cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ænigma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ænigmas
form: ænigmata
Senses: examples: text: Theſaurus Ænigmaticus : Or, A Collection of the Moſt Ingenious and Diverting Ænigma’s or Riddles : The Whole Being Deſign’d for Universal Entertainment; And in Particular for the Exerciſe of the Fancies of the Curious. To which is Prefix’d : A Preface, and a Diſcourſe of Ænigma’s in General.
An Ænigma, or Riddle, is a dirk Deſcription…
ref: 1725, Theſaurus Ænigmaticus : Or, A Collection of the Moſt Ingenious and Diverting Ænigma’s or Riddles : The Whole Being Deſign’d for Universal Entertainment; And in Particular for the Exerciſe of the Fancies of the Curious. To which is Prefix’d : A Preface, and a Diſcourſe of Ænigma’s in General., in the book title and on many other pages (J. Wilford)
roman: …to Man, than to offer and ſolve difficult Queſtions, affecting by that ſome Recommendation of Wit above the reſt. We muſt not therefore imagine that Ænigma’s…
text: The word ænigma, which is derived from the Greek substantive ainigma, which the Latins call scirpus, signifies an obscure speech, or discourse, covering something common and universally known, under remote and uncommon terms. It is also frequently called riddle, probably from the Belgic readen, or the Saxon araethan — to interpret. Fra. Junius defines an ænigma to be an obscure parable or allegory, of which, he says, there are two kinds; the greater rendering the sentence more intricate and difficult of solution, by a multitude of words, and the lesser consisting of one or more words remote in their allusion […]
The rebus is also ranked by some in the number of ænigmas. In a general sense, however, every dark saying, every difficult question, every parable, &c. may pass for an ænigma; hence obscure laws are called ænigmata juris.
ref: 1831, “Ænigmas. For the Olio.”, in The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, page 101:
text: Why does not God make his priest speak out, intelligibly and clearly ? Why did not the prophet tell the Jews, that their next Messiah should be a spiritual not a temporal Messiah, like all their former Messiahs ? But every prophecy is an ænigma to be expounded by the priest. Here, again, we have the system of secrecy which prevails through every part of the ancient world. Every thing was allegory and ænigma, contrived for the purpose of supporting the power of the favoured initiated.
ref: 1836, Godfrey Higgins, Anacalypsis — Or an Inquiry into the Origin of Languages, Nations and Religions, READ BOOKS, →ISBN, page 227, →ISBN:
text: […] The whole is a riddle, an ænigma, an inexplicable mystery. Doubt, uncertainty, suspence of judgment appear the only result of our most accurate scrutiny concerning this subject. But such is the frailty of human reason and such the irresistible contagion of opinion, that even this deliberate doubt could scarcely be upheld.
ref: 1957, Emil Aarestrup, Christian Frederik Petersen, Morten Borup, Emil Aarestrups breve til Christian Petersen, Gyldendal, page 220:
glosses: Archaic form of enigma.
enigmata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛnɪɡˈmɑːta/
rhymes: -ɑːtə
Forms: form: ænigmata
Senses: glosses: plural of enigma
Saint Barbara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The patron of armourers, military engineers, gunsmiths, miners and anyone else who worked with cannon and explosives.
glittering generality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glittering generalities
Senses: glosses: An emotionally appealing term closely associated with highly-valued concepts and beliefs which convey or invoke conviction without supporting information or reason.
Synonyms: glowing generality
a'
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of a (“all”)
a'
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of a (“all”)
a'
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: SIL. What, a' God's name, could come into the heads
Of this people to make them rebel?
ERN. Why, religion; that came into their heads
A' God's name.
GER. But what a devil made the noblemen
Rebel? they never mind religion.
ref: 1661, Samuel Tuke, "The Adventures of Five Hours", in 1876, Robert Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt, A Select Collection of Old English Plays, page 217
glosses: Alternative form of a (“in”).
bacteremia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bacteremias
Etymology: From bacter- + -emia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bacteraemia.
Derived terms: bacteremic
pseudobacteremia
ænigmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ænigma
Synonyms: ænigmata
lenite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈliːnaɪt/
/ləˈnaɪt/
Forms: form: lenites
form: leniting
form: lenited
form: lenited
Etymology: Back-formation from lenition.
Senses: examples: text: This environment lenites "m" to "mh".
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: To cause (a consonant) to undergo lenition.
examples: text: "M" lenites to "mh".
text: The initial g- in several of the forms is due to reanalysis from syntactic constructions in which the initial k- preceded by a vowel regularly lenites.
ref: 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 265:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: To undergo lenition.
