cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
check in with oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: checks in with oneself
form: checking in with oneself
form: checked in with oneself
form: checked in with oneself
Senses: examples: text: I did this by checking in with myself several times a day, asking myself, “What are you feeling?” and “What do you need?”
ref: 2010, Beverly Engel, Healing Your Emotional Self:
text: I discovered that the things I was most resistant to were things I committed to unconsciously without checking in with myself.
ref: 2017, Iyanla Vanzant, Trust: Mastering the Four Essential Trusts, page 200:
text: Introspection means taking time to check in with yourself. We live in a fast-paced society, and if you don't take time to slow down and be alone, then you won't be cognizant of the life you're living.
ref: 2020, Kiki Ely, Complete Guide to Self-Care, page 137:
synonyms: have a word with oneself
glosses: To analyze one's thoughts and emotions with a view to self-improvement.
Falanga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Falangas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Falanga.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
ring flash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ring flashes
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
coordinate_terms: ring lamp
ring light
glosses: A circular electronic flash that fits around a camera lens.
ring flashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ring flash
ring lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ring lamps
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Synonym of ring light.
synonyms: word: ring light
ring lamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ring lamp
ring light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ring lights
Senses: examples: text: So-called selfie ring lights have been big business. “A small ring light will help to lift the complexion and bring radiance to counteract any shadows that may appear,” says Hayley Hall, a beauty influencer who has a YouTube channel and more than 27,000 Instagram followers.
ref: 2020 April 24, Ellie Violet Bramley, quoting Hayley Hall, “Let there be light: the new must-have for celebrities in lockdown”, in The Guardian:
text: In person, Huff looks exactly as she does on her massively popular Instagram account, her sheer foundation and subtle bronze eyeshadow catching the spotlight just like they do the ring light.
ref: 2022 November 8, Allison Theresa, “Sadie Robertson Huff Preaches Submissive Womanhood. Her Message Is Uncomfortably Compelling.”, in Cosmopolitan:
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
synonyms: ring lamp
ringlight
coordinate_terms: ring flash
glosses: A continuous circular strip of light around a camera lens (either directly on the rim or as a standalone item) for the purpose of evenly illuminating the subject.
ring lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ring light
quasi-alliance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quasi-alliances
Etymology: From quasi- + alliance.
Senses: glosses: a security arrangement that is not based on a formal defense pact, but on tacit agreements
bark breads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bark bread
chant therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chant therapies
Senses: glosses: A form of voice therapy based on the rhythm and prosodic patterns of musical chanting.
Related terms: chant talk
chant therapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chant therapy
chant talk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The chanting style of talking used in chant therapy.
knocks into a cocked hat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of knock into a cocked hat
knocking into a cocked hat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of knock into a cocked hat
knocked into a cocked hat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of knock into a cocked hat
quarandine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarandines
Senses: examples: text: In the orchard all attempts to maintain respectability had been abandoned; nettles and rank grass grew high around the fruit trees. One of these grew the most delicious little round pears; from another we used to pick lovely little red apples called quarandines.
ref: 1997, Quentin Bell, Virginia Nicholson, Charleston: A Bloomsbury House and Garden, New York: Henry Holt and Company, page 126:
glosses: Alternative form of quarrender (“kind of red apple”).
quarandines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarandine
seriocomicality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being seriocomic.
Yun-lin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 雲林 /云林 (Yúnlín) Wade–Giles romanization: Yün²-lin².
Senses: examples: text: In Yun-lin, lying to the east of Chaughwa^([sic – meaning Changhwa]), there are one or two Chinese hongs engaged in the camphor business. These hongs give employment altogether to six camphor distilleries, the only ones at present in the place. Foreign merchants are anxious to start a business in Yun-lin, but are prevented by the action of the so-called Camphor Office, the official in charge asserting that under the camphor regulations of 1869 foreign merchants or their Chinese employes are allowed to purchase camphor up country, but that no provision is made for their employing natives to distil camphor; that, in consequence, unless they can purchase camphor from the distilleries already at work they cannot be permitted to engage in the business, as to hire labor for the distilling of camphor is contrary to the regulations since made by the governor of the island.
