cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pupinize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pupinizes
form: pupinizing
form: pupinized
form: pupinized
Etymology: From Pupin + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To extend the range of (a long-distance telephone communication network) by means of the Pupin system.
Related terms: pupinization
pupinizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pupinize
pupinizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pupinize
pupinized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pupinize
Pupin's system
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pupin system.
load coil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: load coils
Senses: glosses: Synonym of loading coil.
synonyms: word: loading coil
load coils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of load coil
loading coil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loading coils
Senses: synonyms: load coil
glosses: An inductor that is inserted into an electronic circuit to increase its inductance.
loading coils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loading coil
Actaeoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Actaeon
Actaeoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Actaeon
cephalick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cephalick
form: most cephalick
Senses: examples: text: I was at the Mathematical School, where the Maſter taught his Pupils after a Method ſcarce imaginable to us in Europe. The Propoſition and Demonſtration were fairly written on a thin Wafer, with Ink compoſed of a Cephalick Tincture. This the Student was to ſwallow upon a faſting Stomach, and for three days following eat nothing but Bread and Water. As the Wafer digeſted, the Tincture mounted to his Brain, bearing the Propoſition along with it.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Permitted to See the Grand Academy of Lagado. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 78:
glosses: Archaic spelling of cephalic.
Putnam model
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Putnam model
Etymology: Devised by Lawrence Putnam, Sr.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A model that describes the time and effort required to finish a software project of a specified size, taking productivity into account.
Volchok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Volchoks
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Волчок (Volčok).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Belarusian.
ball-rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ball-room
PJO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Percy Jackson & the Olympians.
wikipedia: PJO
Percy Jackson
Walker Scobell
Related terms: Percabeth
Boreanaz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boreanazes
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Boreanaz, ultimately from Slovene Berginc.
Senses: examples: David Boreanaz, b. 1969
glosses: A surname from Italian [in turn from Slovene].
Berginc
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Berginces
Etymology: Borrowed from Slovene Berginc.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Slovene.
codshead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: codsheads
form: cod's head
form: cod's-head
Etymology: Compound of cod's + head.
Senses: examples: text: He interrupted this harangue to roar at an assistant. "What's this you're bringing out, you miserable, sniveling codshead?"
ref: 1957, Thomas B. Costain, Below the Salt, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., page 172:
text: "No codes, and only one contact, Knowle; that's all the scribbler would deal with. Safer all around, what? Even if it meant we didn't know the bloke's identity. That chap, the contact, is already in London, safe as houses. We aren't complete codsheads, what?"
ref: 1999, Barbara Metzger, The Primrose Path, Thorndike, M.E.: Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 111:
text: Whacks was a sorry codshead of a manager, to tell the truth.
ref: 2017, Cinda Williams Chima, Shadowcaster, New York, N.Y.: HarperTeen, →ISBN, page 94:
synonyms: word: dunderhead
word: numbskull
word: alcatote
word: asshat
word: arsehole
word: asshole
word: bayard
word: berk
word: birdbrain
word: blither
word: bobchin
word: bonehead
word: bozo
word: buffoon
word: brickhead
word: Charlie
word: chucklehead
word: chowderhead
word: chump
word: clart
word: clown
word: der-brain
word: dill pickle
word: dim bulb
word: dingleberry
word: dipshit
word: dipstick
word: dirtbrain
word: div
word: divvo
word: divvy
word: dolt
word: donk
word: doodle
word: doofus
word: dope
word: dork
word: dote
word: dotterel
word: dullard
word: dumbass
word: dumbbell
word: dumb fuck
word: dummy
word: dunce
word: dunderhead
word: dupe
word: fathead
word: fenderhead
word: fiddle
word: fuckwit
word: fuzznut
word: geck
word: gig
word: gink
word: goober
word: gooseberry
word: gowk
word: gubbins
word: gump
word: ha'p'orth
word: Homer Simpson
word: ignoramus
word: imbecile
word: jamoke
word: jerk
word: jerkoff
word: jolterhead
word: jolthead
word: juggins
word: jughead
word: knucklehead
word: lamebrain
word: mameluke (US (Italian-American)
word: slang)
word: maroon
word: meathead
word: mong
word: moron
word: mug
word: muggins
word: mushhead
word: nimrod
word: nincompoop
word: nit
word: nitwit
word: not the sharpest knife in the drawer
word: numskull
word: numps
word: numpty
word: nupson
word: oaf
word: pillock
word: pinhead
word: plonker
word: prat
word: retard
word: shit for brains
word: shithead
word: shitwit
word: schmo
word: schmuck
word: snapperhead
word: softhead
word: sot
word: stupid
word: sucker
word: thickhead
word: tonto
word: tool
word: tosser
word: tosspot
word: twat
word: twerp
word: twit
word: wally
word: wantwit
word: wazzock
word: yampy
glosses: A stupid person; a fool.
