cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
stripboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɹɪpbɔəd/
ipa: /ˈstɹɪpbɔːd/
ipa: [ˈstɹɪʰbɔəd]
ipa: [ˈstɹɪʰbɔːd]
Forms: form: stripboards
Etymology: From strip + board, named for its characteristic strips of copper cladding.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A type of prototyping board characterized by a ⅒″ regular rectangular grid of holes, with wide parallel strips of copper cladding running in one direction all the way across one side of the board.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A piece of given dimensions of such a prototyping board.
Synonyms: sense: prototyping board with strips of copper cladding
word: Veroboard
gyromagnetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From gyromagnetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a gyromagnetic manner
magnetoelectrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From magnetoelectrical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a magnetoelectrical manner
Veroboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈvɪəɹəʊbɔː(ɹ)d/
Forms: form: Veroboards
form: VERO board
Etymology: From Vero Technologies Ltd + board, a trademark in the United Kingdom.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Stripboard.
metasurface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metasurfaces
Etymology: From meta- + surface.
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, by integrating individually addressable arrays of adevices, we demonstrated a new class of spatially varying digital metasurfaces where the local dielectric constant can be reconfigured with a bias voltage.
ref: 2015, Osman Balci, Ertugrul Karademir, Semih Cakmakyapan, Nurbek Kakenov, Emre Ozan Polat, Humeyra Caglayan, Ekmel Ozbay, Coskun Kocabas, “Electrically Switchable Metadevices”, in arXiv:
text: Furthermore, we discuss the potential use of our metasurface absorber design in solar thermophotovoltaics by exploiting refractory plasmonic materials.
ref: 2015, A. K. Azad, W. J. M. Kort-Kamp, M. Sykora, N. R. Weisse-Bernstein, T. S. Luk, A. J. Taylor, D. A. R. Dalvit, H.-T. Chen, “Metasurface Broadband Solar Absorber”, in arXiv:
text: Planar metamaterials with subwavelength thickness, or metasurfaces, consisting of single-layer or few-layer stacks of planar structures, can be readily fabricated using lithography and nanoprinting methods, and the ultrathin thickness in the wave propagation direction can greatly suppress the undesirable losses.
ref: 2016, Hou-Tong Chen, Antoinette J Taylor, Nanfang Yu, “A review of metasurfaces: physics and applications”, in arXiv:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The surface of a metamaterial.
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A generalization of the metaball, not necessarily spherical.
metasurfaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metasurface
transexed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of transsexed.
transsexed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: transexed
Etymology: From trans- + sexed.
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, some transsexual people who do complete a sex-change […] come to see themselves as transsexed (Stone 1991) and hence as necessarily ambiguous in gender as well.
ref: 2007, Alison Stone, An Introduction to Feminist Philosophy, →ISBN, page 42:
glosses: Having undergone sex reassignment surgery.
Related terms: transsexual
transsexed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: transexed
Etymology: From trans- + sexed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of transsex
phenacene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenacenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a series of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons differing from the acenes in having a zig-zag structure
Related terms: alt: P3
word: phenanthrene
alt: P4
word: chrysene
alt: P5
word: picene
transsex
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: transsexes
form: transsexing
form: transsexed
form: transsexed
Etymology: From trans- + sex.
Senses: examples: text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:transsex.
text: Many intersexuals, however, are surgically assigned as male or female, and for some that assignment causes such disharmony between body and psyche that the subject then transsexes in adulthood.
ref: 2007, Catherine Harper, Intersex, →ISBN, page 11:
glosses: To transition (to undergo a transition) from being one sex/gender to being another (especially by sex reassignment surgery). (Compare transgender.)
examples: text: There is a common misconception that gay men, for instance, are naturally effeminate and may someday wish to transsex their bodies.
ref: 2009, Andrea Bloomgarden, Rosemary B. Mennuti, Psychotherapist Revealed, →ISBN, page 184:
text: Isis transsexes Iphis, female to male (Met. 9.668: Iphide mutata) in the nick of time (unusque dies restabat) on his/her wedding day.
ref: 2009, Bodies and Boundaries in Graeco-Roman Antiquity, →ISBN, page 136:
glosses: To transgender; to (cause something to) change from being sexed/gendered in one way to being sexed/gendered in another way.
transsex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + sex.
Senses: examples: text: New York, Ohio, and Texas ruled that transsex persons could marry only in the gender role that they had been assigned at birth.
ref: 2006, Paisley Currah, Richard M. Juang, Shannon Minter, Transgender Rights, →ISBN, page 65:
glosses: Transsexual.