ref: 1893 June 5, “Formosa Camphor Trade”, in Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter, volume XLIII, number 23, New York, page 14:
text: August 3
Detailed accounts thus far received of the operations undertaken for the suppression of the rebels in Formosa extend only to July 10th, and were published in our issue of July 22nd. Later news, by telegraph, placed us in possession of the main facts down to July 20th, by which date the insurrection was virtually suppressed, Yun-lin (or Hoon-nim) having been recovered and the insurgents driven back to their mountain fastnesses, whence their final dislodgement and extermination remained to be accomplished.
ref: 1896 August 8, “Formosa”, in The Japan Weekly Mail, volume XXVI, number 6, Yokohama, page 144:
text: But the Group received a very different reception in 1991 when it proposed the plant to Yun-lin County.[…]
Several favorable factors were at work in Yun-lin.
ref: 1997, Shui-yan Tang, Ching-ping Tang, Asian Survey, volume 37, University of California Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 291:
text: The Japanese styled the guerrillas as "bandits." Some were indeed outlaws, but this group was comprised of Taiwanese from many walks of life, from prominent citizens to drifters. By one count there were ninety-four partisan attacks against the Japanese from late 1892 through 1902. Japanese reprisals were merciless; some six thousand Taiwanese died in the Yun-lin Massacre of June 1896. About twice as many "bandits" were killed during this guerrilla war (twelve thousand) as during the five- month Japanese campaign to secure their takeover of the island.
ref: 2003, Denny Roy, “The Japanese Occupation”, in Taiwan: A Political History, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 35:
glosses: Alternative form of Yunlin.
sandbeach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandbeaches
Etymology: From sand + beach.
Senses: examples: text: (...) or I should have been obliged to pitch my doubled-clothed American drill tent on the sandbeach of this tropical island (...)
ref: 1873, Henry Morton Stanley, How I found Livingstone:
glosses: a beach consisting of mainly sand
Salwick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Newton-with-Clifton parish, Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4632).
galetting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of galletting.
galleting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of galletting.
galleting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gallet
garetting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of galletting.
garretting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of galletting.
match dissolve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: match dissolves
Senses: coordinate_terms: match cut
glosses: A cinematographic dissolve between two different objects, spaces, or compositions in which there is a correspondence between the two scenes, helping to establish continuity of action and linking the two shots metaphorically.
match dissolves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of match dissolve
matts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matt
cenosilicaphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “empty”) + silica (glass) + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: His next question takes me by surprise: “Have you ever suffered from cenosilicaphobia?” Huh?
ref: 2011, Natalie MacLean, Unquenchable!: A Tipsy Quest for the World's Best Bargain Wines:
text: Cenosillicaphobia is a real thing and it affects many people. What is it exactly? It is the fear of an empty beer glass.
ref: 2019 April 10, sailorgarynavy, “Walmart Bar Jokes”, in sailors-clean-humor (Usenet):
text: We've all suffered from cenosillicaphobia at some point in our lives.
ref: 2020, Howard Linskey, The Little Book of Pintfulness:
glosses: The fear of having an empty glass when drinking.
matter painting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matter paintings
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A 1950s art style using impasto paint with everyday materials such as mud or shells added to it.
topics: art
arts
glosses: An individual work produced in this style.
matter paintings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matter painting
marriage encounter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marriage encounters
Senses: examples: text: Marital enrichment workshops, marriage encounters, pre-marital counseling and marital “cookbooks” are efforts to assist couples in meeting these needs, but these programs do not reach the majority of couples […]
ref: 1993, Marshall Jung, Constructual Marital Therapy: Theory and Practice, page 57:
glosses: A form of couples therapy for spouses, involving presentations and discussions.
marriage encounters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marriage encounter
couples therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: couples therapies
form: couple therapy
form: couple's therapy
Senses: glosses: A form of therapy or counseling that attempts to improve a romantic relationship between two people and resolve any interpersonal conflicts within it.
couples therapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of couples therapy
grass-eaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grass-eater
Aikrigg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Kendal, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD5291).
meat-eater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meat-eaters
Etymology: Introduced by the Knapp Commission in the 1970s.
Senses: coordinate_terms: grass-eater
glosses: A corrupt police officer who actively seeks out opportunities to receive bribes.
meat-eater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meat-eaters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of meateater.
meat-eaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meat-eater
Prospaltian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Prospaltian
form: most Prospaltian
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Προσπαλτίου, πρός (prós) "forward to, towards, toward, to" + παλτό (palˈto) "coat".
