
gift#Noun
glosses: Payment by the groom or his family to the bride's family.
synonyms: dower
glosses: Inheritance from a deceased husband to his widow.
glosses: A natural gift or talent.
examples: text: But no palace had so fair a ceiling; for from the wooden beams were suspended a whole dowry of copper vessels—pails, cauldrons, water pots, of every colour from lustrous black to the palest pink.
ref: 1928, E. M. Forster, The Eternal Moment:
glosses: A large amount.
Derived terms: antidowry
dowry death
dowryless
reverse dowry
Related terms: dowager
endow
dowry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaʊəɹi/
ipa: /ˈdaʊɹi/
rhymes: -aʊəɹi
rhymes: -aʊɹi
Forms: form: dowries
form: dowrying
form: dowried
form: dowried
Etymology: From Middle English dowarye, dowerie, from Anglo-Norman dowarie, douarie, from Old French douaire, from Medieval Latin dōtārium, from Latin dōs. Doublet of dower.
Senses: examples: ref: 1999, Judith Everard, Michael C. E. Jones, Charters Duchess Constance Br, page xvi:
ref: 2013, Noreen Giffney, Margrit Shildrick, Theory on the Edge: Irish Studies and the Politics of Sexual Difference, page 62:
text: 1976, Graham Anderson, Studies in Lucian's Comic Fiction, Page 19
ref: 1911, Aida Rodman De Milt, Ways and Days Out of London, page 108:
glosses: To bestow a dowry upon.
Related terms: glory box
hope chest
trousseau
histology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɪsˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: histologies
form: histiology
Etymology: From histo- + -logy.
Senses: examples: Holonym: cytohistology
topics: biology
natural-sciences
hypernyms: biology
coordinate_terms: cytology
glosses: The study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of the tissue or tissue systems of plants and animals.
examples: Holonyms: cytohistology, cytohistopathology
topics: biology
natural-sciences
hypernyms: biology
biology
biomedicine
medicine
pathology
coordinate_terms: cytology
cytology
glosses: The study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of the tissue or tissue systems of plants and animals.
Histopathology.
qualifier: often in medicine
Derived terms: anatomical histology
cytohistology
hepatohistology
histologic
histological
histologist
immunohistology
microhistology
morphohistology
neurohistology
normal histology
osteohistology
palaeohistology
paleohistology
pathohistology
pathological histology
physiological histology
stereohistology
cytology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /saɪˈtɑləd͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Etymology: From cyto- (“cell”) + -logy.
Senses: examples: Holonym: cytohistology
topics: biology
natural-sciences
hypernyms: biology
coordinate_terms: histology
glosses: The study of cells.
examples: Holonyms: cytohistology, cytohistopathology
topics: biology
natural-sciences
hypernyms: biology
biology
biomedicine
medicine
pathology
coordinate_terms: histology
histology
histopathology
glosses: The study of cells.
Cytopathology.
qualifier: often in medicine
Derived terms: cardiocytology
cytologic
cytological
cytologist
exfoliative cytology
hemocytology
histocytology
immunocytology
nanocytology
neurocytology
paleocytology
xenocytology
mitochondrion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmaɪtəˈkɒndɹiən/
ipa: /ˌmaɪtəˈkɑndɹiən/
Forms: form: mitochondria
form: mitochondrions
Etymology: Coined in German by Carl Benda in 1898, from Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “thread”) + χονδρίον (khondríon), diminutive of χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain, morsel”)
Senses: examples: text: The consideration of the mitochondrion in the spermatocytes I shall pass over, as it is not within the bounds of this paper; yet I hope to study the earlier generations of my material, and shall then compare the results.
ref: 1902 February 24, W. J. Baumgartner, “Spermatid Transformations in Gryllus assimilis, with Special Reference to the Nebenkern”, in Kansas University Science Bulletin, volume 1, number 2:
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A spherical or ovoid organelle found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and containing genetic material separate from that of the host; it is responsible for the conversion of food to usable energy in the form of ATP.
