cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
promises, promises
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: A response to a promise suggesting doubt that the promise will be kept.
glosses: A response to a threat, implying that the threat is empty and, often, also that it is ineffective because it involves something that the person threatened would actually like to happen.
antisplinter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + splinter.
Senses: examples: antisplinter goggles for use in woodwork
glosses: Resistant to splinters.
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: splinterproof
glosses: Resistant to fragments of exploding shells.
George Spelvin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Traditional pseudonym used in American theater for an actor who does not wish to be credited, or whose name would otherwise be listed for multiple roles.
tail merging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: tail packing
glosses: The grouping together of the final partial blocks of multiple files, so as to save space in a file system.
tail packing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of tail merging.
synonyms: word: tail merging
kilobinary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From kilo- + binary.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to the units prefixed kibi-, such as the kibibyte as opposed to the kilobyte.
gigabinary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From giga- + binary.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to the units prefixed gibi-, such as the gibibyte as opposed to the gigabyte.
megabinary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mega- + binary.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to the units prefixed mebi-, such as the mebibyte as opposed to the megabyte.
Lut
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /lut/
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic لُوط (lūṭ), ultimately from Hebrew לוֹט (lot). Doublet of Lot.
Senses: examples: text: And to Lut, too, We gave Judgment and Knowledge, and We saved him from the town which practised abominations: truly they were a people given to Evil, a rebellious people.
ref: 1934, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, transl., The Holy Qur'an, 21:74:
text: The Prophet Lut, the Prophet Ibrahim's nephew, lived in the city of Sodom located on the western shore of the Dead Sea.
ref: 2010, Mary Saad Assel, 25 Icons of Peace in the Qur'an: Lessons of Harmony, New York: iUniverse, page 56:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Alternative form of Lot.
depreservation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + preservation.
Senses: examples: text: For depreservation, the engine is turned manually, causing the compound to revert to liquid form, and it is drained through depreservation valves on the lower cylinders of the engine.
ref: 1953, Aviation Week, volume 58, page 58:
text: To define the specific preservation, maintenance and depreservation necessary to maintain FMC aircraft combat ready while in prepositioned storage.
ref: 1984, United States Army Aviation Digest, page 4:
glosses: The process of bringing preserved equipment out of storage and back into working order.
going, going, gone
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Often used by an auctioneer to indicate that an auction is closing with the convention that once the word "gone" is said no further bids will be accepted.
Related terms: on the block
what am I bid?
going once, going twice
if you say so
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: synonyms: whatever you say
whatever
whatevs
glosses: Used to convey lack of agreement together with a refusal to enter into or continue an argument.
Related terms: agree to disagree
so they say
you said it
fangal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fangals
Etymology: From fan + gal.
Senses: examples: text: And on and on until the interview ends, whereupon it's back up to his office, often for yet another interview, this one on the phone, maybe with Trump fan-gal Laura Ingraham or one of the other conservative talk show hosts he regularly feeds nowadays.
ref: 2015 August 6, Bill Powell, “Why Donald Trump Is Crushing the GOP Field”, in Newsweek:
text: […] Anne Hathaway tones up with five days of one-hour workouts, gaining muscle weight for her role in The Last Thing He Wanted with intense HIIT sessions. During downtime, she is a slower paced yoga and hiking fangal.
ref: 2023 June 5, Rebecca Gillam, “18 celebs who swear by weight training, from Adele to Millie Mackintosh & Frankie Bridge”, in Women's Health:
glosses: A fangirl.
by-the-by
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of by the by.
Prévostian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Prévostian
form: most Prévostian
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Antoine François Prévost.
archaeism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archaeisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of archaism or respelling of archæism.
archæism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archæisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of archaism.
Benbecula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /bɛnˈbɛkjʊlə/
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic.
