cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
PLWHIV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] noted that the older PLWHIV appeared distinctly uncomfortable around younger PLWHIV, seemed markedly self-conscious about their infection, and that it was difficult to interest them in many of the available services.
ref: 2002, Janice E. Nichols, David C. Speer, Betty J. Watson, Mary Watson, Tiffany L. Vergon, Colette M. Vallee, Joan M. Meah, Aging with HIV: Psychological, Social, and Health Issues, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 328:
text: PLWHIV report a heightened sense of guardedness around others (Bennett, 1990) and are likely to be sensitive to the behaviors of other people that signal prejudicial attitudes about HIV (e.g., Chapman, 2002; Rintamaki et al., 2007).
ref: 2009, Dale E Brashers, Daena Goldsmith, Communicating to Manage Health and Illness, Routledge, →ISBN, page 214:
text: A limitation of the study is the sample being comprised solely of PLWHIV who are receiving HIV care. The study results are only applicable to PLWHIV who are in HIV care and have intentions to conceive with their partner.
ref: 2016, Friday Okonofua, African Journal of Reproductive Health: Vol.20, No.1 March 2016, Universal-Publishers, →ISBN, page 49:
text: Quality of life in people living with HIV (PLWHIV), dementia, schizophrenia, and tuberculosis was significantly affected, more on the psychological and social domains compared with diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and cancer diseases ...
ref: 2020, Robert J. Reynolds, Steven M. Day, Aging: Life Span and Life Expectancy, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 71:
glosses: Acronym of people living with HIV.
first nights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first night
crapped out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crap out
craps out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crap out
crapping out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crap out
pretranscribe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pretranscribes
form: pretranscribing
form: pretranscribed
form: pretranscribed
Etymology: From pre- + transcribe.
Senses: glosses: To transcribe before some other operation
pretranscribed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From pre- + transcribed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pretranscribe
pretranscribed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + transcribed.
Senses: glosses: transcribed before some other operation
subhaplogrouping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subhaplogroupings
Etymology: From sub- + haplogrouping.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The assignment of subhaplogroups
Radio Row
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Radio Rows
form: radio row
Senses: synonyms: radio city
Radio City
radiotown
Radiotown
radio town
Radio Town
glosses: A city district where radio, television, broadcasting, and electronics may be purchased and repaired, and shops are concentrated in.
Coordinate terms: central business district
Chinatown
downtown
financial district
French Quarter
fur district
garment district
Gay Village
Germantown
high street
Koreatown
Latin Quarter
Little Italy
Little Saigon
Little Tokyo
main street
Village
Radio Row
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former district of Manhattan, Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York State, United States; a district that was demolished to make way for the World Trade Center.
glosses: A district of North End, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
glosses: A neighborhood of Downtown district, Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A neighborhood of Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States.
glosses: A neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Gay Village
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gay Villages
form: gay village
Senses: synonyms: gay neighbourhood
gay neighborhood
gaybourhood
gayborhood
gay enclave
gay ghetto
gaytto
gay district
gay quarter
gaytown
glosses: A neighborhood where an LGBT community is concentrated.
Coordinate terms: central business district
Chinatown
downtown
financial district
French Quarter
fur district
garment district
Germantown
high street
Koreatown
Latin Quarter
Little Italy
Little Saigon
Little Tokyo
main street
Radio Row
Village
Gay Village
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Ville-Marie borough, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Manchester, United Kingdom.
glosses: Former name of The Village: a neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
hip dysplasias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hip dysplasia
candidalysins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candidalysin
hackney writer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hackney writers
Senses: examples: text: […] he learned, that Justice Gobble, whose father was a tailor, had for some time served as a journeyman hosier in London, where he had picked up some law terms, by conversing with hackney writers and attorneys’ clerks of the lowest order; […]
ref: 1760, Tobias Smollet, The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves:
text: […] and at this his first entrance on the world he found, as he himself said, no choice but to be a hackney writer or a hackney coachman.
ref: 1910, G. M. Godden, Henry Fielding: A Memoir:
synonyms: penny-a-liner
glosses: A writer for hire.
