cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
netfic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From net + fic.
Senses: examples: text: One of the beauties of fanfic, especially netfic, is that the story can be just exactly as long as it needs to be.
ref: 1998 October 12, Joyce Harmon, “Re: Strange New Worlds II...?”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):
text: I still prefer fanzines because they are printed and I'm a print junkie, but I don't buy as many as I used to buy in the past. One reason is that netfic is partially satisfying my fanfic addiction.
ref: 2000 November 5, Shomeret [username], “Re: Fan Fiction Readers (and Writers)”, in alt.tv.highlander (Usenet):
text: The stories were also interesting because the author is representative of the younger generation of netfic authors.
ref: 2003 June 16, Lady Cyrrh [username], “{ASSM} {REVIEW} The Annex Reviews, 6/15/03”, in alt.sex.stories.moderated (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Fan fiction published online.
Coordinate terms: zinefic
zinefic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From zine + fic.
Senses: examples: text: When I said "net Trekdom", that's what I meant. Not all fanfic, just Trekfic. Not zinefic, just netfic.
ref: 2000 July 22, Mary Ellen Curtin, “Re: More than a few words about the ASC* Archive”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):
text: Not to mention she writes absolutely the girliest most pathetic and nauseating excuse for Spock I've ever seen *including* in zinefic.
ref: 2001 March 24, Greywolf the Wanderer [username], “Re: Looking back (Greywolf)”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):
text: You're right, Mary Ellen, I haven't seen LowLibido!Spock much in netfic. I'm not widely read in zinefic so I don't know how prevalent he is there.
ref: 2001 August 20, mgtrek [username], “Subject: "Canon" (was Re: Who's on top?)”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Fan fiction published in a print zine.
Coordinate terms: netfic
Trekfic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Trekfics
Etymology: From Trek + fic.
Senses: examples: text: At any rate, the first Trekfic I posted was non-slash, and I'm pretty much rampantly bifictional in my reading, although I don't like most het (probably because I don't have good enough filters in place to eliminate the bad stuff).
ref: 2000 June 22, laura jacquez valentine, “Re: Slash versus non-slash”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):
text: Lois McMaster Bujold, according to reports, wrote a Trekfic which contained the seeds from which grew some of her Vorkosigan series.
ref: 2005 May 29, Sea Wasp [username], “Re: AKICIF: Fanfic writers turning pro”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet):
text: Well, it's my first Trekfic, so I'd agree. :)
ref: 2008 January 7, Aya <3 [username], “Re: NEW TOS The Surgery 1/1 (K/Mc) [PG-13]”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fanfic based on the Star Trek television series and films.
examples: text: There was some fairly decent Trekfic before the age of computers.
ref: 1998 April 24, Ellen Lewis, “Re: TSU: The New Wing”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):
text: Speaking just from a writer's viewpoint (I write Trekfic -- only 3 XF stories written), I will usually write a little PWP smut story after I've spent sometime agonizing over a serious piece.
ref: 1998 December 6, trxphile [username], “Re: Why Smut?”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
text: McCoy is often portrayed in Trekfic as motivated by agape.
ref: 2001 August 21, Dunyazad9 [username], “Subject: "Canon" (was Re: Who's on top?)”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Such fan fiction collectively.
Hypernyms: Treklit
Hyponyms: Treksmut
Hanfic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hanfics
Etymology: Blend of Hanson + fanfic.
Senses: examples: text: I just finished and posted my very first Hanfic and I am really looking to get as much feedback as possible --- positive AND negative.
ref: 1998 December 31, ChloeNZoey [username], “Fanfic help”, in alt.fan.hanson (Usenet):
text: I'm not sure I've ever read a Hanfic like that.
ref: 1999 July 25, Eryn, “Re: I like this story”, in alt.fan.hanson (Usenet):
text: Oh, speaking of Lauries and books, someone here needs to read 'Say Goodbye.' I believe it's by Lewis Shiner, and it's like a Hanfic without the Han.
ref: 2001 June 18, NiaRhiannon, “Re: the perks of being..a wallflower..”, in alt.fan.hanson (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A work of real person fiction focusing on the imagined activities of the American band Hanson.
examples: text: What other Hanfic do you guys like?
ref: 1998 December 20, yellowdocs [username], “Re: Aretha sings about it but we seem to forget it sometimes...”, in alt.fan.hanson (Usenet):
text: However, I will say that there is some truly marvelous Hanfic out there, hard as it is to find.
ref: 2000 November 28, Shadowy Moon [username], “Re: Good Hanfic?”, in alt.fan.hanson (Usenet):
text: I know I haven't had the time to read a lot of Hanfic lately, I haven't even had time to *write* Hanfic.
ref: 2001 January 4, LadyLurker [username], “Re: The Hanfic Awards 2000”, in alt.fan.hanson (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Such fan fiction collectively.
