cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tactilized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tactilize
tactilise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tactilises
form: tactilising
form: tactilised
form: tactilised
Senses: glosses: British standard spelling of tactilize.
tactilised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tactilise
tactilises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tactilise
tactilising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tactilise
Bramber
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1810).
Billingshurst
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0825).
Related terms: Billinghurst
auncle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɑŋ.kəl/
Forms: form: auncles
Etymology: Blend of aunt + uncle.
Senses: examples: text: By cross-cousin marriage, the parents-in-law are auncles (mother’s brother, father’s sister), but since we appear to have a Lukian term nere for parents-in-law but another, tuhe, for auncles, the Lukian relationship terms do not seem to be based upon a cross-cousin system.
ref: 1957, Die Welt des Orients, volume 2, page 495:
text: And if we are considering all logical possibilities (or anyway all that we can manage to think up), and then assigning equal initial a priori probabilities to each, then should we not divide those having siblings with a child into uncles, aunts, auncles′, auncles″, auncles‴,…, etc., ad infinitum, where we distinguish between the aunclesⁿ(‴…) in whatever way we care to imagine?
ref: 1974, Mind, page 221:
text: “Do you think we might have more than one child?” he ventured. After all, she was the one who’d have to bear them. / “Yes, I think so. You know the way Mum and LeeLee are, and Kris and Alex. Maybe a bit closer together might be good though, so we don’t end up with auncles only a little bit older than nevvies.” / “What and which?” / “Auncles?” / “And neivies” / Her face cleared. “Oh—you don’t use those words. They’re like sibling or parent. Non-specific.”
ref: 2018, Lark Westerly, The Kissing Ring, eXtasy Books, →ISBN, page 359:
synonyms: pibling
hyponyms: aunt
uncle
glosses: Used especially as a gender-neutral term: the sibling or sibling-in-law of one's parent.
auncles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auncle
Chinese patent medicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese patent medicines
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Herbal medicine modernized into a ready-to-use form such as tablets, oral solutions or dry suspensions, as opposed to herbs that require cooking.
Chinese patent medicines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chinese patent medicine
permafuck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)məˌfʌk/
Forms: form: permafucks
form: permafucking
form: permafucked
form: permafucked
Etymology: From perma- + fuck. Possibly inspired by permafrost.
Senses: glosses: To permanently break, ruin or destroy.
permafucks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of permafuck
permafucking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of permafuck
permafucked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of permafuck
ahead of the pack
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Some very significant but not very widely known news (even in the sector itself) is that rail is not only uniquely placed to benefit from this promised change of direction, there is already solid evidence to put the rail sector ahead of the pack as a potential investment priority.
ref: 2020 December 2, Nigel Harris, “The UK's worst crisis since 1709”, in Rail, page 3:
glosses: Performing better than others.
Related terms: ahead of the curve
put the genie back in the bottle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts the genie back in the bottle
form: putting the genie back in the bottle
form: put the genie back in the bottle
form: put the genie back in the bottle
Senses: examples: text: People are very worried about artificial intelligence, but there's no way now to put the genie back in the bottle.
glosses: To revert a situation; to put things back as they were before something (usually an unwelcome thing) became a reality.
raw_tags: in the negative
Synonyms: put the cork back in the bottle
put the toothpaste back in the tube
Related terms: genie is out of the bottle
unring a bell
put the cork back in the bottle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts the cork back in the bottle
form: putting the cork back in the bottle
form: put the cork back in the bottle
form: put the cork back in the bottle
Senses: glosses: To revert a situation.
raw_tags: in the negative
Synonyms: put the genie back in the bottle
Marina Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /məˌɹiːnə ˈbeɪ/
Senses: glosses: A bay located in the Central Area of Singapore.
go with the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes with the wind
form: going with the wind
form: went with the wind
form: gone with the wind
Senses: glosses: To follow the direction of the wind.
glosses: To be carried away by the wind.
glosses: To disappear; to vanish.
well-equipped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more well-equipped
form: most well-equipped
Etymology: From well (adverb) + equipped.
