cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hong bao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hong bao
form: hong baos
Senses: examples: text: In the old days gifts of money were given to children by the older generation and were placed in red envelopes called hong bao. This practice has been discouraged by the Communists because it perpetuates "feudal-capitalist consciousness," the worship of wealth and money.
ref: 1980, B. Michael Frolic, “Notes [Notes to Pages 50–65]”, in Mao’s People: Sixteen Portraits of Life in Revolutionary China, Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, note 8, page 269:
text: New Year's Eve is the traditional date for reunion dinners, but relatives and old friends enjoy getting together for feasting and entertainment throughout the entire holiday season. Gift giving is another time-honored custom still widely practiced among Singapore's Chinese. Hong bao, or "lucky money," is by far the favored item, bestowed in bright red envelopes by married family members upon the young and single.
ref: 1988 January–February, Suzanne L. Murphy, “Island Hopping: Singapore’s Chingay Parade: Music, Muscle and Make-Believe”, in Nancy Zimmerman, editor, Islands: An International Magazine, Santa Barbara, Calif.: Islands Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 79, column 1:
text: After extensive negotiations, and at the arrival of the groom at the bride's house, the groom is usually admitted only after he offers a red envelope (hong bao) containing money in multiples of 99 or 999. Those numbers symbolize a long, happy marriage.
ref: 1997, Douglas D. Daye, “Ethnic Profile: The Chinese”, in A Law Enforcement Sourcebook of Asian Crime and Cultures: Tactics and Mindsets, Boca Raton, Fla.; New York, N.Y.: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 190:
glosses: Alternative form of hongbao.
petakelvin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petakelvins
Etymology: From peta- + kelvin.
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of temperature equal to 10¹⁵ kelvins. Symbol: PK
teracycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teracycles
Etymology: From tera- + cycle.
Senses: glosses: terahertz
giganewton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giganewtons
Etymology: From giga- + newton.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: teranewton < petanewton < exanewton < zettanewton < yottanewton
text: Meronyms: piconewton < nanonewton < micronewton < millinewton < newton < kilonewton < meganewton
text: For example, the as-received 203-micrometer (7.98-mil) fibers had an average tensile strength of 3.59 giganewtons per square meter (521 ksi) with a coefficient of variation of 23.5 percent.
ref: 1976, Robert J. Smith, Changes in boron fiber strength due to surface removal by chemical etching, NASA:
text: The following values have been calculated for femurs, in units of square metres per giganewton, where 1 giganewton = 10⁹ newtons, and with body mass given in tonnes, where 1 tonne = 10³ kilograms.
ref: 1997, Michael J. Sewell, Mathematics Masterclasses: Stretching the Imagination, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 172:
text: If the fibres are all aligned in one direction, it is quite easy to achieve a modulus of 50 GN/m² and a tensile strength of 600 MN/m², although the shear modulus is at best only a few giganewtons per square metre.
ref: 1998 August 3, P. C. Powell, A. J. Ingen Housz, Engineering with Polymers, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 9:
text: what does a giganewton do to an asteroid in the order of magnitude say 1/100 of a planet (otherwise it would have no impact at the planet).
ref: 2002 January 21, Walter Meissl, “Re: More Venus Terraforming Ideas”, in sci.space.science (Usenet), message-ID <a2hkig$k0b$1@news.tuwien.ac.at>:
text: Modulus of elasticity is given in units of force per unit area, typically giganewtons per square meter (GN/m²), or gigapascals (GPa).
ref: 2003 June 30, Kenneth J. Anusavice, Phillips' Science of Dental Materials, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 82:
text: I found "Electrostatic Levitation" <[…]> inspiring. However, under standard sunheat and ionization, the +.1 C/kg (It should be positive, not negative, as of course the sun boils electrons off the ground and air making them positive.) fee would strain a Static Shock-sizely pad with at least a giganewton.
ref: 2005 December 31, Autymn D. C., “Scientists and Engineers: Make a beginner's flying saucer, better than the Avrocar or Lifter”, in sci.physics (Usenet), message-ID <1136050698.560388.57590@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>:
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:GN
glosses: An SI unit of force equal to 10⁹ newtons. Symbol: GN
microcandela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcandelas
Etymology: From micro- + candela.
Senses: glosses: A unit of luminous intensity, equal to one millionth of a candela.
nanosievert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanosieverts
Etymology: From nano- + sievert.
Senses: glosses: A unit of radiation dose, 10⁻⁹ of a sievert.
picocoulomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picocoulombs
Etymology: From pico- + coulomb.
Senses: glosses: A unit of electric charge, 10⁻¹² of a coulomb.
gigacycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigacycles
Etymology: From giga- + cycle.
