cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
livecast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: livecasts
Etymology: From live + -cast, from broadcast.
Senses: examples: text: Livecasts demonstrate the benefit of streaming technology. Listening to a one-hour livecast that is streamed to the user can be compared to a radio. As the livecast happens, it is streamed down and then becomes history.
ref: 2006, Jeffrey S. Brown, Susan L. Thomas, J. Peter Bruzzese, CIW Site and E-Commerce Design Study Guide, →ISBN:
text: “The locals are showing this,” she whispered. “Look, they're going to arrest us on livecast.”
ref: 2012, Paula Guran, Brave New Love, →ISBN:
text: GKIC Insider's Circle has developed a brilliant way to create products. It invites people to attend a livecast for free. The livecast is then recorded and sold during the program. It uses the sales funnel as the product. It also sells a product and membership during the livecast opt-in process that more than covers its production costs. And it can retarget anyone who opts in with future offers.
ref: 2015, Dan S. Kennedy, Kim Walsh-Phillips, No B.S. Guide to Direct Response Social Media Marketing, →ISBN, page 244:
text: Noticeboards, discussion forums, chat rooms, livecasts, and blogs function as focal sites where views are exchanged, information imparted, and narratives about epidemics constructed.
ref: 2016, Robert Peckham, Epidemics in Modern Asia, →ISBN, page 40:
glosses: A webcast that is streamed live, often combined with an integrated chat forum for those watching.
livecast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: livecasts
form: livecasting
form: livecast
form: livecast
form: livecasted
form: livecasted
Etymology: From live + -cast, from broadcast.
Senses: examples: text: For the first time, a joint press conference at the conclusion of the ECCU regional discussions was held at the ECCB and was livecast simultaneously to the press in all eight ECCU member jurisdictions (including Anguilla and Montserrat, the two non-Fund member territories of the United Kingdom).
ref: 2005, International Monetary Fund, Eastern Caribbean Currency Union, →ISBN, page 18:
text: Services such as Qik and Mogulus also allow for livecasting, in addition to offering the ability to broadcast video and support chatroom functionality from a mobile phone.
ref: 2010, Brian Solis, Engage, →ISBN:
text: Livecasting isn't for everyone, but those who livecast are passionate about it. My friend Jody Gnant livecasted her life for nine full months, 24/7.
ref: 2010, Lon Safko, The Social Media Bible, →ISBN:
text: Saycast enables members to livecast their own music selection to a wider audience while chatting.
ref: 2013, Louisa S. Ha, Richard J. Ganahl, Webcasting Worldwide: Business Models of an Emerging Global Medium, →ISBN:
text: He livecasts all this to warn people what happens without gods.
ref: 2015, Al Robertson, Crashing Heaven, →ISBN:
glosses: To create and broadcast a livecast.
Related terms: lifecasting
livecasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of livecast
livecasts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of livecast
livecasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of livecast
livecasted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of livecast
basewide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From base + -wide.
Senses: glosses: Throughout a military base.
butt-hurt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more butt-hurt
form: most butt-hurt
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of butthurt.
NLCA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal).
Synonyms: NFCA
NBCA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of New Brunswick Court of Appeal.
PECA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Prince Edward Island Supreme Court, Appeal Division.
glosses: Acronym of Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act.
Synonyms: PESCAD
NWTCA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Northwest Territories Court of Appeal.
YKCA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Yukon Court of Appeal.
NUCA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Nunavut Court of Appeal.
BCSC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of British Columbia Supreme Court.
translead
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + lead.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Coming after lead in the periodic table, i.e. having an atomic number greater than 82.
SKQB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench.
MBQB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench.
ONSC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
plagiarizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plagiarizable
form: most plagiarizable
Etymology: From plagiarize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being plagiarized.
QCCS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: from French Québec Cour Supérieure
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Quebec Superior Court.
NBQB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench.
NSSC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Nova Scotia Supreme Court.
PESC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Prince Edward Island Supreme Court, Trial Division.
Synonyms: PESCTD
NLTD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court (Trial Division).
Synonyms: NLSCTD
YKSC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Yukon Supreme Court.
NWTSC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Northwest Territories Supreme Court.
NUCJ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Nunavut Court of Justice.
ABPC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Alberta Provincial Court.
BCPC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of British Columbia Provincial Court.
MBPC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Manitoba Provincial Court.
NBPC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of New Brunswick Provincial Court.
NLPC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Court.
NTTC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Northwest Territories Territorial Court.
NSPC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Nova Scotia Provincial Court.
ONCJ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Ontario Court of Justice.
PEPC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Prince Edward Island Provincial Court.
QCCQ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Quebec Court/Cour du Quebec.