Derived terms: cod's head and shoulders
codsheaded
Related terms: codhead
codsheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of codshead
Llorach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lloraches
Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan Llorach or via Spanish Llorach.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Catalan.
Kulperger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kulpergers
Senses: glosses: A surname.
religion of peace
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the religion of peace
Etymology: From the word salam in Arabic, which signifies peace and is related to the word Islam.
Senses: examples: text: All this from the religion of peace that the Left is so happy to defend. These thugs and murders have no respect for any kind of life.
ref: 2005 August 13, Curt, “Yet ANOTHER example from the religion of Peace.”, in or.politics (Usenet):
text: What became of the kidnapped US soldiers in Iraq? See for yourselves and behold the religion of peace.
ref: 2006 July 11, Z, “Al-Qaeda video of pfc Tucker & pfc Menchaca released”, in us.politics (Usenet):
text: Until the leader of the faith step up their efforts to make peace, the religion of peace is not peaceful.
ref: 2007 August 4, Jeff Strickland, “(OT:) Islam: The Religion of Peace”, in alt.autos.toyota (Usenet):
text: The religion of peace strikes again! Can we say that Afghanistan is a good example of sound muslim leadership and governance of a country?
ref: 2021 August 13, hermeneutika, “welcome to the religion of peace!”, in uk.religion.christian (Usenet):
glosses: Islam, seen as encouraging its followers to commit acts of violence and terrorism.
wikipedia: Arabic
Derived terms: religion of piss
thick ears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thick ear
outbasket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outbaskets
form: out-basket
Etymology: Compound of out + basket.
Senses: examples: text: He finished reading a multigraphed sheet, initialed it, and scaled it into his out-basket.
ref: 1962, Ross Macdonald, The Zebra-Striped Hearse, Toronto, O.N.; New York, N.Y.; London: Bantam Books, published 1964, page 34:
text: "Fair enough." He dropped the sketch into an outbasket. "I'll have 'em make copies."
ref: 2001, Darryl Wimberley, Strawman's Hammock, New Milford, C.T.; London: Toby Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 118:
glosses: A basket holding documents or mail to be sent to others; an outbox.
outbaskets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outbasket
out-basket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: out-baskets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of outbasket.
out-baskets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of out-basket
out-bawl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: out-bawls
form: out-bawling
form: out-bawled
form: out-bawled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of outbawl.
out-bawled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of out-bawl
out-bawls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of out-bawl
out-bawling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of out-bawl
business-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more business-like
form: most business-like
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Meadows was a short square man, with a business-like walk, a steady eye, a leathery, unvarying complexion.
ref: 1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter VIII, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 139:
text: “You must have been very slow about it, Jacob,” Scrooge observed, in a business-like manner, though with humility and deference.
ref: 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave I. Marley’s Ghost.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 31:
text: “Parlez-vouses or our own men?” demanded the Squire in a business-like tone.
ref: 1913, Emilie Benson Knipe, Alden Arthur Knipe, Beatrice of Denewood: A Sequel to “The Lucky Sixpence”, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., page 209:
text: Then there would be a rapid ten-day wedding-journey, followed by a prompt, business-like occupancy of the new apartment on the first of May exactly.
ref: 1919, Henry B[lake] Fuller, “Cope Absent from a Wedding”, in Bertram Cope’s Year: A Novel, Chicago, Ill.: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, The Alderbrink Press, →OCLC, pages 266–267:
glosses: Alternative form of businesslike.
Reihengräber
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Reihengräber (literally “row grave”).
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A culture characterized by the burial practice of regularly arranged, identically oriented inhumation graves, existing between the mid-fifth and early-eighth century in central and western Europe, within the Merovingian sphere of influence.
Kucheans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kuchean
Remsen cooler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Remsen coolers
Senses: glosses: A cocktail made with Scotch whisky or gin, and club soda.
