cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bafta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæftə/
rhymes: -æftə
Forms: form: baftas
form: baft
form: baftae
form: baftah
form: bufta
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from Persian بافته (“woven, wrought”).
Senses: examples: text: But really I have never heard that the up-country vrouwen were in such a violent hurry for baftas and punjums but what the ox-wagons and local stores there could keep them supplied.
ref: 1968, R[alph] N[ixon] Currey, editor, Letters and Other Writings of a Natal Sheriff, Thomas Phipson 1815-76, Cape Town: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 171:
glosses: A coarse material, usually of cotton, originally made in India.
glosses: An imitation of this fabric.
baggager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baggagers
Etymology: From baggage + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who takes care of baggage; a camp follower.
baggagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baggager
bajocco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bajoccos
form: bajocchi
form: baioc
form: baiocco
Etymology: From an archaic spelling of Italian baiocco, from baio (“brown”), after its color.
Senses: examples: text: I have heard a brother of the story-telling trade, at Naples, preaching to a pack of good-for-nothing honest lazy fellows by the sea-shore, work himself up into such a rage and passion with some of the villains whose wicked deeds he was describing and inventing, that the audience could not resist it; and they and the poet together would burst out into a roar of oaths and execrations against the fictitious monster of the tale, so that the hat went round, and the bajocchi tumbled into it, in the midst of a perfect storm of sympathy.
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 8, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: A coin, originally copper, later silver, issued by the Papal States from the 15th century to 1865. In the 19th century the value was five hundredths of a lira.
bajoccos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bajocco
nonmottled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + mottled.
Senses: glosses: Not mottled.
unmottled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + mottled.
Senses: glosses: Not mottled.
polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyoxybenzylmethyleneglycolanhydride
Etymology: From poly- + oxy- + benzyl + methylene + glycol + anhydride.
Senses: examples: text: […]Baekeland introduced polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride to the scientific community at the 909 meeting of the New York chapter of the American Chemical Society, and to the world thereafter as “Bakelite.”
ref: 2007, Elizabeth H. Oakes, Encyclopedia of world scientists: Volume 1, page 38:
text: Compared to the uniformity of modern plastics, the lightly marbled grain of true Bakelite feels organic: not something you'd expect from a substance whose real name is polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride.
ref: 2008, Robin Halstead, Jason Hazeley, Alex Morris, More Bollocks to Alton Towers: Far from the Sodding Crowd:
text: […]Yonkers was the home of Leo Baekeland, the Belgian chemist who had accidentally discovered polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, better known as Bakelite, while working to produce a synthetic replacement for shellac[…]
ref: 2011, Alan Bradley, A Red Herring Without Mustard:
glosses: Synonym of Bakelite.
synonyms: word: Bakelite
balachong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balachaung
form: blachang
form: blachong
Etymology: From Malay belacan.
Senses: examples: text: Travellers on the steamers of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company are wont to rail in no measured terms at the fish-paste which forms an invariable and obtrusively evident part of the cargo, yet no Burman would think a dinner complete without his modicum of nga-pee, and it is a noteworthy fact that one form of the condiment is of frequent appearance on English dinner-tables in the East, under the name of balachong, a term borrowed from the Straits Settlements, but which designates nothing more nor less than a specially prepared variety of nga-pee.
ref: 1882, James George Scott, The Burman: His Life and Notions, Ch. xxviii: "Nga-pee"
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A Malaysian and Singaporean form of ngapi, a Southeast Asian condiment made from fermented and compressed fish or shrimp.
bakingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bakingly
form: most bakingly
Etymology: From baking + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It was a bakingly hot day without a cloud in the sky.
glosses: So as to bake.
balas ruby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balas rubies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of balas-ruby.
baculite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baculites
Etymology: From Latin baculum (“stick”) + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: The shell of a baculite was quite simply straight—an unexpected throwback to the early days of cephalopods.
ref: 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 89:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Any of the genus †Baculites of extinct cephalopod heteromorph ammonites.
bailiffwick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bailiffwicks
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of bailiwick.
bailiffwicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bailiffwick
tent-maker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tent-makers
Etymology: From tent + maker.
Senses: examples: text: As far as Paul was concerned, the trade that met all these criteria was that of tent-maker (Acts 18: 3).
ref: 2005, Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, Paul: His Story, page 29:
glosses: Someone who makes tents.
tent-makers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tent-maker
eduspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From education + -speak.
