cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
windshield washer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: windshield washers
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A device on a vehicle that ejects liquid in order to clean the windshield.
fedsurrection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fedsurrections
Etymology: Blend of fed (“federal agent”) + insurrection, popularized by American right-wing politicians Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz.
Senses: examples: text: “We are here to expose the truth and ask key questions about the extent to which the federal government was involved,” Gaetz said. “January 6 was not an insurrection… [but] there may very well have been a fedsurrection.”
ref: 2022 June 1, Tess Owen, “Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz Declare Jan. 6 Riot a ‘Fedsurrection’”, in VICE:
text: Right-wing social media users are amplifying questionable interpretations of some of the clips, claiming they show law enforcement officials helping the rioters storm the Capitol, with some FBI officials acting as insurrectionists, coining the term “fedsurrection.”
ref: 2023 November 19, Sara Dorn, “New Jan. 6 Videos Released—Launching Wild Conspiracies From The Far Right”, in Forbes:
text: Speaker Mike Johnson’s recent decision to release the tapes from January 6th contributed to a new focus on the fedsurrection theory.
ref: 2023 December 19, Linnaea Honl-Stuenkel and Walker Davis, “Sixteen members of Congress have spread “fedsurrection” conspiracy theory”, in CREW:
topics: government
politics
glosses: An insurrection with large numbers of federal agents taking part, especially the January 6 United States Capitol attack as viewed by supporters of Donald Trump.
wikipedia: Marjorie Taylor Greene
Matt Gaetz
Related terms: fauxsurrection
fedsurrections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fedsurrection
drag handle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drag handles
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of grab handle.
synonyms: word: grab handle
Annascaul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Irish.
Senses: glosses: A village on the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland.
posting inn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: posting inns
Senses: examples: text: There were [model] posting-inns of solid wood, and stables for horses. Market-stalls which copied those in the market-place, and sold fish and cakes.
ref: 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 199:
glosses: A posthouse
Kenya AA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Kenya AA is the top grade of Kenyan coffee and, when available, is generally a superb choice, a better buy even than the highly touted Jamaica Blue Mountain or Hawaiian Kona coffees.
ref: 1982, Kenneth Anderson, The Pocket Guide to Coffees and Teas, page 45:
text: One recent report makes this clear: 'Global consumers soon will have a choice, according to a Bank report, between Kenya AA coffee, which is justly famous, and biocoffee beans made in laboratories in the United States.'
ref: 1997, Jim Davis, Michael Stack, Thomas Hirschl (editors), Cutting Edge - Technology, Information Capitalism and Social Revolution, page 279:
text: Is Kenya AA better than plain Kenya, and how are beans from Kenya and Colombia different?
ref: 2003, Corby Kummer, The Joy of Coffee - The Essential Guide to Buying, Brewing, and Enjoying, page 131:
glosses: A type of coffee bean that is the largest and often considered the highest grade of Kenyan coffee.
pitless viper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pitless vipers
Senses: glosses: A type of venomous snake that is smaller and less developed than other vipers, and lacks the heat-sensing pits located on the sides of its head.
pitless vipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pitless viper
makes love to the camera
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make love to the camera
making love to the camera
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make love to the camera
made love to the camera
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make love to the camera
Israelism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Israel + -ism
Senses: glosses: The belief or theory that a particular group of people are chosen by God, or that they are descended from certain ancient figures or Biblical prophets.
Derived terms: Anglo-Israelism
British Israelism
turd-eater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turd-eaters
form: turdeater
Etymology: Shitgibbon compound of turd + eater.
Senses: glosses: A scatophile.
glosses: A term of abuse.
turd-eaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turd-eater
Bob's your mother's brother
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bob's your uncle.
Scotch Baptist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scotch Baptists
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A member of a Baptist denomination consisting mainly of immigrants from Scotland to northern England.
Scotch Baptists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scotch Baptist
hulled barley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hulled barleys
Senses: synonyms: Scotch barley
glosses: A type of barley in which the husks are still attached to the kernel.
