cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
descend into the arena
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: descends into the arena
form: descending into the arena
form: descended into the arena
form: descended into the arena
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In relation to a judge in an adversarial system, to excessively interfere with debates between the parties.
done did
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: I done did it!
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Used to form the cessative past tense.
SELENOT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELT
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein T.
SELENOS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELS
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein S.
SELS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELENOS
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein S.
SELENON
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELN
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein N.
optic yellow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: optic yellows
Senses: glosses: A greenish-yellow color similar to a very bright chartreuse; the standard color for tennis balls in televised matches.
optic yellow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a bright greenish-yellow color.
optic yellows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of optic yellow
Hiranyakashipu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit हिरण्यकशिपु (hiraṇyakaśipu).
Senses: glosses: Hiranyakashipu, son of Kashyapa and Diti, father of Prahlada, slain by the Narasimha avatar of Vishnu.
Satya Yuga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Satya Yugas
form: Satyayuga
form: Satya-Yuga
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit सत्य युग (satya yuga).
Senses: glosses: The first and best of four stages of development that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas; it lasts for 1,728,000 years.
Related terms: Dvapara Yuga
Kali Yuga
Treta Yuga
SELN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELENON
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein N.
SELENOP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELP
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein P.
SELP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELENOP
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein P.
MNLA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Malayan National Liberation Army.
SELENOO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELO
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein O.
NKCP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Malaysian politics
glosses: Initialism of North Kalimantan Communist Party.
O'Toole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Irish surname.
SELO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELENOO
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein O.
crank off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cranks off
form: cranking off
form: cranked off
form: cranked off
Senses: glosses: To shoot a gun (usually multiple times).
SELENOF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein F.
SELENOH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELH
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein H.
SELH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELENOH
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein H.
SELENOI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELI
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein I.
SELI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELENOI
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein I.
SELENOK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELK
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein K.
SELK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELENOK
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein K.
SELENOM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELM
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein M.
SELM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELENOM
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein M.
SELENOV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELV
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein V.
SELV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELENOV
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein V.
SELENOW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELW
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein W.
adulatorious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more adulatorious
form: most adulatorious
Etymology: From Latin adūlātōrius.
Senses: glosses: Adulatory, flattering.
SELW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: SELENOW
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein W.
SELZ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein Z.
SELENOY
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein Y.
SELENOR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein R.
Charlwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place name:
A hamlet in Forest Row parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3934).
glosses: A place name:
A hamlet mostly in Ropley parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6731).
glosses: A place name:
A village and civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2441).
glosses: A place name:
A rural locality in Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A surname.
Scenic Rim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Scenic Rim
Senses: glosses: A group of forested mountain ranges in south-east Queensland and north-east New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A local government area (Scenic Rim Region) in south-east Queensland, bordering onto New South Wales.
Asian wild horse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Asian wild horses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Przewalski's horse.
synonyms: word: Przewalski's horse
Dzungarian horse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dzungarian horses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Przewalski's horse.
synonyms: word: Przewalski's horse
Mongolian wild horse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mongolian wild horses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Przewalski's horse.
synonyms: word: Przewalski's horse
Prejevalsky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Przewalski
form: Przhevalski
form: Przhevalsky
form: Prjevalsky
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish
Prjevalsky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Przewalski
form: Przhevalski
form: Przhevalsky
form: Prejevalsky
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish
Przhevalski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Przewalski
form: Przhevalsky
form: Prjevalsky
form: Prejevalsky
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish
Przhevalsky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Przewalski
form: Przhevalski
form: Prjevalsky
form: Prejevalsky
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish
active-duty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Of a person on active duty; performing military duties on a full-time basis.
Przewalski's gazelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Przewalski's gazelles
Senses: glosses: A gazelle, Procapra przewalskii, that is a member of the family Bovidae, and in the wild, is found only in China.
Przewalski's gazelles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Przewalski's gazelle
human kind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: human kinds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of humankind.
human behavior
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: human behaviors
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: The potential and expressed capacity of human individuals or groups to respond to internal and external stimuli throughout their life.
human behaviors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of human behavior
animangas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of animanga
human botfly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: human botflies
Senses: glosses: Dermatobia hominis, a species of botfly whose larvae parasitize humans, in addition to a wide range of other animals, including other primates.
human botflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of human botfly
human kinds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of human kind
sardonicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sardonicities
Etymology: From sardonic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being sardonic; sardonic affect; sardonicism
advention
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ədˈvɛn.ʃən/
rhymes: -ɛnʃən
Forms: form: adventions
Etymology: From Medieval Latin advention (“addition”), ultimately from Latin adveniō (“to arrive”).