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Prospalta (Attica), a deme of ancient Attica.
zizanoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of khusenic acid.
synonyms: word: khusenic acid
Related terms: zizaene
pseudoeducational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + educational.
Senses: examples: text: The press of the future […] must further prevent the various “isms” which are fed by the dregs of pseudo-educational systems, from taking root in the popular mind.
ref: 1895, Andrew J. Palm, Henry Randall Waite, The American Magazine of Civics, volume 7, page 486:
glosses: Apparently, but not actually, educational; offering ingenuine education.
MEECN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network.
omnibuilding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omnibuildings
Etymology: From omni- + building.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A megastructure.
omnibuildings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omnibuilding
merge-purge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: merge-purges
form: merge-purging
form: merge-purged
form: merge-purged
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To combine two lists of data, removing any duplicate entries.
merge-purged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of merge-purge
merge-purges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of merge-purge
merge-purging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of merge-purge
extension reel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extension reels
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An extension lead that rolls up, usually into the socket end, which in some cases has more than one socket on it (often 2 or 4).
Synonyms: extension cord reel
cable extension reel
Related terms: word: extension cord
word: extension lead
message unit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: message units
Senses: examples: text: The planner has to consider the nature of the advertising message: some simply require more time and space to explain. Competitive activity often dictates more message units.
ref: 1996, William F. Arens, Jack J. Whidden, Contemporary Advertising, page 239:
text: The GOP candidate campaign also mentioned health care in 12.2 percent of their ads' message units (n=9) and education in 8.1 percent (n=6).
ref: 2009, Federico Subervi-Velez, The Mass Media and Latino Politics, page 316:
topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: An individual broadcasting slot, such as a single televised advertisement.
message units
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of message unit
misdump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈdʌmp/
ipa: /ˈmɪsdʌmp/
Forms: form: misdumps
form: misdumping
form: misdumped
form: misdumped
Etymology: From mis- + dump.
Senses: examples: text: The buckets used in depositing concrete were faulty and a considerable loss of concrete was caused by misdumping.
ref: 1908, United States. War Department, Annual Reports of the War Department - Volume 8, page 430:
text: He received one when he had an accident and bent the exhaust stack of his truck; he received another when he misdumped the wrong octane gasoline into a service station tank; he received a third for running over and breaking a gas hose; and he freceived a fourth for improperly making out an invoice.
ref: 1974, United States. National Labor Relations Board ·, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 235:
text: If the misinjected or misdumped beams make it past the IR3 and IR7 collimators, they can reach the experiments.
ref: 2015 February, Marija Cauchi, R.W. Assmann, A. Bertarelli, F. Carra, L. Lari, A. Rossi, P. Mollicone, N. Sammut, “Thermomechanical assessment of the effects of a jaw-beam angle during beam impact on Large Hadron Collider collimators”, in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, volume 18, number 2:
glosses: To dump incorrectly, such as at the wrong place or time, or to dump something that should not have been dumped.
misdump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈdʌmp/
ipa: /ˈmɪsdʌmp/
Forms: form: misdumps
Etymology: From mis- + dump.
Senses: examples: text: On September 3 the terminal manager spoke with the employer's president and told him that the last misdump was the driver's third mistake.
ref: 1973, Labor Relations Reference Manual: The Law of Labor Relations, page 1657:
text: He confronted Mulkey with it and Mulkey, after checking over his books, acknowledged that he had copied a number incorrectly from the dispatch sheet and had made the misdump.
ref: 1974, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 235:
text: In our opinion, he should not have done so because he thereby prevented the jury from awarding damages to the Hawkins family for the inconvenience, discomfort, and annoyance they suffered after Scituate Oil's tragic misdump left their home uninhabitable.
ref: 2005, M. Stuart Madden, Gerald W. Boston, Law of Environmental and Toxic Torts: Cases, Materials, and Problems, page 272:
glosses: An act of misdumping.
misdumps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misdump
misdumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misdump
misdumping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misdump
misdumped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misdump
Mellie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛli/
rhymes: -ɛli
Senses: examples: text: “Isn't their daughter named Melanie?”
“Mellie, for short,” Ken confirmed.
ref: 2011, Geri Bennett, Drinking Saké All Alone, page 134:
text: “When I married him he was forty,” said Mellie, “and he owned a sleeping bag, a rifle, and a suitcase with a change of clothes.”
ref: 2020, Tom Kizzia, The Wake of the Unseen Object, page 116:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Melanie.
examples: text: I met Melinda, Mellie, while we were both attending Sonoma State University.
ref: 2017, Sara Sandoval, La Quinceañera, page 23:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Melinda.
examples: text: After dinner she went directly to Melissa.
