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word: imprint word_type: noun expansion: imprint (plural imprints) forms: form: imprints tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old French empreinte, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere. senses_examples: text: The day left an imprint in my mind. type: example text: It was the moment everyone knew the Champions League trophy was on its way back to the Bernabéu and, once again, that the four-times Ballon d’Or winner had left his imprint on another final. ref: 2017 June 3, Daniel Taylor, “Real Madrid win Champions League as Cristiano Ronaldo double defeats Juv”, in The Guardian (London) type: quotation text: From their Belmont Avenue address they issued such memorable titles as I Peddle Jazz, Camera Bait, Our Flesh Was Cheap, Lesbian Twins, and His Sex, His Problem under at least four different imprints—Saber, Fabian, Vega, and National Library Books. ref: 2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 19 type: quotation text: The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: An impression; the mark left behind by printing something. The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house. A distinctive marking, symbol or logo. senses_topics:
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word: imprint word_type: verb expansion: imprint (third-person singular simple present imprints, present participle imprinting, simple past and past participle imprinted) forms: form: imprints tags: present singular third-person form: imprinting tags: participle present form: imprinted tags: participle past form: imprinted tags: past wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English emprinten, enprinten, from Old French empreinter, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere. senses_examples: text: For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: To leave a print, impression, image, etc. To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are. To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed. senses_topics:
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word: dignity word_type: noun expansion: dignity (countable and uncountable, plural dignities) forms: form: dignities tags: plural wikipedia: Modern English etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English dignyte, from Old French dignité, from Latin dignitās (“worthiness, merit, dignity, grandeur, authority, rank, office”), from dignus (“worthy, appropriate”), from Proto-Italic *degnos, from Proto-Indo-European *dḱ-nos, from *deḱ- (“to take”). See also decus (“honor, esteem”) and decet (“it is fitting”). Cognate to deign. Doublet of dainty. In this sense, displaced native Old English weorþsċipe, which became Modern English worship. senses_examples: text: Every individual shall have the right to the respect of the dignity inherent in a human being. ref: 1981, African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, art. 5 type: quotation text: The reception room was sacred to the dead wife. Her shiny portrait hung upon the wall - similar, doubtless, in all respects to the one which would be pasted on her tombstone. A little piece of black drapery had been tacked above the frame to lend a dignity to woe. But two of the tacks had fallen out, and the effect was now rakish, as that of a drunkard's bonnet. ref: 1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 7, third paragraph text: Official DIGNITY tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held. ref: 1934, Aldous Huxley, “Puerto Barrios”, in Beyond the Mexique Bay type: quotation text: He ... distributed the civil and military dignities among his favourites and followers. ref: 1781, Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, F. III. 231 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: The state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character. Decorum, formality, stateliness. High office, rank, or station. One holding high rank; a dignitary. Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim. senses_topics:
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word: modest word_type: adj expansion: modest (comparative more modest or modester, superlative most modest or modestest) forms: form: more modest tags: comparative form: modester tags: comparative form: most modest tags: superlative form: modestest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French modeste, from Latin modestus. senses_examples: text: He earns a modest amount of money. type: example text: Her latest novel was a modest success. type: example text: modest thoughts or language type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble. Small, moderate in size. Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety. Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others. senses_topics:
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word: lil' word_type: adj expansion: lil' forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Misspelling of li'l. senses_topics:
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word: dal word_type: noun expansion: dal (countable and uncountable, plural dals) forms: form: dals tags: plural wikipedia: dal etymology_text: Borrowed from Hindi दाल (dāl) or Bengali ডাল (ḍal). senses_examples: text: A stout Burmese woman, wife of a constable, was kneeling outside the cage ladling rice and watery dahl into tin pannikins. ref: 1934, George Orwell, chapter 6, in Burmese Days type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils. A dish made from lentils, cooked with spices, tomatoes and onions etc. A tropical herb with yellow flowers; the pigeon pea. senses_topics:
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word: OIt word_type: name expansion: OIt forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of Old Italian. senses_topics:
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word: atom word_type: noun expansion: atom (plural atoms) forms: form: atoms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English attome, from Middle French athome, from Latin atomus (“smallest particle”), from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”). Atoms are so named because historically the notion was that they were indivisible, given that chemically they are indeed so; the splitting of atoms awaited a later era of science and technology, and nonchemical means. senses_examples: text: Meronyms: proton, neutron, electron text: Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the water-oxidizing complex, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom. ref: 2013 September–October, Katie L. Burke, “In the news: Photosynthesis precursor”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 2016-04-13 type: quotation text: Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction. ref: 1835, John Ross, James Clark Ross, “Chapter XXXIV. Labour in Cutting through the Ice—Become Fixed for the Winter—Summary of the Month.”, in Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions, during the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833; by Sir John Ross, C.B., K.S.A., K.C.S., &c. &c. Captain in the Royal Navy. Including the Reports of Commander (now Captain) J. C. Ross, R.N., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. and the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole, Philadelphia, Pa.: E. A. Carey & A. Hart; Baltimore, Md.: Carey, Hart & Co., →OCLC, pages 283–284 type: quotation text: But at this critical moment the pirate astern sent a mischievous shot and knocked one of the men to atoms at the helm. ref: 1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash type: quotation text: "Doctor, tell me one word more," said Theodore, quivering with suppressed emotion. "How do you think it will end?" / "I have hardly the faintest atom of hope," answered this honest, earnest man. ref: 1873, “Pansy” [pseudonym; Isabella Macdonald Alden], “A Double Crisis”, in Three People, Cincinnati, Oh.: Western Tract and Book Society, 176 Elm Street, →OCLC, page 325 type: quotation text: In a Venn diagram, an atom is depicted as an area circumscribed by lines but not cut by any line. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons. A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter. The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something. In logical atomism, a fundamental fact that cannot be further broken down. The smallest medieval unit of time, equal to fifteen ninety-fourths of a second. A mote of dust in a sunbeam. A very small amount; a whit. An individual number or symbol, as opposed to a list; a scalar value. A non-zero member of a partially ordered set that has only zero below it (assuming that the poset has a least element, its "zero"). An element of a set that is not itself a set; an urelement. An age group division in hockey for nine- to eleven-year-olds. senses_topics: chemistry natural-sciences physical-sciences physics history human-sciences sciences human-sciences philosophy sciences Lisp computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences programming sciences mathematics sciences mathematics sciences set-theory
