cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
yuck out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yucks out
form: yucking out
form: yucked out
form: yucked out
Senses: examples: text: Dave is quite yucked out from the altitude .
ref: 1980, The Canadian Alpine Journal - Volumes 63-, page 19:
text: Once he even turned up at our aerobics class, clad in a muscle shirt and royal blue spandex shorts, which yucked me out beyond belief.
ref: 2006, Carol Snow, Been There, Done That:
text: If you are too yucked out and embarrassed to examine the body part, talk about it, or ask the person about it, does it make sense that you would put your face there?
ref: 2008, Justin Lookadoo, The Dirt on Sex, page 37:
text: Needless to say, this whole notion yucked me out and I might have lost it right then and there but Blood was pounding his cane on the floor and waiting for me to join him.
ref: 2009, Alan Robbins, Following the Trail of Blood:
text: I suppose it was okay, I was just yucked out by the mess.
ref: 2019, Nimko Ali, What We’re Told Not to Talk About:
glosses: To disgust or nauseate.
Related terms: yuck up
yucks out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yuck out
yucking out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of yuck out
yucked out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yuck out
cooking plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cooking plates
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hotplate.
synonyms: word: hotplate
boiling plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boiling plates
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hotplate.
synonyms: word: hotplate
boiling plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boiling plate
cooking plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cooking plate
denylist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: denylists
Senses: examples: text: Intrusion detection can inspect file, network, and kernel reads and writes to verify or block them with an allowlist or a denylist (as seccomp-bpf configuration does).
ref: 2021, Andrew Martin, Michael Hausenblas, Hacking Kubernetes, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN:
antonyms: allowlist
glosses: Synonym of blacklist.
synonyms: word: blacklist
denylist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: denylists
form: denylisting
form: denylisted
form: denylisted
Senses: examples: text: Remediation can entail contacting the user and instructing them to cease; it could be autoremediation by reconfiguring a managed endpoint, or it could be to denylist the device MAC address(es).
ref: 2022, Jennifer Minella, Wireless Security Architecture […] , John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
antonyms: allowlist
glosses: Synonym of blacklist.
synonyms: word: blacklist
denylists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of denylist
denylists
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of denylist
denylisted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of denylist
denylisting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of denylist
allowlists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allowlist
allowlists
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of allowlist
allowlisted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of allowlist
allowlisting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of allowlist
hot-plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hot-plates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hotplate.
hot-plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot-plate
Fraturday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fraturdays
Etymology: Blend of Friday + Saturday
Senses: examples: text: We're just lucky he's so determined to keep his entire weekends free for his family, or we'd all be spending Fraturdays together.
ref: 2014, Amy Finnegan, Not in the Script, page 105:
glosses: A period of time that runs from Friday into Saturday, for example because of an intense work schedule.
Fraturdays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fraturday
Müllerian agenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: word: MRKH
glosses: A congenital malformation characterized by a failure of the Müllerian duct to develop, resulting in a missing uterus and variable degrees of vaginal hypoplasia of its upper portion.
Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome
concepted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of concept
R-word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: R-words
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of r-word.
R-words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of R-word
u-words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of u-word
e-words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-word
V-word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: V-words
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of v-word.
V-words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of V-word
T-word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: T-words
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of t-word.
T-words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of T-word
P-word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: P-words
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of p-word.
P-words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of P-word
M-word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: M-words
Senses: examples: text: Given all this, you may be puzzled to hear me call myself a Marxist. […] This is not something that I often volunteer to talk about in “polite society” because the very mention of the M-word switches audiences off.
ref: 2015 February 18, Yanis Varoufakis, “Yanis Varoufakis: How I became an erratic Marxist”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of m-word.
M-words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of M-word
H-word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: H-words
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of h-word.
H-words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of H-word
D-word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: D-words
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of d-word.
D-words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of D-word
C-word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: C-words
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of c-word.
C-words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of C-word
loses one's shit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lose one's shit
losing one's shit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lose one's shit
lost one's shit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lose one's shit
sign-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sign-ups
form: signup
Etymology: Deverbal from sign up.
