cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
CMC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: KMC
glosses: Initialism of Calcutta Municipal Corporation.
MCPON
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy.
USNA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of United States Naval Academy.
Synonyms: Annapolis
CNO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CNOs
Senses: examples: text: “You know, I really didn't have much to do with Vietnam. In the summer of 1964, I went to work for the assistant CNO for submarine warfare, Op 02. But that summer, Op 03—that's surface warfare—was developing new ASW strategies.”
ref: 1996, William Martin, Annapolis, New York: Tom Doherty Associates, published 2010, →ISBN, page 761:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Chief of Naval Operations.
LOA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LOAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of leave of absence.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of letter of appreciation.
examples: text: But in the end, nothing says as much about a yacht, or its owner, as the delicate matter of L.O.A.—length over all.
ref: 2022 July 18, Evan Osnos, “The Haves and the Have-Yachts”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2022:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Initialism of length over all, the length of a ship's hull without attachments.
Sabirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sabir
AAFES
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /'eɪfəs/
/'eɪfis/
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of Army and Air Force Exchange Service.
scrubfowls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrubfowl
privatopia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹaɪ.vəˈtəʊ.pi.ə/
ipa: /ˌpɹaɪ.vəˈtoʊ.pi.ə/
rhymes: -əʊpiə
Forms: form: privatopias
Etymology: Blend of private + utopia.
Senses: glosses: A private, generally gated, community of regulated and genteel appearance.
Derived terms: privatopian
privatopias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of privatopia
gated community
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gated communities
Senses: examples: text: In physical terms, a gated community is a walled or fenced housing development to which public access is restricted and often guarded using CCTV and/or security personnel.
ref: 2008, Sarah Blandy, “Secession or cohesion? Exploring the impact of gated communities”, in John Flint, David Robinson, editors, Community Cohesion in Crisis?: New Dimensions of Diversity and Difference, Policy Press, →ISBN, page 239:
synonyms: walled community
subdivision
glosses: A residential area with restricted access, such as by a locked gate or guard post.
examples: text: Everyday life is increasingly unaffordable for most New Yorkers, but a new class of private, members-only and concierge services is emerging as a kind of gated community within the city.
ref: 2023 November 6, Eliza Shapiro, “Inside the Private World the Richest New Yorkers Built for Themselves”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Anything exclusive having restricted access.
Related terms: walled garden
gated communities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gated community
guard post
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guard posts
Etymology: From guard + post.
Senses: examples: text: In 1938 my husband and I were sent by the old regimental district branch to a guard post called Boli on the border between Manchuria and the Soviet Union.
ref: 1986, Chiharu Kōno, “Women in Flight”, in Richard L. Gage, transl., Women Against War: Personal Accounts of Forty Japanese Women, Kodansha International, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 26:
coordinate_terms: sentry-box
glosses: A location where a guard is posted (station), often having a guardhouse.
guard posts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guard post
guardpost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guardposts
Etymology: From guard + post.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of guard post.
guardposts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guardpost
ALBM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ALBMs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of air-launched ballistic missile.
Coordinate terms: SLBM
ALCM
ICBM
LRBM
IRBM
MRBM
SRBM
ABM
ASBM
SgtMaj
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of sergeant major.
SGM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SGMs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Sergeant major.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of spherical grating monochromator.
examples: text: Such realities are indeed problematic for SGM youth, whose age and sexual and gender differences render them ...
ref: 2015, André P. Grace, Growing into Resilience: Sexual and Gender Minority Youth in Canada, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 18:
text: Importantly, SGM youth also demonstrate a great deal of resilience in the face of hostile environments, finding a sense of empowerment from their identities, seeking out or creating safe spaces such as GSAs or LGBTQ resource centers, ...
ref: 2018, Barbara Schneider, Handbook of the Sociology of Education in the 21st Century, Springer, →ISBN, page 210:
text: [...] since some SGM are forced by stigma to socialize or date in secret, in unfamiliar settings, [...]
ref: 2018, Lindsay M. Orchowski, Christine Gidycz, Sexual Assault Risk Reduction and Resistance: Theory, Research, and Practice, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 338:
synonyms: GSM
glosses: Sexual and gender minority/minorities, i.e. non-heterosexual and/or non-cisgender person(s). (Also used attributively.)
