cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
half-assery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halfassery
Etymology: From half-ass + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: This job has to be done right. I won't tolerate any half-assery.
text: Sharon groaned and went limp in her chair; presumably she'd heard all this before. ¶ "—same votes. Same trends. Same half-assery, and the same murders and rapes. Need I go on?"
ref: 1987, Robert W. Shaw, Abbott and Avery, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, page 73:
text: Robert Downey Jr.'s old buddy Shane Black, once a driving force behind clever and self-conscious '80s and '90s action movies, delivers on all the Marvel popcorn thrills—like the kinetic scene where Tony Stark saves a bunch of Air Force One passengers as they're plummeting to the ground—while indulging his own ideas about motormouthed heart-of-gold fuckups, old-school detective-novel plotting, heroic halfassery, and Christmas decorations. It's my favorite of the Iron Man movies.
ref: 2019 January 25, Tom Breihan, “For better or worse, Man Of Steel is the exact Superman movie Zack Snyder wanted to make”, in The A.V. Club, Chicago, I.L.: Onion, Inc., archived from the original on 03 Aug 2023:
text: You're pushed to work at your max effort for the majority of the class, so you're going to sprint really hard and fatigue your muscles with seriously demanding weighted exercises. There will be none of the gratuitous breaks and half-assery you might do in your home workouts.
ref: 2021 August 25, Rachel Lapidos, “An Honest Review Of Barry's, One Of The Hardest Workouts Ever”, in Bustle, New York, N.Y.: Bustle Media Group, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2022:
glosses: The act of half-assing something; carelessness, perfunctoriness.
Related terms: assery
badassery
dumbassery
jackassery
smartassery
wise-assery
halfassery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of half-assery.
wise-assery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wiseassery.
wiseassery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wiseass + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Holloway has been a key cast member from the very start, lighting up the small screen with his charming wise-assery from the J.J. Abrams-directed pilot onward.
ref: 2019 May 21, Jim Windolf, “The Josh Holloway Interview: On Sawyer, Lost, and the Polar Bear”, in Radhika Jones, editor, Vanity Fair, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2023:
text: It's been more than two years since Guardians of the Galaxy got moviegoers hooked on Marvel's gang of wily space-explorers—and if the first full trailer for 2017's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is any indication, you can expect even Gamora action, adventure, and interstellar wise-assery the second time around.
ref: 2016 December 3, Brian Raftery, “The New Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Trailer Is Groot Stuff”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Dec 2022:
text: But these boys grew up to become two of "the usual gang of idiots" — the stable of artists for Mad magazine, who turned teenage wiseassery into an art form and an institution, and eventually turned all America into one big high school cafeteria.
ref: 2019 July 12, Tim Kreider, “The World According to Mad Magazine”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2023:
glosses: The act of being a wiseass; smartassery.
Related terms: assery
badassery
dumbassery
half-assery
jackassery
smartassery
Haw Creek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: In Missouri at least, named for the presence of black haw.
Senses: glosses: A number of streams and townships in the United States:
A stream in Morgan County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of streams and townships in the United States:
A stream in Pike County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of streams and townships in the United States:
A tributary of the Haw River, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of streams and townships in the United States:
A township in Knox County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of streams and townships in the United States:
A township in Bartholomew County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of streams and townships in the United States:
A township in Morgan County, Missouri, named after the stream there.
assery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ass + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: "It's a bit early for victory speeches, Rathaniel," Loki'el said, grabbing Anaba's reins to help restrain the Nightmare. "We're not quite dead yet. Though being dead would be preferable to listening to your long-winded assery." He rolled his eyes. "I may bleed out in boredom."
ref: 2021, Patricia A. Jackson, Forging a Nightmare, London: Angry Robot, →ISBN, page 441:
glosses: The quality of being an ass (a stupid person); idioticity, dopiness.
Related terms: badassery
dumbassery
half-assery
hard-assery
jackassery
kickassery
smartassery
wiseassery
idioticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From idiotic + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Amre? Possible, given the idioticity of our selectors.
ref: 1993 May 10, PVR Narasimha Rao, “Manjrekar quote”, in rec.sport.cricket (Usenet):
text: Stupidity was admired ... I lost my best job ... Idioticity was installed at all the lower governmental ranks that Bush's henchmen could do and Dick Cheney proved to be possibly even more a mental broken man than Joseph Stalin.
