cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
untriseptium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Systematic element name.
Senses: glosses: The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 137 (symbol Uts).
wikipedia: Systematic element name
Synonyms: word: feynmanium
Coordinate terms: sense: Previous
word: untrihexium Uth
Deutschpunk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: German punk rock.
Loch Ossian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A narrow lake on the edge of Rannoch Moor, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN3968).
wntd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: L wntd to share spacious JP apt w/veget non-smkng indep quiet L, dog, cat.
ref: 1983 April 23, “Classified advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
glosses: Abbreviation of wanted.
Messac
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Messacs
Etymology: Borrowed from French Messac.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Zedd
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zedds
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Vinlandic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪnˈlændɪk/
rhymes: -ændɪk
Etymology: From Vinland + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Vinland.
Marklandic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑːkˈlændɪk/
ipa: /mɑɹkˈlændɪk/
rhymes: -ændɪk
Etymology: From Markland + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Markland.
Cadena's long-tongued bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cadena's long-tongued bats
Senses: glosses: Hsunycteris cadenai, a kind of bat from Colombia and Ecuador.
Patton's long-tongued bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Patton's long-tongued bats
Senses: glosses: Hsunycteris pattoni, a kind of bat from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Rannoch Moor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: After Bridge of Orchy, the line climbs steeply into the wild country of Rannoch Moor. The railway builders chose a different route across the moor from the road - we are completely on our own up here. […] Up here, it's a 'dreich' day with steady drizzle. Deep drainage channels either side of the track are already more like streams: Rannoch Moor is a wet place.
ref: 2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 39:
glosses: A high moor in Highland council area and Perth and Kinross council area, extending south into Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
doo-wopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of doo-wop
doowopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of doowop
doowops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of doowop
doowopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of doowop
doo-wops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of doo-wop
doo-wopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of doo-wop
cow's milks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cow's milk
nose tackles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nose tackle
kritocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kritocracy
mouse bungee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mouse bungees
Senses: glosses: A device that secures the cable of a computer mouse, preventing it from tangling and allowing full freedom of movement.
mouse bungees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mouse bungee
shuggling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shuggle
e-boarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + boarding.
Senses: examples: text: […] e-boarding facility. This facility is set to relieve customers from standing in long queues, […]
ref: 2017, Pranjal Sharma, Kranti Nation: India and the Fourth Industrial Revolution:
text: […] they turned their backs to enter the airport terminal, flashing their e-boarding passes to the security guard.
ref: 2023, Namita Das, Love, Lies, and Best Friend Ties!, page 38:
glosses: The use of electronic technology to facilitate the boarding of an aircraft by passengers.
neurocinema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + cinema.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of neurocinematics.
synonyms: word: neurocinematics
asellote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asellotes
Senses: examples: text: […] an asellote (Iathrippa longicauda) and a ligiid (Ligia italica) […]
ref: 1991, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, volumes 31-32, page 164:
text: […] an asellote isopod from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia […]
ref: 2002, Gary C. B. Poore, W. W. K. Houston, Pamela L. Beesley, Crustacea, page 57:
text: […] but calabozoideans emerged as a sister group to oniscidans rather than asellotes.
ref: 2021, Frederick R. Schram, Stefan Koenemann, Evolution and Phylogeny of Pancrustacea, page 472:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any isopod crustacean of the suborder Asellota.
asellotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asellote
letters of credence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of letter of credence
letters credential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of letter of credence.
synonyms: word: of credence
Sun Belts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sun Belt
10-year series
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 10-year series
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ten-year series.
TYS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ten-year series.
dear Sir or Madam
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: dear sir
form: dear Sir/Madam
form: dear Sirs
form: dear sirs
form: Dear Sirs or Madams
Senses: glosses: Used as the salutation at the beginning of a formal letter when addressing persons of unknown gender.
Related terms: word: to whom it may concern
word: noverint universi per præsentes
dear Sir/Madam
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dear Sir or Madam.
dear Sirs
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dear sirs.
wide-flung
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wide-flung
form: most wide-flung
Senses: glosses: Synonym of far-flung.
synonyms: word: far-flung
trip-hammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trip-hammers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of trip hammer.
traneen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: traneens
Senses: examples: text: […] a man who did not care a traneen whether he drank with you as a friend, or fought with you as a foe.
ref: 1844, William Carleton, Traits and stories of the Irish peasantry, page 206:
glosses: The least amount; a whit or jot.
traneens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traneen
touchball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From touch + ball.
