cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
PwCer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PwCers
Etymology: From PwC + -er.
Senses: examples: text: PwC consultants enjoy company-paid club memberships and are paid much more handsomely than their equivalents at IBM. To bring the salaries of top PwC partners in line with IBM vice presidents, PwCers would have to take a 40 percent pay cut!
ref: 2005, “Organizational Environments and Cultures”, in Chuck Williams, Management, 3rd edition, Mason, OH: South-Western, →ISBN, page 62:
glosses: An employee or partner of PwC, an international professional services brand.
data journalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of data journalist
sizhu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A style of traditional Chinese instrumental music from the Jiangnan region of China.
PwCers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PwCer
fulminating gold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A highly explosive, light- and shock-sensitive, yellow to yellow-orange amorphous heterogeneous mixture of different polymeric compounds of predominantly gold (III), ammonia, and chlorine.
fulminating silvers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fulminating silver
PWCers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PWCer
toilet of the mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Oral hygiene.
red fuming nitric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: RFNA
glosses: A storable oxidizer used as a rocket propellant, consisting of 84% nitric acid, 13% dinitrogen tetroxide, and 1–2% water.
patriarchialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patriarchialisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of patriarchalism.
white fuming nitric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: WFNA
glosses: A substance very close to anhydrous nitric acid, sometimes specified as having a maximum of 2% water and a maximum of 0.5% dissolved nitrogen dioxide.
fun fur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fun furs
Senses: glosses: Brightly-coloured artificial fur, used for clothing etc.
fun furs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fun fur
amox/clav
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amox-clav
Etymology: Clipping of amoxicillin/clavulanate.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of co-amoxiclav.
synonyms: word: co-amoxiclav
amox-clav
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In a study where the investigators changed their reporting scheme from routinely reporting (listing) amoxicillin–clavulanate (amox–clav) in the susceptibility report to listing cephalexin, they reduced the prescription of amox–clav by 70%, with cephalexin use concomitantly increasing ninefold (McNulty et al., 2011).
ref: 2017, Christopher D. Doern, Carey-Ann D. Burnham, “Selective Reporting and Antimicrobial Stewardship”, in Kerry LaPlante, Cheston Cunha, Haley Morrill, Louis Rice, Eleftherios Mylonakis, editors, Antimicrobial Stewardship: Principles and Practice, Wallingford: CABI, →ISBN, page 113:
glosses: Alternative form of amox/clav.
Wiradjuris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Wiradjuri (“an indigenous people of Australia”).
synonyms: word: Wiradjuri
extra: an indigenous people of Australia
Wassermann test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wassermann tests
Etymology: Named after the bacteriologist August Paul von Wassermann
Senses: glosses: An antibody test for syphilis, based on complement fixation.
Related terms: Wassermann reaction
Wassermann tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wassermann test
dry bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dry bars
Senses: examples: text: Beer has accounted for most of the sales in the nonalcoholic category[…]. Nonalcoholic cocktails followed, with some of the nation’s foremost mixologist jumping on the bandwagon and “dry bars” popping up in night-life hot spots.
ref: 2023 March 24, Laura Reiley, “Could nonalcoholic wine be the toast of the town?”, in The Washington Post:
synonyms: sober bar
temperance bar
glosses: A bar that does not serve alcoholic beverages.
dry bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dry bar
full-proof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From full + proof (“measure of alcohol content”).
Senses: examples: text: This added freedom can be confusing for consumers and store designers: Where should these products go? Next to their full-proof cousins or over by the soda pop?
ref: 2023 March 24, Laura Reiley, “Could nonalcoholic wine be the toast of the town?”, in The Washington Post:
glosses: Containing the full amount of alcohol; not being a low-alcohol variant.
Related terms: zero-proof
zero-proof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zero + proof (“measure of alcohol content”).
Senses: examples: text: Making a good-tasting, zero-proof wine has been technically harder to pull off, and “there’s a fair amount of bias against nonalcoholic wines from wine purists,” said Dawn Maire, founder of nonalcoholic Starla Wines, which debuted in 2021.
ref: 2023 March 24, Laura Reiley, “Could nonalcoholic wine be the toast of the town?”, in The Washington Post:
glosses: Nonalcoholic, alcohol-free.