Synonyms: word: transsexual
transsex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trans- + sex.
Senses: examples: text: Before we can answer this question, we need to consider two other phenomena – transsex and transgender – which also expose the muddle within conventional categories of sex.
ref: 2007, Alison Stone, An Introduction to Feminist Philosophy, →ISBN, page 41:
glosses: Transsexuality, transsexualism; the state of being transsexual. (Compare transgender.)
Related terms: transsexualize
transgender
transsexes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of transsex
transsexing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of transsex
Herculaneum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɜːkjuˈleɪni.əm/
ipa: /ˌhɜɹkjəˈleɪni.əm/
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin Herculaneum, named for the mythical figure Hercules.
Senses: glosses: An ancient town in modern Campania, Italy, which was entirely destroyed by the same eruption of Vesuvius that also turned Pompeii into a ruin.
every shut eye isn't asleep
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: ref: 1994, Michael S. Harper, Anthony Walton, Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry, →ISBN:
ref: 2006, Lisa Walker, Every Shut Eye Ain't Sleep, →ISBN:
text: The other girls appeared to be sleeping through it as well, but there's an old saying that says every closed eye isn't sleeping.
ref: 2006, Sabrina Nixon, Victims of Change, →ISBN, page 150:
ref: 2007, Patricia Barbee, Every Shut Eye Isn't Asleep, →ISBN:
text: “Hi, Daddy. I thought you were asleep.” “All closed eyes aren't sleep, baby,” he said, and peeped at his watch.
ref: 2007, Monica McKayhan, Indigo Summer, →ISBN, page 125:
ref: 2011, Teresa Hill, Every Closed Eye Ain't Sleep: African American Perspectives, →ISBN:
qualifier: especially African-American Vernacular
glosses: One must be careful, because some people who seem not to be paying attention are actually paying attention.
phenacenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phenacene
prefractionation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prefractionations
Etymology: From pre- + fractionation.
Senses: glosses: fractionation prior to some other process
propositionalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propositionalizations
Etymology: From propositional + -ization.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The transformation of a relational dataset into a propositional one.
semibounded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-bounded
Etymology: From semi- + bounded.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having either an upper or a lower bound, but not both
stereocorrelation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stereocorrelations
Etymology: From stereo- + correlation.
Senses: glosses: The correlation of features in a pair of stereo images in order to calculate their distance
Mensk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Belarusian Менск (Mjensk).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Minsk.
caudocranially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From caudocranial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a caudocranial manner.
cephalocaudally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cephalocaudal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a cephalocaudal manner.
rostrocaudally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From rostrocaudal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a rostrocaudal manner.
proximodistally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From proximodistal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a proximodistal manner.
cephalocaudal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cephalo- + caudal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between head and tail.
Derived terms: cephalocaudally
cephalocaudal trend
caudocranial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪniəl
Etymology: From caudo- + cranial.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between head and tail.
Derived terms: caudocranially
rostrocaudal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rostro- + caudal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: With a direction parallel to the head-tail axis.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: head-tail
glosses: Between head and tail.
Synonyms: anteroposterior
intrasegmental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + segmental.
Senses: glosses: Within a segment.
lateromedial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːdiəl
Etymology: From latero- + medial.
Senses: glosses: mediolateral
Derived terms: lateromedially
groundworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groundworkers
Etymology: From ground + worker.
Senses: glosses: A person who works on the ground, as opposed to an aviator, etc.
examples: text: At this stage of the construction process the only people on the site would normally be groundworkers and the steel erectors, followed by the roof cladders.
ref: 2014, Mike Riley, Alison Cotgrave, Construction Technology 2: Industrial and Commercial Building:
glosses: Somebody employed to dig trenches, foundations, etc. in the ground.
groundworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groundworker
barrelette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barrelettes
Etymology: From barrel + -ette.
Senses: glosses: A structure in the mouse brainstem associated with a particular whisker.
Related terms: barreloid
barrelettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barrelette
barreloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barreloids
Etymology: From barrel + -oid.
Senses: glosses: A structure in the ventral posterior medial nucleus of the thalamus in the mouse brain, associated with a particular whisker.
Related terms: barrelette
barreloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barreloid
mongoloidism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mongoloid + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Down syndrome
nonpalmitylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + palmitylated.