Remsen coolers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Remsen cooler
Reppe chemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After Walter Reppe, German chemist.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Various high-pressure chemical reactions catalyzed by heavy metal acetylides.
wikipedia: Walter Reppe
Renanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Renanian
form: most Renanian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Joseph Ernest Renan (1823–1892), French Orientalist and Semitic scholar.
invisible restorations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of invisible restoration
dodecamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A fatty amino acid with the molecular formula C₁₂H₂₅NO.
Rheto-Romance
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Rhaeto-Romance.
Raeto-Romance
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Rhaeto-Romance.
Revised Version
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Revised Version
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: word: RV
glosses: A late 19th-century British revision of the King James Version of the Bible.
African teak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: African teaks
Senses: glosses: A tree or wood of any of the following species:
Baikiaea plurijuga, of the African tropics.
synonyms: Rhodesian teak
glosses: A tree or wood of any of the following species:
Milicia excelsa (iroko).
glosses: A tree or wood of any of the following species:
Pericopsis elata (afrormosia).
glosses: A tree or wood of any of the following species:
Pterocarpus angolensis (kajatenhout).
African teaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of African teak
Rhodesian teak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rhodesian teaks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of African teak (“Baikiaea plurijuga”).
synonyms: word: African teak
extra: Baikiaea plurijuga
Rhodesian teaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rhodesian teak
RHQ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RHQs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of regimental headquarters.
RHQs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RHQ
ground-floors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ground-floor
dinner-parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dinner-party
C-19
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The C-19 pandemic influenced LCFs' cash flow and management of construction labour, plant and equipment amidst variables that had above 0.8 factor loading.
ref: 2021 August 23, Olubimbola Oladimeji, “Influence of COVID-19 pandemic on local construction firms' viability”, in Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, volume 20, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN:
synonyms: C19
CV-19
glosses: Abbreviation of COVID-19.
Riefler clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Riefler clocks
Senses: glosses: A clock with a Riefler escapement.
Riefler clocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Riefler clock
Riefler escapement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Riefler escapements
Etymology: Invented by Sigmund Riefler in 1889.
Senses: glosses: A mechanical escapement for precision pendulum clocks, improving on the deadbeat approach by having the energy required to keep the pendulum swinging supplied by bending the short straight spring strip which suspends the pendulum.
Riefler escapements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Riefler escapement
bed-side
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bed-sides
Senses: examples: text: […] Mrs. Milford broke the thread of his soliloquy by desiring he would not talk about nasty Blackamoors any more, for she should dream of them at her bed-side.
ref: 1810, [anonymous] […], chapter XXVI, in Splendid Follies. A Novel, […]. Founded on Facts., volume III, London: […] J[ames] F[letcher] Hughes, […], →OCLC, page 87:
text: Francesca wrung her hands in suppressed anguish, and seated herself by the bed-side; it was evident, from the look of gratitude, that her friend recognised her; and she never afterwards moved from her sad watch beside the dying sufferer.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 73:
text: His visits to the poor were certain never to be solitary, but had the look of appointments; his very parochial duties were dangerous to the peace of those whom he came to save; and whilst he spiritually advised an invalid, or read by the bed-side of her dying father, he was doomed to be told confidentially by a sister or brother that his consolations were daggers to the peace of some female members of the family.
ref: 1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter II, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 21–22:
glosses: Archaic form of bedside.
bed-sides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bed-side
Riss-Würm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of Eemian.
synonyms: word: Eemian
R month
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: R months
Senses: examples: text: You, know, September is an “R” month, so they should be good to go. He reached into the freezer that was still cool and took out a sack that had a few dozen raw oysters.
ref: 2022, Brent Sute, Stormy Treasure: A Mullally Family Adventure:
glosses: Any month containing the letter r in its name, i.e. the months from September to April.
Related terms: r-less
R months
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of R month
Roc Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Distaff Day.
synonyms: word: Distaff Day
Rock Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Roc Day.
Roman-Dutch law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An uncodified, scholarship-driven, judge-made legal system based on Roman law, applied in the Netherlands in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Rooseveltiana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Roosevelt + -iana.
Senses: glosses: Objects, materials, or documents relating to the Roosevelt family.
yellowcresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellowcress
sightloss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sight + loss.
Senses: examples: text: Mister Samuels if ye feel that you have sightloss then it is in yer own interest to register it in respect of the physical criteria required for full-function job registration.
ref: 1994, James Kelman, How Late It Was How Late:
text: NCBI works to provide the practical, emotional and social support so that people with sightloss can reach their full potential, says Chris White.
ref: 2019 August 30, Chris White, “Striving to give people with sight loss an even playing field”, in The Irish Examiner:
text: Maybe her sightloss had sharpened her other senses, but they heard now what the woman had caught– the faint rumble of a truck or van, the modulated whine of someone dropping down the gears to meet the slope.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 446:
glosses: Loss of sight; partial or total blindness.