Coordinate terms: sense: sexual and/or gender minority
word: GM
sense: sexual and/or gender minority
word: SM
sense: sexual and/or gender minority
word: GSRM
Related terms: gender minority
sexual minority
SMA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SMAs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of sergeant major of the army.
examples: text: To simplify a bit, once having decided, the PFC passes the decision on to the rest of the frontal cortex, which passes it to the premotor cortex, then to the SMA and, a few steps later, on to your muscles.
ref: 2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:
topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Initialism of supplementary motor area.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of superior mesenteric artery.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of spinal muscular atrophy.
glosses: Initialism of standard metropolitan area.
Hypernyms: sense: spinal muscular atrophy
word: SMAs
Hyponyms: sense: spinal muscular atrophy
word: SMA0
sense: spinal muscular atrophy
word: SMA1
sense: spinal muscular atrophy
word: SMA2
sense: spinal muscular atrophy
word: SMA3
sense: spinal muscular atrophy
word: SMA4
Derived terms: sense: spinal muscular atrophy
word: SMAs
sense: spinal muscular atrophy
word: SMA0
sense: spinal muscular atrophy
word: SMA1
sense: spinal muscular atrophy
word: SMA2
sense: spinal muscular atrophy
word: SMA3
sense: spinal muscular atrophy
word: SMA4
SMA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of Service Management Automation (a set of tools for Microsoft Azure).
SgtMajMarCor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps.
SMMC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SMMCs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps.
CQB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of close-quarters battle.
Derived terms: sense: close-quarters battle
word: CQBW
Related terms: sense: close-quarters battle
word: CQC
OBUA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of operations in built-up areas.
MOOTW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Military operations other than war.
RAPIDS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of Real-Time Automated Personnel Identification System.
DMDC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Defense Manpower Data Center.
DLA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Defense Logistics Agency.
glosses: Initialism of Disability Living Allowance.
OSD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Office of the Secretary of Defense.
OSD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OSDs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of on-screen display.
WHS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Washington Headquarters Services.
glosses: Initialism of WHSmith (“British retailer of books, magazines, stationery, etc.”).
WHS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of World Heritage Site.
synonyms: occupational health and safety
glosses: Initialism of workplace health and safety.
glosses: Initialism of wobbly hedgehog syndrome.
NGIA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
PFT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PFTs
Senses: examples: text: He could be the worst marine ever—he could be fat and nasty, and I could be running a perfect PFT.
ref: 2010, Laura Browder, Sascha Pflaeging, When Janey Comes Marching Home: Portraits of Women Combat Veterans, University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 137:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of physical fitness test.
SMEAC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of situation, mission, execution admin (logistics) command (signal).
VBIED
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VBIEDs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.
UUV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UUVs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Unmanned Underwater Vehicle.
LtCol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LtCols
form: LTCOL
form: Lt.Col.
form: Lt. Col.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Lieutenant Colonel.
Related terms: Col
Col.
COL
lieutenant
colonel
pulmonary emphysema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pulmonary emphysemas
Senses: synonyms: emphysema
glosses: A chronic lung disease characterised by an abnormal increase in the size of the air spaces, resulting in laboured breathing and caused by exposure to toxic chemicals, most commonly tobacco smoke.
emphysematous cystitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Cystitis accompanied by pockets of air in and around the bladder due to the presence of gas-forming microorganisms.
CVN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CVNs
Etymology: Initialism for Cruiser Voler Nuclear. See French voler (“to fly”).
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
bedumb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bedumbs
form: bedumbing
form: bedumbed
form: bedumbed
Etymology: From be- + dumb. Compare Middle English adumbien, from Old English ādumbian (“to become mute or dumb, keep silence, hold one’s peace”).
Senses: examples: text: These make no rustle save Some pine-cone dropt, or murmur that condemns Murmur; bedumb'd with moss that giant nave.
ref: 1901, Herbert Trench, Deirdre wed and other poems - Page 39:
text: Let not the melancholy past / Bedumb your hardened ears; [...]
ref: 1902, Frederick Strange Kolle, Pen lyrics - Page 11:
text: Our disease is not smugness, but the anxiety that bedumbs the singer.
ref: 1964, John Holloway, The lion hunt: a pursuit of poetry and reality - Page 18:
glosses: To make or render dumb, or mute.