Senses: glosses: Not palmitylated.
robotnikin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Robotnik + -in, after Dr. Robotnik, the main villain in Sonic the Hedgehog video games. See sonic hedgehog.
Senses: examples: text: Robotnikin, a novel small molecule inhibitor of Shh-Ptch1 binding, was identified in a screen of bacterially expressed Shh N-terminal peptide by small molecule microarrays.
ref: 2011, YH Chia, CX Ma, Hedgehog pathway inhibitors: potential applications in breast cancer:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A potential inhibitor of the hedgehog signalling pathway.
wikipedia: Dr. Robotnik
nitroxazepine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A tricyclic antidepressant, also indicated for the treatment of nocturnal enuresis.
know like a book
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows like a book
form: knowing like a book
form: knew like a book
form: known like a book
Senses: examples: text: "He's a bad man, that John Mason, and my advice to you and to every one, is to keep clear of him. I know him like a book."
ref: 1851, T. S. Arthur, “That John Mason”, in Off-Hand Sketches:
text: "Olson can hide out around here until the snow flies if he wants to. He knows these woods—every steam and lake—like a book."
ref: 1939 June 21, “Slayer Still Free in Woods”, in Leader Post, Saskatchewan, Canada, retrieved 18 Nov 2013, page 9:
text: "I played with the guy seven days a week; I knew him like a book."
ref: 1998 March 22, Dave Anderson, “College Basketball: When Sherman White Threw It All Away”, in New York Times, retrieved 18 Nov 2013:
text: "Around here I know the shoreline like a book."
ref: 2010, Bill Ratcliffe, Liz, →ISBN, page 24:
qualifier: simile
glosses: To have an extensive and penetrating understanding of (something or someone).
Synonyms: know inside and out
know like the back of one's hand
Related terms: read like a book
maddah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maddahs
Etymology: From Arabic مَدَّة (madda).
Senses: glosses: Arabic diacritic similar in appearance to a tilde. Over an alif (آ (ʔā) "alif maddah"), it indicates glottal stop, /ʔ/, followed by a long /aː/. The diacritic is not used separately, only over alif. Alif maddah can appear in the beginning: آسِف (ʔāsif) or in the middle of a word: قُرْآن (qurʔān).
glosses: In the Qur'an, it indicates an extra long vowel and can appear over any long vowel.
glosses: In Persian the letter is used only in the beginning of a word with a long /aː/: آمدن (âmadan).
maddahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maddah
airframer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airframers
Etymology: From airframe + -er.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: maker of airframes, aircraft manufacturer
Coordinate terms: OEM
FBO
MRO
airframers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airframer
enginers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enginer
service trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of service tree
TAG
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more TAG
form: most TAG
Etymology: Acronym of tight-aggressive.
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Tight (inclined to play only strong starting hands and fold otherwise) and aggressive (inclined to raise often).
Related terms: tight
loose
aggressive
passive
TAG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TAGs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of tree-adjoining grammar.
glosses: Acronym of touch and go.
inventory Tetris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inventory tetris
Etymology: In reference to the shape-fitting puzzle game Tetris.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A system of inventory management where acquired items must be arranged according to the space that they consume.
waveplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waveplates
Etymology: From wave + plate.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A thin layer of a birefringent material that is used to introduce a controlled phase shift between the two polarization components of a light wave, thereby altering its polarization
waveplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waveplate
pre-cooler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pre-coolers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of precooler.
precooler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precoolers
Etymology: From pre- + cool + -er.
Senses: glosses: A device that precools things before they are placed into a cooler or fridge.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A device which cools the incoming airstream prior to its introduction into the combustion chamber or compressor.
Related terms: cool
cooler
precool
aftercooler
intercooler
precoolers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precooler
pre-coolers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pre-cooler
hyperburner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperburners
Etymology: From hyper- + burner.
Senses: glosses: an afterburner unit on a turbine engine that also functions as a ramjet engine
Coordinate terms: turbo-ramjet
hyperburners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperburner
turbo-ramjet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turbo-ramjets
Etymology: From turbo- + ramjet.
