cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
wherebetween
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Etymology: From where- + between.
Senses: examples: text: […] advancing said cooked dough in an unexpanded condition between cooling, relatively moving surfaces wherebetween the dough is confined and rapidly cooled […]
ref: 1963, Canadian Patent Office Record, volume 91, page 5347:
glosses: Between which.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
whereacross
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Etymology: From where- + across.
Senses: examples: text: Arrived at Pisae, they were warmly welcomed, and established themselves upon the southern bank of the Arnus, whereacross they built bridges, connecting the old colony with the new.
ref: 1905, William Heywood, Palio and Ponte, page 96:
glosses: Across which.
whereabove
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Etymology: From where- + above.
Senses: examples: text: […] the bladder sedge, a common species of open marshes and a slender plant with one to three short, few-flowered, pistillate spikes whereabove the narrow staminate spike is borne on a slender stalk; […]
ref: 1978, Richard Headstrom, The families of flowering plants, page 332:
glosses: Above which.
whereamongst
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Etymology: From where- + amongst.
Senses: examples: text: So then arose the horrible confusion perpetuated ever since, of perversely different kinds of weights, jostling each other in Britain; Troy weight and Avoirdupois weight and Apothecaries' weight, wherein or whereamongst every one is at sea with regard to testing them, and no one whatever is satisfied.
ref: 1864, Charles Piazzi Smyth, Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid, page 207:
glosses: Alternative form of whereamong.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
wherearound
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Etymology: From where- + around.
Senses: examples: text: […] said work station means includes a pair of rotating guide rollers wherearound said pair of cables pass; […]
ref: 1991, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, volume 1130, number 1:
glosses: Around which.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
salatrim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salatrims
Etymology: Abbreviated from short- and long-chain acyl triglyceride molecule.
Senses: glosses: A reduced-calorie fat substitute prepared by interesterification of short-chain triglycerides like triacetin or butyrin with hydrogenated vegetable oils.
salatrims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salatrim
hourage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hourages
Etymology: From hour + -age.
Senses: examples: text: On that date an additional man was added for the purpose of reducing the hourage on the run and reducing the punitive overtime payable under the provisions of amendment 1 […]
ref: 1924, Decisions of the United States Railroad Labor Board with Addenda and Interpretations, page 781:
text: The government has prescribed hourages for other courses and time to be spent in school, so there is no room in the college timetable.
ref: 1997, Samuel M. Natale, Mark B. Fenton, Business Education and Training, page 159:
glosses: A period of time measured in hours.
hourages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hourage
A ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A rings
Etymology: The letter A designates the first (measured from ground zero); successive outer rings were designated B, C, etc.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The innermost circle of a nuclear explosion, within which all structures are destroyed.
A rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A ring
fine chemical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fine chemicals
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any single, pure, complex chemical substance produced in limited quantities by multistep processes.
fine chemicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fine chemical
homophonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Waite based his method upon a study of homophonics, i. e., the words that have a like sound and a like meaning in different languages.
ref: 1903, The Open Court, volume 17, page 766:
text: The principle of parsimony, I suggest, creates a residual category of homophonics, or chance convergences of two or more interpretations to a single phonetic string.
ref: 1979, John Holmes McDowell, Children's riddling, page 90:
text: Perfectly suited to monosyllabic languages like Sumerian, this principle allows a picture of something to express a syllable in spoken language, taking advantage of homophonics.
ref: 2004, Steven Roger Fischer, History of Writing:
glosses: The use of homophones.
homophonously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From homophonous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a homophonous manner.
dendrobine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A tetracyclic alkaloid present in the plant Dendrobium nobile
blancmange curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blancmange curves
Etymology: From its resemblance to the dessert.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: Takagi curve
glosses: A self-affine curve constructible by midpoint subdivision.
Takagi curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Takagi curves
Etymology: Named after Teiji Takagi, who described it in 1901.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of blancmange curve.
synonyms: word: blancmange curve
blancmange curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blancmange curve
Takagi curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Takagi curve
despiralize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: despiralizes
form: despiralizing
form: despiralized
form: despiralized
Etymology: From de- + spiralize.