SKPC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Saskatchewan Provincial Court.
YKTC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Yukon Territorial Court.
TCC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: railway
glosses: Initialism of Train Control Computer.
TCC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of Tax Court of Canada.
longgrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From long + grass.
Senses: examples: text: Experiments with veld fires in the longgrass-veld without grazing, once again revealed the undesirability of the practice of early burning and the extremely injurious effect of autumn fire.
ref: 1947, Farming in South Africa - Volume 22, page 290:
text: He had finished long hours of grueling exercise cutting longgrass by hand.
ref: 2003, M. Daily, The Seed, →ISBN, page 64:
text: She found him lying in the longgrass of the meadow, staring at the night sky filled with the flickering brightness of ten thousand souls.
ref: 2006, Jayel Gibson, The Wrekening: An Ancient Mirrors Tale, →ISBN, page 423:
glosses: Grasses that have been allowed to grow very high or that are from a species that grows very high.
examples: text: There has been no detailed analysis of statistics regarding the particular impact of 'quality of life' laws on longgrass people living in and around Darwin.
ref: 2003 October, Cassandra Goldie, “'Why Government Is Treating Us like Animals?': Legal and Human Rights Perspectives on Living in Public Space”, in Parity, volume 16, number 9:
text: Stella had spent many hours sitting with and acting in support of Indigenous families living in the "longgrass" around the urban centre of Darwin.
ref: 2006, Amy Horton-Newell, Lawyers working to end homelessness:
text: Specifically, the 'warriors' the song is about are people from the Maningrida songwriter's extended family who come to the longgrass in Darwin and get into drunken fights at the Tiwi shops.
ref: 2006, Emma Esther Kowal, The proximate advocate: improving indigenous health on the postcolonial frontier (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Melbourne), page 10:
text: Yolngu workers have used it in health promotion talks with the youth and it makes sense to them in terms of the spread of AIDS from Africa, the 'longgrass' in Darwin, the beach at Nhulunbuy, etc.
ref: 2006, Rob Amery, “Directions for linguistic research: Forging partnerships in language development and expansion of the domains of use of Australia's indigenous languages”, in Language Development in the Pacific: Endangerment and Survival:
glosses: An area around Darwin, Australia populated by homeless indigenous people.
Derived terms: long-grasser
long-grasser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long-grassers
form: longgrasser
form: long grasser
Etymology: From longgrass + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Usually they were first-person accounts of Darwin politics from the viewpoint of a 'long-grasser', or a homeless drinker around town.
ref: 2000, Ian Jack, Australia: The New New World, →ISBN, page 205:
text: This article uses concepts from Yolngu philosophy to explore these perspectives in three contexts: at the former mission settlements, at homeland centres, and among “long-grassers” in Darwin.
ref: 2004, Michael Christie, John Greatorex, “Yolngu Life in the Northern Territory of Australia: The Significance of Community and Social Capital”, in Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, volume 26, number 1:
text: But Miss Harriet Douglas was no long-grasser.
ref: 2011, Stephen Gray, The Protectors: A Journey Through Whitefella Past, →ISBN:
text: The dense racial politics and the indeterminacy of the long-grasser problem at the Tiwi shops make this a paradigmatic contact zone.
ref: 2015, Emma Kowal, Trapped in the Gap: Doing Good in Indigenous Australia, →ISBN, page 69:
glosses: A homeless indigenous person living in the longgrass region.
long-grassers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long-grasser
longgrasser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longgrassers
Senses: examples: text: While the "Tiwi Warriors" and other longgrassers are highly visible in the urban landscape, they make up only a small minority of Indigenous people who live in Darwin.
ref: 2006, Emma Esther Kowal, The proximate advocate: improving indigenous health on the postcolonial frontier (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Melbourne), page 4:
glosses: Alternative form of long-grasser.
long grasser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long grassers
Senses: examples: text: Forty-three long grassers were interviewed in their first language. The reasons they gave for living in the long grass were complex, ranging from the inability to afford a flight back to their home community after accessing medical treatment, to a desire to escape disputes and conflicts in their community, to an enjoyment of the 'freedom of living in the long grass'.
ref: 2015, Emma Kowal, Trapped in the Gap: Doing Good in Indigenous Australia, →ISBN, page 79:
glosses: Alternative form of long-grasser.
sh sound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sh sounds
Etymology: This sound is typically spelled sh in English words.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A voiceless postalveolar fricative.
buckle bunny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buckle bunnies
Senses: glosses: A female groupie of rodeo cowboys.
buckle bunnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buckle bunny
satyromania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos) + -mania
Senses: examples: text: Reggie's brutal lust borders on satyromania
ref: 1972, A. V. Krishna Rao, The Indo-Anglian Novel and the Changing Tradition, Mysore: Rao and Raghavan, →OCLC, page 34:
synonyms: satyriasis
satyrism
hypernyms: hypersexuality
coordinate_terms: nymphomania
glosses: Excessive sexual desire in men.