Senses: examples: text: Touchball […] is considered a major activity in the intramural programs of all the large universities.
ref: 1935, Minnesota Emergency Relief Administration. Department of Leisure Time, Recreational Manual (volume 2, page 1)
glosses: Synonym of touch football (“American football variant”).
synonyms: word: touch football
extra: American football variant
effective accelerationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The name is a play on effective altruism and accelerationism, which both form the basis of effective accelerationism.
Senses: examples: text: The ideas of effective accelerationism appear to have their genesis in the theories of Nick Land, a British philosopher who lectured at the University of Warwick and has come to be known as the father of the broader accelerationism movement. ¶ The more formalized e/acc idea has taken shape on Twitter and through Substack newsletters since 2022.
ref: 2023 July 28, Hasan Chowdhury, “Get the lowdown on 'e/acc' — Silicon Valley's favorite obscure theory about progress at all costs, which has been embraced by Marc Andreessen”, in Business Insider, New York, N.Y.: Insider Inc., →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2023:
text: On the face of it, "effective accelerationism", as it has been dubbed, would be easy to dismiss. It is a belief system that has emerged, mostly online, over the past 18 months to proselytise for unbridled, urgent technological advance, while railing against anything that gets in its way.
ref: 2023 October 22, Danny Forts, “Silicon Valley tells the ’decels’ to stand aside for the AI revolution”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2023:
text: Critics and AI experts have regularly noted the influence of effective accelerationism in the tech industry, and warned of the dangers of letting its proponents maintain control of tech development.
ref: 2023 October 17, Janus Rose, “Major Tech Investor Calls Architect of Fascism a 'Saint' in Unhinged Manifesto”, in VICE, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2023:
glosses: A philosophical movement that supports the development of artificial intelligence being accelerated as much as possible for the good of humanity.
Derived terms: word: e/acc
Related terms: word: effective accelerationist
word: decel
word: EA
english: not to be confused
translation: not to be confused
word: effective altruism
retoother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retoothers
Etymology: From retooth + -er.
Senses: glosses: A machine that retooths.
retoothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retoother
tonguiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tonguey + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or degree of being tonguey.
tongawalla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tongawallas
Etymology: From tonga + walla.
Senses: glosses: The operator of a tonga (type of carriage).
tongawallas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tongawalla
tonetician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toneticians
Senses: glosses: One who studies tonetics.
toneticians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tonetician
toluquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxin found in the defensive secretions of certain millipedes.
effective accelerationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: effective accelerationists
Senses: examples: text: Effective accelerationists essentially believe that tech is universally good, that our planet is doomed, and that the only way to save the human species is by letting capital and resources flow upwards, so that beneficent billionaire autocrats can one day send us to a colony on Mars. Or something. Maybe.
ref: 2023 October 17, Janus Rose, “Major Tech Investor Calls Architect of Fascism a 'Saint' in Unhinged Manifesto”, in VICE, archived from the original on 27 Nov 2023:
text: As I wrote Monday, [Sam] Altman's ouster inflamed a long-simmering feud between two ideologies in the artificial intelligence space: on one side, the effective altruists deathly afraid of going too fast with A.I., and on the other, the "effective accelerationists," or e/accs, who believe we aren't going fast enough.
ref: 2023 November 22, Nitish Pahwa, “Sam’s Town”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2023:
text: Though Schiffmann does not label himself an effective accelerationist, he does share their overwhelming optimism about AI.
ref: 2023 December 3, Hewson Duffy, “Harvard Dropout Avi Schiffmann is Making an AI-Powered 'Wearable Mom'”, in The Harvard Crimson, Cambridge, M.A.: Harvard Crimson, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2023:
glosses: A proponent of effective accelerationism.
Derived terms: word: e/acc
effective accelerationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of effective accelerationist
tocostome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tocostomes
Etymology: From toco- + -stome.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An egg-laying orifice.
tocostomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tocostome
tipply
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tipply
form: most tipply
Etymology: From tipple + -y.
Senses: examples: text: a tipply chair
glosses: Wobbly; liable to tip.
outaccelerate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outaccelerates
form: outaccelerating
form: outaccelerated
form: outaccelerated
Etymology: From out- + accelerate.