Whitefieldian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Whitefieldian
form: most Whitefieldian
form: Whitfieldian
Etymology: From Whitefield + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to George Whitefield (1714–1770), Anglican cleric and evangelist who was one of the founders of Methodism and the evangelical movement.
Whitfieldian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Whitfieldian
form: most Whitfieldian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Whitefieldian.
honeytrapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of honeytrap
honeytrapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of honeytrap
USNS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The order to rename the oiler ship USNS Harvey Milk – christened four years ago – is unusual but is in line with the White House mandate to reverse a number of military initiatives by Democratic presidents.
ref: 2025 June 4, Andy Rose, “Gay rights icon Harvey Milk’s legacy slighted by decision to rename Navy ship”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of United States Naval Ship.
USNR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of United States Navy Reserve (formerly: United States Naval Reserve).
vacreation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Pasteurisation under vacuum.
Related terms: vacreator
vacreator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vacreators
Senses: glosses: A machine that carries out pasteurisation under vacuum.
Related terms: vacreation
vacreators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vacreator
Vaibhasika
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: An ancient Buddhist tradition of Abhidharma that was very influential in north India, especially Kashmir.
Usambara violet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Usambara violets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of African violet.
synonyms: word: African violet
Usambara violets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Usambara violet
Toumey oak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Toumey oaks
Senses: glosses: Quercus toumeyi, a North American tree in the beech family.
Toumey oaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Toumey oak
Torridonian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A series of Mesoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic arenaceous and argillaceous sedimentary rocks which occur extensively in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.
humuhumunukunukuapua'a
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: humuhumunukunukuapua'as
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of humuhumunukunukuapuaa.
Tojolabal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Maya people of the Mexican state of Chiapas.
Tojolabal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Their language.
lacunary function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lacunary functions
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A function defined by a lacunary series, especially one which cannot be analytically continued outside its domain of convergence.
lacunary series
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lacunary series
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A series with arbitrarily large gaps between nonzero terms, usually a power series or trigonometric series.
gc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒi si/
Forms: form: gcs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of group chat.
glosses: Initialism of get cancer.
incubatories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incubatory
honey trapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of honey trap
honey trapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of honey trap
pedal-pusher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedal-pushers
Senses: examples: text: The pedal-pushers put in for all they were worth, Higham and Keene leading, but Prince put in a tremendous spurt, which brought him up to the leaders, when shouts of “Prince,” “Prince,” went up, but Prince was pocketed, although it looked as though he might have won had he kept up his pace, but he fell back to fourth place, Higham taking first, Keene second, James third, Prince fourth and Morgan last.
ref: 1883 September 21, “Springfield Bicycle Tournament”, in St. Louis Globe-Democrat, volume 9, number 123, St. Louis, Mo., page 4, column 3:
text: We have had some splendid rideable weather this last week, and we doubt not that the pedal-pushers of this district have not failed to take advantage of it.
ref: 1885 June 20, “Our Cycling Corner”, in The Croydon Advertiser and Surrey County Reporter, number 863, page 3, column 6:
text: Drivers sitting in their air-conditioned cars then have to wait several seconds while these obnoxious pedal-pushers get a move on.
ref: 2021 May 21, Brigitte Pellerin, “C’mon – millionaires deserve help too”, in Ottawa Citizen, page A9:
glosses: Alternative form of pedal pusher (“cyclist”).
pedal-pusher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Thieving hands clenched inside pedal-pusher pockets, I heard with sinking heart how in ice cold water they washed their own clothes.
ref: 1989, Patricia Young, “Holiday in Scotland”, in The Mad and Beautiful Mothers, Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Ragweed Press, →ISBN, page 17:
text: Going to the porch where Jimmy kept his squirrels, I pulled out a few old acorns, which I’d picked up on the trail, from my pedal-pusher pockets.
ref: 2004, Martha Harris, “Man or Beast”, in Half-way There: Based on a True Story, Bookman Publishing & Marketing, →ISBN, page 8:
text: “Ya got the egg order?” he asks, coming to a stop at the bottom of Miz Jessie Tanner’s drive-up. I slide the napkin out of my pedal-pusher pocket and read out loud, “Six doz.”