STOBAR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of short take-off but arrested recovery.
ISTAR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance.
NAVMC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Navy and Marine Corps.
RCCPDS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Reserve Components Common Personnel Data System.
ACCPDS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /eɪ siː siː piː diː ˈɛs/
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Active Component Common Personnel Data System.
JPAS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Joint Personnel Adjudication System.
HMMWV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HMMWVs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle.
Synonyms: Humvee
Hypernyms: Hummer
Related terms: MRAP
jeep
eker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ekers
Etymology: From eke + -er.
Senses: examples: text: What with the increased cost and the continued element of unreliability that these facts mean, I don't see in hydro-electricity more than an eker-out of coal and oil, not a supplanter.
ref: 1957, Petroleum Times, volume 61, page 43:
glosses: One who ekes.
PTS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PTSs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Parsonage-Turner syndrome.
glosses: Initialism of Paris-Trousseau syndrome.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Plavayushchij Transportyer - Sryednyj: a Soviet tracked amphibious transport vehicle
PTS
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of pay to surf: a business model where users are paid for viewing advertisements while browsing the World Wide Web.
RFJ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
glosses: Initialism of Rewards for Justice.
USPIS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
glosses: Initialism of United States Postal Inspection Service.
blanja
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of belanja.
DTIC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Defense Technical Information Center.
ASTIA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Armed Services Technical Information Agency.
Al-fayyūm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Fayum.
El-faiyûm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Fayum.
NTIS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
glosses: Initialism of National Technical Information Service.
NTIS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of non-thyroidal illness syndrome.
Related terms: TACITUS
Fayum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fayyum
form: Faiyum
form: Fayoum
Etymology: From Arabic الفَيُّوم (al-Fayyūm), from Coptic ⲫ̀ⲓⲟⲙ (Ph̀iom, “the sea, Fayum”), from Egyptian pꜣ ym (“Lake Moeris”), from pꜣ (“the”) + ym (“lake”).
Senses: glosses: A city in Egypt near Lake Moeris.
glosses: A region of Egypt around the city.
glosses: A governorate of Egypt containing the city.
Synonyms: word: Crocodilopolis
word: Arsinoe
Derived terms: Fayumian
Fayum portrait
Fayyumic
QDR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Quadrennial Defense Review.
QDR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
coordinate_terms: SDR
DDR
ODR
glosses: Initialism of quad data rate.
AAAV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /eɪ eɪ eɪ ˈviː/
Forms: form: AAAVs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle.
Related terms: EFV
LMTV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LMTVs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Light Medium Tactical Vehicle.
FMTV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles.
mail it in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mails it in
form: mailing it in
form: mailed it in
form: mailed it in
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mail, it, in.
examples: text: "I do think the judges mailed it in during Season 6, relative to previous years," Welton says. "Simon needs to be nastier. […]"
ref: 2008 January 11, Bill Keveney, “Idol tries to get its groove back”, in USA Today, page 1A:
text: So when you have to write two columns a week that are going to be read by a lot of people around the world, you can't just mail it in. You're thinking all the time.
ref: 2009 January/February, Keith Bellows, “Go, But Go Green”, in National Geographic, volume 26, number 1, page 22:
text: Listen, we're not mailing it in, we're trying to get better.
ref: 2010 May 25, Joe Cowley, “Crunch time comes early; Sox 7 Indians 2; Peavy^s point: Next month is make or break”, in The Chicago Sun-Times:
glosses: To deliver a performance without commitment or effort, with lackluster results.
Synonyms: phone in
Related terms: mailed-in
CSIB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CSIBs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Combat Service Identification Badge.
ACU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of accessory commercial unit.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Army Combat Uniform.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Initialism of Assault Craft Unit.
ACU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and other administration officials attended the conference, though the ACU says the attendee did not come into contact with the president or vice president, nor did they attend events in the main hall.
ref: 2020 March 7, Greg Clary and Raymond Arke, “CPAC attendee tested positive for coronavirus”, in CNN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of American Conservative Union.
DCU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Desert Camouflage Uniform.
