cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Budny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Budnys
form: Budney
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Budny.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
get one up on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets one up on
form: getting one up on
form: got one up on
form: got one up on
form: gotten one up on
Senses: examples: text: So why not rob these red cloaks? Serves em right for letting their guard down. Isn’t that the unwritten law of the land? If someone gets one up on you, you deserve it for letting them?
ref: 2017 July 16, Brandon Nowalk, “Chickens and dragons come home to roost on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: To outdo.
Tahlequah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States.
glosses: A neighborhood in the census-designated place of Vashon, on Vashon Island, King County, Washington, United States.
Wanat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wanats
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Wanat.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Glomb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Glombs
form: Glab
form: Glomp
Etymology: From Polish Glomb, Głomb, or Głąb, all from Polish głąb.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
duckerer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duckerers
Senses: examples: text: I even remember one time having my fortune told at a hare course by an old duckerer, as the Gypsies call their crystal-gazers.
ref: 2015, Bob and Brian Tovey, The Last English Poachers:
glosses: A Gypsy fortune teller.
Macoupin County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Macoupin Creek.
Senses: glosses: One of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Carlinville.
wikipedia: Macoupin Creek
Carlinville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Carlin + -ville, named after Thomas Carlin.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Macoupin County, Illinois, United States.
wikipedia: Thomas Carlin
Jeffersontown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Jefferson + town.
Senses: examples: text: “Our hearts break for the families of the those we lost to the tragedy at the Jeffersontown Kroger. The murders are not being taken lightly by the United States government,” said Coleman.
ref: 2018 October 26, Didi Martinez and Melanie Kucera, “Kentucky Kroger killings being investigated as possible hate crime, feds say”, in NBC News:
glosses: A home rule city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, which is a major suburb of Louisville.
Your Imperial Majesty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Your Imperial Majesties
Senses: glosses: A term of address used in direct address to an emperor or empress.
Your Imperial Majesty
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: Your Imperial Majesties
form: His Imperial Majesty
form: Her Imperial Majesty
Senses: glosses: you (in direct address to an emperor or empress)
Related terms: Her Britannic Majesty
His Britannic Majesty
Your Britannic Majesty
Their Britannic Majesties
Her Excellency
His Excellency
Your Excellency
Their Excellencies
Her Highness
His Highness
Your Highness
Their Highnesses
Her Holiness
His Holiness
Your Holiness
Their Holinesses
Her Imperial Highness
His Imperial Highness
Your Imperial Highness
Their Imperial Highnesses
Her Imperial Majesty
His Imperial Majesty
Their Imperial Majesties
Her Maj
His Maj
Your Maj
Her Majesty
His Majesty
Your Majesty
Their Majesties
Her Royal Highness
His Royal Highness
Your Royal Highness
Their Royal Highnesses
Her Royal Majesty
His Royal Majesty
Your Royal Majesty
Their Royal Majesties
Her Serene Highness
His Serene Highness
Your Serene Highness
Their Serene Highnesses
Grolik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Groliks
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Grolik.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Meade County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Meade. Named after George Meade.
glosses: One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Brandenburg. Named after Capt. James M. Meade.
glosses: One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Sturgis. Named after Fort Meade, which was named after George Meade.
Bykowski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bykowskis
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Bykowski.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
sargassum fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sargassum fishes
form: sargassum fish
Senses: glosses: A species of frogfish that lives in sargassum and looks very much like it.
sargassum fishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sargassum fish
Sturgis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sturgises
form: Sturges
form: Sturgess
Etymology: From the Old Norse personal name Þorgils, composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) + gils (“hostage, pledge”). The initial s- is not explained.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old Norse.
glosses: A town in east-central Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A home rule city in Union County, Kentucky, United States.
glosses: A city in St. Joseph County, Michigan, United States.
glosses: A small town in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Meade County, South Dakota, United States.
Tuscola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Douglas County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A small city in Taylor County, Texas, United States.