Senses: glosses: An island in the Outer Hebrides, in Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid refs NF74/75/84/85).
radio pill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radio pills
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of radiopill.
radio pills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radio pill
in rag order
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: He looks to be in rag order, one hand on the wall to hold himself up, the other one on his trousers, to hold them up by the looks of it. It's fairly cold out and he's making slow progress to wherever he's headed.
ref: 2003, Donal Ruane, Tales in a Rearview Mirror, page 80:
text: We took over the plant in rag order but had to hand it over as per BAOR standards. So light bulbs that weren't working on the dashboard had to be replaced, an A type job, or Operator job.
ref: 2009, Julian Beirne, Diary of a Sapper, page 289:
text: Our parents left the world in reasonably good shape but I've a horrible feeling we'll be leaving it in rag order. And I'm in rag order, myself. I'm halfway down the stairs in the morning before I'm convinced that I'm awake, that I'm actually alive.
ref: 2019, Roddy Doyle, Charlie Savage:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: In a state of mess or chaos.
rainbow shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rainbow shots
Etymology: In reference to the arched shape of a rainbow.
Senses: examples: text: Even after Spooner dropped in one of his patented rainbow shots from the left side and Schulz scored on another tip-in, Quincy still held a two-point lead with half a minute to go in the third quarter.
ref: 2002, Scott Johnson, Julie Kistler, Once there were giants: how tiny Hebron won the Illinois state basketball championship and the hearts of fans forever, page 158:
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A high arcing shot into the basket.
rainbow shots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rainbow shot
Rikers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: We got one maybe ID, but when we checked, we found out the suspect's been in Rikers for a year on a drug rap.
ref: 2014, James Neal Harvey, Mental Case:
glosses: Ellipsis of Rikers Island, an island housing New York City's main jail complex.
ratchet jaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ratchet jaws
Senses: glosses: An excessively talkative CB radio user; a chatterbox.
ratchet jaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ratchet jaw
UCNI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Under these restrictions, the only way for nuclear information that had been classified as RD to be controlled under UCNI is for the information to be declassified and then for circumstances to change such that the information becomes sufficiently sensitive to warrant reassertion of some degree of control.
ref: 1995, National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources, A Review of the Department of Energy Classification:
glosses: Initialism of unclassified controlled nuclear information.
RDTE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RDT&E
Senses: glosses: Initialism of research, development, test and evaluation.
RDT&E
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of RDTE.
Chetnole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Chetnole and Stockwood Parish Council) in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST6007).
read-around ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: read-around ratios
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: In cathode-ray-tube storage systems, the number of times that a value can be read from a given cell without corrupting adjacent stored values.
read-around ratios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of read-around ratio
to distraction
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: to love someone to distraction
synonyms: to death
to excess
glosses: To an excessive or irrational degree.
Related terms: drive to distraction
reading notice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reading notices
Senses: topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: Synonym of reader (“newspaper advertisement designed to look like a news article”).
synonyms: word: reader
extra: newspaper advertisement designed to look like a news article
reading notices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reading notice
Bradford Peverell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6593).
red bands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red band
Poundbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after "Poundbury Farm", which was the name of the land where the new development was built. Poundbury itself derives from Old English *pund (“enclosure”) + byriġ (“stronghold”). Note that this meaning of pound refers to a place meant for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
Senses: glosses: An experimental new town on the outskirts of Dorchester, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6790).
Related terms: Poundbury Hill
red dogged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of red dog
red dogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of red dog
red geysers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red geyser
Red Hatter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Red Hatters
Etymology: From red + hat + -er.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Red Hat Society, an international social organization for women.
glosses: An employee of Red Hat, an American software company.
Red Hatters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Red Hatter
red Helens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red Helen
red herring prospectus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red herring prospectuses
form: red herring prospectus
Etymology: So called because of the red disclaimer on its front page.
Senses: topics: business
finance
synonyms: red herring
glosses: A document that must be submitted by the issuing company as part of a public offering of securities.
red pipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red pipes
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: blue pipe
glosses: An artery.
blue pipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue pipes
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: red pipe
glosses: A vein.
red pipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red pipe
blue pipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue pipe
slabbing machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slabbing machines
Senses: glosses: A kind of milling machine specialized to develop flat surfaces.
Gorzian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Gorzian
form: most Gorzian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to André Gorz (né Gerhart Hirsch; 1923–2007), Austrian and French social philosopher and journalist.
regie-book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹeɪˈʒi/
Forms: form: regie-books
Etymology: From German Regiebuch, from Regie (“direction (of theatrical work)”) + Buch (“book”).