DCU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: I think the Batcave came from Batman's radio show. Renee Montoya, Harley Quinn from the animated series. Hey, before the Adam West show did anybody know Alfred was British? (maybe.) And a lot of the recent redesigns across the DCU have come from the Timmverse, including Robin's spiffy new duds.
ref: 2007 September 29, Denny Colt, “Re: JLA Movie: You Knew It Would Suck But This Badly?”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), message-ID <1191098202.149049.200890@w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>:
coordinate_terms: DC
DCEU
DCAU
glosses: Initialism of DC Universe; synonym of DCverse.
coordinate_terms: MCU
glosses: Initialism of DC Cinematic Universe, the DC Comics based interconnected filmic universe to be launched in the 2020s, successor to the defunct DCEU cinematic universe.
NECC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command.
glosses: Initialism of National Egg Coordination Committee.
SCWS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Seabee combat warfare specialist.
EIB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EIBs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Expert Infantryman Badge.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (or bronchospasm).
SINCGARS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System.
CNR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CNRs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Combat-net radio.
JTRS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Joint Tactical Radio System.
ACMC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps.
HSM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HSMs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Humanitarian Service Medal.
glosses: Initialism of hardware security module.
HSM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of High School Musical.
GWOT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In the 2008 presidential election, although both candidates were caught within the GWOT discourse trap, there was an attempt by the Democrats to contest the content of the GWOT by arguing that Afghanistan was the central front in the war on terror, rather than Iraq.
ref: 2013, Jeffrey H. Michaels, The Discourse Trap and the US Military […] , Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Global War on Terrorism.
AFSM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AFSMs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Armed Forces Service Medal.
NMCC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of National Military Command Center.
silicon tetrabromide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The binary compound of silicon and bromine SiBr₄.
flip the script
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flips the script
form: flipping the script
form: flipped the script
form: flipped the script
Senses: examples: text: Some people walk with a panther or strike a buffalo stance that makes you wanna dance. Other people flip the script on the day of the jackal that'll make you cackle.
ref: 2003, Deborah Gregory, The Cheetah Girls: Livin' Large!, page 405:
text: But sometimes she'd flip the script and come out with some tight shit on, turning that magnetic strength up to full power.
ref: 2008, Brian Peterson, Move Over, Girl: A Novel, page 63:
text: We need to flip the script and start showing that same level of compassion and love toward each other, and perhaps we will then gain respect and control over our communities.
ref: 2010, Inkwell, Children in the Belly of the Beast: Breeding Ground for Social Pathology, page 148:
text: And we're not talking about me. We're talking about you. What's with you Kings? You're always trying to flip the script on me.
ref: 2011, Adrianne Byrd, King's Promise, page 94:
text: I know there are exceptions, and I’m not trying to flip the script and reveal the reactionary face of Hollywood, though it’s true that in the years of the Production Code (from the mid-’30s until the late ’60s), Hollywood upheld a fairly conservative vision of American life.
ref: 2022 June 2, A. O. Scott, “Are the Movies Liberal?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: turn the tables
glosses: To reverse a situation, especially by doing something unexpected.
flips the script
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flip the script
flipping the script
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flip the script
flipped the script
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flip the script
AFRM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AFRMs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Armed Forced Reserve Medal.
SMCR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Selected Marine Corps Reserve.
OIF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
OEF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Operation Enduring Freedom.
MEU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MEUs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of marine expeditionary unit.
FMF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FMFs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of familial Mediterranean fever.
glosses: Initialism of female male female (“a sexual act between two females and one male”).
FMF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Fleet Marine Force.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Foreign Military Financing.
SIOP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiɔp/
ipa: /ˈsaiɔp/
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of Single Integrated Operational Plan.
MSC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MSCs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Mesenchymal stem cell.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: Initialism of Most Significant Carrier, a method used by some airlines to determine the baggage allowance of a multi-carrier air ticket.
MSC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Military Sealift Command, an organization that controls the replenishment and military transport ships of the United States Navy.
glosses: Initialism of Manned Spacecraft Center.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of Melbourne Securities Corporation.
glosses: Initialism of Modern Standard Chinese.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Messinian salinity crisis.
glosses: Initialism of Marine Stewardship Council, used to label fish supplies.