Senses: examples: text: The passband width ranges from 6 to 8 gigacycles (GC), which shows how old the filter is: It is labeled with gigacycles instead of the modern terminology, gigahertz (GHz).
ref: 2007, Dennis Derickson, Digital Communications Test and Measurement:
glosses: Synonym of gigahertz.
synonyms: word: gigahertz
Derived terms: multigigacycle
kilomole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilomoles
Etymology: From kilo- + mole.
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of amount of substance equal to 10³ moles. Symbol: kmol
Synonyms: kmol
microcycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcycles
Etymology: From micro- + cycle.
Senses: glosses: A short period of sports training, typically a week.
microhenry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microhenrys
form: microhenries
Etymology: From micro- + henry.
Senses: glosses: A unit of electrical inductance, one millionth of a henry.
zeptomole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɛptoʊˌmoʊl/
ipa: /ˈzɛptəʊˌməʊl/
Forms: form: zeptomoles
Etymology: From zepto- + mole.
Senses: examples: text: It has been repeatedly shown that enzyme-derived ODN-based assays can detect as little as 50 zeptomoles of target DNA corresponding to about 25,000 molecules.
ref: 2002, Jeffrey Van Ness, “Present and Future of Tags and Labels in High Throughput Genomic Analysis”, in D. J. Galas, S. J. McCormack, editors, Genomic Technologies: Present and Future: Functional Genomics Series, Caister Academic Press, →ISBN, pages 144–145:
text: The sensitivity of detection is in the range of zeptomoles […]
ref: 2005, Beatriz Sanchez-Vega, “Introduction to Capillary Electrophoresis of DNA: Biomedical Applications”, in John M. Walker, Ralph Rapley, editors, Medical Biomethods Handbook, Humana Press, →ISBN, page 109:
text: This scatter-based method enables detection of zeptomole quantities of nucleic acid targets […]
ref: 2008, Kewal K. Jain, The Handbook of Nanomedicine, Humana Press, →ISBN, page 88:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: 10⁻²¹ mole, or about 600 molecules. SI symbol: zmol.
Related terms: zeptomolar
zettaampere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zettaamperes
form: zetta-ampere
form: zettampere
Etymology: From zetta- + ampere.
Senses: glosses: An SI unit measure of electrical current, equivalent to 10²¹ amperes (a sextillion amperes). 'ZA' is the SI unit symbol for the zettaampere.
teraampere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teraamperes
Etymology: From tera- + ampere.
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of current equal to 10¹² amperes. Symbol: TA
megacandela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megacandelas
Etymology: From mega- + candela.
Senses: examples: text: Under clear sky conditions the luminance of the sun itself is around 1650 Mcd/m² (megacandela/m²)[.]
ref: 1980, S. V. Szokolay, Environmental science handbook for architects and builders, page 99:
text: Searchlights utilized in helicopter operations range in size from a 450-watt, 0.4 megacandela unit using a type PAR-46 incandescent lamp (see Fig 20-3) up to a 30-kilowatt, xenon-lamped unit[.]
ref: 1987, John E. Kaufman, Jack F. Christensen, IES Lighting Handbook: Application volume, →ISBN:
text: The light-emitting capacity of an LED is measured in megacandela [recte millicandelas] or mcd. Small commercial LEDs range from 10 to about 5000 mcd.
ref: 2012, Julio Sanchez, Maria P. Canton, Embedded Systems Circuits and Programming, →ISBN, page 12:
topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of luminous intensity equal to 10⁶ candelas. Symbol: Mcd
kilocandela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilocandelas
Etymology: From kilo- + candela.
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of luminous intensity equal to 10³ candelas. Symbol: kcd
kilokelvin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilokelvins
Etymology: From kilo- + kelvin.
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of temperature equal to 10³ kelvins. Symbol: kK
decaampere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decaamperes
Etymology: From deca- + ampere.
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of current equal to 10¹ amperes. Symbol: daA
microweber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microwebers
form: micro-weber
Etymology: From micro- + weber.
Senses: glosses: A unit equal to one millionth of a weber.
megabecquerel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megabecquerels
Senses: glosses: A unit of radioactivity equal to one million becquerels.
gigacandela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigacandelas
Etymology: From giga- + candela.
Senses: glosses: An SI unit of measurement equivalent to one billion (10⁹) candelas, abbreviated as Gcd.
exajoule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From exa- + joule.