Senses: examples: text: The car company's new model easily outaccelerates the competition.
text: "So right after this, he gets back on his bike, opens the throttle and roars off, the open road rushing out like a ribbon, his speed topping out at, oh, I don't know. How fast can a Harley go? Mr. Waldburger?" ¶ "Fast as you want it, big machine outaccelerates an F-16 on the runway," says Mr. Waldburger with the kind of easy confidence he never displays in talking about the calculus.
ref: 1995, David Berlinski, A Tour of the Calculus, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, page 204:
text: you cannot outaccelerate me
ref: 2022 June 24, @sama [Sam Altman], Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2023:
glosses: To accelerate faster than.
outaccelerates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outaccelerate
outaccelerating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outaccelerate
outaccelerated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outaccelerate
duskywings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duskywing
murders in the first degree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of murder in the first degree
e/accs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e/acc
thaness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thanesses
Etymology: From thane + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A thane's wife.
thanesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thaness
theat.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of theatrical.
theat.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of theater.
steradiancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steradiancies
Senses: examples: text: Such sources usually attain brilliance by high current densities in small volumes. The total energy output may therefore be less than a greatly extended source of low steradiancy.
ref: 1954, Alexander Hollaender, Radiation Biology: Ultraviolet and related radiations, page 123:
text: The geometry of the cone θ and the irradiance at the image of the carbon block were used to determine the absolute steradiancy of the energy in the cone θ as a radiometer calibration value.
ref: 1959, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Technical Note (issues 3641-3650, page 15)
text: […] steradiancies seen by the instrument during calibration were between 45 and 55 percent higher than the calculated average steradiancies […]
ref: 1966, Project Fire Flight 1 Radiative Heating Experiment, page 29:
glosses: The rate of radiation transfer from a surface for each steradian of solid angle in a specified direction per unit area of cross section of the radiation perpendicular to that direction
steradiancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steradiancy
sqdn.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sqdns.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of squadron.
sqdns.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sqdn.
sqd.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sqds.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of squad.
sqds.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sqd.
Abyei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A contested area on the border between South Sudan and Sudan.
sport ute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sport utes
Senses: glosses: A sport utility vehicle.
sport utes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sport ute
road-railer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: road-railers
Etymology: From road-rail + -er.
Senses: examples: text: "I had to stand by for half an hour, which is a long time when you're dealing with an incident, until we could get a road-railer up to decant the passengers, get them to the nearest access point and into taxis, so we could deal with the incident.
ref: 2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 40:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: road-rail vehicle
RRV
glosses: A road vehicle that can be used on railway track by lowering retractable railway wheels on to the track at a suitable level place.
splty.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: splties.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of specialty.
splties.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splty.
spiral-bound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spiralbound.
spheration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of becoming spherical.
shackbolt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shackbolts
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A shackle.
shackbolts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shackbolt
North Pingan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Partial calque of Mandarin 平安北道 (Píng'ānběidào).
Senses: examples: text: I HAVE the honour to inform you that I have received a report from the Governor of North Pingan Province stating that several hundred Chinese have made their way into the district of Yong-chun;[…]and the Coreans have been unable to protect themselves.
I have also received a report from the Governor of South Ham-kyeng Province,[…]
ref: 1899 August 29, “Mr. Pak Chei-sun to Mr. Jordan.”, in Korea: 1898-1903, Seoul, published 2005, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 313:
text: Syen Chun the farthest north starts the report of the station thus: “‘The acts of God in North Ping An Province,’ might well be the title of the fifth annual report of Syen Chun station.”
ref: 1907 November [1907 August 20], Jonathan Goforth, “Wonders in Korea.”, in The Presbyterian Record, volume XXXII, number 11, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 498, column 2:
text: […]of North Pingan District People's Committee of North Korea, he led a people's friendship delegation of Liaoning Province to attend the 15th anniversary of the North Korean National Day celebrations in North Korea.
ref: 1970, Union Research Service Biographical Service, numbers 1492-1517, Union Research Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: Yan State North Great Wall[…]then turns south and passes through Fushun City, Benxi City, Dandong City, crosses Yalu River into Korea's North Ping An (朝鲜平安北道), and ends at the mouth of Daning River along the Yellow Sea's coast.
ref: 2015, Ai Jing, “Time of Overall Transformation of the Great Wall — Qin and Han”, in Gangliu Wnag, Aimee Yiran Wang, transl., A History of the Great Wall of China, SCPG Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 53:
text: Since the beginning of this year, all parts of North Korea have fully tapped and utilized energy resources: the reconstruction of wind and solar power stations in North Ping An Province has injected impetus into the local economic development.
ref: 2020 December 28, “North Korea's solar power capacity increased by about 86% last year”, in Orchid Energy, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2021:
glosses: Synonym of North Pyongan: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
synonyms: word: North Pyongan
extra: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name
semihexagonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + hexagonal.
