cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Peytyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Peytyns
Etymology: Variant of Peyton.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Spitz nevus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spitz nevi
Etymology: Named after Sophie Spitz, the pathologist who originally described it in 1948.
Senses: glosses: A benign skin lesion, a type of melanocytic nevus that affects the epidermis and dermis.
wikipedia: Sophie Spitz
Spitz nevi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Spitz nevus
Fairchildren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the company name, after founder Sherman Fairchild, with child humorously pluralized to children.
Senses: glosses: The corporate spin-offs founded by former employees of the American technology company Fairchild Semiconductor.
wikipedia: Sherman Fairchild
Binigura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An Aboriginal Australian people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Binigura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The language of these people.
Pinikura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Binigura.
Pinikura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Binigura.
Durrington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A northern suburb and ward in Worthing borough, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1105).
glosses: A village and civil parish with a town council in east Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1544).
kazabaika
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kazabaikas
Senses: examples: text: Theofil was decidedly embarrassed, but he acted as best he could, and throwing himself at the feet of the pretty mistress kissed the edge of her kazabaika.
ref: 1891, Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch, The New Job, page 127:
text: Suddenly the door leading to the adjoining room opened, and a young girl entered, her slender figure was wrapped in a silk robe of many folds and a kazabaika trimmed with fur, on her neck and arms she wore corrals and pearls, her long black tresses were braided with golden threads and her small feet were encased in red slippers.
ref: 1910 July 23, “Esterka, The Jewish Queen of Poland: translated from the German for the Reform Advocate by Edward Hirsh”, in The Reform Advocate, volume 39, page 1145:
text: She den leaned back on de cushions, and slowly jimmey'd ha' kazabaika. WORD!
ref: 2012, Asanti Mori-Palca, Fifty Shades of Green, page 148:
glosses: A short fur-lined cloak or jacket.
kazabaikas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kazabaika
tax collection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tax collections
Senses: glosses: Taxgathering.
Related terms: tax collector
tax collections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tax collection
ulminic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ulmic.
synonyms: word: ulmic
Derived terms: ulminic acid
wild and wooly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: wilder and woolier
form: wildest and wooliest
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wild and woolly.
OLAPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OLAP
Pelee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the western half of Lake Erie.
clitically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In a manner using clitics.
cliticalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The process of forming or adding clitics.
leaf scorch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A harmful browning of plant tissues, including leaf margins and tips, with numerous different causes.
dwellable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dwellable
form: most dwellable
Etymology: From dwell + -able.
Senses: glosses: Inhabitable; suitable for dwelling in.
Shakespearese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Shakespeare + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Language characteristic of, or in the style of, William Shakespeare.
Carpenter's groundcherry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Carpenter's groundcherries
Etymology: Named after William M. Carpenter.
Senses: glosses: Calliphysalis carpenteri, a perennial plant in the family Solanaceae.
inchoativity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of inchoativeness.
synonyms: word: inchoativeness
inchoativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inchoative + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: inchoativity
glosses: The quality of being inchoative.
cyclodimerisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclodimerisations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of cyclodimerization.
mesomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesomers
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: One of the contributing structures of a molecule that exhibits resonance or mesomerism.
mesomers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesomer
monotrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monotropes
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant belonging to the Monotropoideae.
examples: text: Since α-carbamazepine is a monotrope of γ-carbamazepine, and γ-carbamazepine is an enantiotrope of β-carbamazepine, the physical stability hierarchy depends on the transition temperature of β- and γ-carbamazepine.
ref: 2004, Peter York, Uday B. Kompella, Boris Y. Shekunov, Supercritical Fluid Technology for Drug Product Development, page 288:
text: Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) or differential thermal analysis (DTA) scans (Section 5.5.3) can be employed to distinguish an enantiotrope from a monotrope.
ref: 2011, Gautam R. Desiraju, Jagadese J. Vittal, Arunachalam Ramanan, Crystal Engineering, page 112:
text: These can be differentiated on a thermal scan where an endothermic transition indicates enantiotropes and an exothermic transition indicates monotropes.
ref: 2014, William J. Brock, Barbara Mounho, Lijie Fu, The Role of the Study Director in Nonclinical Studies, page 174:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A polymorph that does not have a reversible transformation into another form; A polymorphic crystal for which one form is more stable than any other form when cooled below the melting point.
