cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nilsystem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nilsystems
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A topological system (H,X) such that a nilpotent Lie group G = acts transitively on X.
thionite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thio- (“containing sulphur”) + -n- + -ite. Coined by American author E. E. Smith in 1937.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A fictional addictive drug said to induce euphoric dreams.
Ximenez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Ximénez, archaic spelling of Jiménez.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish, variant of Jimenez.
cracks open
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crack open
cracking open
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crack open
cracked open
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crack open
Terrene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Terrenes
Etymology: See terrene.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Terran (“an inhabitant of Earth; an earthling”).
synonyms: word: Terran
extra: an inhabitant of Earth; an earthling
Terrene
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: See terrene.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Terran (“of Earth; of terrestrial origin”).
synonyms: word: Terran
extra: of Earth; of terrestrial origin
Derived terms: Terrene Sea
Terrenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Terrene
Mylrea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Reylos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Reylo
terrestials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terrestial
terrestrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Terrestrian.
anti-Reylo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-Reylos
Etymology: From anti- + Reylo.
Senses: examples: text: When Star Wars: The Force Awakens came out, the fandom found itself dividing across one really hard, bright line: the Reylos and the anti-Reylos.
ref: 2017 December 15, Ani Bundel, “More Than The Force Connects Kylo Ren & Rey In 'The Last Jedi' & It's Intense”, in Elite Daily:
text: Anti-Reylos read the pairing's on-screen encounters as rape, and they point out the age difference and potential familial relationship.
ref: 2018, Kristina Busse, “Afterword: Fannish Affect and Its Aftermath”, in Rebecca Williams, editor, Everybody Hurts: Transitions, Endings, and Resurrections in Fan Cultures, page 217:
text: This also means that there are significant clashes between Reylo shippers and anti-Reylos.
ref: 2019, Lauren Rouse, "The fan fiction reading guide: the use of multimedia and comments as close reading tools", thesis submitted to DePaul University, page 96
topics: lifestyle
antonyms: Reylo
glosses: An opponent of the ship of Rey and Kylo Ren from Star Wars (Reylo).
time barrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A barrier or obstacle preventing time travel, especially one resulting from technological limitations.
coxcomb chart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coxcomb charts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of polar area diagram.
synonyms: word: polar area diagram
coxcomb charts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coxcomb chart
time-binding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time binding
form: timebinding
Etymology: Coined by Polish-American philosopher Alfred Korzybski in 1921.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
sciences
semantics
glosses: The act of transmitting knowledge and experience from one moment and person to other moments and people using written information (e.g., written language, images, symbols), whether in mundane instances or (especially) from one generation to the next.
time-binding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: time binding
form: timebinding
Etymology: Coined by Polish-American philosopher Alfred Korzybski in 1921.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
sciences
semantics
glosses: Engaging in time-binding.
time police
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
synonyms: time patrol
glosses: An organization which regulates time travel, especially with the purpose of preventing the past from being modified.
Related terms: time cop
time cop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time cops
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A member of the time police.
time cops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time cop
time crime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time crimes
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The violation of time travel law (especially referring to an attempt to change the past).
Related terms: time police
time crimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time crime
time opera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time operas
Etymology: Possibly modelled on space opera (“a subgenre of speculative fiction or science fiction that emphasizes space travel, romantic adventure, and larger-than-life characters often set against vast exotic settings”).
Senses: glosses: A subgenre of science fiction featuring complex and dramatic plotlines involving time travel.
glosses: A particular work in the time opera genre.
Related terms: space opera
time operas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time opera
seetee
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Spelling out of CT, initialism of contraterrene. Coined by American science fiction author Jack Williamson in 1942.
