cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bananahood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From banana + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: Ordinary, non-metaphorical, exemplification is unproblematic. All of the instances of exemplification considered so far are non-metaphorical. The paint chip literally can exemplify the property of being teal since it literally is teal. The banana literally exemplifies bananahood since it really is bananoid.
ref: 2003 September 2, James O. Young, Art and Knowledge, Routledge, →ISBN, page 73:
text: Hobbes is denying here that there are real objects, often called “universal”, which underlie our uses of language. Take bananas. We routinely apply the term “banana” to certain specimens of curvaceous yellowish soft fruit. Someone who believes that the world really contains universals will hold that there is a universal property of bananahood, which all bananas possess. But, for a nominalist like Hobbes, the only property which all bananas possess is that of being called “bananas”.
ref: 2008 January 7, Glen Newey, Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hobbes and Leviathan, Routledge, →ISBN, page 39:
text: It would be no less reasonable
if we decided to aspire
to perfect,
pure bananahood.
ref: 2008 November 25, Phillip Hill, The Observation Car, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 66:
text: It is funnier for a second banana to play the lead than for a lead to pretend to second bananahood.
ref: 2012 December 4, Roger Ebert, Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition, Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN, page 86:
text: As a result, after a few iterations, the memory concept “banana” is fully activated and the memory item is retrieved. Moreover, in the presence of spontaneous fluctuations of the activity, different aspects of “bananahood” will flash up. The basic idea of memory retrieval discussed here is at the heart of models of working memory and long-term memory (see chapter 13).
ref: 2016 November 4, Michael A. Arbib, James J. Bonaiuto, From Neuron to Cognition via Computational Neuroscience, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 203:
text: For me, the idea of 'bananahood' encapsulates many of the driving questions about the way we understand ethnicity in the contemporary world. It bespeaks the possibilities of ethnic identification and acculturation which are not automatically tied with racial appearance.
ref: 2017 March 2, Lena Dominelli, Walter Lorenz, Beyond Racial Divides: Ethnicities in Social Work Practice, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: The property or state of being a banana, chiefly in various idiomatic contexts.
Related terms: bananoid
banananess
Fid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fids
Etymology: From FIDS (“Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey”), a former name of the British Antarctic Survey.
Senses: examples: text: The British use the term “fidlets”, a diminutive of “Fid”, which in turn is an acronym for Falkland Island Dependencies, the former name of the British Antarctic Survey.
ref: 2024 June 20, Eva Corlett, “Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang”, in The Guardian:
qualifier: Antarctica
glosses: A British worker with the British Antarctic Survey.
Derived terms: Fidlet
Fid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Fid
Etymology: From fid due to its shape.
Senses: glosses: A mountain peak in Graham Land, Antarctica.
minstreling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪnstɹ(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: form: minstrelings
Etymology: From minstrel + -ing.
Senses: glosses: gerund of minstrel
An act of playing a musical instrument or singing as a minstrel.
glosses: gerund of minstrel
The occupation of a minstrel.
synonyms: word: minstrelry
word: minstrelship
word: minstrelsy
minstreling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪnstɹ(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: form: minstrelling
Etymology: From minstrel + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of minstrel
minstrelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minstrellings
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of minstreling.
minstrelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of minstreling.
minstreled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: minstrelled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of minstrel
minstrelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of minstreled.
Emegir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒅴𒂠 (eme-gir₁₅ /⁠emegir⁠/).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The standard variety of the Sumerian language.
Related terms: Emesal
Emesal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eme-sal
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒅴𒊩 (eme-sal /⁠emesal⁠/).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A variety or sociolect of the Sumerian language, used exclusively by female characters in some literary texts.
Related terms: Emegir
wood sugar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wood sugars
Senses: glosses: Synonym of xylose.
synonyms: word: xylose
wood sugars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wood sugar
Vetteses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Vettese
Skuses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Skuse
Skeweses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Skewes
Suzzallos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Suzzallo
teleroentgenography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + roentgenography.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of teleradiography.
synonyms: word: teleradiography
Bookchins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bookchin
tensiomyographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to tensiomyography
thymomectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thymomectomies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thymectomy.
transosseously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a transosseous manner
Rapozo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rapozos
Etymology: Variant of Raposo.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Raffety
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Raffetys
Etymology: Variant of Rafferty.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Raffetys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Raffety
Rapozos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rapozo
Quenneville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Quennevilles
Etymology: Borrowed from French Quenneville.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Onas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ona
Quennevilles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Quenneville
Nolet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nolets
Etymology: Borrowed from French Nolet.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Mendibles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mendibleses
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Mendibleses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mendibles
Nolets
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nolet
palo santo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɑloʊ ˈsɑntəʊ/
Forms: form: palo santos
form: palos santos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish palo santo.