Senses: antonyms: cancellation
cancelation
resignation
coordinate_terms: sign-in
glosses: The act of signing up, as for a commercial service or a committee.
a clock
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: […]you wil find the Suns riſing at 4 a clock in the morning, and if you turn the ſaid point to the Weſt ſide of Heaven upon the Horizon, then you wil ſee the dial to lye upon 8 a clock in the evening[…]
ref: [1679], [Edmond Halley], “II. Exemple. How at anny time to knowe the rising and going under of the Sun.”, in A plain Declaration of the vulgar new Heavens Flatform. Serving not onely fore this Age, but also fore the future Age of 100 years., page 1:
text: Loſt abont^([sic]) 10 a Clock on Thurſday night from Spring Garden near Charing Croſs, a liver colour and white Spaniel Dog, with a black Velvet Collar and two braſs Bells about his Neck, about a year old;
ref: 1702 August 18, The Post Man: And the Historical Account, &c., number 1005, London: […] Fr. Leach, […], column 1:
text: The Cocks to be weighed at 7 a Clock the Morning before they Fight, to begin to Fight preciſely at 9 a Clock.
ref: 1712 April 14, “Advertisements”, in The Newcastle Courant: With News Foreign and Domestick, number 111, Newcastle: […] John White, […], page 4, column 2:
glosses: Obsolete form of o'clock.
Sturrocks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sturrock
Seafords
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Seaford
Milfords
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Milford
thermofractals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermofractal
Cuneos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cuneo
surplus to requirements
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: No longer needed, redundant.
glosses: No longer needed, redundant.
Laid off; having one's employment terminated.
besifovir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An acyclic nucleotide phosphonate used to treat hepatitis B infection
new man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: new men
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of New Man.
drop-proof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹɒpˈpɹuːf/
Forms: form: more drop-proof
form: most drop-proof
Senses: examples: text: NEW FOR NOVEMBER from MECCANO
is the Marshal II Power Control Unit. Shock-proof, short-circuit proof, drop-proof. Double-insulated. [...]
ref: 1959 November, Trains Illustrated, page xi, advertisement:
glosses: Able to withstand being dropped from a height.
raw_tags: of an object
Dreyfuss
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dreyfusses
Etymology: Variant of Dreyfus.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Domeier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Domeiers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Domeier.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Domeiers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Domeier
Dreyfusses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dreyfuss
Elsbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Elsburys
Etymology: Variant of Alsbury.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Elsburys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Elsbury
Durranis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Durrani.
Durranis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Durrani.
demi-savage
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "Nay," replied Louis, with a half smile, "but the ballet shall be one of the fêtes we meditate in her honour. Demi-savage as the Swede is, of course royalty must be royally entertained."
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 54:
glosses: Having some of the appearances of wildness, or savagery.
Grether
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Grethers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Grether.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Goyne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Goynes
Etymology: Perhaps a variant of Coyne.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Goynes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Goyneses
Etymology: Compare Goyne and Goines.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Goynes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Goyne
Grethers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Grether
Gohr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gohrs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Gohr or Göhr.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Garms
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Garmses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Garms.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Garmses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Garms
Gohrs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gohr
trade counter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trade counters
Senses: glosses: A counter in a shop or business at which sales are made only to customers practising a particular trade, and not intended for sales to retail customers.
trade counters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trade counter
Galano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Galanos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish or Italian Galano. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Fripp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fripps
Etymology: Perhaps from Old French frepe (“rag”), a metonymic occupational surname for a dealer in old clothes.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old French.
Fripps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fripp
Galanos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Galano
Intriago
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Intriagos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Intriago. This surname is mostly found in Ecuador.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Ingleses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Inglese
Intriagos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Intriago
McClintock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈklɪn.tək/
ipa: /məˈklɪnˌtɑk/
ipa: /-tək/
rhymes: -ɪntək
Forms: form: McClintocks
Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Fhionntóg and Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhionndaig (“son of the servant of (Saint) Finndag”), a personal name derived from fionn (“white”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: McClintock effect
Gaddis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gaddises
Etymology: Variant of Geddes.
Senses: examples: text: A since-deleted LinkedIn page listed Gaddis as a graphic designer who lives in the coastal city of Wilmington, North Carolina.
ref: 2024 June 11, Josh Fiallo, “‘Trad-Wife’ TikToker Axed From Job After Casually Saying N-Word”, in The Daily Beast, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2024:
glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic, variant of Geddes.
Gaddises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gaddis
McClintocks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McClintock
cryptobro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪptoʊ̯ˌbɹoʊ̯/
Forms: form: cryptobros
form: crypto bro
form: crypto-bro
Etymology: From crypto + bro.