Senses: examples: text: He generally spoke without academic mannerism, though on occasion he dipped into the over-wrought thickets of eduspeak to find words like “antithetical” or “foci” or “interface.”
ref: 1992, C Fraser Smith, Lenny, Lefty, and the Chancellor:
text: The new eduspeak talks about "enhancing," "promoting self-awareness," "sharing," "networking," "modeling," and other assorted activities.
ref: 2003, Raymond E. Lemley, Straight talk for principals:
glosses: The jargon used by educators.
tourtieres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tourtiere
I take it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: I take it you're not a very big fan of the carrot?
glosses: Used to express one's understanding of another's position.
var.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of variable.
glosses: Abbreviation of various.
var.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vars.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of variant.
glosses: Abbreviation of variation.
examples: text: Some of these roses and other exotic spp. are the parents of our cultivated roses—tea roses, hybrid perpetuals, climbers, ramblers etc.—over 5000 vars. having been named.
ref: 1956, Arthur Harmount Graves, “Ròsa—Rose”, in Illustrated Guide to Trees and Shrubs : A Handbook of the Woody Plants of the Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada, revised edition, New York: Dover Publications, published 1992, page 146:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: Abbreviation of variety.
glosses: Abbreviation of variometer.
quenda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quendas
Etymology: Borrowed from Nyunga gwernda.
Senses: glosses: A short-nosed bandicoot, Isoodon fusciventer, found in southwestern Western Australia (formerly treated as a subspecies of the southern brown bandicoot, Isoodon obesulus).
test pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: test patterns
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: A test signal, typically broadcast at times when the transmitter is active but no program is being broadcast.
Synonyms: test card
shock troops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shock troop
at the corner
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Nearby
raw_tags: not used in UK
he or she
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: they
form: she or he
form: heorshe
form: he/she
form: she/he
form: s/he
form: (s)he
Senses: examples: text: In Skinner the Court stated: It is not disputed, however, that chemical analysis of urine, like that of blood, can reveal a host of private medical facts about an employee, including whether he or she is epileptic, pregnant, or diabetic.
ref: 2003, Doyice Cotten, John T. Wolohan, Law for recreation and sport managers, page 466:
glosses: He or she; used as a gender-neutral reference to the third person singular.
Related terms: word: she/he
word: his/her
word: him/her
word: himself/herself
word: him/herself
word: they
shitly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more shitly
form: most shitly
Etymology: From shit + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Terribly; extremely poorly.
Synonyms: shittily
Jeddah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛdə
Forms: form: Jiddah
form: Jidda
form: Jedda
Etymology: Ultimately from Arabic جِدَّة (jidda).
Senses: synonyms: Bride of the Red Sea
glosses: A port city in Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia.
Chinese edible frog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese edible frogs
Senses: glosses: A species of frog (Hoplobatrachus chinensis, syn. Hoplobatrachus rugulosus), found mostly in Southeast Asia.
Chinese ragwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A rare species of ragwort, Sinacalia tangutica, endemic to China
Related terms: groundsel
epipelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Growing on mud
raw_tags: of algae
Related terms: epipelon
what's what
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: what is what
form: what was what
Senses: examples: text: Besides, he had some qualities which fix
Middle-aged ladies even more than young:
The former know what's what; while new-fledged chicks
Know little more of Love than what is sung
In rhymes . . .
ref: 1823, Lord Byron, Don Juan, Canto the Tenth
text: "Well, I know what's what, too. I know what you are for one thing." He chuckled. "I've got your number all right."
ref: 1918, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 18, in Piccadilly Jim:
text: Anyway, he's a wise old bird and may hand you a pointer or two about what's what in New York.
ref: 1921, Samuel Hopkins Adams, chapter 17, in Success:
text: This was a hardship in as much as inquiry showed that even in vegetarian restaurants many courses used to contain eggs. This meant that unless I knew what was what, I had to go through the awkward process of ascertaining whether a particular course contained eggs or no, for many puddings and cakes were not free from them.
ref: c. 1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xvii
text: Sometimes it takes a scruffy underdog to show the professionals what's what. During the London riots, it was tiny Birmingham broadcaster Sangat TV that trumped the BBC and CNN with its riveting footage and quirky commentary.
ref: 2011 August 15, Sonia Van Gilder Cooke, “Sangat TV”, in Time:
glosses: Precisely what the situation really is or what the facts truly are; the true state of things.
Related terms: set straight
who's who
what is what
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of what's what.
sore losers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sore loser
doublable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more doublable
form: most doublable
Etymology: From double + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being doubled.
stepchart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stepcharts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of step chart.
tweetable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tweetable
form: most tweetable
Etymology: From tweet + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of, or deserving of being tweeted (“sent as a message on the Twitter microblogging service”).
