cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
slideout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slideouts
Etymology: From slide + out.
Senses: glosses: A section of a recreational vehicle that can be extended from the main body of the vehicle when parked to form a separate room.
slideout
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From slide + out.
Senses: examples: a slideout computer keyboard
a slideout menu in a graphical user interface
glosses: That operates by sliding out of some other element.
slideouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slideout
remoralize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: remoralizes
form: remoralizing
form: remoralized
form: remoralized
form: remoralise
Etymology: From re- + moralize.
Senses: examples: text: Schools no longer teach morals to children. We need to remoralize education!
glosses: To supply with morals again.
glosses: To restore the morale of (after demoralization); to encourage again.
remoralizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of remoralize
remoralizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of remoralize
remoralized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of remoralize
thiurets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thiuret
goldwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gold-work
form: gold work
Etymology: From gold + work.
Senses: examples: text: 1620, Anonymous translator, The Novels and Tales of the Renowned John Boccacio, the First Refiner of Italian Prose, London: Awnsham Churchill, 5th edition, 1684, The Tenth Day, Novel 9, p. 466,
[…] with lighted Torches (because it was somewhat late) they invited the very greatest and noblest persons of the City, all the Rooms being hanged with the richest Arras, Cloths of Gold-work, Velvet, Silks, and all other rich Adornments […]
text: Laquer’d-ware should be without Specks, smooth, and of so shining a Black, that you may see your Face in it, the Figures in raised Work, and well done; the Bottoms, Sides, and Corners sound, and nothing chosen but what is useful: The Gold-work should not come off with slight rubbing; nor the Substance of Bowls, Basons, &c. be too thick.
ref: 1711, Charles Lockyer, chapter 5, in An Account of the Trade in India, London: printed for the author, page 125:
text: His beard was closely shaved, his doublet reached to the middle of his leg, and the girdle which secured it, and at the same time supported his ponderous sword, was embroidered and embossed with gold work.
ref: 1820, Walter Scott, chapter 23, in Ivanhoe:
text: Then Jigmed gives me two rings, for my two sisters, one mounting a ruby, the other a turquoise, in rich Lhassa gold-work.
ref: 1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Part II, Chapter 9:
text: This dissolution of the art and artifacts of a whole culture to the crude denominator of bullion was especially ironic in view of the sheer multiplicity of use and image in pre-Columbian goldwork. No two figures are ever the same, and the range of imagery is as profuse as Colombian nature itself: alligators, jaguars, condors, deer, owls, lizards, macaws, and even hallucinogenic mushrooms.
ref: 1974 March 27, Robert Hughes, “Gold of the Indians”, in Time:
glosses: Work done using gold metal, as in embroidery or jewellery.
stumpwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stump + work.
Senses: glosses: A style of embroidery where the stitched figures are raised from the surface of the work to produce a three-dimensional effect.
stumpnoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stumpnose
quarterboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarterboys
Etymology: From quarter + boy.
Senses: glosses: A male figure that strikes a bell every quarter of an hour as part of the mechanism of a public clock.
quarterboys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarterboy
strawboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strawboard
tip up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tips up
form: tipping up
form: tipped up
form: tipped up
Senses: glosses: To tilt something upward in order to discharge its contents.
somaesthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more somaesthetic
form: most somaesthetic
form: somesthetic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to somaesthetics.
somesthetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of somaesthetics.
somaesthetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From somaesthetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or with regard to, somaesthetics.
somesthetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From somesthetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of somaesthetically.
somaesthetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somesthetics
Etymology: Blend of somatic + aesthesis + -tics. Coined by the American philosopher Richard Shusterman.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A philosophical discipline involving the use, appreciation, and knowledge of one's own body.
wikipedia: Richard Shusterman
solyankas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solyanka
Somalians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Somalian
rusticles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rusticle
electracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of electrical + literacy. Coined by Gregory Ulmer.
Senses: glosses: The skill and facility necessary to exploit the potential of modern electronic media.
