cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
regrit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /rɪˈɡrɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: regrits
form: regritting
form: regritted
form: regritted
Etymology: From re- + grit.
Senses: examples: text: The local council regrits the roads every morning in icy weather.
glosses: To grit again.
regritted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of regrit
regrits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of regrit
regritting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of regrit
begrumble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: begrumbles
form: begrumbling
form: begrumbled
form: begrumbled
Etymology: From be- (“about”) + grumble.
Senses: examples: text: Then why should people begrumble to pay a decent price for the upkeep of the great picture gallery of the world, universal Nature, teeming with the masterpieces of the master artist Nature?
ref: 1902, Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer, page 402:
glosses: To grumble.
examples: text: Scratcheting roof-possums haunt gamely chomp & claw - preening in midnight garrets above our bed begrumbling us our sleep sometimes
ref: 1983, Westerly - Volumes 28-29, page 50:
text: The begrumbled human face looked at the kind old lady in the cottage with something akin to terror.
ref: 2014, Laura May, Pickles and Ponies:
glosses: To grumble at or to.
begrumble
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From be- (“about”) + grumble.
Senses: examples: text: “All right, all right,” Gloria complained, “if you're so dead set on your begrumbled frog. […]”
ref: 2002, Oxford S. Stroud, To Yield a Dream:
glosses: damned; blasted
sag pond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sag ponds
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A freshwater body that collects in a depression formed along a fault.
T-step
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: T-steps
Senses: glosses: A shuffling dance move in which the feet are initially placed in an orientation like the letter T.
T-steps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of T-step
bathtub theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the bathtub theorem
Etymology: In allusion to a bathtub with water entering from the taps and leaving by the plughole.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The idea that capital accumulation is equal to production minus consumption.
make someone hard to catch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes someone hard to catch
form: making someone hard to catch
form: made someone hard to catch
form: made someone hard to catch
Senses: examples: text: I hope that we have no such men in Local No. 163. If we have, we will make them hard to catch when we find them out.
ref: 1906, Coopers International Journal, volumes 15-16, page 156:
text: Then the boss stuck up a sign that said: / Public Water-hole. Water Free. / "Now you old skin," says he to Texas Pete, "charge all you want to on your own property. But if I ever hear of your layin' claim to this other hole, I'll sure make you hard to catch."
ref: 1906, McClure's Magazine, volume 26, page 419:
text: She says he understands her; an' first thing her an' Crabapple gets to arguin' religion, an' Liz, she warns the Crabapple if he ever gets drunk round the parson, an' she gets well an' finds it out, she'll shore make him hard to catch.
ref: 1915, Peter B. Kyne, The Parson of Panamint:
text: I'm going to be there, myself, and I'm going to borrow that pistol that you stuck in my ribs the other night; and the first yap that touches a corner or crosses my line I'll make him hard to catch.
ref: 1920, Dane Coolidge, Wunpost, page 28:
text: But there'll be four of us to take care of Purdy's men before you show up in Arguello. We'll make them hard to catch.
ref: 1924, Peter Bernard Kyne, The Enchanted Hill, page 288:
glosses: To get rid of someone, especially in an unpleasant way.
riverdamsel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riverdamsels
Etymology: From river + damsel.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various Australia damselflies of the genus Pseudagrion (of which, African species are named sprites).
Derived terms: blue riverdamsel
riverdamsels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of riverdamsel
pseudorational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + rational.
Senses: examples: text: For these reasons, the self-deceiver is particularly recalcitrant and impervious to any attempts of her own to survey and critically revise her own pseudorational self-conception.
ref: 1988, Brian P. McLaughlin, Amélie Rorty, Perspectives on Self-Deception, page 318:
glosses: Supposedly, but not actually, rational; having only a veneer of reason or logic.
examples: text: It is found that some pseudorational families also have the Cartesian property.
ref: 1991, Russian Mathematical Surveys, page 38:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Able to be expressed as the convolution ratio of distributions with compact support.
pseudoneuritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + neuritis.