Senses: examples: text: The director's action plot, prompt-book or regie-book — whichever he calls it — shows diagrammatically the relative positions and movements of the performers throughout the play.
ref: 1938, Theatre Arts Monthly, volume 22, page 513:
text: […] he writes in the margins and blank pages all important statements made by the director about motivations and characterizations, about the cutting or adding of words or lines, the actors' comment on characters and dialogue — in short, the regie-book is a complete picture of what happened at rehearsals.
ref: 1945, Theatre Arts, volume 29, page 57:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: A director's notebook detailing the development of a production.
regie-books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regie-book
Gokuraku
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 極楽 (Gokuraku).
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The abode of Amitabha Buddha; heaven, paradise.
Crossfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in Rocky View County, Alberta, Canada.
clapper-loader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clapper-loaders
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A person employed to operate the clapperboard and to load film into the camera.
clapper-loaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clapper-loader
Godstone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ3551).
glosses: A hamlet in Leigh parish, East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0134).
Derived terms: South Godstone
cleeking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cleek
cleeked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cleek
South Godstone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Godstone parish, Tandridge district, Surrey, England, and the location of Godstone railway station (OS grid ref TQ3648).
clinchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clinching
closed down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of close down
closes down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of close down
closing down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of close down
scoundrelous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scoundrelous
form: most scoundrelous
Etymology: From scoundrel + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Susan, you don't know how wicked and scoundrelous those men can be. They turn up their noses at us old retired country doctors, but they! More scoundrelous men you couldn't wish for, child! It would be just like one of them to tell you that […]
ref: 1977, Bim, volume 2, page 61:
text: In the Kennedy spacetime diagram, the projectile world line tilts downward to the right, and the destruction of the White House occurs before the scoundrelous aliens launched the projectile at the 'shoot' event.
ref: 1999, Clifford A. Pickover, Time: A Traveler's Guide, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
text: “Only just the one, and more an appreciative thought than an impure thought.” “ Wicked, wicked, bad man,” Felicity told him, rubbing her feet. “Scandalous, shameful, scoundrelous bad man.” Gareth smoothed her hair back, ...
ref: 2013, Grace Burrowes, Gareth: Lord of Rakes, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 256:
text: You really are the most scoundrelous, wicked creature. How can you be ensnaring that poor girl all over again? Of course I miss you terribly.
ref: 2015, Colin Spencer, Lovers in War, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:
synonyms: scoundrelly
glosses: Like or befitting a scoundrel.
cloud of title
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clouds of title
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cloud on title.
clouds of title
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cloud of title
scoundrelish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scoundrelish
form: most scoundrelish
Etymology: From scoundrel + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: The same infamous trick, so ignoble and scoundrelish, was practised upon the Russian as upon the British ambassador. The emperor, through pure insolence, insisted on feeding the embassy.
ref: 1881, Thomas De Quincey, The Works of Thomas De Quincey, page 259:
text: With Goldfaden in Odessa we would have to withdraw. But not too far. Only to the nearby provincial towns. To make sure of success there, Rosenberg thought up one of his brilliantly scoundrelish schemes.
ref: 2001, Jacob P. Adler, Lulla Rosenfeld, Jacob Adler: A Life on the Stage : a Memoir, Hal Leonard Corporation, →ISBN, page 104:
text: “You are beautiful,” he whispered. She cast about for something lighthearted to say and skimmed a finger over his upper lip. “I see that your mustache is coming right along. Very scoundrelish.”
ref: 2012, S. Dionne Moore, Promise of Tomorrow, Barbour Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of scoundrelly.
synonyms: word: scoundrelly
go code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: go codes
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A launch code to commence a nuclear attack.
Synonyms: nuclear code
go codes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of go code
countercode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countercodes
Etymology: From counter- + code.
