cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
cyberpoet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberpoets
Etymology: From cyber- + poet.
Senses: glosses: A writer of cyberpoetry.
cyberpoets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberpoet
poetries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poetry
cyberpoetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + poetry.
Senses: glosses: Poetry produced with the help of computers, often with an interactive or multimedia aspect.
Hypernyms: cyberart
Related terms: cyberpoem
cyberpoet
coalworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coalworkers
Etymology: From coal + worker.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: coalminer, collier
hypernyms: worker
coordinate_terms: coalowner
mineowner
glosses: One who works in a coal mine.
Derived terms: coalworker's pneumoconiosis
Related terms: coaler
labourer
coalworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coalworker
Lumbee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lumbees
form: Lumbee
Etymology: Uncertain. Said to be first attested in reference to the tribe in 1914. Supposed by some to be of Siouan origin. Thought by others to have been coined by Turkey Tayac as a combination of Lumber (“a river that flows through the tribe's lands”) and Piscataway bee (“bend”).
Senses: glosses: A member of a certain Native American tribe or group of North Carolina.
Lumbee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Uncertain. Said to be first attested in reference to the tribe in 1914. Supposed by some to be of Siouan origin. Thought by others to have been coined by Turkey Tayac as a combination of Lumber (“a river that flows through the tribe's lands”) and Piscataway bee (“bend”).
Senses: glosses: The dialect (of English) spoken by the Lumbee people.
Lumbees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lumbee
nonapplying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + applying.
Senses: glosses: Not making an application.
Macdonaldian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Macdonaldian
form: most Macdonaldian
Etymology: From Macdonald + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Sir John Alexander Macdonald (1815–1891), first prime minister of Canada.
bitmapping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The use of bitmaps.
evadeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: evade + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of evade
tweetfest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tweetfests
Etymology: From tweet (“to post an update to Twitter”) + -fest.
Senses: examples: text: In a scripted tweetfest, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger questioned Armstrong about his possible participation. Armstrong tweeted, "Absolutely!@schwarzenegger, I've decided to ride the #Amgen Tour of California in 2010. Can't wait. What about you @levileipheimer??"
ref: 2009 October 23, Diane Pucin, “Lance Armstrong to ride in the Tour of California”, in Los Angeles Times:
text: Old School was on parade late yesterday morning in a conference room on the second floor of the downtown Sheraton here. Seventy-six-year-old Commissioner Bud Selig, on the job almost 20 years, was on hand to answer questions for the Baseball Writers of America and it felt like we were all stuck in the 1950s.
[…]
This was no new-media tweetfest. If lodge members had been better-dressed and better-looking, we could have been on the set of “Mad Men.’’
ref: 2011 July 13, Dan Shaughnessy, “Not a lot of budging by Selig”, in Boston Globe:
text: Had Kerry Katona been snapped getting throttled by her partner outside a Toby Carvery in Warrington, and stayed silent, I’m sure there’d have been a tweetfest about Little Miss Thickoe betraying her gender by failing to report the Neanderthal scumbag.
ref: 2013 June 20, Brian Reade, “Nigella Lawson pictures show it's time for real men to man up”, in The Mirror, UK:
glosses: An episode of frenzied and/or mass tweeting.
tweetfests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tweetfest
pluperfectly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pluperfectly
form: most pluperfectly
Etymology: From pluperfect + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: But in America what good can be said of those who, living upon the fortunes of fathers or grandfathers, amassed in honest trade, — residents of a particular street which is thereby rendered pluperfectly genteel, — with no recommendation but that derived from fashion and idleness, — draw the lines of social demarcation more closely than they are drawn in Europe, intellect and accomplishments being systematically snubbed where the possessors cannot show their family passes?
ref: 1866, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, Issue 102, Atlantic Media, Inc., page 390:
text: Three years later Castelar opposed federation, and made an enemy of the most sensible party in Spain, because it is the only one founded on cosas de Espana, the most pluperfectly Spanish cosa being provincial independence, and an inborn hatred of centralization.
ref: 1875, Kate Field, Ten Days in Spain, J. R. Osgood and Company, →ISBN, page 269:
text: Right then and there, on the spot, he got his. And the heroine was always so pluperfectly pure.
ref: 1921, Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, A Plea for Old Cap Collier, George H. Doran Company, →ISBN, page 17:
glosses: In a way that is more than perfect.
smash cut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smash cuts
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: An abrupt cut from one scene to another without a transition.
smash cuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smash cut
cardinalates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardinalate
supersense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supersenses
Etymology: From super- + sense.
