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noun
- A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
- A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.
- A variant of crazy eights where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play.
- A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women.
- Synonym of rute.
- A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
- A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
- A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene.
- A change or exchange.
- One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
- A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
- A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
- A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
adj
- Pertaining to skiing backwards.
- Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.
verb
- To trim.
- To change places, tasks, etc.
- To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance.
- To exchange.
- To swing or whisk.
- To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
- To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
- To be swung or whisked.
- To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
- To whip or hit with a switch.
- To shift to another circuit.
noun
- In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
- The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.
- A mechanical indicator that pops up to draw the pilot's attention to a problem or malfunction.
- The game of capture the flag.
- A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
- Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
- A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally, though in practice not always explicitly, including the null face and the polytope itself), such that each face in the sequence is part of the next-higher dimension face.
- A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
- An exact representation of a flag (for example: a digital one used in websites).
- Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
- A plot or words of a character in an animation, etc., that would usually lead to a specific outcome or event, not logically or causally, but as a pattern of the animation, etc.
- A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
- A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value
- The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
- A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
- A dark piece of material that can be mounted on a stand to block or shape the light.
- A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space and ending with the vector space itself, such that each member of the sequence (until the last) is a proper subspace of the next.
- A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.
- A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
- A signal flag.
- A slice of turf; a sod.
verb
- To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
- To signal (an event).
- To furnish or deck out with flags.
- To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
- To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.
- To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
- To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
- To penalize for an infraction.
- To fail, such as a class or an exam.
- To pave with flagstones.
- To weaken, become feeble.
- To set a program variable to true.
- To note, mark or point out for attention.
- To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
- To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
- To point the muzzle of a firearm at a person or object one does not intend to fire on.
- To lose on time, especially in a blitz game; when using a traditional analog chess clock, a flag would fall when time expired.
- To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
suffix
verb
- Synonym of restrict.
- To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.
- Synonym of isolate more generally.
noun
- A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.
- An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc..
- A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
- The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.
- The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.
- A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
- A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- A period of 40 days, particularly
- The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations.
- A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
adj
- Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
- Of a rocket or missile: not under the control of a guidance system after being launched.
- Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed.
- Without obligations.
- With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.
- Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
- (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.
- Unconstrained.
- Unobstructed, without blockages.
- Unattached or uncombined.
- Not imprisoned or enslaved.
- Unconstrained by quantifiers.
- Not attached; loose.
- Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.
- Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; said of a government, institutions, etc.
- Unconstrained by timidity or distrust
- Intended for release, as opposed to a checked version.
- complimentary
- Unconstrained by relators.
- Obtainable without any payment.
- Generous; liberal.
- Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.
noun
- A free transfer.
- The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
verb
- To make free; set at liberty; release.
- To rid of something that confines or oppresses.
- To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.
adv
noun
- A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
- The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
- The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
- A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
- A division into two branches.
- Any place where one thing divides into two.
- Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
- The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
noun
- A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition.
- if v ne 0 then |v| ne 0;
- That which is normal or typical.
- A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.
- A rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community.
- given a scalar k, |kv|=|k|·|v|, where |k| is the absolute value of k;
- given two vectors v,w, |v+w|<|v|+|w| (the triangle inequality).
verb
adj
- Consisting of relatively natural language-like commands and mathematical notations which, after compilation or interpretation, become a set of machine language instructions.
- Taking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation.
- Of or pertaining to a person of a high social position or high rank within a hierarchy or organization.
- Consisting of such people.
noun
verb
- To issue a command to.
- To arrange, set in proper order.
- To set in some sort of order.
- To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.
- To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.
noun
- A command.
- The state of being well arranged.
- A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles.
- The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial function of concentrations of reactants and products.
- A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a distinct character, kind, or sort.
- A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
- A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.
- The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (since the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural design.
- The number of vertices in a graph.
- The cardinality, or number of elements in a set, group, or other structure regardable as a set.
- The sequence in which a side’s batsmen bat; the batting order.
- A written direction to furnish someone with money or property; compare money order, postal order.
- An association of knights.
- Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
- Any group of people with common interests.
- A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity.
- A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below class and above family; a taxon at that rank.
- Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.
- An ecclesiastical rank or position, usually for the sake of ministry, (especially, when plural) holy orders.
- A power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- For given group G and element g ∈ G, the smallest positive natural number n, if it exists, such that (using multiplicative notation), gⁿ = e, where e is the identity element of G; if no such number exists, the element is said to be of infinite order (or sometimes zero order).
- A partially ordered set.
- The relation on a partially ordered set that determines that it is, in fact, a partially ordered set.
- The sum of the exponents on the variables in a monomial, or the highest such among all monomials in a polynomial.
noun
- A set of rules defining behaviour.
- The overall form or organization of something.
- The underlying shape of a solid.
- Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish
- A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
- A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
- A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
- Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
verb
suffix
symbol
noun
- The seventh note in the C major scale.
- An academic grade, better than a C and worse than an A
- Bass.
- a B cell.
- A personality type of someone who is relaxed and easygoing and able to engage in leisure activities without worrying about work.
- The grade of pencil that makes darker marks than grade HB but lighter marks than grade 2B; a pencil with soft lead.