Hypernyms: bandfic
Moffic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of Moffatt + fanfic.
Senses: examples: text: i've just been working on my novel more than my moffic story, cuz... well, the novel might actually make me some money some day, and the moffic won't :oX
ref: 2000 March 28, MMMBopJenn [username], “jenn update :oX”, in alt.music.moffatts (Usenet):
text: you write moffic better then^([sic]) anyone on^([sic]) the galaxy.
ref: 2000 May 31, Kaleeeeeee [username], “HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENN@#!(@*!_@$#*&$”, in alt.music.moffatts (Usenet):
text: There's soo much more Hanfic out there than Moffic.
ref: 2001 October 2, Erin, “LOL the Moffatts have published fanfiction - OT”, in alt.fan.hanson (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Real person fiction focusing on the imagined activities of the Canadian band The Moffatts.
Hypernyms: bandfic
finishipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finishippers
Etymology: Blend of finish + shipper.
Senses: examples: text: Yes, I'm a shipper! I feel that M and S secretly love each other, but can't express their feelings right now due to their partnership. so I'm technically a finishipper!
ref: 1999 February 23, Jewlz! [username], “This is where I stand..”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
text: I have some respect for the views of the finishippers, as they realize that a romance would ruin the show, so they'll put it off till the end.
ref: 1999 July 11, Marita the Land Manatee [username], “Re: NRMTPB”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
text: I think that if they showed us a consummation or even a simple acknowlegement of their wuv at the end of the series, there would be no way they could focus on it, except in a movie, and even then, I wouldn't want more than one or two scenes that acknowlege^([sic]) the relationship. I guess that makes me more of a finishipper.
ref: 2000 May 3, Kool Kristen [username], “Re: All Things Re-Examined”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
qualifier: The X-Files fandom slang
glosses: A shipper of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who only wanted the pair to become romantically involved at the end of the series.
finishippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finishipper
Weasleycest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Weasley + -cest.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike Weasleycest, which has spread across the fandom like kudzu, Malfoycest has always been more difficult to find, and its writers a bit more secretive.
ref: 2007, Catherine Tosenberger, "Potterotics: Harry Potter Fanfiction On The Internet", dissertation submitted to the University of Florida, page 151
text: Although, in Weasleycest, incestuous stories with all members and possible pairings engaging in sexual acts can be found, the most popular pairing by far is George and his twin Fred.
ref: 2010, Sigrid Sindhuber, "Slashing Harry Potter: The phenomenon of border-transgression in fan fiction", thesis submitted to the University of Vienna, page 93
text: And if you just want to come reminisce about the glory days of Weasleycest and your early exposure to Flowers in the Attic, that’s fine too!
ref: 2012, "Family Relationships in Fanfic [Keeping It in the Family]", Wincon 2012 programme, page 21
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Any ship involving members of the Weasley family from the Harry Potter series in an incestuous relationship.
abhayamudra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abhayamudras
Etymology: From Sanskrit अभय (abhaya, “fearlessness”) + मुद्रा (mudrā, “sign, hand gesture”).
Senses: glosses: A Buddhist gesture of reassurance and safety, in which the right hand is held upright, and the palm is facing outwards.
galaxy-wide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more galaxy-wide
form: most galaxy-wide
Senses: examples: text: Don't you see? It's Galaxy-wide. It's a worship of the past. It's a deterioration—a stagnation!
ref: 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation, page 69:
glosses: Alternative form of galaxywide.
azats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azat
national bourgeoisie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A section of an indigenous entrepreneurial class interested in an independent political and economic development of the country.
bodai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 菩提 (bodai), from Middle Chinese 菩提 (bu dej), from Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi). Doublet of bodhi.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bodhi.
dotaku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dotakus
form: dotaku
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 銅鐸.
Senses: glosses: A richly-decorated Japanese bell made from thin bronze
vistaed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vista + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: 1912, Algernon Blackwood, "Sand" in Pan's Garden: A Volume of Nature Stories, London: Macmillan & Co., p. 234, https://archive.org/details/pansgardenvolume00blacuoft
Through the large windows where once the Khedive held high court, the sunshine blazed upon vistaed leagues of Desert.
text: The autumn is a faery hall / Thrown open to the world's inspection / Where vistaed avenues of trees / Gaze in the lakes at their reflection
ref: 1962, Boris Pasternak, “Golden Autumn”, in Henry Kamen, transl., In the Interlude: Poems, 1945-1960, Oxford University Press, page 72:
text: The vistaed mountains afforded many vantage points for photographing the lake.
glosses: Having or forming a vista or vistas.
examples: 1909, Francis Thompson, The Hound of Heaven
Up vistaed hopes I sped.