Related terms: Tuscola County
steme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of steam.
steme
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stemes
form: steming
form: stemed
form: stemed
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of steam.
at someone's disposal
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Many might with joy have sought out her liberal dwelling, but no one had idly waited till the moment it was at her disposal.
ref: 1820, Fanny Burney, Cecilia; Or Memoirs of an Heiress, volume 3, page 185:
text: Stephens used the largest weapon at his disposal—his New York Times column—to imply that the Jewish professor who mildly teased him online was the equivalent of a Nazi propagandist.
ref: 2019 September 3, David Karpf, “Bret Stephens Compared Me to a Nazi Propagandist in the New York Times. It Proved My Point.”, in Esquire:
glosses: Available to be used at any time and in any way the user sees fit.
at the disposal of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: At one's disposal.
K through 12
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛlv
Forms: form: K-12
Senses: examples: text: We know we don't do a good job of tracking children in K through 12 into engineering.
ref: 2002, National Academy of Engineering, Committee on Diversity in the Engineering Workforce, Diversity in Engineering: Managing the Workforce of the Future:
topics: education
glosses: Kindergarten through twelfth grade.
heroinist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heroinists
Etymology: From heroin + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Heroinists and cocainists are ever so much more likely to become so, a condition which is perhaps due to the fact that the addicts of heroin and cocain are, as a rule, of a lower class. The author, in his experience, has found this to be the case.
ref: 1921, Frederick Tice, Practice of Medicine, volume 8, page 26:
glosses: A heroin addict.
Synonyms: heroinomaniac
Related terms: heroinism
heroinists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heroinist
exfriend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exfriends
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ex-friend.
hydrocoelectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrocoelectomies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of hydrocelectomy.
neurocryptococcosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + cryptococcosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Cryptococcal infection in the brain.
aetiopathology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aetiopathologies
Etymology: From aetio- + pathology.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of etiopathology.
asphyxying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of asphyxy
lathyrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lathyrogens
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any agent that induces lathyrism.
asphyxied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of asphyxy
angiolathyrism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From angio- + lathyrism.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Pathological changes in blood vessels due to Lathyrus infection.
frog's view
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frog's views
Senses: examples: text: We are all in the same pot, we are all guilty, or innocent, depending on whether we take the frog's view or the Olympian view.
ref: 1959, Evergreen Review - Volume 3, Issues 9-10, page 17:
text: In contemporary imagery, it is the view of an airplane passenger looking serenely downward from miles above the ground. In a word, it is a bird's view of the world, as distinguished from a frog's view.
ref: 1964, John Alexander Mackay, Ecumenics: the science of the church universal, page 140:
text: The frog's view sees the world and its problems from the bottom up.
ref: 2013, Stefano Caneppele, Francesco Calderoni, Organized Crime, Corruption and Crime Prevention, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of frog's-eye view.
cryptogenicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The property of being cryptogenic, i.e. being of unknown origin.
frog's-eye view
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frog's-eye views
form: frog's view
form: frog view
Etymology: By contrast to a bird's-eye view.
Senses: examples: text: Not only the accustomed frontal and profile-views but also the view from above, the bird's-eye view, and that from below, the frog's-eye view, were recorded.
ref: 1995, Gyorgy Kepes, Language of Vision, →ISBN, page 91:
text: This contrast between the expressionism of Crawford Manor and the deliberate damming of expression in Guild House is “dramatized” by the strikingly different photographic perspectives of the two exteriors: a frog's-eye view of the undulating, striated, and chiaroscuro-lit balconies of the "soaring tower" is juxtaposed with a "deadpan" view of the tightly cropped, shadowless facade of Guild House (figure 3.4).
ref: 2008, Aron Vinegar, I Am a Monument: On Learning from Las Vegas, →ISBN, page 57:
text: Flat on the ground, the specialized inquirer has a frog's-eye view (BGE, 2/10).
ref: 2010, Kurt Pritzl, Truth: Studies of a Robust Presence, →ISBN, page 248:
glosses: A point of view from the ground or from within a system.