Synonyms: Twitterable
SRV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Socialist Republic of Vietnam, official name of Vietnam: a country in Southeast Asia.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of Stevie Ray Vaughan
Related terms: DRV
RVN
VN
SRV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SRVs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of suborbital reusable vehicle.
Synonyms: sRLV
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Senses: glosses: Official name of Vietnam: a country in Southeast Asia.
Synonyms: SRV
Vietnam
Derived terms: SRV
Related terms: word: Democratic Republic of Vietnam
word: Republic of Vietnam
word: Vietnam
pro-lifers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pro-lifer
satellite navigation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Practice of calculating one's position and velocity using radio signals transmitted from space satellites as reference.
Hyponyms: navigation
Related terms: satellite navigation system
GPS
prismatic colors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prismatic colours
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Colors visible when white light is split in a prism.
prismatic colours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prismatic colors
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Colours visible when white light is split in a prisma.
stand shilly-shally
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stands shilly-shally
form: standing shilly-shally
form: stood shilly-shally
form: stood shilly-shally
Senses: glosses: To hesitate, vacillate or procrastinate.
fenochia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Fenochia removed is never ſo good and tender as that which is not, it receives ſuch a Check in Tranſplanting in its Infancy; which, like the Rickets, leaves Knots that indurate the Parts of the Fennel, and ſpoil it from being a Dainty.
ref: 1751, Jethro Tull, Horſe-Hoeing Husbandry (3rd ed.), page 49
text: In the superior class of gardens we generally find, in addition to the above,…Fennel, Fenochia, and rarely Dill.
ref: 1814, Sir John Sinclair [dir.], General Report of the Agricultural State, and Political Circumstances, of Scotland, volume 2, pages 107–108:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of finocchio.
fenochio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fenochi
form: fenochii
Senses: examples: text: 1720, Stephen Switzer, A Compendious, but more Particular Method, than has ever yet been publish’d, for the Raising Italian Brocoli, Spanish Cardoon, Celeriac, Fenochi, and other foreign Kitchen Vegetables (1st edition, printed by S.A. and sold by T. Astley), main title
text: How thrive your garden-plants? how look the trees? how ſpring the Brocoli and the Fenochio? hard names to ſpell! how did the poppies bloom? and how is the great room approved? what parties have you had of pleaſure? what in the grotto? what upon the Thames?
ref: 1723 August 14th, Robert Digby, Letter to Alexander Pope, letter XIV (of XVIII) in “Letters to and from the Honourable Robert Digby, from 1717 to 1724” in The Works of Alexander Pope, volume VI (2nd edition, 1737), page 95
text: January is generally cold for sitting out, and February wet; and before the end of March the vegetation is often so far advanced that the Alban Hills, which have retained glorious sapphire and amethyst tints all winter, change into commonplace green English downs; while the Campagna, from the crimson and gold of its dying thistles and fenochii, becomes a lovely green plain waving with flowers.
ref: 1871, Augustus John Cuthbert Hare, Walks in Rome, volume 1, published 2010, page 35:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of finocchio.
fenochi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fenochio
fenochii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fenochio
confessionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more confessionally
form: most confessionally
Etymology: From confessional + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Koslofsky speculates that it was driven by the need to find new sources of authority in a confessionally fragmented age.
ref: 2011 September 21, Tim Blanning, “The reinvention of the night”, in Times Literary Supplement:
glosses: With regard to religious confession; denominationally, religiously.
dorso-ventrally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dorso-ventrally
form: most dorso-ventrally
Senses: examples: text: So it is that one of the characteristics that the sperm whale shares with all cetaceans is that it swims by flexing its tail flukes dorso-ventrally, a less efficient way of swimming than that of its distant piscine ancestors, but a mode of locomotion that derives directly from the galloping of its more recent terrestrial ones.
ref: 2011 September 22, Richard Shelton, “Sheep, pig, whale”, in Times Literary Supplement:
glosses: In a dorso-ventral direction; from the back to the front.
stelocyttarous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”) + ?
Senses: glosses: Supported by one or more pillars.
raw_tags: of an insect's nest
gymnodomous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gymno- + Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos, “house”) + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Lacking an envelope; open to the surrounding environment.
raw_tags: of an insect's nest
Related terms: isodomous
lithodomous
monodomous
polydomous
preboot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + boot.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Before booting.
autosensing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + sensing.
Senses: examples: an autosensing voltage circuit
glosses: That senses automatically.
hyperthreading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + threading, coined as a trademark (Hyper-Threading Technology) by Intel.
