cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
well-regarded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more well-regarded
form: most well-regarded
Senses: examples: text: James Forstner was a well-regarded juvenile probation officer in San Francisco. He was, that is, until last fall when he began sporting a beard.
ref: 1964 June 5, “Decisions: No Guilt-by-Beard”, in Time, retrieved 10 Apr 2014:
text: "He has to be one of the most well-regarded individuals among senior Government officials and corporations worldwide. He can get a meeting with anyone he wants."
ref: 1999 October 27, Joseph Kahn, “Former Treasury Secretary Joins Leadership Triangle at Citigroup”, in New York Times, retrieved 10 Apr 2014:
text: The CIRC, made up of a three-strong panel chaired by the well-regarded Swiss politician Dick Marty, will conduct its hearings in private.
ref: 2014 March 20, Robin Scott-Elliot, “Lance Armstrong's nemesis set to name names”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 10 Apr 2014:
text: Eventually the NUR overplayed its hands with an all-out strike. And when Peter Parker, the then-chairman of BR, who was well regarded among his staff, called their bluff by threatening to close down the entire network, they caved in.
ref: 2022 December 14, Christian Wolmar, “Productivity should play no part in pay negotiations”, in RAIL, number 972, page 46:
glosses: Admired, highly thought of, approved of.
Synonyms: eminent
esteemed
respected
fizzy water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fizzy waters
Senses: glosses: Carbonated water.
glosses: Any carbonated, usually sweet, non-alcoholic drink: a fizzy drink.
uring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ure
queen of the May
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queens of the May
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of May Queen.
May queen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: May queens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of May Queen.
dolipore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dolipores
head_nr: 1
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: The central pore in the septum of a basidiomycete mycelium
missed-call
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: missed-calls
form: missed-calling
form: missed-called
form: missed-called
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of missed call.
dorsobronchium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dorsobronchia
Etymology: From dorso- + bronchium.
Senses: glosses: Any of many smaller tubes that branch off from the mesobronchia.
masked man fallacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: masked man fallacies
form: masked-man fallacy
Senses: examples: text: That is to say, one cannot infer from one's subjective state of certainty and uncertainty about two propositions, to the objective connection or lack of connection between them; but it is just such an inference that Descartes seems to be making about himself and his body, and which gives his argument its embarrassing resemblance to the masked man fallacy.
ref: 1978, Bernard Williams, Descartes: The Project of Pure Enquiry, New York: Routledge, published 2005, page 97:
text: Consider the Masked Man fallacy, which shows that I can know something under one description but not under another.
ref: 1999, Jonathan E. Pike, From Aristotle to Marx: Aristotelianism in Marxist social ontology, Ashgate, page 176:
text: […] that because the per diem payments are compensatory, ipso facto they are not travel expenses. Without further explication, this latter proposition might be thought to exemplify a species of the so-called masked man fallacy ("I know who my father is; I do not know who the masked man is; so, my father is not the masked man.").
ref: 2001, Reports of the Tax Court of the United States, volume 117:
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A fallacy of inferring that since one knows (or does not know) something by one description, one must know (or not know) it by another, as in "I know who my father is. I do not know who the masked man is. Therefore, my father is not the masked man."
Synonyms: intensional fallacy
Related terms: identity of indiscernibles
Leibniz's law
dorsobronchi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dorsobronchus
argumentum ad crumenam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: argumenta ad crumenam
Etymology: Latin
Senses: examples: text: That it be known and distinguished by the name and title of the Argumentum Fistulatorium, and no other;—and that it rank here∣after with the Argumentum Baculinum, and the Argumentum ad Crumenam, and for ever hereafter be treated of in the same chapter.
ref: 1759, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman:
text: The argumentum ad crumenam, however, is understood wherever there are pockets to appeal to, and even where there are none.
ref: 1908 December 19, “An Unsavoury Bait”, in The British Medical Journal, volume 2, number 2503, →JSTOR, page 1832:
text: An electioneering budget is an argumentum ad crumenam, and most elections in democracies have a strong element of this old argument.
ref: 1991 April 12, Philip Howard, “Rhetoric and All That Rot”, in The Times, London:
text: Because this rich individual obviously made many correct choices in life, his belief in Jesus, according to the apologist, only makes sense. We call such a ridiculous proposal argumentum ad crumenam, an argument based on wealth.
ref: 2005 January 19, Jason Long, Biblical Nonsense: A Review of the Bible for Doubting Christians, Lincoln, IN: iUniverse, →ISBN, →OL, page 25:
glosses: The logical fallacy of concluding that a proposition is correct because the person advancing it is rich.
