cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
cycle-athon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cycle-athons
Senses: examples: text: They are competing in the Race Across America, a 30-year-old cycle-athon in which teams and solo riders bike from California to Maryland.
ref: 2011 June 17, Kristin Palpini, “From the Editor”, in Hampshire Life (Daily Hampshire Gazette), Northampton, Mass., page 4:
text: A quiz night at the Seashore Grill raised £3,600 and a 24-hour cycle-athon at the Barry school where her mum works raised £4,705.
ref: 2016 May 19, Sharon Harris, “Thousands raised to help teenager and her family”, in Penarth Times, Penarth, South Glamorgan, page 3, column 3:
text: A CYCLE-ATHON is underway at Bunkers Hill Plant Nursery, near Woodstock, to raise money for two mental health charities.
ref: 2018 December 13, “Cycle to North Pole”, in Oxford Mail, Oxford, Oxon, page 17, column 6:
text: Niamh and Hannah organised various fundraising events in the school on Cancer Awareness day such as a cycle-athon, staff coffee morning and bake sale.
ref: 2019 March 27, “School noticeboard: Earlston High School”, in Border Telegraph, Galashiels, Scottish Borders, page 30, column 1:
glosses: Alternative form of cycleathon.
cycle-athons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cycle-athon
least finger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: least fingers
Etymology: From Middle English leste finguer, lest fynger, lest fyngyr, from Old English lǣst finger.
Senses: examples: text: But, both on account of convenience and long established custom, the left hand is generally considered the ring hand—and the least finger of that hand holds the ring.
ref: 1858 September, H. A. P., “Rings”, in Richard C[unningham] McCormick, editor, The Young Men’s Magazine, volume II, number 5, New York, N.Y.: N. A. Calkins, […], published 1859, page 216:
text: There will thus be encountered in order the tendons of the extensor pollicis brevis, extensor pollicis longus, the two tendons of the index, that of the middle, that of the ring, and the two tendons of the least finger: […]
ref: 1916, “Musculospiral Paralysis Due to Ancient Compound Fracture of Humerus—Tendon-transference (Flexor Carpi Radialis to Extensors of Digits)”, in P[enn-]G[askell] Skillern, Jr., editor, The Clinics of John B[enjamin] Murphy, M.D., at Mercy Hospital, Chicago, volume V, Philadelphia, Pa.; London: W[alter] B[urns] Saunders Company, →OCLC, page 291:
text: But here, confronting God, one could not but be struck as if by lightning, for here, from the heavens of the presbytery, bursting the bounds of human comprehension of all that was holy, came forth, bold as the unimaginable first fire of light of the world’s unimaginable first dawn, the hand of the Creator, clenched save for index finger and least finger, which were extended outright and straight in the sign of la mano cornuta.
ref: 2002, Nick Tosches, In the Hand of Dante, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 248:
glosses: Synonym of little finger.
synonyms: word: little finger
sugar nips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: sugar nippers
glosses: A large pair of pincers with sharp blades, designed to cut sugar from a block (a sugar-loaf).
Olenye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /əˈlɛnjeɪ/
Etymology: From Russian Оле́нье (Olénʹje).
Senses: synonyms: Dvoryanka
glosses: A village, the administrative centre of Olenyevskoye rural settlement, Dubovsky Raion, Volgograd Oblast, Russia.
golden-collared honeycreeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden-collared honeycreepers
Etymology: From golden + collared + honeycreeper.
Senses: glosses: Iridophanes pulcherrimus, a species of bird native to a small sliver of northwestern South America.
Related terms: Iridophanes pulcherrimus
Abrikosov lattice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Abrikosov lattices
Etymology: Named after Alexei Abrikosov.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A lattice formed by the vortices of type II superconductors fluxons.
wikipedia: Alexei Abrikosov (physicist)
Abrikosov lattices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Abrikosov lattice
large-billed scrubwren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: large-billed scrubwrens
Etymology: From large + billed + scrubwren, a calque of translingual Sericornis magnirostra.
Senses: glosses: Sericornis magnirostra, a species of scrubwren.