Senses: glosses: The sense of a word that includes a subsense.
supersenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supersense
honorific transposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honorific transpositions
Senses: topics: Egyptology
history
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A shift in the sign order of a compound word or common phrase, to make certain religiously significant terms (e.g. nswt, nṯr, rꜥ) appear at the front of the word or phrase.
hypersensual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypersensual
form: most hypersensual
Etymology: From hyper- + sensual.
Senses: examples: text: I refer to the hypersensual woman, to the wife with an excessive sexuality.
ref: 2011, Natalie Wilson, Seduced by Twilight, page 32:
glosses: Extremely sensual.
Derived terms: hypersensually
distilleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: distill + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of distill
weigheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: weigh + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of weigh
weighteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: weight + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of weight
deflowereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: deflower + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deflower
crooketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: crook + -eth
Senses: examples: text: he crooketh them to his owne Ends
ref: 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Wifedome”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 136:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crook
Ragusan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ragusan
form: most Ragusan
Etymology: From Ragusa + -an.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Ragusa.
Ragusan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ragusans
Etymology: From Ragusa + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Ragusa.
Ragusans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ragusan
lurcheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: lurch + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lurch
stacketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: stack + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stack
stocketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: stock + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stock
Suffolk Punch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Suffolk Punches
Senses: examples: text: ‘And the Punches,’ said William. ‘There’s cattle! A Suffolk Punch, when he’s a good un, is worth his weight in gold. Did you ever breed any Suffolk Punches yourself, sir?’
ref: 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
synonyms: Punch
glosses: A kind of English draught horse, chestnut in colour.
chesnuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chesnut
Suffolk Punches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Suffolk Punch
ferretings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferreting
metaethically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From metaethical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of metaethics.
spittling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spittle
spittled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spittle
spittles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spittle
spittles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spittle
unstanched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + stanched.
Senses: examples: text: RICHARD III (DUKE OF GLOUCESTER): Stifle the villain whose unstanched thirst York and young Rutland could not satisfy.
ref: c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vi]:
text: GONZALO: I'll warrant him for drowning, though the ship were no stronger than a nutshell and as leaky as an unstanched wench.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: Covered with dust and blood — the thick gore slowly dropping from his unstanched wounds, his head swollen, his right eye closed — the poor brute presented a deplorable spectacle.
ref: 1837, William Harrison Ainsworth, Crichton, volume 2, page 174:
glosses: Not stanched.
unstaunched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + staunched.
Senses: examples: text: For he carried the curse of an unstaunched speech.
ref: 1893, Rudyard Kipling, Ballads and Barrack-room Ballads, page 27:
glosses: Not staunched.
concreteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: concrete + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of concrete
attacheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: attach + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of attach
detacheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: detach + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of detach
captureth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: capture + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of capture
chaineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: chain + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chain
gapeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: gape + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gape
gaineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: gain + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gain
regaineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: regain + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of regain
quieteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: quiet + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of quiet
gratifieth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: gratify + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gratify
bequeatheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: bequeath + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bequeath
glutteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: glut + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glut
sheatheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: sheathe + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sheathe
contextualizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contextualization
bequeather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bequeathers
Etymology: From bequeath + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who bequeaths.
bequeathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bequeather
tempereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: temper + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of temper
slumbereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: slumber + -eth
Senses: examples: text: Year after year unto her feet, ⁠The while she slumbereth alone
ref: 1830, Alfred Tennyson, “The Sleeping Beauty (Tennyson)”, in Poems, Chiefly Lyrical^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Sleeping_Beauty_(Tennyson)):
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slumber
priest hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: priest holes
form: priest's hole
Senses: glosses: A secret compartment in a large house, used as a hiding place for priests during the times when Catholicism was forbidden.
