cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hyperexplicit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + explicit.
Senses: glosses: Exceptionally explicit.
light-polluted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more light-polluted
form: most light-polluted
Senses: examples: text: With most of us living in urban areas under the glare of streetlights, remote railway viaducts are among the most stunning features that can nowadays be photographed in near total darkness. Ribblehead Viaduct, on the world-famous Settle-Carlisle Line, is certainly no exception - its setting within the Yorkshire Dales National Park represents one of the least light-polluted areas of the country.
ref: 2020 July 1, “Feature Pictorial: Ribblehead Viaduct under starlight”, in Rail, page 68:
glosses: Of an area, having too much artificial light including street lighting, which prevents stars etc. being seen in a clear night sky.
Related terms: light pollution
deertongue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deer-tongue
Senses: glosses: Dichanthelium clandestinum, a grass native to eastern North America.
glosses: Alternative form of deer's tongue (Trilisa odoratissima).
water couch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Where at one time might be seen waving fields of rye-grass, cocksfoot, and clovers, are now growing the unsightly and undesirable tussocks, and the low-lying fields are covered in many cases with what is commonly called water-couch or swamp grass.
ref: 1901 May 10, “Paspalum Dilatatum”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 5, page 153:
synonyms: knotgrass
glosses: Paspalum distichum, a weedy perennial grass of wet areas.
phud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phuds
Etymology: From humorously mispronouncing PhD as an acronym.
Senses: examples: text: The only reason for there being a second class of scientists is that the chances are good they'll spend their whole lives studying and never get a phud.
ref: 1983, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact:
text: Gene has had a full career as most of us know: 32 years at the University of Wisconsin, where beside teaching medical entomology he's been major professor for 25 Phuds and 9 Masters.
ref: 1993, Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association:
text: To get one of those you have to grovel and cringe and beg several folks already got their Phuds. Folks who has got Phuds don't like the thought of there being a glut of Phuds.
ref: 2012, Peter Bowen, Ash Child, Open Road Media, →ISBN:
glosses: A Doctor of Philosophy (a PhD degree).
examples: text: "He's a phud," Ash said, using the term of derision applied by Harvard Business School types for persons with advanced academic degrees.
ref: 1974, The Atlantic Monthly:
text: The phuds, she said proudly, had written a book together, Ward M: The Behavioral Management Of Chronic Schizophrenia.
ref: 2011, Shalom Camenietzki, Nine Ninety Nine, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN, page 32:
text: "I don't have a PhD," claimed Jerry Attricks, "They forgot the U." "You have PhuD?" questioned Scott, just as Dr. Attricks confirmed, "I have PhuD."
ref: 2021, Scott Wozniak, Scott the Woz:
glosses: A holder of a PhD degree, especially one in academia or seen as out of touch.
heart-throbbing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: [A]t first the slightest suggestion of approach drove us into the scullery in heart-throbbing retreat.
ref: 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 217:
glosses: With the heart beating quickly from exertion or emotional reaction to a situation.
Horsforth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2337).
nuanceless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nuance + -less.
Senses: synonyms: blunt
unnuanced
unsubtle
glosses: Without nuance.
nuisanceless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nuisance + -less.
Senses: glosses: Free from nuisance.
Bradley effect
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Bradley effect
Etymology: Named after Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, an African-American who lost the 1982 California governor's race despite being ahead in voter polls going into the elections.
Senses: topics: government
politics
synonyms: Wilder effect
glosses: A theory concerning observed discrepancies between opinion polls and election outcomes, according to which some white voters who intend to vote for a white candidate may tell pollsters that they are undecided or likely to vote for a non-white candidate, for fear of being accused of racism.