Related terms: Sericornis magnirostra
Anderson-Higgs mechanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Philip W. Anderson and Peter Higgs.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Higgs mechanism.
synonyms: word: Higgs mechanism
wikipedia: Peter Higgs
Philip W. Anderson
hypervalencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypervalency
hypnalises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypnalis
ibandronates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ibandronate
hyphaenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyphaene
hyporesponses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyporesponse
hypersensitisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypersensitisation
hypersections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypersection
hyporeflections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyporeflection
Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Robert Brout, François Englert and Peter Higgs.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Higgs mechanism.
synonyms: word: Higgs mechanism
wikipedia: François Englert
Peter Higgs
Robert Brout
icositrigons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of icositrigon
icosikaidigons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of icosikaidigon
ichnoassociations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ichnoassociation
Socotra sunbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Socotra sunbirds
Etymology: From Socotra + sunbird.
Senses: glosses: Chalcomitra balfouri, a species of sunbird native to the Yemeni island of Socotra.
Related terms: Chalcomitra balfouri
ijarahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ijarah
ikhshids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ikhshid
ileocolons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ileocolon
Anderson-Darling test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Anderson-Darling tests
Etymology: Named after Theodore Wilbur Anderson and Donald Allan Darling who invented it in 1952.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A statistical test of whether a given sample of data is drawn from a given probability distribution.
wikipedia: Donald Allan Darling
Theodore Wilbur Anderson
imberlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imberline
illudalanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of illudalane
Anderson-Darling tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Anderson-Darling test
imipridones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imipridone
immunoadhesions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immunoadhesion
thick-billed seedeater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thick-billed seedeaters
Etymology: From thick + billed + seedeater.
Senses: glosses: Crithagra burtoni, a species of true finch native to southern Africa.
Related terms: Crithagra burtoni
vote up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: votes up
form: voting up
form: voted up
form: voted up
Senses: examples: text: He votes up all my posts on that site.
text: It's important we get enough supporters to vote up the proposition.
glosses: To signal support or approval of something by voting for it; to achieve enough support to pass.
Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after August Michaelis and Aleksandr Arbuzov.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: Arbuzov reaction
glosses: The chemical reaction of a trivalent phosphorus ester with an alkyl halide to form a pentavalent phosphorus species and another alkyl halide.
wikipedia: Aleksandr Arbuzov
August Michaelis
Arbuzov reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Aleksandr Arbuzov.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction.
synonyms: word: Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction
wikipedia: Aleksandr Arbuzov
shoo-wee
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: "Shoo-wee! You nasty thang, you stank like cyarn. Sugar, we got a wash that dog pretty soon fo he rots." Jim John chuckled. "You too," she said. "You nastier'n he is."
ref: 1935, Ed Bell, Fish on the Steeple, page 135:
text: "Shoo-wee!" sighed Luther. "Who'd drink that stuff after that!" "Sheriff, it ain't mine! Like I said - I'm not making or selling. Some other fool done seen me dig that grave . . . somebody wanted to get me […]"
ref: 1965, Doris Betts, The Astronomer, and Other Stories, page 78:
text: Shoo-wee, that give me a scere. (Staring at HARMONY for a second.) Yew know, if it wadn't fer that crazy hairdo and them earrings, yew might jest be a regular person.
ref: 1988, Del Shores, Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will : a Comedy in Two Acts, page 49:
glosses: Alternative form of shoowee (“whewee, hoowee”).
Archimedes number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Archimedes numbers
Etymology: Named after Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287 – c. 212 BC), a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer.
Senses: topics: fluid-dynamics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A dimensionless number used to determine the motion of fluids due to density differences, defined as the ratio of gravitational forces to viscous forces: Ar=(gL³(ρ-ρ_ℓ)/(ρ_ℓ))/(ν²)=(gL³ρ_ℓ(ρ-ρ_ℓ))/(μ²)\, where g is the local external field, L is the characteristic length of body, (ρ-ρ_ℓ)/(ρ_ℓ) is the submerged specific gravity, ρ_ℓ is the density of the fluid, ρ is the density of the body, ν=μ/(ρ_ℓ) is the kinematic viscosity, and μ is the dynamic viscosity.
wikipedia: Archimedes of Syracuse
Archimedes numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Archimedes number
Pincoya storm petrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pincoya storm petrels
Etymology: From Pincoya + storm petrel, calque of translingual Oceanites pincoyae.
