cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hard light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hard-light
Senses: examples: text: This included a good six orvs a day in the HLHG (Hard Light Hologram) Simulation Room. This room could create an unlimited number of battle scenarios by way of quality hard light holograms; it was a key staple in Brigade training.
ref: 2005, C. C. Ekeke, Star Brigade: First Renaissance, page 155:
text: The Falcon formerly wore a pair of jet-powered glider wings that allowed him to fly at speeds up to 250 miles per hour. He now wears a pair of "hard light" wings that have increased his speed […]
ref: 2008, Scholastic Avengers Encyclopedia, Marvel Comics Group, →ISBN:
text: Abstract: Yeng is a Zontoan from planet Zing who volunteers to go on an intergalactic mission to a distant planet called Earth. Using a hard light drive, Yeng is able to project a solid hologram of himself, so that he appears as a stunningly handsome human […]
ref: 2009, Victor Kelleher, Spaceman Bill, in Fiction Gateway: Enriching the curriculum
text: I leaned against the wall and slid down into the ninety-degree corner between two hard light walls. I wrapped my arms around my knees as Sid's voice echoed.
ref: 2018, John Oddfellow / Caleb Rhodes, The Engine of a Million Plots, →ISBN, page 179:
text: "I think we should steal the orb and replace it with a hard light hologram so they won't even notice."
ref: 2018, Kay Hawkins, The Stars Are Calling, page 222:
topics: comics
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A solid, tangible hologram (projection of light), which can be used to construct structures such as walls or armor.
examples: text: Maybe at first they thought that they wanted hard light, but after the shoot begins, they start asking for me to minimize shadows, and by the end of the shoot, I may end up firing a softbox through a scrim (FYI, that means extra, extra, extra soft light).
ref: 2017, Nick Fancher, Studio Anywhere 2: Hard Light: A Photographer's Guide to Shaping Hard Light, Rocky Nook, Inc., →ISBN:
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Focused light that produces crisp, sharply-defined shadows, with less transition between illumination and shadow than soft light.
stacys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stacy
lactopoiesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lacto- + -poiesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The production of milk by the mammary glands
Related terms: lactopoietic
lentulid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lentulids
Senses: glosses: Any grasshopper of the family Lentulidae
lentulids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lentulid
limnocrene
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That originates in a pond or lake
raw_tags: of a spring
lipidomical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lipidomic.
lipofibrohyalinosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipofibrohyalinoses
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A lipofibrous form of lipohyalinosis
liposomated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Incorporated into liposomes
lyoprocess
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lyoprocesses
form: lyoprocessing
form: lyoprocessed
form: lyoprocessed
Etymology: From lyo- + process.
Senses: glosses: To process by means of lyophilization
lyoprocessed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lyoprocess
macroconfocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macro- + confocal.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing a confocal macro lens
macroencephaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + encephaly.
Senses: glosses: A congenital expansion of the brain
macrolobulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macro- + lobulated.
Senses: glosses: Having unusually large lobules
malcirculation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mal- + circulation.
Senses: glosses: Insufficient circulation of the blood, typically in the extremities
mannosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mannosomes
Senses: glosses: A specialised tubular organelle, in molluscs, assembled in hexagonal bundles within an external membrane
marteloscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marteloscopes
Senses: glosses: A rectangular plot, within a managed forest, in which every tree is identified, numbered and recorded
Port Clarence
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4921).
glosses: A census-designated place in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States.
Anglicise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Anglicises
form: Anglicising
form: Anglicised
form: Anglicised
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of anglicise.
Anglicises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Anglicise
Anglicising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Mr. J. A. B. Hamilton adds that there is little consistency in the Anglicising of Welsh nomenclature, as in the use of "v" in place of the Welsh "f"; note for example the names Caernarvon and Afon Wen; […].
ref: 1945 September and October, “Notes and News: "Cilgerran" or "Kilgerran"?”, in Railway Magazine, page 303:
glosses: present participle and gerund of Anglicise
Anglicised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Anglicise
ca' cannyism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ca' canny + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ca' canny (“policy of caution and taking one's time, in industrial disputes”).
synonyms: word: ca' canny
extra: policy of caution and taking one's time, in industrial disputes
catsupped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From catsup + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ketchupped.
cake and wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: After a week of privation on pound cake and white wine (strangely the Navy's slang for solitary confinement on bread and water was "cake and wine") Carlsen received warm nourishment.
ref: 1980, The Compass, volumes 50-52, page 26:
text: If one was 5 minutes late he got three days bread and water for a first offense. A second time got the culprit 5 days. Insolence and/or insubordination earned one a deck court-martial with 10 days on "cake and wine".
ref: 2009, Chester A. Wright, Black Men and Blue Water, page 222:
text: […] and the skipper threw him in the brig for five days on cake and wine (bread and water, in navy slang).
ref: 2011, Stephen Curley, The Ship That Would Not Die:
topics: government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: A restricted diet of bread and water, imposed as a disciplinary measure.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cake, wine.