ref: 2011 September 21, nate, “Anyone notice Obama's latest Jobs plan? Say GOODBYE TO YOUR PAYCHECKS EVERYONE!!!!”, in alt.politics.republican (Usenet):
text: Yes, I am really tired of all this idioticity. Humans are idiots. And this includes scientists: […]
ref: 2021 September 27, Mario Petrinovic, “Oldest footprints around the world”, in sci.anthropology.paleo (Usenet):
glosses: Synonym of idiocy (lack of intelligence or sense)
synonyms: word: idiocy
extra: lack of intelligence or sense
intrafetally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Within a fetus.
idiotness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From idiot + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: 'Sorry!' I laughed stupidly, possibly giving away the truth about my idiotness.
ref: 2013, Tom Clempson, One Seriously Messed-Up Week-End in the Otherwise Un-Messed-Up Life of Jack Samsonite, London: Atom, →ISBN, page 199:
glosses: Synonym of idiocy.
synonyms: word: idiocy
idiotery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From idiot + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Of course, it's not perfect over here, but one of the reasons this is a rather boring country is the fact that most people can be whatever they want and are left in their own idiotery
ref: 1998 July 24, inge, “freedom”, in soc.women.lesbian-and-bi (Usenet):
text: Count that as your ignorant "idiotery".
ref: 2001 May 24, ZETA, “FUNDAMENTAL ABSURDITY OF ISLAM”, in alt.religion.islam (Usenet):
text: For a daily driver I would recommend a 944 in any shape (cabriolet, S2 etc.) and for fun a 911 turbo last edition or if you want a great experience a Boxster. Well... it's difficult as all Porsches have their un-copiable performance and idiotery (in the best sense).
ref: 2001 July 4, Lucas Hartong, “Porsche Wanted”, in alt.autos.porsche (Usenet):
text: I don't care for temples in the slightest, in fact I despise them. Nests or corruption and idiotery.
ref: 2014 July 10, joshb, “Historian: Rabbinical Judaism is a Roman anti-Jewish people sect.”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet):
glosses: Synonym of idiocy.
synonyms: word: idiocy
kickassery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kick-assery.
South Western Slopes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: South West Slopes
glosses: A region in southern New South Wales, also partly in north-east Victoria, Australia.
cotylai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κοτῠ́λαι (kotŭ́lai).
Senses: glosses: plural of cotyle
South West Slopes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of South Western Slopes, Australia.
synonyms: word: South Western Slopes
word: Australia
kick-assery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kickassery
Etymology: From kick ass + -ery or kick-ass + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Set in an icy landscape, it features the usual amount of slow-mo kick-assery, but the most interesting aspect of it all came when [Michelle] Rodriguez injected herself in the neck with some kind of drug.
ref: 2012 July 17, Scott Collura, “Comic-Con: Resident Evil Movie Series to End?”, in IGN, Los Angeles, C.A.: News Corporation, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023:
text: As the daughter of an illustrious Black woman, if there's one thing I know Black moms do, it's work hard. I'm not here to diminish the efforts of other mothers, but I am well-versed in the kickassery that is Black motherhood (as an admirer, not an actual mom).
ref: 2022 May 6, Alexandra Polk, “We Asked 5 Black Moms On What It's Like To Run A Business (& A Family)”, in Refinery29, New York, N.Y.: Vice Media, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2023:
glosses: The act of kicking ass (in various senses).
hard-assery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hardassery
Etymology: From hard-ass + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: The Dallas RNC was a festival of Cold War hard-assery.
ref: 2011 December 23, Julia Barton, “I miss hating the Soviet Union”, in Salon.com, San Francisco, C.A.: Salon.com, LLC., →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 May 2023:
text: They'd had two hours together last night. The Junior Cert was coming and her mam and dad were see-sawing between hardassery and judicial lenience, and on this occasion the lever had come down in her favour.
ref: 2013, Lisa McInerney, “Saturday, Boring”, in Kevin Barry, editor, Town and Country: New Irish Short Stories, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 47:
text: Late one night, my daughter told me I was a cool mom, but by the next morning I was the worst, and I'm honestly not sure which assertion worried me more. I like to dazzle them with my hardassery and surprise them with grace. Keeps them on their toes.
ref: 2020, Melanie Dale, Calm the H*ck Down: How to Let Go and Lighten Up About Parenting, New York, N.Y. […]: Atria Paperback, →ISBN, page 33:
text: A character previously defined by his contempt and hard-assery now was entering a party in beautiful makeup and hair to sing "La Vie En Rose." That's quite the shift. Fans—newfound and old—adored it.
ref: 2023 October 27, Kirsten Carey, “'Our Flag Means Death' Killed This Character at the Cruelest Time”, in The Daily Beast, New York, N.Y.: The Daily Beast Company LLC, archived from the original on 30 Oct 2023:
glosses: The quality of being a hard-ass (a tough and combative person).
