cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pull factor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pull factors
Senses: examples: 1853, Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië, M. Nijhoff, page 136,
[…] the fact that agricultural land of acknowledged fertility was lying waste on Bawean constituted a powerful pull factor for the land-hungry peasants of those two islands.
1974, Tuğrul Akçura, "Urbanization in Turkey and Some Examples", in Peter Benedict, Erol Tümertekin, and Fatma Mansur (eds.), Turkey: Geographic and social perspectives, E.J. Brill, →ISBN, page 297,
[…] the rapidly increasing population of the cities through migration from the countryside […] The main cause for the migration is the rapid population growth and the inability of the agricultural sector to absorb this population. It can be said that in Turkey urbanization is more a product of the push factor than of the pull factor.
2004, Josef A. Mazanec et al., Consumer Psychology of Tourism, Hospitality, and Leisure, CABI Publishing (2004), p. 61,
"Four [sic] pull factors – 'safety', 'nature/outdoor', 'historical/cultural', 'religious', and 'leisure' – were found to be important contributors in predicting 'cultural value' motivations."
2007, Cathie Ramey and Cathy Jo Cress, "Integrating Late Life Relocation: The Role of the GCM", Chapter 16 in Cathy Jo Cress, Handbook of Geriatric Care Management, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, →ISBN, page 285,
Family is often a pull factor for older adults. A senior may want to move closer to family for two fundamental reasons: […]
glosses: The lure of another home, country, region, organization, or religion.
Coordinate terms: push factor
grey-collar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grey-collar
form: most grey-collar
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gray-collar.
skull-fuck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skull-fucks
form: skull-fucking
form: skull-fucked
form: skull-fucked
form: skull fuck
form: skullfuck
Etymology: From skull + fuck.
Senses: examples: 2003, Guy Willard, Suit of Lights
I reached down and clasped the sides of his head. “I’m gonna skull-fuck you, faggot.” I began pumping myself into his mouth, ...
glosses: To actively sexually penetrate someone's mouth; to have vigorous oral sex.
examples: text: Gy. Sgt Hartman: You have three seconds, exactly three fucking seconds, to wipe that stupid grin off your face before I gouge out your eyeballs and skull-fuck you!
ref: 1987, Stanley Kubrick, Full Metal Jacket (film)
text: Johns: Maybe to take what you got. Maybe to work your nerves. Or maybe he’ll just come back and skull-fuck you in your sleep.
ref: 2000, David Twohy, Pitch Black (film)
text: 2002, David R. Williams, Killer Asylum
“Gonna skullfuck ya bitch!” ... “Gonna ream yer sockets pig. With your eyes still in ‘em. Last thing your gonna see is my shaft coming at ya.”
text: Sands: You know that withholding vital information from a federal officer is a serious offence, especially when that officer has paid handsomely for it, and wouldn't think twice about ripping that patch off your eyehole and skull-fucking you to death.
ref: 2003, Robert Rodriguez, Once Upon a Time in Mexico (film)
text: 2005, J.P. Befumo, Ariadne's Clew
One more word out of that foul nigger mouth of yours, and I’ll tear out your eyes and skull fuck you.
text: 2015, William Vitka, Live, From The End Of The World
He had skullfucked a whore to death.
glosses: To sexually penetrate someone's eye socket.
Synonyms: sense: penetrate someone's mouth
word: irrumate
sense: penetrate someone's mouth
word: facefuck
Hypernyms: sense: penetrate someone's eye socket
word: squick
Derived terms: skull-fucker
skull-fuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skull-fucks
form: skull fuck
form: skullfuck
Etymology: From skull + fuck.
Senses: glosses: an instance of skull-fucking
bauffing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of boffing.
bauffing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bauf
Fyn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A molecule, present in the signalling pathway of integrins, activating ras.
Fyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Funen, an island in Denmark. This is the Danish name.
synonyms: word: Funen
extra: an island in Denmark. This is the Danish name.
long since
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: I don't know why he asked me to do that, when I had long since finished it.
text: The building has long since been demolished.
text: Reluctantly Raj used his fingernail to prise away the bogie he had long since sneezed up there and popped it in his mouth.
ref: 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Long ago; in the (distant) past.
Synonyms: of old
way back
long ago
Related terms: lang syne
bailable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bail + -able.
Senses: glosses: Eligible for bail.
raw_tags: of a person
glosses: For which bail is permitted.
raw_tags: of an offence
glosses: For which bail is permitted.
For which bail must be granted unless in special circumstances.
raw_tags: of an offence
Derived terms: nonbailable
unbailable
bailsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bailsmen
Etymology: From bail + -s- + -man.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A person who provides bail for another; bail bondsman
balladry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbælədɹi/
Forms: form: balladries
form: ballatry
Etymology: From ballad + -ry.