Cambodian red
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It is claimed that, by the beginning of 1971, virtually all soldiers were smoking the drug and that the favourite brand 'Cambodian Red', at fifty cents for a packet of twenty, was both readily available and exceedingly potent.
ref: 1973, Brian Wells, Psychedelic drugs, page 166:
text: Nighttime was a good time to light up, but I didn't smoke marijuana much. […] He sold me a bulging paper sack full of Cambodian Red for two dolla' MPC. A strange experience, copping from a kid, but it was righteous weed.
ref: 1995, Norman L. Russell, Doug Grad, Suicide Charlie: A Vietnam War Story, page 191:
glosses: A variety of cannabis from Cambodia.
calligraphics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Work produced in the form of calligraphy.
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The use of calligraphic projection.
calligraphic projection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
computer-graphics
computing
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
synonyms: calligraphics
Lissajous projection
glosses: A system for displaying or projecting an image composed of a beam of light or electrons directly tracing the image, as opposed to sweeping in raster order over the entire display surface.
Lissajous projection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of calligraphic projection.
synonyms: word: calligraphic projection
uncandled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + candled.
Senses: examples: text: The third and little fingers then roll the uncandled egg into candling position between the thumb and index finger; […]
ref: 1955, Ashley R. Gulich, William Eugene Hauver, Egg Grading Manual, page 13:
glosses: Not having been candled.
uncandied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + candied.
Senses: examples: text: Transfer the juice and the segments to the food processor or blender, and puree them with the uncandied zest.
ref: 1990, The Time-life book of elegant everyday cooking, page 277:
glosses: Not candied (coated or encrusted with sugar).
candy store problem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candy store problems
Etymology: See like a kid in a candy store.
Senses: examples: text: One engineering-group manager reported that his first attempt at designing a C++ implementation of his application resulted in a "candy store" problem. His people tried to use too many features of C++, and the project had to be restarted.
ref: 1994, UNIX Review, volume 12:
text: The Production Candy Store Problem: The money we spend on video effects in TV production is obscene. It astounds me, and scares me, to see otherwise levelheaded ad people spend such big bucks so casually.
ref: 1997, Communication Arts, numbers 270-272, page 40:
text: I tell the guy: Stop crying, this is a candy store problem, 'cause our money is just as green as theirs, and all you gotta do is find the right palm to grease. Give the local rack-jobber his blood money.
ref: 2002, Stephen J. Cannell, The Viking Funeral, page 33:
glosses: The problem of having too many options available.
Related terms: champagne problem
spoilt for choice
candy store problems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candy store problem
candify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: candifies
form: candifying
form: candified
form: candified
Etymology: From candy + -fy.
Senses: examples: text: […] seven little pies—molasses pies, baked in saucers—each with a brown top and crisp candified edge, which tasted like toffy and lemon-peel, and all sorts of good things mixed up together.
ref: 1872, Susan Coolidge, What Katy Did:
text: The candifying or granulating of extracted honey has also been a hinderance and great draw back to its introduction and use.
ref: 1875, Bee-keeper's Magazine:
glosses: To candy.
examples: text: Jazz was not always an accepted music, and, of course, today we have the problem of remaining faithful to the cultural roots of jazz, not just candifying, Disneyfying the music.
ref: 1994, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and Forests, Workshop and hearing on New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park:
text: They have become democratized into an item of popular consumption, perhaps a more gritty comestible than the candified menu served up in Disneyland's version of the American past...
ref: 1998, John D. Seelye, Memory's nation: the place of Plymouth Rock, page 21:
text: A minor misfortune of Ravel’s legacy is the relative obscurity of his best piano pieces and the prominence of their candified orchestral versions.