Wilder effect
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Wilder effect
Etymology: Named in reference to the 1989 race for Governor of Virginia between Democrat L. Douglas Wilder, an African-American, and Republican Marshall Coleman, who was white.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Synonym of Bradley effect (“theory about white voters and polling”).
synonyms: word: Bradley effect
extra: theory about white voters and polling
pruan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pruans
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of prune (“dried plum”).
pruans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pruan
grip oneself with both hands
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: But, as the saying goes, I gripped myself with both hands. It grew upon my mind, once I could face the facts, that, terrible as our position was, there was as yet no justification for absolute despair.
ref: 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 224:
text: In every-day life he is inclined somewhat on the excitable side, but as an alderman he apparently grips himself with both hands, and settles down for the welfare of the town as a whole.
ref: 1916 February 11, The Northern Herald, Cairns, page 19:
text: The lady, with a do-or-die expression, gripped the wheel, her husband gripped himself with both hands, looking as miserable as a dog at a dance.
ref: 1927 July 18, The Herald, Melbourne, page 6:
glosses: To ready oneself for action or bravery; to gird up one's loins.
principle of indifference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: principles of indifference
Senses: synonyms: principle of insufficient reason
glosses: A rule for assigning epistemic probabilities, according to which, in the absence of any relevant evidence, agents should distribute their credence (or 'degrees of belief') equally among all the possible outcomes.
principle of insufficient reason
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: principles of insufficient reason
Senses: glosses: Synonym of principle of indifference.
synonyms: word: principle of indifference
cut someone slack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cuts someone slack
form: cutting someone slack
form: cut someone slack
form: cut someone slack
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cut someone some slack.
tolypyrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tolypyrine
Senses: glosses: A chemical compound used as an antipyretic, antineuralgic, and antirheumatic.
tolypyrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tolypyrin.
tormen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of tormina (“acute pain in the abdomen”).
synonyms: word: tormina
extra: acute pain in the abdomen
tractellum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tractella
Etymology: From Latin [Term?].
Senses: glosses: An anterior locomotive flagellum.
tractella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tractellum
transforation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: perforation of the base of the fetal skull in craniotomy
transischial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + ischial.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: transischiac
glosses: Between the ischia.
transischiac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + ischiac.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of transischial.
synonyms: word: transischial
trophoneurotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tropho- + neurotic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to trophoneurosis.
trophoneurosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trophoneuroses
Etymology: From tropho- + neurosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of trophesy.
synonyms: word: trophesy
Related terms: trophoneurotic
trophoneuroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trophoneurosis
meat-chopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meat-choppers
Senses: examples: text: I put out my hand and felt the meat-chopper hanging to the wall. In a flash I was after him.
ref: 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 230:
glosses: A large, heavy bladed knife for cutting raw meat.
meat-choppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meat-chopper
split-ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: split-rings
form: split ring
Senses: examples: text: Something was moving to and fro there, very quietly; every now and then it tapped against the wall, or started on its movements with a faint metallic ringing, like the movement of keys on a split-ring.
ref: 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 232:
glosses: A ring of metal wire looped almost twice about, as a keyring.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Either of a pair of concentric metallic rings with slits on opposite sides, used in split-ring resonators.
split-rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of split-ring
island of Reil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: islands of Reil
Etymology: So called because first described by Johann Christian Reil.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The insula of the brain.
islands of Reil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of island of Reil
Lyall's wren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lyall's wrens
Etymology: Named after an assistant lighthouse keeper, David Lyall, who brought the bird to the attention of science.
Senses: synonyms: Stephens Island wren
glosses: Traversia lyalli, a small flightless passerine bird once found throughout New Zealand, now extinct.
Lyall's wrens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lyall's wren
Stephens Island wren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Stephens Island wrens
Senses: examples: text: Among the New Zealand birds that disappeared in the nineteenth century were the piopio, native quail and Stephens Island wren.
ref: 2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 184:
glosses: Synonym of Lyall's wren (“Traversia lyalli”).
synonyms: word: Lyall's wren
extra: Traversia lyalli
Stephens Island wrens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Stephens Island wren
Laysan rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Laysan rails
Senses: synonyms: Laysan crake
glosses: An extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the Northwest Hawaiian island of Laysan (†Porzana palmeri).
Laysan crake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Laysan crakes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Laysan rail (“Porzana palmeri”).
synonyms: word: Laysan rail
extra: Porzana palmeri
Laysan rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Laysan rail
Laysan crakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Laysan crake
Egyptiot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Egyptiots
Etymology: From Greek Αιγυπτιώτης (Aigyptiótis). By surface analysis, Egypt + -iot.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Greek community historically living in Egypt.