Senses: glosses: To uncoil, especially a chromonema as part of meiosis
Related terms: despiralization
despiralized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of despiralize
despiralized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: uncoiled
desuccinylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: desuccinylates
form: desuccinylating
form: desuccinylated
form: desuccinylated
Etymology: From de- + succinylate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To remove a succinyl group
Related terms: desuccinylation
desuccinylates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of desuccinylate
desuccinylated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of desuccinylate
deuridylylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + uridylylation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The removal of a uridylyl group
Related terms: deuridylylate
pentaprismatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From penta- + prismatic.
Senses: glosses: In the form of a pentaprism.
triprismatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + prismatic.
Senses: glosses: Triply prismatic.
Anzac wafer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Anzac wafers
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Hardtack.
Anzac wafers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Anzac wafer
sheet iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: sheet metal consisting of iron.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: hardtack.
worm castle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: worm castles
Etymology: So called because it could become infested with worms.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Hardtack.
worm castles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of worm castle
rolls in wealth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of roll in wealth
rolling in wealth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of roll in wealth
rolled in wealth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of roll in wealth
slurs over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slur over
slurring over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slur over
slurred over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slur over
Kaikoura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kaɪˈkɔːrə/
ipa: /kaɪˈkɔːrə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori Kaikōura.
Senses: glosses: A town in Kaikoura district, Canterbury, on the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand.
glosses: A territorial authority in north Canterbury, New Zealand, with its headquarters in the town; in full, Kaikoura District.
AMFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AMF
anarchy of production
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: According to Marxist theory, the chaotic and volatile nature of all commodity production based on private property, as opposed to planned economies.
anchor tenant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anchor tenants
Senses: examples: text: As the number of viable anchor tenants continues to contract, the bargaining leverage of these anchor tenants has increased. The difficulty and expense of negotiating arrangements with them has increased correspondingly.
ref: 1996, John R. White, Kevin D. Gray, Shopping Centers and Other Retail Properties, page 59:
text: The anchor tenants are responsible for drawing the majority of the customers to the center or mall and will do a significant amount of advertising that also brings in customers.
ref: 2007, Marianne Jennings, Real Estate Law, page 243:
synonyms: anchor store
glosses: A large and popular store in a shopping mall, often a department store or retail chain, intended to attract a significant cross-section of customers to the mall.
anchor tenants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anchor tenant
Andromeda strain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Andromeda strains
Etymology: After The Andromeda Strain (1969), techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton documenting the efforts of a team of scientists investigating the outbreak of a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism in Arizona.
Senses: examples: text: Trout are important to those of us who enjoy angling, but trout are unimportant if this Andromeda Strain of destruction without replacement—which began more than 200 years ago and burgeoned in the twentieth century—continues.
ref: 1977, Frank Woolner, Trout Hunting, page 215:
text: John Langone, a science writer for Discover magazine, characterizes the popular view of AIDS in 1985 as an “Andromeda strain with the transmission efficiency of the common cold.”
ref: 2004, David Gere, How to Make Dances in an Epidemic:
glosses: Any microorganism whose release and spread could cause a public health catastrophe.
wikipedia: Michael Crichton
The Andromeda Strain
Andromeda strains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Andromeda strain
angelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪnd͡ʒəld/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of angel
angelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪnd͡ʒəld/
Senses: examples: text: The angelled sky and flowered field are gold.
ref: 1974, Elisavietta Ritchie, Tightening the Circle Over Eel Country, page 34:
glosses: Full of angels.
angelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of angel
anomalous water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of polywater.
synonyms: word: polywater
orthowater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ortho- + water.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of polywater.
synonyms: word: polywater
superwater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + water.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of polywater.
synonyms: word: polywater
anonymous sculpture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anonymous sculptures
Etymology: Calque of German Anonyme Skulpturen; the term was used by Bernd and Hilla Becher, who photographed such structures.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: Any industrial structure whose architecture is thought to have unintended artistic qualities.
wikipedia: Bernd and Hilla Becher
anonymous sculptures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anonymous sculpture
antiartist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiartists
Etymology: From anti- + artist.
Senses: glosses: An artist who creates antiart, in opposition to artistic norms.
antiartists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiartist
Riccarton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and parish in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4335).
glosses: An outer suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1769).
examples: text: Riccarton Junction, with its railwaymen's co-operative shop on the island platform, has no connection with the outside world by road; and as we move off smartly down to the south, we cannot help wondering, now that the "Junction" part is losing its meaning, what Riccarton Station's future may be.
ref: 1956 December, Michael Robbins, “End of the Border Counties Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 810:
glosses: A former settlement at Riccarton Junction railway station, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Roxburghshire (OS grid ref NY5497).
glosses: A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
bloodshotting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From blood + shotting.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being bloodshot.
have one's handful
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has one's handful
form: having one's handful
form: had one's handful
form: had one's handful
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of have one's hands full.
handfuckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handfucker
Te Puke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /tiː pʊkiː/
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: A town in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.