Senses: examples: text: The asari military resembles a collection of tribal warrior bands with no national structure. Each community organizes its own unit as the locals see fit and elect a leader to command them. Units from populous cities are large and well-equipped, while those from farm villages may be only a few women with small arms.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Asari: Military Doctrine Codex entry:
glosses: Having all necessary equipment.
glosses: Mentally prepared for a situation or task.
Synonyms: english: of equipment
translation: of equipment
word: fully rigged
North Harrow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in the borough of Harrow, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1388).
twens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twen
Blaenavon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh blaen + afon.
Senses: glosses: A town and community with a town council in Torfaen borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO2508).
purposivism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From purposive + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: philosophy, especially religious, that treats will or conscious intent as a basal fact
topics: law
glosses: Synonym of purposive approach.
synonyms: word: purposive approach
fight IQs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fight IQ
cigarette pastry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cigarette pastries
Etymology: Calque of Turkish sigara böreği (“cigarette (shaped) borek”).
Senses: glosses: A traditional Turkish dish consisting of a small pastry roll filled with feta cheese.
cigarette pastries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cigarette pastry
white corn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)n
Forms: form: white corns
Senses: glosses: Any of several varieties of sweet corn maize, typically sweeter and more suitable for bread-making than yellow corn.
glosses: Any grain with light-coloured straw, such as wheat or barley.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, corn.
mucopolysaccharase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mucopolysaccharases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of mucopolysaccharidase.
synonyms: word: mucopolysaccharidase
muscardinid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muscardinids
Senses: glosses: dormouse
timegate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timegates
Etymology: From time + gate.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A portal enabling time travel.
timegates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timegate
unhumanistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unhumanistic
form: most unhumanistic
Etymology: From un- + humanistic.
Senses: glosses: Not humanistic.
carrot weevil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carrot weevils
Senses: glosses: A North American weevil of species Listronotus oregonensis.
carrot weevils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carrot weevil
LAMDA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: ‘I’d be happy to get into any of them, but LAMDA’s got the best reputation for developing young women in theatre,’ she said, as if Jesse were interviewing her for the place.
ref: 2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 177:
glosses: Acronym of London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Saint Grottlesex
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: St. Grottlesex
Etymology: A whimsical combination of portions of the schools' names.
Senses: glosses: A group of prestigious American prep boarding schools in New England: St. Mark's School, St. Paul's School, St. George's School, Groton School, and Middlesex School.
neocubism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + cubism.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A later, revived form of cubism
St. Grottlesex
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Saint Grottlesex.
sysprog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sysprogs
Etymology: Blend of system + programmer.
Senses: examples: text: The sysprogs of the 1970s and early '80s also tended the mainframe as it shook and rattled incongruously on the edge of Dartmouth's Colonial campus.
ref: 2017, Virginia Heffernan, Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art, page 19:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A systems programmer.
Related terms: sysadmin
sysop
sysprogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sysprog
neoempiricism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + empiricism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of neopositivism.
synonyms: word: neopositivism
neoempiricist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neoempiricists
Etymology: From neo- + empiricist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of neoempiricism.
neoempiricists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neoempiricist
systems programmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: systems programmers
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: word: sysprog
glosses: A programmer responsible for systems programming.
systems programmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of systems programmer
systems programming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The activity of programming system software (e.g. operating systems, as opposed to applications).
Related terms: systems programmer
counterelite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterelites
Etymology: From counter- + elite.
Senses: glosses: A dominant and influential group that opposes or is excluded from the mainstream elite or ruling group.
Related terms: antielite
counterelites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterelite
megahistory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megahistories
Etymology: From mega- + history.
Senses: coordinate_terms: macrohistory
microhistory
glosses: An extreme form of macrohistory, dealing with particularly large cultures over very long periods of time.
