cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nullifidian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnʌl.əˈfɪd.i.ən/
ipa: /nul-/
Forms: form: nullifidians
Etymology: From Latin nūllus (“not any”) + fidēs (“faith”) + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: [...] Celia was no longer the eternal cherub, but a thorn in her spirit, a pink-and-white nullifidian, worse than any discouraging presence in the 'Pilgrim's Progress.'
ref: 1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter IV, in Middlemarch […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book I, page 56:
text: A man may be content to remain a nullifidian; women cannot rest at that stage. They demand the spiritual significance of everything.
ref: 1892, George Gissing, Born in Exile:
glosses: A sceptic; an atheist or unbeliever.
nullifidian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnʌl.əˈfɪd.i.ən/
ipa: /nul-/
Etymology: From Latin nūllus (“not any”) + fidēs (“faith”) + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of no faith or religion; not trusting to faith for salvation.
navarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: navarins
Etymology: Borrowed from French navarin, probably from navet (“turnip”), a traditional ingredient. However, a connection with the 1827 Battle of Navarino has been suggested. (See Wikipedia.)
Senses: glosses: A stew of mutton and vegetables.
bullpen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bullpens
Etymology: From bull + pen.
Senses: examples: text: Magnus and Big Dick are over in the bullpen, ready for tonight's rodeo.
coordinate_terms: cowpen
glosses: An enclosed area used to hold bulls.
examples: text: After that hit, there is activity in the bullpen.
text: Now the bullpens are hidden away underneath the bleachers, out of sight and sound.
ref: 2017 July 5, Billy Witz, “Camaraderie of Wrigley Field Bullpens Is Tangled Amid the Ivy”, in The New York Times:
text: Even though the Phillies bullpen has been a strength, it may be shopping for a veteran capable of handling the ninth inning.
ref: 2024 May 7, Greg Jewett, “Bullpen report: Porter Hodge enters Cubs’ circle of trust, Mason Miller cools down and more”, in The New York Times:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An enclosed area for pitchers to warm up in during a game.
examples: text: Their bullpen is worn out after yesterday's doubleheader where both games went 12 innings.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The relief pitchers of a team collectively.
examples: text: If this team of consultants fails, I have another warming up in the bullpen.
glosses: A place for someone or something to get ready.
examples: text: We have our sales team in a bullpen setup to keep their energy flowing.
glosses: An open seating arrangement where project teams can communicate openly with minimal effort.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A military prison or its enclosing stockade.
Derived terms: rough up the bullpen
gamelan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæməˌlæn/
ipa: /ˈɡæməˌlɑn/
Forms: form: gamelans
form: ݢميلن
Etymology: Borrowed from Javanese gamelan, from Old Javanese gamĕlan.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of music of Indonesian origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophones, drums, gongs and a bamboo flute (called a suling).
glosses: An ensemble performing this style of music.
Derived terms: gamelanlike
assonance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæsənəns/
ipa: /ˈɛsɘnɘns/
Forms: form: assonances
Etymology: From French assonance, from Latin assonāre; by surface analysis, a- + son- + -ance.
Senses: examples: text: "You should try to speak without assonances" said Merlyn. "For instance, 'The beer is never clear round here, dear' is unfortunate, even as an assonance.'"
ref: 1938, T.H. White, chapter 12, in The Sword in the Stone, Collins:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
synonyms: vowel rhyme
hypernyms: rhyme
;
concord
coordinate_terms: consonance
consonant rhyme
pararhyme
;
alliteration
glosses: The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.
Related terms: assonant
dissonance
penknife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penknives
Etymology: From Middle English penne knyfe; equivalent to pen + knife. In the original sense, named for its purpose: aiding the use of a (traditional) ink pen through the following tasks: trimming the tip of a quill pen, trimming a reed for a nib, and (in some cases) allowing erasure by scraping away some ink.
Senses: examples: text: The logical distinction between genus and species can, of course, apply to any objects whatsoever. Thus, for example, the genus knife may be divided into several species, such as penknife, table knife, bread knife, razor, etc. We might define the penknife as a knife small enough to be carried in the pocket, with foldable, sheathable elements, characterized by the feature that one blade at least is always suitable for sharpening pencils and erasing ink spots. We are quite sure in which features all the members of a certain species agree, notwithstanding possible individual characteristics, say a monogram on one penknife, or a corkscrew in another.
ref: 1948, G. Rabel, Discovery:
glosses: A small pocketknife; (loosely) any pocketknife.
examples: text: Presently the man took a reed pen from his satchel, and trimmed it with a little ivory knife, carved in the semblance of a fish.
"Oh, what a beauty!" cried Dan.
