cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
LAC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Thousands of soldiers have been facing off since April on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), or the de facto border, including at the glacial Pangong Tso lake.
ref: 2021 February 21, Sanjeev Miglani, Yew Lun Tian, “Hundreds protest S.China project over pollution worries”, in Giles Elgood, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2021:
text: However, a major sore point in Indo-Chinese relations remains an ongoing standoff at the countries' de facto border, the Line of Actual Control (LAC), in the Himalayas, which analysts say is indicative of a larger rivalry.
ref: 2023 August 23, Wesley Rahn, Murali Krishnan, Yuchen Li, “BRICS: Can China and India overcome differences at summit?”, in Shamil Shams, editor, Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2023, Politics:
glosses: Initialism of Line of Actual Control.
glosses: Initialism of Los Angeles, California.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Los Angeles Clippers.
CFH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CFHs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of critical fall height: a measurement used in gauging the amount of safety surfacing required under children's play equipment.
pseudonutrition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + nutrition.
Senses: glosses: pseudoscientific dietary practices
NHBC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National House Building Council.
parental alienation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The coercion of a child into behaving in a hostile or fearful manner toward one of the parents.
rougarous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rougarou
thalamo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: thalamus
thalamencephala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thalamencephalon
Bellovaci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Belgic tribe inhabiting the modern Picardy region, near the present-day city of Beauvais, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
pogonas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pogona
Gallia Belgica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gallica Belgica
Etymology: From Latin Gallia Belgica.
Senses: synonyms: Belgic Gaul
Belgian Gaul
glosses: An ancient province of the Roman Empire, existing from 22 BCE to the 5th century CE and located in modern northeast France, most of Belgium and Luxembourg, and parts of the Netherlands and Germany.
hyetographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to hyetography.
Atrebates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Belgic tribe of the Iron Age and the Roman period, originally dwelling in the Artois region.
beclept
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of beclepe
bechilled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bechill
adreed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of adree
mastocytomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mastocytoma
poor man's caviar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any of various dishes, such as taramosalata, that are prepared with fish roe but are less expensive than actual caviar.
glosses: Baba ganoush or any similar spread prepared with an aubergine or eggplant.
continuings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of continuing
supersalad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supersalads
Etymology: From super- + salad.
Senses: glosses: A salad with superfood ingredients.
supersalads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supersalad
cheerleader effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: First used by the fictional character Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) in "Not a Father's Day", an episode of the TV series How I Met Your Mother, first broadcast in November 2008.
Senses: glosses: A form of cognitive bias that causes individuals to appear more attractive to an observer when they are in a group.
wikipedia: How I Met Your Mother
Cuvierian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cuvierian
form: most Cuvierian
form: Cuvierean
Etymology: From Cuvier + -ian, from French Cuvier.
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Knox took the ground, bold ground half a century ago, of the vast antiquity of man, and, though holding to the Cuvierean view of the immutability of species, he shrank from no opprobrium of beliefs denounced at that time as spurious science, […]
ref: 1875 September, “Editor's Table: “Knox the Incomparable””, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 7, page 623:
glosses: Of or relating to Georges Cuvier (1769–1832), French naturalist and zoologist.
Derived terms: Cuvierian duct
Cuvierian organ
Cuvierian tubule
GKs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GK
pre-ordering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The trolley service is basic, but they have a pre-ordering service.
ref: 2022 March 9, Paul Clifton, “RAIL Supplement: Reimagining and rebooting the passenger railway”, in RAIL, number 952, page 7 (supplement):
glosses: present participle and gerund of pre-order
pre-ordered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pre-order
special case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: special cases
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:special case.
antonyms: generalization
glosses: A specialized instance of a more general phenomenon, category, etc.
examples: text: Habermas, e.g., put forward that the legal discourse should not be understood as a special case of the moral discourse because in law next to moral reasons there are also ethical and pragmatic reasons to play a legitimate part (J. Habermas, Between Facts and Norms, 230 ff.).
ref: 2013, Luc J. Wintgens, The Law in Philosophical Perspectives: My Philosophy of Law, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 42:
antonyms: generalization
glosses: A specialized instance of a more general phenomenon, category, etc.
