cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
new waver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: new wavers
Etymology: From new wave + -er.
Senses: glosses: One of the fans or creators of the new wave music of the 1970s and 1980s.
new wavers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of new waver
neurilema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurilemas
form: neurilemata
Senses: glosses: Dated form of neurilemma.
neurilemas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurilema
neurilemata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurilema
neuroregulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + regulation.
Senses: glosses: Regulation of the systems of the body by the nervous system.
Related terms: neuroregulator
neuroregulatory
neuroregulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuroregulators
Etymology: From neuro- + regulator.
Senses: glosses: An entity, such as a neurotransmitter or neuromodulator, involved in neuroregulation.
neuroregulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuroregulator
moom pitchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moom pitcher
moom pitcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moom pitchers
Senses: examples: text: A moom pitcher gal is a lady who reviews moving pictures for the press.
ref: 1930, Creative Reading: A Course in Current Literature, page 47:
text: Goody goody—a moom pitcher show. I'm just in the mood.
ref: 2006, Robert M. Price, The Antarktos Cycle: Horror and Wonder at the Ends of the Earth, page 511:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of moving picture.
mooi-jai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mooi-jai
form: mooi jai
form: mui jai
Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 妹仔 (mui⁶⁻¹ zai², “maidservant”).
Senses: glosses: A female household servant, usually an unwanted daughter bought from another family.
moolie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moolies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mooli.
moolie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moolies
form: mooley
Etymology: Derived from a Calabrian dialect word for Neapolitan mulignana (“eggplant, aubergine”).
Senses: examples: text: "I'm serious," Peter said. "We oughta file a missing person's report or something. Not like any self-respectin' Italian girl would go wit a moolie. Not on her own. It's fuckin' kidnappin'."
ref: 2015, Liam Sweeny, Welcome Back, Jack:
synonyms: moolinyan
glosses: A black person.
raw_tags: used by Italian-Americans
moolies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moolie
glosses: plural of mooly
Côte-d'Or
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Dijon (INSEE code 21).
montology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A subsection of geography that focuses on mountains.
Marshalls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Marshall Islands.
moocah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The last time I made moocah, or dug sweet Lucy, was with Janis Joplin, who gave me one that must have been rolled by Montezuma himself. I saw my thoughts in clear letters, and they both felt and looked like a double strike on a coin […]
ref: 1974, Dick Cavett, Chris Porterfield, Cavett:
glosses: marijuana
inferiority complexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inferiority complex
undocumentedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From undocumented + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: In situations of unequal social power, such as encounters between health care providers and immigrant patients, fear and distrust related to undocumentedness and other cultural, economic, social, or political factors may be heightened.
ref: 2004, Joyce J. Fitzpatrick - PhD - MBA - RN - FAAN, Annual Review of Nursing Research - Volume 22: Eliminating Health Disparities Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the United States, Annual Reviews of Nursing Research Press, page 124
text: The illegalization of undocumentedness, then, has made it possible for undocumented immigration to be identified, categorized and managed as a dangerous population. With undocumentedness or illegality as the defining element of their individuality …
ref: 2009, Rens van Munster, Palgrave Studies in International Relations - Securitizing Immigration - The Politics of Risk in the EU, Palgrave Macmillan Publishing, page 31
glosses: The quality of being undocumented (not having official documentation required to enter, live or work in a country).
sz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: says (cf. sa 'say')
morphinomimetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From morphine + -o- + mimetic.
Senses: glosses: Having similar pharmacological effects to morphine.
morphinomimetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morphinomimetics
Etymology: From morphine + -o- + mimetic.
Senses: glosses: Any substance with similar pharmacological effects to morphine.
morphinomimetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morphinomimetic
fiddlefucked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fiddlefuck
Kizior
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Kizior.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Euromarket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Euromarkets
Etymology: From Euro- + market.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of euromarket.
Euromarkets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Euromarket
motifemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From motifeme + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to motifemes.
motorboatist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motorboatists
Etymology: From motorboat + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who pilots a motorboat.
motorboatists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motorboatist
Antigua-Barbuda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Antigua and Barbuda.
hangboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hangboards
Etymology: From hang + board.