Senses: examples: the codes and countercodes involved in a missile launch
glosses: A code given in response to another code.
countercodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countercode
scoundrelously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more scoundrelously
form: most scoundrelously
Etymology: From scoundrelous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Thou handiest the matter, ... so scoundrelously, and so far below the Rules of alt Logick and Morality.
ref: 1681(?), Hickeringill, Dial. Philautus & Timothy, quoted in 1914, Philological Society (Great Britain), A new English dictionary on historical principles: founded mainly on the materials collected by the Philological Society, page 252
text: Hardworking as he seemed to be, his energies seemed to be scoundrelously dissipated in pursuing perceived enemies, and grafting himself sturdily in the polity. His attempt to amend the constitution to get a third term in office was one of such ...
ref: 2012, J. Isawa Elaigwu, Topical issues in Nigeria's political development, Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd, →ISBN, page 73:
glosses: In a scoundrelous manner.
gomeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gomere
goofies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goofy
goon suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goon suits
Senses: examples: text: After lunch we were all togged up in the most incredible gear, known as goon suits. Orange rubber with welded seams, no shape except for two arms and two legs with feet rather like a rubber baby-grow and just about as difficult to put on […]
ref: 1983, Maria Buxton, Antarctic Diary: A Letter to Her Family, page 16:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A waterproof rubber coverall worn by pilots.
goon suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goon suit
siren suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siren suits
Etymology: In reference to the air-raid sirens that warned civilians to take shelter.
Senses: examples: text: Don't ever use the hood on your anorak; and, if you do, for heaven's sake don't pull the string tight so that you peep out like a little baby in a siren suit.
ref: 1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 61:
glosses: A one-piece garment for the whole body, originally designed to be put on while making one's way to an air-raid shelter.
siren suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of siren suit
giggle suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giggle suits
Etymology: Said to be from its comical appearance.
Senses: examples: text: In this instance, Marty's giggle suit was many sizes too large for him so complete with slouch hat and great red-brown, steel-tipped Army boots, off he went […]
ref: 1976, Ken Clift, The Soldier who Never Grew Up, page 37:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Army fatigues.
giggle suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giggle suit
gopher mob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gopher mobs
Senses: glosses: A gang of criminals who tunnel into vaults in order to steal.
gopher mobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gopher mob
red clump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red clumps
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A group of red giants that cluster together on a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, usually in reference to those around 5000 Kelvin and absolute magnitude +0.5.
go-see
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: go-sees
Senses: examples: text: In order to "book" work you must be prepared and available to go out on go-sees, castings, and auditions.
ref: 2008, Didiayer Snyder, On Your Mark - An Insight Guide to Modeling, page 56:
glosses: Synonym of look-see (“audition for visual appraisal”).
synonyms: word: look-see
extra: audition for visual appraisal
go-sees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of go-see
in the pipeline
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Scheduled to occur in the future.
Related terms: down the line
in the hopper
dardy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)di
Forms: form: dardier
form: dardiest
Etymology: South-West Australian Aboriginal slang.
Senses: glosses: Cool; great.
goulash communism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of Hungarian gulyáskommunizmus, likening the mixed dish of goulash to the mixed (less pure and strict) form of communist ideology.
Senses: synonyms: Kadarism
glosses: The form of communism in Hungary following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, involving economic reforms and reduced repression.
Kadarism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kádárism
Etymology: From the name of János Kádár + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of goulash communism.
synonyms: word: goulash communism
wikipedia: János Kádár
Related terms: Kadarist
kadayifs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kadayif
barracks communism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of German Kasernenkommunismus, coined by Karl Marx in reference to the workers' dormitories (not military barracks).
Senses: glosses: A crude, authoritarian, forced collectivism and communism where all aspects of life are bureaucratically regimented.
wikipedia: Karl Marx
dardier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of dardy: more dardy
dardiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of dardy: most dardy
Meanley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Meanleys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
recycle shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recycle shops
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese リサイクルショップ (risaikuru shoppu), from English recycle + shop.
Senses: glosses: A secondhand shop.
transclassify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: transclassifies
form: transclassifying
form: transclassified
form: transclassified
Etymology: From trans- + classify.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To change the status of (information) from one classification level (e.g. RD or FRD) to another.