Senses: glosses: A condition resembling neuritis, such as optic disc drusen.
pseudoneuritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to pseudoneuritis.
pseudopapilledema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + papilledema.
Senses: glosses: A condition resembling papilledema, such as optic disc drusen.
Bruch's membrane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bruch's membranes
Etymology: Named after the German anatomist Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Bruch.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The innermost layer of the choroid in the eye.
wikipedia: Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Bruch
pseudomucin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + mucin.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of metalbumin.
synonyms: word: metalbumin
Pfannenstiel incision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pfannenstiel incisions
Etymology: Named after Hermann Johannes Pfannenstiel (1862–1909), German gynecologist who invented the technique in 1900.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
synonyms: bikini line incision
Kerr incision
Pfannenstiel-Kerr incision
glosses: A surgical incision that allows access to the abdomen.
Pfannenstiel incisions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pfannenstiel incision
Kerr incision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kerr incisions
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Pfannenstiel incision.
synonyms: word: Pfannenstiel incision
Pfannenstiel-Kerr incision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pfannenstiel-Kerr incisions
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Pfannenstiel incision.
synonyms: word: Pfannenstiel incision
Kerr incisions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kerr incision
bikini line incision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bikini line incisions
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Pfannenstiel incision.
synonyms: word: Pfannenstiel incision
bikini line incisions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bikini line incision
come right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes right
form: coming right
form: came right
form: come right
Senses: examples: Trust me - it'll all come right in the end.
glosses: to have a successful or satisfying conclusion; to end well
annellide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: annellides
Senses: coordinate_terms: phialide
glosses: A specialized conidiogenous cell that grows as it extrudes material.
annellides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of annellide
work one's way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: works one's way
form: working one's way
form: worked one's way
form: worked one's way
Senses: glosses: Synonym of make one's way.
synonyms: word: make one's way
Related terms: work one's way up
rise through the ranks
KOI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: KOIs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: TOI
glosses: Abbreviation of Kepler/K1/K2 object of interest.
gypsy setting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gypsy settings
Senses: topics: jewelry
lifestyle
glosses: The setting of a stone directly into metal so that it does not protrude, using a burnishing tool to push the metal all around the stone.
gypsy settings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gypsy setting
K-point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: K-points
Etymology: From German Konstruktionspunkt.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: Synonym of construction point.
synonyms: word: construction point
K-points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of K-point
construction point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: construction points
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
synonyms: K-point
glosses: A line across a ski jumping hill that indicates the hill's steepest point.
construction points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of construction point
Rat Pack
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Rat Pack
Senses: glosses: An informal group of showbusiness entertainers associated with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, and who ultimately made movies and appeared together in Las Vegas casino venues.
Derived terms: Brat Pack
Frat Pack
Splat Pack
Brat Pack
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Brat Pack
Etymology: Blend of brat + Rat Pack
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A group of young actors who frequently appeared together in teen-oriented coming-of-age films in the 1980s.
examples: text: Introduced as the bad boy of American letters, the brattiest of the Brat Pack that included Jay McInerney, Tama Janowitz and other chroniclers of young Reagan-era angst, Mr. Ellis has achieved over the last 20 years a level of notoriety and acclaim that has eluded most of his peers.
ref: 2005 August 7, Edward Wyatt, “Bret Easton Ellis: The Man in the Mirror”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A group of young authors who emerged on the East Coast in the 1980s.
Frat Pack
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Frat Pack
Etymology: Blend of frat + Rat Pack
Senses: glosses: A group of comedy actors who have appeared together in many of the highest-grossing comedy movies since the mid-1990s.
snatch loading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The hitching of additional livestock to a scraper to assist the team pulling it.
Related terms: snatch-loaded
get up early
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets up early
form: getting up early
form: got up early
form: got up early
form: gotten up early
Etymology: From the idea that a large and difficult task requires substantial preparation and effort.