Tanzalin method
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: calculus
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: tabular method
glosses: A method to simplify integration by parts that precalculates the necessary derivatives and antiderivatives in a table.
transinstitutionalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: transinstitutionalizes
form: transinstitutionalizing
form: transinstitutionalized
form: transinstitutionalized
Etymology: From trans- + institutionalize.
Senses: glosses: To transfer (a mentally ill person) from one institution to another, for example from hospital to jail.
Related terms: transinstitutionalization
transinstitutionalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of transinstitutionalize
transinstitutionalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of transinstitutionalize
transinstitutionalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of transinstitutionalize
uninstantiate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uninstantiates
form: uninstantiating
form: uninstantiated
form: uninstantiated
Etymology: From un- + instantiate.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To destroy or annul (an instance of something); to eliminate (a variable, object, etc.) that was created earlier.
Related terms: uninstantiation
uninstantiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uninstantiations
Etymology: From un- + instantiation.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The process of uninstantiating; destruction of an instance.
uninstantiations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uninstantiation
uninstantiates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uninstantiate
uninstantiating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uninstantiate
tremogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tremograms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tremorgram.
tremograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tremogram
tremorgram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tremorgrams
form: tremogram
Etymology: From tremor + -gram.
Senses: glosses: The record produced by a tremorgraph.
tremorgrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tremorgram
tremography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tremorgraphy.
tremographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tremorgraphic.
tremorgraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tremography
Etymology: From tremor + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: The use of the tremorgraph.
tremorgraphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: tremographic
Senses: glosses: Relating to tremorgraphy.
reinstantiations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reinstantiation
turntableist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turntableists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of turntablist.
turntableism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of turntablism.
turntableists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turntableist
buffalo worm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buffalo worms
Senses: synonyms: lesser mealworm
litter beetle
glosses: An edible larva of the beetle Alphitobius diaperinus.
buffalo worms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buffalo worm
cockworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockworms
Etymology: From cock + worm.
Senses: examples: text: A light glass rod is best, and for bait the Bone seems to like, more than any thing, the Green or Cock worm.
ref: 1954, Travel Magazine, volume 102, page 6:
text: After my second illness, being too old for “piggy-back rides”, I generally sat in 'Resting Nuke' on a seat naturally formed in a low branch of a cedar, watching relatives down in the bay with pitchforks furiously digging out long black slithery "cockworms" from the muddy sands of Sinky Bay.
ref: 1979, Nellie Eileen Musson, Mind the Onion Seed: Black "roots" Bermuda: Presented During Bermuda's First Heritage Week, May, 1979:
text: Old-timers will say that you have to use cockworms, but while the use of bait might be preferable to any artificial lures, bonefish will definitely take bits of fish or shrimp and the good old standby, a piece of squid, will also elicit a bite from the grey ghost.
ref: 2016 April 2, “Surprises waiting beneath the waves”, in The Royal Gazette:
qualifier: Bermuda
glosses: A type of large marine worm, Arenicola cristata, used for fishing bait.
cockworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cockworm
crouchingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more crouchingly
form: most crouchingly
Senses: examples: text: Far away I saw a gaunt cat slink crouchingly along a wall, but traces of men there were none.
ref: 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 239:
glosses: In a crouching manner; while crouched down; in a crouch.
biolets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biolet
CGTN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of China Global Television Network; a global TV network composed of a group of satellite TV channels, owned by the government of the People's Republic of China; formerly CCTV International.
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of China Global Television Network; a global TV network composed of a group of satellite TV channels, owned by the government of the People's Republic of China; formerly CCTV International.
An international English-language TV news channel run by the network, formerly CCTV-9 or CCTV News.
Related terms: CCTV
CNTV
socially distant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more socially distant
form: most socially distant
Senses: examples: text: Social distancing is the act of curtailing public interactions.