Related terms: assery
badassery
dumbassery
half-assery
jackassery
kickassery
smartassery
wiseassery
hardassery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hard-assery.
Fukou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: To Yenling
We left Chengchow early one morning and driving south went through Weishih county, with its well-preserved pagoda standing over it, then on to Fukou, and finally to Yenling. Winter wheat was coming away well, and the highway had a good deal of transport operating on it. Between Fukou and Yenling the rubber-tyred handcarts that carry 500 or more kilos had sails attached so that the prevailing wind could help them.
ref: 1978 August, Rewi Alley, “Yenling and Yuhsien in Honan of 1978”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVII, number 8, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 9–10:
text: Fukou County in Honan is an example. In order to solve the problem in Fukou County, the Honan provincial and Choukou prefectural CCP committees in May this year sent a joint work group to the country.[…]
Paying serious attention to the incidents in Fukou County, the Honan provincial party committee has already dismissed Che Meng-ling and Yang Shuang-lin from their posts and rendered all-out support for the work group in carrying the investigation through to the end.
ref: 1978 September 19 [1978 September 13], “The Importance of Reforming Leading Bodies as Seen From the Fukou Case”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 182, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service and People's Daily frontpage, translation of original by Lin Hsi and Shih Te-lien (in Chinese), →ISSN, →OCLC, page H 5:
glosses: Alternative form of Fugou.
khoinikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khoinix
jump the dock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jumps the dock
form: jumping the dock
form: jumped the dock
form: jumped the dock
Etymology: From jump (“flee”) + the + dock (“place in the courtroom where the accused sits”).
Senses: glosses: To escape from custody during a court sitting.
presurmises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of presurmise
presurmises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of presurmise
presurmising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of presurmise
presurmised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of presurmise
post-communist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of postcommunist.
UATX
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Although UATX has been described as conservative, Kanelos insists it is “non-political”.
ref: 2023 October 28, Jemima Kelly, “Back to school”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 19:
glosses: Initialism of University of Austin.
Anshun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: änʹsho͝onʹ
änʹsho͞onʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 安順 /安顺 (Ānshùn).
Senses: examples: text: In 1904, a group of Miao arrived in the city of Zhaotong seeking a Methodist missionary named Samuel Pollard, to whom they had been directed by a Mr Adam of the China Inland Mission at An-shun, who later translated the New Testament into a romanized version of Hmong.
ref: [1989, Nicholas Tapp, “The Religious Dilemma”, in Sovereignty and Rebellion: The White Hmong of Northern Thailand, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 91:
text: The police in Anshun, a city in Guizhou Province, said in a statement on Sunday that the 52-year-old driver, identified only by his last name, Zhang, had been aggrieved over the demolition of his home that morning.
ref: 2020 July 13, Tiffany May, “Driver Purposely Drove Bus Into China Reservoir, Killing 21, Police Say”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2020:
glosses: A prefecture-level city of Guizhou, China.
Pingba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: pǐngʹbäʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 平壩 /平坝 (Píngbà).
Senses: examples: text: A substantial minority of party members in the brigade were probably recruited during the Cultural Revolution; in Guizhou’s Pingba County, for example, 40.9 percent of the county’s 1,522 party branch members were recruited from 1966 to 1976.
ref: 1988, John P. Burns, “The Organizational Context of Political Participation in Rural China”, in Political Participation in Rural China, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 49:
glosses: A district of Anshun, Guizhou, China, formerly a county.
Puding
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 普定 (Pǔdìng).
Senses: examples: text: (Huang Hua-chen) and (Liu Te-hai), who participated in student enrollment examinations in (Huashu) District in Puting County, have violated the examination discipline, indulged in corrupt practices and caused a bad influence. The Puting County CCP Committee recently applied disciplinary sanctions against (Huang Hua-chen) and (Liu Te-hai) and publicized the case throughout the county.
ref: [1978 January 31 [1978 January 28], “Kweichow County Punishes Dishonest Examiners”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 21, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Kweiyang Kweichow Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Southwest Region, page J 4:
text: If Beijing wins this one, remote valleys in the hills of Pingtang and Puding counties in the poor southwestern province of Guizhou could become the home of the biggest scientific instrument ever to be assembled on Earth.
ref: 2001 November 13, Andy Ho, “China vies to house the biggest telescope on Earth”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Feb 2024:
glosses: A county of Anshun, Guizhou, China.
Xixiu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: shēʹshyōʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西秀 (Xīxiù).
