cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nonrefunded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + refunded.
Senses: glosses: Not refunded.
unrefunded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + refunded.
Senses: glosses: Not refunded.
refrigerable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: refrigeratable
glosses: Suitable for being refrigerated.
multimove
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + move.
Senses: glosses: Involving more than one move.
death camas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A member of a species of poisonous perennial flowering plants, Toxicoscordion venenosum (formerly Zigadenus venosus), easily confused with the edible camas, whose bulbs (rhizomes) look like, but do not smell like, like onion.
glosses: A member of any of various similar species, also called star lilies, of tribe Melanthieae in family Melanthiaceae, and formerly grouped into the genus Zigadenus (only Zigadenus glaberrimus remains there).
Derived terms: taxonomic: Toxicoscordion brevibracteatum
word: desert deathcamas
taxonomic: Toxicoscordion paniculatum
word: foothill deathcamas
taxonomic: Toxicoscordion fremontii
word: Fremont's deathcamas
taxonomic: Toxicoscordion exaltatum
word: giant deathcamas
taxonomic: Anticlea virescens
word: green deathcamas
taxonomic: Anticlea volcanica
word: lava deathcamas
taxonomic: Toxicoscordion venenosum
word: meadow deathcamas
taxonomic: Anticlea mogollonensis
word: Mogollon deathcamas
taxonomic: Anticlea elegans
word: mountain deathcamas
taxonomic: Toxicoscordion nuttallii
word: Nuttall's deathcamas
taxonomic: Stenanthium leimanthoides
word: pinebarren deathcamas
taxonomic: Anticlea vaginata
word: sheathed deathcamas
taxonomic: Toxicoscordion fontanum
word: smallflower deathcamas
battle buses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of battle bus
duck test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duck tests
Etymology: From the expression if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.
Senses: topics: epistemology
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A form of abductive reasoning, application of intuition, or common sense regardless of technical parameters, to identify an ostensibly unknown subject by observing that subject's characteristics.
Related terms: duck typing
typology
mead hall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mead halls
Etymology: Calque of Old English meduheall.
Senses: examples: text: I have [...] stopped on my way home at the mead halls of the Franks across the sea.
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 18:
text: he handed down orders
for men to work on a great mead-hall
meant to be a wonder of the world forever.
ref: 1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 5:
glosses: A large communal building used in early Germanic and Norse societies as a place for feasting, drinking, socializing, and governance, serving also as the residence of a chieftain or king and symbolising the heart of the community or tribe.
Related terms: mead-bench
mead bench
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mead benches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mead-bench.
unremittant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unremittant
form: most unremittant
Etymology: From un- + remittant.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Seward had the capacity for hard and unremittant labor.
ref: 1911, Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, George F. Seward: Born November 8, 1840, Died November 28, 1910:
text: For example, T.P. Flanigan, H. Grube, M. Milano and colleagues in Rhode Island, USA (personal communication) have treated a person with AIDS and unremittant cryptosporidiosis with combined antiviral drugs including a protease inhibitor, resulting in apparent cure of the cryptosporidiosis.
ref: 1998, Opportunistic Protozoa in Humans, →ISBN, page 63:
text: The Thing obviously serves as a symbolic representation of the war, its destruction of normal family life, its unremittant slaughter.
ref: 2012, Alexa Alfer, Amy J. Edwards de Campos, A.S. Byatt: Critical Storytelling, →ISBN, page 117:
glosses: Alternative form of unremittent.
oakbark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oak bark
form: oak-bark
Etymology: From oak + bark.
Senses: examples: text: Some kinds of fish oils are similarly improved by vigorous agitation with oakbark infusion or other liquors containing tannin, conveniently effected by blowing a rapid current of steam through the whole: […]
ref: 1894, Charles Romley Alder Wright, chapter XI, in Animal and Vegetable Fixed Oils, Fats, Butters, and Waxes, page 263:
text: From 1 to 2 kg. (2-4 pounds) of oakbark are boiled in a few liters (quarts) of water and allowed to digest for about an hour, after which the mixture is filtered and the filtrate added to the bath.