What could be more socially distant than the automobile?
ref: 2020 March 18, Andrew Clark, “Driving in the time of COVID-19”, in The Globe and Mail, Online edition, Toronto:
text: [headline] Should I Bankroll my New, Socially Distant Girlfriend?
ref: 2020 April 9, Philip Galanes, “Should I Bankroll my New, Socially Distant Girlfriend?”, in New York Times, page ST 6:
text: Macron's first trip outside France since the coronavirus pandemic highlighted the new rules of socially-distant diplomacy as the normally tactile pair posed two metres apart for photos.
ref: 2020 June 18, Guy Faulconbridge, William James, “Brexit deadline looms over day of Anglo-French solidarity”, in The Guardian:
text: Churches are built for their acoustics, so when Tariro told our Narrative Projects team about these socially distant choirs, we wondered: What does that sound like?
ref: 2021 May 16, Marcelle Hopkins, “Lasers, a Drone and 31 Mics: How We Created a 3-D Experience of Hearing a Choir”, in New York Times, page A2:
glosses: Maintaining a certain distance between at least two people to contain the spread of an infectious disease.
Related terms: social distance
social distancing
South Elmsall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4710).
Related terms: North Elmsall
farm shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: farm shops
Senses: synonyms: word: farm stand
glosses: A shop selling produce directly from a farm.
capbadge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capbadges
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cap badge.
cap badge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cap badges
form: capbadge
Senses: glosses: A badge appearing on a hat, as part of a uniform
fork lightning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fork lightnings
Senses: examples: text: It did not occur to him to be afraid of the vivid fork lightning or the loud thunder that reverberated down the valley.
ref: 1959, Moore Raymond, Smiley Roams the Road, London: Hulton Press, page 131:
glosses: Lightning that contains bolts that branch.
derebey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: derebeys
Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish derebeyi, from dere (“creek”) + bey (“bey, lord”).
Senses: examples: text: A separate institution in Rize from the derebeylik was the great Tuzcuoglu family which eventually was to precipitate the crushing of the derebeys as semi-autonomous local powers.
ref: 1989, T. A. Sinclair, Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey:
glosses: A feudal lord in the Ottoman Empire.
fork lightnings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fork lightning
counterfaçade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterfaçades
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of counterfacade.
forked lightning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forked lightnings
Senses: glosses: Fork lightning.
forked lightnings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forked lightning
farmfield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: farmfields
Senses: glosses: A field used for farming purposes.
Hypernyms: farmland
Coordinate terms: farmyard
mainlane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mainlanes
Senses: topics: transport
glosses: A lane of a road used by traffic
mainspar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mainspars
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The main spar of an aircraft
evisa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evisas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of e-visa.
gangleader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gangleaders
Etymology: From gang + leader.
Senses: glosses: A leader of a gang, especially a criminal gang.
depillar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: depillars
form: depillaring
form: depillared
form: depillared
Etymology: From de- + pillar.
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: to remove a pillar, or pillars, from a mine
basestealer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basestealers
Etymology: From base + stealer.
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player who steals a base.
firebeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firebed
castering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of caster
castered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of caster
midcards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midcard
midcarders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midcarder
uppercards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uppercard
lowcards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lowcard
uppercarders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uppercarder
lowcarders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lowcarder
flagshipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flagship
flagshipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flagship
counterlungs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterlung
motoryachts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motoryacht
flatwings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flatwing
bomblines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bombline
aswangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aswang
hibbertopterids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hibbertopterid
geckolets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geckolet
fireplans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fireplan
gangleaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gangleader
evisas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evisa
mainspars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mainspar
mainlanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mainlane
farmfields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of farmfield
farm shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of farm shop
capbadges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capbadge
cap badges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cap badge
counterfaçades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterfaçade
derebeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of derebey
recaulkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recaulking
cursorjacking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of cursor + hijacking; compare clickjacking.