raw_tags: of a beverage
Related terms: full-proof
coupy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: William MEINARD, Lord MEINARD, Argent, a Cheveron Azure, between three sinister Hands erected coupy, at the Wrest Gules. This Family was ancient in England; the Heads of which served under Prince Edward, called the Black Prince[…]
ref: 1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 269:
text: [...] hee may bee Distinguished from the vulgar sort of people and thereupon haue assigned unto him this Coate and Creast ensewing, vidzt Argent three Torteuxes and a cheife Gules and for his Creast a horse head Coupy Argent mained[…]
ref: 1925, Willoughby Aston Littledale, A Collection of Miscellaneous Grants, Crests, Confirmations, Augmentations and Exemplifications of Arms in the Mss. Preserved in the British Museum, Ashmolean Library, Queen's College, Oxford, and Elsewhere, page 15:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Alternative form of coupé i.e. couped.
fung-hwang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fung-hwangs
Etymology: See fènghuáng.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fum (“fabulous Chinese bird”).
synonyms: word: fum
extra: fabulous Chinese bird
fung-hwangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fung-hwang
non-alc
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Once at the campsite, you can keep the party going with any of these genuinely good, zero-proof beers and spirits. Or, with some planning, you can batch up some of these non-alc cocktails in plastic bottles, then top them off with seltzer at the campsite as needed.
ref: 2019 July 17, Margot Boyer-Dry, Max Falkowitz, “Camping on Staten Island, an Outdoor Adventure Without Leaving N.Y.C.”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Clipping of non-alcoholic.
fungus garden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fungus gardens
Senses: glosses: A pile of leaf fragments prepared by leaf-cutter ants to cultivate the fungus with which they are symbiotic.
fungus gardens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fungus garden
paleoattines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleoattine
neoattines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neoattine
furthcoming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furthcomings
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In Scots law, an action initiated by a creditor in order to release funds owed by the debtor in a case of arrestment.
furthcomings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of furthcoming
fuzz tone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuzz tones
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fuzztone.
fuzz tones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuzz tone
multi-modal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multi-modal
form: most multi-modal
Senses: examples: text: As a first step, Mode Shift Revenue Support (MSRS) funding should be expanded, to ensure a higher take-up of unused freight paths in today's timetable and to help shape a sustainable path for multi-modal UK logistics.
ref: 2023 July 26, Jim Steer, “Where rail can win modal shift”, in RAIL, number 988, page 40:
glosses: Alternative spelling of multimodal.
fuzzy die
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuzzy dice
Senses: glosses: singular of fuzzy dice
fuzztail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuzztails
Etymology: From fuzz + tail.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of broomtail (“small, inferior horse”).
synonyms: word: broomtail
extra: small, inferior horse
fuzztails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuzztail
fwdd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of forwarded.
gal Friday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gal Fridays
form: gals Friday
Senses: glosses: Synonym of girl Friday (“a right-hand woman”).
synonyms: word: girl Friday
extra: a right-hand woman
girl Fridays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of girl Friday
gal Fridays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gal Friday
gals Friday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gal Friday
man Fridays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of man Friday
gallah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of galah (“type of cockatoo”).
gallahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gallah
galloping domino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galloping dominos
form: galloping dominoes
Etymology: In reference to the spots on both dominos and dice, and the fact that dice are tossed through the air.
Senses: topics: gambling
games
glosses: A die/dice.
galloping dominoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galloping domino
galloping dominos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galloping domino
non-alcoholics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-alcoholic
galsiekte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of gallsickness.
synonyms: word: gallsickness
game pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: game pads
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gamepad.
game pads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of game pad
garbleable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From garble + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be sifted or separated.
garlic salt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garlic salts
Senses: glosses: A mixture of dried ground garlic and table salt, used as a seasoning.
table salts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of table salt
garlic salts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garlic salt
ungarnishable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + garnishable.
Senses: glosses: Not garnishable.
dead time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead times
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of deadtime.
dead times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dead time
punk-rocky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more punk-rocky
form: most punk-rocky
Etymology: From punk rock + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Harvard's WHRB (FM 95.3) has everything from the punk-rocky “Record Hospital” at night to the country-ish “Hillbilly At Harvard” on Saturday mornings.
ref: 1998 January 24, “Boston: Vital Statistics (The Billboard Spotlight)”, in Billboard, volume 110, number 4, →ISSN, page 52:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: In the style of punk rock music.
wandering set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wandering sets
Senses: examples: text: Notice that a wandering set has empty intersection with the set of KAM tori […]
ref: 2019, Laurent Lazzarini, Jean-Pierre Marco, David Sauzin, Measure and Capacity of Wandering Domains in Gevrey Near-integrable Exact Symplectic Systems, page 19:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: In dynamical systems and ergodic theory, a formalization of a certain idea of movement and mixing.