Senses: examples: text: The scope of hyperthreading instructions is not covered in this book.
ref: 2005, James Leiterman, 32/64-Bit 80x86 Assembly Language Architecture, page 457:
text: There are some cases where hyperthreading actually degrades CPU performance, especially when CPU utilization is high.
ref: 2010, Mike Laverick, VMware VSphere 4 Implementation, page 307:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A form of microprocessor parallelization where each physical processor is treated as two virtual processors.
wikipedia: Intel
tabify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tabifies
form: tabifying
form: tabified
form: tabified
Etymology: From tab + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: A common use of this program is to tabify text files which you've loaded in over the phone from a computer system (like UNIX) that tends to turn all tabs into spaces for 300 baud DEC writers.
ref: 1985, Terry A. Ward, Applied programming techniques in C:
text: You can only tabify source code
ref: 1999, Michael Amundsen, Practical Visual InterDev 6:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To reformat (text) by converting spaces into tab characters.
Related terms: Tabs vs Spaces Debate in Programming
tabifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tabify
tabifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tabify
tabified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tabify
untabify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: untabifies
form: untabifying
form: untabified
form: untabified
Etymology: From un- + tabify.
Senses: examples: text: The untabify command works on a region.
ref: 1996, Debra Cameron, Bill Rosenblatt, Eric S. Raymond, Learning GNU Emacs, page 221:
text: The macro expands the command to untabify an entire document, and not just selected text.
ref: 1998, Microsoft Visual Studio Core Reference Set, volume 2:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To reformat (text) by converting tab characters into spaces.
untabifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of untabify
untabifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of untabify
untabified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of untabify
tabification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tab + -ification.
Senses: examples: text: You can see that tabification can greatly reduce the length of such strings, hence the length of text files. For that reason, Blaise Computing Inc. source code files are tabified.
ref: 1989, James T. Smith, Advanced Turbo C:
text: I'd like to call your attention to four of them: check for accessibility, markup preservation, simplified tabification and indentation, and target schema validation.
ref: 2006, Dino Esposito, Programming Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 core reference:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The process of tabifying.
hyperthreaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + threaded.
Senses: examples: text: A more sophisticated and subtle example of some of the changes that have occurred between older and newer WinTel systems involves hyperthreaded CPUs on Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 databases.
ref: 2007, Bert Scalzo, Claudia Fernandez, Mike Ault, Database Benchmarking: Practical Methods for Oracle and SQL Server, page 93:
text: There are also hyperthreaded processors that generally provide two execution threads for each processor or core.
ref: 2009, Tim Cerling, Jeffrey Buller, Chuck Enstall, Mastering Microsoft Virtualization, page 237:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Using hyperthreading.
subnamespace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subnamespaces
Etymology: From sub- + namespace.
Senses: examples: text: Remember that there are subnamespaces that we need as well, but by default this setting will only apply to the current namespace, so setting these permissions is not enough.
ref: 2011, Timothy Mullen, Microsoft Security Bible, page 204:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A namespace within another namespace.
subnamespaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subnamespace
untabification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + tabification.
Senses: examples: text: It makes untabification a bit easier, since you can do it all at once with the simple sequence C-x h ESC x untabify RETURN.
ref: 1996, Debra Cameron, Bill Rosenblatt, Eric S. Raymond, Learning GNU Emacs, page 221:
text: Well, _if_ you're going to do untabification, I guess it's best to keep it separate, but ... I think in general it's a very bad idea to make widespread source changes for purely cosmetic reasons[…]
ref: 2007, Miles Bader, “untabify Lisp sources”, in gnus.ding (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The process of untabifying.
Who's Who
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of who's who.
extrabiblical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + biblical.
Senses: examples: text: The biblical "empire" of David and Solomon is not mentioned in any known extrabiblical texts, nor are any of its kings[…]
ref: 1999, Paula M. McNutt, Reconstructing the Society of Ancient Israel, page 108:
glosses: Outside the Bible.
familiarizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: familiarizers
Etymology: From familiarize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, familiarizes.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A term that conveys familiarity.
familiarizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of familiarizer
parapublic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more parapublic
form: most parapublic
Etymology: From para- (“near to, alongside”) + public.