Related terms: satyromaniac
satyromaniac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪniæk
Forms: form: satyromaniacs
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos) + -maniac.
Senses: examples: text: "I can't get to sleep unless I've had a lay," the satyromaniac once admitted, for some reason, to a United States ambassador.
ref: 2015 February 10, “The Time John F. Kennedy Decided to Pass on Smoking That Fourth Joint”, in Esquire:
glosses: A man with excessive sexual desire.
Related terms: satyromania
nymphomaniac
satyromaniacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of satyromaniac
pramana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pramanas
Etymology: From Sanskrit प्रमाण (pramāṇa).
Senses: glosses: means of knowledge
pramanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pramana
degunkification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + gunk + -ification.
Senses: glosses: The process of degunkifying.
hot mint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Vietnamese coriander (Persicaria odorata).
Wendsday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wendsdays
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of Wednesday.
Wensday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wensdays
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of Wednesday.
don't hate the player, hate the game
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Pronunciation: text: Audio (US)
Senses: glosses: The frustrations with a system or activity should be blamed on its weaknesses, rather than on individuals who operate within it.
Related terms: love the sinner, hate the sin
play the man and not the ball
unlimit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unlimits
form: unlimiting
form: unlimited
form: unlimited
Etymology: From un- + limit.
Senses: glosses: To free from limitations.
up one's game
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ups one's game
form: upping one's game
form: upped one's game
form: upped one's game
Senses: examples: text: He wondered if any of the boys had a grandmother like his, a woman with knowledge and secrets and a gentle habit of helping you up your game.
ref: 2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN, page 49:
text: "Rail has a good basis for promoting green travel options, but we can't rest on our laurels. We need to keep on moving forwards because other modes are upping their games as well," says Brennan-Brown.
ref: 2020 December 16, Daniel Puddicombe, “Treated DMUs become cleaner and greener”, in Rail, page 47:
glosses: Synonym of step up one's game.
synonyms: word: step up one's game
kandak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kandaks
Senses: examples: text: Once a kandak has been trained and equipped, it is posted to an area of the country where it conducts counter-insurgency operations.
ref: 2008, John Mackinlay, Terence McNamee, Greg Mills, International peace-building for the 21st century, page 29:
text: Team Beast was there to advise, assist, and train the Afghan kandak; to increase its operational effectiveness; and to help it enable its brigade.
ref: 2013, The Engineer, page 41:
text: The kandak was going to raid the village and arrest or kill any enemies they found inside.
ref: 2015, Mark Evans, Andrew Sharples, Code Black: Cut off and facing overwhelming odds: the siege of Nad Ali, →ISBN:
glosses: A unit in the Afghan army that works in cooperation with American forces.
kandaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kandak
bog Irish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪəɹɪʃ
Etymology: From bog + Irish.
Senses: examples: text: My friends dismissed him as a Kerry sheep thief and a bog Irish gombeen man.
ref: 2010, Andrew M. Greeley, Irish Crystal: A Nuala Anne McGrail Novel, →ISBN, page 165:
text: “Ye stupid, stupid, bloody woman,” he said. “I'd forgive ye if it was the first time and put it down to pure, unadulterated, bog Irish buck ignorance, but it's not bloody well the first time, and ye knew exactly what ye were up to. Didn't ye? Didn't ye?"
ref: 2013, Patrick Taylor, Fingal O'Reilly, Irish Doctor: An Irish Country Novel, →ISBN, page 42:
text: 'Your fucking Jocky ancestors were forming a football team in Glasgow around that time,' he said. 'God bless them. They were bog Irish like my own, with hardly a kilo of potatoes between the lot of them.'.
ref: 2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN, page 35:
glosses: People of low-class Irish ancestry.
scioness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scionesses
Etymology: From scion + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female scion; a female descendant or an heiress, especially of a wealthy or important family.
minstreless
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minstrelesses
Etymology: From minstrel + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female minstrel.
foundation garment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foundation garments
Senses: synonyms: body shaper
shapewear
glosses: An undergarment designed to hold a part of the body in a particular form.
foundation garments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foundation garment
fuse wire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the thin wire used in fuses. In old-style fuses a new piece of wire has to be inserted when the fuse blows.
Chinese mushroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese mushrooms
Etymology: From Chinese + mushroom, from being a commonly encountered type of mushroom in Chinese cuisine.