Scotch barley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scotch barleys
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hulled barley.
synonyms: word: hulled barley
Scotch cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scotch caps
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Glengarry.
synonyms: word: Glengarry
glosses: Synonym of tam o'shanter.
synonyms: word: tam o'shanter
Scotch plaid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scotch plaids
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tartan (“a kind of woven woolen cloth with a distinctive pattern of colored stripes intersecting at right angles.”).
synonyms: word: tartan
extra: (“a kind of woven woolen cloth with a distinctive pattern of colored stripes intersecting at right angles.”).
Scotch plaids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scotch plaid
Scotch caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scotch cap
chewelry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chewellery
Etymology: Blend of chewable + jewelry.
Senses: examples: text: There are many tools to safely stim like chewelry, noise-canceling headphones, fidget spinners, putty, and gum.
ref: 2021, Erin Garcia, The Case of Sensational Stims, page 7:
qualifier: mental health; autism; mental health; autism
glosses: Soft, chewable jewelry such as necklaces and bracelets, intended as an oral stim toy to calm and soothe the wearer.
Scotch barleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scotch barley
hulled barleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hulled barley
preview-quality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preview-qualities
Senses: topics: arts
computing
engineering
graphic-design
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A type of resolution that is visible in icons, thumbnails, or previews of operations such as scans and printing.
preview-quality
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or related to such a resolution.
preview-qualities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preview-quality
quality-adjusted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: A striking characteristic of high-tech products is the rapid decrease of their quality-adjusted prices.
ref: 2015, Arthur Fishman, Rafael Rob, Product Innovations and Quality-Adjusted Prices:
glosses: Adjusted to take into account differences in quality.
examples: text: Quality-adjusted life expectancy is a preferred outcome measure because it takes into account the patient's preferences for the quality of life in each outcome state.
ref: 2007, Harold C. Sox, Medical Decision Making, page 300:
text: In tandem with efforts to improve governance systems and enhance participation, accountability and the rule of law, this appears the most appropriate approach for advancing quality-adjusted human development.
ref: 2021, What Drives Quality-adjusted Human Development Achievements?:
topics: economics
medicine
sciences
glosses: Adjusted to take into account differences in quality.
Adjusted to take into account certain negative factors affecting a person's overall well-being.
Derived terms: quality-adjusted life year
alphasyllable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A single unit of an alphasyllabary.
/genq
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: From / + abbreviation of genuine question, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).
Senses: examples: text: what do kids call their nonbinary parents if not mom or dad? /genq
ref: 2020 November 16, @bastardLizard, Twitter:
synonyms: /gen
qualifier: tone indicator
glosses: Denotes that the preceding question is genuine.
Lozva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, a tributary of the Tavda.
Glengarry bonnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Glengarry bonnets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Glengarry.
synonyms: word: Glengarry
Glengarry cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Glengarry caps
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Glengarry.
synonyms: word: Glengarry
Glengarry bonnets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Glengarry bonnet
Glengarry caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Glengarry cap
Plunketts Creek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A stream in Lycoming County and Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States, a tributary of Loyalsock Creek.
glosses: A township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, named after the creek, which was named after Colonel William Plunkett.
Itu Aba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Taiping Island.
synonyms: word: Taiping Island
Thitu Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Brawner said that the government hoped to install desalination machines and communications equipment on Thitu Island and Nanshan Island. Thitu, known to Manila as Pag-asa, is the largest Philippine-occupied feature in the South China Sea, boasting an airstrip and landing dock, and supporting a population of around 200. A handful of Philippine soldiers and their families are stationed on Nanshan or Lawak Island. All nine Philippine-occupied outposts exist in a precarious umbilical relationship to the Philippine mainland, reliant on regular navy supply missions and acutely vulnerable to blockade by Chinese vessels.
ref: 2024 January 16, Sebastian Strangio, “Philippines to Upgrade South China Sea Outposts, Military Chief Says”, in The Diplomat, archived from the original on 16 Jan 2024, ASEAN Beat:
glosses: An island in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, administered as part of Kalayaan, Palawan, the Philippines, and claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam.
watch battery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: watch batteries
Senses: glosses: A coin cell.
buckaroonie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buckaroonies
Etymology: From buck.
Senses: glosses: Dollar.
Tavda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Russia, a tributary of the Tobol.
glosses: A town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.