Coordinate terms: enantiotrope
monotropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monotrope
falsemallow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: falsemallows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of false mallow.
false mallow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false mallows
Senses: glosses: Synonym of globe mallow (“Sphaeralcea”).
synonyms: word: globe mallow
extra: Sphaeralcea
false mallows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of false mallow
Kurrama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An Aboriginal Australian people from the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
mindquake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mindquakes
Etymology: From mind + quake, by analogy with earthquake.
Senses: examples: text: For our Irish neighbors on the Beara Peninsula, it was a mindquake that shook the foundations of their belief.
ref: 2000, James Lovelock, The Ages of Gaia: A Biography of Our Living Earth, page 172:
text: We knew that we needed to change the mentality of Egyptians, to bring about a mindquake, an earthquake in the mind, to arm Egyptians with action tools.
ref: 2014, Linda Herrera, Revolution in the Age of Social Media, page 18:
glosses: A sudden drastic change in one's thoughts or beliefs.
Synonyms: viewquake
mindquakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mindquake
miniquake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miniquakes
Etymology: From mini- + quake.
Senses: examples: text: Tanaquil turned to head back home, his boots clacking on the steel plates which, he now noted, were vibrating with a miniquake.
ref: 2009, Neal Asher, Brass Man:
text: His voice was a low rumble that touched off a miniquake of reaction in her pussy. If he wanted, she'd be ready to go again right now.
ref: 2020, Stephanie Julian, Indecent Duet:
glosses: A minor quake.
miniquakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miniquake
tomatoness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tomato + -ness.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The quality of being a tomato, or like a tomato.
potatoness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From potato + -ness.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The quality of being a potato, or like a potato.
sulfonmethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfonmethanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: sulfonal
glosses: A sedative drug with chemical formula C₇H₁₆O₄S₂; acetone diethyl sulfone.
lone star tick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lone star ticks
Senses: synonyms: northeastern water tick
turkey tick
glosses: Amblyomma americanum, a tick indigenous to much of the eastern United States and Mexico.
Derived terms: lone-star-tick meat allergy
lone star ticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lone star tick
northeastern water tick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northeastern water ticks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lone star tick (“Amblyomma americanum”).
synonyms: word: lone star tick
extra: Amblyomma americanum
turkey tick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turkey ticks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lone star tick (“Amblyomma americanum”).
synonyms: word: lone star tick
extra: Amblyomma americanum
turkey ticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turkey tick
northeastern water ticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of northeastern water tick
Gaussianizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gaussianization
Gaussianize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Gaussianizes
form: Gaussianizing
form: Gaussianized
form: Gaussianized
Etymology: From Gaussian + -ize.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To convert to Gaussian form.
Gaussianizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Gaussianize
Gaussianizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Gaussianize
Gaussianized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Gaussianize
camband
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cambands
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cam band.
cambands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camband
cam band
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cam bands
Senses: glosses: A combination of webbing strap and cam action buckle used to hold on an air cylinder in scuba diving.
turbo-generator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turbo-generators
Etymology: From turbo- + generator.
Senses: examples: text: A turbo-generator on the smokebox provides a complete system of electric lighting and inspection lamp points.
ref: 1946 May and June, “The 2-8-0 "Liberation" Locomotive for Europe”, in Railway Magazine, page 182:
glosses: Alternative form of turbogenerator.
turbo-generators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turbo-generator.
initial-value problem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: initial-value problems
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of initial value problem.
initial-value problems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of initial-value problem
IVP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IVPs
Senses: topics: calculus
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of initial value problem.
initial value problems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of initial value problem
IVPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IVP
Dunloy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
speechwright
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speechwrights
Etymology: From speech + wright.
Senses: glosses: A composer or crafter of speeches.
speechwrights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speechwright
Fiumian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Fiumian and Hungarian officials tried to bolster administrative separateness from the neighboring Croatian and Slovene countrysides by restricting the languages of trade and education to either Italian or Hungarian.
ref: 2020, Dominique Kirchner Reill, The Fiume Crisis: Life in the Wake of the Habsburg Empire, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, pages 26–7:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Fiume.
Fiumian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fiumians
Senses: examples: text: If Fiumians were surprised that the Italian armed forces bombed their town, they were not alone.
ref: 2020, Dominique Kirchner Reill, The Fiume Crisis: Life in the Wake of the Habsburg Empire, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 5:
glosses: A citizen of Fiume.