manageth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: manage + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of manage
extendeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: extend + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of extend
allayeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: allay + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of allay
cloyeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: cloy + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cloy
brancheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: branch + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of branch
balanceth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: balance + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of balance
counterbalanceth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: counterbalance + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counterbalance
amounteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: amount + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of amount
subtracteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: subtract + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subtract
summeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: sum + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sum
computeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: compute + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of compute
reckoneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: reckon + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reckon
beckoneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: beckon + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beckon
calculateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: calculate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of calculate
ruineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: ruin + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ruin
undoeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: undo + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of undo
upraiseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: upraise + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upraise
brandeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: brand + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of brand
sealeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: seal + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of seal
stampeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: stamp + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stamp
steppeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: step + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of step
suppeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: sup + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sup
unlooseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: unloose + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unloose
chafeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: chafe + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chafe
graceth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: grace + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grace
accumulateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: accumulate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of accumulate
trespasseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: trespass + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trespass
treasureth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: treasure + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of treasure
imprisoneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: imprison + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of imprison
ageth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: age + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of age
congratulateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: congratulate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of congratulate
soliciteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: solicit + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of solicit
consoleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: console + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of console
intermarrieth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: intermarry + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of intermarry
sickeneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: sicken + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sicken
echoeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: echo + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of echo
misleadeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: mislead + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mislead
vibrateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: vibrate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vibrate
erreth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: err + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of err
dictateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: dictate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dictate
crusheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: crush + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crush
questioneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: question + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of question
doometh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: doom + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of doom
extricateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: extricate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of extricate
exacteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: exact + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of exact
costeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: cost + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cost
boometh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: boom + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of boom
thundereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: thunder + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thunder
batheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: bath + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bath
batheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: bathe + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bathe
shifteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: shift + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shift
adjoineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: adjoin + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of adjoin
tricketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: trick + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trick
pealeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: peal + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of peal
resoundeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: resound + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resound
trotteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: trot + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trot
warpeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: warp + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of warp
warreth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: war + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of war
flappeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: flap + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flap
warbleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: warble + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of warble
roveth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: rove + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rove
emergeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: emerge + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of emerge
drippeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: drip + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drip
rippleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: ripple + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ripple
darteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: dart + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dart
fish fur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of Russian рыбий мех (rybij mex)
Senses: glosses: low-quality or fake fur used as a fabric for clothing
coauthorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + authorial.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a coauthor or coauthorship.
diabeetus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtəs/
Etymology: From the pronunciation of diabetes used by American actor Wilford Brimley in advertisements for the medical supplies home delivery service Liberty Medical.
Senses: examples: text: Carbohydrates are bad? There are weight-loss schemes that involve avoiding them, and you don't want to go crazy on sugars unless you want diabeetus, but in general, i reckon they're okay.
ref: 2007 October 1, Tom Anderson, “Re: What are some "good" snacks?”, in misc.fitness.weights (Usenet):
text: Yeah, but I'm trying to decide what to do about it before all the saccharine gives me diabeetus or something.
ref: 2010 March 8, Vitriol Trollsbane [username], “Re: Anyone else notive.......”, in alt.online-service.webtv (Usenet):
text: Tell Cake we sent you, and she might be persuaded to hook you up with her signature Red Velvet Cake martini. The perfect blend between cirrhosis and the diabeetus, this is probably what Oompa-Loompas unwind with at the end of an everlasting workday.
ref: 2013 April 23, Enrique Limón, “Best Summertime Drinks”, in Santa Fe Reporter:
glosses: Diabetes.
Derived terms: beetus
Strowger exchange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Strowger exchanges
Etymology: From Almon Brown Strowger + exchange.
Senses: glosses: An obsolescent design of telephone exchange that uses Strowger switches as the call routing elements.
wikipedia: Almon Brown Strowger
Strowger switch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Strowger switches
Etymology: Named after Almon Brown Strowger.
Senses: glosses: A type of stepping switch able to select on two axes, formerly widely used in telephone exchanges.
wikipedia: Almon Brown Strowger
Related terms: Strowger exchange
stepping switch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stepping switches
Senses: glosses: An electromechanical device which connects an input to one of a number of outputs according to how many electrical pulses it has received on its input.
Related terms: Strowger switch
uniselector
uniselector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uniselectors
Etymology: From uni- + selector.
Senses: examples: text: Relays and uniselectors of types installed in many telephone exchanges are used in the selective ringing dial system.
ref: 1952 January, “Traffic Control at Burntisland, Scottish Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:
glosses: A type of stepping switch able to select on only one axis, formerly widely used in telephone exchanges.
Elamitic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Elamite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: An extinct language spoken by the ancient Elamites.