Senses: examples: text: You can either buy a commercial hangboard, or make your own. Some commercial hangboards are made of a polyester resin mix, and are textured to give you a good grip.
ref: 1990, Layne Gerrard, Rock Gear, page 317:
text: The most basic hangboard has various-sized edges and slopers, while more intricate hangboards have multiple pockets and pinches.
ref: 2005, Matt Burbach, Gym Climbing: Maximizing Your Indoor Experience, page 159:
synonyms: fingerboard
glosses: A training device for building finger strength, popular with rock climbers, consisting of holds, usually of different shapes and sizes, attached on a wall.
hangboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hangboard
expuitions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expuition
districtlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more districtlike
form: most districtlike
Etymology: From district + -like.
Senses: glosses: Similar to a district.
Related terms: districtual
liverloaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From liver + loaf.
Senses: glosses: A kind of meatloaf made from liver.
frought
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of fraught.
yaknow
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Forms: form: yakno
Senses: examples: text: In a spooky szn special edition of referencing pop culture, Sabrina [Carpenter] recently released the "Taste" music video (yaknow, the one guest starring Jenna Ortega, the new-age scream queen we deserve?!) laden with classic horror references.
ref: 2024 September 21, Heath Owens, “What to Wear to Sabrina Carpenter's 'Short N' Sweet' Tour”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: Contraction of you know.
Chinaboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaɪnəbɔɪ/
Forms: form: Chinaboys
form: China boy
form: China-boy
Etymology: From China + boy; compare Chinaman (etymology).
Senses: examples: text: I speak from fifteen years' experience; five and thirty boys; American, Irish, English, German, African, Mulatto; not to speak of that China boy sent me by one who well knew my perplexities, from California; and that Lascar boy from Bombay.
ref: 1857, Herman Melville, chapter XXII, in The Confidence-Man, page 181:
text: In answer to their knock, a sleek, soft-footed China-boy, dressed in a blue indigo-hued blouse and with his pigtail down, appeared to admit them.
ref: 1898, Fergus Hume, chapter IV, in Hagar of the Pawn-Shop:
glosses: A boy who is Chinese; a (young) man from China or of Chinese descent.
examples: text: Lizzie, Alice and I were playing in the garden when our Chinaboy Bong came down the path—that is how I know exactly what time of evening it was that this new noise set me wondering, because Bong was very punctual.
ref: 1942, Emily Carr, “British Columbia Nightingale”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
glosses: A houseboy from China or of Chinese descent.
Iorworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Welsh.
bagpipe lung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An infection of the lungs among bagpipe players caused by fungi (mold) in bagpipes.
Hypernyms: hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Coordinate terms: trombone-player's lung
extrinsic alveolitis
bird fancier's lung
farmer's lung
hot tub lung
humidifier lung
Related terms: Paecilomyces variotti
Fusarium oxysporum
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
Penicillium
beans bunny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beans bunnies
Senses: glosses: A vegetarian bunny chow, made with beans.
smell you later
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsmɛl ju ˈleɪtə/
ipa: /ˈsmɛl jə ˈleɪtɚ/
ipa: [-ɾɚ]
Forms: form: smell ya later
Etymology: A humorous modification of see you later.
Senses: examples: text: I pulled up to the house about seven or eight
And I yelled to the cabbie ‘Yo homes smell ya later’
I looked at my kingdom; I was finally there
To sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel Air
ref: 1992 September 21, Will Smith, Quincy Jones, “Yo Home to Bel-Air”, performed by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince:
text: Todd jumped out of the car as soon as it stopped. "Smell ya later!" he hollered over his shoulder.
ref: 1996, Sherry Shahan, Telephone Tag (A Yearling Book), New York, N.Y.: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 16:
text: "Smell ya later," Scary Mary said to all of us, waddling toward the elevators.
ref: 2006, Michael Patrick MacDonald, Easter Rising: An Irish American Coming Up from Under, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 72:
text: Hope that pleases ya. Well, smell ya later, kid and what can I say? It was nice workin' with ya.
ref: 2006, Darren Smith, “Da Bitch Gotta Go”, in Shadow’s Bliss: A Novel, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 115:
text: "Oh, yeah," Faith said. "He agreed. Da bomb."
