cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
petticoateries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petticoatery
pettiloon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pettiloons
Etymology: Blend of petticoat + pantaloon
Senses: examples: text: Whereabouts dwelt the Amazons, the true assertors of the Rights of Woman, who spurned even the gentle bondage of the pettiloon?
ref: 1852 December, Edward Sullivan, “Sullivan's Rambles in North and South America”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 35, number 446, page 680:
text: Barbara Edler of Omaha, Neb. is a "Pettiloon" specialist. That's a combination of old fashioned petticoat and pantaloons, chic things for square and folk, prettily trimmed with eyelet laces and ribbons, etc.
ref: 1954, Viltis - Volumes 13-17, page 22:
text: Lastly, he approves of "Bloomers" and "pettiloons," for he says women will do as they like — he should as soon think of driving the nails into his own coffin, as trying to stop them — "cosy?" — it's unpossible! ' Olive Branch June 28, 1851
ref: 1986, Fanny Fern, Joyce W. Warren, Ruth Hall and Other Writings:
text: She suggested a number of ways women might make the pettiloons visually interesting and attractive. For example, women could follow the "Turkish model" with gathering at the ankle, or allowing for excess fullness and letting the pettiloons "sag" at the ankle.
ref: 2001, Gayle V. Fischer, Pantaloons & Power: A Nineteenth-century Dress Reform in the United States:
text: Here were to be seen, 'in a cart drawn by a donkey, a huge costermonger in caricature costume and a bloomer by his side with cheeks of a high rosy hue and... pink pettiloons of dimensions which put to flight all representations as to the economy of these substitutes for ordinary female costume'.
ref: 2017, Don Chapman, Wearing the Trousers:
glosses: An early form of trouser for women, loose-fitting and often gathered at the ankle; the trouser portion of a bloomer costume.
pettiloons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pettiloon
antisymmetricity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: the property of being antisymmetric
beyond the grave
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: for the living human, who in grief may share deeply personal data with the commercial entity that owns the bot, but also for the ghost, which might inadvertently reveal a n old family secret from beyond the grave.
ref: 2025 March 5, Patricia Clarke, “You and me, we gonna live forever … as avatars, at least”, in The Observer:
glosses: After death.
civnat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: civnats
Etymology: Blend of civic + nationalist.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A civic nationalist.
topics: government
politics
glosses: One who subscribes to the ideology of civic nationalism.
Related terms: whitenat
and that's flat
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: that's flat
Senses: glosses: And that's that.
on the flat
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: On level ground.
examples: text: Another connection to be removed in September was that from the North London Line to the Tilbury route at Bromley, which crossed the District Line on the flat.
ref: 1959 November, “L.T. and E.R. developments in East London”, in Trains Illustrated, page 529:
text: Aside from services running along the East Coast Main Line, the documents include East Midlands Railway's services from Matlock and Derby to Lincoln and Cleethorpes, because they cross the ECML on the flat at Newark. In the busiest weekday hour, 21 trains cross at Newark.
ref: 2025 October 1, Philip Haigh, “Winners and losers in the new ECML timetable”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 22:
glosses: On the same level, at grade.
Related terms: flat crossing
set pen to paper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sets pen to paper
form: setting pen to paper
form: set pen to paper
form: set pen to paper
Senses: glosses: Synonym of put pen to paper.
synonyms: word: put pen to paper
civic nationalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A political ideology which adheres to an inclusive form of national identity forged not by race or culture but support for classically liberal institutions and principles.
Related terms: civic nationalist
civnat
leak like a sieve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leaks like a sieve
form: leaking like a sieve
form: leaked like a sieve
form: leaked like a sieve
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: To be very leaky.
Related terms: mind like a sieve
brain like a sieve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Synonym of mind like a sieve.
synonyms: word: mind like a sieve
head like a sieve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: “It is true. I have the head of a sieve. However, the other young lady was most kind. She was sorry for my disappointment, and showed me everything in the kindest way.”
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 145:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Synonym of mind like a sieve.
synonyms: word: mind like a sieve
Dalreoch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3876).
hover text
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: tooltip
Drumchapel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5270).
Cattermole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Evershed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Evershed effect
Brumby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Brumbys
Etymology: From Old Norse brunnr (“water well”)+býr (“farmstead, village”).
Senses: glosses: A former village in Brumby and Frodingham district, Frodingham parish, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old Norse.
civic nationalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: civic nationalists
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: One who subscribes to or advocates civic nationalism.
Related terms: civnat
wah-wahed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wah-wah
wah-wahing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wah-wah
VLTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VLT
damnacanthal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Derived from Damnacanthus + -al
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An anthraquinone aldehyde present in noni
engine hour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: engine hours
Senses: examples: text: Locomotive care is based on a system of preventive maintenance on an engine-hour basis. The majority of locomotives are not yet fitted with engine-hour recorders and examinations are, therefore, based on a computation of the locomotive-hours in traffic.
ref: 1964 January, “The maintenance of B.R. diesel-electric locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 54:
text: The remaining four locomotives in traffic […] are all expected to be stood down due to their high engine hours, as well as being due exams which the company is not prepared to undertake.
ref: 2023 November 29, “Last remaining DB Cargo Class 60s face final workings in December”, in RAIL, number 997, page 19:
glosses: An hour of operation of an engine.
decanometre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decanometres
Senses: glosses: A unit of length equal to 10 nanometres
decanometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decanometers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of decanometre.
decanometres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decanometre
decanometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decanometer
dechelated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dechelate
engine hours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of engine hour
demispherical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From demi- + spherical.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hemispherical.
synonyms: word: hemispherical
dependoparvoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dependoparvovirus
depseudonymization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + pseudonymization.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The reverse process to pseudonymization
dodecamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dodecamines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An aliphatic amine that has twelve carbon atoms
Synonyms: dodecylamine
dolichomorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dolicho- + -morphic.
Senses: glosses: Having a long, slender body
ductography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ductographies
Etymology: From duct + -o- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of galactography.
synonyms: word: galactography
dysrhythmogenicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of arrhythmogenicity.
synonyms: word: arrhythmogenicity
Hoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hoidals
Etymology: From Norwegian Høidal.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norwegian.
eigenperiod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eigenperiods
Etymology: From eigen- + period.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The period corresponding to a particular eigenfrequency
eigenperiods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eigenperiod
encephaloradiculitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: encephaloradiculides
Etymology: From encephalo- + radiculitis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: radiculitis of the brain
encorafenib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A particular anticancer drug
endocystic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endo- + cystic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to an endocyst
endoparasitoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endoparasitosis
entomoparasitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From entomo- + parasitic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to entomoparasites
epichaperome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epichaperomes
Etymology: From epi- + chaperome.
Senses: examples: text: The nature of the epichaperome, therefore, which presents as stable, multi-partner complexes affected by strong interactions as opposed to other cellular forms of chaperomes present in dynamic complexes of weak interactions, provide opportunities for its detection through small molecules [...].
ref: 2020, Swathi Merugu et al., “Chemical Probes and Methods for Single-cell Detection and Quantification of Epichaperones in Hematologic Malignancies”, in David M. Chenoweth, editor, Chemical Tools for Imaging, Manipulating, and Tracking Biological Systems: Diverse Methods for Optical Imaging and Conjugation (Methodis in Enzymology; 639), Cambridge, Mass.; San Diego, Calif.: Academic Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, section 2.4 (Epichaperome Probes), page 294:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A network of chaperomes present in cancer cells.
equatorin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An acrosomal protein present in mammalian sperm
eugaleaspid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eugaleaspids
Senses: glosses: Any fish of the order Eugaleaspidiformes
eugaleaspids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eugaleaspid
evapotranspires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of evapotranspire
extracapsidular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra + capsid + -ular.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Outside a capsid
extremophilous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of extremophilic.
PBAN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of polybutadiene acrylonitrile.
filter bubble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filter bubbles
Etymology: Coined by American author, activist, and entrepreneur Eli Pariser in 2010.
Senses: examples: text: The other problem with algorithms is that they trap us in what is known as “filter bubbles” — the digital equivalent of an echo chamber, in which our incoming sources of information have been so customized to us that they simply confirm and reinforce what we already believe.
ref: 2020 June 16, Brooke Shelby Biggs, “Do you live in a news bubble?”, in Independent Lens:
coordinate_terms: echo chamber
glosses: A state of intellectual isolation resulting from exposure to only highly personalized Internet content.
Synonyms: sense: environment which validates a limited set of ideas and feelings
word: circle jerk
sense: environment which validates a limited set of ideas and feelings
word: echo chamber
sense: environment which validates a limited set of ideas and feelings
word: hugbox
sense: environment which validates a limited set of ideas and feelings
word: mutual admiration society
Related terms: confirmation bias
selection bias
Coleshill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Coleshills
Etymology: From an unclear first element + Old English hyll (“hill”).
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SU9495).
glosses: A placename:
A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU2393).
glosses: A placename:
A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2089).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Related terms: Colehill
American buffalo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: American buffalo
form: American buffalos
form: American buffaloes
Senses: glosses: Bison bison; Synonym of American bison.
glosses: A gold bullion coin first offered for sale by the United States Mint in 2006.
Synonyms: word: buffalo
word: bison
Hypernyms: bison
bovine
bovid
Hyponyms: plains buffalo
wood buffalo
Truckee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌki/
Senses: glosses: A town in Nevada County, California, United States.
glosses: A river in California and Nevada, United States, which flows between two lakes; in full, the Truckee River.
Alta Sierra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Nevada County, California, United States.
Lake Wildwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Nevada County, California, United States.
Lake of the Pines
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Nevada County, California, United States.
Related terms: Lake of the Woods
Penn Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Nevada County, California, United States.
plains buffalo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plains buffalo
form: Plains buafflo
Senses: glosses: Bison bison bison; Synonym of plains bison.
Synonyms: word: buffalo
word: bison
Hypernyms: english: Bison bison
translation: Bison bison
word: American buffalo
word: bison
word: bovine
word: bovid
Hyponyms: english: great plains buffalo
translation: great plains buffalo
word: western buffalo
english: Pennsylvanian bison
translation: Pennsylvanian bison
word: eastern buffalo
North San Juan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Nevada County, California, United States.
Floriston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Nevada County, California, United States.
wood bison
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Bison bison athabascae, one of the two subspecies of the American bison, the other being the plains bison.
Synonyms: wood buffalo
Hypernyms: english: Bison bison
translation: Bison bison
word: American bison
english: Bison
translation: Bison
word: bison
word: bovine
word: bovid
Hyponyms: mountain buffalo
woods buffalo
wood buffalo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wood buffalo
Senses: glosses: Bison bison athabascae; Synonym of wood bison.
Hypernyms: english: Bison bison
translation: Bison bison
word: American buffalo
word: bison
word: bovine
word: bovid
Hyponyms: mountain buffalo
woods buffalo
North American buffalo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: North American buffalo
Etymology: From North American + buffalo.
Senses: glosses: Bison bison (“B. bison”); Synonym of American bison (“American buffalo”).
North American bison
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From North American + bison.
Senses: glosses: Bison bison (“B. bison”); Synonym of American bison (“American buffalo”).
Athabaska
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Athabasca.
germanium diselenide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A chemical compound with the formula GeSe. It exists as black crystalline powder having orthorhombic crystal symmetry; at temperatures ~650 °C, it transforms into the cubic NaCl structure.
Cappe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cappes
Etymology: * Clipping of Capitofsky; Anglicization of Capitofsky.
* French Cappé
* Middle English Cappe
Senses: glosses: A surname.
An English surname.
glosses: A surname.
A surname, from anglicization of Capitofsky.
glosses: A surname.
A surname from French, from French Cappé
self-quarantine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˌsɛlfˈkwɒɹəntiːn/
Forms: form: self-quarantines
form: self-quarantining
form: self-quarantined
form: self-quarantined
Etymology: From self- + quarantine.
Senses: examples: text: He said that he became sick with relatively mild symptoms about a week ago and self-quarantined at his home.
ref: 2020 March 22, Alex Wigglesworth, Maria L. La Ganga, Richard Winton, James Queally, “California coronavirus death toll rises to 27, including four in L.A. County”, in Los Angeles Times:
topics: epidemiology
medicine
sciences
synonyms: self-isolate
glosses: To refrain from physical contact with other individuals, especially in order to reduce the transmission of a contagious disease.
Derived terms: self-quarantiner
self-quarantine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌsɛlfˈkwɒɹəntiːn/
Forms: form: self-quarantines
Etymology: From self- + quarantine.
Senses: examples: text: We apply this model to a large urban area (9 million people) and evaluate the effect of situational awareness (early detection and response) and several response measures, such as mass vaccination, quarantine, closure, mass-transit shutdown, and voluntary self-quarantine on the spread of the epidemic and on the total number of casualties.
ref: 2005 November, Moshe Kress, “The Effect of Social Mixing Controls on the Spread of Smallpox—A Two-Level Model”, in Health Care Management Science, volume 8, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, page 277:
text: Eleven city firefighters have tested positive, and more than 50 are in self-quarantine.
ref: 2020 March 22, Alex Wigglesworth, Maria L. La Ganga, Richard Winton, James Queally, “California coronavirus death toll rises to 27, including four in L.A. County”, in Los Angeles Times:
topics: epidemiology
medicine
sciences
synonyms: self-isolation
home quarantine
home isolation
glosses: Isolation by avoiding physical contact with other individuals, especially in order to reduce the transmission of a contagious disease.
self-quarantines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of self-quarantine
self-quarantines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-quarantine
self-quarantining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of self-quarantine
self-quarantined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self-quarantine
conelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conelets
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A small cone.
super-spreader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: super-spreaders
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of superspreader.
super-spreaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of super-spreader
holocash
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of holocaust + cash.
Senses: examples: text: Everyone knows the holocash is a hoax. It started out as standard war-time propaganda and then the jooz grabbed it as a way to extort billions of $ from germany and other countries.
ref: 2010 November 7, Speeders & Drunk Drivers Are Murderers, “Re: Radical Professor Denies the Holocaust”, in alt.revisionism (Usenet):
text: Indeed. Without the net the truth about 911 would have never been exposed which should make everyone question how much of history is just propaganda from the govt, media, and historians. Are the holocash and moon landings hoaxes?
ref: 2010 December 22, Laura Bush murdered her boy friend, “Will TV Fraudcasters ever tell the truth about 911?”, in talk.politics.misc (Usenet):
text: Speaking of holocash survivors, why are there still so many of them? 70 years after the fact and there's still a million of them out there demanding money.!! More evidence the whole thing is a racket and a hoax.
ref: 2011 January 11, Criminal Drivers Murder 35,000 Americans a Year, “Re: The Holocaust® Story Matters. Holocaust Survivors Do Not”, in soc.culture.israel (Usenet):
text: Like this menorah, many are on public display in Cuba, but nothing beats Castro showing off his jewish roots by commemorating the holocash with a menorah in Havana.
ref: 2014 April 2, Fidel Castro – It's the Jews, soc.men
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Holocash.
Trebek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Trebeks
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Trebekie
Related terms: word: Trebeck
word: Terebeychuk
roman: Terebejčuk
word: Теребейчук
Sajak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sajaks
Senses: glosses: A surname.
acetabulofemoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From acetabulo- + femoral.
Senses: examples: text: acetabulofemoral distance; acetabulofemoral joint
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the pelvic acetabulum and the femur; relating to the hip joint.
Mellett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Vanna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vannas
Etymology: From Slavic Vanna, from Ivana (Ѝвана) and Ivanna (Ива́нна), ultimately from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets.
Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, and Sinead.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Slavic languages.
Vanna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vannas
form: de Vanna
form: deVanna
form: DeVanna
form: Devanna
form: de-Vanna
form: De-Vanna
form: De-vanna
form: di Vanna
form: diVanna
form: DiVanna
form: Divanna
form: di-Vanna
form: Di-Vanna
form: Di-vanna
Etymology: From Italian Vanna.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
fasciopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fasciopathies
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A disease that affects a fascia
fasciosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fascioses
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: pain that originates in a fascia
feralisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of feralization.
fisavirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fisaviruses
Senses: glosses: Any RNA virus of the genus Fisavirus
fisaviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fisavirus
flavonoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to flavonoids
Chicagoesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Chicagoesque
form: most Chicagoesque
Etymology: From Chicago + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: The crucial point that comes to light with the long gestation of the viticultural trade in Ohio is that the mid-century frontier was not a place of incremental development, nor was it in all places a Chicagoesque explosion of urbanization.
ref: 2013, Erica Hannickel, Empire of Vines: Wine Culture in America, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 126:
glosses: Reminiscent of the city of Chicago, Illinois.
funneliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to fungi of the genus Funneliformis
fusogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The action of a fusogen
spur leather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spur leathers
Senses: glosses: The strap by which the spur is fastened to the foot.
spur leathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spur leather
Dinsdale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dinsdales
Etymology: From the Old English personal name *Dyttīn + -s- + healh (“corner, nook, recess”).
Senses: glosses: A railway station in Middleton St George, Darlington borough, County Durham, England, which was named after a village now named Low Dinsdale (OS grid ref NZ3413).
glosses: A suburb of Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Low Dinsdale
Over Dinsdale
on the turn
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Their sick mother was still taking medicine every day, but seemed to be on the turn: she would be better soon.
glosses: At the point where a change occurs.
examples: text: This orange juice is on the turn: better finish it quickly.
glosses: Becoming spoiled or inedible.
raw_tags: of food or drink
Corinthianize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Corinthianizes
form: Corinthianizing
form: Corinthianized
form: Corinthianized
Etymology: From Corinthian + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To be licentious, or sexually immoral.
Related terms: Corinthianism
Corinthianized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Corinthianize
Corinthianizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Corinthianize
Corinthianizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Corinthianize
Newton's apple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Newton's apples
Etymology: After the story that English scientist Isaac Newton was inspired to formulate his theory of gravitation by watching the fall of an apple from a tree.
Senses: examples: text: The 'perfect fluid' which Lord Kelvin desiderated, is an instance that scientists are on the outlook for something that will serve as a Newton's apple to lead them to the larger truth which urges birth from their instincts of faith.
ref: 1913, Archibald Allan, Space and Personality, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, page 204:
text: Shortly afterwards, in a book called Stupeni. Tekst khudozhnika [Steps. An Artist's Text] published in 1918 in Moscow, Kandinsky wrote about himself as the original discoverer of abstract painting and, as is the custom of discoverers, recounted what precisely became his Newton's apple.
ref: 2010, Yuri Tsivian, “The Gesture of Revolution or Misquoting as Device”, in Annie van den Oever, editor, Ostrannenie: On "Strangeness" and the Moving Image: The History, Reception, and Relevance of a Concept, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, page 25:
glosses: Something that acts as a source of inspiration or triggers an important realization for someone.
wikipedia: Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton#Apple incident
Newton's apples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Newton's apple
self-thinking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: independent-minded
glosses: Forming one's own opinions; having independent judgment.
Halewood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈheɪlwʊd/
Senses: glosses: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4485).
Quietism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In its consistently logical form Quietism makes communion between man and God an impossibility by annulling the distinction between them, ultimately reducing God to a vague and empty abstraction, and dehumanizing man.
ref: 1919, James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, Louis Herbert Gray, Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics: Picts-Sacraments, page 535:
text: In von Hügel's estimation the real culprit that distorts “quiet” into Quietism, is any tendency to extreme dualism, particularly between body and soul.
ref: 2009, Elaine A. Heath, Naked Faith: The Mystical Theology of Phoebe Palmer, page 75:
text: The problem of Quietism or rather the problem of Quietism in its most corrupted forms and their immediate repercussions on a disciplinary, moral and sexual level led to the realization that the dangers that believers faced were as much inside the Church as outside.
ref: 2013, Dr Federico Barbierato, The Inquisitor in the Hat Shop:
glosses: Alternative form of quietism (“form of mysticism”).
reaccompany
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reaccompanies
form: reaccompanying
form: reaccompanied
form: reaccompanied
Etymology: From re- + accompany.
Senses: examples: text: I insist, on the other hand, that monsieur's wishes must be complied with, and we must reaccompany him to the top, which we do.
ref: 1883, Florence Marryat, The Ghost of Charlotte Cray and Other Stories, page 243:
text: To the intense satisfaction of those of the Mayor's visitors who had gone without luncheon, the police escort was in attendance to reaccompany the beflagged motor-cars “up-town.”
ref: 1928, George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, New York, page 49:
text: And so, before we separated, in the ever more empty streets where we ended up by hearing only our own footsteps, we would reaccompany each other two or three times.
ref: 1975, Georges Simenon, The Others, page 46:
glosses: To accompany again.
reaccompanies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reaccompany
reaccompanying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reaccompany
reaccompanied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reaccompany
reaccomplish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reaccomplishes
form: reaccomplishing
form: reaccomplished
form: reaccomplished
Etymology: From re- + accomplish.
Senses: examples: text: In the first case, we sacrifice blood and treasure for the accomplishment of some object which, in some instances, we fail in accomplishing (which is the most frequent result); or which, in others, having accomplished for the time, we shall have to reaccomplish before many years elapse; or which, even, in case of success, is not worth the thousandth part of what we have sacrificed for its accomplishment.
ref: 1871, Augustus Mongredien, England's Foreign Policy, page 18:
text: Leadership is the process through which the alienated split between the producing and the product artificially, i.e. in a reified mode, has to be bridged in order to reaccomplish the unity which originally existed.
ref: 1994, Burkard Sievers, Work, Death, and Life Itself, page 173:
text: I argued that organizing is about creating some patterned recurrence into that ceaseless change. Organizing itself was seen to consist of continuing efforts to reaccomplish the impermanent patterns that had been created.
ref: 2012, Karl E. Weick, Making Sense of the Organization:
glosses: To accomplish again.
reaccomplishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reaccomplish
reaccomplishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reaccomplish
reaccomplished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reaccomplish
reaccomplishment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reaccomplishments
form: re-accomplishment
Etymology: From re- + accomplish + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: If the airman's enlistment is extended and the item becomes filled, summarize all service, except. the last 2 years, upon reaccomplishment.
ref: 1974, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, Federal Data Banks and Constitutional Rights:
text: Its rebuilding assumes reconstruction of airport facilities and systems on the active land lot as well as total or partial reaccomplishment of the master plan.
ref: 1996, Prianka N. Seneviratne, Rebuilding Inner City Airports, page 40:
text: The difference is that changes embedded in emerging reaccomplishments adapt to local quirks more quickly and often more fully.
ref: 2012, Karl E. Weick, Making Sense of the Organization, Volume 2:
glosses: The act, process, or result of reaccomplishing.
reaccomplishments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reaccomplishment
High Marnham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Marnham parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England, formerly the site of a coal-fired power station (OS grid ref SK8070).