A class of phenomena that is a subset of a more general class.
coordinate_terms: species
examples: text: This is a special case of equation 4.9.10 with h(x)#61;K#95;v(#92;betax).
ref: 2008, Andrei D. Polyanin, Alexander V. Manzhirov, Handbook of Integral Equations: Second Edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 356:
text: Clearly, the Pythagorean theorem is a special case of the more general theorem, arrived at by letting r = 1.
ref: 2005, James Robert Brown, Philosophy of Mathematics: An Introduction to a World of Proofs and Pictures, Routledge, →ISBN, page 33:
antonyms: generalization
glosses: A specialized instance of a more general phenomenon, category, etc.
A theorem or other statement that follows directly from a more general statement.
Related terms: specific
specificity
specify
special case
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: special cases
form: special casing
form: special cased
form: special cased
form: special-case
Senses: examples: text: Special-casing the 100 most common words in English might speed things up.
ref: 1988, Jon Louis Bentley, More Programming Pearls: Confessions of a Coder, page 10:
text: If these programs work as well as they can even without going through QuickDraw, what's the penalty for going around the system and special casing?
ref: 1992, Scott Knaster, Keith Rollin, Macintosh Programming Secrets, page 46:
text: Other languages have since special-cased that kind of computation with, for example, generators in Python or something where you can yield values.
ref: 2009, Peter Seibel, Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming, page 258:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To treat something as a special case; to handle in an explicitly different way.
radate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radates
Etymology: From radium + -ate (“derivative”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oxyanion of radium; any salt containing such an anion.
radiocarbide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any radioactive carbide, but especially one used to prepare radioactive methane used as a tracer
radonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radonates
Etymology: From radon + -ate (“derivative”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oxyanion of radon; any salt containing such an anion.
white musk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white musks
Senses: glosses: synthetic musk, made without animal products
white musks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white musk
resolvation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resolvations
Etymology: From re- + solvation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The replacement of an associated solvent
rhizocarpic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of rhizocarpous.
synonyms: word: rhizocarpous
Derived terms: rhizocarpic acid
rhodoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of thermoplastic made from cellulose acetate
rheofluidification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rheo- + fluidification.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of thixotropy.
synonyms: word: thixotropy
ricinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of ricinoleic acid.
synonyms: word: ricinoleic acid
ricinostearic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The fatty acid 9-hydroxystearic acid found in castor oil
nuncled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nuncle
morn's morning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)nɪŋ
Forms: form: the morn's morning
Senses: glosses: tomorrow morning
wimin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Eye dialect spelling of women.
topics: feminism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of women.
isohumic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + humic.
Senses: examples: text: The zonal distribution of soils developed under continental climates was first reported by Dokuchaev, who established in 1883 a map of isohumic curves, between the boreal and sub-arid zones of European Russia.
ref: 1996, A. Piccolo, Humic Substances in Terrestrial Ecosystems, →ISBN, page 58:
text: Even farther north, subarid isohumic brown soils are present from Gourma to Gao (Mali), and in Niger.
ref: 2005, Inger Andersen, Katherin George Golitzen, The Niger River Basin: A Vision for Sustainable Management, →ISBN, page 23:
text: The effectiveness of the material varies with the isohumic factor, which is the quantity of humus produced per unit of organic matter (Table 9.1; Kolenbrander 1974).
ref: 2009, R. P. C. Morgan, Soil Erosion and Conservation, →ISBN, page 200:
text: Although present-day climates of central Europe are favourable to brunification and not to the formation of isohumic soils, in certain favourable sites in central and western Europe some partially brunified isohumic soils occur that are in fact polycyclic soils of biological origin and are entirely Postglacial, being characterised by two successive phases of humification: (i) an older phase of isohumic development; and (ii) a more recent phase of brunification.
ref: 2012, R. Duchaufour, Pedology: Pedogenesis and classification, →ISBN, page 247:
glosses: Having the same, or uniform, percentage of humic acid.
glaucuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glaucus
womin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wimin
Senses: glosses: Eye dialect spelling of woman.
examples: text: LF 36, Pisces, would like to meet a special womin with Holistic inter arts affection.
ref: 1986 April 19, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 13:
topics: feminism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of woman.
ichthyosarcotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ichthyosarcotoxins
Etymology: From ichthyo- + sarco- + toxin.
Senses: examples: text: Ichthyosarcotoxin may also be found in the roe of fishes, but it is found in other Parts of the fish as well, whereas ichthyootoxin is limited to the roe.
ref: 1970, United States Dept. of Defense, Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals of the World, page 810:
text: The toxin involved is called tetrodotoxin and was originally believed to be a true ichthyosarcotoxin produced by the fish itself.
ref: 1991, Farid E. Ahmed, Seafood Safety, page 100:
text: The other ichthyosarcotoxins that have been identified in ciguatoxic fish, scaritoxin and maitotoxin, lag behind ciguatoxin in physicochemical characterization.
ref: 2012, David L. Spector, Dinoflagellates, →ISBN, page 228:
glosses: Any poisonous substance found in fish that is not limited to the roe or to the blood.