Related terms: megahistorical
megahistorical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mega- + historical.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to megahistory.
macrohistorically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From macrohistorical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of macrohistory.
megahistories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megahistory
neopastoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neopastoral
form: most neopastoral
Etymology: From neo- + pastoral.
Senses: examples: text: But while the traditional pastoral ideal is foreclosed, a neopastoral appeal is beginning to sound, whereby the logic of the via media is, mutatis mutandis, translated across time and space into the terrain of contemporary America.
ref: 2003, Andrew McMurry, Environmental Renaissance: Emerson, Thoreau, & the Systems of Nature, page 206:
glosses: Being or relating to a new or modern form of pastoral.
Derived terms: neopastoralism
neopatriarchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neopatriarchy
ritzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ritz
ritzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ritz
ritzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ritz
Ritzian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ritzian
form: most Ritzian
Etymology: From Ritz + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: In the beginning of the twentieth century, North America would develop the concept of the “grand hotel”, while Western Europe would witness the rising of the “Ritzian model”.
ref: 2015, Eric Olmedo, Identity at Work: Ethnicity, Food & Power in Malaysian Hospitality Industry, page 79:
glosses: Of or relating to César Ritz, Swiss hotelier, or the luxurious Ritz hotel chain he founded.
examples: a Ritzian plot
a Ritzian series
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Conforming to a Ritz series.
anticipativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anticipative + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being anticipative.
white corns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white corn
Mekele
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mekelle
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Tigray, Ethiopia.
Related terms: Maekelay
Maekhelay
Ma'ekhelay
oligocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oligocratic
form: most oligocratic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to oligocracy.
oligocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Significantly, his pollen deposits reveal the conditions both in the oligocratic and the telocratic .
ref: 1982, John D. Hamaker, Donald A. Weaver, The Survival of Civilization Depends Upon Our Solving Three Problems, page 64:
text: During the first part of the oligocratic stage, leaching of brown soils produces acid podzols that favour coniferous woodlands and heaths.
ref: 2004, Richard John Huggett, Fundamentals of Biogeography, page 319:
text: Carpinus (hornbeam) behaved much more strongly as an oligocratic species than before; its pollen frequency not rising until quite late in the stage.
ref: 2012, M. Ingrouille, Historical Ecology of the British Flora, page 76:
text: Palaeoenvironmental evidence from northwest Europe indicates that the oligocratic phase of the interglacial cycle (Fig. 3.1) had begun by ca. 5K years BP.
ref: 2014, Antoinette Mannion, Global Environmental Change, page 71:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: The third and penultimate stage of interglacial forest development (Late-Temperate), characterized by shade-tolerant species that tolerate leaching of the soil.
Coordinate terms: cryocratic
protocratic
mesocratic
telocratic
Prudentian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Prudentian
form: most Prudentian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the ancient Roman Christian poet Aurelius Prudentius Clemens.
Reuleaux polygon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Reuleaux polygons
Etymology: Named after Franz Reuleaux, 19th-century German engineer.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A curve of constant width made up of circular arcs of constant radius.
Reuleaux polygons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Reuleaux polygon
stop-and-go
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stop-and-go
form: most stop-and-go
Senses: examples: text: It is obviously very welcome, because it followed a period of 4 years of stop and go economic stagnation, so it does represent a major improvement, but by no means has this been an economic boom so far.
ref: 1984, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, Building and Sustaining the Economic Recovery, page 10:
text: As we have shown in our analysis, the main traffic conditions are not related to congestion and the share of really congested stop-and-go traffic is far lower than in the studies supported by the automobile industry.
ref: 1999, European Conference of Ministers of Transport, ECMT Round Tables Traffic Congestion in Europe, page 26:
text: However, tennis is an intermittent, stop-and-go activity, and depending upon the skill level of the players the activity is not likely to be continuous at this intensity for the entire time of play.
ref: 2014, Marie Dunford, J. Andrew Doyle, Nutrition for Sport and Exercise, page 555:
synonyms: stop-start#Adjective
glosses: Alternative form of stop-go.