Senses: examples: text: Fourthly, we will note, that ſomtimes ſome Bodies conceive a burning without the advention of another fire, only by their own effervency, and by the inteſtine motion of the implanted Particles, and of their own accord are reduced into Aſhes ; […]
ref: 1674, Thomas Willis, “Of the Nature of Fire: and by the way of Heat, and Light” (chapter X), in The Remaining Medical Works of That Famous and Renowned Physician Dr Thomas Willis, London: […] T. Dring; C. Harper; F. Leigh; S. Martyn, page 36:
text: But the reaſon of that conſequence is, ſay they, becauſe mixts have thoſe qualities as they contain the Elements, either formally , as ſome aſſert, or virtually and eminently, as others, which in mixts are reduced into act, by the advention of the form of the mixt; […]
ref: 1700, Henning Michael Herwig, “The Apendix”, in The Art of Curing Sympathetically or Magnetically, […] , London, page 107:
text: As likewiſe by Fulguration, and the ſad Light of her infernal Fires, which was another token of her Coming. Yet the Poets make the unuſual and ſudden Splendor of Flames to be a general Signal of the Advention of any of the Deities as well as of her.
ref: 1702, Seneca the Younger, “Madea”, in Edward Sherburne, transl., The Tragedies of L. Annæus Seneca the Philosopher, London: […] S. Smith and B. Walford, page 85:
glosses: An external addition.
adventions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of advention
Asian wild horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Asian wild horse
Dzungarian horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dzungarian horse
Mongolian wild horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mongolian wild horse
Prejevalsky's horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Prejevalsky's horse
Prjevalsky's horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Prjevalsky's horse
Przhevalsky's horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Przhevalsky's horse
Przhevalski's horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Przhevalski's horse
adventious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ədˈvɛn.ʃəs/
rhymes: -ɛnʃəs
Forms: form: more adventious
form: most adventious
Etymology: From advention + -ous.
Senses: glosses: adventitious.
adventiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more adventiously
form: most adventiously
Etymology: From adventious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an adventitious manner; adventitiously.
wobble base pair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wobble base pairs
Senses: qualifier: molecular genetics
glosses: A pairing between two nucleotides in RNA molecules that does not follow Watson-Crick base pair rules.
wobble base pairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wobble base pair
undocumented alien
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undocumented aliens
Senses: glosses: Synonym of illegal alien.
synonyms: word: illegal alien
unlawful non-citizen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unlawful non-citizens
Senses: glosses: Synonym of illegal alien.
synonyms: word: illegal alien
undocumented aliens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undocumented alien
unlawful non-citizens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unlawful non-citizen
animal sanctuary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: animal sanctuaries
Senses: glosses: A facility where animals are brought to live and to be protected for the remainder of their lives.
privileged sanctuaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of privileged sanctuary
caesium azide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caesium azides
form: cesium azide
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound of caesium and nitrogen
caesium azides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caesium azide
cesium azide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cesium azides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of caesium azide.
animal sanctuaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of animal sanctuary
cesium azides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cesium azide.
dev-null
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of /dev/null.
sour shchi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Shchi with the cabbage substituted with sauerkraut.
zygomaticomandibulares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zygomaticomandibularis
bot-fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bot-flies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of botfly.
bot-flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bot-fly
INSDC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration.
spiking neural network
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spiking neural networks
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An artificial neural network that more closely mimics a natural neural networks.
spiking neural networks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spiking neural network
window sitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: window sitters
Senses: glosses: An employee who is given a desk job with no real responsibilities, often by a window, to make them feel excluded and encourage them to quit voluntarily.
crack off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cracks off
form: cracking off
form: cracked off
form: cracked off
Senses: examples: text: She entered the room and cracked a shot off.
glosses: To shoot a gun.
examples: text: He was cracking off about that hat.
glosses: To tell a joke; to be witty.
Related terms: crack one off
toupie Hollandaise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A game in which a spinning top is placed on a table to bounce around off barriers; points are scored when the top knocks over pins placed on the table.