Senses: examples: text: The H135 has gained popularity in China in recent years, performing various parapublic, corporate and tourism missions.
ref: 2016 June 13, Mark Huber, “China Signs $790M Deal for 100 Airbus H135 Helicopters”, in Aviation International News:
text: Speaking on the parapublic market, Rochereau said there was increasing demand in the law enforcement, maritime security and helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) segments with Airbus' light-twin H135 helicopter as the top choice.
ref: 2022 March 28, Bilqis Bahari, “Big growth potential in Malaysia's military, parapublic helicopters market, says Airbus”, in New Straits Times:
text: Aircraft and helicopter manufacturer Airbus highlights its growth potential in the Philippines' military and parapublic helicopter sectors.
ref: 2022 April 28, Ed Paolo Salting, “Airbus sees prospects in heli market”, in The Manila Times:
glosses: Having ties to both the public and private sector; partially funded or managed by the government.
withsayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: withsayers
form: withseier
Etymology: From Middle English withseier, equivalent to withsay + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who withsays; an opponent.
Synonyms: gainsayer
nondedicated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + dedicated.
Senses: glosses: Not dedicated; used for more than one purpose.
nondual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + dual.
Senses: glosses: Not dual; not pertaining to philosophical duality.
zoopsychologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zoopsychologists
Etymology: From zoo- + psychologist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies or practices zoopsychology.
zoopsychologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoopsychologist
ruthfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ruthfully
form: most ruthfully
Etymology: From Middle English rewthfully, equivalent to ruthful + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: cæsar [ruthfully] Rufio, Rufio: my men at the barricade are between the sea party and the shore party. I have murdered them.
ref: 1898, [George] Bernard Shaw, “Cæsar and Cleopatra”, in Three Plays for Puritans: The Devil’s Disciple, Cæsar and Cleopatra, & Captain Brassbound’s Conversion, London: Grant Richards, […], published 1901, →OCLC, Act III, page 160:
text: They tantalize, particularly when the speaker or the central character of the lyric is a prematurely married girl, ruthfully yearning to return to her parental home, and there, reunite with her childhood lover.
ref: 1997, K. Ayyappapanicker, Sahitya Akademi staff, Medieval Indian Literature: An Anthology, page 232:
text: No change, he reflected ruthfully a moment later, was to be got from Empson that way.
ref: 2001, Michael Innes, Death at the President's Lodging, page 188:
topics: manner
glosses: In a manner that is ruthful:
Sorrowfully, ruefully.
examples: 1997, Neil W. Hamilton (quoting Owen Lattimore), Zealotry and Academic Freedom, page 313,
This commonplace observation becomes very poignant when you are the man accused, and a man like McCarthy ruthfully exploits his advantage by making the accusations so sensational that the revelation of the truth seems drab and dull by comparison.
topics: manner
glosses: In a manner that is ruthful:
In a manner that causes pity; piteously.
examples: text: Lee's wait was ruthfully short, although he might have traded the first news that reached him for a return to uncertainty.
ref: 1999, Joseph L. Harsh, Taken at the Flood: Robert E. Lee and Confederate Strategy in the Maryland Campaign of 1862, page 285:
topics: manner
glosses: In a manner that is ruthful:
Compassionately; mercifully.
tactiques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tactique
vacuum fluorescent display
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vacuum fluorescent displays
Senses: glosses: A display device, based on a cathode and anode held in a high vacuum condition, that emits a bright light with high contrast and can display various colours.
Synonyms: VFD
codewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From code + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: A theme may be, in itself, perfectly moral, but if the plot is replete with offensive and unacceptable details, the entire story becomes unacceptable codewise.
ref: 1937, Olga Johanna Martin, Hollywood's movie commandments, page 106:
text: The four symbols are designated 1, 2, 3 and 4 and their codes are 0001, 0111, 1101 and 1100, respectively, as shown on the map in Fig. 4. Note that only symbols 3 and 4 are codewise adjacent.
ref: 1962, IEEE transactions on computers: Volume 11:
text: So what is really happening codewise? During runtime, the interpreter attempts to execute all the code within the try statement.
ref: 2006, Wesley Chun, Core Python Programming:
glosses: In terms of code or a specific code.
shirtier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of shirty: more shirty
codetermining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of codetermine
codetermines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of codetermine
codetermined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of codetermine
cineliteracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cine- + literacy.
Senses: examples: text: It's easy to caricature Tarantino as a film geek cocooned in cineliteracy - but hard to think of another art form in which knowledge of the medium would be disparaged like this.
ref: 2005, Paul A. Woods, Quentin Tarantino: The Film Geek Files:
glosses: Familiarity with films and cinema.
rockface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rockfaces
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rock face.
rockfaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rockface
unmantled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + mantled.
Senses: glosses: Without a mantle.
rockfests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rockfest
cineliterate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cineliterate
form: most cineliterate
Etymology: From cine- + literate.