Spratly Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, administered as part of Truong Sa, Khánh Hoà, Vietnam, and claimed by China, the Philippines and Taiwan.
Hydrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪdriən/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the monster Hydra in Greek legend.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Plutonian moon named for Hydra.
Letham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in Scotland:
A village in Angus council area (OS grid ref NO5248).
glosses: A place in Scotland:
A locality in Falkirk council area (OS grid ref NS8985).
glosses: A place in Scotland:
A small village in Fife council area (OS grid ref NO3014).
glosses: A place in Scotland:
A western suburb of Perth, Perth and Kinross council area (OS grid ref NO0924).
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Letham Grange
SMSer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SMSers
Etymology: From SMS + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Don’t be fooled into thinking that mobile marketing is reserved for an exclusively younger demographic, although they do certainly make up the majority of SMSers.
ref: 2008, Colleen Wells, Susan Drake, “Somebody's Watching Me: Mobile and Proximity Marketing” (chapter 14), in The Complete Idiot's Guide to Guerrilla Marketing (Complete Idiot's Guides), New York, N.Y.: Alpha Books, →ISBN, page 172:
synonyms: texter
glosses: A person who sends an SMS (“text message”).
Dysnomian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /dɪsˈnoʊmiən/
/daɪsˈnoʊmiən/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the demon Dysnomia in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Eridian moon named for Dysnomia.
barley-wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barley-wines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of barley wine.
barley-wines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barley-wine
pearled barley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pearl barley.
synonyms: word: pearl barley
Mabian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪbiən/
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Queen Mab.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Neptunian moon named for Mab.
Perditean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Perdita.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Neptunian moon named for Perdita.
Rosalindian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /rɒzəˈlɪndiən/
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Rosalind.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Neptunian moon named for Rosalind.
Julietian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /dʒuːliˈɛtiən/
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Of or relating to the character Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Neptunian moon named for Juliet.
Derived terms: Romeo-Julietian
Desdemonan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /dɛzdəˈmoʊnən/
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Desdemona.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Neptunian moon named for Desdemona.
Desdemonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /dɛzdəˈmoʊniən/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Desdemonan.
Desdemonean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /dɛzdəˈmoʊniən/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Desdemonan.
Cressidian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /krɛˈsɪdiən/
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Of or relating to the Chaucerian and Shakespearean character Cressida.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Neptunian moon named for Cressida.
Bolshesoldatsky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /bəlʃɪsəlˈdatski/
Etymology: From Russian большесолда́тский (bolʹšesoldátskij), relational adjective for Большо́е Солда́тское (Bolʹšóje Soldátskoje).
Senses: glosses: A raion of Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, established in 1928. Seat: Bolshoye Soldatskoye
raw_tags: as Bolshesoldatsky Raion or District
glosses: A selsoviet of the raion of the same name of Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia. Seat: Bolshoye Soldatskoye
raw_tags: as Bolshesoldatsky selsoviet or village council
Meronyms: sense: constituent selsoviety of the raion
word: Borshchensky
sense: constituent selsoviety of the raion
word: Izvekovsky
sense: constituent selsoviety of the raion
word: Lyubimovsky
sense: constituent selsoviety of the raion
word: Lyubostansky
sense: constituent selsoviety of the raion
word: Nizhnegridinsky
sense: constituent selsoviety of the raion
word: Rozgrebelsky
sense: constituent selsoviety of the raion
word: Rzhavsky
sense: constituent selsoviety of the raion
word: Samoryadovsky
sense: constituent selsoviety of the raion
word: Skorodnyansky
sense: constituent selsoviety of the raion
word: Storozhevsky
sense: constituent selsoviety of the raion
word: Volokonsky
sense: constituent settlements of the selsoviet
alt: khutor
word: Berdin
sense: constituent settlements of the selsoviet
english: hamlet
translation: hamlet
word: Bochanka
sense: constituent settlements of the selsoviet
english: village
translation: village
word: Bolshoye Soldatskoye
sense: constituent settlements of the selsoviet
english: hamlet
translation: hamlet
word: Krasny Klin
sense: constituent settlements of the selsoviet
english: settlement
translation: settlement
word: Kukuy
sense: constituent settlements of the selsoviet
english: village
translation: village
word: Makhov Kolodez
sense: constituent settlements of the selsoviet
english: settlement
translation: settlement
word: Nechayev
sense: constituent settlements of the selsoviet
english: hamlet
translation: hamlet
word: Nizhnyaya Parovaya
sense: constituent settlements of the selsoviet
english: settlement
translation: settlement
word: Novosotnitsky
sense: constituent settlements of the selsoviet
english: hamlet
translation: hamlet
word: Pervomayskaya
sense: constituent settlements of the selsoviet
english: hamlet
translation: hamlet
word: Rastvorovo
sense: constituent settlements of the selsoviet
english: village
translation: village
word: Rozgrebli
sense: constituent settlements of the selsoviet
english: hamlet
translation: hamlet
word: Rzhava
sense: constituent settlements of the selsoviet
english: hamlet
translation: hamlet
word: Shcherbachevka
sense: constituent settlements of the selsoviet
english: settlement
translation: settlement
word: Yamskaya Step
Biancan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /biˈæŋkən/
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Bianca.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Neptunian moon named for Bianca.