Related terms: ichthyootoxin
ichthyohemotoxin
ichthyosarcotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ichthyosarcotoxin
ichthyootoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ichthyootoxins
Etymology: From ichthy- + oo- + toxin.
Senses: examples: text: Asano and Itoh (1962) have investigated the chemical nature of this ichthyootoxin and found it to be a lipoprotein which they designated as “dinogunellin.”
ref: 1965, Bruce W. Halstead, Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals of the World: Vertebrates:
text: Ichthyosarcotoxin may also be found in the roe of fishes, but it is found in other Parts of the fish as well, whereas ichthyootoxin is limited to the roe.
ref: 1970, United States Dept. of Defense, Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals of the World, page 810:
text: This type of poisoning involves a group of ichthyootoxins found in the roe and ovaries of carp, barbel, pike, sturgeons, gar, catfish, tench, bream, minnows, salmon, whitefish, trout, blenny, cabezon, and other freshwater and saltwater fish.
ref: 2001, Louis J. Casarett, Curtis D. Klaassen, Casarett and Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, →ISBN:
glosses: Any poisonous substance found in the roe or gonads of fish, but not in other parts of the fish.
Related terms: ichthyosarcotoxin
ichthyohemotoxin
ichthyootoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ichthyootoxin
ichthyohaemotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ichthyohaemotoxins
Senses: examples: text: Ichthyotoxin includes fishes, which produce a toxin that is generally confined in the gonads and ichthyohaemotoxin indicates fishes that have toxins within their blood.
ref: 2008, Vazhiyil Venugopal, Marine Products for Healthcare, →ISBN, page 479:
text: For some fish, the toxins are present in the blood; these are ichthyohaemotoxin.
ref: 2012, Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products, page 237:
text: Ichthyohaemotoxin is the toxin found in eel serum; it is also known as fish serum toxin.
ref: 2017, Laith A. Jawad, Dangerous Fishes of the Eastern and Southern Arabian Peninsula, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of ichthyohemotoxin.
ichthyohaemotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ichthyohaemotoxin
ichthyohemotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ichthyohemotoxins
form: ichthyohaemotoxin
Etymology: From ichthyo- + hemo- + toxin.
Senses: examples: text: The 1904 article by Gley on the toxic action of the serum of the torpedo Torpedo marmorata was noteworthy in that the author reported ichthyohemotoxins were not limited to eels, but were widely distributed in fishes.
ref: 1965, Bruce W. Halstead, Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals of the World: Vertebrates:
text: Poisonings with ichthyohemotoxins are very rare because eel blood is perorally toxic only in large quantities.
ref: 1995, Jiří Davídek, Natural Toxic Compounds of Foods:
text: These same eels also possess an ichthyohemotoxin that is resistant to drying but can be destroyed by heating to greater than 65°C (149°F).
ref: 2002, Lewis R. Goldfrank, Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, →ISBN, page 1087:
glosses: Any poisonous substance found in the blood of fishes.
Related terms: ichthyosarcotoxin
ichthyootoxin
ichthyohemotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ichthyohemotoxin
urdé
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: urdy
form: urdée
Etymology: Possibly from a misreading of French [croix] vidée (“reduced [cross]”), in croix aiguisée et vidée, a cross pointed and reduced or voided.
Alternatively, from Anglo-Norman urdee, ordé (“pointed”), ultimately from Frankish *ord (“point”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”). More at English ord.
Senses: examples: text: A cross urdé seems to be the same with what we otherwise call chleche, or chlechée. See CHLECHE.
ref: 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica or a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences …:
text: The sacred monogram is engraved on the bowl, the top of the letter I forming a cross urdé.
ref: 1891, Surrey Archaeological Society, Surrey Archaeological Collections: Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County, page 344:
text: Badge : A Cross-urdé resting on wreath of laurels and oak banded gold.
ref: 1915, The Autocar:
text: The decoration consists of a cross urdé enamelled white with gold edges, resting on a wreath of laurel and oak enamelled green . In the centre, edged with gold, is a circular plaque enamelled crimson bearing the cypher […]
ref: 1919, Henry Taprell Dorling, Ribbons and Medals: Part 1-2, page 37:
text: In heraldry, as many as 285 varieties of cross have been recognized, but the twelve in ordinary use, and from which the others are derived, are: (1) The ordinary cross; (2) the cross humetté, or couped; (3) the cross urdé[…]
ref: 1923, Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, A Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, page 301:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
synonyms: aiguisé
glosses: Pointed, as a cross, or having a point projected, as a bend; varriated.
fulgorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fulgorous
form: most fulgorous
Senses: glosses: Flashing or shining brightly.
subdominance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sub- + dominance.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The quality or state of being subdominant.
Bachovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bachovian
form: most Bachovian
Etymology: From Bach + -o- + -vian.
Senses: glosses: Of, or characteristic of Johann Sebastian Bach, or his music.
Oslovian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oslovians
Etymology: From Oslo + -v- + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A person from Oslo, the capital of Norway.
Oslovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Oslo + -v- + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Oslo, the capital of Norway.
Oslovians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Oslovian
tetranary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tetra- + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Of fourth rank or order.
Related terms: word: singular
sense: Of fourth rank or order.
word: unary
word: primary (1st)
word: binary
word: secondary (2nd)
word: ternary
word: trinary
word: tertiary (3rd)
word: quaternary
word: quartary (4th)
word: quinary
word: senary
word: septenary
word: octonary
word: novenary
word: nonary (9th)
word: denary
word: duodenary
word: vigenary
word: centenary (100)
tetranary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetranaries
Etymology: From tetra- + -ary.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A tetranary compound.
tetranary compound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetranary compounds
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound containing atoms of four different elements
bad-asses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bad-ass
bad ass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bad asses
Senses: examples: text: He was said to be a bad ass, so I guess he had to try to take me down a notch.
ref: 2011, G.B. Sonny Clayton, Long Journey Back, →ISBN, page 50:
text: Shaving his head, he becomes the “bad ass” that his son addresses him as when he sees the chemo-induced haircut.
ref: 2012, David R. Koepsell, Robert Arp, Breaking Bad and Philosophy: Badder Living through Chemistry, →ISBN:
text: Everyone in school was 'bad ass, and even if you weren't, you would have to act like you were a bad ass to keep everyone else off balance.
ref: 2013, Richard Quarantello, Surviving the Warzone: Growing Up East New York Brooklyn, →ISBN, page 27:
glosses: Alternative form of badass.
bad ass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bad ass
form: most bad ass
Senses: examples: text: Pre-cancer, I always wanted to be a little more bad ass.
ref: 2010, Lorna J. Brunelle, Dirty Bombshell: From Thyroid Cancer Back to Fabulous!, →ISBN, page 189:
text: Sure enough, big, ole, bad ass football player was already there with his shirt off warming up.
ref: 2010, Dale W. Rogers, Imminent Danger, →ISBN:
text: The people who flock to the movement do so with a bloodlust frenzy of who they see as this really bad ass dude, a cool bad ass dude because mass beheadings, well, gee, yeah, cool.
ref: 2015, Xavier Cockroachal Damon, You Is All a Bunch of A-holes, →ISBN:
text: He was a really bad ass kid because he was so bad in that school.
ref: 2016, ReBecca Benamati, The Bullier, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of badass.
bad asses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bad ass
no horse run
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈno ˈhɔːs ˈɹʌn/
Etymology: Calque of Hokkien 無馬走 /无马走 (bô-bé-cháu, literally “no horse can outrun”), originally used within the context of horse racing to describe a competitor far ahead in the field.
Senses: examples: text: I always advocate that you can buy any laptop except Acer. Toshiba. no horse run.
ref: 2005 July 21, Ironm@n, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
text: No need all those musical instruments lar. my vocal no horse run
ref: 2006 April 18, yansimon52, soc.culture.australian (Usenet):
text: But our students' TIMMS and PISA are best in the world, our education no horse run
ref: 2016 December 8, the inquirer, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
glosses: Exceptionally good
leave the nest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leaves the nest
form: leaving the nest
form: left the nest
form: left the nest
Senses: examples: text: At about the time that the last child is leaving the nest, elderly parents move to a point of needing assistance in their lives.
ref: 1987, Sue Vineyard, How to Take Care of You . . . So You Can Take Care of Others, →ISBN, page 31:
text: Soon after our last son left the nest, we decided to cash in some of our frequent flyer points for a summer vacation in Europe.