Senses: glosses: A turbine-based combined-cycle ramjet engine (an aeroengine that has a turbine jet engine core combined with a ramjet engine core)
Coordinate terms: hyperburner
TBCC
Related terms: turbojet
ramjet
RBCC
scramjet
turbine engine
turbo-ramjets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turbo-ramjet
antipeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: anti-peptide
Etymology: From anti- + peptide.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: That produces an immune response to a specific peptide sequence
betablockade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: betablockades
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of beta blockade.
bisubstrate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + substrate.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That targets two separate substrates
raw_tags: of an enzyme
luminiferous aether
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: luminiferous ether
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The supposed medium through which light is transmitted
chaoptin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chao- + opto- + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A photoreceptor cell-specific membrane glycoprotein
garcinol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Garcinia + -ol
Senses: glosses: A polyisoprenylated benzophenone derivative, isolated from Garcinia indica, that is a potent inhibitor of histone acetyltransferases
Derived terms: isogarcinol
polyisoprenylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + isoprenylated.
Senses: glosses: Modified by the addition of many isoprenoid groups
homocitrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homocitrates
Etymology: From homo- + citrate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of homocitric acid
immunonegative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + negative.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: That generates a negative response to a test for a specific antigen or antibody
interommatidial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + ommatidial.
Senses: glosses: Between ommatidia
maleimidyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From maleimide + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from maleimide
metaplasticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meta- + plasticity.
Senses: glosses: Any activity-dependent change to neural function that modulates subsequent synaptic plasticity
myometrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: myometric
neurocrystalline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + crystalline.
Senses: glosses: Containing a regular array of nerve cells (as in the retina of a compound eye)
neuroplastin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuroplastins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A transmembrane immunoglobin protein.
neuroplastins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuroplastin
neurothelin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cell-surface glycoprotein associated with the blood/brain barrier
thermophoretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thermo- + phoretic.
Senses: glosses: relating to thermophoresis
ursolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to ursolic acid and its derivatives.
QSL bureau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QSL bureaus
form: QSL bureaux
Senses: glosses: A bureau through which QSL cards can be exchanged, usually run by a national amateur radio organisation.
zebrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zebrins
Etymology: From zebra + -in, because of the stripes.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
neuroscience
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of the molecules expressed by subsets of Purkinje cells that reveal the underlying zone-and-stripe architecture of the cerebellum.
moleculae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of molecula
Fort Orange
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From various Dutch places named Fort Oranje (fort + Oranje), after the Oranje-Nassau branch of the House of Nassau, prominent in Dutch government since the 16th century Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule in the Netherlands.
Senses: glosses: A former Dutch fort and settlement at Albany, New York, in the United States
glosses: A preserved Dutch fort in Oranjestad on Sint Eustatius
glosses: A preserved Dutch fort on Itamaracá Island off Pernambuco, Brazil
glosses: A ruined Dutch fort and trading post near Sekondi in Ghana
glosses: A former Dutch fort and settlement at Tainan in southern Taiwan
glosses: A Dutch fort on Gorée Island off Senegal
glosses: A Dutch fort on Bonaire in the Dutch Antilles
Synonyms: sense: A former Dutch fort and settlement at Albany, New York, in the United States
word: Albany
sense: A preserved Dutch fort on Itamaracá Island off Pernambuco, Brazil
word: Fort of Santa Cruz de Itamaracá
sense: A former Dutch fort and settlement at Tainan in southern Taiwan
word: Tainan
sense: A former Dutch fort and settlement at Tainan in southern Taiwan
word: Fort Zeelandia
sense: A former Dutch fort and settlement at Tainan in southern Taiwan
word: Anping Fort
pitangas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pitanga
japonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: japonizes
form: japonizing
form: japonized
form: japonized
Senses: examples: text: On the whole, these activities seem quite chaotic, but they all are started along the same line of principle, i.e., to japonize everything of economic value in China that possibly can japonized.
ref: 1938, The China Journal - Volume 29, page 98:
text: This information is then quietly and clearly absorbed into Japanese culture and 'japonized'.
ref: 2001, Simon Fraser, Toyojirō Hida, Contemporary Japanese Jewellery:
text: Ironically, the current term is airon, a japonized version of the English word, “iron” (Ikeda 2015, 19; cf. 90–91).
ref: 2019, Uriah Y. Kim, Seung Ai Yang, T&T Clark Handbook of Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics:
glosses: Alternative form of Japanize.
japonizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of japonize
afrancesado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afrancesados
form: afrancesadoes
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese or Spanish afrancesado (“Francophile”).
Senses: glosses: An Iberian who supported the French during the Peninsular War.
afrancesados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afrancesado
Spartiates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Spartiate
Fort Zeelandia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From various Dutch places named Fort Zeelandia (fort + Zeelandia) after the Dutch province Zealand.