ref: 2008 March 15, Bernard Holland, “Ravel: A Bit Wicked, a Bit Nostalgic”, in New York Times:
glosses: To make sweet or saccharine at the expense of serious meaning.
candifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of candify
candifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of candify
cap up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: caps up
form: capping up
form: capped up
form: capped up
Senses: examples: text: Eventually we got it all capped up, one thousand doses just like Rob had said. […] I was going to become a three-drug connection to all my friends, psychedelics, hash and pot.
ref: 2006, Dean McCormick, Dead End Street, page 62:
glosses: To divide (a drug) into capsules.
examples: text: Do not cap up "oblast" or "province" in place names.
text: Secretaries of State: Cap up titles, as in Home Secretary David Blunkett and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.
ref: 2004, Tony Harcup, Journalism: Principles and Practice, SAGE Publications, Style Guide for Journalists, page 137:
text: Capping up: the general presumption is against using caps. Their use should be to denote something that is unique. The Pill immediately spells the contraceptive pill and the Forces indicates that we are talking about Britain's military and not the forces of light.
ref: 2010, Simon Heffer, “The Daily Telegraph Style Guide”, in The Telegraph:
text: Cap up the first letter of the first word. Then, use lower case e.g.: "View and comment on planning applications" not "View And Comment On Planning Applications"
ref: 2018 August 28, “Presenting Content”, in Central Bedfordshire Council:
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: To modify (the initial letter of a word) to be a capital letter.
dividend reinvestment plans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dividend reinvestment plan
dividend reinvestment programs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dividend reinvestment program
divisor functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of divisor function
divulsors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of divulsor
djenkols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of djenkol
DLBCLs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DLBCL
DMRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DMR
Captain's Cloak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Captain's Cloak
Senses: examples: text: “Growl you may, but go you must,” Lewrie laughed, clapping him on the shoulder in parting. “Old Navy proverb. Might be the Thirty-Seventh Article of War, hey, right after 'The Captain's Cloak'?”
ref: 2018, Dewey Lambdin, The Gun Ketch:
text: Pigot then opened a copy of the Articles of War, and started reading from number thirty-six (the so-called 'Captain's Cloak') which covered 'All other crimes not capital […]
ref: 2009, Dudley Pope, The Black Ship:
topics: government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: The 36th and last of the Articles of War, effectively giving the ship's captain free rein in disciplining the crew: "All other crimes not capital committed by any person or persons in the fleet, which are not mentioned in this act, or for which no punishment is hereby directed to be inflicted, shall be punished by the laws and customs in such cases used at sea."
captive candidate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: captive candidates
Senses: examples: text: Fortunately — very fortunately — the American people have a happy alternative to this bankrupt Republican campaign and its captive candidate.
ref: 1952, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, page 807:
text: I want to start with an immediate and firm disclaimer. Walter Mondale is not a captive candidate of the “special-interest bosses of labor.”
ref: 1983, ILR Report, volumes 21-22, page 21:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A political candidate who is under the control or influence of another person.
captive candidates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of captive candidate
caramelizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caramelizers
form: carameliser
Etymology: From caramelize + -er.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A device that caramelizes something.
carameliser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caramelisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of caramelizer.
caramelizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caramelizer
caramelisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carameliser
caramel fuel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caramel fuels
Senses: glosses: A reactor fuel containing relatively little plutonium and thus not lending itself to weaponisation.
caramel fuels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caramel fuel
caring profession
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caring professions
Senses: glosses: Synonym of helping profession.
synonyms: word: helping profession
caring professions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caring profession
superstarry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superstarry
form: most superstarry
Etymology: From superstar + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling, characteristic of, or filled with superstars.
secondary boycott
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secondary boycotts
Senses: examples: text: 1962 National Labor Relations Board
The National Labor Relations Board today ruled that the Miami Printing Pressmen's union conducted unlawful secondary boycott picketing of the Detroit Free Press, which, like the Miami Herald where the Pressmen were on strike, is owned by Knight Newspapers, Inc.https://web.archive.org/web/20241226164410/https://apps.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d4580ca5153
text: The primary boycott prohibits citizens of an Arab League member from buying from, selling to, or entering into a business contract with either the Israeli government or an Israeli citizen. The secondary boycott extends the primary boycott to any entity world-wide that does business in Israel.https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33961.pdf
ref: 2017, Congressional Research Service:
glosses: A boycott of one organization to put pressure on another organization which is the real target.
historectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of hysterectomy.
lapises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:lapises.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: plural of lapis
Caterpillar Club
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Caterpillar Club
Etymology: From the fact that early parachutes were made of silk, produced by silkworms (which are a species of caterpillar).