“Mellie,” she said, “do you know, I've good reason for thinking this woman you've got is no better than she ought to be. Think of that, and you sick, and Abraham exposed to temptation.”
ref: 1867, Caroline Fairfield Corbin, A Woman's Secret, page 162:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Melissa.
mess trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mess traps
Senses: topics: government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: Synonym of mess kit (“set of eating utensils”).
synonyms: word: mess kit
extra: set of eating utensils
mess set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mess sets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mess kit (“set of eating utensils”).
synonyms: word: mess kit
extra: set of eating utensils
mess traps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mess trap
mess sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mess set
Whipples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Whipple
Whipple shield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Whipple shields
Etymology: Devised by Fred Whipple.
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: meteor bumper
glosses: A thin foil film attached to the outside of a spacecraft to reduce the impact of micrometeoroids.
wikipedia: Fred Whipple
Whipple shields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Whipple shield
meteor bumper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meteor bumpers
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of Whipple shield.
synonyms: word: Whipple shield
meteor bumpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meteor bumper
SICUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SICU
MICU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MICUs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of medical intensive care unit.
Related terms: sense: intensive care unit
word: CICU
sense: intensive care unit
word: ICU
sense: intensive care unit
word: NICU
sense: intensive care unit
word: PICU
sense: intensive care unit
word: SICU
MICUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MICU
misduplicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misduplicates
form: misduplicating
form: misduplicated
form: misduplicated
Etymology: From mis- + duplicate.
Senses: examples: text: However, the board had actually been misduplicated — the N-S and E-W hands were switched in one room, so that we had held the same cards as our teammates.
ref: 1999, Marc Smith, World Class: Conversations with the Bridge Masters, page 244:
text: Now everyone should be asleep—unless somebody was suited up. So far only instants have passed; he has another three minim before the situation of any captives would become lethal, if he has misduplicated those frequencies.
ref: 2015, James Tiptree, Jr., The Starry Rift:
text: The idea is not to break, or even to preserve, but to repeat; and to celebrate repetition, knowing that you will misduplicate—and that the misduplications are the closest achievable thing to an actual you” (Compton 2003b).
ref: 2017, Georgina Born, Eric Lewis, Will Straw, Improvisation and Social Aesthetics:
glosses: To duplicate incorrectly.
misduplicates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misduplicate
misduplicating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misduplicate
misduplicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misduplicate
misduplication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misduplications
Etymology: From mis- + duplication.
Senses: examples: text: According to our previous paper, proton tunneling lead to the misduplication of DNA; that is, in the case of excitation of an electron by light the misduplication of DNA by means of the proton tunneling can more easily occur in the adenine-thymine pair than in the guanine-cytosine pair.
ref: 1967, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan - Volume 40, page 25:
text: There is change, but the changes arise out of slight misduplications of the pattern rather than from essential antagonisms.
ref: 2001, Wayde Compton, Bluesprint: Black British Columbian Literature and Orature, page 17:
text: When I saw those words I guess I lost my concentration and thought you were thinking something else. Sorry for the misduplication.
ref: 2013, Molly Brogan, Chasing Twilight:
glosses: incorrect duplication
Related terms: misduplicate
misduplications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misduplication
Wittgensteinean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Wittgensteinean
form: most Wittgensteinean
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Wittgensteinian.
Wittgensteinean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wittgensteineans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Wittgensteinian.
Wittgensteineans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wittgensteinean
Lippardian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Lippardian
form: most Lippardian
Etymology: From Lippard + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Lucy R. Lippard (born 1937), American writer, art critic, activist, and curator.
Chang-hua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 彰化 (Zhānghuà) Wade–Giles romanization: Chang¹-hua⁴.
Senses: examples: text: September, 1895.