Senses: examples: text: you have to get up early if you want to [X]
text: you need to get up pretty early in the morning if you want to [X]
text: You have to get up pretty early in the morning if you want to outsmart or outwork Jane.
text: Brother Joseph Ruziska, our expert clothing salesman, says you have got to get up early in the morning to show him anything about selling clothes.
ref: 1914, The American Flint, volume 6, page 35:
text: You have to get up early to beat our features. Accu-Set makes setting the alarm and time fast and easy.
ref: 1984, Newsweek:
text: You have to get up pretty early to catch up with Simone or she'll leave you in the dust!
ref: 1998, Rene Padilla, Sue Byers-Connon, Helene Lohman, Occupational Therapy with Elders, page 43:
synonyms: pack a lunch
glosses: To be dedicated and well-prepared in pursuing a goal.
examples: text: Next Tuesday we'll have to get up early, because the site visit starts at dawn.
synonyms: rise with the lark
antonyms: go to bed with the sun
go to bed with the chickens
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get up, early.
Related terms: bright and early
early riser
early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
the early bird gets the worm
rise and shine
remandable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From remand + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be remanded.
countermandings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countermanding
advocacy planning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A style of urban planning that seeks to represent the interests of various groups within society.
all-singing, all-dancing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "When the app was first advertised, it was an all-singing, all-dancing panacea that would solve all the problems.
ref: 2023 July 12, “Network News: ORR unable to impose improvements to accessibility app”, in RAIL, number 987, page 24:
glosses: Alternative form of all singing, all dancing.
triose phosphates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triose phosphate
triosephosphateisomerase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triosephosphate isomerase
Etymology: From triosephosphate + isomerase, equivalent to triose + phosphate + isomer + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that catalyzes the reversible interconversion of the triosephosphate isomers dihydroxyacetone phosphate and D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate.
alpha-beta filter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alpha-beta filters
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
signal-processing
glosses: An algorithm for data estimation and smoothing, closely related to Kalman filters, based on an approximation model with two internal states, the first state obtained by integrating the value of the second state over time.
alpha-beta filters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alpha-beta filter
alphalike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more alphalike
form: most alphalike
Etymology: From alpha + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of alphaviruses.
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of alpha waves.
cantarist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cantarists
Senses: glosses: The priest of a chantry
cantboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cantboards
Etymology: From cant + board.
Senses: glosses: A board, typically at the edge of a roof, that has a slope to divert rainwater.
Alun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Welsh.
examples: text: Small and isolated, Llanarmon-yn-Ial is tucked away in the valley of the River Alun. […] The road that approaches Llanarmon-yn-Ial from the south curls around the churchyard, and then runs down to a bridge over the Alun.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 256, about Llanarmon-yn-Ial:
glosses: The Welsh spelling (Afon Alun) of the River Alyn, in Denbighshire and Flintshire, Wales.
Related terms: Alan
cantarists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cantarist
cantelope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cantelopes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cantaloupe.
cantharidean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cantharidian.
cantboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cantboard
cantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cant (“argot, jargon”) + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: This is cantly called “talking to Bunkum:” an “honorable gentleman” long ago, having said that he was not speaking to the house, but to the people of a certain county in his district, which, in local phrase, he called “Bunkum.”
ref: 1828 September 27, “Miscellaneous: “Talking to Bunkum””, in Niles' Weekly Register (Third Series), volume 11, number 5, Baltimore, page 66:
text: Will he do anything toward creating an effective police through the country, every part of which is, every night, in complete exposure to attacks of plunderers and ruffians? Or (to glance abroad) will he do anything for Greece, or anything to real, effectual purpose, for what is cantly named the Peninsula?
ref: 1852, “CXLII. To John Easthope, Esq., M.P.: Canning—Catholic Emancipation [Stapleton, May 23, 1827]”, in J. E. Ryland, editor, The Life and Correspondence of John Foster, volume 2, London: Henry George Bohn, page 27:
text: They must be aware that the press had teemed with comments on the case, and he had congratulated himself on seeing twelve gentlemen who were willing to put aside what was cantly called “Hookey Walkerism” and the other epithets that bad been hurled at the head of the unfortunate man, who had been held up to the contempt of the colony.
