cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ashimmer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + shimmer.
Senses: examples: text: 1875, Charles F. Deems, “Relations of the University to Religion” in Dedication and Inauguration of the Vanderbilt University, Nashville: Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, p. 65,
[…] each great wing is like an unmeasured milky-way, ashimmer with the mystic splendor of all stars.
text: The sun had set the peak of Olympus all ashimmer.
ref: 1898, Henry Noel Brailsford, chapter 11, in The Broom of the War-God,, London: Heinemann, page 130:
text: The solitary vessel was the only moving thing on the sea that morning when the east turned gray and the black water came ashimmer with silver light.
ref: 1941, Rachel Carson, Under the Sea-Wind, New York: Oxford University Press, published 1952, Book 2, Chapter 12:
text: resplendent, living oysters, ashimmer on their silvery shells, their pewter plate
ref: 2001, Mark Doty, Still Life with Oysters and Lemon,, Boston: Beacon Press, page 52:
glosses: Shimmering; covered (with something shimmering).
alphabet boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alphabet boys
Senses: glosses: A man who works for a government agency, such as the CIA, FBI or IRS, since most use acronyms.
Related terms: alphabet agency
alphabet boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alphabet boy
erythematotelangiectatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From erythemato- + telangiectatic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Being or relating to a form of rosacea characterized by telangiectasia and a prolonged flushing reaction to various stimuli
Related terms: erythematotelangiectasia
gallid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin gallus (“cock, rooster”) + -id.
Senses: glosses: Affecting chickens; applied to certain alphaherpesviruses.
glaukomflecken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The presence of opaque specks in the lens in glaucoma.
glomerulosa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glomerulosas
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of zona glomerulosa.
glomerulosas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glomerulosa
hemosiderinuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemosiderinurias
Etymology: From hemosiderin + -uria.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The presence of hemosiderin in the urine.
hemosiderinurias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemosiderinuria
hemopathologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hemo- + pathologic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to hemopathology.
cothymia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From co- + -thymia.
Senses: glosses: comorbid anxiety and depression
aminoacetic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of glycine.
synonyms: word: glycine
Coordinate terms: word: aminoacetate
english: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
translation: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
word: glycinate
aminopolycarboxylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminopolycarboxylates
Senses: glosses: A salt or ester of aminopolycarboxylic acid.
aminopolycarboxylates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminopolycarboxylate
APCA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: APCAs
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of aminopolycarboxylic acid.
glosses: Initialism of Accessible Perceptual Contrast Algorithm.
APCAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of APCA
aminopolycarboxylic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminopolycarboxylic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: word: APCA
glosses: A chemical compound containing one or more nitrogen atoms connected through carbon atoms to two or more carboxyl groups.
Coordinate terms: english: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
translation: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
word: aminopolycarboxylate
aminopolycarboxylic acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminopolycarboxylic acid
Amarillan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or from Amarillo
Amarillan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Amarillans
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Amarillo
Amarillans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Amarillan
hyperprolificacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + prolificacy.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being hyperprolific
lysergyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lysergyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical derived from lysergic acid
paclabutrazol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of paclobutrazol.
great heavens
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /ɡreɪt ˈhɛvənz/
Senses: examples: text: `Great heavens!' I said, perfectly aghast at this dreadful manifestation of human power; but She did but laugh a little.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
qualifier: exclamation
glosses: An exclamation of surprise or shock.
Synonyms: wow
Tzŭ-yang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 資陽 /资阳 (Zīyáng), Wade–Giles romanization: Tzŭ¹-yang².
Senses: examples: text: After a day's journey of some 17 miles, we once more crossed tho Lu-chou river, and entered Tzŭ-yang Hsien.
ref: 1886, E. Colborne Baber, “Travels and Researches of the Interior of China”, in Royal Geographical Society: Supplementary Papers, volume I, London: John Murray, →OCLC, A Journey of Exploration in Western Ssŭ-ch’uan, page 21:
text: Before leaving the Old Stone Age in Pleistocene China, it may be worthwhile to mention two additional sites in South China which have recently been investigated. In 1951 the remains of the Tzŭ-yang Man was unearthed at Huang-shan-hsi, in Tzŭ-yang, Szechwan (48. 49–50).