Setebosian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌsɛtɛˈbɒsiən/
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Setebos.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Neptunian moon named for Setebos.
Sycoraxian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /sɪkɒˈræksiən/
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Sycorax.
glosses: Creole.
glosses: sorcerous.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Uranian moon named for Sycorax.
Calibanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /kæləˈbeɪniən/
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Caliban.
glosses: Creole, mestizo, savage.
glosses: monstrous.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Neptunian moon named for Caliban.
Stephanonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌstɛfəˈnoʊniən/
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Stephano.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Neptunian moon named for Stephano.
Margaretian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌmɑːrɡəˈrɛtiən/
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Margaret.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Neptunian moon named for Margaret.
Prosperian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /prɒˈspɪəriən/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Prosperonian.
Prosperonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /prɒspɛˈroʊniən/
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Prospero.
glosses: Capable of magically influencing the behavior and perceptions of others.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Neptunian moon named for Prospero.
Ferdinandian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /fɜːrdəˈnændiən/
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Ferdinand.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Neptunian moon named for Ferdinand.
Indian caustic barley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sabadilla.
synonyms: word: sabadilla
sweet-natured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: sweeter-natured
form: more sweet-natured
form: sweetest-natured
form: most sweet-natured
Senses: glosses: Having a pleasant disposition or temperament; not easily angered.
caustic barley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sabadilla.
synonyms: word: sabadilla
sweeter-natured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sweet-natured: more sweet-natured
sweetest-natured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sweet-natured: most sweet-natured
barley-broo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of barley-bree.
synonyms: word: barley-bree
pharonology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pharology.
selenocentrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From selenocentric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: in a selenocentric manner
Fargoan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Fargoan
form: most Fargoan
Etymology: From Fargo + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Fargo’s craft coffee scene deserves to be your first stop in the morning. Twenty Below Coffee Co. is the only coffee shop that roasts its beans in-house so that you can try a truly Fargoan cup of Joe.
ref: 2023 January 14, Jayci, “First-timer's guide to Fargo”, in fargomoorhead.org:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the city of Fargo, North Dakota, United States.
Fargoan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fargoans
Etymology: From Fargo + -an.
Senses: examples: text: It’s something frequent customer Kim Palomero appreciates about A&A. The Fargoan shops there at least once a week.
ref: 2024 March 19, Amy Felegy, “Food for everyone: Fargo international market serves diversifying population”, in MPR News:
text: Already, the people living in riverside camps have moved as far away from other Fargoans as they can, Mackenzey SanGrait said.
ref: 2024 August 8, Melissa Van Der Stad and Makayla Anderson, “Homeless Fargoans troubled by city’s proposed ban on encampments”, in InForum:
glosses: A native or resident of the city of Fargo, North Dakota, United States.
Hypernyms: American
North Dakotan
Fargoans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fargoan
SMSers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SMSer
salicyloyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A radical derived from salicylic acid
Synonyms: salicyl
sounds good
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sounds like a plan.
synonyms: word: sounds like a plan
semasiograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semasiographs
Senses: glosses: A symbol of a semasiography; an ideogram.
