cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Zaria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɑː.ɹi.ə/
ipa: /ˈzɑː.ɹɪə/
rhymes: -ɑːɹi.ə
Senses: examples: text: – They said she transferred to another university in the north, Zaria or Maiduguri, and completed her studies.
ref: 2010, Helon Habila, Oil on Water, AudioGO (2011), page 66:
glosses: A large city in Kaduna State, Nigeria.
hair roller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hair rollers
Senses: synonyms: hair curler
curler
glosses: A small tube that is rolled into a person's hair in order to curl it, making a new hairstyle.
hair rollers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hair roller
hair curler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hair curlers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hair roller.
synonyms: word: hair roller
hair curlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hair curler
red deers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red deer, particularly in the sense of more than one species
DEERS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In order to receive such care, however, all Armed Forces personnel must enroll their family members in the DEERS (Defense Enrollment Reporting System) program. Check your Personnel Office or, on larger posts, the DEERS Office for appropriate forms and actions.
ref: 1996, Kenneth W. Estes, Handbook for Marine NCOs, 4th edition, page 119:
text: The ACTUR program is a component of the Defense Eligibility and Enrollment Reporting System (DEERS) program, which is used to establish eligibility for DoD services.[…]The database is linked through ACTUR and DEERS.
ref: 2004, National Cancer Registrars Association, Cancer Registry Management: Principles & Practice, 2nd edition, page 341:
glosses: Defense Enrollment and Eligibility Reporting System.
uncapitalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + capitalization or uncapitalize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The state of being (rendered), or the process of becoming (or rendering), uncapitalized.
equiprimordiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From equiprimordial + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state of being equiprimordial
fargard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fargards
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian فرگرد.
Senses: glosses: chapter, section (of the Avesta)
fashional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fashional
form: most fashional
Etymology: From fashion + -al.
Senses: glosses: fashionable
filter tip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filter tips
Senses: glosses: A section at the mouth end of a cigarette containing porous absorbent materials designed to remove tar.
glosses: A cigarette having such a section.
freat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of freet.
gamify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gamifies
form: gamifying
form: gamified
form: gamified
Etymology: From game + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: Famously, Tinder gamified the search for love, introducing that addictive swipe feature to its target audience: millennials.
ref: 2025 May 10, Lulu Garcia-Navarro, “‘The Interview’: Can Whitney Wolfe Herd Make Us Love Dating Apps Again?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 May 2025:
glosses: To convert into the form of a game.
Related terms: gamification
gamified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From gamify + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gamify
gamified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gamified
form: most gamified
Etymology: From gamify + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: How can gameful designers incorporate meaningful, relevant realworld application into their gamified learning experiences?
ref: 2014, Ryan Schaaf, Nicky Mohan, Making School a Game Worth Playing: Digital Games in the Classroom:
text: Unlike older conservatives, Yiannopoulos understood what was bubbling up on platforms such as Reddit and 4chan: a new gamified form of hard-right discourse based not on ideas but on memes, harassment and “saying the unsayable” […].
ref: 2017 February 21, Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian:
text: Here was this chipper little bot, popping up in my notifications, checking to see how I was doing, sending me pithy, chicken-soup-for-the-soul-style aphorisms and gamified tasks.
ref: 2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Turned into a game.
Derived terms: ungamified
honeyfuggle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: honeyfuggles
form: honeyfuggling
form: honeyfuggled
form: honeyfuggled
form: honeyfugle
Senses: glosses: To wheedle or swindle
Related terms: honey trap
hydroscience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrosciences
Etymology: From hydro- + science.
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: The science and associated technology of water management
illutible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That cannot be purged or washed away
I'll be bound
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Where are those teenagers going at this time of night? Up to no good, I'll be bound!
glosses: I am certain (that something is true)
I'll be bound
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Well, I'll be bound!! Another example of following the rules and being undercut on pricing by those who don't follow the regs.
ref: 2007 June 7, tightenit, “Installation of TMV Valve”, in Screwfix Community:
text: "Well, I'll be bound," Ruby said with a dreamy sigh.
ref: 2015, Mary Monroe, Mama Ruby:
glosses: An expression of surprise.
Synonyms: sense: expression of surprise
word: wow
leptomorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more leptomorphic
form: most leptomorphic
Etymology: From lepto- + morphic.