Synonyms: e-literacy
pump trolley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pump trolleys
form: pump-trolley
Senses: examples: text: The train, minus the three abandoned trucks, again proceeded at a slow pace, with a pump trolley doing pilot ahead ; this was very necessary as a great many sleepers were found to have been burnt underneath the fishplates.
ref: 1901, George Gipps, The Fighting in North China (up to the Fall of Tientsin City), Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, →OL, page 40:
text: A gang was sent out on a pump trolley and the inspection car followed.
ref: 1910 March 4, “Supply Trade Section: Fairbanks-Morse Inspection Car”, in Railway Age Gazette, volume 48, number 9, page 509:
text: Immediately after the train had pulled away from St. Peters, Alfred Morrison, section foreman along with his helper, Frank Lindloft, took off with the pump trolley.
ref: 1976, J. William Calder, All Aboard, Formac Publishing Company, →ISBN, →OL, page 118:
glosses: A light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism; a handcar.
Synonyms: word: handcar
word: jigger
word: Kalamazoo
word: pump car
Richy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Diminutive + -y.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Richard. Alternative form of Richie.
glosses: A nickname of the surname Rich.
ethnosciences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethnoscience
ethnoscientific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ethnoscientific
form: most ethnoscientific
Etymology: From ethno- + scientific.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to ethnoscience.
Derived terms: ethnoscientifically
ethnoscientist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnoscientists
Etymology: From ethno- + scientist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies ethnoscience.
ethnoscientists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethnoscientist
Kalamazoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kalamazoo
Needhamian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Needham + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Joseph Needham (1900–1995), British scientist, historian and sinologist.
pump trolleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pump trolley
cinobufagin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the Asiatic toad Bufo gargarizans, having similar effects to digitalis and used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Derived terms: desacetylcinobufagin
telocinobufagin
arenobufagin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From arenarum and bufagin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the Argentine toad Bufo arenarum, having similar effects to digitalis.
thizzing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] He said, like, 'Come on, baby, this is a challenge now. We gotta break this uptight son of a bitch. We'll double-team his ass. I think he's thizzin' enough.' […]
ref: 2011, K. Z. Snow, The Zero Knot, Dreamspinner Press, →ISBN, page 173:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: High from the drug MDMA (Ecstasy).
thizzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of thizz
viridibufagin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From viridis and bufagin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the European green toad (Bufo viridis).
vallicepobufagin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From valliceps and bufagin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the Gulf Coast toad (Bufo valliceps).
regularobufagin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From regularis and bufagin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the square-marked toad Bufo regularis.
quercicobufagin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the oak toad Bufo quercicus.
gamabufagin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the Japanese toad Bufo japonicus.
cp.
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comp.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of compare.
Synonyms: cf.
thizzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thizz
marinobufagin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: marinus + -o- + bufagin
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A bufanolide steroid secreted by the cane toad Bufo marinus (now Rhinella marina).
ethnoscientifically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ethnoscientifically
form: most ethnoscientifically
Etymology: From ethnoscientific + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an ethnoscientific manner or context.
ethograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethogram
ethologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ethologically
form: most ethologically
Etymology: From ethological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an ethological manner.
Derived terms: neuroethologically
ethologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethology
bufothionine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sulfur-containing compound present in the bufotoxins secreted by the parotoid gland of certain toads of the genera Bufo and Chaunus.
bufotalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bufotalins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the common European toad (Bufo bufo) and other related toads such as Bufo melanostictus.
logomark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: logomarks
Etymology: From logo + mark.
Senses: examples: text: A new logomark consisting of a basic stem outline incorporating the PR Exposure initials in a continuous line has been introduced by the Chicago based firm.
ref: 1973, Art direction, volume 25:
text: Many Japanese TV commercial films carry corporate logomarks at the end to identify the products' mother brand.
ref: 1993, David A. Aaker, Alexander L. Biel, Brand equity and advertising, page 61:
glosses: A logo that is the mark of a business or service.
logomarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of logomark
parotoid gland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parotoid glands
Senses: glosses: An external skin gland on the back, neck, and shoulder of toads and some frogs and salamanders, which secretes a milky alkaloid substance to deter predators.
chaperoneship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaperonship
Etymology: From chaperone + -ship.
Senses: glosses: State or position of chaperone.
idlingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more idlingly
form: most idlingly
Etymology: From idling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: While idling; in an idle manner.
pseudostar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudostars
Etymology: From pseudo- + star.
Senses: glosses: Any light in the sky that may be erroneously identified as a star.
pseudostars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudostar
Athabaskans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Athabaskan
Athabascans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Athabascan
Denes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dene
sandsoap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandsoaps
Etymology: From sand + soap.
