cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
SPINA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Acronym of structure parameter inference approach.
Senses: glosses: A class of biocybernetic methods used in endocrinology for diagnostics and clinical research.
Derived terms: SPINA-DI
SPINA-GBeta
SPINA-GD
SPINA-GR
SPINA-GT
shareholder value
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This is my kind of transaction, uniting two world-class organisations and delivering shareholder value. I'm excited by the opportunities for what this new combined organisation will achieve.
ref: 2015 March 25, Warren Buffett, quotee, “Kraft shares soar on Heinz merger”, in BBC News:
topics: business
synonyms: SV
glosses: The prioritization of the value of a shareholder's equity above other business objectives.
clastopterid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clastopterids
Senses: glosses: Any spittlebug of the family Clastopteridae.
comorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to comorphism.
Lower Merion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Merion is derived from Merioneth in Wales.
Senses: glosses: A township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Related terms: english: township
translation: township
word: Upper Merion
cryptochetid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptochetids
Senses: glosses: Any fly of the family Cryptochetidae.
cycloalexic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to cycloalexy.
cycloalexy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A group defense behaviour in certain insect larvae where they form a tight circle with their heads or abdomens facing either all outwards or all inwards.
cyclobutaneacetic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cyclobutylacetic acid.
synonyms: word: cyclobutylacetic acid
deinacridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deinacridines
Senses: glosses: Any weta of the subfamily Deinacridinae.
Haverford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Derived from Haverfordwest in Wales.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Haverford Township, Delaware County and Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
derelomine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: derelomines
Senses: glosses: Any weevil of the tribe Derelomini.
Oak Cliff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Dallas, Texas, United States.
death flag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: death flags
Etymology: Calque of Japanese 死亡フラグ (shibō furagu).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
media
glosses: A trope suggesting to the viewer that a character will die.
Yumurtalik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Yumurtalık.
Jusys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jusyses
Etymology: Borrowed from Lithuanian Jusys.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Lithuanian.
Gedmintas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gedmintases
Etymology: Borrowed from Lithuanian Gedmintas.
Senses: examples: Ruta Gedmintas
glosses: A surname from Lithuanian.
Melcher-Dallas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Originally two neighbouring cities named Melcher and Dallas, they merged in 1986.
Senses: glosses: A city in Marion County, Iowa, United States.
Huma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 呼瑪 /呼玛 (Hūmǎ).
Senses: examples: text: In the Wupalao Island area in Huma County of Heilungkiang Province, China, between June 1 and July 31, Soviet troops almost daily opened fire from the Soviet bank with light and heavy machineguns on the island and the Chinese bank, firing a total of 1,743 bursts and 1,067 single shots.
ref: 1969 August 22 [1969 August 19], “Chinese Government Lodges Strong Protest With Soviet Government”, in Peking Review, number 34, →OCLC, page 5, column 1:
text: Workers in China’s northernmost province of Heilongjiang are using explosives to clear a river of ice jams in an effort to prevent flooding. Ice jams are river blockages caused by melting ice that can cause floods or raised water levels. Authorities in Huma county arranged for the ice detonation in a river on the border with Russia, as temperature rises have caused the river to thaw at a faster rate.
ref: 2022 March 31, Harvey Kong, “Chinese workers take explosive approach to clear ice jams”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2022, Society:
glosses: A county of Dahingganling prefecture, Heilongjiang, China.
death flags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of death flag
feefees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fee-fees.
Five Power Defence Arrangements
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Five Power Defence Arrangements
form: FPDA
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: the British-backed multilateral joint armed force between the British commonwealth countries in Southeast Asia and Oceania (mainly Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom).
Related terms: Commonwealth
Konfrontasi
FPDA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Five Power Defence Arrangements (“British-backed multilateral joint armed force between British commonwealth countries in Southeast Asia and Oceania”).
Coordinate terms: AMDA
rest operator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rest operators
Etymology: From rest (“that which remains”), as it is often used to provide the last few arguments to a function call.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
coordinate_terms: spread operator
glosses: An operator that collapses a number of individual values into an array.
Related terms: rest parameter
spread operator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spread operators
Senses: examples: text: The spread operator causes the elements of a collection to be treated as individual parameters to functions that accept a variable number of arguments.
ref: 2021, David Greenhalgh, Josh Skeen, Andrew Bailey, Kotlin Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
coordinate_terms: rest operator
glosses: An operator that expands an array or similar data structure into its individual elements.
