cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
seed plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seed plants
Senses: examples: text: The typical ('higher') seed plants are called Spermatophyta.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant which reproduces by breading seeds in the wide sense of the term, including spores etc.
Related terms: seedcake
seedcase
seed coat
seedeater
seeder
seed fern
seedful
seedily
seediness
seed leaf
seedling
seed oyster
seed pearl
seed pod
seedsman
seed stock
seedtime
seed vessel
seedy
Spermatophyta
seed coat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seed coats
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: word: episperm
glosses: The protective outer cover of a seed
Related terms: coating
seedcake
seedcase
seedeater
seeder
seed fern
seedful
seed leaf
seedling
seed plant
seedpod
seed stock
seedtime
seed vessel
seedy
spermoderm
seedful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more seedful
form: most seedful
Etymology: From seed + -ful.
Senses: examples: 1840-1864, George Henry Calvert, Cabiro
The seedful furrows each with quickness sows.
glosses: Full of seed, richly bearing seed.
glosses: Rich in promise.
seed fern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seed ferns
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant of division Pteridospermatophyta, which had fronds like a fern and naked seeds.
fern seed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fern seeds
Senses: examples: text: Superstition held that fern seed renders one invisible.
glosses: One of the asexual, dustlike spores of a fern which resemble seeds.
Related terms: fernery
fernlike
ferny
seedcake
seedcase
seed coat
seedeater
seeder
seed fern
seedful
seed leaf
seedling
seed plant
seedpod
seed stock
seedtime
seed vessel
seedy
seed stock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seed stocks
Senses: glosses: A stock of seed.
examples: text: The estate's present seed stock comprises seedlings, bulbs and various nuts.
glosses: Any supply for planting in general.
examples: text: Sustainable hunting and fishing cares as much for its seed stock as for catch or haul.
glosses: Any source of new (notably young) individuals, especially those used for breeding
Related terms: seedcake
seedcase
seed coat
seedeater
seeder
seed fern
seedful
seed leaf
seedling
seed plant
seedpod
seedtime
seed vessel
seedy
stockpile
seedeater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sidˈi.təɹ/
rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: seedeaters
Etymology: From seed + eater.
Senses: examples: text: Mammal seedeaters include chipmunks; ground squirrels; red, gray, and fox squirrels; voles; white-footed mice; and pocket gophers.
ref: 2003, John Andrew Eastman, The Book of Field and Roadside:
glosses: An individual or species which eats seeds.
examples: text: Most seedeaters have strong, typically shaped bills.
glosses: A bird species which feeds mainly on seeds.
glosses: Any bird in the genus Sporophila of the tanager family, Thraupidae
glosses: Any bird in the genus Amaurospiza, now classified in the family Cardinalidae
Synonyms: sense: bird
word: hard-bill
Derived terms: thick-billed seedeater
hard-bill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hard-bills
Senses: examples: As the ultimate hard-bills, woodpeckers even use their steel-hard bill to drill homes in solid trees
glosses: A bird species which has a hard, strong bill, to feed (mainly) on seeds and/or nuts
Synonyms: seedeater
naked seed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naked seeds
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A gymnosperm seed which isn't enclosed in a plant ovary.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An achene.
Related terms: angiosperm
moonseed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moonseeds
Etymology: Calque of translingual Menispermum, first attested in 1739. By surface analysis, moon + seed, in reference to the crescent shape of their seeds.
Senses: glosses: A twining plant of the genera Menispermum or Cocculus, in the family Menispermaceae.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Menispermum dauricum
word: Asian moonseed
taxonomic: Menispermum canadense
word: Canadian moonseed
taxonomic: Menispermum dauricum
word: Daurian moonseed
taxonomic: Tinospora cordifolia
word: heart-leaved moonseed
taxonomic: Plusiodonta compressipalpis
word: moonseed moth
moon-blind
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From moon + blind; parallel to the cognate Dutch maanblind.
Senses: glosses: Sight-impaired by the equine eye-disease moon blindness.
glosses: Sight-impaired by night blindness.
Synonyms: sense: having night blindness
word: night-blind
Related terms: moonblind
blind tiger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blind tigers
Senses: synonyms: blind pig
speakeasy
glosses: A speakeasy.
glosses: A drug joint where the illegal sale of intoxicant drugs takes place.
glosses: Used other than in slang form, see blind, tiger
blind tiger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blind tigers
Etymology: Calque of Japanese 盲虎 (mōko).
Senses: topics: board-games
games
shogi
glosses: A piece that can move one step in any direction except forward, used in chu shogi and larger shogi variants.
stoping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stopings
Etymology: From stope + -ing.