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of energy equal to 10¹⁸ joules. Symbol: EJ
past master
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: past masters
form: passed master
form: past-master
form: pastmaster
Senses: examples: text: It required a deft hand and deep knowledge of the barbaric mind effectually to handle such diverse weapons; but he was a past-master in the art, knowing when to conciliate and when to threaten with Jove-like wrath.
ref: 1900 April 7, Jack London, “The Son of the Wolf”, in The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC, page 24:
text: Hervey responded with such volubility that anyone could see he was a pastmaster in Castilian swearing.
ref: 1907, Fergus Hume, chapter 27, in The Green Mummy:
text: The Hon. Morison was a past master in the art of insidious boasting.
ref: 1915 December 4 – 1916 January 8, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter XVII, in The Son of Tarzan, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published March 1917, →OCLC, page 245:
text: Winterbottom is a past master at lending the traditional story-telling format to real stories of the modern world at war.
ref: 2007 May 21, Richard Corliss, Mary Corliss, “Cannes Journal: Mighty Hearts and Dark Deeds”, in Time:
synonyms: word: expert
word: guru
word: adept
word: ace
word: artist
word: buff
word: crackerjack
word: crack hand
word: dab
word: dab hand
word: dabster
word: don hand
word: expert
word: Jedi Master
word: master
word: maven
word: old hand
word: old soldier
word: old stager
word: past master
word: proficient
word: top gun
word: whiz
word: wiz
word: wizard
word: veteran
glosses: One who has an extremely high level of ability or knowledge within an area of achievement or expertise.
topics: Freemasonry
freemasonry
lifestyle
glosses: Someone who has previously been a master at a given lodge.
nondevelopment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondevelopments
Etymology: From non- + development.
Senses: glosses: Lack of development, or failure to develop.
nondevelopments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondevelopment
nonadmissions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonadmission
nonintercourse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + intercourse.
Senses: examples: text: The Nonintercourse Act
text: This view is derived from the former non-intercourse law only.
ref: 1809, Jefferson, Writ. (1829) IV. 131:
text: you must submit to an embargo on your wit and a non-intercourse act between you and the faculty of writing.
ref: 1809, Malkin, Gil Blas xi. vii.:
text: The use of non-intercourse agreements as revolutionary weapons against Great Britain.
ref: 1888, A. Johnston, Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 759/1:
glosses: The lack of intercourse; the suspension of relations or communication (especially between countries).
examples: text: I intend to try the effect of non-intercourse, and to break with her outright.
ref: 1863(?), Miss Mitford, Village Ser. 11:
glosses: A lack of sexual intercourse.
nonintercourse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + intercourse.
Senses: examples: text: McCarthy says you can slow things down by honing your technique through what he calls "nonintercourse sex" (what the rest of us call "jerking off").
ref: 2017 February 27, Stacey Grenrock Woods, “Thank You, Doctors: The Average Sex Time Is Not as Long as You'd Think”, in Esquire:
glosses: Not involving or not relating to sexual intercourse.
deinstitutionalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deinstitutionalization
duck-egg blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duck-egg blue
mineworking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mineworkings
Etymology: From mine + working.
Senses: glosses: Working in a mine; mining.
examples: text: The old mineworkings are now flooded.
glosses: A facility where mining takes place.
terabecquerel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terabecquerels
Senses: glosses: A unit of radioactivity equal to one trillion becquerels.
elderdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English *elderdom, alderdom, from Old English ealdordōm (“greatness, power, authority, lordship, eldership, rule, dominion, magistracy, principality, superiority, preeminence, primacy, government, any official position involving command of others, beginning”), equivalent to elder + -dom. Cognate with West Frisian âlderdom (“eld, old age, antiquity”), German Altertum (“antiquity”), Swedish ålderdom (“eld, age”).
Senses: examples: text: Both of these things Moses fulfilled, when he refused elderdom or authority, [...]
ref: 1852, Alfred (King of England), The whole works of King Alfred the Great:
glosses: Authority; dominion.
examples: text: The name of one of these was Claudius, who arrogated to himself elderdom over the others, though they by no means allowed his claim of superiority, hut quarrelled with him.
ref: 1773, Paulus Orosius, Daines Barrington, The Anglo-Saxon version:
glosses: Preeminence; superiority.
examples: text: Hence the popular belief that elderdom was most of all at home on Russian soil.
ref: 2005, Philip Sheldrake, The new Westminster dictionary of Christian spirituality:
glosses: The authority, rule, or office of an elder.
examples: text: Thanks to him, I have a better sense of what it takes to morph gracefully into elderdom.
ref: 2010, Janis Abrahms Spring, Ph.D., Janis Abrahms Spring, Michael Spring, Life with Pop: Lessons on Caring for an Aging Parent
glosses: The state of being an elder, or of being older; elderhood.
examples: text: The weight of elderdom in our family was like a drapery to be taken for granted. In which anyone could at times gratefully hide.
ref: 2005, Hortense Calisher, Tattoo for a Slave:
glosses: The role or influence of an elder or elders.
Related terms: elder
eldership
gigabecquerel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigabecquerels
Senses: glosses: A unit of radioactivity equal to one billion becquerels.
megacoulomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megacoulombs
Etymology: From mega- + coulomb.
Senses: examples: text: How many megacoulombs of positive charge are in 1.00 mol of neutral molecular-hydrogen gas (H₂)?
ref: 2004, David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker, Fundamentals of physics: Volume 2:
glosses: A unit equal to a million coulombs.
kilolux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilolux
Etymology: From kilo- + lux.