Synonyms: argument to the purse
Related terms: word: Worthington's law
Worthington's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a 1997 comedy sketch on Mr. Show with Bob and David.
Senses: examples: text: Did you know that according to Worthington's Law, the opera singer who called himself the "Great" Caruso was nowhere near as great as Sammy Hagar, the Red Rocker?
ref: 1997 November 7, Bush is a Pussy (Mr. Show with Bob and David), season 3, episode 7, spoken by Carl Espick (David Cross):
text: You need to take into account Worthington's Law -- People who make more money than you are *better* than you, and are therefore above reproach.
ref: 2004 June 20, Milhouse Guidry, “Re: (OT) Much Ado About Michael Moore.”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet), message-ID <20040620105014.04657.00000255@mb-m10.aol.com>:
text: Even if they don’t win, at least Sean Payton knows he’s making more money than the rest of his contemporaries. Per Worthington’s law, that means he’s unassailable.
ref: 2014 April 10, Matt Reevy, “The 8 NFL Coaches Pulling in the Most Money Per Game”, in Wall St. Cheat Sheet, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2014:
qualifier: frequently capitalized
glosses: "More money = better than". One who has more money is of greater value than one who has less.
wikipedia: Mr. Show with Bob and David
Related terms: argumentum ad crumenam
Red River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From their appearance, usually owing to the color of the silt in their waters.
Senses: glosses: Various rivers around the world
Derived terms: Red River County
Red River Parish
Red River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: They have also identified the fault in the earth's crust along which this motion took place. It is a belt of severely altered rocks more than 600 miles long, from Tibet to the Gulf of Tonkin. The Red River, which flows from China across Vietnam into the gulf, follows this zone.
ref: 1990 February 20, “SCIENCE WATCH; How Indochina Moved”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2015, Section C, page 13:
text: Thanks to the Red River, the principal watercourse that disgorges into the gulf, the coastal region has long enjoyed a navigable connection to the foothills of the gulf's mountainous hinterland (modern Laos, northern Vietnam, and Yunnan) and to the peoples of the region and the valuable local products that historically flowed downriver from them to the sea.
ref: 2011, Li Tana, “The Tongking Gulf Through History: A Geopolitical Overview”, in Nola Cooke, Li Tana, James A. Anderson, editors, The Tongking Gulf Through History, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 5:
glosses: A river in northern Vietnam and Yunnan, southern China.
Synonyms: Hong He
Yuan River
Yuan Jiang
Yuan Shui
Song Hong
Derived terms: Red River giant softshell turtle
unspeculating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unspeculating
form: most unspeculating
Etymology: From un- + speculating.
Senses: examples: text: Those unspeculating, window-like eyes turned themselves full on me crouched there in the yellow sofa.
ref: 1955, Walter de la Mare, A Beginning: And Other Stories:
glosses: Not speculating.
chivito
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɪˈvitoʊ/
Forms: form: chivitos
Etymology: From Spanish chivito, diminutive of chivo (“goat”).
Senses: examples: text: Todo me daba hambre, los chivitos especiales, el chajá de postre.
ref: 2021, Pedro Mairal, “Four”, in The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 60:
glosses: A Uruguayan sandwich made with filet mignon, mozzarella, tomatoes, mayonnaise, olives, eggs, etc.
chivitos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chivito
Menckenese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mencken + -ese.
Senses: glosses: The flamboyant writing style associated with Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (1880–1956), influential American writer and critic.
Yuan River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yüǎn
Etymology: Partial calque of Mandarin 沅江.
Senses: examples: text: It is said at Hankau that boats can travel up stream 4000 li by three different routes—the Yangtse Chiang, the Yuan river in Hu Nan, and the Han river.
ref: 1898 September, W. R. Carles, “THE YANGTSE CHIANG”, in The Geographical Journal, volume XII, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 236:
text: Now that the Japanese menace has been removed, at least temporarily, refugee farmers and artisans are drifting back to their homes in Hunan, south of the Yuan River. On the long hard trek from Taoyuan our party of military attaches and correspondents met them on hard lumpy paths, crossing winter paddy fields.
ref: 1944 January 3 [1943 December 29], Brooks Atkinson, “MANY ATROCITIES LISTED BY CHINESE; Barbarity of Japanese Held to Be Psychopathic Compensation for Lack of Charm”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2023, page 3:
text: General Fu Yu-te commanded an army of 100,000 which assembled in Hu-kuang Province (Hu-pei and Hu-nan area). Aside from a part of his army which he dispatched post-haste to Wu-san (present-day Wei-ning in western Kuei-chou)(See Photos 7 and 8), he personally led the main body. He entered Kuei-chou from Hu-nan along the Yuan River route.
ref: 1954, Herold J. Wiens, “The history of South Chinese tribal movements and migrations”, in Han Chinese Expansion in South China, Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 88:
glosses: A river in Hunan, China.