wikipedia: Carl Benda
Coordinate terms: hydrogenosome
mitosome
plastid
Derived terms: word: megamitochondrion
word: mitochondrial
word: mitochondrial
word: mitochondriate
word: mitochondriogenesis
word: mitochondriogenic
word: mitochondrional
word: mitochondriopathy
word: mitochondriotropic
word: mitogenome
word: mitogenomic
word: mitogenomics
word: mitosome
word: mitotracker
word: promitochondrion
word: protomitochondrion
Related terms: amyloplast
chloroplast
chromoplast
elaioplast
etioplast
leucoplast
proplastid
proteinoplast
tannosome
podcast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒdˌkɑːst/
ipa: /-ˌkæst/
ipa: /ˈpɑdˌkæst/
ipa: /ˈpɔd-/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: [ˈpʰäd̥̚ˌkʰɛə̯s]
ipa: /ˈpɒdˌkɐːst/
ipa: /-ˌkæ(ː)st/
ipa: [ˈpʰɔt̚ˌkʰäs]
note: Indic
ipa: [ˈpɔɖˌkäːʂʈ]
rhymes: -ɒdkɑːst
rhymes: -ɒdkæst
Forms: form: podcasts
form: podcasting
form: podcast
form: podcast
form: podcasted
form: podcasted
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *ənter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *neHd-
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Germanic *natją
Proto-West Germanic *nati
Old English nett
Middle English net
English net
Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom
Proto-Germanic *werką
Proto-West Germanic *werk
Old English weorc
Middle English werk
English work
English network
English internetwork
English Internet
English i-
English pod
English iPod
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.?
Proto-Germanic *braidaz
Proto-West Germanic *braid
Old English brād
Middle English brod
English broad
Proto-Germanic *kas-
Proto-Germanic *kastōną
Old Norse kastabor.
Middle English casten
English cast
English broadcast
blend
English podcast
Blend of iPod (“portable music player made by Apple”) + broadcast, probably coined by the British technologist and broadcaster Ben Hammersley (born 1976) who proposed the word podcasting in 2004.
Senses: glosses: To deliver (information) in the form of a program, especially an audio program, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
glosses: To deliver a program, especially an audio program, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
Derived terms: word: podcastable
word: podcaster
word: podcasting
phagocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfeɪ.ɡəʊ.saɪˈtəʊ.sɪs/
ipa: /ˌfeɪ.ɡoʊ.saɪˈtoʊ.sɪs/
rhymes: -əʊsɪs
Forms: form: phagocytoses
Etymology: From German Phagocytosis; equivalent to phagocyte + -osis; compare French phagocytose.
Senses: examples: text: On account of the possession of this property, Metschnikoff has suggested for these groups of cells the term phagocytes, as expressive of their most distinctive feature, and for the process in general the term phagocytosis.
ref: 1889 April 13, William Osler, “Original Lectures: On Phagocytes”, in Medical Record, volume 35, number 15, page 393:
topics: biology
cytology
immunology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A form of endocytosis in which a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm.
Derived terms: antiphagocytosis
autophagocytosis
cytophagocytosis
dysphagocytosis
elastophagocytosis
endophagocytosis
erythrophagocytosis
hemophagocytosis
microphagocytosis
myophagocytosis
opsonophagocytosis
phagocytize
phagocytotic
postphagocytosis
vacuole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvækjʊˌəʊl/
Forms: form: vacuoles
Etymology: From French vacuole, from Medieval Latin vacuola, formed as a diminutive of Latin vacuus (“empty”).
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
examples: text: This surface itself was not entirely homogeneous, but beneath it, seen as through ground glass, there were dim whitish patches or vacuoles, which varied constantly in shape and size.
ref: 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed:
glosses: A small empty or air-filled space or vacuity.