Related terms: transclassification
transclassification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trans- + classification.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The process of transclassifying information.
transclassified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of transclassify
transclassifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of transclassify
transclassifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of transclassify
monosexist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more monosexist
form: most monosexist
Senses: examples: text: The challenges of dating in a monosexist world can make the internet sites even more attractive to a bisexual woman where she can more closely manage her image or her audience.
ref: 2013, Donna Castañeda, The Essential Handbook of Women's Sexuality, volume 1, page 37:
text: Bisexual people could still be targeted as untrustworthy, confused, fence-sitters, even mentally ill, simply because they refuse to sexually orient toward just one biological sex in a monosexist society.
ref: 2014, Naomi S. Tucker, Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions, page 307:
glosses: Exhibiting monosexism.
frontlash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frontlashes
Etymology: Blend of front + backlash, coined by US president Lyndon B. Johnson with regard to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The word is still mainly used in reference to that Act.
Senses: examples: text: In his keynote, John Paul Hudson condemned the "glossy commercialism" of David Goodstein and the Advocate, which he said was part of a gay media "backlash" -- while the anti-gay "frontlash" against gays continues.
ref: 1977 April 9, John Kyper, “Controversies Spark Maine Gay Symposium”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
text: When a president uses expansive powers and his policy works, he may benefit from a frontlash effect: the successful assertion of power will not only yield political dividends, it will also strengthen the office of the presidency itself.
ref: 1996, Richard M. Pious, The Presidency, page 89:
glosses: A swell of support for a proposal that counters any backlash.
wikipedia: Civil Rights Act of 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
frontlashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frontlash
Q-spoiling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For our problem the breakin gof the caustics removes the bound on the fluctuations in sin χ and allows the classical escape process and Q-spoiling of the WG modes.
ref: 1996, Richard K. Chang, A. J. Campillo, Optical Processes In Microcavities:
text: Second, as mentioned above, hidden modes with low φ (i.e., low mode order) can become observable with small amounts of Q-spoiling.
ref: 2000, Progress in Optics, page 66:
text: The significant Q-spoiling observed is in part due to the refractive loss in the contact area between the QW sample and the sphere since the QW sample has an index of refraction greater than that of the fused silica microsphere and is also in part due to the scattering loss occurring in the contact area.
ref: 2003, Toshihide Takagahara, Quantum Coherence Correlation and Decoherence in Semiconductor Nanostructures, page 374:
glosses: Synonym of Q-switching.
synonyms: word: Q-switching
Q-spoiling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Q-spoil
Coppel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Q-switch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Q-switches
Etymology: The Q stands for the quality factor of the resonator on the laser.
Senses: examples: text: Around 60-100 W is required to deflect a 60 W beam and hence the Q-switch has to be cooled.
ref: 2003, W. M. Steen, Kenneth Watkins, Laser Material Processing, page 29:
text: The Q-switch was placed at the beam waist of the resonator as mentioned before.
ref: 2009, Soviet Laser Physics - Volume 19, page 1404:
text: The invention of the Q-switch quickly followed the invention of the laser discovered in 1961 and published in 1962 [3].
ref: 2014, Detlev Ristau, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials, page 3:
synonyms: Q spoiler
glosses: A device that causes Q-switching.
examples: text: Also, the appearance of Q-switch and ultra-short pulse technology made the peak power improve greatly, and the efficiency of doubling reached 70-80%.
ref: 2012, Jianquan Yao, Yuyue Wang, Nonlinear Optics and Solid-State Lasers:
text: The general temporal evolution of the Q-switch is sketched in Fig. 4.2 for the case of an active Q-switch that acts on the internal cavity losses Λ.
ref: 2014, Marc Eichhorn, Laser Physics: From Principles to Practical Work in the Lab, page 75:
text: We see that the timer/controller contains a 10 Hz laser Q-switch signal repeated each 100 ms (the Q-switch pulse width is 100 μs, and the lasar pulse with is 10 ns).
ref: 2018, Huabei Jiang, Photoacoustic Tomography, page 109:
glosses: The process of Q-switching.
Q-switch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Q-switches
form: Q-switching
form: Q-switched
form: Q-switched
Etymology: The Q stands for the quality factor of the resonator on the laser.