Senses: examples: text: He filled a basin with water, and, with an old brush and piece of sandsoap, attacked the stove.
ref: 1922, Joseph Hergesheimer, Mountain Blood:
text: Pa and the two children washed and polished all the windows, and Henry scrubbed B. Singlet's sign with sandsoap and a brush.
ref: 1988, Mary Steele, Mallyroot's Pub at Misery Ponds, Ringwood: Puffin Books, page 71:
glosses: A kind of soap with embedded grains of sand, giving it a coarse, gritty texture, and used for exfoliation or for scrubbing residue from smooth surfaces such as pots and pans.
sandsoaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandsoap
aquascape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquascapes
Etymology: From aqua- + -scape.
Senses: glosses: An underwater environment designed for an aquarium.
aquascape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: aquascapes
form: aquascaping
form: aquascaped
form: aquascaped
Etymology: From aqua- + -scape.
Senses: glosses: To create or maintain the underwater environment of an aquarium.
Related terms: waterscape
aquascapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aquascape
Parsonsian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Parsonsian
form: most Parsonsian
form: Parsonian
Etymology: From Parsons + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Talcott Parsons (1902–1979), American sociologist.
have the last laugh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has the last laugh
form: having the last laugh
form: had the last laugh
form: had the last laugh
form: get the last laugh
Senses: examples: text: The author had the last laugh over the publishers who had rejected her now best-selling book.
glosses: To be vindicated; to triumph despite predicted failure; to find success after defeat or setback.
Related terms: he who laughs last laughs best
laugh all the way to the bank
laugh on the other side of one's face
the joke is on someone
have the last word
rewinder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rewinders
Etymology: From rewind + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, rewinds.
rewinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rewinder
rewickering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rewicker
oversocialized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oversocialized
form: most oversocialized
Etymology: From over- + socialized.
Senses: examples: text: cultural influence acting on […] the oversocialized consumer
ref: 2004, Patricia Cormack, Sociology and mass culture: Durkheim, Mills, and Baudrillard, page 26:
glosses: Assimilated too far into society.
oversocialized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From over- + socialized.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oversocialize
oversleeves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oversleeve
undersocialized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undersocialized
form: most undersocialized
Etymology: From under- + socialized.
Senses: examples: text: The undersocialized, aggressive child is so maladaptive in his responses that it is difficult for him to cover up his pathology. When he's caught at something he may attempt to justify his behavior, go into a rage or attempt to escape […]
ref: 1988, Karen M. Lorentzen, Claudewell S. Thomas, Jacob Jay Lindenthal, Health education: principles, preparation, and practice:
glosses: Insufficiently assimilated into society; antisocial.
maladaptiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From maladaptive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being maladaptive.
judgingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more judgingly
form: most judgingly
Etymology: From judging + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to judge or evaluate.
maladaptations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maladaptation
malacostracans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malacostracan
cum guzzlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cum guzzler
cum-guzzler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cum-guzzlers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cum guzzler.
cum-guzzlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cum-guzzler
main drags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of main drag
Príncipe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Portuguese Príncipe, from príncipe (“prince”), after the Prince of Portugal, from Latin prīnceps (“leader”).
Senses: glosses: an island which forms part of São Tomé and Príncipe
wikipedia: Prince of Portugal
opportunivore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opportunivores
Etymology: From opportunity + -vore.
Senses: examples: text: An estimated $75 billion worth of food is thrown out yearly in America, and it doesn’t take a great leap of logic to connect the desire to live sustainably with the almost limitless supply of free food that overflows the nation’s dumpsters. Thus the opportunivore can forage either overtly or covertly, by asking up front or diving out back.
ref: 2008 March, Matthew Power, “Mississippi drift: River vagrants in the age of Wal-Mart”, in Harper's Magazine:
glosses: A person who subsists on still-edible food that has been or was going to be discarded.
examples: text: Their secret? Like us, they [coyotes] survive by adapting: they’re opportunivores, feeding on everything from insects to garbage to deer; […]
ref: 2010 September 14, Alissa York, “The terror within”, in Globe and Mail:
glosses: One who will generally eat whatever is available, having a diet that excludes few foods.
examples: text: Those were heady times for a young, omnivorous reporter: I handled everything from stakeouts to regional front-page features, writing on topics from nuclear power to heroin addiction. I call myself an "opportunivore" because I’m still drawn to a wide range of stories.
ref: 2012 January 26, Dan Schawbel, “Should Journalists Become Entrepreneurs?”, in Forbes:
glosses: A person who actively seeks or takes advantage of opportunities.