Senses: glosses: A unit of illuminance equal to 1000 lux.
decawatt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decawatts
Etymology: From deca- + watt.
Senses: glosses: A unit of power equal to ten watts
nanocoulomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanocoulombs
Etymology: From nano- + coulomb.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A unit of electric charge equal to 10⁻⁹ coulombs
microsiemens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microsiemens
Etymology: From micro- + siemens.
Senses: glosses: A unit of conductance equal to one millionth of a siemens
megafarad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megafarads
Etymology: From mega- + farad.
Senses: examples: text: […] when electrotyping, electric light, &ᶜ become commercial we may perhaps buy a microfarad or megafarad of electricity […]
ref: 24 August 1872, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, letter to James Clerk Maxwell
text: What is the work done by a current of 5 Megafarads per second through a resistance of 10 Ohms?
ref: 1874, Josiah Parsons Cooke, Principles of Chemical Philosophy, page 575:
text: (6.) How many megafarads are contained in 5.32 metre-gramme-second units of current?
ref: 1876, Richard Evan Day, Exercises in Electrical and Magnetic Measurement, with Answers, page 45:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A unit of quantity of electric charge; the quantity of electricity flowing through a one megohm resistor when driven by an electromotive force of one volt for one second.
examples: text: 34. The capacitance unit of convenient size is (a) farad (b) microfarad (c) kilofarad (d) megafarad
ref: 1997, Mahesh Jain, S. Chand's Objective Physics for Engineering and Medical Entrance Examinations, page 857:
text: Because of MF (now correctly the symbol for the massive megafarad) and mf having at some time been common symbols for microfarad, the millifarad (correctly mF) is rarely referred to […]
ref: 2002, Donald Fenna, A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units, page 87:
text: Tomorrow he'd be sentenced to death by electrosheet, and couple of weeks after that, they'd put him in the electrocell with the two metal walls that were a megafarad capacitor, and then the great sheet of electricity would flash across, and then a janitor would come in and sweep Willy's ashes into a little plastic box to give to Mom and Dad.
ref: 2015, Rudy Rucker, The Ware Tetralogy, page 345:
glosses: An improbably large unit of electrical capacitance equal to one million farads.
kilobecquerel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilobecquerels
Etymology: From kilo- + becquerel.
Senses: glosses: A unit of radioactivity equal to one thousand becquerels
centimole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centimoles
Etymology: From centi- + mole.
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of amount of substance equal to 10⁻² moles. Symbol: cmol
Synonyms: cmol
millilux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millilux
Etymology: From milli- + lux.
Senses: glosses: A unit of illuminance equal to one thousandth of a lux.
Synonyms: nox
centiwatt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centiwatts
Etymology: From centi- + watt.
Senses: glosses: One hundredth of a watt.
nanohenry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanohenries
form: nanohenrys
Etymology: From nano- + henry.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A unit of electrical inductance equal to 10⁻⁹ henries
SSAA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Sporting Shooters Association of Australia.
centigray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centigrays
Etymology: From centi- + gray.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: rad, rd (same physical quantity)
related: word: mul:cGy
glosses: A derived unit of measure for absorbed dose of radiation, equal to the hundredth part (1%) of a gray, that is, 0.01 Gy.
Related terms: Appendix on SI Units
milliweber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milliwebers
Etymology: From milli- + weber.
Senses: glosses: A unit of magnetic flux, one thousandth of a weber.
microlux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microluxes
form: microlux
Etymology: From micro- + lux.
Senses: glosses: A unit of illuminance or illumination, one millionth of a lux.
microcoulomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcoulombs
Etymology: From micro- + coulomb.
Senses: glosses: A measure of electrical quantity, the millionth part of one coulomb.
nanocandela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanocandelas
Etymology: From nano- + candela.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A unit of luminous intensity equal to 10⁻⁹ of a candela
nanokelvin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanokelvins
Etymology: From nano- + kelvin.
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 10⁻⁹ kelvins. Symbol: nK
Synonyms: nK
Derived terms: subnanokelvin
yoctomole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yoctomoles
Etymology: From yocto- + mole.
Senses: examples: text: A low cost, 0.75-mW helium neon laser, operating in the green region at 534.5 nm, is used to excite fluorescence from tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate-labelled DNA fragments that have been separated by capillary gel electrophoresis.The detection limit (3σ) for the dye is 500 ymol [1 yoctomole (1 ymol) = 10⁻²⁴ mol] or 300 analyte molecules in capillary zone electrophoresis
ref: 1991, Da Yong Chen et al., “Low-cost, high-sensitivity laser-induced fluorescence detection for DNA sequencing by capillary gel electrophoresis”, in Journal of Chromatography, volume 559, →DOI, page 237:
topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of amount of substance equal to 10⁻²⁴ moles. Symbol: ymol. The yoctomole is approximately 0.6 of an individual particle.