 "’Ware fingers! That blade is perilous sharp. I made it myself of the best Low Country crossbow steel. And so, too, this fish. When his back-fin travels to his tail — so — he swallows up the blade, even as the whale swallowed Gaffer Jonah."
ref: 1906, Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill:
glosses: A small knife designed for safe and convenient storage, typically in the form of a miniature clasp-knife, or with blade retractable into the handle.
examples: text: Every sin is damning without Christ. "The wages of sin is death". It is no great difference, if a man be killed, whether it be by a sword or a penknife. The least sin violates the whole law. He that offendeth in one point, is guilty of all.
ref: 1689, John Flavel, Christ Knocking at the Door:
glosses: A small knife for cutting the points of quill feathers or reeds into nibs to provide or repair writing implements, early versions were commonly small sheath knives.
Coordinate terms: clasp knife
folding knife
jack-knife
pocketknife
Swiss Army knife
utility knife
Derived terms: Swiss Army penknife
penknife
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: penknifes
form: penknifing
form: penknifed
form: penknifed
Etymology: From Middle English penne knyfe; equivalent to pen + knife. In the original sense, named for its purpose: aiding the use of a (traditional) ink pen through the following tasks: trimming the tip of a quill pen, trimming a reed for a nib, and (in some cases) allowing erasure by scraping away some ink.
Senses: glosses: To cut or carve with a penknife.
double play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double plays
form: double-play
Senses: examples: text: It was a 6-4-3 double play.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
softball
sports
glosses: A defensive play in which two outs are recorded.
examples: text: Our double play special tonight is scallops & crab.
glosses: Achieving two results from one action.
Related terms: twin killing
Tinker to Evers to Chance
triple play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triple plays
Senses: examples: text: There has only been one unassisted triple play recorded in the World Series.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A defensive play in which three outs are recorded.
examples: text: The local cable company is offering a triple play service.
glosses: An offering of three bundled services, especially telephone, television and broadband Internet.
twin killing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twin killings
Senses: examples: text: By grounding to the shortstop, the twin killing ended the inning.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A double play.
modularize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: modularizes
form: modularizing
form: modularized
form: modularized
form: modularise
Etymology: From modular + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make modular.
Derived terms: demodularize
modularizable
remodularize
Related terms: module
modular
modularized
pocketknife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pocketknives
form: pocket-knife
form: pocket knife
Etymology: From pocket + knife.
Senses: examples: text: Jimmy had a pocketknife, and he wandered into the drawing-room with it one day, alone, and reduced ten thousand dollars' worth of furniture to an indeterminable value in rather less than three-quarters of an hour.
ref: 1878, Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad; About Magnanimous-Incident Literature:
text: The Army, the Navy, the Maritime Commission, and Lend-Lease demanded more and more pocketknives — for demolition kits, medical kits, aviators’ kits, electricians’ kits; knives with tools, knives with marlin spikes. The pocketknife attained a new status — as indispensable equipment for all men in uniform.
ref: 1944, Alfred Lief, Camillus: The Story of an American Small Business:
synonyms: jack-knife
coordinate_terms: utility knife
glosses: A knife small enough for carrying safely and handily in a pocket; usually a folding knife (with blades or tools that the user can fold or retract into the handle).
Related terms: clasp-knife
modularized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more modularized
form: most modularized
form: modularised
Senses: glosses: Having or made up of modules
modularized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of modularize
Related terms: modularise
modular
module
still life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: still lifes
form: still lives
form: still-life
Etymology: Calque of Dutch stilleven.
Senses: qualifier: painting
glosses: A work of art depicting an arrangement of inanimate objects.
examples: text: I think you're talking about a configuration known as "eater," a still life in 6-8 cells. If the glider hits the right spot, the eater will form a bridge and destroy the glider while undergoing little change before reverting.
ref: 1992 May 5, Holocaust-->Travesty, “the Hodge Podge machine”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
text: Thus, a natural question, apparently proposed very early, was whether there exists a still life (i.e. period 1 oscillator) that reflects a glider.
ref: 1996 November 16, Paul Callahan, “Still-life glider reflector found”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
text: I haven't tested yet, but I expect hlife to win by a very large margin since the puffer train has lots of still life and blinkers to make Gosper's algorithm look good, and hlife's low-level implementation is quite good at handling the more random parts.
ref: 2003 December 12, Tony Finch, “Implementing Conway's Life”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
topics: cellular-automata
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
hyponyms: beehive
block
boat
loaf
ship
glosses: A pattern that does not change from one generation to the next.
Synonyms: sense: work of art
word: nature morte
Mussulman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmʌsəlmən/
Forms: form: Mussulmans
form: Mussulmen
form: Moosulmaun
form: Musalman
form: Musulman
form: Musselman
Etymology: Etymology tree
Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama)
Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim)bor.
Classical Persian مُسَلْمَان (musalmān)bor.
Ottoman Turkish مسلمانbor.
Italian musulmanobor.
English Mussulman
Borrowed from Italian musulmano, borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مسلمان, borrowed from Classical Persian مُسَلْمَان (musalmān), borrowed from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim), from أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama).