Senses: glosses: Relatively long and narrow
raw_tags: of a face or body
Derived terms: leptomorphically
let the dog see the rabbit
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From hunting with dogs.
Senses: glosses: Get out of the way, so I can see what I'm doing.
loadout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈləʊd.aʊt/
ipa: /ˈloʊ.daʊt/
Forms: form: loadouts
head_nr: 1
Etymology: Deverbal from load out.
Senses: examples: text: Throughout this period, and beyond, into the rest of the battle, aircraft of various types and loadouts are crisscrossing the skies in desperate harassment attacks, with the pilots having to play constant games of "guess the carrier" to decide where to land as escort carriers are hit, sunk, disappear in columns of shell splashes, or are forced to evade at angles to the wind that make landing on them impossible.
ref: 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 27:22 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:
head_nr: 1
coordinate_terms: outfit#Noun
kit#Noun
gear#Noun
glosses: The set of objects (e.g., equipment, supplies) to be carried into battle, onto a jobsite, etc.; all that one needs for a specific purpose.
examples: text: I've got my custom loadout, a holographic scoped assault rifle and a stock of claymore mines to use to cover my back as I look out over the wreckage of the downed transport plane for insurgents.
ref: 2015, Alan F. Meades, Understanding Counterplay in Video Games:
topics: video-games
head_nr: 1
glosses: A set of items and abilities chosen by the player before embarking on an in-game mission.
examples: Quote from Definitions section, page 9:
'Load-out' : The transfer of a major assembly onto a barge by horizontal movement or by lifting. (For the purposes of this document, the term Barge can be considered to include Pontoon, Ship or Vessel where appropriate).
head_nr: 1
glosses: The transfer of an object onto a vessel or vehicle.
Related terms: word: load up
word: buildout
word: fully-loaded
word: layout
word: lock and load
word: outload
word: pack out
word: tricked out
maxterm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maxterms
Senses: examples: text: All the maxterms in a product of maxterms should have the same variables, although each maxterm should differ from every other one by the pattern of complementation of those variables.
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A sum that is a logical OR of a set of variables where each individual variable only appears once in the sum, either in complemented or uncomplemented form, so that the value of the sum becomes 0.
Related terms: minterm
mediobasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From medio- + basal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: At the base of the medial plane
Derived terms: mediobasally
metaculture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metacultures
Etymology: From meta- + culture.
Senses: glosses: All the universal concepts that are present in all cultures
metacultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meta- + cultural.
Senses: glosses: Relating to metaculture.
monachization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monachizations
Senses: glosses: The placing of a child in a monastery or convent, especially by force.
neuroweapon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuroweapons
Etymology: From neuro- + weapon.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Any weapon that targets the nervous system of an enemy combatant
newsflow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newsflows
Etymology: From news + flow.
Senses: glosses: The production of press releases together with the set of news stories generated by them
oophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oophores
Etymology: From oo- + -phore.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of some ferns and mosses that bear sexual fruit.
Derived terms: oophoric
Related terms: oophoron
paenungulate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paenungulates
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any animal of the clade Paenungulata.
paracord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paracords
Etymology: From para- + cord.
Senses: glosses: A lightweight nylon rope, originally used for the suspension lines of parachutes.
Derived terms: paracordist
paraurethral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + urethral.
Senses: glosses: Lying alongside the urethra
Derived terms: paraurethral gland
parenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to parenesis.
glosses: Exhibiting parenesis; hortatory; persuasive.
Derived terms: parenetically
phasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phases
Etymology: From Late Latin phasis, or its source, Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “appearance”).
Senses: examples: text: [A]s the same face of the moon always is turned to the earth, the lunar tides must be permanent, and if the solid parts of the moon be spherical, must always cover the phasis next to us.
ref: 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 119:
glosses: A phase (of the moon, a planet etc.).
examples: text: He o'er the seas shall love or fame pursue, / And other Months, another Phasis view […].
ref: 1697, Marcus Manilius, translated by Thomas Creech, Astronomica:
text: In popular language Feeling is not always synonymous with State of Consciousness; being often taken more peculiarly for those states which are conceived as belonging to the sensitive, or to the emotional, phasis of our nature […].
ref: 1882, John Stuart Mill, A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive, 8th edition:
glosses: Any phase or aspect of something.
glosses: The first appearance of the new moon.
physiatry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The treatment of disabled people.
pledgeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pledgable.
pledgable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pledge + -able.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Able to be used as a pledge, or as collateral
postanesthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: postanaesthetic
Etymology: From post- + anesthetic.
