cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hemigynous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-) + γυνή (gunḗ) + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Since the above was written, I find that the hemigynous insects require a more careful examination than I had found leisure to bestow on them, […]
ref: 1851, Edward Newman, “On the Word Hermaphrodite”, in The Zoologist:
text: Hemigynous Specimen of Acronycta leporina.
ref: 1872 March 18, “Extracts from the Proceedings of the Entomological Society, March 18, 1872”, in The Entomologist, page 267:
text: The female characters may be assumed on the head (gynaecocephalous), afterwards on the thorax (hemigynous), and finally on the elytra.
ref: 1901, Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society [of Great Britain], page 413:
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having characteristics of both male and female of the species but the sexual organs for one gender only.
Related terms: gynandrous
fastpack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fastpacks
form: fastpacking
form: fastpacked
form: fastpacked
Etymology: Blend of fast + backpack
Senses: examples: text: In 1987, with fellow runner Will Uher, John fastpacked the 211-mile John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevada in 8 1/2 days, carrying a 30-pound pack.
ref: 2011, John Vonhof, Fixing Your Feet: Prevention and Treatments for Athletes, →ISBN, page 361:
glosses: To run while carrying a backpack on a multi-day trail.
examples: text: It was slowing her down in adventure races, and it was complicating her plans to fastpack a bunch of trails in New Zealand.
ref: 2004 May, Katy Schafer, “The Challenge”, in Backpacker, volume 32, number 156, page 87:
glosses: To to backpacking with the goal of maximising the distance traveled every day.
fastpacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fastpack
fastpacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fastpack
fastpacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fastpack
fastpacking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Long popular in Europe, various forms of endurance sports are finding their niche on this side of the Atlantic as well. In addition to trail running, there is ultra running, wilderness running, mountain running and orienteering. Yet another offshoot gathering steam is fastpacking — running multiple days on the trail while carrying a pack with food and tent.
ref: 1993 June 18, Ad Crable, “Running wild”, in Lancaster New Era:
text: The bad news: fastpacking. The good news: cougars view swiftly fleeing humans as food. But seriously, fastpacking is the backcountry equivalent of a 9-day, 18-nation tour of Europe.
ref: 1997 February, Terry Morse, “Backtalk”, in Backpacker, volume 25, number 156, page 12:
glosses: Running while carrying a backpack.
examples: text: The opposite of slackpacking is fastpacking, or powerhiking, which maximizes daily mileage by walking for long hours with only a few short stops.
ref: 2011, Chris Townsend, The Backpacker's Handbook, 4th Edition, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: Backpacking with the goal of maximising the distance covered each day.
slackpack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slackpacks
form: slackpacking
form: slackpacked
form: slackpacked
Etymology: Blend of slack + backpack
Senses: examples: text: Some hikers choose to slackpack when they want credit for hiking the miles but do not want to carry full packs over difficult terrain.
ref: 2012, Paul Stutzman, Hiking Through: One Man's Journey to Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail, →ISBN:
text: Early on in my hike I ran into Sloop hiking south on the Trail. He was slackpacking. When we made eye contact, he looked down and very softly said, "You caught me."
ref: 2009, George Sandul, The Road to Damascus... and Beyond, →ISBN, page 199:
glosses: To hike on a multi-day trail without carrying a backpack. Typically, this is accomplished by having another person transport the backpack using a vehicle.
slackpacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slackpack
slackpacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slackpack
slackpacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slackpack
slackpacking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: My interpretation of purist became this: pass every white blaze with my full pack, with no slackpacking.
ref: 2012, Paul Stutzman, Hiking Through: One Man's Journey to Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail, →ISBN:
glosses: backpacking without carrying a backpack (e.g. having someone else transport the backpack using a vehicle)
m.p.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Malic acid is a crystalline white solid (m.p. 100°C) and is highly soluble in water.
ref: 2008, Dr. David Steen, Philip R. Ashurst, editors, Carbonated Soft Drinks: Formulation and Manufacture, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 62:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Abbreviation of melting point.