Senses: glosses: Oceanites pincoyae, a species of storm petrel native to a small coastal region of Chile.
Related terms: Oceanites pincoyae
Armstrong oscillator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Armstrong oscillators
Etymology: Named after Edwin Howard Armstrong.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: Meissner oscillator
glosses: An electronic oscillator circuit which uses an inductor and capacitor to generate an oscillation.
wikipedia: Edwin Howard Armstrong
Armstrong oscillators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Armstrong oscillator
fire-fronted bishop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire-fronted bishop
Etymology: From fire + fronted + bishop.
Senses: glosses: Euplectes diadematus, a black and yellow species of weaverbird with a red-orange forehead found in Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.
Related terms: Euplectes diadematus
Meissner oscillator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Meissner oscillators
Etymology: Named after Alexander Meissner.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of Armstrong oscillator.
synonyms: word: Armstrong oscillator
wikipedia: Alexander Meissner
Meissner oscillators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Meissner oscillator
Mus.B.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of bachelor of music.
Mus.D.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of bachelor of music.
Arndt-Schulz law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Arndt-Schulz laws
Etymology: Named after Hugo Paul Friedrich Schulz and Rudolf Arndt.
Senses: topics: homeopathy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A claimed law which suggests that highly diluted pharmaca or poisons enhance life processes, while strong concentrations may inhibit these processes and even terminate them.
wikipedia: Hugo Paul Friedrich Schulz
Rudolf Arndt
pootier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of pooty: more pooty
pootiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of pooty: most pooty
Olenya Guba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /əˈlɛnjə ɡʊˈbɑː/
Etymology: From Russian Оле́нья Губа́ (Olénʹja Gubá).
Senses: glosses: A bay, an extension of the Kola Inlet of the Barents Sea, on the Kola Peninsula of Murmansk Oblast, Russia.
glosses: A settlement in Gadzhiyevo, Alexandrovsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia.
Potts model
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Potts models
Etymology: Named after Renfrey Potts.
Senses: qualifier: statistical mechanics
glosses: A model of interacting spins on a crystalline lattice, considered a generalization of the Ising model.
wikipedia: Renfrey Potts
Potts models
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Potts model
Asinger reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Asinger reactions
Etymology: Named after Friedrich Asinger who first reported it in 1956.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A multicomponent reaction for the synthesis of 3-thiazolines and other related heterocycles.
wikipedia: Friedrich Asinger
Asinger reactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Asinger reaction
Babinet's principle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after French physicist Jacques Babinet.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A principle that states that the diffraction pattern from an opaque body is identical to that from a hole of the same size and shape except for the overall forward beam intensity.
wikipedia: Jacques Babinet
sad beige
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by TikToker Hayley DeRoche (@sadbeige) in 2021 and achieved virality on TikTok in 2022.
Senses: examples: text: Ms. Kyne joins a wave of parents eschewing bright and stereotypically gendered colors for kid wares, and instead choosing earthy, neutral tones aligned with minimalism. It's a look TikTok satirist Hayley DeRoche has termed "sad beige," but some see it as a happy development: The ecru, blond and brown products fit right in with their stylishly muted décor in the rest of the house.
ref: [2022 November 16, Chavie Lieber, “’Sad Beige’ Has Taken Over Baby Gear, Clothing, Decor”, in The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Nov 2022:
text: I'm talking, of course, about the devotees of what has recently been described as "sad beige". These are parents who, following current fashions, dress their children like small peasants in mournful shades of oat and camel, buy simple toys in "earthy" tones and decorate their bedrooms with such deafening taste and restraint that it's clear the children are less likely to be playing with Lego here than whittling a bowl for mother to fill with her own milk.
ref: [2022 December 4, Eva Wiseman, “The 'sad beige' trend for kids goes against all my wild instincts”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2023:
text: The sad beige aesthetic has taken on meanings beyond ungendered and non-toxic. It also stands for something: the authority and dominance of adult tastes.
