cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Yalta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɑːl.tə/
Etymology: From Crimean Tatar Yalta, from Byzantine Greek Γιαλίτα (Gialíta), a derivative of γιαλός (gialós, “beach, seashore”), from Ancient Greek αἰγιαλός (aigialós).
Senses: glosses: A city and raion of Crimea, Ukraine.
qualifier: by ellipsis
glosses: The Yalta Conference of 1945.
gabapentin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæb.əˌpɛn.tɪn/
Etymology: From GABA + pent(yl) + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An anticonvulsant drug C₉H₁₇NO₂ structurally related to gamma-aminobutyric acid that is administered orally as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial seizures.
Derived terms: gabapentinoid
barcoding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From barcode + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The assignment of a barcode to a product and the printing of the barcode on the product
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A taxonomic method that uses a short genetic marker in an organism's DNA to identify it as belonging to a particular species.
Derived terms: metabarcoding
pepita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pepitas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish pepita.
Senses: glosses: An edible seed from a pumpkin or similar squash, which may - after being roasted (and, if needed, shelled) - be eaten as a snack or used as an ingredient in cooking.
glosses: A gold nugget, or pepito.
Synonyms: pumpkin seed
pumpkinseed
allopatry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “different”) + πᾰτρῐ́ς (pătrĭ́s, “fatherland”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The condition of being allopatric.
Derived terms: microallopatry
frigged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of frig
superhydrophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superhydrophobic
form: most superhydrophobic
Etymology: From super- + hydrophobic.
Senses: glosses: Very hydrophobic; used especially to describe materials having surfaces that are very difficult to wet, and have a water contact angle greater than 150°
photoperiodic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + periodic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting photoperiodism
Derived terms: nonphotoperiodic
tawdriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of tawdry: most tawdry
piezoelectrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From piezoelectrical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By use of piezoelectricity.
roll back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rolls back
form: rolling back
form: rolled back
form: rolled back
Senses: examples: text: We had to roll back the changes to the database because of an unforeseen error.
glosses: To return to a prior state.
examples: text: NASA will roll back the shuttle launch due to bad weather.
glosses: To postpone.
examples: text: In the previous tests, it was suspected that the volume of fuel contained in pipework had effects, both in the time taken for the restriction to affect engine performance and the nature of the fuel flow fluctuations after the engine had rolled back. Therefore, it was decided that the restriction would be simulated with the use of an orifice plate which could be introduced adjacent to the component being investigated.
ref: 2010 February 9, Air Accidents Investigation Branch, “1.16.4.2 Full-scale engine testing (L12)”, in Report on the accident to Boeing 777-236ER, G-YMMM, at London Heathrow Airport on 17 January 2008, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2022, page 92:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To reduce thrust without having been commanded to do so.
raw_tags: of a jet engine
glosses: To retreat.
Derived terms: rollback
rollbackable
roll back the years
Related terms: word: row back
bioprinting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioprintings
Etymology: From bio- + printing.
Senses: glosses: The construction of a biological structure by computer-aided, automatic, layer-by-layer deposition, transfer, and patterning of small amounts of biological material.
rolls back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of roll back
rolling back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of roll back
rolled back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of roll back
Tauruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Taurus
falls in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fall in
falling in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fall in
fell in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of fall in
fallen in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of fall in
drops out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drop out
dropping out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drop out
dropped out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of drop out
looks out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of look out
looking out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of look out
looked out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of look out
sets in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of set in
setting in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of set in
jet sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jet set
circularization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɜɹ.kjuː.lə.ɹaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Forms: form: circularizations
form: circularisation
Etymology: From circular + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The distribution of publicity circulars.
glosses: The act or process of making something circular in form.
examples: text: We refer to circularization as transfer from the lowest-lying state of the m#95;#92;ell#61;2 ladder to the circular state.
ref: 2018 May 31, S. Patsch et al, “Fast and accurate circularization of a Rydberg atom”, in Physical Review A, volume 97, →DOI, page 053418:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The act of driving an atom into a circular state.