"Smell ya later," Jason said, raising his hand as he left.
ref: 2007, Lynda Sandoval, The Other Sister (Silhouette Special Edition; 1851), New York, N.Y.: Silhouette, Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN, page 146:
text: We're out of here, smell you later, enjoy the toast?
ref: 2010, Lindsay Price, “Lies”, in Ten Minute Play Series – All Girls, Crystal Beach, Ont.: Theatrefolk, →ISBN, page 28:
text: When they were ready to run around the track for the first time, Joey nudged Clive. ‘Smell you later, old man,’ he gibed. ‘Hey, I’m your boss.’ Clive swiped at him and missed as Joey bolted away. ‘Not on the track you’re not,’ Joey said, laughing.
ref: 2012, Emma Hannigan, Driving Home for Christmas, Dublin: Hachette, →ISBN; ebook edition, London: Headline Review, 2014, →ISBN:
text: I took a quick look at Duce. "Well homes, smell you later. We got a party on the cheese wagon!"
ref: 2012, Grieving Patriot [pseudonym], “Snitches Get Stitches, Yo”, in Mortal Jigsaw Puzzle, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 85:
synonyms: word: adieu
word: adios
word: aloha
word: arrivederci
word: auf Wiedersehen
word: au revoir
word: badbye
word: BCNU
word: bye
word: bye-bye
word: catch you later
word: ciao
word: cheerio
word: cheers
word: cheery-bye
word: chur
word: farewell
word: good day
word: Godspeed
word: hasta la vista
word: baby
word: have a nice day
word: hooroo
word: I have to love you and leave you
word: keep it real
word: late
word: later
word: laters
word: peace out
word: sayonara
word: see ya
word: see you
word: see you after
word: see you in the funny papers
word: see you later
word: see you later alligator
word: shalom
word: smell ya later
word: smell you later
word: so long
word: take care
word: ta-ta
word: tatty bye
word: tinkety-tonk
word: toodle-oo
word: toodle pip
word: toodles
word: TTFN
word: ttyl
glosses: See you later; goodbye.
Old Albanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Any variety of the Albanian language as attested in the 15th–17th centuries.
frownful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more frownful
form: most frownful
Etymology: From frown + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: He tow'rd the wicked bends the frownful face, / He from the land will blot the lingering race; [...]
ref: 1843, John Holland, The Psalmists of Britain:
text: How, then, can I account for his serene angerless conduct during dinner? Henry's presence in the dining-room might have prevented him from keeping frownful silence, but he would not have made that a reason for cheerful spirits.
ref: 1873, Edgar Fawcett, chapter XV, in Purple and Fine Linen. A Novel., New York, N.Y.: G. W. Carleton & Co., […]; London: S[ampson] Low, Son & Co., page 173:
glosses: Frowning; scowling
Derived terms: frownfully
frownfulness
frownfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more frownfully
form: most frownfully
Etymology: From frownful + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Olive very quickly said, " A bat, dear," and winked frownfully through the leaves. We were in the Blenheim-orange tree — secure from any one creeping up behind.
ref: 1909, The Pall Mall Magazine, volume 44:
text: Nurse B, in contrast, frownfully wonders how such imbeciles could ever come to exist.
ref: 2007, Paul Saka, How to Think about Meaning:
glosses: In a frownful manner
frownlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹaʊnləsli/
Forms: form: more frownlessly
form: most frownlessly
Etymology: From frownless + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Then the clouds gradually opened in the horizon, and showed their "silver linings," for Cynthia's lovely face was unveiled, and she, with her fair beauty, frownlessly, noiselessly, untiringly, guided rough Neptune's boisterous power.
ref: 1871, E.G., A woman's reform bill for the unruly member:
text: To make matters worse, I kept finding hen partridges and their nests in the woods. Finally. I made up my mind that I would try to drum in a partridge myself the first chance I got in the fall. Then I went on frownlessly fishing.
ref: 1909, Forest and Stream, volume 73:
text: She scowled frownlessly again and moved closer to the window.
ref: 1993, William Kinsolving, The Diplomat's Daughter:
glosses: In a frownless manner
artificial tear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artificial tears
Senses: synonyms: artificial tear drops
glosses: Lubricant eyedrops used to treat the dryness and irritation associated with deficient tear production in keratoconjunctivitis sicca.