Senses: examples: text: He followed her slowly into the empty hallway, announcing flatly, “I never made a seetee weapon. I don’t intend to start now.”
ref: 1949, Jack Williamson, “Seetee Shock”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 42, number 4, page 149:
text: He gritted his teeth as another bolt of seetee matter exploded against the energy screen.
ref: 1960, John Glasby, Black Abyss, e-book edition, published 2014, →ISBN:
text: She inferred what happened: the atmosphere of Yuggoth was composed of SeeTee matter. ¶ SeeTee. CT. ContraTerrene. Antimatter.
ref: 2010, Richard A. Lupoff, “Nothing Personal”, in Darrell Schweitzer, editor, Cthulhu’s Reign, →ISBN:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Synonym of contraterrene (“made of or pertaining to antimatter”).
synonyms: word: contraterrene
extra: made of or pertaining to antimatter
time patrol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of time police (“an organization which regulates time travel”).
synonyms: word: time police
extra: an organization which regulates time travel
time track
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time tracks
form: timetrack
form: time-track
Senses: glosses: Synonym of timeline (“an individual universe or reality”).
synonyms: word: timeline
extra: an individual universe or reality
timetrack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timetracks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of time track.
time-track
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time-tracks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of time track.
time tracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time track
timetracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timetrack
time-tracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time-track
hydroxymethylsulfonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /haɪˌdɹɑksimɛθəlˈsʌlfəneɪt/
Etymology: From hydroxy + methyl + sulfonate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sulfonated organic compound that is widely used as an intermediate in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and other industrial chemicals, and is also produced naturally by certain microorganisms.
Titanese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Titan + -ese.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
synonyms: Titanian
glosses: Relating to Titan (the largest moon of Saturn) or to its inhabitants.
Titanese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Titan + -ese.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
synonyms: Titanian
glosses: The language spoken on Titan.
torch drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torch drives
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
synonyms: torch
glosses: A spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion.
Derived terms: word: torcher
word: torchship
word: torch
torch drives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torch drive
torchship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torchships
Etymology: Compound of torch (“a torch drive”) + ship.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A spacecraft propelled by a torch drive (“spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion”).
torchships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torchship
Netherdale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛð.ə.deɪl/
Forms: form: Nidderdale
Etymology: From nether ("lower") + dale ("valley").
Senses: glosses: A sports complex in Galashiels, Scotland.
glosses: An area of Galashiels, Scotland.
glosses: A locality in Queensland, Australia.
flying ointment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flying ointments
Senses: glosses: An herbal ointment used by witches to achieve altered states of consciousness, often made with plants of the nightshade family.
YTM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of yield to maturity.
HTM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of held-to-maturity.
Kobayashi Maru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkoʊbɑjɑʃi məˈruː/
Forms: form: Kobayashi Marus
Etymology: From the fictional Kobayashi Maru test, first introduced in the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, a training exercise in which Starfleet cadets face an intentionally unwinnable scenario as a test of character. The test involves the rescue of an eponymous vessel, named by Star Trek II screenwriter Jack B. Sowards after his neighbours, from the Japanese family name Kobayashi and maru (a suffix of Japanese ship names).
Senses: examples: text: Christmas is the Kobayashi Maru of holidays. It is unwinnable.
ref: 2010, April Winchell, Regretsy: Where DIY Meets WTF, page 121:
text: Martin said, “Gwen, do you understand that there’s no right answer to that? You've asked me the Kobayashi Maru of questions. There’s no possible way to answer that won't make you mad.”
ref: 2015, Scott Meyer, An Unwelcome Quest, page 265:
text: “You might not be able to win,” I said. “It may be the Kobayashi Maru of seating arrangements.”
ref: 2016, Hillary Manton Lodge, Together at the Table, page 81:
glosses: A scenario with no positive or favourable outcome; a no-win situation.
wikipedia: Jack B. Sowards
Kobayashi Maru
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Starfleet
BTFP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of Bank Term Funding Program.
iodochlorohydroxyquinoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iodo- + chloro- + hydroxy + oxy + quinoline.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: clioquinol.
hepaticocholecystostcholecystenterostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hepatico- + cholecysto- + st- + choledocho- + -enterostomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: the surgical construction of an artificial passage between the gall bladder and hepatic duct, on the one hand, and between the intestine and the gall bladder on the other
Hypernyms: enterostomy
Potterlock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Potter + Sherlock.