Senses: glosses: In the shape of a half-hexagon.
pseudohypoxemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + hypoxemia.
Senses: examples: text: Pseudohypoxemia or spurious hypoxemia represents a low oxygen tension or saturation in an arterial blood sample that does not correspond with the actual levels in the body. […] A young patient with leukemia and extreme leukocytosis (hyperleukoctosis) who demonstrated pseudohypoxemia is described herein. Clinical experiments on the arterial blood sample from this patient revealed that the phenomenon of pseudohypoxemia was most likely caused by a rapid in vitro oxygen consumption by the excessively large number of immature leukemic cells.
ref: 1998, Valentina Di Boscio, Udaya Prakash, “Pseudohypoxemia caused by hyperleukocytosis”, in Journal of Bronchology, volume 5, number 1, pages 43-46:
text: Pseudohypoxaemia or spurious hypoxaemia is a recurrent problem faced on arterial blood gas analysis in patients with hyperleucocytosis leading to management dilemmas and unnecessary respiratory interventions. Various methods have been suggested to reduce the magnitude of this problem.
ref: 2012, K.N. Prasad, Prabhu Manjunath, L. Priya, and Sanjay Sasikumar, “Overcoming the problem of pseudohypoxemia in myeloproliferative disorders: another trick in the bag”, in Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, volume 16, number 4, →DOI, →PMID, →PMCID, pages 210–212:
text: False readings of low oxygen content are rare but can be expected in specific clinical scenarios such as leukemia patients with marked leukocytosis who can develop "leukocyte larceny," a phenomenon of excess oxygen consumption by leukocytes. […] This case report presents a patient with marked leukocytosis from chronic myelogenous leukemia whose extubation was briefly delayed due to pseudohypoxemia on ABG measurements.
ref: 2022, Saeid Mirzai, Mark Andreae, Chethan Puttarajappa, “Pseudohypoxemia from leukocyte larceny in a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia”, in Cureus, volume 14, number 1, →DOI, →PMID, →PMCID, page e21405:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A spurious measurement of oxygen saturation of blood, giving a false appearance of hypoxemia; it can happen via technical problems (such as a malfunctioning pulse oximeter) or even when all technical details are correct but hyperleukocytosis or thrombocytosis is present and the testing method is blood gas analysis.
Related terms: pseudohypoxia
plushcrown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plushcrowns
Etymology: From plush + crown.
Senses: glosses: An orange-fronted plushcrown, bird of species Metopothrix aurantiaca, the only species of genus Metopothrix, native to South America.
rockfinch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rockfinches
Etymology: From rock + finch.
Senses: glosses: A pale rockfinch, a bird of species Carpospiza brachydactyla, the sole species in genus Carpospiza, native to Asia.
road-railers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of road-railer.
hydrargyriferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /haɪˈdɹɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪɹˈɪfəɹəs/
Forms: form: more hydrargyriferous
form: most hydrargyriferous
Etymology: From Latin hydrargyrum (“mercury”) + -iferous.
Senses: examples: text: ... antimonial silver accompanied by arsenic and galena; the hydrargyriferous with native mercury and cinnabar; the cupriferous with copper oxydes ...
ref: 1851, Johann Georg Heck, Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature, and Art, page 146:
text: Certain minerals can be compressed such as native spodos and a black mineral similar to the down of plants and which is sometimes argentiferous, sometimes hydrargyriferous (metacinnabarite).
ref: 1546, Georgius Agricola, De Natura Fossilium:
glosses: Bearing or producing mercury
Related terms: -ferous
sickle cell trait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I learned from her that I carried the sickle cell trait, which meant I would never be sick, but my child could be, if my husband also carried the trait.