ref: 1966, Chêng Tê-k’un, Prehistoric China, volume 1, England: W. Heffer & Sons, →OCLC, page 37:
text: Preliminary examination of skulls from the Upper Cave at Choukoutien and from Tzŭ-yang in Szechwan shows that the Chinese physcial type had already emerged at least as far back as the Late Pleistocene.
ref: 1969, Grahame Clark, World Prehistory: A New Outline, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 221:
glosses: Alternative form of Ziyang.
chichling vetch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chichling-vetch
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of chickling vetch.
chichling-vetch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chichling vetch.
geometrothermodynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Relating to geometrothermodynamics
gluinoball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gluinoballs
Etymology: From gluino + ball.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A theoretical particle composed entirely of gluinos
gluinoballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gluinoball
nanoemitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoemitter
preplasma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preplasmas
Etymology: From pre- + plasma.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A short-lived precursor of a plasma formed by the interaction of a laser with a metal foil
supercovariant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + covariant.
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: Covariant in terms of supersymmetry.
superprojector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superprojectors
Etymology: From super- + projector.
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: A superspace projection operator
superprojectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superprojector
tellurics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telluric
tennesside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The halide (anion or salt) formed from tennessine
Derived terms: tetratennesside
tetratennesside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tetra- + tennesside.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A tennesside containing four atoms of tennessine
dog doctor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dog doctors
form: dog-doctor
form: dogdoctor
Senses: examples: text: A famous dog-doctor was ſent for, and undertook to cure the patient, provided he might carry him home to his own houſe; […]
ref: 1771, [Tobias Smollett], “To Miss Lætitia Willis, at Gloucester”, in The Expedition of Humphry Clinker […], volume I, London: […] W. Johnston, […]; and B. Collins, […], →OCLC, page 119:
text: I shall now give a dialogue which was held, as nearly as I can recollect, between Mrs. Nollekens and Mrs. Norman, the wife of a celebrated Dog-doctor, who, at the time I was with Sherwin, lived in Fox-court, St. James's-street […].
ref: 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 106:
text: “My dad’s a dog doctor.” “Not just dogs,” the girl corrected. “He’s also a cat doctor. And sometimes even horses and cows.”
ref: 2012, RaeAnne Thayne, A Cold Creek Noel, Harlequin, →ISBN:
text: “[…]They think it’s so cool that Auntie Janey’s a horse doctor.” Janey laughed. “A horse doctor, a cow doctor, a cat and dog doctor.[…]”
ref: 2022, SJ McCoy, The Cowgirl’s Unmistakable Love, Xenion, Inc., →ISBN:
glosses: A veterinarian who specialises in dogs.
examples: text: As I saw my glorious, patient dog, my faithful companion in many a long, lone journey, my deliverer, humanly speaking, from many a dangerous blizzard storm, thus dying slowly before me, I did long for wise old Rover, the famous dog doctor of my wounded dogs in other days.
ref: 1902, Egerton R[yerson] Young, My Dogs in the Northland, 5th edition, New York, N.Y.; Chicago, Ill.; Toronto, Ont.: Fleming H. Revell Company, pages 123–124:
text: Dr. Perry would be the best dog doctor in the whole universe! [images of a dog in a white coat with a camel and a seal]
ref: 2016, Natalie Shaw, Olivia: I Can Do Anything!, Simon Spotlight, page 9:
text: Paws for your Prescription! From the office of Nurse Kitty Wiskas and Dr. Harry Friend[…]Well then, a morning ritual may just be what your dog doctor or cat nurse has in store for you![…]In elderly living facilities, having a dog doctor or cat nurse making the rounds makes the residents happier and creates better interactions between them.
ref: 2017, Carlyn Montes De Oca, Dog as My Doctor, Cat as My Nurse: An Animal Lover’s Guide to a Healthy, Happy, and Extraordinary Life, She Writes Press, →ISBN:
glosses: A dog who is also a doctor.
Synonyms: sense: both senses
word: dogtor
back anno
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back annos
Etymology: Short for back announcement.