Senses: examples: text: The firſt Emperor of the Muſlemans was Muhammed Abulcaſim of glorious memory.
ref: 1626, George Emalcin, “The Saracenical History, […] Written in Arabike […] Englished, Abridged, and Continued to the End of the Chalifa’s”, in Samuel Purchas, transl., Purchas His Pilgrimes. […], 5th part, London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, page 1013:
text: […] look at these Christians closely, and you will abhor them. They are the worshippers of gold, not the followers of Alla. The poorest Mussulman has more hospitality than their Cadi; more charity than their Imans; more honesty than their Viziers.
ref: 1819, Henry Tudor Farmer, Imagination; the Maniac's Dream: And Other Poems, page 157:
text: The imagination of the Hindoo paints his Swergas as "profuse of bliss," and all the joys of sense are collected in the Paradise of the Mussulman.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 71:
glosses: A Muslim.
Derived terms: Mussulmanic
Mussulmanish
Mussulmanism
cutest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cute: most cute
cuter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -uːtə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: comparative form of cute: more cute
modular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒdjʊlə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From module + -ar.
Senses: examples: text: It is hoped that a competition to develop small modular reactors (SMRs) will drive billions of pounds of investment into the technology, which the government hopes will be cheaper and quicker to build than traditional large nuclear power plants.
ref: 2023 July 18, Joe Middleton, “Shapps announces £157m in grants at launch of new UK nuclear body”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Consisting of separate modules; especially where each module performs or fulfills some specified function and could be replaced by a similar module for the same function, independently of the other modules.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to a module or modules.
glosses: Relating to mode or modulation.
Derived terms: antimodular
bimodular
dimodular
extramodular
immunomodular
intermodular
intramodular
micromodular
modular arithmetic
modular calculus
modular design
modular form
modularisation
modularism
modularist
modularity
modularization
modularly
modular smartphone
monomodular
multimodular
nonmodular
orthomodular
paramodular
premodular
protomodular
quasimodular
semimodular
submodular
supermodular
supramodular
tetramodular
trimodular
unimodular
Related terms: modularize
modularise
module
modularized
modularise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: modularises
form: modularising
form: modularised
form: modularised
Etymology: From modular + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of modularize.
heben
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English ebenif, hebenyf (influenced by Late Latin hebeninus), from Ecclesiastical Latin ebenius (“of ebony”), from Latin hebenus (“ebon tree”), from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos), from Egyptian hbnj, U13:n-Z4:M3
Senses: examples: text: And thou moſt dreaded impe of higheſt Ioue, / Faire Venus ſonne, that with thy cruell dart / At that good knight ſo cunningly didſt rove, / That glorious fire it kindled in his heart, / Lay now thy deadly Heben bow apart, / And with thy mother milde come to my ayde: […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 3, page 2:
glosses: Ebony.
hot corner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hot corners
Etymology: Because many hard-hit balls are hit there
Senses: examples: text: Jones plays the hot corner.
text: Jones plays hot corner.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Third base.
examples: text: You can also configure a hot corner to open the Expo screen, or install the Expo applet.
ref: 2021, Richard Petersen, Linux Mint 20.2: Desktops and Administration:
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A corner of the screen configured to perform an action when the pointer is moved there.
hemipode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemipodes
Etymology: From hemi- + -pode.
Senses: synonyms: buttonquail
glosses: Any of a small group of birds containing 15 species, all but one of which are in the genus Turnix.
heathen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhiːðən/
rhymes: -iːðən
Forms: form: heathener
form: more heathen
form: heathenest
form: most heathen
Etymology: From Middle English hethen, from Old English hǣþen, from Proto-West Germanic *haiþin, from Proto-Germanic *haiþinaz (“heathen, pagan”, adjective), equivalent to heath (“heathland”) + -en. Cognate with West Frisian heiden, Dutch heiden, Middle High German heiden, German Heiden, German Heide, Swedish heden, Danish hedensk (from heden+sk), Icelandic heiðinn. See also Proto-Germanic *haiduz, Old Norse heiðr (honour, bright, moor), Icelandic heiður (honour).
Senses: examples: text: War of holy principles
I'm seeking God's help in your destruction
Slit the throat of heathen man
And let his blood dilute the water, bury your dead
ref: 2006, Jeff Hanneman, “Jihad”, Tom Araya (lyrics), performed by Slayer:
glosses: Not adhering to an Abrahamic religion; pagan.
glosses: Uncultured; uncivilized; savage; barbarian.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Heathen (pertaining or adhering to the Germanic neo-pagan faith Heathenry).
heathen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhiːðən/
rhymes: -iːðən
Forms: form: heathens
form: heathen
Etymology: From Middle English hethen, from Old English hǣþen, from Proto-West Germanic *haiþin, from Proto-Germanic *haiþinaz (“heathen, pagan”, adjective), equivalent to heath (“heathland”) + -en. Cognate with West Frisian heiden, Dutch heiden, Middle High German heiden, German Heiden, German Heide, Swedish heden, Danish hedensk (from heden+sk), Icelandic heiðinn. See also Proto-Germanic *haiduz, Old Norse heiðr (honour, bright, moor), Icelandic heiður (honour).