Senses: glosses: An informal association of people who have successfully used a parachute to bail out of a disabled aircraft.
Related terms: Goldfish Club
sharp power
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The use of manipulative diplomatic policies by one country to influence and undermine the political system of a target country.
wikipedia: sharp power
hard power
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hard powers
Senses: examples: text: But even as America’s allies see our interests converging and the most successful military alliance in the history of the world restores its commitments to hard power, the previous Administration’s shameful hesitation and half-measures threaten to give way to something even more disgraceful: the obstinate denial of America’s security interest in Ukraine’s success.
ref: 2025 February 24, Mitch McConnell, “McConnell on Three-Year Anniversary of Russia’s Escalation in Ukraine”, in Mitch McConnell U.S. Senator for Kentucky, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2025, Press Releases:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The use of military and economic means to influence the behavior or interests of other political bodies.
glosses: A state having this kind of power.
talkee-talkee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of talky-talky.
talkee-talkee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Taki-taki
form: talkie-talkie
Etymology: Reduplicated diminutive talk + -ee. Compare Dutch takitaki (“pejorative term for Sranan Tongo”), Sranan Tongo takitaki (“to jabber, to chatter; chatter, idle talk”).
Senses: examples: text: The talkee-talkee of the slaves in the sugar islands, as it is called, will prevail at Surinam, and become the language of Guiana. They have a printed bible in it already.
ref: 1810 December 5, Robert Southey, “To John May, Esq.”, in John Wood Warter, editor, Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey, published 1856, page 206:
text: The talkee-talkee of a North-American Indian, and the song of Deborah, might each have stood as the model.
ref: 1854, Samuel Phillips, A second Series of Essays from "the Times", page 280:
text: It must not be understood that homosexuality is confined to women. Relationships of this type exist also among men, and in taki-taki are to be found words which are specific designations for male homosexuals, who are termed hantimąn, or awɛge.
ref: 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore, New York: Columbia University Press, page 32:
text: Surinam (Dutch Guiana)[…]Dutch, English, Javanese, "talkie-talkie".
ref: 1951, Armed Forces Talk, page 13:
text: The interpreter did not speak Toyo’s language but rather what the court calls “Taki-Taki - more properly called Sranan-tongo, the Creole language of coastal Suriname.
ref: 2010, Richard Price, Travels with Tooy: History, Memory and the African American Imagination, page 186:
glosses: A creole, especially the Anglo-Dutch language spoken in Demerara and elsewhere in what is now Guyana and Suriname.
talky-talky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talkee-talkee
Etymology: Reduplicated diminutive talk + -y.
Senses: examples: text: “I don't see the hang of so much talky-talky,” broke in Uncle Sam. “We've heard all that can be said about things, […]
ref: 1911, Alexander MacDonald, The Invisible Island: A Story of the Far North of Queensland, page 105:
text: “In spite of all the talky-talky about friendship and cooperation, most Russians are scared to have anything to do with us direct,” Winterton wrote.
ref: 2003, Steven Merritt Miner, Stalin's Holy War, page 290:
text: I reach up and trace a finger down his jawline to his lips, covering them gently with a finger. “No more talky talky,” I whisper.
ref: 2014, Mary Frame, Imperfectly Criminal:
glosses: Talk; chatter; fruitless discussion.
smart power
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Hillary Clinton today endorsed the use of "smart power" to reassert global US influence, telling the Senate foreign relations committee, which is considering her nomination as secretary of state, that the country cannot do everything in isolation.
ref: 2009 January 13, Paul Lewis, Peter Walker, “Hillary Clinton backs 'smart power' to assert US influence around world”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: A national-security budget where we spend 20 times as much money on the military and intelligence agencies as we do on diplomacy, democracy promotion, and smart power, is foreign-policy malpractice in the modern world.
ref: 2019 October 7, Chris Murphy, “How to Make a Progressive Foreign Policy Actually Work”, in The Atlantic:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The combination of hard power and soft power strategies.
examples: text: The National Infrastructure Commission said a “smart power revolution” which improves the storage of power could transform the energy landscape.
ref: 2016 March 4, Press Association, “Improved energy storage could help save Britain £8bn a year, says report”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Efficient energy distribution on a smart grid.
cream skimming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
synonyms: skimming
glosses: The business practice of providing a product or service only to high-value or low-cost customers, while disregarding clients that are less profitable for the company.