Derived terms: unlenited
plug nickel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plug nickels
form: plugged nickel
Etymology: Some early United States coins (minted in the 18th and 19th centuries) were made with a small silver disc added to the center of the coin in the planchet (blank metal) before striking. This was done to increase the value of the metal in the coin up to the coin's face value. A plug nickel or plugged nickel is a nickel (now a five-cent coin, but originally a one-cent coin and later a three-cent coin) where the silver (center disc) has been harvested and replaced “plugged” with a different material, thus decreasing the metal value of the coin. People would often examine their change after a cash transaction to ensure they did not receive such a coin.
Senses: examples: text: Others estimate that each consumer's data is virtually worthless to the consumer; "Most of [consumers'] information, on an open market, is not worth a plug nickel," said Bruce Belair, a Washington-based lawyer.
ref: 1997 March 6, Neil Munro, “Putting a Price Tag on Privacy”, in washingtontechnology.com, retrieved 28 Sep 2008:
text: The Senate can easily release these MTA bonds to the financial markets to stop subway fare hikes—and it won't cost the state a plug nickel.
ref: 2002 February 19, “Opinion: State Must Fast-track MTA $ Plan”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 28 Sep 2008:
text: There's no additional money for saving the mural, he said. "I have no intention of spending another plug nickel on it."
ref: 2006 April 24, Steve Schultze, “Dolphins in mural could be rescued”, in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, retrieved 28 Sep 2008:
glosses: A nearly worthless amount.
Synonyms: farthing
brass farthing
red cent
two cents
Derived terms: not worth a plug nickel
Related terms: don't take any wooden nickels
Pepe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛpeɪ/
rhymes: -ɛpeɪ̯
Forms: form: Pepes
Etymology: The character's creator, Matt Furie, chose the name Pepe because it reminded him of the term pee-pee, a resemblance he found funny.
Senses: examples: text: Alternate iterations of Pepe, including sad, smug and angry Pepes, followed. Pepe memes are ubiquitous across 4chan, Reddit, Imgur, Tumblr, and other social media and image-sharing sites.
ref: 2016 October 11, Jessica Roy, “How 'Pepe the Frog' went from harmless to hate symbol”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2023:
text: One thread filled up with hundreds of Pepes to help meme Florida over to Trump, as if their energy could help Florida stay red.
ref: 2016 November 9, Abby Ohlheiser, “’We actually elected a meme as president’: How 4chan celebrated Trump’s victory”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Jan 2023:
qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: An image or depiction of the Pepe the Frog character.
wikipedia: Matt Furie
Derived terms: PepeLaugh
Rare Pepe
ænigmata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enigmata
Senses: examples: text: 1807, The History of the Anglo-Saxons, book XII, page 346; also later reprinted verbatim & literatim in:
text: These ænigmata consist of twenty tetrastica, or stanzas of four lines, on various subjects ; as the earth, the wind, clouds, nature, the rainbow, the moon, fortune, salt, the nettle and such like — of fourteen pentasticha of five lines, of thirteen hexasticha of six lines each, nineteen stanzas of seven lines, ten of eight lines, eleven of nine lines, and thirteen of ten lines each.
ref: 1839, Sharon Turner, The History of England: From the Earliest Period to the Death of Elizabeth, book IX, page 374:
text: Intermixed with these ænigmata, we find towards the latter part of the volume other poems, religious and miscellaneous.
ref: 1826, John Josias Conybeare, Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry, page 213:
text: 1830, Robert Southey, Esq., LL.D., The Pilgrim’s Progress, with a Life of John Bunyan; quoted in:
text: In some cases, the parable possesses the interest of the riddle itself ; the examination and solution of which are so interesting to the human intellect, that the history and religious doctrines of ancient nations were often at once preserved and disguised in the form of such ænigmata.
ref: 1830, The Quarterly Review, article V, page 486:
text: It is sufficiently obvious, that the first of these ænigmata relates to the Chess-Knight, the second to the Chess-Queen, and the last to the Chess-Pawn ; but the third receives unusual illustration by a view of the Pawns which form part of the set discovered in the Isle of Lewis, which present to us the octagonal shape alluded to by Gest ; and this adds a collateral proof in support of their Northern manufacture.
ref: 1841, Chess Player’s Chronicle, page 272:
text: …the cleric’s name, Cynewulf, becomes in sequence torch, bow, necessity, horse, happiness, man, sea, wealth. His signature was a cryptogram, one of those ænigmata so congenial to the Anglo-Saxon imagination. The works where the runes are inserted are all of a homiletic nature…
ref: 2002, Peter Ackroyd, Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination, Chatto & Windus, page 22:
glosses: plural of ænigma
Synonyms: ænigmas
Derived terms: ænigmata juris
verbatim et literatim
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Latin verbātim (“word-for-word”) + et (“and”) + līterātim (“letter-for-letter”).