Letham Grange
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A country estate north of Arbroath, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6245).
chain drill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chain drills
Senses: topics: education
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A classroom technique in which one student asks another a question, who answers and in turn asks the same question to yet another student, continuing until the whole class has both asked and answered.
topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A drilling tool that is driven by a rotating chain with attached drill bits or teeth to bore holes.
chain drills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chain drill
Tappin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Cranberry Portage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A community in the Rural Municipality of Kelsey, western Manitoba, Canada.
Dappy hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dappy hats
Etymology: Associated with the musical artist Dappy (Costadinos Contostavlos).
Senses: glosses: A chullo.
wikipedia: Dappy
paraoccipital process
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paraoccipital processes
Senses: glosses: paramastoid process
paroccipital process
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paroccipital processes
Senses: glosses: paramastoid process
Camrose County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipal district in central Alberta, Canada.
trainwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trainwomen
Etymology: From train + -woman.
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A woman who works on trains on a railway / railroad.
pulvisculus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin pulvisculus (“fine powder”)
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: The powder contained in the spore-cases of certain fungi.
mathematicalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mathematical + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: For there being no Specifical Difference (at leaſt ſo far as I can apprehend) among the Souls that are allotted tor the actuating Humane Bodies, it is very probable that all the Diverſity, either of the Theorical or Mechanical Parts of one Man from another, is Primarily to be reſolv’d into the various Organizations and Textures of our Bodies; and particularly into the different Temperament of the Brain, Blood, and Animal Spirits, and ſecondarily into Education, Converſe, Aſſiduity in Study, and moſt eſpecially in the Art and Mathematicalneſs of Thinking; […]
ref: 1698, [Robert Ferguson], A View of an Ecclesiastick in His Socks ⁊ Buskins: or, A Just Reprimand Given to Mr. Alsop, for His Foppish, Pedantick, Detractive and Petulant Way of Writing, London: […] John Marshall, […], page 99:
text: Even Mr. Mill, whose general remarks on probability are clear and sensible, and not tainted in an extraordinary degree with mathematicalness (to coin a new word), cannot quite keep clear of such illustrations. […] The great vice of the doctrine of probability is what we have previously called its mathematicalness.
ref: 1866, “Art[icle] I.—Probability and Social Science.”, in Meliora: A Quarterly Review of Social Science in Its Ethical, Economical, Political, and Ameliorative Aspects, volume IX, number 36, London: S[amuel] W[illiam] Partridge, […], pages 298–299:
text: It should be understood from the first that no such thing exists as a right method of performing any operation in elementary mathematics; because all lightness, and I may add all mathematicalness, depends essentially on getting each operation performed by two methods; the first, a roundabout one, which represents and registers the conscious action of the mind during the process of discovery; the second, a short method which condenses the roundabout one, assists in stowing its results away in the memory, and facilitates the using of them sub-consciously.
ref: 1904, M[ary] E[verest] Boole, “The Cultivation of the Mathematical Imagination”, in The Preparation of the Child for Science, Oxford, Oxfordshire: At the Clarendon Press, page 101:
synonyms: mathematicality
mathematicity
glosses: The quality of being mathematical.
coignimbrite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: co-ignimbrite
Etymology: co- + ignimbrite
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Deposited at the same time or from the same volcanic eruption as an ignimbrite or ash-flow tuff from a pyroclastic density current or caldera-forming eruption, as with ash or volcanic lag breccia.
Split Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A lake in northern Manitoba, Canada.
glosses: A community on the north shore of the lake in Manitoba.
glosses: A tiny lake in Northland, New Zealand.
Cheptegei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cheptegeis
Etymology: Kalenjin
Senses: glosses: A surname from Kalenjin
steprelative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈstɛpˌɹɛl.ə.tɪv/
Forms: form: steprelatives
form: step-relative
Etymology: From step- + relative.