ref: 1906, Ferdinand Frühwald, Reference Handbook of the Diseases of Children for Students and Physicians, page 424:
text: Rook […] went, to the fireplace, where once huge logs would have been burned. Felix […] unfastened one of the leather pouches attached to his belt and was setting out its contents on the hearth. There was a piece of flint, a short length of iron, oakbark dust and a ball of tinderwool.
ref: 2005, Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell, The Edge Chronicles: Vox, page 53:
text: One resident recalled that Norwood had "a musky, vinegary, railroady smell. It was a mixture of the smells of raw sheepskins and oakbark acid […] and coal smoke, and it was a characteristic of the town."
ref: 2008, Patricia J. Fanning, Through an uncommon lens: the life and photography of F. Holland Day, →ISBN, pages 18–19:
glosses: The bark of the oak tree, often specifically as a source of tannic acid; tan.
whale-path
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From whale + path, after Old English hranrād.
Senses: examples: text: At last a ship, called by the English a "long-ship," was put at their disposal, and the men rowed away on the whale-path back to the north.
ref: 1885, James Frederick Hodgetts, The champion of Odin; or, Viking Life in the Days of Old, page 134:
text: Over the whale-path, over the tracts of the sea.
ref: 1902, The Seafarer, Cook and Tinker's translation
text: The whale speeding along on the whale path, as Beowulf called it.
ref: 1989, Anne Rice, The Queen of the Damned, page 108:
glosses: The sea(s), the ocean(s).
baudricks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baudrick
bracers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bracer
gisarings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gisaring
rom coms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rom com
buddas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of budda
Gollums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gollum
gay icons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gay icon
balboas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balboa
delvers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of delver
dobbins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dobbin
dunners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dunner
formularizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of formularization
fossilizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fossilization
granulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of granulation
humanizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of humanization
invigorations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of invigoration
physician fingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physician finger
physical fingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physical finger
showing fingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of showing finger
splat mats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splat mat
sine waves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sine wave
butcher's hooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butcher's hook
tongue twisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tongue twister
state flowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of state flower
redeyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redeye
electric motors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electric motor
bathing machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bathing machine
San Franciscans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of San Franciscan
alignment charts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alignment chart
liberations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liberation
hackney cabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hackney cab
pollinations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pollination
Janes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As a southern English surname, variant of Jane; compare Jayne.
* As a Slovene and Serbo-Croatian surname, from Janeš, variant of Janež, ultimately a derivative of Latin Johannes (English John). Also from the noun janež (“anise”). Compare Yanes.
* As a Czech surname, from Janeš, a pet form of the name Jan (and thus also related to Latin Johannes).
Senses: glosses: plural of Jane
Janes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As a southern English surname, variant of Jane; compare Jayne.
* As a Slovene and Serbo-Croatian surname, from Janeš, variant of Janež, ultimately a derivative of Latin Johannes (English John). Also from the noun janež (“anise”). Compare Yanes.
* As a Czech surname, from Janeš, a pet form of the name Jan (and thus also related to Latin Johannes).
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.
glaucomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glaucoma
fighter planes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fighter plane
programmings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of programming
hollow rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hollow rail
vanilla beans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vanilla bean
comparative degrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comparative degree
ground zeroes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ground zero
jargonizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jargonization
Microsofts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Microsoft
yoyos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yoyo
coffee liqueurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coffee liqueur
carfaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carfax
antisocial behaviour orders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antisocial behaviour order
book worms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of book worm
sodomisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sodomiser
alginic acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alginic acid
headstarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headstart
Charlie Foxtrots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Charlie Foxtrot
exploded views
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exploded view
old francs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of old franc
house warmings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of house warming
mixed bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mixed bag
citrines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of citrine
Ecuadoreans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ecuadorean
Frisbees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Frisbee
Salvadoreans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Salvadorean
flow diagrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flow diagram
hot desks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot desk
hot deskers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot desker
trestle trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trestle tree
Delmonico steaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Delmonico steak
liquid crystals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liquid crystal
bee balms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bee balm
bandileers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandileer
John Hancocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of John Hancock
Buddha-dharma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Buddha-dharmas
form: Buddha dharma
Senses: glosses: The teachings, practices and states of consciousness transmitted by the former Prince Siddhartha, the Shakyamuni Buddha.
glosses: The teachings, practices and states of consciousness transmitted by His Successors.