Senses: examples: text: This fact is not otherwise important than as it tends to prove, that no verbatim et literatim copy of the original has as yet been published.
ref: 1825, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, A Synopsis of the Peerage of England: Exhibiting, under Alphabetical Arrangement, The Date of Creation, Descent, and Present State of Every Title of Peerage Which has Existed in this Country since the Conquest. In Two Volumes, page 807:
text: It is true the pardon was granted with so many precautions and conclusions, especially as regarded the poor bridegroom, that, if delivered as it was received, verbatim et liberatim, Mrs. Palmer could not fail to be assured it would be rejected, not only by the gentleman, but the fond wife, who honoured not less than she loved him.
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 210:
text: The only liberty which has been taken in reprinting this Dedication, is in reference to the supplying of modern punctuation, and the division of it into paragraphs; but in other respects it is given verbatim et literatim.
ref: 1845, Jean Calvin, Works…, page XXIV:
text: Following is a copy of a letter received last week from a man in Texas by a bran company here, given verbatim et literatim: […]
ref: 1902 October 13, R. E. Sterling, “Kansas Department”, in The Northwestern Miller, volume 54, number 16, Minneapolis, Minn.: The Miller Publishing Co., published 15 October 1902, page 795, column 4:
text: But the meaning is in all cases clearly conveyed, and, in justice both to the author and the reader, they have been printed verbatim et literatim, as in the original manuscripts.
ref: 2004, Peter Esprit Radisson, Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson, page 2:
topics: law
glosses: Word-for-word and to the letter.
hared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hare
odynophagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: odynophagias
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀδύνη (odúnē, “pain”) + -phagia (“swallowing, ingestion”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Severe pain in the mouth or esophagus when attempting to swallow.
Derived terms: odynophagic
plugged nickel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plugged nickels
Senses: examples: text: Betrayed by a plugged nickel stolen from a child's bank, John Dillon and Joseph Clancy are under arrest.
ref: 1907 January 6, “Plugged Nickel Betrays Burglars”, in New York Times, page 6:
glosses: Alternative form of plug nickel.
not worth a plug nickel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: not worth a plugged nickel
Senses: examples: text: In the screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr., and David Rayfiel, Turner very early on stumbles upon the existence of a kind of super-C.I.A. within the C.I.A., after which his life is not worth a plug nickel.
ref: 1975 Sep. 25, Vincent Canby, "Redford a CIA Eccentric in Three Days of Condor" (film review), New York Times, p. 60
synonyms: word: for the birds
word: good-for-naught
word: good-for-nothing
word: not worth a damn
word: not worth a dime
word: not worth a plug nickel
word: not worth a brass farthing
word: not worth a cent
word: not worth a cress
word: not worth a curse
word: not worth a Continental
word: not worth a farthing
word: not worth a nickel
word: not worth a penny
word: not worth salt
word: not worth a whistle
word: of no value
word: otiose
word: valueless
word: null
word: worthless
word: worth nothing
word: wutless
glosses: Having no or almost no value; worthless.
Synonyms: not worth a brass farthing
Related terms: don't take any wooden nickels
plug nickel
plugged nickel
not worth a plugged nickel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I'm just telling you. Take this girl along, and your life's not worth a plugged nickel.
ref: 1922, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 22, in Man Size:
glosses: Alternative form of not worth a plug nickel.
refractoriness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From refractory + -ness.
Senses: examples: 2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Alfred A. Knopf (2001), 8,
Uncle loved the desnsity of the tungsten he made, and its refractoriness, its great chemical stability.
glosses: The quality of being refractory.
knuckledragger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knuckledraggers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of knuckle dragger.
metencephalon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metencephalons
form: metencephala
Etymology: From met- + encephalon.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: The portion of the embryonic rhombencephalon from which the pons and cerebellum arise.
Derived terms: metencephalic
lead hopping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: the identification of isofunctional molecular structures with significantly different molecular backbones
Synonyms: scaffold hopping
scaffold hopping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: lead hopping
Portugall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See Portugal.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Portugal.
Portugall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Portugalls
Etymology: See Portugal.
Senses: examples: 1619, W. W. Gent (translator), A briefe relation of the persecution lately made against the Catholike christians, in the Kingdome of Iaponia
AMONGST other coũtryes which were vnknowne to vs of Europe vntill in this later age they were diſcouered by the Spaniardes & Portugalls, one is Iapone...