ref: 2008, Lesley Kagen, “Sneaky”, in Land of a Hundred Wonders, New American Library, →ISBN, page 18:
text: “Where is your appointment?” I asked. She took a scrap of paper out of her pedal-pusher pockets and read, “Seventeen West Adams. You think you can help me find it?”
ref: 2022, GlenScott Thomas Copper, “Friendly Deceptions at Berghoff’s”, in Angels Dance on the Head of a Pin, LifeRich Publishing, The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc., →ISBN:
glosses: Attributive form of pedal pushers (“type of trousers”).
pedal-pushers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: And stepping up onto the squares, are people ranging from their 70s to 6. Older women in shorts and pedal-pushers; one woman, a physician at TMH, wearing tights; a potter, who has been clogging for decades since his grandson talked him into it, along with his sister and sister-in-law.
ref: 2021 June 22, Marina Brown, “The Clogging Life: Mountain Dews tap out joyous message from front yard classes”, in Tallahassee Democrat, volume 116, number 173, page 1C:
text: If my long-legged eighth-grader can’t find any shorts that meet the length rules other than granny pedal-pushers she hates, that is just too bad.
ref: 2021 August 20, Marlene Rubin, “Masks? Think dress codes”, in Tampa Bay Times, volume 138, number 027, [St. Petersburg, Fla.]: Times Publishing Co., page 17A, column 2:
text: Our car was loaded to the brim with the pedal-pushers, Keds, flip-flops and paper fans we were hoping to sell from the side of the road to the mountain vacationers.
ref: 2023 February 5, Stuart Leshaw, “Learning the art of the sell from Mom”, in Newsday, volume 83, number 155, page E24:
glosses: Alternative form of pedal pushers.
pedal-pushers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedal-pusher
brachyologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brachyology
electrician's knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrician's knots
Senses: glosses: A knot between two wires, immediately before the socket, to reduce strain on cables when they are pulled.
Synonyms: underwriter's knot
underwriter's knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underwriter's knots
Senses: glosses: electrician's knot
perannual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In this Chapter I ſhall mention ſuch Per-annual Flowers as are of middle Stature, and leſs rampant than the former, and conſequently are proper Inhabitants for ſmaller Gardens; the firſt I ſhall treat of is the Valerian, and its Kinds.
ref: 1718, Richard Bradley, “Part II. Chapter V: Of Middle-ſiz’d Per-annual Flowers”, in New Improvements of Planting and Gardening, Both Philoſophical and Practical […] , 2nd edition, London: W. Mears, page 76:
glosses: Obsolete form of perennial.
ispáns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ispán
actinosiphonate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From actino- + siphonate.
Senses: examples: text: Cyrtochoanitic orthoceracones or slightly curved cyrtoceracones in which the septal necks are longer than the brims, and in which the connecting ring does not attain the adoral septum. Deposits within the siphuncle, if present, limited to a continuous lamellose lining, exhibiting neither actinosiphonate nor annulosiphonate structure.
ref: 1935 August 23, R. H. Flower, K. E. Caster, “The Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Northwestern Pennsylvania. Part II: Paleontology. Section A: The Cephalopod Fauna of the Conewango Series of the Upper Devonian in New York and Pennsylvania”, in Bulletins of American Paleontology, volume 22, number 75, Ithaca, NY, page 225:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Having vertical lamellae on the siphuncle, hypothesized to be either outgrowths of the connecting ring, or the result of gerontic secretions.
annulosiphonate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From annulo- + siphonate.
Senses: examples: text: Cyrtochoanitic orthoceracones or slightly curved cyrtoceracones in which the septal necks are longer than the brims, and in which the connecting ring does not attain the adoral septum. Deposits within the siphuncle, if present, limited to a continuous lamellose lining, exhibiting neither actinosiphonate nor annulosiphonate structure.
ref: 1935 August 23, R. H. Flower, K. E. Caster, “The Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Northwestern Pennsylvania. Part II: Paleontology. Section A: The Cephalopod Fauna of the Conewango Series of the Upper Devonian in New York and Pennsylvania”, in Bulletins of American Paleontology, volume 22, number 75, Ithaca, NY, page 225:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Having ring-shaped deposits at the septal foramina or siphuncle which resemble a thickening of the connecting ring.
contravector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contravectors
Etymology: Clipping of contravariant vector
Senses: glosses: A contravariant vector, as opposed to a covector.