1st.—The following telegram from Taipeh, indicates Japanese progress in Formosa:—"Chang-hua, the principal inland city, about half-way down the island, was taken by the Japanese on the 28th ult., after a battle in which the Chinese lost nearly six hundred, and the Japanese nine."
ref: 1895 October, “Diary of Events in the Far East”, in Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal, volume XXVI, number 10, page 499:
text: In Chang-hua and Tainan the local gentry who managed the finances and supplies for the war effort had a more difficult task. Records indicate that they relied heavily on salt, likin, and customs duties, but also had to resort to more extraordinary means to gain revenue and provisions. The Chang-hua managers, for instance, sometimes confiscated the properties of wealthy inhabitants who had fled the scene.
ref: 1970, Leonard H. D. Gordon, editor, Taiwan : Studies in Chinese Local History, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 41:
text: Under Liu, an east-west road was also built, starting from Chang-hua in the west and crossing the mountains.
ref: 1991, Simon Long, Taiwan: China's Last Frontier, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 21:
text: The ministry may have been more anxious to sell property in the Chang-pin Zone than DuPont or other outsiders realized. Construction of the zone, a massive landfill off the coast of Chang-hua County, began in 1979 as part of a plan to bring more industry, particularly petrochemicals, to the center of the island, which had lagged behind the magnets of development in the north and south.
ref: 1992, James Reardon-Anderson, Pollution, Politics, and Foreign Investment in Taiwan: The Lukang Rebellion, M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 7:
text: She grew up in Chang-hua, a city in central Taiwan with a decidedly country flavor.
ref: 2006 May, James B. Weld, Difficulties in Learning English as a Second or Foreign Language, Regis University, page 37:
glosses: Alternative form of Changhua.
mixed manning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The bringing together of people representing different nations for some military project.
monkey bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkey bridges
Senses: glosses: A rope bridge.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The highest navigational platform on the bridge of a ship.
monkey bridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monkey bridge
informalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: informalists
Etymology: From informal + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An artist working in the style of informalism.
informalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of informalist
Lolita complex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lolita complexes
Etymology: Calque from Japanese ロリータ・コンプレックス (rorīta konpurekkusu), from Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita + English complex.
Senses: examples: text: The counterpart of this problem in middle-aged men has been described by the second named, the Lolita Complex, bringing to mind Humbert Humbert’s lust for “nymphets” in Nabokov’s famous novel.
ref: 1986, Roy Huss, The Mindscapes of Art, page 198:
glosses: The condition of being sexually attracted to young girls, especially in an older man.
wikipedia: Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
Derived terms: lolicon
Lolita complexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lolita complex
Pretty Woman syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: In reference to the romantic comedy film Pretty Woman (1990), in which a wealthy businessman develops feelings for the prostitute he has hired to pose as his girlfriend.
Senses: glosses: The situation in which young women are attracted to prostitution as a result of glamorous depictions in the media.
wikipedia: Pretty Woman
vakhmatine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
ajabicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
ajacusine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
ajadelphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
ajadelphinine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
ajadine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
ajadinine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
ajanine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
browniine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
delajacine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
delajacirine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
delajadine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
delcosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
delectine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
delphatine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
delpheline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
delphisine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis)
delsoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
deltaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
deltatsine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
dihydroajaconine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
gigactonine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
takaosamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis).
mendy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of mehndi (“henna”).
esoteric programming language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: esoteric programming languages
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: esolang
glosses: A programming language with highly unconventional syntax or operation, designed as an experiment or as a joke rather than for the serious development of software.
esoteric programming languages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of esoteric programming language
water mower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water mowers
Senses: glosses: A machine designed to cut and harvest underwater plant life such as weeds and reeds.
water mowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water mower
WhatsApper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WhatsAppers
Etymology: From WhatsApp + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Emphasis on “tried.” The roughly 4,000-word tome fell under fire from countless WhatsAppers across the globe after the company told its users that they’ll be ejected from the platform unless they abide by these new terms.
ref: 2021 January 15, Shoshana Wodinsky, “This Was WhatsApp's Plan All Along”, in Gizmodo.com, G/O Media Inc., retrieved 15 Feb 2021:
glosses: A user of the WhatsApp instant messaging service.
WhatsAppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WhatsApper
horse manure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: nonsense; rubbish; bullshit
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see horse, manure.
Colored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of colored (“non-white, or mixed race”).
chemoton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemotons
Etymology: Short for chemical automaton; introduced by Hungarian theoretical biologist Tibor Gánti.