Synonyms: worm's-eye view
sealwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sealworts
Senses: examples: text: The main reason for their longevity was digging up sealwort (Polygonatum sibiricum), the rhizome of Chinese atractylodes and the rhizome of large-headed atractylodes (Atractylodes macrocephala) for use as food.
ref: 1990, Zhengcai Liu, The mystery of longevity, →ISBN, page 160:
text: Also, the smaller-sized sealwort, Polygonatum falatum, in contrast with the etororatkip (Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum) of the same genus, is called pon-etororatkip.
ref: 2001, Takako Yamada, The World View of the Ainu, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of Solomon's seal.
synonyms: word: Solomon's seal
examples: text: These days most of the relics are fabricated deceitfully, [such as those made from] a hollowed-out rock, the fruit of a sealwort, a fish eye, or remains fashioned by Nepalese, and must be analyzed by scholars.
ref: 2013, Kurtis R. Schaeffer, Matthew T. Kapstein, Gray Tuttle, Sources of Tibetan Tradition, →ISBN, page 464:
glosses: A variety of pearlwort, Sagina procumbens
water-worn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more water-worn
form: most water-worn
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of waterworn.
CTOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CTO
old timer's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊl(d)ˌtaɪməz dɪˈziːz/
ipa: /ˌoʊl(d)ˌtaɪməɹz dəˈziz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: old-timer's disease
form: old-timers' disease
form: old timers' disease
Etymology: From old timer + -’s + disease, from the fact that the disease disproportionately affects older people, and because of the phonetic similarity between Alzheimer’s and old timer’s.
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
pathology
sciences
glosses: Eggcorn of Alzheimer's disease (“a disorder involving loss of mental functions resulting from brain tissue changes”).
Related terms: old folks' home
Syrophœnician
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete typography of Syrophoenician.
Syrophœnician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Syrophœnicians
Senses: glosses: Obsolete typography of Syrophoenician.
Marin County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See Marin and Wikipedia.
Senses: glosses: One of 58 counties in California, United States. County seat: San Rafael.
Mingo County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Mingo people.
Senses: glosses: One of the 55 counties in West Virginia, United States. County seat: Williamson.
wikipedia: Mingo
by Jupiter
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From Latin pro Iuppiter. Ellipsis of a full oath of the form "I swear by Jupiter that…". Originally a literal oath; later a minced oath.
Senses: examples: text: I see how it is with you. You are mad, / Stark mad, by Jupiter!
ref: 1820 [423 BC], “The Clouds”, in Thomas Mitchell, transl., The Comedies of Aristophanes, volume 1, translation of Νεφέλαι Nephelai by Aristophanes, page 91:
qualifier: Classics
glosses: Invocation of the Roman god Jupiter.
examples: text: Away! By Jupiter, / This shall not be revoked!
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 1, scene 1, lines 178–179:
text: "By Jupiter!" employing his usual mild expletive, "look here, old fellow, had she a white dress on, and geranium-colored bows, and—"
ref: 1874 September 24, Fannie Hodgson Burnett, “Pretty Polly Pemberton”, in Peterson's Magazine, volume 66, number 3, page 180:
glosses: Minced oath for by God.
Synonyms: wow
dammit
Related terms: by Jove
Twiggs County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after John Twiggs.
Senses: glosses: One of 159 counties in Georgia, United States. County seat: Jeffersonville.
wikipedia: John Twiggs
Jeffersonville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Jefferson + -ville.
Senses: glosses: A small city, the county seat of Twiggs County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: A village in Wayne County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Clark County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A home rule city in Montgomery County, Kentucky, United States.
glosses: A village in Sullivan County, New York, United States.
glosses: A village in Fayette County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A village in Cambridge, Lamoille County, Vermont, United States.
Boyle County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after John Boyle.
Senses: glosses: One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Danville.
wikipedia: John Boyle (congressman)
Montour County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Andrew Montour.
Senses: glosses: The smallest of the 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: Danville.
wikipedia: Andrew Montour
Gregg County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after John Gregg.
Senses: glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Longview.
wikipedia: John Gregg (CSA)
Caledonia County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæ.lɪˈdəʊ.nɪə ˈkaʊn.ti/
rhymes: -aʊnti
Etymology: The county was named for the presence of many settlers of Scottish descent.
Senses: glosses: One of 14 counties in Vermont, United States. Shire town: St. Johnsbury.
St. Johnsbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Believed to be named after J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur + -bury.
Senses: glosses: A town, the shire town of Caledonia County, Vermont, United States.
wikipedia: J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur
Ferry County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Elisha P. Ferry.
Senses: glosses: One of 39 counties in Washington, United States. County seat: Republic.
wikipedia: Elisha P. Ferry
great-grand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great-grands
Etymology: From great- + grand; from great-granddaughter, great-grandfather, great-grandmother, great-grandson, etc.
Senses: examples: text: Once, in Maryland, he met four families of slaves who had all been together for a hundred years: great-grands, grands, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, cousins, children.
ref: 1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, page 269:
glosses: A great-grandparent or great-grandchild.
great-grands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of great-grand
Doniphan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: A small city, the county seat of Ripley County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A village in Hall County, Nebraska, United States.
Derived terms: Doniphan County
ex-friends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ex-friend
Charlottesville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Charlotte + -s- + -ville. Named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818), the consort of George III.
Senses: examples: text: Rather, we have to refocus our political debates and conversation around a different kind of discussion of ethics, one that can look at a Civil War battlefield or the streets of Charlottesville or the floor of the US Senate and see that there are fights that are righteous and there are fights that are not – and begin to build from there.
ref: 2021 January 8, Nicole Hemmer, “The striking parallels between the assaults on Charlottesville and the Capitol”, in CNN:
text: Nick Fuentes, an attendee of the Unite the Right demonstration in Charlottesville and host of the podcast America First, is also one of the leaders of the Groypers, or the Groyper Army, a White nationalist group named after the meme […]
ref: 2022, Sara Kamali, Homegrown Hate, page 24:
synonyms: word: C'ville
glosses: An independent city, the county seat of Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. Named after Queen Charlotte.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Hancock County and Rush County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Union County, Indiana.
Derived terms: Charlottesvillian
Janiga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Janigas
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Janiga.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Arco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A comune in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.
glosses: A small city, the county seat of Butte County, Idaho, United States.
glosses: A tiny city in Lincoln County, Minnesota, United States.
Belle Fourche
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French belle fourche.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Butte County, South Dakota, United States.
Attorney-General
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Attorneys-General
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of attorney general.
attorney-generals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of attorney-general
truncus arteriosus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trunci arteriosi
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin truncus arteriosus (literally “arterial trunk”).
Senses: topics: embryology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The single arterial outlet in the embryological heart which later divides into the aorta and the pulmonary trunk.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of persistent truncus arteriosus.
acyanosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a- + cyanosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The absence of cyanosis.
cancelled to order
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: postage stamps not intended for postal use that are pre-cancelled prior to sale to collectors
korephiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of korephile
aneurysmorrhaphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aneurysmorrhaphies
Etymology: From aneurysm + -o- + -rrhaphy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Suture closure of an aneurysm.
xenopericardium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌzinoʊˌpɛɹəˈkɑɹdiəm/
Forms: form: xenopericardia
Etymology: From xeno- + pericardium.
Senses: topics: anatomy
cardiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pericardial tissue of non-self origin.
acknowledgings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acknowledging
Syrophœnicians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Syrophœnician
GCSB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Government Communications Security Bureau, New Zealand's public-service department performing national security and intelligence functions.
lime disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: Lyme disease
Etymology: From lime + disease. From this condition being caused by the lime fruit.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Hypersensitivity to ultraviolet radiation, causing pus-filled rashes, caused by furanocoumarins in lime juice. Furanocoumarins damage DNA when activated by UV.
Synonyms: Mexican beer dermatitis
margarita dermatitis
Club Med dermatitis
Hypernyms: phytophotodermatitis
photodermatitis
phytodermatitis
dermatitis
Related terms: bergapten
limettin
xanthotoxin
furanocoumarin
browneyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of brown-eyed.
iminutive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Back-formation from diminutive.