ref: 2023 January 24, “The Sad Beige Parenting Trend Explained”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 06 May 2024:
text: "Go ahead and call me crazy or a sad beige mom for what I'm about to do," Nattie Jo Powell began in her 1 December video. In the clip, the lifestyle creator set out to redecorate her daughter's plastic tree to mimic the aesthetic of her home decor.
ref: 2023 December 5, Kaleigh Werner, quoting Nattie Jo Powell, “TikToker criticised for 'sad beige' Christmas tree makeover”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2024:
glosses: A parenting aesthetic which involves earthy and neutral colours as well as minimalist decor.
Related terms: beige child
beige mom
crunchy mom
eight-lined keelback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eight-lined keelbacks
Etymology: From eight + lined + keelback, calque of translingual Hebius octolineatus.
Senses: glosses: Hebius octolineatus, a species of keelback snake found in southwestern China.
Related terms: Hebius octolineatus
glissando babbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glissando babblers
Etymology: From glissando + babbler.
Senses: glosses: Pellorneum saturatum, a species of bird found in Indonesia.
Related terms: Pellorneum saturatum
Bagnold number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bagnold numbers
Etymology: Named after Ralph Bagnold.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The ratio of grain collision stresses to viscous fluid stresses in a granular flow with interstitial Newtonian fluid: Ba=(ρd²λ^(1/2)̇γ)/μ, where ρ is the particle density, d is the grain diameter, ̇γ is the shear rate, μ is the dynamic viscosity of the interstitial fluid and λ is the linear concentration.
wikipedia: Ralph Bagnold
Bagnold numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bagnold number
ho-ee
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊˈi/
Senses: examples: text: "Ho-ee," the gap-toothed woman laughed loudly. "You not going to get them clean that way, stupid!" "What?" Deirdre sat back on her heels. "Here!" The woman slapped a small cake of something smelly down near Deirdre[…]
ref: 2005, Robin Hardy, Stone of Help, Westford Press, →ISBN, page 103:
glosses: Synonym of hoowee.
synonyms: word: hoowee
trailer parkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trailer parker
NCNS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NCNSs
Senses: examples: text: Before we dive into possible responses to NCNSs, it’s important to understand why staff may miss work without notifying you. That way, you can develop a comprehensive plan for every scenario and be better prepared to deal with last-minute absences.
ref: 2024 April 22, Homebase Team, “A comprehensive guide to no call no shows (NCNS)”, in homebase:
glosses: Initialism of no-call-no-show.
NCNSs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NCNS
IBCA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Infected Blood Compensation Authority.
LMGTFU
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of LMGTFY.
Sanger sequencing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Developed by Frederick Sanger and colleagues in 1977.
Senses: glosses: A method of DNA sequencing that involves electrophoresis and is based on the random incorporation of chain-terminating dideoxynucleotides by DNA polymerase during in vitro DNA replication.
leuco base
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leuco bases
Senses: glosses: Synonym of leuco form.
synonyms: word: leuco form
leuco bases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leuco base
leuco
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: leuko
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”).
Senses: examples: text: leuco base
text: leuco dye
text: leuco form
text: The amination mechanism of leucoquinizarin was investigated on the basis of the kinetics and structures of leuco compounds.
ref: 1982 April, Masashi Kikuchi, Takamichi Yamagishi, Mitsuhiko Hida, “Kinetic Studies on the Amination of Leucoquinizarin”, in Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan:
glosses: Of or relating to leuco dyes and their related compounds.
leuko
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leuco.
leucobase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leucobases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leuco base.
leukobase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leukobases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leuco base.
leucoform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leucoforms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leuco form.
leukoform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leukoforms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leuco form.
leucobases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leucobase
leukobases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leukobase
leucoforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leucoform
leukoforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leukoform
midwittery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From midwit + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: The white liberal elite and their Millennial serfs are especially prone to the sort of midwittery found in the comedy of George Carlin or on the website Reddit. But Redditors and Carlinism are, admittedly, extreme examples.
ref: 2022 January 7, Merri, “Brief Genealogy of the Midwit”, in The Pillarist:
glosses: Behavior consistent with that of a midwit.
bigotlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bigotlike
form: most bigotlike
Etymology: From bigot + -like.