Synonyms: Yuan Jiang
Yuanjiang
Yuan River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yüǎn
Etymology: Partial calque of Mandarin 元江 (Yuán Jiāng).
Senses: examples: text: Wildlife protection officials told a press briefing the elephants safely crossed a bridge over the Yuan River, returning south towards a nature reserve administered by the city of Puer.
ref: 2021 August 9, David Stanway, “China's wild elephants head to safety after long trek”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2021:
glosses: The Chinese stretch of the Red River, prior to its crossing the Vietnamese border
Yuanjiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yüǎnʹjyängʹ
Forms: form: Yüan-chiang
Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 沅江 (Yuánjiāng, “Yuan River”).
Senses: examples: text: AN advanced fishing village in learning from the Tachai Brigade, the Kuanchushan Production Brigade of Wantzuhu Commune in Yuanchiang County lies on Tungting Lake in central China's Hunan Province.
ref: [1971, Peking Review, volume 14, →OCLC, page 17:
text: In the eyes of many Chinese, the boy was a heartless criminal who deserved to be punished. But in China, where the minimum age of criminal responsibility is 14, he could not be held legally responsible. The boy was released by the authorities in the town of Yuanjiang, in Hunan Province, with no conditions.
ref: 2018 December 14, Amy Qin, “12-Year-Old in China Kills His Mother, Then Returns to School, Igniting an Outcry”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2018, Asia Pacific:
text: The hot days had been accumulating over the past few weeks, with Yuanjiang in Hunan province having exceeded 95 degrees (35 Celsius) for 22 straight days as of Friday.
ref: 2023 April 17, Dan Stillman, “Historic Asia heat breaks hundreds of records, with extremes in Thailand and China”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2023, Weather:
glosses: A county-level city of Yiyang, Hunan, China, along the Yuan River.
examples: text: The famous General Chuang Ch'iao was sent by Wei Wang up the Yuan Chiang in Hu-nan with an army.
ref: [1954, Herold J. Wiens, “The history of South Chinese tribal movements and migrations”, in Han Chinese Expansion in South China, Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 127:
glosses: Synonym of Yuan River.
synonyms: word: Yuan River
Derived terms: yuanjiangite
Yuanjiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yüǎnʹjyängʹ
Forms: form: Yüan-chiang
Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 元江 (Yuán Jiāng, literally “First River”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Red River.
synonyms: word: Red River
photochemotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + chemotherapeutic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to photochemotherapy.
sesquimustard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sesqui- + mustard.
Senses: glosses: One of the sulfur mustards: 1,2-bis(2-chloroethylthio)ethane.
Purgitsville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after William Purgit, an early settler, + -ville.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
Carlylian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Carlylian
form: most Carlylian
Etymology: From Carlyle + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Carlylean.
Carlylese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Carlyle + -ese.
Senses: glosses: A style of writing characteristic of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish essayist and historian.
hypermetaphorical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypermetaphorical
form: most hypermetaphorical
Etymology: From hyper- + metaphorical.
Senses: examples: text: What a result, should this piebald, entangled, hypermetaphorical style of writing, not to say of thinking, become general among our literary men! as it might so easily do.
ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus: In Three Books, page 295:
text: For writing not only comes out of the zoo but (to be hypermetaphorical) goes back in again.
ref: 1996, J. M. Coetzee, Giving Offense: Essays on Censorship, page 38:
text: The prose language in particular is hypermetaphorical, offering a number of processes and stages of metaphorisation […]
ref: 2000, Hélène Stafford, Mallarmé and the Poetics of Everyday Life, page 179:
glosses: Highly metaphorical.
Mallarméan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmalɑːˈmeɪən/
rhymes: -eɪən
Forms: form: more Mallarméan
form: most Mallarméan
Etymology: From Mallarmé + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898), French poet and critic.
wikipedia: Stéphane Mallarmé
Menckenism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Menckenisms
Etymology: From Mencken + -ism.