Related terms: Low Marnham
re-accomplishment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: re-accomplishments
Senses: examples: text: The current situation is extremely hard, but in spite of all hardships we must keep our courage untouched, and our belief whole and firm, and our hopes vivid and steady as far as the full re-accomplishment of our national ideal is concerned.
ref: 1979, Gheorghe Zaharia, L. Vajda, The Anti-fascist Resistance in the North-east of Transylvania, September 1940-October 1944, page 176:
text: Consequently, the existence and re-accomplishment of situated practices tend to be local: that is, specific to a geographical area, possibly to one street, to a region, or to a society.
ref: 1985, Richard Whipp, Peter Clark, Innovation and the Auto Industry, page 24:
text: 7 The re-accomplishment is an “insightful” one in which every step is undertaken explicitly, expressly, and on the basis of the earlier steps.
ref: 2000, St. Edith Stein, Marianne Sawicki, Philosophy of Psychology and the Humanities:
glosses: Alternative form of reaccomplishment.
re-accomplishments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of re-accomplishment
Vettel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vettels
Etymology: Borrowed from German Vettel.
Senses: examples: text: Monza was the seventh race in a row at which Leclerc had out-qualified Vettel. There were extenuating circumstances this time - Vettel did not have a slipstream on his first lap and the farcical end to qualifying prevented him doing another - but a clear pattern is emerging.
ref: 2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport:
glosses: A surname from German.
Piquet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Piquets
Etymology: From French Piquet.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
reaccount
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reaccounts
form: reaccounting
form: reaccounted
form: reaccounted
Etymology: From re- + account.
Senses: examples: text: The present action was brought by the heirs against the administrator Stone, his sureties and the purchasers of the land, asking that the sales of the land be set aside upon the ground that the decree of sale was void because the plaintiffs had not been served with process so as to make them parties to the action, alleging that the negligent conduct of the administrator in failing to dispose of the slaves was the cause of their loss and of the necessity to sell the land to pay the debts and asking that he be compelled to account for the value of the slaves, and to reaccount.
ref: 1915, J. K. Roberts, Daniel Woolsey Crockett, Kentucky Opinions:
text: Briefly stated, they are: (1) Whether the company may now reaccount for interest during construction and add to cost of plant amounts for interest during construction not previously charged; (2) Whether the company may now reaccount for the administrative and general expenses previously charged to operating expenses and add a part thereof to its recorded plant cost; […]
ref: 1939, United States. Federal Power Commission, Opinions and Decisions of the Federal Power Commission:
text: The business must be able to reaccount for the debts by customers, for the inventory on hand, and for other assets owned by the company.
ref: 1978, John R. Taylor, How to Start and Succeed in a Business of Your Own, page 142:
glosses: To account again.
To update financial accounts.
examples: text: There seems to be no question that the apostolic charisma that shone on the foreheads of those who gathered centuries ago in the Upper Room have reappeared in other forms from time to time in the history of the Church. There is no need to reaccount all of them here.
ref: 1952, Annals of Saint Joseph - Volume 65, page 102:
text: At any point in time behavior has meaning only to the extent that it can be reaccounted and interpreted in light of present circumstances.
ref: 1980, Edward A. Mabry, Richard E. Barnes, The Dynamics of Small Group Communication, page 87:
text: Numerous studies reaccount reform trends, noting the enduring patterns, the resilience and intransigence of fundamental features of schooling—grouping students by age (see Ames, this volume, on "multigrade” schools in Peru), subjects taught in isolation—and the cyclical nature of reform efforts (Angus and Mirel 1999; Tyack and Cuban 1995; Kirst and Meister 1985).
ref: 2005, Brian V. Street, Literacies Across Educational Contexts:
glosses: To account again.