Chuanqiandian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Relating to the West Hmongic branch of the Miao languages.
cougarish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cougarish
form: most cougarish
Etymology: From cougar + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Cougarish Carol Vorderman, a Mensa-level Vanna White who drew letters and numbers for contestants for more than a quarter century, left the show in 2008 but remains a pop-culture fixture[…]
ref: 2009, Jason Cochran, Pauline Frommer's London, page 300:
text: Janet gave him a cougarish once-over that made him feel like a piece of raw meat she was looking to sink her teeth into.
ref: 2011, Janelle Denison, Night After Night:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a cougar, or sexually predatory woman.
counterpropagandize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counterpropagandizes
form: counterpropagandizing
form: counterpropagandized
form: counterpropagandized
Etymology: From counter- + propagandize.
Senses: glosses: To engage in counterpropaganda.
counterpropagandizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of counterpropagandize
counterpropagandized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of counterpropagandize
counterpropagandizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counterpropagandize
collabulary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collabularies
Etymology: Blend of collaborative + vocabulary
Senses: glosses: A folksonomy, or user-generated system of tagging content, that is enriched by collaboration with experts in the field.
collabularies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collabulary
culture heroes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of culture hero
cocain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: But in those cases in which the application of cocain would relieve the symptoms, we are sure to get good results[…]
ref: 1822, American Medical Association, Transactions of the Section on Laryngology, Otology and Rhinology, page 182:
text: My attention was called to this many years ago, very shortly after the introduction of cocain as a local anesthetic.
ref: 1905, Dental Society of the State of New York, Transactions of the Dental Society of the State of New York, volumes 37-40, page 106:
text: After opening the bladder (incision extending 1 inch pubically from peritoneal fold) the prostate was injected deeply with 1 per cent. cocain while the pericapsular region was injected with the 1 : 400 novocain solution.
ref: 1914, Transactions of the Section on Genito-Urinary Diseases of the American Medical Association, page 80:
glosses: Dated form of cocaine.
chequable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cheque + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Ten thousand dollars is left in a 3 per cent chequable account or $9,000 in a non-chequable savings account with $1,000 held in a no-interest chequing account.
ref: 1977, Andrew J. Allentuck, The cost of age, page 52:
topics: business
finance
glosses: On which cheques can be drawn.
raw_tags: of an account
confirmably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more confirmably
form: most confirmably
Etymology: From confirmable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that can be confirmed; verifiably.
DBN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DBNs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of deep belief network.
entrable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of enterable.
meet cutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meet cute
deplanement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deplanements
Etymology: From deplane + -ment.
Senses: glosses: disembarking from an aircraft
deplanements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deplanement
enplanement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enplanements
Etymology: From enplane + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of boarding an aircraft.
enplanements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enplanement
eidos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪdɒs/
Forms: form: eidoi
Etymology: Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, “species”)
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Form; essence; type; species.
eidoi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eidos
Euromania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Euro- + -mania.
Senses: glosses: enthusiasm for Europe or for European political union
Related terms: Euromaniac
Euromaniac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪniæk
Forms: form: Euromaniacs
Etymology: From Euro- + -maniac.
Senses: glosses: One who shows enthusiasm for Europe or for European political union.
Related terms: Euromania
Euromaniacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Euromaniac
exposome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exposomes
Etymology: From expose + -ome, coined by cancer epidemiologist Christopher Paul Wild in 2005, see quotations.
Senses: examples: text: At its most complete, the exposome encompasses life-course environmental exposures (including lifestyle factors), from the prenatal period onwards.
ref: 2005 August 15, Christopher Paul Wild, “Complementing the Genome with an 'Exposome': The Outstanding Challenge of Environmental Exposure Measurement in Molecular Epidemiology”, in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, volume 14, number 8, pages 1847–1850:
text: While the definition of the exposome includes all exposures that occur from conception throughout an individual's lifetime, an emerging concept is the need to also consider exposures prior to conception.
ref: 2015 December 24, Richard A. Stein, “The Naturome Awaits the Nurturome”, in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, volume 35, number 21, page 34:
text: Every time we pant, or press, or swallow, we welcome into not just our delicate biology but into those cherished fables, too, the ecological influence of the exposome.
ref: 2025 August 4, David Wallace-Wells, “You Are Contaminated”, in The New York Times:
text: The exposome is a measure of all the environmental or external exposures we face over our lifetime and the ways in which these impact our health. It includes everything from diet, lifestyle, education and income to air pollution, chemical exposures, and climate conditions.
ref: 2025 August 14, Olivia Willis, “How does our environment impact our health? Unravelling the exposome”, in ABC News (Australia):
glosses: A measure of the effects of life-long environmental exposures on health.