Related terms: cream-skim
cream skimming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cream skim
cackrey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The burr gherkin.
maroon cucumber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maroon cucumbers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of burr gherkin.
synonyms: word: burr gherkin
West Indian gherkin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: West Indian gherkins
Senses: glosses: Synonym of burr gherkin.
synonyms: word: burr gherkin
West Indian gourd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: West Indian gourds
Senses: glosses: Synonym of burr gherkin.
synonyms: word: burr gherkin
burr gherkin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burr gherkins
Senses: synonyms: word: cackrey
english: Trinidad
translation: Trinidad
word: maroon cucumber
word: West Indian gherkin
word: West Indian gourd
glosses: Cucumis anguria, a vine related to the common cucumber.
glosses: The fruit of this vine.
burr gherkins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burr gherkin
maroon cucumbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maroon cucumber
kitchen sink regression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitchen sink regressions
Etymology: See everything but the kitchen sink.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A statistical regression which uses many possible independent variables to attempt to explain variance in a dependent variable.
wikipedia: kitchen sink regression
Pelaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2962).
Derived terms: South Pelaw
kitchen sink regressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kitchen sink regression
gone through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go through
going through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go through
went through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go through
Beveridge curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Beveridge curves
Etymology: Named after William Beveridge.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A graphical representation of the relationship between unemployment and the job vacancy rate.
wikipedia: Beveridge curve
William Beveridge
Beveridge curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Beveridge curve
contract curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contract curves
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The set of points representing final allocations of two goods between two people that could occur as a result of mutually beneficial trading between those people given their initial allocations of the goods.
wikipedia: contract curve
bureaucratic inertia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bureaucratic inertias
Senses: topics: government
glosses: The inevitable tendency of bureaucratic organizations to perpetuate their established procedures, even if they are counterproductive or diametrically opposed to their set goals.
wikipedia: bureaucratic inertia
bureaucratic inertias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bureaucratic inertia
Yale blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Yale University, which uses the color.
Senses: examples: text: You could call the shade Yale blue, presidential blue, or even a dark steel blue. Regardless, it conveyed the right amount of cheeriness for the occasion and reverence for a historic moment in the British royal family's history.
ref: 2017 November 27, Megan Gustashaw, “Prince Harry’s Engagement Suit Is Just What You Should Wear on Your Big Day”, in GQ:
text: Neither Harvard crimson nor Yale blue courses through my veins — I am an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — but I was at Harvard for the academic year 1968-69 on a Nieman Fellowship, awarded each year to a dozen American journalists in the hope that using the university’s vast resources might help them improve their professional skills.
ref: 2018 November 21, “A spectacular Harvard-Yale football game that lifted spirits in the tragic year of 1968”, in The Washington Post:
text: For a talented senior class, the weekend marks the final hurrah in Yale blue. Trumbull’s Simon Whiteman, first baseman Griffin Dey and pitcher Scott Politz should all be selected in next month’s Major League Baseball draft.
ref: 2019 May 8, Chip Malafronte, “Yale enters weekend playing for pride”, in New Haven Register:
text: The 49-year-old put on an elegant display in a two-toned blue, one-shoulder gown. With a maya blue bodice and yale blue skirt, the pleated dress featured a bow like wrap on her left shoulder.
ref: 2019 September 7, Kellie Chudzinski, “Heather Graham cuts an elegant style in a one shoulder blue gown at the TIFF premiere of her film The Rest of Us”, in Daily Mail:
text: But Yale had certain advantages. Its nonprofit status sheltered it from taxes on income. It could access top outside fund managers. It had alumni in high places in business and finance who, like Swensen, bled Yale blue.
ref: 2019 September 11, Drake Bennett, Janet Lorin, Michael McDonald, “How David Swensen Made Yale Fabulously Rich”, in Bloomberg News:
text: While today the courts on the fifth floor sport a fresh Yale Blue coat of paint and glass backboards, in the 1970s they were drafty, completely wooden and nearly uninhabitable in the hotter months.
ref: 2020 March 4, Eamonn Smith, “Yale faculty keep fit, form bonds on the hardwood”, in The Yale News:
glosses: A dark azure color.