Senses: examples: text: Palo santo oil is the product of Bulnesia sarmienti , which is known as palo santo ( holy wood ) to the Paraguayans.
ref: 1947, Industrial Reference Service - Volume 5, Part 2, page 2:
text: The cleansing power of palo santo wood comes with a sense of sweet blessings and nourishment; it clears the negative vibrations and brings forth a healing quality of energy to your home.
ref: 2017, Rodika Tchi, The Healing Power of Smudging:
text: Palo santo helps support the immune system by turning off inflammatory responses created by a poor diet, pollution, stress, and illness.
ref: 2017, Kac Young, The Healing Art of Essential Oils:
text: Palo santo (Bursera graveolens or Bulnesia sarmienti) is a critically overharvested plant native to South and Central America, closely related to frankincense.
ref: 2021, Sara L. Mastros, The Big Book of Magical Incense:
text: We fell in love with the Palo Santo so much that we commissioned John to return to Paraguay and harvest more of this sustainably harvested Palo Santo wood and ship it back to us on a container boat.
ref: 2021, Sam Calagione, Mariah Calagione, Andrew C. Greeley, The Dogfish Head Book: 26 Years of Off-Centered Adventures, page 153:
text: Palo santo, known for its cleansing energy, is lovely to have on hand for adding a sweet healing aroma to the air.
ref: 2022, Shellie Pomeroy, Natural Tables, page 107:
glosses: A medium-sized deciduous tree indigenous to the tropical dry forests of Central and South America, Bursera graveolens or Gonopterodendron sarmientoi, known for its sweet scent.
Latty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lattys
Etymology: Borrowed from Swiss French Latty.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A village in Paulding County, Ohio, United States.
cryptozoa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From crypto- + zoa, coined by English zoologist Arthur Dendy.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Small animals who live in darkness and under conditions of high relative humidity.
Related terms: cryptosphere
cryptozoic
Kauzlarich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kauzlariches
Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Kauzlarić, probably a patronymic from an old borrowing of Austrian German keischler (“cottager”) (modern Keuschler).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
Kauzlariches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kauzlarich
Lattys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Latty
Heltsley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Heltsleys
Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Hölzle.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Henard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Henards
Etymology: Borrowed from French Hénard.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Henards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Henard
Heltsleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Heltsley
SKL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Sumerian King List.
cryptosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Etymology: From crypto- + sphere.
Senses: examples: text: The teeming multitudes are to be found hidden in the soil, or beneath the debris that covers much of the earth's surface. The latter environment, the cryptosphere, provides a series of microhabitats that link their inhabitants with the environment in which they evolved many millions of years ago.
ref: 2020 [1975], John Cloudsley-Thompson, Terrestrial Environments, Routledge, →ISBN, page 22:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: The habitat of the cryptozoa.
examples: text: The core-team Apes describe the graffiti-covered bathroom of the club itself — which looks like a sticky Tiki bar — in a way that echoes that project’s broader mission: “Think of it as a collaborative art experiment for the cryptosphere.”
ref: 2021 November 1, Samantha Hissong, “How Four NFT Novices Created a Billion-Dollar Ecosystem of Cartoon Apes”, in Rolling Stone:
text: The following became obvious quite quickly – the cryptosphere needed a nonvolatile peg.
ref: 2022, Simon Dingle, Steven Boykey Sidley, chapter 7, in Beyond Bitcoin, Icon Books, →ISBN:
topics: business
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
finance
synonyms: cryptoverse
coordinate_terms: blogosphere
Twittersphere
glosses: The cryptocurrency community.
boutique camping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of glamping.
synonyms: word: glamping
hang up one's fiddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hangs up one's fiddle
form: hanging up one's fiddle
form: hung up one's fiddle
form: hung up one's fiddle
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hang up one's boots.
synonyms: word: hang up one's boots
Habermehl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Habermehls
Etymology: Borrowed from German Habermehl.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
crimethinks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crimethink
crimethinking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crimethink
crimethought
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of crimethink (“the crime of having unorthodox or unofficial thoughts”).
synonyms: word: crimethink
extra: the crime of having unorthodox or unofficial thoughts
crimethought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crimethink
Hada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hadas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 羽田 (Hada).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Habermehls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Habermehl
fractographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fractography
fractographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, fractography.