Echeniques
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Echenique
silver fork novel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silver fork novels
form: silver-fork novel
Etymology: Coined by English essayist and writer William Hazlitt in 1827.
Senses: examples: text: In addition, the chapter also explores the influence of the London Season on the content and form of the silver fork novel. One common critique of the silver fork novel was that the genre was formulaic and, thus, easily produced by any hack writer who might put pen to paper.
ref: 2015, Cheryl A. Wilson, Fashioning the Silver Fork Novel, Routledge, →ISBN, page 22:
synonyms: fashionable novel
glosses: A 19th-century genre of English literature that depicted the lives of the upper class and the aristocracy.
Related terms: silver spoon
Buysse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Buysses
Etymology: Variant of French Buis. This surname is mostly found in Belgium.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Buikema
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Buikemas
Etymology: Borrowed from West Frisian Buikema.
Senses: glosses: A surname from West Frisian.
Buikemas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Buikema
Buysses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Buysse
Chukwus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Chukwu
Chomas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Choma
Donado
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Donados
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Donado. This surname is mostly found in Colombia.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Dombeks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dombek
Donados
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Donado
Eschete
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eschetes
Etymology: Variant of French Eschette, a habitational surname from a place in Luxembourg.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
homomonomeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From homo- + monomeric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of the same monomers
Gasiorowski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gasiorowskis
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Gąsiorowski.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Gasiorowskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gasiorowski
Eschetes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Eschete
metallotransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metallotransferases
Etymology: From metallo- + transferase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A transferase that is a metalloenzyme
Ghormley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ghormleys
Etymology: Variant of Gormley.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Ohio, United States.
Jezierskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Jezierski
Ghormleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ghormley
Guichard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Guichards
Etymology: Borrowed from French Guichard. Doublet of Old English Wigheard (viz.)
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Halabi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Halabis
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic حَلَبِي (ḥalabī, “Haleppine”). This surname is mostly found in Saudi Arabia.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Arabic.
Halabis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Halabi
Guichards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Guichard
McNeal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McNeals
form: MacNeal
Etymology: Variant of McNeil.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Florida, United States.
Murran
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Murrans
Etymology: Reduced form of McMurran or a variant of Murrin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Hsishuangpanna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 西雙版納／西双版纳 (Xīshuāngbǎnnà) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsi¹-shuang¹-pan³-na⁴.
Senses: examples: text: Chinghung, meaning “City of the Dawn” in the Tai language, the capital of the Hsishuangpanna Tai Autonomous Chou, lies in an agricultural area on the lower Lantsang.
ref: 1964, Yu-ti (任育地) Jen, “The Southwest Region”, in 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 181:
english: A Concise Geography of China
translation: A Concise Geography of China
text: The Nationalities Solidarity also reported on July 6, 1958: “One of the two very first cooperatives in Hsishuangpanna, the Su-sheng Agricultural Cooperative of Ching-hung County, which was first formed in May 1956, had to face mass withdrawal from the cooperative in April and May 1957. Twelve of the 30 member households firmly wanted to withdraw."
ref: 1966, Peter Kunstadter, editor, Southeast Asian Tribes, Minorities, and Nations, volume I, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 189:
text: For me to be able to see my ideas actually working in the Hsishuangpanna in Yunan^([sic – meaning Yunnan]) Province among the Thai nationality people, was, to say the least, an extremely inspirational experience.
ref: 1974 July-August, Gary Foley, “An Aboriginal In The People's Republic Of China”, in Michael Rose, editor, For the Record: 160 Years of Aboriginal Print Journalism, Republished work of New Dawn, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 197:
glosses: Alternative form of Xishuangbanna.