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: The removal of the desired ore from an underground mine, leaving behind an open space known as a stope.
Derived terms: stull stoping
shrinkage stoping
long hole stoping
tiger moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiger moths
Senses: examples: text: Most tiger moths have broad, striped (hence the name) or spotted wings.
glosses: Certain stout-bodied moths of the subfamily Arctiinae.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Spilosoma congrua
word: agreeable tiger moth
taxonomic: Apantesis figurata
word: figured tiger moth
taxonomic: Arctia caja
word: garden tiger moth
taxonomic: Arctia caja
word: great tiger moth
taxonomic: Euplagia quadripunctaria
word: Jersey tiger moth
taxonomic: Phragmatobia fuliginosa melitensis
word: Maltese ruby tiger moth
taxonomic: Nyctemera coleta
word: marbled tiger moth
taxonomic: Apantesis parthenice
alt: syn. Grammia parthenice
word: parthenice tiger moth
taxonomic: Callimorpha dominula
word: scarlet tiger moth
taxonomic: Spilosoma virginica
word: Virginia tiger moth
taxonomic: Nyctemera coleta
word: white tiger moth
taxonomic: Arctia flavia
word: yellow tiger moth
mboga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mbogas
Etymology: From Swahili mboga.
Senses: glosses: vegetable
Derived terms: mama mboga
tiger beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiger beetles
Senses: examples: text: Most tiger beetle larvae tunnel in the soil.
text: I also noticed a couple of tiger beetle larval burrows in the hard-packed sandy soil and found a long, thin plant stem to “fish” the larvae out.
ref: 2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae:
glosses: Any active, carnivorous beetle (species) of the subfamily Cicindelinae.
Derived terms: Carolina metallic tiger beetle
moonfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moonfish
form: moonfishes
Etymology: From moon + fish, from the silvery color, parallel to the synonymous Dutch cognate maanvis.
Senses: glosses: Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.
The family Monodactylidae (fingerfishes, silver angelfishes).
glosses: Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.
Mene maculata, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific area.
glosses: Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.
Most species of the genus Selene.
glosses: Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.
Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber).
glosses: Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.
The family Molidae (ocean sunfish).
glosses: Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.
The opahs in the family Lamprididae.
glosses: Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.
The cusk (Brosme brosme), a North Atlantic cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae, the only species in its genus.
glosses: Any of various flat, oval marine fish species.
The southern platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus).
Synonyms: sense: Brosme brosme
word: brismak
sense: Brosme brosme
word: brosmius
sense: Brosme brosme
word: torsk
sense: Brosme brosme
word: tusk
sense: Xiphophorus maculatus
word: common platy
moon-eyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more moon-eyed
form: most moon-eyed
Etymology: From moon + eyed; parallel to the cognate, but non-synonymous, Dutch maanoog.
Senses: examples: text: His moon-eyed gaze was disarming and mysterious.
glosses: Having wide-open eyes.
Synonyms: owly-eyed
saucer-eyed
wide-eyed
Béarn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French Béarn.
Senses: glosses: A geographic area and former province in the current Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Occitania, France.
glosses: A former viscounty in the southwestern French Pyrenees, which became part of the French royal domain before it was united with the French crown, together with Navarra, as a single feudal province of the French realm.
Related terms: Béarnais
béarnaise
et hoc genus omne
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: & hoc genus omne
Etymology: From Latin et hoc genus omne.
Senses: glosses: And all this kind.
nosode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnɒsəʊd/
Forms: form: nosodes
Etymology: From grc + noso- + -ode.
Senses: topics: homeopathy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A homeopathic preparation of diseased matter.
Derived terms: autonosode
Muscovy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmʌskəvi/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Moscovia, derived from Russian Москва́ (Moskvá).
Senses: glosses: The Russian territory around and ruled from Moscow by grand princes until it became the nucleus of a united Russia, which its dynasty ruled first as czars (kings) from Moscow, later as emperors from Saint Petersburg.
examples: text: The Russian Federation's war against Ukraine is now in its eighth year. Invaders from Muscovy have been attacking Ukrainians in their homeland every day for 2,563 days.
ref: 2021, Michael MacKay, “4:45 PM · Feb 26, 2021”, in Twitter, Twitter:
qualifier: sometines derogatory
glosses: Russia.
Derived terms: Muscovian
Related terms: Muscovite
Moscow
Moskva
teaware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teawares
Etymology: From tea + -ware.
Senses: glosses: Articles used in the preparation and drinking of tea.
alocasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alocasias
Etymology: From the genus name translingual Alocasia.