Senses: examples: text: Psychiatrists continue to struggle with the psychological definitions of the incest taboo, rather than with the social conditions which create the present high incidence of steprelative sex relationships.
ref: 1970, Margaret Mead, “Anomalies in American Postdivorce Relationships” (chapter 5), in Paul Bohannan, editor, Divorce and After, Doubleday & Company, Inc., page 110:
synonyms: steprelation
glosses: Any person identified as a non-blood relative but who is related through the marriage of a parent.
Hyponyms: stepparent
stepchildren
stepsibling
steprelatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steprelative
step-relative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: step-relatives
Senses: examples: text: While the number of people with former step-relatives is not tracked, researchers agree that it is substantial, with no indications of shrinking. […] In a 2010 study by the Pew Research Center, 42 percent of adults surveyed said they had at least one step-relative.
ref: 2012 March 10, Elissa Gootman, “When Branches Tangle in a Stepfamily Tree”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Alternative spelling of steprelative.
step-relatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of step-relative
The Pas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town next to the Rural Municipality of Kelsey, western Manitoba, Canada.
Sherridon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Possibly derived from the name of the Sherritt-Gordon Mine.
Senses: glosses: A community in northern Manitoba, Canada.
wikipedia: Sherritt-Gordon Mine
Harpic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harpic
Etymology: Contraction of the name of the toilet cleaner inventor Harry Pickup.
Senses: examples: text: ‘HARPIC’ CLEANS THE TRAP & PIPE. Weekly sprinkling KEEPS the BOWL SPOTLESS.
ref: 1923, Unknown, “Advertisement”, in The Journal of State Medicine, volume 31, number 1, page iv:
glosses: An international brand of toilet cleaner
examples: text: “Harpic? […] Why do you call him that?" "He's clean round the bend."
ref: 1951, Nevil Shute, chapter 4, in Round the Bend, London: Heinemann:
glosses: Crazy, insane (from the Harpic marketing slogan ‘cleans round the bend’)
can kicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: can kickers
Etymology: Can kicking attested as an activity of idle urban youths since the late 19th century. Modern sense of "procrastinate" dates from the 1980s.
Senses: glosses: Someone or something who is can kicking or who kicks the can down the road. I.e. someone or something who is adept at delaying things, putting off a difficult issue or decision, typically on a continual basis. For example, 'The US and Europe should be glad to be led by a bunch of can-kickers'.
many-faceted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more many-faceted
form: most many-faceted
form: manyfaceted
form: manifaceted
Etymology: From many + facet + -ed.
Senses: synonyms: many-faced
glosses: Having many sides or facets; multifaceted.
examples: text: Nishida's writings are a prism in which we can see refracted the manifaceted atmosphere of Japanese philosophy in the first half of this century.
ref: 1993, Nishida Kitaro, Last Writings: Nothingness and the Religious Worldview:
text: The crushing of Africa by means of the regimentation of slavery had the effect of energizing specific local creativity and this has resulted in manifaceted Africanist practices in the New World diasporas.
ref: 2013, Berndt Ostendorf, New Orleans: Creolization and all that Jazz:
text: So it is in soils, as those five soil-forming factors can team together in myriad ways to form a world of soils that is complex, spatially diverse, and manifaceted.
ref: 2015, Randall J. Schaetzl, Michael L. Thompson, Soils, page 638:
glosses: Having many different aspects or features.
manifaceted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more manifaceted
form: most manifaceted
Etymology: From mani- + facet + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of manyfaceted.
mani-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛni/
/ˈmænɪ/
Etymology: From many; and also continuing Middle English mani-, mæni-, maniȝ- (also moni-, moniȝ-), from Old English maniġ-, meniġ-, mæniġ- (“many-, multi-”), from Proto-West Germanic *managa-, *manīga- (“many-, multi-”), from Proto-Germanic *managaz (“many”). Cognate with Old Frisian manich-, monich- (“many-”), Old Dutch manag- (“many-”), Old Saxon manag- (“many-”), Old High German manag- (“many-”), modern German manch- (“many-, some-”).
Senses: examples: manicoloured, manifaceted, manifold, manisided, maniverse
glosses: Alternative spelling of many used in combination with nouns to form other nouns and adjectives
can kickers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of can kicker
Lynn Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in north-west Manitoba, Canada, named after mining engineer Lynn Smith.
glosses: A lake in Day County, South Dakota, United States.
manicoloured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more manicoloured
form: most manicoloured
form: manicolored
Etymology: Equivalent to mani- + colour + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of manycoloured.
manyfaceted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more manyfaceted
form: most manyfaceted
Etymology: From many + facet + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of many-faceted.