Buddha dharma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Buddha dharmas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Buddha-dharma.
bodhisattva vows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Affirmations, similar to an oath, aligning a person with the specific set of rules of conduct consistent with a specific bodhisattva tradition (similar to a Catholic or Anglican order) within Buddhism, by which the person transforms and sanctifies their ontological status in the style of the corresponding tradition.
Nyingma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tibetan རྙིང་མ (rnying ma).
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: One of the four major traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.
Scotus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Scotuses
form: Scottus
Etymology: From Latin Scotus (“the Scotii”).
Senses: glosses: A Gaelic surname from Latin
Derived terms: principle of Pseudo-Scotus
Scotism
Scotist
Related terms: Scot
Scott
Fus'ha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈfʊshə/
Etymology: See Fusha.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Fusha.
domino computer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: domino computers
Senses: glosses: A mechanical computer built using domino tiles to represent logical operators, so that toppling certain dominos causes a "signal" to propagate.
domino computers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of domino computer
Texas 42
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A game played with a set of common double-six dominoes.
Synonyms: 42
42
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Texas 42.
Related terms: 42-gon
momentane
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more momentane
form: most momentane
Etymology: From Latin momentaneus. Doublet of momentaneous.
Senses: examples: text: The momentane afflictions of this lyfe are not woꝛthy of the gloꝛy that ſhall be ſhewed vpon vs.
ref: 1570, Thomas Whittell, The first (second) volume of the ecclesiasticall history, London: […] Iohn Daye, page 2022, column 1:
glosses: Momentary.
momentane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin momentaneus. Doublet of momentaneous.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In Finnish and Navajo, a verb aspect indicating that an occurrence is sudden and short-lived.
double-six
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A set of domino tiles with 28 tiles.
line of play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lines of play
Senses: glosses: The configuration of played tiles of dominoes.
Don Quixote
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɒn kiːˈhəʊtɪ/
ipa: /dɒn ˈkwɪksəʊt/
ipa: /ˌdɑn kiˈhoʊti/
ipa: /ˌdɑn kiˈhoʊteɪ/
rhymes: -əʊti
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Don Quixote, the older spelling of modern Spanish Don Quijote.
Senses: glosses: A famous 1605–1615 Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), whose full title is El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha).
glosses: The protagonist of this novel.
Derived terms: Don Quixotesque
Don Quixotic
quixotic
Don Quixote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɒn kiːˈhəʊtɪ/
ipa: /dɒn ˈkwɪksəʊt/
ipa: /ˌdɑn kiˈhoʊti/
ipa: /ˌdɑn kiˈhoʊteɪ/
rhymes: -əʊti
Forms: form: Don Quixotes
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Don Quixote, the older spelling of modern Spanish Don Quijote.
Senses: examples: text: But he was a born leader. As danger thickened his jaunty manner would increase, his speech become more racy, his cold eyes glitter into ardent life, and his Don Quixote moustache bristle with joyous excitement.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
text: […] while joint libraries are wonderful endeavors, which may or may not be a part of our future, they also represent the best of human cooperation for the greater good. This book is dedicated to these Don Quixotes of the library world.
ref: 2012, Claire B. Gunnels, Susan E. Green, Patricia M. Butler, Joint Libraries: Models That Work, page 161:
glosses: Any person or character who displays quixotism.
Derived terms: Quixote
quixotic
quixotism
quixotry
Don Quixotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Don Quixote
stick figures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stick figure
LaVeyan Satanism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named for its founder, Anton Szandor LaVey.
Senses: glosses: The atheistic religion of the Church of Satan, which is characterized by materialism and rejects all things supernatural, such as body and soul dualism and the concept of life after death.