Senses: glosses: A fundamental unit of life; a computational abstraction of a protocell, having the properties of metabolism and self-replication and a bilipid membrane.
chemotons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemoton
snow well
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow wells
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tree well (“depression in the snow around the base of a tree”).
synonyms: word: tree well
extra: depression in the snow around the base of a tree
snow wells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snow well
Corinthian helmet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Corinthian helmets
Senses: glosses: A bronze helmet of Ancient Greek origin, covering the head and neck, with slits for the eyes and mouth.
Corinthian helmets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Corinthian helmet
tip shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tip shops
Senses: examples: text: Council's tip shops in Acacia Ridge and Geebung are treasure troves for everyone from budding home stylists to outdoor enthusiasts.
ref: 2021 February 1, Living in Brisbane, Brisbane, page 7:
glosses: A shop at a rubbish dump that sells items that have been salvaged from the rubbish.
tip shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tip shop
peanospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peanosphere
manga mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manga marks
Etymology: Compound of manga + mark. Compare Japanese 漫符(まんぷ) (manpu, “manga icon”).
Senses: examples: text: Cultural learning experiences are required to understanding manga''' marks. For example, adults of Botswana interpreted a sweat mark used in Western comics as blood, rain, and tears (Byram and Garforth, 1980).
ref: 2006, David Shwalb, Jun Nakazawa, Barbara J. Shwalb, Applied Developmental Psychology: Theory, Practice, and Research from Japan, page 29:
text: In a previous preliminary experiment, we determined facial expressions for the robot KOBIAN-R with manga marks. Those expressions included four manga marks as “Cross popping veins” for “Anger”, “Tear mark” for “Sadness”, “Vertical lines” for “Fear” and “Wrinkle” for “Disgust”.
ref: 2014, Tatsuhiro Kishi, Hajime Futaki, Gabriele Trovato, Nobutsuna Endo, A Robotic Head that Displays Japanese “Manga” Marks:
text: Nakazawa (2005b) asked the meaning of the twelve manga''' marks to a sample of kindergartners, first-, fourth-, sixth-, and eighth-graders. Understanding of manga''' marks progressed along with grade level (Figure 7.2)
ref: 2016, Jun Nakazawa, “Manga literacy and manga comprehension in Japanese children”, in Neil Cohn, editor, The Visual Narrative Reader, page 248:
text: The comprehensive techniques that composes manga is immature. But there is a very high expressiveness in some aspects, such as the creation of a face viewed from the front and the expression of expressions using manga marks.
ref: 2020, Kurobokuya, Kurobokuya manga lesson 4:
topics: anime
broadcasting
comics
film
literature
manga
media
publishing
television
qualifier: cartooning
glosses: A cartoon icon; a symbol used to indicate emotion, movement, etc. in a drawing; especially one used in or associated with Japanese-style manga.
politically correctly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more politically correctly
form: most politically correctly
Etymology: From politically correct + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […]whose practices are often on the agenda at parliamentary meetings within the European Union for what is politically correctly described as ‘non compliance’ when what is really meant is allowing all kinds of non-entities from all over the world to set up in Cyprus and do whatever they like[…]
ref: 2020 December 10, Andrew Saks, “Analysis: Why don't regulators care about conflicts of interest in FX?”, in FinanceFeeds, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2020:
glosses: in a politically correct way
Rodnover
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rodnover
form: most Rodnover
Etymology: A calque of Russian роднове́р (rodnovér) with the suffix -er, derived from Russian род (rod, “tribe, origin”) + Russian вера (vera, “faith”).
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to Rodnovery (Slavic Neopaganism).
Synonyms: word: Rodonoveran
Rodnover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rodnovers
Etymology: A calque of Russian роднове́р (rodnovér) with the suffix -er, derived from Russian род (rod, “tribe, origin”) + Russian вера (vera, “faith”).
Senses: glosses: A follower of Rodnovery (Slavic Neopaganism).
Related terms: Asatruar
Hellenist
Rodnovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rodnover
Goldman's dilemma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The question was posed to elite athletes by physician Robert M. Goldman.
Senses: glosses: The question of whether an athlete would choose to take a drug that would guarantee overwhelming success in sport, but cause them to die after five years.
Goldman rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Goldman roll
Daensist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Daensists
Etymology: From Daens + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of Daensism.