Senses: examples: text: He likes to cite Lambos—as in Lamborghini, the cryptobro trophy ride of choice—as shorthand for the excessive trappings of wealth, which do not interest him.
ref: 2018 October 22, Nick Paumgarten, The Prophets of Cryptocurrency Survey the Boom and Bust, issue:
text: "When it comes to blockchain, never invest more than you can afford to lose. One hundred percent. High-risk gambling, day trading, speculating—that's the way of the crypto bros."
ref: 2019, John Hargrave, Blockchain for Everyone: How I Learned the Secrets of the New Millionaire Class (And You Can, Too), page 297:
text: Crypto bros defend the imbalance by noting that women are more risk-averse than men.
ref: 2021, Michael Mechanic, Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live—and How Their Wealth Harms Us All, unnumbered page:
glosses: An enthusiastic cryptocurrency supporter, usually male, especially a dogmatic, condescending one.
Hypernyms: tech bro
holographic principle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The principle that a volume is a boundary of a higher-dimension region
Puertopia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Puerto Rico + utopia.
Senses: examples: text: […] to "crypto-currency" traders building their own version of a libertarian, tax-free "Puertopia" built on Bitcoin.
ref: 2018, Mimi Sheller, Mobility Justice: The Politics of Movement in an Age of Extremes, unnumbered page:
text: Their arrival came as residents of the island struggled from the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Maria, but the young millionaires—some of them were billionaires—had another priority: creating "Puertopia."
ref: 2020, Jeff John Roberts, Kings of Crypto: One Startup's Quest to Take Cryptocurrency Out of Silicon Valley and Onto Wall Street, unnumbered page:
text: Puerto Rico has become a hotbed for this virtual currency as ultra rich advocates, such as Brock Pierce, flocked to their Caribbean “Puertopia” to evade taxes and to maximize their blockchain profits.
ref: 2021, Catalina M. de Onís, Energy Islands: Metaphors of Power, Extractivism, and Justice in Puerto Rico, page 210:
topics: business
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
finance
glosses: Puerto Rico as a cryptocurrency tax haven.
dongchimi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 동치미 (dongchimi).
Senses: glosses: A form of kimchi made from radish and a type of cabbage.
Czartoryskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Czartoryski
samgyeopsal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsamɡjʌpsal/
ipa: /sæmˌɡjəpˌsɑl/
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 삼겹살 (samgyeopsal, literally “three-layered meat”), referring to the layered appearance of the fat.
Senses: examples: text: The best part of eating in a samgyeopsal restaurant is the atmosphere – a rollicking party punctuated by soju shots, pork strips sizzling on a grill and shouts for “one more serving, please!”
ref: 2023 June 29, Violet Kim, “Korean food: 39 dishes we can’t live without”, in CNN:
glosses: A Korean dish of sliced pork belly that is typically cooked at the table.
Holmfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Halifax, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0828).
glosses: A hamlet east of Castleford, Wakefield borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4624).
pentakaidecahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentakaidecahedra
form: pentakaidecahedrons
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”) + καί (kaí, “and”) + δέκᾰ (dékă, “ten”) + -hedron.
Senses: examples: text: The lacunar pattern of this grain therefore includes six tetragonal and nine hexagonal faces. Relating this to polyhedrons, we find that no pentakaidecahedron with such a combination of faces can exist (see page 199).
ref: 1935, R[oger] P[hilip] Wodehouse, “Angiospermae”, in Pollen Grains: Their structure, identification and significance in science and medicine, New York, N.Y.; London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., part II (Classification), section “Dicotyledons”, subsection “Compositae”, subsubsection “Cichorieae”, page 481:
text: The host structure is similar to that of the (n–C₄H₉)₄ N⁺C₆H₅COOH⁻·39.5 H₂O consisting of a tetragonal body-centered arrangement of groups of five face-sharing pentagonal dodecahedra interlinked by tetrakaidecahedra and pentakaidecahedra.
ref: 1963, Lee Leiserson, William H. McCoy, “Branch of Inorganic Chemistry”, in Saline Water Conversion Report for 1963, Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Interior, page 4, column 1:
text: An ideal unit cell consists of ten dodecahedrons, sixteen tetrakaidecahedrons and four pentakaidecahedrons.
ref: 2003, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, page 130, column 2:
glosses: Synonym of pentadecahedron.
synonyms: word: pentadecahedron
Related terms: pentakaidecahedral
pentakaidecahedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentakaidecahedron
pentakaidecahedrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentakaidecahedron
suraus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surau
Surigaonons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Surigaonon
sursumductions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sursumduction
SUTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SUT
sweams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sweam
SWMBOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SWMBO
SXGPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SXGP
SYs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SY
symbiomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symbiome
symmetrifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symmetrification
symplectisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symplectisation
symplectizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symplectization
synaptogyrins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synaptogyrin
Southernly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Southernly
form: most Southernly
Etymology: From Southern + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The community is Southernly polite to newcomers. They'll engage a new face in conversation in the synagogue, which doesn't usually happen elsewhere.