Senses: glosses: Following the administration of an anesthetic.
postmenarcheal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: postmenarchal
form: postmenarchial
Etymology: From post- + menarche + -al.
Senses: glosses: After the menarche (advent of menses).
Coordinate terms: premenarcheal
premenarchial
premenarchal
menarcheal
menarchal
Related terms: pubertal
postpubertal
premenarcheal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: premenarchal
form: premenarchial
Etymology: From pre- + menarche + -al.
Senses: glosses: Before the menarche (advent of menses).
Coordinate terms: menarcheal
menarchal
menarchial
postmenarcheal
postmenarchal
postmenarchial
Related terms: prepubertal
Equatoguinean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Equatoguinean
form: most Equatoguinean
Etymology: From Spanish ecuatoguineano.
Senses: glosses: Equatorial Guinean
Derived terms: Equatoguinean Spanish
Equatoguinean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Equatoguineans
Etymology: From Spanish ecuatoguineano.
Senses: examples: text: We have already seen, in Chapter II, that Equatoguineans like Ilonbe and Loboch imply that they feel imprisoned.
ref: 2007, Emily Ann Knudson-Vilaseca, Embodying the Un/home: African Immigration to Portugal and Spain:
text: Many of the Equatoguineans I met referred to this group as "monkey counters" and wondered out loud why anyone would want to go around counting monkeys.
ref: 2013, D. Johnson, Language Policy:
glosses: An Equatorial Guinean.
neist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /niːst/
Etymology: From Middle English nest, neste, from Old English nēst, nēist, variants of Old English nīehst (“nearest, next”). More at next.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of next.
neist
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /niːst/
Etymology: From Middle English nest, neste, from Old English nēst, nēist, variants of Old English nīehst (“nearest, next”). More at next.
Senses: examples: text: The bonniest lass that ye meet neist,
 Gie her a kiss an' a' that
ref: 1785, Robert Burns, The Bonniest Lass:
glosses: Alternative form of next.
anteroseptal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛptəl
Etymology: From antero- + septal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: anterior to the septum (of the heart)
autocalibrating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: auto-calibrating
Etymology: From auto- + calibrating.
Senses: glosses: That calibrates automatically or autonomously
Related terms: autocalibration
auto-calibration
iodolium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A five-membered unsaturated heterocyclic cation containing four carbon atoms, one iodine atom (carrying a positive charge) and two double bonds
diphenyleneiodonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diphenyleneiodoniums
Etymology: From diphenylene + iodonium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An aromatic heterocyclic cation composed of two benzene rings fused with an iodolium ion
fibroins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fibroin
hydropathicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydropathicities
Etymology: From hydropathic + -ity.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The relative hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity of a compound, especially of an amino acid residue in a protein
immunobloting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of immunoblotting.
inferoseptal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛptəl
Etymology: From infero- + septal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the inferoseptum of the heart
intravoxel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + voxel.
Senses: glosses: Within a voxel
suicide cable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suicide cables
Etymology: Referencing the fact that when one end is plugged into a live outlet, the exposed prongs of the other end are highly dangerous.
Senses: examples: text: When the hurricane hit and I lost power, I fired up the generator and jacked it in to the outlet in my garage with a suicide cable; at least I was able to run a few lights and my refrigerator.
text: I did the same thing as you, except I ran one suicide cable from the genset to the house, then because the genset is only 120v, I ran another suicide cable from phase to phase to get 120v throughout the house.
ref: 2000 June 19, Philip Lewis, “Dedicated outlets for generator?”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet):
text: Measure the voltage drop when it's on. Break out the suicide cables and test that same device using line to ground. Depending on how your place is wired, you may find that under an actual load, your ground is really awful.
ref: 2010 May 29, Cydrome Leader, “re: surge protectors”, in sci.electronics.repair (Usenet):
text: No, I'm not. That would only make sense if the grid power were persistently unreliable, which it isn't. Nor am I using a suicide cable.
ref: 2011 February 25, Sylvia Else, “Not earthing a generator”, in aus.electronics (Usenet):
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: suicide cord
widowmaker
;
male-to-male cable
male-to-male cord
glosses: A simple electrical cord with prongs on both ends; plugging one end into a live outlet (for example a generator) and the other end into a dead outlet (in a house with no power) allows power to be injected from the live outlet into the dead one.
mannoheptose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mannoheptoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A heptose related to mannose.