-biote
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of -biont.
crash in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crashes in
form: crashing in
form: crashed in
form: crashed in
Senses: examples: text: The dancing was winding down when she crashed in.
glosses: To appear uninvited at a party or other event.
examples: text: A road that runs due west from Dale passes the village church and Dale Castle, and a footpath continues to Westdale Bay, a sandy beach used by surfers when the westerlies send great rollers crashing in from the Atlantic.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 141:
glosses: To come in with a crashing sound.
non-canonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: noncanonic
Senses: glosses: Synonym of noncanonical.
synonyms: word: noncanonical
noncanonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Uncommon spelling of non-canonic.
boy off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: boys off
form: boying off
form: boyed off
form: boyed off
Senses: glosses: To verbally abuse or cuss out (a man); to mug off, demean or insult the masculinity of a man.
Crip out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Crips out
form: Cripping out
form: Cripped out
form: Cripped out
Senses: glosses: To don blue to signal membership in the Crips gang; to decorate or otherwise indicate (someone or something) is part of the Crips.
goddexxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goddexx
crock off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crocks off
form: crocking off
form: crocked off
form: crocked off
Senses: examples: text: The green sheen on the surface is because of that painted box crocking off.
glosses: To give off color pigments from mechanical action (e.g. rubbing)
glosses: To die.
crock up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crocks up
form: crocking up
form: crocked up
form: crocked up
Senses: glosses: To collapse or break down from either physical or psychological problems; to die.
mechutan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: Ashkenazi
ipa: /məˈxʊtn̩/
Forms: form: mechutanim
form: mechuten
form: mekhutn
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew מְחֻתָּן.
Senses: examples: text: My father has a story of a Jewish colleague who was probably Reform. His daughter married an Israeli boy. At the wedding party which must have been in London the father asked his new Israeli mechutan if he would like to bentsch. Clearly he hadn't cleared this with him beforehand as it turned out he didn't know how to.
ref: 2004 October 18, Nick, “Re: Jewish Believers and others”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):
glosses: A co-father-in-law.
mesader kiddushin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesadrei kiddushin
Senses: examples: text: Another potential reason for leniency is the basic requirement of weddings that the ring must belong to the chatan (Shulchan Aruch E.H. 28). In fact, mesadrei kiddushin verify with the chatan that he owns the ring and did not simply borrow it. If the chatan forgot to bring the wedding ring, the mesader kiddushin will ensure that the "lender" of a replacement ring transfers the title of the ring to the chatan with proper kinyanim (halachic mechanisms of conveyance).
ref: 2008, Chaim Jachter, Ezra Fraser, Gray Matter: Volume 3, Ian Richmond, →ISBN, page 116:
glosses: A rabbi who officiates a wedding.
cuff up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cuffs up
form: cuffing up
form: cuffed up
form: cuffed up
Senses: glosses: To handcuff (someone).
glosses: To cuff (something) (to furnish with cuffs).
glosses: To suspend (someone) and bind their hands above their head, as punishment.
curl one off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: curls one off
form: curling one off
form: curled one off
form: curled one off
Senses: glosses: To defecate.
pozphobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pozphobes
Etymology: From poz + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: Quite the opposite: Sterling seems completely indifferent to who his girlfriend sleeps with when she's not with him—white dudes, black dudes, blue dudes, HIV+ dudes. (Johnson is HIV+, of course, so Sterling can't be faulted for being a pozphobe.)
ref: 2014 April 29, Dan Savage, “SL Letter of the Day: Donald Sterling—Racism-Frosted Cuckold Fetishist?”, in The Stranger:
glosses: One who exhibits pozphobia; one who is prejudiced towards HIV positive people.
pozphobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pozphobe
cut it up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cuts it up
form: cutting it up
form: cut it up
form: cut it up
Senses: glosses: To have a good time at a party, especially by dancing.
Related terms: word: cut a rug
word: cut the rug
word: cutup
english: a good-time Charlie
translation: a good-time Charlie
word: cut-up
cut under
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cuts under
form: cutting under
form: cut under
form: cut under
Senses: examples: text: You managed to cut under his prices?
glosses: To undersell or undercut; to offer a product at a lower price than someone else.
cut round
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cuts round
form: cutting round
form: cut round
form: cut round
Senses: examples: text: She's cutting round in front of all of them.
glosses: To show off; to be performative.
dag out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dags out
form: dagging out
form: dagged out
form: dagged out
Senses: glosses: To be lazy.
glosses: To dag sheep (to shear the hindquarters of a sheep in order to remove dags or prevent their formation).
leave someone at the altar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leaves someone at the altar
form: leaving someone at the altar
form: left someone at the altar
form: left someone at the altar
Senses: glosses: To abandon a prospective spouse by deciding not to get married at the last minute.