ref: 2005, Sefi Atta, Everything Good Will Come, Arris Books, page 44:
topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: sickle-cell disease
sickle-cell anemia
glosses: A genotype, and the carrier state constituted by it, that is the heterozygous counterpart to sickle-cell disease (which involves a homozygous hit). It is not classified as a disease entity because it usually has little clinical effect (generally asymptomatic).
electrocrystallization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrocrystallizations
Senses: glosses: An electrochemical process involving the deposition of a crystalline solid onto the electrode surface.
multifraction
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Involving multiple fractions.
multifraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multifractions
Senses: glosses: An expression involving multiple fractions.
multiprogression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiprogressions
Senses: glosses: A generalization of an arithmetic progression.
seminormalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seminormalizations
Senses: glosses: Partial normalization.
subconcentration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subconcentrations
Senses: glosses: A concentration of a substance that is less than the main concentration in a solution.
Suckramento
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of suck + Sacramento.
Senses: examples: text: She would call the alcohol retro squad, hitch to Tiffany's in Suckramento, split to San Francisco.
ref: 1994, William Luvaas, Going Under, Putnam's, →ISBN, page 299:
text: There was a short period during the 1990s when our great city deserved the moniker "Suckramento" — the only town where White Zombie could fill ARCO Arena, and you could still find tickets available to Paul McCartney on the day of the show.
ref: 2005 June 9, Eddie Jorgensen, “No more Suckramento”, in Sacramento News & Review:
text: Well, it applies to Suckramento and SmellA, too.
ref: 2023 June 20, Julia Heaberlin, Night Will Find You: A Novel, Flatiron Books, →ISBN, page 122:
glosses: derogatory name for Sacramento, capital of California, USA.
subnumeration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subnumerations
Senses: glosses: The process of subnumerating.
subtruncation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtruncations
Senses: glosses: A partial truncation.
superpartition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superpartitions
Senses: glosses: A generalization of a partition.
North Pyungan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: At Wiji, in North Pyungan Province, a mob of 3,000 attacked the local branch of the Gendarmerie and wrecked the building.
ref: 1919 [1919 June 15], “Korean Unrest Under Japanese Rule”, in Current History: A Monthly Magazine of The New York Times, volume X, New York City, N. Y.: The New York Times Company, →OCLC, page 133, column 1:
text: The Rakwon machinery factory in North Pyungan Province, and the Nampo metallurgical plant fulfilled their production targets set by the three-year plan (1954-1956) this month.
ref: 1956 March [1956 March 28], “Korean Factories Fulfill Three-Year Plan”, in Hsinhua News Agency Release, →OCLC, page 255, column 2:
text: hundreds of local inhabitants beat drums and gongs and waved flowers on the chinese end of the bridge to greet the arrival of the delegation of north pyungan province and sineuijoo city of the korean democratic people's republic. it was led by li keun ha, vice-chairman of the sineuijoo city people's committee. the delegation, counsellor of the korean embassy in china jung bong koo and other koreans in tantung attended the ceremony.
ref: 1965 March, “northeast chinese city renamed”, in News from Hsinhua News Agency: daily bulletin, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 50:
text: The Rev. Moon, the founder of the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, was born in Jungjoo-gun in North Pyungan Province.
ref: 1986, Syn-Duk Choi, “A comparative study of two new religious movements in the Republic of Korea: the Unification Church and the Full Gospel Central Church”, in James A. Beckford, editor, New Religious Movements and Rapid Social Change, Sage Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 118:
glosses: Alternative form of North Pyongan.
demi-caractère
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from French demi-caractère.
Senses: synonyms: demicharacter
qualifier: about a work for the stage or a performer's part in it
glosses: Which, in the historical French nomenclature, was halfway between serious (sérieux) and comic (comique); typically, where the protagonists or the plot were not noble enough compared to those derived from mythology or history, but could still convey serious emotions (see for example the 1886 Camille Bellaigue quotation about Bizet's opera Carmen under French demi-caractère)
Jack and shit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jack shit
retention basin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retention basins
Senses: topics: geography
hydrology
natural-sciences
synonyms: retention pond
coordinate_terms: detention basin
infiltration basin
qualifier: soil science
glosses: A depression in the ground containing a permanent pool of water that is replenished by rainwater which would otherwise cause flooding or erosion, which releases the water at a slow rate into the ground or other nearby water bodies.
praisability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: praisabilities
Senses: glosses: The degree or quality of being worthy of praise.