1630, John Smith, Travels of Captaine John Smith, 1907 edition, Vol. II, p. 167-8 https://web.archive.org/web/20081203181040/http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/ghov2-07.html
The Kingdome of Congo is about 600. miles diameter any way, the chiefe Citie called St. Savadore, seated upon an exceeding high mountaine, 150. miles from the Sea, verie fertile, and inhabited with more than 100000. persons, where is an excellent prospect over all the plaine Countreyes about it, well watered, lying (as it were) in the Center of this Kingdome, over all which the Portugalls now command, though but an handfull in comparison of Negroes.
1662, John Bargrave, Pope Alexander VII
At a congregational meeting he was for the reception of the Portugall embassador.
glosses: A Portuguese person.
anthologises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of anthologise
anthologising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of anthologise
anthologised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of anthologise
appetisingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more appetisingly
form: most appetisingly
Etymology: From appetising + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of appetizingly.
reëntry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reëntries
form: re-entry
form: reentry
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of re-entry.
backstroking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backstroke
backstroked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of backstroke
too big to fail
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: 1912, Fabian Society, Fabian Tract No. 164, "Gold and State Banking: A Study in the Economics of Monopoly"
The fact, which surely everybody knows and hardly anybody ventures to state, is that the stability of our great banks--and all our banking system which now matters a tittle consists of great banks--is based not on the supply of gold in their vaults, nor on the reserve in the Bank of England, but on the fact that they are too big to fail, too big commercially and far too big politically. If Lloyds, or the London County, or the National Provincial stopped payment, the consequences would far exceed a San Francisco earthquake, a Chicago fire, or any other catastrophe within the memory of man.
text: The Trunk's too big to fail. Too many investors. He'll get more money, keep the system going this side of disaster, then let it collapse.
ref: 2004, Terry Pratchett, Going Postal:
text: In these efforts, we aim not only to make the financial system better able to withstand future shocks but also to mitigate moral hazard and the problem of "too big to fail," by reducing the range of circumstances in which systemic stability concerns might prompt government intervention.
ref: 2008, Ben S. Bernanke, Testimony on regulatory restructuring before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives on July 10, 2008
text: This is the only remedy that would permit an escape from the “doom loop” described by Piergiorgio Alessandri and Andrew Haldane (2009), whereby, when financial institutions are seen as “too big to fail,” governments have no option but to bail them out with public money, no matter how many times they claim they will not do so.
ref: 2011, William Leiss, The Doom Loop in the Financial Sector: And Other Black Holes of Risk, University of Ottawa Press, →ISBN, page 126:
text: The rise of unregulated “shadow banks” and the lack of restrictions on insurers and asset managers were pinpointed as concerns – as was the growth of global banks to a scale larger than 2008 and the fear that they are again “too big to fail”.
ref: 2018 October 7, Shane Hickey, “Shadow banks, trade wars, Trump … clouds gather over the IMF’s paradise”, in The Observer:
text: “The risk that this monster bank can use its monopoly standing to blackmail the government and dictate its own regulation is enormous,” Wermuth said. “It’s absolutely too big to fail.”
ref: 2023 March 22, Philip Oltermann, quoting Cédric Wermuth, “Switzerland’s national pride dealt heavy blow by the merger of its banking titans”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: business
economics
finance
government
politics
sciences
synonyms: TBTF
glosses: Deemed too important to the economy or polity to be allowed to “fail”, that is to be liquidated or to go bankrupt.
calved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of calve
chancelleries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chancellery
chaplaincies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaplaincy
crusading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crusade
cochleas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cochlea
celibates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of celibate
castigators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of castigator
cotillions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cotillion
chanceries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chancery
cesareans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cesarean
bibliophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From biblio- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: […] yet even he could not stand against that sin when temporarily infected with the poison of Bibliophobia.
ref: 1818, Religio Christiani, a Churchman's Answer to Religio Clerici, quoted in The Gentleman's Magazine, October 1818, page 345:
text: What a tragic illness bibliophobia is!
ref: 1963, John B. Nicholson, “A Disease Known as Bibliophobia”, in Reading and the Art of Librarianship, published 1986, →ISBN, page 10:
text: E-literacy derives not from bibliophobia, then, but from the miraculous and evolving advent of digital technology, the Information Age and the Electronic Word.
ref: 2008, Mark Bauerlein, The Dumbest Generation, →ISBN, page 67:
glosses: The fear or dislike of books.