Related terms: lead someone to the altar
leaves at the altar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of leave at the altar
leaving at the altar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of leave at the altar
left at the altar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of leave at the altar
ages like fine wine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of age like fine wine
aging like fine wine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of age like fine wine
ageing like fine wine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of age like fine wine
aged like fine wine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of age like fine wine
title paramount
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: titles paramount
Senses: examples: text: [T]he parties, in making the partition, were perfectly competent, and had full power to provide by the terms of their agreement against future losses by titles paramount or prior incumbrances; […]
ref: 1836 June, Frederick Watts, “Weiser against Weiser”, in Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, volume V (May to October 1836), Philadelphia, Pa.: James Kay, Jun. & Brother, […]; Pittsburgh, Pa.: John I[bbotsen] Kay & Co., published 1837, page 282:
glosses: Alternative form of paramount title.
undecuplets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undecuplet
dysnomias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dysnomia
RBLF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: TDDB
glosses: Initialism of Royal Brunei Land Force.
RBPF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
synonyms: PDB
glosses: Initialism of Royal Brunei Police Force.
thionations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thionation
thermoformers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermoformer
thermoinitiators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermoinitiator
smoothed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of smooth up
smooths up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smooth up
smoothing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of smooth up
rattled about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rattle about
rattles about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rattle about
rattling about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rattle about
hitting up against
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hit up against
hits up against
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hit up against
pressed down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of press down
presses down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of press down
pressing down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of press down
logged into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of log into
logs into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of log into
logging into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of log into
Easington Village
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish which includes the village of Easington, County Durham, England.
Related terms: english: civil parish and village
translation: civil parish and village
word: Easington Colliery
KAF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Kenya Air Force
dysnomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dysnomia + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: However, little research has explored whether naming tests of different semantic categories would be useful in differentiating language-disordered from non-language-disordered learning-disabled children. It is this lack of data on the naming performance of dysnomic children on tests of varying semantic categories that prompted this investigation.
ref: 1985 September, Diane J. German, “The use of specific semantic word categories in the diagnosis of dysnomic learning-disabled children”, in British Journal of Disorders of Communication, volume 20, number 2, →DOI, page 146:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to or affected by dysnomia.
dysnomic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysnomics
Etymology: From dysnomia + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: One possible as yet empirically unexplored but provocative explanation links the similarities between young children’s defective colour naming and that of colour dysnomics (see Oxbury, Oxbury & Humphrey 1969).
ref: 1985 June, Marc H. Bornstein, “Colour-name versus shape-name learning in young children”, in Journal of Child Language, volume 12, number 2, →DOI, page 392:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A person affected by dysnomia.
dysnomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dysnomic
Bills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Peitaiho
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 北戴河 (Běidàihé), Wade–Giles romanization: Pei³-tai⁴-ho².
Senses: examples: text: In Funing county of Hopei province, in the opposite direction to Chinhuangtao, if you go from Peitaiho, we saw then a reservoir built in 1959 to tame the Yangho River which had been a menace in the past.
ref: 1978 December, Ruth Weiss, “Peitaiho—Vistas from a Seaside Resort”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVII, number 12, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 37, column 1:
text: My father put down his razor and straightened his face. "I've been meaning to tell you," he said. "We can't go to Peitaiho this summer, Jean. We'll be going to Kuling."
I couldn't believe it. There he was with soap over one half of his face, saying Kuling, not Peitaiho, just as if he were saying cornflakes, not Grape-Nuts.
ref: 1982, Jean Fritz, Homesick, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 58:
text: Peitaiho Beach is a seashore community created originally by and for westerners (i.e., non-Chinese). It became a very popular resort to escape the summer heat and humidity of inland cities. This community was connected by a spur line to the main line of the railway, the junction of which was at the town of Peitaiho, through which flowed a small river of the same name. Peitaiho Beach is on the Gulf of Chihli, approximately 15 miles from the China-Manchuria border.
ref: 2003, Allen Artz Wiant, “China Diary”, in A New Song for China: A Biography of Bliss Mitchell Wiant, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 27:
glosses: Alternative form of Beidaihe.