Senses: examples: text: A variety of methods are available to Q-switch a fiber laser. Most of them are adaptations of those used to Q-switch bulk lasers.
ref: 2001, Michel J.F. Digonnet, Rare-Earth-Doped Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers:
text: The ability to Q-switch this laser results in fast, intense pulses of red light that cannot be generated by other means.
ref: 2011, Mark Csele, Fundamentals of Light Sources and Lasers, page 295:
text: In order to Q-switch an unpolarized laser system, such as Nd:YAG, the lower of the efficiency factors of a longitudinal device determines the extinction ratio of the device.
ref: 2013, Walter Koechner, Solid-State Laser Engineering, page 505:
glosses: To use a Q-switch on (a laser).
Q-switches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Q-switch
Q-switches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Q-switch
Q-switched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Q-switch
Q-spoil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Q-spoils
form: Q-spoiling
form: Q-spoiled
form: Q-spoiled
Senses: examples: text: The ruby laser line may be o broadened to ~ 1 Å if a Kerr Cell is used to Q-spoil the laser for short, high-power pulses.
ref: 1964, Robert E. Ellis, Frederick R. Kovar, Feasibility considerations in the application of laser diagnostics to plasmas of density ~1013 cm⁻³, page 27:
text: Alternatively, the system can be adjusted to Q-spoil the modes, thereby providing a dark trace.
ref: 1967, Microwave Research Institute Symposia Series - Volume 17, page 68:
text: By properly choosing the parameters, the diffracted beam can be deflected out of the laser resonant cavity, thereby providing an energy loss which is sufficient to Q-spoil the cavity.
ref: 2013, Walter Koechner, Solid-State Laser Engineering, page 483:
glosses: Synonym of Q-switch.
synonyms: word: Q-switch
Q-spoils
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Q-spoil
Q-spoiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Q-spoil
Q spoil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Q spoils
form: Q spoiling
form: Q spoiled
form: Q spoiled
Senses: examples: text: Model 402 Laser Q Spoiler is designed to Q spoil laser beams up to 5/8" in diameter.
ref: 1962, SPIE Journal - Volumes 1-2, page 233:
text: The equipment for the experiment was In Figure 8, the quarter-wave plate was positioned to "Q" spoil the cavity during the absence of a shear wave in the birefringent bar.
ref: 1967, G. C. Vorie, T. R. Babcock, Program of research for selective aperture Q-spoiling of a lasar with birefringement scanning mechanism to achieve beam steering, page 12:
text: A unique realization of a one-bounce Fresnel rhomb is presented which, in concert with a linear polarizer, may be used to Q spoil a laser cavity.
ref: 1977, Journal of the Optical Society of America:
glosses: Alternative form of Q-spoil.
Q spoils
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Q spoil
Q spoiling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Q spoil
Q spoiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Q spoil
Q spoiler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Q spoilers
Senses: examples: text: This was done for the oscilloscope and for the laser Q-spoiler circuitry.
ref: 1966, Herman M. Presby, Laser Phasography of Jets, Shocks and Plasmas, page 62:
glosses: Synonym of Q-switch.
synonyms: word: Q-switch
Q spoilers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Q spoiler
sheftsvo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Russian шефство (šefstvo, “patronage; sponsorship”).
Senses: glosses: In the Soviet Union, a form of patronage where more skilled or advanced workers (such as military troops or a factory) provided assistance and mentoring to the less skilled (such as farmers and construction labourers).
Moorside
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9507).
glosses: An area of Swinton, Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7601).
glosses: A suburban area of Bramley, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2435).
glosses: A suburb of Drighlington, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2228).
rising of the lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lights (“lungs”).
Senses: examples: text: John Graunt reflected on the increases in death from particular diseases between 1634 and 1660: […] That the Rising of the lights (supposed in most Cases to be the Fits of the Mother) have also encreased in thirty years, […]
ref: c. 1660-1674, John Graunt, quoted in 2008, David Brandon, Alan Brooke, London: City of the Dead, The History Press
text: The December 1759 edition, for example, offers a bleak perspective on an underside of the Enlightenment, Of the 19514 deaths on the London list, […] the causes of death included these: bloody flux, twisting of the guts, evil, French pox, rising of the lights, ...
ref: 2006, Nigel Starck, Life After Death: The Art of the Obituary, Melbourne Univ. Publishing, →ISBN, page 19:
glosses: An illness or obstructive condition of the larynx, trachea, or lungs, found as a cause of death on bills of mortality in the 16- and 1700s; possibly croup.
shelf-screamer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shelf-screamers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shelf-talker.
synonyms: word: shelf-talker
shelf-wobbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shelf-wobblers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shelf-talker.
synonyms: word: shelf-talker
shelf-wobblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shelf-wobbler
shelf-screamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shelf-screamer
shell corporation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shell corporations
Senses: glosses: A shell company.
shell corporations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shell corporation
Sherman statement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sherman statements
Etymology: See Shermanesque.