McDuffey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McDuffeys
Etymology: Variant of McDuffie.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Owst
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Owsts
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Orbelian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Orbelians
Etymology: From Armenian Օրբելյան (Ōrbelyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
glosses: a member of the Armenian Orbelian noble family, the lords of the province of Syunik.
Orbelians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Orbelian
McDuffeys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McDuffey
Owsts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Owst
Breretons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Brereton
unrebuildable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unrebuildable
form: most unrebuildable
Etymology: From un- + rebuild + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Second, Engelhard states that the weighted cost approach should be adjusted to reflect an additional cost to transit operators who rebuild in-house, because parts are occasionally unrebuildable due to catastrophic failure.
ref: 1997 March 14, “Retrofit/Reguild Requirements for 1993 and Earlier Model Year Urban Buses; Approval of a Notification of Intent to Certify Equipment”, in Federal Register, volume 62, number 50, page 12177:
text: They were unrebuildable, and it was decided that they had to be torn down.
ref: 2006, Gregory Butler, Lost Towers: Inside the World Trade Center Cleanup, page 47:
text: For Hamburg, which was completely destroyed by aerial bombardment and, as far as he was concerned, unrebuildable, the planner Fritz Schumacher proposed in 1944 “joining together [surviving buildings] somewhere to create a 'historic centre' however modest."
ref: 2021, Gerhard Vinken, Zones of Tradition - Places of Identity, page 184:
glosses: Too damaged to be rebuilt.
examples: text: A Kentucky salvage certificate of title may be issued from an out-of-state junking certificate or other ownership document bearing a designation of "junk," "unrebuildable,” or other similar classification that disqualifies the vehicle from being titled for use on the highway in that state with the following provisions:
ref: 1969, Absalom Crosem Russell, Ray Corns, Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes, with Rules of Practice, page 45:
text: Just as far as when a vehicle is determined unrebuildable and salvage, basically it is good for parts only.
ref: 2006, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, Car Title Fraud, page 134:
text: These are the same vehicles that are not allowed on the road in the U.. but they bring the cars here and fix them back to about 85% of their original state. The U.S. calls these vehicles salvage vehicles and unrebuildable title cars and they can only be shipped out of the country or used for parts.
ref: 2011, Julian Pedican, Progress: Answers and Solutions for a More Progressive Bahamas, page 47:
topics: automotive
law
transport
vehicles
glosses: Unable to be made roadworthy; legally usable for parts or scrap only.
McNairs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McNair
Gratin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of Greek + Latin.
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A course of study at secondary level in which Ancient Greek and Latin are combined into a single timetabled subject.
Reichenbach im Kandertal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland.
wikipedia: Kander (Switzerland)
Reichenbach im Kandertal
Frutigen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland.
Westend
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A locality in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough, Berlin, Germany.
glosses: Two city districts in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
glosses: A district of Espoo, Finland.
Hohtenn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Valais canton, Switzerland.
Ausserberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Valais canton, Switzerland.
buff coat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buff coats
Senses: glosses: A kind of leather coat, mainly worn by European cavalry and officers in the 17th century.
buff coats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buff coat
Vitznau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Lucerne canton, Switzerland.
Hoppean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈhɔ.pi.ən/
Etymology: From Hoppe + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or advocating the philosophical or political theories of Hans-Hermann Hoppe.
Hoppean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɔ.pi.ən/
Forms: form: Hoppeans
Etymology: From Hoppe + -an.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of the philosophical or political theories of Hans-Hermann Hoppe.
glosses: A proponent of the philosophical or political theories of Hans-Hermann Hoppe.
An anarcho-capitalist who holds culturally conservative views, advocates for covenant communities, and is critical of democracy.