Senses: examples: text: Back annos may take a very simple form such as a name check of the last voice heard on the package and stations have been known to ban their use on the basis that anything in the radio text that looks back at what has been said is redundant communication.
ref: 2002, Pete Wilby, The Radio Handbook, page 136:
text: The 'landing' is the back anno, which is the follow-up to the item, and which leads the listeners smoothly from the item and back into the rest of the programme ready for some more signposting, an ident or some music, perhaps, […]
ref: 2013, Guy Starkey, Radio in Context, page 131:
topics: broadcasting
media
radio
glosses: An announcement at the end of a broadcast item and relating back to that item.
back annos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back anno
get religion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets religion
form: getting religion
form: got religion
form: gotten religion
form: got religion
Senses: synonyms: find religion
find God
glosses: To develop a faith in God or divine beings in general; to join a religious group and become a believer.
glosses: To become convinced of something, usually to a fanatic degree.
find religion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: finds religion
form: finding religion
form: found religion
form: found religion
Senses: glosses: Synonym of get religion.
synonyms: word: get religion
find God
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: finds God
form: finding God
form: found God
form: found God
Senses: glosses: Synonym of get religion.
synonyms: word: get religion
plain as a haystack
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: `Two things are clear to me,' I said, addressing my three companions, who stared at this spectacle in dismay: `first, that we can't go across there' (I pointed to the swamp), `and, secondly, that if we stop here we shall certainly die of fever.' `That's as plain as a haystack, sir,' said Job.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “The Head of the Ethiopian”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 62:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Synonym of plain as day.
synonyms: word: plain as day
'bout ship
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: 'bout ships
form: 'bout shipping
form: 'bout ship
form: 'bout ship
form: 'bout shipped
form: 'bout shipped
Senses: examples: text: `Very well, then; there are two alternatives before us. One is to 'bout ship, and try and run for some port in the whale-boat, which would be a sufficiently risky proceeding, and the other to sail or row on up the river, and see where we come to.'
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of about ship (“to tack through 180 degrees”).
setmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: setmakers
Etymology: From set + maker.
Senses: examples: text: CHICAGO — In conjunction with the debut of the Admiral dual channel stereophonic theater combination TV-stereo hi fi sets, the local setmaker is offering a starter library of five Mercury Long Plays to the consumer.
ref: 1958, Billboard, volume 70, number 40, page 16:
text: Last issue IMD described how Mullard “sold” its AX TV tube to retailers in order to put pressure on setmakers to incorporate it in their products: a classic backsell.
ref: 1984, Industrial Marketing Digest, volume 9, page 132:
glosses: A manufacturer of television sets.
setmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of setmaker
backsell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backsells
Etymology: From back- + sell.
Senses: examples: text: Last issue IMD described how Mullard “sold” its AX TV tube to retailers in order to put pressure on setmakers to incorporate it in their products: a classic backsell.
ref: 1984, Industrial Marketing Digest, volume 9, page 132:
topics: business
marketing
glosses: The promotion of a product to end users or retailers in order to create demand earlier in the supply chain, e.g. with wholesalers.
backsell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backsells
form: backselling
form: backsold
form: backsold
Etymology: From back- + sell.
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: To promote in this manner.
backsold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of backsell
backsells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backsell
backsells
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of backsell
backselling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backsell
backward integration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backward integrations
Senses: topics: business
coordinate_terms: forward integration
glosses: The takeover of a supplier of goods by the retailer that stocks those goods.
backward integrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backward integration
e-biker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːˌbaɪkə/
ipa: /ˈiːˌbaɪkɚ/
Forms: form: e-bikers
form: ebiker
Etymology: From e-bike + -er.
Senses: glosses: A cyclist who rides an e-bike.
e-bikers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-biker
congestedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more congestedly
form: most congestedly
Etymology: From congested + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a congested manner.
congestedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From congested + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being congested.
banking game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banking games
Senses: topics: card-games
gambling
games
glosses: A gambling game in which one or more punters play against a banker, who controls the game.
banking games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banking game
coeducationalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coeducationalists
Senses: glosses: A proponent of coeducation.
coeducationalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coeducationalist
coeducator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coeducators
Senses: glosses: One who co-educates.
coeducators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coeducator
coeducationalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The policy of coeducation.
NSSE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NSSEs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of national special security event.
Blaenrhondda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /blaɪnˈɹɒnðə/
Etymology: From Welsh blaen + Rhondda.
Senses: glosses: A village in Treherbert community, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9299).
Nimmer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nimmers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Nimmer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Kirlin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kirlins
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Ó Caireallain.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Kirlins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kirlin
Nimmers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nimmer
TUM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Technical University of Munich.