Senses: glosses: ballads considered as a group; also, the sharing (transmission), making and performing of ballads, ballads as an activity, as a tradition, as a body of work, as a craft, as implying a community of singers, makers and lovers of ballads.
Derived terms: bush-balladry
ballcock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːlkɒk/
Forms: form: ballcocks
form: ball cock
Etymology: From ball + cock.
Senses: glosses: A floating sphere, attached to a lever, that controls the level of liquid in a cistern.
Related terms: ball valve
bandeaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbændəʊ/
ipa: /ˈbandəʊ/
rhymes: -ændəʊ
homophone: bandeau
Forms: form: bandeaus
Etymology: From the French bandeaux, the plural form of bandeau, whence the English bandeau.
Senses: glosses: plural of bandeau
bandeaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbændəʊ/
ipa: /ˈbandəʊ/
rhymes: -ændəʊ
homophone: bandeau
Forms: form: bandeaus
Etymology: From the French bandeaux, the plural form of bandeau, whence the English bandeau.
Senses: glosses: A bandeau, a single band (or a set of such bands) for a woman’s hair.
polyacetylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyacetylenes
Etymology: From poly- + acetylene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of organic compounds containing a acetylene (-C≡C-) repeat units, especially any that occur naturally in some composite plants
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A black polymer, derived from acetylene, containing alternating single and double bonds in a (-CH=CH-) repeat unit; it is an organic semiconductor
Synonyms: sense: Any of a class of organic compounds containing a acetylene (-C≡C-) repeat units, especially any that occur naturally in some composite plants
word: polyyne
Related terms: sense: Any of a class of organic compounds containing a acetylene (-C≡C-) repeat units, especially any that occur naturally in some composite plants
word: polyacetylenic
polyyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒli.aɪn/
Forms: form: polyynes
Etymology: From poly- + -yne.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: polyacetylene
Derived terms: cyanopolyyne
polyynic
polyynyl
brants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brant
oggin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oggins
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ogin.
Sobieski's Shield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named for Sobieski, a Polish king.
Senses: glosses: Scutum, a constellation in the northern sky.
subprime
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌb.pɹʌɪm/
ipa: /ˈsʌb.pɹaɪm/
Etymology: From sub- + prime.
Senses: examples: subprime beef
glosses: Less than prime; inferior.
examples: text: Central to the story was Steve Eisman, an eccentric and rebarbative hedge-funder who was one of the earliest to see through the subprime lies.
ref: 2014 April 5, Alex Preston, “Flash Boys: Cracking the Money Code by Michael Lewis, review: Michael Lewis tells the compelling true story of one man’s mission to tame Wall Street [print version: Capital ventures]”, in The Daily Telegraph, London, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2014, page R26:
topics: banking
business
qualifier: now worldwide
glosses: Designating a loan (typically at a greater than usual rate of interest) offered to a borrower who is not qualified for other loans (for example, because of a poor credit history).
topics: banking
business
glosses: Designating a type of commercial lending rate, less than the prime rate, offered to desirable borrowers.
subprime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌb.pɹʌɪm/
ipa: /ˈsʌb.pɹaɪm/
Forms: form: subprimes
Etymology: From sub- + prime.
Senses: glosses: A subprime loan.
yeo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jəʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
homophone: yo
Forms: form: yeos
Etymology: From Middle English ea, eo, from Old English ēa (“running water, water, stream, river”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahu, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Doublet of aqua. Compare ea, Eau, eau.
Senses: qualifier: Southwest England
glosses: Alternative form of ea.
yeo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jəʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
homophone: yo
Forms: form: yeos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yowe.
Related terms: rhyne
unforeseeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unforeseeable
form: most unforeseeable
Etymology: From un- + foreseeable.
Senses: examples: text: Traincrew management has always been a bit of a black art, rather than a science. The present traincrew difficulties that beset the UK rail industry are neither new nor were they unforeseeable.
ref: 2022 November 16, Graham Eccles, “The Rest Day Working saga...”, in RAIL, number 970, page 32:
synonyms: imprevisible
unforetellable
antonyms: foreseeable
foretellable
previsible
;
predictable
anticipable
anticipatable
glosses: Incapable of being foreseen or anticipated.
Related terms: unforeseen
unaffordable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unaffordable
form: most unaffordable
Etymology: From un- + affordable.
Senses: examples: text: ASLEF's LU organiser Finn Brennan highlighted that slashing government funding to TfL means signalling upgrades necessary for such trains is unaffordable.
ref: 2020 July 15, “Network News: ASLEF dismisses PM's driverless London Underground train claim”, in Rail, page 11:
glosses: Too expensive to be afforded.
Crimean Tatar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Turkic language of Crimea (Ukraine), Turkey, Romania, Russia, Bulgaria and Uzbekistan.
Synonyms: Crimean
Crimean Turkish
Crimean Tatar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Crimean Tatars
Senses: glosses: A member of a Turkic ethnic group (who are indigenous people of Crimea).