Senses: examples: text: The noir “look” is now part of a knowing postmodern culture, with cineliterate audiences attuned to the multiple allusions and prepared to accept a greater narrative ambiguity and range of stylistic devices.
ref: 2010, Andrew Spicer, Historical dictionary of film noir, page 218:
glosses: Familiar with films and cinema.
Related terms: cineliteracy
dutchie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dŭch
ipa: /ˈdʌt͡ʃi/
homophone: duchy
homophone: dutchy
Forms: form: dutchies
Etymology: From Dutch + -ie. It is unclear whether the sense of a cannabis joint comes from an earlier meaning of cannabis blunt rolled using a Dutch Masters cigar or whether it instead derives from the song Pass the Dutchie, which is itself based on the song Pass the Kouchie (where kouchie in the title refers to koutchie (a pipe for smoking cannabis)).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
smoking
glosses: A cannabis blunt rolled inside a Dutch Masters cigar.
topics: lifestyle
smoking
glosses: A cannabis joint.
glosses: A fast food pastry, being a square doughnut with raisins and glaze.
glosses: A large cooking pot; a Dutch pot; a Dutch oven.
sad case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sad cases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sadcase.
meowier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of meowy: more meowy
meowiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of meowy: most meowy
Beatlehead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Beatleheads
Etymology: From Beatle + -head.
Senses: glosses: One who has excessive knowledge of and interest in the Beatles.
Synonyms: Beatlemaniac
chings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ching
chings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ching
chinging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ching
chinging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chingings
Senses: synonyms: shaving
glosses: A stabbing.
hyperspecific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperspecific
form: most hyperspecific
Etymology: From hyper- + specific.
Senses: examples: text: He landed not on coherent memories but on hyperspecific details – the salty weight of the air at sea, the length of Victoire’s eyelashes, the hitch in Ramy’s voice just before he burst out into full-bellied laughter.
ref: 2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, HarperVoyager, page 534:
glosses: Very highly specific.
niggerfuxation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nigger + fuck + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: White people can afford to stand by NO LONGER, and watch our land succumb to niggerfuxation, city by city. We must secure the existence of our people […]
ref: 2002, (unknown author), SICKKKENING LIBERAL PUSSYBABBLE! (on newsgroup atl.general)
text: These actions should correct the racial imbalance and begin the niggerfuxation of joorael.
ref: 2004, (unknown author), Ending hate in Israel (on newsgroup alt.flame.niggers)
text: Look at your cities they have become cesspools of niggerfuxation.
ref: 2006, Raptorman, “French teacher "send"jewish student to furnace, oi !!!”, in soc.culture.israel (Usenet):
text: Placing niggers in ANY position of authority always leads to inescapable niggerfuxation.
ref: 2014 March 16, Reb Biker, “Re: Court blasts indicted niggasow Judge Tracie Hunter”, in alt.flame.cincinnati (Usenet):
text: 80 days until that ignorant nigger Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama is out of office.
ref: 2017 February 5, Henry Reid, “8, count 'em, 8 years of niggerfuxation is coming to an end.”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):
glosses: Ruination by black people.
Derived terms: word: fuxation
Related terms: niggerfuxated
ignorative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Introduced by linguist Anna Wierzbicka (born 1938). See ignorant, -ative.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Applied to certain linguistic constructs that express indefiniteness or indicate that something is unknown.
wikipedia: Anna Wierzbicka
reprogrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reprogramme
biographist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biographists
Senses: glosses: A biographer.
biographists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biographist
iconographist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iconographists
Senses: glosses: An iconographer.
iconographists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iconographist
deprogrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deprogramme
Imai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Imais
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 今井 (Imai).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
inelative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The Lezgi language has an inelative case.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Expressing the notion "from inside" or "out of".
Derived terms: inelative case
pentagramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentagrammes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pentagram.
fenocchio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fenocchi
Senses: examples: text: Pray aſk Mr. Synge whether his Fenocchio be grown; it is now fit to eat here, and we eat it like Sellary, either with or without Oil, &c.
ref: 1727 July 1, Jonathan Swift, “Letter XVIII: from Dr. Swift to Dr. Sheridan”, in Miſcellanies, volume 10, published 1745, pages 110–111:
text: […] Since buried she lay in a deep bed of Oysters,
He’d live on “Fenocchi,” and die in his Cloisters! […]
ref: 1860, Idea [pseud.], Lyrics and Legends of Rome, epilogue, “Storia dell’ Mas’ Aniello”, page 148
text: A boy is climbing up a wall to pick the golden oranges which are hanging over it; beneath, a flock of chickens are pecking at a sieve filled with almost more golden Indian maize; and through all this collection of life when we were there, the priest, in purple cassock and white pellerine, was moving from house to house, pronouncing his Easter benediction upon the furniture and cooking utensils, and followed by a man with a large basket to receive the dole of eggs, saffron-cakes, and fenocchi, which he expected in return.