Senses: examples: text: […]rescuers watch as a bus that fell into a lake is recovered in the Xixiu District of Anshun, southwestern China’s Guizhou Province, Tuesday, July 7, 2020.
ref: 2020 July 7, “Bus in China plunges into a lake, killing 21”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2020, Asia & Pacific:
text: Guizhou Hongyingda Construction Project Management Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the finance bureau of Xixiu district in Anshun city, issued a 1.8 billion yuan ($250 million) five-year non-public bond Friday with a coupon of 4.8%, according to a filing on Shanghai Stock Exchange’s private disclosure platform seen by Bloomberg.
ref: 2024 February 26, “China State Firm Sells Bonds to Help Fund LGFV in Rare Move”, in Bloomberg News, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2024, Markets:
glosses: A district of Anshun, Guizhou, China.
Ziyun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: dzûʹyünʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 紫雲 /紫云 (Zǐyún).
Senses: examples: text: Established Tzuyun Miao and Pu-i Autonomous County, and abolished Tzuyun County. The Tzuyun Miao and Pu-i Autonomous County is under the jurisdiction of Anshun Special District.
ref: [1966 March 24 [1966 March 22], “Changes of Administrative Divisions Listed”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, number 57, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, Communist China: National Affairs, page CCC 3:
text: Found in southwest China among the karst hills of Ziyun county, in Guizhou, one of the country’s most poverty-stricken provinces, the cave is home to an entire village, all of the Miao ethnic group, leading an agrarian lifestyle controlled by its distinctive light and weather.[…]
Determined to develop the cave into a major tourist attraction, the government first built new brick houses beneath the cave for the villagers, then offered to relocate them to the town of Getuhe, and recently suggested moving them to the inner urban area of Ziyun, Liu said.
ref: 2018 May 14, Mandy Zuo, “China’s last cave tribe resist government attempts to move them on and let the tourists in”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 May 2018, People & Culture:
glosses: A Miao and Buyei autonomous county in Anshun, Guizhou, China.
Zhenning
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: jǔnʹnǐngʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鎮寧 /镇宁 (Zhènníng).
Senses: examples: text: For instance, in 1992-2002, the nominal GDP of Jinghong (capital of Xishuangbanna, in Yunnan), Dali, and Lijiang quintupled. The GDP of Zhenning county in Guizhou, which contains Huangguoshu Waterfall, also grew, but at about half this rate.
ref: 2011, John A. Donaldson, “Tourism”, in Small Works: Poverty and Economic Development in Southwestern China, Ithaca; London: Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 120:
glosses: A Buyei and Miao autonomous county in Anshun, Guizhou, China.
wikipedia: Frederick A. Praeger
Guanling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: gwänʹlǐngʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 關嶺 /关岭.
Senses: examples: text: More than 100 people have been buried in a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in China's southwest Guizhou province on Monday, state media said.
The local government rushed rescue workers to Guanling county in the landlocked province after the landslide trapped some 107 people from two villages, Xinhua reported.
ref: 2010 June 28, Chen Aizhu, “Over 100 buried in southwest China landslide”, in Sugita Katyal, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2010, World:
glosses: A Buyei and Miao autonomous county in Anshun, Guizhou, China.
Chobanian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Չոբանյան (Čʻobanyan).
Senses: examples: Arshag Chobanian, b. 1872
glosses: A transliteration of the Armenian surname Չօպանեան (Čʻōpanean)
examples: Aram Chobanian, b. 1929
glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Arshag
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Արշակ (Aršak).
Senses: examples: Arshag Chobanian, b. 1872
glosses: A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Արշակ (Aršak)
Pearl of Africa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Pearl of Africa
Senses: glosses: Uganda.
hinge of Africa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Hinge of Africa
Senses: glosses: Cameroon.
Toast Rack
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Toast Rack
Etymology: From its appearance.
Senses: glosses: The Hollings Building, a modernist building in Fallowfield, Manchester, England, originally a college.
Vinogradov's theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, who proved it in the 1930s.
Senses: topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: A result which implies that any sufficiently large odd integer can be written as a sum of three prime numbers; a weaker form of Goldbach's weak conjecture.
vinoks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vinok
Tulik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tuliks
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Ramanujan summation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Invented by the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A technique for assigning a value to an infinite divergent series, not summation in the traditional sense, but having useful mathematical properties.
Businenge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Businenges
form: Bushinengue
Senses: synonyms: Marron
glosses: A Surinamese maroon (escaped slave).
Businenges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Businenge
Bushinengue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bushinengues
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Businenge.