ref: 1998, David Arp, Claudia Arp, The Second Half of Marriage, →ISBN:
text: I never left home - I married directly after I finished my university studies, and now that my own sons are leaving the nest, starting their own lives, I've realised that I never 'left home'.
ref: 2006, Margie Orford, Fabulously 40 and Beyond:women, →ISBN:
synonyms: fly the nest
glosses: To leave home; to stop living with one's parents.
examples: text: He taught, seasoned, encouraged, and broadened all of us while we were his students, and he supported us greatly after we had left the nest.
ref: 2000, G. Srinivasan, From White Dwarfs to Black Holes: The Legacy of S. Chandrasekhar, →ISBN:
text: Among the greatest physician-scientists of our time, Mike Brown and Joe Goldstein argue that the trainee is ready to leave the nest when she or he has acquired technical courage, a sufficient set of skills and experience and self-confidence to develop new tools when the need arises.
ref: 2009, Andrew I. Schafer, The Vanishing Physician-scientist?, →ISBN, page 162:
text: I was coming into my own, leaving the nest, combining “old school” techniques with fresh ideas. Reinshagen taught the Simandl method, but its limitations created problems that I have not resolved even to this day.
ref: 2017, Mary Rannie, Gary Karr: Life on the G String, →ISBN:
glosses: To become independent; to begin to act without supervision or in ways that are not prescribed.
examples: text: Checking nests keeps the adult birds away from the nest, exposing the eggs and chicks to cold or heat, and can cause large chicks to leave the nest prematurely.
ref: 2006, Peter Ryan, Sasol Birdwatching in Southern Africa, →ISBN, page 84:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see leave, nest.
Related terms: empty nest
nidifugous
ethnomusicologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ethnomusicologically
form: most ethnomusicologically
Etymology: From ethnomusicologic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an ethnomusicologic manner.
suprachemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From supra- + chemistry.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of supramolecular chemistry (“the domain of chemistry that focuses on the chemical systems made up of a discrete number of assembled molecular subunits or components”).
risperdal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of risperidone.
synonyms: word: risperidone
re-enlistment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: re-enlistments
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of reenlistment.
re-enlistments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of re-enlistment
regaline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to aqua regia
saccharifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saccharifiers
Senses: glosses: A device for carrying out saccharification.
samarate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: samarates
Etymology: From samarium + -ate (“derivative”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oxyanion of samarium; any salt containing such an anion.
sapienic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The unsaturated fatty acid cis-6 hexadecenoic acid found in human sebum
Catalan Republic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The region of Catalonia proclaimed as independent.
The state proclaimed in 1641.
glosses: The region of Catalonia proclaimed as independent.
The state proclaimed in 1931.
examples: text: Emphasizing local democracy and the call for a Catalan Republic, it [Candidatura d’Unitat Popular] has long refused to stand in elections to the Spanish Congress, even as it built up its representation in Catalonia itself.
ref: 2019 October 22, Simón Vázquez, “The Catalan Revolt in the Spanish Congress”, in Jacobin:
text: The pro-independence regional government redoubled its efforts and unilaterally declared a Catalan Republic on Oct. 27.
ref: 2020 February 25, Mark Nayler, “There’s a Solution to Catalonia’s Crisis. Spain’s King Is Standing in the Way.”, in Foreign Policy:
glosses: The region of Catalonia proclaimed as independent.
The state proclaimed in October 2017.
fire scar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire scars
Senses: glosses: A damaged area of wood in a tree or shrub, caused by fire.
glosses: The visible effects of fire on a landscape.
fire scars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire scar
beach box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beach boxes
Senses: glosses: A beach hut.
Synonyms: beach hut
bathing hut
bathing box
solvolyse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: solvolyses
form: solvolysing
form: solvolysed
form: solvolysed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of solvolyze.
sorbine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sorbin.
strychnate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strychnates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of strychnic acid
table hockey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From table + hockey. From being an adapted form of representative hockey played on a table surface.
Senses: glosses: A table-top game version of ice hockey played by two players against each other
glosses: By restriction, Synonym of rod hockey.
Hypernyms: hockey
Hyponyms: word: dome hockey
word: bubble hockey
word: rod hockey
word: stick hockey
word: miniature hockey
word: air hockey
english: airless; air hockey
translation: airless; air hockey
word: board hockey
word: flipper hockey
Coordinate terms: foosball
billiards
ping-pong
pinball
exposed services
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A building's functional ductwork, pipes, etc. when left visible and readily accessible rather than e.g. concealed above a suspended ceiling.
fail-soft
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Able to proceed even after an error condition by selectively skipping parts of the processing.