stop-and-go
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stop-and-gos
Senses: examples: text: They'll also hit you with unexpected check-raises in unlikely situations and maybe even throw stop-and-gos at you from the blind.
ref: 2006, John Vorhaus, Killer Poker Online 2, page 149:
text: The stop-and-go is a play in which you call a raise from the big blind, and then push on any flop. In my opinion, the stop-and-go is another case of fancy play syndrome. I honestly can't remember the last time I used this play […]
ref: Jonathan Little, Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker (volume 1)
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A combination of moves in which, before the flop is dealt, the player calls on an opponent's raise, and then after the flop is dealt, goes all in, regardless of whether the flop works with their hand.
Related terms: stop-go
stop-and-go penalty
stop-and-gos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stop-and-go
kek'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kek
Theory Z
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Any of various theories of human motivation built on Douglas McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y.
topics: business
glosses: A Japanese management style popularized in the 1980s by William Ouchi, focused on increasing employee loyalty by providing a job for life with a focus on the employee's well-being.
theories of mind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theory of mind
dark pools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dark pool
third market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: third markets
Senses: topics: business
finance
coordinate_terms: fourth market
glosses: The trading of exchange-listed securities over the counter rather than through the exchange.
Related terms: dark pool
third markets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of third market
metepimeron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌmɛtɪˈpɪməɹən/
Forms: form: metepimerons
form: metepimera
Etymology: From met- + epimeron.
Senses: glosses: The epimeron of an insect's metathorax
backrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backrows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of back row.
beltcourse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beltcourses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of belt course.
belt course
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belt courses
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A continuous row or layer of stones or brick set in a wall.
hammerfist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hammerfists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hammer fist.
hammerfist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hammerfists
form: hammerfisting
form: hammerfisted
form: hammerfisted
Senses: glosses: To strike with a hammer fist
belt courses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of belt course
amphoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amphoe
metepimerons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metepimeron
backrows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backrow
beltcourses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beltcourse
hammerfists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hammerfist
kafanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kafana
insts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inst
metepimera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metepimeron
ferned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fern + -ed.
Senses: examples: the ferned forest floor
glosses: Covered in ferns.
OBA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of One Bermuda Alliance.
Third-Worldization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Third World + -ization.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The conversion of a nation into a Third-World nation.
Thud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Thuds
Senses: examples: text: The aircraft with the most threatening mission and highest loss rate was the F-105 Thunderchief. Of 833 "Thuds" built, 382 were lost between 1965-1972.
ref: 2002, US Naval Academy Class of 1954, 2nd edition:
text: The F-105 Thunderchief was already the air force's workhorse in Vietnam, flying three-quarters of Rolling Thunder sorties and suffering the highest casualties. […] We do know Thuds were very fast, could take a beating, and packed a big punch.
ref: 2014, John McCain, Mark Salter, Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War, page 255:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Republic F-105 Thunderchief jet ground attack fighter.
Thuds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Thud
Thucydidian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Thucydid(es) + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Thucydidean.
gastro-resistant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gastroresistant.
nondebilitating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + debilitating.
Senses: glosses: Not debilitating.
Javanese dinners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Javanese dinner
thunder run
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thunder runs
Etymology: The military term originated in American English during the Vietnam war, denoting a somewhat different tactic.