Senses: examples: text: The same naming technique may be applied to crossovers - stories that combine two or more fandoms together - so in this case Potterlock is a combination of Harry Potter and Sherlock Holmes fandom.
ref: 2019, Alena Pospíšilová, "Metamorphosis of Relationships in Harry Potter Fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Pardubice, page 33
text: Fictional characters star throughout Slash, including Catwoman and Wonder Woman and a wonderful alternate-universe Johnlock/Harry Potter crossover (Potterlock) with Sherlock as a drug-addicted pureblood Slytherin and John a Muggle-born Gryffindor dating Hufflepuff Mary.
ref: 2019 January 23, Lisa Granshaw, “Slash Brings Familiar And Unexpected Pairings To Life In The Ultimate Fanfiction Play”, in Syfy:
text: With Potterlock being such a popular crossover amongst Harry Potter and Sherlock fans, it’s no surprise that these characters slot so effortlessly into the four Hogwarts Houses.
ref: 2021, Maychen Tyler & Stacey Lannigan, "Sorting BBC’s 'Sherlock' Characters into Hogwarts Houses, MuggleNet, 2 February 2021
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A genre of crossover fanworks blending characters, settings, and plot elements from the Harry Potter series and the television show Sherlock.
Wholock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: WhoLock
Etymology: Blend of who + Sherlock.
Senses: examples: text: Whovians have joined with Sherlock fans to create WhoLock crossovers, which range from brilliant to bizarre.
ref: 2012, Charles Wang, "Not Sure If Still Funny", Kitsch (Cornell University), Spring 2012, page 36
text: Doctor Who and Sherlock showrunner Steven Moffat has "come clean" about the possibility of a crossover 'Wholock' episode between the two shows, saying he wants to do it but his "killjoy" colleagues Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are in the way.
ref: 2014 August 11, Christopher Hooton, “Doctor Who Sherlock crossover: I would do 'Wholock', says Steven Moffat”, in The Independent:
text: Neither Ben nor Thom knew much about SuperWhoLock, for instance, although they knew of WhoLock.
ref: 2019, Paul Booth, Crossing Fandoms: SuperWhoLock and the Contemporary Fan Audience, page 89:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A genre of chiefly fan-created crossover fiction blending characters, settings, and plot elements from the Sherlock Holmes stories (typically the BBC series Sherlock) and the television series Doctor Who.
Related terms: Superwholock
through-gird
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: through-girds
form: through-girding
form: through-girt
form: through-girt
Etymology: From Middle English thurghgirden (“to run through, pierce”), from thurgh- (“thorough-”) + girden (“to strike”), from girde, ȝerde (“rod, staff”). More at thorough, yard.
Senses: glosses: To pierce all the way through with a sword, spear, or the like.
through-girt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of through-gird
preventative medicines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preventative medicine
wolf cuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wolf cut
woketopians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woketopian
woaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woader
withdrafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of withdraft
wishing caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wishing cap
WISEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WISE
wirrahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wirrah
wiring harnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wiring harness
wire-brushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wire-brush
wire-brushes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wire-brush
wire wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wire wheel
wire wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wire wheel
wire nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wire nut
Winnipegonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Winnipegonian
Winnipegians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Winnipegian
wingflaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wingflap
wing walkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wing walker
wing trimmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wing trimmer
windsurf boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of windsurf board
oro-maxillo-facial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oromaxillofacial.
at full pelt
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of full pelt.
late pass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: late passes
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A slip or piece of paper notifying that a student's lateness is excused
late passes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of late pass
a-specs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of a-spec
aspecs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aspec
kadala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaɖala/
Forms: form: kadalas
Etymology: Borrowed from Dravidian languages, compare Malayalam കടല (kaṭala), Tamil கடலை (kaṭalai).
Senses: synonyms: chana
glosses: Chickpeas.
outbacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outback
outbacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outback
half-boiled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: halfboiled
form: half boiled
Senses: glosses: partially cooked
glosses: cooked to a soft consistency
glosses: cooked to a soft consistency with the yolk still runny; soft-boiled
raw_tags: of a boiled egg
Related terms: soft-boiled
hard-boiled
Lucksinger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lucksingers
Etymology: A variant of Luchsinger. Borrowed from German Luchsinger.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
loss ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loss ratios
Senses: topics: business
insurance
glosses: The ratio of total losses incurred (paid and reserved) in claims plus adjustment expenses divided by the total premiums earned.
rds.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rd.
black-tailed flycatcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black-tailed flycatchers
Senses: synonyms: black-tailed Myobius
glosses: A South-American flycatcher, Myiobius atricaudus
black-tailed flycatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black-tailed flycatcher
sandroach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandroaches
Senses: glosses: A member of family Corydiidae, of mostly desert-dwelling cockroaches.
lip fern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lip ferns
form: lipfern
Senses: glosses: A saxatile fern of the genus Cheilanthes, or related genera such as Myriopteris.