ref: 1895, Augustus John Cuthbert Hare, Days Near Rome, 3rd edition, volume 2, G. Routledge and sons, limited, page 241:
text: But at all times the place is worth a visit to those who can admire flat scenery, and the artist will delight in the Cuyp-like effects of the oxen and horses and groups of pilgrims (for some are here always) seen against the delicate aerial mountain distances; and in the beautiful colouring of the plain, pink with asphodel in spring, or golden with fenocchio.
ref: 1911, Augustus John Cuthbert Hare [aut.] and Welbore St Clair Baddeley [ed.], Cities of Southern Italy (E.P. Dutton and company), page 162
text: Most of his ‘town poetry’ was written in the village of Twickenham where, in between fits of composition, he was out in his garden looking to see how his broccoli were springing up, or if the ‘fenocchio’ was sprouting.
ref: 1957, Margaret Renée Bryers Shaw, Laurence Sterne: The Making of a Humorist, 1713–1762 (Richards Press), page 47
text: The novelties of fenocchio and broccoli seeds Swift probably got from Pope, who in turn may have had them recently from Italy by way of the Earl of Peterborow.
ref: 1959, Henry Guppy, editor, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, volume 41, Manchester University Press, page 396:
text: Florence fennel [fenocchio (F. vulgare var. dulce)] — the bulbous leaf base, separates into licorice-flavored stalks.
ref: 1991, Herbert W. Ockerman, Food Science Sourcebook: Terms and Descriptions, 2nd edition, Van Nostrand Reinhold, →ISBN, page 291, →ISBN:
text: “Tomatoes, lots, so I can make fresh sauce. Cabbage, onions, fenocchio, eggplant, green beans. Too much for me to cook.”
ref: 1996, English Journal, volume 85, numbers 1-4, National Council of Teachers of English, page 60:
glosses: Rare spelling of finocchio.
evitative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”).
Senses: examples: text: The non-past non-evitative potential corresponds both to the English indicative future and to all imperatives (including jussive and hortatory imperatives); the evitative is used to mark future events that are feared or to be avoided , and corresponds to English "lest..." constructions, except that it is not limited to subordinate clauses.
ref: 1986, Language, Linguistic Society of America:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: aversive
glosses: grammatically expressing the notion that something is avoided or feared: a grammatical mood found in some Australian Aboriginal languages.
Derived terms: evitative case
interprismatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + prismatic.
Senses: glosses: Between prisms.
translatour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: translatours
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of translator.
translatours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of translatour
postessive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Etymology: From post- + essive.
Senses: examples: text: Northeast Caucasian languages like Lezgian and Agul have a postessive case.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Indicating a position behind something.
Derived terms: postessive case
postessive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Etymology: From post- + essive.
Senses: glosses: The postessive case
subessive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Etymology: From Latin subesse (“to be under or below”).
Senses: examples: text: Northeast Caucasian languages like Tsez and Bezhta have a subessive case.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Indicating position under or below something.
Derived terms: subessive case
superexpression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superexpressions
Etymology: From super- + expression.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: An expression that contains multiple subexpressions.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of overexpression.
synonyms: word: overexpression
superexpressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superexpression
superexplosives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superexplosive
special ed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Remember that refusing special ed help at this point may mean that you go through school feeling like a failure and never catch up.
ref: 1989, Kathy McCoy, Changes and Choices: A Junior High Survival Guide:
glosses: Clipping of special education.
scourger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: scourgers
Etymology: From scourge + -er.
Senses: examples: text: the unravellers of cunning, the investigators of artifice, the humblers of pride, and the scourgers of oppression
ref: August 1, 1824, Sydney Smith, The Lawyer that Tempted Christ (sermon)
glosses: One who, or that which, scourges.
scourgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scourger
scourgeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: scourge + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scourge
telegrammatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more telegrammatic
form: most telegrammatic
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a telegram; especially, brief and concise, using clipped syntax.
telecopier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telecopiers
Etymology: From tele- + copier, originally a trademark of Xerox.