Related terms: english: insincere tears
translation: insincere tears
word: crocodile tear
Ivernia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Īvernia.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Hibernia: Ireland (an island of Western Europe).
synonyms: word: Hibernia
extra: Ireland (an island of Western Europe)
Derived terms: Ivernian
Related terms: Iverni
Ivernic
artificial tear drop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artificial tear drops
Senses: glosses: Synonym of artificial tear.
synonyms: word: artificial tear
keratoconjunctivitis sicca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: KCS
Etymology: From Latin.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Dry eye syndrome.
dry eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dry eye
dry eye syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DES
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The condition of having dry eyes, sometimes accompanied by irritation, redness, discharge, and easily fatigued eyes.
Synonyms: dry eye
keratoconjunctivitis sicca
Hypernyms: lippitude
ophthalmalgia
Derived terms: dry eye
unchanges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unchange
unchanges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unchange
KCS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of keratoconjunctivitis sicca.
fulfillness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /fʊlˈfɪlnəs/
Forms: form: fulfillnesses
form: fulfilness
Etymology: From fulfil + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Through music, with its resultant trance, Tumbuka have the possibility of experiencing the present — and thus each other — in complete "fulfillness."
ref: 1996, Steven M. Friedson, Dancing Prophets: Musical Experience in Tumbuka Healing:
text: You will realise your ambitions and fulfilness of deeds.
ref: 1997, P. V. R. Rayudu, How to Read a Horoscope:
text: What is destroyed will be replaced by creative light, fulfillness and progressive development.
ref: 2008, Maiya Gray-Cobb, Geof Gray-Cobb, Angels: The Guardians of Your Destiny:
text: I am rather an enthusiast on the subject of rewarding genius, especially when its fulfillnesses are connected with patriotic objects: […]
ref: 2008, Frank O. Braynard, S. S. Savannah, the Elegant Steam Ship:
text: Let us allow Him to work in and through us to reveal the way to fulfillness.
ref: 2009, Edna McGinty Pyron Knight, A Test of Faith:
text: In order to create a stable fuzzy ontology certain checks for accuracy and fulfillness must be done.
ref: 2010, Vassil Sgurev, Mincho Hadjiski, Intelligent Systems: From Theory to Practice:
glosses: The state of being fulfilled or complete; completeness; that which fills all things; fulfillment
fulfilness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fulfillness.
sphairistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sphairistic
form: most sphairistic
Etymology: From sphairistike.
Senses: examples: text: If you are sphairistic, you are playing tennis.
ref: 2007, Barbara Ann Kipfer, Word Nerd: More Than 17,000 Fascinating Facts about Words, Sourcebooks - The Pennsylvania State University Press, page 483
text: Finally he turned to the huge volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary where he found that the word 'sphairistic', labelled 'rare', meant tennis playing.
ref: 1987, Denis Joseph Grogan, Enquiries and the Reference Process - Grogan's Case Studies in Reference Work, Clive Bingley - The Michigan University Press, page 21
text: Some rare words are learned formations, such as 'sphairistic' meaning 'lawn-tennis-playing'
ref: 1977, Dannie Abse, More Words, British Broadcasting Corporation Publications, page 59
text: I hope it will not be taken amiss if I say that, while we have no objection to people walking behind the bowler's arm when the bowler is Australian, we deprecate its sphairistic equivalent.
ref: 1975, Periodical Magazine Article Authors, The New Yorker - Volume 51 - Issues 20 to 27, F-R Publishing Corporation - The Indiana University Press, page 77
text: The World of June 14, 1882, was writing: 'Lawn-tennis has not to answer for many accidents, so that two in a week among the sphairistic ladies of Ireland seems alarming.' Croquet as a country-house pastime could not compete with the new …
ref: 1954, F.C. Westley, The Spectator - Volume 193, The Michigan University Press, page 88
text: When, exactly a century, Major Wall Clopton Wingfield issued the early rules on the sphairistic.
ref: 1973, Brown & Merry, Country Life, Volume 154, Country Life - Limited - The Michigan University Press, page 2024
glosses: Of, like, or pertaining to tennis; tending to play tennis, especially lawn tennis, with crebrity.