Fiumians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fiumian
Waaihoek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: vīˈ-ho͝okˌ
ipa: /ˈvaɪˌhʊk/
rhymes: -aɪhʊk
Etymology: From Afrikaans.
Senses: glosses: A peak in the Hex River Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa, north-east of Cape Town.
biculturation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of transculturation between two cultures.
euhedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: plural of euhedron
euhedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: euhedra
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A well formed crystal.
Related terms: euhedral
go for a toss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes for a toss
form: going for a toss
form: went for a toss
form: gone for a toss
Senses: examples: text: He was devastated, all his dignity and pride had all gone for a toss.
ref: 2017, Lalithambika Antharjanam, On the Far Side of Memory:
text: “What? the two of you couldn't even get a week long campaign run properly. No communication of any sort has goneout and the campaign ends tomorrow. What else could we have asked for? You guys are good for nothing. No need for you two to do the Diwali campaign. We'll handle it ourselves,” said Deepshikha, furious that the campaign implementation had gone for a toss.
ref: 2021, Siddhant Sancheti, A Journey of Truth, page 95:
text: But his respect went for a toss when he thought that Wamika might be using a platform like environment to cover up her misconduct.
ref: 2021, Vivek, Against the Flow:
text: If you proclaim your ignorance in a simple matter like this your reputation will go for a toss.
ref: 2021, Varalotti Rengasamy, Ponniyin Selvan - The Crown:
text: Due to excessive drinking his personal and professional life goes for a toss.
ref: 2022, Vinod K. Shanwal, B.S. Chhikara, Alcoholism: Causes, Symptoms, Effects and Treatment:
synonyms: go for a burton
glosses: To be worthless; to amount to nothing.
goes for a toss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go for a toss
going for a toss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go for a toss
went for a toss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go for a toss
debt trap diplomacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of debt trap diplomacy
debt traps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of debt trap
the devil you know
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
phloladid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phloladids
Senses: topics: biology
malacology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any member of the Pholadidae family of bivalves.
phloladids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phloladid
prevomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prevomers
Etymology: From pre- + vomer.
Senses: examples: example
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A bone from non-mammalian vertebrates forming the anterior roof of the palate.
furthen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: furthens
form: furthening
form: furthened
form: furthened
form: farthen
Etymology: Variant of further, equivalent to forth + -en.
Senses: examples: text: […] that as the poorest bodies are by God's goodnes in the fulnes of a plentifull country competently sustained for this, so their soules by this provision may bee furthened for a better life; […]
ref: 1820 original 1692, Anthony Wood, Athenae Oxonienses:
text: […] as Christian brethren, be united by a heavenly and unfeigned love, bending all our hearts and forces in furthening a work beyond our strength, with reverence and fear, fastening our eyes always on Him, that is only able to direct and prosper all our ways.
ref: 1827, Joseph Barlow Felt, The Annals of Salem: From Its First Settlement, page 10:
text: […] his sociological insights, his non-party status as well as intellectual detachment in performing a singular theoretical task for furthening the cause of the Indian revolution make him a unique figure among Indian Marxists.
ref: 1987, Man & Development, volume 9, page 144:
text: […] that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, strained, molested, or furthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer, on account of his religious opinions or belief; […]
ref: 1988, Mary A. Hepburn, Mary O'Briant, Inge Whittle, Constitution 200: A Bicentennial Collection of Essays, page 81:
text: A girl who succeeds in gaining entry to the 2nd level has a better chance of furthening her education and this in turn gives access to improved job opportunities, higher income levels, and authority and power.
ref: 1996, Unesco Africa: Quarterly Journal of the Dakar Regional Office, page 25:
text: Moreover, the highly mobile nature of contemporary Cambodian society, driven by partial urbanization, labour migration, and the overall pragmatic/loose family structure, often keeps families separated – furthening the fragmentation of social institutions.
ref: 2013, Gabi Waibel, Judith Ehlert, Hart N. Feuer, Southeast Asia and the Civil Society Gaze:
glosses: Synonym of further.
synonyms: word: further
ballizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ballize
molassed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: molassied
Senses: glosses: Of animal feed: having molasses added.
furtherward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more furtherward
form: most furtherward
Etymology: From Middle English fortherward, forþerward, equivalent to further + -ward.