Derived terms: villous lipfern
lipfern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipferns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lip fern.
Derived terms: villous lipfern
fairy swords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fairy swordses
Senses: glosses: A lip fern, Myriopteris lindheimeri
monolift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monolifts
Etymology: Early 1990s genericized trademark, from mono- + lift.
Senses: glosses: A weight rack on which the rest of the bar is levered away automatically or by a spotter so the (at heavy weights injury-risky) repositioning of the athlete’s legs for a squat (the walkout) or shoulders for a benchpress can be avoided for execution of the exercise.
monolifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monolift
tomorra
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of tomorrow.
Hlavach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hlavachs
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Hlavac
Duddingston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban village in Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2972).
make the running
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes the running
form: making the running
form: made the running
form: made the running
form: make all the running
Senses: examples: text: He added: "In this period if you looked at the western world and asked who is making the running, from the point of view of modern society and particularly in terms of liberty, it would be Britain and we forget that. Britain is absolutely the model of the future."
ref: 2014 April 7, Mark Brown, “Royal art show, The First Georgians, to open at Buckingham Palace”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: set the pace
glosses: To have a leading or influential position in a field or activity; to be more active than others.
make all the running
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes all the running
form: making all the running
form: made all the running
form: made all the running
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of make the running.
limit comparison test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: limit comparison tests
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A test for determining whether an infinite series converges, which involves calculating the limit of the ratio between the series being tested and one known to converge or diverge.
Derived terms: word: LCT
limit comparison tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limit comparison test
alternating series test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alternating series tests
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: Leibniz's test
Leibniz's rule
Leibniz criterion
glosses: A test for determining whether an alternating series converges, which uses the fact that an alternating series converges if the absolute value of its terms is decreasing and approaches zero.
Derived terms: word: AST
alternating series tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alternating series test
Courvoisier's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Swiss surgeon Ludwig Georg Courvoisier (1843–1918).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: Courvoisier's sign
Courvoisier syndrome
glosses: A medical observation stating that a painless palpable gallbladder accompanied with jaundice is unlikely to be caused by gallstones, implicating a possible biliary tract or pancreatic cancer.
wikipedia: Ludwig Georg Courvoisier
trainmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trainmates
Senses: examples: text: Poirot is taking his ease on the Orient Express – his most recent case in Jerusalem tired him so – boarding in Istanbul on his way to Calais. His trainmates in the first-class cabin could fill a police lineup.
ref: 2017 November 7, Peter Travers, “‘Murder on the Orient Express’ Review: Whodunnit Redo Is Fast Train to Nowhere”, in Rolling Stone:
glosses: Alternative form of train-mate.
trainmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trainmate
semiformals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semiformal
citymate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: citymates
Etymology: From city + -mate.
Senses: examples: text: “Often” is actually more of a major-key mood for him though, and recalls his citymate Drake with its mix of boastfulness and a tender delivery.
ref: 2014 June 25, August Brown, “The Weeknd releases new single, ‘Often’”, in Los Angeles Times:
glosses: One who comes from the same city.
citymates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of citymate
incl
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of including.
examples: text: The pronoun we (incl) is different from the pronoun we (excl).
glosses: Abbreviation of inclusive.
meat crayon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meat crayons
Etymology: Possibly popularized by the subreddit r/meatcrayon (created December 15, 2018).
Senses: examples: text: People who don't wear all their gear when riding motorcycles stress me out. Do you want to become a meat crayon? Because that's how you become a meat crayon.
ref: 2019 October 23, @Sampai, Twitter:
text: The 600W peak motor, located in the front wheel, is double the peak output from the Mi Electric Scooter Pro 2 but it'll still only manage up to 25km/h. That might not sound that fast but take a tumble at that speed and you'll still end up as a meat crayon.
ref: 2022 June 29, Duncan Pike, “Xiaomi Mi Electric Scooter 3 review – Because pedalling is for chumps”, in Stuff South Africa, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2022:
text: Got rear ended by a semi truck at a red light, he didn't even notice and pushed me through the intersection as my car was in park. was like half a second away from being a meat crayon
ref: 2022 July 14, @JapImport, Twitter:
text: After receiving a ride from a random car and confirming the best path down, Zak promptly sent it, shooting down Baldwin in about 10 seconds. Despite to Matt's fears, he did not turn himself into a "meat crayon" in the process.