ref: 1886 June 11, “Law Courts. Supreme Court—Criminal Sittings. Thursday, June 10.: Y.M.C.A. Embezzlement Case”, in The South Australian Advertiser, volume 28, number 8626, Adelaide, page 6:
glosses: With the use of cant (slang, jargon).
contrasuppression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From contra- + suppression.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The inhibition of the function of a suppressor.
contrasuppressors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contrasuppressor
bit stuffing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: The insertion of non-information bits (binary digits) into a data stream.
cantorate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cantorates
Senses: glosses: The office of a cantor
glosses: A group of cantors
cantorias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cantoria
cantuta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cantutas
form: kantuta
Senses: glosses: The ornamental shrub Cantua buxifolia.
canyonside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canyonsides
Senses: glosses: The side of a canyon, typically a residential one
black gangster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black gangsters
Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese 黑幫 /黑帮 (hēibāng, “gangsters, gang”). The first character, 黑, translates as "black" on its own.
Senses: examples: text: […] and branded more than one-third of the people in the Agriculture Ministry as "rightists" or "black gangsters."
ref: 1968, Survey of China Mainland Press: Supplement, page 14:
text: It was not always clear who was a counterrevolutionary or a black gangster for that matter. Former landlords, capitalists, and rich peasants were more readily spotted, but even here there was some difficulty […]
ref: 1970, Jan S. Prybyla, The Political Economy of Communist China, page 539:
text: The radicals held that Liu's men were 'black gangsters' in league with the ousted Party committees.
ref: 2016, Philip Short, Mao: The Man Who Made China, page 534:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A propaganda term used by Mao Zedong against opponents.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, gangster. (i.e. one with black skin)
Related terms: black gang
black gangsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black gangster
whitefulla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whitefullas
Etymology: From white + fulla.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whitefella.
whitefullas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whitefulla
blackout skit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blackout skits
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: A skit after which all the lights are extinguished.
blackout skits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blackout skit
cassowary plums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cassowary plum
self-blimped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From self- + blimped.
Senses: glosses: Of a video camera: manufactured with insulation against noise, thus not requiring a blimp (soundproof cover).
blikes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blike
bliked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blike
block bookings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of block booking
firecan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firecans
Etymology: From fire + can.
Senses: examples: text: When the firecan jockeys have flown their blowtorches some 100,000 miles, the doctors take over for the ground physical.
ref: 1949, Popular Science, volume 155, number 6, page 120:
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: blowtorch
fast mover
fighter jet
glosses: A jet fighter.
firecans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firecan
smoker's lung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
pink puffer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pink puffers
Etymology: Due to the frequent pink complexion, fast respiratory rate and pursed lips.
Senses: coordinate_terms: blue bloater
glosses: A person who has emphysema.
blue bloater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue bloaters
Etymology: Due to the often bluish color of the skin and lips (from low oxygen levels), and swelling of the ankles.
Senses: coordinate_terms: pink puffer
glosses: A person who has chronic bronchitis.
pink puffers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pink puffer
blue bloaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue bloater
Henares
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Henares.
Senses: glosses: A river in Spain, tributary of the Jarama, in the village of Horna, in the province of Guadalajara.
Derived terms: Alcalá de Henares
antieconomism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + economism.
Senses: glosses: Opposition to economism; the belief that economic factors are not the only or most important factors.
nonpedigreed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + pedigreed.
Senses: glosses: Without a pedigree.
arm's length principle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the arm's length principle
Senses: synonyms: word: ALP
glosses: The principle that the parties in a transaction should be independent and on an equal footing, without any favorable treatment, fiduciary duties, etc.
Related terms: arm's length price
as-told-to
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: as-told-tos
Etymology: From a phrase often used to introduce such pieces, along the lines of "Alice's story, as told to Bob".