Senses: examples: text: Much ingenuity went into the production of devices such as wind machines, rain boxes, thunder sheets and thunder runs to serve the demands of the play, and it is a sobering thought that[…]
ref: 2001, John A. Leonard, Theatre Sound, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 5:
glosses: Synonym of thunderbox (“device for creating a thunder sound effect”).
synonyms: word: thunderbox
extra: device for creating a thunder sound effect
examples: text: The two Thunder Runs are also prime examples of the importance of tanks in this war. Had we not taken tanks in on those days and instead relied on PCs or Strykers, we would have had a number of vehicles destroyed and more than one[…]
ref: 2005 January 31, Jason Conroy, Ron Martz, Heavy Metal: A Tank Company's Battle to Baghdad, Potomac Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 264:
text: During the thunder runs, they had been aggressors. They had closed on the enemy and killed him. But during their summer in Falloujah in 2003, they had been confronted with the new, postinvasion reality: They were no longer on the attack[…]
ref: 2007 December 1, David Zucchino, Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad, Open Road + Grove/Atlantic, →ISBN, page 326:
text: According to Keegan, the disintegration of the Iraqi army should not diminish the American success. The finest examples of mission command-based maneuvers were the two “thunder runs” (swift and unexpected, massive armored, deep penetrations designed to unbalance the enemy) directed toward Baghdad.
ref: 2011 January 26, Eitan Shamir, Transforming Command: The Pursuit of Mission Command in the U.S., British, and Israeli Armies, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 137:
glosses: A quick surprise penetration attack deep into enemy territory, designed to confuse and potentially break enemy lines, akin to an interdiction operation featuring heavy usage of combined arms warfare.
thunder runs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thunder run
Laurel Canyon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after California laurel.
Senses: examples: text: Laurel Canyon looked like a camp for hippies. The cats had longer hair than the chicks; hardly any of the chicks were wearing bras under their tie-dyed tops; stone-eyed guys were offering up free joints; stone-eyed gals were offering up free love.
ref: 2014, Rick James, Glow: The Autobiography of Rick James, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 100:
glosses: A district of Los Angeles, California.
neurofinance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + finance.
Senses: glosses: the neuroscience of financial planning and decision-making
PMCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PMC
neuroimmunopathology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + immunopathology.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: neurological immunopathology
tissue committee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tissue committees
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A medical committee that reviews tissue samples in order to evaluate the appropriateness of the surgeries performed in an institution.
tissue committees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tissue committee
neuropsychopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuropsychopathies
Etymology: From neuro- + psychopathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: neurological psychopathy
neurosociology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + sociology.
Senses: glosses: neurological sociology
nucleoalbumin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nucleoalbumins
Etymology: From nucleo- + albumin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A complex of nucleic acid and albumin
Derived terms: nucleoalbuminuria
special character
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: special characters
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A symbol that is not an alphanumeric character; a nonalphanumeric character.
special characters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of special character
corpus language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corpus languages
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A language that has no living speakers, though a number of productions of its native speakers have been preserved in some way, usually in written records.
corpus languages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corpus language
Kibwezi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Makueni County, Kenya.
prepare the ground
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prepares the ground
form: preparing the ground
form: prepared the ground
form: prepared the ground
Senses: info_templates: expansion: [with for ‘something’]
synonyms: clear the ground
prepare the way
glosses: To do any preliminary work that will enable something to occur.
Related terms: lay the groundwork
pave the way
set the stage
prepare the way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prepares the way
form: preparing the way
form: prepared the way
form: prepared the way
Senses: info_templates: expansion: [with for ‘something’]
synonyms: word: pave the way
word: clear the way
word: open the way
word: prepare the ground
glosses: Synonym of prepare the ground
enter the scene
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enters the scene
form: entering the scene
form: entered the scene
form: entered the scene
Senses: synonyms: word: come on the scene
word: enter the picture
glosses: Synonym of enter the picture.
reachback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Deverbal from reach back.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The ability to exploit resources and capabilities located elsewhere.
Related terms: logistics
down with the kids
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: who attempts (especially in vain) to appeal to young people by imitating them
raw_tags: of an adult
look one's age
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: looks one's age
form: looking one's age
form: looked one's age
form: looked one's age
Senses: glosses: To look as old as one actually is.
Related terms: act one's age
show one's age
Stalin's organ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Stalin's organs
Etymology: Calque of German Stalinorgel, in reference to its resemblance to a pipe organ and its distinctive sound.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
qualifier: World War II
glosses: A Katyusha rocket launcher.