Senses: examples: text: V. Knox
If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may preach it and they may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens.
text: On hearing his cries two heathen who were hunting on the lagoon ran up, and they were bold enough to try to avenge the injury, making ready to shoot arrows at the soldiers, who fired two gunshots just to frighten them […]
ref: 1930, H. E. Bolton, Anza's California expeditions, volume 1, page 403:
glosses: A pagan; someone who is neither Christian, Jewish, or Muslim (other Abrahamic or monotheistic religions may or may not be included)
glosses: An uncultured or uncivilized person, philistine.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Heathen (an adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry).
Derived terms: heathendom
heatheness
heathenesse
heathenhood
heathenise
heathenish
heathenism
heathenistic
heathenization
heathenize
heathenly
heathenness
heathenry
heathenship
nonheathen
unheathen
pince-nez
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pænsˈneɪ/
ipa: /pæ̃sˈneɪ/
Forms: form: pince-nez
Etymology: Borrowed from French pince-nez (literally “pinch-nose”).
Senses: examples: text: Lord Belpher, leaning against the wall and trying to decide whether his right or left foot hurt him the more excruciatingly, became aware that a curate was standing before him, regarding him through a pair of gold-rimmed pince-nez with a disapproving and hostile expression.
ref: 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 15, in A Damsel in Distress:
text: Shabet took a pince-nez from his breast pocket and settled it on the bridge of his nose.
ref: Furst, Alan 2000 Kingdom of Shadows, p170
synonyms: nose glasses
Oxford glasses
glosses: Templeless eyeglasses that clip to the bridge of the nose.
Derived terms: pince-nezed
desilver
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: desilvers
form: desilvering
form: desilvered
form: desilvered
Etymology: From de- + silver.
Senses: glosses: To remove the silver from (an alloy).
glosses: To remove the reflective backing from (a mirror).
Derived terms: desilverer
complaints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpleɪnts/
Senses: glosses: plural of complaint
floating point
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: floating-point
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
meronyms: mantissa
significand
characteristic
glosses: Of a number, written in two parts as a mantissa (also called significand, the value of the significant digits) and characteristic (order of magnitude / the power of a number base) e.g. 0.314159 × 10¹.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of the internal representation of such a number as a pair of integers.
Derived terms: floating point operation
Related terms: FLOP
FLOPS
bushmeat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bushmeats
Etymology: From bush + meat, as a calque of French viande de brousse.
Senses: glosses: Any edible animal from sub-Saharan Africa's dense forest that is not traditionally regarded as game.
Related terms: bush tucker
mêlée
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mêlées
Etymology: Borrowed from French mêlée.
Senses: examples: text: What could the Draycotts possibly be doing here? And where, in such a mêlée, could the Draycotts possibly be?
ref: 1988, Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, William Heinemann Ltd, page 218:
glosses: Alternative spelling of melee.
hiver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hivers
Etymology: From hive + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The hiver must have his face and hands defended, as above-mentioned, and accompanied by a person holding a chafing-dish, with a coal fire, covered with moist peat, to make the greater smoke […]
ref: 1820, A. B. Herbert, A. P. Beresford, Alexander Dedekind, Of Bees, page 516:
glosses: One who collects bees into a hive.
sociable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsoʊʃəbəl/
Forms: form: more sociable
form: most sociable
Etymology: From Middle French sociable, from Latin sociābilis.
Senses: examples: text: He's normally pretty quiet, but he gets much more sociable around women.
text: Society is no comfort to one not sociable.
ref: 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
synonyms: friendly
inviting
congenial
glosses: Tending to socialize or be social.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: a sociable party
glosses: Offering opportunities for conversation; characterized by much conversation.
examples: text: They are sociable parts united into one body.
ref: 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
glosses: Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable.
examples: text: Is the King sociable And bids thee live ?
ref: c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Philaster: Or, Love Lies a Bleeding”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: No longer hostile; friendly.
Synonyms: word: clubbable
word: companionable
word: extroverted
word: gregarious
word: outgoing
word: sociable
word: social
Derived terms: sociability
sociable lapwing
sociableness
sociable number
sociable plover
sociable weaver
sociable weaverbird
Related terms: word: crack
word: good value
word: friendly
sociable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsoʊʃəbəl/
Forms: form: sociables
Etymology: From Middle French sociable, from Latin sociābilis.