Wurundjeri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A portmanteau of the Woiwurrung words wurun (meaning "Manna Gum (Eucalyptus viminalis") and djeri (referring to the grub found in or near the Manna Gum tree)
Senses: glosses: An indigenous Australian people who occupy the Birrarung (Yarra River) Valley and its tributaries.
PZEVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PZEV
GNPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GNP
OBCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OBC
arm-wrestled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of arm-wrestle
laskar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laskars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lascar.
colorated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of colorate
colorates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of colorate
spark spreads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spark spread
netaholic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: netaholics
Etymology: From net + -holic.
Senses: glosses: A person who is addicted to the Internet.
Hyponyms: Webaholic
Related terms: netaholism
netaholics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of netaholic
beach boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beach box
ganpi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gampi.
zappozap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zappozaps
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kasuyu (“traditional African weapon”).
synonyms: word: kasuyu
extra: traditional African weapon
zappozaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zappozap
kinkhost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: whooping cough
brown breads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brown bread
subtilisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtilisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of subtilization.
mic-check
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mic-checks
form: mic-checking
form: mic-checked
form: mic-checked
Senses: glosses: To use the human microphone technique to interrupt a public speech.
mic-checks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mic-check
mic-checked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mic-check
mic-checking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mic-check
transmogrifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transmogrifiers
Etymology: From transmogrify + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, transmogrifies.
transmogrifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transmogrifier
telekung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tələˈkuŋ/
Forms: form: telekungs
form: telekong
Etymology: From Malay telekung.
Senses: examples: text: The third type [of scarf] is the tudung dakwah or mini telekung (religious scarf).
ref: 1984 January 9, A. Rahim A. Latiff, “Well covered:The scarves”, in The Straits Times, Singapore (Usenet), retrieved 29 Oct 2017:
text: A survey done in Universiti Kebangsaan (National University) showed that the percentage of female students wearing telekongs had shot up to 80 per cent from 15 per cent in 1973-1974.
ref: 1984 December 2, Frieda Koh, “Pas-Umno fight changes people's ways”, in Singapore Monitor (Usenet), retrieved 29 Oct 2017:
text: Bukit Tinggi's Pasar Tingkat (market with many storeys): embroided bedsheets for $55 each at half Singapore's prices, decorative banana plants made of plastic, batik shirts, scarves and embroided telekung (prayer gowns).
ref: 1989 March 26, “Indulging a pasar passion”, in The Straits Times, Singapore (Usenet), retrieved 29 Oct 2017:
text: In the case of the gifts for the bride, the items that undergo marvellous transformations are the four-metre lace or silk dress material, songket sarong, cotton telekung (prayer garb), selendang (scarf), towel and the woolen or synthetic fibre prayer mat.
ref: 1989 March 14, Mardiana Abu Bakar, “Malay-style origami for wedding gifts”, in The Straits Times, Singapore (Usenet), retrieved 29 Oct 2017:
text: When everyone is ready, Faridah, who dons a telekung (prayer wear), and her family position themselves to face the kiblat (direction of Mekah).
ref: 2013 August 8, Mei Fung Lee, “Daily struggles not a barrier to fasting”, in The Jakarta Post, Indonesia (Usenet), retrieved 29 Oct 2017:
text: Daily necessities include women’s clothing, telekung (a prayer robe for women), men’s clothing, children’s clothing and school bags.
ref: 2015 February 23, Hassanal Harries, “Finding meaning through helping others”, in The Brunei Times, Brunei (Usenet), retrieved 29 Oct 2017:
text: KUALA TERENGGANU: A 56-year-old trader lost about RM40,000 when her stall was broken into by thieves who carted away telekung that was for sale and cash on Saturday.
ref: 2015 July 27, Zarina Abdullah, “Woman loses RM40k after thieves break into telekung stall”, in New Straits Times, Malaysia (Usenet), retrieved 29 Oct 2017:
text: The telekung, worn by Muslim women to pray, traditionally comes in white.
ref: 2017 March 15, Aznim Ruhana Md Yusup, “Fashion ambivalence”, in New Straits Times, Malaysia (Usenet), retrieved 29 Oct 2017:
glosses: A prayer garment, usually worn by Southeast Asian Muslim women, consisting of two pieces: a loosely-draped one-piece hijab that extends to the knees and a long skirt that hides the feet.
telekong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tələˈkoŋ/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of telekung.