Related terms: mannoheptulose
minicircuitry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mini- + circuitry.
Senses: glosses: Small-scale circuitry
Related terms: microcircuitry
nanocircuitry
nanoblade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoblades
Etymology: From nano- + blade.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale blade
nanooscillator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanooscillators
form: nano-oscillator
Etymology: From nano- + oscillator.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale oscillator.
parallelise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: parallelises
form: parallelising
form: parallelised
form: parallelised
Etymology: From parallel + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of parallelize.
Derived terms: parallelisable
pediveliger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pediveligers
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A stage in the life cycle of a veliger when it is able to crawl using its foot.
photodoping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + doping.
Senses: glosses: An enhanced form of doping (of semiconductors and other solids) under the influence of light
spidroin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spidroins
Etymology: From spider + -o- + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The main type of protein in spiders' dragline silk.
Hypernyms: protein
Hyponyms: spidroin 1
spidroin 2
Derived terms: spidroin 1
spidroin 2
tileable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tile + -able.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: That is able to tile the plane
raw_tags: of a shape
Derived terms: tileability
tileability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tile + -ability.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The ability of a shape to tile the plane
Related terms: tileable
transactivational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + activation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to transactivation
tripotential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tri- + potential.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The potential of a stem cell to develop into three different types of cell.
unitarizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unitarize
dial it in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dials it in
form: dialing it in
form: dialling it in
form: dialed it in
form: dialed it in
form: dialled it in
form: dialled it in
Etymology: * (set up well): Often, complex systems have many dials, which need to be tweaked for optimal performance. Thus, dialing it in involves moving the various dials until the system is performing better. Very probably, it began as a military term used in artillery and naval gunnery; e.g. "We have the enemy dialed in."
Senses: examples: text: The mechanic dialed in the bicycle before the customer picked it up.
text: He estimated the corner of the building was forty yards away and dialed it in. The weapon made a funny, hollow bloop sound when it fired but the results were anything but comical. The grenade landed a foot from the edge of the building
ref: 2006, Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, Skeleton Coast, page 317:
text: you'll need to understand its suspension system and dial it in properly
ref: 2006, Bill Stermer, Streetbikes: Everything You Need to Know, page 121:
text: It's a brand-neu; design and, like a new model of anything, it sometimes takes some tweaking to dial it in.
ref: 2007 November, Running Times, number 351, page 6:
text: The 3D animator has control over how strong it is and can “dial it in” to get any desired amount of turbulence.
ref: 2007, Steve Wright, Compositing Visual Effects: Essentials for the Aspiring Artist, page 55:
text: Start with the bindings, then the fin, and as a last measure, take out the file or sandpaper to dial it in.
ref: 2010, Ben Favret, Water Skiing and Wakeboarding, page 64:
glosses: To set up in a perfect or complete way.
examples: text: The actor simply dialed in his performance, leaving even his devoted fans disappointed with the show as a whole.
text: "I'm not sure what the kind of person who listens to him is, but I would guess it's someone who doesn't listen to mainstream, boring, dial-it-in rock."
ref: 2006 October 14, Billboard, volume 118, number 41, page 58:
text: Stills added: “I never dial it in. You walk out there in front of people and ask them to pay money to see you, you'd better bring it.
ref: 2008, Dave Zimmer, Crosby, Stills & Nash: The Biography, page 363:
text: The fans know when you dial it in and when you're giving it that extra effort.
ref: 2009 September 5, Billboard, volume 121, number 35:
glosses: To give a lackluster, uninspired, or timid performance (especially when capable of doing better); to phone it in.
candida-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more candida-like
form: most candida-like
form: candidalike
Etymology: From candida + -like.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Resembling a yeast infection by Candida albicans.
particracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: particracies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of partocracy.
particracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of particracy
partitocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partitocracies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of partocracy.
partitocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of partitocracy
gemmoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gemma + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a gemma; budlike
place setting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: place settings
Senses: glosses: Items of cutlery, crockery and glassware, and sometimes a place mat, arranged for a person at a dining table.