- Signifies a second-tier or second class of a given commodity, group, or category, as in B-movie, B-list, etc.
- Bishop
- Alternate or secondary part, as the back side of a phonograph record. Contrasted with A, which is the primary part.
- The quantity one billion (1,000,000,000), usually used to signify a sum of money
- the number of balls faced by a batsman
name
character
noun
- an instruction that interrupts the program being executed
- a method of contacting a person by phone
- a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- a demand
- the characteristic sound produced by a bird
- a brief social visit
- a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
- a demand for a show of hands in a card game
- a request
- a visit in an official or professional capacity
- (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee
- the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
verb
- assign a specified (usually proper) name to
- ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality
- get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
- utter a sudden loud cry
- order, request, or command to come
- pay a brief visit
- call a meeting; invite or command to meet
- read aloud to check for omissions or absentees
- send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message
- utter a characteristic note or cry
- stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather
- greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
- make a stop in a harbour
- demand payment of (a loan)
- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
- give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
- indicate a decision in regard to
- make a prediction about; tell in advance
- present for redemption before maturation
- challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense
- declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee
- lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal
- order or request or give a command for
- order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role
- utter in a loud voice or announce
- challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of
- consider or regard as being
- rouse somebody from sleep with a call
prep
- Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
- Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.
- Used to indicate result of action.
- Used to indicate a ratio or comparison; compared to, as against.
- Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
- At.
- Preceding the next hour.
- Indicating destination: In the direction of, so as to arrive at.
- Denotes the end of a range.
- Often used without the hour
- Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
- according to
- Used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion.
particle
- Used to indicate an obligation on the part of, or a directive given to, the subject.
- In order to.
- As above, with the verb implied.
- A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
adv
noun
- A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.
- An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
- Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).
verb
noun
- Any word used as the key to a code.
- A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function, etc.
- Any important word in a text or document, which may be linked to other words or other information, or at least merely listed in the metadata for searches to find.
- Any word that occurs in a text more often than normal.
- Any word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information.
verb
noun
- An edition of limited functionality to give the user an example of how the program works.
- An example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount.
- A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully.
- A demographic group.
- A demonstration or visual explanation.
- A democrat.
- A non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine. See demoscene.
- Demolition.
- A march or gathering to make a political protest.
verb
noun
- An instance of the use of such a code or character.
- In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.
- A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
- The act of kissing passionately.
- A type of women's undergarment of dress length worn under dresses or skirts, a slip or chemise.
- A bit shift.
- The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
- A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
- A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
- The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
- A period of time in which one's consciousness resides in another reality, usually achieved through meditation or other means.
- An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
- A control code or character used to change between different character sets.
- An infield shift.
- A simple straight-hanging, loose-fitting dress.
verb
- To change position.
- To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
- To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.
- In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.
- To dispose of.
- To practice indirect or evasive methods.
- To remove the first value from an array.
- To change gears (in a car).
- To hurry; to move quickly.
- To change the reality one's consciousness resides in through meditation or other means.
- To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
- To change in form or character; switch.
- To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.
- To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.
- To engage in sexual petting.
adj
- Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only being accessible within a certain portion of a program.
- Holonyms: statal, national, federal, unional, supranational, global
- Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.
- Connected directly to a particular computer, processor, etc.; able to be accessed offline.
- From or in a nearby location.
- Applying to each point in a space rather than the space as a whole.
- Descended from an indigenous population.
adv
noun
- A Twitter user who is not a part of Stan Twitter.
- One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.
- An independent trader who acts for themselves rather than on behalf of investors.
- A person who lives near a given place.
- A locally scoped identifier.
- An item of news relating to the place where the newspaper is published.
- A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
verb
- To consume (an exception, an event, etc.) so that other parts of the program do not receive it.
- To be injured or killed by (something such as a firearm or its projectile), especially in the mouth.
- To take the loss in a transaction.
- To cause (someone) to worry.
- To consume a meal.
- To be eaten.
- To corrode or erode.
- To perform oral sex (on a person or body part).
- To consume money (or other instruments of value, such as a token) deposited or inserted by a user, while failing to either provide the intended product or service or return the payment.
- To destroy, consume, or use up.
- To have a particular quality of diet; to be well-fed or underfed (typically as "eat healthy" or "eat good").
- To damage, destroy, or fail to eject a removable part or an inserted object.
- To be very good; to rule; to rock.
- To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
noun
noun
- A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
- An area in business or of knowledge, research.
- A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
- The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
- Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
- A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
- One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
- A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
- A branch line.
- A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
- A location of an organization with several locations.
- A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
verb
- To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
- To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
- To strip of branches.
- To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
- To produce branches.
- To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
intj
- Used to dismiss a dialog box or confirm a prompt.
- Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
- Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.
- Used in turn-taking, serving as a request to the speaker to grant the turn to the interrupter.
adj
- All right, acceptable, permitted.
- In good health or a good emotional state.
- Satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional.
- Satisfied (with); willing to accept a state of affairs.
noun
verb
adv
name
noun
- a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program
- a small contrasting part of something
- a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
- a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
- a connection intended to be used for a limited time
- sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
- a protective cloth covering for an injured eye
- a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
verb
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