1917, Siegfried Sassoon, "To-day" in The Old Huntsman and Other Poems, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1918, lines 10-14, http://www.bartleby.com/135/58.html
To-day I know / How sweet it is to spend these eyes, and boast / This bubble of vistaed memory and sense / Blown by my joy aloft the glittering airs / Of heavenly peace.
glosses: Observed in or as if in a figurative vista.
vistaed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From vista + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vista
galactography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galactographies
Etymology: From galacto- (“milk-related”) + -graphy (“something written or represented”). Circa 1930s.
Senses: examples: text: A newer technique, galactography, may sometimes be of value in locating ductal papillomas. Bloody nipple discharge suggests the need for galactography.
ref: 1971, “The Breast”, in Textbook of Clinical Pathology, page 647:
text: Cases are selected for galactography essentially on the basis of the type of nipple discharge.
ref: 1988 April 30, Ciatto S, Bravetti P, Berni D, Catarzi S, Bianchi S, “The Role of Galactography in the Detection of Breast Cancer”, in Tumori, volume 74, number 2, page 180:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A type of x-ray examination used to evaluate breast fluid.
Synonyms: ductography
Hypernyms: mammography
Related terms: ductogram
galactogram
galactography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Either galactic + -graphy or blend of galactic + geography. Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1950 in the final installment of the novella "...And Now You Don't" (collected as part of Second Foundation).
Senses: examples: text: ‘Galactography,’ said the mayor, ‘is our greatest enemy. Our admirals make no secret of our almost hopeless, strategic position.’
ref: 1950 January, Isaac Asimov, “...And Now You Don't”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 44, number 5, page 113:
text: Well, one knows that. I mean, one studies galactography and gets to recognize the stars with inhabited planets in the sky at night.
ref: 1960, John Brunner, Slavers of Space, Ace Books, page 22:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The science of charting and mapping galaxies.
Derived terms: galactographer
galactographic
cheetas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheeta
dravest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: drave + -est
Senses: examples: 1909, Francis Thompson, The Hound of Heaven
Ah, fondest, blindest, weakest, / I am He Whom thou seekest! / Thou dravest love from thee, who dravest Me.
glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of drive
sumotori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sumotoris
form: sumotori
form: sumōtori
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 相撲取り (sumōtori).
Senses: examples: text: His past was evident in his small office, crowded with his wrestling trophies and certificates, but most intriguing to Hiroshi were the photos of sumotori that lined the wall—their bulky, imposing bodies filling the space around them.
ref: 2007, Gail Tsukiyama, The Street of a Thousand Blossoms: A Novel, page 47:
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
synonyms: rikishi
sumo
glosses: A sumo wrestler.
galactographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galactography
forgetful functor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forgetful functors
Senses: topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: a functor that forgets or drops some or all of its input's structure or properties before mapping to the output
Synonyms: sense: in category theory
word: stripping functor
sense: in category theory
word: underlying functor
Ak Koyunlus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ak Koyunlu
Ak Koyunlu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Aq Qoyunlu
Etymology: From Turkic elements meaning “White Sheep”; compare Turkish ak and koyun.
Senses: glosses: A Sunni Oghuz Turkic tribal federation that ruled present-day Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Eastern Turkey, and northern Iraq from 1378 to 1501; the rivals of Kara Koyunlu.
Ak Koyunlu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ak Koyunlus
form: Ak Koyunlu
form: Aq Qoyunlu
Etymology: From Turkic elements meaning “White Sheep”; compare Turkish ak and koyun.
Senses: glosses: A member of this tribe.
Aq Qoyunlu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ak Koyunlu.
Aq Qoyunlu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aq Qoyunlus
form: Aq Qoyunlu
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ak Koyunlu.
put him in to get him out
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Coined by Irish revolutionary Michael Collins.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: An election poster catchphrase, and rallying cry, for imprisoned Republicans to be elected to parliament.
amira
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amiras
Etymology: From Armenian ամիրա (amira), from Old Armenian ամիրայ (amiray), from Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܪܐ (ʾămīrāʾ), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”). Doublet of amir, Amir, emir, and admiral.
Senses: glosses: A member of a wealthy class of Armenian grandees in Constantinople which was in charge of national Armenian matters in the Ottoman Empire before the Armenian National Constitution of 1860 was adopted.
amiras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amira
mundifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mundifiers
Etymology: From mundify + -er.