Senses: examples: text: And, furtherward, he turn'd and saw the lane
Which led from thence and thither to the cot; […]
ref: 1867, Edward Edwin Foot, The Original Poems of Edward Edwin Foot, page 177:
text: […] and about the middle of August they again begin to flit furtherward to the sea coast.
ref: 1895, Francis Orpen Morris, A History of British Birds, volume 2, page 111:
glosses: Forward, onward.
phyllomanganate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phyllomanganates
Etymology: From phyllo- + manganate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A manganate where the structure has a two dimensional sheet.
phyllomanganates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phyllomanganate
sylvioid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sylvioids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Sylvioidea superfamily of birds.
lil bro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lil bros
Etymology: From lil + bro.
Senses: examples: text: lil bro is hard asf
ref: 2023 February 5, Crim (@Crimisum), Twitter:
text: Lil bro ain’t to be messed with
ref: 2023 February 3, ZERO CHILL FIGHTS 🥊 (@zerochillfights), Twitter:
text: Lil bro’s Fortnite accent goes crazy
ref: 2023 February 2, OJSpaceMan (@SpacemanOj), Twitter:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Diminutive of bro, a smaller or younger boy or man.
cylindrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A terpene with IUPAC name (3S,3aS,5aS,5bS,7aR,9S,11aS,13aR,13bS)-9-methoxy-3a,5a,8,8,11a,13a-hexamethyl-3-propan-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,5b,6,7,7a,9,10,11,13,13b-tetradecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysene.
palaeograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeographs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of paleograph.
kuccha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kutcha.
choiceless awareness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Freedom is found in the choiceless awareness of our daily existence and activity.
ref: 2023 February 2 (last accessed), Jiddu Krishnamurti, “The Core of the Teachings”, in jkrishnamurti.org, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2023:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
psychology
sciences
glosses: The state of unpremeditated, complete awareness of the present without preference, effort, or compulsion; popularized in the mid-20th century by Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti.
hunnid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hunnids
Etymology: Dialectal rendering of hundred, as used in African-American Vernacular English.
Senses: qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of hundred.
wikipedia: African-American Vernacular English
Santarlasci
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Santarlascis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Santarlasci.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
go tell your mother she wants you
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of go fly a kite.
synonyms: word: go fly a kite
turn the other way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: turns the other way
form: turning the other way
form: turned the other way
form: turned the other way
Senses: glosses: Synonym of look the other way.
synonyms: word: look the other way
to top it off
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of to top it all off.
synonyms: word: to top it all off
think straight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thinks straight
form: thinking straight
form: thought straight
form: thought straight
Senses: glosses: To think clearly
raw_tags: in the negative
spitting mad
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: barking mad; hopping mad
on shaky ground
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: But I actually believe the whole god-damn country is on shaky ground, and for me to be securing shit for the future might not do me a damn bit of good.
ref: 1989, Bob Blauner, Black Lives, White Lives:
glosses: insecure; unlikely to succeed or last
go at a good clip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes at a good clip
form: going at a good clip
form: went at a good clip
form: gone at a good clip
Senses: examples: text: The driver told me that at five o'clock there was a direct bus for Lyon on the main road, three kilometers from there. So off we went at a good clip, our wooden soles clacking noisily down the pebbled road.
ref: 1993, Lucie Aubrac, Outwitting the Gestapo:
text: Without Da's slowing the pace, I was able to go at a good clip, stopping only to catch my breath every hour or so
ref: 2015, Jane Yolen, Robert J. Harris, The Rogues:
glosses: To go fast
Francos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Franco
byrrhoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of byrrhoid
byrrhoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: byrrhoids
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any member of the Byrrhoidea superfamily of beetles.
exocone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exocones
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: An elongated crystallized cone made of transparent material from the cornea in an insect eye.
pBzK
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of passive BzK (BzK are photometric bands).
raw_tags: for galaxies
Bow Creek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * In London, situated east of Bow.