Bushinengues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bushinengue
celleporiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In this paper we restrict our discussion to colonies assigned to the celleporiform A growth form since they are unique in several important ways.
ref: 1979, International Bryozoology Association, Gilbert Powell Larwood, Marie B. Abbott, Advances in Bryozoology (page 298)
text: Specimen-wise, the assemblage is dominated by […] poorly preserved and small (usually < 1 cm in diameter) celleporiform colonies represented by several species.
ref: 2005, Hugo Moyano, Juan Cancino, Patrick Wyse Jackson, Bryozoan Studies 2004: Proceedings of the 13th International Bryozoology Association conference:
glosses: Multilaminate, made up of many single layers of roughly circular subcolonies of zooids.
vasti externi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vastus externus
adeoniform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In both faunas, the dominant zoarial types are catenicelliform, followed by the cellariiform, adeoniform, and vinculariiform.
ref: 1969, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (page 812)
text: The Aliso Viejo cheilostome branches represent the adeoniform (originally included within the vinculariiform) zoarial growth form, which today occurs predominantly on deeper shelf […] bottoms, in quiet water with slow sedimentation […]
ref: 1981, Gilbert Powell Larwood, Claus Nielsen, Recent and Fossil Bryozoa: Papers Presented at the 5th International Conference on Bryozoa, Durham, 1980, page 71:
text: The community of bryozoans associated with the rhizomes comprises 49 species. The most common fragments belong to an adeoniform species, […]
ref: 2012, Andrej Ernst, Priska Schäfer, Joachim Scholz, Bryozoan Studies 2010, page 187:
glosses: Resembling the fossil bryozoan Adeona, especially in forming a colony that is lobate and bilamellar.
home computing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The use of home computers.
eschariform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: [M]any species having eschariform zoaria in quiet water are able to assume the membraniporiform habitus in strongly agitated water.
ref: 1963, Alan H. Cheetham, Late Eocene Zoogeography of the Eastern Gulf Coast Region, page 30:
text: All species having non-fenestrate, rigidly erect colonies, with either subcylindrical or bilaminate trunks and branches (vinculariiform and eschariform colonies, respectively), or closely encrusting (membraniporiform) colonies were regarded as unstable.
ref: 1971, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, page 6:
glosses: Forming bilaminate foliaceous colonies of zooids.
membraniporiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: [M]any species having eschariform zoaria in quiet water are able to assume the membraniporiform habitus in strongly agitated water.
ref: 1963, Alan H. Cheetham, Late Eocene Zoogeography of the Eastern Gulf Coast Region, page 30:
text: All species having non-fenestrate, rigidly erect colonies, with either subcylindrical or bilaminate trunks and branches (vinculariiform and eschariform colonies, respectively), or closely encrusting (membraniporiform) colonies were regarded as unstable.
ref: 1971, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, page 6:
glosses: Having colonies that form encrusting sheets.
seven-veil dances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seven-veil dance
catenicelliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In both faunas, the dominant zoarial types are catenicelliform, followed by the cellariiform, adeoniform, and vinculariiform.
ref: 1969, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (page 812)
text: Catenicelliform species in the Vittaticellidae and some Crisia were dominant in the fine sediments.
ref: 1975, Bryozoa 1974: Proceedings of the Third Conference, International Bryozoology Association, [Lyon, 2-11 September 1974] (part 2, page 285)
text: It is known that catenicelliform zoaria abound at depths of 20 to 40 m and occur very rarely outside the bathymetric limits […]
ref: 1992, Polish Polar Research, volume 13, page 260:
glosses: Forming a jointed erect colony with internodes of few zooecia.
dural venous sinuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dural venous sinus
Upper Allen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States, south of Mechanicsburg.
Darboux's formula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Introduced by Gaston Darboux (1876).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A formula for summing infinite series by using integrals or evaluating integrals using infinite series.
Euler-Maclaurin formula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Euler-Maclaurin formula
Etymology: Discovered independently by Leonhard Euler and Colin Maclaurin around 1735.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A formula for the difference between an integral and a closely related sum. It can be used to approximate integrals by finite sums, or conversely to evaluate finite sums and infinite series using integrals and the machinery of calculus.
Christoffel-Darboux formula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Christoffel-Darboux formula
Etymology: Named after Elwin Bruno Christoffel and Jean Gaston Darboux.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An identity for a sequence of orthogonal polynomials: ∑ⱼ₌₀ⁿ(f_j(x)f_j(y))/(h_j)=(k_n)/(h_nk_n+1)(f_n(y)f_n+1(x)-f_n+1(y)f_n(x))/(x-y) where fⱼ(x) is the jth term of a set of orthogonal polynomials of squared norm hⱼ and leading coefficient kⱼ.