Pin@y
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pin@ys
Etymology: The at-sign (@) resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o.
Senses: examples: text: To Miles and Ella, my little Pin@ys and JAs in Hawai'i who give me perspective and inspiration, […]
ref: 2015, Roderick N Labrador, Building Filipino Hawai'i, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN:
glosses: A Pinoy or Pinay; an ethnic Filipino.
Pin@ys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pin@y
sebamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sebamides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The amide of sebacic acid
pinacate beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinacate beetles
Etymology: From Mexican Spanish pinacate, from Classical Nahuatl pinacatl (“black beetle”).
Senses: glosses: A darkling beetle of the genus Eleodes, endemic to the Sonoran Desert and adjacent regions, and known for its defensive tactic of standing on its head to squirt a noxious spray.
Synonyms: pinacate bug
stinkbug
pinacate beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinacate beetle
pineapple tart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaɪnˌæp.əl tɑːt/
ipa: /ˈpaɪnˌæp.əl tɑːɹt/
Forms: form: pineapple tarts
Senses: examples: text: The past two years, she silkscreened her outfit with quirky prints of festive favourites such as pineapple tarts and kuih lapis.
ref: 2017 June 25, “She weaves festive favourites into her outfit”, in The Straits Times, Singapore (Usenet), retrieved 29 Oct 2017:
text: KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 ― The humble Malaysian pineapple tart, a local favourite during festive seasons, has now been offered in the luxury department store chain Lane Crawford in Hong Kong.
ref: 2016 October 29, “How Malaysian pineapple tarts became a HK luxury treat”, in The Malay Mail Online, Malaysia (Usenet), retrieved 29 Oct 2017:
text: One of them was Susan Yeoh, an entrepreneur, who said she would sell a jar of her home-made pineapple tarts, chocolate chip cookies or cashew nut cookies at RM15.
ref: 2014 January 23, Ivan Loh, Cheryl Hew, “The recent price hike is affecting small traders of Chinese New Year snacks”, in The Star Online, Malaysia (Usenet), retrieved 29 Oct 2017:
text: Pineapple tarts and cookies are popular in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
ref: 2013 February 15, Patricia Tanumihardja, “Indonesian-style pineapple tarts for Chinese New Year”, in The Christian Science Monitor, Indonesia (Usenet), retrieved 29 Oct 2017:
text: Store-bought pineapple tarts can cost $20 for 25 pieces and mini spring rolls $10 for 250gm, but the prices are justified, some home bakers said.
ref: 2010 February 12, Shaffiq Alkhatib, “Home bakers: Higher prices justified”, in Today, Singapore (Usenet), retrieved 29 Oct 2017:
text: Showing off a serrated pineapple tart mould at the hefty price of $50, Asmond says: "This is my idea, but the mould is designed and cut by computer."
ref: 1983 February 8, “Traditional tinsmith”, in Singapore Monitor, Singapore (Usenet), retrieved 29 Oct 2017:
text: There was no stinging on ingredients particularly in the pineapple tart, which was a deliciously rich short crust pastry bursting with a sweet pineapple jam filling.
ref: 1981 March 4, “Is the taste as good as the home-made?”, in New Nation, Singapore (Usenet), retrieved 29 Oct 2017:
text: Madam Yu Yoon Gee, instructor for Indonesian cake-making at the Adult Education Board, will give a talk-cum-demonstration in Mandarin on making pineapple tarts and kueh-la-la at the lecture hall of the Toa Payoh Branch Library on Jan. 22 at 7.30 p.m.
ref: 1975 January 16, “Pineapple tart making”, in The Straits Times, Singapore (Usenet), retrieved 29 Oct 2017:
synonyms: kuih tart
nastar
glosses: A bite-sized buttery, crumbly pastry filled with pineapple jam and served during festivities in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei.
discomforteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: discomfort + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of discomfort
discomfiteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: discomfit + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of discomfit
subtilisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subtilisation
chaomian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chow mein.
receptional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From reception + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to reception, or the way that something is received.
infoanarchists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infoanarchist
sprachbünde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from German Sprachbünde.
Senses: synonyms: sprachbunds
glosses: plural of sprachbund.
musicologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From music + -o- + logic.