retention basins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retention basin
retention pond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retention ponds
Senses: glosses: Synonym of retention basin.
synonyms: word: retention basin
retention ponds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retention pond
retarding basin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retarding basins
Senses: glosses: Synonym of detention basin.
synonyms: word: detention basin
retarding basins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retarding basin
detention pond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: detention ponds
Senses: glosses: Synonym of detention basin.
synonyms: word: detention basin
detention ponds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of detention pond
dry pond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dry ponds
Senses: glosses: Synonym of detention basin.
synonyms: word: detention basin
dry ponds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dry pond
recharge basin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recharge basins
Senses: glosses: Synonym of infiltration basin.
synonyms: word: infiltration basin
recharge basins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recharge basin
infiltration basin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infiltration basins
Senses: topics: geography
hydrology
natural-sciences
synonyms: recharge basin
infiltration pond
coordinate_terms: detention basin
retention basin
qualifier: soil science
glosses: A depression in the ground which temporarily fills with rainwater that would otherwise cause flooding or erosion, which empties its contents as groundwater.
infiltration basins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infiltration basin
infiltration pond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infiltration ponds
Senses: glosses: Synonym of infiltration basin.
synonyms: word: infiltration basin
infiltration ponds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infiltration pond
EACRF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of East African Community Regional Force.
my very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
qualifier: slightly dated
glosses: Used to remember the order and names of the (then) nine planets of the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.
Related terms: my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins
webgame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webgames
Etymology: From web + game.
Senses: examples: text: He’s co-founder and senior producer at Powerful Robot Games, a videogame development studio focusing on advergaming and webgames. […] [Gonzalo Frasca:] My case is sort of particular, because I am also a game designer/producer who has produced dozens of webgames.
ref: 2004 October, David Wildgoose, “Design class: A lesson in game theory”, in PC PowerPlay, number 104, Strawberry Hills, N.S.W.: Next Publishing, →ISSN, page 64:
text: The Internet is positively riddled with free games content, be it freeware, open source, abandonware, home-brews, webgames or emulation. […] WEBGAME OF THE MONTH
ref: 2005 March, “Freeplay”, in PC Zone, number 152, London: Future plc, →ISSN, page 21:
text: In addition, a number of webgames related to Nintendo characters or franchises vie for attention alongside downloadable wallpapers, ‘Instant Messenger’ buddy icons and ringtones.
ref: 2008, James Newman, Playing with Videogames, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 37:
text: profile / The fundamental unit of Facebook; without profiles, Facebook would be naught but a collection of Yahoo!-grade webgames and soggy banner ads.
ref: 2008, Greg Atwan, Evan Lushing, The Facebook Book: A Satirical Companion, New York, N.Y.: Abrams Image, →ISBN, page 186:
text: Having completed an MA degree in Digital Games Design from the University for the Creative Arts at Farnham, Chico has worked in areas such as webgames and advergames design and development.
ref: 2010, Ryan Henson Creighton, “About the Reviewers”, in Unity 3D Game Development by Example, Beginner’s Guide: A Seat-of-Your-Pants Manual for Building Fun, Groovy Little Games Quickly, Birmingham: Packt Publishing, →ISBN:
text: QB9, for instance, creates licensed webgames for several media networks, including Comedy Central.
ref: 2013 June, “Open world”, in Edge, number 254, Bath: Future plc, →ISSN, page 86, column 2:
synonyms: browser game
glosses: A game playable on the World Wide Web, especially within a web browser.
webgames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of webgame
unreprest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unreprest
form: most unreprest
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of unrepressed.
Loch Treig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A lake in Highland council area, Scotland, which is also a reservoir (since 1929); its outlet is the River Treig.
benturong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benturongs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of binturong.
benturongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benturong
Lomatska
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lomatskas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hopi.
Yukiuma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yukiumas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hopi.
Katchongva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Katchongvas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi.
Senses: examples: Dan Katchongva, b. 1860
glosses: A surname from Hopi.
thinkalike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thinkalikes
Senses: examples: text: That love, not dependency in its sicker modes, can exist and last till "death do us part" is the possibility that would frighten Ms. Kellogg and her think alikes more nearly to death than the prospect of installing a revloving door in their bedrooms.
ref: 1978 April 22, Nancy Walker, “Taking Issue with 'Our Right to Love'”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
glosses: One who has similar opinions to another.