Derived terms: recircularization
archets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archet
jet packs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jet pack
rocket packs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rocket pack
gets down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get down
getting down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get down
got down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get down
lets down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of let down
lets out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of let out
letting out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of let out
magnetotail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetotails
Etymology: From magneto- + tail.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The long, trailing part of a magnetosphere on the side of a planet furthest from the sun
Hypernyms: tail
stands in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stand in
standing in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stand in
stood in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stand in
stand-ins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stand-in
stand-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stand-up
stands out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stand out
standing out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stand out
stood out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stand out
falls over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fall over
letting down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of let down
laying up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lay up
lays up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lay up
falling over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fall over
fell over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of fall over
looked over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of look over
looks over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of look over
plasmoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plasmoids
Etymology: From plasma + -oid.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A region of plasma held relatively stable within a magnetic field
Derived terms: plasmoidal
fallen over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of fall over
stood down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stand down
ushers in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of usher in
ushering in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of usher in
ushered in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of usher in
stops over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stop over
stopping over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stop over
stopped over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stop over
magnetosheath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetosheaths
Etymology: From magneto- + sheath.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The region of space between the magnetopause and the bow shock of a planet's magnetosphere
sits out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sit out
sitting out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sit out
sat out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sit out
sits in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sit in
sitting in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sit in
sat in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sit in
sits up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sit up
sitting up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sit up
sat up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sit up
sitting down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sit down
sat down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sit down
sits down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sit down
stands down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stand down
standing down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stand down
licks out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lick out
licked out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lick out
antisunward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antisunward
form: most antisunward
Etymology: From anti- + sunward.
Senses: glosses: away from the sun
antisunward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more antisunward
form: most antisunward
Etymology: From anti- + sunward.
Senses: glosses: away from the sun
see in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sees in
form: seeing in
form: saw in
form: seen in
Senses: examples: text: There was a quick knock at the door. His secretary, Edward Coles, announced, “President Madison, sir, Mr. Erskine is here to see you.”
“Please see him in, Mr. Coles. Thank you.” Madison pushed his chair back in and moved around his desk to greet Erskine.
Coles held open the office door as the British envoy entered the room. […]
ref: 2006, Robert L. Worley, A Question of Respect: The First of Three Novels of the War of 1812, Infinity Publishing, →ISBN, page 61:
glosses: To show (someone) in: to introduce (someone) to the inside of a place.
examples: text: They saw in the New Year with dancing and fireworks.
glosses: To welcome (an occurrence).
Related terms: into
sums up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sum up
summing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sum up
summing up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: summings up
form: summing ups
form: summing-up
Senses: examples: text: Here is one of the most masterly summing ups of the present industrial warfare 'between men and women that has come to this column. It shows the present dilemma and how it has come to be, but it does not suggest a solution, for the writer realizes, in common with most thinking people, that at present there is no solution.
ref: 1921 September 1, “Cry on Geraldine’s Shoulder”, in Oakland Tribune, volume XCV, number 53, Oakland, Calif.: Tribune Publishing Co., page 10, column 6:
text: SOME SUMMING UPS / A lawyer’s opening address is properly a short talk to arouse interest in a selling proposition, the evidence is the sample and the summing up a final effort to close the sale.
ref: 1922, Robert Stewart Sutliffe, Impressions of an Average Juryman, New York, N.Y.: Herbert H. Foster, page 36:
text: What the English call in their courts the trial judge’s “summing up” we call in our country the “charge to the jury.” […] When I have contrasted the exercise of this judicial function, as I have been reading summing ups and charges to the jury, the superiority of the summing up of the British judge over the charge to the jury of the American judge for all beneficial purposes has been clearly seen.
ref: 1956, Marshall Van Winkle, “The Bond Street Mystery: The Two Trials of Madame Rachel”, in Sixty Famous Cases: 29 English Cases – 31 American Cases, from 1778 to the Present, volume 1, Long Branch, N.J.: Warren S. Ayres, →LCCN, pages 67–68:
glosses: A summary of the main points, especially (law) a judge's recapitulation of the evidence given to a jury before it withdraws to consider its verdict.
summed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sum up
sees in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of see in
seeing in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of see in
saw in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of see in
seen in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of see in
sees to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of see to
gets up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get up
getting up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get up
got up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get up
works out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of work out
worked out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of work out
girls next door
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of girl next door
helps out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of help out
helping out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of help out
helped out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of help out
falls off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fall off
falling off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fall off
fell off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of fall off
fallen off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of fall off
lives up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of live up
living up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of live up
lived up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of live up
started up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of start up
starts up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of start up
calmed down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of calm down
calming down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of calm down
calms down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of calm down
cleaning up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clean up
cleaned up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of clean up
cleans up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clean up
cleaned out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of clean out
cleaning out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clean out
cleans out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clean out
stood up to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stand up to
standing up to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stand up to
stands up to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stand up to
starting up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of start up
shutting out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shut out
shuts out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shut out
wave train
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wave trains
Senses: glosses: A regular sequence of wave pulses
locked out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lock out
glosses: Not locked in (focused), unfocused.
locking out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lock out
locks out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lock out
logs in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of log in
logging in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of log in
logged in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of log in
logged off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of log off
logging off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of log off
logs off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of log off
lets off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of let off
letting off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of let off
filling out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fill out
fills in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fill in
filling in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: It was to assist in the filling-in of the tunnel on the disused Patricroft-Clifton Junction line, which was the scene of a disaster in 1953 when part, below some houses in Swinton, caved in.
ref: 1955 June, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes: London Midland Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 439:
glosses: present participle and gerund of fill in
filled in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fill in
fills out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fill out
finds out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of find out
finding out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of find out
whites out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of white out
cloud deck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cloud decks
Senses: glosses: The upper surface of a cloud
whited out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of white out
knocked around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of knock around
knocking around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of knock around
knocks around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of knock around
knocks up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of knock up
knocking up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of knock up
knocking about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of knock about
knocked about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of knock about
knocks about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of knock about
boots up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of boot up
booting up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of boot up
booted up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of boot up
planetographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From planetography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to planetography
glosses: Describing a coordinate based on the direction of a perpendicular at a point on a planet's surface
planetography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From planet + -o- + -graphy.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The branch of astronomy concerned with the description of the physical features of planets
Derived terms: planetographic
suit up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: suits up
form: suiting up
form: suited up
form: suited up
Senses: examples: text: Each day for three weeks they suited up and went out to the module and fed it.
ref: 1983, Gregory Benford, Against Infinity:
glosses: To don a suit, such as a spacesuit or a formal suit.
glosses: To clothe, to put clothes on (someone).
ephemerality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ephemeralities
Etymology: From ephemeral + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: But in that quest, we sometimes lose sight of a central tenet: Nature’s ephemerality makes it all the more enchanting.
ref: 2024 May 10, Lily Stewart, “A love letter to lilacs and the joys of fleeting pleasure”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.
examples: text: So, too, the multiplication of bathrooms and the over-expenditure on broadly paved motor roads, and above all, the massive collective concentration on glib ephemeralities of all kinds, performed with supreme technical audacity.
ref: 1961, Lewis Mumford, The City in History, Harcourt, Brace & World, page 242:
glosses: Something that is ephemeral.
Synonyms: sense: state or condition of being ephemeral
word: ephemeralness
word: evanescence
word: impermanence
word: transience
word: transiency
word: volatility
transiences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transience
transiencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transiency
tracks down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of track down
tracking down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of track down
tracked down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of track down
poleward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pole + -ward.
Senses: examples: text: During the high-sun season the intertropical convergence zone with its thundershowery precipitation affects the areas much as it does in the Ar areas year-round; during the low-sun season the subtropical high pressure cells shift equatorward over the areas much as they occupy the subtropical desert areas on the poleward side of Aw areas year-round.
ref: 1985, Paul E. Lydolph, The Climate of the Earth, page 196:
glosses: Towards a (north or south) pole.
poleward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pole + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Towards a (north or south) pole.
staking out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stake out
stakes out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stake out
staked out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stake out
lays out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lay out
laying out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lay out
laid out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lay out
lays off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lay off
laying off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lay off
nightglow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nightglows
Etymology: From night + glow.
Senses: glosses: An airglow at night.
Related terms: dayglow
exospheric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exosphere + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to an exosphere.
exospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exosphere
nightglows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nightglow
came out of the closet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come out of the closet
comes out of the closet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of come out of the closet
coming out of the closet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come out of the closet
file extensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of file extension
filename extension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filename extensions
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of file extension.
synonyms: word: file extension
filename extensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filename extension
Usedom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island in the Baltic Sea, politically split between Germany and Poland.
Lusatia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /luˈseɪʃə/
Etymology: From New Latin, from Sorbian łužicy, łuža (“swamp, swampy land”), from Proto-Slavic *luža (“pool, puddle”).
Senses: examples: text: Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.
ref: 1759, George Sale & al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol.XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2
glosses: A traditionally Slavic-speaking cultural region in Central Europe, in modern Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.
Synonyms: Sorbia
Derived terms: Lower Lusatia
Lusatian
Upper Lusatia
Tiflis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪflɪs/
Forms: form: Teflis
Etymology: From Russian Тифли́с (Tiflís) and Ottoman Turkish تفليس (Tiflis), from Persian تفلیس (Teflis).
Senses: glosses: Former name of Tbilisi: the capital city of the country of Georgia.
shonkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of shonky: more shonky
shonkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of shonky: most shonky
shitey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: shitier
form: shitiest
form: shity
Etymology: From shite + -y. Compare shitty.
Senses: examples: text: That's if the combined smell of minging socks, shitey trainers and a thousand farts clinging to the wallpaper doesn't put them off coming in here.
ref: 2001, Laura Hird, Born Free:
text: You know one of those wee shitey dogs that just yaps and yaps.
ref: 2008, John Richmond, The Birds Call Me Seb:
text: If you don't get your act together, I'm gonna drag you to Hogwarts, you'll get a wand, you'll get an owl that'll deliver your shitey mail, and that'll be that, and you'll enjoy it.
ref: 2012, Gurpage Productions, "Yer a wizard, Harry!" (video):
glosses: Shitty, worthless.
shitier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of shitey: more shitey
shitiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of shitey: most shitey
tractor out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tractors out
form: tractoring out
form: tractored out
form: tractored out
Senses: examples: text: How is one to elucidate or scrutinize Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath with no reference to the Dust Bowl, the tractoring out of the Okies […]
ref: 1965, Oscar Cargill, Toward a Pluralistic Criticism:
text: But there was no place to go to farm or settle; the farms were being deserted, the big combines tractoring out the shacks and the little fields […]
ref: 1973, Lucas Webb, Stribling: A Novel:
glosses: To dismiss (a tenant, etc.) while replacing manual labour with tractors.
tractors out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tractor out
tractoring out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tractor out
tractored out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tractor out
objurgatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒbˈd͡ʒʌɹ.ɡə.tɒ.ɹi/
Forms: form: more objurgatory
form: most objurgatory
Etymology: From Latin obiūrgātōrius, from obiūrgō (“I rebuke”).
Senses: examples: text: it is a place that is quoted out of the Psalme: If he called them Gods […] Against whom the word of God came: and certainly, if you consult with the Psalme, That seemeth to be reprehensory and objurgatory; to those that were Governours; and our Saviours argument is stronger: If he calls them, against whom the word of God came; came condemning of them, and chiding of them, and reprooving of them; if he calls them Gods, then is it any great matter that I am called God?
ref: 1644, Anthony Burgess, The Magistrates Commission from Heaven, London: Thomas Underhill, pages 5–6:
text: On hearing that this literary lady […] was likely to be courted into matrimony a second time, Johnson set himself to prevent it, and wrote her a letter, as full of friendship as her heart was of affection; to which, or to a second letter of the objurgatory kind, it is said, she made a spirited reply.
ref: 1784, Thomas Tyers, “A Biographical Sketch of Dr. Samuel Johnson”, in The New Annual Register, volume 5, page 33:
text: “Cold, is it, my darling? Bless your sweet face!” said Mrs. Poyser, who was remarkable for the facility with which she could relapse from her official objurgatory tone to one of fondness or of friendly converse.
ref: 1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter 6, in Adam Bede […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book first, page 137:
text: The zombie son brought him in the phantom car: we heard objurgatory Tamil and metallic slaps before it sped off, too fast to be possible.
ref: 1980, Anthony Burgess, chapter 36, in Earthly Powers, Penguin, published 1981, page 257:
synonyms: reprehensive
reproachful
reproving
glosses: Strongly rebuking or scolding.
Derived terms: objurgatorily
Related terms: objurgate
objurgation
objurgative
objurgator
supergrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supergrass
superspy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superspies
Etymology: From super- + spy.
Senses: examples: text: ...the beginning of the end of Israeli superspy hegemony in spy fiction.
ref: 1989, Reeva S Simon, The Middle East in Crime Fiction:
text: Well, at least they look good, especially after escaping from the clutches of the superspy baddies.
ref: 1994, Howard Prouty, Variety TV Reviews 1991-92:
text: The three superspies soon discover that the answer involves mysterious codes, secret graveyard meetings, underground torture chambers in medieval castles...
ref: 2007, Deborah Abela, Max Remy Superspy: The French Code:
glosses: A glamorous, important spy.
superspies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superspy
fuck buddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuck buddy
buffooneries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buffoonery
fallthrough
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fallthroughs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fall-through.
argumentations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The first historical case study presented pertains to the criticism and the eventual decline of visualization in mathematics triggered by geometrical and analytical argumentations drifting apart in the course of the rigourization of analysis in the 19th century.
ref: 2008 March 21, Bernd Buldt, Benedikt Löwe, Thomas Müller, “Towards a New Epistemology of Mathematics”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 3, →DOI:
glosses: plural of argumentation
fall-through
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fall-throughs
form: fallthrough
Etymology: Deverbal from fall through.
switch (x) {
case 1:
 printf("Printed when x=1");
 break;
case 2:
 printf("Printed when x=2");
case 3:
 printf("Printed when x=2 or x=3");
 break;
}
A case statement in the C programming language containing a fall-through. Because the second case has no "break" at the end, execution will "fall through" to the third case.
Senses: examples: text: It is a good idea to comment the (rare) cases in which a fall-through is intentional so that an uncommented fall-through can be assumed to be an error.
ref: 1997, Bjarne Stroustrup, The C++ Programming Language: Language Libraries and Design:
text: If you place default elsewhere, then a break will be required to prevent fall-through.
ref: 2001, Graham M Seed, Barry J Cooper, An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming in C++:
text: Specifically, it prohibits fall-through conditions in almost all cases.
ref: 2008, Nagel et al, Professional C# 2008
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: In certain programming constructs, the situation where execution passes to the next condition in a list unless explicitly redirected.
Related terms: flowthrough
passthrough
fall-throughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fall-through
fallthroughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fallthrough
arities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arity
shrinkwrap licenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shrinkwrap license
clickwrap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clickwraps
form: click-wrap
Etymology: From click + wrap, after shrinkwrap (license).
Senses: examples: text: 3:00 - 3:30 Electronic Contracting - Electronic Data Interchange - Making and enforcing of agreements online - "Shrinkwrap" v. "clickwrap" Agreements - Encryption for privacy and authentication
ref: 1997 February 28, William D. Marvin, “Internet CLE in Philadelphia announcement”, in misc.legal.computing (Usenet), retrieved 13 Sep 2016, message-ID <E6DKLn.Az0@world.std.com>>:
text: This curious species of non-publication provoked numerous programmers to post directions on Slashdot for circumventing the clickwrap.
ref: 2004, Philip Mirowski, The Effortless Economy of Science?:
text: From a legal point of view, use of clickwrap clarifies matters considerably.
ref: 2006, Steve Hedley, The Law of Electronic Commerce and the Internet in the UK and Ireland:
glosses: Clickwrap licenses generally.
glosses: A clickwrap license.
thin client
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thin clients
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: lean client
slim client
zero client
antonyms: fat client
hypernyms: client
glosses: A minimal client that relies on the server to do most of its processing.
fat client
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fat clients
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A complex client that does not rely on the server to do most of its processing.
Synonyms: heavy client
rich client
thick client
Hypernyms: client
fat clients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fat client
thin clients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thin client
axino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axinos
Etymology: From axion + -ino.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A hypothetical elementary particle, the fermionic superpartner of the axion and a possible candidate for the composition of dark matter.
axinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of axino
saxion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saxions
Etymology: From s- + axion.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A hypothetical elementary particle, the bosonic superpartner of the axion.
saxions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saxion
gee willikers
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdʒiː ˈwɪlɪkə(ɹ)z/
Forms: form: gee whillickers
form: gee whilligers
form: gee whillikers
form: gee willickers
form: gee whittakers
form: whillikers
Etymology: Secondary minced oath for Jesus via gee whiz
Senses: qualifier: dated minced oath
glosses: Gee, gosh.
geez Louise
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: jeez Louise
Senses: examples: text: "Geez-Louise, are you getting Alzheimer's or what?" Coyote asked.
ref: 1997, Adrian C Louis, Wild Indians and Other Creatures:
text: Geez, Louise, you're a tough customer.
ref: 2003, Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife:
text: Geez Louise, people are bringing shower gifts and they are also getting bilked for the cost of their own refreshments? Dang, that's tacky.
ref: 2005, Jeanne Hamilton, Wedding Etiquette Hell: The Bride's Bible to Avoiding Everlasting Damnation:
glosses: Geez.