Senses: examples: text: When it became clear the owners of Chick-fil-A were against same-sex marriage, they were called every possible bigotlike term in the book.
ref: 2015 February 12, Charles Camosy, “Anger, hatred and pro-life rhetoric: Pro-choicers are peddling a false narrative — but abortion foes can do a better job explaining themselves”, in New York Daily News:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bigot.
cover the spot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A carnival game in which the player attempts to cover a marked spot completely, by dropping a number of smaller discs from above.
global hectare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: global hectares
Senses: glosses: A unit of human-consumed biological production and waste assimilation. Its value is defined by taking a global per-hectare average over biologically productive land and fisheries.
global hectares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of global hectare
deroster
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: derosters
form: derostering
form: derostered
form: derostered
form: de-roster
Etymology: From de- + roster.
Senses: glosses: To remove from a roster.
derostered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deroster
derosters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deroster
derostering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deroster
Moro reflexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Moro reflex
beyond reason of a doubt
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Eggcorn of beyond a reasonable doubt.
beyond a reason of a doubt
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Eggcorn of beyond a reasonable doubt.
globetail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: globetails
Etymology: From globe + tail.
Senses: glosses: Any of the hoverflies of the genus Sphaerophoria, having large hemispherical male terminalia.
Derived terms: asymmetric globetail
forked globetail
symmetric globetail
globetails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of globetail
Bamberger rearrangement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bamberger rearrangements
Etymology: Named after German chemist Eugen Bamberger.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The chemical reaction of phenylhydroxylamines with strong aqueous acid, which will rearrange to give 4-aminophenols.
wikipedia: Eugen Bamberger
Bamberger rearrangements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bamberger rearrangement
huet-huet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: huet-huets
Senses: glosses: A bird of species Pteroptochos tarnii, found in southern and central Chile and adjacent western Argentina.
huet-huets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of huet-huet
hylocitrea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hylocitreas
Senses: glosses: Any bird of the species Hylocitrea bonensis.
hylocitreas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hylocitrea
tarlatamab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drug used to treat small-cell lung cancer.
man titty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: man titties
Senses: glosses: Synonym of man boob.
synonyms: word: man boob
man titties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of man titty
playstructure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpleɪstɹʌkt͡ʃɚ/
Forms: form: playstructures
Etymology: From play + structure.
Senses: examples: text: He couldn't wait to get to the playstructure to play grounders at recess.
glosses: A large outdoor structure designed for children to play on, often located on a playground at parks and schools and with attachments such as monkey bars, slides, and stairs.
Related terms: playground
playhouse
playstructures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playstructure
Bersted
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Arun district, north of Bognor Regis, West Sussex, England.
golden-billed saltator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden-billed saltators
Etymology: From golden + billed + saltator, calque of translingual Saltator aurantiirostris.
Senses: glosses: Saltator aurantiirostris, a species of cardinalid bird found in parts of South America.
Related terms: Saltator aurantiirostris
fagettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fagette
peanut cactus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peanut cacti
Senses: glosses: A cactus of species Chamaecereus silvestrii.
peanut cacti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peanut cactus
pea moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pea moths
Senses: glosses: A European tortricid moth of species Cydia nigricana.
pea moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pea moth
pecan weevil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pecan weevils
Senses: glosses: A weevil of species Curculio caryae, that is an obligate feeder on the nuts of North American hickories and pecans.
pecan weevils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pecan weevil
peatily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more peatily
form: most peatily
Etymology: From peaty + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a peaty manner.
pestily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pestily
form: most pestily
Etymology: From pesty + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a pesty manner.
skiplag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skiplags
form: skiplagging
form: skiplagged
form: skiplagged
Senses: examples: text: Travellers who do decide to skiplag should always book one-way tickets, that way their return trip won't be cancelled if the airline does cancel their ticket.