Senses: glosses: Any of several tropical Asian plants, of the genus Alocasia, having heart- or arrowhead-shaped leaves.
foliole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: folioles
Etymology: Diminutive of Latin folium (“leaf”). Compare French foliole.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: One of the distinct parts of a compound leaf; a leaflet.
glosses: A small leaf-like outgrowth from the thallus of a foliose lichen.
Derived terms: foliolose
enow
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: /ɪˈnaʊ/
/əˈnaʊ/
Etymology: From Middle English ynowe, strong plural and weak form of ynogh (“enough”); see enough for more.
Senses: examples: text: How irksome, how wearying, to be doomed always to the society of those who are like people speaking different languages! It resembles travelling through the East, with a few phrases of lingua franca—just enough for the ordinary purposes of life—enow of words to communicate a want, but not to communicate a thought!
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 83–84:
glosses: Archaic form of enough.
enow
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ɪˈnaʊ/
/əˈnaʊ/
Etymology: From Middle English ynowe, strong plural and weak form of ynogh (“enough”); see enough for more.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of enough.
enow
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ɪˈnaʊ/
/əˈnaʊ/
Etymology: Contraction of even now.
Senses: glosses: Just now.
glosses: Soon.
Appell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Swedish.
Derived terms: Appell-Lerch sum
Appell sequence
sinople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sinoples
form: cinople
form: sinoper
form: sinopre
form: sinoper
form: synopre
form: synopar
form: synopeir
form: synapour
form: sinaper
form: synaper
Etymology: From Old French sinople, from Latin Sinōpis, from Ancient Greek Σινωπίς (Sinōpís, “of Sinope”), a town that exported a red ocher. The unexpected change to meaning "green" in heraldry occurred in French texts around 1350 for unclear reasons.
Senses: glosses: A shade of red; sinoper.
glosses: Sinoper, a kind of red earth historically used as a pigment, originally imported to Greece from Sinope in Paphlagonia.
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Ferruginous quartz of a blood-red or brownish red colour, sometimes with a tinge of yellow, used to make the pigment sinopia.
examples: text: In heraldry, sinople (the green of blazonry) also signified love, joy, abundance.
ref: 1903, George Field, Ellis A. Davidson, A grammar of colouring, applied to decorative painting and the arts:
text: Espinosa (Spain and Flanders) : Argent, a tree terrassé sinople, accosted by two wolves affrontés, sable […]
ref: 1903, Isidore Singer, Cyrus Adler, The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, page 128:
text: This shield argent with three lions sinople (green) has remained the coat of arms of the House of Lannoy. The young knight built a home in the woods around the seigneurie of Lys.
ref: 1984, Lucile Kathryn Delano, Charles De Lannoy, Victor of Pavia, →ISBN:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Vert (green).
sacrums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sacrum
Birmans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Birman
provocant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: provocants
Etymology: From Latin prōvocāns.
Senses: synonyms: provocateur
provocator
glosses: One who or that which provokes.
barabara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barabaras
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of barrabora.
acceptables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acceptable
innocences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of innocence
alose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aloses
Etymology: Borrowed from French alose, from Latin alausa, from unattested Gaulish *alausa. Cognate with German Alse.
Senses: glosses: Any of certain shad
European shad (Alosa alosa); the allice or allis.
glosses: Any of certain shad
American shad (Alosa sapidissima).
energy obesity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A condition of excessive energy consumption, usually by a nation or other large collective, whose symptoms may be expressed in the form of energy commodity price volatility, environmental degradation, and energy-trade-induced geopolitical tension.
amylopsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amylopsins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A pancreatic form of amylase.
biofoulings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biofouling
sheria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of shari'a.
saif
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saifs
Etymology: From Arabic سَيْف (sayf, “sword”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of seif (“type of sand dune”).
hypernyms: scimitar
glosses: A type of Arabian sword.
-holism
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From alcoholism, one of the first addictions to be widely identified both medically and socially. It should be noted that the word alcoholism is broken up into the root, alcohol, and the suffix -ism, not alco and -holism. The suffix -holism is thus a result of false splitting.
Senses: glosses: A form of addiction, either a physical or obsessive dependency.
Derived terms: chocoholism
sexaholism
shopaholism
workaholism
Related terms: -ist
-istic
Chaparian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chaparians
form: Chaparyan
Etymology: From Armenian Չափարյան (Čʻapʻaryan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
saifs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saif
fough
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔː
homophone: faw
homophone: faugh
Senses: examples: text: Bian[ca]. I am no ſtrumpet, but of life as honeſt, / As you, that thus abuſe me. / Em[ilia]. As I: fough, fie vpon thee.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 89:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of faugh.
mbio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛmˈbaɪoʊ/
Etymology: Clipped compound.