LLU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of local-loop unbundling.
technical drawing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: technical drawings
Senses: examples: text: Technical drawings include engineering drawings, sketches, CAD, and more.
text: Figure 9 is an example of a technical drawing of an external metric thread. The major diameter is shown in bold lines.
ref: 1998, John Bickford, Handbook of Bolts and Bolted Joints, page 193:
glosses: A depiction that relays the concept or idea for a physical object or group of physical objects.
examples: text: Having studied technical drawing in high school and then gone on to get a degree in engineering and drafting, he knew that he did have experience in a more lucrative field.
ref: 2015, David E. Goetsch, Raymond L. Rickman, William S. Chalk, Technical Drawing for Engineering Communication, page 131:
glosses: The art of producing such pictures.
chromes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chrome
chromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chrome
technical drawings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of technical drawing
putrefacient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpjutɹəˈfeɪʃənt/
Forms: form: more putrefacient
form: most putrefacient
Etymology: From Latin pūtrefacient.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or causing putrefaction.
putrefacient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpjutɹəˈfeɪʃənt/
Forms: form: putrefacients
Etymology: From Latin pūtrefacient.
Senses: glosses: That which causes putrefaction.
chroming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊmɪŋ
Senses: glosses: The act of inhaling the fumes of substances such as glue or paint, usually by sniffing them from a paper bag or bottle, with the aim of getting intoxicated.
chroming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊmɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chrome
chromed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chrome
Derived terms: unchromed
physical examination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physical examinations
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: clinical exam
clinical examination
physical exam
glosses: The examination of the patient's body with the use of such methods as inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation.
CINC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CINCs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of commander-in-chief.
Derived terms: CINCPAC
CINCPACFLT
SSTO
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of single-stage-to-orbit.
wikipedia: Rockwell X-30
Related terms: TSTO
aidoru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aidoru
form: idoru
Etymology: From Japanese アイドル (aidoru), itself from English idol. Doublet of eidolon, idol, and idolum.
Senses: examples: text: The story all-too-believably details the fall of an aidoru (Japanese pop star) who takes an artistic risk in becoming an actress
ref: 1998 September 10, Richard Scheib, “Review: Perfect Blue (1997)”, in rec.arts.movies.reviews (Usenet):
glosses: J-pop idol (popular performer in Japan)
first of all
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Be strong, live happie, and love, but first of all / Him whom to love is to obey, and keep / His great command; […]
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 1271–1272:
text: "My dear sir," said Hube in an authoritative manner to the receptionist askancing Thales, "first of all, we aren't tourists. Secondly, this isn't a rat, this is the present embodiment of the spiritual leader of millions of people in India […]
ref: 1997, Tibor Fischer, The Thought Gang, page 185:
text: "I must say, I quite enjoy having the best detective in the business, and the fastest gun in the West, on my payroll." "First of all," Clint said tightly, "I'm not the fastest gun in the West, and second, I'm not on your payroll." Royce held up both of his hands. "I didn't mean to offend you, sir[…]"
ref: 2019, J.R. Roberts, Death in Denver, Speaking Volumes, →ISBN:
glosses: Firstly; before anything else.
Synonyms: first
firstly
first up
reaction time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reaction times
Senses: synonyms: latent time
coordinate_terms: stimulus-response time
glosses: The interval between the reception of a stimulus and the initiation of a response.
medicinal chemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: pharmaceutical chemistry
pharmaceutical sciences
glosses: The application of chemical research techniques to the synthesis of pharmaceuticals.
catholicos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈθɒlɪkəs/
Forms: form: catholicoses
form: catholicoi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós). Doublet of catholic.
Senses: examples: text: Kavad had quickly ordered that a new Catholicos should be chosen for the Church, ending a hiatus of twenty years in which Shah Khusrau had prevented the office being filled.
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 252:
topics: Christianity
glosses: A high-ranking bishop or patriarch in certain Eastern Christian traditions.
Related terms: maphrian
Armenian Apostolic Church
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Armenian Apostolic Church
Senses: glosses: The national Church of Armenia.
cold calling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: The practice of making unsolicited telephone calls or house calls to potential clients, voters or other groups in order to drum up custom or investigate intentions
cold calling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of cold call
Related terms: cold emailing
spawn point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spawn points
form: spawnpoint
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A location on a game map in which a player, bot or item spawns.
quick time event
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quick time events
Etymology: Introduced by the Japanese 1999 action-adventure video game Shenmue.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: An interactive cut scene-like sequence in a video game where the player has a limited time in which to push a button, or sequence of buttons, displayed on screen.
wikipedia: Shenmue (video game)
bright spark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bright sparks
Senses: examples: text: John's youngest is doing well at school. He's a bright spark, isn't he?
text: At some point the subject got onto sex and some bright spark decided it would be a good idea if I lost my virginity that night. I was not too keen on the idea as I was knackered and exceedingly pissed.
ref: 2004, David Robinson, An Expat's Life, Luxembourg & the White Rose, page 193:
glosses: A person who is intelligent, clever or quick-witted.