Derived terms: Hoppeanism
future endeavor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: future endeavors
form: future endeavoring
form: future endeavored
form: future endeavored
Etymology: From the fact that wrestling promotion WWE, when announcing a wrestler’s release, will “wish them all the best in their future endeavors.”
Senses: examples: text: Creative couldn’t find anything for him to do, so they ended up future endeavoring him.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
professional-wrestling
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: To release a wrestler from their contract.
wikipedia: WWE
asclepias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asclepiases
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ἀσκληπιάς (asklēpiás)bor.
Latin asclepiaslbor.
taxonomic name Asclepiasbor.
English asclepias
Borrowed from taxonomic name Asclepias.
Senses: glosses: Any plant of the genus Asclepias.
fanonical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fanonical
form: most fanonical
Etymology: From fanon + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: Here canon and fanon freely mesh: on the one hand, we have canonical elements such as "green, slanted eyes" and "thin body," and on the other, we have fanonical elements built on canonical ones, such as "fine-boned, cat-like," "beautiful, fey, little ... child."
ref: 2014, Mafalda Stasi, “The Toy Soldiers from Leeds: The Slash Palimpsest”, in Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse, editors, Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet New Essays, page 124:
text: Because I disagreed with the decision to eliminate imagined relationships from the site, I created a page titled "Pairings (fanon)" on March 27, 2009, to restore the "cruft" (excessive, detailed material) that had been edited out, albeit within its own fanonical space as dictated by Lostpedia policy.
ref: 2015, Jason Mittell, Complex TV: The Poetics of Contemporary Television Storytelling, page 279:
text: Thus while the Ron/Hermione ship is canonical, because Rowling included a relationship between the characters in her books, the Minerva/Hermione ship is fanonical, because a romantic or sexualized relationship between those characters exists only in the minds of fans.
ref: 2015, Amanda K. Allen, “Social Networking, Participatory Culture and the Fandom World of Harry Potter”, in Gail Ashton, editor, Medieval Afterlives in Contemporary Culture, page 280:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fanon.
Ambien walrus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by American cartoonist Drew Fairweather in 2007.
Senses: examples: text: This week’s find: a subreddit devoted to all the wonderfully deranged things people have done while under the influence of Ambien sleeping pills, or while experiencing a visit from the Ambien walrus, as redditors are known to call it.
ref: 2017 February 22, Madison Malone Kircher, “‘Things You Did on Ambien’ Is Peak Reddit”, in New York Magazine, Intelligencer:
glosses: A personification of the personality-altering effects of zolpidem, brand name Ambien.
Treknological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Treknological
form: most Treknological
Etymology: Blend of Trek (“Star Trek”) + technological.
Senses: examples: text: The accurate technological order parallels the corresponding virtual Treknological terrain.
ref: 2004, Karen Anijar, Teaching Toward the 24th Century: Star Trek as Social Curriculum, page 84:
text: While these Treknological wonders were introduced as story devices, they also serve as testaments to Roddenberry's faith in the potential of human intellect.
ref: 2012, Mark Clark, Star Trek FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the First Voyages of the Starship Enterprise, unnumbered page:
text: […] and debating details of accuracy ranging from paint schemes and decal placement to the configuration of warp nacelles and colors of running lights. Indeed, the latter area directly inherits a tradition of "Treknological" argument in which fans' endless charting and policing of the franchise's timeline and established “facts” function not so much as a stabilizing force but an arena of contestation and negotiation between canonical and fanonical spheres of knowledge, enacted both in material and virtual forms.
ref: 2017, Bob Rehak, “From Model Building to 3D Printing: Star Trek and Build Code Across the Analog/Digital Divide”, in Melissa A. Click, Suzanne Scott, editors, The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom, unnumbered page:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Of, related to, or characteristic of Treknology.
lance rest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lance rests
form: lancerest
Senses: glosses: A metal flange attached to the side of a breastplate, to steady a lance, arrest its rearward movement, and distribute the force of its impact to the torso (rather than the lancer's arm joints).
Related terms: grapper
lance rests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lance rest
Roquefort-sur-Soulzon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Roquefort-sur-Soulzon.
Senses: glosses: A city and town in the department of Aveyron, Occitania, France.