Derived terms: contractile vacuole
food vacuole
hemivacuole
macrovacuole
microvacuole
parasitophorous vacuole
prevacuole
provacuole
cytoplasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪtəʊˌplæzəm/
ipa: /ˈsaɪtoʊˌplæzəm/
ipa: [ˈsaɪɾoʊˌplæzəm]
ipa: /ˈsɑetəʉˌplæzəm/
ipa: [ˈsɑeɾəʉˌplæzəm]
Forms: form: cytoplasms
form: cytioplasm
Etymology: Borrowed from German Zytoplasma, Cytoplasma. Equivalent to cyto- + -plasm.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.
Derived terms: cytoplasmatic
cytoplasmic
intracytoplasm
nucleocytoplasm
Related terms: protoplasm
vesicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛsɪkəl/
ipa: /ˈviːsɪkəl/
homophone: vesical stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: vesicles
Etymology: From Middle French vesicule, from Latin vēsīcula.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A small bladder-like cell or cavity, as:
A small sac filled with juice, one of many constituting the pulp of a fruit such as an orange, lemon, or grapefruit.
coordinate_terms: acinus
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A small bladder-like cell or cavity, as:
A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A small bladder-like cell or cavity, as:
A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
(usually and especially) Such a blister that is less than 5 mm in diameter.
synonyms: vesicula
coordinate_terms: bulla
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: germ
glosses: A pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ.
examples: text: It frequently contains holes, or vesicles, especially nearer the surface of a flow where gas has escaped.
ref: 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 51:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.
Derived terms: macrovesicle
microvesicle
minivesicle
nanovesicle
neurovesicle
seminal vesicle
transport vesicle
tubulovesicle
vesicular
Related terms: vesica
vesication
vesicula
vesicular
vesiculation
cytosol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytosols
Etymology: From cyto- + sol.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: groundplasm
paramitome
glosses: The aqueous solution of a cell's cytoplasm, consisting of water, organic molecules and inorganic ions.
Derived terms: cytosolic
noncytosol
aqueous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.kwi.əs/
ipa: /ˈeɪ.kwi.əs/
ipa: /ˈɑ.kwi.əs/
ipa: /ˈa.kwi.əs/
Forms: form: more aqueous
form: most aqueous
form: aquæous
form: aquaeous
form: aquous
Etymology: Formed from Latin aqua + -ous (or from Medieval Latin aqueus), partly the analogy of Middle French aqueux (itself actually from Latin aquosus). Or based on the analogy of Latin terreus from terra.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to water.
examples: text: It was dissolved in distilled water to prepare the exact aqueous dose (900 mg Kg −1 body weight) for intragastrical injection [ 9 ].
ref: 2015 June 28, Kholoud S. Ramadan, Salha A. Alshamrani, “Effects of Salvadora persica Extract on the Hematological and Biochemical Alterations against Immobilization-Induced Rats”, in Scientifica, volume 2015, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Consisting mostly of water. Often used in the expression "aqueous solution".
Derived terms: aqueity
aqueous humour
aqueously
aqueousness
aqueous phase
aqueous solubility
aqueous vapor
chylaqueous
glacioaqueous
ignaqueous
microaqueous
mucoaqueous
nonaqueous
sub-aqueous
subaqueous
superaqueous
Related terms: terraqueous
inorganic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnɔɹˈɡænɪk/
ipa: /ɪnɔːˈɡænɪk/
rhymes: -ænɪk
Etymology: From in- + organic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to a compound that does not contain carbon.
glosses: That does not originate in a living organism.
topics: business
marketing
antonyms: organic
glosses: Not generated by the ranking algorithms of a search engine, but deliberately by promotional techniques.
raw_tags: of search results
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Irregular
Derived terms: bioinorganic
inorganically
inorganic carbon
inorganic chemist
inorganic chemistry
inorganic polymer
inorganity
inorganic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnɔɹˈɡænɪk/
ipa: /ɪnɔːˈɡænɪk/
rhymes: -ænɪk
Forms: form: inorganics
Etymology: From in- + organic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An inorganic compound
Related terms: organic
white blood cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white blood cells
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
hematology
immunology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: word: WBC
word: white cell
word: leukocyte
word: white blood corpuscle
hypernyms: blood cell
coordinate_terms: platelet
red blood cell
glosses: A type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response, or part of the immune system.