Senses: coordinate_terms: molbio
glosses: Clipping of microbiology (the usual sense).
synonyms: molbio
glosses: Clipping of molecular biology (uncommon in this sense).
Related terms: biochem
biotech
répertoire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: répertoires
Senses: examples: text: Again I changed my dress, again I sat in the window, and again I laughed very heartily at the funny stories of which my employer had an immense répertoire, and which he told inimitably.
ref: 1892 [June], A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. XII.—The Adventure of the Copper Beeches.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume III (January to June), number [18], London: George Newnes, Limited, […], page 621, column 1:
text: Miss Fay Davis’s recitation répertoire includes some fifty or sixty excerpts, culled from Shakspere down to the latest of writers.
ref: 1896 January 29, “Miss Fay Davis”, in The Sketch, volume XIII, London: […] Ingram Brothers, page 27, column 1:
text: The words appended are often selected on the principle of contrast and comparison, and altogether furnish a répertoire of over two thousand—all more or less deserving of separate and distinctive observation.
ref: 1898, William Williamson, “Preface”, in A Class Book of Dictation Passages, with Words Appended, Selected by William Williamson, […], London: Methuen & Co. […], page v:
text: Defying the attempts of imitators, it occupies a unique position in the literature of the pianoforte, and its inherent vitality is attested by the fact that for more than fifty years it has been a conspicuous item in the répertoire of nearly every pianist capable of executing it.
ref: 1912, Florence May, “1834: Ernestine von Fricken—Clara in Dresden—Schumann and Ernestine—Carl Banck—Schumann’s ‘Carnaval’—Études Symphoniques’”, in The Girlhood of Clara Schumann (Clara Wieck and Her Time) […], London: Edward Arnold, page 111:
text: She has frequently said that she finds it easier to sing any two other rôles in her répertoire, and refuses to appear for two days before or after a performance of this Puccini opera.
ref: 1917, Carl Van Vechten, “Geraldine Farrar”, in Interpreters and Interpretations, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, page 44:
glosses: Alternative spelling of repertoire.
répertoires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of répertoire
at Death's door
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of at death's door.
pinda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pindas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pinder (“peanut”).
pinda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pindas
Senses: glosses: A small bag for Ayurvedic massage, filled with aromatic herbs.
pinda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pindas
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit पिण्ड (piṇḍa).
Senses: glosses: A ball of cooked rice mixed with ghee and black sesame seeds offered to ancestors during Hindu funeral rites and ancestor worship rituals.
sailless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sail + -less.
Senses: examples: a sailless boat
a sailless windmill
glosses: Lacking a sail.
sailor's-choice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sailor's-choice
Senses: glosses: Any of several grunts and sparids of the Atlantic:
sailor's grunt (Haemulon parra),
glosses: Any of several grunts and sparids of the Atlantic:
pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides),
glosses: Any of several grunts and sparids of the Atlantic:
spottail pinfish (Diplodus holbrookii),
glosses: Any of several grunts and sparids of the Atlantic:
margate (Haemulon album),
glosses: Any of several grunts and sparids of the Atlantic:
pigfish (Orthopristis chrysoptera),
glosses: Any of several grunts and sparids of the Atlantic:
French grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum)
saim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of seam (“lard”).
bancal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bancales
Etymology: From Spanish; see abancalar.
Senses: examples: text: A few rich settles and bancals, choicely carved and decorated with glazed leather hangings of the sort termed or basané, completed the furniture of the apartment.
ref: 1894, Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company, page 217:
glosses: An ornamental covering, as of carpet or leather, for a bench or form.
saimiri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saimiris
Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese saí-mirim (literally “little monkey”).
Senses: glosses: Squirrel monkey.
glosses: Any member of Saimiri, a taxonomic genus of South American arboreal monkeys comprising the squirrel monkeys.
bancales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bancal
saimiris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saimiri
in for an inch, in for a mile
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: Afterwards, she took him farther south. His uneasiness grew with every step. . . . "In for an inch, in for a mile," he muttered.
ref: 2005, Bill Burt, William D. Burt, The Downs, →ISBN, page 29:
text: I soon found the water lapping at my toes so I figured, “in for an inch, in for a mile” and continued on in after the oystercatcher.
ref: 2007 December 31, Maggie Petsch, “American oystercatcher shots are memorable”, in Daily News, Galveston, Texas, retrieved 16 Jul 2009:
glosses: Given that one is partly involved in or committed to a project, action, position, etc., there is no reason to refrain from becoming fully involved or fully committed.
Synonyms: in for a dime, in for a dollar
in for a penny, in for a pound
Saint Agnes' Eve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Saint Agnes' Eves
Senses: glosses: The night of January 20, on which traditionally, if she performs certain rituals, a woman is supposed to have dreams of her future husband.