Synonyms: setting
table setting
premontane
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + montane.
Senses: glosses: Describing the zone immediately below the montane zone
siphunculi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of siphunculus
siphunculus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siphunculi
Etymology: From Latin siphunculus, q.v.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of siphuncule.
siphuncule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siphuncules
form: siphunculus
Etymology: From Latin sīphunculus (“little tube”), from sīphō (“tube, pipe”) + -culus (diminutive suffix), from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn), of uncertain and possibly non-Indo-European Mediterranean substrate origin.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A tube that connects adjacent chambers in the shells of some cephalopods.
soaken
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more soaken
form: most soaken
Senses: glosses: soaked, saturated
glosses: intoxicated
spacelight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spacelights
Etymology: From space + light.
Senses: glosses: A weather-resistant light used to illuminate outdoor areas
stempost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stemposts
Etymology: From stem + post.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A vertical post, at the front of the keel, that forms the main part of the bow
sulphurflower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphurflowers
form: sulfurflower
Etymology: From sulphur + flower.
Senses: glosses: A form of wild buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum) that has golden-yellow flowers.
table setting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: table settings
Senses: synonyms: dinner service
glosses: A place setting.
examples: text: "Winterfell" does a lot of work in a short amount of time, but unlike some previous episodes that engaged in significant table setting, it never feels too rushed or like characters are being given short shrift in the effort to hurry to the next beat.
ref: 2019 April 14, Alex McLevy, “Winter is Here on Game of Thrones’ Final Season Premiere (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2020:
glosses: The act of setting the table.
fainne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɑnjə/
ipa: /ˈfɔnjə/
Forms: form: fainnes
form: fainni
form: Fainne
form: Fáinne
form: fáinne
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish fáinne (“ring”). Doublet of fawny.
Senses: examples: text: 1966 The Irish answer: an anatomy of modern Ireland. Tony Gray
In the past, the 'Fainne' got something of a bad name because not all of its wearers were prepared to confine their attempts to converse in Gaelic to fellow-members of the League; some insisted on trying to do all their shopping in Irish...
text: 1996 Presbyterians and the Irish Language By Roger Blaney
In 1922 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and the following year became Chief ... that he always wore his fainne (the Irish language badge) at work and that much more Irish than English was spoken in his ...
text: It is a proven fact that pupils from these schools continue to speak Irish among themselves long after leaving the all-Irish environment. As numbers increase, better use of the 'Fainne' would identify these students to each other and to anyone ...
ref: 2005 Feis Na NGleann: A Century of Gaelic Culture in the Antrim Glens - Page 120
text: http://www.gaelport.com
The Silver Fáinne is suitable for those who have a basic ability in Irish. The Gold Fáinne indicates that you are a fluent Irish speaker. Now Irish speakers all over the world can purchase a fáinne in our new online shop which can be accessed by clicking on this link or by visiting the shop which is located at the top of this page.
glosses: A pin badge worn to indicate a fluency in, or a willingness to speak, the Irish language.
COLAtards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of COLAtard
tuk-tuks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tuk-tuk
Lewis gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lewis guns
Etymology: After its designer Isaac Newton Lewis.
Senses: glosses: A light machine gun adopted by Belgium and the UK before World War I and widely used.
wikipedia: Isaac Newton Lewis
Indian hemp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indian hemps
Senses: synonyms: brown hemp
janapa
janapan
Jubbulpore hemp
Madras hemp
sann hemp
Sunn hemp
glosses: The plant Crotalaria juncea.
glosses: The plant Cannabis indica.
glosses: A poisonous plant, Apocynum cannabinum, that American Indians used to make rope and string.
jacks-in-boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jack-in-the-box
glosses: plural of jack-in-a-box
jacks-in-the-boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jack-in-the-box
songthaew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: songthaews
form: songtaew
form: songthaeo
Etymology: From Thai สองแถว (sɔ̌ɔng-tɛ̌o), from สอง (sɔ̌ɔng, “two”) + แถว (tɛ̌o, “row”).
Senses: glosses: A pickup truck converted into a shared taxi by the addition of a bench or row of seats along each side of the bed.