Related terms: Princeton orange
waxup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waxups
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wax-up.
waxups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waxup
wax-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wax-ups
form: waxup
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: The use of wax on a cast in planning how to carry out a restorative procedure.
wax-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wax-up
waxability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wax + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality or degree of being waxable.
Leamside
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in West Rainton and Leamside parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3146).
Jensen's alpha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jensen's alphas
Etymology: First used as a measure in the evaluation of mutual fund managers by Michael C. Jensen in 1968.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A metric used to determine the abnormal return of a security or portfolio over the theoretical expected return.
wikipedia: Michael C. Jensen
Jensen's alphas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jensen's alpha
Treynor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Treynors
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Treynor measure
Treynor ratio
Treynor ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Treynor ratios
Etymology: Named after Jack L. Treynor.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A measurement of the returns earned in excess of that which could have been earned on an investment that has no diversifiable risk, per unit of market risk assumed.
wikipedia: Jack L. Treynor
Treynor ratios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Treynor ratio
bottom woman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottom women
Senses: topics: lifestyle
prostitution
sexuality
glosses: Synonym of bottom bitch.
synonyms: word: bottom bitch
bottom girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottom girls
Senses: topics: lifestyle
prostitution
sexuality
glosses: Synonym of bottom bitch.
synonyms: word: bottom bitch
bottom girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bottom girl
bottom women
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bottom woman
never ask the barber if you need a haircut
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Attributed to Daniel S. Greenberg, who wrote “Don’t ask the barber whether you need a haircut” in the November 1972 issue of the Saturday Review, popularizing the saying. It was made more famous by Warren Buffet in his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders.
Senses: examples: text: You never ask the barber if you need a haircut. What do you think he will say? So corn farmers tell Congress that ethanol is good and will help stop the greenhouse effect and make cars run smoother and we will all be in energy heaven if we listen to them.
ref: 2013, Philip Theibert, Potato Chip Economics […] , John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Do not seek advice from a biased party.
wikipedia: Daniel S. Greenberg
armchair copy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In commercial broadcasting, a S/N ratio of + 60 dB is not uncommon, but most amateur signals (except for "armchair copy" situations) run in the range from +3 to +20 dB.
ref: 1982, Amateur radio extra class license study guide, page 107:
text: Place it near your ear for armchair copy, even in your car!
ref: 1988, 73 Amateur Radio, numbers 328-339, page 71:
text: Distant stations come rolling in loud and clear with crystal clear armchair copy.
ref: 1997, Amateur Radio, volume 53, numbers 7-12, page 29:
qualifier: CB radio
glosses: Perfectly clear reception.
turn again
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: turns again
form: turning again
form: turned again
form: turned again
Senses: glosses: To return.
glosses: To make a stand.
American comic book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: American comic books
Senses: topics: comics
literature
media
publishing
glosses: A thin serialized comic book format published in the United States, containing on average 32 pages.
California kilowatt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: California kilowatts
Senses: examples: text: A few nights ago conditions on 20 were at their usual level, the California kilowatts were in full charge, the 50 watt diehards were busy calling endless CQ's, and the DX stations were reaping the harvest.
ref: 1967, CQ; the Radio Amateur's Journal, volume 23, numbers 1-6, page 51:
text: And one California kilowatt equals 3 East Coast KWs. And—as everybody knows that—we, on the East Coast, are the only legal ones.
ref: 1974, CQ: The Radio Amateurs' Journal, volume 30, number 1, page 36:
text: Several people commented about those damn California kilowatts as they stood there in front of those huge tubes in Jack's transmitter.
ref: 2014, Dave Bell, W6AQ, World's Best Hobby (page 16)
qualifier: CB radio
glosses: An amateur radio broadcast strength exceeding the legal limit of one kilowatt, or (by extension) a transmitter broadcasting in this manner.
California kilowatts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of California kilowatt
Fast Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A Sunday set aside by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for fasting by its members, and on which a testimony meeting is held by local congregations.
Branch Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Synonym of Palm Sunday.
synonyms: word: Palm Sunday
Cold Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Sunday, January 17, 1982, when unprecedentedly cold air swept down from Canada and plunged temperatures across much of the United States far below existing all-time record lows.
Christmas Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The first Sunday after Christmas Day.
Super Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The Sunday on which the Super Bowl takes place, usually the first Sunday in February.