Senses: examples: text: What is not common, however, in German dialects is the existence of an intensive diminutive (or, as it sometimes is called, an iminutive) having the shape -ele.
ref: 1984, A Faber, RD King, “Yiddish and the settlement of Ashkenazic Jewry”, in Mankind quarterly, volume 24, page 393:
text: Faber and King note that Yiddish and Bavarian both have an "intensive diminutive," i.e., a second degree of diminution (iminutive); thus, StY štot 'city,' štetl 'market town', štetɘlɘ 'little market town [endearing].'
ref: 2005, Neil G. Jacobs, Yiddish: A Linguistic Introduction:
text: The main point in the diminutive and iminutive system is, however, not only that elements of two dialectally different subsystems of German have fused in the German component.
ref: 2008, Max Weinreich, History of the Yiddish Language:
text: In addition to the diminutive, Yiddish has an 'iminutive', which is used to indicate that something is even smaller (as well as cuter, more lovable, or possibly more inferior) than a diminutive noun.
ref: 2015, Lily Kahn, Colloquial Yiddish:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In Yiddish, a second-degree or more intensive diminutive form.
in laywoman's terms
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Phrased simply (for the sake of average women).
in layperson's terms
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of in layman's terms.
synonyms: word: in layman's terms
IMT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IMTs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of interactive machine translation.
glosses: Initialism of incident management team.
IMT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of (formerly MIME) Internet Media Type.
topics: government
law
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of International Military Tribunal.
Page County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -aʊnti
Senses: glosses: One of 99 counties in Iowa, United States. County seat: Clarinda. Named after Captain John Page.
glosses: One of 95 counties in Virginia, United States. County seat: Luray. Named after John Page, governor of Virginia.
know how many beans make five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows how many beans make five
form: knowing how many beans make five
form: knew how many beans make five
form: known how many beans make five
Senses: examples: text: They got the best prices, and he could assure the House that they knew how many beans made five, and how many shillings were in a pound, just as well as the Europeans.
ref: 1894, New Zealand Parliament, Parliamentary Debates: House of Representatives:
text: […] no composer or dramatic poet has ever pretended to be able to perform all the parts he writes for the singers, actors and players who are his executants. One might as well expect Napoleon to be a fencer, or the Astronomer Royal to know how many beans make five any better than his bookkeeper.
ref: 1987, Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah:
text: […] due to their short residence time company workers have generally a poor network outside the company they work in. Specialized companies, and in the extreme university professors, have a much better built up network. They know how many beans make five.
ref: 2002, J. Grievink, J. van Schijndel, European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering:
glosses: To be knowledgeable about how the world works; to have common sense and judgement.
unperked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unperk
unperked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: unperked coffee
glosses: unpercolated
examples: text: Neysa kept her ears unperked, so as not to give away her interest.
ref: 1989, Piers Anthony, chapter 7, in Unicorn Point, New York: Putnam, page 121:
glosses: Not perked up, not upright.
unpercolated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + percolated.
Senses: glosses: Not percolated.
swimmer's hair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A greenish discoloration of the hair, caused by chlorine in a swimming pool.
for the lulz
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: for the lols
form: for the lolz
Etymology: First online uses appear around 2006 on 4chan.
Senses: examples: text: Still others are looking for a cause; perhaps this is the most dangerous of all, as their desire to be a part of something can have serious repercussions. And still others are in it all for the lulz.
ref: 2012, Will Gragido, Daniel Molina, John Pirc, Nick Selby, Blackhatonomics: An Inside Look at the Economics of Cybercrime, Newnes, →ISBN, page 29:
text: […] fairies thought all this military stuff was pretty silly, but they went along with it for the same reason that fairies ever did anything, namely, for the lulz.
ref: 2014, Lev Grossman, The Magician's Land, Random House, →ISBN, page 47:
text: True to his equally controversial reputation, Johnson’s hacker accomplice, Auernheimer, said he mostly did it for the lulz.
ref: 2015 October 23, Michael E. Miller, “Controversial blogger, infamous hacker team up to release remaining Planned Parenthood videos”, in Washington Post, →ISSN:
text: We're hackers on steroids. Our motivation is twofold. We do it because we can. We do it for the lulz.
ref: 2017, Chris Brookmyre, Want You Gone, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
glosses: For kicks, for personal amusement, especially schadenfreude.
wikipedia: 4chan
skill monkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skill monkeys
Senses: topics: games
gaming
glosses: In roleplaying games, a character with a number of special abilities.
skill monkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skill monkey
werething
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: werethings
Etymology: From were- + thing.