North Turton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire, England.
dance around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dances around
form: dancing around
form: danced around
form: danced around
Senses: glosses: To lead on or delay by deceit; to cause someone to waste time.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dance, around.
wandring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wander
ditch out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ditches out
form: ditching out
form: ditched out
form: ditched out
Senses: glosses: To hurry away; to leave secretly and quickly.
framework law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: framework laws
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Law that establishes general principles but leaves to governing authorities the task of enacting the further legislation and specific measures to achieve the law's objectives.
mewmaxx
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mewmaxxes
form: mewmaxxing
form: mewmaxxed
form: mewmaxxed
Etymology: From mew + -maxx.
Senses: examples: text: Getting married this weekend. 72 hours to mewmaxx.
ref: 2022 September 28, @lindyacc, Twitter:
text: Lil bro is constantly mewmaxxing how can anyone find this attractive ?
ref: 2023 August 15, @casigui1904, Twitter:
hypernyms: looksmaxx
qualifier: incel slang
glosses: To attempt to enhance one's attractiveness by mewing.
PGND
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Abbreviation of power ground.
Related terms: VCC
powerscale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: powerscales
form: powerscaling
form: powerscaled
form: powerscaled
Etymology: Back-formation from power scaling.
Senses: examples: text: Of course, with so many iconic protagonists, fans often discuss which of the Jojos is the strongest. While it's easy to dismiss Jonathan and Joseph from the competition, it's hard to come to an answer when comparing their successors. Rather than simply "powerscaling" their Stands, however, one may look at JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's protagonists in different terms.
ref: 2024 June 8, Lauren Kells, “JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Settled the Strongest Jojo Debate With One Brutal Villain Defeat”, in Screen Rant:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: To assess (a fictional character) by power scaling.
powerscaling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powerscalings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of power scaling.
powerscaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of powerscale
publicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of publick; obsolete spelling of publics.
power scaling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: power scalings
form: powerscaling
Senses: examples: text: Fiber lasers and fiber amplifiers are one of the most promising solid state laser concepts and find widespread applications that require efficient, rugged and compact optical sources. However, powerscaling in conventional stepindex single-mode fibers is restricted.
ref: 2002, J. Limpert, H. Zellmer, A. Tünnermann, T. Pertsch, F. Lederer, “Suppression of higher order modes in a multimode fiber amplifier using efficient gain-loss-management (GLM)”, in Martin E. Fermann, Larry R. Marshall, editors, Advanced Solid-State Lasers (OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics; 68), Washington, D.C.: Optical Society of America, →DOI, →ISBN, page 112:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The act of increasing the output power of a laser without changing the geometry, shape, or principle of operation.
examples: text: Let’s talk about the practice of “powerscaling” for a second — a common thought experiment that elevates itself to annoyance and is perhaps symptomatic of a greater evil. […] Powerscaling ignores every way characters can interact with each other to boil it down to physical violence[.]
ref: 2022 September 28, Saarthak Johri, “‘Reach’ culture: The online malaise on media literacy”, in The Michigan Daily:
text: Power scaling is a method by which fans determine the power of a character by comparing them to others. When done with enough proof, power scaling could actually be interesting, but since there are many characters in One Piece whose abilities still remain a mystery, it is difficult to analyze their strength.
ref: 2022 October 18, Suzail Ahmad, “One Piece: Why Power Scaling Ruins The Experience”, in Game Rant:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The practice of assessing the physical power and abilities of a fictional character through a comparison with another character.
Derived terms: powerscale
pakhanates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pakhanate
Michelmore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
laundry sour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laundry sours
Senses: glosses: A chemical used on clothing to lower the pH of any water it absorbed.
laundry sours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laundry sour
Pettifer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
ignoringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ignoringly
form: most ignoringly
Etymology: From ignoring + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Some day soon you will receive in the mail a little golden-rod colored card, it will bring a message. It will ask a PROMISE of you, don’t cast it ignoringly aside, it appeals not for your money, nor your wife, nor your man-servant, nor your maid-servant, nor your ox, nor your car, nor your radio, it seeks only the product of your toil which is in reality something you love to do.
ref: 1926 June, “[Association News] The Convention is Drawing Near”, in Sigismund Blumann, editor, Camera Craft: A Photographic Monthly, volume XXXIII, number 6, San Francisco, Calif.: Camera Craft Publishing Co., page 287, column 2:
text: I don’t know, how do I look after my kind / First, and shut up the rest with the minimum of rude? / When you, despite me are nor ignoringly deaf and blind?