Senses: glosses: A river in Greater London, England, which is the tidal part of the River Lea before it reaches the Thames.
glosses: A river in Devon, England, the tidal part of the Harbourne River before it reaches the tidal River Dart; the hamlet of Bow in Ashprington parish is located where the Harbourne becomes Bow Creek.
bevvie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bevvies
Senses: examples: text: Next to Gatineau Park, well known for its cross-country skiing trails, there's a three-kilometre path where ice skaters can glide surrounded by evergreens, before resting at the chalet for a hot bevvie with family and friends.
ref: 2020 January 9, Janet Ho, “Must-skate situations: Scenic rinks, icy trails and frozen lakes across the country”, in CBC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of bevvy.
hawksbit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hawksbits
Senses: examples: text: After much leaf comparing, I also discovered that aside from cat’s ear, there is also hawksbeard and hawksbit in the family and at home throughout the country.
ref: 2021 January 22, Julia Atkinson-Dunn, “How to recognise, distinguish rebel plants from their more cultivated cousins”, in Stuff NZ:
glosses: Alternative spelling of hawkbit.
heatpump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heatpumps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of heat pump.
lollycake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lollycakes
Senses: examples: text: Pies were the order of the day from The Broadway Tearooms and Bakery, where there was also plenty of tasty morsels to choose from, including a decadent and rather large slice of custard square, sponge roll and lollycake.
ref: 2020 December 4, Carly Gooch, “A journey through the small and deserted mining towns of the West Coast”, in Stuff NZ:
glosses: Alternative form of lolly cake.
salesyard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salesyards
Senses: examples: text: On a drive into North Canterbury, I marvelled at the beauty (and someone’s obvious annoyance) of the sea of tall pink mallow in a salesyard and later sidled my car off the road in streaming holiday traffic to cut vines of the perennial, wild broad-leaved sweet pea.
ref: 2021 January 22, Julia Atkinson-Dunn, “How to recognise, distinguish rebel plants from their more cultivated cousins”, in Stuff NZ:
glosses: Alternative form of saleyard.
tekoteko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tekotekos
Senses: glosses: Carved figure as a finial on the gable of a Maori house
examples: text: The core of the pā, found on the cliff corner, has been reconstructed in recent years to include a traditional Māori fence and a tekoteko.
ref: 2021 January 22, Mina Kerr-Lazenby, “Secret NZ: The historic pā site which lies just north of Auckland's Castor Bay”, in Stuff NZ, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021:
glosses: A Maori human-form carving
Sutton Scotney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Origin of affix unknown.
Senses: glosses: A village in Wonston parish, Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4639).
Yarosz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yaroszes
form: Jarosz
form: Yarosh
form: Jaros
form: Jarosch
Etymology: Respelling of Polish Jarosz or from Ukrainian Ярош (Jaroš).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kings Worthy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English worþig.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4932).
Related terms: Abbots Worthy
Headbourne Worthy
Enborne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English ened (“duck”) + burna (“stream”).
Senses: glosses: A hamlet and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4365).
glosses: A river which forms part of the boundary between Berkshire and Hampshire, a tributary of the River Kennet; in full, the River Enborne.
Nesselrode
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the name of Karl Nesselrode (1780–1862), a Russian statesman for whom the dish was said to have been invented by a French chef.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he team of girls […] would now turn the kitchen into their own domain as they manufactured the asparagus rolls and the mushroom vol-au-vents and the tiny cheese beignets and the iced finger of orange cake, and the Nesselrode pudding.
ref: 1984, Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac, Penguin, published 2016, page 125:
glosses: Designating a type of cream, pie, or pudding, constituting an iced dessert made of chestnuts and cream, and typically flavoured with rum.
wikipedia: Karl Nesselrode
crutchword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crutchwords
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of crutch word.
crutchwords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crutchword
Yarosh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yaroshes
form: Jarosz
form: Jaros
form: Jarosch
form: Yarosz
Etymology: From Ukrainian Ярош (Jaroš). In some cases, a respelling of Polish Jarosz, Czech Jaroš, or Slovak Jaroš.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
DWARF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A play on the related ELF object file format. The backronym “Debugging With Arbitrary Record Formats” has been suggested.
Senses: examples: text: In debug mode, a compiled binary will include debugging symbols in the DWARF debugging format.
ref: 2019, Rahul Sharma, Vesa Kaihlavirta, Mastering Rust, 2nd edition, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 500:
qualifier: file format
glosses: A standardized debugging file format.
persecuter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: persecuters
Senses: glosses: Rare form of persecutor.
persecuters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of persecuter
fresh grad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fresh grads
Etymology: Clipping of fresh graduate.