Senses: glosses: musicological
Derived terms: ethnomusicologic
pomgramate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pomgramates
Senses: examples: text: The Forests are fill'd with Orange-trees, Citron-trees, Jessemin, Pomgranate-trees, and several other Trees loaded with Blossoms, which send forth a most fragrant Smell.
ref: 1709, Charles Jacques Poncèt, translated by William Lewis, A Voyage to Æthiopia, Made in the Years 1698, 1699, and 1700:
glosses: Obsolete form of pomegranate.
pomgramates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pomgramate
galoptious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more galoptious
form: most galoptious
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goluptious.
galuptious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more galuptious
form: most galuptious
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goluptious.
meaninged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meaning + -ed.
Senses: examples: single-meaninged; multi-meaninged
glosses: Having a specified number of meanings.
pachy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pachys
Etymology: Shortening of pachycephalosaurus.
Senses: glosses: A dinosaur of the genus Pachycephalosaurus.
pachys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pachy
scolopophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scolopophores
Senses: glosses: scolopidium
scolopophores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scolopophore
scolopidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scolopidium
scolopidial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From scolopidia + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the scolopidia.
sweet-talker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweet-talkers
Etymology: From sweet-talk + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who sweet-talks
nonseismogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + seismogenic.
Senses: glosses: Not seismogenic.
acardiaci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acardiacus
fundoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fundoscope
funduscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of funduscope
Koch's bacilli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Koch's bacillus
splitscreen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: splitscreens
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of split screen.
battleship-grey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of battleship grey.
battleship-gray
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of battleship grey.
CNNesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more CNNesque
form: most CNNesque
Etymology: From CNN + -esque.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:CNNesque.
glosses: Characteristic of the CNN (Cable News Network) television channel.
cointreaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cointreau
cointreau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cointreaus
form: cointreaux
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Cointreau (“serving of Cointreau liqueur”).
sesshin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sesshins
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 接心.
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A period of intensive zazen meditation in a Buddhist monastery.
sesshins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sesshin
bow to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bows to
form: bowing to
form: bowed to
form: bowed to
Senses: examples: text: He declined at first, but when his hosts insisted, he bowed to local custom and played his part in the ritual.
glosses: To subserviently adhere to (a tradition, etc.).
be onto
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: is onto
form: being onto
form: was onto
form: been onto
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of be on to.
come onto
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes onto
form: coming onto
form: came onto
form: come onto
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of come on to.
run adrift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs adrift
form: running adrift
form: ran adrift
form: run adrift
Senses: glosses: To continue without being steered (usually having been abandoned). (of a ship)
glosses: To be aimless or pointless; to make no progress.
set adrift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sets adrift
form: setting adrift
form: set adrift
form: set adrift
Senses: glosses: To send a ship, boat or raft out to sea without a crew or resources to steer it.
rumble on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rumbles on
form: rumbling on
form: rumbled on
form: rumbled on
Senses: glosses: To continue for too long, especially of a debate or discussion that has little likelihood of reaching an acceptable conclusion.
CMIS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Content Management Interoperability Services.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Common Management Information Service.
plow up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plows up
form: plowing up
form: plowed up
form: plowed up
form: plough up
Senses: glosses: To uncover or unearth (something) through plowing.
squopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squoppers
Etymology: From squop + -er.
Senses: qualifier: tiddlywinks
glosses: One who squops.
squoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squopper
shopfit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shopfits
Etymology: Back-formation from shopfitting
Senses: glosses: The process of fitting out a retail store.
shopfits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shopfit
waterfall bong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waterfall bongs
Senses: glosses: An improvised device for smoking cannabis, consisting of a container full of water with marijuana loaded at the top, so that it can be lit as the water drains out the bottom of the container to create a vacuum within the device.
fore-bridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fore-bridge
dissuasionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dissuasionary
form: most dissuasionary
Etymology: From dissuasion + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Serving to dissuade.
hotwifes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hotwife
hotwifed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hotwife
hotwifing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hotwife
traphouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: traphouses
Etymology: From trap + house.
Senses: topics: drugs
medicine
pharmacology
sciences
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Alternative form of trap house.
Related terms: crackhouse
wheel animal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheel animals
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any one of numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the anterior end.
wheel animals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheel animal
postehaste
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: poste-haste
Senses: examples: text: While in captivity he came to learn that a fresh raid on Nalanda was brewing, and managed to transmit a message of warning to his master advising him to free postehaste.
ref: 2002, R. Panth, Nalanda and Buddhism:
glosses: As fast as possible; with all possible haste.
postehaste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poste-haste
Senses: glosses: Great haste.