Related terms: Hitler's buzzsaw
Stalin's organs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Stalin's organ
station time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
synonyms: local time
glosses: The period during which a television or radio station can air its own local content, rather than material provided by the network.
on the scene
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: to come on the scene, to appear on the scene, to burst on the scene
glosses: In a prominent position during a situation.
Related terms: enter the scene
stretcher match
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stretcher matches
Senses: glosses: A wrestling match that continues until one of the wrestlers is defeated, without formal division into rounds and without stopping in the case of injury.
stretcher matches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stretcher match
stretch printing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
coordinate_terms: skip printing
glosses: The process of duplicating certain frames of a film so that it can be played back at a higher frames-per-second rate without the action seeming too fast.
skip printing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
coordinate_terms: stretch printing
glosses: The process of removing certain frames of a film so that it can be played back at a lower frames-per-second rate without the action seeming too slow.
MLU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MLUs
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of mean length of utterance.
topics: government
healthcare
coordinate_terms: CLU
glosses: Initialism of midwife-led unit.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Initialism of mirror lock-up.
MLUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MLU
tearing off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tear off
non-gendered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nongendered.
twice-exceptional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: twice exceptional
Senses: topics: education
human-sciences
psychology
sciences
synonyms: word: dual-exceptional
word: 2e
glosses: Being a gifted student with some form of disability (dyslexia, autism spectrum disorder etc.), thus considered exceptional both because of one's giftedness and special needs.
Derived terms: twice-exceptionality
twice-exceptionality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twice-exceptionalities
Etymology: From twice-exceptional + -ity.
Senses: topics: education
human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The condition of being twice-exceptional.
dual-exceptional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: dual exceptional
Senses: topics: education
human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Twice-exceptional.
Derived terms: dual-exceptionality
curry muncher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curry munchers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of curry-muncher.
curry-munchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curry-muncher
Iranian language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Iranian languages
Etymology: From Iranian + language.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: Iranic language
glosses: Any language descended from Proto-Iranian.
Iranian languages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Iranian language
days at the beach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of day at the beach
oligopnea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligopneas
Etymology: From oligo- + -pnea.
Senses: glosses: shallow breathing
Abela
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Abelas
Etymology: Two possible origins:
* A variant of Abella, an Hispanic surname.
* Borrowed from Maltese Abela.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
glosses: A surname from Maltese [in turn from Spanish].
Iranic language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Iranic languages
Etymology: From Iranic + language.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Iranian language.
synonyms: word: Iranian language
Iranic languages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Iranic language
Alfa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alfas
Etymology: Clipping of Alfa Romeo.
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A car made by Alfa Romeo.
wikipedia: Alfa Romeo
if all you've got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
sand duning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The activity of riding in a dune buggy
bullspit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bull + spit, to replace bullshit.
Senses: examples: text: The teacher is giving out A's for no reason? Bullspit!
glosses: bullshit
meneitos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meneito
Arauca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Colombia.
Boyacá
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Colombia.
Casanare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Colombia.
Cauca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Colombia.
Chocó
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Colombia.
Guainía
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Colombia.
foghorning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of foghorn
foghorned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of foghorn
Guaviare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Colombia.
Huila
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Colombia.
La Guajira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Colombia.
Nariño
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Colombia.
fog-horn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fog-horns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of foghorn.
fog horn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fog horns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of foghorn.
fog-horns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fog-horn
fog horns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fog horn
Putumayo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Colombia.
Risaralda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Colombia.
Tolima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Colombia.
Valle del Cauca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Colombia
Vaupés
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department in southeastern Colombia.
Vichada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Colombia.
permasmile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: permasmiles
form: perma-smile
Etymology: From perma- + smile.