Synonyms: ymol
incohærent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more incohærent
form: most incohærent
Etymology: From in- + cohærent.
Senses: examples: text: It follows from this, as it appears to me, that as we have some of the older rocks, for instance, some Silurian rocks, still unaltered by heat, and in the condition of soft clays and incohærent sandstone, the refrigeration of the earth’s surface (supposing it to have been once fused) must already have reached nearly its present limit, at the very early period of the deposition of those Silurian rocks, for we can hardly suppose it possible that there is any Silurian rock which has not, cither at the close of the Silurian period or during some paleozoic era, been buried under many hundreds[…]
ref: 1854, Joseph Beete Jukes, Journal of the Geological Society of Dublin, volume VI, M. H. Gill, page 70:
glosses: Archaic spelling of incoherent.
cohærence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cohærences
Senses: examples: text: Each of the two cohærent parts may be said to be adhærent to the other, but the latter term is often used to express a closer union than mere cohærence.
ref: 1860, Otto Wilhelm Sonder, William Henry Harvey, Flora Capensis, volume I, page XV:
glosses: Archaic spelling of coherence.
clique number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clique numbers
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The number of vertices in a maximum clique of a given graph.
clique numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clique number
dining car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dining cars
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
coordinate_terms: buffet car
pie car
refreshment car
restaurant car
;
dining room
dining hall
glosses: A carriage on a train that functions as a restaurant.
cohæsion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It enters immediately, but superficially, upon the important subject of attraction, which is considered as influencing the cohæsion and form of bodies, and afterwards, under the title of Affinity, as relating to their composition.
ref: 1817, L. I. Thenard, The Quarterly Journal of Science and the Arts, volume II, page 256:
glosses: Archaic spelling of cohesion.
past-master
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: past-masters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of past master.
pastmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of past master.
couis
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cooee.
præsident
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: præsidents
Senses: examples: text: 1. First, to take accompt of all the incomes of the colledge proffitts arising due to the officers thereof, either by guifts, revenewes, studdjes, rents, tuitions, com̄encements, or any other proffits arising due from tjme to tjme, as neere as may be, since the præsident vndertooke the worke.
2. To examine what hath binn pajd and disbursed, either for buildings, repaȳings, or otherwise, pajd and receaved annually for the maintenance of the præsident, ffellowes, and other officers thereof.
3. To consider what hath binn yearely receaved by the præsident ont of any incomes and proffitts, for his oune vse and majntenance, (as neere as convenjently may be,) euer since he came to the place of præsident : also what allowances yearely haue binn made to the ffellowes and other officers.
ref: 17th Century C.E., “The Order of the General Court”, quoted in Remarks by Mr. Henry H. Edes on the Colonial Society of Massachusetts; page #418
glosses: Archaic spelling of president.
præside
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: præsides
form: præsiding
form: præsided
form: præsided
Senses: examples: text: The Archetypographus is to be a Governour & to præside over the rest, & he is to manage, as a Scholar, all things for the Honour and Credit of the University.
ref: 1902, Thomas Hearne, Remarks and Collections of Thomas Hearne, volume VI, page 7:
glosses: Archaic spelling of preside.
primatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹʌɪˈmeɪt(ə)l/
Forms: form: more primatal
form: most primatal
Etymology: From primate + -al. Compare primatial.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Pertaining to primates.
primatal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹʌɪˈmeɪt(ə)l/
Forms: form: primatals
Etymology: From primate + -al. Compare primatial.
Senses: examples: text: ‘She was twelve,’ Van added, ‘and I was a male primatal of fourteen and a half, and we just did not care.’
ref: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 346:
glosses: A primate.
primatals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primatal
cornutes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cornute
cornutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cornute
cornuting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cornute
cornuted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cornute
cornuted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cornuted
form: most cornuted
Senses: glosses: Bearing horns; horned.
glosses: Horn-shaped.
-’s
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of -'s.
reluct
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈlʌkt/
Forms: form: relucts
form: relucting
form: relucted
form: relucted
Etymology: From Latin reluctor.
Senses: examples: text: He was by nature highly passionate, but more apt to reluct at the excesses of it.
ref: 1639, The Life of Dr. John Donne:
text: I care not to be carried with the tide, that smoothly bears human life to eternity; and reluct at the inevitable course of destiny.
ref: 1839, Charles Lamb, New Year's Eve:
text: [M]iracles, if you accept them, will not help it very much; or if you reluct at them, and ignore them, your faith remains unshaken and entire.
ref: 1879, George Putnam, Sermons preached in the church of the first religious society in Roxbury:
glosses: To be averse to.
raw_tags: used with "at"
Derived terms: reluctant
reluctance
reluct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈlʌkt/
Etymology: From Latin reluctor.