Lywood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lywoods
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Lywoods
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lywood
Murrans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Murran
McNeals
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McNeal
bioservice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioservices
Etymology: From bio- + service.
Senses: glosses: A biological or biochemical service; a company that provides such a service
bioservices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioservice
sotrovimab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A monoclonal antibody used to treat COVID-19
aquaglycoporin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquaglycoporins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of aquaporin that is active in the transport of water and glycols (including glycerol)
Related terms: aquaglyceroporin
bicoxofemoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + coxofemoral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the hips and the femur
Ching-pien
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 靖邊 /靖边 (Jìngbiān) Wade–Giles romanization: Ching⁴-pien¹.
Senses: examples: text: A deep bed of this red sandstone occurs at the head of the Yen Shui valley, a few miles south of Ching-pien.
ref: 1912, Robert Sterling Clark, Arthur de Carle Sowerby, Through Shên-kan: The Account of the Clark Expedition in North China, 1908-9., T. Fisher Unwin, →OCLC, page 122:
text: On the other hand, poorer districts like Ching-pien, Shensi, complained of difficulty in maintaining one or two shu-yüan properly.
ref: 1962, Chung-li Chang, “Gentry Functions as a Source of Income”, in The Income of the Chinese Gentry, Seattle: University of Washington Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 56:
text: A typical Gobi site has been reported at Hsiao-ch’iao-p’an in Ching-pien, northern Shensi.
ref: 1966, 鄭徳坤 [Chêng Tê-k'un], “Prehistoric China”, in Archaeology in China, volume 1, →OCLC, page 104:
english: Chêng Tê-k'un
translation: Chêng Tê-k'un
glosses: Alternative form of Jingbian.
biorealistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + realistic.
Senses: glosses: biological and realistic
Related terms: biorealistically
biorealistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From bio- + realistically.
Senses: glosses: In a biorealistic manner
velleitary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more velleitary
form: most velleitary
Etymology: Derived from velleity.
Senses: examples: text: The Preface of the S.T. being vindicated from the exceptions of Mr. T. wherein his skirmiſhings have been manifeſted to be velitary, and weak indeed.
ref: 1668, Robert Brown, Jerubbaal, Or, A Vindication of The Sober Testimony Against Sinful Complyance:
text: And these kisses, […] it was Mrs. Gorman's invariable habit to catch up, as it were, upon her own lips, and return, with tranquil civility, as one picks up a glove, or newspaper, let fall in some public place, and restores it with a smile, if not a bow, to its rightful proprietor. So that each kiss was in reality two kisses, first Watt's kiss, velleitary, anxious, and then Mrs. Gorman's, unctious and urbane.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
text: The women, who are frequently, if not universally, complicitous with Mona, are also shown to be velleitary and unwilling to break with convention as she has done: "I'd have liked to be free," says one, dreamily; and another: "When you're married, you're caught for life".
ref: 1999, Ross Chambers, Loiterature:
glosses: Slow in taking action; lacking resolve.
uncoercible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncoercible
form: most uncoercible
Senses: examples: text: And so always, when the impossibility of my knowing, of Watt's having known, what I know, what Watt knew, seems absolute, and insurmountable, and undeniable, and uncoercible, it could be shown that I know, because Watt told me, and that Watt knew, because someone told him, or because he found out for himself.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of incoercible.
Cerise
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cerises
Senses: glosses: A female given name from French.
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Related terms: Cherry
funambulistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more funambulistic
form: most funambulistic
Etymology: From funambulist + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Watt's was a funambulistic stagger.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: Of or relating to a tightrope walker or funambulist.
retardings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retarding
ravanastron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A ravanastron hung, on the wall, from a nail, like a plover.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: Synonym of ravanahatha.
synonyms: word: ravanahatha
ravanahatha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ravanahathas
form: ravanhatta
form: rawanhattha
form: ravanastron
Etymology: Possibly borrowed from many Indic languages, most likely from Hindi रावण हत्था (rāvaṇ hatthā).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An ancient bowed stringed instrument of India, Sri Lanka, and surrounding areas, possibly an ancestor of the violin.
subepileptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + epileptic.