Senses: glosses: A cleansing agent.
amirspasalars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amirspasalar
amirspasalar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amirspasalars
form: amirspasalari
Etymology: From Georgian ამირსპასალარი (amirsṗasalari).
Senses: glosses: the commander-in-chief of the medieval Georgian army and one of the highest officials of the Kingdom of Georgia
amirspasalari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amirspasalaris
Etymology: From Georgian ამირსპასალარი (amirsṗasalari).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of amirspasalar.
chiff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪf
Forms: form: chiffs
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: examples: text: In all these adjustments, the voicer must have regard to the steady sound of the pipe, to its promptness of speech, and to the presence or absence of any desired starting transient or chiff.
ref: 1998, N.H. Fletcher, T.D Rossing, The Physics of Musical Instruments, Springer Science & Business Media, page 570:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The characteristic sound made as part of the attack of certain notes on the organ.
masculize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: masculizes
form: masculizing
form: masculized
form: masculized
form: masculise
Etymology: From Latin masculus (“male, masculine”) + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Some ancient physicians, Bartholin, Perrault, Sturm, and, later Grasmeyer, have thought that, even without fecundation, the marriage relation suffices, after a time, to masculize woman.
ref: 1859, Jules Michelet, “Notes and Explanations”, in J.W. Palmer, transl., Love, New York, N.Y.: Rudd & Carleton, translation of L'Amour, page 342:
text: "I think it's social experimentation, and I don't think it's going to help us win the war," she said. "They want to masculize the women and feminize the men, so that we're a gender-neutral society."
ref: 2004 May 26, Darryl Fears, quoting Phyllis Schlafly, “Military families mourn daughters”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025:
text: She urged "extreme caution" about giving children or teens masculizing or feminizing hormones — testosterone or estrogen — to people under 18.
ref: 2024 April 10, Jill Lawless, “A major UK report says trans children are being let down by toxic debate and lack of evidence”, in National Post, Toronto, Ont.: Postmedia Network Canada Corp., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2024:
glosses: To masculinize.
Derived terms: masculization
masculise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: masculises
form: masculising
form: masculised
form: masculised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of masculize.
masculising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of masculise
masculises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of masculise
masculised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of masculise
masculized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of masculize
masculizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of masculize
masculizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of masculize
Grexit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɛɡ.zɪt/
ipa: /ˈɡɹɛk.sɪt/
rhymes: -ɛksɪt
Etymology: Blend of Greece + exit or Greek + exit.
Senses: examples: text: We raise our estimate of the likelihood of Greek EA exit (‘Grexit’) to 50% over the next 18 months, from 25-30% previously. This is mostly because we consider the willingness of EA creditors to continue providing further support to Greece despite Greek non-compliance with programme conditionality to have fallen substantially.
ref: 2012 February 6, Willem Buiter, Ebrahim Rahbari, “Rising Risks of Greek Euro Area Exit”, in Willem H. Buiter, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2016:
text: Citigroup economists Willem Buiter and Ebrahim Rabhari revised their predictions of a Greek exit from the eurozone—or "Grexit"—in the next 18 months up to 50 percent from 25-30 percent in November.
ref: 2012 February 7, Simone Foxman, “CITI'S BUITER: There's A 50% Chance Of A Greek Exit From The Eurozone And Here's How It Would Happen”, in Business Insider:
text: The bankers, however, were alarmingly precise: amid all the speculation about Grexit, they told me, banks are increasingly reordering their European exposure along national lines, in terms of asset-liability matching (ALM), just in case the region splits apart.
ref: 2012 May 25, Gillian Tett, “Beware Hidden Costs as Banks Eye ‘Grexit’”, in Financial Times:
text: Throughout 2012, economists speculated on the likelihood of the Grexit by 2013.
ref: 2013, Words You Should Know: 2013, F+W Media, page 100:
text: Around the middle of 2012, speculation was rife about the likelihood of the so-called Grexit.
ref: 2014, Alison McDonnell, “Solidarity, Flexibility, and the Euro-Crisis: Where do Principles Fit In?”, in The EU After Lisbon, page 72:
text: Grexit, in short, would have left the way open to German monetary independence.
ref: 2014, Jonathan Story, “The Euro Crisis and German Primacy”, in The Eurozone Crisis and the Future of Europe, page 117:
text: Regarding the relationship with the EU after the Grexit he remains agnostic.
ref: 2015, Stavros Mavroudeas, Greek Capitalism in Crisis: Marxist analyses, page 91:
topics: government
politics
coordinate_terms: Brexit
Czexit
Frexit
Huxit
Polexit
Roexit
glosses: The potential withdrawal of Greece from the Eurozone.
Related terms: new drachma
bandeirante
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandeirantes
Etymology: From Portuguese bandeirante, from bandeira (“flag”).