ref: 2022 August 15, Keegan Wells, “Aussie Skateboarder First in World To Hill-Bomb Baldwin”, in Critic Te Ārohi, number 19, Otago, New Zealand: Otago University Students' Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11:
glosses: Someone who gets injured in an extremely gory manner as a result of rubbing or impacting the ground at high speeds (comparing one's injuries to the marks left by a crayon).
meat crayons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meat crayon
olive-sided flycatcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: olive-sided flycatchers
Senses: glosses: a small to medium sized passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, Contopus cooperi
olive-sided flycatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of olive-sided flycatcher
Hai-feng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 海豐 /海丰 (Hǎifēng) Wade–Giles romanization: Hai³-fêng¹.
Senses: examples: text: P’eng P’ai was able to return to Hai-feng county on the heels of the Eastern Expedition at the end of February 1925 and to revive his shattered movement there. Membership grew rapidly to a reported 70,000, with 12,000 in neighbouring Lu-feng county, but Ch’en Chiung-ming’s troops recovered these counties in the summer and again the movement was driven underground.
ref: 1983, C. Martin Wilbur, “The Nationalist Revolution: from Canton to Nanking, 1923–28”, in John K. Fairbank, editor, The Cambridge History of China, volume 12, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 543–544:
text: The most intriguing pioneer in CCP peasant mobilization was P’eng P’ai, a May Fourth intellectual from Hai-feng county, on the seacoast halfway between Hong Kong and Swatow.
ref: 1986, John King Fairbank, The Great Chinese Revolution: 1800–1985, HarperPerennial, published 1987, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 230:
text: On March 3, in the ocean off Hai-feng County, the pirates robbed a fishing junk, and captured Hsu-ch’iung whom crew member Ssu T’ien forced to commit sodomy. On March 11 in a bay in Hsin-an County, they robbed another t’o-feng vessel, captured and imprisoned Tan Se-chin and Tan Ya-pang and forced them to gather firewood.
ref: 2001, Dian Murray, “The Practice of Homosexuality among the Pirates of Late Eigteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century China”, in C. R. Pennell, editor, Bandits at Sea: A Pirates Reader (History), New York University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 250:
glosses: Alternative form of Haifeng.
pine grosbeaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pine grosbeak
smoke-colored pewee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smoke-colored pewees
Senses: glosses: a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae Contopus fumigatus
smoke-colored pewees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smoke-colored pewee
adióses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adiós
wrappered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wrapper + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: On the ground floor of a dim house in a dim street, which by the contrivance of its occupants had been converted from its original role of dark and sinister dining-room to wareroom for a dozen or more perambulators on high, rubber-tired wheels, Alphonse Michelson and Gertie Dobriner stood in conference with a dark-wrappered figure, her blue-checked apron wound muff fashion about her hands.
ref: 1916, Fannie Hurst, “Rolling Stock”, in Every Soul Hath Its Song, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers […], page 88:
text: ENGLISH booksellers and English readers do not as a rule like wrappered books.
ref: 1921, The London Mercury, page 520:
text: These little Italian wrappered books of verse are, from an artistic standpoint, the choicest things I have ever been able to offer, and are limited to the present edition.
ref: 1926, Thomas Bird Mosher, The Mosher Books: A List of Belles Lettres Issued in Limited Editions, page 12:
text: To girls in convent school, it was the mark of a subversive or a pervert to have a book covered in brown wrapper. […] On the jeepney rides forbidden to the girls, a man in the front seat might have an opened, brown-wrappered book on his lap while he watched the ascent of every girl or woman onto the jeep.
ref: 1997, Gina Apostol, Bibliolepsy, University of the Philippines Press, →ISBN, page 17:
text: The ruled lines and decorations are generally to be found in the white-wrappered copies (to hand after the young Kipling’s return home), but seldom in the brown-wrappered copies […]
ref: 2010, David Alan Richards, Rudyard Kipling: A Bibliography, Oak Knoll Press, →ISBN, page 2:
glosses: Having a wrapper.
eastern wood pewee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eastern wood pewees
Senses: glosses: a small tyrant flycatcher from North America, Contopus virens
eastern wood pewees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eastern wood pewee
cliquemate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cliquemates
Etymology: From clique + -mate.