Senses: examples: text: And then there was young Tom's wife Mag née Sharpe aged forty-one years, greatly handicapped in her house and outdoor activity by subepileptic seizures of monthly incidence, during which she rolled foaming on the floor, or on the yard, or on the vegetable patch, or on the river's brim, and seldom failed to damage herself in one way or another, […]
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: Approaching the condition of epilepsy.
biodiversely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more biodiversely
form: most biodiversely
Etymology: From biodiverse + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a biodiverse manner.
underhose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + hose.
Senses: examples: text: For the pocket in which Erskine kept this key was not the kind of pocket that Watt could pick. For it was no ordinary pocket, no, but a secret one, sewn on to the front of Erskine's underhose.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: Hose worn underneath other clothing.
traded places
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trade places
trading places
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trade places
trades places
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trade places
changed places
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of change places
changing places
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of change places
changes places
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of change places
Bandusia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: That he who has the time should lack the force, that she who has the force should lack the time! That a trifling and in all probability tractable obstruction of some endocrinal Bandusia, that a mere matter of forty-five or fifty minutes by the clock, should as effectively as death itself, or as the Hellespont, separate lovers.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: A spring near Venusia, the subject of an ode by the ancient poet Horace.
Derived terms: Bandusian
Bandusian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Bandusia.
foremonished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of foremonish
foremonishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of foremonish
foremonishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of foremonish
snited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of snite
sniting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of snite
patisiran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A medication for the treatment of polyneuropathy in people with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis.
patkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patka
inclisiran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A medication for the treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), ASCVD risk equivalents and heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH).
tap of work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taps of work
Senses: glosses: Synonym of stroke of work.
synonyms: word: stroke of work
taps of work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tap of work
Surreyside
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: On the side of the River Thames on which the county of Surrey is located.
Surreyside
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: On or to the side of the River Thames on which the county of Surrey is located.
drayperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draypersons
form: draypeople
Etymology: From dray + -person.
Senses: glosses: A drayman or draywoman.
draywoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draywomen
Etymology: From dray + -woman.
Senses: glosses: A female drayman.
draypeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drayperson
draypersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drayperson
draywomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of draywoman
Ji'nan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 濟南 /济南 (Jǐnán) incorrectly as Jǐ'nán.
Senses: examples: text: 7. The Japanese in Ji'nan^([sic – meaning Jinan]) put forward five demands on China, including that all Chinese troops should withdraw to a limit of twenty li from Ji'nan^([sic – meaning Jinan]) and from either side of the Ji'nan^([sic – meaning Jinan])-Qingdao railway; they demand a reply within twelve hours.
ref: 1982, Colin Mackerras, Modern China: A Chronology from 1842 to the present, San Francisco, CA: W. H. Freeman and Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 320:
text: The northernmost of two roads around the Baiyun Mountains from the provincial capital, Ji'nan^([sic – meaning Jinan]) fifty miles to the west), to the thriving eighteenth- and nineteenth-century market town and silk-weaving center of Zhoucun and continuing on to Yantai on the Bohai Gulf, passed directly through Zouping town.
ref: 1998, Andrew G. Walder, “Zouping in Perspective”, in Andrew G. Walder, editor, Zouping in Transition: The Process of Reform in Rural North China, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 3:
text: Schall explained to him that it was impossible to go to Korea at that time because of hostilities between Koreans and the Manchus. Instead, he proposed that Caballero go to Ji'nan^([sic – meaning Jinan]), the capital of Shandong province (see maps 1 and 2), where there lived a small number of Christians who had recently been abandoned by the departure of a Jesuit priest.
ref: 2001, D. E. Mungello, “The Trials and Endeavors of Father Antonio”, in The Spirit and the Flesh in Shandong, 1650-1785, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 9–10:
text: Still, next up may be the eastern city of Ji'nan^([sic – meaning Jinan]) in Shandong province, said Guo Qi, the executive producer of the Beijing Fringe Festival, now in its fourth year.
ref: 2011 December 14, Didi Tang, “China Opens the Stage Curtains”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2011, Theater:
glosses: Misspelling of Jinan.