Senses: examples: text: Independent developers began airing longstanding grievances, skeletons in the closet, and as-told-tos about Microsoft tactics over the years.
ref: 1993, Stephen Manes, Paul Andrews, Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry and Made Himself the Richest Man in America, page 420:
text: In their attempts to foreground the agency of the Native speaker, the disclaimers of white authorial interference traditionally opening 'as-told-tos' barely conceal, in fact often signal, an active editorial presence.
ref: 2003, Commonwealth, volumes 26-27, page 102:
text: Many religious magazines, like Guideposts for Kids, use as-told-tos, and a selection of magazines from almost any market needs as-told-to pieces.
ref: 2005, Michelle Ruberg, Writer's Digest Handbook of Magazine Article Writing, page 163:
text: Thanks largely to Straus's navy-era media connections, names such as Stalin and Eisenhower had begun to grace the young list—albeit largely in photo-heavy as-told-tos and diary excerpts.
ref: 2013, Boris Kachka, Hothouse, page 58:
glosses: An account of something told by one person and written by another, especially a journalist or ghostwriter.
as-told-tos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of as-told-to
atomistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The study of atoms and their motion.
the sun sets on something
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: As the sun set on his running career, McGough – pronounced “McGeow” in Monaghan – reinvented himself as a masseur, learning that trade first via the Celtic football team.
ref: 2018 February 16, Frank McNally, “All-Star (and Ulster) Scot – An Irishman’s Diary about The Runner McGough”, in The Irish Times:
glosses: Something comes to an end.
McGough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /məˈɡɒf/
/məˈɡjuː/
Forms: form: McGoughs
form: Gough
form: McGaugh
form: McGoff
form: McKeough
Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eochadha. Compare McGeoch, which derives from Scottish Gaelic.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
body shopping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In body shopping, the client hires a consultant to do a task that he or she cannot do because of time or resource pressures. […] A client resorts to body shopping when deadlines are tight or there are not enough people to undertake the task in the time available; […].
ref: 2016, Raj Aseervatham, You're the Boss: Growing and Selling a Successful Consulting Firm, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 11:
topics: business
qualifier: labour
glosses: The practice of consultancy firms recruiting workers (generally in the information technology sector) to contract their services out on a tactical short- to medium-term basis.
Related terms: body shop
EIL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: E1L
ESL
EFL
EAL
glosses: Initialism of English as an international language.
Cajal body
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cajal bodies
Etymology: Discovered by Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934), Spanish neuroscientist and histologist, in 1903.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: coiled body
glosses: A spherical membraneless nuclear body largely consisting of proteins and RNA, found in the nucleus of proliferative cells like embryonic cells and tumor cells, or metabolically active cells like neurons.
wikipedia: Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Cajal bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cajal body
nuclear body
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuclear bodies
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A membraneless structure found in the cell nuclei of eukaryotic cells.
nuclear bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuclear body
bottom power
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: Ghana
glosses: Person's use of their sexual attractiveness to gain advantages in business.
apinoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more apinoid
form: most apinoid
Senses: glosses: Clean; not dirty
thinkfluencer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thinkfluencers
Etymology: From thinkfluence + -er, or equivalently, a blend of think + influencer.
Senses: examples: text: It would be easy for an ungenerous observer to conclude that their parliament is little more than the entrepreneurial initiative of a few TED-style thinkfluencers – just another half-formed idea coughed up by smooth talkers with books to sell and consulting gigs to line up.
ref: 2014 September 18, Adam Greenfield, “A global parliament of mayors? Just what cities need – more bureaucracy”, in The Guardian:
text: That's why the first rule of any revolution is to wipe out the intellectuals. Trump is surely already dreaming of the vast logging camp he will fill with the Republican thinkfluencers who are at the moment making a show of being the last holdouts.
ref: 2017, Matt Taibbi, Insane Clown President: Dispatches from the 2016 Circus, New York, NY: Spiegel & Grau, →ISBN, page 180:
text: The emotional underpinnings of this economy have been best theorized by Venkatesh Rao, a 46-year-old writer and business consultant, who has become something of a negative futurist, a thinkfluencer’s thinkfluencer.
ref: 2020 January 19, Kyle Chayka, “How Nothingness Became Everything We Wanted”, in The New York Times Magazine:
glosses: An influencer who posts their thoughts and analysis.