Senses: glosses: magnetic resistance, being equal to the ratio of magnetomotive force to magnetic flux
bascule bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bascule bridges
Senses: glosses: A movable bridge consisting of one or two opening leaves equipped with balancing and stabilizing counterweights that ease and speed up their operation.
Synonyms: drawbridge
hurt a fly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hurts a fly
form: hurting a fly
form: hurt a fly
form: hurt a fly
Senses: examples: text: Talking of being eaten by dogs, there's a dachshund at Brinkley who when you first meet him will give you the impression that he plans to convert you into a light snack between his regular meals. Pay no attention. It's all eyewash. […] He wouldn't hurt a fly, but he has to put up a front because his name's Poppet. One can readily appreciate that when a dog hears himself addressed day in and day out as Poppet, he feels he must throw his weight about. His self-respect demands it.
ref: 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter XI, in Jeeves in the Offing:
glosses: To hurt or damage something even a little.
raw_tags: in the negative
with a conditional
Synonyms: harm a fly
touch football
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: touchball
glosses: A variant of American football in which players are touched as opposed to tackled.
synonyms: touch
touch footy
qualifier: rugby league
glosses: A variant of rugby league developed in Australia in which players are touched as opposed to tackled.
Related terms: flag football
busher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bushers
Etymology: From bush + -er.
Senses: examples: text: He was talking about me all the time that day in Boston, standing with the bat boy, making cracks. That's all right but when he called me a busher in front of the whole Yank team and then challenged me, I had to fight.
ref: August 1952, Baseball Digest Page 37
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A major league baseball player who has recently come from a small league.
twenny
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈtwɛni]
ipa: [ˈtwɛɾ̃i]
ipa: [ˈtwʌni]
ipa: [ˈtwʌɾ̃i]
Senses: examples: text: Ah, ya ain't worried bouta a lousy twenny cents are ya? Mean to say, it ain't gonna bust ya is it? Ah, Missa Jake, price on board say five dollah twenny. Price not go down. When it does, we change up on board.
ref: 1990, Alan Duff, Once were warriors:
text: He's got rait good trainers, he buys 'is own trainers, 'is got a paper rahnd, he gets twenny-odd quid a week, I think he gets twenny three, he 'as three quid an' his Mum teks twenny quid off'im.
ref: 2000, Simon J. Charlesworth, A phenomenology of working class experience, page 128:
text: He paid me twenny bucks ta swap out with him.
Twenny bucks? That wuzz a lot.
ref: 2006, Les Standiford, Miami Noir, page 264:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of twenty.
that's for me to know and you to find out
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: A phrase used to reply to a question whose answer the speaker does not want to reveal.
Related terms: who wants to know
time you got a watch
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: A phrase used to reply to the question what time is it?.
stow away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stows away
form: stowing away
form: stowed away
form: stowed away
Senses: glosses: to stow or secure aloof in a safe place
examples: text: Aren't those the things from the station yesterday? They must've stowed away!
ref: 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Excess Express:
glosses: to obtain passage (on a ship or similar vehicle) by secreting oneself inside before departure
draw in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: draws in
form: drawing in
form: drew in
form: drawn in
Senses: examples: text: Their concerts draw in big crowds.
text: The campfire drew in numerous unwary moths.
glosses: To attract.
examples: text: They drew in the quiet boy who hadn't wanted to participate.
glosses: To get (someone) involved.
examples: text: They saw that the night was quickly drawing in, so they pitched their tent.
glosses: To approach.
raw_tags: of night/darkness/winter
examples: text: It's that time of year again when the evenings really start to draw in.
glosses: To become dark earlier as a result of seasonal change.
raw_tags: of nights or evenings
glosses: To reduce or contract; to become shorter.
trajection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trajections
Etymology: From the Latin trāiectiō, from trāiciō.
Senses: examples: text: trajection of light or sound
glosses: The act of trajecting (casting or moving)
glosses: The act of trajecting (casting or moving)
a throwing or casting through or across; also, emission.
glosses: transposition
vomition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vomitions
Senses: glosses: The act of vomiting.
ructation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ructations
Etymology: From Latin ructare (“to belch”).
Senses: examples: text: It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; with ſtrong Convulſions, with grievous Contractions of the Nerves and Sinews in both Hands, but eſpecially the Right; with Spleen, Flatus, Vertigos and Deliriums; with Scrophulous Tumors full of fœtid purulent Matter; with ſower frothy Ructations, with Canine Appetites and Crudeneſs of Digeſtion, beſides many others needleſs to mention.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Further Account of the Academy. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 82:
synonyms: eructation
glosses: A burp.