Synonyms: sense: person who eats salvaged food
word: freegan
sense: one with a flexible diet that excludes few foods
word: flexitarian
sense: one with a flexible diet that excludes few foods
word: omnivore
sense: person who takes advantage of opportunities
word: opportunist
opportunivores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opportunivore
self-immolate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-immolates
form: self-immolating
form: self-immolated
form: self-immolated
Etymology: From self- + immolate.
Senses: examples: text: A woman asked, hesitantly: “Is he the one who … self-immolated?”
ref: 2019 April 15, J Oliver Conroy, “A lawyer set himself on fire to protest climate change. Did anyone care?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To set oneself on fire, especially as a form of protest.
Related terms: self-immolation
Kwajalein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒəlɪn/
other: /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒəˌliːn/
other: /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒəˌleɪn/
other: /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒəˌlaɪn/
other: /ˈkwɒd͡ʒəlɪn/
other: /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒəlɪn/
Etymology: From German Kwajalein, from Marshallese Kuwajleen.
Senses: glosses: Kwajalein atoll.
glosses: Kwajalein island, Kwajalein atoll.
Derived terms: Kwaj
Kwaj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɑːdʒ
rhymes: -ɒdʒ
other: /ˈkwɒd͡ʒ/
other: /ˈkwɑːd͡ʒ/
Etymology: Shortening of Kwajalein.
Senses: glosses: Kwajalein island; Kwajalein atoll.
wikipedia: father-bother merger
deceptable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more deceptable
form: most deceptable
Senses: examples: text: But as for popular Errors, they are more neerly founded upon an erroneous inclination of the people; as being the most deceptable part of Mankind and ready with open armes to receive the encroachments of Error.
ref: 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3:
glosses: Vulnerable to deception.
data sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of data set
optionaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: optionaires
Etymology: Blend of option + millionaire.
Senses: examples: text: Don't you just get sick thinking about all those Silicon Valley optionaires who lost much of their fortune in the tech meltdown?
ref: 2001 May 1, Daniel Kadlec, “Options At Work”, in Time:
glosses: A person whose wealth consists of or was made through stock options.
examples: text: A new word, "optionaires," makes this distinction. Optionaires are defined as people who grew up in the affluent society — that is, the upper third of the nation — and have options in life and privileges in society as a result of their upbringing.
ref: 1980, Celeste MacLeod, Horatio Alger, Farewell: The End of the American Dream, Seaview Books, →ISBN, page 144:
glosses: A person who has been afforded greater opportunities by having been born into privilege.
optionaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of optionaire
choleic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: taurocholic acid (An acid obtained from bile).
Related terms: cholic acid
insession
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɛʃən/
Forms: form: insessions
Etymology: From Latin insessio, from insidere, insessum (“to sit in”). See insidious.
Senses: examples: text: Used by way of fomentation, insession, or bath.
ref: 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
glosses: The act of sitting, as in a tub or bath.
examples: text: Insessions be bathing tubs half full.
ref: 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
glosses: That in which one sits, as a bathing tub.
insessions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insession
turnhalle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turnhalles
form: turnhallen
form: turnhall
Etymology: German, from turnen (“to exercise, do gymnastics”) + Halle (“hall”).
Senses: examples: text: The Cincinnati Forty-eighters were the first emigres who established a Turnhalle, a recreation center for the development of mind and body.
ref: 2005, Kathryn M. Galchutt, The Career of Andrew Schulze, 1924-1968: Lutherans and Race in the Civil Rights Era:
text: The Germans built turnhalles, and the Czechs created something similar called sokols.
ref: 2011, Peter N. Pero, Chicago's Pilsen Neighborhood, page 53:
glosses: A building used as a school of gymnastics, mostly in German contexts.
Related terms: turner
turnverein
turnhallen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turnhalle
turnhalles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turnhalle
UNC
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: numismatic slang
glosses: Abbreviation of uncirculated.