Related terms: wandering domain
wandering point
wandering sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wandering set
postprocessings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postprocessing
nonwandering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + wandering.
Senses: examples: text: a nonwandering point
text: a nonwandering set
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Not wandering; not being a wandering set, wandering point, etc.
quasistability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quasi- + stability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being quasistable.
Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theorem
Etymology: Named after Andrey Kolmogorov, Jürgen Moser, and Vladimir Arnold.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: word: KAM
glosses: A result in dynamical systems about the persistence of quasiperiodic motions under small perturbations, partly resolving the small-divisor problem that arises in the perturbation theory of classical mechanics.
Gevrey class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gevrey classes
Etymology: Introduced by Maurice Gevrey.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The Gevrey classes on a domain #92;Omega#92;subseteq#92;Rⁿ are spaces of functions 'between' the space of analytic functions C#92;omega(#92;Omega) and the space of smooth (infinitely differentiable) functions C#92;infty(#92;Omega). They are used in control engineering for trajectory planning.
wikipedia: Maurice Gevrey
Gevrey classes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gevrey class
clàrsachs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clàrsach
original antigenic sin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See original sin.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: Hoskins effect
word: OAS
glosses: The propensity of the immune system to preferentially use immunological memory based on a previous infection when a second, slightly different version of the foreign pathogen is encountered, leaving the immune system "trapped" by the first response it has made to each antigen, and unable to mount potentially more effective responses during subsequent infections.
Hoskins effect
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Hoskins effect
Etymology: Named after T. W. Hoskins.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of original antigenic sin.
synonyms: word: original antigenic sin
Sławków
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: "It's a big freight move, across five countries, to a transhipment area at Slawkow, arriving a couple of days before New Year. That's where we did the big handover from EU gauge railway. It had to be lifted off onto broad gauge to get into Ukraine."
ref: 2023 May 17, Paul Clifton, “Building bridges to Ukraine...”, in RAIL, number 983, pages 32–33:
glosses: A town in Silesian Voivodeship, near Katowice, Poland.
Azara's dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Azara's dogs
Senses: glosses: Cerdocyon thous azarae, a subspecies of the crab-eating fox, found in Brazil.
self-driver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-drivers
Senses: glosses: A self-driving car.
self-drivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-driver
Bolley's green
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A green pigment made from copper sulfate and borax.
Catesby's lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Catesby's lilies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of leopard lily (“Lilium catesbaei”).
synonyms: word: leopard lily
extra: Lilium catesbaei
Catesby's lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Catesby's lily
Kutchin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kutchins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gwich'in.
Kutchin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gwich'in.
Kutchins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kutchin
Three Kings' Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Epiphany (“Christian day of celebration”).
synonyms: word: Epiphany
extra: Christian day of celebration
JBS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Johanson-Blizzard syndrome.
JBS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of John Birch Society, an American right-wing political advocacy group.
topics: Christianity
glosses: Initialism of Japan Bible Society.
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of Jewish Broadcasting Service, an American Jewish television network.
topics: media
publishing
glosses: Initialism of Journal of British Studies.
topics: media
publishing
glosses: Initialism of Journal of Burma Studies.
Djutongo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Saramaccan.
synonyms: word: Saramaccan
Jew-Tongo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Saramaccan.
synonyms: word: Saramaccan
Joe Doakes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of John Q. Public (“generic average individual”).
synonyms: word: John Q. Public
extra: generic average individual
Jolly balance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jolly balances
Etymology: Invented by the German physicist Philipp von Jolly in 1864.
Senses: glosses: An instrument for determining specific gravity by comparing how much an object stretches a spring when held in a pan hanging in the air to how much that same object stretches a spring when held in a pan underwater.
Jolly balances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jolly balance
Toybobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Toybob
gambler's ruin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: The fact that a gambler playing a game with negative expected value will eventually go broke, regardless of the betting system used.
ambiguity aversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
synonyms: uncertainty aversion
qualifier: decision theory
glosses: A preference for known risks over unknown risks: that is, favoring an option where the probability distribution of the outcomes is known over one where the probabilities are unknown.
Related terms: Ellsberg paradox
uncertainty aversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ambiguity aversion.
synonyms: word: ambiguity aversion
Sugeno integral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sugeno integrals
Etymology: Named after M. Sugeno, who wrote about them in a 1974 paper.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A type of integral with respect to a fuzzy measure.
Sugeno integrals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sugeno integral
Choquet integral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Choquet integrals
Etymology: Named after the French mathematician Gustave Choquet, who introduced them in 1953.