Senses: examples: text: The strange thing is that the family already seems intact: Karen is clearly still in love with Hank—either that or she has had her face surgically altered into a permasmile. Whenever he shows up, and despite the fact that he says rude things to her fiancé, Karen gives him adoring looks and laughs at his jokes (which are funny), as if he and she were still courting.
ref: 2007 August 27, Nancy Franklin, “Screwed Up: “Californication” and “Tell Me You Love Me.””, in The New Yorker:
glosses: A permanent smile.
rule-bound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rule-bound
form: most rule-bound
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rulebound.
pu.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Abbreviation of purpure.
disflavor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disflavors
form: disflavoring
form: disflavored
form: disflavored
form: disflavour
Etymology: From dis- + flavor, compare discolor.
Senses: examples: text: He won't take his medicine, doctor, he says it disflavors his tobacco!
ref: 1938, The Medical World:
glosses: To (negatively) change the flavour of.
disflavor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disflavors
form: disflavour
Etymology: From dis- + flavor, compare discolor.
Senses: examples: text: Subtle disflavors ran in her blood that day, and as she read or wandered through the stores, trying the library and again Grand Avenue, a dull consciousness persisted that something had been left undone.
ref: 1923, Roger L. Sergel, Arlie Gelston, page 273:
text: Chlorination also emphasizes the various other disflavors in water caused by algae, industrial wastes, and so on . Fortunately it is now possible to remove the objectionable tastes and odors in public water supplies that arise from tarred roads ...
ref: 1938, Scientific American:
text: But a few pounds of Activated Carbon ordinarily removes the disflavors from 100,000 gallons of water.
ref: 1939, Water Works Engineering, volume 92, page 1228:
glosses: A negative or unwanted flavor.
disflavour
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disflavours
form: disflavouring
form: disflavoured
form: disflavoured
Etymology: From dis- + flavour, compare discolour.
Senses: examples: text: […] the wine, or wash, boiling over into the worm, or condenser, which fouls and disflavours the spirit. Perhaps there is not any, or all of these causes together, equal to the use of alkaline salts, an abuse destructive to the vinosity and the purity it was, no doubt, intended to correct.
ref: 1805, Richard Shannon, A Practical Treatise on Brewing, Distilling, and Rectification: With the Modern Improvements in Fermentation ... Interspersed with Practical Observations on Each Kind of Fermentable Matter ... and the Making Wines, Cider, and Vinegar ... with a Copious Appendix on the Culture and Preparation of Foreign Wines, Brandies, and Vinegars, page 97:
text: Of these corporations it cannot be said they have no souls, stomachs all the world allows them to possess : the “amari aliquid” which disflavours this fountain of contentment is the non-individuality of such excellent landlords.
ref: 1849, John James Robert Manners Duke of Rutland, Notes of an Irish Tour [in 1846]., page 135:
text: […] the many visits to a cosy next by more than one hen disturbs and disflavours the egg.
ref: 1909, The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria, Victoria. Department of Agriculture:
text: Jargon is more offensive and more insidious : whenever I see the word emotive in a review, I pass on to the next : it brings with it a whiff of the laboratory, disflavouring the entertainment.
ref: 1937, Essays and Studies, volume 23, page 73:
text: Delicately flavoured products and foodstuffs can on storage be treated with aerosol without any danger of contamination, staining and disflavouring. Aerosols are also being effectively used in commercial buildings and hospitals for disinfection ...
ref: 1945, Indian Journal of Applied Chemistry:
glosses: British standard spelling of disflavor.
disflavours
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disflavour
disflavouring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disflavour
disflavoured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disflavour
disflavors
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disflavor
disflavors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disflavor
disflavoring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disflavor
disflavored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disflavor
semi-automatic transmission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semi-automatic transmissions
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A multi-speed motor vehicle transmission where part of its operation is automated (typically the clutch actuation; partially automated) but the driver's input is still required to manually operate a gearshift and to change gear by hand/foot; i.e., not fully-automatic. Names for specific types of semi-automatic transmissions include clutchless manual, auto-manual, auto-clutch manual, and paddle-shift transmissions. These systems facilitate gear changes for the driver by operating the clutch system automatically, usually by means, or under control of an actuator or servo, sensors, a solenoid, and an integrated electronic control module, while still requiring the driver's input to manually shift gears.