Synonyms: Roquefort
worldward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɜːldwəd/
ipa: /ˈwɝldwɚd/
Forms: form: more worldward
form: most worldward
Etymology: From world + -ward.
Senses: glosses: In regard to the world.
examples: text: ... that those asking them are, like ourselves, earnestly and honestly seeking the best lines along which American trade may travel worldward with benefit to itself and advantage to other lands and other peoples.
ref: 1918, Justin Wallace McEachren, The Valve World, page 277:
text: One day a Kansas woman watched her neighbors pull up stakes and head back toward Missouri, and wistfully noted in her diary that they were "traveling worldward, and every mile will bring them closer to civilization." (27:198)
ref: 1992, Eloyce Hubbard Kockler, Hubbard Heritage: An American Story, page 201:
synonyms: worldwards
glosses: Towards the world.
worldward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɜːldwəd/
ipa: /ˈwɝldwɚd/
Forms: form: more worldward
form: most worldward
Etymology: From world + -ward.
Senses: examples: text: After the strain of a worldward tendency has relaxed, when men let go their worldward endeavors with the gathering conviction of the vanity of things under the sun, then, in the calm and hunger that follow, truth […]
ref: 1878, Charles Lemuel Thompson, Times of Refreshing: A History of American Revivals from 1740 to 1877, with Their Philosophy and Methods, page 27:
text: Making a worldward approach is perhaps the most difficult maneuver a starship must achieve; and the captain must go to the edge of his abilities along with everyone else.
ref: 2013, Robert Silverberg, Sailing to Byzantium: Six Novellas, Open Road Media, →ISBN:
glosses: Situated, directed, moving, or facing towards the world.
Related terms: worldly
grappers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grapper
disperpling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disperple
disperples
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disperple
Ask Jeeves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Asks Jeeves
form: Asking Jeeves
form: Asked Jeeves
form: Asked Jeeves
Etymology: From Ask Jeeves, a search engine named after Jeeves, a fictional valet in the works of P. G. Wodehouse.
Senses: examples: text: Back then Google was still only a small private American company set up by two Stanford University students rather than a globally-recognised verb for finding information online. When we Asked Jeeves about progeria only 2,200 web pages appeared and many of those lacked hard information and facts.
ref: 2011, Hayley Okines, Kerry Okines, Alison Stokes, “Kerry; Learning to Live with Progeria”, in Old Before My Time, Accent Press Ltd, →ISBN, page 23:
text: “I’ve Googled it, Binged it, and Asked Jeeves. They all say the same thing, but I’m not convinced.”
ref: 2015, Sarah Weeks, Honey, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 53:
text: “Is Magda dead?” I Asked Jeeves. What I found were 626,000 web pages,[…]So I Asked Jeeves, “Does anyone named Magda live in Levant?” and found an African American woman named Magda Levant, living in Lubbock, Texas.[…]I clicked open the browser and Asked Jeeves, not the answer to my prayers—for there to be no death, for Walter to be here, with me, for me to return to my life back in Monlith, my life before Charlie, before any of this—for I knew no computer could deliver that. No, instead I Asked Jeeves for a way to take action, some help in my effort to make the world a better place, death and all. Walter would have been so proud. “How does one solve a mystery?” I typed. And then, for good measure, I added the word “murder” before “mystery,” since this was indeed what I was dealing with. I scrolled down the search results.[…]I thought to offer the neighbor my wisdom, everything I had learned since I had Asked Jeeves how to solve Magda’s murder.
ref: 2020, Ottessa Moshfegh, Death in Her Hands, pages 70, 71, 78, and 206:
glosses: To search for (something) on the Internet using the Ask Jeeves search engine.
wikipedia: Ask Jeeves
Jeeves
P. G. Wodehouse
well-definedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From well-defined + -ness.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The quality of being well-defined.
Hyponyms: well-behavedness
manila envelope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manila envelopes
Senses: examples: text: In comments posted below this clip on YouTube, visitors report with delight that the tactic really does work and offer a few tips of their own: walk around the office carrying manila envelopes, advises one.
ref: 2022 January 8, “The rise of performative work”, in The Economist, →ISSN:
glosses: An oversized envelope made from durable manila paper designed for repeated use in office settings.
manila envelopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manila envelope
bum fodder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bumfodder.