Senses: examples: text: Eder (1985) observed how early adolescent girls’ need to remain vigilant about their status in the popular clique forced them to approach friendships cautiously. Recognizing their cliquemates—as well as outsiders—as potential competitors for social status, they carefully censured the information they were willing to share with close associates.
ref: 2004, B. Bradford Brown, “Adolescents’ Relationships with Peers”, in Richard M. Lerner, Laurence Steinberg, editors, Handbook Of Adolescent Psychology, 2nd edition, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pages 383–384:
glosses: One who is a member of the same clique.
adiosing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of adios
adiosed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of adios
Thurgarton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Aldborough and Thurgarton parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1834).
glosses: A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6949).
unreturnability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + returnability.
Senses: examples: text: The opponent who answers the service, if he or she is able to return it, is now in a position to address the server, and he or she, too, will seek to imbue the return not only with answerability—that is, by sticking to the rules of the game like putting the return within the boundaries, for instance—but also with unreturnability.
ref: 2016 [2006], Robert Perinbanayagam, “The Self at Play: The Self in Time, Place, and Position”, in Games and Sport in Everyday Life: Dialogues and Narratives of the Self, Abingdon: Routledge, →ISBN, page 116:
antonyms: returnability
glosses: The quality of being unreturnable.
Aldborough and Thurgarton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, which includes these two villages.
supericosahedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supericosahedron
supericosahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supericosahedra
Etymology: From super- + icosahedron.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An icosahedron-shaped structure made from smaller repeated parts.
tiger's-eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiger's-eyes
Senses: examples: text: The collaboration’s first line, the Mineral Collection, had a similar look, although it featured malachite, lapis lazuli and tiger’s-eye, and each watch was priced at $350.
ref: 2022 December 9, Rachel Felder, “These Timex Dials Were Designed With a Jeweler’s Eye”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of tiger's eye.
non-classified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonclassified.
non-clinical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: A former Northern Class 144 Pacer has been unveiled by Airedale Hospital & Community Charity, following its conversion to a non-clinical space for youngsters on the children's ward.
ref: 2023 September 6, “Network News: Pacer unveiled in new hospital role”, in RAIL, number 991, page 16:
glosses: Alternative form of nonclinical.
non-circular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of noncircular.
non-certified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of noncertified.
non-biological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Noting that renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBO - for example, hydrogen-derived fuels such as methanol and ammonia) have the greatest role in decarbonising domestic and international maritime freight, the report concludes that they may also have a "limited role in some niches" for road and rail freight.
ref: 2023 November 1, Mel Holley, “Network News: Electrification is key for green freight targets”, in RAIL, number 995, page 28:
glosses: Alternative form of nonbiological.
superoctahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superoctahedra
Etymology: From super- + octahedron.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An octahedron-shaped structure made from six (or seven) smaller octahedra.
Related terms: superoctahedral
superoctahedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superoctahedron
ashy woodpecker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ashy woodpeckers
Senses: glosses: Any of species Mulleripicus fulvus, a woodpecker native to Indonesia
ashy woodpeckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ashy woodpecker
Aldborough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English eald (“old”) + Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Aldbrough, Aldeburgh, and Oldbury. Compare Oldenburg.
Senses: glosses: A village in Aldborough and Thurgarton parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1834).
glosses: A village and site of a Roman town in Boroughbridge parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE4066).
glosses: A former township in West Elgin municipality, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, named after Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England.
philosophico-psychological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of philosophicopsychological.
dodecaborides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dodecaboride
West Elgin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.
cystoureteropyelonephritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cysto- (“urinary bladder”) + uretero- (“ureter”) + pyelo- (“renal pelvis”) + nephritis (“inflammation of the kidney”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A medical condition involving inflammation or infection of the bladder, ureter, and kidney, usually caused by bacteria and occurring as a result of a urinary tract infection that spreads to the upper urinary tract.
dodecaboride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dodecaborides
Etymology: From dodeca- + boride.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An anion or chemical compound containing twelve boron atoms in the formula.
Derived terms: aluminium dodecaboride
hafnium dodecaboride
magnesium dodecaboride
terbium dodecaboride
ytterbium dodecaboride
zirconium dodecaboride
Wołomin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Polish Wołomin.