Senses: glosses: An inflammatory and satirical remark of, or characteristic of, Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (1880–1956), influential American writer and critic.
Menckenisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Menckenism
unsportingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unsporting + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unsporting.
semiconvergents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semiconvergent
semiconvergent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semiconvergents
Etymology: From semi- + convergent.
Senses: examples: text: The semiconvergents to the continued fraction expansion of a real number include all the rational approximations which are better than any approximation with a smaller denominator.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A kind of fraction. If (h_n-1)/(k_n-1), (h_n)/(k_n) are successive convergents, then any fraction of the form (h_n-1+ah_n)/(k_n-1+ak_n), where a is a nonnegative integer and the numerators and denominators are between the n and n+1 terms inclusive, is a semiconvergent.
semiconvergent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + convergent.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: For which the limit lim _(k→∞) bold Tᵏ exists.
raw_tags: of a matrix
semiconvertible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + convertible.
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Having a retractable textile roof.
semiconvertible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semiconvertibles
Etymology: From semi- + convertible.
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A vehicle with a retractable textile roof.
semiconvertibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semiconvertible
septennia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of septennium
interconnectednesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interconnectedness
correctionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From correctional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of or by means of (penal) correction.
interconnectional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From interconnection + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to interconnection.
Griesses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Griess
Russian bath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹʌʃən ˈbæθ/
ipa: /ˌɹʌʃən ˈbɑːθ/
Forms: form: Russian baths
Senses: glosses: A banya.
Russian baths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Russian bath
float board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: float boards
Senses: synonyms: float
glosses: One of the boards fixed radially to the rim of an undershot water wheel or a steamer's paddle wheel; a vane.
float boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of float board
pitch into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pitches into
form: pitching into
form: pitched into
form: pitched into
Senses: glosses: To attack; to assault; to abuse.
accoucheurship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From accoucheur + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or position of accoucheur.
appropriate adult
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: appropriate adults
Senses: qualifier: criminal law
glosses: An adult, such as a parent, guardian, or social worker, whose role is to safeguard the interests of young or handicapped people detained by the police, and who must be present at such interviews.
Derived terms: AA
appropriate adults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appropriate adult
Rada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After the personal name (Rada Dany) of a prominent local family.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
Rada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Radas
Etymology: Feminine form of dialectal Bulgarian and Ukrainian рад (rad, “glad, thankful”), from Proto-Slavic *radъ.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Bulgarian or Ukrainian female given name Ра́да (Ráda)
Rada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Apparently a local form of Arada (now Allada), a city in ancient Dahomey.
Senses: examples: text: The majority of the deities are Dahomean and the rites of these are called Rada, from the town Allada.
ref: 1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 60:
text: In Haiti, the Rada have come to represent the emotional stability and warmth of Africa, the hearth of the nation.
ref: 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 49:
text: Most books on Vodou have concentrated largely on the Rada pantheon.
ref: 2007, Kevin Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Destiny Books, page 31:
text: We associate the Rada Lwa with the color white and with a sense of purity and formality. Because of this, anthropologists and non-Haitians often described the Rada as the “good ancestral Lwa,” while the spirits of the Petro nation of Lwa were considered “evil,” or invented by slaves in Haiti, though this is extremely oversimplified.
ref: 2012, Mambo Chita Tann, Haitian Vodou, page 95:
glosses: In Haitian voodoo, a class of loa of Dahomeyan origin, chiefly associated with warmth and benevolence.
Rada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Alternative forms.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of rada.
friar birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of friar bird
friar's balsam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes, used as an inhalant and to treat damaged skin.
overaccessorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overaccessorizes
form: overaccessorizing
form: overaccessorized
form: overaccessorized
form: overaccessorise
Etymology: From over- + accessorize.
Senses: examples: text: Don't overaccessorize: go for a subtle look instead.
glosses: To adorn oneself with too many accessories.
overaccessorized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overaccessorize
overaccessorizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overaccessorize
overaccessorizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overaccessorize
adverbal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From adverb + -al.
Senses: glosses: Rare form of adverbial.
Derived terms: deadverbal
ferrados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferrado
blue acara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue acaras
Senses: glosses: Any of species Andinoacara pulcher of blue-grey freshwater cichlids found in Central and South America.
zebra acara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zebra acaras
Senses: glosses: Nannacara adoketa, a Brazilian cichlid.
acetuous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: acetic
Adamish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Adamish
form: most Adamish
Etymology: From Adam + -ish.