Related terms: covector
contravectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contravector
COIL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: COILs
Senses: hypernyms: chemical laser
laser
OIL
coordinate_terms: DOIL
EOIL
glosses: Abbreviation of chemical oxygen-iodine laser.
Ustou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Ustou, from Occitan Uston.
Senses: glosses: A village in Ariège department, Occitania, France.
OIL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OILs
Senses: hypernyms: laser
glosses: Abbreviation of oxygen-iodine laser.
Oil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Oils
Etymology: From Indonesian Oil.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Indonesian
glosses: A township in Perry County, Indiana, United States, named after Oil Creek (Ohio River tributary).
EOIL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EOILs
Senses: hypernyms: laser
OIL
coordinate_terms: COIL
DOIL
glosses: Abbreviation of electric oxygen-iodine laser.
keratinophage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keratinophages
Etymology: From keratin + -phage.
Senses: glosses: An organism that feeds on keratin.
keratinophages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keratinophage
DOIL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DOILs
Senses: synonyms: discharge-driven oxygen-iodine laser
discharge oxygen-iodine laser
hypernyms: laser
OIL
coordinate_terms: COIL
EOIL
DSOG
glosses: Abbreviation of discharge(-driven) oxygen-iodine laser.
DSOG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DSOGs
Senses: hypernyms: SOG
coordinate_terms: SO
DOIL
glosses: Abbreviation of discharge singlet-oxygen generator.
deorganizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deorganize
deorganization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deorganizations
Senses: glosses: The process, act, or state of deorganizing.
informalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: informalisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of informalization.
Lladorre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.
Covill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Reginald Covill, (1905 - 2002)
glosses: A surname
Leach's storm petrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Leach's storm petrels
Etymology: Named after William Elford Leach (1791–1836), English zoologist and marine biologist.
Senses: synonyms: Leach's petrel
glosses: Hydrobates leucorhous, a small seabird of the tubenose order.
Leach's petrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Leach's petrels
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Leach's storm petrel.
synonyms: word: Leach's storm petrel
Laurent's acid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: 1-aminonaphthalene-5-sulfonic acid.
if-thens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of if-then
IMID
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IMIDs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of immune-mediated inflammatory disease.
IMiD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IMiDs
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Acronym of immunomodulatory imide drug.
Leichhardt pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Leichhardt pines
form: Leichhardt's pine
Etymology: Named after the German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt.
Senses: glosses: A tree of species Neolamarckia cadamba.
glosses: A tree of species Nauclea orientalis.
Leichhardt pines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Leichhardt pine
Leichhardt's pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Leichhardt's pines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Leichhardt pine.
Maynard's cuckoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Maynard's cuckoos
Etymology: Named after Charles Johnson Maynard, American naturalist.
Senses: glosses: Coccyzus minor maynardi, a Caribbean subspecies of the mangrove cuckoo.
wikipedia: Charles Johnson Maynard
rain-coat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rain-coats
Senses: examples: text: He set aside his aunt’s counsel in regard to a better regimen, as well as her more specific hints, made in view of the near approach of rough weather, that he provide himself with rubbers and an umbrella, even if he would not hear of a rain-coat.
ref: 1919, Henry B[lake] Fuller, “Cope Goes A-Sailing”, in Bertram Cope’s Year: A Novel, Chicago, Ill.: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, The Alderbrink Press, →OCLC, page 154:
glosses: Archaic form of raincoat.
rain-coats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rain-coat
business-man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: business-men
Senses: examples: text: Meanwhile the young ladies sauntered along—before or behind, as the case might be—in the company of the young business-man and that of another youth who had come out independently on the trolley.
ref: 1919, Henry B[lake] Fuller, “Cope at His House Party”, in Bertram Cope’s Year: A Novel, Chicago, Ill.: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, The Alderbrink Press, →OCLC, page 94:
glosses: Archaic form of businessman.
LeConte's sparrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LeConte's sparrows
Etymology: Disputed. The name was assigned in 1844 by John James Audubon, who wrote, "I have named this interesting species after my young friend Doctor Le Conte, son of Major Le Conte, so well known among naturalists, and who is, like his father, much attached to the study of natural history." It is generally believed that he meant John Lawrence LeConte (whose father had been an Army surveyor with the rank of major).
Senses: synonyms: LeConte's bunting
glosses: Ammospiza leconteii, a small New World sparrow.