Church of Satan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Church of Satan
Senses: glosses: An international organization dedicated to the religion of LaVeyan Satanism.
pick up the pieces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: picks up the pieces
form: picking up the pieces
form: picked up the pieces
form: picked up the pieces
Senses: examples: text: Picking up the pieces after the Suez disaster, the British found themselves getting used to the idea that they are not as big a power as they thought they were.
ref: 1957 January 14, “Roberts' Rules of Order”, in Time Magazine:
text: "Cutting administrators is a huge mistake, and will only mean other staff such as nurses have to pick up the pieces."
ref: 2011 February 3, Randeep Ramesh, The Guardian:
text: This is a scorched earth policy, leaving Labour - which has made the right noises, but not loudly enough - with the job of picking up the pieces. Given the incoherence of the plans, the best hope is that the public outcry - even the Daily Telegraph is against them - delays them enough for a new government to rescue most of the ticket offices from closure, but this is no way to run a railway.
ref: 2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 43:
glosses: To restore one's life (or a given situation etc.) to a normal state, after a calamity, shock etc.
pencil skirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pencil skirt
cocawine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of coca wine.
hariolate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hariolates
form: hariolating
form: hariolated
form: hariolated
Senses: glosses: To predict; to prophesy.
cofermion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cofermions
Etymology: From co- + fermion.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A composite fermion
convexification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: convexifications
Etymology: From convex + -ification.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The process of converting to convex form.
nanoripples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoripple
nanoripple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoripples
Etymology: From nano- + ripple.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale ripple
paratacamite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paratacamites
Etymology: From para- + tacamite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rhombohedral form of basic copper chloride that is dimorphous with tacamite
Betty Boop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: A feminist she is not, and we see her with many a Betty Boop look of horror as her two loutish pals make matchsticks out of every piece of barroom furniture in sight.
ref: 1997, David Howard Day, A Treasure Hard to Attain: Images of Archaeology in Popular Film, page 89:
text: He sits astride a motorcycle and fingers the hem of a bright red dress worn by a pert, blonde, cherry-lipped model. Her mouth is open in a Betty Boop "ooh."
ref: 2002, Catherine Orenstein, Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale, page 192:
text: She had straight black hair with a Betty Boop bob cut and ruby red sweetheart lips.
ref: 2005, Stephanie Lehmann, Are You in the Mood?, page 188:
text: Betty: Shall we? (Her voice has now assumed a Betty Boop pitch.)
ref: 2007, James Fitzgerald, The Joys of Smoking Cigarettes, page 22:
text: Thirty years old when the song came out, Lauper was playacting at being a girl — and the ultimate girl, at that — with her Betty Boop voice and crazy dress-up outfits.
ref: 2010, Marisa Meltzer, Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music, page 75:
glosses: A fictional female entertainer introduced in cartoons in the 1930s, characterized by a high-pitched singing and speaking voice, short and curly black hair, and sexually provocative clothing, mannerisms, and facial expressions.
Derived terms: Betty Boopish
Hitler mustache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /hɪt.lə(ɹ).mʌs.tæʃ/
Forms: form: Hitler mustaches
Etymology: Named after German dictator Adolf Hitler.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of toothbrush mustache.
synonyms: word: toothbrush mustache
Synonyms: toothbrush mustache
Charlie Chaplin mustache
Hitler mustaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hitler mustache
low-brow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more low-brow
form: most low-brow
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lowbrow.
plummetted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of plummet
Humean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhjuːmɪən/
enpr: hyo͞oʹmĭən
Forms: form: Humean
form: Humeian
form: Humian
Etymology: From Hume (“David Hume”) + -an.
Senses: examples: text: § Treatiſe of Human Nature, L. 467. In the P. S. to this letter, a view will be given of the Humian ſyſtem, taken exactly as it appeared to its author at ſix o’clock in the evening.
ref: 1777, Robert Dick [ed.], The North-British Intelligencer, volume 5, “A Letter to Adam Smith, LL. D. on the Life, Death, and Philoſophy of his friend David Hume, Eſq.”, page 134, footnote §
text: Burke had planned a confutation of the Berkleian and Humean hypothesis; but the active engagements of politics afterwards prevented the completion of his speculative disquisitions.
ref: 1798, Robert Bisset, The Life of Edmund Burke, page 22:
text: I am reading ‘Burnet’s own Times.’ […] He tells his story like an old man past political service, bragging to his sons on winter evenings of the part he took in public transactions, when ‘his old cap was new.’ Full of scandal, which all true history is. […] None of the cursed philosophical Humeian indifference, so cold and unnatural and inhuman!
ref: 1800, Charles Lamb in his executor-cum-editor Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd’s 1837 Letters of Charles Lamb, with a Sketch of his Life, volume 1, chapter VI: “Letters to Manning, after Lamb’s removal to the Temple”, pages 190–191
glosses: Of or pertaining to the philosophy of David Hume (1711–1776).