Senses: topics: food
lifestyle
glosses: Synonym of shiitake.
synonyms: word: shiitake
Italian tomato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Italian tomatoes
Etymology: From Italian + tomato, from being a commonly encountered type of tomato in Italian cuisine.
Senses: topics: food
lifestyle
glosses: Synonym of Roma tomato.
synonyms: word: Roma tomato
Hypernyms: plum tomato
Chinese sausage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese sausages
Etymology: It is the most frequently encountered type of sausage in Chinese cuisine.
Senses: topics: food
lifestyle
glosses: Synonym of lap cheong.
synonyms: word: lap cheong
Italian sausage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Italian sausages
Etymology: From being a common type of sausage in Italian cuisine.
Senses: topics: food
lifestyle
glosses: A slightly spicy pork sausage flavoured with fennel and anise.
emerod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛməɹəd/
/ˈɛmɹəd/
Forms: form: emerods
form: emeroid
form: emrod
Etymology: Variant of hemorrhoid; see there for more.
Senses: examples: text: But the hand of the Lord was heauy upon them of Aſhdod, and he deſtroyed them, and ſmote them with *Emerods, even Aſhdod, and the coaſtes thereof.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 5:6:
text: 1967, Berechiah ben Natronai ha-Nakdan, Moses Hadas (translator), Fables of a Jewish Aesop, [1557, Mishle Shualim, (known as Fox Fables)], 2001, page 83,
They hated him sore and banished him from their world, saying: "Without the camp shall be thy resting place, and thou shalt turn and cover thine excrements. The plague of emerods is in thee, and it seals thy passages; our doom for thee is death."
glosses: A haemorrhoid; an affliction mentioned in the Bible usually interpreted as a haemorrhoid.
emerods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emerod
jewlover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jewlovers
form: Jew-lover
Senses: glosses: A supporter of the Jews.
Synonyms: philosemite
munro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: munros
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Munro.
ejidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to an ejido.
know no bounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows no bounds
form: knowing no bounds
form: knew no bounds
form: known no bounds
Senses: examples: text: Ever the gentleman, he takes her to bed, then asks if she needs a taxi. Like, as soon as the act is complete. His douchery really does know no bounds.
ref: 2011 August 11, Scott Stinson, “Recaps: Jersey Shore, Season 4, Episode 2”, in National Post:
glosses: To be unlimited in scope or extent.
hobble chain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hobble chains
form: hobble-chain
Senses: examples: text: He hums a song of someone / He hopes to marry soon; / And hobble-chains and camp-ware / Keep jingling to the tune.
ref: 1889, Henry Lawson, “The Ballad of the Drover”, in Poems and Stories by Henry Lawson, Raleigh, NC: Hayes Barton Press, published 2006, page 221:
text: According to his own statement, at about the age of seventeen, as the result of having been flogged by Grunter with a hobble-chain […] he crept on him one night and battered him with a nullah-nullah, leaving him for dead.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XI, in Capricornia, page 173:
text: 1992, Bryan Clark, Yammatji: Aboriginal Memories of the Gascoyne, Hesperian Press, p. 111 https://books.google.ca/books?id=C_UXAQAAMAAJ&q=%22hobble-chain%22&dq=%22hobble-chain%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGtu6WvPrMAhVBSGMKHUF0BHoQ6AEIygEwHw
"Old Pottsie, the boss, used to belt Yammatji with a hobble chain. He got my uncle and got the hobble chain and belted him with it. But my uncle never fell down, even when he got hit hard."
text: Each bullock had a heavy leather neck-strap on, fitted with a hobble chain and swivel, and a spare rope around its neck.
ref: 2014, Glen McLaren, Big Mobs: The Story of Australian Cattlemen, North Fremantle, WA: Fremantle Press, page 46:
glosses: Chain used to fetter horses or cattle.
hobble-chain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hobble-chains
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hobble chain.
subcentripetal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + centripetal.
Senses: examples: text: As can be seen in Fig 16, dolerite has a high percentage of centripetal and subcentripetal scar patterns (~36%), which makes sense with Levallois or discoidal strategies.
ref: 2015 December 4, “Refining Our Understanding of Howiesons Poort Lithic Technology: The Evidence from Grey Rocky Layer in Sibudu Cave (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Beneath the centripetal layer or zone
subfovea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sub- + fovea.
Senses: examples: text: The CS and large vessel layers of the choroid at the subfovea showed significant decreases, though only the former correlated strongly with age.
ref: 2015 December 4, “Correlation of Aging and Segmental Choroidal Thickness Measurement using Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography in Healthy Eyes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The area underneath a fovea
Related terms: subfoveal
transrenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + renal.
Senses: examples: text: Recently, biomarkers such as Interferon-γ-inducible protein 10 (IP-10) have been shown to be non-specific for TB [7 ] and transrenal DNA has been used for extrapulmonary-TB diagnosis [8 –9 ].
ref: 2015 December 4, “Estimation of D-Arabinose by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry as Surrogate for Mycobacterial Lipoarabinomannan in Human Urine”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: extracellular urinary
raw_tags: of nucleic acid
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Across a kidney
metalloendoproteases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metalloendoprotease
minstrelesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minstreless
scionesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scioness
fintech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪntɛk/
rhymes: -ɪntɛk
Forms: form: fintechs
form: FinTech
form: Fintech
form: fin-tech
Etymology: A clipping of finance technology.
Senses: examples: text: A wave of financial-technology (or “fin-tech”) firms, many of them just a few years old, are changing the ways in which people borrow and save, pay for things, buy foreign exchange and send money.
ref: 2013 August 3, “Revenge of the nerds”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
text: 2016, Laura Sanicola, Will fintech help or hurt traditional advisors?, CNBC
Financial technology, commonly known as fintech, has exploded globally since 2008.
text: 2016, Martin Wolf, Good news — fintech could disrupt finance, Financial Times
Why might one hope that new financial technology, or “Fintech” as it is known, will transform these businesses?
text: Fintech was every banker’s buzzword at the World Economic Forum.
ref: 2016, Michael J Moore, Biggest Global Banks at Davos: We're All Fintech Innovators Now, Bloomberg:
text: 2016, Frank Sorrentino, For Fintech Disruptors, Regulatory Freedom Will Be Fleeting, Forbes
Lacking their size, scope, geography, capital or insurance; fintech companies have established themselves as free, to an extent, from the regulatory scrutiny that governs traditional financial institutions.
glosses: Financial technology, that is, technology (usually information technology) that is focused on finance.
examples: text: Nubank is a fintech that was founded in 2013 and entered the Brazilian market to compete with traditional financial services providers.
ref: 2020 February 11, Fernanda Pedreira, “Nubank: a fintech that finally nudges Brazil’s banking oligopoly”, in Harvard Business School, Digital Innovation and Transformation, MBA Student Perspectives, retrieved 20 Feb 2020:
text: Lines are often blurred when it comes to determining when a tech company becomes a FinTech. PayPal is an example of a FinTech that has been around since the late 90s, as have many other e-wallets and Payment Service Providers.
ref: 2019 February 5, Banking Circle, “What is FinTech, and what does it mean for your business?”, in News and Events: Insights, archived from the original on 20 Feb 2020:
glosses: A company in the finance sector, such as one dealing with payments, fundraising or loans.
Related terms: DeFi
neobank
paytech
fintechs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fintech
earthcreeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earthcreepers
Etymology: From earth + creeper.
Senses: glosses: Any of several South American birds of species in the family Furnariidae.
earthcreepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of earthcreeper
rouncey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rounceys
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of rouncy.
rounceys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rouncey
interkagome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + kagome.
Senses: examples: text: We find that isoelectronic substitution with nonmagnetic ions significantly reduces the interkagome exchange coupling.
ref: 2016, Daniel Guterding, Roser Valenti, Harald O. Jeschke, “Reduction of magnetic interlayer coupling in barlowite through isoelectronic substitution”, in arXiv:
glosses: Between kagomes.
patternedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From patterned + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Following this trail, we treat our sample coauthor network as a causal graph and, using SDP relaxations, rule out latent homophily as a manifestation of prior shared interest leading to the observed patternedness.
ref: 2016, Peter Wittek, Sándor Darányi, Gustaf Nelhans, “Ruling Out Static Latent Homophily in Citation Networks”, in arXiv:
glosses: The property of being patterned.
first cosmic velocity
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From first + cosmic + velocity, from being the first velocity greater than that able to be held upon the Earth, thus entering the realm of the Cosmos.
Senses: glosses: The velocity in a circular orbit about the Earth.
first cosmic velocity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first cosmic velocities
Etymology: From first + cosmic + velocity, from being the first velocity greater than that able to be held upon the Earth, thus entering the realm of the Cosmos.
Senses: glosses: The velocity in a circular orbit.
Synonyms: first cosmic speed
Coordinate terms: second cosmic velocity
second cosmic speed
third cosmic velocity
third cosmic speed
second cosmic velocity
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From second + cosmic + velocity, from being the next threshold velocity greater than the first cosmic velocity.
Senses: glosses: Escape velocity of Earth (interplanetary speed).
second cosmic velocity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second cosmic velocities
Etymology: From second + cosmic + velocity, from being the next threshold velocity greater than the first cosmic velocity.
Senses: glosses: Escape velocity of the home body.
Synonyms: second cosmic speed
Coordinate terms: first cosmic velocity
first cosmic speed
third cosmic velocity
third cosmic speed
third cosmic velocity
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From third + cosmic + velocity, from being the next threshold velocity greater than the second cosmic velocity.
Senses: glosses: The escape velocity of the Solar System (interstellar speed).
third cosmic velocity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: third cosmic velocities
Etymology: From third + cosmic + velocity, from being the next threshold velocity greater than the second cosmic velocity.
Senses: glosses: The escape velocity of a star system.
Synonyms: third cosmic speed
Coordinate terms: first cosmic velocity
first cosmic speed
second cosmic velocity
second cosmic speed
non-24
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder.
quintinomial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quint- + -i- + -nomial.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having five terms.
quintinomial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quintinomials
Etymology: From quint- + -i- + -nomial.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
hypernyms: polynomial
glosses: Any expression that has five terms.
send bush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sends bush
form: sending bush
form: sent bush
form: sent bush
Senses: examples: text: Being unable to bring him up to town because the river was in flood at the time, he had given him a good hiding and sent him bush.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XI, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 174:
text: 1962, William Leonard Joy, The Birth of a Nation: The Story of Early Australia, Specially Commissioned by the Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, NSW, Shakespeare Head Press, p. 136 https://books.google.ca/books?id=P4UrAAAAIAAJ&q=%22send+him+bush%22+OR+%22send+them+bush%22+OR+%22sent+him+bush%22+OR+%22sent+them+bush%22+-george+-president&dq=%22send+him+bush%22+OR+%22send+them+bush%22+OR+%22sent+him+bush%22+OR+%22sent+them+bush%22+-george+-president&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiMvcm88PrMAhUMwGMKHee0BOYQ6AEILDAD
Faced with famine, he armed the best shots among his convicts and sent them bush to hunt kangaroos and emus. He thus started a menace that plagued the colony for years, for, when supplies were adequate, the kangaroo hunters refused to resume their servitude in town.
text: 1992, Bryan Clark, Yammatji: Aboriginal Memories of the Gascoyne, Hesperian Press, p. 119 https://books.google.ca/books?id=C_UXAQAAMAAJ&q=%22sent+bush%22+-george+-president&dq=%22sent+bush%22+-george+-president&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjk4IzP7_rMAhUBXGMKHVB5D6sQ6AEI0AMwVg
The mustering teams consisted of about twenty men. They were sent bush for up to six months, forbidden to return to the precincts of the homestead unless summoned.
text: But from Aurukun, where all the children were sent bush with their parents as a war precaution, MacKenzie feared that ready availability of cash would spell the end for traditional skills.
ref: 1997, Rosalind Kidd, chapter 6, in The Way We Civilise: Aboriginal Affairs, the Untold Story, St Lucia, QLD: University of Queensland Press, page 168:
glosses: To send away into the bush (etymology 3)
doublegee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doublegees
Senses: examples: text: Fronting the tea-coloured Greenough and overwhelmed by vast paddocks of hay stubble behind, in was a simple, peculiar shack in a lake of doublegees.
ref: 1993, Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador, published 2014, page 17:
text: Auntie Marg was down from Magnet and me and Lee played cricket out the back with the littlies to get some air and keep them busy. Now and then a batter would really get onto one and the ball'd go out through the doublegee paddock towards the train tracks and someone'd have to go tippy-toeing through all that shit to get it.
ref: 2018, Tim Winton, The Shepherd's Hut, Picador UK Paperback edition 2018, p.114
glosses: Three-cornered jack.
doublegees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doublegee
elastic sides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elastic-sides
Senses: examples: text: But Mary preferred to sit quietly on the beach. "The dressing and undressing is such a trouble," said she. As it was, one of her elastic-sides was full of sand.
ref: 1917, Henry Handel Richardson, Australia Felix, Raleigh, NC: Hayes Barton Press, Part IV, Chapter I, p. 247:
text: Brilliant Lace [was] decked out for the solemnization in bright blue shirt and spotless yellow corduroys and bright tan elastic-sides and velour wideawake.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XI, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 177:
text: I was wearing a pair of elastic sides so, being a mug, slipped them off and put one on each of his horns. We all stood around for the photo.
ref: 2006, Brian Taylor, The Moonlight Stallion and Other Yarns from the Australian Outback, Australia: Hachette, published 2012:
glosses: Slip-on boots similar to riding boots with a piece of elastic set into the ankles.
muttonfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muttonfish
form: muttonfishes
Etymology: From mutton + fish.
Senses: glosses: Any of several Atlantic and Caribbean fishes which are said to taste of mutton, especially a mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis), an ocean pout (Macrozoarces americanus), or an Irish pompano (Diapterus auratus).
examples: text: Some mornings when the tide was right out we went onto the reef with screwdrivers to prise off abalone, which we called muttonfish.
ref: 1993, Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador, published 2014, page 28:
glosses: Any of several edible molluscs of the genus Haliotis; an abalone.
elastic-sides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of elastic sides.
bronze whalers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bronze whaler
baldchin groper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baldchin gropers
Etymology: From bald + chin + groper, because it looks like a baldhead from below.
Senses: glosses: A type of wrasse, Choerodon rubescens, endemic to the waters of Western Australia.
baldchin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baldchins
Senses: examples: text: I see my own fish, a baldchin, fluttering between bombies way down […]
ref: 1993, Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador, published 2012, page 65:
glosses: The baldchin groper.
nullah-nullahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nullah-nullah
westernwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From western + -wear.
Senses: glosses: Clothing associated with the historic American West.
junkheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of junkhead
pissbrains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pissbrain
Jemimas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jemima
sakabula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sakabulas
Etymology: From Zulu isakabuli.
Senses: glosses: Long-tailed widowbird (Euplectes progne), a bird native to southern Africa.
Synonyms: word: kaffir chief
word: kaffir fink
word: long-tailed widowbird
sakabulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sakabula
miss oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misses oneself
form: missing oneself
form: missed oneself
form: missed oneself
Senses: examples: text: 'Shelly McCrindle? Did she go with yous?' Finn pursed her lips in surprise. 'Aye, You really missed yourself.'
ref: 2011, Alan Warner, The Stars in the Bright Sky, →ISBN, page 80:
text: Heh Willie, said a conductor, you missed yourself; best Meeting I've ever been at.
ref: 2012, James Kelman, The Busconductor Hines, →ISBN:
text: 'You'll miss yourself. A walk about and a nice fish supper. If we get the sun it'll be lovely.'
ref: 2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN:
glosses: To miss an enjoyable experience through not being in the right place at the right time.
examples: text: If you do not consent to detachment, God will miss his Godhead, and man will miss himself.
ref: 2011, Slavoj Žižek, John Milbank, Creston Davis, The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic?, →ISBN, page 35:
text: If sugar turned bitter, he would miss the sweet. And if he someday turned old and mean, he would miss himself.
ref: 2013, Alan Dean Foster, Carnivores of Light and Darkness, →ISBN:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see miss, oneself.
duplicarius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdjuː.plɪˈkɛəɹi.əs/
ipa: /ˌd(j)u.plɪˈkɛɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs
Forms: form: duplicarii
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin duplicārius, from duplicō (“multiply by two”).
Senses: glosses: A member of the Ancient Roman army who received double the basic pay.
duplicarii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duplicarius
aeromodellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aeromodeller
ecospaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecospace
ethifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ethify
ethified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ethify
John Travolta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: John Travoltas
Etymology: From John Travolta's performance in Saturday Night Fever.
Senses: examples: text: [scientists] played disco music to mice. Were they trying to turn mice into tiny John Travoltas?
ref: 2009, Bob Fenster, The Big Book of Duh: A Bathroom Book, page 295:
glosses: A disco dancer.
glosses: A skilful dancer.
Related terms: Fred Astaire
podobranchia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: podobranchiae
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Synonym of podobranch.
synonyms: word: podobranch
podobranchiae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of podobranchia
complete with
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Etymology: From complete + with.
Senses: examples: text: A car repair comes complete with an oil change.
glosses: Having some specified thing as an additional feature.
trouble-monger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trouble-mongers
form: troublemonger
Etymology: From trouble + monger.
Senses: examples: text: If the Queen had stood for any novel or fantastic imperial claims, the whole would have seemed a nightmare; the whole was successful because she stood, and no one could deny that she stood, for the humblest, the shortest and the most indestructible of human gospels, that when all troubles and troublemongers have had their say, our work can be done till sunset, our life can be lived till death.
ref: 1903, G. K. Chesterton, Varied Types, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, pages 233–4:
text: Lace said that Peter was not half so bad as people said, and certainly not a trouble-monger like that Yeller Elbert.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XI, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 179:
text: Fourth most important factor was inability on the part of University authorities to take disciplinary action against the trouble-mongers. It may be mentioned here that some trouble-mongers are not University students.
ref: 1980, The Bangladesh Journal of Psychology, volume 6, Bangladesh Psychological Association, page 9:
glosses: A troublemaker.
troublemonger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: troublemongers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trouble-monger.
metaphragmata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metaphragma
metapelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metapelets
form: metaplot
form: metaploth
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew מְטַפֶּלֶת (m'tapélet, “nanny”), derived from Hebrew טִיפֵּל (tipél, “to take care of”).