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Crimean Tatar terms
red panda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red pandas
Senses: synonyms: bear cat
cat bear
panda
lesser panda
glosses: An omnivorous mammal of the genus Ailurus, native to the Himalayas and eastern Asia, which has dark red fur and a ringed tail.
Related terms: giant panda
panda bear
firefox
wah
reachable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːtʃəbəl/
Forms: form: more reachable
form: most reachable
Etymology: From reach + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Now, for the first time in the station's history, all 15 platforms are reachable from one central point.
ref: 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: London Bridge”, in RAIL, number 948, page 31:
text: Kramatorsk is a smoky industrial city in Donbass, and a major railway junction. According to Google Travel, I can now reach Kramatorsk by rail from Hertfordshire (where I live) in just... 56 hours and 35 minutes. That highly hypothetical trip would entail 11 train changes. The important thing, however, is that the long-suffering city is again reachable by rail.
ref: 2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 47:
glosses: Within easy reach; accessible
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: (of a node) That may be reached from another node in a graph by passing along one or more lines
Related terms: reachability
reachable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːtʃəbəl/
Forms: form: reachables
Etymology: From reach + -able.
Senses: glosses: Someone or something that can be reached.
Pandean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /pænˈdiːən/
Forms: form: more Pandean
form: most Pandean
Etymology: From Pan + -ean, with intrusive d.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the god Pan, or his pipes.
glosses: Of or relating to the Saturnian moon Pan.
Derived terms: Pandean harmonica
Pandean pipe
art therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: art therapies
Senses: glosses: The use of creative activities related to the visual arts to improve physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual well-being.
Related terms: arts therapy
puntilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pʊnˈtiːə/
Forms: form: puntillas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish puntilla. Doublet of pointelle.
Senses: topics: bullfighting
entertainment
lifestyle
glosses: The small dagger for administering the coup de grâce to the bull.
glosses: Decorative lacework.
MSPH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Master of Science in Public Health.
M.S.P.H.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Master of Science in Public Health.
desinential inflection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desinential inflections
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: ʾiʿrāb: a number of nominal, adjectival, and verbal inflectional endings, which are an integral part of Qur'anic and Classical Arabic, although they are generally not written and not pronounced in pausa or written but not pronounced.
Hypernyms: inflection
roller coaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roller coasters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rollercoaster.
big dipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big dippers
Etymology: Probably from the name given to some rides, such as the Black Pool Big Dipper (1923).
Senses: examples: text: Big Dipper riding / Oh, we'll give the local lads a hiding
ref: 1976, “Big Dipper”, in Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!, performed by Jethro Tull:
text: You could have a big dipper / Going up and down, all around the bends
ref: 1986, Peter Gabriel, “Sledgehammer”, in So:
glosses: A rollercoaster.
wikipedia: Big Dipper (Blackpool Pleasure Beach)
Lode Star
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of North Star, particularly Polaris, the most used lodestar in the northern hemisphere for the last 1500 years.
synonyms: word: North Star
extra: the most used lodestar in the northern hemisphere for the last 1500 years
word: particularly Polaris
extra: the most used lodestar in the northern hemisphere for the last 1500 years
work-shy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more work-shy
form: most work-shy
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of workshy.
centrode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centrodes
Senses: glosses: The path traced by the instantaneous rotational centre of a plane figure when it undergoes motion in a plane
Derived terms: body centrode
space centrode
BGP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Border Gateway Protocol.
centrosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centrosomes
Etymology: From centro- + -some.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: An organelle, near the nucleus in the cytoplasm of most organisms, that controls the organization of its microtubules
Derived terms: centrosomal
centrosomally
centrosomic
pericentrosome
telocentrosome
cerargyrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cerargyrites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral form of silver chloride, AgCl, that is a rare ore of silver; horn silver.
parotid gland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parotid glands
Etymology: From Ancient Greek παρωτίς (parōtís, “(gland) behind the ear”), from παρά (pará, “behind”) + οὖς (oûs, “ear”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Either of a pair of salivary glands located in front of and below each ear in humans.
Derived terms: parotitis
tidal waves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tidal wave
cerussite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cerussites
Etymology: From Latin cērussa (“white lead”) + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: white lead ore
glosses: A mineral form of lead carbonate, PbCO₃, that is an ore of lead.
Related terms: ceruse
Venetian ceruse
raghead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ragheads
Etymology: From rag + head.
Senses: glosses: A Middle Easterner, Arab, Hindu, Sikh, Indian or member of any group that traditionally wears a headdress such as a turban, keffiyeh or headscarf.
Synonyms: diaperhead
towelhead
banjoist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banjoists
Etymology: From banjo + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who plays a banjo.