Related terms: ructate
expuition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expuitions
Senses: examples: text: […] so in asthma, where there is no expuition, or the expuition does not appear till the paroxysm is subsiding, we ought, I think, in fair reason, rather to acknowledge or inacquaintance with the actual cause than to place our faith in one that has so little to support it.
ref: 1823, John Mason Good, The Study of Medicine, volume 1, page 380:
glosses: The act of spiting phlegm.
exspuition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exspuitions
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin [Term?].
Senses: glosses: The act of spitting.
clearage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clearages
Etymology: From clear + -age.
Senses: glosses: The act of clearing or removing; clearance
glosses: A piece of land that has been cleared.
excern
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsɜː(ɹ)n/
Forms: form: excerns
form: excerning
form: excerned
form: excerned
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin excernō.
Senses: examples: text: That which is dead, or corrupted; or excerned, hath antipathy with the same thing when it is alive and sound, and with those parts which do excern.
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
text: An unguent or pap prepared, with an open vessel to excern it into.
ref: 1691, John Ray, The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the creation:
glosses: excrete; give off
Related terms: excrete
embogue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: embogues
form: emboguing
form: embogued
form: embogued
Senses: glosses: To disembogue; to discharge or flow out (normally of a river, into the sea or another river).
draw off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: draws off
form: drawing off
form: drew off
form: drawn off
Senses: examples: text: The butler drew off wine from a barrel.
glosses: To remove by using a siphon.
examples: text: We need a diversion to draw them off.
glosses: To distract (someone).
examples: text: The dog obeyed the significant beck of his finger, and they drew off, stealthily, together.
ref: 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC:
text: One of the lynxes moved; it drew off a little farther, as though deciding to abandon the fight.
ref: 1966, Robert William Murphy, The Phantom Setter, and Other Stories, page 102:
glosses: To retire or retreat.
fire out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fires out
form: firing out
form: fired out
form: fired out
Senses: examples: text: The gun fired out a round of bullets.
glosses: To shoot out.
glosses: To drive out due to fire.
examples: text: He got fired out the train.
glosses: To remove or eject.
throw aside
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws aside
form: throwing aside
form: threw aside
form: thrown aside
Senses: glosses: Synonym of discard.
synonyms: word: discard
shovel out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shovels out
form: shoveling out
form: shovelling out
form: shoveled out
form: shoveled out
form: shovelled out
form: shovelled out
Senses: glosses: to remove something by shoveling or digging.
glosses: to remove something using a scooping movement.
sweep out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sweeps out
form: sweeping out
form: swept out
form: swept out
Senses: examples: text: sweep out the dust
glosses: to remove by sweeping or brushing.
glosses: to remove someone from a place (where they are not wanted)
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To construct a three-dimensional shape by rotation of a two-dimensional one about an axis
DTH
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of direct-to-home.
Related terms: DBS
whisk off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: whisks off
form: whisking off
form: whisked off
form: whisked off
Senses: examples: text: He was whisked off to the hospital.
glosses: to rapidly remove.
examples: text: For our honeymoon, he whisked me off to the Bahamas.
glosses: To take (a person) on a surprise romantic journey.
whisk away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪsk əˈweɪ/
ipa: /ʍɪsk əˈweɪ/
Forms: form: whisks away
form: whisking away
form: whisked away
form: whisked away
Senses: examples: text: The garbage truck whisked away the trash bin.
glosses: To remove something or someone suddenly and quickly.
examples: text: Give me a wink
And I'll give you what I think you're after
With just one kiss I will whisk you away
To where angels often tread
ref: 2001, The Divine Comedy, Perfect Lovesong:
glosses: To take (a person) on a surprise romantic journey.
DBS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DBSes
Senses: examples: text: In deep brain stimulation, or DBS, the areas of the brain that control movement are stimulated with electrical signals.
ref: 2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, Viking (2021), page 50:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Initialism of deep brain stimulation.
examples: text: I looked at it and there is almost nothing there for me that I do not already receive with a combination of my analog $200 receiver and my $99 DBS minidish. On the contrary, there are quite a few channels that have gone digital that I receive (for a fee) thru the minidish.
ref: 1998 March 1, PELOPAS KIATOY KORINTHIAS, “Re: IPG ON 4DTV”, in alt.video.satellite.4dtv (Usenet):
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of direct broadcast satellite.
Related terms: topics: television
broadcasting
media
word: DTH
DBS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Disclosure and Barring Service.
worship the porcelain god
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɜːʃɪp ðə ˈpɔːsəlɪn ˈɡɒd/
ipa: /ˈwɝʃɪp ðə ˈpɔɹsəlɪn ˈɡɑd/
ipa: /ˈwɝʃɪp ðə ˈpɔɹslɪn ˈɡɑd/
rhymes: -ɒd
Forms: form: worships the porcelain god
form: worshiping the porcelain god
form: worshipping the porcelain god
form: worshiped the porcelain god
form: worshiped the porcelain god
form: worshipped the porcelain god
form: worshipped the porcelain god
Etymology: From the body position when one bends over a toilet bowl (which is often made of porcelain) to vomit, which is regarded as similar to that of praying.