Firpo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Firpos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Firpo. This surname is predominantly found in Argentina.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Favazza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Favazzas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Favazza.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Favazzas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Favazza
Firpos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Firpo
Elbaum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Elbaums
Etymology: A Jewish Ashkenazi ornamental surname from German Ölbaum (“olive tree”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Eisenbach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eisenbachs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Eisenbach, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Eisenbachs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Eisenbach
Elbaums
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Elbaum
Snoqualmie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Snoqualmie
form: Snoqualmies
form: Snuqualmie
form: Snoqualmoo
Etymology: Anglicization of Lushootseed sdukʷalbixʷ (“people of the moon”), the autonym of the Snoqualmie people, a proper noun derived from Lushootseed sɬukʷalb (“moon”). In early maps of the Pacific Northwest, the indigenous etymon was anglicized as "Snoqualmoo", a spelling no longer used.
Senses: glosses: A member of an indigenous Coast Salish people of North America native to the Snoqualmie and Skykomish river valleys of central Washington.
Snoqualmie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Snuqualmie
form: Snoqualmoo
Etymology: Anglicization of Lushootseed sdukʷalbixʷ (“people of the moon”), the autonym of the Snoqualmie people, a proper noun derived from Lushootseed sɬukʷalb (“moon”). In early maps of the Pacific Northwest, the indigenous etymon was anglicized as "Snoqualmoo", a spelling no longer used.
Senses: glosses: The dialect of Southern Lushootseed spoken by the Snoqualmie people.
glosses: Ellipsis of Snoqualmie Indian Tribe.
glosses: Ellipsis of Snoqualmie River.
glosses: Ellipsis of Snoqualmie Pass.
glosses: Ellipsis of Snoqualmie Mountain.
glosses: Ellipsis of Snoqualmie Falls.
glosses: Ellipsis of The Summit at Snoqualmie, a ski resort located at Snoqualmie Pass, Washington.
glosses: Ellipsis of Snoqualmie Casino, a casino with additional entertainment, dining, and meeting facilities, owned and operated by the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe in Snoqualmie, Washington on its reservation territory.
Duignan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Duignans
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duibhgeannáin (“descendant of Duibhgeannán”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and a diminutive form of ceann (“head”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Duignans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Duignan
Dorens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Doren
Drumgoole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Drumgooles
Etymology: Variant of Dromgoole.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Darensbourg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Darensbourgs
Etymology: Probably of French origin
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Darensbourgs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Darensbourg
Drumgooles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Drumgoole
Breisch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Breisches
Etymology: Borrowed from German Breisch.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Burgeson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Burgesons
Etymology: From Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian surname, Americanized from Bergeson, Borgeson, Bergesen or Byrgesen.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Burgesons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Burgeson
Breisches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Breisch
n.i.e.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of not indicated elsewhere.
Closser
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Clossers
Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Glaser or Klöser.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
frenemyships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frenemyship
Clossers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Closser
not an option
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
McNitt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McNitts
Etymology: Variant of McNutt.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
McNitts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McNitt
community immunity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: community immunities
Senses: examples: text: How to help: Be social wise while we build community immunity
ref: 2021 December 9, Ottawa Public Health, “Thank you for getting vaccinated!”, in Community Immunity: Let's stay the course, Ottawa, archived from the original on 11 Jan 2022:
text: In Delta we look forward to championing the race to community immunity and hope all of our neighbours will be right on our heels.
ref: 2021 May 27, Fraser Health, “Fraser Health Mayors Challenge Each Other to Community Immunity”, in News:
text: A third category, community immunity, does not involve physical components of the immune system for protection, but is still worth discussion in this capacity.
ref: 2019 April 22, Paul A. Offit, “Types of Immunity”, in Vaccine Education Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia:
topics: epidemiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of herd immunity
synonyms: word: herd immunity
Chaffinses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Chaffins
Myreses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Myres
window envelope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: window envelopes
Senses: examples: text: A letter in a brown window envelope arrived in the post.
glosses: An envelope with a transparent panel on its front, through which the name and address of the addressee printed on the letter inside can be seen.
window envelopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of window envelope
buccalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of buccalize
Zweilütschinen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German zwei (“two”), two branches of the Lütschine river.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Gündlischwand, Bern canton, Switzerland.