Derived terms: tenor banjoist
banjoists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banjoist
oratress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oratresses
form: oratoress
Etymology: From orator + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female orator
fosterer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fosterers
form: fostress
Etymology: From foster + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who fosters; one who is designated to care for and nurture someone.
Related terms: foster parent
fostress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fostresses
Etymology: From fosterer + -ess.
Senses: glosses: a female fosterer
Seven Sisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Seven Sisters
Senses: glosses: The jungle babbler, Turdoides striata, habitually flocking in extended family groups.
Seven Sisters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
coordinate_terms: Five Sisters
glosses: A group of seven oil companies that dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s to the 1970s.
topics: education
glosses: A group of seven liberal arts colleges in the northeastern United States.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The Pleiades.
glosses: A small area of Tottenham, Greater London, named after a ring of seven elm trees (OS grid ref TQ3388).
synonyms: Blaendulais
glosses: A village and community in Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SN8208).
examples: text: Thirty minutes later I was in a BMW with a blue flasher and a fresh set of black coats, running reds and doing downtown Moscow in the wrong lane. Next thing I knew, I was up in one of the Seven Sisters, with Volkov—
ref: 2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 327:
glosses: A group of seven skyscrapers in Moscow designed in the Stalinist style.
panspermism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of panspermatism.
synonyms: word: panspermatism
fossil record
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fossil records
Senses: examples: text: Paleontologists study the fossil record.
text: But the more that was learned about the fossil record, the more difficult it was to maintain that an entire age, spanning tens of millions of years, had somehow or other gone missing.
ref: 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 79:
glosses: The collective record of biological development that is reflected in the fossilized remains of organisms through geological history.
examples: text: Trilobites have an extensive fossil record.
glosses: The record of preserved evidence for a single species or taxon.
Roman Catholics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Roman Catholic
sodicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sodicities
Etymology: From sodic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: A measure of the amount of available sodium in water or soil
Related terms: salinity
cytotoxic T cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytotoxic T cells
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A subtype of T cell, capable of inducing death in infected somatic or tumor cells.
Synonyms: cytolytic T cell
killer T cell
cytotoxic T cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytotoxic T cell
zeolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zeolite
centre of mass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centres of mass
form: center of mass
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: A point, near, or within a body at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated; it coincides with the centroid for a body of uniform density, and with the centre of gravity in a uniform gravitational field.
Synonyms: english: in a uniform gravitational field
translation: in a uniform gravitational field
word: centre of gravity
word: centre of inertia
Related terms: centre of buoyancy
ataman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈætəmən/
Forms: form: atamans
form: attaman
form: otaman
form: vataman
form: wataman
Etymology: From Russian атама́н (atamán).
Senses: glosses: A title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. The term was also used for the leader of a fisherman artel and of a band of robbers or thieves.
Related terms: hetman
secobarbital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛk.oʊˈbɑɹ.bəˌtɔl/
Forms: form: secobarbitals
Etymology: Blend of Seconal (trademark) + pentobarbital.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: word: red
glosses: A barbiturate C₁₂H₁₈N₂O₃ that is used chiefly in the form of its bitter hygroscopic sodium salt as a hypnotic and sedative.
centre of inertia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centres of inertia
form: center of inertia
Senses: glosses: The centre of mass.
qualifier: rotational dynamics
glosses: A point, near or within a body, at which the body's mass can be assumed to be concentrated when considering its rotational motion and moment of inertia. This may be different from its centre of mass which is the equivalent for linear motion.
Related terms: centre of buoyancy
centre of gravity
centre of mass
quinalbarbitone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kwɪnəlˈbɑːbɪtəʊn/
Etymology: From Latin quinque ‘five’ + allyl + barbitone.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A sedative-hypnotic compound, 5-allyl-5-(1-methylbutyl)-barbituric acid, used to sedate patients before an operation.
Synonyms: secobarbital
Seconal
kitchen cabinet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitchen cabinets
Etymology: kitchen + cabinet (“a piece of furniture”)
Senses: glosses: A built-in cabinet found in a kitchen.
Synonyms: kitchen dresser
kitchen cabinet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitchen cabinets
form: Kitchen Cabinet
Etymology: kitchen + cabinet (“an advisory group of people”)
Senses: glosses: An informal group of advisors to a country's chief executive, as distinguished from the official cabinet.
Related terms: word: brain trust
word: brains trust
word: think tank
embraceor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embraceors
form: embracer
Etymology: From embrace + -or.
Senses: glosses: A person guilty of embracery.
embracer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embracers
Etymology: From embrace + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who embraces.
glosses: Alternative form of embraceor (“person guilty of embracery”).
embracery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embraceries
form: imbracery
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An attempt to bribe or illegally influence a jury or a member of a jury to one side or the other.
Related terms: embracer
embraceor
Reform Judaism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Reformed Judaism
Senses: synonyms: Liberal Judaism
Progressive Judaism
glosses: A movement in Judaism, characterized by the loosening of the strictures of much of traditional Jewish law that is seen as irrelevant to modern society, and by the shortening, simplification, and translation to the vernacular of Jewish ritual.