Timoric
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Timor + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian spoken on Timor and adjoining islands.
Timoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Timor + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or belonging to this family.
basebuilder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basebuilders
Etymology: base + builder
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A style of game in which the player is tasked with constructing and defending a base in order to survive in a certain location.
Australopitheci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Australopithecuses
glosses: plural of Australopithecus
Australopithecuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Australopitheci
glosses: plural of Australopithecus
australopithecus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: australopitheci
form: australopithecuses
Senses: examples: text: The Ramapithecus line divided into two australopitheci which also died out, and the ancestor of modern man, which gradually evolved into Homo sapiens
ref: 1981, Yu[ri] A[ndreevich] Kharin, translated by Konstantin Kostrov, “[Dialectics: The Universal Connection and Development] Dialectics and Metaphysics”, in Fundamentals of Dialectics, Moscow: Progress Publishers, page 117:
text: If ramidus or one of the early australopithecuses, A. anamensis or A. afarensis, has a rather apelike vestibular system, as you might expect, then the old argument about mosaic evolution can be raised.
ref: 1996, Alan Walker, Pat Shipman, “A Balanced Perspective”, in The Wisdom of the Bones: In Search of Human Origins, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 257:
text: He also puts forth unfounded claims like the one that australopitheci had prehensile feet like chimps and not feet like men, enabling them to walk upright.
ref: 2002 December, Martin Riexinger, “The Islamic Creationism of Harun Yahya”, in Dick Douwes, editor, ISIM Newsletter, number 11, Leiden: International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World, →ISSN, page 5, column 2:
text: His hyperrealistic sculptural installations have typically looked to gut the preconceived notions about bravery and honor with which monumental sculpture is infused—whether in the vomiting boy scouts cut off from their chaperones in Lost and Sick (1996–2001), or the comically pathetic scenario of Very, Very First Man: Necessary Alterations (1998–99), in which a pair of recently evolved australopitheci clumsily reattach each other’s tails in a vain attempt to return to lower (and presumably less responsibility-burdened) life forms.
ref: 2004, Susan K. Freedman, Tom Eccles, Dan Cameron, Katy Siegel, Jeffrey Kastner, Anne Wehr, “Tony Matelli: Stray Dog and Distant Party”, in Plop: Recent Projects of the Public Art Fund, London: Merrell, →ISBN, page 157:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Australopithecus.
australopitheci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: australopithecuses
glosses: plural of australopithecus
australopithecuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: australopitheci
glosses: plural of australopithecus
Cariboo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An intermontane region of British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A regional district (Cariboo Regional District) in the Central Interior of British Columbia.
giant snakeheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giant snakehead
giant mudfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giant mudfish
Senses: glosses: Synonym of giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes)
synonyms: word: giant snakehead
extra: Channa micropeltes
XOXO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of xoxo (an abbreviation for hugs and kisses, usually placed at the end of a letter.)
Grenache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Grenaches
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of grenache.
if you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, blind them with bullshit
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.
handsome devil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handsome devils
Senses: glosses: A physically attractive man, particularly one with a mischievous appeal.
handsome devils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handsome devil
goes to the well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go to the well
going to the well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of go to the well
went to the well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go to the well
Squamish-Lillooet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A regional district in the south-west of British Columbia, Canada, which includes the named places.
gone to the well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go to the well
un-time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: un-times
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of untime.
un-time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: un-times
form: un-timing
form: un-timed
form: un-timed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of untime.
blood tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blood trees
Senses: glosses: Croton gossypiifolius, a tree native to southern Mexico, Colombia, Guyana and Venezuela.
glosses: Synonym of bloodwood.
synonyms: word: bloodwood
glosses: An unidentified tree found in South Africa.
blood trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blood tree
back slash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back slashes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of backslash.
synonyms: word: backslash
back slashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back slash
time-traveling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time-travelling
Senses: glosses: The act or practice of traveling into the future or past.