BOLTS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym used to remember the essential features of a map: Border, orientation (north arrow), legend, title, scale.
multimediatization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multimediatisation
Senses: examples: text: In a failed and rather futile attempt to tie writing to location, Orange County shows how difficult it is to place and locate Shakespeare in the wake of the digitalization and multimediatization of film and what I call, if I may be permitted a neologism that also contains a pun, "glo-cali-zation."
ref: 1997, Richard Burt, “1: Shakespeare, "Glo-cali-zation," Race, and the Small Screens of Post-Popular Culture”, in Richard Burt, Lynda E. Boose, editors, Shakespeare, The Movie II: Popularizing the Plays on Film, TV, Video and DVD, published 2004, page 15:
text: In addition, we have surveyed a number of media managers to get an idea of the prospects for the multimediatization process.
ref: 2013, Elena Vartanova, Mikhail Makeenko, Andrei Vyrkovsky, “Multimedia Strategies for FM Radio Stations in Moscow”, in Mike Friedrichsen, Wolfgang Mühl-Benninghaus, editors, Handbook of Social Media Management: Value Chain and Business Models in Changing Media Markets, page 392:
text: 2013, The Janissary Collective: Peter Blank, Watson Brown, Mark Deuze, Lindsay Ems, Nicky Lewis, Jennifer McWilliams, Laura Speers, 26: Participatory Culture and Media Life: Approaching Freedom, Aaron Alan Delwiche, Jennifer Jacobs Henderson (editors), The Participatory Cultures Handbook, page 260,
The multimediatization of the lifeworld does not, as is often suggested, reduce people to solipsistic engagement with the world—living in their own personal information space or what Peter Sloterdijk describes as the bubble of our individualized "media sphere" (2004).
glosses: The process of multimediatizing; the introduction of multimedia to something.
out-tray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: out-trays
Senses: glosses: A desktop organizer; outbox.
glosses: The amount of work that has been done.
Related terms: in-tray
out-trays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of out-tray
Italian mile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Italian miles
Etymology: From Calque of Italian miglio (“(Italian) mile”), with a qualifier to distinguish it from other miles.
Senses: topics: units-of-measure
glosses: Various traditional Italian units of length, particularly the Genovese and Roman miles
Italian miles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Italian mile
survey mile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: survey miles
Etymology: From its continued use until the 1980s in reference to the US Geological Survey's 1927 geodetic datum.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: international mile, statute mile (UK)
synonyms: statute mile
hypernyms: land mile#Noun
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mile#Noun
coordinate_terms: geographical mile
nautical mile
sea mile
glosses: The mile of ⁶³³⁶⁄₃₉₃₇ kilometers employed by the United States prior to its adoption of the international mile by treaty in the 1950s.
survey miles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of survey mile
international mile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: international miles
Etymology: From its origin as a compromise value at the 1959 conference among the Anglophone nations to establish a unified value for the yard and pound.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: survey mile, statute mile (US)
topics: units-of-measure
synonyms: statute mile
hypernyms: land mile#Noun
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mile#Noun
coordinate_terms: geographical mile
nautical mile
sea mile
glosses: The present formal value of the mile as precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers, as opposed to other historic or informal values.
international miles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of international mile
land mile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: land miles
Senses: hypernyms: mile#Noun
coordinate_terms: nautical mile
sea mile
qualifier: unit of measurement
glosses: Any of the various miles used to measure length on land, as opposed to the nautical mile.
Dao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /daʊ/
rhymes: -aʊ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 道 (dào, literally “The Way”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of Tao (“the way of nature, or ideal way to live one's life”).
land miles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of land mile
sausage dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sausage dog
centristically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more centristically
form: most centristically
Etymology: From centristic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a centristic manner
glosses: With regard to centrism
Mazdak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Ultimately from Middle Persian mzdk, of uncertain pronunciation (and thus of uncertain etymology). Arabic reports and translations (9th-century onwards, e.g. al-Muqaffa) have mazdak. Sources in New Persian first appear two centuries later, and have mizdak, muzdak in addition to mazdak. Conventional European language spelling is informed by Theodor Nöldeke's late 19th-century studies of the primary sources.
Senses: glosses: 5th-century Iranian social reformer and religious activist.
Derived terms: Mazdakite
Mazdakism
galactosialidoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galactosialidosis
triple A syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the three symptoms that begin with A.
Senses: glosses: A rare progressive congenital disorder whose symptoms include achalasia, Addisonianism, and alacrimia.
Synonyms: Allgrove syndrome
Allgrove syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Discovered by Jeremy Allgrove and colleagues in 1978.