Synonyms: word: white blood cell
word: leukocyte
Hypernyms: word: blood cell
word: cell
Hyponyms: word: lymphocyte
word: eosinophil
word: phagocyte
word: macrophage
catabolism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈtæbəlɪzm/
Forms: form: catabolisms
Etymology: From Ancient Greek καταβολή (katabolḗ, “throwing down”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: catabolisation
catabolization
catabolysis
antonyms: anabolism
glosses: Destructive (lytic) metabolism or metabolization, usually including the release of energy and breakdown of materials.
Derived terms: catabolize
catabolome
hypercatabolism
osteocatabolism
Related terms: word: catabolic
word: catabolytic
ribosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaɪbəˌsəʊm/
ipa: /ˈɹaɪbəˌsoʊm/
Forms: form: ribosomes
Etymology: From ribo- + -some.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A small organelle found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA.
Derived terms: cytoribosome
mitoribosome
monoribosome
oligoribosome
oncoribosome
plastoribosome
polyribosome
preribosome
ribosomal
ribosomic
ribosomically
ribosomopathy
subribosome
hydroxyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroxyls
Etymology: From a blend of hydrogen + oxygen + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical or functional group (–OH) in organic chemistry; present in alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids and certain other classes of compounds.
Derived terms: carboxyl
dihydroxyl
droloxifene
droxidopa
hydroxy-
hydroxy
hydroxylamine
hydroxylammonium nitrate
hydroxylapatite
hydroxylase
hydroxylate
hydroxylation
hydroxylbastnasite
hydroxylian
hydroxylic
hydroxyl ion
hydroxyl radical
methoxyl
oxilofrine
phenylhydroxylamine
Related terms: hydroxide
misanga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misangas
Senses: glosses: A friendship bracelet
ethanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛθ.ə.nɒl/
ipa: /ˈɛθ.ə.nɑl/
Forms: form: ethanols
Etymology: Contracted from ethyl + alcohol. Ethyl is from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “ether”), influenced by German Äthyl. May be decomposed as ethane + -ol.
Senses: examples: text: Our stomachs and livers have an enzyme known as alcohol dehydrogenase that breaks down ethanol to make it less toxic for our bodies, said Atlanta gastroenterologist Dr. Preston Stewart.
ref: 2012 September 26, Jacque Wilson, “Experts: Alcohol enemas ‘extremely dangerous’”, in CNN:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH₃-CH₂-OH.
examples: text: In 2007, not one drop of ethanol was produced in Ohio. Today, four ethanol facilities in Ohio are producing two hundred and ninety-five million gallons annually.
ref: 2010 January 26, Ted Strickland, Ohio State of the State Address, 05:25–39
glosses: Specifically, this form of alcohol as a fuel.
Synonyms: sense: simple aliphatic alcohol
word: alcohol
sense: simple aliphatic alcohol
word: ethyl alcohol
sense: simple aliphatic alcohol
word: ethyl hydrate
sense: simple aliphatic alcohol
word: ethyl hydroxide
sense: simple aliphatic alcohol
word: ethylol
sense: simple aliphatic alcohol
word: EtOH
sense: simple aliphatic alcohol
word: monohydroxyethane
sense: simple aliphatic alcohol
word: grain alcohol
sense: simple aliphatic alcohol
word: methylcarbinol
sense: simple aliphatic alcohol
word: E1510
Hyponyms: sense: simple aliphatic alcohol
english: neutral grain spirit
translation: neutral grain spirit
word: NGS
sense: simple aliphatic alcohol
english: grain neutral spirit
translation: grain neutral spirit
word: GNS
sense: simple aliphatic alcohol
english: grain spirit
translation: grain spirit
word: GS
sense: simple aliphatic alcohol
english: neutral spirit
translation: neutral spirit
word: NS
sense: simple aliphatic alcohol
word: rectified spirit
sense: simple aliphatic alcohol
word: neutral alcohol
Derived terms: bioethanol
bromoethanol
ethanolamine
ethanolemia
ethanolic
ethanologenic
ethanolysis
mercaptoethanol
nonethanol
phenoxyethanol
radioethanol
tribromoethanol
triethanolamine
univalent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌjuːnɪˈveɪlənt/
ipa: /juːˈnɪvələnt/
Etymology: From uni- + -valent.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: monovalent
glosses: Having an atomic valence of 1, or having only one valence.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Having a vaccine valence of 1.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of, or relating to, a chromosome that is not paired with its homologous chromosome during synapsis.