Related terms: word: MSM
Toby mush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Toby mushes
Senses: examples: text: He has a 'Toby mush' or assistant who collects tolls for the Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough (District) Council who control the general market, also called the pannier market, which I understand is a profitable business.
ref: 1994, George Evans, Shropshire's Wonderful Markets, →ISBN, page 85:
text: According to market mythology, the Toby Mush who went from stall to stall in policeman's boots, with a clinking leather rent-collector's bag on his shoulder, deciding who got to stand where at Stockport, was afflicted with a blind eye and a bent right arm, so many backhanders did he take possession of on market days.
ref: 2010, Howard Jacobson, The Mighty Walzer, →ISBN, page 82:
glosses: An assistant to a Toby on a street market.
dexters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dexter
MOLLE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MOLLEs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment.
PALS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Pouch Attachment Ladder System.
LCE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Load-Carrying Equipment.
IIFS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Individual Integrated Fighting System.
casevacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of casevac
casevacs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of casevac
casevacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of casevac
casevacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of casevac
casevac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: casevacs
Senses: examples: text: In the late 1940s, helicopters were used in the casevac role by the British in Malaya.
ref: 2001, Terry Martin, Handbook of Patient Transportation, page 7:
text: I have done several night casevacs and they can be pretty hazardous.
ref: 2007, Alexandre Binda, Chris Cocks, The Saints: The Rhodesian Light Infantry, page 166:
text: Linde had been on his way to fetch a casevac from 32 Battalion at a place called Luenga, in the bush, 60 kilometres south of Menonque.
ref: 2008, Dick Lord, From Fledgling to Eagle: The South African Air Force During the Border War, page 343:
glosses: Alternative form of CASEVAC.
casevac
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: casevacs
form: casevacing
form: casevacking
form: casevaced
form: casevaced
form: casevacked
form: casevacked
Senses: examples: text: ‘If there's anything wrong with the hospital′s radio — if we can′t get Whinger casevacked, for any reason — we can′t just leave him there. We′ll get what drugs we can for him, but we may have to bring him back for the time being.’
ref: 2003, Chris Ryan, Tenth Man Down, page 239:
text: He had broken his leg on landing and was waiting to be collected at a later stage to be casevacked ...
ref: 2006, Willem Steenkamp, Borderstrike!: South Africa Into Angola 1975-1980, page 165:
text: There couldn't be many better than these—they were responsible for taking us out to be thrown into the wilderness by parachute, re-supply drops in the field, transporting vital supplies and for casevacking troops from operational areas.
ref: 2007, Stu Taylor, Lost in Africa, page 104:
glosses: Alternative form of CASEVAC.
you gals
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: text: Hey you gals! How you doin'?
text: You gals headin' down to the beach?
glosses: You (plural).
Synonyms: the list of other second-person pronouns in you
Related terms: word: you guys
english: proscribed by most speakers
translation: proscribed by most speakers
word: your guys's
NRIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NRI
quantum fluctuation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quantum fluctuations
Senses: qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: A momentary fluctuation in the energy at a point in space due to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle
Synonyms: vacuum fluctuation
slobber knocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slobber knockers
form: slobberknocker
form: slobber-knocker
Senses: examples: text: "I'm gonna flatten her with my own personal slobber-knocker block." "She'll never know what hit her!"
ref: 1993, Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain, The Berenstain Bears and the female fullback, page 68:
text: "Decleaters" are awarded to athletes at Wisconsin who stand up to "dee opponent and knocks him off dee cleats," while a player at Miami can receive a "slobber knocker" for slamming an opponent's saliva out of his mouth.
ref: 2006, Peter S. Finley, Laura L. Finley, The sports industry's war on athletes, page 72:
glosses: A violent collision experienced by a person.
examples: text: That was a real slobber knocker of a football game.
glosses: A violent physical confrontation.
petrol tank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petrol tanks
Senses: glosses: a tank designed to hold petrol
Synonyms: word: gas tank
Related terms: fuel tank
printerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From printer + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a printer.
noroviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to noroviruses.
Second French Empire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The French empire ruled by Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870.