Related terms: Christoffel-Darboux theorem
ask back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: asks back
form: asking back
form: asked back
form: asked back
Senses: glosses: To invite an interviewee to a further interview.
synonyms: invite back
coordinate_terms: ask out
glosses: To offer someone to get back to one's house after a date.
normability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The property of being normable.
unnormable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + normable.
Senses: glosses: Not normable.
nonnormable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + normable.
Senses: glosses: Not normable.
schizophrenic number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schizophrenic numbers
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An irrational number with persistent patterns in its decimal expansion that give it the appearance of a rational number.
schizophrenic numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schizophrenic number
reteporiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Tubuliporidæ in which the zoarium is erect and foliaceous. (These may be simple fronds; or may be split up into multifid segments; or may grow into hemispherical masses by the crumpling of the fronds; or may be cylindrical or reteporiform.)
ref: 1896, John W. Gregory, Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa in the Department of Geology, British Museum, page 117:
text: The cellariiform and reteporiform types are most dominant in a number of species and individuals.
ref: 1974, Tōhoku Daigaku, Science Reports: (Geology). Second series (volumes 45-46, page 95)
glosses: Forming colonies that are erect and fenestrate.
Siboga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sibolga.
Sibolga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Siboga
Etymology: From Indonesian Sibolga.
Senses: glosses: A city and port in North Sumatra, Indonesia.
cellariiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Cellariiform, the orifices nearly confined to the convex frontal and lateral surfaces; the basal surface with a strong median calcareous keel, almost concealed by a flat membranous epitheca, which covers the whole zoarium […]
ref: 1957, Sidney Frederic Harmer, The Polyzoa of the Siboga Expedition, page 1106:
text: The cellariiform and reteporiform types are most dominant in a number of species and individuals.
ref: 1974, Tōhoku Daigaku, Science Reports: (Geology). Second series (volumes 45-46, page 95)
glosses: Composed of colonies with jointed subcylindrical internodes of several zooids
bubble dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bubble dances
Senses: glosses: An erotic dance in which the performer, often naked, dances with a huge bubble or balloon.
bubble dances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bubble dance
Cerealic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Ceres (Roman goddess of agriculture).
expansion tank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expansion tanks
Senses: synonyms: expansion vessel
glosses: A small tank that is partially filled with air to protect closed water heating systems (not open to atmospheric pressure) and domestic hot-water systems from excessive pressure.
expansion tanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expansion tank
hexamine stove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexamine stoves
Senses: synonyms: word: hexi stove
glosses: A cooking stove that uses hexamine fuel tablets.
hexi stove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexi stoves
form: hexy stove
Senses: glosses: Clipped compound of hexamine stove.
hexi stoves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexi stove
hexamine stoves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexamine stove
hexy stove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexy stoves
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hexi stove.
hexy stoves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexy stove
expansion vessel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expansion vessels
Senses: glosses: Synonym of expansion tank.
synonyms: word: expansion tank
expansion vessels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expansion vessel
wind direction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wind directions
Senses: glosses: The direction from which the wind comes.
wind directions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wind direction
lunulitiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Lunulitiform zoaria with only the frontal side preserved, or external molds of the basal side […]
ref: 1969, Abstracts for 1968: Abstracts of papers..., Geological Society of America, page 117:
text: Homeomorphic lunulitiform cheilostomes belonging to Lunulitidae
ref: 2020, Paul D. Taylor, Bryozoan Paleobiology, page 226:
glosses: Being or having free-living zoaria that have cup-shaped forms.
searchful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more searchful
form: most searchful
Etymology: From search + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Each Genius, Youth conceals, or Time diſplays, / I know; each Work, ſome Seraph here conveys, / Retirement thus preſents my ſearchful Thought, What Heav’n inſpir’d, and what the Muſe has taught; […]
ref: 1729, Richard Savage, The Wanderer: A Poem. In Five Canto’s, London: Printed for J. Walthoe, canto I, page 23:
glosses: Characterized by searching; active in searching; inquisitive.
sublunulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + lunulate.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat or partly lunulate.
sublunulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + lunulated.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sublunulate.
flustriform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] minute flustriform corals and foraminiferous shells, which were detected by Mr. Bowerbank, who has had the kindness to examine the specimens for me microscopically.
ref: 1846, Proceedings of the Geological Society of London: November 1826 to June 1833, volume 4, page 571:
text: […] flustriform cheilostomes such as Flustra foliacea. These have weakly mineralized skeletons which allow colonies to bend in the currents.
ref: 2020, Paul D. Taylor, Bryozoan Paleobiology, page 109:
glosses: Having colonies formed of nonrigid lightly calcified branches
Bowerbank
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
bulliform cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulliform cells
Senses: glosses: A large, bubble-shaped epidermal cell found in groups on the upper surface of the leaves of many monocots, thought to be involved in folding and unfolding of leaf tissue in order to control light intensity and reduce water loss.
bulliform cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bulliform cell
SSc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SScs
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of systemic sclerosis.
buguliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Bugula + -iform.