Senses: glosses: The malicious practice of tricking a user into clicking a visual element they did not intend to click, by manipulating the cursor's apparent location.
on familiar ground
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: In a familiar situation
Shyanne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Respelling of Cheyenne.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Curly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A nickname for a person with curly hair
glosses: A nickname for a bald person
glosses: A male given name.
great comet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒmɪt
Forms: form: great comets
Senses: examples: text: When the next great comet will appear no one can say. In the interim, however, there will be plenty of lesser objects to observe.
ref: 1999, Neil Bone, Observing Meteors, Comets, Supernovae and other Transient Phenomena, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A period of cometary activity when the comet becomes exceptionally bright.
Hyponyms: english: Comet McNaught passage of 2007; first great comet of 21st century
translation: Comet McNaught passage of 2007; first great comet of 21st century
word: Great Comet of 2007
english: last great comet of 20th century
translation: last great comet of 20th century
alt: Comet Hale–Bopp passage of 1997
word: Great Comet of 1997
english: Comet Hyakutake passage of 1996; first great comet in two decades
translation: Comet Hyakutake passage of 1996; first great comet in two decades
word: Great Comet of 1996
english: Comet West passage of 1976; brightest comet in half-a-century
translation: Comet West passage of 1976; brightest comet in half-a-century
word: Great Comet of 1976
english: Halley's Comet passage of 1910; second great comet of 1910
translation: Halley's Comet passage of 1910; second great comet of 1910
word: 1910 Halley's Comet
just reward
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: just rewards
Etymology: From just (adjective) + reward (noun).
Senses: examples: text: On that day all questions will be answered, all mysteries solved. And Alfred will be there, right along you and me, to receive his just rewards, whether for eternal life or eternal death.
ref: 2012, Kay D. Rizzo, Over The Top, page 352:
glosses: A benefit received (tangible or figurative) as a result of morally, or acceptably correct actions.
synonyms: just deserts
wages
glosses: A punishment received (tangible or figurative) as a result of morally incorrect, or unacceptable actions.
just rewards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of just reward
gate box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gate boxes
Senses: examples: text: This 142-year-old tiny ex-LNWR SB [signal box, at Batley] is an amazing survivor, probably owing its longevity to its location alongside a level crossing. Indeed it started life as a gate box with the delightful name of Lady Ann's Crossing.
ref: 2020 July 1, David Allen, “Signalling from Leeds along the S&C”, in Rail, page 74:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A signal box that controls a level crossing.
canary seed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The seed of canary grass, used to feed birds.
gate boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gate box
Amara's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Roy Amara (1925–2007), American scientist.
Senses: glosses: An adage stating that people tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate its effect in the long run.
wikipedia: Roy Amara
rolling average
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: … so that a 36-month rolling average utility consumption per unit per month under paragraph (c)(1) of this section can be determined.
ref: 1983, Code of Federal Regulations, Housing and Urban Development, 24
text: (f) You must demonstrate continuous compliance on a 12-month rolling average basis determined at the end of every month (12 times per year) according to paragraphs (f)(l) and (2).
ref: 2006, Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Protection of Environment
text: The simplest spending formula applies a constant spending rate to a moving (or rolling) average of the market value of the endowment over several prior years.
ref: 2011, Woods Bowman, Finance Fundamentals for Nonprofits
text: 10-year rolling average
ref: 2014, OECD Economic Surveys: Norway 2014
glosses: A moving average.
Kildwick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0146).
Related terms: Killick
Cononley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9947).
Grassington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SE0064).
DADA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Defense Against the Dark Arts.
beauty rest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Modelled after beauty sleep.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of beauty sleep (extra sleep or a special nap)
synonyms: word: beauty sleep
extra: extra sleep or a special nap
Horrocksford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A locality in Clitheroe parish, Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7443).
Umvoti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Zulu.
Senses: glosses: A river in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
glosses: A municipality of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, named after the river.
yuh-uh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: "Do I look like a weirdo?" “Well, yuh-uh.” Ok, it was a stupid question.
ref: 2006, Darren Smith, The Bends, page 82:
text: “Yuh-uh.” Limax agreed with a sniffle.
ref: 2013, Bebe Balocca, Beds and Blazes:
text: “We got you!” Fung said as they backed the duckling named Zan against a wall. “Nuh-uh!” Zan said. “Yuh-uh!” Fung argued when— “NUH-UH!” Tigress called.
ref: 2015, Tales of the Tigress, page 5:
text: 'He's into you,' sang Kat in his ear. 'Nu-uh.' 'Yuh-uh.' 'Naw, dude, he's my accountant?'
ref: 2017, Catherine Fox, Realms of Glory:
glosses: Synonym of uh-huh.
synonyms: word: uh-huh
Apperley Bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1937).