Masteller
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mastellers
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Mastellers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Masteller
Kleeses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Klees
Girvin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Girvins
Etymology: Variant of Girvan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
glosses: A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Arm River, No. 252, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Pecos County, Texas, United States.
Geralds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Geraldses
Etymology: From Gerald + -s. From Anglo-Norman, from Old French, from Frankish.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Geralds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Gerald + -s. From Anglo-Norman, from Old French, from Frankish.
Senses: glosses: plural of Gerald
Geraldses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Geralds
Girvins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Girvin
Flattery
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Flatterys
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Ó Flaithre.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Fluty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Flutys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Flutys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fluty
Flatterys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Flattery
Gabino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gabinos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Gabino.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Hankos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hanko
Gabinos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gabino
Bruer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bruers
Etymology: Both from Norwegian Bruer and German Bruer.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Childree
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Childrees
Etymology: Variant of Childrey.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Childrees
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Childree
Bruers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bruer
Doubek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Doubeks
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Doubek.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Czech.
Cirigliano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ciriglianos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Cirigliano.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Ciriglianos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cirigliano
Doubeks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Doubek
hold short
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: holds short
form: holding short
form: held short
form: held short
Senses: examples: text: Can I cross runway 4L? — No, hold short of 4L for now.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To wait before entering a runway or a taxiway until given clearance to proceed.
raw_tags: of an aircraft
theofascists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theofascist
microbusinessmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microbusinessman
ebike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ebikes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of e-bike.
ebikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ebike
ereader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ereaders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of e-reader.
ereaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ereader
pointball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pointballs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ballpoint pen.
synonyms: word: ballpoint pen
pointballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pointball
miswritings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miswriting
Pengjia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pengchia
form: P'eng-chia
Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 彭佳 (Péngjiā).
Senses: examples: text: At exactly 9:00 a.m. on May 5, 1989, 220 fishermen in nineteen boats sailed out from Su-ao Harbor in I-lan County on Taiwan's east coast; officially, they were going to fish the waters off P'eng-chia, an island seventy nautical miles north of Taiwan.
ref: [1996, Vivian-Lee Nyitray, “The Sea Goddess and the Goddess of Democracy”, in The Annual Review of Women in World Religions, volume IV, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, →OL, page 164:
text: In the QPE study area, we observed initially that there was a high degree of small-scale salinity and temperature features likely associated with the typhoon-enhanced river runoff (Figure 1). In addition, there was substantial cooling in the area (up to 6 degrees C. as measured at Pengjia Island) after the typhoon passed by.
ref: 2009, High-Resolution Hydrographic Surveys near the Shelfbreak in the East China Sea: Joint Studies with National Taiwan University as Part of the Quantifying, Predicting, and Exploiting Uncertainty DRI, page 2:
text: At the noon hour on April 9, President Ma Ying-jeou flew by helicopter to Pengjia Islet, where he unveiled a monument inscribed with an eight-character Chinese phrase meaning "peace in the South China Sea and our national territory secure forever." While there, the president delivered a speech in which he explained the geographic and historical relationship between the Diaoyutai Islands and Taiwan's "three northern islets" (Pengjia Islet, Mianhua Islet, and Huaping Islet), and reiterated the government's firm resolve to pursue regional peace and create "Peace in the Three Seas."
ref: 2016 April 9, “President Ma visits Pengjia Islet”, in Office of the President Republic of China (Taiwan), archived from the original on 17 Jan 2021:
text: Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou points a map of the "Taiwan-Japan Fisheries Agreement" during a monument unveiling event at Pengjia Islet, the northern most islands controlled by Taiwan, April 9, 2016.
ref: 2016 June 13, “Taiwan opposition slams former leader's travel ban to Hong Kong”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2016, World:
text: The Chinese Wild Bird Federation (CWBF) is also conducting a feasibility study on a project to attract Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) to an island in their former range, Pengjia Island, north of Taiwan proper. As there are already populations on the nearby Diaoyutai Islands, the use of decoys and vocalizations are being explored to get the globally threatened species to return to previous breeding colonies. In the 1950's Pengjia Island used to be home to millions of breeding albatross every year.
ref: 2018, “ASIA & OCEANIA”, in Luke Einoder, editor, Pacific Seabirds, volume 45, number 2, page 75:
glosses: An islet of Zhongzheng district, Keelung, Taiwan.
Rhydymwyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2066).
Rothley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒθli/
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5812).
glosses: A hamlet and civil parish (served by Rothley with Hollinghill Parish Council) in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0488).
Achmimic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Akhmimic.
Bashmuric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Bashmur + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Bashmur region or its inhabitants.
Bashmuric
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bashmur + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Fayyumic (Coptic dialect)
synonyms: word: Fayyumic
extra: Coptic dialect
Bashmur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic بَشْمُور (bašmūr).
Senses: glosses: A historical region of the Nile Delta.
wins the battle, but loses the war
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of win the battle, but lose the war
winning the battle, but losing the war
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of win the battle, but lose the war
won the battle, but lost the war
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of win the battle, but lose the war
Meiklejohnian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Meiklejohnian
form: most Meiklejohnian
Etymology: From Meiklejohn + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Alexander Meiklejohn (1872–1964), philosopher and educational reformer.
Meiklejohnian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Meiklejohnians
Etymology: From Meiklejohn + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of Meiklejohnian absolutism.
Meiklejohnians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Meiklejohnian
Meiklejohnian absolutism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The belief, espoused by Alexander Meiklejohn, that the purpose of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution is to keep the electorate informed, thereby creating self-governance.
Speyer line
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -aɪn
Forms: form: the Speyer line
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In German dialectology, an isogloss separating the Central German dialects to the north (which have a stop in words like Appel (“apple”)) from the Upper German dialects to the south (which have an affricate).
leishmanin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Leishmania antigen
Montenegro test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Montenegro tests
Etymology: Described by Brazilian physician João Montenegro in 1926.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: leishmanin skin test
LST
Montenegro skin test
MST
glosses: An immunologic skin test that measures hypersensitivity to leishmanin, used for the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Montenegro tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Montenegro test
how very dare you
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Catchphrase from British TV comedy series The Catherine Tate Show (first broadcast in 2004). An illogical blend of how dare you with "how very rude" or similar.
Senses: examples: text: 'How very dare you! I'm a respectable lady, I'll have you know. I've never left my key ring in anyone's fruit bowl.' I feign outrage. I know what he's referring to, but it's still fun teasing him.
ref: 2015, Carmel Harrington, Every Time a Bell Rings:
text: There was something 'how very dare you' about Jeremy Corbyn's recent temper tantrum in rebuttal of the charge that the company he kept reflected badly on him.
ref: 2017, Howard Jacobson, The Dog's Last Walk (and Other Pieces):
glosses: Synonym of how dare you.
synonyms: word: how dare you
wikipedia: The Catherine Tate Show
bartramian sandpiper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bartramian sandpipers
Senses: examples: text: Shortly after leaving Refugio we struck the open prairie, where we found buff-breasted and bartramian sandpipers without end.
ref: 1894, Arthur C. Peirce, A Man from Corpus Christi: Or, The Adventures of Two Bird Hunters and a Dog in Texan Bogs, page 36:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Bartramian sandpiper.
IDOR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IDORs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of insecure direct object reference.
IDORs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IDOR
candy kid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candy kids
form: kandi kid
Senses: glosses: Synonym of candy raver.
synonyms: word: candy raver
candy kids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candy kid
candy raver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candy ravers
form: kandi raver
Senses: examples: text: In the context of an accelerated commercialization of the EDM festival scene in the last few years, informants described a tension between the ‘kandi ravers’ — the most authentic and original attendees — and the ‘frat bros’ — the newcomers who were ruining the PLUR-based culture through their disrespectful behaviour.
ref: [2017, “Controlling authenticity, belonging and subcultural capital”, in Graham St John, editor, Weekend Societies: Electronic Dance Music Festivals and Event-Cultures:
synonyms: candy kid
glosses: A member of the rave subculture who wears brightly-coloured clothes with accessories such as bracelets and pacifiers.
candy ravers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candy raver
like a martin to its gourd
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of like a martin to his gourd.
Bornean swiftlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bornean swiftlets
Senses: glosses: The swiftlet Collocalia dodgei.