Related terms: clever clogs
smart cookie
quadlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadlets
Etymology: From quad- + -let.
Senses: examples: text: The quadlets are time aligned for accuracy so that they may be loaded into the FIFO registers which are 32 bits wide and 64 quadlets deep.
ref: 2000, Ian Robertson Sinclair, Practical electronics handbook, page 257:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A word consisting of four bytes.
examples: text: The unlike-impinging quadlet has been used rather extensively in space-vehicle engines.
ref: 1976, NASA, “2.1.1.1: Element Selection”, in Liquid Rocket Engine Injectors, page 14:
glosses: A group of four similar or equal things, especially of rocket fuel injectors
Related terms: quartet
tetrad
octlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octlets
Etymology: From oct- + -let.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A word (or rather, a doubleword) consisting of eight bytes (64 bits)
khachkar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /hɑt͡ʃˈkɑɹ/
Forms: form: khachkars
form: khatchkar
form: khachqar
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian խաչքար (xačʻkʻar).
Senses: glosses: An Armenian carved memorial stone.
Pampanga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɐmˈpaŋ.ɡɐ/
Etymology: From Spanish Pampanga, from Kapampangan pampang (“river bank”) + -a.
Senses: glosses: A province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: San Fernando. Largest city: Angeles City.
Derived terms: Pampangan
cyberize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cyberizes
form: cyberizing
form: cyberized
form: cyberized
Etymology: From cyber- + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To adapt to digital technology or culture.
examples: text: At this Nightshade mutters under his breath and begins to metamorphose. Slowly more metal appears on him, and his looks change drastically from a pure human to a fully cyberized hunk of man and machine.
ref: 1993 August 25, Robert Johan Enters, “Re: [ADMIN] Re: Newcomer to the Theatre...”, in alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo (Usenet):
text: I don't see ItX [=Iteration X] forcefully cyberizing anyone against their will. Not only is it wildly unethical, Devices are far too valuble ^([sic]) to waste on people who will try to resist the Union.
ref: 2000 March 21, Julian Mensch, “Re: Iteration X Conventionpage for a noble Union [*LONG*]”, in alt.games.whitewolf (Usenet):
text: But he did report to Starfleet HQ his encounter with a race of cyberized humanoids who are out to assimilate everyone, and T'Pol's estimate that said race would likely return during the 24th century.
ref: 2009 May 8, "Tim Bruening" (username), "Re: Archer Vs Borg", on alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise and alt.humor.puns, Usenet
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: To make into a cyborg; to fit with a cybernetic implant or prosthesis.
hyperpyrexia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperpyrexias
Etymology: From hyper- + pyrexia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An excessive and unusual elevation of set body temperature greater than or equal to 41°C (105.8°F), or extremely high fever.
Related terms: pyrexia
hyperthermia
halfword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halfwords
Etymology: From half + word.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes
doubleword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doublewords
Etymology: From double + word.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An area of storage double the size of the word in a particular system; in a 16-bit architecture, this is equal to four bytes.
Synonyms: dword
Related terms: quadword
octoword
inversion of control
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: architecture
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Abstract principle describing an aspect of some software architecture designs in which the flow of control of a system is inverted in comparison to the traditional architecture, getting the flow of control from a generic code part.
Synonyms: IoC
Hyponyms: dependency injection
dependency lookup
Hollywood principle
template method pattern
clinical examination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clinical examinations
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A physical examination.
dependency injection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dependency injections
Senses: topics: architecture
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
synonyms: DI
glosses: A type-safe way of supplying an external dependency to a software component.
Hypernyms: injection
inversion of control
Hyponyms: constructor-based dependency injection
field-based dependency injection
setter-based dependency injection
Related terms: english: contexts and dependency injection
translation: contexts and dependency injection
word: CDI
business logic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: business logics
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Algorithms in a software system that model real-life business objects and their interactions.
Related terms: domain logic
Zigzag
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the nearby Zigzag River.
Senses: glosses: A small town in Oregon.
compactin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From compact + -in?
Senses: glosses: The statin mevastatin
mevastatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -vastatin (“HMG CoA reductase inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A statin, produced by the mould Penicillium citrinum, used in the production of pravastatin
Derived terms: lovastatin
pravastatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹav.əˈstat.ɪn/
ipa: /ˈpɹæv.əˌstæt.n̩/
rhymes: -ætɪn
Etymology: From pra- (of unknown origin) + -vastatin (“HMG CoA reductase inhibitor”).