Senses: glosses: A town and county of Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.
red-necked woodpecker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-necked woodpeckers
Senses: glosses: A woodpecker native to South America, Campephilus rubricollis
red-necked woodpeckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red-necked woodpecker
hemangioendothelioblastoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hemangio- (“blood vessel”) + endothelio- (“endothelium”) + blastoma (“a tumour that is caused by malignancies in precursor cells or blasts”).
Senses: topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: A rare tumor composed of cells with characteristics of both endothelial cells and primitive cells, typically found in the liver or other soft tissues of the body.
anhydrohydroxyprogesterone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anhydrohydroxyprogesterones
Etymology: From anhydro- + hydroxy- + progesterone.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ethisterone.
synonyms: word: ethisterone
microphyllinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
botany
chemistry
lichenology
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A lichen-derived chemical compound with IUPAC name 2-hydroxy-4-[2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-6-(2-oxoheptyl)benzoyl]oxy-6-(2-oxoheptyl)benzoic acid.
sapeornithids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sapeornithid
sapeornithid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sapeornithids
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Any member of the Sapeornithidae (also officially known as Omnivoropterygidae) family of theropods.
chiodectonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
botany
chemistry
lichenology
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A red dye derived from a lichen with IUPAC name 2-acetyl-3,5,6,8-tetrahydroxy-7-methoxybenzo[f][1]benzofuran-4,9-dione.
telegi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telega
endothelio-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: examples: text: endothelio- + chorial → endotheliochorial
text: endothelio- + -sis → endotheliosis
text: endothelio- + -cyte → endotheliocyte
glosses: Combining form of endothelium.
diningroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diningrooms
Senses: examples: text: In a little while we were called to breakfast in a lovely, homely diningroom such as country hotels some times boast—a diningroom of an indescribable artlessness and crudity. […] As I neared the diningroom door and was passing the coatrack, mine host appeared and, with a grace and tact which I have nowhere seen surpassed, and in a voice which instantly obviated all possibility of a disagreeable retort, he presented me a coat which he had taken from a hook and, holding it ready, said: “Would you mind slipping into this?” […] Something about the man’s manner made me ashamed of myself—not that it would have been such a dreadful thing to have gone into the diningroom looking as I was, for I was entirely presentable, but that I had not taken greater thought to respect his conventions more. […] These enormous American watering place hotels, with their armies of servants, heavy, serious-faced guests, solemn state diningrooms, miles of halls and the like, more or less frighten me.
ref: 1916, Theodore Dreiser, A Hoosier Holiday, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company; London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, pages 77, 99, and 478:
text: He went down to the diningroom and ate his oatmeal and toast and strawberry jam and drank his milk. […] He dried his hands on the roller towel and returned to the diningroom. […] The festivities, such as they were, took place on the side porch and were scarcely different from having a meal in the diningroom, the only notable differences being the fare and the absence of the husband-and-father. […] The picnic on the porch was physically too close to the diningroom and in time too near the customary hour for Samuel Eaton’s return home.
ref: 1958, John O'Hara, From the Terrace, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →LCCN, pages 21, 23, and 26:
text: On the ground floor of Mr Biswas’s two-storey house the solicitor’s clerk had put a tiny kitchen in one corner; the remaining L-shaped space, unbroken, served as drawingroom and diningroom. Between the kitchen and the diningroom there was a doorway but no door. […] In the diningroom there was a frigid-looking washstand with a ewer and basin. […] They occupied the drawingroom, the diningroom, a bedroom, the kitchen, the bathroom; […]
ref: 1961, V[idiadhar] S[urajprasad] Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Andre Deutsch, pages 9, 302, and 391:
text: In a short time, dinner was announced, and then the oldest of the guests, a gentleman named Harrington, who I knew had grown-up daughters, offered me his arm and led me into the brilliantly lighted diningroom. […] Because the gallery communicates directly with the diningroom and ballroom of the hotel, the female guests are able to peep in at the proceedings without any danger of the scandal that might be caused if they were seen on the floor of the Rotunda itself. […] I doubt if you would care to change places with me, supposing you were to see me on the train or in the diningroom of a commercial hotel.
ref: 1990, Richard Manton, Deep South, New York, N.Y.: Blue Moon Books, →ISBN, pages 80, 99, and 109:
glosses: Alternative form of dining room.
diningrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diningroom
fluorochlorosilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluorochlorosilanes
Etymology: From fluoro- + chloro- + silane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A silane substituted with both chlorine and fluorine.
fluorochlorosilanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluorochlorosilane
hemangio-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: haemangio-
Etymology: Compound of hem- (“blood”) + angio- (“vessel”).