Senses: glosses: triple A syndrome
transmissionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From transmission + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Teaching and learning methods were therefore forced to perpetuate transmissionism and traditional assessment approaches, given that attention to the individual was completely out of question.
ref: 2010, Valerie Pellatt, Kate Griffiths, Shao-Chuan Wu, Teaching and Testing Interpreting and Translating, page 156:
topics: education
glosses: A teaching style focused on transmitting facts without regard to the individual student.
Related terms: transmissionist
preunderstandings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preunderstanding
preunderstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preunderstandings
Etymology: From pre- + understanding.
Senses: glosses: prior understanding; beliefs, attitudes, etc. that have been acquired previously
shitpit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shitpits
Etymology: From shit + pit.
Senses: glosses: A very unpleasant location.
chapling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaplings
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of chaplain.
menstrual synchrony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synchronized menstruation
Senses: glosses: The alleged synchronization of the menstrual cycle of two or more women who live in close proximity
Chapling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
mujahids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mujahid
moral obligation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moral obligations
Senses: topics: law
synonyms: moral duty
glosses: A duty which one owes and ought to perform on the basis of considerations of right and wrong, but which he is not legally bound to fulfill, as a duty to be charitable, a duty to pay a debt barred by the act of limitations, etc.
moral duty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moral duties
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Synonym of moral obligation.
synonyms: word: moral obligation
belly up to the bar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bellies up to the bar
form: bellying up to the bar
form: bellied up to the bar
form: bellied up to the bar
Senses: examples: text: Allen declines to discuss acquisition plans. . . . Nonetheless, W. Whitley Hawkins, whom Allen recently promoted to president from executive vice-president for marketing, asks the question out loud: "Are we going to belly up to the bar? All Pan Am assets for sale have some appeal to us."
ref: 1991 June 2, “If Delta's Going To Make A Move, 'It's Now Or Never'”, in Businessweek, retrieved 05 Apr 2015:
text: "[T]he congressional committees aren't gonna belly up to the bar and say, 'We authorized this,'" says Scheuer.
ref: 2005 March 4, Rebecca Leung, “CIA Flying Suspects to Torture?”, in CBS News, retrieved 25 Mar 2015:
text: “When he was going through his impeachment problems, it was the black community that bellied up to the bar,” Mr. Clyburn said.
ref: 2008 April 25, Mark Leibovich, “Black Leader in the House Sharply Criticizes Bill Clinton”, in New York Times, retrieved 05 Apr 2015:
text: "They're going to have to belly up to the bar and take up these difficult issues," said G. William Hoagland, who served as director of budget and appropriations.
ref: 2014 December 14, Deirdre Shesgreen, “Boehner, McConnell face big to-do list in next Congress”, in USA Today, retrieved 25 Mar 2015:
synonyms: knuckle down
man up
pull up one's socks
roll up one's sleeves
glosses: To commit oneself to a challenge or task; to accept a responsibility; to acknowledge a fact.
Related terms: pull up a chair
powerwalk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: powerwalks
form: powerwalking
form: powerwalked
form: powerwalked
Etymology: From power + walk.
Senses: examples: text: "Are you following me?" she asks, straightout. "Course not. I'm powerwalking."
ref: 2011, Helena Pielichaty, Never Ever, →ISBN:
text: “You bet,” Rachel said, turning and powerwalking back the way she'd come.
ref: 2014, Farrah Rochon, Terra Little, Velvet Carte, Hot Christmas Nights/Tuscan Nights/Christmas Tango/Tied Up In Tinsel, →ISBN:
glosses: To walk at a brisk pace for exercise or in order to move very quickly.
powerwalks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of powerwalk
powerwalked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of powerwalk
Duchovbot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Duchovbots
Etymology: Blend of Duchovny + bot.
Senses: examples: text: The duchovbots had nothing to do with it. Season 8 stunk big time. Not even David could make it any better.
ref: 2001 July 29, Marlene Steinberg, “Re: Short XF Season Survey!”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
text: The Duchovbots seem to be waaay to^([sic]) eager to forget that the *only* reason we ever got Doggett was cuz DD wanted out.
ref: 2002 May 21, spookycc [username], “Re: The Truth From The Gut”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
text: If it had taken a ratings dive, Fox would never have renewed the show for Season 9 because all FOX cares about is making money. I realize the Duchovbot spinmeisters compared the show from Season to Season but that's not how the game is played.
ref: 2004 March 24, Laura Capozzola, “Re: Question Season 8 + 9, Possible spoilers”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
qualifier: The X-Files fandom slang
glosses: A fan of The X-Files who stopped watching or enjoyed the series less after actor David Duchovny's departure.