Synonyms: baht bus
Related terms: tuk-tuk
songtaew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: songtaews
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of songthaew.
songthaeo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: songthaeo
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of songthaew.
in confidence
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: I told my colleague in confidence that I was planning a divorce.
glosses: Confidentially, privately, off the record.
tuk tuk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuk tuks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tuk-tuk.
tuk tuks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tuk tuk
bajaj
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɑ.d͡ʒaɪ/
Forms: form: bajaj
form: bajajs
Etymology: From Indonesian bajaj, ultimately from the name of the manufacturer, Bajaj Auto.
Senses: glosses: A tuk-tuk.
wikipedia: Bajaj Auto
Related terms: becak
velotaxi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: velotaxis
Etymology: From velo- + taxi.
Senses: glosses: pedicab, cycle rickshaw (cycle rickshaw used as taxi)
velotaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of velotaxi
antihomeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antihomeless
form: most antihomeless
form: anti-homeless
Etymology: From anti- + homeless.
Senses: examples: text: This section addresses the recent homeless backlash by reviewing and analyzing antihomeless legislation[…]
ref: 1995, Madeleine R. Stoner, The Civil Rights of Homeless People, page 136:
glosses: Opposing the homeless.
cycle rickshaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cycle rickshaws
Senses: synonyms: word: cyclo
word: hatchback bike
word: becak
word: pedicab
english: if used as cycle taxi
translation: if used as cycle taxi
word: trishaw
english: with three wheels
translation: with three wheels
word: trisikad
glosses: A rickshaw, mostly used as taxi, with two wheels in the back for the carriage and one wheel for steering in the front (or sometimes vice versa), propelled by the action of a driver’s feet upon pedals.
cycle rickshaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cycle rickshaw
defib
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈfɪb/
ipa: /ˈdiːfɪb/
ipa: /diːˈfɪb/
Forms: form: defibs
form: defibbing
form: defibbed
form: defibbed
Etymology: Clipping of defibrillation.
Senses: glosses: To defibrillate.
defib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈfɪb/
ipa: /ˈdiːfɪb/
ipa: /diːˈfɪb/
Forms: form: defibs
Etymology: Clipping of defibrillation.
Senses: examples: text: Though occasionally a “flatliner” can be revived with a defib, it is most commonly used to change the uncoordinated contractions of the heart (fibrillation) into a normal sinus rhythm—that is, to defibrillate the heart.
ref: 2011, Laurence Street, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Technology, page 125:
glosses: A defibrillator.
glosses: A defibrillation.
defibbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of defib
defibs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of defib
defibbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of defib
flatliner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flatliners
Etymology: From flatline + -er.
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: An angler who uses a flatline.
examples: text: […]unless my heart stops, okay? Nada — unless I'm a flatliner."
ref: 1996, Bill Butterworth, Butterworth gets his life together, page 144:
text: In spite of his dramatic highs and the canyon lows, Kurt was a flatliner—a patient with no heartbeat.
ref: 1998, George Mckinney, Cross the Line:
text: Though occasionally a “flatliner” can be revived with a defib, it is most commonly used to change the uncoordinated contractions of the heart (fibrillation) into a normal sinus rhythm—that is, to defibrillate the heart.
ref: 2011, Laurence Street, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Technology, page 125:
glosses: A patient with no heartbeat.
flatliners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flatliner
laceweight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lace + weight.
Senses: topics: business
knitting
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Of a light weight designed to be used with 1.5–2.25 mm needles.
raw_tags: of a yarn
superbulky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + bulky.
Senses: topics: business
knitting
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Of a heavy weight intended to be used with large needles.
raw_tags: of a yarn
bike cab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bike cabs
Senses: glosses: A cycle rickshaw used as a taxi.
samlaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: samlaws
form: saamlaw
form: samlor
Etymology: From Thai สามล้อ (sǎam-lɔ́ɔ).
Senses: glosses: A pedicab in Thailand or Laos.
saamlaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saamlaw
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of samlaw.
samlor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: samlor
form: samlors
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of samlaw.
samlors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of samlor
Auhelawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: 'Auhelawa
Senses: glosses: An Oceanic Austronesian language spoken in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Synonyms: topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Kurada
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Nuakata
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: 'Urada
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Auhelawa terms
kud ⁠
NGF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of nerve growth factor: a neurotrophic factor and neuropeptide involved in the growth of peripheral nerve cells.