UNC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: \\BobsComputer\Shared\ColourLaser200 is the UNC path to Bob's printer.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: Microsoft Windows
glosses: Initialism of Uniform Naming Convention, a syntax to describe the location of a network resource.
glosses: Initialism of University of North Carolina.
qualifier: UN
glosses: Initialism of United Nations Command.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Unified Coarse (formerly an initialism of Unified National Coarse), a screw thread classification within the Unified Thread Standard.
pajamahadeen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of pajamas + mujahadeen, from the notion that bloggers write at home in pajamas.
Senses: examples: text: And recent scholarship on media criticism points to the importance of the "'pajamahadeen' bloggers who targeted CBS, CNN, and the Associated Press during 2004 and 2005" in Internet campaigns that effectively challenged the mainstream media's claims of fairness and accuracy in reporting […]"
ref: 2011, Ronald N. Jacobs, Eleanor Townsley, The Space of Opinion: Media Intellectuals and the Public Sphere, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8:
glosses: Bloggers whose aim is to fact check and challenge the mainstream media establishment.
examples: text: Stay home in your pajamas, oh fellow member of the pajamahadeen.
ref: 2012, John Biggs, Charlie White, Bloggers Boot Camp: Learning How to Build, Write, and Run a Successful Blog, Focal Press, →ISBN, page 188:
glosses: Bloggers collectively.
mutables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mutable
gimp hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gimp hands
Etymology: Gimp, because of the perceived weakness of the hand compare to ace-ten, the hand that ranks directly above it.
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: An ace and a nine as a starting hand.
unalert
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: more unalert
form: most unalert
Etymology: From un- + alert.
Senses: glosses: Not alert.
tuberon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuberons
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of tiburon.
tiburon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiburons
form: tuberon
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French tiburon, from Spanish tiburón, of uncertain origin.
Senses: examples: text: Other unlucky accidents happen in these seas to vexe them, as when (in most becalmings) they swim in the bearing Ocean, the greedy Tuberon or Shark arm'd with a double row of venemous teeth pursues them [...].
ref: 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, section I:
glosses: A shark; now specifically, Sphyrna tiburo or Negaprion brevirostris.
undercommented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undercommented
form: most undercommented
Etymology: From under- + commented.
Senses: examples: text: What will probably result is a grossly undercommented program, with brief comments that are only marginally helpful.
ref: 1981, G. Michael Schneider, Steven C. Bruell, Advanced programming and problem solving with PASCAL:
text: I've only one complaint about the book: the actual code is often poorly formatted and undercommented, so some of the examples are difficult to read.
ref: 1988, Dr. Dobb's journal, volume 13:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Having inadequate documentation in the form of comments in source code.
data path
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: data paths
form: datapath
Etymology: From data + path.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The part of a central processing unit that stores data to be immediately operated on and performs logic and arithmetic operations on it based on signals from the control unit.
data paths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of data path
datapath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: datapaths
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of data path.
datapaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of datapath
sameyness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saminess
Etymology: From samey + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Viktor Lofgren, a Swedish software developer and consultant who created his own indie search engine called Marginalia, told me, “One part of the sameyness is that recommendation and prediction algorithms often seem to work almost too well.”
ref: 2022 March 10, Kyle Chayka, quoting Viktor Lofgren, “What Google Search Isn’t Showing You”, in The New Yorker:
glosses: The quality of being samey.
Saminess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sami + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: My question was thus formulated "What is the relation between language and Saminess?" Some informants gave a personal definition of Saminess, others commented on the relationship between the two concepts.
ref: 2005, Annika Jansson, Sami language at home and at school: a fieldwork perspective:
text: The Saminess, for their grandparents, was not so much a reflexive matter as something naturalized and implicit.
ref: 2011, Dieter K. Müller, Alain A. Grenier, Polar Tourism: A Tool for Regional Development, page 189:
synonyms: Lappishness
glosses: The quality of being Sami.
anchovy pear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anchovy pears
Senses: synonyms: river pear
glosses: The tree Grias cauliflora.
synonyms: river pear
glosses: A fruit, similar to mango in taste, from this tree
anchovy pears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anchovy pear
cerated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin ceratus, past participle of cerare (“to wax”), from cera (“wax”).