ref: 2023 August 12, Rosie Frost, “What is Skiplagging? The cheap flight hack that airlines are cracking down on”, in Euronews:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To disembark at a "hidden city" rather than continuing to one's ticketed destination.
controlled opposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: controlled oppositions
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A purported opposition party that the ruling party actually uses as a hegemonical tool to serve as a red herring to constituents.
pedal boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedal boats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pedalboat.
pecuniary unit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pecuniary units
Senses: glosses: Synonym of monetary unit.
synonyms: word: monetary unit
pedal boats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedal boat
pecuniary units
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pecuniary unit
Pedro Sancho
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Sancho Pedro (“card game”).
synonyms: word: Sancho Pedro
extra: card game
controlled oppositions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of controlled opposition
permissive working
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: railways
transport
glosses: A system allowing more than one train at a time to be on the same line in a block section, a signal section, or a dead-end platform line.
skiplagger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skiplaggers
Senses: examples: text: Typically, a skiplagger books a less expensive flight that has two or more legs rather than buy the more costly direct flight. But it’s a connecting city – not the final city of the flight – that has been the skiplagger's covert destination all along.
ref: 2023 November 24, “Skiplagging: Why some flyers love it and why airlines hate it”, in CNN:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A traveller who disembarks at a "hidden city" rather than continuing to one's ticketed destination; one who practices skiplagging.
Bamford-Stevens reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bamford-Stevens reactions
Etymology: Named after British chemist William Randall Bamford and Scottish chemist Thomas Stevens Stevens.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical reaction in which treatment of tosylhydrazones with strong base gives alkenes.
wikipedia: Thomas Stevens Stevens
Bamford-Stevens reactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bamford-Stevens reaction
skiplagged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more skiplagged
form: most skiplagged
Senses: examples: text: A last-minute skiplagged ticket from Birmingham, UK to New York, US could save you around €100.
ref: 2023 August 12, Rosie Frost, “What is Skiplagging? The cheap flight hack that airlines are cracking down on”, in Euronews:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A traveller or ticket involved with the practice of skiplagging.
skiplagged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: simple past and past participle of skiplag
Barton reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Barton reactions
Etymology: Named after Derek Barton.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A photochemical reaction that involves the photolysis of an alkyl nitrite to form a δ-nitroso alcohol.
wikipedia: Derek Barton
Barton reactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Barton reaction
International Criminal Court
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the International Criminal Court
Senses: examples: text: ‘‘President Assad of Syria should be put on trial at the International Criminal Court”, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs Bert Koenders publicly stated in 2016. He now may face charges from ICC himself, since it’s been revealed he supported terrorists in Syria. […] In 2017 Dutch Bert Koenders joined the club. Only one year after he had called upon the International Criminal Court (ICC) to put Assad on trial, his party, PvdA, dramatically lost the national elections, which forced him to resign as minister of Foreign Affairs and made him the laughing stock of Assad curse jokers on social media.
ref: 2020, Eric van de Beek, “Assad curse strikes again: Dutch official embarrassed”, in The Frontier Post, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2023:
glosses: An intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands, with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
Synonyms: ICC
Coordinate terms: ICJ
International Court of Justice
World Court
Derived terms: ICC
Barton-McCombie deoxygenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Barton-McCombie deoxygenations
Etymology: Named after Derek Barton and Stuart W. McCombie.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic reaction in which a hydroxy functional group in an organic compound is replaced by a hydrogen to give an alkyl group.
wikipedia: Derek Barton
Barton-McCombie deoxygenations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Barton-McCombie deoxygenation
language learner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: language learners
form: language-learner
Senses: hyponyms: ELL
glosses: A person who is learning a foreign language.
Related terms: language learning
Tellington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from ?
phlebotomus fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pappataci fever.
synonyms: word: pappataci fever
sandfly fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pappataci fever.
synonyms: word: pappataci fever
language learning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: language-learning
Senses: hypernyms: language acquisition
glosses: The process of acquiring the faculty of speech.
glosses: The activity of learning one or several foreign languages.