Related terms: exposomic
exposomics
exposomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exposome
edgel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛd͡ʒəl/
/ˈɛd͡ʒɛl/
Forms: form: edgels
Etymology: Blend of edge + pixel
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A pixel in an image that is recognised as the edge of something.
edgels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of edgel
rumexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rumex
assaulteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: assault + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of assault
defendeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: defend + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of defend
battereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: batter + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of batter
chattereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chatter
clattereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: clatter + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clatter
counterfeiteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: counterfeit + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counterfeit
perjureth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: perjure + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of perjure
voweth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: vow + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vow
seizeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: seize + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of seize
avoweth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: avow + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of avow
avoucheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: avouch + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of avouch
voucheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: vouch + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vouch
forsweareth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: forswear + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forswear
iron triangle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iron triangles
Senses: examples: text: Over the years the defense industry has become a de facto participant in the policy-making process. As in other areas dominated by powerful corporate interests, a policy sub-government or “iron triangle” has emerged. […] The creation of an “iron triangle” takes time and active efforts of its participants. All three sides work to maintain it as economic circumstances change.
ref: 1981, Gordon Adams, The Iron Triangle: The Politics of Defense Contracting, New York: The Council on Economic Priorities, →ISBN, pages 24–25:
text: They see the raids as evidence that the “iron triangle” of bureaucrats, politicians and businessmen that in 50 years has turned Japan into the world's second-largest economy has broken down when there is nothing to replace it.
ref: 1996 December 7, Velisarios Kattoulas, International Herald Tribune, “Corruption Scandals Rack Tokyo's ‘Iron Triangle’”, in International Herald Tribune, →ISSN:
topics: government
political-science
politics
social-sciences
glosses: The policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy (executive, sometimes called “government agencies”), and interest groups or lobbyists.
examples: text: Together, agribusiness, shipping companies and NGOs form what some have called the “iron triangle” of special interests, blocking reform of the controversial in-kind system.
ref: 2012 July 19, Claire Provost, “US food aid: the special interests blocking reform”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Any self-reinforcing power structure, whether intentional or accidental, formal or informal.
Related terms: regulatory capture
revolving door
revolving door syndrome
state capture
iron triangle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Iron Triangle
Senses: examples: text: After more than a week of hard fighting, in which American, Greek, Turkish, Filipino and Thai troops have joined in a common effort, they have demolished the “iron triangle” in the rugged hills of central Korea, which formed one of the keys of the whole Commnuist^([sic]) defense line north of the Thirty-eighth parallel.
ref: 1951 June 12, “The Iron Triangle Falls”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A key communist Chinese and North Korean concentration area and communications junction during the Korean War, located in the central sector.
examples: text: American paratroopers and Australian infantrymen have killed 81 Vietcong and captured 79 in five days of light fighting in the guerrillas’ “iron triangle” jungle base about 25 miles north of Saigon, a United States military spokesman said today.
ref: 1965 October 13, “‘Iron Triangle’ Fight Goes On”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A stronghold of the Viet Minh during the Vietnam War, located north of Saigon.
Caucasoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Caucasoid
entertoyment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of entertainment + toy.
Senses: examples: text: Once, Mr. Potato Head and Slinky were found in toy boxes, rather than in supporting roles. And kids cuddled up with teddy bears instead of with Simba, the Lion King. But that was before studio heads, toy makers and corporations realized they were sitting on a gold mine. That was before the dawn of entertoyment.
ref: 1995 December 26, Surabhi Avasthi, “When the movie never ends that's entertoyment”, in New York Daily News:
text: The latest Disney entertoyment franchise is actually a remake of an earlier animated classic, "101 Dalmatians."
ref: 1996 December 22, Ted Sickinger, “Disney called good buy”, in The Kansas City Star:
text: Of course, female characters are now fairly common in some crass "entertoyment" series like Pokemon, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, and X-Men.
ref: 2000 March 11, Steve Sailer, “KidTV: A Guide for the Perplexed”, in National Post:
glosses: The phenomenon of popular entertainment (especially that which is intended for children) linked to the mass marketing of tie-in toys and products.
brighteneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: brighten + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of brighten
tighteneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: tighten + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tighten
frighteneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: frighten + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of frighten
adorneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: adorn + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of adorn
dawneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: dawn + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dawn
prolongeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: prolong + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prolong
adjourneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: adjourn + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of adjourn
sentenceth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: sentence + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sentence
nurtureth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: nurture + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nurture
weaneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: wean + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wean
resowings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resowing
limiteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: limit + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of limit
prevaricateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: prevaricate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prevaricate
korroboree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: korroborees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of corroboree.
korroborees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of korroboree
agriculturalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From agricultural + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of agriculturalizing.
wild cotton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: balloon cotton, swan plant; (in USA) milkweed
glosses: A tall weed, resembling milkweed, with a ball-shaped seed pod, Gomphocarpus fruticosus (syn. Asclepias fruticosa) and Gomphocarpus physocarpus (syn. Asclepias physocarpa).
glosses: Cotton grass (Eriophorum spp.).
glosses: A shrubby herb (Gossypium thurberi) of southern Arizona and Mexico.
glosses: Any of the cultivated cottons that have escaped and established themselves in the wild.
glosses: Any of several plants of the genera Abutilon and Hibiscus, especially Hibiscus moscheutos.
contradicteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: contradict + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of contradict
propulsionless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From propulsion + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a means of propulsion.
Beowulf cluster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Beowulf clusters
Etymology: So called because Beowulf is described as having þrittiges / manna mægencræft on his mundgripe (“Thirty men’s strength in his hand-grip”), approximately reflecting the number of nodes in the cluster.
Senses: examples: text: One day, all of your bank and credit card transactions may be processed by Beowulf clusters.
ref: 1999, Rajkumar Buyya, High Performance Cluster Computing: Architectures and systems, page 641:
text: 2001, A. Grado, et al., The BEOWFI Project: Reducing WFI Data with a Beowulf Cluster, IAU Commission 9 Working Group on Sky Surveys, The New Era of Wide Field Astronomy: Proceedings of a Conference, page 304,
With the use of a beowulf cluster the time to process the large amount of data available for the BEOWFI project will be reduced, and the project will also demonstrate the effectiveness of using beowulf clusters in wide field imaging astronomy.
text: To this end, a Beowulf cluster is constructed, configured, and tested using 15 similar computers and 1 newer, faster server using the MPI.
ref: 2009, Lawrence A. Tomei, Information Communication Technologies for Enhanced Education and Learning: Advanced Applications and Developments, page number not shown:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cluster of standard personal computers linked by a local area network, usually on the order of 10 nodes.
Beowulf clusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Beowulf cluster
behesting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of behest
behested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of behest
faces that would stop a clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of face that would stop a clock
common seals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common seal
vestigiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vestigial + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being vestigial.
live oaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of live oak
honorific transpositions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honorific transposition
lowereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: lower + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lower
protracteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: protract + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of protract
bridlewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bridlewise
form: most bridlewise
Senses: topics: equestrianism
hobbies
horses
lifestyle
pets
sports
glosses: Responsive to the bridle.
raw_tags: of a horse
prejudicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prejudicate
prejudicating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prejudicate
midwife toad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midwife toads
Etymology: Refers to the males' behaviour of carrying fertilised eggs on their backs.
Senses: examples: text: Fossils suggest that midwife toads were once widespread on Majorca and Menorca, but disappeared from lowlands of the former and entirely from the latter island several thousand years ago and coincident with the fossil appearance of the snake Natrix maura and the large frog Rana perezi.
ref: 1996, Trevor Beebee, Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians, page 168:
text: A key preserved male specimen of the midwife toad was eventually shown to have been injected with India ink in the region of the normally pigmented nuptial pad.
ref: 1997, John T. Burns, Cosmic Influences on Humans, Animals, and Plants: An Annotated Bibliography, page 195:
text: The midwife toad is a slow-moving, terrestrial amphibian represented by four species of the genus Alytes (family Discoglossidae). The best-known species is A. obstetricans.
ref: 2011, John P. Rafferty, editor, Reptiles and Amphibians, page 218:
synonyms: obstetric toad
glosses: Any species of the genus Alytes, the males of which carry fertilised eggs on their backs.
midwife toads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midwife toad
nonaffinity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + affinity.
Senses: glosses: Absence of affinity.
deae ex machina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dea ex machina
Japanese spurge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A fast-spreading evergreen groundcover, of species Pachysandra terminalis, native to China, Japan, widely introduced and naturalized elsewhere, especially in the northeastern US.
Coordinate terms: taxonomic: Pachysandra procumbens
word: Allegheny spurge
cross-sections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross-section