ref: 1972, Sh'ma:
text: […] and the imposing images of her pioneer, but now diabetic and near-blind father, Furman Temple (Ralph Waite) and her Southernly genteel theatrical mother, […]
ref: 2011, Andrew B. Leiter, Southerners on Film: Essays on Hollywood Portrayals Since the 1970s, McFarland, →ISBN, page 181:
text: The Southerners later convened in Birmingham to organize the States' Rights party, selecting Senator Strom Thurmond […] It wasn't a Southernly reception.
ref: 2019, James T Sears, Lonely Hunters: An Oral History Of Lesbian And Gay Southern Life, 1948-1968, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of southernly (“in the manner of the South or of Southerners”).
Harles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Harle
synodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synodont
synonymisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synonymisation
syntergites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syntergite
syntergosternites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syntergosternite
synthasomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synthasome
synurophyceans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synurophycean
SYPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SYP
SYSOPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SYSOP
sulphamoyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulphamoyl
sulfonylmethyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfonylmethyl
sulfonylfluorides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfonylfluoride
sulfonimines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfonimine
sulfonamidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfonamidine
Pellon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Halifax, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0725).
hexakaidecahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexakaidecahedra
form: hexakaidecahedrons
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-, “six”) + καί (kaí, “and”) + δέκᾰ (dékă, “ten”) + -hedron. Compare Ancient Greek ἑκκαίδεκα (hekkaídeka, “sixteen”).
Senses: examples: text: In structure I, the unit cell contains 136 water molecules which are arranged so that they form 16 pentagonal dodecahedra (small cavities) and 8 hexakaidecahedra (large cavities).
ref: 1955, George L. Clark, Applied X-rays, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., page 529:
text: Other possible cage structures which the water molecules may adopt are the tetra- and the hexakaidecahedron.
ref: 1969, M. B. King, Phase Equilibrium in Mixtures, Pergamon Press, page 167:
text: Moreover, it is impossible to separate gas molecules completely because the structure of propane hydrate consists of hexakaidecahedrons and dodecahedrons.
ref: 2003, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, page 131, column 1:
glosses: Synonym of hexadecahedron.
synonyms: word: hexadecahedron
Related terms: hexakaidecahedral
hexakaidecahedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexakaidecahedron
hexakaidecahedrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexakaidecahedron
Marroni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Marronis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Marroni.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
banking engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banking engines
Senses: examples: text: Speaking of locomotive surefootedness, I was immensely impressed, on a recent journey with the down "Ulsterman" from Euston, when "Royal Scot" 4-6-0 No. 46168, The Girl Guide, cleanly lifted a well-filled 15-coach train of 471 tons tare and 500 tons gross out of the terminus without the service of any banking engine.
ref: 1953 November, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 760:
text: When the widening is complete, the majority of the trains from Tees-side and the North which have hitherto had to be routed via the Leeds Northern line (Ripon, Harrogate and Wetherby) will be diverted over the main line via York. This avoids the necessity to provide banking engines on the Leeds Northern route and will result in speedier transit times and the more efficient and economical use of engines and train crews.
ref: 1959 November, “Talking of Trains: Widening north of York”, in Trains Illustrated, page 518:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Synonym of banker (“type of railway locomotive”).
synonyms: word: banker
extra: type of railway locomotive
banking engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banking engine
borhani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Bengali বোরহানী (borhanī).
Senses: glosses: Yoghurt-like drink of Bangladesh.
northest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "Northest" of all
There is something about Scandinavia that leads those who live there to stress the "northness" of their position … This gentleman, it will be remembered, claimed to live "norther" than any other man. … he placed chief emphasis on the fact that no man lived norther than he.
ref: 1931 April 24, The Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume XXI, number 28, page 700 (of the compiled volume 31)
text: Guatemala is the northest of the five small Republics of Central America, a narrow isthmus between North and South Americas. Its latitude is about North 15 degrees […]
ref: 1964, Individual Studies by Participants to the International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, volumes 1-2, page 130:
text: Do not pay any attention to whatever smartass friend you have who answers that Alaska is the northest of all the 50; of course it is—Alaska is so far north […]
ref: 1972 July, MotorBoating, page 30:
synonyms: northmost
northernmost
glosses: superlative form of north: most north
gravel-walk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gravel-walks
Senses: examples: text: But she heard the quick steps passing along the gravel-walk; she listened to their echo with anxiety, even tenderness; all became silent, and her heart filled with sorrow for the anguish she had inflicted.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 144–145:
glosses: A path laid out with a gravel surface.