Senses: examples: text: hemangio- + blast → hemangioblast
text: hemangio- + -oma → hemangioma
text: hemangio- + sarcoma → hemangiosarcoma
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the blood vessels.
haemangio-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hemangio-.
dichlorodifluorosilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + chloro- + di- + fluoro- + silane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A gaseous chemical compound containing silicon bound to two chlorine and two fluorine atoms.
hexafluorodisilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hexa- + fluoro- + di- + silane.
Senses: qualifier: inorganic cheemistry
glosses: A chemical compound, which is disilane with all six hydrogen atoms substituted with fluorine, formula Si₂F₆.
Synonyms: perfluorodisilane
dimethylchlorophosphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: chlorodimethylphosphine.
chlorodimethylphosphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chloro- + di- + methyl- + phosphine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical compound in which phosphorus is bound to two methyl groups and one chlorine atom. ClP(CH₃)₂
Synonyms: chloro(dimethyl)phosphine
dimethylchlorophosphine
trimethylstannane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tri- + methyl- + stannane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organotin compound with tin bonded to three methyl groups.
hepatico-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From hepatic (“relating to the liver”) + -o-.
Senses: examples: text: hepatico- + jejunal → hepaticojejunal
text: hepatico- + pulmonary → hepaticopulmonary
text: hepatico- + biliary → hepaticobiliary
glosses: Synonym of hepato- (“relating to the liver”).
synonyms: word: hepato-
extra: relating to the liver
examples: text: hepatico- + -logy → hepaticology
text: hepatico- + -logist → hepaticologist
glosses: Relating to the Hepaticae (liverworts).
chlorotetrafluorosilicate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorotetrafluorosilicates
Etymology: From chloro- + tetra- + fluoro- + silicate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An unusual salt or anion containing silicon bound to four fluorine and one chlorine atoms. SiF₄Cl⁻
acroamatick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more acroamatick
form: most acroamatick
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of acroamatic.
glazery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glaze + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: In the Conſtruction, regard is had to the Firmneſs of the Foundation, the Strength of the Maſonry, the Quality of the Stone, Sand, Lime, and Mortar; or, to ſpeak properly, the Conſtruction, rather, conſiſts of ſeveral diſtinct parts; as the Maſonry, Carpentry, Joinery, Smithery, Glazery, Roofing, &c.
ref: 1732, Sebastian Le Clerc, translated by [Ephraim] Chambers, A Treatise of Architecture, with Remarks and Observations. […], London: […] Richard Ware […], page 2:
text: […] he, mean time, ran into the town, and procured the glaſs, on the receipt of which I inſtantly threw him ten more piſtoles. Before the hour of noon and viſitation came, every thing was once more reinſtated, my glazery performed to a miracle, and the life of my worthy Gefhardt preſerved!
ref: 1795, Thomas Holcroft, transl., The Life of Baron Frederic Trenck; Containing His Adventures; His Cruel and Excessive Sufferings, During Ten Years Imprisonment, at the Fortress of Magdeburg, by Command of the Late King of Prussia; Also, Anecdotes, Historical, Political, and Personal., volume I, London: […] G. G. and J. Robinson, […], page 358:
text: […] almost every little pane of glass in them, had been so often pieced and patched, that it became eventually doubtful, whether any of their original glazery existed.
ref: 1842, the O’Hara Family, Father Connell, volume II, London: T. C. Newby, […] and T. & W. Boone, […], page 39:
text: The Roman invasion served to introduce many improvements, whereby the inhabitants would learn to model their vessels with a lathe, to give them the polish of a glazery, flourish them with carvings, and to emboss them with figures.
ref: 1854, A History of Wednesbury, in the County of Stafford. Compiled from Various Authentic Sources, Both Ancient and Modern: and Embracing an Account of the Coal and Iron Trade., Wolverhampton: William Parke, […]; London: J. Masters, […], page 119:
glosses: The art of installing windows.