Senses: qualifier: statistical mechanics; potential theory; decision theory; statistical mechanics; potential theory; decision theory
glosses: A kind of subadditive or superadditive integral to measure the expected utility of an uncertain event.
Choquet integrals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Choquet integral
fuzzy measure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuzzy measures
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A kind of generalized measure in which the additive property is replaced by the weaker property of monotonicity.
fuzzy measures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuzzy measure
JHS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of junior high school.
glosses: Initialism of joint hypermobility syndrome.
hollow sprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hollow sprints
Etymology: From the sense of hollow suggesting a gap in the middle.
Senses: glosses: A form of physical exercise comprising two sprints with a period of walking or jogging between them.
hollow sprints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hollow sprint
Brzozowski derivative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brzozowski derivatives
Etymology: Named after the computer scientist Janusz Brzozowski, who investigated its properties.
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The set of all strings obtainable from a given set of strings by cutting off a prefix. For example, for the set { cat, cow, dog }, the Brzozowski derivative with respect to c is { at, ow }. They have applications in regular expressions.
Brzozowski derivatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brzozowski derivative
Stogumber
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district, and before that in West Somerset district (OS grid ref ST0937).
Nairobi fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nairobi flies
Senses: glosses: Either of the rove beetles Paederus eximius and Paederus sabaeus.
Nairobi flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nairobi fly
bang for one's buck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bang for the buck.
plus or minus
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: "[…] I'll be out to join you in ten minutes, plus or minus," said Sandra, smiling, as she got out.
ref: 2000, George W. Barclay, Murder on the Brazos, page 196:
synonyms: word: -ish
word: about
word: all but
word: almost
word: approaching
word: around
word: by and large
word: circa
word: close
word: close to
word: essentially
word: for all practical purposes
word: fornigh
word: give or take
word: imprecisely
word: just about
word: kind of
word: loosely
word: more or less
word: nearly
word: near
word: nearabout
word: nigh on
word: odd
word: or so
word: plus or minus
word: roundly
word: roughly
word: say
word: some
word: -some
word: sort of
word: thereabout
word: virtually
word: well-nigh
word: ±
glosses: Approximately; more or less.
Related terms: ±
breakfast potatoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of home fries.
synonyms: word: home fries
ten will get you twenty
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of five will get you ten (“I strongly believe”).
synonyms: word: five will get you ten
extra: I strongly believe
go slow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: go slows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of go-slow.
go slows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of go slow
baby gays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby gay
bingo bango
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: All the cook had to do was roll the dough into the desired size ball, sprinkle it with some cornstarch, drop it between the moving rollers, and bingo-bango, it came out the other side all flattened and ready to be trimmed to the desired shape.
ref: 2014, Chuck Allen Jr., Secrets of the Cannabis Industry, page 66:
glosses: Synonym of bish bash bosh (“indicating completion with efficiency”).
synonyms: word: bish bash bosh
extra: indicating completion with efficiency
never waste a crisis
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Exploit any possible opportunity that arises from difficult situations.
Related terms: crisitunity
Daylan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
death wobble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: death wobbles
form: speed wobble
Etymology: From the fact that this phenomenon increases the likelihood of a (deadly) accident to occur.
Senses: examples: text: I hit a pothole at high speed and my motorbike went straight into a death wobble.
glosses: Severe vibration and instability of a motor vehicle.
death wobbles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of death wobble
tall glass of water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tall glasses of water
Senses: examples: text: He was a tall glass of water standing 6 feet even, and 185 pounds all muscle.
ref: 2011, Red Angel, Is a Rotten Apple Still Sweet?, page 24:
glosses: Alternative form of long drink of water (“a tall person”).
tall glasses of water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tall glass of water
carrot dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carrot dogs
Senses: glosses: A cooked carrot in a bread roll with condiments, a kind of vegetarian hot dog.
carrot dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carrot dog
goldenware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From golden + -ware.