Related terms: spread syntax
spread operators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spread operator
rest operators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rest operator
rest parameter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rest parameters
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A final parameter to a function, allowing it to accept an indefinite number of arguments as an array.
Related terms: rest operator
rest parameters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rest parameter
lagonae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lagona
laurelwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From laurel + wood.
Senses: examples: text: […] of laurelwood and it has a boxwood handle.
ref: 1951, The Timber Trades Journal and Saw-mill Advertiser, page 16:
glosses: The wood of the laurel.
ldry.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ldries.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of laundry.
ldries.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ldry.
lease-lend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lend-lease.
synonyms: word: lend-lease
liatris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liatrises
Senses: glosses: Any plant of the genus Liatris; a blazing star.
liatrises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liatris
loftly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more loftly
form: most loftly
Etymology: From loft + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of loftily.
promagisterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more promagisterial
form: most promagisterial
Senses: examples: text: The real effect of these two changes was not only to alter the constitutional character of the consulship, but to abolish the promagisterial character of the proconsulship, to make it in fact a distinct magistracy, with distinct duties, always provincial of its own, a definite mode of appointment and a fixed duration.
ref: 1893, E.G. Hardy, “Imperium Consulare and Proconsulare”, in The Journal of Philology, volume 21, Macmillan and Company, page 59:
text: The purpose must have been to provide elected magistrates to govern the two additional provinces acquired in Spain; but the converse of this was that it removed the need to confer promagisterial powers on private individuals, a practice which now ceased.
ref: 1970, A. E. Astin, The Cambridge Ancient History, Cambridge University Press, page 176:
text: He stayed outside the pomerium, to retain his promagisterial powers: either in expectation of a triumph or to retain his independent command authority in the coming civil war.
ref: 2024 November 1, Wikipedia contributors, “Cicero”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a promagistrate.
longl.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of longitudinal.
glosses: Abbreviation of longleaf.
zurbiyan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zurbian
form: zorbian
form: zorbiyan
form: zurbiyaan
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic زربيان (“zorbiyaan”).
Senses: glosses: A Yemeni rice dish with meat (usually chicken or lamb), vegetable sauce, and spices.
Monophysitism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Gibbon's successors had alternative suggestions, the most persistent of which has been that the Blues were supporters of religious orthodoxy and the Greens of Monophysitism.
ref: 2002, James Allan Stewart Evans, The Age of Justinian..., p. 38
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of monophysitism.
South Ross
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States.
pro-jabber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pro-jabbers
form: projabber
Etymology: From pro- + jab + -er.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pro-vaxxer.
synonyms: word: pro-vaxxer
pro-jabbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pro-jabber
projabber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: projabbers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pro-jabber.
projabbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of projabber
long snapper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long snappers
Etymology: From long snap + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Fans rarely see the name of the long snapper, but he's the next most important player on special teams behind the punter or kicker.
ref: 2012, Greg Jacobs, The Everything KIDS' Football Book:
text: Lonnie was the long snapper for both of Adam Vinatieri's clutch field goals in the "Snow Bowl" against the Oakland Raiders in 2002 and for his 48-yard game-winning kick in Super Bowl XXXVI.
ref: 2013, Rick Gonsalves, Placekicking in the NFL: A History and Analysis, page 235:
text: My suggestion was to go ahead and walk-on and try out as a kicker but to tell them that he was also a long snapper.
ref: 2019, Don Osborne, Was It All Just for Kicks?:
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A center who is skilled in throwing a long snap.
long snappers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long snapper
total story time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: total story times
Senses: topics: broadcasting
journalism
media
coordinate_terms: total running time
glosses: The total amount of time of a story or report, from the beginning by the announcer or newscaster until its end, including any tape or other material within it.
total running time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: total running times
Senses: topics: broadcasting
journalism
media
glosses: The total amount of time of the taped portion of the total story time.
total running times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of total running time
total story times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of total story time
tree tunnel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree tunnels
Senses: glosses: A road or path with trees growing alongside and the branches meeting overhead.
tree tunnels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tree tunnel
wingbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wingboxes
Etymology: From wing + box.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The primary load-carrying structure of the wing of a fixed-wing aircraft.
wingboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wingbox
early bells
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: […] out early bells, chucking your towel on the sunbed and making sure Jerry doesn't get there first.
ref: 2012, Bill Leckie, Penthouse and Pavement:
glosses: Early in the day.
long snap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long snaps
Senses: examples: text: When I was playing professionally and I wasn't starting, I'd come in and do the long snaps.
ref: 2004, Joseph Blotner, Real Football: a Biography, page 372:
text: The long snap typically travels anywhere from 12 and 15 yards, depending on the alignment of the punter.
ref: 2006, Coach Education, Coaching Football Technical & Tactical Skills:
text: But Paco's long snap from center was high, and the holder, Joey Gallagher, couldn't get the ball down in time for Adam to kick it!
ref: 2011, Ronde Barber, Tiki Barber, Go Long!:
text: In Baltimore's 33 to 14 rout of New England in the AFC's Wild Card playoff game on January 9, 2010, he got off nine perfect long snaps, 3 for extra points, 2 for field goals, and 4 for punts.
ref: 2013, Rick Gonsalves, Placekicking in the NFL: A History and Analysis, page 237:
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An underhand pass from the center to the punter.
long snap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: long snaps
form: long snapping
form: long snapped
form: long snapped
Senses: examples: text: These days every team has someone on the roster whose only job is to long snap.
ref: 2007, John Feinstein, Next Man Up: A Year Behind the Lines in Today's NFL:
text: "I learned by watching my father do it," Zak explained. "I also knew the importance of it, so I learned how to long snap on my own. […]"
ref: 2013, Rick Gonsalves, Placekicking in the NFL: A History and Analysis, page 237:
text: Tom always wanted to learn how to long snap.
ref: 2022, Tim Grunhard, Tim Grunhard:
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To throw a long snap.
long snaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long snap
long snaps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of long snap
long snapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of long snap
long snapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of long snap
Hodeidah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Al Hudaydah.
spread syntax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The use of the spread operator in source code.
plant point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plant points
Senses: examples: text: The game has been changed (or it’s about to be), according to the likes of expert dietician^([sic]) and NHS Clinical Lead, Catherine Rabess (who has a new book, The 30 Plan, dropping in February), ZOE's Dr Tim Spector, and high street health giants, Holland & Barrett – which recently launched its own food range with ‘plant points’ on the label, so you can know exactly how many each snack, sauce or sausage is worth.
ref: 2023 December 29, Jennifer Savin, “You’ve heard of ‘5 a day’ – but now? It's all about getting your ‘30 plants a week’...”, in Cosmopolitan:
text: [A]t Holland & Barrett we’ve fused the science with a practical solution and come up with Plant Points.[…] For example, one almond is one plant point.
ref: 2024 January 5, Lauren Clark, quoting Alex Glover, “Welcome to Plant Points: a simple way to make the most of your microbiome”, in The Guardian:
qualifier: nutrition
glosses: A point awarded for each different kind of plant-based ingredient in a meal or diet, as a measure of balanced healthy eating.
plant points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plant point
time vampire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time vampires
Etymology: From time + vampire.
Senses: examples: text: The telephone is to time vampires what blood banks are to real vampires.
ref: 1994, Davida Jean Weinberg, Reciprocity Reconsidered, page 287:
text: TV is the biggest time vampire in our culture.
ref: 2001, Ted Broer, Maximum Fat Loss:
text: Believe it or not, a "gentle clue" to a time vampire is the equivalent of a two-by-four over the head for most people.
ref: 2004, Shaun Belding, Winning with the Customer from Hell, page 184:
text: The night is a time-vampire as far as taking care of your skin goes.
ref: 2005, Judy Steinberg, Raechel Donahue, The Ropes: Girls Have the Rules, Women Know the Ropes, page 159:
text: That any systematic critique of the capitalist employer as time vampire is thereby short-circuited is plain.
ref: 2013, T. Ferguson, Victorian Time: Technologies, Standardizations, Catastrophes, page 24:
text: Yes, the apps on your computer and phone are the biggest time vampires of all time.
ref: 2020, Brent Spencer, A Handbook for the Online Student: Learning in Difficult Times:
glosses: A person, obligation, or activity that drains one's time; a time-waster.
examples: text: Do you mean that Jarmyn Thanatos is some kind of a— a time vampire?
ref: 1997, Brad Strickland, John Bellairs, The Bell, the Book and the Spellbinder:
text: “I'm a time vampire,” Loretta Vampireclanso-called-jiangshi said. “I can take time from people, or give it away.”
ref: 2017, Emily Martha Sorensen, Trials of a Teenage Werevulture:
text: But I was laying low, and vampires can't always be choosers, even time vampires.
ref: 2023, Eileen Merriman, Time's Raven:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A variety of vampire that feeds off time or potential years of life.
Related terms: energy vampire
time vampires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time vampire
Lond.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of London.
loadometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loadometers
Etymology: From load + -o- + -meter, originally a trademark.
Senses: examples: text: The second method was to use two loadometers under the wheels of one axle, mounting the wheels of the other axle on what we called "equalizing blocks" or "dummies." By that method the two axles are brought into the same horizontal plane […]
ref: 1950, National Bureau of Standards Miscellaneous Publication, page 138:
text: In New Jersey, only specially trained men are allowed to enforce the axle-weight law. They are permitted to weigh only under certain conditions with loadometers, and, when in doubt, they move the vehicle to a location where axle weights can be determined on platform scales.
ref: 1954, Report of the ... National Conference on Weights and Measures, page 75:
glosses: A kind of weighing scales with a jack, for weighing vehicles while they are on the road.
loadometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loadometer
Alaska Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A legal holiday in the U.S. state of Alaska, observed on October 18, the anniversary of the formal transfer of territories in present-day Alaska from the Russian Empire to the United States on that date in 1867.
Santa Anna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in DeWitt County, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Coleman County, Texas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Starr County, Texas.
quick as winking
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: And then I got a shock, for a couple of ragged patriots standing close by, leaned over as Elliot moved, their eyes shining viciously, and quick as winking out came their pops, and I saw them ready and willing, yes, darned anxious to shoot.
ref: 1916, Adventure, volume 13, numbers 1-3, page 129:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Synonym of quick as a wink.
synonyms: word: quick as a wink
long sell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: long sells
form: long selling
form: long sold
form: long sold
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: (in a GDS) To reserve a flight by typing the required computer commands with the itinerary details together and entering the command once, rather than selecting from displayed availability.
time on ice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: TOI
word: icetime
extra: time spent on the ice rink
glosses: Synonym of icetime (time spent on the ice rink)
sex pal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sex pals
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sexual partner.
synonyms: word: sexual partner
sex pals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sex pal
Presidio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortened from Presidio del Norte, the name given in 1830. Known as La Junta de los Ríos prior to that.
Senses: glosses: A city in Presidio County, Texas, United States, on the border with Mexico.
thermodecomposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermodecompositions
Etymology: From thermo- + decomposition.
Senses: glosses: Chemical decomposition caused by heat or the transfer of thermal energy.
ghetto butt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghetto butts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ghetto booty.
synonyms: word: ghetto booty
ghetto butts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghetto butt
Sheltonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɛlˈtəʊnɪ.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Etymology: From Shelton + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Sheltonian shorthand
glosses: Of or relating to Thomas Shelton, inventor of a much-used British 17th- and 18th-century stenography.
butt munching
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of butt-munching.
butt munching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of butt-munching.
buttmunching
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of butt-munching.
buttmunching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of butt-munching.
tympfe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tympf
Seward's Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named for Secretary of State William H. Seward, who negotiated the purchase from Russia.
Senses: glosses: A legal holiday in the U.S. state of Alaska, observed on the last Monday in March, commemorating the signing of the Alaska Purchase treaty on March 30, 1867.
Qaraqash
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Karakax.
closetness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From closet + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Well you know how bothered you were by my closet-ness, Jo? Well I made a little anouncement ^([sic]) to the staff and children during juice-and-crackers.
ref: 1980 August 16, Andrea Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 5, page 19:
glosses: The fact of being in the closet.
Crowsnest Pass
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mountain pass between Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A municipality in south-west Alberta.
lesbo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From lesb(ian) + -o-.
Senses: examples: text: Lesbophobe
text: lesbophilia
text: lesbosexual
glosses: Lesbian.
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from lgbt
word: lesbophile
sense: terms derived from lgbt
word: lesbophilia
sense: terms derived from lgbt
word: lesbophobe
sense: terms derived from lgbt
word: lesbophobia
sense: terms derived from lgbt
word: lesbophobic
sense: terms derived from lgbt
word: lesbosexual
provaxxers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of provaxxer
energy density
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: energy densities
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Amount of energy stored in a given system or region of space per unit volume.
stone jug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stone jugs
Senses: glosses: A prison.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stone, jug.
stone jugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stone jug
Lehneis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Yench
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yenches
Senses: glosses: A surname.
DSIT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Quiney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Quineys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
monkes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monke
personning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of person
personned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of person
anthocyaninless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anthocyanin + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without anthocyanin.
unpaywall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unpaywalls
form: unpaywalling
form: unpaywalled
form: unpaywalled
Etymology: From un- + paywall.
Senses: examples: text: I will, over the next few weeks, start unpaywalling the articles I’ve got up.
ref: 2019 January 22, Yasmin Nair, “Changes”, in Yasmin Nair:
text: While I like publishing free posts once in a while and am in the habit of unpaywalling older ones, my overall goal is to increase my ranks of paid subscribers, so I’ve prioritized paid content.
ref: 2021 November 20, Jesse Singal, “"Let's Make Unreasonable Rhetorical Demands Of The People Who We Want On Our Side"”, in Singal-Minded:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To remove a paywall from.
unpaywalls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unpaywall
unpaywalling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of unpaywall
sex-haver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sex haver
Etymology: From sex + haver.
Senses: qualifier: incel slang
glosses: One who has sex, especially frequently; a person with an active sex life.
deckbuilders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deckbuilder
groupthinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groupthink
go berserk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes berserk
form: going berserk
form: went berserk
form: gone berserk
Senses: examples: text: If someone sneaks my lunch again, I'm actually going to go berserk.
text: The fans immediately went berserk as the singer walked onstage.
text: I watched the game in New York City's unofficial Redskins bar. When the game ended, we went berserk, performing a celebratory Fun Bunch and singing "Hail to the Redskins!"
ref: 2006 January 13, Felix Gillette, “The Gloater”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Nov 2023:
text: Let's say I touch my own hand with my finger. My brain can perceive that signal and then cancel it out. But Novichok makes it not get cancelled out, so it feels like I'm touching my own hand a million times a second, and every cell in my body goes berserk, and the brain understands that this is the end.
ref: 2020 October 18, Masha Gessen, “Alexey Navalny Has the Proof of His Poisoning”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2024:
text: As we exited the observatory's parking lot, the truck's computer monitor started bleeping angrily. Before we reached the main road, we picked up 13 wireless signals. Within a half mile, we found 66 signals. Niday's gadgetry was going berserk.
ref: 2021 August 3, Stephen Kurczy, “The Truth About the Quietest Town in America”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2023:
synonyms: word: berserk#Verb
word: flip one's wig
word: flip out
word: freak out
word: get one's freak on
word: go ballistic
word: go bananas
word: go berserk
word: go bonkers
word: go crazy
word: go HAM
word: go H.A.M.
word: go ham
word: go mad
word: go nuts
word: go potty
word: lose it
word: lose one's marbles
word: lose one's mind
word: run amok
word: take leave of one's senses
glosses: To enter a wild and uncontrollable state.
goes berserk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go berserk
going berserk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go berserk
went berserk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go berserk
gone berserk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go berserk
Keryn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Keryns
form: Kerryn
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Kerryn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kerryns
form: Keryn
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
eskista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eskesta
Etymology: Borrowed from Amharic እስክስታ (ʾəskəsta).
Senses: examples: text: Ahmed was also appreciated for his talents as a showman, because he had no equal in letting loose the famous eskista, with the heaving quiver of the torso and shoulders, of which Ethiopians are so fond. Eskista is the dance of the Amharas, enhancing amorous repartee and expressing collective jubilation.
ref: 2002 August 1, Frank Tenaille, Music is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular Music, Lawrence Hill Books, →ISBN, page 168:
text: One of Ethiopia's most popular traditional dances, eskista, which is said to have originated from the lower highlands of Ethiopia's Amhara region, exemplifies the type of multi-functionality that Martin (1967) acknowledges as it is performed in many different settings of the Ethiopian community.
ref: 2018 February 20, Adesola Akinleye, Narratives in Black British Dance: Embodied Practices, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 195:
text: The Amhara people of Ethiopia have the Eskista, a celebratory dance that centres around movement in the shoulders and is said to be inspired by the movements of a snake.
ref: 2023 April 4, Araba Ofori-Acquah, Return to Source: Unlock the Power of African-Centered Wellness, Hay House, →ISBN, page 52:
glosses: A folk dance of the Amhara people of Ethiopia characterized by intense shoulder, chest, and neck movement.
eskistas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eskista
once-off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more once-off
form: most once-off
Senses: examples: text: a once-off payment.
glosses: Alternative form of one-off.
once-off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: once-offs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of one-off.
once-offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of once-off
gloomy goose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gloomy geese
Etymology: From gloomy + goose.
Senses: examples: text: Staring out at the distant horizon, she said, "I'm sorry, Erin. I didn't mean to be such a gloomy goose. I'm truly happy for you."
ref: 1984, Luanne Walden, Forbidden Flame, Kensington Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, page 490:
text: Lucy was strangely cheerful, animated with the sort of optimism that only a Hollywood scriptwriter could shamelessly contrive. "Come on, Eye-vin, don't be such a Gloomy Goose. We fought the good fight. Look on the bright side."
ref: 2000, J. Lilly, The Cold Zone, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 115:
text: "No. There isn't. Now, you. Why are you such a gloomy goose? I mean, the two of you got to play a real, live game of Pat the Bunny." I said it with a wicked grin that she managed to ignore.
ref: 2021, A. K. Pittman, Pudge and Prejudice, Tyndale House Publishers, →ISBN, pages 164–165:
glosses: A gloomy or depressing person; a downer; a gloomy Gus.
Related terms: silly goose
gloomy geese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gloomy goose
to a greater extent
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: We do, indeed, find mention made of axiomata or general propositions to a greater extent than in the Organon, but they are never clearly distinguished…
ref: 1882, Alfred William Benn, The Greek Philosophers, page 375:
text: Recently though, slack manufacturers have been cuddling under the wings of the clothing industry to a greater extent than ever, for it has become good business to promote separate slacks and sport coats as a coordinated sales unit.
ref: 1970, Harry A. Cobrin, The Men’s Clothing Industry: Colonial Through Modern Times, New York, N.Y.: Fairchild Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 7:
text: Semi-arid cropping systems in India, and to a greater extent in Indo-China and east Indonesia, use dryland or upland rice when possible during the wet season.
ref: 1995, C. J. Pearson, D. W. Norman, J. Dixon, Sustainable Dryland Cropping in Relation to Soil Productivity, Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization, →ISBN, page 81, UN call number FAO(05)/S6/no.72/ENG:
text: During 15-day biodegradation experiments, DOM from the two pasture streams was altered to a greater extent than DOM from the forest streams, with formulas with H/C and O/C ranges similar to protein (H/C = 1.5–2.2, O/C = 0.3–0.67), lipid (H/C = 1.5–2.0, O/C = 0–0.3), and unsaturated hydrocarbon (H/C = 0.7–1.5, O/C = 0–0.1) being the most bioreactive groups.
ref: 2015 December 30, “Use of ESI-FTICR-MS to Characterize Dissolved Organic Matter in Headwater Streams Draining Forest-Dominated and Pasture-Dominated Watersheds”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Occurring somewhat more.
Related terms: to some extent
to an extent
to a large extent
to a great extent
to a lesser extent
loud-hailer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loud-hailers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of loudhailer.
loud-hailers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loud-hailer
scropoliosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scropolioside
scytodoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scytodoid
sebelipases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sebelipase
sechsbeins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sechsbein
secobutanolides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secobutanolide
section 104 holdings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of section 104 holding
secretines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secretine
seeables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seeable
selcas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of selca
selenations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of selenation
selenofurans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of selenofuran
selenolanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of selenolane
selenosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of selenosome
semanticisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semanticisation
semantisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semantisation
semaphorines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semaphorine
semimicroelectrodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semimicroelectrode
semitatsamas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semitatsama
semisimulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semisimulation
seminases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seminase
semiorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semiorder
sepians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sepian
secretaryesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secretaryess
smooth cordgrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Perennial deciduous grass of species Spartina alterniflora, native to the Americas and widespread elsewhere as an invasive species.
D&B
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: D&Bs
Senses: examples: text: Running the D&Bs and credit reports has been one of her responsibilities since she took the position over a year ago.
ref: 2000 January 18, D. J. Vallone, Untrained Hearts, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 12:
text: He's got the proof of delivery saying the customers owe the money, and he's got the D&Bs saying they have the means to pay.
ref: 2007 12, Michael Connelly, An Informal Boston Education: Boston Boomers, Beaches, Buddies, Broads, Bars, Beer, Baseball, and Barbells, iUniverse, →ISBN:
topics: business
glosses: A report on a company, especially as provided by Dun & Bradstreet.
examples: text: D&B music emerged from a fusion of big beat, breakbeat hardcore, jungle, techno, funk and electronica.
ref: 2021 May 6, Ewa Mazierska, Tony Rigg, Les Gillon, The Evolution of Electronic Dance Music, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 194:
glosses: Initialism of drum and bass.
examples: text: Barry pulled three more cans of D&B plus a bottle of water out of the fridge.
ref: 2014 November 29, Drew Hunt, Cowboy Sandwich Book 2: Second Helpings, JMS Books LLC, →ISBN, page 40:
text: Pippo has discovered that Celesta likes Dandelion and Burdock best of all, so he's had the side of the wagon repainted; a huge dripping heart with a motto inside: All Because Selesta Loves D&B!
ref: 2017 February 23, Trezza Azzopardi, The Hiding Place: Picador Classic, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:
glosses: Initialism of dandelion and burdock.
not again
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Mom, I think the basement's flooding. / Oh, no, not again!
glosses: Expresses frustration and exasperation at the repeated occurrence of a harmful event, without assigning blame.
basket of goods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baskets of goods
Senses: examples: text: The rising cost of the basket of goods hints at inflation.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A standard set of hypothetical consumer purchases used to measure a consumer price index.
Shallowater
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From shallow + water, for local water conditions, with irrigation from shallow wells. The Santa Fe Railway used the spelling Shallowwater at one time.
Senses: glosses: A city in Lubbock County, Texas, United States.
Related terms: english: Kansas
translation: Kansas
word: Shallow Water
tivoisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtiːvəʊ.ɪˌzeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From TiVo + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tivoization.
blast furnace gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blast-furnace gas
Senses: glosses: A gaseous, low calorific value by-product of blast furnaces generated when the iron ore is reduced with coke to metallic iron; commonly used as fuel within the steel works in which the gas is generated. The gas consists chiefly of nonflammable nitrogen and carbon dioxide with about 20% of carbon monoxide (the flammable component).
Korr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Korrs
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Korrigan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Korrigans
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Korrig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Korrigs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Körrig.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Tamperean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Tampere + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Tampere
Tamperean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tampereans
Etymology: From Tampere + -an.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Tampere.
Turkuan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Turku + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Turku
Turkuan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Turkuans
Etymology: From Turku + -an.
Senses: examples: text: [Turku] was, as Turkuans can also be counted upon to tell you, the capital of the Finnish province during the long, four century period of Swedish rule.
ref: 2001, Scandinavian Review, The American-Scandinavian Foundation:
glosses: Someone from Turku.
Ouluan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ouluans
Etymology: From Oulu + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Oulu shows that it's looking forward, not back[…]Ouluans could have stamped their feet and demanded that someone make Nokia great again, but that is impossible.
ref: 2017 July 14, Sascha Segan, “How a Small City in Finland Turned Into a 5G Pioneer”, in PC Magazine, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2024:
glosses: Someone from Oulu.
potionmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potionmakers
Etymology: From potion + maker.
Senses: examples: text: One night the King, who lived in the city to which the captives had been brought, could not sleep. He became depressed, then angry. His counselors did not know what to do for him. But as long as the King could not sleep, neither could they. The potionmakers made special sleep potions, but they did not help.
ref: 1987, Peninnah Schram, “The Scroll of Bereshit”, in Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another, Northvale, N.J.: Jason Aronson Inc., →ISBN, page 275:
text: “This is where the elves experimented on the potionmakers. They were trying to learn how to manipulate the goblins’ powers and use them for their own. But they failed. They never discovered the secret of how to use liquid elements in place of spoken spells.” I thought of the rows of skeletal remains we’d passed as we’d entered the fortress. “They must have killed hundreds—thousands, perhaps—trying to dissect the potionmakers’ DNA.”
ref: 2016, Tamara Grantham, Spellweaver (Olive Kennedy, Fairy World MD; 2), [The Colony, Tex.]: Crimson Tree Publishing, →ISBN, page 259:
text: Sei thought she was summoned to another world completely by accident—a bystander, a leftover, and most certainly not the Holy Saint of legends. After a short struggle, she’d finally found a happy place for herself as a potionmaker and enchanter.
ref: 2021, Yuka Tachibana, translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian, The Saint’s Magic Power Is Omnipotent, volume 4, [Los Angeles, Calif.]: Seven Seas Entertainment, →ISBN, back cover:
synonyms: potioneer
glosses: One who makes potions.
Related terms: concocter
concoctor
mixologist
potionmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potionmaker
Espoonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Espoonians
Etymology: From Espoo + -n- + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: I got one Espoonian and one Vantaanian together and I asked them which town was better and why. The Vantaanian started the discussion with the captivating phrase that I later learned is known by all Vantaanians. “Blah blah blah Vantaa,” he said. “Blah Vantaa good, blah blah Espoo blah bad.”
ref: 2008 September 9, Joe McVeigh, “Espoo vs. Vantaa”, in BTSB: Better Than Sliced Bread (blog), archived from the original on 25 May 2024:
text: [W]hether you are a Helsinkian, an Espoonian or from further afield, I hope you'll give both parkruns a go.
ref: 2021 October 27, puolarmaari, “Run report #2”, in parkrun (blog), archived from the original on 25 May 2024:
glosses: Someone from Espoo.
reposedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of repose
semivariations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semivariation
thermodecompositions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermodecomposition
diffusal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of diffusion.
synonyms: word: diffusion
Skrimshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
digital autism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The authors have considered digital autism from the perspective of the most pressing problem of our time […]
ref: 2020, Svetlana Igorevna Ashmarina, Valentina Vyacheslavovna Mantulenko, Current Achievements, Challenges and Digital Chances of Knowledge Based Economy, page 642:
text: Freedom from reality and its objectivity can lead a human being not only to self-development and creativity but to the highest degree of loneliness and digital autism (Kuss, D.J., Griffiths, M.D., Karila, L., & Billieux, J., 2014). It can also amplify escapism and suicidal ideas typical of borderline cases and conditions.
ref: 2020, Mehdi Khosrowpour, editor, Encyclopedia of Criminal Activities and the Deep Web, page 665:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
synonyms: virtual autism
glosses: Autism-like symptoms thought to result from excessive screen time.
bedtown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bedtowns
head_nr: 1
Etymology: From bed + town.
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: A bedroom community.
virtual autism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The difference between the classical and the virtual autism is that in the first case we are talking about the destruction and neurological underdevelopment, caused by biological factors.
ref: 2020, Svetlana Igorevna Ashmarina, Valentina Vyacheslavovna Mantulenko, Current Achievements, Challenges and Digital Chances of Knowledge Based Economy, page 643:
text: Virtual autism is a condition where a child of 0-3 years shows symptoms like classical autism, but the cause of such symptoms is excessive exposure to the virtual environment. It should not be confused with classical autism because virtual autism can be addressed with minimal intervention.
ref: 2024, Arvind Otta, Gopa Bhardwaj, Uday K. Sinha, Psychologs Magazine January 2024, page 22:
glosses: Synonym of digital autism.
synonyms: word: digital autism
bedtowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedtown
tautener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tauteners
Etymology: From tauten + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person or thing that tautens.
tauteners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tautener
sulcus cutis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌlkəs ˈkjuːtɪs/
Forms: form: sulci cutis
Senses: glosses: Any of the tiny lines or creases that cover the human skin in a network-like pattern.
Manzanola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Otero County, Colorado, United States.
bladdernose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bladdernoses
Senses: glosses: The hooded seal (Cystophora cristata)
Nepesta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States.
bladdernoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bladdernose