Saint Agnes' Eves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Saint Agnes' Eve
St Albans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: ‘I won’t stay long — I’ve got to get straight up to St Albans.’
ref: 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 70:
glosses: A city and local government district with borough status in Hertfordshire, England.
glosses: A civil parish in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire, England, formed in 2018.
Synonyms: english: pseudo-historicism
translation: pseudo-historicism
word: Verulamium
Saint Andrew's cross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Saint Andrew's crosses
Senses: glosses: A diagonal cross, the figure of a cross that has a form of two intersecting oblique bars.
glosses: The national flag of Scotland.
glosses: The plant Hypericum hypericoides.
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: An upright X-shaped frame to which a participant can be tied.
Synonyms: sense: diagonal cross
word: saltire
sense: diagonal cross
word: crux decussata
Saint Andrew's crosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Saint Andrew's cross
Saint Anthony's cross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Saint Anthony's crosses
form: St. Anthony's cross
Senses: synonyms: advent cross
anticipatory cross
croce taumata
cross commissee
crux commissa
Egyptian cross
Old Testament cross
Saint Francis' cross
tau
glosses: A T-shaped cross.
St. Anthony's cross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: St. Anthony's crosses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Saint Anthony's cross.
St. Anthony's crosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of St. Anthony's cross
Saint Anthony's crosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Saint Anthony's cross
commutator length
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: commutator lengths
Senses: examples: text: In #92;langlea,b#124;b²#61;1#92;rangle, the commutator length of aba#123;-2#125;ba is two, since it equals (aba#123;-1#125;b#123;-1#125;)(b#123;-1#125;a#123;-1#125;ba) but isn't a commutator.
glosses: The number of multiplicands needed, at a minimum, to express a given group element as a product of commutators.
examples: text: The commutator length of #92;langlea,b#124;b²#61;1#92;rangle is at least two, since there's an element of commutator length two in it.
glosses: The supremum, over all elements of a given group's derived subgroup, of their commutator lengths.
Derived terms: stable commutator length
Saint Anthony's fire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of St. Anthony's fire.
commutator lengths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commutator length
derived subgroup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: derived subgroups
Senses: glosses: The subgroup of a specified group generated by the larger group's commutators.
Synonyms: commutator subgroup
derived group
Related terms: derived series
derived group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: derived groups
Senses: topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The subgroup of a specified group generated by the larger group's commutators.
Synonyms: commutator subgroup
derived subgroup
Related terms: derived series
derived groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of derived group
derived subgroups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of derived subgroup
commutator subgroup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: commutator subgroups
Senses: examples: text: The commutator subgroup is important because it is the smallest normal subgroup such that the quotient group of the original group by this subgroup is abelian.^([wikipedia])
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The subgroup of a specified group generated by the larger group's commutators.
Synonyms: derived group
derived subgroup
commutator subgroups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commutator subgroup
Saint Catharines
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of St. Catharines.
St. Catharines
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in southeastern Ontario, Canada, near Niagara Falls.
American minks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of American mink
maximax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From maxi(mum), maxi(mize) + max(imum).
Senses: examples: text: The first criterion is the Hurwicz criterion, often referred to the maximax criterion. […] the decision-maker is always optimistic and attempts to maximize profits by a go-for-broke strategy.
ref: 2009, Harold Kerzner, Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, Tenth Edition, John Wiley and Sons, →ISBN, page 749:
topics: computer
computing
economics
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
qualifier: decision theory
glosses: A strategy or algorithm that seeks to maximize the maximum possible result (that is, that prefers the alternative with the chance of the best possible outcome, even if its expected outcome and its worst possible outcome are worse than other alternatives); often used attributively, as "maximax strategy", "maximax approach", and so on.
Related terms: sense: strategy that maximizes the maximum
word: maximin
sense: strategy that maximizes the maximum
word: minimax
sense: strategy that maximizes the maximum
word: minimin
mimeticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mimetic + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Now the Imitation Theory of Art (IT) is, if one but thinks it through, an exceedingly powerful theory. . . . Moreover, it is a simple matter to shore it up against many purported counterinstances by such auxiliary hypotheses as that the artist who deviates from mimeticity is perverse, inept, or mad.
ref: 1964, Arthur Danto, “The Artworld”, in Journal of Philosophy, volume 61, number 19, page 572:
glosses: The quality or state of being mimetic, or the degree to which one is mimetic.
Related terms: mimesis
mimetic
crescent rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crescent roll
mistransliterate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mistransliterates
form: mistransliterating
form: mistransliterated
form: mistransliterated
Etymology: From mis- + transliterate.