Senses: synonyms: word: Sherman
glosses: An official refusal to serve in public office or similar; a Shermanesque statement.
Sherman statements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sherman statement
Sherman's hairpin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sherman's hairpins
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Sherman necktie.
synonyms: word: Sherman necktie
Sherman's hairpins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sherman's hairpin
trailman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trailmen
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trailsman.
trailmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trailman
trailsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trailsmen
form: trailman
Etymology: From trail + -s- + -man.
Senses: examples: text: The Coyote Bill mentioned in his story was a trailsman skilled in every trick of the open spaces. He was a man of iron constitution, and he was reputed to be a deadly shot.
ref: 2000, F. W. Anderson, Art Downs, The Death of Albert Johnson: Mad Trapper of Rat River, page 80:
glosses: A person skilled in outdoor survival on the trail.
trailsmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trailsman
orgonomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to orgonomy.
orgonomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of orgone.
Related terms: orgonomic
anorgonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From an- + orgone + -ia.
Senses: glosses: A deficit of orgone energy within an organism.
QMHP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QMHPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of qualified mental health professional.
glosses: Initialism of qualified mental health provider.
QMHPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of QMHP
revolutioneer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revolutioneers
Etymology: From revolution + -eer.
Senses: examples: text: Skirmishers from Baía marched on to help the revolutioneers.
ref: 1939, History of Brazil, page 26:
text: In any country, whenever you secretly participate or openly assist, by whatever means, the revolt against the existing social system, you are a revolutioneer, an outlaw, and the State punishes you severely.
ref: 1948, Trans-Atlantic, from Office of Labor Advisors - Volumes 1-5, page 3:
text: Thorstein Veblen, who hated businessmen per se, and whose writings influenced the New Deal revolutioneers, gave "C grades to all his pupils at Columbia University.
ref: 1952, George Francis Taubeneck, Peace and progress: how to be happy despite the politicians, page 27:
text: French revolutioneers wore cheap pants with coloured stripes, so they called themselves Sans Culotte because they looked more like parading in pyjamas.
ref: 1966, Vital Angel, Of heaven on earth, page 234:
glosses: One who revolts or who does something revolutionary; revolutionist.
revolutioneer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: revolutioneers
form: revolutioneering
form: revolutioneered
form: revolutioneered
Etymology: From revolution + -eer.
Senses: examples: text: A good word, well applied and highly geared, Has oft worlds friendly revolutioneered.
ref: 1956, Jacob Hugo Weinschenk, The Poet and the Vineyards, page 68:
text: Now magots with me, have an Irrisistible, Irritating, repulsive power, and to see Two armies of those Larvas Issuing from Two opposite parts of a cheese, so much revolutionise my stomack (particularly when at sea) that, that same stomack revolutioneers again them.
ref: 2011, John James Audubon, Daniel Patterson, Patricio J. Serrano, John James Audubon's Journal Of 1826, page 47:
text: Heller here also criticises the Nation-State, which we do not need. Instead, we need to revolutioneer the institutions that create and serve equity and well-being.
ref: 2019, E Değirmenci, “A Critique of The Limits of Growth from Social Ecology Perspective”, in Federico Venturini, Emet Degirmenci, Inés Morales, editors, Social Ecology and the Right to the City:
glosses: To revolt against.
revolutioneers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revolutioneer
revolutioneers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of revolutioneer
revolutioneering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of revolutioneer
revolutioneered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of revolutioneer
rewallow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rewallows
form: rewallowing
form: rewallowed
form: rewallowed
Etymology: From re- + wallow.