Humean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhjuːmɪən/
enpr: hyo͞oʹmĭən
Forms: form: Humeans
form: Humean
form: Humeian
form: Humian
Etymology: From Hume (“David Hume”) + -an.
Senses: examples: text: [H]e who would educate a young man in the principles of Unitarianism will, in all probability, educate him in the principles of infidelity. The reason is obvious. In order to reduce his religious creed to the level of Unitarianism, he must educate him in that “freedom of inquiry,” which teaches him first to dispute and then to reject all the leading features of Christianity, upon the very same grounds, and on the same principles, on which the Deist rejects the probability of a revelation, and upon which, if pushed to their full extent, the Humian will question even the being and the attributes of God. Disputandi pruritus, animi scabies.
ref: 1815 June, The British Critic, volume 3, article VI: book review of Thomas Belsham’s 1815 “Letters addressed to the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of London, in Vindication of the Unitarians from the Allegations of his Lordship in his late Charge”, page 639
text: Humians see no necessary uniformity in phenomena because they expect some logical law to which uniformity may be referred.
ref: 1879, George Croom Robertson [ed.], Mind: A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy, volume IV, page 511:
text: It is quite true that if the criterion of consistency is not absolute, one’s knowledge of psychology and of everything else is logically bankrupt, but no Humean (and the objector may well be a follower of Hume) ever supposed that his knowledge was logically sound.
ref: 1894, James Mark Baldwin, James McKeen Cattell, et al., editors, Psychological Review, volume 1, American Psychological Association, pages 308–309:
text: We materialists, after Engels, term the Kantians and Humeans, agnostics, because they deny the objective reality of the source of our sensations.
ref: 1927, Collected Works of V. I. Lenin (International Publishers), volume XIII: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin [aut.] and David Kvitko [tr.], “Materialism and Empirio-criticism: Critical Notes Concerning a Reactionary Philosophy”, page 100
text: This cannot refer to Hume’s actual essay, Of Suicide, which, apparently, did not appear until 1777, but presumably the author had already expressed his views on the subject (the present writer is not sufficient of a Humeian to say where).
ref: 1948, Percy Alfred Scholes, The Great Dr. Burney: His Life, His Travels, His Works, His Family and His Friends, Oxford University Press, volume 1, page 113, footnote 1:
text: Agreement between these two accounts, however, ends here, since for Humeians the one act is preceded in time by the other, whereas for Leibnizians the two are exact contemporaries.
ref: 1973, Northern Illinois University, The Philosophy Forum (Gordon and Breach Science Publishers), volume 14, issue 1, page 54
glosses: An adherent or advocate of Humean doctrines.
imamate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imamates
form: Imamate
Etymology: From imam + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).
Senses: examples: text: The Mahometans do not agree among themselves about this imamate, or dignity of the imam. Some think it of divine right, and attached to a single family, as the pontificate of Aaron. Others hold, that it is, indeed, of divine right, but deny it to be so attached to any single family, as that it may not be transferred to another.
ref: 1819, Abraham Rees, “Imam”, in The Cyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, volume 18:
text: After mentioning these facts, Shahristâni adds that "whatever befell them was prognosticated by Jaafar as-Sâdik, who said that temporal dominion was not for their family, but that the Imâmate was to be a toy in the hands of the Abbassides."
ref: 1891, Syed Ameer Ali, The Life and Teachings of Mohammed: Or, The Spirit of Islam:
text: The government has accused the Houthis of trying to restore the traditional Zaidi-led imamate that largely ruled Yemen until 1962.
ref: 2009 September 21, Robert F. Worth, “Yemen’s North Hit by Bloodiest Fighting in Years”, in New York Times:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The office or jurisdiction of an imam.
imamates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imamate
Imamate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Imamates
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of imamate, especially when referring to a specific imamate.
aruspex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aruspices
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of haruspex.
aruspices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aruspice
glosses: plural of aruspex
asyla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asylum
incomparabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incomparability
aurichalcum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of orichalcum.
ballistas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballista
midadolescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more midadolescent
form: most midadolescent
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mid-adolescent.
mid-adolescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mid-adolescent
form: most mid-adolescent
Etymology: From mid- + adolescent.