Timaru
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪməɹu/
rhymes: -ɪməɹu
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: A town and port in South Canterbury, New Zealand.
glosses: A territorial authority of Canterbury, New Zealand; in full, Timaru District.
Whangarei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /faŋaˈɾɛi/
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori Whangārei.
Senses: glosses: A city in Northland, the northernmost in New Zealand.
Ranfurly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A settlement in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3865).
glosses: A town in Otago, New Zealand. Named Eweburn at first, it was renamed after Uchter Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly.
glosses: A hamlet in central Alberta, Canada.
Waitangi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /waɪˈtæŋi/
ipa: /ˈwaɪtəŋi/
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori Waitangi.
Senses: glosses: A locality in the Bay of Islands Northland region, North Island, New Zealand.
glosses: A town on the west coast of the Chatham Islands district, New Zealand.
Derived terms: Waitangi Day
Arrowtown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arrow + town, after the Arrow River.
Senses: glosses: An old gold mining town in Otago, New Zealand.
wikipedia: Arrow River (New Zealand)
against someone's will
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Due to being forced rather than by choice.
Related terms: reluctantly
unwillingly
alekeeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alekeepers
Etymology: From ale + keeper.
Senses: examples: text: But that Friday morning there was an air of intensity about them that made her rein in Melissa and dismount. They were so engrossed in their discussion that they hadn't seen her ride up, until the alekeeper's wife, Biddy Tomkins, turned round ...
ref: 2015, Iris Collier, Day Of Wrath, Piatkus, →ISBN:
text: The word appears in a defamation case from Somerset in 1600 as an insult directed toward an alekeeper's wife: "she fucketh in every corner with every knave that cometh to thy house."
ref: 2015, Valerie Traub, Thinking Sex with the Early Moderns, University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 190:
glosses: An alehouse-keeper, a person who operates an alehouse; a tavernkeeper, an alekeep.
Carterton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the surname Carter + -ton.
Senses: glosses: A town in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2706). Named after William Carter.
glosses: A town and local government district of Wairarapa, New Zealand. Named after Charles Carter.
alekeepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alekeeper
tavernkeep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tavernkeeps
Etymology: From tavern + keep.
Senses: glosses: A tavernkeeper.
alekeep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alekeeps
Etymology: From ale + keep.
Senses: glosses: An alekeeper.
tavernkeeps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tavernkeep
alekeeps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alekeep
Vejovis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈve.joʊ.vɪs/
/ˈvɛ.d͡ʒoʊ.vɪs/
Forms: form: Vediovis
form: Vejove
Etymology: From Latin Vējovis, a later spelling of Vēiovis, from Old Latin Vēdiovis, from vē + Diovis from Proto-Italic *djous, *djowes, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: an ancient Italic Roman deity of Etruscan origin considered to be an underworld counterpart of Jupiter; literally “Little Jupiter”, “Anti-Jove”
Related terms: Jove
Jupiter
yada
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Only used in yada yada yada
endloaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endloader
Porirua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒɹɪɹuə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: A city in the Wellington region, New Zealand.
fencing wire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fencing wires
Senses: examples: text: They camped that night at Dingo Creek, the fire Jim quickly made,
Put the Billy on the cross-piece, pitched the tent,
Brought a steak from 'neath the saddle-flap, and on the "grid" 'twas laid,
A piece of rusty fencing wire, well bent.
ref: 1897 October 10, The Truth, Sydney, page 8, column 3:
glosses: A thick, tough, durable, rust-resistant wire designed to be strung between fence posts to form fences in rural settings.
fencing wires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fencing wire
fence post
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fence posts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fencepost.
fence posts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fence post
fence-post
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fence-posts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fencepost.
fence-posts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fence-post
Greengrass
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Greengrasses
form: Greengross
Etymology: From Old English grēne (“green”) + græs (“grass”), probably a toponymic surname for a person living near a grassland.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
BOGSAT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BOGSATs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of bunch of guys sitting around a table, a meeting that is unproductive or lacks focus.