ACOBA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.
acousmata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acousma
gladdenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gladdening
aloner
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From alone + -er (comparative suffix).
Senses: examples: text: So sick, so alone.
And now.
Sicker, aloner.
Was not that something?
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: More alone or isolated.
aloner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aloners
Etymology: From alone + -er (relational suffix).
Senses: examples: text: If you are an aloner, you are self-reliant and autonomous, and relatively introverted. You don't need the company of others to buoy you up; […]
ref: 2005, Claire Gordon, Do You Know the Real You?, page 57:
text: I remember reading an article that described three personality types – socializers, loners, and aloners.
ref: 2013, Margaux Joy DeNador, The Art of Living a Life You Love, page 158:
glosses: A person who enjoys being alone, but without the antisocial connotations of being a "loner".
Related terms: go-it-aloner
milkboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milkboys
Etymology: From milk + boy.
Senses: examples: text: It was on a morning that the milkboy came singing to the door, shrilly to the door his tuneless song, and went singing away, having measured out the milk, from his can, to the jug, with all his usual liberality.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: A boy who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses; a young milkman.
milkboys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milkboy
subfluent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It was through the crown of this construction [a bridge] that one day Watt, treading more heavily than was his wont, or picking his steps with less than his usual care, drove his foot, and part of his leg. And he would certainly have fallen, and perhaps been carried away by the subfluent flood, had I not been at hand to bear him up.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: Flowing beneath.
subfluent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subfluent
form: most subfluent
Etymology: From sub- + fluent.
Senses: examples: text: The two basic types of aphasia are subfluent and fluent.
ref: 2012, William J. Weiner, Christopher G. Goetz, Robert K. Shin, Neurology for the Non-Neurologist, page 540:
glosses: Below the level of fluency in a language.
opacious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more opacious
form: most opacious
Senses: examples: text: […] I should never have gone near the fence, under any circumstances; for I was very fond of fences, of wire fences, very fond indeed; not of walls, nor palisades, nor opacious hedges, no; but to all that limited motion, without limiting vision, to the ditch, the dyke, the barred window, the bog, the quicksand, the paling, I was deeply attached, at that time, deeply deeply attached.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: Opaque.
golf bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golf bags
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A long bag for carrying golf clubs.
golf bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golf bag
Dewey Decimal Systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dewey Decimal System
telephone shower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telephone showers
Senses: synonyms: hand shower
glosses: A shower equipped with a showerhead that is attached to a long hose, somewhat resembling a traditional landline handset, used to more precisely aim the water stream at the bather.
glosses: The handheld showerhead in such a shower.
storm lantern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: storm lanterns
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Case carried a storm-lantern in his hand. From it issued a yellow beam, of extraordinary debility.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: Synonym of hurricane lamp.
synonyms: word: hurricane lamp
storm lanterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of storm lantern
faintliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: superlative form of faintly: most faintly
puckaun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpʌkɔːn/
Forms: form: puckauns
form: puckawn
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish pocán.
Senses: examples: text: Riley's puckaun again, said Mr. Nolan, I can smell him from here.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: A he-goat.
puckauns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puckaun
pay nature's debt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pays nature's debt
form: paying nature's debt
form: paid nature's debt
form: paid nature's debt
Senses: examples: text: […] and that a younger famished dog should by this man at Mr. Knott's expense be acquired and held in reserve, against the day when the first famished dog should die, and that then again another famished dog should in the same way be procured and held in readiness, against the inevitable hour when the second famished dog should pay nature's debt, and so on indefinitely, there being thus two famished dogs always available, […]
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: Synonym of pay the debt of nature (“to die”).
synonyms: word: pay the debt of nature
extra: to die
foremore
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: antonyms: hindermore
glosses: Further forward.
foremore
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: For then I shall rise, no, I am not seated, then I shall go, just as I am, in the things I stand up in, […] and pass out with a nod on the hard road and up on the hard path and so go, putting my better foot foremore to the best of my abilities, […]
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: Further forward.