ref: 2010, Patricia Walsh, “The Politicianette”, in Continuity Errors, Belfast: Lapwing Publications, →ISBN, page 41:
text: A few more faces had turned to see her literally fall apart, then unemotively and embarrassed just turned away, to ignoringly resume their conversations again.
ref: 2015, Stephanie C Harte, “One [The Skoolhouse]”, in Saving Eden: An Ecology Romance, [CreateSpace], →ISBN, page 15:
glosses: In an ignoring manner.
in something's favor
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Synonym of in favor of (“out of preference for”).
synonyms: word: in favor of
extra: out of preference for
Roman-candle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Roman-candles
form: Roman-candling
form: Roman-candled
form: Roman-candled
form: Roman candle
form: roman-candle
form: roman candle
form: Roman Candle
Etymology: A verbal form of Roman candle.
Senses: examples: text: His canopy had snagged on the tailplane of the aircraft, causing him to Roman-candle into the rocky desert ground.
ref: 1990, Michael Asher, Shoot to Kill: A Soldier's Journey Through Violence, page 189:
text: Luckily, the seat parted company enough for his parachute to Roman-candle, and almost immediately he crashed through a tree.
ref: 2005, Alec Brew, Aircraft Down: Forced Landings, Crash Landings and Rescues:
text: Ronald Reagan went on TV hours after the space shuttle Challenger tragically Roman-candled over Florida and said, "The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave."
ref: 2014, Christopher Buckley, But Enough About You: Essays, page 428:
glosses: To move from or spin away in the manner of a Roman candle.
examples: text: […] Roman candled to fame in Gertrude Lawrence's legit musical, "Lady In The Dark," which put Freud in grease-paint.
ref: 1956, Variety, volume 201, number 5, page 100:
text: Murry (the K) Kaufman, whose seven-year "Swingin' Soiree" Roman-candled Saturday (27), has taped a pilot for the station.
ref: 1965 March 6, “WPIX Show Will Host Coast Artists”, in Billboard, volume 77, number 10, page 48:
glosses: To achieve or attain fame or success quickly and rapidly.
examples: text: Despite the severe shortage of goose-bump manufacturers of late in our jaded, weary world, music never fails to roman-candle the spine.
ref: 1974, Holiday, page 30:
text: I was Roman candling with less frequency; the more accustomed to the chase I became, the less manic I acted.
ref: 1983, Tony Kornheiser, The Baby Chase, page 124:
text: And then absurd notions roman-candled in his mind.
ref: 2009, Julie Anne Long, Like No Other Lover:, page 6:
glosses: To light up with excitement that lacks of focus or direction.
electrogalvanization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrogalvanisation
Etymology: From electro- + galvanization.
Senses: examples: text: Galvanized nails, screws, wiring and pipes are common examples of the products that are treated using electrogalvanization.
ref: 2014 May 17, Larry Ray Palmer, “What is Electrogalvanization?”, in About Mechanics:
glosses: The process of coating steel with rust-resistant zinc via electroplating.
Related terms: electrogalvanize
electrogalvanize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: electrogalvanizes
form: electrogalvanizing
form: electrogalvanized
form: electrogalvanized
form: electrogalvanise
Etymology: From electro- + galvanize.
Senses: glosses: To subject to electrogalvanization.
electrogalvanizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of electrogalvanize
electrogalvanizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of electrogalvanize
electrogalvanized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of electrogalvanize
electrogalvanise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: electrogalvanises
form: electrogalvanising
form: electrogalvanised
form: electrogalvanised
Etymology: From electro- + galvanise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of electrogalvanize.
electrogalvanises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of electrogalvanise
electrogalvanising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of electrogalvanise
electrogalvanised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of electrogalvanise
electrogalvanisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + galvanisation.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of electrogalvanization.
host city
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: host cities
Senses: glosses: A city that is the host of an event and that provides the facilities for that event to take place.
Related terms: host country
country Joan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: country Joans
Senses: glosses: An unsophisticated rural woman.
country Joans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of country Joan
host cities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of host city
hang-up call
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hang-up calls
Senses: glosses: A type of nuisance call where the caller repeatedly dials another number and abruptly hangs up when the receiver picks up.
hang-up calls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hang-up call
Geiger–Müller tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Geiger-Müller tube
form: Geiger–Müller tubes
Senses: glosses: The sensing element of the Geiger counter instrument used for the detection of ionizing radiation.