Senses: examples: text: Its tough and cruel settler bandeirantes were the first Europeans to penetrate Brazil's interior on their long slaving forays against the índios.
ref: 2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 14:
text: On Friday afternoon, Santos and a few dozen other activists will set off from the Praça Panamericana in western São Paulo on a 1,000km (621-mile) walk to Brasília, the Brazilian capital, following one of the routes of the bandeirantes.
ref: 2015 April 24, Bruce Douglas, “Brazil activists to walk 600 miles for 'free markets, lower taxes and privatisation'”, in The Guardian:
glosses: One of the European adventurers and slavers who were responsible for exploring much of early colonial Brazil.
bandeirantes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandeirante
sertão
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sertãos
form: sertões
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese sertão.
Senses: examples: text: The news soon spread throughout the sertão: the saint who had wandered the length and breadth of the land for a quarter of a century had put down roots in that place surrounded by stony hills called Canudos […].
ref: 1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 58:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: The semi-arid, barren inland portion of northeastern Brazil.
glosses: A similarly arid area in another region or country.
odontological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From odontology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: referring or pertaining to odontology; dental
Cythera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kythira.
Kythera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kythira.
Kithira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kythira.
Wei River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪ ˌɹɪvə(ɹ)/
enpr: wā
Etymology: Partial calque from Mandarin 渭河 (Wèihé, literally “Wei river”)
Senses: examples: text: The fact, therefore, that the Tae pings, when they raised the siege of Hwae king on the 1st September marched westwards by it into Shan se, shows that the Imperial forces were strong enough to prevent their descent by the Wei river.
ref: 1856, Thomas Taylor Meadows, The Chinese and their Rebellions, London: Smith, Elder & Co., →OCLC, page 176:
text: Leaving Kuanyint'ang there is a drop into a ravine and then a stiff climb of a few hundred feet to reach the pass over a range of mountains, the watershed between the Lo and Yellow rivers. This ridge is really the end of one of the principal ranges of the Ch'inling Shan, the one which runs east and west right across Shensi immediately south of the Wei River.
ref: 1921, Eric Teichman, Travels of a Consular Officer in North-West China, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 3:
text: THERE WAS NO China, only a collection of squabbling states, before the short-lived but powerful Qin dynasty (221-206 B.C.) brought terror and unity to the land. The Qin were the first to stake their capital here, on the Wei River, but the country’s Han majority — now the world’s biggest ethnic group, more than a billion strong, representing nearly one out of every six people on earth — take their name from the Qin’s successor, the Han dynasty, which raised a new capital nearby, Chang’an, in 202-200 B.C.
ref: 2020 May 11, Ligaya Mishan, “Eating in Xi’an, Where Wheat and Lamb Speak to China’s Varied Palette”, in New York Times, archived from the original on 11 May 2020:
glosses: A major river in west-central China's Gansu and Shaanxi provinces, and the largest tributary of the Yellow River.
tathata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tathatas
Etymology: From Sanskrit तथाता (tathātā).
Senses: topics: Buddhism
human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: Thusness, suchness.
HBV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In humans, HBV infection caused a broad spectrum of diseases, ranging from asymptomatic infection to acute hepatitis to chronic cirrhosis in the liver.
ref: 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 280:
glosses: Abbreviation of hepatitis B virus.
Related terms: sense: hepatitis B virus
english: hepatitis A virus
translation: hepatitis A virus
word: HAV
sense: hepatitis B virus
english: hepatitis C virus
translation: hepatitis C virus
word: HCV
sense: hepatitis B virus
english: hepatitis D virus
translation: hepatitis D virus
word: HDV
sense: hepatitis B virus
english: hepatitis E virus
translation: hepatitis E virus
word: HEV
sense: hepatitis B virus
english: hepatitis F virus
translation: hepatitis F virus
word: HFV
sense: hepatitis B virus
english: hepatitis G virus
translation: hepatitis G virus
word: HGV
HFV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: Initialism of hepatitis F virus.
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: Initialism of human foamy virus.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of high frequency ventilation.