Senses: glosses: A sociable person.
glosses: A four-wheeled open carriage with seats facing each other.
glosses: A bicycle or tricycle for two persons side by side.
glosses: A couch with a curved S-shaped back.
examples: text: At the church sociables he used to hop around among them, chipping and chirping like a dicky-bird picking up seed; and he was a great hand to play the piano, and sing saddish, sweetish songs to them.
ref: 1903, George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son, page 46:
glosses: An informal party or church meeting for purposes of socializing.
Derived terms: necktie sociable
resourceful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more resourceful
form: most resourceful
Etymology: From resource + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: With a resourceful use of space and a fresh coat of paint, the room became a pleasant library with a comfortable seating area.
glosses: Capable or clever; able to put available resources to efficient or ingenious use; using materials at hand wisely or efficiently.
Derived terms: resourcefully
resourcefulness
skid marks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skid mark
nobility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /noʊˈbɪlɪti/
ipa: /nəʊˈbɪlɪti/
ipa: /nəˈbɪlɪti/
rhymes: -ɪlɪti
Forms: form: nobilities
Etymology: From Old French nobilité, from Latin nobilitas. Equivalent to noble + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The castle was once home to the Scottish nobility.
text: Titles of nobility were passed down through generations.
synonyms: aristocracy
noblesse
upper class
antonyms: plebeian
glosses: A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.
examples: text: He displayed nobility of character when helping his rivals.
synonyms: aristocracy
nobleness
noblesse
antonyms: meanness
ignobility
glosses: The quality of being noble.
Derived terms: antinobility
black nobility
ingenious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈd͡ʒiːnjəs/
ipa: /ɪnˈd͡ʒiːni.əs/
rhymes: -iːniəs
Forms: form: more ingenious
form: most ingenious
form: engenious
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French ingénieux, from Old French engenious, from Latin ingeniōsus (“endowed with good natural capacity, gifted with genius”), from ingenium (“innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius”), from in- (“in”) + gignere (“to produce”), Old Latin genere. See also engine.
Senses: examples: text: This fellow is ingenious; he fixed a problem I didn’t even know I had.
synonyms: word: astute
word: brainy
word: bright
word: brilliant
word: clever
word: educated
word: genius
word: gifted
word: ingenious
word: intellectual
word: intelligent
word: keen
word: knowledgeable
word: piquant
word: quick
word: quick-witted
word: rational
word: sagacious
word: savvy
word: scholared
word: sharp
word: smart
word: talented
word: whip-smart
word: wise
glosses: Displaying genius or brilliance; inventive.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: That is an ingenious model of the atom.
text: Many ingenious lovely things are gone / That seemed sheer miracle to the multitude, / protected from the circle of the moon / That pitches common things about.
ref: 1928, W[illiam] B[utler] Yeats, “Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen”, in The Tower, page 32:
synonyms: artful
glosses: Characterized by genius; cleverly contrived or done.
raw_tags: of a thing
examples: text: He sent me an ingenious reply to an email.
text: I have scarcely recovered the surprise of the ingenious question, before I meet another surprise in the still more ingenious answer
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 147:
synonyms: word: adroit
word: keen
word: sagacious
word: shrewd
word: witty
word: amusing
word: bright
word: diverting
word: droll
word: entertaining
word: humorous
word: jocose
word: jocular
word: piquant
word: quick
word: quick on the draw
word: quick-witted
word: sharp
word: tongue-in-cheek
glosses: Showing originality or sagacity; witty.
Derived terms: hyperingenious
ingeniously
overingenious
superingenious
ultraingenious
uningenious
Related terms: engine
engineer
genius
ingeniosity
ingeniousness
spend a penny
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spends a penny
form: spending a penny
form: spent a penny
form: spent a penny
Etymology: From the act of putting a (pre-decimal) penny in the slot of a pay-toilet cubicle.
Senses: examples: text: I put on a lick of paint, slip over and spend a penny in Costing…I should technically use the one in Records but I've told them, that lavatory seat is a death trap.
ref: 1982, Alan Bennett, “A Woman of No Importance”, in The Complete Talking Heads, Picador, published 2010, →ISBN, page 14:
glosses: To use the toilet.
Harlem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑː(ɹ)ləm/
Etymology: (New York City): From Dutch Nieuw Haarlem (“new Haarlem”), the original name of the area under the Dutch control, after Haarlem, a city in the Netherlands.
Senses: examples: text: This really was Harlem, and now all the stories which I had heard of the city-within-a-city leaped alive in my mind.
ref: 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 159:
glosses: A neighborhood in northern Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York State, United States, currently known for its black population.
glosses: Obsolete form of Haarlem: a city in Randstad, North Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms: Harlem Renaissance
Bronx
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɒŋks/
ipa: /bɹɑŋks/
rhymes: -ɒŋks
rhymes: -ɑŋks
Forms: form: the Bronx
Etymology: Blend of Bronck + -'s. After immigrant settler Jonas Bronck (1600–1643) of New Netherlands onto the peninsula north of Manhattan Island.