Senses: glosses: In the style of Robert Adam (1728–1792), Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer.
ab urbe condita
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ab Urbe conditā (“in the year from the city having been founded”), in reference to Rome.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of AUC, the era of the Roman historians now usually reckoned from 753 bc.
horsehair worm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horsehair worms
Senses: synonyms: nematomorph
glosses: Any of the Nematomorpha, a parasitic worm found throughout the world.
maroon lake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maroon lakes
Senses: glosses: A lake pigment prepared from madder, distinguished for its transparency and the depth and durability of its colour.
birdsfoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bird + -s- + foot, from the short, claw-like point on the pod.
Senses: glosses: Any of various flowering plants in the genus Ornithopus.
Related terms: birdsfoot trefoil
birdsfoot violet
echinocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˈkaɪnəsaɪt/
Forms: form: echinocytes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog; sea urchin”) + -cyte.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A red blood cell with abnormal appearance characterized by many small, evenly spaced thorny projections.
Synonyms: english: more commonly
translation: more commonly
word: burr cell
word: crenated RBC
Derived terms: echinocytic
echinocytogenic
echinocytosis
elliptoechinocyte
spheroechinocyte
hydatidoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydatidosis
SNPP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Initialism.
Senses: glosses: Simple Network Paging Protocol
helvellic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Helvella, the mushroom from which the acid was isolated, + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to helvellic acid or its derivatives.
butcher birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butcher bird
helvellic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Helvella + -ic + acid
Senses: glosses: A cytotoxic hemolysin found in mushrooms of the species Helvella infula
embryoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embryoblasts
Etymology: From embryo- + -blast.
Senses: glosses: A mass of cells at the embryonic pole of the blastocyst, that develops to form the embryo
haemoglobinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haemoglobinates
Etymology: From haemoglobin + -ate.
Senses: glosses: The anionic form of haemoglobin.
hemoglobulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemoglobulins
form: haemoglobulin
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hemoglobin.
synonyms: word: hemoglobin
emperipolesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The presence of an intact cell within the cytoplasm of another
Related terms: peripolesis
habaki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 鎺
Senses: glosses: A metal collar mounted in between a sword's blade and the guard to hold the guard in place.
putty powder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: putty powders
Senses: glosses: putty (an oxide of tin, or of tin and lead, used in polishing glass, metal, precious stones, etc.)
deny oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: denies oneself
form: denying oneself
form: denied oneself
form: denied oneself
Senses: examples: text: Let him deny himself, and take up his cross.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 16:24:
text: When you treat your basic needs as rewards, you can easily deny yourself good health because you haven't 'earned' it.
ref: 2023, Amy Arthur, Pace Yourself: How to have energy in an exhausting world:
glosses: To decline the gratification of appetites, desires, impulses, or needs; to practise self-denial.
Points
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
Swedish turnip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swedish turnips
Senses: examples: text: Heavens! what attention he bestowed on the growth of his grey pease! how eloquent he could be on the merits of Swedish turnips! and a new drill, or a patent thrashing machine, deprived him of sleep for a week.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 106:
glosses: swede; rutabaga (Brassica napus var. napobrassica)
Swedish turnips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Swedish turnip
snap beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snap beetles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of click beetle.
synonyms: word: click beetle
linen prover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linen provers
Senses: glosses: A small microscope for counting the threads in a given space in linen fabrics.
tub wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tub wheels
Senses: examples: text: "Whether the man used to give him Christmas cakes and beer, as they do in some places, I don't know, but I should think he didn't, for every time he went to grind his corn the goblin got hold of the tub-wheel and stopped the mill, and he couldn't get any corn ground."
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 156:
glosses: In water-powered mills, a horizontal water wheel used to power a grinding stone set in a tub; usually in the form of a short cylinder turned by the impact of one or more streams of water striking against vanes attached radially to the wheel.
tub wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tub wheel
distributee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: distributees
Etymology: From distribute + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who receives a share of something that is distributed.
distributees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of distributee
siled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sile
siling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sile
handednesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handedness
endotheliocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endotheliocytes
Etymology: From endotheli(um) + -o- + -cyte.
Senses: glosses: An endothelial leukocyte.
kthnxbai
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kthxbye.
f.n.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of footnote.
foil stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foil stones
Senses: glosses: An imitation gemstone.
foil stones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foil stone
Church Militant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: The Christian church that comprises living people on Earth, which is supposed to be engaged in constant warfare against its enemies, and is thus distinguished from the Church Triumphant in Heaven.
fox and geese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An old children's game in which one player tries to catch others as they run from one goal to another.
glosses: A board game with sixteen checkers, in which one piece (the fox) endeavours to break through the line of the other pieces (the geese), while the geese try to pen up the fox.