Related terms: foremost
subcostate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + costate.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat or nearly costate.
substriate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + striate.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat or nearly striate.
substriated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of substriate.
fractoemission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fractoemissions
Etymology: From fracto- + emission.
Senses: glosses: The generation of charge through the breakup of rock particles.
fractoemissions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fractoemission
DGML
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Directed Graph Markup Language.
bucket steak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bucket steaks
Senses: glosses: cube steak
bucket steaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bucket steak
astrocartography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From astro- + cartography.
Senses: glosses: A form of astrology that links elements of the birth chart with locations on Earth, resulting in travel recommendations.
fershnickered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fershnickered
form: most fershnickered
Senses: examples: text: But when I leaned in to kiss him again, Lukas pulled away with a dazed or possibly dazzled expression, as if his senses were so refined he could only take one hit off the gravity bong of our mutual desire without getting completely fershnickered.
ref: 2013, Hilary T. Smith, Wild Awake:
text: Tolek joined the third officer in the back, but didn't notice until it was too late that the three were totally fershnickered. The car lurched wildly all over the narrow bitumen road, violently jerking around corners. Tolek politely asked to be let out, but the officers just laughed.
ref: 2020, Leon Silver, The Miracle Typist:
glosses: Intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
nontraversable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + traversable.
Senses: synonyms: untraversable
glosses: Not traversable.
Related terms: nontraversability
traversability
traversables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traversable
elitocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒkɹəsi
Forms: form: elitocracies
Etymology: From elite + -o- + -cracy.
Senses: glosses: Rule by an elite.
elitocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elitocracy
Heinleinesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Heinleinesque
form: most Heinleinesque
Etymology: From Heinlein + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of the works of Robert Anson Heinlein (1907–1988), American science fiction writer.
fatbeards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fatbeard
bitcoiner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitcoiners
Etymology: From bitcoin + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who uses the bitcoin cryptocurrency.
Related terms: nocoiner
bitcoiners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bitcoiner
bridging plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bridging plates
Senses: examples: text: "Thanks to the deck of an articulated lorry being similar to the rail vehicle, all we needed was some hardstanding and a bridging plate. Sometimes it pays to keep it simple," he says.
ref: 2021 September 8, Anthony Lambert, “On track for express parcels delivery”, in RAIL, number 939, page 41:
glosses: A metal plate used to bridge a gap between a lorry or truck and a loading bay (or between two vehicles) for loading and unloading purposes.
Synonyms: bridge plate
fairy ring champignon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fairy ring champignons
Senses: synonyms: fairy ring agaric
fairy ring fungus
fairy ring mushroom
hyponyms: Scotch bonnet
glosses: The edible mushroom Marasmius oreades.
fairy ring champignons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fairy ring champignon
bridging plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bridging plate
savantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more savantic
form: most savantic
Etymology: From savant + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: […] assumed in savantic circles […]
ref: 1955, The Illustrated London News, volume 226, page 466:
text: Agreed that presently there are personality obstructions to the concentrated aspects of the savantic qualities, but evolution affords man the opportunity to diminish these restrictive traits and concentrate on the keen, new facets of the creative mind.
ref: 2009, Stephen Stuart, The Wonder of All That Is: The Story of Bean, page 183:
glosses: Of or relating to savants.
dirty thunderstorms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dirty thunderstorm
disincentivisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of disincentivization.
cosmicist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cosmic + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to cosmicism.
loading bays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loading bay
underdistribute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underdistributes
form: underdistributing
form: underdistributed
form: underdistributed
Etymology: From under- + distribute.