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word: links word_type: noun expansion: links forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: See link. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of link senses_topics:
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word: links word_type: verb expansion: links forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: See link. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of link senses_topics:
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word: links word_type: noun expansion: links (plural links) forms: form: links tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Scots links (“sandy, rolling ground near seashore”), linkis, from Old English hlincas (“rising grounds, hills”). senses_examples: text: but what worthy golf links is not intolerably hard of access? ref: 1894, “The Golfer in Search of a Climate”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, page 570 type: quotation text: The royal and ancient game of golf may now claim to be the universal game of the world, as in every part of the habitable globe links are to be found. ref: 1919, Harold H. Hilton, “Golf Courses at Home and Abroad”, in The Windsor Magazine, number 296, page 173 type: quotation text: All over the country, links are scattered — club links, public links, and private links — and every year the number grows. ref: 1920, Walter Hines Page, The World’s Work, page 393 type: quotation text: The links are the property of the town, the Courses being under the management of a joint committee representing the R. & A. Golf Club and the City. ref: 1967, Litellus Russell Muirhead, Scotland, page 278 type: quotation text: A true links is built on linksland […] ref: 2002, Forrest L. Richardson, Routing the Golf Course: The Art & Science That Forms the Golf Journey, page 95 type: quotation text: A links is best when it’s really firm and when the wind is really up. ref: 2003, Lorne Rubenstein, A Season in Dornoch: Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands, page 168 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: A golf course, especially one situated on dunes by the sea. senses_topics:
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word: MGk word_type: name expansion: MGk forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of Modern Greek. senses_topics:
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word: OF word_type: name expansion: OF forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Old French. Initialism of Old Frisian. Abbreviation of OnlyFans. Initialism of Ordinary Form. senses_topics: Catholicism Christianity Roman-Catholicism
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word: OF word_type: noun expansion: OF (plural OFs) forms: form: OFs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of outfield. Abbreviation of outfielder. senses_topics: ball-games baseball games hobbies lifestyle sports ball-games baseball games hobbies lifestyle sports
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word: Skt. word_type: name expansion: Skt. forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of Sanskrit. senses_topics:
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word: gift word_type: noun expansion: gift (plural gifts) forms: form: gifts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English gift (also yift, yifte, ȝift, ȝeft), partly from Old English ġift (“giving, consideration, dowry, wedding”) and Old Norse gipt (“gift, present, wedding”); both from Proto-Germanic *giftiz (“gift”). Equivalent to give + -th (etymologically yive + -th). Cognate with West Frisian jefte (“gift”), Saterland Frisian Gift (“gift”), German Low German Gift (“poison”), Dutch gift (“gift”) and its doublet gif (“poison”), German Gift (“poison”), Danish gift (“gift (obsolete); poison, venom”), Swedish gift (“gift, poison, venom”), Icelandic gift (“gift”). Doublet of yift. senses_examples: text: “I thank you for the gift, Dr. Yueh,” Paul said, speaking formally. “It will be our secret. If there is a gift or favor you wish from me, please do not hesitate to ask.” "I . . . need for nothing," Yueh said. ref: 1965, Frank Herbert, Dune (Science Fiction), New York: Ace Books, →OCLC, page 48 type: quotation text: She bought the model as a surprise gift for a friend who is a lifelong HST fan and railwayman, and who will soon be celebrating a milestone birthday. ref: 2021 October 20, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 942, page 71 type: quotation text: She had a gift for playing the flute. type: example text: The office is in the gift of the President. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Something given to another voluntarily, without charge. A talent or natural ability. Something gained incidentally, without effort. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing. senses_topics:
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word: gift word_type: verb expansion: gift (third-person singular simple present gifts, present participle gifting, simple past and past participle gifted) forms: form: gifts tags: present singular third-person form: gifting tags: participle present form: gifted tags: participle past form: gifted tags: past wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English gift (also yift, yifte, ȝift, ȝeft), partly from Old English ġift (“giving, consideration, dowry, wedding”) and Old Norse gipt (“gift, present, wedding”); both from Proto-Germanic *giftiz (“gift”). Equivalent to give + -th (etymologically yive + -th). Cognate with West Frisian jefte (“gift”), Saterland Frisian Gift (“gift”), German Low German Gift (“poison”), Dutch gift (“gift”) and its doublet gif (“poison”), German Gift (“poison”), Danish gift (“gift (obsolete); poison, venom”), Swedish gift (“gift, poison, venom”), Icelandic gift (“gift”). Doublet of yift. senses_examples: text: Chelsea threw away two points when substitute Salomon Kalou gifted Valencia a penalty five minutes from time with a needless handball. ref: 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport type: quotation text: They drove on, every rise in the road lifting their sightline clear of the drystone dykes along the roadside, gifting glimpses of the firth and the islands, the blue peaks of Arran. ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 440 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: To give as a gift or donation. To give away, to concede easily. senses_topics:
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word: sp word_type: noun expansion: sp forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Alternative form: sp. text: Does this mean that I would have to use Z-buffering, or tessellate (sp?) the resultant (possibly nonconvex) polygon into triangles and draw them in Z-order? ref: 1993, Keith Lau, “More help needed! Spacecuts, etc ...”, in comp.graphics (Usenet) type: quotation text: It's all that Britney Spears' fault and that other trashy looking singer, Christina Aguilera sp??? geezzzzzz.. they look like hookers !!!!!! ref: 2003, Maggie, “I am back again...”, in alt.penpals.rejects (Usenet) type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of spelling; often used when correcting or questioning one's own spelling. Abbreviation of spur. (in highway designations and signage) Abbreviation of special. Abbreviation of space. senses_topics: media publishing typography
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word: sp word_type: verb expansion: sp forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of spell out. senses_topics:
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word: VL word_type: name expansion: VL forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Vulgar Latin. senses_topics:
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word: VL word_type: noun expansion: VL (countable and uncountable, plural VLs) forms: form: VLs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of visceral leishmaniasis. senses_topics: medicine pathology sciences
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word: neon word_type: noun expansion: neon (countable and uncountable, plural neons) forms: form: neons tags: plural wikipedia: Houston neon etymology_text: Borrowed from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”), from earlier *νέϝος (*néwos), from Proto-Hellenic *newos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos. senses_examples: text: Bring a song and a smile for the banjo Better get while the getting's good Hitch a ride to the end of the highway Where the neons turn to wood ref: 1970, “Up Around the Bend”, performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival type: quotation text: Neons and LED lighting can be controlled by remotes. ref: 2009, Jason Syner, How to Install Automotive Mobile Electronic Systems, page 27 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas. A form or sample of the element. Neon signs or lights, collectively. A neon tetra fish. senses_topics:
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word: neon word_type: adj expansion: neon (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Houston neon etymology_text: Borrowed from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”), from earlier *νέϝος (*néwos), from Proto-Hellenic *newos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: That resembles a neon light; extremely bright; fluorescent senses_topics:
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word: AI word_type: noun expansion: AI (countable and uncountable, plural AIs) forms: form: AIs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The geth serve as a cautionary tale against the dangers of rogue AI, and in Citadel Space they are technically illegal. Advocacy groups argue, however, that an AI is a living, conscious entity deserving the same rights as organics. They argue that continued use of the term "artificial" is institutionalized racism on the part of organic life, the term "synthetic" is considered the politically correct alternative. ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Computers: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Codex entry type: quotation text: The result, Gurry said, will be many new AI-based methods and products that can change lives across the world. Audio (US): (file) ref: 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 2019-02-07 type: quotation text: A Vatican directive supplements such principles and states AI should be “explainable” to humans, i.e., we should be able to explain the reasons for a decision made by AI. The document also states that AI should avoid discrimination. ref: 2022, Catriona Campbell, AI by Design: A Plan for Living with Artificial Intelligence (Chapman & Hall/CRC Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Series), Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of artificial intelligence. Initialism of action item. Initialism of airborne intelligence (synonym for an early type of airborne radar). Initialism of articulatory index. Initialism of artificial insemination. Initialism of adequate intake. Abbreviation of angiotensin I. Initialism of atavistic-idiosyncratic. A character or entity controlled by the game instead of a player. Initialism of attitude indicator. Initialism of air integration. Initialism of academic integrity. senses_topics: management human-sciences linguistics phonetics phonology sciences agriculture business lifestyle anthropology human-sciences linguistics sciences video-games diving hobbies lifestyle sports underwater-diving education
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word: AI word_type: name expansion: AI forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Air India. Initialism of American Idol. Initialism of Amnesty International. senses_topics: aeronautics aerospace aviation business engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences broadcasting media television
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word: never word_type: adv expansion: never (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English nevere, navere, nævere, from Old English nǣfre (“never”), equivalent to ne + ever. senses_examples: text: 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Chapter XXI: A New Departure in Flavorings, "I never thought you were so fond of Mr. Phillips that you'd require two handkerchiefs to dry your tears just because he was going away," said Marilla. text: Never speak of the symptoms of your patient in his presence, unless questioned by the doctor, whose orders you are always to obey implicitly. ref: 1919, B. G. Jefferis, J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health: Sensible Rules for the Nurse type: quotation text: "You don't believe the Soviet Union is going to reduce its defense budget, do you?" Boggs asked. Premier Chou didn't wait for the translator to finish. "Never, never, never," he replied in perfect English. ref: 1980, Gerald Ford, “Boyhood—and Beyond”, in A Time to Heal, New York: Berkley Books, page 95 type: quotation text: I finally finished, and I never want to do that again. type: example text: I repeated the test a hundred times, and never saw a positive result. type: example text: I will never tell. type: example text: There is no jewel, be it of never so rich a price, which I set before this jewel: I mean your love. ref: 1601 November 30, Elizabeth I of England, Elizabeth I's Farewell Speech type: quotation text: 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Chapter XIII: The Delights of Anticipation, I never saw such an infatuated man. text: The police say I stole the car, but I never did it. type: example text: You said you were going to mow the lawn today. – I never! type: example text: "You're never going to break in?" "This instant, if you'll, help me; in five or ten minutes, if you won't." ref: 1905, E. W. Horning, A Thief in the Night type: quotation text: Well I looked at Jay and I said "hey, did you hear what I just heard?" He nodded his head and his face turned red and he never said a word ref: 1976, “C.B. Savage”, performed by Rod Hart type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance. Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously. Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely). senses_topics:
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word: never word_type: intj expansion: never forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English nevere, navere, nævere, from Old English nǣfre (“never”), equivalent to ne + ever. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A statement of defiance senses_topics:
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word: Rh word_type: noun expansion: Rh forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of Rhesus factor. Abbreviation of Rhesus. senses_topics: medicine sciences medicine sciences
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word: Sr word_type: adj expansion: Sr forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of senior; A title used after a father's name when his son is given the same name. senses_topics:
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word: Sr word_type: noun expansion: Sr (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of sister; A title for a nun. Abbreviation of surveyor, adopted by The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors as a title of its Corporate Members. senses_topics:
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word: Mo word_type: name expansion: Mo forms: wikipedia: Mo (given name) etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Mohammed, Moses, Maurice, Morris, Moritz, or Mortimer. A diminutive of the female given names Marjorie, Maureen, Moira, or Monica. senses_topics:
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word: Mo word_type: name expansion: Mo forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Transliteration of Chinese 莫 (mò). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A surname from Chinese. senses_topics:
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word: Mo word_type: name expansion: Mo forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Watch when I see you, I miss you a lot, yo / How about a nightcap, maybe a bottle of Mo'? ref: 2003, “Let Me Watch”, in Vaudeville Villain, performed by Viktor Vaughn ft. Apani B. Fly type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Clipping of Moët. senses_topics:
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word: PC word_type: adj expansion: PC (comparative more PC, superlative most PC) forms: form: more PC tags: comparative form: most PC tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of partially continuous. Initialism of politically correct. Initialism of pro-choice. Initialism of Progressive Conservative. senses_topics:
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word: PC word_type: noun expansion: PC (countable and uncountable, plural PCs) forms: form: PCs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: “For some of the imaging we do,” says Richard Miner, research manager at the University of Lowell's Center for Productivity Enhancement, “we are using both the Amiga and the PC [with the bridge card]. […] ref: 1987, InfoWorld, volume 9, numbers 27-39, page 28 type: quotation text: In general, the prices for PC and Mac laptops can be competitive, […] ref: 2006, Sonia Weiss, Streetwise Selling On Ebay, page 89 type: quotation text: Versions of Word for PC and Mac It is not unusual to find both Mac and PC computers in college computer laboratories, so you may need to become familiar with both Word for PCs and Word for Mac. ref: 2010, Ann Raimes, Maria Jerskey, Keys for Writers, page 297 type: quotation text: The prison likes to force people out of PC by threatening them with disciplinary reports and taking away our property; also being made to sleep on a concrete slab with a blast of cold air constantly blowing into the cell. ref: 1987 April 4, Greg Thomas, “life-threatening”, in Gay Community News, page 6 type: quotation text: The honest casino operator obtains it either by levying a direct charge or by extracting a favorable P.C. (percentage) […] ref: 1978, John Scarne, Scarne's guide to casino gambling, page 321 type: quotation text: […] but in the long run, the casino's PC (percentage) for casino games will erode your bankroll. ref: 1997, Benny J. Berry, Gambling's Greatest Secrets Revealed type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of personal computer. Initialism of personal computer. A personal computer, especially one similar to an IBM PC that runs Microsoft Windows (or, originally, DOS), usually as opposed to (say) an Apple Mac. Initialism of parsec. Initialism of photocopy. Initialism of presenting complaint. Initialism of player character. Initialism of police constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries. Initialism of political correctness. Initialism of polycarbonate. Initialism of posterior commissure. Initialism of privy council. Initialism of privy councillor. and postnominal. Initialism of press conference. Initialism of probable cause. Initialism of previous conviction. Initialism of Probate Court. Initialism of Production Code. Initialism of professional corporation. Initialism of program counter. Initialism of progressive contextualization. Initialism of Progressive Conservative. A member of the Conservative Party of Canada. Initialism of protective custody. Initialism of private chat. Initialism of patrol craft. Initialism of pubococcygeus muscle. forty-nine (an allusion to a cartoon character, Police Constable 49) Abbreviation of percentage. Abbreviation of propylene carbonate. Initialism of personnel carrier. senses_topics: medicine sciences games gaming government law-enforcement chemistry natural-sciences organic-chemistry physical-sciences anatomy medicine sciences government law-enforcement broadcasting film media television computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences government politics government politics anatomy medicine sciences bingo games gambling games chemistry natural-sciences organic-chemistry physical-sciences
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word: PC word_type: name expansion: PC forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Proto-Celtic. Initialism of Penn Central. Initialism of Coastal Patrol. Initialism of Phrozen Crew. Initialism of Plaid Cymru. Initialism of Presbyterian Church. Initialism of Progressive Canadian Party. Initialism of Progressive Conservative Party. Initialism of Philippine Constabulary. senses_topics: government military navy politics war government politics government politics government politics government law-enforcement
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word: PC word_type: verb expansion: PC (third-person singular simple present PCs, present participle PCing, simple past and past participle PCed) forms: form: PCs tags: present singular third-person form: PCing tags: participle present form: PCed tags: participle past form: PCed tags: past wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: 1991 December, Renée Gearhart Levy, “PC’ed Out,” Syracuse University Magazine, quoted in Steven Mailloux, Reception Histories, Cornell University Press (1998), →ISBN, page 169. text: However, the process of ‘PC’ing’ cheese on toast was too much for me. ref: a. 2005, John Donoghue, Shakespeare My Butt, Second edition, Troubador Publishing Ltd, published 2005, page 193 type: quotation text: Becoming up in arms against the ACLU and others who are PCing Christmas really will amount to nothing in the end. ref: 2005, Matthew Coker, Explanations 2005, Lulu.com, page 272 type: quotation text: Zii: Weren’t they purple, though? ref: 2008, Giz, Ménage à 3 type: quotation roman: Gary: That was the cartoon. Hanna-Barbera PCed it up for Amer… senses_categories: senses_glosses: To make politically correct. senses_topics:
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word: MF word_type: noun expansion: MF (countable and uncountable, plural MFs) forms: form: MFs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of motherfucker; also mf. Initialism of medium frequency. Abbreviation of myelofibrosis. Initialism of married female. senses_topics: business electrical-engineering electricity electromagnetism electronics energy engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences physics medicine sciences
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word: MF word_type: adj expansion: MF (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of motherfucking; also mf. senses_topics:
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word: invertebrate word_type: noun expansion: invertebrate (plural invertebrates) forms: form: invertebrates tags: plural wikipedia: invertebrate etymology_text: From in- + vertebrate. senses_examples: text: Yet despite sounding inhospitable, grasslands such as this are home to a huge variety of smaller herbs and wildflowers, including some of the UK's rarest orchids and invertebrates, in addition to being home to butterfly species such as the Chalkhill Blue. ref: 2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: An animal without vertebrae, i.e. backbone. A spineless person; a coward. senses_topics:
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word: invertebrate word_type: adj expansion: invertebrate (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: invertebrate etymology_text: From in- + vertebrate. senses_examples: text: Tear it up, and put a fragment under the microscope, and, wonder of wonders! see the maze of geometric forms exhibited in the bones of the creature; for who can help regarding the spicules as bones, even though a sponge be invertebrate? ref: 1860, Recreative Science, page 110 type: quotation text: This week Fifa’s morally invertebrate president, Gianni Infantino, gave a speech that attempted to paint his World Cup as a marker of a grand struggle between the bright new world and corrupt old Europe, with Infantino himself the Mandela at its centre. ref: 2022 November 21, Barney Ronay, “Iran’s brave and powerful gesture is a small wonder from a World Cup of woe”, in The Guardian type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Lacking a backbone; without vertebrae. Cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character. senses_topics:
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word: cookbook word_type: noun expansion: cookbook (plural cookbooks) forms: form: cookbooks tags: plural wikipedia: cookbook etymology_text: From cook + book; possibly also a calque of German Kochbuch, from kochen (“cook”) + Buch (“book”). senses_examples: text: The Anarchist's Cookbook senses_categories: senses_glosses: A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips. Any book of strategies. senses_topics:
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word: sonar word_type: noun expansion: sonar (countable and uncountable, plural sonars) forms: form: sonars tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From SONAR, acronym of sound navigation and ranging. Coined by American scientist Frederick Vinton Hunt in the 1940s. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: echolocation A device that uses hydrophones (in the same manner as radar) to locate objects underwater. senses_topics: nautical transport nautical transport
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word: OE word_type: name expansion: OE forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Old English. Initialism of Overseas Experience. Initialism of Outlook Express. senses_topics: human-sciences linguistics sciences computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences
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word: OE word_type: noun expansion: OE (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: In a thread on the Overemployed subreddit, one poster who pondered the divide between anti-work proponents and the overemployed received a response saying, "Antiwork and OE have an overlap. Antiwork talks about how the system is against the workers and we should tear that system down. OE thinks the system is against the workers and says 'let's exploit it.'" ref: 2022 September 27, Fadeke Adegbuyi, “The Unlikely Cure for Burnout? A Second Job”, in Wired, San Francisco, C.A.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-23 type: quotation text: Overemployment, or 'OE' to those in the community, can open up lucrative opportunities to those who know how to play the game well. But is doubling your workload the answer to a rapidly volatile job climate, or is it a legally dubious practice that puts employers on the back foot?] ref: [2022 October 7, Isobel O'Sullivan, “Overemployment: Why Are People Choosing to Work Two Jobs?”, in Tech.co, archived from the original on 2023-03-21 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of overemployment. senses_topics:
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word: OE word_type: adj expansion: OE (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Isaac has two full-time programming positions at tech companies, a contract job, and he also runs Overemployed, which he likens to an online "campfire" where fellow "OE" workers swap advice on how best to balance multiple jobs and not get caught. ref: 2022 August 27, Danny Fortson, “The rise of WFH staff secretly working for more than one firm”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-08-27 type: quotation text: Rallying on reddit, Minute-Lock6073 says, "I started telling recruiters about my interest in a second job," the cloud computing specialist explains. "Both of my managers know that I am 'OE'". ref: 2022 October 17, Chris Westfall, “Troubling Trend Of Overemployment: Can A Side Hustle Get You Fired?”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-04 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of overemployed. senses_topics:
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word: OE word_type: verb expansion: OE (third-person singular simple present OEs, present participle OEing, simple past and past participle OEed) forms: form: OEs tags: present singular third-person form: OEing tags: participle present form: OEed tags: participle past form: OEed tags: past wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: But then he might be found out at the other companies where he OEs as a transgender person. Obviously the solution is to interview as a furry ref: 2023 February 22, u/qviavdetadipiscitvr, “New way to bulletproof your OE”, in Reddit, r/overemployed, archived from the original on 2023-09-22 type: quotation text: Before that, I was at a company where I could have easily OEed but didn't because it didn't even cross my mind. ref: 2023 March 14, u/computerjunkie7410, “Piece of advice you WISHED you had prior to starting OE ?”, in Reddit, r/overemployed, archived from the original on 2023-09-22 type: quotation text: Hello all, I have been OEing for the last two years and I am thinking of starting some kind of online business on the side but I am just lost on where to start and whether it is worth it. I am curious to know if anyone else has considered building a business with their extra income? ref: 2023 August 22, u/PsychologicalFail737, “Start a business?”, in Reddit, r/overemployed, archived from the original on 2023-09-22 type: quotation text: 18 months. Most people advise to OE when you're an expert at your field. I can get J1s work out of the way with 6 hours of aggressive concentration weekly. J2 is a bit hard, new territory but I'm making it work. ref: 2023 August 25, u/Evening-Mousse-1812, “How long did you work to gain experience before trying OE?”, in Reddit, r/overemployed, archived from the original on 2023-09-22 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: To be overemployed (working more than one job simultaneously). senses_topics:
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word: sulfur word_type: noun expansion: sulfur (usually uncountable, plural sulfurs) forms: form: sulfurs tags: plural wikipedia: Sulfur (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English sulphur, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sulfre, from Latin sulfur, from sulpur itself of uncertain origin. Displaced Old English swefl and largely displaced brimstone. senses_examples: text: sulfur: text: Coordinate term: yellow senses_categories: senses_glosses: A chemical element (symbol S) with an atomic number of 16. A yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur. Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the sulfur-coloured species. senses_topics:
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word: sulfur word_type: adj expansion: sulfur (comparative more sulfur, superlative most sulfur) forms: form: more sulfur tags: comparative form: most sulfur tags: superlative wikipedia: Sulfur (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English sulphur, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sulfre, from Latin sulfur, from sulpur itself of uncertain origin. Displaced Old English swefl and largely displaced brimstone. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of a yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur. senses_topics:
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word: sulfur word_type: verb expansion: sulfur (third-person singular simple present sulfurs, present participle sulfuring, simple past and past participle sulfured) forms: form: sulfurs tags: present singular third-person form: sulfuring tags: participle present form: sulfured tags: participle past form: sulfured tags: past wikipedia: Sulfur (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English sulphur, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sulfre, from Latin sulfur, from sulpur itself of uncertain origin. Displaced Old English swefl and largely displaced brimstone. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: To treat with sulfur, or a sulfur compound, especially to preserve or to counter agricultural pests. senses_topics:
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word: em word_type: noun expansion: em (plural ems) forms: form: ems tags: plural wikipedia: em (typography) etymology_text: Attested since 1808. In typography, the em is named after the em quadrat (later called em quad), from m quadrat, a metal type used in letterpress typesetting, which is as wide as the point size of the font. senses_examples: text: The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends. type: example text: It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh." ref: 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: The name of the Latin-script letter M/m. A unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use. senses_topics: media publishing typography
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word: em word_type: pron expansion: em forms: wikipedia: em (typography) etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of 'em senses_topics:
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word: em word_type: pron expansion: em (third-person singular, gender-neutral, objective case, reflexive emself, possessive adjective eir, possessive pronoun eirs) forms: form: emself tags: reflexive form: eir tags: adjective possessive form: eirs tags: possessive pronoun without-noun wikipedia: Spivak pronouns em (typography) etymology_text: Coined by Christine M. Elverson by removing the "th" from them, perhaps influenced by the pre-existing em/'em, now often perceived as apheretic forms of them (though originally unrelated). senses_examples: text: If the author uses such notation, it should be up to Em to indicate Eir intentions clearly, but there’s no harm checking first. ref: 1986 April 1, Michael Spivak, The Joy of TeX: A Gourmet Guide to Typesetting with the AMS-TeX macro package, Providence: American Mathematical Society, →LCCN, LCC Z253.4.T47 S673 1986, page 68 type: quotation text: I may become quite intimate with someone, spend hours with em every night, and yet not have the slightest idea what eir voice sounds like, or what eir RL body looks, feels, and smells like. ref: 1997, Steven Shaviro, Doom Patrols : A Theoretical Fiction About Postmodernism, London: Serpent's Tail, →LCCN, page 138 type: quotation text: E invites em to consider how ey represent emselves, and in so doing, e focuses eir attention on the ethics that make human relations possible. ref: 2000, Jane Love, “Ethics, Plugged and Unplugged: The Pegagogy of Disorderly Conduct”, in James A. Inman, Donna N. Sewell, editors, Taking flight with OWLs: Examining Electronic Writing Center Work, Taylor & Francis, LCC PE1414.T24 1999, page 193 type: quotation text: And ultimately: I think my readers are mature enough that knowing eir assigned gender is not going to give them an “excuse” to misgender em. ref: 2011 March 15, RJ Edwards, “89: New Friend”, in Riot Nrrd, retrieved 2012-10-06 type: quotation text: “You idiot girl! Are you childsick?” She grabbed Asu’s wrist; Asu made no effort to twist away. “Sand and soil, tell me you’re not pregnant. Is it that—what’s eir name? Aeran? Have you lain with em? Tell me!” ref: 2023, Aimee Ogden, “A Half-Remembered World”, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol. 145, no. 1-2, whole no. 768 (July/August 2023), pages 146-202 senses_categories: senses_glosses: A gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, the objective case of ey or e, equivalent to the singular them and coordinate with him and her. senses_topics:
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word: em word_type: intj expansion: em forms: wikipedia: em (typography) etymology_text: Compare um. senses_examples: text: She was abused by, em... David, I think. That was his name, he's a real em... what's the word, narcissist. You should really stay away from him. senses_categories: senses_glosses: a form of hesitant speech, or an expression of uncertainty; um; umm; erm senses_topics:
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word: em word_type: noun expansion: em (plural ems) forms: form: ems tags: plural wikipedia: em (typography) etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The name of the Unspecified script letter М / м. senses_topics:
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word: PG word_type: adj expansion: PG (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: More significantly, rigid deference to Bieber’s still-young core fan base keeps things resolutely PG, with any acknowledgement of sex either couched in vague “touch your body” workarounds or downgraded to desirous hand-holding and eye-gazing. ref: 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The Onion AV Club type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of parental guidance: suitable for viewing, reading, or listening, by minors. senses_topics:
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word: PG word_type: noun expansion: PG (countable and uncountable, plural PGs) forms: form: PGs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: I've had it. That's it George! For one year now, I've been providing X-rated entertainment and you reciprocate with PG! It's an iniquitous arrangement! ref: 1979, Blake Edwards, 10, spoken by Neighbor type: quotation text: Taking along a pint of P.G. and a large supply of goof balls to taper off. ref: 1948, William S. Burroughs, letter, 30 Nov 1948 senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of parental guidance, a rating for a film that may be viewed by minors at their parents' discretion. Initialism of paying guest. Initialism of point guard. Short for paregoric, a painkiller. Initialism of proteoglycan. Initialism of propylene glycol. senses_topics: broadcasting film media television ball-games basketball games hobbies lifestyle sports biochemistry biology chemistry microbiology natural-sciences physical-sciences chemistry natural-sciences organic-chemistry physical-sciences
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word: PG word_type: name expansion: PG forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Although Supergirl fans will relish page 4, I believe the first panel of 5 says it all: after a full force ramming by SG, PG just casually tosses her into a wall. Now *that's* Power Girl. ref: 1997 October 25, Lightning, “REVIEW Power Girl #1, uhm, I mean Supergirl #16”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), message-ID <62tta5$a7g$1@206.230.70.77> type: quotation text: Actually, a point could be made that the animated Supergirl is much more like Power Girl than the pre Crisis Supergirl. For one thing she adopted the name Karen (Karen Starr was the name Kara Zor-L created), also she wears PG's costume colors and has a strong resentment toward's Clark's overprotectiveness. The only difference is that the animated SG has the Kara Zor-El personality more than she does Power Girl's. ref: 1998 May 6, CaptT...@webtv.net, “Re: Why is TV kind of pre-Crisis and comics Post-Crisis”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), message-ID <6iouoe$1jf$1@newsd-134.iap.bryant.webtv.net> type: quotation text: I kinda hate how they made Power Girl (Kara/SG pre-Crisis on World 2 or 3?) evil and a clone of SG. One of my fav comics growing up was Supes, and PG and I think Green Arrow going after Vandal Savage. ref: 2005 September 21, tan...@bellsouth.net, “Re: JLU - WOW”, in alt.tv.cartoon-network (Usenet), message-ID <SL7Ye.4284$xg3.1881@bignews4.bellsouth.net> type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Proto-Germanic. Initialism of Persian Gulf. Initialism of Power Girl (“DC Comics superheroine”). Abbreviation of Prince George's County. Initialism of Pokémon Go. Initialism of Project Gutenberg. senses_topics: human-sciences linguistics sciences comics literature media publishing games gaming
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word: influence word_type: noun expansion: influence (countable and uncountable, plural influences) forms: form: influences tags: plural wikipedia: influence etymology_text: From Middle English influence, from Old French influence (“emanation from the stars affecting one's fate”), from Medieval Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns (“flowing in”), present active participle of īnfluō (“flow into”), from in- (“in-”) + fluō (“flow”). Doublet of influenza and inflood. senses_examples: text: I have absolutely no influence over him. type: example text: The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use. ref: 2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26 type: quotation text: I'm not able to exercise influence over him. type: example text: Terra Firma is an Alliance political party formed after the First Contact War. Its policy agenda is based on the principle that Earth must 'stand firm' against alien influences. This covers a variety of legislation. Recent activities by Terra Firma include opposition to a law requiring high school alien language study, a proposal to increase tariffs on alien imports, and leading a popular movement to mark the First Contact War with a public holiday. ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Terra Firma Party Codex entry type: quotation text: He has been a great influence on the voters during the elections. type: example text: Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction. ref: 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions. An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change. A person or thing exerting such power or action. An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth. The action of flowing in; influx. Electrostatic induction. senses_topics: astrology human-sciences mysticism philosophy sciences business electrical-engineering electricity electromagnetism energy engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences physics
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word: influence word_type: verb expansion: influence (third-person singular simple present influences, present participle influencing, simple past and past participle influenced) forms: form: influences tags: present singular third-person form: influencing tags: participle present form: influenced tags: participle past form: influenced tags: past wikipedia: influence etymology_text: From Middle English influence, from Old French influence (“emanation from the stars affecting one's fate”), from Medieval Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns (“flowing in”), present active participle of īnfluō (“flow into”), from in- (“in-”) + fluō (“flow”). Doublet of influenza and inflood. senses_examples: text: The politician wants to influence the public. type: example text: I must admit that this book influenced my outlook on life. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce. To exert, make use of one's influence. To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill. senses_topics:
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word: OPruss word_type: name expansion: OPruss forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of Old Prussian. senses_topics:
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word: accendibility word_type: noun expansion: accendibility (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Capacity for being kindled; inflammability. senses_topics:
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word: Pruss word_type: adj expansion: Pruss forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of Prussian. senses_topics:
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word: extraterrestrial word_type: adj expansion: extraterrestrial (comparative more extraterrestrial, superlative most extraterrestrial) forms: form: more extraterrestrial tags: comparative form: most extraterrestrial tags: superlative wikipedia: extraterrestrial etymology_text: From extra- + terrestrial. senses_examples: text: Residents of the city of Voronezh insisted today that lanky, three-eyed extraterrestrial creatures had indeed landed in a local park and gone for a stroll and that a seemingly fantastic report about the event carried Monday by the official press agency Tass was absolutely true. ref: 1989 October 11, Esther B. Fein, “U.F.O. Landing Is Fact, Not Fantasy, the Russians Insist”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-10-12, Section A, page 6 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment. senses_topics:
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word: extraterrestrial word_type: noun expansion: extraterrestrial (plural extraterrestrials) forms: form: extraterrestrials tags: plural wikipedia: extraterrestrial etymology_text: From extra- + terrestrial. senses_examples: text: Smith returns in Men In Black 3 as a veteran agent of a secret organization dedicated to policing the earth’s many extraterrestrials. ref: 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: A being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien. senses_topics:
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word: accension word_type: noun expansion: accension (plural accensions) forms: form: accensions tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin accensiōnem, from accendere. senses_examples: text: From Small-coal ensueth the black colour and quick accension; for neither Brimstone nor Petre, although in Powder, will take fire like Small-coal […] ref: 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition. senses_topics:
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word: accendible word_type: adj expansion: accendible (comparative more accendible, superlative most accendible) forms: form: more accendible tags: comparative form: most accendible tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From accend + -ible (compare Italian accendibile). senses_examples: text: Every combustible requires a peculiar pitch of temperature to be kindled, called its accendible point ref: 1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable. senses_topics:
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word: GST word_type: noun expansion: GST forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of goods and services tax. (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India) Initialism of goods and sales tax. (state of Victoria in Australia, formerly in Canada) One of various compounds of germanium, antimony, and tellurium used as a phase change material, including GeSbTe. senses_topics: economics government sciences taxation economics government sciences taxation business electrical-engineering electricity electromagnetism electronics energy engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences physics
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word: tolar word_type: noun expansion: tolar (plural tolars or tolarjev or tolarji) forms: form: tolars tags: plural form: tolarjev tags: plural form: tolarji tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Slovene tolar, from German Taler (“made in Joachimstal”). Doublet of dollar and thaler. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A state currency formerly used by the Republic of Slovenia between 1991 and 2006, divided into 100 stotins. senses_topics:
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word: almanac word_type: noun expansion: almanac (plural almanacs) forms: form: almanacs tags: plural wikipedia: almanac etymology_text: From Middle English almenak, from Old French almanach, from Medieval Latin almanachus, from Andalusian Arabic الْمَنَاخ (al-manāḵ, “almanac, calendar”), from Arabic الْمُنَاخ (al-munāḵ, “climate”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A book or table listing nautical, astronomical, astrological or other events for the year; sometimes, but not essentially, containing historical and statistical information. A handbook, typically published annually, containing information on a particular subject. A GPS signal consisting of coarse orbit and status information for each satellite in a satellite constellation. senses_topics: astronomy natural-sciences
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word: XL word_type: noun expansion: XL forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of extra large (the manufactured size or an item of that size). A designation for a trim level within a model of trucks; it denotes midrange features. senses_topics: business clothing fashion lifestyle manufacturing textiles automotive transport vehicles
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word: XL word_type: adj expansion: XL (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Natalie V. Adams First year university Temper: Nerdy Hair: XL ref: 2006, “Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness”, in Scott Pilgrim, volume 3 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of extra large (of the manufactured size). senses_topics: business clothing fashion lifestyle manufacturing textiles
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word: intermodal word_type: adj expansion: intermodal (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From inter- + modal. senses_examples: text: an intermodal station which provides transfers between buses and trains type: example text: Boxes from Southampton: In September, GB Railfreight began a new intermodal service from Solent Stevedores to Manchester. [...] This is the third daily working GBRf offers serving Southampton and GBRf's 17th intermodal service to date; it runs five days per week. ref: 2019 October, Steve Stubbs (photo caption), “New GBRf intermodal service”, in Modern Railways, page 20 type: quotation text: It created inter-city and intermodal services, which were genuinely world leading. And it undeniably pushed British Railways into the modern era. ref: 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 49 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Relating to more than one mode of transport. senses_topics:
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word: vacuüm word_type: noun expansion: vacuüm (plural vacua or vacuä) forms: form: vacua tags: plural form: vacuä tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Dutch vacuüm, from Latin vacuum, the substantive neuter of the adjective vacuus (“empty”); spelt with a diæresis added to specify the trisyllabic pronunciation [ˈvæ.kjuː.əm] (as opposed to the disyllabic * [ˈvæ.kjuːm]). senses_examples: text: Franklin Roosevelt was showing that democracy was capable of taking care of its own; the New Deal was filling the vacuüm of faith which we had inherited from the cynicism and complacency of the twenties, and from the breadlines of the early thirtees. ref: 1996, T. A. M. Schoenmakers, Het Amerikaanse Neoconservatisme, 1968–1988, page 14 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative spelling of vacuum senses_topics:
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word: fencing word_type: verb expansion: fencing forms: wikipedia: fencing etymology_text: From fence + -ing. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of fence senses_topics:
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word: fencing word_type: noun expansion: fencing (countable and uncountable, plural fencings) forms: form: fencings tags: plural wikipedia: fencing etymology_text: From Middle English fensing, equivalent to fence + -ing. senses_examples: text: The pair both want to touch each other, and indulge in a series of fencings and parryings in the hope of attaining their desire. ref: 1973, Alan Dundes, Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel, page 253 type: quotation text: Fencing was erected around the field to keep the horses in. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th- to 18th-century European dueling swords and the practice weapons descended from them (sport fencing). Material used to make fences, fences used as barriers or an enclosure. Receiving and buying of stolen goods. senses_topics:
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word: dam word_type: noun expansion: dam (plural dams) forms: form: dams tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English dam, from Old English *damm, from Proto-West Germanic *damm, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz. senses_examples: text: A dam is often an essential source of water to farmers of hilly country. type: example text: Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins[…] ref: 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad type: quotation text: Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys. ref: 2013 August 16, John Vidal, “Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 10, page 8 type: quotation text: Boats may only be used at places set aside for boating on the dam. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding. The water reservoir resulting from placing such a structure. A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet during dental work, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band. A reservoir. A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace. senses_topics: dentistry medicine sciences
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word: dam word_type: verb expansion: dam (third-person singular simple present dams, present participle damming, simple past and past participle dammed) forms: form: dams tags: present singular third-person form: damming tags: participle present form: dammed tags: participle past form: dammed tags: past wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English dam, from Old English *damm, from Proto-West Germanic *damm, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: To block the flow of water. senses_topics:
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word: dam word_type: noun expansion: dam (plural dams) forms: form: dams tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Variant of dame. Doublet of domina and donna. senses_examples: text: she / Resolved that Juan should be quite a paragon, / And worthy of the noblest pedigree / (His sire was from Castile, his dam from Aragon)[…]. ref: 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, Part 1 type: quotation text: The sky was cloudless—the moon rolled across the surface like a lamb searching for its dam. ref: 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, page 112 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals. A kind of crowned piece in the game of draughts. senses_topics:
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word: dam word_type: noun expansion: dam (plural dams) forms: form: dams tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Said to be possibly coined from the English phrase "I don't give a dam(n)," referring to its small worth. senses_examples: text: […] A small Indian coin; whence comes the saying "I don't care a dam for you," that is I don't value you a farthing, and not as generally given, "I don't care a damn" or a "curse for you." [Possibly a folk etymology.] ref: 1839, William Holloway, A General Dictionary of Provincialisms, Written with a View to Rescue from Oblivion the Fast Fading Relics of By-gone Days, Lewes, East Sussex: Sussex Press: Printed and published by Baxter and Son, →OCLC, page 42 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: An obsolete Indian copper coin, equal to a fortieth of a rupee. A former coin of Nepal, 128 of which were worth one mohar. senses_topics:
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word: dam word_type: intj expansion: dam forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping or Pronunciation spelling of damn. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Damn. senses_topics:
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word: dam word_type: adj expansion: dam (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping or Pronunciation spelling of damn. senses_examples: text: Do not get too caught up in individual campism. The Most-High sent your spirits back on earth to fix yourselves, come together and wake up our people, so do your dam job and stop letting your fleshly desires control you. ref: 2020, Jacie Rowe III, White Lies, Black Truth, The Lost Light, page 196 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Damn. senses_topics:
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word: voyager word_type: noun expansion: voyager (plural voyagers) forms: form: voyagers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From voyage + -er. senses_examples: text: This rudeness and official punctilio, however, brought forth a storm of protest from my fellow voyagers. ref: 1921 October, Maxwell H. H. Macartney, “An Ex-Enemy in Berlin to-Day”, in The Atlantic type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person who voyages, traveller, a person who explores new lands and worlds. senses_topics:
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word: titan word_type: noun expansion: titan (plural titans) forms: form: titans tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Titan. senses_examples: text: The battle of the titans at the bridal door explodes into the marketplace; and wall and doorpost shatter as they fight with the fury of bulls. ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 191 type: quotation text: In that context Scotland's fate is a modest element, a symptom of wider fragmentation of the current global order, a footnote to the fall of empire and the Berlin Wall, important to us and punchdrunk neighbours like France and Italy, a mere curiosity to emerging titans like Brazil. ref: 2014 September 8, Michael White, “Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe”, in The Guardian type: quotation text: Whitney, mother of Xavier, is a real estate titan who, along with her British husband, has found her niche selling luxurious underground bunkers to wealthy clients looking for a safe space to hunker down in the event of a climate apocalypse. ref: 2022 April 5, Elizabeth Wetmore, “How Far Will Parents Go to Protect Their Sons?”, in The New York Times type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness. senses_topics:
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word: afghani word_type: noun expansion: afghani (plural afghanis) forms: form: afghanis tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Classical Persian افغانی (afğānī), derivative of افغان (afğān). senses_examples: text: Laila hoped to have a thousand afghanis or more stowed away, half of which would go to the bus fare from Kabul to Peshawar. ref: 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 241 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul. senses_topics:
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word: deuterium word_type: noun expansion: deuterium (countable and uncountable, plural deuteriums) forms: form: deuteriums tags: plural wikipedia: deuterium etymology_text: From deutero- + -ium. Coined by American physical chemist Harold Urey, from Ancient Greek δεύτερος (deúteros, “second”). senses_examples: text: Heavy water is "heavy" because it contains deuterium. type: example text: There were about 80 deuteriums for every million protiums, and virtually no tritium. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: An isotope of hydrogen with one proton and one neutron in each atom - ²₁H. An atom of this isotope. senses_topics: natural-sciences physical-sciences physics
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word: cigarillo word_type: noun expansion: cigarillo (plural cigarillos or cigarilloes) forms: form: cigarillos tags: plural form: cigarilloes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Spanish cigarrillo, from cigarro (“cigar”) + -illo (“diminutive suffix”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A thin cigar, differing from a cigarette in being wrapped with tobacco leaves rather than paper. senses_topics:
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word: P.O. word_type: noun expansion: P.O. forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of post office. Abbreviation of postal order. senses_topics:
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word: eur. word_type: name expansion: eur. forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of Europe. senses_topics:
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word: Corinthia word_type: name expansion: Corinthia forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Corinth + -ia. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A region or a prefecture in the northeast Peloponnese, with a population of over 200,000. senses_topics:
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word: Tb word_type: symbol expansion: Tb forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of Tbit. senses_topics: computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences
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word: markka word_type: noun expansion: markka (plural markkas or markkaa) forms: form: markkas tags: plural form: markkaa tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Finnish markka, from a Germanic language, likely German Mark. Doublet of mark. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A (Finnish) mark, the currency used in Finland before the introduction of the euro, consisting of 100 penni. Abbreviation FIM. senses_topics:
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word: Yb word_type: symbol expansion: Yb forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of Ybit. senses_topics: computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences sciences
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word: Tm word_type: noun expansion: Tm forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of tubular maximum: a scale used in the study of kidney function senses_topics:
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word: LES word_type: noun expansion: LES (countable and uncountable, plural LESs) forms: form: LESs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of launch escape system. Initialism of lower esophageal sphincter. Initialism of lake effect snow. Initialism of Leave and Earnings Statement. senses_topics: aerospace astronautics business engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences anatomy medicine sciences government military politics war
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word: LES word_type: name expansion: LES forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Coordinate term: UES senses_categories: senses_glosses: Acronym of Lower East Side. senses_topics:
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word: LMAO word_type: phrase expansion: LMAO forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of laughing my ass off; used to indicate great amusement, usually exaggerated. senses_topics:
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word: amer. word_type: adj expansion: amer. (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of American. Abbreviation of Amerindian. senses_topics:
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word: Pr word_type: noun expansion: Pr forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of propyl. senses_topics: chemistry natural-sciences organic-chemistry physical-sciences
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word: ext. word_type: noun expansion: ext. (plural exts.) forms: form: exts. tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of extension. senses_topics: