cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
MDAC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Microsoft Data Access Components.
VLSM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of variable-length subnet masking.
Coastie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Coasties
Etymology: From a clipping of Coast Guard + -ie (diminutive or familiarising suffix).
Senses: examples: text: For eons, the Coasties have served as the final redundant safety systems of our boats.
ref: 1991 Jan-Jun, Bearkeley Breathed, “Coastie Etiquette: Proper manners during a Coast Guard Drug Inspection”, in Boating, volume 64, numbers 1-3, page 22:
text: States and the US. Coast Guard cooperate to enforce rules in many state waters. However, the Coasties don't enforce navigation rules in land-locked waters that aren't open to commercial waterways, such as stand-alone lakes.
ref: 2009, Randy Vance, Power Boating For Dummies, →ISBN:
text: Full of happiness as she shared her favorite barrier island spots by the light of the moon with this Coastie who'd managed to steal her heart.
ref: 2015, Lisa Carter, Coast Guard Courtship, →ISBN, page 159:
glosses: A member of the Coast Guard.
examples: text: Coasties can see them at Ettalong Diggers on Saturday.
ref: 2016 June 16, Terry Collins, “Eurogliders ready to revive old hits at Ettalong Diggers”, in Central Coast Gosford Express Advocate:
text: Thousands of Coasties will join close the 3 million people voting across NSW tomorrow (Saturday September 9) in council elections.
ref: 2017 September 18, “The Coast Decides”, in Hit 107 (Adelaide):
text: It was an election promise by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that won over many Coasties – continuous mobile phone reception and free Wi-Fi for commuters battling the long daily train trip to Sydney.
ref: 2017 February 23, “Central Coast commuters patiently wait for Liberal election promise of continuous mobile phone reception”, in The Daily Telegraph:
text: Coasties will always remember the stunning array of poppies which spelled the word ANZAC on Terrigal's iconic skillion in 2016 or the display of poppies on the Gosford waterfront in 2015.
ref: 2018 April 4, Fiona Killman, “Central Coast Poppy Project's final tribute to the ANZAC Centenary”, in Daily Telegraph:
glosses: Someone residing on the Central Coast of Australia.
Coasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Coastie
parasoling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of parasol
parasolling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of parasol
parasoled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of parasol
parasolled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: […] and seem able to function during A.M. drills even after several parasolled Mudslides[…]
ref: 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 997:
glosses: simple past and past participle of parasol
snow snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow snakes
form: snowsnake
Senses: glosses: A Native American winter sport in which poles are thrown as far as possible along a trough or track of snow.
glosses: The pole used in this game.
topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: A fictional creature, a snake that is only active during winter months.
snowsnake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowsnakes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of snow snake.
all one's taste is in one's mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: She doesn't like my decorating style, eh? Well, that's because all her taste is in her mouth!
text: “I pay to get into the movies just like everybody else, and I sure wouldn't waste my money on you.”
“That's because all your taste is in your mouth.”
ref: 2008, Emily Carmichael, The Good, the Bad, and the Sexy, →ISBN:
text: “Their cars are maroon and red. You should see them in the driveway.” He shuddered. “All his taste is in his mouth.”
ref: 2009, Katherine F. Robertson, Life in Violet, →ISBN, page 176:
text: It's all about vintage shag rugs in bad colors and milk crates stuffed with magazines and board-and-brick bookcases like kids make in graduate school, which makes me wonder whether all her taste is in her mouth.
ref: 2013, Kit Reed, The Story Until Now: A Great Big Book of Stories, →ISBN, page 373:
qualifier: mildly insulting
glosses: One lacks good taste in aesthetic or cultural matters.
Related terms: bad taste in one's mouth
untasteful
shraadh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shraadhs
Senses: examples: text: Shraadh, the Hindu funeral rite to bid farewell to the dead, gets its name from sraddha, the utmost sincerity with which one is to perform the ceremony.
ref: 2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 45:
glosses: Alternative form of shraddha.
shraadhs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shraadh
appalam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: appalams
Etymology: From Tamil அப்பளம் (appaḷam).
Senses: glosses: poppadom
appalams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appalam
all of one's taste is in one's mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of all one's taste is in one's mouth.
dispense with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dispenses with
form: dispensing with
form: dispensed with
form: dispensed with
Senses: examples: text: I wish he would dispense with the pleasantries and get to the point.
text: When the scheme is completed, the 99-year-old swing bridge over the canal will be dispensed with as the new bridge will have sufficient height to allow clearance for the passage of canal traffic.
ref: 1954 February, “Notes and News: Deviation at Bramwith”, in Railway Magazine, page 137:
text: You might learn, for instance, that table manners can be dispensed with at restaurants, because the grown-ups are too embarrassed to discipline you in public.
ref: 2011, Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney, Willpower, →ISBN, pages 200–201:
glosses: To eliminate or do without; to dispose of.
up to anything
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Capable of and ready for any kind of mischief.
Related terms: up to something
C-sec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: C-secs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of C-section.
rhachiotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rhachi- + -tomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: incision into the spinal canal
rhachischisis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: defective formation of the spinal canal
tetrasemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tetra- + Ancient Greek σημεῖον (sēmeîon, “sign”) + -ic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
coordinate_terms: monosemic
trisemic
heptasemic
glosses: Equivalent to four short syllables, consisting of four moras as a dactyl, anapest, or spondee.
Synonyms: tetramoraic
whipsnake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whipsnakes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whip snake.
whipsnakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whipsnake
induction coils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of induction coil
make a long arm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes a long arm
form: making a long arm
form: made a long arm
form: made a long arm
Senses: glosses: To help oneself liberally to food at table.
elfed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of elf
elfing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of elf
redazzle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redazzles
form: redazzling
form: redazzled
form: redazzled
Etymology: From re- + dazzle.
Senses: glosses: To dazzle again or anew.
redazzles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redazzle
redazzling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redazzle
redazzled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redazzle
photologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to photology.
knight of the whip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knights of the whip
Senses: glosses: A coachman.
knights of the whip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knight of the whip
knight of the shire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knights of the shire
Senses: glosses: A Member of Parliament for a county.
knights of the shire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knight of the shire
knight of the shears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knights of the shears
Senses: glosses: A tailor.
knights of the shears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knight of the shears
knight of the spigot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knights of the spigot
Senses: glosses: A tapster; a publican; a bartender.
knights of the spigot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knight of the spigot
knight of the pestle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knights of the pestle
Senses: glosses: An apothecary; a druggist.
knights of the pestle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knight of the pestle
frost burn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: frostbite
ophthalmography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ophthalmo- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: The scientific description of the eye.
ophthalmotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ophthalmotomies
Etymology: From ophthalmo- + -tomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: dissection of or incision into the eye
ophthalmotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ophthalmotomy
crit care
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipped compound of critical care.
Persian morocco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Persian moroccos
Senses: glosses: morocco leather finished on the grain side
Persian moroccos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Persian morocco
Levant morocco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Levant moroccos
Senses: glosses: A fine quality of morocco leather, with large grain.
Levant moroccos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Levant morocco
French morocco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: French moroccos
Senses: glosses: An inferior kind of Levant morocco, with smaller grain.
French moroccos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of French morocco
bluffs out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bluff out
bluffing out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bluff out.
bluffed out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bluff out.
sutlering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sutler (“one who sells provisions to an army”), interpreted as a verb, + -ing (“suffix used to form gerunds”).
Senses: examples: text: 1870, C. L. Ruggles, The Great American Scout and Spy, "General Bunker", 3rd Edition, Olmsted & Company, page 136,
But, between you and I, (speaking confidentially,) I quit sutlering and joined a band of guerrillas, because I thought that I could make more money at it.
text: Furthermore, the Director General and Council aforesaid being credibly informed of the sutlering and selling of wine, beer and liquors along the river by yachts, barks, scows, ships and canoes, going up or down, hereby not only strictly forbid such sutlering and selling, but also ordain and command, that[…].
ref: 1897, Minutes of the court of burgomasters and schepens, 1653-1655, Knickerbocker Press, page 25:
text: Besides his dreaming of becoming a vintner at Aquia Creek, Dr. Dunn gave thought to owning a Sutlering Business. Sept 16, 1863 he writes, “I wrote you about being interested in the Sutlering for the 109th Rg'nt. I want you to keep that to yourself & if I have no bad luck will make a nice thing of it.”
ref: 2012, Paul B. Kerr, Civil War Surgeon: Biography of James Langstaff Dunn, MD, AuthorHouse, page 244:
glosses: The trade of following an army regiment and supplying it with provisions.
galactosaminoglycan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galactosaminoglycans
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycosaminoglycan derived from galactosamine
galactosuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From galactose + -uria.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of galactose in the urine
galacturonosidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galacturonosidases
Etymology: From galacturonide + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a galacturonide
galvanotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galvanotherapies
Etymology: From galvano- + therapy.
Senses: glosses: The treatment of disease by means of galvanism
entomopathogenicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entomopathogenicities
Etymology: From entomo- + pathogenicity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being, or the extent to which something is entomopathogenic
iridogoniodysgenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From irido- (“iris”) + goniodysgenesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A malformation of the iridocorneal angle of the anterior chamber of the eye as a result of abnormal migration or terminal induction of neural crest cells
lobopodial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to lobopodium
sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: ice-cream headache
brain freeze
glosses: Headache resulting from a cold stimulus.
peripapillar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peripapillary.
peroxytrichloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any trichloride that is also a peroxide
rigidization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rigidizations
Senses: glosses: The action, or the result, of making something rigid
stabilometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to stabilometry
topogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: topograms
Etymology: From topo- + -gram.
Senses: glosses: A two-dimensional image generated by tomography without being reconstructed into slices
topograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of topogram
Alanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈleɪnɪk/
ipa: /əˈlɑːnɪk/
ipa: /əˈleɪnɪk/
ipa: /əˈlɑnɪk/
Forms: form: more Alanic
form: most Alanic
Etymology: From Alan + -ic.
Senses: synonyms: Alanian
glosses: of or pertaining to Alans—an Iranian nomadic pastoral people of antiquity and middle ages—or their language
Alanic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈleɪnɪk/
ipa: /əˈlɑːnɪk/
ipa: /əˈleɪnɪk/
ipa: /əˈlɑnɪk/
Etymology: From Alan + -ic.
Senses: glosses: the Iranian language of the Alans, from which modern Ossetian may be descended
trimethoxysilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The simple siloxane SiH(OCH₃)₃
mouth bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mouth bars
Senses: examples: text: 1980 [Burgess Publishing], George deVries Klein, Sandstone Depositional Models for Exploration for Fossil Fuels, 2nd Edition, 1982, International Human Resources Development Corp., page 111,
The best targets for exploration for oil and gas in deltas are the distributary mouth bar sand complexes and the destructive-phase, transgressive barrier sands.
text: In the axial zone of delta mouth bars, fluvial processes dominate.
ref: 1991, D. J. P. Swift, S. Phillips, J. A. Thorne, “Sedimention on continental margins, IV: lithofacies and depositional systems”, in D. J. P. Swift, G. F. Oertel, R. W. Tillman, J. A. Thorne, editors, Shelf Sand and Sandstone Bodies: Geometry, Facies and Sequence Stratigraphy, Blackwell Scientific, page 110:
text: 2017, Yong He, Chen Lu, Jiaquan Deng, Yugui Yang, Liuzhu Yang, Evolution of Modaomen Bar at Pearl River Esuary, Silke Wieprecht, Stefan Haun, Karolin Weber, Markus Noack, Kristina Terheiden (editors), River Sedimentation: Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on River Sedimentation, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 212,
The mouth bar is located at the key part of the river estuary. […] At the beginning of the 20th century, the mouth bar is at the Hengzhou-Dajingjiao Gorge. […] At present, the mouth bar is located at the south side of the Jiaobeisha-Shilansha line.
topics: geography
geology
geomorphology
natural-sciences
glosses: A bar that forms in the middle of an estuary or of a channel in a river delta.
mouth bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mouth bar
symptothermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: sympto-thermal
Etymology: From symptom and thermal.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: symptothermic
glosses: Of a contraceptive method, based on the monitoring of a woman's ovulation-related physical symptoms and changes in her body temperature.
Coordinate terms: mucothermal
Tripp County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Bartlett Tripp.
Senses: glosses: One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Winner.
wikipedia: Bartlett Tripp
eulipotyphlans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eulipotyphlan
tasty cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A kind of aged cheddar cheese.
Wilson score interval
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wilson score intervals
Etymology: Developed by Edwin Bidwell Wilson (1927).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: An improvement over the normal binomial approximation interval in that the actual coverage probability is closer to the nominal value.
Wilson score intervals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wilson score interval
pelvic inflammatory disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: word: pelvic inflammatory disorder
word: PID
glosses: The infection of the upper part of the female reproductive system (uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries) and inside of the pelvis.
Forrest County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Senses: glosses: One of 82 counties in Mississippi, United States. County seat: Hattiesburg.
wikipedia: Nathan Bedford Forrest
Related terms: Forest County
fourth trimester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fourth trimesters
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The period from the birth of a baby to when the baby is about three months old.
Hattiesburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hattie (“female name”) + -burg.
Senses: examples: text: “First you go to Hattiesburg,” Kinney said. “That should be fairly easy. It’s written big on the map.”
ref: 2021, Percival Everett, The Trees, Influx Press (2022), page 130:
glosses: A city, the county seat of Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. A small portion of the city is in Lamar County.
goody two-shoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goody two-shoes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goody two shoes.
golden triangle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden triangles
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An isosceles triangle whose duplicated side is in the golden ratio to the distinct side.
golden glow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden glows
Senses: glosses: A plant, Rudbeckia laciniata
golden ager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden agers
Senses: glosses: Someone in the golden age
golden club
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden clubs
Senses: glosses: The plant Orontium aquaticum.
God's gift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He thinks he's God's gift to music lovers.
text: They're acting as if his new album is God's gift to all music lovers.
qualifier: ironic or meiosis
glosses: Said of someone with an inflated sense of self-importance, or (occasionally) something that is overvalued.
examples: text: Our darling baby was God's gift to us this year.
qualifier: occasionally literal
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see God's, gift: especially, any blessing duly appreciated.
Related terms: thank God
Divine Providence
endowment
glory-box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glory-boxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of glory box.
gift token
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gift tokens
Senses: glosses: A gift voucher.
gift of tongues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Glossolalia.
genetic sequencing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: DNA sequencing
glosses: whole genome sequencing
gene gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: a device for delivering exogenous DNA (transgenes) to cells
gas fitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gas fitters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gasfitter.
game room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: game rooms
form: games room
Senses: glosses: A room for playing games, a rec room.
game ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: game balls
form: gameball
Senses: glosses: The ball that is used to play a sport.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
squash
glosses: The state of play when the server can win the game by scoring one more point.
game ball
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: gameball
Senses: glosses: Great! Fab!
gambeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gambeers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gambier.
Bleckley County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Logan Edwin Bleckley.
Senses: glosses: A county of Georgia, United States. County seat: Cochran.
wikipedia: Logan Edwin Bleckley
oligohydramnic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oligohydramnic
form: most oligohydramnic
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Oligohydramniotic.
hydramnic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hydramnic
form: most hydramnic
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Hydramniotic.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Amniotic.
polyhydramnic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polyhydramnic
form: most polyhydramnic
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Polyhydramniotic.
andragologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: andragologists
Senses: glosses: One who practices or specializes in the field of andragogy.
oligoteratoasthenozoospermia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia.
Bleckley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Bleckley County
cobric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cobra + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the venomous chemicals in cobra venom.
Derived terms: cobric acid
so much so
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Etymology: From so much + so.
Senses: glosses: To such a great extent.
norsel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: norsels
Senses: glosses: A short piece of line used to attach fishing hooks, lines and nets.
norsel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: norsels
form: norseling
form: norselling
form: norseled
form: norseled
form: norselled
form: norselled
Senses: glosses: To use or affix by norsel.
Derived terms: norseller
norsels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of norsel
norsels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of norsel
norselling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of norsel
norselled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of norsel
norseller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: norsellers
Senses: glosses: One who affixes with norsels.
norsellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of norseller
nummets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nummet
residual sum of squares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: residual sums of squares
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: The sum of the squared residuals between some model and a data set; a measure of how well the model fits with the data.
trigonotarbid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trigonotarbids
Etymology: From order name Trigonotarbida.
Senses: examples: text: Around 70 different species of trigonotarbids have been recognised, mostly from the Carboniferous period, but some representatives are even older than the Rhynie Chert, pushing the origins of spider-like land animals back into the Silurian Period.
ref: 2018 March 7, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian:
text: True spiders have not yet arisen, but trigonotarbids are arachnids that are superficially very similar.
ref: 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 215:
glosses: Any a group of extinct arachnids (order Trigonotarbida) of the late Silurian and early Permian periods, resembling spiders but without silk-producing spinnerets.
trigonotarbids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trigonotarbid
Fergus County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after James Fergus.
Senses: glosses: One of 56 counties in Montana, United States. County seat: Lewistown.
wikipedia: James Fergus
to put it another way
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: in other words
Related terms: to put it mildly
not to put too fine a point on it
foundlinghood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From foundling + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a foundling.
PUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PU
Planck mass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Planck masses
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The unit of mass in the system of Planck units, defined as: m_P=√≈2.1765×10⁻⁸ mbox kg
Related terms: Planck particle
Planck unit
Planck masses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Planck mass
prinia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prinias
Etymology: From translingual Prinia.
Senses: glosses: Any of the birds in the genus Prinia, found between Africa and Asia.
relative frequency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relative frequencies
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: The number of data points satisfying something divided by the total number of data points.
Related terms: absolute frequency
absolute frequency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: absolute frequencies
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: the number of data points satisfying something
Related terms: relative frequency
Planck acceleration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Planck accelerations
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The acceleration from rest to the speed of light in one Planck time.
Related terms: Planck unit
Planck accelerations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Planck acceleration
longhorned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: longhorn
Etymology: From long + horned.
Senses: glosses: Having long horns.
Derived terms: longhorned tick
Casey County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Colonel William Casey.
Senses: glosses: One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Liberty.
tanks up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tank up
tanking up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tank up.
tanked up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tank up
tanked up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tanked up
form: most tanked up
Senses: examples: text: The other night, what looked like an entire RAF squadron, all very tanked up, played a football game in the lobby, while we looked on with glazed eyes.The Dutch are more stoical—they get drunk and stay drunk.
ref: 2007, James H. Madison, Slinging Doughnuts for the Boys: An American Woman in World War II, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 111:
glosses: Intoxicated.
Synonyms: tanked
gametocyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gametocysts
Etymology: From gameto- + cyst.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A structure, in certain protozoans, in which gametocytes or gametes are formed
gametoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gametoids
Etymology: From gamete + -oid.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any multinucleate gamete
gametoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gamete + -oid.
Senses: glosses: That resembles a gamete
gametokinetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gameto- + kinetic.
Senses: glosses: That promotes the conjugation of gametes
directoress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: directoresses
Senses: examples: text: “My husband,” continued Mrs. Stichen, “says to me—you know that he has plenty of sense, if he is a little coarse—he says, ‘Lizzie, you have tried society now, and it don’t pay. Why don’t you dive into philanthropy? Get yourself in as Directoress, or Governoress, or Presidentess, or some thing or other, and draw on me for the expenses?’[…]”
ref: 1873, W[illiam] S[tarbuck] Mayo, “Mrs. Stichen’s Boudoir—A Morning Call—Just touch-and-go—Society here and abroad”, in Never Again, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, […], page 541:
glosses: Alternative form of directress.
directoresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of directoress
Vance County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Zebulon Baird Vance.
Senses: glosses: One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Henderson.
wikipedia: Zebulon Baird Vance
overproofs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overproof
overproofs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overproof
overproofing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overproof.
overproofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overproof.
gangliolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ganglio- + -lysis.
Senses: glosses: The breakup of a ganglion
ganglioneuromatosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ganglio- + neuromatosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of many ganglioneuromas
Mallus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mallu
Perkins County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Grant. Named after Charles Elliott Perkins
glosses: One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Bison. Named after Henry E. Perkins.
ganglionitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ganglion + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: inflammation of a ganglion
ganoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ganoblasts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ameloblast.
synonyms: word: ameloblast
student strike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: student strikes
khakies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The wild-dog, however, is harmless by himself; like the khakies, his strength lies in numbers.
ref: 1902, Dietlof Van Warmelo, On Commando, Methuen, published 1902:
glosses: plural of khaki (“a British person”)
Rowan County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Morehead. Named after John Rowan.
glosses: One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Salisbury. Named after Matthew Rowan.
rooinekke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: My hon. friend, Senator Botha, was appealing for a better understanding between the two European races in South Africa and he said it is time that we forgot speaking about Englishmen and "boere" and "rooinekke" and that sort of thing.
ref: 1955, South Africa. Parliament. Senate, Debates of the Senate:
glosses: plural of rooinek
Inyo County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mono (California) "dwelling place of the great spirit".
Senses: glosses: One of 58 counties in California, United States. County seat: Independence.
Newaygo County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Either named after Nuwagon, an Ojibwe leader, or from an Algonquian word meaning "much water".
Senses: glosses: One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: White Cloud.
Newaygo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Either named after Nuwagon, an Ojibwe leader, or from an Algonquian word meaning "much water".
Senses: glosses: A rural city in Newaygo County, Michigan, United States.
can't carry a tune in a bucket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: can't carry a tune in a bucket
form: couldn't carry a tune in a bucket
Senses: glosses: Sings very badly.
Related terms: carry a tune
couldn't carry a note in a bucket
tin ear
White Cloud
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Indiana, United States. Named for frequent fog in the area.
glosses: A small city in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States. Named after James White Cloud of the Iowa people.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Newaygo County, Michigan, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Hickory County, Missouri, United States. Probably named after Chief Mahaska (White Cloud).
glosses: An unincorporated community in Nodaway County, Missouri, also spelt Whitecloud.
Related terms: Land of the Long White Cloud
White Cloud Mountain minnow
Shawano County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a modified Ojibwe term meaning "southern".
Senses: glosses: One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Shawano.
Shawano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States.
Derived terms: Shawano County
protoorthodox
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: proto-orthodox
Etymology: From proto- + orthodox.
Senses: glosses: before Christianity had agreed upon standards
Barry County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Both counties are named after William T. Barry.
Senses: glosses: One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: Hastings.
glosses: One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Cassville.
historical subject
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: historical subjects
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: the consciousness of a dead person
Cassville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the surname Cass + -ville.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Bartow County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Howard County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Barry County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A hamlet in Oneida County, New York, United States.
glosses: A small borough of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.
glosses: A village and town in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.
call an audible
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: calls an audible
form: calling an audible
form: called an audible
form: called an audible
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To change the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.
examples: text: Mr. Krosnick explained with the help of a football analogy. "If somebody called an audible, we'd be right there[…]It has always been that way. We never did that much planning. All the talk and analysis was intended to outline the parameters of our instincts."
ref: 1997 October 29, James R. Oestreich, “Juilliard Quartet's Musical Chairs; Sounding Board for the New, Strings Attached to the Old”, in The New York Times:
text: "We will be calling audibles every time we come to the line," one participant recalls [Condoleezza Rice] saying to [Bush] then.
ref: 2001 December 5, Jim Hoagland, “'Calling Audibles'”, in The Washington Post:
text: We found this insurgency much more virile than we expected, so we called an audible.
ref: 2004, Richard L. Armitage, Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations for 2005: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session, Part 5: Iraq Reconstruction Program, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 10
text: Based on that decoding process, we may need to call an audible and either fine-tune or change channels in an attempt to help teenagers decode our messages more accurately.
ref: 2008, Doug Fields & Duffy Robbins, Speaking to Teenagers: How to Think About, Create, and Deliver Effective Messages, Zondervan/Youth Specialties, page 28
text: I reflected on what must have been their instructions, and what would have been the consequences for them of not following them, or of calling an audible, not a concept known in the North Korean foreign ministry.
ref: 2014, Christopher R. Hill, Outpost: Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy: A Memoir, Simon & Schuster, page 216:
glosses: To change plans at the last minute in response to new information.
Bollinger County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after George Frederick Bollinger.
Senses: glosses: One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Marble Hill.
wikipedia: George Frederick Bollinger
you got it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: As an answer to a request: sure, no problem.
glosses: As an affirmative response to a question or statement: correct, that's right, yes.
Related terms: there you go
you got this
Marble Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Bollinger County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Manhattan, New York, United States.
intraperiosteal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Within the periosteum.
PPPROM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pPPROM
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of prolonged preterm premature rupture of membranes.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of previable preterm premature rupture of membranes.
Related terms: PPROM
PROM
ROM
SROM
AROM
swamp lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swamp lilies
Senses: examples: text: Saururus (called in the United States, Swamp-lilies) is arranged by Linnæus in his second natural order […] Saururus […] is a very mild plant, and is often used in the shape of poultices, by the people of the United-States!
ref: 1803, Benjamin Smith Barton, Elements of Botany, Philadelphia, pages 32–33:
text: Sympathetic ferns stretched their soft green fronds along the sides of the naked wood, as if they wanted to supply the fallen tree with some of the verdure of which it had been cruelly bereft, and even a gay, flowering swamp lily, that wonderful flaming flower that holds its chalice above all other wood blooms, bent just a little toward the one branch of that tree that still clung to the parent trunk.
ref: 1924, Lilian Garis, chapter 16, in Nancy Brandon, New York: Grosset & Dunlap:
text: This is later on, when the days have lengthened and the dandles of swamp lilies flame in the ditches.
ref: 2009, Alice Munro, “Fiction”, in Too Much Happiness, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart:
glosses: Any of various species of lily growing in wet habitats
glosses: Any of various species of lily growing in wet habitats:
in genera Crinum, including Crinum americanum (southern swamplily), Crinum erubescens, Crinum pedunculatum (also river lily or mangrove lily)
glosses: Any of various species of lily growing in wet habitats:
Lilium superbum (also Turk's cap lily, turban lily, lily royal, or American tiger lily)
glosses: Any of various species of lily growing in wet habitats:
Ottelia ovalifolia
glosses: Any of various species of lily growing in wet habitats:
Saururus spp. (lizard's tail)
glosses: Any of various species of lily growing in wet habitats:
Zephyranthes atamasco (rain lily, Atamasco lily)
Derived terms: alt: also hardy swamplily, Crinum bulbispermum
word: hardy swamp lily
taxonomic: Zephyranthes candida
word: Peruvian swamp lily
thromboembolus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thromboemboli
form: thromboemboluses
Etymology: From thrombo- + embolus.
Senses: examples: text: An unusual case is reported of thromboembolus in the right atrium associated with cardiogenic shock and multiple pulmonary micro-embolisms.
ref: 2000, Baltalarli A, Sirin BH, Göksin I, “Surgical treatment of cardiogenic shock due to huge right atrial thromboembolus”, in Acta Cardiologica, volume 55, number 4, →DOI, →PMID, pages 261–263:
text: Of note, in a recently published necropsy series comprising a total of eight SARS patients, it was found that four patients had pulmonary thromboemboluses within the pulmonary arteries, three had deep venous thrombosis, and one patient had marantic valvular vegetations associated with infarctions of the heart, kidneys, spleen, and occipital lobe.
ref: 2005, K.H.L. Ng, A.K.L. Wu, V.C.C. Cheng, B.S.F. Tang, C.Y. Chan, C.Y. Yung, S.H. Luk, T.W. Lee, L. Chow, K.Y. Yuen, “Pulmonary artery thrombosis in a patient with severe acute respiratory syndrome”, in Postgraduate Medical Journal, volume 81, number 956, →DOI, →PMID, →PMCID, page e3:
glosses: A thrombus that has embolized; an embolus of the thrombotic type, which is the most common type.
Related terms: thromboembolic
thromboembolism
thromboemboli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thromboembolus
thromboemboluses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thromboembolus
oligoasthenozoospermia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A combination of oligozoospermia and asthenozoospermia
Related terms: oligoasthenozoospermic
oligoteratozoospermia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oligo- + terato- + zoospermia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A combination of oligozoospermia and teratozoospermia.
hyperviscoelasticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Increased viscosity and elasticity.
oligoteratoasthenospermia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Oligoteratoasthenozoospermia.
oligoasthenoteratospermia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia.
colposcopist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colposcopists
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: One who performs colposcopy, especially as a profession.
overchance
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overchance
form: most overchance
Etymology: From over- + chance.
Senses: examples: text: It was claimed that an overchance number of correct answers was scored.
ref: 1969, Psychic - Volume 1, page 44:
text: If a subject systematically attains an overchance number of hits in a long series of calls, and if conditions reliably exclude normal sensory perception, as well as the possibility of rational inference, we consider this overchance result indicative of the manifestation of ESP.
ref: 1970, Milan Rýzl, Parapsychology: A Scientific Approach, page 70:
text: He remarks cryptically that for reasons "too private to be discussed here" PS intimated to him "that in this particular study he would not aim at obtaining a high overchance result."
ref: 1989, Martin Gardner, How Not to Test a Psychic:
glosses: Occurring more than expected by mere chance or probability.
overchance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overchances
Etymology: From over- + chance.
Senses: examples: text: At the second birth there is still an overchance in favor of a boy.
ref: 1906, The Saturday Evening Post - Volume 179, Issue 2, page 38:
text: Let us suppose that 29 licences having been correctly renewed, by some overchance the 30th gets out of phase.
ref: 1968, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates: Standing committees:
glosses: A likelihood that is greater than when all options are equally probable.
sea stacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea-stacks
Senses: glosses: plural of sea stack
inclusion function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inclusion functions
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A function whose domain is a subset of its codomain, and for which all of the elements in its domain are fixed points.
Hyponyms: identity function
have it bad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has it bad
form: having it bad
form: had it bad
form: had it bad
Senses: examples: text: Her smile was reward enough for the thought, and realizing it, he knew he had it bad.
ref: 1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, →ISBN, page 68:
text: Only because my brother seems to have it bad for you.
ref: 2014, Gaby Triana -, Summer of Yesterday, →ISBN, page 146:
text: I almost feel sorry for him. I mean, you can see that he has it bad—his eyes stay trained on my mother's mouth as she tilts the bottle back, watches as she swallows, as she licks her lips.
ref: 2015, Elana K. Arnold, Infandous, →ISBN, page 42:
glosses: To be obsessed (with); to be enthralled (by); to be in love (with).
examples: text: ‘As if the girls didn’t have it bad enough without poncified bastards like you coming and murdering them.’
ref: 1938, J. Curtis, They Drive by Night, page 121:
text: He thinks he has it bad making new friends in school.
ref: 2008, Judith O'Reilly, Wife in the North, →ISBN:
text: From strictly a continent standpoint, Africa still has it bad in places today, but for the other continents, overall, they are much safer places than in the past.
ref: 2012, Don Collier, The Speed of Thought: And Ramblings on Human Evolution and Nature, →ISBN:
text: Kiko has it bad enough right now, with reporters stalking her day and night
ref: 2013, Marianne Levy, Ellie May Can Definitely be Trusted to Keep a Secret, →ISBN:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, it, bad. To have a difficult time; to suffer.
has it bad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have it bad
having it bad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have it bad