Senses: examples: text: “[…] This wine, my boy, is two thousand years old.” “Two thousand years old! Where did you find it?” “I found it in the ruin of Masada, some miles down the coast; I found there, at the same time, about two hundred thousand dollars in goldenware, which I have now up at the convent.
ref: 1882, Will S[emple] Green, “Howard Dudley”, in Sacrifice; or, The Living Dead, Colusa, Calif.: Addington & Green, page 192:
text: As true energy becomes scarce, and more people try to convert gold to meet basic needs, its price may fall back to reflect its ordinary value as a product useful in jewelry, goldenware, and industry.
ref: 1981, Howard T[homas] Odum, Elisabeth C. Odum, “International Flows of Energy”, in Energy Basis for Man and Nature, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, →ISBN, part two (Energy Systems Support Humanity), page 216:
text: He stared at the goldenware and the plates heaped with excellent food.
ref: 1988, Greg Bear, “Sleepside Story”, in Tangents, Warner Books, published 1989, →ISBN, page 73:
glosses: Synonym of goldware.
synonyms: word: goldware
Polynesian tree snails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Polynesian tree snail
partula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partulas
Senses: glosses: Any of the Polynesian tree snails of the genus Partula, family Partulidae.
partulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of partula
sausager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sausagers
Etymology: From sausage + -er.
Senses: examples: text: This cow should be retained as long as she profitably pays her keep, then sold as a "sausager" for what she will bring; for we hold that no man ever fattened an old dairy cow to a profit.
ref: 1888, American Agriculturist, volume 47, page 375:
text: Pigs destined for the processed products market usually have a carcase mass of 65 kg and higher (usually larger baconers, heavy baconers and sausagers).
ref: 2007, Agrekon, volumes 46-47, page 216:
coordinate_terms: baconer
porker
glosses: A pig or other animal raised to produce meat for sausages.
sausagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sausager
bathware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bath + -ware.
Senses: examples: text: Between the years 1860 and 1880 perfume bottles, lamps, toilet sets, and bathware made of white opaque glass were decorated with gold and mineral paints.
ref: 1927, Lurelle Van Arsdale Guild, The Geography of American Antiques, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page and Company, page 193:
text: Here are the three finest things to be had ~ a group supremé, in bathware. Sold everywhere in the United States ~ used ensemblé. They are in perfect harmony. Lanchère Blue Rose Bath Crystals dissolve quickly and at the same time release their fragrance.
ref: 1927 September 15, “For the bath”, in Vogue, Greenwich, Conn.: The Condé Nast Publications, Inc., page 189:
text: Top-notch ceramics, rug and bathware stores are found in and around the Arasta Bazaar.
ref: 2015, Virginia Maxwell, Istanbul, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 40, column 2:
text: This decades-old company carefully crafts authentic reproductions of Victorian-era bathware, including a huge range of cast-iron tubs and faucets, hand showers, and tubfills.
ref: 2016, Domino: Your Guide to a Stylish Home: Discovering Your Personal Style and Creatiang a Space You Love, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 256, column 4:
text: But in recent years, among them have sprung up all sorts of trendy little shops selling specialty items, like bathware crafted from bicycle parts, or everything you might need to be in a cowboy movie. As I finger a bicycle chain toothbrush holder, then a set of spurs, my optimism begins to wane, and I wonder if will have to resort to chocolates after all.
ref: 2017, Julie Roorda, A Thousand Consolations: A Novel, Brindle & Glass, →ISBN, page 133:
text: From the kitchen window, I can see the old cast-iron tub he used to bathe in outside, an inconceivable prospect to someone like me who, until three weeks ago, regarded underfloor heating and a steaming shower head as standard-issue bathware.
ref: 2017, Annalena McAfee, Hame: The Fascaray Archives, London: Harvill Secker, →ISBN, pages 92–93:
glosses: Furniture and items used for bathing, such as tubs, faucets, and soap.
confoozled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more confoozled
form: most confoozled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of confuzzled.
tractor pull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tractor pulls
Senses: examples: text: “A lot of boys like to tinker with tractors and show off how strong they are at a tractor pull[,]” [Kirby] pointed to the heavy weights being pulled down the field in preparation of the next contestant.
ref: 2019, Martin Ramsey, The Possum Principles, Narrow Gate House, →ISBN, page 134:
glosses: A motorsport competition in which antique or modified tractors pull a heavy drag or sled along a track, the winner being the tractor that manages the greatest distance.
tractor pulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tractor pull
bathwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bath + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: For the dedicated couple, there are match-mate sets of casual clothing ranging from terry cloth bathwear to warm-up shirts.
ref: 1978, Peter Davison, Rolf Meyersohn, Edward Shils, editors, Literary Taste, Culture and Mass Communication, volume 9 (Uses of Literacy; Media), Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey; Teaneck, N.J.: Somerset House, →ISBN, page 9/231:
text: My father driving me to school in a bathrobe, like bathwear has suddenly come into fashion or something, that’s bizarre.