BOGSATs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BOGSAT
Petone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /pɛtəʊni/
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington region, New Zealand.
Yarden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan”). Doublet of Jordan.
Senses: glosses: A unisex given name from Hebrew.
Related terms: Jordan
Wanganui
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Whanganui
Etymology: From Maori Whanganui.
Senses: glosses: A city and territorial authority in Manawatū-Whanganui region, on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.
glosses: A major river in the Manawatū-Whanganui region, North Island, New Zealand, which flows into the Tasman Sea at Wanganui. Official name: Whanganui River.
glosses: A river in the West Coast region, South Island, New Zealand, which also flows into the Tasman Sea.
Derived terms: Manawatu-Wanganui
Opotiki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Maori Ōpōtiki.
Senses: glosses: A town and local government district in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.
Arthur's Pass
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -æs
Senses: glosses: A mountain pass in the Southern Alps, Selwyn district, Canterbury, New Zealand, named after Arthur Dudley Dobson.
glosses: A settlement in Canterbury, New Zealand, at the foot of the pass.
brood cocoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brood cocoons
Senses: topics: arachnology
biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A cocoon-like structure made of web in which a female spider lays her eggs.
brood cocoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brood cocoon
menstruals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of menstrual
apheliotropically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more apheliotropically
form: most apheliotropically
Etymology: From apheliotropic + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: In the case of the radicles of Sinapis alba, sensitiveness to light also resides in the tip, which, when laterally illuminated, causes the adjoining part of the root to bend apheliotropically.
ref: 1880, Charles Darwin, The Power of Movement in Plants:
text: It has been empirically found that the reflection ratio when apheliotropically (looking downsun) is ...
ref: 1982, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, page 901:
text: Where the red moon, inches above our heads, Will exclude us from its light, apheliotropically, in the end.
ref: 1994, Thomas Avena, Life sentences: writers, artists, and AIDS, page 111:
glosses: In an apheliotropic way; away from the sun.
apertive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more apertive
form: most apertive
Etymology: From Latin apertūra (“opening”) + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: Both its root and seeds are hydragogeous, and very apertive, and therefuore usefull in hydroptical and watry diseases.
ref: 1657, A Medicinal Dispensatory, containing the whole body of physick, page 261:
text: Oppression and stopping at Brest and Stomach. Though very few live when they come to these things, yet here and there one makes a shift to creep over this and many other threatning signes; but you must not goe about to cure this as you doe other stoppings in the stomach, as by squills oximells, bomits, but by apertive medicines as this:
ref: 1666, William Boghurst, Loimographia, Or an Experimentall Relation of the Plague, of what hath happened Remarkable in the last Plague in the City of London:
text: The wine made from this sap is said to be apertive, and detersive.
ref: 1855, Cuthbert William Johnson, The Farmer's and Planter's Encyclopedia of Rural Affairs, page 179:
text: I have found it in the waters of Hornhausen, which owe to this salt their apertive and diuretic properties.
ref: 1923, Joseph William Mellor, A Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Causing the body to open; dissolving blockages or having a purgative or diuretic effect.
examples: text: In this part the author leaves the stylus method and passes on to the interference method, which is very valuable because it can resolve scratches down to a width of about 0.00002" or 0.00003", provided that a high apertive microscope objective is used.
ref: 1977, T. R. Thomas, M. B. King, Surface topography in engineering, page 42:
text: Seasat was launched in June 1978 and carries a synthetic apertive radar.
ref: 1980, John H. Menkes, Barry S. Siegal, Remote Sensing in Geology, page 86:
text: From the apertive field, equivalent magnetic currents are obtained using the principle of equivalence.
ref: 1988, Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, page 117:
glosses: Pertaining to or using an aperture; apertural.
examples: text: Prefractures are weak or apertive when the prefixed vowel has a greater closure formed by the tongue or lips than the original vowel, so that the result is a progressive opening.
ref: 1969, Alexander J. Ellis, On Early English Pronunciation, page 1308:
text: Eberhart is a philosopher-poet whose avowed ambition is “to open/ Poetry to apertive speculation.”
ref: 1983, The Publishers Weekly - Volume 224, page 56:
text: I was imbued with an amorphous sense of capability — but that word makes little sense to me. It was a sense of apertive aptness.
ref: 2013, Doc Togden, an odd boy, page 105:
glosses: Tending to open.