wikipedia: + railway station
Lütschine
Zweilütschinen
church giggle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: church giggles
Senses: glosses: singular of church giggles
glosses: A suppressed laugh or underlaugh, especially in church or a solemn setting.
microfractographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: micro-fractographic
form: micro fractographic
Etymology: From micro- + fractography + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: A detailed microfractographic study was carried out of near-threshold fatigue cracking in f.c.c. 316 stainless steel […]
ref: 1993, Li Shiqiong, Study of the fractography and micromechanisms of near-threshold fatigue cracking and transgranular stress corrosion cracking.:
text: New possibilities of the microfractographic method, especially in technical aspects, have been demonstrated (1960) by Forsyth and Ryder in the United Kingdom, examining fatigue fracture surfaces of light alloys.
ref: 2014 May 12, J. Schijve, J. R. Heath-Smith, E. R. Welbourne, Current Aeronautical Fatigue Problems: Proceedings of a Symposium Held in Rome, 23–25 April 1963, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 170:
text: The microfractographic details are usually hidden by the thick oxide layer, in particular in case of aggressive high-sulfur crack crevice conditions, and corrosion during prolonged oxidation times (> ~ 100 h) may completely mask or destroy the previously formed fractographic details.
ref: 2020 August 14, Stefan Ritter, Nuclear Corrosion: Research, Progress and Challenges, Woodhead Publishing, →ISBN, page 142:
glosses: Of or pertaining to microfractography.
game-over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: game-overs
form: game-overing
form: game-overed
form: game-overed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of game over.
game-overs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of game-over
game-overing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of game-over
game-overed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of game-over
tea ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tea balls
form: teaball
Senses: examples: text: When using a tea ball, fill it to one-half full with tea leaves, leaving enough room in it for the leaves to expand.
ref: 1995, Campbell Dawn, The Tea Book, Pelican Publishing, →ISBN, page 84:
synonyms: infuser
tea egg
coordinate_terms: tea strainer
glosses: A perforated spherical metal container that holds tea leaves for steeping or brewing in hot water.
tea balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tea ball
teaball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teaballs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tea ball.
teaballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teaball
enterovesicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From entero + vesicula + -ar.
Senses: examples: text: enterovesicular fistula
glosses: Synonym of enterovesical (but with the same minor usage concern as discussed at intravesicular § Usage notes)
synonyms: word: enterovesical
extra: but with the same minor usage concern as discussed at intravesicular § Usage notes
effluxion of time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From effluxion + of + time.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The determination of a term of years due to the passage of time, rather than the occurrence of a specific event.
examples: text: [...] we often fail to make sufficient allowance for the changes in standards brought about by the effluxion of time.
ref: 1944 March and April, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 89:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see effluxion, time.
Mürren
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Alemannic German Mürren, of uncertain origin, suggestions including:
* From a pre-Indo-European substrate word [Term?] (“hill”).
* From a pre-Roman word [Term?] (“snout, protruding peak”), likely related to Vulgar Latin *murrum.
* Related to Mūr (“wall”) (from Latin murus), although the doubling of the r in the name would be difficult to explain.
Senses: glosses: A mountain village in Bern canton, Switzerland.
intestinocutaneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intestino- + cutaneous.
Senses: examples: text: intestinocutaneous fistulas
glosses: Synonym of enterocutaneous.
synonyms: word: enterocutaneous
term of years absolute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terms of years absolute
Etymology: From term of years + absolute.
Senses: topics: law
qualifier: misleading
glosses: An estate in land held for a term of years of either a specified length or on a periodic basis, and which is not a term of years determinable (though may be determinable for other reasons); a leasehold estate in land.
topics: law
glosses: The lease under which that estate in land is held.
Synonyms: leasehold
Coordinate terms: term of years determinable
turbo-capitalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of turbocapitalism.
Kleine Scheidegg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The Kleine Scheidegg is quite a colony, with its railway station, shared by the Wengernalp and Jungfrau Railways, its commodious station buffet and two large hotels.
ref: 1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 752:
glosses: A mountain pass, tourist centre, and railway hub in Bern canton, Switzerland.
Kurilian Bobtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kurilian Bobtails
Senses: glosses: A cat breed originating from the Russian Kuril Islands, as well as Sakhalin Island and the Kamchatka peninsula.