Synonyms: wow
baby showers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby shower
kinker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kinkers
Senses: examples: text: […] the high trapeze "kinkers" go through their "flying" act; but in a montage treatment of filming the children's trip to the circus, it could be used with striking effect as a comment on their imitation of the thrilling action.
ref: 1933, Amateur Movie Makers, volume 8, page 150:
text: "So, what's the vernacular then?" I say finally. ¶ "They're called kinkers," says Camel..."don't you go calling them 'kinkers' to their faces, neither." ¶ "What do I call them?" ¶ "Performers...There's them and there's us, and you're us," says Camel.
ref: 2006, Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, pages 36–37:
topics: arts
circus
hobbies
lifestyle
performing-arts
sports
glosses: A performer in a circus.
Hypernyms: performer
odderon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒd.əˌɹɒn/
ipa: /ˈɑ.dəˌɹɑn/
Forms: form: odderons
Etymology: Blend of odd + pomeron
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The hypothetical counterpart of the pomeron, carrying odd charge parity.
odderons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of odderon
pomeron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒm.əˌɹɒn/
ipa: /ˈpɑ.məˌɹɑn/
Forms: form: pomerons
Etymology: Named after Isaak Pomeranchuk (1913-1966), Soviet physicist, + -on.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A Regge trajectory postulated in 1961 to explain the slowly rising cross section of hadronic collisions at high energies.
Derived terms: odderon
pomeronic
pomerons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pomeron
pseudoparticle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoparticles
Etymology: From pseudo- + particle.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An instanton.
pseudoparticles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoparticle
balkanize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: balkanizes
form: balkanizing
form: balkanized
form: balkanized
Senses: examples: text: And while political analysts and government officials in the region say the spreading Sunni disillusionment with Shiites and their backers in Iran will benefit Sunni-led governments and the United States, they and others worry that the tensions could start to balkanize the region as they have in Iraq itself.
ref: 2007 January 17, Michael Slackman, “Hangings Fuel Sectarian Split Across Mideast”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Balkanize.
Balkanizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Balkanize
Balkanizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Balkanize
Balkanized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Balkanized
form: most Balkanized
form: Balkanised
Senses: examples: text: What was once always on the brink of something bigger has become Balkanized, and the process of genre subdivision has hidden away bands in ever tinier and more obscure pigeonholes, affecting even the best and most widely known among them.
ref: 2009 December 31, Ben Sisario, “When Indie-Rock Genres Outnumber the Bands”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: I often think about this whenever I’m in the hyperpartisan, Balkanised world of social media full as it is of people calling Tories scum (and worse) and collecting a bountiful harvest of retweets and likes on the back of it.
ref: 2023 July 17, Rhymer Rigby, “Sick of this Conservative government? That shouldn’t stop you having Tory friends”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Fractured, divided.
Balkanized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Balkanised
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Balkanize
Balkanise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Balkanises
form: Balkanising
form: Balkanised
form: Balkanised
Etymology: From Balkan + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Balkanize.
past tenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of past tense
tarpit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tarpits
Etymology: From tar + pit.
Senses: glosses: A lake of asphalt formed when subterranean bitumen leaks to the ground surface. Such pits are important in forming fossil fuel reserves; they are also apt to trap passing animals, which become fossilized in the tar.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A service that purposely delays incoming connections in order to reduce the effectiveness of spamming and similar techniques.
Derived terms: Turing tarpit
Related terms: english: another term related to tar and to trapping or bogging down
translation: another term related to tar and to trapping or bogging down
word: tar baby
tarpit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tarpits
form: tarpitting
form: tarpitted
form: tarpitted
Etymology: From tar + pit.
Senses: examples: text: If an attack matches a certain pattern, the connection can be tarpitted.
ref: 2004, Steven Andres, Brian Kenyon, Erik Pack Birkholz, Security Sage's Guide to Hardening the Network Infrastructure, page 415:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To delay by means of a tarpit service.
tarpits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tarpit
tarpits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tarpit
Turing tarpits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Turing tarpit
bake sales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bake sale