Hypernyms: word: Duchovnik
sense: The X-Files fan
word: X-Phile
Duchovbots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Duchovbot
powerwalking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of powerwalk
powerwalking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Karen pointed out that “in powerwalking, you can count your steps and how many you're taking, but in running you can't really do that."
ref: 2005, Thomas A. Romberg, Thomas P. Carpenter, Fae Dremock, Understanding Mathematics and Science Matters, →ISBN:
text: Carla thought powerwalking was stupid, she'd told Liz it looked like a car stuck in first gear, as well as being a depressing admission of middle age.
ref: 2008, Gregory Day, Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds, →ISBN:
text: Fact, maybe you want to come with me—we'll go slow, get you up a nice powerwalking sweat before you sit down to the board.
ref: 2010, Michael Shea, The Extra, →ISBN:
glosses: Walking briskly for speed and exercise.
inferentiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inferential + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being inferential.
crastinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin crāstinus (“of or belonging to tomorrow”), from crās (“tomorrow”).
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Relating to tomorrow, the following day.
Coordinate terms: hodiernal
hesternal
Related terms: procrastinate
prehodiernal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + hodiernal.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Relating to past time earlier than today.
reportative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reportatives
Etymology: From report + -ative.
Senses: examples: text: The child's progress in the modification stage can be characterized as an advancement from the use of performatives to the use of reportatives.
ref: 1976, Barbara S. Wood, Children and Communication: Verbal and Nonverbal Language Development:
glosses: A grammatical construct used in some languages when reporting something learned from somebody else.
reportative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From report + -ative.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to such a construct.
Related terms: reportatively
reportativity
indirectivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From indirective + -ity.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Quality of being indirective.
indirective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + directive.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Relating to a construct in some languages that indicates whether there is evidence for a given statement, without specifying the source of knowledge (i.e. whether it is from hearsay, inference, or perception).
Related terms: indirectivity
reportativity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From reportative + -ity.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Quality of being reportative.
friendshipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: friendshippers
Etymology: From friendship + -er, or a blend of friendship + shipper.
Senses: examples: text: This is an MSR, all friendshippers beware.
ref: 1997 May 23, TempusX [username], “NEW: After The Louvre - 1/1 (MSR/NC-17)”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
text: Some of us are friendshippers, some of us are relationshippers of one variety or another -- some of us want to see a Mulder/Scully relationship occur during the course of the series, while some of us prefer to maintain the slow seduction until the series' end -- but we are all captivated by the intense and uncommon TRUST displayed between the characters.
ref: 1998 July 2, JLangly, “Shippers have SAVED The X-Files!!!”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
text: Ok do any other shippers out there just feel like becoming a friendshipper. Mulder has turned into the Ass Hole^([sic]) of the year, and I wouldn't want Scully to take him if he cam^([sic]) knocking on her door with a dozen red roses, and Diana's head in a box.
ref: 1999 February 15, SoulM E MS [username], “Shipper?”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
qualifier: The X-Files fandom slang
glosses: A person who would prefer Fox Mulder and Dana Scully's relationship to remain platonic.
Synonyms: english: The X-Files fandom
translation: The X-Files fandom
word: anti-relationshipper
english: The X-Files fandom
translation: The X-Files fandom
word: noromo
friendshippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of friendshipper
massifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of massifier
massifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: massifiers
Etymology: Blend of mass + classifier, or massify + -er.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A kind of classifier that results in a mass noun rather than singling out a discrete unit.
realizationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From realizational + -ly.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In realizational terms.
footballisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of footballization.
footballization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: footballisation
Etymology: From football + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of increasing the popularity of football (soccer) in a region.
glosses: The influence of football on real-life matters such as politics, economics and the media.
glosses: The tendency to turn issues into "political footballs".
pinch pot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinch pots
Senses: examples: text: Learning to make a pinch pot is a great way to gain some experience with manipulating soft clay.
ref: 2000, Kathy Triplett, Handbuilt Ceramics, →ISBN, page 105:
text: First, I made a puki, a tool used by Native Americans to form a pinch pot. Typically, a puki is a shallow, fired bowl used to keep the bottom of the pinch pot round while holding the entire pot in shape.
ref: 2007, Suzanne J. E. Tourtillott, The Figure in Clay, →ISBN, page 80:
glosses: A ceramic pot created by pinching the clay into the desired shape.
pinch pots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinch pot
gather rosebuds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gathers rosebuds
form: gathering rosebuds
form: gathered rosebuds
form: gathered rosebuds
Etymology: From the first line of "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" (inspired by Wisdom 2:8) by Robert Herrick (1591-1674):
:: Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
:: Old time is still a-flying;
:: And this same flower that smiles today
:: Tomorrow will be dying.