Christmas tree packet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christmas tree packets
Etymology: By analogy with a Christmas tree decorated with electric lights.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A data packet having every option set for whatever protocol is in use.
Christmas tree packets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christmas tree packet
Penmaenpool
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Dolgellau community, Gwynedd, Wales, on the Mawddach estuary (OS grid ref SH6918).
leprechaunesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leprechauness
elfettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elfette
come down cats and dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes down cats and dogs
form: coming down cats and dogs
form: came down cats and dogs
form: come down cats and dogs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rain cats and dogs.
synonyms: word: rain cats and dogs
comes down cats and dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of come down cats and dogs
coming down cats and dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come down cats and dogs
came down cats and dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come down cats and dogs
hanky codes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hanky code
Great Gatsby curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Great Gatsby curves
Etymology: Coined by American economist Judd Cramer and introduced by Alan Krueger in a speech in 2012, in allusion to F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby (1925).
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A chart plotting the relationship between inequality and intergenerational social immobility in several countries around the world.
wikipedia: Alan Krueger
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
Related terms: Lorenz curve
Harrod-Johnson diagram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Harrod-Johnson diagrams
Etymology: Named after economists Roy F. Harrod and Harry G. Johnson.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A way of visualizing the relationship between the output price ratios, the input price ratios, and the endowment ratio of two goods.
wikipedia: Harry G. Johnson
Roy F. Harrod
pocket universe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pocket universes
Senses: synonyms: bubble universe
glosses: A hypothetical realm in inflationary theory, only one of which would contain our observable universe.
examples: text: I set it in a 'pocket universe' based on role-playing games.
ref: 2013, Frank Garcia, Mark Phillips, Science Fiction Television Series, 1990-2004, page 118:
text: […] the simulationist sought a game system that created "a little pocket universe without fudging."
ref: 2014, Evan Torner, William J. White, Immersive Gameplay, page 79:
topics: games
gaming
glosses: A small, self-contained fictional universe that borrows concepts from established universes.
pocket universes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocket universe
Harrod-Johnson diagrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Harrod-Johnson diagram
storm cats and dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: storms cats and dogs
form: storming cats and dogs
form: stormed cats and dogs
form: stormed cats and dogs
Senses: examples: text: About 10 o'clock, Burdell pushed forth into the wind and the rain — it was storming cats and dogs — and headed for his home at 31 Bond.
ref: 1913, Pearson's Magazine, page 376:
text: Annie was standing beside the stove, showing her assistant, a Finnish girl from the village, how to flip bacon grease up and over frying eggs. “I think it is going to storm cats and dogs today, Dad,” announced Danny, jerking his thumb […]
ref: 1934, Nancy Noon Kendall, The New House:
text: It was storming cats and dogs, with lighting and thunder.
ref: 2011, Tommy Chamberlain, A Spoon Full of Sugar, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 7:
glosses: To storm and rain heavily; synonym of rain cats and dogs.
storms cats and dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of storm cats and dogs
storming cats and dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of storm cats and dogs
stormed cats and dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of storm cats and dogs
Llanuwchllyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village and community in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH8730).
Kuznets curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkʌznɛts kɝv/
Forms: form: Kuznets curves
Etymology: Named after economist Simon Kuznets (1901–1985).
Senses: examples: text: On the surface, the Kuznets curve seems to justify laissez-faire economics and trickle-down policies.
ref: 2012 April 30, Kentaro Toyama, “The Rise and Fall and Rise (Literally) of the Most Important Curve in Economics”, in The Atlantic:
text: Their creed is based on the Kuznets curve, the graph that appears to show that inequality automatically declines as capitalism advances, spreading wealth from the elite to the rest.
ref: 2014 July 29, George Monbiot, “The rich want us to believe their wealth is good for us all”, in The Guardian:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A theoretical curve that graphs the hypothesis that as an economy develops, market forces first increase and then decrease economic inequality.
PXes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PX
pours cats and dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pour cats and dogs
pouring cats and dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pour cats and dogs
poured cats and dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pour cats and dogs
Point
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Point
Etymology: Short for West Point.
Senses: examples: text: Study goes on until tattoo, which, when Pops was at the Point, was sounded at 9.30, followed by taps at 10.
ref: 2017, Charles King, Cadet Days:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: USMA (United States Military Academy) in West Point, New York.