RBG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
examples: text: The uvariopsis^([sic]) dicaprio comes from the Ebo Forest, Cameroon, according to a press statement announcing the tropical tree, which is the first addition to the 2022 new species list at RBG Kew.
ref: 2022 January 9, Sana Noor Haq, “Scientists name new tropical tree species after Leonardo DiCaprio”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of Royal Botanic Gardens.
triplety
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more triplety
form: most triplety
Senses: glosses: Containing musical triplets.
clutchless manual transmission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clutchless manual transmissions
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A manual transmission or a sequential manual gearbox without a manually-operated clutch (i.e., with an automatic clutch) system; used in both automobiles and motorcycles (i.e., mechanically the same as a conventional manual transmission, but lacks a physical clutch pedal). These systems facilitate the driver by automating the clutch system, but still require the driver's input to change gear manually, by means of a conventional manual gearshift. It is a form of semi-automatic transmission.
Synonyms: word: CMT
eightteen
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of eighteen.
eightteenth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of eighteenth.
ham chin peng
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ham chin peng
Etymology: From Cantonese 鹹煎餅／咸煎饼 (haam4 zin1 beng2).
Senses: glosses: a traditional Chinese snack with a hollow center and a shell of fried dough and sesame seeds
pogchamp
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From POG + champ.
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peh₁-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.?
Latin patior
Proto-Indo-European *-tisder.
Proto-Italic *-tjō
Latin -tiō
Latin passiōbor.
Old English passion
Latin passiōbor.
Old French passionbor.
Middle English passioun
English passion
Latin frūctus
Old French fruitbor.
Middle English fruyt
English fruit
English passion fruit
Doric Greek μῆλον (mêlon)bor.?
Latin mālum
Italian mela
Proto-Austroasiatic *ŋaːmder.?
Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga)bor.
Classical Persian نَارَنْگ (nārang)bor.
Italian arancio
Italian arancia
Italian melaranciacalq.
Old French Orengeinflu.
Classical Persian نَارَنْگ (nārang)bor.
Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj)bor.
Old Occitan auranjainflu.
Old French pomme d'orenge
Old French orenge
Middle French orangebor.
Middle English orenge
English orange
Taíno *wayababor.
Spanish guayababor.
English guava
English POG
English pog
Proto-Italic *kampos
Latin campusbor.
Frankish *kamp
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Frankish *-jan
Frankish *kampijan
Proto-Germanic *-jô
Frankish *-jō
Frankish *kampijōbor.
Medieval Latin campiō
Old French champiunbor.
Middle English champioun
English champion
English champ
English pogchamp
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pog.
synonyms: word: pog
Hokuriku
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 北陸 (Hokuriku).
Senses: examples: text: Hokuriku, industrial region, west-central Honshu, Japan, lying along the Sea of Japan. It is neither an administrative nor a political entity.
ref: 1998 July 20, “Hokuriku”, in Encyclopædia Britannica:
text: It is believed that the picture was conveyed through the Hokuriku region on the Sea of Japan coast, but the Nagano Municipal Government noted that the figure bears no shield and that the vessel contains a circular emblem -- features setting it apart from those unearthed in the western half of the country.
ref: 2020 November 20, “Ancient vessel depicting 'bird-costume shaman' found for 1st time in eastern Japan”, in The Mainichi:
glosses: A region in northwest Japan, west of Tokyo, along the Sea of Japan.
L-fuzzy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: Relating to a generalized variant of the notion of fuzzy sets, with membership functions taking values in a (fixed or variable) algebra or structure L of a given kind, usually at least a poset or lattice.
Goguen category
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Goguen categories
Etymology: Named after J. A. Goguen.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: A fuzzy kind of category in which membership is determined not in binary (true-or-false) fashion but by a more general interval.
Goguen categories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Goguen category