gravel-walks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gravel-walk
takes at face value
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take at face value
taking at face value
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take at face value
took at face value
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take at face value
taken at face value
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take at face value
accepts at face value
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of accept at face value
accepting at face value
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of accept at face value
accepted at face value
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of accept at face value
takes on trust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take on trust
taking on trust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take on trust
took on trust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take on trust
taken on trust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take on trust
takes on faith
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take on faith
taking on faith
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take on faith
took on faith
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take on faith
taken on faith
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take on faith
with all the salt in the Dead Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: With much doubt and skepticism.
Related terms: with a grain of salt
literary present
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The present tense as used by convention to describe events in fictional works, such as when explaining the plot of a book or film.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The present tense as used to describe an action of speaking or writing that lives on through written works or record.
Related terms: historical present
Elshibairab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shebeirab
form: Shubayrāb
form: As Siberāb
form: As Siberab
form: As Siberāb
form: Shebeirab
form: Shubayrab
form: Shubayrāb
Etymology: Borrowed from Sudanese Arabic الشبيراب.
Senses: glosses: Shubayrab (a village in Al Jazirah, South al Gazera district, Sudan).
charms the birds from the trees
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of charm the birds from the trees
charming the birds from the trees
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of charm the birds from the trees
charmed the birds from the trees
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of charm the birds from the trees
charms the birds out of the trees
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of charm the birds out of the trees
charming the birds out of the trees
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of charm the birds out of the trees
charmed the birds out of the trees
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of charm the birds out of the trees
charms a bird off a branch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of charm a bird off a branch
charming a bird off a branch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of charm a bird off a branch
charmed a bird off a branch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of charm a bird off a branch
sells ice to Eskimos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sell ice to Eskimos
selling ice to Eskimos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sell ice to Eskimos
sold ice to Eskimos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sell ice to Eskimos
sells freezers to Eskimos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sell freezers to Eskimos
selling freezers to Eskimos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sell freezers to Eskimos
sold freezers to Eskimos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sell freezers to Eskimos
sells snow to Eskimos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sell snow to Eskimos
selling snow to Eskimos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sell snow to Eskimos
sold snow to Eskimos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sell snow to Eskimos
sells salt to a slug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sell salt to a slug
selling salt to a slug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sell salt to a slug
sold salt to a slug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sell salt to a slug
outing flannel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outing flannels
Senses: examples: text: Her body was thick in a shapeless outing flannel bathrobe many moons past color and design.
ref: 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely:
glosses: A soft, lightweight fabric made from cotton, sometimes mixed with wool.
carries owls to Athens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of carry owls to Athens
carrying owls to Athens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of carry owls to Athens
carried owls to Athens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of carry owls to Athens
brings sand to the beach
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bring sand to the beach
bringing sand to the beach
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bring sand to the beach
brought sand to the beach
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bring sand to the beach
carries weight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of carry weight
carrying weight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of carry weight
carried weight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of carry weight
carries one's weight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of carry one's weight
carrying one's weight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of carry one's weight
carried one's weight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of carry one's weight
throws one's weight around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of throw one's weight around
throwing one's weight around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of throw one's weight around
threw one's weight around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of throw one's weight around
thrown one's weight around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of throw one's weight around
gets in the boat and starts rowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get in the boat and start rowing
getting in the boat and starting rowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get in the boat and start rowing
got in the boat and started rowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of get in the boat and start rowing
gotten in the boat and started rowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get in the boat and start rowing
does one's bit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do one's bit
doing one's bit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do one's bit
did one's bit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do one's bit
done one's bit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do one's bit
earns one's keep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of earn one's keep
earning one's keep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of earn one's keep
earned one's keep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of earn one's keep
earnt one's keep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of earn one's keep
cuts a wide swath
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cut a wide swath
cutting a wide swath
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cut a wide swath
overrides one's commission
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of override one's commission
overriding one's commission
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of override one's commission
overrode one's commission
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of override one's commission
overridden one's commission
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of override one's commission
pulls rank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pull rank
pulling rank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pull rank
pulled rank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pull rank
walks the line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of walk the line
walking the line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of walk the line
walked the line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of walk the line
toes the line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of toe the line
toeing the line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of toe the line
toed the line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of toe the line
toes the mark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of toe the mark
toeing the mark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of toe the mark
toed the mark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of toe the mark
tows the line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tow the line
towing the line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tow the line
towed the line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tow the line
falls in line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fall in line
falling in line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fall in line
fell in line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of fall in line
fallen in line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of fall in line
lifting shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lifting shops
Senses: examples: text: The new depot, on which work started in May, 1956, has three reception roads leading to 13 sidings capable of taking 25 trains, a 450 ft.-long car examination shed with nine roads, a lifting shop with two roads and three permanent way sidings.