Senses: examples: text: Sorte and his team had moved to the offices of their lawyers, Davis Polk, because they had a bank of six telecopiers.
ref: 2000, Moira Johnston, Takeover: The New Wall Street Warriors, page 161:
text: From a computer perspective, however, fax operates as a teleprinter rather than a telecopier, a printer that operates by remote control miles away from your computer.
ref: 2003, Winn L. Rosch, Winn L. Rosch Hardware Bible, page 957:
text: Although fax is not an acronym, it is often written as "FAX". The device is also known as a telecopier in certain industries.
ref: 2009, N.B. Dubey, Office Management: Developing Skills for Smooth Functioning, Global India Publications Pvt Ltd, →ISBN, page 161:
glosses: Synonym of fax machine.
synonyms: word: fax machine
wikipedia: Xerox
Related terms: teleprinter
telecopiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telecopier
timeproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more timeproof
form: most timeproof
Etymology: From time + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to the passage of time; enduring, immortal.
genitorture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of genital + torture
Senses: examples: text: The content of these videos often includes genitorture, tit-torture, bondage, spanking, flagellation (with belts, whips, and canes), water sports[…]
ref: 1995, John Robert Burger, One-handed histories: the eroto-politics of gay male video pornography, page 62:
text: Sounds are sometimes used in SM play for medical scenes and male genitorture.
ref: 1996, Bill Henkin, Sybil Holiday, Consensual sadomasochism: how to talk about it and how to do it safely, page 225:
text: If you have violent fantasies of evil women owning males as absolute property, with such elements as genitorture, castration, amputation, skinning alive, cooking alive, butchering, cannibalism, etc, you owe it to yourself to give Katharsis a look see.
ref: 1997, John Randall, “ASFD: F/m males as absolute property owned by women ... torture, genitorture, castration, execution”, in alt.sex.femdom (Usenet):
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: torture of the genitals
show willing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shows willing
form: showing willing
form: showed willing
form: shown willing
form: showed willing
Senses: examples: text: On board ship, especially American ships, the first requisite for a sailor who wants to be treated properly is to "show willing," any suspicion of slackness being noted immediately, and the backward one marked accordingly.
ref: 1897, Frank T. Bullen, chapter 1, in The Cruise of the "Cachalot"; round the world after sperm whales:
text: It sang a song as it went, it "showed willing," as the homely saying goes. It was companionable, full of life; had its little ways.
ref: 1920, B. Bennion, The trout are rising in England and South Africa; a book for slippered ease, London: William Clowes & Sons, page 4:
text: But Roy Keane loves a battle and yesterday led the Old Trafford kids to an educational victory that brought a told-you-so grin from their manager Alex Ferguson.
ref: 1995 August 27, “Keane shows willing”, in The Independent on Sunday, London:
glosses: To show enthusiasm and energy.
examples: text: No top or gyroscope has actually been balanced perfectly enough to guide an astronomical telescope, but they show willing.
ref: 1935 W.H. White, A complete physics written for London medical students and general use, (Clay & Sons, London) §91 p.61
text: Brian Lenihan said recently that we must stick to the four-year deadline -- for now -- and maybe after a couple of years of showing willing, we could re-negotiate.
ref: 2010 October 31, “Spirit of nation must be revived”, in Sunday Independent, Dublin:
glosses: To make a valiant effort.
examples: text: The moment he shows willing to try again buy patches or other nicotine replacement products recommended by your pharmacist
ref: 2005 May 21, Irma Kurtz, “Moving on: a slave to nicotine”, in Times Online, London:
text: The government, fearing that another front was about to be opened, quickly showed willing to compromise, and declared an amnesty
ref: 2006, Gareth Dale, The East German revolution of 1989, Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 151:
glosses: To indicate one's willingness; to acquiesce, co-operate.
examples: text: He had not been bluffing or merely "showing willing."
ref: 1962, Andrew Boyle, Trenchard, Collins, page 227:
text: It is not yet clear whether Mr Dudley and his team are seriously considering a break-up or merely showing willing to placate investors clamouring for more value.
ref: 2011 July 27, Rowena Mason, “BP 'in bits' worth up to £90bn more”, in Daily Telegraph, London:
glosses: To pretend to be willing; to bluff.
Synonyms: sense: show enthusiasm
word: look lively
sense: pretend to be willing
word: pay lip service
sense: pretend to be willing
word: make an idle promise
copolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + polar.
Senses: glosses: At the same pole.
contrapolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From contra- + polar.
Senses: glosses: At opposite poles.
edge play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: edgeplay
Senses: glosses: A kind of swordplay in which backswords or cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point, is employed.
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Any sexual activity involving the risk of physical harm, such as bloodplay or asphyxiation.