Daensists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Daensist
Daensism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Daens + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A sociopolitical movement initiated by the Flemish priest Adolf Daens (1839–1907) and inspired by the papal encyclical Rerum novarum of Pope Leo XIII; it led to the formation of the Christene Volkspartij political party.
politicalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of politicalization
oboluses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obolus
roll of arms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rolls of arms
Senses: glosses: Synonym of armorial (“collection of coats of arms”).
synonyms: word: armorial
extra: collection of coats of arms
rolls of arms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roll of arms
tryzubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tryzub
postdominator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postdominators
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A node that postdominates another.
postdominators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postdominator
postdominance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From post- + dominance.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The property of a node that postdominates another.
postdominant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + dominant.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: That postdominates.
postdominate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: postdominates
form: postdominating
form: postdominated
form: postdominated
Etymology: From post- + dominate.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A node z postdominates a node n if all paths to the exit node of the graph starting at n must go through z
Related terms: postdominance
postdominant
postdominator
postdominates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of postdominate
postdominating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of postdominate
postdominated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of postdominate
knezes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knez
knyazes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knyaz
chimney sweep's cancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chimney sweep's carcinoma.
synonyms: word: chimney sweep's carcinoma
chimney sweep's carcinoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: soot wart
ravennagrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ravenna grass.
archaeologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archaeology
software archaeology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The study of poorly documented or undocumented legacy software implementations, as part of maintaining those systems.
systems language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: systems languages
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A programming language used for systems programming.
systems languages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of systems language
informalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more informalistic
form: most informalistic
Senses: glosses: Taking an informal approach.
huniak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: huniaks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of honyock.
hunyok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hunyoks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of honyock.
hunyak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hunyaks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of honyock.
huniaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of huniak
hunyoks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hunyok
hunyaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hunyak
Speccie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Speccie
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Speccy (“The Spectator, a British current-affairs magazine”).
stick a fork in me, I'm done
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: A pun on the senses of done meaning "finished" and "fully cooked".
Senses: glosses: I have finished.
Related terms: stick a fork in something
churchie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: churchies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of churchy.
First War
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the First War
Senses: glosses: Synonym of First World War (“World War I”).
synonyms: word: First World War
extra: World War I
Second War
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Second War
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Second World War (“World War II”).
synonyms: word: Second World War
extra: World War II
Tunhwang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 敦煌 (Dūnhuáng).
Senses: examples: text: AFTER THE thirty days' crossing of the great desert the Polos were at last in the real China. The first city was Tunhwang, in the province of Kansu. This was a place where the caravan roads met and to which pilgrims came from far and wide. For near here were the "Caves of a Thousand Buddhas." The multitude of idols of wood, stone and clay, covered with gilt, some small, some very large, some lying full length, some standing, made a deep impression on Marco's Christian mind.
ref: 1953, Richard J. Wash, “The Real China”, in Adventures and Discoveries of Marco Polo, New York: Random House, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 39:
text: To insure transportation for the prospecting teams, two new highways were laid. One, about 540 miles long, traverses the northern edge of the Tsaidam from east to west. It links Kansen on the Tsinghai-Sinkiang road with Chaka on the Tsinghai-Tibet road west of lake Koko Nor. The other road traverses the basin from north to south, linking Tunhwang (Kansu Province) via Mahai with Golmo, road center on the southern edge of the Tsaidam.
ref: 1956, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of the Chinese People's Republic, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, page 268:
text: It was the sixth day in Tunhwang. The previous evening we had completed work at the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas in Tunhwang. Or—more correctly—we had worked there for as long as we had permits. When the sun set, the week was over and with it the permit. Most of the work was still unfinished.
ref: 1979, Jan Myrdal, translated by Ann Hening, The Silk Road: A Journey from the High Pamirs and Ili through Sinkiang and Kansu, New York: Pantheon Books, page 291:
text: The imitation stage has already been described, the drawing from life came when he spent two and a half years in the caves of Tunhwang during the Second World War, and the start of the development of his own style came when he was living in Brazil 30 years ago.
ref: 1983 April 10, “Chang Dai-chien leaves rich legacy of Chinese art”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XXIV, number 14, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 1:
english: Free China Weekly
translation: Free China Weekly
glosses: Dated form of Dunhuang.
ski whiff
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ski whiff
form: most ski whiff
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of skew-whiff.
skew-whift
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more skew-whift
form: most skew-whift
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of skew-whiff.
skew whift
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more skew whift
form: most skew whift
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of skew-whiff.
scew-whiff
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scew-whiff
form: most scew-whiff
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of skew-whiff.