Treig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A short river in Highland council area, Scotland, which flows from Loch Treig to the River Spean.
Related terms: Loch Treig
neo-religion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neo-religions
Senses: examples: text: Forty-three men and six women signed a large advertisement in the March 30 New York Times to assert their "conversion" from homosexuality to heterosexuality through the vehicle of "Aesthetic Realism," a neo-religion which claims to offer its members a new way to see the world.
ref: 1978 April 22, “Aesthetic Unrealism”, in Gay Community News, page 2:
glosses: A new religious movement.
neo-religions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neo-religion
Evehema
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Evehemas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi.
Senses: examples: Dan Evehema, b. 1893
glosses: A surname from Hopi.
Monongye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Monongyes
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hopi.
eat one's pride
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eats one's pride
form: eating one's pride
form: ate one's pride
form: eaten one's pride
Senses: examples: text: People I had associated with for six or seven years all of a sudden became bigoted and narrow-minded, so I resigned. I decided nothing was worth eating my pride and working with these people.
ref: 1977 April 23, Jown Fowler, “'Whispering Campaign' Fails On Newbury Street”, in Gay Community News, page 1, quoting Frank Tanzer
glosses: Alternative form of swallow one's pride.
Hoyungowa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hoyungowas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hopi.
scrimblo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɹɪm.bloʊ/
Forms: form: scrimblos
Senses: examples: text: My cat investigating the scrimblos in the basket.
ref: 2023 August 28, Stichesfriendo, Reddit:
text: They’re just a little critter, a creature, a scrimblo even if I’m still allowed to use that term
ref: 2024 May 5, LimeDiamond, Reddit:
text: I cannot wait to see these dumb little scrimblos outside of their flying hot dog and just do stuff together.
ref: 2024 February 14, LittyJ1tty, Reddit:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Ellipsis of Scrimblo Bimblo.
centuries-long
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: centurieslong
Etymology: From centuries + -long.
Senses: examples: text: No city in the world has a more varied history and interest, and in none can better be traced the centuries-long line of steady progress from barbarism to civilisation.
ref: 1942, Harry Parker, Britain Afloat and Ashore: Pictures and Engravings of Our National Life and Achievements. […] (publication number twenty-one), London: The Print Collectors’ Club, […], pages 20–21:
text: For he had not only handed in his resignation as Chief of Staff; he had gone a step further. He had left the Army, given up his title of general. He had done something that had scarcely ever happened during the centuries-long history of the Prussian Army.
ref: 1942, Curt Ries, “The Betrayal of a Caste”, in The Self-Betrayed: Glory and Doom of the German Generals, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, page 213:
text: In his great survey of the material, Lenz Kriss-Rettenbeck concluded that “there is probably no comparable form that enjoys the same structural consistency and provides more effectively valid a mode of signification, in terms of its centuries-long use in the most various cultures and language groups, at all social levels of the Catholic world, and at all conceivable aesthetic levels.”
ref: 1989, David Freedberg, The Power of Images: Studies in the History and Theory of Response, Chicago, Ill.; London: The University of Chicago Press, published 1991, →ISBN, page 153:
coordinate_terms: centurylong
glosses: Lasting for centuries.
centuries-old
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: plurisecular
glosses: Hundreds of years old.
Fechtner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fechtners
Etymology: Borrowed from German Fechtner.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Fechtner syndrome
inequilibrium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not equilibrium.
Sonys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sony
hyacinth macaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyacinth macaws
Senses: glosses: A large, blue parrot, Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus, native to central and eastern South America.
snow bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow bears
Senses: glosses: Synonym of polar bear.
synonyms: word: polar bear
USWDS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of U.S. Web Design System.
design system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: design systems
Senses: examples: text: Design systems are more than the latest fad; they are a natural evolution in the intersection between art, technology, and industry.
ref: 2019, Sarrah Vesselov, Taurie Davis, Building Design Systems: Unify User Experiences through a Shared Design Language, Apress, →ISBN, page 5:
topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A collection of reusable components and clear standards that can be assembled together to build any number of applications; a unified design language.
design systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of design system
PlayStationing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of PlayStation
Farmviller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of FarmViller.
Loch Shiel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A long lake between Fort William and Mallaig, Highland council area, Scotland, with Glenfinnan at its head and the River Shiel as its outlet.
glosses: A small lake further north in Highland council area, on the River Shiel in Glen Shiel (OS grid ref NH9418).
enscribe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of inscribe.