Senses: examples: text: […] buguliform larva of certain ectoproct bryozoans […]
ref: 1974, Arthur Charles Giese, John S. Pearse, Reproduction of Marine Invertebrates, page 235:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Resembling the bryozoa of the genus Bugula.
Qui-hi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Qui-his
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of qui-hi.
Qui-Hi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Qui-His
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of qui-hi.
Qui-hye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Qui-hyes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of qui-hi.
Qui-Hye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Qui-Hyes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of qui-hi.
Qui-his
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Qui-hi
Qui-His
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Qui-Hi
Qui-hyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Qui-hye
Qui-Hyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Qui-Hye
Ceram
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Seram (“Indonesian island”).
Derived terms: Ceram Sea
Serang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Serang.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Banten, Indonesia.
overpraiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overpraisers
Etymology: From overpraise + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who praises something too much.
overpraisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overpraiser
kuzas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kuza
kooza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koozas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cooja.
koojah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koojahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cooja.
coojah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coojahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cooja.
koozas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kooza
koojahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of koojah
coojahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coojah
Chedi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cedi
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit चेदि (cedi).
Senses: glosses: An ancient Indian kingdom whose capital city was Suktimati.
Suktimati
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit शुक्तिमती (śuktimatī).
Senses: glosses: The capital city of the ancient Indian kingdom of Chedi.
rotation times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rotation time
small claims court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: small claims courts
Senses: glosses: A civilian court specifically for plaintiffs seeking a speedy but relatively small payment from the defendant.
small claims courts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of small claims court
inastute
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inastute
form: most inastute
Senses: examples: text: One former commissioner commented that King's move to reorganize the commission immediately after its criticism of his welfare program "was politically inastute at the least...he created martyrs where there was no need to do so."
ref: 1979 April 14, Jil Clark, “King Axes Women's Commission”, in Gay Community News, page 1:
glosses: Not astute
breast-beating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breast-beatings
Senses: examples: text: All the breast-beating and finger-pointing by those who don't like the ad, shocks me.
ref: 1979 April 14, David M. Stryker, “A Contribution”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
glosses: Synonym of chest-beating.
synonyms: word: chest-beating
glosses: The act of displaying remorse by or as if by striking one's breast.
answer to someone's prayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: answers to someone's prayers
Senses: glosses: Exactly what someone has been wishing or asking for.
Related terms: answer someone's prayers
answer someone's prayers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: answers someone's prayers
form: answering someone's prayers
form: answered someone's prayers
form: answered someone's prayers
Senses: examples: text: As if answering our prayers, her [Sabrina Carpenter's] team just posted an official mood board for Short n' Sweet Tour outfits. The vibe? Pastel colors, platform shoes, babydoll dresses, sparkles, and heart and kiss motifs.
ref: 2024 September 21, Heath Owens, “What to Wear to Sabrina Carpenter's 'Short N' Sweet' Tour”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: To be or do exactly what someone has been wishing or asking for.
Related terms: answer to someone's prayers
Imphalite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Imphal + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to, Imphal.
Imphalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Imphalites
Etymology: From Imphal + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Aye, aye! What sort of ceremony is that? Tell me, oh beautiful wife of an Imphalite.
ref: 1992, K. M. George, Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Plays and prose:
text: The beginning receives some criticisms, but as the organisers are picking up more experience in the running of Imphal Evening – ‘the first night life in Imphal’, lifestyle of Imphalites is changing to a better direction.
ref: 2017, Imphal Times, ‘Imphal Evening’ is giving new lifestyle to Imphalites:
text: Imphalites and other living in the State had been witnessing the colourful annual festival as youngsters sprayed (coloured) water each others...
ref: 2016, Citizen Radio, “Archived copy”, in Yaoshang festival concludes in Manipur, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2023:
text: Those were the days when Imphalites used to see the team led by Coach Ibomcha jogging every morning.
ref: 2009, Sobhapati Samom, REALISING A DREAM Oja Ibomcha, the unsung boxing guru:
text: Another very important source of fresh water which meets a large proportion of the daily requirement of Imphalites is ponds.