Related terms: time travel
time-traveller
time-travelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of time-traveling.
mess bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mess bags
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ditty bag.
synonyms: word: ditty bag
mess bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mess bag
splits the baby
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of split the baby
splitting the baby
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of split the baby
drawnwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
sewing
textiles
glosses: The ornamental working of linen or other fabric by drawing out threads according to a pattern.
boat orchid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boat orchids
Senses: glosses: A cymbidium.
squidlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squidlets
Etymology: From squid + -let.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of squidling.
synonyms: word: squidling
girlfriend-ish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more girlfriend-ish
form: most girlfriend-ish
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of girlfriendish.
sample line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sample lines
Senses: topics: drafting
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A line segment placed at intervals along an existing alignment.
sample lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sample line
whaanau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whaanau
form: whaanaus
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of whanau.
product sample
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: product samples
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: A sample of a consumer product that is given to the consumer free of charge so that they may evaluate a product before committing to a purchase.
product samples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of product sample
barley-broth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barley-broths
Senses: glosses: A type of broth prepared by boiling barley and meat with vegetables.
glosses: Ale or beer.
strap rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strap rails
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
coordinate_terms: flat rail
glosses: A flat railroad laid containing a metal strap, and placed upon a wooden rail.
flat rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flat rails
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
coordinate_terms: strap rail
glosses: A metal pole or simple flat bar that is laid horizontally on the ground.
flat rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat rail
Prince Rupert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Prince Rupert of the Rhine.
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood in north-west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A port city in North Coast Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
Derived terms: Prince Rupert's drop
Prince Rupert's metal
Prince Rupert's tear
strap rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strap rail
North Coast
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The northern part of the British Columbia Coast.
glosses: A regional district (North Coast Regional District) on the coast of British Columbia, Canada.
Derived terms: Mid North Coast
drip-feeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of drip-feed
drip-fed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of drip-feed
dripfeed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dripfeeds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of drip-feed.
dripfeeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dripfeed
intravenous drip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intravenous drips
Senses: examples: text: The inside of the vehicle is pretty sparse and there are no oxygen tanks, intravenous drips or machines that go "ping."
ref: 2024 January 9, Scott Snowden, “Santa Monica rolls out mobile mental health unit”, in Santa Monica Daily Press:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of intravenous (“a dose of medicine administered from a drip”).
synonyms: word: intravenous
extra: a dose of medicine administered from a drip
Related terms: drip-feed
intravenous drips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intravenous drip
basebuilders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basebuilder
squidlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squidlet
Queloz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Quelozes
Etymology: Borrowed from French Queloz.
Senses: examples: Didier Queloz, b. 1966
glosses: A surname from French.
counterreasoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of counterreason
counterreasoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of counterreason
whānaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whānau
whaanaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whaanau
de-oligarchization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Of course, some MO's [social movement organizations] begin with a relatively oligarchical structure and de-oligarchization may occur.
ref: 1966, Mayer N[athan] Zald, Roberta Ash, “Social Movement Organizations: Growth, Decay and Change”, in Barry McLaughlin, editor, Studies in Social Movements: A Social Psychological Perspective, New York, N.Y.: Free Press; London: Collier Macmillan, published 1969, →ISBN, page 462:
text: So although in some important ways the process of de-oligarchization had begun before [Volodymyr] Zelenskyy came to power, there was no blueprint for what to do next. Without a concrete program in place and little visible progress being made, de-oligarchization soon became an empty populist solgan. it became clear during the administration of [Petro] Poroshenko, himself one of the richest men in Ukraine, that it was quite difficult to develop a transparent program of de-oligarchization.
ref: 2022 September, Iuliia Mendel, “Oligarchs and Fake News”, in The Fight of Our Lives: My Time with Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s Battle for Democracy, and What It Means for the World, New York, N.Y.: One Signal Publishers/Atria Books, →ISBN, page 157:
glosses: Alternative form of deoligarchization.
Kitimat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district municipality in the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, British Columbia, Canada.
life plan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: life plans
Senses: glosses: A sketch or a document that outlines a person's goals and desired outcomes.
life plans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of life plan