Langwathby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5633).
Lazonby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5439).
Armathwaite
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Hesket parish and Ainstable parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NT5046)
glosses: An unincorporated community in Fentress County, Tennessee, United States, named after the Cumbrian village.
park and bark
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Denoting a performer who speaks or sings while stationary, without moving or dancing.
Ainstable
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5346).
Hesket
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district.
glosses: A locality in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
Related terms: word: High Hesket
word: Low Hesket
Crossflatts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1040).
Saint Apollinaire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: St Apollinaire
form: St. Apollinaire
form: St-Apollinaire
form: St.-Apollinaire
form: Saint-Apollinaire
form: St Apollinaris
form: St. Apollinaris
form: St-Apollinaris
form: St.-Apollinaris
form: Saint-Apollinaris
Etymology: From French Saint-Apollinaire Literally, “Saint Apollinaris”, from the name of the saint, Apollinaire (“Saint Apollinaire de Ravenna”) (Saint Apollinaris of Ravenna), from Latin Apollinaris (“Apollinaris Ravennas”).
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Lotbiniere, Chaudiere-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada.
shirtlifter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shirtlifters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shirt lifter.
Saint-Apollinaire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Saint Apollinaire.
kitul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kituls
Senses: glosses: The toddy palm Caryota urens.
waala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wallah.
garden egg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garden eggs
Senses: glosses: A plant or fruit of certain species of eggplant:
scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum).
synonyms: bitter tomato
Ethiopian eggplant
nakati
mock tomato
pumpkin-on-a-stick
scarlet eggplant
glosses: A plant or fruit of certain species of eggplant:
thorn apple (Solanum incanum).
glosses: A plant or fruit of certain species of eggplant:
An eggplant (Solanum melongena).
non-selection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + selection.
Senses: examples: text: He was fuming over his non-selection for the team.
glosses: The act of not selecting someone (or something).
vr̥ddhi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of vṛddhi.
Cribbins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Cabbagetown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From cabbage + town.
* (Toronto): From the 19th-century, when mid-century immigrants from Ireland and the Balkans started growing cabbages in their front yards.
* (Atlanta): From the post-Reconstruction Era, when late-19th-century Appalachian newcomers of Scots-Irish descent moved in, and started growing cabbages in their front yards.
Senses: examples: text: Jeevan lived in Cabbagetown, north and east of the theatre.
ref: 2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 11:
glosses: A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, filled with semi-detached Victorian houses.
glosses: A neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, rebuilt after the American Civil War. A National Register of Historic Places (NRHP-)listed district.
glosses: Alternative form of Cabbage Town.
Related terms: Cowtown
Hogtown
Cabbage Town
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district of Waterloo Mills, Easttown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. Synonym of Waterloo Mills Historic District.
glosses: Alternative form of Cabbagetown.
NEOWISE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Neowise
form: NeoWISE
form: NeoWise
Etymology: From being discovered in 2020 by the NEOWISE mission, a mission started in 2010 aboard the WISE space telescope (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer). From NEO (“near-Earth object”)+WISE.