Related terms: First French Empire
hallowdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hallow + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: English sainthood was sometimes mystical but was never morbid or extravagant. Mr. Hutton in his earlier lectures draws out the varying forms which hallowdom took in different nations.
ref: 1904, John Douglas Cook, Philip Harwood, Walter Herries Pollock, Saturday review of politics, literature, science and art - Volume 96 - Page 428:
text: "What is this Anser's rank, if I may make so bold as to ask? Surely he cannot now wear the yellow robe; I believe I know all the clerics of my own rank throughout Avornis. Would you elevate to the arch-hallowdom a man from the green, or even from the black?"
ref: 2003, Dan Chernenko, The bastard king - Page 246:
glosses: The state or condition of being a hallow or saint; sainthood.
CANEX
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of Canadian Forces Exchange System.
MCCS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Marine Corps Community Services.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Marine Corps crime syndicate.
DoDEA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of Department of Defense Education Activity.
ngas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nga
MSIC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Missile and Space Intelligence Center.
C4ISR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
PASGT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops.
MICH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MICHs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Modular Integrated Communications Helmet.
MARPAT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MARPATs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: UCP
CADPAT
glosses: Marine pattern (a form of camouflage).
ACMH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Army Center of Military History.
UNIKOM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission.
UNFICYP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.
NVG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NVGs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of night vision goggles.
NVD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NVDs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Night Vision Device.
MSTAR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Man-portable Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar.
nonpeaceful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-peaceful
Etymology: From non- + peaceful.
Senses: glosses: Not peaceful.
Synonyms: unpeaceful
Putrakameshti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit पुत्र (putra) + Telugu కామేష్టి (kāmēṣṭi).
Senses: glosses: A special Yajna performed in Hinduism for the sake of having a child.
ALICE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment.
master gunnery sergeant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: master gunnery sergeants
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A non-commissioned officer of rank E-9 in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above a master sergeant/first sergeant and below a warrant officer. It is equal in grade to sergeant major
wikipedia: Master Gunnery Sergeant
master gunnery sergeants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of master gunnery sergeant
heat of vaporization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heats of vaporization
form: heat of vaporisation
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The amount of heat needed to change a unit mass of material from a liquid to a gas at its boiling point
Synonyms: enthalpy of vaporization
blow upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blows upon
form: blowing upon
form: blew upon
form: blown upon
Senses: examples: text: And thenne syre Gawayne made many men to blowe vpon syr launcelot / And all at ones they called hym fals recreaunt knyght.
"And then Sir Gawaine made many men to blow upon Sir Launcelot; and all at once they called him false recreant knight."
ref: 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XX, Chapter xij, leaf 409r:
text: 'I'm afraid,' said the Jew, 'that he may say something which will get us into trouble.'
'That's very likely,' returned Sikes with a malicious grin. 'You're blowed upon, Fagin.'
ref: 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “chapter 13”, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To defame, discredit; make someone the subject of a scandal.
examples: text: How far the very custom of hearing anything spouted withers and blows upon a fine passage, may be seen in those speeches from [Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in the mouths of schoolboys.
ref: 1811, Charles Lamb, On the Tragedies of Shakespeare Considered with Reference to their Fitness for Stage Representation:
text: a lady's maid whose character had been blown upon
ref: 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter III, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
text: If it wos so, which I still don't say it is (for I will not prewaricate to you, sir), let that there boy keep his father's place, and take care of his mother; don't blow upon that boy's father — do not do it, sir — and let that father go into the line of the reg'lar diggin', and make amends for what he would have undug […]
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:
glosses: To inform against.
glosses: To take the bloom or freshness off something.
malagruze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: malagruzes
form: malagruzing
form: malagruzed
form: malagruzed
form: malagarouse
form: malagrooze
Etymology: From Scots malagruize.
Senses: examples: text: the storms came malagarousing the trees down the length and breadth of the shrilling Howe.
ref: 1933, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Cloud Howe (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 276:
text: "Why remember those nasty centuries when honest folk were queered, pestered and malagroozed by clanjamfries of greedy gangsters who called themselves governments and stock exchanges?"
ref: 1994, Alasdair Gray, A History Maker:
glosses: To cause havoc to; to disarrange, put into disarray.
malagarouse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: malagarouses
form: malagarousing
form: malagaroused
form: malagaroused
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of malagruze.
desoldering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of desolder
desolders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of desolder
desoldered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of desolder
wrappable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wrap + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be wrapped.
solderable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From solder + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be soldered.
water gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide produced by passing steam over hot coke; used as a domestic fuel, a town gas and/or illuminating gas.