Senses: examples: text: A foundation working to the dollar may find it has underdistributed or overdistributed upon final calculation. There is much work required for but no benefit obtained from a perfectly calculated distribution figure.
ref: 2008, Jerry J. McCoy, Kathryn W. Miree, Family Foundation Handbook 2009, pages 7–56:
text: Among the underdistributed films four deserve mention here: Otar Ioseliani's Pastorale […], which had been released only in Moscow in a single print; […]
ref: 2009, Nancy Condee, The Imperial Trace: Recent Russian Cinema, page 258:
glosses: To distribute too little, or not widely enough.
underdistributes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underdistribute
underdistributing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underdistribute
underdistributed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underdistribute
underdistribution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underdistributions
Etymology: From under- + distribution.
Senses: glosses: An inadequate distribution (especially of money).
underdistributions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underdistribution
mainfalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mainfall
MSSA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MSSAs
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; a skin infection that is not resistant to certain antibiotics.
MSSAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MSSA
Pardoși
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Pardoși.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Buzău County, Romania.
Peleș
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river and two villages in Romania.
signal fire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: signal fires
Senses: glosses: A fire lit to convey a message or serve as a beacon, by either light or smoke.
signal fires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of signal fire
plain as print
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Synonym of plain as day.
synonyms: word: plain as day
clear as print
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Synonym of plain as print (“very clear or obvious”).
synonyms: word: plain as print
extra: very clear or obvious
combat engineer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: combat engineers
Senses: examples: text: With him were 60,000 combat engineers for multiple bridgings of the river, and hundreds of thousands of tons of supplies, landing craft, and amphibious vehicles.
ref: 2007, Stanley Weintraub, 15 Stars: Eisenhower, MacArthur, Marshall, page 325:
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: field engineer
pioneer
sapper
glosses: A soldier employed to carry out engineering tasks in support of land forces during combat operations, facilitating the mobility of friendly forces while impeding that of the enemy.
combat engineers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of combat engineer
Orléanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The beliefs and principles of the Orléanists.
sinistrolateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sinistro- + lateral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: left
antonyms: right
dextrolateral
glosses: On the left side of, toward the animal or human's left.
undersignal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undersignals
form: undersignaling
form: undersignalling
form: undersignaled
form: undersignaled
form: undersignalled
form: undersignalled
Etymology: From under- + signal.
Senses: antonyms: oversignal
glosses: To signal inadequately.
undersignalled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of undersignal
undersignals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of undersignal
undersignaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of undersignal
undersignalling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of undersignal
undersignaled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of undersignal
PBW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of proton beam writing (“a lithography process”).
PBW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt theorem.
PBWs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PBW
plain wrapper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plain wrappers
Senses: qualifier: CB radio
glosses: Synonym of plain brown wrapper (“unmarked police car”).
synonyms: word: plain brown wrapper
extra: unmarked police car
plain wrappers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plain wrapper
Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt theorem
Etymology: Named after Henri Poincaré, Garrett Birkhoff, and Ernst Witt.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: word: PBW
glosses: A result giving an explicit description of the universal enveloping algebra of a Lie algebra.
UEAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of UEA
PBXes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PBX
food security
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: antonyms: food insecurity
glosses: The measure of the availability of food and the ability of a person's access to it.
Coordinate terms: energy security
water security
Related terms: food-secure
swazzling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swazzle
swazzled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swazzle
marks of the beast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mark of the beast
stood still
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stand still
stands still
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stand still
standing still
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stand still
bear in the air
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bears in the air
Senses: examples: text: By the time we got into Tulsa Town
We had eighty-five trucks in all
But there's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf
And them bears was wall-to-wall.