Senses: examples: text: The Phi store on Greene Street is a vast cool, dark space of dizzying height, an effect accentuated by smooth free-standing obsidian walls and willowy black Corinthian pillars that seem to be in a midadolescent growth spurt.
ref: 2007 August 9, Cintra Wilson, “A (Very Poised) Dance on the Table”, in New York Times:
glosses: being in or pertaining to the middle of the adolescence
minibag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minibags
Etymology: From mini- + bag.
Senses: examples: text: Sequined minibag, $1,750 at select Chanel boutiques.
ref: 2007 August 9, Karin Nelson, “When the Burden of Status Is Too Much to Shoulder”, in New York Times:
glosses: A small-volume bag.
minibags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minibag
multiformat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multiformat
form: most multiformat
Etymology: From multi- + format.
Senses: examples: text: Fictionwise.com, a bookseller that supports many formats, sells some new novels as multiformat packages that let users choose among 10 readers from companies like Microsoft, Franklin or Adobe .
ref: 2007 August 9, Peter Wayner, “An Entire Bookshelf, in Your Hands”, in New York Times:
glosses: Accessible in more than one format.
splashproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more splashproof
form: most splashproof
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of splash-proof.
splash-proof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more splash-proof
form: most splash-proof
Etymology: From splash + -proof.
Senses: examples: text: This machine, too, is designed to go; it has a built-in rechargeable battery, and it’s splashproof, meaning that it’s O.K. for bathroom or poolside use.
ref: 2007 August 9, David Pogue, “Internet Radio Made Easier”, in New York Times:
glosses: constructed to withstand splashing
feel ten feet tall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: feels ten feet tall
form: feeling ten feet tall
form: felt ten feet tall
form: felt ten feet tall
Senses: glosses: To feel proud of oneself.
feels ten feet tall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of feel ten feet tall
feeling ten feet tall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of feel ten feet tall
felt ten feet tall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of feel ten feet tall
feel eight feet tall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: feels eight feet tall
form: feeling eight feet tall
form: felt eight feet tall
form: felt eight feet tall
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of feel ten feet tall.
feel nine feet tall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: feels nine feet tall
form: feeling nine feet tall
form: felt nine feet tall
form: felt nine feet tall
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of feel ten feet tall.
feel twelve feet tall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: feels twelve feet tall
form: feeling twelve feet tall
form: felt twelve feet tall
form: felt twelve feet tall
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of feel ten feet tall.
Humeian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Hume + -ian.
Senses: examples: 1963, Walter John Hipple Jr. [ed.] in the preface to the 1963 Scholars’ Facsimiles & Reprints edition of Alexander Gerard’s 1759 Essay on Taste, page viii
This was the philosophical company Gerard kept, and it is surprising to find in him so much of the Humeian analyst as we do alongside the inevitable concessions to “common sense.”
glosses: Alternative form of Humean.
Humeian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Humeians
Etymology: From Hume + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Humean.
Humian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Hum(e) + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Humean.
Humian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Humians
Etymology: From Hum(e) + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Humean.
womaned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of woman
whoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whomen
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of woman.
eureka moments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eureka moment
eureka effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eureka effect
loose cannons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loose cannon
loose cannons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of loose cannon
Playboys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Playboy
calcitrant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more calcitrant
form: most calcitrant
Etymology: From Latin calcitrans, present participle of calcitrare (“to kick”), from calx (“heel”), calcis (“heel”).
Senses: glosses: stubborn; refractory
calcitrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: calcitrates
form: calcitrating
form: calcitrated
form: calcitrated
Etymology: From Latin calcitratus, past participle of calcitrare.
Senses: glosses: To kick.
Related terms: calcitrant
calcitration
recalcitrant
caligae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caliga
camerae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camera
capitella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛlə
Senses: glosses: plural of capitellum
whale-road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the whale-road
form: whale-roads
Etymology: From whale + road, after Old English hranrād, from hran (“whale”) + rād (“road”), though this translation is debated. Another translation is hran as dolphin and rād as a modified form of rāden (to ride). Therefore, hranrād would be the "riding place of dolphins" or "dolphins' riding".