Kurilian Bobtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kurilian Bobtail
duodecalogues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duodecalogue
Pepcid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛpsɪd/
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Genericized trademark of famotidine
Synonyms: famotidine
Hypernyms: C8H15N7O2S3
antihistamine
Kuriles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Kuriles
form: Kurils
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kuril Islands.
synonyms: word: Kuril Islands
Kurile Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Kurile Islands
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kuril Islands.
pepcid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Pepcid.
Kremenchuk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: krěmʹěn-cho͝okʹ
krěmǐncho͞okʹ
Forms: form: Kremenchug
Etymology: From Ukrainian Кременчу́к (Kremenčúk).
Senses: examples: text: Ukraine's president on Tuesday urged Washington to recognize Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism after a missile strike on a crowded shopping mall in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk killed at least 18 people.
ref: 2022 June 28, “Kyiv asks US to label Russia state terror sponsor as mall strike toll rises”, in EFE, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2022:
glosses: A city and raion of Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
SLABS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of student loan asset-backed securities
free library
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free libraries
Senses: glosses: Synonym of public bookcase.
synonyms: word: public bookcase
street library
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: street libraries
Senses: glosses: Synonym of public bookcase.
synonyms: word: public bookcase
sidewalk library
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sidewalk libraries
Senses: glosses: Synonym of public bookcase.
synonyms: word: public bookcase
free libraries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of free library
street libraries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of street library
sidewalk libraries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sidewalk library
tech baron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tech barons
Senses: examples: text: One doesn’t have to admire Ford or Rockefeller to notice that their philanthropic endeavours, whatever their real political goals, were not supposed to make extra cash. But is it really so with our new tech barons?
ref: 2016 October 15, Evgeny Morozov, “Mark Zuckerberg and philanthropy: it’s not like it was in Rockefeller’s day”, in The Guardian:
text: The Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, a self-described anarcho-capitalist, is a major supporter of the movement – which, like space colonization, seems to attract the enthusiasm of a certain kind of fantastically rich and rightwing tech baron.
ref: 2021 February 5, Matt Shaw, “Billionaire capitalists are designing humanity's future. Don't let them”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A prominent and influential technology entrepreneur.
tech barons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tech baron
term of years determinable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terms of years determinable
Etymology: From term of years + determinable.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An estate in land held for a term of years which determined on the deaths of certain individuals, or the cessation of certain life interests.
topics: law
glosses: The lease under which that estate in land was held.
Coordinate terms: term of years absolute
Related terms: lease for lives
hangs up one's boots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hang up one's boots
hanging up one's boots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hang up one's boots
hung up one's boots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hang up one's boots
Walensky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Walenskys
Etymology: Variant of Walenski.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
hung up one's fiddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hang up one's fiddle
hanging up one's fiddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hang up one's fiddle
hangs up one's fiddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hang up one's fiddle
hangs up one's hat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hang up one's hat
hanging up one's hat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hang up one's hat
hung up one's hat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hang up one's hat
Siskind
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Siskinds
Etymology: Variant of Susskind, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Krassenstein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Krassensteins
Etymology: Of German origin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
agribiz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Today’s agribiz farmer pays $24,000 for a big combine so he can finish harvesting his corn before Thanksgiving […]
ref: 1973, The Mother Earth News Almanac, New York: Bantam, page 168:
text: The various fruits were not organized row upon row as in agribiz but wildly jumbled.
ref: 2003, Maxine Hong Kingston, The Fifth Book of Peace, New York: Knopf, page 97:
text: Far away, a satellite-guided agribiz monster, practically robotic, combs through the rolling fields.
ref: 2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Toronto: Vintage Canada:
glosses: Agribusiness.
lyxulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lyxuloses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A pentose keto sugar, a derivative of lyxose
lyxuloses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lyxulose
Heeg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Heegs
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch and North German Heeg.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
made known
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make known
non-driving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + driving.
Senses: examples: text: The Derby share is 169 trailer cars; 338 driving and 112 non-driving motor cars will come from the Birmingham R.C. & W. Co.
ref: 1960 December, “Talking of Trains: Tube trains from Derby”, in Trains Illustrated, page 706:
glosses: Alternative form of nondriving.