Related terms: tod and lambs
fancy ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fancy balls
Senses: synonyms: masquerade
glosses: A ball where guests come in fancy dress.
vegetation of salts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vegetations of salts
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A crystalline growth of an arborescent form.
cork jacket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cork jackets
Senses: glosses: An old-fashioned life jacket having thin pieces of cork enclosed within canvas.
Derived terms: cork-jacketed
stichomythically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From stichomythic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In stichomythic fashion.
subperiosteally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From subperiosteal + -ly.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Under the periosteum.
antiarms
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiarms
form: most antiarms
Etymology: From anti- + arms.
Senses: examples: text: Although Democrats were able to get arms on what amounted to a black market, editors complained bitterly that antiarms policy aggravated relations between Republicans and Democrats.
ref: 2008, David W. Bulla, Justyna Sempruch, Lincoln's Censor:
glosses: Opposing arms (weapons).
American aloe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: American aloes
Senses: synonyms: century plant
maguey
glosses: Agave americana, an ornamental flowering plant.
American aloes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of American aloe
tumble home
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tumbles home
form: tumbling home
form: tumbled home
form: tumbled home
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: tumble in
glosses: To incline inward, as the sides of a vessel, above the bends or extreme breadth.
jump a claim
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jumps a claim
form: jumping a claim
form: jumped a claim
form: jumped a claim
Senses: examples: text: Anarchy still reigns in this new country;—not only have the miners to defend their persons and their acquisitions against the incursions from Indian tribes; not only are crimes and offences common (lynch law maintaining a permitted existence instead of laws and police); but every one appears to hold his property by right of first comer: a miner choses the spot he likes best; a strong arm and a carbine, with a steady eye, are his title deeds. To seize upon a rich "placer" from a miner too weak to resist, is called in the slang of the district, to "jump a claim." The President of the United States himself, stated in his last message, that "The mineral lands should remain free to every citizen;" and the Secretary of State has added, "that the right of occupancy should be submitted only to such laws as the miners themselves thought fit to make."
ref: 1853, Leon Faucher, chapter IV, in Thomson Hankey, transl., Remarks on the Production of the Precious Metals, and on the Demonetization of Gold in Several Countries in Europe, 2nd revised edition, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., →OCLC, page 50:
glosses: To enter upon and take possession of land to which another has acquired a claim by prior entry and occupation.
Related terms: claim-jumping
jump claims
jump one's bail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jumps one's bail
form: jumping one's bail
form: jumped one's bail
form: jumped one's bail
form: jump bail
Senses: glosses: To abscond while at liberty under bail bonds.
bastard eigne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bastards eigne
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A bastard eldest son whose parents marry each other afterwards.
Related terms: mulier
BuNo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BuNo.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of bureau number: a serial number for aircraft assigned by the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics.
toy line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toy lines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of toyline.
toy lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toy line
schapendoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schapendoeses
form: Schapendoes
Senses: synonyms: Dutch sheepdog
Dutch Sheepdog
glosses: A breed of dog originating in the Netherlands.
scifi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Demarchies have been portrayed extensively in scifi, including Alastair Reynolds’s Revelation Space series of novels (where it’s used to flatten hierarchies), […]
ref: 2014 June 12, George Dvorsky, “12 Futuristic Forms of Government That Could One Day Rule the World”, in Gizmodo:
glosses: Alternative form of sci-fi.
fish-eating rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fish-eating rats
Senses: glosses: A New World rat of the genus Anotomys.
glosses: A New World rat of the genus Neusticomys.
penis cage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penis cages
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cock cage.
synonyms: word: cock cage
fertiloscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fertiloscopies
Etymology: From fertile + -o- + -scopy.
Senses: glosses: measurement with a fertiloscope
Derived terms: fertiloscopic
fertiloscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fertiloscopy
fertiloscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fertiloscopes
Etymology: From fertile + -scope.
Senses: glosses: A laparoscope modified for transvaginal application, used in the diagnosis and treatment of female infertility.
fertiloscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fertiloscope
fertiloscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fertiloscopy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to fertiloscopy.
squeeze theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: calculus
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A theorem used to confirm the limit of a function via comparison with two other functions whose limits are known or easily computed. Supposing that g(x)≤f(x)≤h(x), and also that lim _(x→a)g(x)= lim _(x→a)h(x)=L,, then lim _(x→a)f(x)=L.