thinkfluencers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thinkfluencer
principal boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: principal boys
Senses: glosses: The young male protagonist of a pantomime, traditionally played by a female.
principal boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of principal boy
linear amplifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linear amplifiers
Senses: synonyms: word: boot
english: CB radio slang
translation: CB radio slang
glosses: An electronic circuit whose output is proportional to its input, but capable of delivering more power into a load.
linear amplifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linear amplifier
capacitivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capacitivities
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dielectric constant.
synonyms: word: dielectric constant
dielectric constant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dielectric constants
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A measure of the permittivity of a material relative to that of a vacuum.
Synonyms: capacitivity
dielectric constants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dielectric constant
capape
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cap-a-pie.
capatas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capataces
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of capataz.
capcom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capcoms
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of CAPCOM.
capeadores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capeador
capellen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capelle
capernoitie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capernoities
Senses: glosses: noddle (head)
caperwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caperworts
Senses: glosses: Any plant of the family Capparaceae
Synonyms: caperbush
caperworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caperwort
capestane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capestanes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of copestone.
creamed off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cream off
caponette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caponettes
Senses: glosses: A capon produced by chemical castration (typically by the use of diethylstilbestrol)
Synonyms: capette
capette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capettes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of caponette.
synonyms: word: caponette
capework
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The use of a cape, in bullfighting, to distract the bull
antidogmatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Opposition to dogma.
azeotropism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: azeotropy
saveall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: savealls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of save-all.
climatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From climate + -ism. Compare French climatisme.
Senses: examples: text: The campaign to improve the image of Brazil in the eyes of foreigners, however, is likely to be thwarted by the rhetoric of the administration itself. Ernesto Araújo, Brazil’s foreign minister, last week raised eyebrows when he told an audience in Washington DC that the objective of “climatism” was to end “normal, democratic debate.”
ref: 2019 September 22, Bryan Harris, Andres Schipani, David Keohane, “Brazil tries to refresh its image after Amazon fires”, in Financial Times:
glosses: The climate movement, especially when viewed as an ideology or religion.
examples: text: This refutation of climatism via regional identity formation was paralleled in the Scottish Enlightenment with the attempt to de-prioritize environmental explanations of human difference in favor of national character.
ref: 2018, Nicholas B. Miller, “Philosophical History at the Cusp of Globalization: Scottish Enlightenment Reflections on Colonial Spanish America”, in Concha Roldán, Daniel Brauer, Johannes Rohbeck, editors, Philosophy of Globalization, Boston, MA: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 200:
coordinate_terms: environmentalism
glosses: The theory or belief, often associated with racist discourses, that the character of a group is profoundly impacted by the climate in which it emerges.
examples: text: In Indochina, this practice was rooted in various European and colonial (British India) practices. The transfer of the therapeutic and tourist uses of hydrotherapy and climatism responded to health and social demands. These uses progressively lost their medical aspect and became tourist practices.
ref: 2014, Aline Demay, “The Origin of Tourist Practices in Indochina (1856–1910)”, in Tourism and Colonization in Indochina (1898–1939), Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 19:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The relocation of a person to a different climate for therapeutic or recreational purposes; climatotherapy.
Related terms: climatist
climatology
decadentism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From decadent + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Decadence.
dialectalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dialectalisms
Senses: examples: text: Moore (2004), in fact, found that many EngE dialectalisms have survived. Have they become dialectalisms in Australia? Words from Afrikaans, German, AmE or Aboriginal languages might, at times, have remained local, too.
ref: 2004, Gerhard Leitner, Australia's Many Voices: Australian English--the National Language, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 261:
glosses: Alternative form of dialecticism (“dialectism”).
empirism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: empirisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of empiricism.
Cheriton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛɹɪtən/
Etymology: From Middle English Cericton, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure, settlement; town”). Doublet of Kirton.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Brendon and Countisbury parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7346).
glosses: A village and civil parish in the City of Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5828).
glosses: A suburb of Folkestone, Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2037).
glosses: A small village on the Gower peninsula in Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton community, city and county of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS4593).
glosses: A town in Northampton County, Virginia, United States.