Senses: examples: text: Pottleby: I like to see young people enjoying their youth—gathering rosebuds.
ref: 1890, Louis Napoleon Parker, St. George and the Dragon, Act 1, p. 2 (Google books)
text: Gather rosebuds, Gráinne, gather rosebuds. Look at your moths and butterflies and think of possibilities, think of love, Gráinne, think of open spaces and freedom and love.
ref: 1995, John F. Deane, Flightlines, page 117:
text: But the sun shines on me still, and like any other poet I am gathering rosebuds while I may, for the glory of flowers too soon is past and summer hath too short a lease.
ref: 2001 September 10, Garrison Keillor, “In Praise of Laziness”, in Time, retrieved 05 Apr 2015:
text: . . . Or the poets who have kept turning out exhortations to seize the day and gather rosebuds.
ref: 2009 December 28, John Tierney, “Carpe Diem? Maybe Tomorrow”, in New York Times, retrieved 05 Apr 2015:
text: “Fleet Foxes” meandered and gathered rosebuds and killed time, but it also announced the arrival of a significant young songwriter.
ref: 2011 April 22, Tris McCall, “CD Reviews: Helplessness Blues”, in NJ.com, retrieved 05 Apr 2015:
glosses: To enjoy life's immediate pleasures; to behave in a relaxed, carefree manner.
wikipedia: Robert Herrick
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
Synonyms: carpe diem
seize the day
stop and smell the roses
take the cash and let the credit go
pukis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puki
gather wool
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gathers wool
form: gathering wool
form: gathered wool
form: gathered wool
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of woolgather.
Muldertorture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mulder + torture.
Senses: examples: text: Just another note: some people are apparently concerned that Muldertorture stories are plotless, but I think a lot of our stories are plotless, and I don't have much of a problem with that, although I do enjoy plotted stories with morals more.
ref: 1998 March 14, Suli, “Re: Muldertorture (was Re: DD/GA fanfic?)”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
text: I love Muldertorture as much as anyone, but that was without a doubt the most disgusting XF episode I have ever seen.
ref: 2000 April 16, Circe, “Brand X Blathering”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
text: She writes a lot of series, so that should keep me busy. And they're all lovely and angsty, with lots of Muldertorture.
ref: 2001 April 14, Angela, “Re: If you had to choose one author...”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
qualifier: The X-Files fandom slang
glosses: Physical and psychological harm inflicted on the character Fox Mulder.
paranaesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of paranesthesia.
paranesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paranaesthesia
form: paranæsthesia
Etymology: From para- + anesthesia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: anesthesia of both sides of the lower half of the body
monoanaesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + anaesthesia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of monoanesthesia.
parchmentize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: parchmentizes
form: parchmentizing
form: parchmentized
form: parchmentized
Etymology: From parchment + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: I have often wondered whether Mr. Edison has ever tried to parchmentize the bamboo filament. It is already denser than cotton thread, as well as stronger, and yet nearly as flexible. There seems no reason why it cannot be thus changed in its physical nature by means of strong sulphuric acid.
ref: 1885, Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers:
glosses: To convert to a parchment-like substance, especially by sulfuric acid.
Derived terms: unparchmentized
Related terms: parchmentization
parchmentization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From parchment + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of parchmentizing.
parchmentizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of parchmentize
parchmentized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of parchmentize
parchmentizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of parchmentize
parquet circle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parquet circles
Senses: glosses: Part of the lower floor of a theatre with seats at the rear of the parquet and beneath the galleries.
Synonyms: parterre
Coordinate terms: orchestra circle
parquet circles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parquet circle
Pasteur's fluid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After Louis Pasteur, its inventor.
Senses: glosses: An artificial nutrient fluid invented for the study of alcoholic fermentation, but used also for the cultivation of bacteria and other organisms. It contains all the elements of protoplasm, and was originally made of the ash of yeast, some ammonia compound, sugar, and water.
wikipedia: Louis Pasteur
Pattinson's process
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pattinson process
Etymology: Invented in 1833 by Hugh Lee Pattinson, an English metallurgist.