ref: 1959 November, “L.T. and E.R. developments in East London”, in Trains Illustrated, page 527:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A workshop where vehicles are lifted off their bogies for maintenance work to be carried out.
Bility
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bilitys
Etymology: A Liberian surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
lifting shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lifting shop
Rødovre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rodovre
Senses: glosses: A city in Denmark.
glosses: A municipality of Denmark.
in reserve
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The Schynige Platte Railway carries on its traffic with no more than four electric locomotives (with one steam locomotive in reserve).
ref: 1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 755:
synonyms: reserve
spare
backup
glosses: Stored and set aside for possible (future) use.
Related terms: in store
put one's hand to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts one's hand to
form: putting one's hand to
form: put one's hand to
form: put one's hand to
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of turn one's hand to.
Pakeha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaːkehaː/
ipa: /ˈpaːkəhaː/
ipa: /ˈpaːkɪə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori pākehā (“stranger”).
Senses: examples: text: They were the kind of Pākehā who, in the eyes of the Protestant missionaries, set a bad example to Māori.
ref: 2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 134:
text: Henry asked if missionaries were now active on the Chathams at which Mr Evans & Mr D’Arnoq exchanged looks, & the former informed us, ‘Nay, the Maori don’t take kindly to us Pakeha spoiling their Moriori with too much civilization.’
ref: 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
glosses: A non-Maori, especially a European New Zealander.
Coordinate terms: white person
Derived terms: Pakeha Maori
DM'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of DM
anti-caliph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-caliphs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anticaliph.
Khariji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kharijis
form: Khawarij
Etymology: From Arabic خارجي (“abandoner, quitter”).
Senses: examples: text: His keynote speech was delivered on his arrival, incognito, in al-Kufah, which at the time was a focus of Khariji dissidence.
ref: 2019, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Arabs, Yale University Press, page 247:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A member of an early Islamic sect who initially supported Ali but then seceded from his army; a Kharijite.
drives someone crazy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drive someone crazy
driving someone crazy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drive someone crazy
drove someone crazy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of drive someone crazy
driven someone crazy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of drive someone crazy
has one's hand in the till
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have one's hand in the till
having one's hand in the till
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have one's hand in the till
had one's hand in the till
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have one's hand in the till
posterior spinal arteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of posterior spinal artery
honors degree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honors degrees
Senses: glosses: US standard spelling of honours degree.
honours degrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honours degree
honors degrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honors degree
half tones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half tone
goes the entire swine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go the entire swine
going the entire swine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go the entire swine
went the entire swine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go the entire swine
gone the entire swine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go the entire swine
house managers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of house manager
birth tongues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birth tongue
correction centers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of correction center
correction centres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of correction centre
gumiho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gumihos
form: gumiho
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 구미호 (gumiho, “nine-tailed fox”).
Senses: examples: text: Gumihos are able to transform into human form, generally beautiful women, in order to seduce men.
ref: 2012, “Translation Notes”, in Laon, volume 5, unnumbered page:
text: In their human guise the gumiho will seduce a man, kill him, and then consume his liver.
ref: 2016, Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, page 146:
text: Somin had grown up hearing stories about gumiho—nine-tailed foxes with the ability to live forever as long as they devoured the energy of men.
ref: 2020, Kat Cho, Vicious Spirits, pages 15–16:
qualifier: Korean mythology
glosses: A shape-shifting fox spirit, typically said to take the form of a beautiful woman, in order to seduce men and eat their livers.
Related terms: kitsune
fine-needle aspirations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fine-needle aspiration
needle aspiration biopsies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of needle aspiration biopsy
nail pullers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nail puller
dummy-proofs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dummy-proof
dummy-proofing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dummy-proof
dummy-proofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dummy-proof
takes one's hook
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take one's hook
taking one's hook
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take one's hook