Related terms: language learner
Baylis-Hillman reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Baylis-Hillman reactions
Etymology: Named after chemists Anthony B. Baylis and Melville E. D. Hillman.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction between an activated alkene and a carbon electrophile in the presence of a nucleophilic catalyst, such as a tertiary amine or phosphine.
philenor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: philenors
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pipevine swallowtail.
synonyms: word: pipevine swallowtail
philenors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of philenor
Norwegianizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Norwegianization
Norwegianisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Norwegianisation
Baylis-Hillman reactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Baylis-Hillman reaction
phonic wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phonic wheels
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telegraphy
glosses: A synchronous motor driven by a tuning fork that used an electromagnet to rotate the cogwheel of the motor by one tooth for each vibration.
phonic wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phonic wheel
comprehensible input
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: CI
glosses: Linguistic material that a language learner is able to understand at their current level.
Related terms: i+1
phony disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of peach phony disease.
synonyms: word: peach phony disease
peach phony disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: phony disease
phony peach disease
glosses: A disease of peach trees, caused by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, that causes the tree to produce a few small, colorful fruits and eventually to stop producing fruit altogether.
phony peach disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of peach phony disease.
synonyms: word: peach phony disease
startle reflex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: startle reflexes
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: A brainstem reflectory reaction that serves to protect vulnerable parts, such as the back of the neck and the eyes and facilitates an escape from sudden stimuli.
startle reflexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of startle reflex
picketless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From picket + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a picket.
skiplaggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skiplagger
primitive reflex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: primitive reflexes
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: A reflex action originating in the central nervous system that is exhibited by normal infants, but not neurologically intact adults, in response to particular stimuli.
primitive reflexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primitive reflex
pie wagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pie wagons
Senses: glosses: Synonym of paddy wagon.
synonyms: word: paddy wagon
pie wagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pie wagon
Bejan number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bejan numbers
Etymology: Named after Adrian Bejan.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
thermodynamics
glosses: A dimensionless number: the ratio of heat transfer irreversibility to total irreversibility due to heat transfer and fluid friction: Be=(̇S'_(gen,,ΔT))/(̇S'_(gen,,ΔT)+̇S'_(gen,,Δp)), where ̇S'_(gen,,ΔT) is the entropy generation contributed by heat transfer and ̇S'_(gen,,Δp) is the entropy generation contributed by fluid friction.
topics: fluid-dynamics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A dimensionless number: the pressure drop along the fluid path length in both external flows and internal flows: Be_L=(Δp,L²)/(μν), where μ is the dynamic viscosity, ν is the momentum diffusivity (or Kinematic viscosity) and L is fluid path length.
Bejan numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bejan number
pig-tailed langur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pig-tailed langurs
Senses: glosses: Simias concolor, a large Old World monkey with black face, black-brown fur and short tail, endemic to several small islands off the coast of Sumatra.
wikipedia: pig-tailed langur
pillar of strength
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pillars of strength
Senses: glosses: A person who provides reliable, unwavering support to somebody in need.
pillars of strength
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pillar of strength
pillar dollar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pillar dollars
Etymology: So called from the pillars of Hercules wrapped in ribbons that appear on the reverse side.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Spanish dollar.
synonyms: word: Spanish dollar
pillar dollars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pillar dollar
Atwood number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Atwood numbers
Etymology: Probably named after George Atwood.
Senses: topics: fluid-dynamics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A dimensionless number used in the study of hydrodynamic instabilities in density stratified flows: A=(ρ₁-ρ₂)/(ρ₁+ρ₂), where ρ₁ is the density of the heavier fluid and ρ₂ is the density of the lighter fluid.
wikipedia: George Atwood
Atwood numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Atwood number
pilot flame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pilot flames
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pilot light (“persistent flame used to ignite gas”).
synonyms: word: pilot light
extra: persistent flame used to ignite gas
pilot flames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pilot flame
pinard yellow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A pale greenish yellow.
northern grasshopper mouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northern grasshopper mice
Senses: glosses: Onychomys leucogaster, a North American carnivorous rodent.
northern grasshopper mice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of northern grasshopper mouse
play hell with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays hell with
form: playing hell with
form: played hell with
form: played hell with
Senses: glosses: Synonym of play the devil with.
synonyms: word: play the devil with
Related terms: play merry hell with
plum weevil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plum weevils
Senses: glosses: Synonym of plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar)
synonyms: word: plum curculio
extra: Conotrachelus nenuphar
plum weevils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plum weevil
fried-egg plants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fried-egg plant
tree poppies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tree poppy
spotted turbot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spotted turbots
Etymology: From spotted + turbot.