Senses: glosses: A process of desilverizing argentiferous lead by repeated meltings and skimmings, which concentrate the silver in the molten bath, the final skimmings being nearly pure lead.
desilverizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desilverization
Payne's process
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A process for preserving timber and making it incombustible by impregnating it successively with solutions of iron sulfate and calcium chloride in vacuo.
Related terms: paynize
Pelton wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pelton wheels
Etymology: Invented by Lester Allan Pelton in the 1870s.
Senses: glosses: A form of impulse turbine or water wheel, extracting energy from the impulse of moving water
Pelton wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pelton wheel
Mulderangst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mulder + angst.
Senses: examples: text: Well, what can I say, I've discovered that I like Mulderangst and can't get enough of it.
ref: 1996 October 24, Esther Walker, “The Brotherhood 1/14”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
text: "3" is only bearable if you are an X-Phile, because you can derive some satisfaction from the Mulderangst over missing-and-presumed-dead Scully, and the fact that Mulder is getting some.
ref: 1998 October 4, wherever [username], “Re: Worst Episode”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
text: Perhaps the best piece of straight Mulderangst I've ever read and set to the harsh strains of one of my favorite poets -- T.S. Eliot. Not for the faint of heart, but an excellent journey into the dark caverns of Mulder's motivations and obsessions.
ref: 2000 August 23, swikstr [username], “Re: Classic Fics--which ones?”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
qualifier: X-Files fandom slang
glosses: Emotional distress experienced by the character Fox Mulder.
Related terms: Scullyangst
phasemeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phasemeters
form: phaseometer
form: phasometer
Etymology: From phase + -meter.
Senses: glosses: A device for measuring the difference in phase of two alternating currents of electromotive forces.
phasemeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phasemeter
photochronographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to photochronography.
cinephotographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cine- + photographic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cinephotography.
Derived terms: cinephotographically
cinephotographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cinephotographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of cinephotography.
photochronography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + chronography.
Senses: glosses: The art of recording or measuring intervals of time with a photochronograph.
photochronographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photochronograph
pookah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pookahs
Senses: examples: text: So I tould her how father Patt consinted to lind us the lone of his baste, and how I was to frickin them all, an how whin they run'd away from the Pookah, manin mysel, she was to run away wid biro, manin me.
ref: 1833, “All Saints Eve”, in The Knickerbocker: or, New-York Monthly Magazine, volume 2, page 195:
text: Messinger says that: The pookah that we discovered is seen occasionally on moonlight nights on the road in front of the Catholic Church in St Patrick's village.
ref: 2002, Tim Pat Coogan, Wherever Green Is Worn: The Story of the Irish Diaspora, →ISBN, page 576:
text: On the fourth day, the Pookah reached down and suddenly pulled a long and feathery fish from the sea.
ref: 2010, T L Johnston, Swordsinger - Volume 2, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of pooka (“supernatural creature”).
pookahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pookah
pixey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pixeys
Senses: glosses: Dated form of pixie (magical creature).
pixeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pixey
photodynamical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + dynamical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to photodynamics.
photogrammetrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From photogrammetric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, photogrammetry.
photogrammeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photogrammeter
photogrammeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photogrammeters
Senses: glosses: A phototheodolite, or a camera designed for use in photogrammetry.
Scullyangst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Scully + angst.
Senses: examples: text: We don't have enough Scullyangst with dead family members and terminal brain cancer?
ref: 1997 March 24, autumnt, “REVIEW: Autumn's "Max" Review - SPOILERS”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
text: With Melissa and even Queequeg, there was deep Scullyangst.
ref: 1997 March 27, Gil Trevizo, “Re: And another thing about walking into bullets ... <usual spoilers>”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
text: Any scene involving Scullyangst gets me teary.
ref: 1998 May 27, SandyW7592, “Re: which epsiode made you cry?( you can play too, guys.)”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
qualifier: The X-Files fandom slang
glosses: Emotional distress experienced by the character Dana Scully.
Related terms: Mulderangst
photonephograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photonephographs
Etymology: From photo- + nepho- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: A nephoscope registering by photography, typically consisting of a pair of cameras used simultaneously.
photonephographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photonephograph
photoheliometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoheliometers
Etymology: From photo- + helio- + meter.