NGF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Golf Foundation.
jahrzeit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jahrzeits
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of yahrzeit.
yartzeit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yartzeits
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of yahrzeit.
yartseit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yartseits
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of yahrzeit.
yortseit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of yahrzeit.
yortsayt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yortsayts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of yahrzeit.
yahrtzeit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yahrtzeits
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of yahrzeit.
HAR1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A regulatory and RNA gene responsible for brain development.
Related terms: HAR2
HAR2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A regulatory and RNA gene responsible for hand and opposable thumb development in humans.
Related terms: HAR1
FOXP2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: FOX + P + 2: Acronym of forkhead box protein P2.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: regulatory gene and RNA gene responsible for the development of throat structures; in humans, those related to speech.
glosses: The protein produced by the gene
Hypernyms: FOX
FOXP
Related terms: forkhead box protein
FOX
FOXP
FOXP1
FOXP3
FOXP4
LCT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LCTs
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A gene responsible for encoding lactase; mutations in this gene are responsible for adults' ability to digest lactose.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of lactase.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Initialism of landing craft tank.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of limit comparison test.
examples: text: an all-up amount including GST and LCT (but not stamp duty, registration etc)
ref: 2009, Philip McCouat, Australian Motor Vehicle Tax Guide, page 139:
glosses: Initialism of luxury car tax
LCTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LCT
nutting truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌtɪŋ ˌtɹʌk/
ipa: [ˈnʌɾɪŋ ˌtɹʌk]
Forms: form: nutting trucks
Etymology: So named because they were originally manufactured by the Nutting Truck Company, founded by Elijah Nutting.
Senses: examples: text: The slip read: "I asked Charles Hall to push a nutting truck from the dumping table area to the paper case area."
ref: 1973, in a Government Employee Relations Report (in the issues 484-509; page 1-461), page 49
text: When I tried to show him how thin the pieces were and that I had made good progress, he just picked up his clip board and motioned for me to get a big nutting truck and to follow him.
ref: 2006, Ken Culbreth, The Railway Mail Clerk and the Highway Post Office, →ISBN, page 123:
text: She looked at the stacks of flats already sitting on the nutting truck.
ref: 2012, Sandy Kay, Awakening Hearts, →ISBN, page 89:
qualifier: United States Postal Service terminology
glosses: A flat cart with four wheels, one in the center or corner of each side, upon which trays of mail may be stacked for transport.
nutting trucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nutting truck
landing craft tank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landing craft tanks
form: Landing Craft, Tank
form: tank landing craft
form: TLC
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: an amphibious assault water vessel designed to transport a tank across water to directly onto shore, where the tank may roll off the vessel onto the shore, while under enemy fire.
Synonyms: word: LCT
Related terms: landing ship tank
Landing Craft, Mechanised
microtonalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From microtonal + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The use of microtones in music.
microtonalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microtonalists
Etymology: From microtonal + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who uses microtones in music.
microtonalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microtonalist
sedeprivationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin sede + prīvātō + -ism. Probably modelled on sedevacantism.
Senses: examples: text: Father Gordon in the Conjuring films was based upon Bishop Robert McKenna, O.P. (1927-2015), a longtime associate of the Warrens and Tridentine Catholic who believed in sedeprivationism; that is to say that he only performed mass in[…]
ref: 2021 July 1, Kevin J. Wetmore Jr., The Conjuring, Liverpool University Press, →ISBN, page 57:
glosses: The school of thought, in Roman Catholicism, that the popes of the new religion of Vatican II council have been defective or deprived of the infallible teaching authority of the office because of their Modernist intent and remain in pope elect status until rencanting the innovations.
sinkijon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Korean 신기전(神機箭) (sin'gijeon).
Senses: glosses: A Korean military rocket from the 15th century.
situatedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: situatednesses
Etymology: From situated + -ness.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Embeddedness in a culture.
relearner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relearners
Etymology: From relearn + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The comparative advantage the relearners gained from previous acquaintance with a particular maze vanished as the elapsed time approached six months.
ref: 1981, Lee Joseph Cronbach, Richard E. Snow, Aptitudes and Instructional Methods, page 125:
glosses: One who relearns.
relearners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relearner
tailcup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tailcups
Etymology: From tail + cup.
Senses: glosses: An American lupine, Lupinus caudatus
telerecorded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tele- + recorded.