Senses: examples: text: Among statins, only simvastatin (up to 7.5 ng/L) and pravastatin (up to 40.4 ng/L) were identified in the raw water being these concentrations substantially higher than those found in the literature, 1 ng/L for pravastatin (Miao and Metcalfe, 2003) and 1.4 ng/L for atorvastatin and 1.0 ng/L for its metabolites o- and p-hydroxy atorvastatin in surface waters (Benotti et al., 2009).
ref: 2011 June 24, Ma Rosa Boleda, Ma Teresa Galceran, Francesc Ventura, “Behavior of pharmaceuticals and drugs of abuse in a drinking water treatment plant (DWTP) using combined conventional and ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis (UF/RO) treatments”, in Environmental Pollution, volume 159, number 6, →DOI, pages 1584-1591:
topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A statin used to lower blood cholesterol levels, especially after a heart attack.
glycosylase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycosylases
Etymology: From glycosyl + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that splits a glycoside into a glycone and aglycone
Derived terms: DNA glycosidase
endoglycosylase
business cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: business cycles
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A long-term fluctuation in economic activity between growth and recession.
Synonyms: economic cycle
rumbunctious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rumbunctious
form: most rumbunctious
Senses: examples: text: There was close by me a window, and, noiselessly as possible, I slid back a small piece, thereby rousing the light-sleeping mistress of the canary, who sharply requested it be closed again; [...] the other lady smiled despairingly, and signed me to obey, which I reluctantly did by closing the glass; but the shutter proved rumbunctious, and for no effort of mine would again move out of his groove; [...]
ref: 1862 January, “A Canal-boat Sketch”, in Duffy’s Hibernian Magazine. […], volume I (New Series), number 1, Dublin; London: James Duffy, […], →OCLC, page 92:
text: She was placid, stately and Juno-esque, soft-toned in her trance utterances, but she could become powerful in her office, an imposing presence. Sometimes a rumbunctious, chaffing persona emerged and was a little over the top for genteel spinsters to tolerate.
ref: 2015, Molly Whittington-Egan, “Preface: Into the Cabinet”, in Mrs Guppy Takes a Flight: A Scandal of Victorian Spiritualism, [Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland]: Neil Wilson Publishing, →ISBN, page x:
glosses: Alternative spelling of rambunctious.
haemolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haemolysins
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hemolysin.
Derived terms: antihaemolysin
immunobiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From immuno- + biology.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The branch of biology that deals with the biological effects of the immune system
immunoprecipitate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunoprecipitates
Etymology: From immuno- + precipitate.
Senses: glosses: A protein precipitated during immunoprecipitation.
Derived terms: coimmunoprecipitate
radioimmunoprecipitate
reimmunoprecipitate
immunoprecipitate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: immunoprecipitates
form: immunoprecipitating
form: immunoprecipitated
form: immunoprecipitated
Etymology: From immuno- + precipitate.
Senses: glosses: To produce, or to undergo, immunoprecipitation.
Related terms: immunoprecipitant
intragenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + genic.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Within a gene
Derived terms: intragenically
intragenic recombination
intragenic suppression
listeriolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: listeriolysins
Senses: glosses: Any hemolysin produced by a Listeria bacterium
vervet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɜːvɪt/
ipa: /ˈvɜːvɛt/
ipa: /ˈvɝvɪt/
Forms: form: vervets
Etymology: From French vervet (1821, F. Cuvier), further origin obscure.
Senses: synonyms: vervet monkey
glosses: A small African monkey, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, having a long tail, a black face with white cheek tufts and a greenish-brown coat
glosses: Any Old World monkey of the genus Chlorocebus.
Synonyms: green monkey
grivet
nanoparticulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nano- + particulate.
Senses: glosses: Composed of nanoparticles
nanoparticulate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoparticulates
Etymology: From nano- + particulate.
Senses: glosses: A nanosize particulate
phagocytosed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: engulfed and ingested as a result of phagocytosis
Derived terms: nonphagocytosed
unphagocytosed
phagolysosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phagolysosomes
Etymology: From phago- + lysosome.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A membrane-bound organelle which is formed from the fusing of a lysosome and a phagosome
Derived terms: erythrophagolysosome
heterophagolysosome
preassembled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Assembled beforehand, especially at a manufacturing plant.
preassembled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pre-assembled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preassemble
preassemble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preassembles
form: preassembling
form: preassembled
form: preassembled
Etymology: From pre- + assemble.
Senses: glosses: To assemble components prior to a delivery or sale.
reductional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more reductional
form: most reductional
Etymology: From reduction + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or producing reduction.
vacuolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From vacuole + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or containing vacuoles.