Hyponyms: english: high frequency jet ventilation
translation: high frequency jet ventilation
word: HFJV
english: high frequency oscillatory ventilation
translation: high frequency oscillatory ventilation
word: HFOV
english: high frequency percussive ventilation
translation: high frequency percussive ventilation
word: HFPV
english: high frequency positive pressure ventilation
translation: high frequency positive pressure ventilation
word: HFPPV
english: high frequency ventilation (active)
translation: high frequency ventilation (active)
word: HFV-A
english: high frequency flow interruption
translation: high frequency flow interruption
word: HFFI
Derived terms: english: high frequency jet ventilation
translation: high frequency jet ventilation
word: HFJV
english: high frequency oscillatory ventilation
translation: high frequency oscillatory ventilation
word: HFOV
english: high frequency percussive ventilation
translation: high frequency percussive ventilation
word: HFPV
english: high frequency positive pressure ventilation
translation: high frequency positive pressure ventilation
word: HFPPV
english: high frequency ventilation (active)
translation: high frequency ventilation (active)
word: HFV-A
Related terms: sense: hepatitis F virus
english: hepatitis A virus
translation: hepatitis A virus
word: HAV
sense: hepatitis F virus
english: hepatitis B virus
translation: hepatitis B virus
word: HBV
sense: hepatitis F virus
english: hepatitis C virus
translation: hepatitis C virus
word: HCV
sense: hepatitis F virus
english: hepatitis D virus
translation: hepatitis D virus
word: HDV
sense: hepatitis F virus
english: hepatitis E virus
translation: hepatitis E virus
word: HEV
sense: hepatitis F virus
english: hepatitis G virus
translation: hepatitis G virus
word: HGV
sense: high frequency ventilation
english: high frequency flow interruption
translation: high frequency flow interruption
word: HFFI
HDV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of hepatitis delta virus.
glosses: Initialism of high-definition video.
Related terms: sense: hepatitis D virus
english: hepatitis A virus
translation: hepatitis A virus
word: HAV
sense: hepatitis D virus
english: hepatitis B virus
translation: hepatitis B virus
word: HBV
sense: hepatitis D virus
english: hepatitis C virus
translation: hepatitis C virus
word: HCV
sense: hepatitis D virus
english: hepatitis E virus
translation: hepatitis E virus
word: HEV
sense: hepatitis D virus
english: hepatitis F virus
translation: hepatitis F virus
word: HFV
sense: hepatitis D virus
english: hepatitis G virus
translation: hepatitis G virus
word: HGV
sense: high definition video
word: HD
sense: high definition video
word: HD video
word: high-definition video
word: high-def video
word: hi-def video
HAV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of hepatitis A virus.
glosses: Abbreviation of Hallux Abductus Valgus.
Related terms: sense: hepatitis A virus
english: hepatitis B virus
translation: hepatitis B virus
word: HBV
sense: hepatitis A virus
english: hepatitis C virus
translation: hepatitis C virus
word: HCV
sense: hepatitis A virus
english: hepatitis D virus
translation: hepatitis D virus
word: HDV
sense: hepatitis A virus
english: hepatitis E virus
translation: hepatitis E virus
word: HEV
sense: hepatitis A virus
english: hepatitis F virus
translation: hepatitis F virus
word: HFV
sense: hepatitis A virus
english: hepatitis G virus
translation: hepatitis G virus
word: HGV
AmeriKKKa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: These editors better not cross my path, because I'd love to slap THEM back in line. Welcome to AmeriKKKa...
ref: 1999 February 2, John McGough, “NY Pravda: Ken Starr's Meddling”, in alt.impeach.clinton (Usenet):
text: After we went to all the trouble to only present photographs and posters of AmeriKKKa's only president in special hallmark wheelchair moments, handicapables feel that the photographic images are degrading to the integrity of FDR.
ref: 2008, Greg Mandanis, The Genes of Wrath, page 193:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Amerikkka.
YSO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: YSOs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of young stellar object.
Related terms: english: quasi-stellar object
translation: quasi-stellar object
word: QSO
english: sub-stellar object
translation: sub-stellar object
word: SSO
english: protostellar object
translation: protostellar object
word: PSO
YSOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of YSO
quasi-stellar object
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quasi-stellar objects
Etymology: From quasi- + stellar + object, from its appearance as a point-like object similar to a star, but with a spectrum unlike that found in a star.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: a quasar
glosses: a radio-quiet quasar
Derived terms: word: QSO
Related terms: quasistar
quasistellar
quasi-stellar objects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quasi-stellar object
quasi-stellar radio-source
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quasi-stellar radio-sources
form: quasi-stellar radiosource
form: quasi-stellar radio source
Etymology: From quasi- + stellar + radio + source, from its appearance as a point-like object similar to a star, which is also a source of radio-energy, but with a spectrum unlike that found in a star.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A quasar.
glosses: A radioloud quasar.
Derived terms: word: QSR
word: quasar
purveyancing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From purveyance + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The requisitioning of goods and services for royal use.
Westermark sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Nils Westermark, a Swedish radiologist.
Senses: glosses: A sign in chest radiography that represents a focus of oligemia seen distal to a pulmonary embolism.
oligemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oligaemia.