Qadeshtu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Literally meaning "Holy One".
Senses: glosses: A putative Canaanite goddess. Her Egyptian equivalent is Qetesh.
Qetesh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːdɛʃ/
Forms: form: Kadesh
Etymology: Of Afroasiatic origin; see Qetesh.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A goddess adopted into the ancient Egyptian religion from the religion of Canaan, popular during the New Kingdom. Her Canaan equivalent is the goddess Qadeshtu.
wikipedia: Qetesh
crebrity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From crebrous + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The immoderate crebrity of the pulse is a sign of a syncope.
ref: 1710, John Floyer, The Physicians Pulse-Watch - Or an Essay to Explain the Old Art of Feeling of the Pulse, Kaiserliche Hofbibliothek Publishing, page 174
text: The two outward circles do not hinder the sight, but add much to the solemnity of the place and the duties, by the crebrity and variety of their intervals.
ref: 1740, William Stukeley, Stonehenge: A Temple Restored to the British Druids,, (unpaginated)
text: And this we conceive more than sufllicient evidence of the verity of the first part of our thesis; that a Sound is not generated in the air by the velocity, but crebrity of motion.
ref: 1966, Walter Charleton & Robert Hugh Kargon, Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana, Johnson Reprint Corporation - The Michigan State University Press, page 223
glosses: The state or quality of being crebrous; close succession; frequency of occurrence; numerosity.
Related terms: crebrous
kismetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From kismet + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The essay discusses how devotees perform rituals at the mazars of Waris Shah and Shah Latif out of a variety of purposes which may be categorised as pan- thic, dharmic and kismetic.
ref: 2008, Catharina Raudvere & Leif Stenberg, Sufism Today: Heritage and Tradition in the Global Community,, page 156
text: The fourth, kismetic, dimension is a conceptual umbrella under which all unfortunate incidents are explained as fate or the work of the supernatural.
The kismetic dimension is of most importance in this research because the popular belief of …
ref: 2004, Knut A. Jacobsen & P. Pratap Kumar, South Asians in the Diaspora: Histories and Religious Traditions, Brill Publishing, page 408
text: And although Oberoi has labelled the conceptual framework within which this takes place an Enchanted Universe, a better view of the kismetic dimension of Punjabi religion is that it provides a sophisticated — although manifestly symbolic — means of reflecting upon and making sense of one's personal position in the world at large.
ref: 1996, Pritam Singh & Shinder S. Thandi, Globalisation and the Region: Explorations in Punjabi Identity, Association for Punjab Studies - United Kingdom, page 21
glosses: Of, like, or pertaining to kismet; fatiloquent; predestined; ineluctable.
Derived terms: kismetically
Related terms: kismet
butter tea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butter teas
Senses: glosses: A traditional drink in Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan and Sikkim, made from tea leaves, butter (traditionally from yak milk), water and salt.
butter teas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butter tea
Chinaboys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chinaboy
fulfillnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fulfillness
dages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dage
unencumberable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unencumberable
form: most unencumberable
Etymology: From unencumber + -able or un- + encumber + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being unencumbered.
examples: text: A final prediction is that the secured-credit ratio varies directly with the portion of the firm's unencumberable value, such as value from firm-specific managerial skill, that is debt financed.
ref: 1993, Various Scripturients, The journal of legal studies - Volume 22, The California University Press, page 97
text: The USDA's rationale for the rule making PIK certificates unencumberable is to preserve the transferability of the certificates.
ref: 1987, The Association, American Bar Association Section of Corporation - Banking and Business Law - Section of General Practice - Section of Real Property - Probate and Trust Law - and the Division for Professional Education in Cooperation with the Illinois Farm Legal Assistance Foundation Present Second Annual Agricultural Finance: How Lawyers Can Help Lenders and Borrowers, The Minnesota University Press, page 243
text: The Surveyor assuages his anxiety about self-loss, that is, with the notion that there exists an inviolable margin of free selfhood, an unencumberable form of property in the self, immune from the effects of living in the customhouse of culture.