LeConte's bunting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LeConte's buntings
Senses: glosses: Synonym of LeConte's sparrow.
synonyms: word: LeConte's sparrow
Mendelevian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Mendelevian
form: most Mendelevian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mendeleevian.
Mendeleefian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Mendeleefian
form: most Mendeleefian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mendeleevian.
Mitscherlich's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after German chemist Eilhard Mitscherlich.
Senses: glosses: An approximate physical law suggesting that crystals composed of the same number of similar elements tend to demonstrate isomorphism.
Mitscherlich's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Alexander Mitscherlich.
Senses: glosses: The rule that crop yields are related to the amount of plant food available.
Kemp's loggerhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kemp's loggerheads
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kemp's ridley sea turtle.
synonyms: word: Kemp's ridley sea turtle
Holy Innocents' Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Synonym of Childermas.
synonyms: word: Childermas
Innocents' Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Synonym of Childermas.
synonyms: word: Childermas
sushied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sushi
sushiing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sushi
sushi knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sushi knives
Senses: glosses: A very sharp knife with a flexible blade for cutting sushi ingredients.
sushi knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sushi knife
I don't know about that
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: I am not sure that I agree; expressing doubt or skepticism.
understorys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of understory
FPBP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Family Planning Benefit Program.
qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: Initialism of first post, best post.
tea-caddy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tea-caddies
Senses: examples: text: Mrs. Corney shook her he ad[ ]mournfully,^([sic]) as if deploring the mental blindness of those paupers who did not know it, and, thrusting a silver spoon (private property) into the inmost recesses of a two-ounce tin tea-caddy, proceeded to make the tea.
ref: 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “Which Contains the Substance of a Pleasant Conversation Between Mr. Bumble and a Lady; and Shows That Even a Beadle May Be Susceptible on Some Points”, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 50:
text: After-life proved the truth of this melancholy prophecy: and Mrs Clapp revenged herself for the deterioration of mankind by levying the most savage contributions upon the tea-caddies and legs of mutton of her locataires.
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 536:
text: And the young lady, with a laugh, sat down, looking so pleased, and good-natured, and merry, that even old Tamar was fain to smile a glimmering smile; and little Margery actively brought the tea-caddy; and the kettle being in a skittish, singing state, quickly went off in a boil, and Tamar actually made tea in her brown tea-pot.
ref: 1864, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, ““Jenny, Put the Kettle On.””, in Wylder’s Hand. […], New York, N.Y.: Carleton, […], published 1865, →OCLC, pages 88–89:
text: Thus we find that many of the teasets, in particular the gilded ones, had a tea-caddy (Plate 99) and a spoon-tray (Plate 106).
ref: 1983, Geoffrey Godden, editor, Staffordshire Porcelain, page 70:
glosses: Alternative form of tea caddy.
tea-caddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tea-caddy
transsexualizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transsexualization
Ligures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Ligures.
Senses: glosses: The ancient Ligurians.
take under
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes under
form: taking under
form: took under
form: taken under
Senses: examples: text: I knew she didn’t have to be here, out in the sun with me trying to do whatever I could to keep this fire from taking the business under, but she was
ref: 2021, Meka James, Heat of Love:
text: The costs associated with Patagonia's shift to organic material nearly took the company under, but given the company values, it almost had no choice.
ref: 2015, Carole and David Schwinn, The Transformative Workplace:
text: It's believed that the Great Depression then took the business under.
ref: 2013, Faiz Siddiqui, “The First Black Students Admitted to 15 Prestigious U.S. Universities, and Their Stories”, in Complex.com, archived from the original on 24 May 2023:
glosses: To bring to insolvency; to drive (a business) into financial distress.
raw_tags: of a business
Related terms: take-under
undertake
undertaker
I'd like to see someone try
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: "Pretty deadly, eh? I mean your stepfather. Makes you toe the mark I suppose."
"I'd like to see him try," answered Paul scornfully. "No, sir, he let's ^([sic]) me alone and I let him alone. He knows I haven't any use for him. […]
ref: 1938 December, Boys' Life, page 4:
glosses: Expressing a threat or challenge to someone.
talk nasty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: talks nasty
form: talking nasty
form: talked nasty
form: talked nasty
Senses: examples: text: Rusty is going get jealous of you talking nasty with other guys.
ref: 2004 October 3, Barbara's Cat, “i'm really enjoying this...”, in rec.arts.poems (Usenet):
text: Ooh, you talkin' nasty and I like it
Whisper in my ear, only me and you can hear
ref: 2023, “Lipstick Lover”, in The Age of Pleasure, performed by Janelle Monáe:
glosses: To talk dirty
lawdamercy
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Spelling of Lord of mercy in a rhotic accent.