ref: 2003, Kanchan Ratna Chopra, C. H. Hanumantha Rao, Ramprasad Sengupta, Water Resources, Sustainable Livelihoods, and Eco-system Services:
text: Mid-day, June 19, 2020, we Imphalites got to see an unusually spectacle in the sky, a distinctly clear halo around the sun. It was a breathtaking sight to say the least. According to our elders, in our native language this is called Thabi Mahum Saba which literally translates as “cucumber’s nest.”
ref: 2020 July 11, NANDITA SANASAM, The Enchanting Meitei Myths Once Told to Explain the Spectacle of Halo Around the Sun:
text: It seems the Imphalite son-in-law of our house is planning to go back to Imphal and he has started a new scheme.
ref: 1992, K. M. George, Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Plays and prose:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Imphal.
answering pennant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: answering pennants
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A pennant with vertical red and white stripes, acknowledging receipt of the previous signal.
answering pennants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of answering pennant
poor farm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poor farms
Senses: glosses: A farm serving as a poorhouse, lodging poor people in exchange for their agricultural labor.
poor farms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poor farm
county farm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: county farms
Senses: glosses: A poor farm serving a particular county.
county farms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of county farm
dry painting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dry paintings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of drypainting.
dry paintings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dry painting
duck's egg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duck's eggs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of duck egg (“zero, nothing”).
duck's-meat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ducksmeat.
Imphalites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Imphalite
dummy whist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A variant of the card game whist, similar to bid whist but played with three players instead of four, and, instead of dealing a kitty, dealing a dummy hand on the team of the player who wins the auction.
bid whist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A partnership trick-taking variant of the card game whist, with a bidding element.
Dumont's blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of smalt (“a blue pigment”).
synonyms: word: smalt
extra: a blue pigment
Dundathu pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dundathu pines
Senses: synonyms: kauri pine
glosses: The coniferous tree Agathis robusta.
Dundathu pines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dundathu pine
dung fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dung flies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dungfly.
dung flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dung fly
electric eraser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electric erasers
Senses: glosses: A motorized rotary eraser, intended to minimize damage to the paper.
electric erasers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electric eraser
electrochemical equivalent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrochemical equivalents
Senses: topics: chemistry
electrochemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The mass of a given chemical element transported by a specific quantity of electricity.
electrochemical equivalents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electrochemical equivalent
hay is for horses and cows
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hay is for horses.
e-transfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-transfers
form: etransfer
Etymology: From e- + transfer.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: An electronic transfer of funds.
e-transfer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: e-transfers
form: e-transferring
form: e-transferred
form: e-transferred
form: etransfer
Etymology: From e- + transfer.
Senses: examples: text: Could you e-transfer me this month's rent?
text: Shahnaz also e-transferred the bulk of her savings to Minu, which she had gathered bit by bit over the years and put aside for Tasneem.
ref: 2021, Silmy Abdullah, Home of the Floating Lily, Toronto, Ont.: Dundurn Press, →ISBN, page 177:
text: After e-transferring the money, the prospective tenant went to the home on Bowen Road that he believed he had rented and was surprised to find that it appeared to be occupied, with several vehicles in the driveway.
ref: 2022 July 22, Jeff Bell, “Nanaimo man loses thousands in rental scam”, in Times Colonist, Victoria, B.C.: Glacier Media Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2022:
text: In the second part of our test, senders e-transferred $5 to accounts that had autodeposit set up.
ref: 2023 March 6, Erica Johnson, Kimberly Ivany, “TD Bank customer lost $480 after e-transfer cancelled — despite having autodeposit”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 04 May 2024:
topics: business
finance
glosses: To transfer funds electronically between bank accounts.
e-transfers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-transfer
e-transfers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of e-transfer
Mirrleesian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Mirrleesian
form: most Mirrleesian
Etymology: From Mirrlees + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The Mirrleesian approach posed a serious challenge to the Ramsey tax framework and the lessons drawn from it.
ref: 2017, Helmuth Cremer, Firouz Gahvari, “Restoring Ramsey tax lessons to Mirrleesian tax settings: Atkinson-Stiglitz and Ramsey reconciled”, in Social Choice and Welfare, volume 49, page 12:
text: Most of the papers on Mirrleesian optimal taxation have a theoretical focus and devote relatively little space to discussing how to produce an accurate numerical solution to the Mirrlees problem.
ref: 2025 January 15, Jonathan Heathcote, Hitoshi Tsujiyama, “Practical Optimal Income Taxation”, in CEPR Discussion Papers, number 19857, page 1:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to James Mirrlees (1936–2018), Scottish economist.