Senses: glosses: A double-lens instrument for measuring slight variations of the Sun's diameter by photography, based on the common chord of two overlapping images.
photoheliometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoheliometer
photometrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photometrists
Etymology: From photometry + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A specialist in photometry.
photometrists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photometrist
phycomycetous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfʌɪkə(ʊ)mʌɪˈsiːtəs/
Forms: form: more phycomycetous
form: most phycomycetous
Etymology: From Phycomycetes (class name) + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he 'Starmen were phycomycetous mentally, but morphologically they could not be distinguished from Terrans.
ref: 1966, Philip K. Dick, Now Wait for Last Year:
glosses: Relating to the former class Phycomycetes of lower fungi; belonging to or characteristic of a phycomycete.
phototopographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + topographical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to phototopography.
phototopographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From phototopographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of phototopography.
physiographist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physiographists
Senses: glosses: A physiographer.
physiographists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physiographist
geosystems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geosystem
geosystems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: physical geography
geosystemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From geo- + systemic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to geosystems, or physical geography.
counterborings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterboring
harled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of harl
harled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having outer walls surfaced by harling.
harling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of harl
harling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act or process of surfacing a wall with a slurry of pebbles or stone chips, then curing with a lime render.
mufti days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mufti day
reharl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reharls
form: reharling
form: reharled
form: reharled
Etymology: From re- + harl.
Senses: examples: text: Restoration by owner Ian MacMillan, 1980s, included reharling and reducing the Victorian south wing to single storey and has produced a fantasy of tiny turrets around a new enclosed western entrance courtyard.
ref: 2001, Jane Geddes, Charles McKean, Deeside and the Mearns: An Illustrated Architectural Guide, →ISBN, page 32:
glosses: To harl again; to repair the exterior of a building that has been harled.
khatam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian خاتم.
Senses: glosses: A Persian style of marquetry.
reharled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reharl
reharling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reharl
reharling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: To the east the effect of the old buildings looking towards the abbey (see Frontispiece once more) is so fine that little need be done beyond the necessary repair and reharling of these.
ref: 1904, Sir Patrick Geddes, City Development: A Study of Parks, Gardens, and Culture:
text: We don't know precisely how far it had advanced, or how much Danzig Willie altered the original plans; but during reharling operations by the National Trust for Scotland in 1973, the architects found that in the hall there was a window that had been blocked up.
ref: 1981, Magnús Magnússon, Scotland's castles and great houses, page 78:
glosses: The act or process of repairing or restoring the harling on the external walls of a building.
reharls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reharl
pilpulists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pilpulist
pilot lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pilot lamps
Senses: glosses: pilot light
pilot lamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pilot lamp
pilpulism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pilpul + -ism.
Senses: glosses: pilpul; sophistry; hair-splitting
pilpulist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pilpulists
Etymology: From pilpul + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who engages in pilpul.
pilpulistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pilpulistic
form: most pilpulistic
Etymology: From pilpul + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or engaging in, pilpul.
fanficdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fanfic + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: I'm just a poor student trying to contribute to fanficdom.
ref: 1999 March 3, Sining [username], “[Ranma][AMG][Fanfic] Oh my...Ranma? #4”, in rec.arts.anime.creative (Usenet):
text: It applies particularly in fanficdom. I used to run an XF archive, and I once recieved^([sic]) three requests in as many weeks for author's names to be removed because their bosses had been wandering a little too close to their corner of cyberspace or because a reader had contacted them in RL.
ref: 1999 May 22, The Emu [username], “Re: Use of pseudonyms”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):
text: I feel canon & commerce do not acknowledge gratitude deep & often enough to fanficdom!
ref: 2009 May 15, Alan Heah, “Re: NEW AOS; Dear Jim (Spock Prime), PG, 1/1 (Short Piece)”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):
glosses: The domain of fan fiction and/or fanficcers.
pinacate bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinacate bugs
Senses: glosses: pinacate beetle
pinacate bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinacate bug
polyphotal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of polyphote.
synonyms: word: polyphote
polyphote
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: See poly-, photo-.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to or designating arc lamps constructed so that more than one can be used on a single circuit.
Synonyms: polyphotal
Poonah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Pune.
examples: Poonah painting; a Poonah brush; Poonah paper
glosses: A style of painting, popular in England in the 19th century, in which a thick opaque colour is applied, with no background and minimal shading, to thin paper, producing flowers, birds, etc., in imitation of Oriental work.
porotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porotypes
Etymology: From poro- + -type.