Coordinate terms: Conservative Judaism
Hasidism
Orthodox Judaism
Reconstructionist Judaism
baptizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪzə(ɹ)
Forms: form: baptizers
Etymology: From baptize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who baptizes.
bare-assed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bare-assed
form: most bare-assed
Senses: glosses: bare-bottomed
glosses: naked, starkers
glosses: blatant, unashamed
barehanded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: bare-handed
Etymology: From bare + handed.
Senses: glosses: With bare hands.
glosses: With no tool or weapon.
Derived terms: barehandedly
barehandedness
barehanded
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: bare-handed
Etymology: From bare + handed.
Senses: glosses: With no covering on the hands.
glosses: Without using a tool or weapon.
Related terms: nakedhanded
bareheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: bare-headed
Etymology: From bare + headed.
Senses: glosses: Having no covering on the head.
Derived terms: bareheadedness
bareheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: bare-headed
Etymology: From bare + headed.
Senses: glosses: With no covering on the head.
barelegged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English barelegyde, barlegged, from the phrase bare legs, equivalent to bare + legged.
Senses: glosses: Having uncovered legs.
Derived terms: bareleggedness
bare-legged owl
barelegged
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Middle English barelegyde, barlegged, from the phrase bare legs, equivalent to bare + legged.
Senses: glosses: With uncovered legs.
bargainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bargainers
Etymology: From bargain + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who makes a bargain.
hugger-mugger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌɡ.əˌmʌɡ.ə/
ipa: /ˌhʌɡ.əˈmʌɡ.ə/
ipa: /ˈhʌɡ.ɚˌmʌɡ.ɚ/
Forms: form: more hugger-mugger
form: most hugger-mugger
form: huggermugger
form: hucker-mucker
form: hoker-moker
Etymology: Unknown; perhaps from Anglo-Irish cuggermugger (“a whispering, a low-voiced gossiping”), from Irish cogar (“whisper”). Compare also Scots hudge-mudge, hody-moke, Swedish mjugg (“stealth, secrecy”).
Senses: synonyms: word: abstruse
word: behind the scenes
word: catlike
word: stealth
word: clandestine
word: cloak-and-dagger
word: concealed
word: confidential
word: covert
word: deep-laid
word: dern
word: disguised
word: furtive
word: huggermugger
word: hush-hush
word: inconspicuous
word: incognito
word: low profile
word: lurksome
word: lurky
word: mousy
word: obfuscated
word: off-the-books
word: on the down-low
word: on the sly
word: secret
word: secretive
word: slinky
word: sly
word: sneaky
word: stealthy
word: sub rosa
word: surreptitious
word: under-the-table
word: under the radar
word: under wraps
word: undercover
word: underground
word: unperceived
glosses: Secret, clandestine, sly.
examples: text: hugger-mugger doings
text: So Brad McLaughlin mingled reckless talk
Of heavenly stars with hugger-mugger farming,
Till having failed at hugger-mugger farming,
He burned his house down for the fire insurance
And spent the proceeds on a telescope […]
ref: 1923 October, Robert Frost, “[Notes.] The Star-splitter.”, in New Hampshire […], New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 27:
text: There were densely tenanted houses on the main road, pigsties hugger-mugger with people, fireplace ashes thrown out at night.
ref: 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Disorderly, chaotic, confused.
Derived terms: hugger-muggery
hugger-mugger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌɡ.əˌmʌɡ.ə/
ipa: /ˌhʌɡ.əˈmʌɡ.ə/
ipa: /ˈhʌɡ.ɚˌmʌɡ.ɚ/
Forms: form: huggermugger
form: hucker-mucker
form: hoker-moker
Etymology: Unknown; perhaps from Anglo-Irish cuggermugger (“a whispering, a low-voiced gossiping”), from Irish cogar (“whisper”). Compare also Scots hudge-mudge, hody-moke, Swedish mjugg (“stealth, secrecy”).
Senses: examples: text: […]; and we haue done but greenly
 In hugger mugger to interre him.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v], page 273, column 2:
text: Many things have been done in Hugger mugger in our Age, prophane perſons conceited that their privacy protected them from divine inſpection.
ref: 1660, Thomas Fuller, “Not invisible”, in Mixt Contemplations in Better Times, London: […] R[oger] D[aniel] for Iohn Williams, […], →OCLC, page 74:
glosses: Secrecy.
examples: text: As we passed through the quadrangle the church was glowing more brightly than a pearl, like a lily in strong sunlight, in spite of all the scaffolding and hugger-mugger.