Yeah, them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumper
They even had a bear in the air.
ref: 1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:
text: One of the AMC-supplied Johnson-brand CB radios was handy to keep tabs on Kojaks with Kodaks, or bears in the air.
ref: 2011, Marc Cranswick, The Cars of American Motors: An Illustrated History, page 186:
qualifier: CB radio
glosses: A police helicopter.
bears in the air
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bear in the air
WVS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Women's Voluntary Services.
low and slow
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more low and slow
form: most low and slow
Senses: examples: text: In fact, in restaurants, the term “confit” now refers to most anything cooked low and slow in fat, which gives the food a velvety, unctuous texture and concentrates its flavor. We found that baby artichokes are well suited […]
ref: 2008, Cook's Illustrated, The Best Slow and Easy Recipes:
text: Slow Cooker Jambalaya with andouille sausage, chicken and shrimp cooked low and slow with bold spices and vegetables with just 10 minutes of prep.
ref: 2019, Stephanie Matthews, Beginners Low Carb Slow Cooker:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: At a low temperature for a relatively long period of time.
low and slow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Now who can tell what a good word may do this high-spirited boy, who thinks true religion a low and slow affair? I tell you, my dear boy, a real Christian has an elevated, though an humble mind.
ref: 1862, Christian Treasury, volume 18, page 227:
text: Thus the "Evangelical," called also "the Low Church party," became, in the opinion of its adversaries, the low and slow church.
ref: 1871, Isaak August Dorner, History of Protestant Theology, Particularly in Germany, page 487:
topics: Christianity
coordinate_terms: broad and shallow
high and dry
glosses: Adapted to be palatable to an ordinary person; relaxed and undemanding.
raggedy-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more raggedy-ass
form: most raggedy-ass
Etymology: From raggedy + -ass.
Senses: glosses: Shabby, miserably inadequate.
glosses: (Of a person) new and inexperienced.
fake-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fake-ass
form: most fake-ass
Etymology: From fake + -ass.
Senses: glosses: Fraudulent, phony, insincere.
cuckoo's egg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: In reference to the habit of the cuckoo of depositing its egg into another bird's nest to be incubated and fed.
Senses: glosses: Anything harmful that is infiltrated into a place in order to develop and emerge there.
cuckoo-rollers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuckoo-roller
cuckoo catfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuckoo catfish
Irakian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Irakians
Senses: glosses: A member of the Irakia Awa people of Papua New Guinea.
Irakian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Irakian
form: most Irakian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to these people.
Irakians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Irakian
Iraqian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Iraqians
Senses: glosses: Iraqi
Iraqian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Iraqian
form: most Iraqian
Senses: glosses: Iraqi
Iraqians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Iraqian
torchières
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torchière
kadhis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kadhi
karhis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of karhi
Camurati-Engelmann disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Camurati–Engelmann disease
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: CED
word: Camurati-Engelmann syndrome
word: Engelmann syndrome
glosses: Progressive diaphyseal dysplasia: a very rare autosomal-dominant genetic disorder that causes characteristic skeletal anomalies
Camurati-Engelmann syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Camurati-Engelmann disease.
synonyms: word: Camurati-Engelmann disease
Engelmann syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Camurati-Engelmann disease.
synonyms: word: Camurati-Engelmann disease
Borggreve rotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the surname of the person who in 1927 first performed the operation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: rotationplasty
Van Nes rotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After Dutch orthopedist Cornelis Pieter van Nes, who popularized the procedure.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Rotationplasty.
typoglycemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of typo + hypoglycemia
Senses: glosses: The disputed idea that readers can easily comprehend text even when it is full of spelling errors and misplaced letters.
S-plasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: S-plasties
Etymology: From S + -plasty.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
coordinate_terms: Z-plasty
glosses: A surgical technique to repair skin defects by means of a long, approximately S-shaped incision.
Related terms: lazy S
S-plasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of S-plasty
lazy S
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The long scar shape, with slightly curved ends, involved in S-plasty.
glosses: The letter S turned on its side, used as a distinctive mark in branding cattle.