Bornean swiftlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bornean swiftlet
Borneans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bornean
cave swiftlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cave swiftlets
Senses: synonyms: linchi swiftlet
glosses: The swiftlet Collocalia linchi.
cave swiftlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cave swiftlet
Christmas Island swiftlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christmas Island swiftlets
Senses: glosses: The swiftlet Collocalia natalis.
Christmas Island swiftlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christmas Island swiftlet
blind box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blind boxes
Senses: synonyms: mystery box
glosses: A box containing a collectible, which is one of a set; one does not know which collectible is in the box until opening the box.
Related terms: loot box
gacha
seaball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seaballs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sea ball.
seaballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seaball
sea ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea balls
Etymology: From sea + ball, from the round shape of the seaweed, and since it was formed in the sea.
Senses: glosses: A clump of seaweed produced by the action of the waves
sea balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea ball
livelocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of livelock
Co-Jack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cojack (“Colby-Jack cheese”).
abulomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aboulomania.
acaridean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acarideans
Senses: glosses: Synonym of acarine.
synonyms: word: acarine
acaridologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acaridologists
Senses: glosses: Synonym of acarologist.
synonyms: word: acarologist
acariform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acariforms
Senses: glosses: Any mite of the superorder Acariformes
acariforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acariform
acarinarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌækəɹɪˈnɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /ˌækəɹəˈnɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: acarinariums
form: acarinaria
Etymology: From translingual Acarina + -arium.
Senses: glosses: A region on the body of wasps and some similar insects that carries mites
acarinariums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acarinarium
acarinaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acarinarium
acarinology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of acarology.
acarioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acariosis
acarocecidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acarocecidiums
form: acarocecidia
Etymology: From acaro- + cecidium.
Senses: glosses: A plant gall caused by an acarid mite
acarocecidiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acarocecidium
acarocecidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acarocecidium
acatalexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acatalexis
accidented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having had an accident.
glosses: That has an uneven or undulating surface.
Derived terms: unaccidented
accompanimental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From accompaniment + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or serving as an accompaniment
accreditee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accreditees
Senses: glosses: A person who has received accreditation
accreditees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accreditee
acculturationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acculturationists
Etymology: From acculturation + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A specialist in the study of acculturation.
acculturationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acculturationist
acediast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acediasts
Senses: glosses: A person who has acedia.
acediasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acediast
bisynchronously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From bisynchronous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a bisynchronous manner.
acenaphthenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acenaphthenyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from acenaphthene
acenaphthenyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acenaphthenyl
mononuclearly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mononuclear + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a mononuclear manner.
acepot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acepots
Senses: glosses: A form of jackpot poker in which a pair of aces (or better) is needed to open
acepots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of acepot.
synonyms: word: acepot
frizz up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: frizzes up
form: frizzing up
form: frizzed up
form: frizzed up
Senses: glosses: To form into masses of tight curls.
frizzed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of frizz up
frizzed up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more frizzed up
form: most frizzed up
Senses: examples: text: Generally their appearance had a good deal in common with that of the East African Somali, only their hair was not frizzed up, but hung in thick black locks upon their shoulders.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
qualifier: Of the hair
glosses: curly or frizzy.
oribé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oribés
Senses: examples: text: There were also some women among them, who, instead of the leopard-skin, wore a tanned hide of a small red buck, something like that of the oribé, only rather darker in colour.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of oribi.
oribés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oribé
half-seen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Then in a moment they acquired a vacant, terrified stare, as though they were striving to realise some half-seen horror.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: Not fully or clearly seen; with the view obscured in some manner.
faces out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of face out
facing out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of face out
faced out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of face out
Barmecide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It was a curious sort of a feast, I reflected, in appearance indeed, an entertainment of the Barmecide stamp, for there was absolutely nothing to eat.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: Of the nature of a Barmecide feast.
glosses: imaginary; illusory; sham.
Eaton-Lambert syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
acertannin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The tannin 1,5-anhydro-2,6-bis-O-(3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoyl)-D-glucitol present in leaves of the maple Acer ginnala
acetabulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: acetabular
glosses: Relating to, or having an acetabulum
acetacetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of acetoacetic.
acetaldehydase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetaldehydases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that catalyses the oxidation of acetaldehyde to acetic acid
acetaldol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aldol 3-hydroxybutanal once used as a hypnotic and sedative
acetanisidide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The amide N-(4-methoxyphenyl)acetamide related to paracetamol
acetannin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetannins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An acetyl derivative of tannic acid
acetation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of acetification.
synonyms: word: acetification
acetobutyrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetobutyrates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A mixed acetate and butyrate
acetoglyceride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetoglycerides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glyceride of acetic acid
Related terms: acetin
acetometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The measurement of the concentration of acetic acid in vinegar
Related terms: acetometer
acetimeter
acetometric
acetimetric
acetonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetonates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An enolate of acetone
acetonate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: acetonates
form: acetonating
form: acetonated
form: acetonated
Senses: glosses: To treat or react with acetone
acetonates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acetonate
acetonates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of acetonate
acetonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: acetonizes
form: acetonizing
form: acetonized
form: acetonized
Senses: glosses: Synonym of acetonate.
synonyms: word: acetonate
acetonyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetonyls
Etymology: From acetone + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical CH₃-CO-CH₂- formally derived from acetone
acetonylacetone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aliphatic diketone 2,5-hexanedione
acetonylidene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetonylidenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The divalent radical CH₃-CO-CH= formally derived from acetone
acetophenetide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetophenetides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The N-acetyl derivative of a phenetidine
Related terms: acetophenetidin
acetophenetidide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetophenetidides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of acetophenetide.
synonyms: word: acetophenetide
acetopropionate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetopropionates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A mixed acetate and propionate (typically of cellulose)
acetopyrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An acetylsalicylate of antipyrine
acetothienone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The ketone 1-thiophen-2-ylethanone
acetotoluide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetotoluides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The N-acetyl derivative of a toluidine
acetotoluidide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetotoluidides
Senses: glosses: Synonym of acetotoluide.
synonyms: word: acetotoluide
acetoveratrone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The ketone 3,4-dimethoxy-acetophenone derived from veratrole
yͭ
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: examples: text: And yͭ as ye know plucketh. Raſtell by yͭ berde
 for he went a boute to prove yͤ cõtrarie in yͤ firſt chaptre
 yͭ the bodie hath neyther payne nor pleaſure. ⁊c̃.
ref: c. 1531, Johan Frith, “An answere agenst [or vnto] Rastels dialoge”, in A Disputaciõ of Purgatorye Made by Johan Frith Which Is Deuided in to Thre Bokes:
text: The kight can weede the worme from corne and coſtly ſeedes,
 The kight cã kill the mowldiwarpe, in pleaſant meads yͭ breeds:
 Out of the ſtately ſtreetes the kight can clenſe the filth,
 As mẽ can clẽſe the worthleſſe weedes frõ fruteful fallow tilth; [...]
ref: 1575, George Gascoigne, “Councell to Duglasse Diue Written vpon This Occasion. …”, in The Posies of George Gascoigne Esquire. […], printed at London: For Richard Smith, […], →OCLC; republished in William Carew Hazlitt, compiler, The Complete Poems of George Gascoigne […] In Two Volumes, volume I, [London]: Printed for the Roxburghe Library, 1869, →OCLC, page 370:
text: Good frend for İesvs sake forbeare, to digg the dvst encloased heare. Bleste be yͤ man yͭ spares thes stones, and cvrst be he yͭ moves my bones.
ref: 1616, epitaph of William Shakespeare’s grave (image); Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-on-Avon, England
text: From yͤ hagg & hungry Goblin,
yͭ into raggs would rend yee,
& yͤ spirit yͭ stand’s by yͤ naked man,
ref: c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665)
roman: in yͤ booke of moones defend yee
glosses: Alternative form of yt (“that”).
Related terms: yͤ
yͧ
aceturic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The amino acid N-acetylglycine
Related terms: aceturate
acetylcarbinol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hydroxyacetone.
synonyms: word: hydroxyacetone
acetylenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetylenations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Conversion into, or reaction with an acetylene
acetylenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetylenyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any radical derived from an acetylene, but especially ethynyl
acetylglycine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The N-acetyl derivative of glycine
Synonyms: aceturic acid
acetylization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetylizations
Senses: glosses: Synonym of acetylation.
synonyms: word: acetylation
acetylize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: acetylizes
form: acetylizing
form: acetylized
form: acetylized
Senses: glosses: Synonym of acetylate.
synonyms: word: acetylate
Derived terms: acetylizable
acetylizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetylizers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of acetylator.
synonyms: word: acetylator