Senses: glosses: A copy of a print or document made by placing it upon a chemically prepared paper which is acted upon by a gas that permeates the original.
porotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porotype
postexilian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + exilian.
Senses: glosses: After an exile, especially the Biblical exile of the Jews.
pot lead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: graphite, often used on the bottoms of racing vessels to reduce friction
pot lace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: lace whose pattern includes one or more representations of baskets or bowls from which flowers spring
pou sto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek, literally "where I may stand", in reference to the reputed saying of Archimedes: "Give me where I may stand and I will move the whole world with my steelyard."
Senses: glosses: A place to stand upon; a locus standi; a foundation or basis for operations.
foresentence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foresentences
form: fore-sentence
Etymology: From fore- + sentence.
Senses: examples: text: To move on that note from our deficient techniques of fact-gathering, there is a troublesome quality of class bias both in the subjects treated in foresentence reports and the standard modes of treatment.
ref: 1975, H. Richard Uviller, The Processes of Criminal Justice: Investigation, page 794:
topics: law
glosses: A sentence or condemnation in advance.
qualifier: religious
glosses: Prophetic doom.
foresentence
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: foresentences
form: foresentencing
form: foresentenced
form: foresentenced
form: fore-sentence
Etymology: From fore- + sentence.
Senses: examples: text: Be it not mine to foresentence a sinner, whose sin's consummation Prefaced his ultimate ruin—his last dying act may atone For some misdeeds ; and whatever be written of Hell and damnation, God alone knows what is gospel; […]
ref: 1889, Charles Allan Sherard, A Daughter of the South and Other Poems - Page 10:
text: On the strength of having a good time in one's teens, one foresentences one's manhood to derision at an early age: and to a life-long subjection to women and younger exoletes.
ref: 1934, Roy Campbell, Broken Record: Reminiscences - Page 158:
glosses: To sentence beforehand or in advance.
practico-inert
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Coined by Jean-Paul Sartre.
Senses: glosses: Having arisen as the result of a sociopolitical struggle, but no longer responsive to the needs it was intended to serve.
wikipedia: Jean-Paul Sartre
Related terms: practico-inertia
press cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: press cakes
form: presscake
Senses: glosses: A mass of material after pressing it to obtain liquid, such as from peanuts, linseed, olives and grapes (pomace). Among its uses is for animal feed or in making gunpowder.
Coordinate terms: oil cake
press proof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: press proofs
Senses: examples: text: at press proof
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: The last proof for correction before sending to press.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A proof taken on a press, especially to show impression, margins, colour, etc.
press cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of press cake
press proofs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of press proof
Spuffy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈspʌfi/
Etymology: Blend of Spike + Buffy.
Senses: examples: text: In contrast, the Spuffy 'shipper may be an older, more highly-educated career professional, but she must use the Internet to access the fanfiction she desires to read, because it is not available anywhere else.
ref: 2013, Mary Kirby-Diaz, “Ficcers and 'Shippers: A Love Story”, in Jennifer K. Stuller, editor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Intellect Books, →ISBN, page 44:
text: Spuffy—as Spike/Buffy are often called—changed all that.
ref: 2013, Michelle Sagara West, “For The Love Of Riley”, in Glenn Yeffeth, editor, Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Discuss Their Favorite Television Show, BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 71:
text: Relations between these viewers – who had come to self-identify as 'Spike-Buffy relationship fans' or 'Spuffy shippers' for short – and the writers of the show reached their nadir at the end of season six, when the writers decided to show the Spuffy shippers just how wrong they were by writing a scene in which Spike attempts to rape Buffy: […]
ref: 2014, Joseph Crawford, The Twilight of the Gothic?: Vampire Fiction and the Rise of the Paranormal Romance, University of Wales Press, →ISBN, pages 129–130:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The ship of characters Spike and Buffy Summers from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
prism glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Glass with one smooth side and the other side formed into sharp-edged ridges so as to reflect the light that passes through, used at windows to throw the light into the interior.
process plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: process plates
Senses: glosses: A plate prepared by a mechanical process, especially a photomechanical process.
glosses: A very slow photographic plate, giving good contrasts between highlights and shadows, used especially for making lantern slides.
process plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of process plate
privatdocent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: privatdocents
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of privatdozent.
privatdocents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of privatdocent
protometal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From proto- + metal.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A style of music that was a precursor to heavy metal.