Senses: glosses: A female caregiver in Jewish culture.
metapelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metapelet
mobola plum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mobola plums
Senses: glosses: Parinari curatellifolia, an evergreen tropical tree of Africa.
glosses: The edible orange-coloured fruit of this tree.
mobola plums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mobola plum
microanatomically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From microanatomical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of microanatomy.
Yaracuy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A state of Venezuela.
whios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whio
whio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whios
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori whio.
Senses: glosses: The blue duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos) of New Zealand.
JAFA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: JAFAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of just another fucking Aucklander.
qualifier: Antarctica
glosses: Initialism of just another fucking academic.
JAFAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of JAFA
old hands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of old hand
juco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒukoʊ/
Forms: form: jucos
Etymology: From the initial syllables.
Senses: glosses: Junior college.
juco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒukoʊ/
Etymology: From jute and cotton.
Senses: glosses: A blend of jute and cotton, used for making bags.
jucos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of juco
diyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diya
unassembler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unassemblers
Etymology: From unassemble + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The unassembler works only in hex, for both input and output.
ref: 1984, David J. Bradley, Assembly Language Programming for the IBM Personal Computer, page 144:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of disassembler.
synonyms: word: disassembler
unassemblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unassembler
unassembly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unassemblies
Etymology: From un- + assembly.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of disassembly.
synonyms: word: disassembly
unassemblies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unassembly
hypolemma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhaɪpoʊˈlɛmə/
Forms: form: hypolemmas
form: hypolemmata
Etymology: From Latin hypolēmma, from Ancient Greek ὑπόλημμᾰ (hupólēmmă, “supposition”), from ὑπο- (hupo-, “lesser”) + λῆμμα (lêmma, “assumption”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A lesser proposition or subsumption within a larger syllogism.
seam carving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)vɪŋ
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A technique for resizing images so as to preserve the main contents by selectively removing less important regions, as defined by "seams" (approximately horizontal or vertical paths of pixels).
tater tot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tater tots
Etymology: Appellativisation of the trademark Tater Tot.
Senses: examples: text: For sandwiches, you might sink your teeth into a Cape Cod reuben with crispy cod, Swiss and coleslaw with tater tots or sweet potato fries, fried chicken and waffle sandwich with maple aioli, or bacon jam burger — maple bourbon bacon jam, gorgonzola, fried egg, arugula, tomato.
ref: 2022 June 12, Lauren Daley, “How to eat through Blackstone Valley in a weekend”, in Boston Globe:
synonyms: potato tot
tot
glosses: A small cylindrical piece of grated potato, generally deep-fried.
wikipedia: Tater Tot
Related terms: french fries
hash browns
hypolemmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypolemma
innocent as the child unborn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: innocent as the babe unborn
qualifier: simile
glosses: Utterly innocent.
quintinomials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quintinomial
bifta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪftə/
rhymes: -ɪftə
Forms: form: biftas
form: bifter
Senses: examples: text: He half-stood, keeping his back bent, and extended his left hand and the bifta toward me.
ref: 2002, Peter Craven, The Best Australian Stories, →ISBN, page 255:
text: Such a perfect spot to have lunch, and another bifta. I don't think the rest of the tourists with us were pleased that all the guides were getting high, but it's the end of the season, so no one gives a shit anymore.
ref: 2014, Tommy Hawkins, Let's Get Dogs#!t, →ISBN:
text: 'Roll another fat one, Rashid,' Dooley said, looking over. 'Another giant bifta for the tea-break.'
ref: 2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN, page 94:
glosses: A cannabis cigarette.
examples: text: I go for a bifta. Contrary to the fags-and-black-coffee cliche, I'm about the only smoker in the division.
ref: 1998, Robert Newman, Manners, page 8:
text: Yo, yes light the bifta / I'm gonna rape your little sister
ref: 2016, “Road Rage (Freestyle)”, performed by Little T (Josh Tate):
qualifier: Liverpool
glosses: A cigarette.
examples: text: 'Well, hand relief is fifteen quid, a blow job's twenty, and the full bifta is forty-five quid.'
ref: 2009, Martina Cole, The Ladykiller, →ISBN:
text: Suits, top hats, the full bifta, then we can swan around the owners' enclosure looking the bollocks.
ref: 2011, Mark Baxter, Paolo Hewitt, The Mumper, →ISBN:
text: The full stem to stern bifta, as they said.
ref: 2015, J. R. Ward, Blood Kiss, →ISBN:
glosses: Everything that is available or possible; the works.
raw_tags: with "full"
biftas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bifta
grizzlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grizzling
inerect
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + erect.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of unerect.
synonyms: word: unerect