Senses: examples: text: "He is a demon — a werething! By day he moves among humanity in the guise of men, and by night he takes on his true aspect."
ref: 2015, Robert E. Howard, Rogues in the House, Read Books Ltd, →ISBN:
text: Galavance takes a step closer to Zilch. "Level with me. Have you ever been able to avoid killing a person who's a werething?"
ref: 2017, Andrew Post, Aftertaste, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
glosses: A werecreature.
werethings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of werething
parachute pants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The nylon material resembles that of a parachute.
Senses: glosses: A style of trousers characterized by the use of nylon, especially ripstop nylon, associated with breakdancing culture in the 1980s.
Luray
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Henry County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A small city in Russell County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: A village in Clark County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A small town in Hampton County, South Carolina, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Tennessee. USA.
glosses: A town, the county seat of Page County, Virginia, United States. Named after Luray in France.
spellthief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spellthieves
Etymology: From spell + thief.
Senses: topics: games
gaming
glosses: In roleplaying games, a character class with inherent magical ability, allowing them to imitate spells cast by others.
spellthieves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spellthief
sideblog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sideblogs
Etymology: From side + blog.
Senses: glosses: A secondary weblog, ancillary to the author's primary blog.
sideblogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sideblog
sheephead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: When they retreated to the shade of a picnic table to swill lemonade or iced tea a cousin from the Dakotas showed them the finer points of sheephead, a card game of ancient vintage, not the actual beast's cranium. She picked it up right away.
ref: 2014, R. L. Sterup, Close to the Edge Down By the River:
topics: card-games
games
glosses: Alternative form of sheepshead.
Derived terms: California sheephead
phytophotodermatitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytophotodermatitis
swamp Spanish oak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swamp Spanish oaks
Senses: glosses: Pin oak.
swamp Spanish oaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swamp Spanish oak
nihil dicits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nihil dicit
Dutchess County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Duchess of York; dutchess is an archaic spelling of duchess.
Senses: glosses: One of 62 counties in New York, United States. County seat: Poughkeepsie.
wikipedia: Mary of Modena
fundamental constants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fundamental constant
Poughkeepsie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈkɪpsi/
rhymes: -ɪpsi
Etymology: From a word in Wappinger Munsee, roughly U-puku-ipi-sing (“the reed-covered lodge by the little-water place”).
Senses: examples: text: Back in the days when Poughkeepsie was a company town and the company was International Business Machines, it wasn't unusual for 18-year-olds in Poughkeepsie to go straight from high school to I.B.M.
ref: 1994 October 30, Penny Singer, “Bob Detmer, a Visionary Video Maker”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2022:
glosses: A city, the county seat of Dutchess County, New York, United States.
Derived terms: Poughkeepsian
ABC soils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ABC soil
East Fishkill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in New York; named as it was formed from the eastern part of the town of Fishkill.
Fishkill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Dutch vis (“fish”) + kil (“creek”).
Senses: glosses: A town in New York, and a village within it.
Derived terms: East Fishkill
orbital indices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orbital index
orbital indexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orbital index
nerve cords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nerve cord
behavioral subtyping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
qualifier: language theory
glosses: A subtype relation of the form that each subtype object satisfies the specification of the supertype.
Hypernyms: subtyping
Related terms: Liskov substitution principle
tetralogy of Fallot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetralogies of Fallot
Etymology: Named after Arthur Fallot (1850–1911), French physician.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A congenital heart defect, characterised by the four findings of ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, right ventricular hypertrophy and an overriding aorta.
wikipedia: Arthur Fallot
tetralogy of Fallot
Synonyms: word: tetrad of Fallot
word: tet
Related terms: trilogy of Fallot
pentalogy of Fallot
tet
blue tet
pink tet
tet spell
tet spell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tet spells
Etymology: tet is short for tetralogy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An acute episode of hypoxia in a person with tetralogy of Fallot.
acyanotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + cyanotic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Not cyanotic.
differences of two squares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of difference of two squares
hypercyanotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Marked by severe cyanosis.
weak typing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪpɪŋ
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A system that does not place any restriction on the interactions between objects of different data types.