Senses: examples: text: By the Dog returning to eat what he vomited, and the Sow wash'd rewallowing in the Mire.
ref: 1752, Christopher Brown, Itinerarium totius Sacræ Scripturæ: or The Sacred History and Doctrine of the New Testament:
text: That fine flash of sarcasm, rewallowing in a glaze tub, etc., etc., would lead one to suppose that he never did any preliminary work, but that he was predestinated to all those subsequent events which he has set out in his ticket of admission.
ref: 1896 March, J.H., “Correspondence: Enameling and Enamelers”, in The Clay Worker, volume 25, number 3, page 359:
text: But he is here . . .taking up again what he had before rejected, and defiling himself in that from which he had been cleansed. . .entangled with their old sins, swallowed down their formerly rejected lusts, and rewallowed in the mire of corruption.
ref: 1998, Harold E. Will, Will's Commentary on the New Testament, Volume 11: I Peter -Jude, page 154:
glosses: To wallow again.
rewallows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rewallow
rewallowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rewallow
rewallowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rewallow
rewhisper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈwɪspə(ɹ)/
/ɹiːˈʍɪspə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: rewhispers
form: rewhispering
form: rewhispered
form: rewhispered
Etymology: From re- + whisper.
Senses: examples: text: And the Mother there once more Will rewhisper her dark word, That my brothers all may wonder, Hearing then as once I heard.
ref: 1899, Bliss Carman, Low Tide on Grand Pré: A Book of Lyrics, page 104:
glosses: To whisper again.
rewhispers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rewhisper
rewhispering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rewhisper
rewhispered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rewhisper
Cmdr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cmdrs
form: Cmdr.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of commander.
Cmdr.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cmdrs.
Senses: examples: text: “We are aware that there has been an unauthorized release of video footage from flight deck cameras onboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) of the F-35C Lightning II crash that occurred Jan. 24, in the South China Sea. There is an ongoing investigation into both the crash and the unauthorized release of the shipboard video footage,” Cmdr. Zach Harrell, spokesperson for Commander, Naval Air Forces, said in an email.
ref: 2022 February 7, Brad Lendon and Ivan Watson, “Newly leaked video shows F-35 crashing in flames on aircraft carrier”, in CNN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Cmdr.
chooses up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of choose up
choosing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of choose up
Arcimboldian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Arcimboldian
form: most Arcimboldian
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
Peruginesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Peruginesque
form: most Peruginesque
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Pietro Perugino.
Rodinesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rodinesque
form: most Rodinesque
Senses: glosses: In the style of Auguste Rodin (1840–1917), French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture.
Related terms: Rodinian
Rodinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rodinian
form: most Rodinian
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Auguste Rodin (1840–1917), French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture.
Escoffierian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Escoffierian
form: most Escoffierian
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Auguste Escoffier.
Carêmian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Carêmian
form: most Carêmian
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Marie-Antoine Carême.
Lamartinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Lamartinian
form: most Lamartinian
Etymology: Calqued from French lamartinien or from Lamartine + -ian; after Alphonse de Lamartine.
Senses: topics: government
literature
media
politics
publishing
glosses: Of or pertaining to Alphonse de Lamartine.
wikipedia: Alphonse de Lamartine
Petipaesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Petipaesque
form: most Petipaesque
Senses: glosses: In the style of Marius Petipa.
Balanchinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Balanchinian
form: most Balanchinian
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to George Balanchine.
Nureyevian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Nureyevian
form: most Nureyevian
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Rudolf Nureyev.
Gattopardian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Gattopardian
form: most Gattopardian
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel The Leopard (Italian: Il Gattopardo).
Leopardian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Leopardian
form: most Leopardian
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Giacomo Leopardi.
Wirksworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2853).
Earlsfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Earl + -s- + field.
Senses: glosses: A suburb in borough of Wandsworth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2673).
Denby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Denbys
Etymology: From Old English Dene (“Dane”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”). Compare the doublet Danby.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3946).
glosses: An unincorporated community in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States.
glosses: A habitational surname.
Derived terms: Denby Dale
Kings Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: King's Park
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Unley, South Australia.
glosses: A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A park in Perth, Western Australia.
glosses: A park in Boscombe, a suburb of the town of Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
glosses: A census-designated place, a suburb of Washington, D.C. in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.
glosses: A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Smithtown, Suffolk County, New York, United States.