ref: 2006, Olivia Birdsall, Notes on a Near-Life Experience, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 107:
text: “I took him shopping,” Val said. “For bathwear?” he said, nodding toward Bobby who was still wrapped in a towel. “No, of course not for bathwear.” “But you have an interest in bathing my son?”
ref: 2015, David Whitehouse, Mobile Library, Scribner, →ISBN, page 88:
glosses: Clothing to be worn after bathing.
seal bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seal bombs
Senses: glosses: An incendiary device used to keep seals and other mammals away from the site of fishing.
seal bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seal bomb
phone tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phone trees
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: An interactive hierarchical menu of choices on an automated telephone system, navigated by the caller typically by entering or speaking digits, etc.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Synonym of call tree.
synonyms: word: call tree
Related terms: word: phone call
word: phone number
sense: menu
english: interactive voice response
translation: interactive voice response
word: IVR
phone trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phone tree
last hired, first fired
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: The most recently hired employees in a business are likely to be the first to be sacked if the business needs to downsize.
Related terms: last in first out
Jew York Times
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Jew York Times
Etymology: Blend of Jew + New York Times.
Senses: glosses: The New York Times (US newspaper) (suggesting a Jewish bias).
Related terms: New Orc Times
G1
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of Generation One, the first generation of characters, fictional history, etc. Used for several different entertainment franchises.
Related terms: sense: generation
word: G2
sense: generation
word: G3
sense: generation
word: G4
sense: generation
word: G5
word: g1
word: G1 phase
word: gI
word: Gi
word: GI
word: gi
word: gl
word: Gl
word: GL
word: gL
Chicago screw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chicago screws
Etymology: Among people interested in leatherwork, widely said to be named for the former Chicago Screw Company because it popularized (and perhaps even invented) this type of fastener in the 1870s.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sex bolt.
synonyms: word: sex bolt
Chicago screws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chicago screw
Twin Tiers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Those counties that lie on the New York-Pennsylvania border on either side of the 42nd parallel north.
nothomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nothomorphs
Senses: examples: text: A nothomorph is any taxon of hybrid origin, whether F1, segregate, or backcross.
ref: 1956, Regnum Vegetabile, volume 8, page 31:
text: Since F. cuneifolia is supposed to be of the same hybrid origin as F. xananassa, it has to be put under that name as a nothomorph.
ref: 1962, Canadian Journal of Botany, page 885:
text: They may be named under the Botanical Code (prior to 1982 they would have been referred to as nothomorphs or bastard forms) and also under the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants as 'cultivars' […]
ref: 2008, D. Gledhill, The Names of Plants, page 23:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A subordinate rank within a nothospecies.
nothomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nothomorph
neurostabilizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurostabilizers
Etymology: From neuro- + stabilize + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Antiepileptic Drugs / The utility of anticonvulsants in migraine prophylaxis was discovered because both epilepsy and migraine are episodic disorders of the central nervous system that are often comorbid and share certain symptoms. However, when used for migraine prophylaxis, these agents may be more properly described as neurostabilizers.
ref: 2005, Andrew Blumenfeld, “Clinical approaches to migraine prophylaxis”, in Am J Manag Care, volume 11, numbers 2 suppl (New Approaches for the Management and Treatment of Migraine), →PMID, retrieved 20 May 2023, page S55-S61:
text: Recent studies have demonstrated that some neurostabilizers (i.e. antiepileptics) are effective monotherapies for migraine prevention. Topiramate (TPM), a neuromodulatory compound with stabilizing properties, has been demonstrated in several large, randomized, placebo-controlled trials to be an effective and generally well-tolerated migraine preventive therapy and is approved in the UK and many other countries for migraine prevention.
ref: 2006, JS Brown, G Papadopoulos, PJ Neumann, et al., “Cost-effectiveness of migraine prevention: the case of topiramate in the UK”, in Cephalalgia, volume 26, number 12, →DOI, →PMID, pages 1473–1482:
text: Although divalproex and topiramate are anticonvulsants, they are more properly termed neurostabilizers when used for migraine prophylaxis.
ref: 2008, Richard G. Wenzel, “Migraine-preventive medications: ensuring their appropriate use”, in J Am Pharm Assoc, volume 48, number 5, →DOI, →PMID, page e107-e120:
topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: neuromodulator
neurotransmitter
glosses: A substance that helps to stabilize the neural or neurological function of the nervous system; especially, an antiepileptic medication.
neurostabilizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurostabilizer
superhierarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superhierarchies
Etymology: From super- + hierarchy.