Senses: glosses: To transliterate incorrectly.
interpositions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interposition
skidrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skidrows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of skid row.
skid road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skid roads
Senses: topics: business
forestry
glosses: A rough cleared right of way with logs embedded cross-wise on which logs being harvested would slide or be dragged or skidded.
topics: business
forestry
glosses: A street with facilities suitable for the recreational needs of lumberjacks.
Synonyms: sense: rough logging road
word: skidway
necropolitics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From necro- + politics, coined by Cameroonian philosopher and political scientist Achille Mbembe.
Senses: examples: text: The idea of a supreme power which monopolizes legitimate violence is as much about limiting and restraining ‘necropolitics’ as it is about engaging in it.
ref: 2007, Mitchell Dean, chapter 8, in Governing societies: political perspectives on domestic and international rule, →ISBN, page 148:
text: Jasbir K. Puar (2007, 2017) has been particularly instrumental in provoking an expanding body of work on queer necropolitics.
ref: 2021, C.L. Quinan, Kathrin Thiele, editors, Biopolitics, Necropolitics, Cosmopolitics: Feminist and Queer Interventions, Routledge, →ISBN, page 4:
glosses: The relationship between sovereignty and power over life and death.
Derived terms: necropolitical
Related terms: biopower
necropolis
necropower
losed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lose
glosses: simple past and past participle of loose
third time's a charm
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: third time's the charm
form: three times a charm
Senses: synonyms: third time lucky
glosses: One is sure to succeed at a task or event on the third try.
Related terms: bad things come in threes
good things come in threes
breathing spaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breathing space
necropolitical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more necropolitical
form: most necropolitical
Etymology: From necro- + political.
Senses: examples: text: ...leas more golden as their linseed oil ages, even more autumnal, necropolitical, than prewar hopes...
ref: 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, published 2006, →ISBN, page 59:
glosses: Of or relating to necropolitics.
keep your friends close, and your enemies closer
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: One should be attentive and alert of one's surroundings if malicious people are around to prevent them from wreaking havoc in one's life.
ax to grind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axes to grind
form: axe to grind
Senses: examples: text: “See,” Koteks said, “if you can get them to drop their clause on patents. That, lady, is my ax to grind.”
ref: 1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 4, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 61:
text: The design has had a rather contentious journey through the various technical committees set up by the EEC to study the problem; individual member nations with particular axes to grind holding up the proceedings at regular intervals.
ref: 1976 July 8, New Scientist, volume 71, number 1008, page 77:
glosses: A proposition or point of view to advocate, especially motivated by self-interest.
ax to grind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axes to grind
form: axe to grind
Etymology: A reference to someone sharpening an axe with the intent to kill someone.
Senses: examples: text: If one is not just writing history but also trying to condemn and “demolish” one’s enemy, as Neumann is, you need a deeper level of introspection, and a high standard of proof. If not, it’s better to let “silence be a fence for wisdom.” (Pirkei Avot 3:13) It’s not possible to maintain the curiosity and openness you need for real research if you have such a big ax to grind.
ref: 2019 February 27, David Seidenberg, “A Tikkun for Tikkun Olam? How ‘To Heal the World?’ Corrupts Debate & Endangers Judaism”, in Jewish Journal:
glosses: A grudge or grievance, with implications of confrontation.
Derived terms: have an ax to grind
Related terms: bone to pick
faith will move mountains
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: faith can move mountains
Etymology: From Matthew 17:20: “Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Senses: glosses: Belief in oneself (read sometimes as belief in God) can help one overcome any hurdle in life's path.
Related terms: move mountains
breathing-space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breathing-spaces
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of breathing space.
capsulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more capsulate
form: most capsulate
Etymology: From capsule + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: encased, closed in by a capsule
Synonyms: capsular
Related terms: encapsulated
capsulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: capsulates
form: capsulating
form: capsulated
form: capsulated
Etymology: From capsule + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of encapsulate.
closed in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of close in
close in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: closes in
form: closing in
form: closed in
form: closed in
Senses: glosses: To enclose, lock up inside something.
examples: text: The police had not yet caught the thieves, but were closing in.
text: Keep refining your estimate, and you will gradually close in on the right answer.
glosses: To come or approach nearer to someone being pursued.
examples: text: Then we pass through Bebington station, and, entering a cutting, become aware of the usual signs of approach to an urban area—buildings closing in, an all-round increase in smokiness, and the application of brakes.
ref: 1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 21:
glosses: To become closer, surround.