Derived terms: oligemic
oligaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligaemias
form: oligæmia
form: oligemia
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαιμία (oligaimía).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The condition of having a low quantity of blood.
Synonyms: hypovolaemia
hypovolemia
Derived terms: oligaemic
autogeosynclines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autogeosyncline
counterstorytelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From counter- + storytelling.
Senses: examples: text: In the following sections, we offer a detailed discussion and example of the role of storytelling – and more specifically counterstorytelling – in understanding the campus racial culture at PWIs.
ref: 2012, Samuel D. Museus, Uma M. Jayakumar, Creating Campus Cultures:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
social-sciences
glosses: The dissemination of a story or narrative that goes against the prevailing view.
PWI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PWIs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of process window index.
examples: text: […] one attended a PWI for her undergraduate degree and earned her master's and doctorate from an HBCU; one participant attended a PWI for his bachelor's degree, an HBCU for his master's, and is currently pursuing a doctorate at a PWI[…]
ref: 2012 August 1, Robert T. Palmer, Adriel A. Hilton, Tiffany Patrice Fountaine, Black Graduate Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, IAP, →ISBN, page 46:
text: […] HBCUs. Much of the majority as minority research on the experiences of White students in the HBCU used Schwitzer, Griffin, Ancis, and Thomas' (1999) model of the social adjustment of Black students to a PWI as the framework (Closson[…]
ref: 2015 July 1, Ted N. Ingram, Derek Greenfield, Joelle D. Carter, Adriel A. Hilton, Exploring Issues of Diversity within HBCUs, IAP, →ISBN, page 189:
glosses: Initialism of predominantly white institution or primarily white institution (in education).
PWI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Public Windows Interface.
topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Perfect World International.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Pune Warriors India.
attristed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of attrist
transgalactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + galactic.
Senses: glosses: Between or beyond the boundaries of galaxies.
platformist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: platformists
Etymology: From platform + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of platformism.
platformists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of platformist
Hampton hump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hampton humps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Hampton's hump.
Hampton humps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hampton hump
Hampton's hump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hampton's humps
form: Hampton hump
Etymology: Named after Aubrey Otis Hampton, who first described it in 1940.
Senses: glosses: A radiological sign consisting of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery of the lung with its base against the pleural surface. It may aid in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism.
interoperations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interoperation
intraoperator
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + operator.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a single operator.
Related terms: interoperator
incestually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more incestually
form: most incestually
Etymology: From incestual + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: One basic part in some children's lives, however, can be a source of confusion: as part of the pink world, incestually assaulted children learn ...
ref: 2013, Elizabeth Stanko, Intimate Intrusions:
text: ... or Tennessee Williams' incestually provocative Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was asking such questions as ...
ref: 2003, Christopher Innes, Avant Garde Theatre: 1892–1992 (Page 125)
text: I was abused incestually only once.
ref: 2010, Margery, MSW Wakefield, It Happened to Me, (page 110)
glosses: in an incestual manner
billingsgating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of billingsgate
billingsgated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of billingsgate
millocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millocracies
Etymology: From mill + -o- + -cracy.
Senses: examples: text: One of the favorite axioms of the millocracy is, "that capital owes no allegiance to soil," and, consequently, if not petted, will take wings and depart. The man was shrewd who asked what posterity had done for him; and the masses with equal shrewdness may ask the millocracy, "what has this capital done for us?"
ref: 1847, William Dodd, The Laboring Classes of England:
glosses: A rich class of people who own mills.
Related terms: millocrat
millocratic
millocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millocracy
moneyocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more moneyocratic
form: most moneyocratic
Senses: glosses: Relating to moneyocracy.
millocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more millocratic
form: most millocratic
Senses: glosses: Relating to a millocracy.
algolagnist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: algolagnists
Etymology: From algolagnia + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A sexual masochist.
algolagnists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of algolagnist
lething
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ledung
form: leidang
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse leiðangr.
Senses: glosses: A public levy of free farmers in mediaeval Scandinavia, to organise coastal fleets for seasonal excursions and in defence of the realm.