Senses: glosses: A preserved 17th-century Dutch fortress at Tainan on Taiwan
glosses: A preserved 17th-century Dutch fortress in Paramaribo, Suriname
glosses: A preserved 18th-century Dutch fortress on Fort Island, Guyana
glosses: A Dutch fortress in Benin
Synonyms: sense: A preserved 17th-century Dutch fortress at Tainan on Taiwan
word: Fort Orange
sense: A preserved 17th-century Dutch fortress at Tainan on Taiwan
word: Anping Fort
sense: A preserved 17th-century Dutch fortress at Tainan on Taiwan
word: Tainan
sense: A preserved 17th-century Dutch fortress in Paramaribo, Suriname
word: Fort Willoughby
sense: A preserved 17th-century Dutch fortress in Paramaribo, Suriname
word: Nieuw-Amsterdam
sense: A preserved 17th-century Dutch fortress in Paramaribo, Suriname
word: New York
sense: A preserved 18th-century Dutch fortress on Fort Island, Guyana
word: Fort Kyk-Over-Al
Phoenix City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Mandarin Chinese nickname for Tainan, 鳳凰城 /凤凰城 (Fènghuáng Chéng).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tainan.
synonyms: word: Tainan
faciomaxillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪləɹi
-æksɪlɛəɹi
Etymology: From facio- + maxillary.
Senses: glosses: maxillofacial
distoangularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From distoangular + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a distoangular manner.
mesioangularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mesioangular + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a mesioangular manner.
Tainan City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque from Chinese 臺南市 (literally “Tainan city”), the formal name of Tainan
Senses: examples: text: Chungshe is one of eleven villages in Liuchia township, Tainan county (see Maps 2 and 3). It lies about 30 kilometers northeast of Tainan city.
ref: 1972, Burton Pasternak, Kinship & Community in Two Chinese Villages, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 10:
topics: law
glosses: Synonym of Tainan.
synonyms: word: Tainan
distoangular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From disto- + angular.
Senses: examples: a distoangular impacted tooth
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Angled backward, towards the rear of the mouth.
Derived terms: distoangularly
mesioangular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mesio- + angular.
Senses: examples: text: a mesioangular impacted tooth
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Angled fully 90 degrees sideways.
Derived terms: mesioangularly
perichondria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perichondrium
ballistarius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballistarii
form: balistarius
Etymology: From Latin ballistārius.
Senses: glosses: A crossbowman.
slut-shaming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slut shaming
Senses: examples: text: But now the hit musical Grease has become the latest target of ‘woke’ critics who have condemned it for racism, sexism, homophobia and ‘slut-shaming’.
ref: 2021 January 2, Katie Hind, “Grease is 'racist, rapey, homophobic and slut-shaming' and should never be shown on TV again, say woke snowflakes”, in The Daily Mail:
glosses: The act of making a person (especially a woman) feel guilty or inferior for sexual activity, desires, expression, or circumstances that deviate from traditional or orthodox gender expectations or religious or cultural standards.
slut-shaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slut shaming
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slut-shame
Related terms: bald-shaming
body-shaming
fat-shaming
gay-shaming
revenge porn
slut shaming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slut-shaming.
ballistarii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballistarius
temaki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 手巻 (temaki).
Senses: examples: text: Two years ago, the chefs Taka Sakaeda and Jihan Lee, with their partner, the operations director Lisa Limb, established a branch of this restaurant in the West Village, an elegantly spare, pale space specializing in temaki, the open hand rolls.
ref: 2021 October 5, Florence Fabricant, “Nami Nori Branches Out With a Williamsburg Space”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A type of sushi in the form of a cone.
kreuzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɔɪtsə/
Forms: form: kreuzers
Etymology: From German Kreuzer, from Kreuz (“cross”).
Senses: examples: text: ‘She bought them in the market for a kreuzer!’
ref: 1960, Gottfried Keller, translated by AM Holt, Green Henry, Calder Publications, published 2010, page 647:
glosses: A small coin of varying value formerly used in parts of Germany and Austria.
theriology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From therio- + -logy or theri- + -ology.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mammalogy.
synonyms: word: mammalogy
Derived terms: theriologic
terotechnology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τηρεῖν (tēreîn, “care for”) + technology.