Coordinate terms: sense: types of gas
word: coal gas
word: natural gas
word: producer gas
word: synthesis gas
Related terms: word: gaslight
word: gasworks
Wassers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wasser
gurukul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gurukuls
form: gurukula
Etymology: * From Sanskrit गुरु (guru) + कुल (kula).
Senses: glosses: A type of school in India and in several other countries, residential in nature, with pupils living near the guru, often within the same house.
ANGLICO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company.
BAH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Basic Allowance for Housing.
BAS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: B.A.S.
form: B. A. S.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of basic allowance for subsistence.
synonyms: BASc
B.A.Sc.
B. A. Sc.
BAppSc
B.App.Sc.
B. App. Sc.
BEng
B.Eng.
B. Eng.
glosses: Initialism of Bachelor of Applied Science.
Related terms: MAS
M.A.S.
M. A. S.
BAS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: B.A.S.
form: B. A. S.
Senses: qualifier: Anglicanism
glosses: Initialism of Book of Alternative Services.
glosses: Initialism of British Antarctic Survey.
Related terms: Baccalaureate of Applied Science
Baccalaureate of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering
DLPT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Defense Language Proficiency Tests.
DLAB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Defense Language Aptitude Battery.
DLI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Defense Language Institute.
MGIB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Montgomery GI Bill.
hydrogen embrittlement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The absorption of hydrogen into a metal, and subsequent weakening, as part of a pickling process
MPRC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Military Personnel Records Center.
NARA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In the past, this has been true for Presidents who notified NARA before leaving office that they intended to build a presidential library – something Trump did not do.
ref: 2023 June 9, Jamie Gangel, Zachary Cohen and Elizabeth Stuart, “National Archives refutes claims Trump had two years to go through presidential records in rare public statement”, in CNN:
topics: government
glosses: Initialism of National Archives and Records Administration.
Sarala
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit सरल (sarala).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit used commonly in India.
mandioc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of manioc.
palmatisected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more palmatisected
form: most palmatisected
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: palmatisect
phasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæzəm/
rhymes: -æzəm
Forms: form: phasms
form: phasma
form: phasma
Etymology: From Latin phasma or Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma). See phase.
Senses: examples: text: For heart is besides that from thence proceed many aerial fictions , and not from God, phasms, and chimeras , created by the vanity of our own hearts
ref: 1654, H[enry] Hammond, Of Fundamentals in a Notion Referring to Practise, London: […] J[ames] Flesher for Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
text: After a small space the lights‥extinguish, and‥the Phasma having assumed a bodily shape or other false representation accompanies her.
ref: 1677, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels into Africa and Asia the Great:
glosses: An apparition; a phantom.
phasms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phasm
Thomeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Thomean
Thomaean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Thomaeans
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Thomæan.
Thomaeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Thomaean
TSP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
glosses: Initialism of Thrift Savings Plan.
TSP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of travelling salesman problem.
glosses: Initialism of textured soy protein (“textured vegetable protein”).
FERS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
glosses: Federal Employees Retirement System.
spicated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spicated
form: most spicated
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: spicate
CSRS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
glosses: Initialism of Civil Service Retirement System.
logarithmetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more logarithmetic
form: most logarithmetic
Senses: examples: text: logarithmetic table
text: logarithmetic tangent
glosses: logarithmic
Derived terms: logarithmetically
logarithmetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more logarithmetical
form: most logarithmetical
Senses: glosses: logarithmic
Derived terms: logarithmetically
unnoteworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unnoteworthy
form: most unnoteworthy
Etymology: From un- + noteworthy.
Senses: glosses: Not noteworthy.
unnoteworthiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unnoteworthy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unnoteworthy.
disregardable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disregardable
form: most disregardable
Etymology: From disregard + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be disregarded; ignorable.
pegador
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pegadors
Etymology: From Spanish pegador, from pegar (“to stick”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: live sharksucker
glosses: A species of remora (Echeneis naucrates).
pegadors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pegador
sculker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sculkers
Senses: glosses: Dated form of skulker.
sculkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sculker
sculking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sculk
sculks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sculk
sculked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sculk
morrises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morris
merils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of merels.