ref: 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 990:
text: Portentous events and lots of huggermugger quickly proliferate, as they always in Pynchon-land: a dead body turns up near the pool in a famous Upper West Side building; […]
ref: 2013 September 10, Michiko Kakutani, “A Calamity Tailor-Made for Internet Conspiracy Theories”, in New York Times:
glosses: Disorder.
hugger-mugger
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌɡ.əˌmʌɡ.ə/
ipa: /ˌhʌɡ.əˈmʌɡ.ə/
ipa: /ˈhʌɡ.ɚˌmʌɡ.ɚ/
Forms: form: more hugger-mugger
form: most hugger-mugger
form: huggermugger
form: hucker-mucker
form: hoker-moker
Etymology: Unknown; perhaps from Anglo-Irish cuggermugger (“a whispering, a low-voiced gossiping”), from Irish cogar (“whisper”). Compare also Scots hudge-mudge, hody-moke, Swedish mjugg (“stealth, secrecy”).
Senses: glosses: Secretly.
glosses: Confusedly, in a muddle.
hugger-mugger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌɡ.əˌmʌɡ.ə/
ipa: /ˌhʌɡ.əˈmʌɡ.ə/
ipa: /ˈhʌɡ.ɚˌmʌɡ.ɚ/
Forms: form: hugger-muggers
form: hugger-muggering
form: hugger-muggered
form: hugger-muggered
form: huggermugger
form: hucker-mucker
form: hoker-moker
Etymology: Unknown; perhaps from Anglo-Irish cuggermugger (“a whispering, a low-voiced gossiping”), from Irish cogar (“whisper”). Compare also Scots hudge-mudge, hody-moke, Swedish mjugg (“stealth, secrecy”).
Senses: glosses: To meet or act secretly.
Related terms: hudder-mudder
yid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yidden
form: yidn
form: yids
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Yid.
tidy up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tidies up
form: tidying up
form: tidied up
form: tidied up
form: tidy-up
Senses: examples: text: When the long, hot journey drew to its end and the train slowed down for the last time, there was a stir in Jessamy’s carriage. People began to shake crumbs from their laps and tidy themselves up a little.
ref: 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 7:
glosses: To make clean, to make satisfactorily neat.
barycentre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: barycentres
form: barycenter
Etymology: From bary- + centre.
Senses: topics: astronomy
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: The point at the centre of a system; an average point, weighted according to mass or other attribute. The term is usually used in astronomy for the centre of mass about which a system rotates, for example, the moon and the earth rotate about a common point within the earth but not near the centre. Jupiter and the Sun rotate about a common point just outside the surface of the Sun.
Related terms: centroid
centre of gravity
centre of mass
orthocentre
co-ordinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of co-ordinate
thyroplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thyroplasties
Etymology: From thyro- + -plasty.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A procedure in which the cartilages of the larynx are adjusted in order to improve voice quality
row-equivalence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A relation between two matrices of the same size, such that every row of one matrix is a linear combination of the rows of the other matrix, and vice versa. It is an equivalence relation.
Related terms: row-equivalent
row-equivalent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having row-equivalence
fossil records
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fossil record
binary function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: binary functions
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: a function of the type f:V×V→V, or more generally, a function of the type f:U_1×U_2×...×U_n→V in which exactly two of the sets Uᵢ are equal to V.
wikipedia: binary function
first fundamental form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: E=⃑x_u·⃑x_u
F=⃑x_u·⃑x_v
G=⃑x_v·⃑x_v
qualifier: differential geometry
glosses: the Riemannian metric for 2-dimensional manifolds, i.e. given a surface with regular parametrization x(u,v), the first fundamental form is a set of three functions, {E, F, G}, dependent on u and v, which give information about local intrinsic curvature of the surface. These functions are given by
revisal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revisals
Etymology: From revise + -al.
Senses: examples: ref: 1800, United States. Congress. House. Committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business, Report from the Committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business, to Whom Were Referred the Amendments of the Senate, to the Bill, Intituled "An Act to Provide for Mitigating Or Remitting the Forfeitures, Penalties and Disabilities, Accruing in Certain Cases Therein Mentioned" : 23d January, 1800, Ordered to Lie on the Table:
glosses: The act of revising; a revision.
Christoffel symbol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christoffel symbols
Etymology: Named for Elwin Bruno Christoffel (1829–1900).
Senses: examples: ⃑x_uu\⃑x_uv\⃑x_vv=ΓᵤᵤᵘΓᵤᵤᵛl\ΓᵤᵥᵘΓᵤᵥᵛm\ΓᵥᵥᵘΓᵥᵥᵛn⃑x_u\⃑x_v\⃑n
qualifier: differential geometry
glosses: For a surface with parametrization ⃑x(u,v), and letting i,j,k∈u,v, the Christoffel symbol Γᵢⱼᵏ is the component of the second derivative ⃑x_ij in the direction of the first derivative ⃑x_k, and it encodes information about the surface's curvature. Thus,
holonomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holonomies
Etymology: From holo- + -nomy.