Senses: examples: text: […] and his name was called Scyld. He grew to man's estate, and became a mighty king, and subdued the peoples under him. All the neighboring peoples across the whale roads obeyed Scyld.
ref: 1907, John Gibb, “Beowulf”, in The Children's Hour, volume 4, page 3:
text: In the end each clan on the outlying coasts / beyond the whale-road had to yield to him / and begin to pay tribute. That was one good king.
ref: 1999, Seamus Heaney, transl., Beowulf:
synonyms: whale's road
whale's way
qualifier: kenning
glosses: The ocean; the open sea.
otherly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more otherly
form: most otherly
Etymology: From other + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: As against this "otherly" and warlike definition, there occurs and recurs, both in the public relations literature and in the serious discussion of policy, a more "brotherly" and peaceful set of themes, parallel to those which permit [...]
ref: 1989, John R. Seeley, Community chest: a case study in philanthropy:
text: [...] sense of cultural pride, we have become fixated on the only apparent characteristic that labels us as otherly.
ref: 2000, Phoebe Eng, Warrior Lessons: An Asian American Woman's Journey Into Power:
glosses: Pertaining to something or someone else; different.
examples: text: He has no needs or wants that are not met within the eternal community of otherly love known as the triune Godhead of Father, Son, and Spirit. God doesn't need us.
ref: 2011, Ed Cook, Just a Thought:
glosses: Pertaining or directed toward others; otherish.
Derived terms: otherliness
otherly abled
otherly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more otherly
form: most otherly
Etymology: From Middle English otherliche, from Old English ōþerlīċe (“otherwise, differently”), equivalent to other + -ly. Cognate with Old Saxon ōþarlīk, Old High German andarlīh, Icelandic annarligur, Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉 (anþarleikō, “otherwise”).
Senses: glosses: Otherwise; differently.
IBM PCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IBM PC
subnodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subnode
emotional pivots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emotional pivot
dramatic structures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dramatic structure
career-limiting moves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of career-limiting move
input-output sections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of input-output section
dial-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dial-up
link editors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of link editor
big red button
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big red buttons
Senses: glosses: A real, fictional, or figurative button that controls a function of critical importance and that is usually large and red, ensuring quick identification.
Synonyms: big red switch
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big red buttons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of big red button
green screens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green screen
radio shack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æk
Forms: form: radio shacks
Etymology: From radio + shack.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A room for hosting radio equipment.
McIntoshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of McIntosh
Apple Macs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Apple Mac
radio shacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radio shack
radioshack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radioshacks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of radio shack.
logic boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of logic board
two-strokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of two-stroke
chemicalese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chemical + -ese.
Senses: glosses: The jargon associated with chemistry.
exclusionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exclusionist
Dzogchen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Tibetan རྫོགས་ཆེན། (rdzogs chen).
Senses: examples: text: In Dzogchen, the way of behaving is the key to the practice, not because there are fixed rules as to what one should and should not do, but because the principle is that one must learn to become responsible for oneself, working with one's own awareness.
ref: 1996, Kloṅ-chen-pa Dri-med-ʼod-zer, Dzogchen: The Self-perfected State, page 124:
topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The Great Perfection; the state of contemplation beyond the mind; not unconscious, but mental processes not conditioning of awareness.
topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The corresponding teachings found in Nyingmapa and the non-Buddhist Bonpo.
Nican Tlaca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The indigenous peoples of the Americas, including full-bloods and mixed-bloods, regarded as one people or one nation.
kongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kong
majiang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑ.d͡ʒɒŋ/
ipa: /mɑ.t͡ʃ(j)ɑŋ/
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Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 麻將／麻将 (májiàng).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mahjong.
wikipedia: Cambridge University Press
Uhuru Torch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A torch used as one of the national symbols of Tanzania, symbolizing freedom and light.
rain hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rain hats
Senses: glosses: A waterproof hat, intended to be worn in rainy weather.
rain hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rain hat
horsely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more horsely
form: most horsely
Etymology: From Middle English horsly, equivalent to horse + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: “The best I can say is that it was a very horsely horse. […]"
ref: 2011, K. M. Grant, Belle's Song:
glosses: Pertaining to or relating to horses; horse-like; equine.