apertive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apertives
Etymology: From Latin apertūra (“opening”) + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: The Love Bush seems to have been used in olden days in medicine, for Browne in 1789 writes: "It has been always esteemed as a diuretic and apertive, and formerly used as an ingredient in come of the compositions of the shops".
ref: 1942, Natural History Society of Jamaica, Natural History Notes, page 149:
text: Gentian has been used for centuries as a tonic to aid digestion; and it is currently employed in the manufacture of apertives and bitters, notably Gentiane, a Swiss digestive liquor.
ref: 1979, Jane I. LaRue, Guide to selected medicinal herbs, page 10:
text: The bark is also used in a liquid given as an apertive to horses and cattle.
ref: 1999, J. C. Dagar, Plant Resources of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, page 475:
glosses: A substance that can be used medicinally for its apertive effect.
apertives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apertive
antroversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anteroversion.
cryptolanguage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptolanguages
Etymology: From crypto- + language.
Senses: examples: text: The history of cant lexicography has contributed in part to a widely held misconception about slang, namely, that slang is used as a secret language known only to the members of a select group: that slang is a crypto-language.
ref: 1996, James Lambert, The Macquarie Book of Slang, Sydney: Macquarie Library, page vii:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A secret language.
Johnsonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Johnsonites
Etymology: From Johnson + -ite.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A Marxist supporting the ideas of the Johnson–Forest Tendency.
examples: text: The diffuse nature of the uprising has had some advantages. Johnsonites haven’t been able to plausibly portray them as disgruntled remainers when the regicides include such staunch enthusiasts for Brexit as Steve Baker and David Davis.
ref: 2022 June 12, Andrew Rawnsley, “Boris Johnson’s spineless cabinet of mediocrities are too feeble to wield the dagger”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A political supporter of Boris Johnson (born 1964), British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister from 2019 to 2022.
cryptolanguages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptolanguage
funnel webs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of funnel web
stubby holder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stubby holders
form: stubbie holder
Senses: examples: text: The Australian relative is more likely to be a bit older, even middle-aged, and to have a well-developed beer gut, thongs, a bad tan, and a perpetual stubbie holder glued to his palm.
ref: 1996, James Lambert, The Macquarie Book of Slang, Sydney: Macquarie Library, page 267:
glosses: An insulating receptacle, often decorated, designed to keep a stubby of beer cold while being drunk in a hot environment.
stubby holders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stubby holder
barrack buster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barrack busters
Etymology: From their use against British army and RUC barracks.
Senses: glosses: Any of several improvised mortars, developed in the 1990s by the engineering group of the Provisional Irish Republican Army
single cream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: single creams
Senses: glosses: A relatively thin cream with less fat than in double cream.
single creams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of single cream
Pelly Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Pelly + bay.
Named after Sir John Pelly, the governor of the British colony corporation, the Hudson's Bay Company, that operated the colony of Rupert's Land, that includes this body of water.
Senses: glosses: A bay on the Gulf of Boothia, separated from it and Committee Bay by the Simpson Peninsula.
glosses: Former name of Kugaaruk.
glosses: A military base on the bay that originated as a DEW Line station
rear one's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rears one's head
form: rearing one's head
form: reared one's head
form: reared one's head
form: rear one's ugly head
Senses: glosses: To raise one's head.
examples: text: One problem that reared its head in 1983 would prove more difficult to solve, with the heat that summer leading to a number of engine failures.
ref: 2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 53:
text: For large parts of this season City have been far from the level that saw them win the Treble last season, especially defensively. Those issues reared their head again, and will lead to questions about the summer recruitment, with some poor defending for both Newcastle goals.
ref: 2024 January 13, Callum Matthews, “Newcastle United 2-3 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To appear and cause problems or stress, especially at an inopportune time (said of something or [rare] someone that is undesirable or unwelcome).
Synonyms: raise one's head
Wuhan coronavirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Wuhan + coronavirus, q.v., from its presumed origin in Wuhan, China, in late 2019.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19.
synonyms: word: SARS-CoV-2
extra: the virus causing COVID-19
examples: text: Health officials in two California counties have reported over the weekend two new cases of Wuhan coronavirus in the state, bringing the total number of cases in the U.S. to four.
ref: 2020 January 26, Maria Godoy, “2 New U.S. Cases Of Wuhan Coronavirus Confirmed In California”, in NPR:
glosses: Synonym of coronavirus, the disease COVID-19 itself.
synonyms: word: coronavirus
extra: the disease COVID-19 itself
Related terms: Wuhan virus
Wuhan flu
Wuhanvirus
China virus
Chinese virus
kung flu
Wuhan virus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Wuhan + virus, q.v., from its presumed origin in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. The same name was separately and less prominently used in 1995 for a strain of H3N2 flu.