Senses: glosses: Covered with wax.
mangolds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mangold
argument-form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: argument-forms
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of argument form.
goldseed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gold + seed.
Senses: glosses: A plant, dog's-tail grass (Cynosurus cristatus).
carnalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carnalists
Etymology: From carnal + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: There is no talking to such; no hope of their conversion; they are in a reprobate sense, meer carnalists, fleshly minded men
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
glosses: A sensualist, a hedonist.
carnalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carnalist
sexdigitism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sex- + digit + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The state of having six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.
Hypernyms: polydactyly
Related terms: sexdigital
pearly king
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pearly kings
Senses: glosses: The father of a pearly family from East London.
pearly kings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pearly king
pearly queen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pearly queens
Senses: glosses: The mother of a pearly family from East London.
pearly queens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pearly queen
pearly prince
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pearly princes
Senses: glosses: The son of a pearly family from East London.
pearly princes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pearly prince
pearly princess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pearly princesses
Senses: glosses: The daughter of a pearly family from East London.
pearly princesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pearly princess
pearly family
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pearly families
Senses: glosses: A family, one of whose members is a member of one of the charitable pearly guilds from East London, and who dress in unique pearly suits for election as pearly kings and queens in April each year.
pearly families
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pearly family
burgish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more burgish
form: most burgish
Etymology: From burg + -ish. Compare burgeois, burgess.
Senses: examples: text: Maybe she needed to get out of the house—she's been inside it for two days—but that would only bring everything into sharper focus. She'd see more clearly how burgish Bleak could get.
ref: 2004, Richard Swanson, Brigid Does Bleak:
glosses: Of, like, resembling, or typical of a burg; citylike.
Synonyms: townish
magic puddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magic pudding
magic pudding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magic puddings
Etymology: A reference to the title character in Norman Lindsay's 1918 children′s book The Magic Pudding.
Senses: examples: text: 2006, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary debates (Hansard), House of Representatives, Volume 286, page 8,
Medibank Private is a magic pudding which would make Norman Lindsay proud.
text: Is this a magic pudding? A CSIRO policy economist who has worked with the modelling, Dr Steve Hatfield Dodds, said: “It's not so much a magic pudding as long-term, carefully planned structural adjustment.”
ref: 2007, Peter Hartcher, Bipolar Nation: How to Win the 2007 Election: Quarterly Essay, number 25, page 17:
text: Government was not a burden that you had to pay for; it was a magic pudding; you could cut slice after slice and there was always more.
ref: 2009, John Hirst, Sense and Nonsense in Australian History, page 309:
text: Unfortunately, in a world that prefers magic puddings, technological bullets and simple solutions (preferably implemented painlessly by someone else) achieving sustainability is extremely complex.
ref: 2009, Richard Everist, The Complete Guide to the Great Ocean Road, page 57:
glosses: A limitless or endlessly replenished resource.
hidegild
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hidegeld
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English hīdġield (“a tax paid on each hide of land”). Compare hide (“measure of land”), geld.
Senses: topics: law
qualifier: Anglo-Saxon
glosses: A tax paid on each hide of land; hidage.
hidegild
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydegild
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English hȳdġyld, hȳdġield (“a fine to buy one out of receiving a flogging”, literally “a payment to save one's skin”). Compare hide (“skin”), geld.
Senses: topics: law
qualifier: Anglo-Saxon
glosses: A fine paid in lien of a flogging.
Mussalman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mussalmans
form: Mussalmen
Senses: examples: Being a Hindu he will be generous towards Mussalmans and others (Gandhi, M. K. (1930) Some Rules of Satyagraha. Young India, February 1930). ⁽ˡⁱⁿᵏ⁾
glosses: Alternative form of Mussulman.
hidegeld
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hidegild.
Mussalmans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mussalman
Mediterrane
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Mediterran
Etymology: From Latin mediterraneus.
Senses: glosses: Mediterranean.
examples: text: Sea townes are infected with Mahometisme; the Mediterran, are eclips'd in black Idolatry [...].
ref: 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, section I:
glosses: Inland, interior.
argument-forms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of argument-form
hiddle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɪdəl/
Forms: form: hiddles
form: hidel
form: hidle
form: hiddil
form: heddle
form: hydle
form: hidels
form: hydles
Etymology: From Middle English hidel, hydel, an alteration, due to final s mistaken for the plural ending, of Middle English hidils, hudels (“hiding-place, concealment”), from Old English hȳdels (“a place of concealment, hiding-place, cavern, cave”), equivalent to hide + -le. For loss of final s compare burial, riddle. More at hide, huddle.