Derived terms: Cheriton Bishop
Cheriton Fitzpaine
Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton
ban-hound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ban-hounds
Senses: examples: text: [T]hose dames were wont to make their appearance, arrayed in green, in the neighbourhood of Llyn Barfog, chiefly at eventide, accompanied by their kine and hounds, and that on quiet summer nights in particular, these ban-hounds were often to be heard in full cry pursuing their prey[.]
ref: 1853 July 24, Archaeologia Cambrensis, London: W. Pickering, page 203:
text: `Rash man!' she said; `like Actæon, thou hast had thy will; be careful lest, like Actæon, thou too dost perish miserably, torn to pieces by the ban-hounds of thine own passions.'
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A dog that fulfills or executes a curse (ban).
ban-hounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ban-hound
macaronism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macaronisms
form: maccaronism
Senses: glosses: Macaronic language.
glosses: Tendency to comport oneself like a macaroni (young fop in the 18th century).
neocapitalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neo-capitalism
Etymology: From neo- + capitalism.
Senses: examples: text: Neocapitalism is a blend of expansive private enterprise, extensive social-welfare programs and selective government intervention-a syncretism of capitalism's proven methods with some of socialism's less extreme aims. It has already made doctrinaire Marxism outdated, changed many socialists into business-minded pragmatists and made social workers out of many capitalists.
ref: 1964 October 30, “Neocapitalism”, in Time, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2008:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A politico-economic theory that combines capitalism with political policies designed to address some of the social inequities of unconstrained capitalism.
Related terms: neocapitalist
neocapitalistic
neptunism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Neptunism.
romantism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of romanticism.
seminomadism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A seminomadic lifestyle.
Wrotham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuːtəm/
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6159).
glosses: A rural locality in the Shire of Mareeba, northern Queensland, Australia.
hypopleural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypopleuron + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The key does not include any species without hypopleural bristles.
ref: 1926, John Merton Aldrich, “Notes on Muscoid Flies with Retracted Hind Crossvein, with Key and Several New Genera and Species”, in Transactions of the American Entomological Society, volume 52, number 1, →JSTOR, pages 7–28:
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the hypopleuron.
hypopleuron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypopleura
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of meron.
synonyms: word: meron
Derived terms: hypopleural
hypopleura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypopleuron
Monhollen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Monhollens
Etymology: Unexplained.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Pennywell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pennywells
Etymology: Habitational surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
collector shoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collector shoes
Senses: examples: text: The collector shoes are automatically retracted when the electric handle is moved from "service off" to "lock off".
ref: 1962 June, “The design of the S.R. electro-diesels”, in Modern Railways, page 393:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A current collector on an electric train or locomotive which is in contact with the live rail.
Synonyms: contact shoe
Pennywells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pennywell
Monhollens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Monhollen
collector shoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collector shoe
Pultz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pultzes
Etymology: Perhaps from Danish Pultz or German Pültz.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Pultzes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pultz
Ossas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ossa
Pohle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pohles
Etymology: Borrowed from German Pohle.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Seshadri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Seshadris
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit शेषाद्रि (śeṣādri).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Sanskrit.
Seshadris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Seshadri
Pohles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pohle
Sedam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sedams
Etymology: Unidentified.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Seek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Seeks
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Sikh.
Seek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Seeks
Etymology: * As a North/Low German surname, from Seek, variant of Seeck, shortened from compound names containing the element Sieg (“victory”) (as in Siegfried) or siech (“ill”).
* As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 薛 (xuē), see Xue.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Seeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Seek
Seeks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Seek
Sedams
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sedam
Scoby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Scobys
Etymology: Variant of Scobie.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Sastres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sastre
Scobys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Scoby
antifecundity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + fecundity.
Senses: glosses: That diminishes or suppresses fecundity
antiwolbachia
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antiwolbachial.
antiwolbachial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + wolbachial.
Senses: glosses: That counters bacteria of the genus Wolbachia.