Senses: glosses: Pleuronichthys ritteri, a species of flatfish found off the coast of the Californias.
Related terms: Pleuronichthys ritteri
Matilija
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Chumash.
Derived terms: Matilija poppy
bresh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of brush (“vegetation”).
piyyuṭ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piyyuṭs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of piyyut.
car attendant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: car attendants
Senses: examples: text: A bell circuit, fed from the train lighting battery, is connected to a push in each berth and functions in conjunction with a luminous indicator mounted over the door and in association with a cancellation push, for use by the car attendant.
ref: 1952 February, “New Third Class Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 87:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: An employee placed in charge of a single coach, sleeping car or lounge car on a medium-to-long-distance passenger train.
more royalist than the king
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Calque of French plus royaliste que le roi
Senses: glosses: Very strongly royalist.
Related terms: more Catholic than the Pope
point set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: point sets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pointset.
point sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of point set
tilemapping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tile + mapping.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The use of a tilemap.
tilemapped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tile + mapped.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Employing, or arranged in, a tilemap.
car attendants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of car attendant
police science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of police work, including such topics as criminology, forensics, and jurisprudence.
polo pony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polo ponies
Senses: glosses: A horse used in the game of polo.
polo ponies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polo pony
polymorphous-perverse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of polymorph-perverse.
synonyms: word: polymorph-perverse
polymorphous perversities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polymorphous perversity
jurisdiction shopping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of forum shopping.
synonyms: word: forum shopping
pocket melon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pocket melons
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dudaim.
synonyms: word: dudaim
pocket melons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocket melon
bell push
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bell pushes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bellpush.
pomegranate melon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pomegranate melons
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dudaim.
synonyms: word: dudaim
pomegranate melons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pomegranate melon
bell pushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bell push
poor relief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Governmental and ecclesiastical action to relieve poverty.
poplar borer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poplar borers
Senses: glosses: A North American beetle of species Saperda calcarata.
poplar borers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poplar borer
poppy mallow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poppy mallows
Senses: glosses: Any of the flowering plants in the genus Callirhoe.
poppy mallows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poppy mallow
popularity contest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: popularity contests
Senses: glosses: A contest that is won purely based on votes awarded by others.
glosses: Any situation where a person succeeds over others based on popularity rather than merit.
popularity contests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of popularity contest
population dynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A branch of mathematics used to model and study the size and age composition of populations as dynamical systems.
Aladesanmis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Aladesanmi
porcelain crab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porcelain crabs
Senses: glosses: Any member of the family Porcellanidae of decapod crustaceans, superficially resembling true crabs.
porcelain crabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porcelain crab
alpine hawkweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alpine hawkweeds
Etymology: From alpine + hawkweed
Senses: glosses: Hawkweed of species Hieracium alpinum, found in Europe and Greenland.
potting shed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potting sheds
Senses: examples: text: This end of the garden, however, was thick with weeds and it was obvious that the potting shed was no longer in use.
ref: 1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 54:
glosses: A shed for gardening work and the storage of garden tools.
potting sheds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potting shed
grantability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being grantable; ability to be granted.
CHSH inequality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CHSH inequalities
Etymology: Named after John Clauser, Michael Horne, Abner Shimony, and Richard Holt, who described it in a much-cited paper published in 1969.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An inequality used in the proof of Bell's theorem: |S|≤2,, where S=E(a,b)-E(a,b')+E(a',b)+E(a',b').
wikipedia: Abner Shimony
John Clauser
Michael Horne (physicist)
precatorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From precatory + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a precatory manner.
CHSH inequalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CHSH inequality
pride of California
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Campo pea
glosses: The plant Lathyrus splendens.