Senses: glosses: An expression of astonishment.
Hugoniots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hugoniot
I'll be seeing you
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of see you later (“a goodbye”).
be seeing you
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of see you later (“a goodbye”).
I'll be darned
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of I'll be damned.
synonyms: word: I'll be damned
Emma Chisit
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Spelling of a sometime Australian pronunciation of how much is it.
Senses: examples: text: Seizing this opportunity, I asked, “Emma Chisit?” Caramel immediately answered, “Twenty duluhs.” I was pleased by successfully speaking Australian.
ref: 2012, Carlos Kotkin, Please God Let it Be Herpes: A Heartfelt Quest For Love and Companionship:
synonyms: Emma Charthay
glosses: How much does it cost?
Petersen-Morley theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Petersen-Morley theorem
Etymology: Named after Johannes Trolle Petersen (later Johannes Hjelmslev) and Frank Morley.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A theorem stating that, if a, b, c are three general skew lines in space, if a′, b′, c′ are the lines of shortest distance respectively for the pairs (b,c), (c,a) and (a,b), and if p, q and r are the lines of shortest distance respectively for the pairs (a,a′), (b,b′) and (c,c′), then there is a single line meeting at right angles all of p, q, and r.
wikipedia: Johannes Hjelmslev
Brandt-Daroff exercise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brandt-Daroff exercises
Senses: glosses: Any of a set of physical exercises used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, similar to the Semont maneuver, but with the head being rotated toward the affected side as the patient rolls onto the unaffected side.
Brandt-Daroff exercises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brandt-Daroff exercise
Docimium
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Docimia
form: Docimeium
form: Dokimaion
form: Dokimeion
form: Dokimion
Senses: glosses: An ancient city in Phrygia, Asia Minor, known for its marble quarries.
Dokimion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Docimium (“ancient city”).
Docimia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Docimium (“ancient city”).
Docimeium
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Docimium (“ancient city”).
Dokimaion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Docimium (“ancient city”).
Dokimeion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Docimium (“ancient city”).
me-me-me generation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: me-me-me generations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of me generation.
me-me generation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: me-me generations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of me generation.
conveyee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conveyees
Etymology: From convey + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: Now, I hold that the devolvee is an heir of entail, and that he is not a direct conveyee of the entailer.
ref: 1847, Scotland. Court of Session, Second Series. Cases Decided in the Court of Session..., page 1183:
topics: law
glosses: One to whom a title is transferred by conveyance.
conveyees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conveyee
devolvee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devolvees
Etymology: From devolve + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: Now, I hold that the devolvee is an heir of entail, and that he is not a direct conveyee of the entailer.
ref: 1847, Scotland. Court of Session, Second Series. Cases Decided in the Court of Session..., page 1183:
topics: law
glosses: One to whom a right is transferred by devolution.
devolvees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devolvee
Fitts's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fitts' law
Etymology: Initially developed by Paul Fitts.
Senses: glosses: A predictive model of human movement primarily used in human-computer interaction and ergonomics, stating that the time required to move rapidly to a target area (for example, using a computer mouse) is a function of the ratio between the distance to the target and the width of the target.
wikipedia: Paul Fitts
Fitts' law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Fitts's law.
Erlang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɜːrlæŋ/
Etymology: Named after Danish mathematician and engineer Agner Krarup Erlang (1878–1929) and a clipping of Ericsson language, the company where it originated.
Senses: examples: text: If you need to wring out every drop of performance on a complex task, or want to avoid rewriting a library written in a language other than Erlang, you'll want to explore Erlang's tools for connecting with other programming languages.
ref: 2017, Simon St. Laurent, Introducing Erlang: Getting Started in Functional Programming, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 172:
topics: computer-languages
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A functional programming language designed for highly concurrent and fault-tolerant applications.
Related terms: erlang
Lempert maneuver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A maneuver used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo of the lateral (horizontal) semicircular canal, involving gradually rolling the patient 360 degrees.
Related terms: Semont maneuver
violles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of violle
BEAM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Elixir is a functional, dynamic language built on top of Erlang and the Erlang VM (BEAM).
ref: 2016, Kenny Ballou, Learning Elixir, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 1:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Acronym of Bogdan's Erlang Abstract Machine.