* (region): Originally Bronck's Land, the land in the region settled by Jonas Bronck.
* (river): Originally Bronck's River, a river bordering the region settled by Jonas Bronck.
Senses: glosses: A borough of New York City, New York, United States.
glosses: A river downstate in New York State; in full, Bronx River.
Derived terms: Bronx cheer
Bronx County
Bronx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɒŋks/
ipa: /bɹɑŋks/
rhymes: -ɒŋks
rhymes: -ɑŋks
Etymology: Blend of Bronck + -'s. After immigrant settler Jonas Bronck (1600–1643) of New Netherlands onto the peninsula north of Manhattan Island.
* (region): Originally Bronck's Land, the land in the region settled by Jonas Bronck.
* (river): Originally Bronck's River, a river bordering the region settled by Jonas Bronck.
Senses: glosses: A cocktail containing gin, vermouth, and orange juice.
grandiloquence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandiloquences
Etymology: From Middle French grandiloquence, from Latin grandiloquentia, from grandiloquus, 1580s.
Senses: synonyms: word: grandiloquy
word: magniloquence
word: magniloquy
glosses: Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.
Related terms: grandiloquent
grandiloquently
tushery
embarcadero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embarcaderos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish embarcadero, from embarcar (“to embark”).
Senses: glosses: A quay; a wharf.
Related terms: embarcadère
filament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪləmənt/
Forms: form: filaments
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin fīlāmentum, from Late Latin fīlō (“to spin, draw out in a long line”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”).
Senses: glosses: A fine thread or wire.
examples: text: Lighting was unimaginative for the standard stock with naked tungsten filament bulbs and metal reflectors. However, all compartments had individual reading lights above the seats with attractive glass shades.
ref: 1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 398:
glosses: Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.
examples: text: solar filament
text: galaxy filament
text: the Ursa Major Filament
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A massive, thread-like structure, such as those gaseous ones which extend outward from the surface of the sun, or such as those (much larger) ones which form the boundaries between large voids in the universe.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The stalk of a flower stamen, supporting the anther.
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.
Derived terms: biofilament
cofilament
filamental
filamentary
filamentation
filamented
filamenteous
filamentiferous
filamenting
filamentless
filamentlike
filamentoid
filamentous
filament tape
filamin
galaxy filament
granulofilament
heterofilament
homofilament
interfilament
intermediate filament
macrofilament
melanofilament
microfilament
minifilament
monofilament
multifilament
myofilament
nanofilament
neurofilament
nonfilament
nucleofilament
polyfilament
protofilament
pseudofilament
sliding filament model
solar filament
superfilament
tonofilament
vortex filament
New York City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: On May 11, 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat, disembarked in the bustling harbor of New York City. He had crossed the ocean to try to understand the implications for European civilization of the new experiment in democracy on the far side of the Atlantic.
ref: 1964, John F. Kennedy, A Nation of Immigrants, Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1:
text: I always wanted a real home with flowers on the window sill,
But if you want to live in New York City, honey, you know I will.
ref: 1971, Carole King, Toni Stern, “Where You Lead”, in Tapestry, performed by Carole King, Ode Records:
text: In recent primaries, for example, nearly 4% of absentees were rejected in Philadelphia; 8% in Kentucky; and 20% in parts of New York City.
ref: 2020 September 14, Richard H. Pildes, “The three words that can avert an election nightmare”, in CNN:
synonyms: word: The Big Apple
word: City of New York
word: New York
word: Gotham
english: informal; coined by [[w:Washington Irving|Washington Irving]] in 1807
translation: informal; coined by [[w:Washington Irving|Washington Irving]] in 1807
glosses: The largest city in the United States, situated in the state of New York at the mouth of the Hudson River on the northeastern Atlantic Coast.
Meronyms: Bronx
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Queens
Staten Island
Derived terms: Jew York Shitty
New York Shitty
Related terms: New York State
terminus a quo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin terminus a quo (literally, "the limit from which").
Senses: glosses: The lower limit of dating, as of the earliest plausible date at which a fact could have occurred or a document could have been written.
Related terms: terminus
terminus ante quem
terminus ad quem
Queens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /kwiːnz/
Forms: form: Queenses
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Queens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kwiːnz/
Senses: glosses: plural of Queen
Queens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /kwiːnz/
Senses: glosses: plural of Queen (a surname)
Queens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /kwiːnz/
Senses: examples: text: Though he was not the only New Yorker on the bench, he was the only spoiled-rotten Italian kid brought up proud and scrapping in Queens and familiar with rude Sicilian gestures.
ref: 2016 February 20, “Obituary: Antonin Scalia: Always right”, in The Economist:
glosses: A borough of New York City, New York, United States, one of five, situated on Long Island, north of Brooklyn, west of Nassau County.
glosses: Ellipsis of Queens County: a county of New York, United States, which is coterminous with the borough of Queens.
qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: Misspelling of Queen's, referring to the Queen's College, Oxford.
qualifier: Cambridge University slang
glosses: Misspelling of Queens', referring to Queens' College, Cambridge.
glosses: Misspelling of Queen's, referring to Queen's University, Kingston.