Senses: glosses: A hiding-place; a sheltered spot.
glosses: A cluster, small group of buildings, etc. set close together; a huddle.
Derived terms: but hidel
hidel-like
in hidel
Related terms: hide
hideling
hiddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈhɪdəl/
Forms: form: hiddles
form: hiddling
form: hiddled
form: hiddled
form: hidel
form: hidle
form: hiddil
form: heddle
form: hydle
form: hidels
form: hydles
Etymology: From Middle English hidel, hydel, an alteration, due to final s mistaken for the plural ending, of Middle English hidils, hudels (“hiding-place, concealment”), from Old English hȳdels (“a place of concealment, hiding-place, cavern, cave”), equivalent to hide + -le. For loss of final s compare burial, riddle. More at hide, huddle.
Senses: glosses: To hide; conceal.
glosses: To nestle closely; take shelter.
glosses: To shelter (in one's arms).
hidel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hidels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hiddle.
Derived terms: hideling
hidel-like
hidle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hidles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hiddle.
dynae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dyna
formal validity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: formal validities
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An argument's property of being valid due to being an instance of an argument form.
election threshold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: election thresholds
Etymology: From election + threshold.
Senses: glosses: A minimum percentage of votes that a party needs to receive in order to obtain a parliamentary seat.
logical constant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: logical constants
Senses: examples: The logical connective OR can be seen to correspond to the logical constant "unless".
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A word or phrase which has an invariant logical meaning and which is useful for forming argument forms.
Hyponyms: logical connective
Related terms: syncategorematic
logical connective
mean proportional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mean proportionals
form: means proportional
Senses: glosses: The geometric mean.
mean proportionals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mean proportional
means proportional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mean proportional
nonpatentability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + patentability.
Senses: examples: text: The Solicitor of the Patent Office argued before the CCPA that Benson’s holding of nonpatentability as to the computer program in that case was controlling here.
ref: 1976, Thurgood Marshall, Dann v. Johnston, 425 U.S. 219, 224 (1976)
topics: law
glosses: The characteristic of being nonpatentable; inability to be patented.
alimentary canals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alimentary canal
paparazzification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paparazzifications
Etymology: From paparazzi + -ification.
Senses: examples: text: Given the paparazzification (a spur of the moment sniglet) of celebrity, what one does, wears or says is beamed out to millions in a nanosecond.
ref: 2005 December 3, Ruth Wajnryb, “At the birth of a sniglet”, in Sydney Morning Herald:
glosses: The process of making or becoming characteristic of the paparazzi.
farsang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: farsangs
Etymology: From Persian فرسنگ (farsang). Doublet of parasang.
Senses: examples: text: That dayes journey was foure farsangs.
ref: 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, section II:
glosses: A Persian measure of distance, equivalent to about four miles.
farsangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of farsang
DARVO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑː.vəʊ/
ipa: /ˈdɑɹ.voʊ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)vəʊ
Etymology: Acronym of “Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender”. Coined by Jennifer J. Freyd in “Violations of power, adaptive blindness, and betrayal trauma theory” (1997), Feminism & Psychology.
Senses: examples: text: And Nevils tweeted the acronym DARVO and spelled it out: “Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender.” DARVO is a “perpetrator strategy,” according to the professor who coined the term, Jennifer Freyd.
ref: 2020 May 20, Brian Stelter, “Matt Lauer responds to rape allegation from Ronan Farrow’s ‘Catch & Kill’”, in CNN:
text: Tracy directly replied to Tucker’s statement saying, “This is just more of the same DARVO, deflection, victim blaming and lies that I’ve been dealing with now for months.”
ref: 2023 September 12, Jayna Bardahl, “College football’s overrated, underrated teams: Ole Miss, Duke and Alabama”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Acronym of deny, attack, and reverse victim and offender, a behavior of perpetrators of wrongdoing (especially sexual offenders), when accused of attacking their victim, reversing the roles of victim and offender.
wikipedia: Jennifer J. Freyd
Related terms: english: a person who uses this tactic
translation: a person who uses this tactic
word: crybully
word: gaslighting
english: a similar strategy in rhetoric
translation: a similar strategy in rhetoric
word: metastasis
sapors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sapor
merl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: merls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of merle (blackbird)
burstenness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bursten + -ness. Compare also burstness.