Derived terms: close in on
titular see
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: titular sees
Senses: examples: Most titular sees are defunct dioceses from the Roman empire days, mainly in presently mainly Muslim countries: Turkey, the Levant and Northern Africa
glosses: An episocopal see which has no resident bishop in a former diocese that no longer functions.
Related terms: titularly
sedentary
in partibus
anabiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anabioses
Etymology: From ana- + -biosis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A state of suspended animation, especially during extreme drought; the act of recovering from this state.
Related terms: anabiotic
anacyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From French anacyclique.
Senses: glosses: palindromic
anaclasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anaclases
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνάκλασις (anáklasis).
Senses: glosses: an exchange of place between a short syllable and a preceding long one that is frequent in ionic metres.
glosses: reflection or refraction of light or sound.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The forced bending of a joint.
fag break
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fag breaks
Senses: glosses: A brief cessation of work, activity etc. in order to have a cigarette.
vergette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vergettes
Etymology: From French.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A small pale (vertical band down the middle of a shield).
clothes-brush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clothes-brushes
form: clothes brush
Senses: glosses: A type of brush designed for dusting and tidying (especially formal) clothes.
Related terms: bath-brush
clad
clothe
clotheshorse
clothes moth
clothespin
clothespress
clothes tree
clothier
anacoluthia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anacoluthias
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνακολουθία (anakolouthía).
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A syntactic construction in which an element is followed by another that does not agree properly
bath-brush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bath-brushes
form: bathbrush
Senses: glosses: A waterproof brush designed for personal hygiene in the bath or shower.
personal hygiene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personal hygienes
Senses: examples: text: The modern bathroom is the temple of personal hygiene.
topics: health
medicine
sciences
glosses: The hygienic measures concerning a person's bodily condition, notably external cleanliness.
Coordinate terms: grooming
Related terms: mental hygiene
mental hygiene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: psychophylaxis
glosses: The concern and care for a clean, or healthy state of mind.
Related terms: personal hygiene
mental health
Latz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Latzes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Latz.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
nanga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaŋə/
Forms: form: nangas
Etymology: From Acholi naŋa.
Senses: examples: text: The "shoulder harp" or "nanga" had a boat-shaped sound chest.
ref: 1950, Roslyn Rensch, The harp: from Tara's halls to the American schools:
text: The nanga of Nubia is similar; here also, long wooden pegs prevent the strings from slipping.
ref: 1975, Sibyl Marcuse, A survey of musical instruments, page 403:
text: The artist uses his voice, he sings his laws to the accompaniment of the nanga, the harp; he twists his body to the rhythm of the drums, to proclaim his rules.
ref: 1986, Okot p'Bitek, Artist, the Ruler:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A simple wooden harp or zither used in central and eastern Africa.
party pastie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: party pasties
form: party pasty
Senses: glosses: A small pastie intended as a party snack.
Related terms: party pie
party sausage roll
party sausage roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: party sausage rolls
Senses: glosses: A small sausage roll intended as a party snack.
Related terms: party pastie
party pasty
party pie
Durrës
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʊɹəs/
rhymes: -ʊɹəs
Forms: form: Durres
Etymology: Borrowed from Albanian Durrës, from Latin Dyrrhachium, from Ancient Greek Δυρράχιον (Durrhákhion). Doublet of Dyrrhachium and Durazzo.
Senses: glosses: An Adriatic port city in Albania, on the site of ancient Epidamnus.
glosses: A Catholic archiepiscopal see since 1300, which lost its metropolitan status and was merged into one archbishopric with the Albanian capital Tirana (where the cathedral now is).
glosses: An Orthodox archbishopric.
Synonyms: english: Italian borrowing
translation: Italian borrowing
word: Durazzo
word: Dyrrhachium
Cornish pastie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cornish pasties
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cornish pasty.
precipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precipes
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Alternative form of praecipe.
succint
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of succinct.
nick of time
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nick-of-time; in time
nick of time
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of in the nick of time; just in time
atomic authorization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atomic authorizations
Senses: glosses: The act of securing authorization rights independently from the intermediaries that utilize them and the parties to which they apply
glosses: (A document containing) published rights with a guarantee of authenticity which may be verified independently of the intermediaries that utilize them and the parties to which they apply.
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: (A digitally signed document containing) published rights with cryptographically verifiable integrity, secured independently of the applications that utilize them and entities to which they apply.
bolis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈboʊlɪs/
Forms: form: bolides
Etymology: From Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”). Doublet of bolide.