Senses: examples: text: This new “Wuhan virus” outbreak in China, which appears to be due to a novel coronavirus, is another warning to us about the need for more research in infectious diseases, epidemiology and control measures.
ref: 2020 January 11, Judy Stone, “Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak Shows The Importance Of Sound Science, Sleuthing, And Cooperation”, in Forbes:
text: One of the 46, the man's 37-year-old son, is another confirmed case of the Wuhan virus.
ref: 2020 January 25, “No new cases of Wuhan virus, 64 suspected cases so far: MOH”, in Channel News Asia, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2020:
text: The Wuhan virus isn’t the only pandemic to come from China.
ref: 2020 May 13, New York Post:
text: Former United States President Donald Trump is being sued by a Chinese American civil rights group over his use of the terms “Chinese virus”, “Wuhan virus” and “Kung Flu virus” during the coronavirus pandemic.
ref: [2021 May 21, “Chinese American group sues Trump for calling COVID ‘China virus’”, in Al Jazeera:
glosses: Synonym of coronavirus, the disease COVID-19.
synonyms: word: coronavirus
extra: the disease COVID-19
examples: text: We designed candidate diagnostic RT-PCR assays before release of the first sequence of the Wuhan virus.
ref: 2020 January 13, World Health Organization, "Diagnostic detection of Wuhan coronavirus 2019 by real-time RT-PCR"
text: Stop the Wuhan virus
ref: 2020 January 21, Nature, volume 577, →DOI, page 450:
text: The Wuhan virus has shown the world how China behaves.
ref: 2020 December 4, James McGrath on Sky Newshttps://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6214144246001
glosses: Synonym of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
synonyms: word: SARS-CoV-2
extra: the virus that causes COVID-19
glosses: Synonym of A/Wuhan/359/95, a strain of H3N2 influenza.
synonyms: word: A/Wuhan/359/95
extra: a strain of H3N2 influenza
Related terms: Wuhanvirus
Wuhan flu
Wuhan coronavirus
China virus
Chinese virus
kung flu
Wuhan flu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wu flu
Etymology: From Wuhan + flu, q.v., from its presumed origin in Wuhan, China, in late 2019.
Senses: examples: text: The 10-year-old Chinese boy confined to isolation at Vachira Phuket Hospital yesterday on suspicion of carrying the Wuhan flu has tested negative for the virus and will rejoin his parents today (Jan 23), Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO) Chief Thanit Sermkaew has confirmed.
ref: 2020 January 23, Tanyaluk Sakoot, “Chinese Boy in Phuket Cleared of Wuhan Flu”, in Phuket News:
glosses: COVID-19.
wikipedia: Donald Trump
Republican Party (US)
Related terms: Wuhan virus
Wuhanvirus
Wuhan coronavirus
China virus
Chinese virus
kung flu
if possible
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Contingent upon the possibility or convenience of the request.
Related terms: as soon as possible
GLCM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GLCMs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: ALCM
SLCM
glosses: Initialism of ground-launched cruise missile.
GLBM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GLBMs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of ground-launched ballistic missile.
GLCMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GLCM
GLBMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GLBM
rear one's ugly head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rears one's ugly head
form: rearing one's ugly head
form: reared one's ugly head
form: reared one's ugly head
Senses: examples: text: Where regionalism rears its ugly head, it should be stomped upon immediately and decisively by the administration so as to leave no doubt that such tendency will never be tolerated.
ref: 2010 September 8, “Regionalism and its ugly head”, in The National, Port Moresby:
text: Knowing the signs of stimulant addiction will help you determine if you or somebody else in your life is dealing with this problem. If it becomes serious enough, a variety of signs and symptoms will rear their ugly head.
ref: 2014 December 15, “Stimulants Addiction Signs”, in Narcotics.com, Narcotics Anonymous:
ref: 2016 May 27, Sarah Hiddleston, “An old disease rears its ugly head”, in Nature Middle East, Nature, →DOI
text: From this point forward, Amelia was going to be the perfect bride. The perfect daughter. The perfect princess. Why, oh why, did Princess Naughty have to rear her ugly head every time Amelia thought she had her life on track?