Senses: glosses: Someone who recently graduated from their first degree in university.
Synonyms: word: FG
word: NG
Imbach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Imbachs
Etymology: Borrowed from Alemannic German Imbach. Originating from Switzerland.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Alemannic German.
Weyhill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Penton Grafton parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3146).
Ozanne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ozannes
Etymology: Borrowed from French Ozanne.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Ozenne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ozennes
Etymology: Borrowed from French Ozenne.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Derived terms: Auzenne
Penton Grafton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3247).
Related terms: Penton Mewsey
boiling-point elevation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boiling-point elevations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The phenomenon that the boiling point of a liquid (a solvent) will be higher when another compound is added.
poll worker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poll workers
Senses: examples: text: By becoming a poll worker, you will help ensure that all registered voters are able to exercise their right to vote freely, without obstruction or influence.
text: The poll worker scanned the lists of names in front of her, flipping through her list. She found Melissa, crossed off her name, and handed her a ballot paper.
ref: 2022, Yara Rodrigues Fowler, there are more things, Abacus (2023), page 395:
glosses: A volunteer who oversees ballot polling during an election.
red-team
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: red-teams
form: red-teaming
form: red-teamed
form: red-teamed
Senses: examples: text: Red-teaming means hacking your own systems. There are companies that specialize in this sort of analysis; or a development team can do it themselves as part of the quality control process.
ref: 2023, Bruce Schneier, A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of red team.
red-teaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of red-team
red-teamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of red-team
red-teams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of red-team
red teamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of red team
red teaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of red team
abulics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abulic
fourth class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A (former) class of mail in the United States and Canada.
examples: text: […] Mr. S. C. Hawtrey writes that when he knew the Moscow-Kazan Railway (then under British management) in 1913, it was a regular practice in Russia to paint the exterior of first class coaches blue, second class yellow, third class green, and fourth class, where it still survived, brown.
ref: 1946 May and June, “Notes and News: Russian Coach Colours”, in Railway Magazine, pages 184–185:
text: […] up in front the third and fourth class passengers were making a babel of noise as they either detrained or entrained together with their large families and strange collection of parcels, bundles and earthenware jars.
ref: 1958 February 24, Arthur F. Beckenham, “A Journey in the Belgian Congo”, in Railway Magazine, page 93:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A class of rail travel formerly found in some countries.
eggedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of egg
Abhi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Abhilasha.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Abhinav.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Abhishek.
pituitous fevers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pituitous fever
Mława
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Mława.
Senses: glosses: A town and county of Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.
cut a shine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cuts a shine
form: cutting a shine
form: cut a shine
form: cut a shine
Senses: glosses: To make a fine impression (by making a show or display).
glosses: Alternative form of cut up shines.
glosses: To make a fuss or commotion; to behave unseemly.
shear pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shear poles
Senses: examples: text: How will you place the shear pole and mats?
ref: 1862, The seaman's catechism, page 62:
text: I took a shear pole and rammed into the hole, but it was not long enough, and I could not reach them.
ref: 1876, George Miller, The Jefferson Borden Mutiny: Trial of George Miller, John Glew and William Smith for Murder on the High Seas, Before Clifford and Lowell, JJ.-, page 98:
text: The line from upper block must lead through a snatch block at base of shear pole.
ref: 1903, National Electric Light Association. Convention, page 84:
text: Raising of a tower by means of a drop-off shear pole. Prior to erection, tensions in all guys as well as pressures acting on the shear pole and hinges must be determined by graphical methods for several positions of the tower and the distance of the shear pole from the foundation found at which the tension on the pulling line will be least at the start of the raising operation when the tower is still in a low position.
ref: 1963, Vladimír List, Karel Pochop, Mechanical Design of Overhead Transmission Lines, page 465:
glosses: Alternative form of shearpole.
shear poles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shear pole
shear-pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shear-poles
Senses: examples: text: The ratlines of the lower rigging should be thirteen, and of the topmast rigging eleven inches apart, and all square with the shear-pole.
ref: 1864, Thomas Liddell Ainsley, A guide book to the Local marine board examination, page 243:
text: The gaff and the luff run on this fore shear-pole, as if it were a stay.