Senses: examples: text: What happens to Australian wool or Bolivian tin has profound and immediate repercussions in New York, London, and Des Moines. The world is becoming more and more a galaxy of economic superhierarchies which coordinate local subhierarchies.
ref: 1953, John M. Pfiffner, Public Administration, The Ronald Press Company, page 402:
text: Now, Ben says there is a need to develop a superhierarchy of good management.
ref: 1965, Simulation, Volume 5, SAGE Publications, page 74:
text: Thus, when several bureaucracies coexist (governmental, academic, ecclesiastic) in the absence of a superhierarchy to coordinate their interactions, the whole set of institutions will tend to form a meshwork of hierarchies, articulated mostly through local and temporary links.
ref: 1998, The Virtual Dimension: Architecture, Representation, and Crash Culture, Princeton Architectural Press, →ISBN, page 280:
glosses: A higher or superior hierarchy.
Related terms: subhierarchy
superhierarchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superhierarchy
superhierarchical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a superhierarchy.
honor box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honor boxes
form: honour box
Senses: examples: text: The mine tour, at 345 krona (about $42), was not for the faint of wallet — or the claustrophobic — but the museum visit was a bargain: 20 kronor, which lunchtime visitors could leave in a wooden honor box.
ref: 2016 May 29, Susan Keith, John Oudens, “6 European Countries, 9 Days, 0 Planes”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2022:
glosses: Synonym of honesty box.
synonyms: word: honesty box
honor boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honor box
honour box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honour boxes
Senses: glosses: Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of honor box.
honour boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honour box
honor jar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honor jars
form: honour jar
Senses: examples: text: She put a dollar in the honor jar by the coffeemaker and held up her to-go cup.
ref: 2014, Sherryl Woods, Dogwood Hill, Thorndike, M.E.: Center Point Large Print, published 2015, →ISBN, page 139:
glosses: Synonym of honesty jar.
synonyms: word: honesty jar
Related terms: honor box
honor jars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honor jar
honour jar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honour jars
Senses: glosses: Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of honor jar.
honour jars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honour jar
honesty bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honesty bars
Senses: examples: text: The ground floor is made up of common rooms including Spectre, an honesty bar with silver gilded walls and tiles of salvaged golden onyx.
ref: 2023 April 19, Gisela Williams, “A Mexican Boutique With Penguin Saltshakers and Nopal Coin Purses”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 May 2023:
synonyms: honor bar
glosses: An unattended beverage bar, often found in a hotel, relying on the honor system.
honor bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honor bars
form: honour bar
Senses: examples: text: Sitting at a desk, he took his medications with a bottle of beer from the honor bar.
ref: 2008, Dean Koontz, Your Heart Belongs to Me, New York, N.Y.: Random House Large Print, →ISBN, page 368:
glosses: Synonym of honesty bar.
synonyms: word: honesty bar
honor bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honor bar
honesty bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honesty bar
honour bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honour bars
Senses: glosses: Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of honor bar.
honour bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honour bar
honesty jar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honesty jars
Senses: examples: text: Box stalls filled with fresh produce, known as "hedge veg", can be found on hedgerows, with an honesty jar alongside.
ref: 2017 September 15, Kari Herbert, “Guernsey goes gastro: a food adventure in the Channel Islands”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2022:
synonyms: honor jar
glosses: An unattended jar for cash payments (for e.g. car parking or home-grown produce), relying on the honor system.
Related terms: honesty box
honesty jars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honesty jar
utensilware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From utensil + -ware.
Senses: examples: text: The afternoon brought the spud contests, racing, freak events—always a big event in the lives of little men, and when later the ladies stepped into th^([sic]) limelight and demonstrated how they could heave the stove utensilware and “slamb” the nails into tough timber, is was not for anyone but a hawk to see how they did it.
ref: 1930 April 18, “Max P. T. A. Field Day”, in The Benkelman Post and News-Chronicle, volume 36, number 50, Benkelman, Neb., page 10, column 1:
text: Aluminumware / A famous name in utensil-ware—now at a drastic redution.
ref: 1941 January 5, Chicago Sunday Tribune, part 3— D:
text: The highest modal concentrations in a 10-cent range were 78.5 per cent in seamless hosiery, 70.6 per cent in enameled utensilware and 66.7 per cent in radio manufacturing.
ref: 1944 February, W. Rupert Maclaurin, “Wages and Profits in the Paper Industry, 1929–1939”, in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, volume LVIII, number 2, →DOI, page 215:
text: A new line of kitchen utensil[-]ware featuring both copper and stainless steel will be brought out on the eastern market in mid-September.