Senses: glosses: recorded using telerecording
territ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: territs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of terret.
tormogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tormogens
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τόρμος (tórmos, “socket”) + -gen.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A specialized epidermal cell in insects, associated with the formation of the socket around the base of a bristle.
Coordinate terms: thecogen
trichogen
town centre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: town centres
form: town center
Senses: glosses: The main commercial or business area of a town, containing the principal shops, banks, restaurants and public traffic hub.
Synonyms: central business district
downtown
Related terms: city centre
city center
transmarginal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more transmarginal
form: most transmarginal
Etymology: From trans- + marginal.
Senses: glosses: Crossing the margins of a person's tolerance (to pain etc)
Derived terms: transmarginal inhibition
Chandrika
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit चन्द्रिका (candrikā, “moonlight, moonshine”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.
tribikos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tribikoi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τρίβικος (tríbikos), from τρι- (tri-) + βῖκος (bîkos, “vessel”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An early distillation apparatus having three "beaks" to collect the distillate.
unverbalised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + verbalised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unverbalized.
verkakte
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more verkakte
form: most verkakte
form: facacta
form: farkakteh
form: fakakta
form: fakakte
form: ferkakte
form: ferkakta
form: farkakta
form: facocta
form: farkakte
form: fercocta
form: fercockta
form: facockta
form: farkakt
form: vercackte
Etymology: From Yiddish פֿאַרקאַקטע (farkakte), inflected form of פֿאַרקאַקט (farkakt, “shitty, turned into shit, shat upon”). Compare synonymous German verkackt. The English forms with v- are influenced by the German spelling of the prefix ver-.
Senses: glosses: shitty, crappy
Related terms: becocked
vibrotational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vibro- + rotational.
Senses: glosses: vibrational and rotational
Whitbian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Whitby + -an.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing upper lias sediments found along the north Yorkshire coast
bill sticker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bill stickers
Senses: examples: text: Bill stickers in danger at South Kensington
ref: 1944 May and June, “When the Circle was Steam Operated”, in Railway Magazine, page 133, image caption:
glosses: Alternative form of billsticker.
handpassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of handpass
handpassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of handpass
handpasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handpass
handpasses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of handpass
superflood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superfloods
Etymology: From super- + flood.
Senses: examples: text: Under this plan, in the event of a superflood, New Orleans will have protection through the Bonnet Carre spillway, carrying a half million second feet of water.
ref: 1935, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Flood Control, Flood Control in the Mississippi Valley, page 315:
glosses: A very large, devastating flood, especially one caused by the melting of a glacier-dammed lake.
superfloods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superflood
checkside punt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: checkside punts
Senses: glosses: banana kick
checkside punts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of checkside punt
checksheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of checksheet
autosuggestibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + suggestibility.
Senses: examples: text: Meditation appears to have something in common with biofeedback and autosuggestibility.
ref: 2005, Orrin Devinsky, Steven C. Schachter, Steven Pacia, Complementary And Alternative Therapies For Epilepsy:
glosses: The quality of being autosuggestible.
autosuggestible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more autosuggestible
form: most autosuggestible
Etymology: From auto- + suggestible.
Senses: examples: text: Again, some hysterics may be so autosuggestible that heterosuggestions can have no more than a transient effect.
ref: 1995, Alan Gauld, A history of hypnotism, page 479:
glosses: Prone to autosuggestion.
heterosuggestion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterosuggestions
Etymology: From hetero- + suggestion.
Senses: glosses: suggestion from outside
Related terms: autosuggestion
heterosuggestions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heterosuggestion
avulsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of avulse
avulsed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having been torn off, as in an avulsion.
raw_tags: of a piece of flesh or body part
glosses: Having been caused by a piece of flesh or body part being torn off, as in an avulsion.
raw_tags: of a wound
avulses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of avulse
avulsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of avulse
autocodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autocode
atrichous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Without hair.
glosses: Without flagella.
autonomasy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of autonomasia.
aspulvinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aspulvinones
Etymology: Blend of translingual Aspergillus + pulvinone
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of hydroxylated pulvinones found in cultures of the mold Aspergillus terreus.
aspulvinones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aspulvinone
pulvinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pulvinones
Etymology: From Latin pulvis (“powder”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An aromatic hydroxy-butenolide, derivatives of which occur naturally in certain fungi and moulds.
Derived terms: aspulvinone
pulvinones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pulvinone