Senses: glosses: The engineering and technology related to the design and maintenance of industrial plant machinery.
terpinolene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terpinolenes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of terpinene.
synonyms: word: terpinene
Charles's Wain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Charles' Wain.
tetrabromoethylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tetra- + bromo- + ethylene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The brominated alkene CBr₂=CBr₂
tetraconch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetraconchs
form: tetraconches
Senses: glosses: A building, especially a church, that has four apses
inventory tetris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of inventory Tetris.
unsalved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + salved.
Senses: glosses: Not salved.
kurkul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kurkuls
form: kurkuli
Etymology: From Ukrainian куркуль (kurkulʹ, “kulak”), куркулі pl (kurkuli).
Senses: examples: text: “Kurkuls are our enemy,” he shouted, “and we must exterminate them as a social class. There should be no place for the sharks among the harmless fish,” he added. Then he described the kurkuls as an evil tool of capitalists who were preparing an attack on the Soviet Union.
ref: 1985, Miron Dolot, Execution by Hunger: The Hidden Holocaust, New York: W.W. Norton, →ISBN:
text: [p 308] The kulaks (in Ukraine we called them “kurkuls”) had been beaten and kicked out.
[p 310] We were not afraid, however. We went after the “kurkuls,” who were strong and ruthless in their hatred of everything new.
ref: 2000, Pasha Angelina, “The Most Important Thing”, in Sheila Fritzpatrick, Yuri Slezkine, editors, In the Shadow of Revolution: Life Stories of Russian Women from 1917 to the Second World War, Princeton University Press, →ISBN:
text: “I know. But you still have grain hidden from when you were a kurkul,” Fedir insisted.
ref: 2011, Mila Komarnisky, Wretched Land, Honolulu: Savant Books, →ISBN, page 120:
text: His collectivization of the farms was intended to eliminate the “Kurkuli” as a class (Kurkul means rich peasant). The Kurkuli or Kulaks were the target when Stalin implement The Great Famine of Ukraine, or the “Holodomor” (Death by Starvation), which would kill in excess of 10 million Ukrainians.
ref: 2013, George Tkachyk, Dream to Reality, Trafford, →ISBN, page 33:
glosses: A rich or supposedly rich peasant, targeted during Soviet collectivization, especially in the context of Ukraine or Ukrainians; kulak.
traumatic alopecia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: traumatic alopecias
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A condition where the subject pulls their own hair out, causing bald patches.
Related terms: traction alopecia
traction alopecia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: traction alopecias
Senses: topics: dermatology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A condition where hair loss is caused by chronic pulling of the hair.
Related terms: traumatic alopecia
traumatic alopecias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traumatic alopecia
driveaways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of driveaway
carefullest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Love-thirty, love-forty, oh! weakness of joy, / The speed of a swallow, the grace of a boy, / With carefullest carelessness, gaily you won, / I am weak from your loveliness, Joan Hunter Dunn.
ref: 1945, John Betjeman, A Subaltern's Love Song:
glosses: superlative form of careful: most careful
glider guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glider gun
zero grade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zero grades
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zero-grade.
shower in a can
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Many can last without a shower with equal aplomb, until the old nooks and crannies start getting a bit whiffy—even then, though, there's that marvellous modern solution—shower in a can.
ref: 2011, Tony Inman, The Parrot & The Lady, page 147:
text: I brushed my teeth, changed my clothes and sprayed on a healthy portion of deodorant – or as I like to call it, shower in a can.
ref: 2017, Graham Hughes, Man of the World: Book 1 of The Odyssey Expedition:
glosses: A can of spray-on deodorant, typically used when there is no time for a shower.
glosses: A dry shower.
webtoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webtoons
Etymology: From Web + toon, dating from at least 2001 (see citations). For Korean comics, likely a re-borrowing of Korean 웹툰 (weptun), itself from the original sense.
Senses: examples: text: Have a webtoon! Elf Life: http://www.elflife.com
ref: 2001, 11 September, "Rob Cruickshank, part-time human being", Re: Strange ad copy of the day (on newsgroup alt.slack)
text: As Flash Webtoons and animated shorts have become more and more popular, a spate of tools have cropped up to facilitate their creation.
ref: 2006, Ethan Watrall, Norbert Herber, Flash MX 2004 Savvy, page 12:
text: Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi used Flash animation to bring cartoons (sometimes called online cartoons or webtoons) to the Internet.
ref: 2008, Don Rauf, Monique Vescia, Virtual Apprentice: Cartoon Animator, page 29:
text: More and more cartoons are made using special techniques with a lot of help from computers. Some people are making cartoons for the internet. These are called webtoons. You could make a webtoon, too.