ref: 2017 November 13, Teri Wilson, Royally Wed, Pocket Star, →ISBN, page 130:
ref: 2020 February 22, Michael Hoffman, “Fake news rears its ugly head amid COVID-19 outbreak”, in The Japan Times, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2020
text: This was a fitting end to their presidency. But predictably, Hillary would rear her ugly head again with later scandals over bribery at the Clinton Foundation, […] not to mention Benghazi and her use of an unsecure private email server while she was Obama's secretary of state.
ref: 2020 October 27, Larry Klayman, It Takes a Revolution: Forget the Scandal Industry!, Post Hill Press, →ISBN, page 34:
text: What do you do when you are overwhelmed by your feelings? […] Unfortunately, you have to feel your feelings. It is bullshit I know!!!! It would be much more convenient to just not!!!!! But those feelings will rear their ugly head at some point, so you might as well get it over with.
ref: 2022 May 4, Kate McKean, “Name That Feeling”, in Agents and Books:
text: What I’ve learned very recently is that there are some unexpected places where inflation has reared its ugly head. […] As the cost of everything continues to rise, more examples like this will rear their ugly head.
ref: 2023 January 25, Jamieson Mackay, “Unexpected places inflation rears its ugly head”, in Gulf Coast Educators Federal Credit Union:
glosses: Alternative form of rear one's head.
harmonicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harmonick
rideman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ridemen
Etymology: From ride + -man.
Senses: examples: text: She didn't like the tenor rideman for instance. He had a scar under his left eye.
ref: 1940, Tommy Dorsey, George D. Lottman, Love in swingtime, page 22:
glosses: A jazz soloist.
ridemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rideman
ride the clock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rides the clock
form: riding the clock
form: rode the clock
form: ridden the clock
Senses: examples: text: Complainant and his wife both complained to Mr. Cooper about employees "riding the clock," that is being clocked in, but not being at work.
ref: 1984, Decisions - Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission:
text: […] everyone was doing what he paid us to do, rather than gossip, goof off and ride the clock, things we often did instead.
ref: 2015, Lorraine Stephens, The Black Man Drought, page 39:
glosses: To leave one's workplace covertly without clocking out, thus continuing to be paid.
ride the boards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rides the boards
form: riding the boards
form: rode the boards
form: ridden the boards
Senses: examples: text: In order to see the exact location of the boards being purchased, advertisers or their agencies will often ride the boards to visit some of the sites.
ref: 1999, Bruce G. Vanden Bergh, Helen E. Katz, Advertising Principles: Choice, Challenge, Change, page 362:
text: A Day in the Life of an Advertising Media Planner […] 4:30 Go out riding the boards — checking out outdoor advertising locations — with the media buyer.
ref: 2003, The WetFeet Insider Guide to Careers in Advertising and Public Relations, page 86:
topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: To visit and inspect potential sites for billboard advertising.
myroblytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From myroblyte + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to myroblytes.
self-ignite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-ignites
form: self-igniting
form: self-ignited
form: self-ignited
Etymology: From self- + ignite.
Senses: examples: text: However, when the concentration of carbon is 1.4%, the mixture self-ignites at 295°.
ref: 1983, Journal of Thermal Analysis:
glosses: To catch fire due to sufficient temperature.
self-ignites
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of self-ignite
self-ignited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self-ignite
self-igniting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of self-ignite
pea shake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pea shakes
Senses: topics: gambling
games
qualifier: Indiana
glosses: An illicit numbers game or lottery, with the numbers marked on small balls or "peas".
pea shakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pea shake
ring in one's nose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: So, the dealers are thinking, “What a mamaluke! The guy's got a ring in his nose!” But then he comes back and plays some more. And all the guys like him, because he's funny and he's one of the boys and he tips big.
ref: 2010, Steven R. Schirripa, Charles Fleming, The Goomba's Book of Love:
text: He admitted in a dugout interview in 1969 that there was a time when he “had a ring in his nose” and once lost $8,000 two days in a row at the track.
ref: 2017, Paul Dickson, Leo Durocher: Baseball's Prodigal Son:
topics: gambling
games
glosses: A compulsion to gamble regardless of one's losses.
JHTML
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Java within Hypertext Markup Language.
Related terms: HTML
DHTML
XHTML
SGML
Java
memlook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: memlooks
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of mameluke.
memlooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of memlook