Point
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township in Posey County, Indiana, United States, so-named for being the southernmost and westernmost point in the state.
glosses: A township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A minor city in Rains County, Texas, United States.
examples: text: Cornwall County Council asked for a decision on objections raised by property owners to its proposal to convert the site of the railway into a public road for a distance of 1 mile 86 yards from Devoran to Point (Restronguet Creek).
ref: 1952 March, “Notes and News: A Redruth & Chasewater Echo”, in Railway Magazine, page 206:
glosses: A coastal settlement in Feock parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8138).
Point
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Points
Etymology: Probably an altered form of French Pons, see Ponce.
It is also a variant of the English surname Points.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
cats and dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: (heavy rain): Probably derived from rain cats and dogs.
Senses: examples: text: With a good blinding snowfall, or a pelting downpour of cats and dogs, I might have hoped for a respite. What a Christmas offering for my mother! I say!
ref: 1901, Ellen Wood (Mrs. Henry Wood), Johnny Ludlow: sixth series, page 361
text: Many times, he would arrive soaking wet as the Florida skies had opened up in a sudden downpour of cats and dogs. Helen would wring out his shirt and put it out to dry, as clothes dryers were on the drawing board somewhere in the future.
ref: 2010, Helen Howington, All in a Lifetime, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 32:
glosses: A heavy rain; a large amount of rain.
raw_tags: in set phrases
glosses: People or things that constantly fight (see fight like cats and dogs).
topics: business
finance
glosses: Stocks that can be purchased cheaply but are unlikely to produce much profit.
cats and dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: (heavy rain): Probably derived from rain cats and dogs.
Senses: examples: text: rain cats and dogs, come down cats and dogs, pour cats and dogs, storm cats and dogs
text: We're lost, no gas, Dmitri is drunk, it's totally dark, and the rain is falling cats and dogs. There's nothing to cover ourselves with and we're getting colder and wetter by the minute. We had a couple of flares on the boat but […]
ref: 2003, Joseph Sutton, The Immortal Mouth and Other Stories, Joseph Sutton, →ISBN:
text: Well, it was hailing cats and dogs as far as Rafe was concerned. Before he'd left for the bank, two of his best steers had escaped. Finally he'd received a call from the sheriff's department that his most prized animal was standing in the middle of a [highway].
ref: 2010, Rita Herron, Have Cowboy, Need Cupid, Harlequin, →ISBN:
text: Although it was a beautiful day, it had rained the previous night and the church roof was leaking cats and dogs. Roofers stomped around up on the roof and down below huge buckets lined the hallways to catch the dripping water. I didn't care […]
ref: 2011, John Salmon, PHD, Family By God's Design: A Celebrating Community of Honor and Grace, WestBow Press, →ISBN, page 147:
text: “It's sleeting cats and dogs.” Jellyneck's sneakers squished as he headed for the cloakroom, ignoring the question. “Oscar.” Miss Granberry looked up from her desk. “Drape your jacket across the radiator to dry.”
ref: 2015, Mary Ann Rodman, Jimmy's Stars, Usborne Publishing Ltd, →ISBN:
qualifier: about raining; other precipitation; or leaking; about raining; other precipitation; or leaking
glosses: Heavily; copiously; a lot.
raw_tags: in set phrases
Yengiyer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Uyghur يېڭىيەر (yë'ngiyer).
Senses: examples: text: Authorities also noted plans to carry out education in atheism, according to the report. Authorities in Yengiyer township, Yengisar county, Kashgar district, called for teachers to visit students' homes during Ramadan to convey state policy and provide information on the "harms" of fasting, according to an August 4 report on the Yengisar County Government Web site. They also called for "resolutely examining and putting a stop to" students and teachers participating in "unlawful activities" such as fasting, entering religious venues, and participating in "underground scripture study sites."
ref: 2011 October 11, “Xinjiang Authorities Implement Ramadan Curbs Amid Renewed Pledges for Tight Controls Over Religion”, in Congressional-Executive Commission on China, archived from the original on 19 Sep 2014:
text: Officers at the Egus and nearby Yengiyer township police stations would not comment on the reason of Memet’s imprisonment when contacted by RFA, but also did not deny that he is being held in Urumqi No. 1 Prison. One official from Egus confirmed that Tursun is currently being held in a re-education camp.
ref: 2017 November 8, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Xinjiang Authorities Jail Uyghur ‘Religious Extremist’ For Scolding Son For Drinking”, in Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2018:
glosses: A township in Yengisar, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Yingye'er