ref: 2009, Caroline Nixon, Michael Tomlinson, Kid's Box 5 Pupil's Book: Book 5:
text: When it comes to Flash animated cartoons, also called webtoons, the first noted use was in 1999 when Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi set out to bring cartoons to the Web. Soon after, webtoons began popping up everywhere.
ref: 2010, Michael Duggan, PSP Game Creation for Teens, page 13:
glosses: An animated cartoon published on the World Wide Web.
examples: text: We can read a webtoon using an application on our phone.
ref: 2018, WESTECH 2018: Proceedings of 1st Workshop on Environmental Science, Society, and Technology, WESTECH 2018, December 8th, 2018, Medan, Indonesia, page 166:
text: Now producing a branded webtoon and adding a webtoon platform to a company's overall promotional branding strategy makes it look in-step with the times and popular culture.
ref: 2021, Brian Yecies, Ae-Gyung Shim, South Korea's Webtooniverse and the Digital Comic Revolution, page 155:
text: Easy access is another positive trait of webtoons—facile because of the elimination of distribution hassles, […]
ref: 2022, John A. Lent, Wendy Siuyi Wong, Benjamin Wai–ming Ng, Transnationalism in East and Southeast Asian Comics Art, page 104:
glosses: A kind of Korean comic that is published digitally for reading on a smartphone or computer.
webtoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of webtoon
Hazlittian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hazlittian
form: most Hazlittian
Etymology: From Hazlitt + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to William Hazlitt (1778–1830), English writer, remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism, and as an art critic, drama critic, social commentator, and philosopher.
purple yams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purple yam
dexify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dexifies
form: dexifying
form: dexified
form: dexified
Etymology: Blend of defend + explain + justify
Senses: examples: text: This is a common masochistic sabotage that I describe with the acronym "dexify." When individuals defend, explain, or justify, they are unnecessarily supporting the reasons for their decision and giving others the opportunity to rebut their rationale.
ref: 1986, David Brandt, Don't Stop Now, You're Killing Me: The Sadomasochism Game in Everyday Life and How Not to Play It, Poseidon Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 88:
text: Powerful people don't dexify (defend, explain, or justify).
ref: 1991, Roberta Jean Bryant, Stop Improving Yourself and Start Living, New World Library, →ISBN, →OL, page 65:
text: The reason for this is that when you ask "why" questions people feel defensive and have a tendency to "dexify" (defend, explain, justify) what they said.
ref: 1991 March, David Farlow, “Principles of Rapport - Focus Group Moderation”, in Quirk's Marketing Research Review, volume 5:
text: We may “dexify” — try to defend, explain and justify — so that the angry person will stop being angry with us.
ref: 1998 March 10, Robert Holman Coombs, Surviving Medical School, Thousand Oaks; London; New Delhi: Sage Publications, →ISBN, →OL, page 145:
glosses: Defend, explain, and/or justify.
unnursed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + nursed.
Senses: glosses: That has not been nursed.
unnunned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unnun
Jainite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jainites
Etymology: From Jain + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Jainist
Jainites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jainite
dexifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dexify
dexifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dexify
dexified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dexify
untormented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + tormented.
Senses: glosses: Not tormented.
ungoaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + goaded.
Senses: glosses: Not goaded.
trinitarianisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trinitarianism
traction alopecias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traction alopecia
unpackage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unpackages
form: unpackaging
form: unpackaged
form: unpackaged
Etymology: From un- + package.
Senses: glosses: To remove from a package.
unpackaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unpackage
unpackages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unpackage
packageability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From package + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being packageable.
unpackageable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + packageable.
Senses: examples: text: The spread ratio of the cookie can be crucial in a commercial plant; if the ratio suddenly changes (in either direction), the cookies may not fit into the carton or tray and may be unsalable because they are unpackageable.
ref: 1990, Clyde E. Stauffer, Functional Additives for Bakery Foods, page 261:
glosses: Not packageable.
unpackable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + packable.
Senses: examples: text: Eight chairs, two tents, tables, food and lamps were among the articles whose unpackable shapes were to provide us with many problems during the tour.
ref: 1997, Susan Wood, A Fly in Amber, page 172:
glosses: Not packable.
unpackable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From unpack + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being unpacked.
disjunctional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From disjunction + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to disjunction.
Derived terms: disjunctionally
nondisjunctional
disjunctionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From disjunctional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of or by means of disjunction.
unelectric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + electric.