Hypernyms: typing
Related terms: type safety
North Warwickshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government district with borough status of Warwickshire, England. Its headquarters are in Atherstone.
hypocapnea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Misspelling of hypocapnia.
hypercapnea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Misspelling of hypercapnia.
carcinomatoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From carcinomato- + -oid.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Having an appearance resembling that of carcinomata, often histopathologically.
hernioplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hernioplasties
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A hernia repair operation, which makes use of a mesh patch to strengthen the site of defect to prevent recurrence.
aneurysmectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: aneurysmectomies
Etymology: From aneurysm + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A surgical excision of an aneurysm.
TRADOC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪdɒk/
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of United States Army Training and Doctrine Command.
microcolon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcolons
Etymology: From micro- + colon.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A small-calibre colon, often seen on enema examination of neonates.
agangliosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: colonic agangliosis
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Aganglionosis.
purchasing power parities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purchasing power parity
cardiorrhexis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cardio- + -rrhexis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Rupture of the heart wall.
reference counting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The technique of storing the number of handles, pointers, or references to a resource such as a block of memory, disk space, or an object, so that the system can determine when the resource is no longer in use.
Hypernyms: counting
hemigigantism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hemi- + gigantism.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Hemihypertrophy.
premature optimisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: premature optimisations
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of premature optimization.
Hypernyms: optimisation
premature optimisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of premature optimisation
pindot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pindots
Etymology: From pin + dot.
Senses: examples: text: Pindots and polkadots are not the same thing. Pindots are so small, you can't measure their diameter. Pindots, or microdots, have become a mainstay in the last few years.
ref: 2006, Mary Ellen Hopkins, The It's Okay if You Sit on My Quilt Book, page 1:
glosses: A microscopically small dot, comparable to a pinprick.
Derived terms: pindotted
dum dums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dum dum
Fort Scott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the local fort, which was named after Winfield Scott.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Bourbon County, Kansas, United States.
wikipedia: Winfield Scott
front company
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: front companies
Senses: examples: text: At least some of Khashoggi’s commissions, meanwhile, are alleged to have been directed towards front companies in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
ref: 2017 June 7, Adam Lusher, “Adnan Khashoggi: the 'whoremonger' whose arms deals funded a playboy life of decadence and 'pleasure wives'”, in The Independent, London:
coordinate_terms: front group
front organization
glosses: Synonym of shell company.
synonyms: word: shell company
absolute temperatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absolute temperature
buttered beer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A hot drink of ale with eggs and spices.
listening watch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: listening watches
Senses: examples: 1950, Neville Shute, The Legacy (UK title: A Town Like Alice), New York: William Morrow & Co., Chapter 10, p. 278,
“ […] It’s okay here if you want to close down your listening watch for tonight, Jackie. I’d like to have a listening watch in daylight hours tomorrow, from seven o’clock on. Is this Roger? Over.”
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Continuous monitoring for incoming communications.
listening watches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of listening watch
counterbatten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterbattens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of counter batten.
counterbattens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterbatten
enthesial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From enthesis + -al.
Senses: examples: text: enthesial inflammation
text: enthesial involvement
glosses: Alternative form of entheseal.
Centre County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: So named for its central location in the middle of Pennsylvania.
Senses: glosses: One of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: Bellefonte.
trypophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trypophobic
form: most trypophobic
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or suffering from, trypophobia.
tectonic weapon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tectonic weapons
Senses: glosses: A hypothetical device or system that could create earthquakes, volcanoes, etc. by interference with the Earth's geological processes.
tectonic weapons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tectonic weapon
Balagtas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Orion, Bataan, Philippines.
glosses: A municipality of Bulacan, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Batangas City, Batangas, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Unisan, Quezon, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Matag-ob, Leyte, Philippines.
trade dresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trade dress
bioscan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioscans
Etymology: From bio- + scan.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A biological scan.
bioscans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioscan
Casiguran
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɐ.sɪˈɡuː.ɾɐn̪/
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Aurora, Philippines.
glosses: A municipality of Sorsogon, Philippines.
bell metals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bell metal
ethical datives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethical dative
in one's altitudes
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: drunk.