1031 exchange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 1031 exchanges
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A taxpayer's deferral of recognition of capital gains and related federal income tax liability on the exchange of certain types of property, under Internal Revenue Code section 1031.
Related terms: Starker exchange
1031 exchanges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 1031 exchange
doctoral advisor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doctoral advisors
Senses: glosses: An academic who advises students who are taking doctorates.
Dorian Gray effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dorian Gray effects
Etymology: In reference to Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), describing a handsome young man who envies his own portrait and wishes that it would grow old, rather than he.
Senses: glosses: The phenomenon whereby a person's inner moods and emotions may come to influence their facial appearance.
wikipedia: Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Related terms: Dorian Gray syndrome
Dorian Gray effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dorian Gray effect
kaopeh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈkʰaʊ˦˨ˌp˭eː˨]
Etymology: From Hokkien 哭爸 (khàu-pē, “to cry as if one has lost their father”).
Senses: head_nr: 2
glosses: To confront.
head_nr: 2
glosses: To complain, to make a lot of noise about (something).
Related terms: kao peh kao bu
nova trova
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nueva trova.
nueva trova
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A movement in Cuban music that emerged around 1967/68 after the Cuban Revolution of 1959, combining traditional folk music idioms with progressive and often politicized lyrics.
non-passing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + passing.
Senses: glosses: Not passing.
ring-ousel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ring-ousels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ring ouzel.
ring ousel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ring ousels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ring ouzel.
setaceous Hebrew characters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of setaceous Hebrew character
Netanyahus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Netanyahu
Satanyahu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Satan + Netanyahu.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Nickname for Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli politician.
Related terms: Netanyahoo
Satan Hussein
mercuhydrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Originally a trade name.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of meralluride.
synonyms: word: meralluride
nirogacestat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An anticancer medication for the treatment of desmoid tumors.
dedope
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈdəʊp/
rhymes: -əʊp
Forms: form: dedopes
form: dedoping
form: dedoped
form: dedoped
Etymology: From de- + dope.
Senses: glosses: To remove a dopant from (a semiconductor material).
dedopes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dedope
elopings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eloping
Maasaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Hopi religion
glosses: Alternative spelling of Màasaw.
Fourth Cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Hopi religion
glosses: Synonym of Túwaquachi.
synonyms: word: Túwaquachi
firms up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of firm up
firmed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of firm up
Fifth Cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Synonym of Fifth World.
synonyms: word: Fifth World
burning tongue syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Glossodynia of the tongue.
kilomile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilomiles
Etymology: From kilo- + mile.
Senses: examples: text: So our broadside will intercept his completely—nothing will get through—at a distance of half a kilomile.
ref: 1975, Poul Anderson, After Doomsday, London […]: White Lion Publishers Limited, →ISBN, page 69:
text: Oh, I see. You're one of those "trendy" folks that needs a new car every decade or hundred kilomiles. I still love my trusty 1976 280Z with 170K miles (I bike most places, which is why it isn't more miles).
ref: 2000 December 12, Mike Oliver, “My blatantly trolling question”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet):
text: Looking at gallons per 1,000 miles makes the comparison easy. The Escalade's fuel usage went from 66.6 to 60.6 gallons per kilomile, while the Prius' consumption fell from 20 to 16.6 gallons per kilomile. Saving 6 gallons beats saving 3.3.
ref: 2006 September 4, Ian Ayres, Barry Nalebuff, “Why Not? Easy Savings”, in Forbes, volume 178, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 146, column 2:
text: The route, a close collaboration between myself and the AA route planner, totals 160 miles. To put that into context, if you were to refer to a thousand miles as a 'kilomile' then the trek I am about to attempt is almost one fifth of a kilomile.
ref: 2016, Rob Gibbons, Neil Gibbons, Steve Coogan, Alan Partridge: Nomad, London: Trapeze, →ISBN, page 83:
glosses: A unit of length equal to one thousand miles.
Related terms: megametre
kilomiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kilomile
builder's remedy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
construction
law
manufacturing
glosses: A legal mechanism in the United States where, if a municipality fails to comply with state laws regarding the development of new housing, a developer can bypass or ignore certain zoning laws and begin construction in an expedited manner, or can use other legal remedies.