ref: 1954 July 21, “Metal Kitchenware ‘On the Square’”, in The State Journal, Lansing, Mich., page 51:
text: Stainless steel is now recognized by countless homemakers as ideal for service, both in utensilware and flatware.
ref: 1955 March 8, “Stainless Steel Ideal”, in Winston-Salem Journal, 58th year, number 291, Winston-Salem, N.C., page [10], column 4:
text: A combination meeting and utensilware party will be held by members of the Ogden Kappa Delta Alumnae Assn. at the home of Mrs. Robert V. Glasmann, 1270 33rd, on Wednesday, at 8 p.m.
ref: 1958 March 2, “Kappa Deltas Hold Meeting”, in Ogden Standard-Examiner, 87th year, number 47, Ogden, Ut., page 2C, column 8:
text: Then in comes a salesman yesterday offering Austrian aluminum cooking utensilware in unlimited quantity.
ref: 1962 May 17, William C. Kassebaum, “Teen-Ager Learns About Financing”, in The Indianapolis News, page 58:
text: Likewise, single service dish or utensilware if used once, cannot be re-used. They must be discarded.
ref: 1991 August, Marvin E. Winston, “Food Service Sanitation Guidelines to Avoid Food Poisoning Outbreaks”, in Dairy, Food and Environmental Sanitation, page 430, column 2:
text: Duties include maintaining proper utensil[-]ware levels throughout the kitchen; […]
ref: 2000 October 26, “Chief Steward”, in Intelligencer Journal, 207th year, number 113, Lancaster, Pa., classified section, page 13, column 3:
text: Wisconsin entrepreneurs bought aluminum from Alcoa and made cookware, which by 1919 was close to becoming the most preferred cookware and utensilware.
ref: 2004, Shiela Reaves, Wisconsin: Land of Change: An Illustrated History, Sun Valley, Calif.: American Historical Press, →ISBN, page 154:
glosses: Utensils collectively.
Synonyms: utensilry
stab-in-the-back myth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of German Dolchstoßlegende.
Senses: glosses: The Dolchstoßlegende: a widespread historical conspiracy theory in right-wing circles in Germany after 1918, claiming that Germany did not lose World War I militarily and capitulated needlessly after having been betrayed by civilian leaders (especially Communists).
stab-in-the-back myth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stab-in-the-back myths
Etymology: Calque of German Dolchstoßlegende.
Senses: examples: text: Aside from the Cantonese stab-in-the-back myth mentioned earlier, the most up-to-date and authoritative Chinese sources of information on Western affairs then available reinforced arguments in favor of jōi.
ref: 2004, Joshua A. Fogel, Late Qing China and Meiji Japan: Political & Cultural Aspects, Signature Books, page 10:
text: That is the process we are witnessing now: the steady nurturing of a stab-in-the-back myth for Brexit. History suggests that this hunt for the wielder of the treacherous dagger will only get nastier.
ref: 2023 May 19, Jonathan Freedland, “They’re openly saying it: Brexit has failed. But what comes next may be very dark indeed”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Any denialist myth misattributing failure to internal betrayal.
gravitational-wave
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Attributive form of gravitational wave.
gravitational-wave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gravitational-waves
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gravitational wave.
disambulatories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disambulatory
stab-in-the-back myths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stab-in-the-back myth
aluminumware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aluminiumware
Etymology: From aluminum + -ware.
Senses: examples: text: Gates Hardware Co. / Builders’ Hardware, Stoves and Tinware, Graniteware, Aluminumware, Wood Fiber Goods.
ref: 1895 March 24, Springfield Daily Republican, volume III, Springfield, Mo., page 4:
text: While enameled ware maintained popularity for many years (well into the 1930s), aluminumware and glass oven-to-table Pyrex cookware were also being used before 1920.
ref: 1995, Ellen M. Plante, The American Kitchen 1700 to the Present: From Hearth to Highrise, Facts On File, Inc., →ISBN, page 178:
text: Centerpieces consisted of a bouquet of paper strips stuck into a glass, which served as napkins; the aluminumware was lighter than plastic.
ref: 1998, Margaret Winchell, Armed with Patience: Daily Life in Post-Soviet Russia, Hermitage Publishers, →ISBN, page 54:
text: I entered the Great Hall. It wasn’t so great, just a big, noisy room filled with the clinking of aluminumware on cheap food service dishes.
ref: 2010, Larry Enright, Four Years from Home, →ISBN, page 212:
glosses: Articles made from aluminum.