Senses: glosses: A broken or bruised condition; brokenness; in the extract, a mass of bruises.
examples: text: The leaf bruised and laid to any green wound in the hands or legs, doth heal them quickly; and being bound to the throat, much helpeth the quinsy; it helpeth also ruptures and burstenness.
ref: 1814?, Nicholas Culpeper, Parkins, The English Physician
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A rupture; a hernia.
Related terms: bursten
burstness
run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs with the hare and hunts with the hounds
form: running with the hare and hunting with the hounds
form: ran with the hare and hunted with the hounds
form: run with the hare and hunted with the hounds
Senses: glosses: To support both sides of an argument.
Related terms: butter one's bread on both sides
have one's cake and eat it too
judge, jury and executioner
devil's advocate
ctenidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ctenidium
moirai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μοῖρα (moîra).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The three Fates, personifications of destiny.
examples: text: Public fact becomes private reality, and the seasons of a Midwestern town become the Moirai of our small lives.
ref: 1970, Toni Morrison, “Summer”, in The Bluest Eye:
glosses: One's own destiny; fate.
paperphilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From paper + -philia.
Senses: examples: text: Maybe paperphilia really isn't so different from the recessive pinings that motivate some people to own antique cars.
ref: 2010, William Powers, Hamlet's BlackBerry, Harper, →ISBN, page 139:
glosses: The appreciation of and preference for paper.
Derived terms: paperphile
paperphile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paperphiles
Etymology: From paper + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: Some paperphiles buy foreign stationery made by Smythson of Bond Street, London, or by Pineider of Florence, Italy.
ref: 1999 March 11, Cynthia King, “Paper Swoon”, in Slate:
glosses: One who loves paper.
paperphiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paperphile
hackerspace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hackerspaces
Etymology: From hacker + space.
Senses: examples: text: 'Citizen science projects', along with 'hackerspaces' and 'makerspaces', have grown increasingly popular since the 1990s, providing opportunities for dedicated non-specialists to carry out research projects.
ref: 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 199:
glosses: A community-operated workspace where people with common interests, often in computers, machining, science, and digital or electronic art, can meet to socialize and collaborate on projects.
Synonyms: hacklab
hackspace
Hyponyms: makerspace
hackerspaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hackerspace
sagemono
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sagemono
form: sagemonos
Etymology: From Japanese 提げ物 (sagemono, literally “hanging thing”).
Senses: examples: text: With the downfall of the samurai, for instance, swords as works of art went out of existence. Then those artists had to turn their attention to the embellishment of little articles in common use, such as the sagemono or the hanging things which the Japanese men carried attached to their obis (the tight sashes that hold the kimono in place). The latter consisted of a pipe in a case, a tobacco pouch, perhaps a box of flint and steel, an inro carrying seals or medicines, or a pen case with a section for the ink.
ref: 1933 January, Lillian Dow Davidson, “Japan Faces the Rising Sun”, in The Rotarian, volume 42, number 1, Chicago: Rotary International, →ISSN, page 43:
text: Although a netsuke could be as simple as a stick with two holes in it or as elaborate as a piece of fine jewelry, its function placed certain restrictions on material and design. It had to be small enough to slide easily under the obi but bulky enough to keep the sagemono from slipping down.
ref: 1982, Barbra Teri Okada, Netsuke: Masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: Harry N. Abrams, →ISBN, page 9:
text: A sagemono incorporates two connecting holes forming a channel called the himotōshi, through which a silk cord is threaded to attach the sagemono to the obi.
ref: 2002, Christine L. Paglia, Telling Toggles: Netsuke in Context, Brunswick, ME: Bowdoin College, →OCLC, page 7:
glosses: Any kind of carrying container hung from one's belt or sash (in Japan), such as a coin purse, tobacco pouch, or pillbox.
EBCT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Electron beam computed tomography.
EBCTA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of electron beam computed tomography angiography.
MSCT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of multislice computed tomography.
MSCTA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of multislice computed tomography angiography.