topics: complex-analysis
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: schlicht
simple
glosses: (Holomorphic and) injective.
raw_tags: of a (holomorphic) function
univalent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌjuːnɪˈveɪlənt/
ipa: /juːˈnɪvələnt/
Forms: form: univalents
Etymology: From uni- + -valent.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any univalent chromosome.
domestic policy council
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: domestic policy councils
Senses: glosses: A council that coordinates the domestic policy-making process in the White House and offers policy advice to the President
federal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛdəɹəl/
ipa: /ˈfɛdɹəl/
Forms: form: fœderal
form: fœderall
Etymology: From French fédéral, from Latin stem foeder- of foedus (“covenant, league, treaty, alliance”).
Senses: examples: text: Yet the Romans, taking them [the Carthaginians] at an Advantage, vvhen they vvere in Streights; compell'd them, contrary to all Fœderal Right and Juſtice, by Nevv Articles, both to part with Sardinia, their Lavvful Territory, and alſo to pay them for the future, a Double Tribute.
ref: 1701, Nehemiah Grew, “Of Providence over Publick States”, in Cosmologia Sacra: Or A Discourse of the Universe as It is the Creature and Kingdom of God. […], London: […] W[illiam] Rogers, S[amuel] Smith, and B[enjamin] Walford: […], →OCLC, 3rd book, paragraph 27, page 113:
glosses: Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.
glosses: Pertaining to the national government level in a federal nation, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.
examples: text: federal theology
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Relating to covenantalism.
glosses: Intrusive; airing out another's personal affairs.
Derived terms: anti-federal
Federal Capital Territory
federal case
Federal City
federal city
federal council
federal district
federalese
federal government
federalisation
federalise
federalism
federalist
federalization
federalize
federally
federal municipality
federalness
federal question
federal question jurisdiction
Federal Republic of Germany
Federal Republic of Somalia
federal state
federal subject
federal territory
Federal Way
federalwide
federal yellow
FedEx
Fedzilla
make a federal case out of something
nonfederal
postfederal
prefederal
quasifederal
unfederal
federal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛdəɹəl/
ipa: /ˈfɛdɹəl/
Forms: form: federals
form: fœderal
form: fœderall
Etymology: From French fédéral, from Latin stem foeder- of foedus (“covenant, league, treaty, alliance”).
Senses: glosses: A federal agent
A law-enforcement official of the FBI.
glosses: A federal agent
A Union soldier in the American Civil War.
glosses: A supporter of federation.
Synonyms: word: fed
mtRNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mtRNAs
form: mtrna
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of mitochondrial RNA.
Related terms: mtDNA
mRNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mRNAs
form: mrna
Senses: examples: text: When a cell “expresses” a gene, it translates the DNA first into a signature messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence and subsequently into a chain of amino acids that forms a protein.
ref: 2015 November 28, Ferris Jabr, “How Humans Ended Up With Freakishly Huge Brains”, in Wired:
text: Because of their fragility, the mRNA molecules will quickly fall apart at room temperature. Moderna’s vaccine will need to be refrigerated, and should be stable for up to six months when shipped and stored at –4°F (–20°C).
ref: 2020 December 5, Jonathan Corum, Carl Zimmer, “How Moderna’s Vaccine Works”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of messenger RNA.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A strand of messenger RNA.
Related terms: mDNA
tRNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tRNAs
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of transfer RNA.