Senses: examples: text: A bolis appearing as large as an orange, with a train some yards in length, crossed Wrenbury, Cheshire, about 10 p.m. (p. 305). The observer was my brother, Mr. William Thomson, surgeon, Wrenbury, near Nantwich.
ref: 1851, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Report, volume 20, page 90:
synonyms: bolide
fireball
glosses: A bolide or fireball (type of meteor)
bolis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈboʊlɪs/
Senses: glosses: plural of boli
fell off a truck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of fall off a truck
Saint Charles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: St. Charles
form: St Charles
form: St.-Charles
form: St-Charles
form: Saint-Charles
Senses: glosses: Any of various places in the United States, Canada, and France.
glosses: Any of various saints named Charles.
Saint Cloud
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of St. Cloud.
skin in the game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Attributed by some to Warren Buffett, but Buffett has denied this.
Senses: examples: text: Companies must obtain accountability across all business functions if they are to harvest the fruits of technology. "Let everyone have skin in the game", Rogow said.
ref: 1988 April 4, Alan Alper, “Inertia often stifles new technology”, in Computerworld, volume xxii, number 14, page 67:
text: Says Bergsma: "We were flooded with financial types who didn't have their own skin in the game"
ref: 1991 August 26, Edmund Faltermayer, “The Deal Decade: Verdict on the 80's”, in Fortune, pages 58–70:
text: [Ross] Perot has told people they can send $5 if they want to have "some skin in the game" but he does not actively solicit contributions and says he will finance his own campaign.
ref: 1992 June 18, Associated Press, “Perot's campaign is wary of fund-raising operations”, in The Sun, San Bernardino, CA, page 22:
text: Supposedly, ordinary depositors don't bother to check the soundness of their banks because they don't actually have skin in the game.
ref: 2009 December 18, Megan McArdle, “How Big a Problem is Moral Hazard?”, in The Atlantic:
text: At Wednesday’s Europa League final, more than half the tickets have gone to corporate guests and others with no skin in the game.
ref: 2022 May 18, Adrian Chiles, “The closer your team gets to glory, the less likely you are to get a ticket. That can’t be right”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: dog in the fight
glosses: A stake; something at risk, especially with regard to money and investments.
wikipedia: Warren Buffett
Related terms: no skin off one's nose
no skin off one's back
play with house money
St. Cloud
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Any of several cities.
glosses: Any of several cities.
A city, the county seat of Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. It was named after Saint-Cloud in France.
Saint Elmo's fire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Saint Elmo's fires
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of St. Elmo's fire.
St. Elmo's fires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: As to its appearance upon the masts of ships, Forbin relates that in the year 1696, during a terribly stormy night, near the Balearic Isles, he saw no less than thirty St. Elmo's fires in different parts of the ship, one of them being on one of the sails of the mainmast.
ref: 1881, J. Minshull, transl., Land, Sea and Sky, or, Wonders of Life and Nature, page 366:
text: Referring to the superstition on the part of the sailors as regards the St. Elmo's fires, Lieutenant Bassett, in his book called "Legends and Superstitions of the Sea," says...
ref: 1907, Edwin J. Houston, The wonder book of the atmosphere, page 291:
text: St. Elmo's fires are extremely frequent at the Pic du Midi on lightning-conductors.
ref: 1936, Napier Shaw, Manual of Meteorology, page 32:
glosses: plural of St. Elmo's fire
Saint Elmo's fires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Saint Elmo's fires are put out and the storm dies.
ref: 1992, Ray Bradbury, Green Shadows, White Whale:
text: First spotted at the top of ships' masts (where they were considered a good omen), Saint Elmo's fires are typically seen around tall metal grounded objects, such as lightning rods, aircraft wings, and chimney tops.
ref: 1999, Patricia Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E. Svarney, Skies of Fury, page 97:
text: Who knows what dangers await them, what Adamastor they will encounter, what Saint Elmo's fires they will see rise from the sea, what columns of water will such in the air only to expel it once it has been settled?
ref: 2005, Harold Bloom, Novelists and Novels, page 457:
glosses: plural of Saint Elmo's fire
bileful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bileful
form: most bileful
Etymology: From bile + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Poisonous, jaundiced, spiteful, choleric, angry.
viewability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From viewable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being viewable.
Synonyms: visibility
hortatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hortatively
form: most hortatively
Etymology: From hortative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a hortative way.
exhortatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more exhortatively
form: most exhortatively
Etymology: From exhortative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an exhortative way.
junior miss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: junior#Noun
misses#Noun
glosses: A clothing size for girls or women.
Related terms: girlswear
dyslexias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dyslexia
dyslexically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dyslexically
form: most dyslexically
Etymology: From dyslexic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a dyslexic way.
anticoalition
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: anti-coalition
Etymology: From anti- + coalition.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Opposed to coalition or to a specific coalition.
atomlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more atomlike
form: most atomlike
Etymology: From atom + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an atom.