Related terms: fyrd
leidang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lething.
ledung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lething.
oligaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oligaemic
form: most oligaemic
Etymology: From oligaemia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or exhibiting oligaemia.
oligemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oligemic
form: most oligemic
Etymology: From oligemia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or exhibiting oligemia.
oxyhaemochromogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oxyhemochromogen.
oxalaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oxalemia.
oxyhaeme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oxyheme.
incestuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: incestualities
Etymology: From incestual + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: She was unnoticed before and after the loss of her nanny, at age seven. Yet, when Diane grew into her adolescent years, and began to paint and sculpt, her father was quickly to claim her creative talents as a reflection of his own blood rendered legacy. Now, she suddenly became his daughter. Perhaps it was partly his own “veiled eroticism” and suppressed incestuality that actually impelled in her the compulsion to create, taking its form in her sculptures of swelling pregnant women.
ref: 1996, Susan Kavaler-Adler, “Diane Arbus and the Demon Lover”, in The Creative Mystique: From Red Shoes Frenzy to Love and Creativity, New York, N.Y.; London: Routledge, →ISBN, part 2 (Tales and Traumas of Women Artists), page 168:
text: [F]amily also appears a double-edged sword, as it can be a source of severe exploitation when familial understandings or arrangements are violated—as in Harold’s coveting of his brother’s wife or the incestuality implied in Francis’s various father/daughter relationships or the lack of love and appreciation we learn, at the film’s very close, that Christina has suffered from at home.
ref: 2003, Adam Knee, “[Atom] Egoyan’s Exotica: The Uneasy Borders of Desire”, in Eva Rueschmann, editor, Moving Pictures, Migrating Identities, Jackson, Miss.: University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 174:
text: Here we are in the area of incest, when a transgressive act occurs, or in the area of incestuality, when there is a confusing encroachment on the differences between the topical levels of containers.
ref: 2014, Pierre Banghozi, “The mythic narrative neo-container in psychoanalytic family therapy: shame and treason as heritage”, in Anna Maria Nicolò, Pierre Benghozi, Daniela Lucarelli, editors, Families in Transformation: A Psychoanalytic Approach, Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y., published 2018, →ISBN, part I (Couples and Families Today), page 56:
glosses: Synonym of incestuousness.
synonyms: word: incestuousness
orthoglycaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of orthoglycemic.
ornithinaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ornithinemia.
ovalocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ovalocyte + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to ovalocytes.
Weddah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Weddahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Vedda.
Weddahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Weddah
resituation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resituations
Etymology: From re- + situation.
Senses: glosses: Act or process of resituating.
resituations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resituation
wheatsel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The time when wheat is sown.
Derived terms: wheatsel-bird
Whipple
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Whipple procedure
Whipple shield
Whipple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Whipples
Senses: examples: text: If you need a Whipple, you'll want the most experienced surgeon you can find to do it.
ref: 2007, Lori Maliszewski, Cancer, A Love Story, →ISBN, page 28:
glosses: Synonym of Whipple procedure.
synonyms: word: Whipple procedure
whitebelly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whitebellies
Etymology: From white + belly.
Senses: examples: text: whitebelly puffer
text: whitebelly tree frog
text: whitebelly damselfish
text: The only kind of tree frog I've seen around here is the whitebelly.
glosses: An animal characterized by a white belly
glosses: Especially, the short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis).
Derived terms: whitebelly sandperch
whiteblow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: whitlow grass, Draba verna
pyoxanthin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pyo- + xanth- + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A yellow pigment isolated from Bacillus pyocyanicus.
rectocolitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From recto- + colitis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of the rectum and colon
rhinolalias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhinolalia
ISIC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈaɪsɪk/
Forms: form: ISICs
Senses: examples: text: Because of the proliferation of fake ISICs, some services (particularly airlines) require additional proof of student identity.
ref: 2011, Harvard Student Agencies Inc., Let's Go Boston: The Student Travel Guide:
glosses: Acronym of International Student Identity Card.
ISICs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ISIC
moth orchid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moth orchids
Senses: examples: text: He babysits the orchids that you bought and bloomed and are now watching decline in a stupor of regret, shame and despair. Give Chadwick that flowered-out, wrinkled old moth orchid you got a couple of months ago and he will nurse it back to blooming health.
ref: 2019 April 10, Adrian Higgins, “This florist started caring for ailing orchids on the side. He’s now babysitting 13,000.”, in The Washington Post:
synonyms: phalaenopsis
glosses: Any of the genus Phalaenopsis of orchids.
moth orchids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moth orchid
RIDDOR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations.
kinanaesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kinanesthesia.
kinaesthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kinaestheses
Etymology: From kine- + -aesthesis.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kinesthesis.
Ningbonese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːz
Etymology: From Ningbo + -n- + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Ningbo.
Ningbonese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːz
Forms: form: Ningbonese
Etymology: From Ningbo + -n- + -ese.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of Ningbo.
glosses: A person of Ningbonese descent.
Synonyms: english: in plural: Ningbo people
translation: in plural: Ningbo people
word: Ningbo person
Ningbonese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -iːz
Etymology: From Ningbo + -n- + -ese.
Senses: glosses: A dialect of Wu spoken predominantly in Ningbo
Synonyms: Ningbo dialect
Plimsoll lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Plimsoll line