ref: 1886 February, Charles Ledyard Norton, “Yachting in Midwinter”, in Outing, volume 9, number 5, page 424:
text: The door of the steerage room slammed behind Captain John Mayhue as he reached for a shear-pole and swung himself up into the mizzen rigging to see for himself.
ref: 2016, Rob MacGregor, The Lost Tribe:
glosses: Alternative form of shearpole.
shear-poles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shear-pole
shearpoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shearpole
vulture bee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vulture bees
Senses: examples: text: National Geographic Explorer: Ten Incredible Years, 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, TBS. Highlights of a decade's worth of Explorer programs that featured, just for starters, the first peek at the Titanic since its 1912 sinking, the world's biggest sumo wrestler and the flesh-eating vulture bee of Panama.
ref: 1996 July 16, Lynne Elber, “Rerun relief”, in Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, page 3.E:
text: Like most adult bees, the vulture bee, Trigona hypogea (Tree-GO-na hyPO-jee-A), collects food to bring back to the nest so it can feed its young. But rather than slurp up pollen and nectar from flowers as most bees do, vulture bees gather meat.
ref: 2004 September 6, Jeanna Bryner, “Bee got your tongue?”, in Science World, volume 61, page 21:
text: It is a flesh-eating bee. Actually, we joke – we call it the vulture bee. And it does have cusps on its mandibles, it has no little tool kit, no curriculum or pollen basket to carry pollen back to the nest. It has no need for that.
ref: 2005 June 17, “Interview: Keith Delaplane and Stephen Buchmann discuss the health of bee populations around the world”, in Science Friday: Talk of the Nation, spoken by Stephen Buchman:
text: To build an understanding of whether the extreme diet shift of vulture bees led to symbiont replacement or whether the core gut microbiome adapted to this new diet, we here compare the gut microbiomes of pollinivorous, facultatively necrophagous, and obligately necrophagous stingless bees.
ref: 2021, Laura Figueroa, Jessica Maccaro, Erin Krichilsky, Douglas Yanega, Quinn McFrederick, “Why Did the Bee Eat the Chicken? Symbiont Gain, Loss, and Retention in the Vulture Bee Microbiome”, in mBio, volume 21, number 6, →DOI, page 2:
glosses: Any of various bee species in the genus Trigona that feed on carrion.
normiedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From normie + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: But normies are always spouting stuff like Oh man, school is such a drag. Ah-ha-ha! And I lost my textbook over summer vacation! so why do they adore school so much? They show up every day, right? Perhaps espousing views one doesn't actually hold is a core tenet of normiedom.
ref: 2017 [2011], Wataru Watari, translated by Jennifer Ward, My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, as I Expected, volume 3, Yen Press, →ISBN:
text: Ozy knows that people within the industry doubt its claims around audience and reach. One of their major responses has been to push itself as a cutting-edge news operation that sees trends before they break into normiedom.
ref: 2021 September 28, Joshua Benton, “Ozy says it’s great at discovering big names before the mainstream media. But is it?”, in Nieman Foundation for Journalism, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2023:
text: Reflecting on the type of imagery that often shows up on the covers of noise and HNW releases—with extreme pornography and Faces of Death—style imagery abundant—he is careful to describe this transgressiveness as something like a rite of passage, emphasizing HNW's role as piercing the veil of normiedom.
ref: 2022, Michael Tau, Extreme Music: Silence to Noise and Everything In Between, Feral House, →ISBN:
text: Being self-aware about that helps me remember that my fear of normiedom has to be kept in check, because the conventional wisdom is often right.
ref: 2023 January 31, Helen Lewis, “The Internet Loves an Extremophile”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2023:
glosses: The condition of being a normie ("a normal person with generic tastes and beliefs").
vulture bees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vulture bee
Terryology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Terrence Howard + -ology. First introduced by Howard in 2015 in an interview with Rolling Stone (see quotation).