Senses: synonyms: word: bow down before the porcelain god
word: drive the porcelain bus
word: pray to the porcelain god
word: worship the porcelain goddess
word: bait
word: barf
word: be sick
word: blow chunks
word: boak
word: boke
word: boot
word: bork
word: bow down before the porcelain god
word: cast
word: cast up one's accounts
word: chuck
word: chuck up
word: chunder
word: disgorge
word: drive the porcelain bus
word: erupt
word: gag
word: get sick
word: heave
word: honk
word: hurl
word: launch one's lunch
word: lose one's lunch
word: pray to the porcelain god
word: puke
word: puke up
word: purge
word: ralph
word: regurge
word: regurgitate
word: retch
word: shoot the cat
word: sick
word: sick up
word: spew
word: talk to God on the big white telephone
word: talk to Ralph on the big white telephone
word: throw up
word: toss
word: toss one's cookies
word: upchuck
word: vomit
word: woof one's cookies
word: whoops
word: worship the porcelain god
word: worship the porcelain goddess
word: yak
glosses: To vomit into a toilet bowl.
Related terms: porcelain god
porcelain goddess
direct broadcast satellite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: direct broadcast satellites
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: a television satellite that broadcasts directly to the final recipient/viewer, to a home satellite dish.
Synonyms: word: DBS
Related terms: DTH
DBSes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DBS
direct broadcast satellites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of direct broadcast satellite
ichthyophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ichthyo- + -phagy.
Senses: synonyms: piscivory
glosses: The practice of eating fish.
ashcake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ashcakes
Etymology: From ash + cake.
Senses: glosses: A johnnycake.
Related terms: ash cake
death angel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: death angels
Senses: glosses: Synonym of destroying angel (“a type of mushroom”).
synonyms: word: destroying angel
extra: a type of mushroom
glosses: Alternative form of angel of death.
beet root
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beet roots
Senses: examples: text: Falling later into the season, we have beet root, a very principal crop, to look after; […]
ref: 1850, George Glenny, “Sowing or Cropping”, in Glenny’s Hand-Book of Practical Gardening; […], London: C. Cox, […], page 37:
glosses: Alternative spelling of beetroot.
death angels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of death angel
chupatty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chupatties
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of chapatti.
chappati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chappatis
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chapatti.
porterhouse steak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porterhouse steaks
Senses: glosses: A porterhouse (meat)
Related terms: T-bone steak
angel of mercy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angels of mercy
Senses: glosses: A type of mercy killer, i.e., a caregiver who is a serial killer, and who practices mercy killing on both the willing and unwilling, knowing and unknowing, dependent only on the killer's sense of a patient's level of suffering from their illness.
Related terms: mercy killer
angel of death
mercy killer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mercy killers
Senses: glosses: A person who commits a mercy killing.
Related terms: angel of mercy
mercy killing
mercy killers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mercy killer
angels of mercy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angel of mercy
chota hazri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chhota haziri
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi छोटा हाज़िरी (choṭā hāzirī).
Senses: examples: text: ‘Sorry, my dear; take your time…Was your chota hazri all right?’
ref: 1924, E. M. Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, page 200:
glosses: A light breakfast.
hippophage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hippophages
Etymology: From hippo- + -phage.
Senses: glosses: Someone who eats horsemeat
Derived terms: hippophagism
Related terms: hippophagy
cacation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: excretion
bloody flux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: dysentery
coeliac-flux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: chronic dysentery
eccrinology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eccrine + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of secretion and the eccrine glands.
Related terms: eccrinologic
eccrinological
eccrinologist
uphoist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uphoists
form: uphoisting
form: uphoisted
form: uphoisted
Etymology: From up- + hoist.
Senses: glosses: To hoist up.
ant lion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ant lions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antlion.
movable bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: movable bridges
form: moveable
Senses: glosses: A bridge that may be moved in order to open a safe waterway for watercraft.
Hyponyms: bascule bridge
drawbridge
swing bridge
fratricidally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fratricidally
form: most fratricidally
Etymology: From fratricidal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a fratricidal manner.
cophin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cophins
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of coffin.
cophin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cophins
form: cophining
form: cophined
form: cophined
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of coffin.
Costa Daurada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Catalan Costa Daurada (“golden coast”).
Senses: glosses: An area on the coast of Catalonia, Spain, between Cunit and the mouth of the Ebro River. It is entirely included in the province of Tarragona.
Tarragonan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Tarragonan
form: most Tarragonan
Etymology: From Tarragona + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the city or province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
Tarragonan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tarragonans
Etymology: From Tarragona + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city or province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
personlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more personlike
form: most personlike
Etymology: From person + -like. Compare personly.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a person; personly.