Synonyms: pinching theorem
sandwich theorem
indigeneity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪnˌdɪd͡ʒ.əˈniː.ɪ.ti/
/ɪnˌdɪd͡ʒ.əˈneɪ.ɪ.ti/
Forms: form: indigeneities
Senses: glosses: Quality of being indigenous; membership of an indigenous group.
indigeneities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indigeneity
chadlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chadlocks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of charlock (Rhamphospermum arvense, syns. Sinapis arvensis, etc.)
synonyms: word: charlock
extra: Rhamphospermum arvense, syns. Sinapis arvensis, etc.
chadlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chadlock
fishing-tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fishing-tubes
Senses: glosses: A glass tube used for manipulating a microscopic object in a fluid.
fishing-tubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fishing-tube
Dubreuil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dubreuils
form: DuBreuil
form: duBreuil
form: Du Breuil
form: du Breuil
form: Breuil
Etymology: From French Dubreuil.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French
prunella salt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: nitre fused and cast into little balls
stand fire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stands fire
form: standing fire
form: stood fire
form: stood fire
Senses: examples: text: They were again under fire at Vaal Krantz, the shells dropping a few yards in front of them as the bearers removed the men. Hospital orderlies, water-carriers, nurses, bearers, all were willing to do or be anything in this dire need; and although not infrequently obliged to accept insults or to stand fire, they acquitted themselves with great credit, and earned the unstinted praise of the soldiers.
ref: 1909, Joseph John Doke, M. K. Gandhi: Indian Patriot in South Africa, Chapter 13:
text: It is perfectly possible to take a thousand individuals, each of whom is individually fearless, form them hastily into a regiment, and collectively they will not stand fire. A thousand individual heroes may easily make one collective regimental coward. Such is the incomprehensible psychology of the mob.
ref: 1917, Harris Dickson, s:The Unpopular History of the United States by Uncle Sam Himself, Chapter 14:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To put oneself in the way of an enemy's firing.
synonyms: face the music
glosses: To put oneself in a position vulnerable to rebuke or criticism
Related terms: firing line
vagitarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vagitarian
tzantza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tzantzas
Etymology: From Spanish tzantza, from Shuar; an alternative transliteration of tsantsa.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tsantsa.
tzantzas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tzantza
thick-and-thin block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thick-and-thin blocks
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A fiddle block.
swell mob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swell mobs
Senses: examples: text: But some of the Swell Mob, on the occasion of this Derby that I refer to, so far kiddied us as to hire a horse and shay; start away from London by Whitechapel, and miles round; come into Epsom from the opposite direction; […]
ref: 1850 September 14, [Charles Dickens], “Three “Detective” Anecdotes”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words. A Weekly Journal., volume I, number 25, London: Office, […], →OCLC:
text: A grand distinction is to be drawn, in this respect, between the swell mob and common thieves; the former being, for the most part, men of the world, of some education—not appearing at all flash (thief-like), but, on the contrary, acting the part of gentlemen in society.
ref: 1856, George Laval Chesterton, Revelations of Prison Life, 2nd revised edition, volume 1, London: Hurst and Blackett, →OCLC, page 137:
text: There is the old faculty of managing a crowd, of making character clash with character, that had made Dickens not only the democrat but even the demagogue of fiction. For if it is hard to manage a mob, it is hardest of all to manage a swell mob. The particular kind of chaos that is created by the hospitality of a rich upstart has perhaps never been so accurately and outrageously described.
ref: 1911, G. K. Chesterton, “Our Mutual Friend”, in Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, →OCLC, page 212:
text: A boy called Hewitt, awaiting transportation on the Euryalus hulk in the mid-1830s, told an interviewer that the swell-mob would often call into lodging-houses in order to recruit "go-alongs" for thieving expeditions: "boys are delighted [they] think it an honour to go with a swell-mob".
ref: 2002, Meg Arnot, Cornelie Usborne, Gender And Crime in Modern Europe, page 82:
glosses: Well-dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded collectively.