Derived terms: horseliness
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way, a key text in Mahayana Buddhism by Nagarjuna.
TULIP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Acronym for the Five Points of Calvinist doctrine: total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, perseverance of the saints
five-point Calvinist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: five-point Calvinists
Senses: topics: Christianity
synonyms: five-pointer
glosses: A Calvinist who believes in all five points of TULIP, including limited atonement.
sola gratia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin, meaning "solely grace".
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: The doctrine that salvation is conveyed by the grace and goodwill of God, as a free gift, without merit on the part of the sinner.
public comment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: public comments
Etymology: From public + comment.
Senses: examples: text: The purpose of the hearings, according to John Dyer, RTD general manager, will be to receive public comment on the environmental impact statement
ref: 1983 July 14, “Public Hearings on Metro Rail Impact Study Set”, in Los Angeles Times:
text: The draft code, which is out for public comment, calls for regular meetings between the external auditors and the regulators of major financial firms and also encourages more informal dialogue
ref: 2011 February 10, Brooke Masters, “Bank auditors to help provide early warning system”, in Financial Times:
text: The public comment deadline on the plan had been Thursday. But numerous people wanted more time to consider and comment on the plan, and the agencies agreed. Comments will now be accepted until March 3.
ref: 2011 February 16, Matt Weiser, “Public will have more time to comment on location of flooding nerve center”, in Sacramento Bee:
topics: government
law
politics
glosses: Input given by the public to governmental (or rarely other) bodies, about proposed legislation or regulation(s), during a period—and by means—set aside and prescribed by law.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see public, comment.
magery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mageries
Etymology: From mage + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Odd, […] very odd. Though, else my magery is worthless, we shall see odder yet, for these be odd times.
ref: 1969, Avram Davidson, Peregrine: Primus, Wildside Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 44:
text: Village witches, though they might know many spells and charms and some of the great songs, were never trained in the High Arts or the principles of magery.
ref: 1990, Ursula K. Le Guin, Tehanu, →ISBN, page 32:
text: The memories began anew, and his need for the surge of magery within him drove him on.
ref: 2005, Susan Carpenter, Curse of the Lyrestone, page 165:
glosses: The practice of a mage; magic, sorcery.
Nicolaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪ.kəˈleɪ.ʌɪt/
Forms: form: Nicolaites
Etymology: From Late Latin Nicolaita, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek Νικολαΐτης (Nikolaḯtēs), from Νικόλαος (Nikólaos, “Nicolas”); Nicolas of Antioch was associated with the sect, although the word may have come from a different allegorical use of the name.
Senses: glosses: A Nicolaitan.
Derived terms: Nicolaitism
celature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlətjʊɚ/
/ˈsɛlət͡ʃɚ/
Forms: form: celatures
Etymology: From Latin caelatura, from caelare (“to engrave in relief”).
Senses: glosses: The act or art of engraving or embossing.
examples: text: These celatures in their drinking cups were so fram'd, that they might pur them on or take them oft at pleasure
ref: 1627, G[eorge] H[akewill], An Apologie of the Power and Prouidence of God in the Gouernment of the World. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Iohn Lichfield and William Turner, […], →OCLC:
glosses: An engraving.
cerastes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /səˈɹæstiːz/
Forms: form: cerastae
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κεράστης (kerástēs).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A very flexible horned serpent in Greek legend, said to have no spine and to hide its head in the sand awaiting prey.
cerastae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cerastes
convolutive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more convolutive
form: most convolutive
Etymology: From convolute + -ive.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: convolute
foistware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From foist + -ware.
Senses: examples: text: They can acquire viruses, worms, foistware, and back doors.
ref: 2003, William R. Cheswick, Steven M. Bellovin, Aviel D. Rubin, Firewalls and Internet security: repelling the wily hacker, page 241:
text: Is it possible to block foistware using Proxomitron or Privoxy filters ?
ref: 2003, data64, “What browsers are vulnerable to drive-by download”, in alt.privacy.spyware (Usenet):
text: It is essential to check for spyware/hijackware/foistware.
ref: 2004, Sandi - Microsoft MVP, “won't go to typed-in URL”, in microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.browser (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: bloatware
glosses: Software that is installed without the user's knowledge or consent, often bundled with another product.