Rubeck
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rubecks
Etymology: Borrowed from German Rubeck.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Rubecks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rubeck
Saraivas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Saraiva
coil spring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coil springs
Senses: examples: text: The nests of coil springs at each end of the bolster, resting on the spring plank, are in line with the swing links between the swing plank and the one-piece fabricated bogie frame; [...].
ref: 1962 June, “The design of the S.R. electro-diesels”, in Modern Railways, page 395:
hypernyms: spring
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component#Noun
part#Noun
coordinate_terms: leaf spring
glosses: A common type of mechanical spring in a form of a helix, manufactured in different styles and sizes for many different applications.
Related terms: coil-sprung
Moats
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Moatses
Etymology: Variant of Moat.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Moats
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Moat
coil springs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coil spring
Moatses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Moats
last full measure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: last full measures
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: martyrdom
text: Today we mourn these heroes who gave the last full measure in support of freedom.
text: It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
ref: 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, Dedicatory Remarks (Gettysburg Address)^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address_(Bliss_copy)), near Soldiers' National Cemetery, →LCCN, Bliss copy, pages 2-3:
synonyms: ultimate sacrifice
supreme sacrifice
glosses: A person's life, when lost through death in service to a nation or cause, particularly as a member of a military force in war or a semi-militarized organization such as a police force or civil defense corps, e.g. fire departments. May also be applied to some dangerous government and civil occupations such as espionage.
Related terms: hero
kamikaze
martyr
shaheed
suicide bomber
coil-sprung
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The coil-sprung bogies are of similar design to those on the S.R. 2,500 h.p. Bo-Bo electric locomotives, [...].
ref: 1962 June, “The design of the S.R. electro-diesels”, in Modern Railways, page 395:
glosses: Fitted or cushioned with coil springs.
logging camp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: logging camps
Etymology: From logging + camp.
Senses: glosses: The temporary campsite of lumberjacks who are logging.
corallopyronin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corallopyronins
Senses: glosses: Any of family of antibiotics present in bacteria of the genus Wolbachia.
corallopyronins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corallopyronin
fluoroartemisinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluoroartemisinins
Senses: glosses: Any fluoro derivative of artemisinin, some of which show antibacterial activity
fluoroartemisinins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluoroartemisinin
hemoconcentrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemoconcentration
rough rider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rough riders
Senses: examples: text: It is common knowledge that the Stanier Class 5 4-6-0s can be very rough riders at speed, owing to "knock" in the trailing left-hand axlebox, and this tendency would be eased with any lengthening of the cut-off.
ref: 1962 June, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, page 398:
glosses: Something, such as a steam locomotive, that does not travel smoothly when in motion
examples: text: because you are full of old festered wounds, you must have corrosive salves, for that is best for you, and the speediest way to recover your health: and forasmuch as you be rough horses, you must have a rough rider, and hard knobby timber must have hard wedges, and hard strokes with a beetle ["mallet"].
ref: a. 1607, Arthur Dent, A Sermon of Repentaunce. A verie godly and profitable sermon, preached at Lee in Essex. B.L., Thomas Snodham for Roger Jackson, published 1615:
text: Our best rough-rider had mounted him, with a view of thoroughly "taking it out of him," and I never witnessed a better display of horsemanship.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 77:
glosses: A person whose specialty is the breaking in or training of wild horses.
glosses: Alternative form of roughrider.
Related terms: roughrider
humpnosed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hump-nosed
Senses: glosses: That has a humped nose
leishmanistatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That halts the growth of Leishmania protozoans
rough riders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rough rider
microfilaridemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of microfilaria in the blood
Related terms: microfilaridemic
microfilaridemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to microfilaridemia
onchocercosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of onchocerciasis.
synonyms: word: onchocerciasis
sobralene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A pheromone produced by the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis from Sobral in Brazil
tenrecine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tenrecines
Senses: glosses: Any tenrec of the subfamily Tenrecinae
revuist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revuists
Etymology: From revue + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A writer of revues.
Related terms: writer