Senses: qualifier: differential geometry
glosses: Given a smooth closed curve C on a surface M, and picking any point P on that curve, the holonomy of C in M is the angle by which some vector turns as it is parallel transported along the curve C from point P all the way around and back to point P.
Derived terms: anholonomy
holonomic
Related terms: holonomicity
tangent plane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tangent planes
Senses: qualifier: differential geometry
glosses: The plane passing through a given point which contains the tangent lines of all the curves on a surface passing through that same point.
surface normal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surface normals
Senses: qualifier: differential geometry
glosses: A unit vector at any given point P of a surface M which is perpendicular to the tangent plane T_P(M) of M at P. For a surface with parametrization ⃑x(u,v), it is given by
qualifier: differential geometry
glosses: A unit vector at any given point P of a surface M which is perpendicular to the tangent plane T_P(M) of M at P. For a surface with parametrization ⃑x(u,v), it is given by
⃑n=±⃑x_u×⃑x_v/ lVert ⃑x_u×⃑x_v rVert
where the sign can be chosen at will.
⃑n=±⃑x_u×⃑x_v/ lVert ⃑x_u×⃑x_v rVert
qualifier: differential geometry
glosses: A unit vector at any given point P of a surface M which is perpendicular to the tangent plane T_P(M) of M at P. For a surface with parametrization ⃑x(u,v), it is given by
⃑n=±⃑x_u×⃑x_v/ lVert ⃑x_u×⃑x_v rVert
where the sign can be chosen at will.
where the sign can be chosen at will.
hexagenerian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexagenerians
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of hexagenarian.
re-shoot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-shoots
form: re-shooting
form: re-shot
form: re-shot
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of reshoot.
re-shoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: re-shoots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of reshoot.
WTQ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of wheel torque (“torque measured at wheel”).
Related terms: WHP
slivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sliver
slivers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sliver
Green's theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the mathematician George Green.
Senses: examples: ∬_R(∂Q/∂x-∂P/∂y)dx,dy=∮_(∂R)P,dx+Q,dy.
topics: calculus
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A generalization of the fundamental theorem of calculus to the two-dimensional plane, which states that given two scalar fields P and Q and a simply connected region R, the area integral of derivatives of the fields equals the line integral of the fields, or
examples: ∬_R∇∧⃑Gdx,dy=∮_(∂R)⃑G·d⃑l
where ∧ is the wedge product, or equivalently, as
∬_R∇·⃑Gdx,dy=∮_(∂R)⃑G∧d⃑l,
with the earlier formula resembling Stokes' theorem, and the latter resembling the divergence theorem.
topics: calculus
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Letting ⃑G=(P,Q) be a vector field, and d⃑l=(dx,dy) this can be restated as
onomatopoetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more onomatopoetically
form: most onomatopoetically
Etymology: From onomatopoetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an onomatopoetic manner.
willie wagtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: willie wagtails
form: Willie Wag-tail
form: willie wag-tail
form: Willie wagtail
form: Willie Wagtail
form: willie-wag-tail
form: Willy Wag Tail
form: Willy wag-tail
form: Willy Wag-tail
form: willy wagtail
form: Willy Wagtail
form: willy-wag-tail
form: Willy-wag-tail
form: Willy-Wagtail
form: willy-wagtail
form: Willywagtail
form: willywagtail
Senses: examples: text: The birds were nowhere to be seen or heard, not even a singing willy-wagtail lightly flittering from rock to rock […].
ref: 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 412:
glosses: An Australian bird, Rhipidura leucophrys.
Aces
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ace
tsuga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsuːɡə/
rhymes: -uːɡə
Forms: form: tsugas
Etymology: Borrowing from Japanese 栂 (tsuga, “hemlock (tree)”).
Senses: glosses: Any tree of genus Tsuga of conifers in the family Pinaceae, of which there are eight, nine, or ten species (depending on the authority), with four species occurring in North America and four to six in eastern Asia.
per capita
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɝ ˈkæpɪtə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin per capita (“per head”).
Senses: examples: text: Donations to the mosque come from a village considered fairly poor by regional standards, with an average annual income of 300 yuan (about U.S. $100) per household. The 1982 average per capita annual income in Yongning County was substantially higher, 539 yuan according to the Population Census Office (1987:206).
ref: 1998, Dru C. Gladney, “Getting Rich is Not So Glorious: Contrasting Perspectives on Prosperity Among Muslims and Han in China”, in Robert W. Hefner, editor, Market Cultures: Society and Morality in the New Asian Capitalisms, Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 110:
text: So CNN looked at different rankings, and each study showed that many other countries have higher per capita testing rates.
ref: 2020 May 12, Holly Yan, “Trump says the US leads the world in testing. But it’s far behind in testing per capita, studies show”, in CNN:
glosses: Per person.
glosses: Shared equally among all individuals.