Senses: glosses: A comet in Solar System. Visible to the naked eye in 2020. The first comet easily visible to the naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere in a quarter century.
wikipedia: en:Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
Synonyms: Comet NEOWISE
Comet Neowise
Comet NeoWISE
Comet NeoWise
Hypernyms: english: type
translation: type
word: comet
topics: location
word: Solar System
Coordinate terms: english: C/2006 P1; Great Comet of 2007; Southern Hemisphere
translation: C/2006 P1; Great Comet of 2007; Southern Hemisphere
word: McNaught
english: C/1995 O1; Great Comet of 1997
translation: C/1995 O1; Great Comet of 1997
word: Hale-Bopp
english: C/1996 B2; Great Comet of 1996
translation: C/1996 B2; Great Comet of 1996
word: Hyakutake
english: C/1975 V1 or C 1976 VI or C 1975n; Great Comet of 1976
translation: C/1975 V1 or C 1976 VI or C 1975n; Great Comet of 1976
word: West
english: C/1973 E1 or C 1973 XII or C 1973f
translation: C/1973 E1 or C 1973 XII or C 1973f
word: Kohoutek
english: 1/P Halley
translation: 1/P Halley
alt: Halley's Comet/Comet Halley
word: Halley
Sudbrook
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Ancaster parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9744).
glosses: A village in Portskewett community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref ST5087).
psoas minor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The psoas muscle involved in the flexion of the trunk, specifically the lumbar vertebral column, located anterior to the psoas major.
Related terms: psoas major
fetish-man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fetish-men
Senses: examples: text: Sorcery is not the exclusive prerogative of the fetish-man, but is practised haphazardly by anyone who wishes to cast a spell upon another.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 178:
glosses: A man who practises magic by using fetishes.
fetish-men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fetish-man
weather-prophet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weather-prophets
Senses: examples: text: They [...] are excellent weather-prophets; but they appear to think that they can add power to the natural phenomena by singing and performing ritual dances, and so on.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 179:
glosses: A person who foretells the weather, especially without modern meteorological aids or knowledge.
examples: text: "Diodorus," he says, "distinctly states that the hawk, in Egypt, was venerated because it foretold the future." (Birds generally act as weather-prophets.)
ref: 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 56:
glosses: An animal whose behaviour is an indication of coming weather, especially change of season.
weather-prophets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weather-prophet
'splosion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'splosions
form: splosion
Etymology: Clipping of explosion.
Senses: examples: text: Such crashes all of a sudden, and ’splosions that would frighten any man alive, let alone a woman; and what’s worse than all put together, I believe they murder all the hinnocent cats and dogs that ever they catches.
ref: 1859, F. Baldwen, The Two Brides, or, The French Château and the English Home, London: James Blackwood, Paternoster Row, page 182:
text: I tell you, Ruth, ’twas like a shot, a boombshell, within doubtin, / Whose ’splosion made the timbers fly, an set 'em all to poutin.
ref: 1897, Louis Eisenbeis, “The Infidels of Buncombe”, in The Amen Corner, and Other Poems, West Chester, PA: F. S. Hickman, page 102:
text: “Yassum, I guess it wasn’t,” said the Little Bit of a Girl. “But that ain’t the funny part. I was up to th’ hospital f’r weeks an’ weeks an’ weeks, an’ I was there on a bed, an’ by me on ’nother bed was a big man who had been blew up by a ’splosion somewhere. He use to talk to me, an’ we was good friends f’r quite a spell, an’ when his wife use to bring him flowers he use to give some of ’em to me when she was gone away, yassum.
ref: 1905 September, “The Crutch”, in Book of the Royal Blue, volume VIII, number 12, page 24:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of explosion.
splosion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: splosions
Senses: examples: text: “I had this idea fum the fust,” explained Mr. Slappey. “That big splosion in the road back yonder wa’n’t nothin’ on’y a back fire. An’ when Albino gotten out us went—”
ref: 1924, Octavus Roy Cohen, Sunclouds, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, page 128:
glosses: Alternative form of 'splosion.
debris basin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: debris basins
Senses: glosses: A facility to catch debris flows, to trap vegetative and sedimentary debris, such as gravel, boulders, branches, trunks; but allow water to drain; to prevent destruction from debris inundation and surge front downstream.
Coordinate terms: dam
weir
grizzly bar
grizzly
water gate
sedimentation pond
'splosions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 'splosion
hanimals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Oh, miss! if you only heard the poor hanimals ’owling, you’d pity them.
ref: 1859, F. Baldwen, The Two Brides, or, The French Château and the English Home, London: James Blackwood, Paternoster Row, page 182:
glosses: plural of hanimal
mappemond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mappemonds
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mappa mundi.
synonyms: word: mappa mundi
mappemonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mappemond
mappa mundi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌmæpəˈmʊndi/
/-aɪ/
Forms: form: mappae mundi
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin mappa mundī (“map of the world”).