Derived terms: swell-mobsman
Schelerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Schelerian
form: most Schelerian
Etymology: From Scheler + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Max Scheler (1874–1928), German philosopher known for his work in phenomenology, ethics, and philosophical anthropology.
flower beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flower beetles
Senses: glosses: Any beetle which feeds upon flowers, especially any of numerous small species of the genus Meligethes, some of which are harmful to crops.
flower beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flower beetle
esculent swallow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: esculent swallows
Senses: glosses: The edible-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus)
rider's bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: equestrianism
hobbies
horses
lifestyle
medicine
pets
sciences
sports
synonyms: cavalry bone
myositis ossificans
glosses: An ossification in the muscles of the upper and inner part of a horse rider's thigh, due to the repeated pressure and irritation caused by the saddle when riding.
to a degree
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: All countries are to a degree controlled by other countries; it is equally obvious that some countries are controlled by others through the threat of military intervention.
ref: 1991, Alex Inkeles, On Measuring Democracy: Its Consequences and Concomitants:
glosses: Somewhat: a little; a bit; moderately.
examples: text: It has been said that Scotsmen […] are […] grave to a degree on occasions when races more favoured by nature are gladsome to excess.
ref: 1844, John Wilson, Essay on the Genius, and Character of Burns:
glosses: extremely; exceedingly; a lot.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to, a, degree: to an extent.
corpse-gate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corpse-gates
Senses: glosses: lych-gate
corpse-gates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corpse-gate
corpse candle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corpse candles
Senses: glosses: A thick candle formerly used at a wake (pre-internment event).
glosses: A luminous appearance, resembling a candle flame, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp places, superstitiously regarded as portending death.
hub plank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hub planks
Senses: glosses: A horizontal guard plank along the truss of a highway bridge, at the height of a wagon-wheel hub.
hub planks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hub plank
beltfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beltfish
Etymology: From belt + fish.
Senses: glosses: The largehead hairtail, Trichiurus lepturus.
glosses: The silver scabbardfish, Lepidopus caudatus.
hairtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hairtail
burying beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burying beetles
Senses: glosses: A sexton beetle; a necrophore.
white oakum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: oakum made from untarred rope
no-doubter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: no-doubters
Etymology: From no doubt + -er.
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a certain home run; a home run about which there is no doubt.
extension table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extension tables
Senses: glosses: A table (furniture) constructed so that it can be extended or contracted in length.
extension tables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extension table
lace pillow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lace pillows
Senses: examples: text: a small soft pincushion, which had better have a tongue so that it can be pinned to the lace pillow and shifted at pleasure
ref: 1865, "Devonia", The Honiton Lace Book:
text: His grandmother had lost her lace-pillow, and after searching for some time, he found it lying out in the square. But the pins and bobbins were darting to and fro on their own account, at an incredible rate, and the lace as they made it turned into a singing beanstalk, and rose and threw out branches all over the sky.
ref: 1899, Arthur Quiller-Couch, The Ship of Stars, Chapter 2:
text: Honiton Application is made by working the pattern parts on the lace pillow and securing them to a net ground, separately made. At present it is customary to use machine-made net upon which hand-made sprays are sewn.
ref: 1904, Samuel L. Goldenberg, Lace:
text: "Oh, yes, alvays," was the phlegmatic response of Mrs. Landvetter, as she adjusted the pins in the lace pillow on her lap.
ref: 1907, Mrs. Wilson Woodrow, The New Missioner, Chapter 18:
glosses: A cushion used in making hand-wrought pillow lace.
conquesting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of conquest
conquested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of conquest
placenta praevia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: placenta previa
Etymology: From Late Latin, from placenta + praevia.
Senses: examples: text: 1987, G. J. Kloosterman, Some Obstetric Comments on Vrouw Schrader's Notebook and Memoirs, Hilary Marland (editor), Mother and Child Were Saved: The Memoirs (1693-1740) of the Frisian Midwife Catharina Schrader, page 35,
The description of case 2980 leaves it uncertain whether this is a case of placenta praevia, but in the notebook is mentioned: "The afterbirth was in front of the child in the mouth of the womb and stuck very fast. Could not remove it completely".
text: A second trimester low-lying placenta which is posterior or centrally located over the os is more likely to persist as a placenta praevia at term.
ref: 2007, D. K. Dutta, Dutta's Obstetrics Haemorrhage: Made Easy, page 128:
text: If placenta praevia is identified, further imaging should be undertaken to ascertain the presence of placenta accreta.
ref: 2011, David Levy, “8: Obstetric Haemorrhage”, in Ian Johnston, William Harrop-Griffiths, Leslie Gemmell, editors, AAGBI Core Topics in Anaesthesia 2012, page 110:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A complication of pregnancy in which the placenta is inserted partially or completely in the lower segment of the uterus (above the opening of the cervix).
placenta praevias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of placenta praevia