Derived terms: aminoacyl tRNA synthetase
bigger fish to fry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bigger fish to fry
Etymology: An augmentative of other fish to fry.
Senses: examples: text: Thanks for the vegan idioms, Peta, but there are bigger fish to fry [title] Trying to enforce non-meaty alternatives to phrases like ‘bring home the bacon’ will only harm the veganism cause[.]
ref: 2018 December 6, Jessica Brown, “Thanks for the vegan idioms, Peta, but there are bigger fish to fry”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A much more pressing issue to attend to.
glosses: A higher-valued result or target to reach.
Synonyms: other fish to fry
Related terms: big picture
bigger fish in the sea
bird's-eye view
gestalt
gist
grand scheme
overview
the forest for the trees
vac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /væk/
Forms: form: vacs
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: examples: text: It was to be their last term at Oxford and Hilary had incited them both to journey with him to Provence for the long vac.
ref: 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 324:
glosses: Clipping of vacation (“extended period of time away from work or school”).
glosses: Clipping of vacuum cleaner.
glosses: Clipping of vacuum.
glosses: Clipping of vaccine.
Derived terms: sense: vacation
word: long vac
sense: vacation
word: swot vac
sense: vacuum cleaner
word: minivac
sense: vacuum
word: vac bed
sense: vacuum
word: vac pack
vac
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /væk/
Forms: form: vacs
form: vaccing
form: vacking
form: vacced
form: vacced
form: vacked
form: vacked
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: examples: text: I went on to how Harold used to work in security on the building; he used to see Andy in the underground car-park vacking the sick out of the Merc.
ref: 2010, Alan Hollinghurst, The Folding Star, page 332:
glosses: To vacuum; to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
Related terms: sits vac
vac.
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: biology
epigraphy
geography
history
human-sciences
literature
media
natural-sciences
palaeography
paleogeography
paleography
paleontology
publishing
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of vacat.
vulnerable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvʌln(ə)ɹəbl̩/
ipa: /ˈvʌn(ə)ɹəbl̩/
Forms: form: more vulnerable
form: most vulnerable
Etymology: From Late Latin vulnerābilis (“injurious, wounding”), from Latin vulnerō (“I wound”).
Senses: examples: text: In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. ‘Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’
ref: 1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 1, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, →OCLC:
text: The elimination of [Roger] Federer after [Rafael] Nadal's loss to Lukas Rosol would have created mild panic among the fans of these gloriously gifted but now clearly vulnerable geniuses.
ref: 2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2016:
text: One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
ref: 2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1:
text: You are vulnerable to be bullied by someone at school.
glosses: More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
examples: text: It's okay to get vulnerable every now and again.
glosses: More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
Open to disclosing one's inner thoughts and feelings, acting in spite of one's instinct to self-preservation.
examples: text: a vulnerable PC with no antivirus software
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.
examples: text: Welsh is merely a vulnerable language, but Irish and Scottish Gaelic are definitely endangered.
glosses: at moderate risk of extinction though not quite endangered.
raw_tags: of a language or species
Synonyms: sense: exposed to attack
word: defenceless
sense: exposed to attack
word: helpless
sense: exposed to attack
word: powerless
sense: exposed to attack
word: unguarded
sense: exposed to attack
word: unprotected
sense: exposed to attack
word: weak
sense: exposed to attack
word: woundable
Derived terms: vulnerability
vulnerably
voltmeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvoʊltˌmitɚ/
ipa: [ˈvoʊltˌmiɾɚ]
Forms: form: voltmeters
form: voltmetre
form: voltometer
Etymology: From volt + -meter.
Senses: examples: text: Because most diesel failures can be traced to electrical faults, minor in themselves but often difficult to pin-point, any unscheduled halt during a trial run is often the signal for the frenzied unfolding of wiring diagrams and the appearance of an impressive array of voltmeters and circuit testers.
ref: 1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 268:
glosses: An instrument for measuring electric potential in volts.
luncheon meat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: luncheon meats
Senses: glosses: Lunch meat.
glosses: Spam (canned meat).