Senses: examples: text: He had a theory. It might seem crazy, it may even be crazy, but a long time ago he'd gotten hold of this notion that one times one doesn't equal one, but two. He began writing down his logic, in a language of his own devising that he calls Terryology.
ref: [2015 September 14, Erik Hedegaard, “Terrence Howard's Dangerous Mind”, in Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2016:
text: Howard says he began professing his belief in Terryology while at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn where he was studying chemical engineering, and eventually dropped out after a professor refused to agree with him.
ref: 2015 September 14, Chris Spargo, “Terrence Howard talks watching his father murder a man and Robert Downy Jr.”, in The Daily Mail, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2016:
text: Terryology began when Howard was just a chemical engineer student at Pratt Institute. Apparently, Howard dropped out of the program due to his conflicting views about fundamental math ideas.
ref: 2017 October 19, Jennifer Borama, “Terrence Howard Has His Own Math System Dubbed Terryology”, in TVOvermind, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2022:
text: Because English, unlike Terryology, can be confusing, Howard later found himself clarifying a 2017 People interview in which he copped to making "terrible mistakes."
ref: 2018 May 25, Amy Zimmerman, “Terrence Howard Is Accused of Violent Abuse. When Is His Time Up?”, in The Daily Beast, archived from the original on 13 May 2022:
glosses: A fringe theory of logic developed by American actor Terrence Howard, said to be able to prove the statement "1 × 1 = 2".
wikipedia: Rolling Stone
Terrence Howard
LATS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LATSs
Senses: topics: endocrinology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Long-acting thyroid stimulator.
glosses: Initialism of Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme.
MSH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MSHs
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
endocrinology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: melanotropin
glosses: Initialism of melanocyte-stimulating hormone.
MSH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The station code of Mahesana Junction railway station in India.
glosses: Initialism of Mount Saint Helens.
famille rose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French famille rose. Compare famille verte.
Senses: examples: text: ‘I have a rather well-known collection of famille rose dishes. I am sure you love beautiful things.’
ref: 1984, Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac, Penguin, published 2016, page 164:
glosses: A type of Chinese porcelain, primarily from the 18th and 19th centuries, decorated in (chiefly pink) overglaze enamels.
Synonyms: fencai
ruancai
Related terms: famille verte
ISC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: ISC License
glosses: Initialism of Internet Systems Consortium.
homosteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homosteroids
Etymology: From homo- + steroid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A derivative of a steroid in which at least one carbon atom has been inserted to expand one of the four steroid rings.
homosteroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homosteroid
Rhostyllen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Esclusham community, Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3148).
pentacyclization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentacyclizations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Formation of a pentacyclic compound.
fair-headed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fair-headed
form: most fair-headed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fairheaded.
strokeside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
rowing
sports
glosses: Left-hand side of a rowing boat.
Synonyms: port
bowside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
rowing
sports
synonyms: starboard
antonyms: strokeside
glosses: Right-hand side of a rowing boat.
Esclusham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A community (civil parish) in Wrexham borough county borough, Wales.
oncolitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oncolite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Containing oncoids or pertaining to oncolite.
mermaidcore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mermaid + -core.
Senses: examples: text: We’ve seen everything from mermaidcore and mushrooms to genius products and Lululemon dupes available on Amazon.
ref: 2021 May 1, “The TikTok-Favorite Brand Girlfriend Collective Launches First Swim Collection”, in Stabroek News:
text: “Which summer tribe are you?” the magazine quizzes ask, but I’m not mermaidcore, Riviera chic or Amish prairie cowgirl: I’m “looking longingly at cardigans” – and not just because this season has got off to such a damp and chilly start.
ref: 2021 July 13, Emma Beddington, “I hate summer. Could this be the year I finally learn to love it?”, in G2 (The Guardian):
text: Mermaidcore is one iteration of the style, with a focus on long, aquamarine or bubblepink hair.
ref: 2021 September 28, Priya Elan, “From minimalist to menocore! The 21 biggest style tribes of 2021”, in The Guardian:
text: A fuchsia ruffle-trim dress and a pair of blue platform heels – but Dua Lipa reckons it’s ‘just girly things’. Posh fashion types described the look as “mermaidcore” – dressing like a mermaid to you and me – but singer Sarah Hudson said: “Gimme these shooooooes!!”
ref: 2022 September 5, “Dua’s flash landing…”, in Irish Daily Star:
text: This may sound strange, considering that the tail of these mythical marine creatures is not particularly practical for city life, yet mermaidcore is indeed the fashion trend of the moment.
ref: 2023 January 12, “Mermaidcore to the forefront”, in StarLifestyle (The Star):
glosses: An aesthetic focusing on imagery and fashion related to mermaids.
napolitan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of naporitan (“a Japanese dish styled on Neapolitan food”).