Geiger–Müller tubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Geiger–Müller tube
ocum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ocums
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of oakum.
cesium clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cesium clocks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of caesium clock.
cesium clocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cesium clock
detrumpification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: de-Trumpification
Etymology: From de- + Trumpification.
Senses: examples: text: Only a huge win in 2020 will make detrumpification possible. And only detrumpification reopens the door for American democratization.
ref: 2019 November 12, Ira Allen, “On Detrumpification: An Urgently Necessary Process After Trumpism”, in Common Dreams:
topics: government
politics
antonyms: Trumpification
glosses: The removal of Donald Trump's political ideas or influence.
Related terms: detrumpify
caesium fluoride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caesium fluorides
form: cesium fluoride
Senses: glosses: A salt used in organic synthesis.
caesium fluorides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caesium fluoride
beef stew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beef stews
form: beefstew
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A dish that combines beef with a variety of other ingredients, such as broth, herbs, spices, potatoes and vegetables.
cesium fluoride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cesium fluorides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of caesium fluoride.
detrumpify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: detrumpifies
form: detrumpifying
form: detrumpified
form: detrumpified
Etymology: From de- + Trump + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: So, no, if you want to be able to detrumpify--and if you give any shits about democratic norms or the constitutional order or any of that, you'd *better* want to be able to detrumpify government at all levels -- then you've only got one pragmatic choice.
ref: 2019 November 12, Ira Allen, “On Detrumpification: An Urgently Necessary Process After Trumpism”, in Common Dreams:
topics: government
politics
glosses: To subject to detrumpification.
cesium fluorides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cesium fluoride
detrumpifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of detrumpify
detrumpifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of detrumpify
detrumpified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of detrumpify
æcidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: æcidia
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of aecidium.
æcidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of æcidium
Apefreaka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Apefrica.
sadmin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of sad + admin.
Senses: examples: text: My father is confused and very frail, so my sister and my dad’s carer and I handled the sadmin.
ref: 2022 July 28, George Monbiot, “The ‘sadmin’ after my mother’s death was hard enough – then I encountered Vodafone”, in The Guardian:
text: We lost my beloved Dad just before Christmas. And ever since, instead of being able to spend valuable hours and energies grieving and bringing comfort to my widowed mother, I’ve discovered that someone has signed me up for what now seems to be known as “sadmin”— or in this case, “Dadmin”.
ref: 2023 April 15, Miranda Green, “‘Sadmin’ — the side hustle nobody wants”, in Financial Times:
text: But at least none of this has an emotional charge – unlike “sadmin”, the endless paperwork that comes as a result of losing a loved one.
ref: 2023 October 25, Anita Chaudhuri, “Should workers get time off for posting letters and going to the dentist? One boss thinks so”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Administrative paperwork that must be done after the death of a loved one.
regular insulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regular insulins
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: human insulin
neutral insulin
soluble insulin
hypernyms: insulin
;
insulin
coordinate_terms: insulin analogue
;
insulin aspart
insulin degludec
insulin detemir
insulin glargine
insulin glulisine
insulin lispro
;
insulin
glosses: A type of short-acting medical insulin.
human insulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: human insulins
Senses: hypernyms: insulin
coordinate_terms: insulin analogue
glosses: The insulin produced by (the pancreas of) the human body, as contrasted with porcine insulin, bovine insulin, murine insulin, or other animalian forms, which are in some cases slightly different molecularly.
qualifier: health care
glosses: Synonym of regular insulin.
synonyms: word: regular insulin
neutral insulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neutral insulins
Senses: glosses: Synonym of regular insulin.
synonyms: word: regular insulin
soluble insulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soluble insulins
Senses: glosses: Synonym of regular insulin.
synonyms: word: regular insulin
human development
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: human developments
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The process of enlarging the freedoms and opportunities of people and improving their well-being.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A branch of study dealing with the goal of understanding people and their growth and development throughout their lives.
Related terms: developed country
developing country
human capital
human resources
human developments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of human development
human relations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
qualifier: human resources
glosses: The relations or study of relations with or between people, particularly their treatment in a business or professional setting.
regular insulins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regular insulin
human insulins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of human insulin
neutral insulins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neutral insulin
soluble insulins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soluble insulin
Northbeach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of North Beach.
Southbeach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of South Beach.
DiWHY
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DiWHYs
Etymology: From DIY + why.
Senses: glosses: a questionable DIY project