Senses: examples: text: Even the best maps and projections of our future are likely to prove little more accurate than a medieval mappa mundi.
ref: 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 377:
synonyms: mappemond
glosses: A medieval European map of the world.
mappae mundi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mappa mundi
hinnocent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hinnocent
form: most hinnocent
Senses: examples: text: Such crashes all of a sudden, and 'splosions that would frighten any man alive, let alone a woman; and what's worse than all put together, I believe they murder all the hinnocent cats and dogs that ever they catches.
ref: 1859, F. Baldwen, The Two Brides, or, The French Château and the English Home, London: James Blackwood, Paternoster Row, page 182:
glosses: Nonstandard form of innocent, representing a hypercorrection in h-dropping accents.
Haweater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Haweaters
Etymology: From haw + eater, from the prevalence of hawberries among the island's vegetation.
Senses: glosses: A non-indigenous person born on Manitoulin Island, Ontario.
Haweaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Haweater
yassum
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: "I would like to sit down in your shade beside you," said the Tall Man. "Yassum," said the Little Bit of a Girl. […] "Why do you have the crutch?" asked the Tall Man presently. "Yassum, the crutch, the doctor he gave it to me, yassum," said the Little Bit of a Girl.
ref: 1905 September, Harry Persons Taber, “The Crutch”, in William Elliott Lowes, editor, Book of the Royal Blue, volume VIII, number 12, Baltimore, Md.: Passenger Department, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, →OCLC, page 24, column 1:
text: Q. If you would ask him to go to the store, for example, what would he say to that? A. He would say yassum. ¶ Q. Yes, ma'am? A. No, he wouldn't say that; he would say, yassum; and then I would think he is crazy.
ref: 1922, New York Court of Appeals, People of the State of New York against Henry Brown, volume II, page 379:
glosses: Alternative form of yessum.
Mariupolitan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Mariupolitan
form: most Mariupolitan
Etymology: From Mariupol + -itan.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the city of Mariupol.
Mariupolitan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mariupolitans
Etymology: From Mariupol + -itan.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Mariupol.
Mariupolitans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mariupolitan
Carinthians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Carinthian
Novohispanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to New Spain.
Scillitan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Scillitan
form: most Scillitan
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the ancient city of Scillium.
Scillitan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scillitans
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Scillium.
Scillitans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scillitan
Messierian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Charles Messier (1730–1817), French astronomer.
Persepolitans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Persepolitan
Melian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Melian
form: most Melian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Greek island of Milos.
Melian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Melians
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Milos.
Melians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Melian
St Kildan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more St Kildan
form: most St Kildan
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Scottish archipelago of St Kilda.
St Kildan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: St Kildans
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of St Kilda.
St Kildans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of St Kildan
ALCM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ALCMs
Senses: hypernyms: CM
coordinate_terms: CMCA
GLCM
SLCM
glosses: Initialism of air-launched cruise missile.
ALCMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ALCM
alibi copy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alibi copies
Senses: topics: journalism
media
glosses: A copy of a published story and the reporter's notes, which is kept archived in case of legal challenges, etc.
stenopeic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stenopaeic.
alibi copies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alibi copy
aerospace plane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aerospace planes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of spaceplane.
synonyms: word: spaceplane
aerospace planes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerospace plane
korovai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: korovais
form: korovai
form: karavai
form: kravai
Etymology: From older Russian корова́й (korováj) (before 1956 reform) or Ukrainian корова́й (korováj). The modern Russian spelling is карава́й (karaváj).
Senses: glosses: A large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding
chuck-full
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chuck-full
form: most chuck-full
Senses: examples: text: A great big bus chuck-full of people
ref: 1953, Gladys M. Horn, Hippety Hop Around the Block:
glosses: Alternative spelling of chock full.
korovais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of korovai