Related terms: capital
capitation
per capita
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɝ ˈkæpɪtə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin per capita (“per head”).
Senses: examples: text: As of April 26, the US ranked 22nd in the number of tests performed per capita, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
ref: 2020 May 12, Holly Yan, “Trump says the US leads the world in testing. But it’s far behind in testing per capita, studies show”, in CNN:
glosses: Per person.
glosses: Equally among all individuals.
0-6-0
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 0-6-0s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a simple form of steam locomotive, with three axles connecting six driving wheels, and no leading wheels or trailing wheels.
0-8-0
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 0-8-0s
Senses: examples: text: This group of 30 0-8-0’s came from Baldwin between July and October 1948 and were given road numbers 255 to 284 (C/N 74024 to 74053) pushing aside several 4-4-2’s in the 275-284 bracket in the process.
ref: 1965, Philip Shuster, Eugene L. Huddleston, Alvin F. Staufer, C & O power: steam and diesel locomotives of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, 1900-1965, page 16:
text: The last new steam locomotive for a Class 1 U.S. railroad was an 0-8-0 built in December 1953 by the Norfolk & Western's home shop in Roanoke, Virginia.
ref: 2006, Joe Welsh, Jim Boyd, William F. Howes, The American Railroad: Working for the Nation, page 118:
text: It was taken back to the shops and converted into an 0-8-0 engine for heavy goods traffic.
ref: 2012, Frederick A. Talbot, Railway Wonders of the World, page 215:
glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive, with four axles connecting eight powered driving wheels, and no leading wheels or trailing wheels.
0-8-2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 0-8-2s
Senses: glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has eight coupled driving wheels followed by two trailing wheels, with no leading wheels.
0-8-4
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 0-8-4s
Senses: examples: text: The 0-8-4 with its 13 six-wheel coaches generally managed to keep "neck-and-neck" with the Tredegar 0-6-0 and its load of five or six coaches, but the combined effort made the welkin ring and excitement reigned among both the train-crews and passengers.
ref: 1953 April, J. M. Dunn, “Memories of the L.N.W.R. 0-8-4 Tank Engines”, in Railway Magazine, page 237:
glosses: Under the Whyte notation, a steam locomotive that has eight coupled driving wheels followed by four trailing wheels, with no leading wheels.
surface of revolution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surfaces of revolution
Senses: examples: text: A sphere is a surface of revolution of a circle around an axis which runs through the center of the circle.
text: A torus is a surface of revolution of a circle around an axis which is outside the circle.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A surface formed when a given curve is revolved around a given axis. If the resulting surface is a closed one, it also defines a solid of revolution.
Hyponyms: apple
lemon
Related terms: paraboloid of revolution
solid of revolution
hair conditioner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: air conditioner (h-dropping)
Forms: form: hair conditioners
Senses: topics: cosmetics
lifestyle
synonyms: cream rinse
conditioner
glosses: A type of shampoo product that aims to improve the condition of the hair, especially after washing.
balefire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balefires
Etymology: From Middle English bale-fyre, from Old English bǣlfȳr (“balefire, funeral or sacrificial fire”); equivalent to bale (“funeral pyre”) + fire.
Senses: examples: text: Rites done on a lakeshore or seashore can be illuminated with balefires of dried driftwood collected prior to the rite.
ref: 2002, Marilyn F. Daniel, Kitchen Witchery, Weiser, →ISBN, page 236:
glosses: A bonfire, any large outdoor fire (for example those used in a funeral pyre, or in witches' rituals).
Related terms: bale
fire
bonfire
pyre
off the rails
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Suggesting the derailment of a locomotive.
Senses: glosses: In an abnormal manner, especially in a manner that causes damage or malfunctioning.
glosses: Insane.
examples: text: ... but the plan came off the rails when infuriated Communists called it "ideological provocation" and warned against "kindling political confrontation
ref: 2009 July 13, Ed Bentley, “Lenin 1, Tsar Nicholas 0 – but Sheremetyevo-3”, in Moscow News:
text: "The DfT appears to have put things on a firmer footing, but the path is littered with cautionary tales of transport projects that later went off the rails.
ref: 2022 August 10, Mel Holley, “Network News: Question marks over TransPennine upgrade spending”, in RAIL, number 963, page 24:
glosses: Off the intended path.
examples: text: I reckon it's pretty astonishing that none of us did go off the rails. There really was no telling how any of us would deal with the pressures and the fame.
ref: 2009 July 10, Jenny Johnston, “You won't catch us going to rehab: So have the young stars of Harry Potter turned into superbrats?”, in Daily Mail:
glosses: Out of control.
examples: text: The train did not come off the rails and nobody was injured.
ref: 2024 February 21, “Safety changes recommended after train hits collapsed wall”, in RAIL, number 1003, page 19:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see off, rail.