Senses: glosses: Not electric.
uneclectic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛktɪk
Forms: form: more uneclectic
form: most uneclectic
Etymology: From un- + eclectic.
Senses: glosses: Not eclectic.
repackageable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From repackage + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be repackaged.
repackable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From repack + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be repacked.
antifraudulent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antifraudulent
form: most antifraudulent
Etymology: From anti- + fraudulent.
Senses: glosses: Acting against fraud.
antiscam
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiscam
form: most antiscam
Etymology: From anti- + scam.
Senses: glosses: Acting against scams.
strandwolves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strandwolf
strandlopers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strandloper
kulaki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kulak
Derlethian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Derlethian
form: most Derlethian
Etymology: From Derleth + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to August William Derleth (1909–1971), American writer and anthologist, best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos genre of horror.
nonprocreating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + procreating.
Senses: glosses: Not procreating.
procreational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From procreation + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Homophobia is based on criticizing any sexual expression outside of procreational sex.
ref: 1988 August 13, Elizabeth Pincus, “1978 Revisited”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 5, page 7:
glosses: Relating to procreation.
subspectral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + spectral.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a subspectrum.
ministage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ministages
Etymology: From mini- + stage.
Senses: glosses: A small stage (in various senses).
ministages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ministage
uncashable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + cashable.
Senses: examples: uncashable promissory notes
glosses: Not cashable.
uncashiered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + cashiered.
Senses: glosses: Not cashiered.
all one's life's worth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: all one's life is worth
form: all that one's life is worth
form: all that one's life's worth
Senses: examples: text: Many of its streets are cavern-like, for they run under the houses. . . . There is no regularity of style about them, and it is all one's life is worth to try to find the way among them without a guide and a torch.
ref: 1889, Edward L. Wilson, “From Sinai to Shechem,”, in The Century Magazine, volume 37, page 208:
text: "I'm going to take a much-needed nap—and it'll be all your life's worth to let me miss that train!"
ref: 1907, B. M. Bower, chapter 7, in The Happy Family:
text: "It's all one's life is worth to board one of these confounded cable-cars."
ref: 1907, George Jean Nathan and Henry Louis Mencken (eds.), The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, vol. 23, p. 23 (Google snippet view)
text: "Fancy planting a capitol in this Godforsaken spot. Fairly reeks of ague and alligators and things. 'Tis all one's life's worth to put foot out of doors."
ref: 1912, Acton Davies, Charles Frederic Nirdlinger, chapter 15, in The First Lady in the Land:
text: It is particularly bad out in front of the House Office Building between 5 and 7 o'clock in the evening. It is all your life is worth to get a cab then.
ref: 1962, District of Columbia Appropriations, U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 217 (Google snippet view)
text: "[I]t's about all your life's worth to go out into that blizzard, even for just a few feet."
ref: 2007, Elridge Trott, Gathering at Vantage, →ISBN, page 242:
text: "I'm afraid you need to wait until the women say you can come in. It would be all your life's worth to go bustin in now."
ref: 2013, Anne Hassett, The Sojourn, →ISBN, page 13:
glosses: A momentous matter; a very serious risk; a difficult task or situation.
all one's life is worth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of all one's life's worth.
all that one's life is worth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of all one's life's worth.
all that one's life's worth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of all one's life's worth.
deadcart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deadcarts
form: dead-cart
Etymology: From dead + cart.
Senses: examples: text: It shuddered over the tortures of the Provost, breathed forth its profound execrations against the barbarities of Cunningham, and the avarice of Loring, and with eyes of horror, followed the deadcart, daily loaded with victims[…]
ref: 1834, The North American Magazine, volume 4, page 194:
glosses: A cart for transporting the bodies of the dead in times of plague.
deadcarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deadcart
truncational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From truncation + -al.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
geography
geology
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to truncation.
backoff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backoffs
Etymology: Deverbal from back off.
Senses: examples: a backoff strategy to avoid collisions
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken.
examples: text: The surfer is in the middle of a backoff. Paddle for unbroken waves butterfly-style, with both arms at the same time, instead of using the crawl stroke that got you out to where the waves are breaking.
ref: 1997, James MacLaren, Learn to Surf, page 82:
text: I fastened the board's leash to my ankle, jumped on and paddled past the backoff.
ref: 2012, Kimberly Young Chopin, Metamorphosis: A Love Story, page 22:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making the wave less steep and potentially unsurfable.
backoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backoff