Synonyms: drunk
state of nature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: states of nature
Senses: topics: human-sciences
law
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
antonyms: civil society
glosses: The way that people lived before there was any organized society.
Bellefonte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A ghost town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States, and the former county seat.
glosses: A town in Boone County, Arkansas, United States.
glosses: A town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.
glosses: A small city in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States.
glosses: A borough, the county seat of Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States.
damnation of memory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of New Latin damnātiō memoriae.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of damnatio memoriae.
synonyms: word: damnatio memoriae
pink up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pinks up
form: pinking up
form: pinked up
form: pinked up
Senses: glosses: Of a transplanted organ: to acquire a pinkish hue as a result of blood entering it from the circulatory system.
glosses: To blush.
Pombaline cage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pombaline cages
Senses: glosses: A symmetrical wood-lattice framework aimed at distributing earthquake force.
Pombaline cages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pombaline cage
off-by-one error
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: off-by-one errors
Senses: examples: text: Using an incorrect relational operator or an incorrect final value of a loop counter in the loop-continuation condition of a repetition statement causes an off-by-one error.
ref: 2005, Harvey M. Deitel, Paul J. Deitel, C# for Programmers, second edition, Prentice Hall Professional, →ISBN, page 164:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: off-by-one bug
OBOE
OBO
glosses: A logic error where a value, typically the number of iterations of a loop, is specified incorrectly, being either 1 less or 1 more than it should be.
Related terms: fencepost problem
Kazakhgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Kazakh + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A scandal of the 2000s involving American businessman James Giffen, who was accused of bribing high-level Kazakhstani officials to secure oil contracts for Western companies in the 1990s.
Stormontgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Stormont + -gate.
Senses: examples: text: Unionists have demanded a full public inquiry into the "Stormontgate" affair which began in October 2002 when allegations of an IRA spying operation at Stormont prompted suspension of the Northern Ireland assembly and three years of direct rule.
ref: 2005 December 19, Angelique Chrisafis, “Adams should resign over spy scandal, urges SDLP”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A 2002 scandal around allegations of a Provisional IRA spy ring operating in the Stormont parliamentary buildings.
Colbert County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after brothers George and Levi Colbert.
Senses: glosses: One of 67 counties in Alabama, United States. County seat: Tuscumbia.
wikipedia: George Colbert
Levi Colbert
stick-to-itness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stick-to-it + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sticktoitiveness.
showful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more showful
form: most showful
Etymology: From show + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: […] rampant, useless growth, and mere showful foliage.
ref: 1892, The Canadian Horticulturist, volume 15, page 227:
glosses: showy; gaudy
showful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: showfuls
form: showsful
Etymology: From show + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: I can paint a showful of pictures here in six months.
ref: 1941, John Collier, Presenting Moonshine:
text: There's a merry assortment of two- and four- legged creatures in it and a showful of canine capers sure to retrieve your buried funny bone.
ref: 1967, The New York Times Book Review - Volume 72, page 88:
text: Next stop was the host spot on a voyeuristic reality show that fed hungry mainstream audiences showfuls of ever more exotic deviances.
ref: 2008, Camille de Toledo, Coming of Age at the End of History, page 4:
glosses: Enough to fill a show.
throddy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more throddy
form: most throddy
Etymology: From throdd(en) + -y.
Senses: examples: text: How it would please me to get my hands on that throddy birthing body, he said.
ref: 2017, Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole, Bloomsbury, published 2019, page 35:
glosses: Sturdy, well-built; plump.
duty solicitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duty solicitors
Senses: glosses: In Commonwealth countries, a solicitor whose services are available for free to a person either suspected of, or charged with, a criminal offence, if that person does not have access to a solicitor of their own.
Synonyms: word: duty counsel
duty solicitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duty solicitor