Derived terms: avacuolar
granulovacuolar
intravacuolar
macrovacuolar
microvacuolar
multivacuolar
nonvacuolar
perivacuolar
plurivacuolar
polyvacuolar
prevacuolar
transvacuolar
univacuolar
parlances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parlance
eleëmosynary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more eleëmosynary
form: most eleëmosynary
Senses: examples: text: University Professorships are founded in connection with these eleëmosynary halls.
ref: 1853 April, Oxford University Commission, The North American Review, page 384:
text: He was led about by a brisk, middle-aged woman, in straw hat and wooden shoes; and a little barefooted boy, with clear, blue eyes and flaxen hair, held a tattered hat in his hand, in which he collected eleëmosynary sous.
ref: 1856, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Outre-mer: A Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea, page 58:
text: The following statistics, for which I am indebted to that encyclopædic storehouse of practical information, Baedeker’s “Paris”, will give the reader some idea of the importance of the eleëmosynary work undertaken by the sub-committee (Assistance Publique) of the council entrusted with the administration of the Paris hospitals: “The twenty hospitals of Paris have an aggregate of upwards of twelve thousand beds. The number of patients annually discharged includes forty-five to fifty thousand men, thirty-six to forty thousand women, and sixteen to eighteen thousand children; the average annual deaths in the hospitals include about seven […]
ref: 1900, Eustace Alfred Reynolds-Ball, Paris in Its Splendor, page 41:
text: Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, Eugene Volokh posts about a linguistic, or at least orthographic, advocacy group:
Diaeresis Defense, an eleëmosynary reëducation coöperative.
Favorite artists: The Brontës.
Least favorite artists (winners of Diaeresis Defense’s “Ersatz Dieresis Award”): Mötley Crüe.
Slogan: “Two vowels, two sounds, two dots”.
I believe the proper expression is “heh”. Er, assuming he’s kidding, of course […]
ref: 2005 May 25, “The Tensor”, Tenser, said the Tensor: Diaeresis Defense
text: Like the RC priest who was responsible for Knock airport, she was not above using ‘interesting’ methods to fulfil eleëmosynary ambitions.
ref: 2006 May 5, “John Woodgate”, in sci.lang.translation (Google group) Albanian words for eyebrow:
glosses: Rare spelling of eleemosynary.
pretty penny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹɪti ˈpɛni/
ipa: /ˌpɹɪti ˈpɛni/
ipa: [-ɾi-]
rhymes: -ɛni
Forms: form: pretty pennies
Etymology: From pretty (“(dated) moderately large, considerable”) + penny (“money in general”).
Senses: examples: text: They could charge a pretty penny as they had a captive audience.
text: VVhy here may be a pretty Penny tovvards, if the Devil don't croſs it.
ref: 1709 (date written), Susanna Cent-livre, The Man’s Bewitch’d; or, The Devil to Do about Her. A Comedy, […], Dublin: […] J. Jones, for George Ewing, […], published 1737, →OCLC, Act I, page 12:
text: We shall have our branch line—our shares are up, sir—and we buy your three fields along the Brawl, and put a pretty penny into your pocket, Mr. Pendennis.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, “A Chapter of Match-making”, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume II, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 350:
text: [E]verything's as nice as can be all over the house, and that watered-silk she had on cost a pretty penny.
ref: 1860, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “Tom’s ‘First Half’”, in The Mill on the Floss […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book II (School-time), page 256:
text: "Then the Captain might still make a pretty penny on Amita," said the Scotchman.
ref: 1885, Bret Harte, chapter I, in Maruja, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC, page 16:
text: He didn't know—he expected she was spending a pretty penny on dress.
ref: 1906, John Galsworthy, “James at Large”, in The Man of Property, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, part I, page 87:
text: "It must have cost you a pretty penny. It's lucky you can afford it." / "I can't," said Philip. "But what do I care!"
ref: 1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter LXXIII, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC, page 377:
text: It costs a pretty penny / Just to stay afloat / It takes a lot of lolly / Trying to be jolly
ref: 1991, Robert Wyatt, Alfreda Benge, “Shrinkrap”, in Dondestan:
text: [Stephen Allen] Schwarzman's firm makes a pretty penny in a number of finance fields, including real estate and hedge funds, yet carries the most heft for its work in private equity—a force that is remaking corporate America and spreading its influence overseas.
ref: 2007 April 30, Barbara Kiviat, “Stephen Schwarzman”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Warner Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2008:
synonyms: word: an arm and a leg
word: fair penny
word: fine penny
word: fortune
glosses: Chiefly preceded by a: a considerable amount of money; a high income or price.
Related terms: give one's eye-teeth
give one's left nut
give one's right arm