Related terms: County of Queens
queen
Queen
Queens'
Queen's
queens
Queens County
Queens's
Queenston
Queenstown
Queens Valley
Queens' Valley
Queens Village
Valley of the Queens
Staten Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: New York City, emphatic, slow speech
enpr: Stătĭn īlĕnd
ipa: /ˈstæt.ən ˈaɪ.lənd/
note: New York City, emphatic, slow speech
ipa: [ˈst̪æɾ̪̥ᵊn ˈaɪ̯ɫ̪ɛ̝̈nd̪]
note: New York City, emphatic, slow speech
ipa: [ˈst̪æʔᵊn ˈaɪ̯ɫ̪ɛ̝̈nd̪]
note: New York City, emphatic, slow speech
note: d
enpr: Stăt(ə̆)nīlən
ipa: /ˌstæt(ə̆)nˈaɪ.lən(d)/
ipa: [ˌst̪æt̪ⁿn̩ˈaɪ̯ɫ̪n̩(ᵈ)]
ipa: [ˌst̪æʔn̩ˈaɪ̯ʟn̩(ᵈ)]
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Stateneiland (obsolete spelling Staaten Eylandt), from Staten-Generaal (“States General of the Netherlands”) + eiland (“island”).
Senses: glosses: A borough and island of New York City, New York, United States, one of five, situated south-southwest of Manhattan. It is coterminous with Richmond County.
wikipedia: States General of the Netherlands
Derived terms: Staten Islander
Warszawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Warszawa. Doublet of Warsaw.
Senses: examples: text: Joseph had never been to Warszawa but often, as he stood on the high, chalky banks of the great river, Wisla, and watched it winding its course far away, he dreamed of a journey he would like to make in an airplane.
ref: 1942 June, Antoni Gronowicz, translated by Jessie McEwen, “Village”, in Bolek, Edinburgh; New York, N.Y.; Toronto, Ont.: Thomas Nelson and Sons, published August 1944 (2nd printing), →OCLC, page 8:
text: After comparing with this species, we thought ours as a new species due to the presence of apical aedeagal processes. Later, Dworakowska of Warszawa, Poland, suggested that ours is the same as that of Ahmed, and this character might have been missed by him.
ref: 1973, A. S. Sohi, V. C. Kapoor, “A Note on the Cicadellid, Erythroneura cassiae Ahmed”, in J. M[ichael] Chalmers-Hunt, editor, The Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation, volume 85, Arbroath, Angus: T. Buncle & Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 217–218:
text: Marie Curie was never a Polish citizen, though her family were Polish nationalists. At the time of her departure from Warszawa, the Polish state simply did not exist.
ref: 2019, Irina Rodica Rabeja, “Scientific Work Years”, in Marie Sklodowska Curie: Her Contribution to Science, Sydney, N.S.W.: Irina Rabeja, →ISBN, page 64:
glosses: Synonym of Warsaw: the capital city of Poland; the capital city of Masovian Voivodeship.
synonyms: word: Warsaw
extra: the capital city of Poland; the capital city of Masovian Voivodeship
enclosed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ənˈkloʊzd/
enpr: ən-klōzdʹ
ipa: /ənˈkləʊzd/
enpr: ən-klōzdʹ
Forms: form: more enclosed
form: most enclosed
Senses: examples: text: The gas is completely enclosed within the bottle.
glosses: Contained; held within a container.
examples: text: an enclosed garden
glosses: Surrounded by a wall, fence or similar barrier.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
qualifier: one or more sides of which contain slats that can be opened or closed in order to increase or decrease volume
glosses: Having closed slats.
raw_tags: of a division within a pipe organ surrounded by a wooden box
Synonyms: sense: contained
word: included
word: bounded
word: confined
word: encircled
word: surrounded
english: in reference to fountains, cisterns, &c.
translation: in reference to fountains, cisterns, &c.
word: castellated
Derived terms: enclosedness
enclosed order
nonenclosed
semienclosed
unenclosed
enclosed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ənˈkloʊzd/
enpr: ən-klōzdʹ
ipa: /ənˈkləʊzd/
enpr: ən-klōzdʹ
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enclose
Hudson River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Hudson River
Senses: synonyms: Hudson
glosses: A river in the United States that flows through upstate New York down the Hudson Valley into the Atlantic Ocean.
floating-point
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of floating point.
floating point operation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floating point operations
form: floating-point operation
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any simple operation, such as addition, multiplication or division, performed on floating point numbers using a single operation.
Synonyms: FLOP
flop
FLOPS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: An acronym for floating-point operations per second.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: One flop per second.