To explain or describe again.
reaccounts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reaccount
reaccounting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reaccount
reaccounted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reaccount
back then
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: On the East and West Coast Main Lines in the 1950s/60s, for example, we saw the extinction of intermediate stations in order to create the same sort of accelerations that IRP is now promising. Back then, the priority was faster main line services, with wayside/intermediate stations paying the ultimate price.
ref: 2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:
glosses: At that time, at the time referred to in the past.
Related terms: back in the day
Verstappen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -æpən
Forms: form: Verstappens
Etymology: From Dutch Verstappen.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Synonyms: Vanderstappen
Vanstappen
Derstappen
Stappen
pack year
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pack years
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pack-year.
pack years
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pack year
pack-years
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pack-year
at that time
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Back then, at the time referred to in the past.
Related terms: at the time
Boyes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Carter County, Montana, United States.
Derived terms: Boyes Hot Springs
PYs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PY
NNT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NNTs
Senses: topics: epidemiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of number needed to treat.
Related terms: NNH
Rosberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rosbergs
Etymology: From Swedish Rosberg.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Swedish.
gasteracanthine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gasteracanthines
Senses: examples: text: The web of gasteracanthines is a complete orb, made either vertically or on an inclined plane, with an open hub, many radii and viscid spirals.
ref: 1997, Ansie S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, African spiders: an identification manual, page 113:
glosses: A spider of the genus Gasteracantha.
gasteracanthines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gasteracanthine
Clearlake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Lake County, California, United States.
Hidden Valley Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Lake County, California, United States.
North Lakeport
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Lake County, California, United States.
Clearlake Riviera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Lake County, California, United States.
Clearlake Oaks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Lake County, California, United States. Former name: Stubbs.
Middletown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From middle + town.
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Lake County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of San Diego, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Middlesex County, Connecticut.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in New Castle County, Delaware.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Logan County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Henry County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marion Township, Allen County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Shelby County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
Synonym of Prairie Creek, Indiana.
synonyms: word: Prairie Creek
word: Indiana
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Des Moines County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Frederick County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Caledonia Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Jackson County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Montgomery County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Delaware County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Orange County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A former hamlet in Orangetown, Rockland County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A former town in Richmond County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A former hamlet in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Butler County and Warren County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Champaign County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Bethlehem Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
Three townships, in Bucks County, Delaware County and Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Newport County, Rhode Island.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Frederick County, Virginia.
glosses: A village in Trewern community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3012).
Related terms: Middleton
Lower Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From lower + lake.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Lake County, California, United States.
Soda Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Lake County, California, United States.
Spring Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Lake County, California, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in San Diego County, California, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States.
Belkot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Timorous rays of winter sun fall on the potato fields of Nuwakot, a district in central Nepal still recovering from the impact of the 2015 earthquakes. The residents of Belkot village are outside, digging and weeding their patches of land.
ref: 2017 January 11, Pratibha Tuladhar, “Nepal: Reconstruction through radio”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2025:
glosses: A municipality in central Nepal.
gin joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gin joints
Senses: examples: text: Rick Blaine: "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
ref: 1942, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch, Casablanca (motion picture)
text: The heroin trade has also flourished in Ruili, along with all the ancillary businesses of bordertowns: casinos, gin joints, a glitzy bowling alley, beauty parlors and garish short-time hotels catering to bigger-spending debauchers.
ref: 1999 September 27, Anthony Spaeth, “Sex, Drugs and The Roll of Dice”, in Time, retrieved 22 Mar 2020:
text: The Tanager was founded on East Fourth Street in a former barbershop, then relocated in 1953 to 90 East 10th, a cheaper, narrow, four-story building upstairs from a gin joint.
ref: 2017 January 10, Randy Kennedy, “'Inventing Downtown' Recalls When Artists Ran the Galleries”, in New York Times, retrieved 22 Mar 2020:
glosses: A commercial establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed, especially one which is shabby or downmarket.
Synonyms: bar
public house