FLOP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FLOPs
Etymology: A syllabic acronym from floating-point operation.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of flop.
synonyms: word: flop
megaflop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megaflops
Etymology: Back-formation of megaflops in the computing sense – the final ⟨s⟩ is not the plural suffix but stands for “second”.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: megaflops (one million FLOPS, or floating point operations per second)
megaflop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megaflops
Etymology: From mega- + flop.
Senses: glosses: A major flop; a film or other production that is a great failure.
Related terms: box-office bomb
intervocalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪntəvəʊˈkælɪk/
ipa: /ˌɪntəɹvoʊˈkælɪk/
rhymes: -ælɪk
Etymology: From inter- + vocalic.
Senses: examples: text: For the ending -au, we need to assume the loss of an original intervocalic consonant, as Lat. -au- regularly yields -a- in Sardinian.
ref: 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 341:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Existing or occurring between vowels.
Derived terms: intervocalically
Related terms: postvocalic
prevocalic
excrescence
chela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkilə/
ipa: /ˈkiːlə/
Forms: form: chelae
Etymology: From Latin chele, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ).
Senses: examples: text: It happeneth often, I confess, that a lobster hath the chely or great claw of one side longer than the other […]
ref: 1646, Thomas Browne, chapter III, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 5:
text: The tail is curved up over the body and the pedipalps held forwards with the tip of the movable finger of the chela in contact with the sand.
ref: 1993, The Encyclopedia of Land Invertebrate Behaviour, page 232:
text: The two brushes on each chela snap open into semicircular fans, forming fine-mesh baskets that passively filter water.
ref: 2004, Raymond T. Bauer, Remarkable Shrimps: Adaptations and Natural History of the Carideans, page 26:
glosses: A pincer-like claw of a crustacean or arachnid.
Derived terms: chelate
cheli-
chela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkilə/
ipa: /ˈkiːlə/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃeɪ.lə/
ipa: /ˈkilə/
ipa: /ˈkiːlə/
Forms: form: chelas
form: chele
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi चेला (celā).
Senses: examples: text: In fact, Gilgamesh's instructions are still-valid directions from the guru to the chela.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 184:
text: The guru had insight. He understood his chela. The relationship between a guru and his chela was as a father to a son, as a whole person to a whole person, individual and unique.
ref: 1987, Phirozshah Dorabji Mehta, The Heart of Religion, page 36:
text: The guru-chela relationship was a theme in many of Nicholas's paintings. In Pearl of Searching, the guru is looking thoughtfully at a pearl necklace with his chela. This symbolizes the "pearl of great price" that gives purpose to life.
ref: 2002, Warrior of Light: The Life of Nicholas Roerich: Artist, Himalayan Explorer, and Visionary, page 52:
text: This, of course, is done by the guru as the result of a long process in which his consciousness must merge with that of the chela and wherein the chela is absorbed essentially into the guru.
ref: 2007, Michael Bertiaux, The Voudon Gnostic Workbook: Expanded Edition, page 455:
glosses: A pupil or disciple, especially in Hinduism.
Derived terms: chelaship
negation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəˈɡeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: negations
Etymology: From Middle English negacioun, from Old French negacion, from Latin negātiō (“a denial; negative word”). Morphologically negate + -ion.
Senses: glosses: The act of negating something.
examples: text: But it pleased her to play on my passion / And whet me to pleadings / That won from her mirthful negations / And scornings undue.
ref: 1909, Thomas Hardy, The Flirt's Tragedy:
glosses: A denial or contradiction.
examples: text: You get the negation of a proposition if you insert "not" (or some equivalent expression) into it in such a way as to form a contradictory of it.
ref: 2001, Mark Sainsbury, chapter 1, in Logical Forms — An Introduction to Philosophical Logic, 2nd edition, Blackwell Publishing, →ISBN, §4, page 19:
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A proposition which is the contradictory of another proposition and which can be obtained from that other proposition by the appropriately placed addition/insertion of the word "not". (Or, in symbolic logic, by prepending that proposition with the symbol for the logical operator "not".)
examples: text: Although some of the logicians working in term logic have very complicated treatments of negation, we can see the origin of the modern conception in the extensional tradition as well. In Boole and most of his followers, the negation of a term is understood as the set theoretic complement of the class represented by that term. For this reason, the negation of classical propositional logic is often called ‘Boolean negation’.
ref: 2011 July 20, Edwin Mares, “Propositional Functions”, in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, retrieved 15 Jul 2012:
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.
Hypernyms: sense: a proposition which negates another one
word: contradictory
sense: logical operation
word: logical connective
Derived terms: autonegation
devil negation
devil's negation
hypernegation
hyponegation
law of double negation
misnegation
negational
negationism
negationist
overnegation
seronegation
Related terms: negate
negative
negativeness
negativism
negativity