ref: 2014, Richard H. Millington, Practicing Romance: Narrative Form and Cultural Engagement in Hawthorne's Fiction, The Princeton University Press, page 63
glosses: Incapable of being encumbered.
safety glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of safety glass
safety glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: goggles
glosses: Glasses (spectacles) designed to protect the eyes against flying objects such as dust, etc.
Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
irrepealably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more irrepealably
form: most irrepealably
Etymology: From irrepealable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Such that it cannot be repealed.
old folks' home
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: old folks' homes
form: old folks home
Senses: glosses: A residential complex for elderly people often equipped with special facilities and care services; especially, a nursing home.
Related terms: old people's home
leafwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leafworks
Etymology: From leaf + work. Compare Dutch loofwerk, German Laubwerk.
Senses: examples: text: The legs are of the heavy bulbous type common at this time, turned in the cup and cover form, and carved with nullings and acanthus leafwork.
ref: 2013, Charles H. Hayward, English Furniture at a Glance:
glosses: Any design or structure resembling leaves or the pattern of leaves; foliage
leafworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leafwork
welks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of welk
chyromancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chyromancers
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of chiromancer.
chyromancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chyromancer
cheiromancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheiromancers
Etymology: From cheiromancy + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chiromancer.
cheiromancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheiromancer (alternative form of chiromancers).
Jaegers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jaeger
where do you live at
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of where do you live
semigroup homomorphism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semigroup homomorphisms
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: a function that preserves semigroup structure
Sabras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sabra
Troon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal town and port in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3231).
glosses: A village in Camborne parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6638).
glosses: A village (Troon Village), country club and golf course in North Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, possibly named after Troon in Scotland, well known for its golf courses.
adelphotaxon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adelphotaxa
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother”) + taxon.
Senses: examples: text: In the structure of the phylogenetic system, as in every hierarchical ordering, a sequence of ranks between the taxa of the individual levels is necessarily linked with the sequence of hierarchical levels. Here the following law applies: the adelphotaxa of any given level of coordination have identical rank.
ref: 1987, Peter Ax, The phylogenetic system: the systematization of organisms on the basis of their phylogenesis:
text: When justifying the monophyly of system unities and working out their ground patterns, we usually, more or less immediately, draw upon the subordinated adelphotaxa.
ref: 2012, Peter Ax, Multicellular Animals:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
qualifier: systematics
glosses: A sister taxon.
Urtsun dialect
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The dialect of the Kalasha-speaking people in the Urtsun valley in Chitral, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
adelphotaxa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adelphotaxon
semigroup homomorphisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semigroup homomorphism
alpha-methylphenethylamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alpha-methylphenethylamine
old folks' homes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of old folks' home
Chitral
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chetral
Etymology: From Hindustani چترال / चित्राल (citrāl)), from Khowar چھترار (chitrār, “field”), from Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra).
Senses: glosses: A princely state in alliance with British India until 1947, then a princely state of Pakistan until 1969. The area of the state now forms the Chitral District of the Malakand Division, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
glosses: The capital of the Chitral District, situated on the western bank of the Chitral River, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It also served as the capital of the princely state of Chitral until 1969.
glosses: The largest district in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
every one
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: text: There were three hamburgers and every one (of them) was delicious.
text: There were three patients and she helped every one [of them].
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see every, one.
examples: text: […] that Elinor’s merit should not be acknowledged by every one who knew her, was to her comprehension impossible.
ref: 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter III, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 30–31:
glosses: Archaic form of everyone.
nonpilgrim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonpilgrims
Etymology: From non- + pilgrim.
Senses: glosses: Someone who is not a pilgrim.
nonpilgrims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonpilgrim
Rare Earth hypothesis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The hypothesis that the evolution of life required an improbable combination of astrophysical and geological events and circumstances, and for this reason complex extraterrestrial life is a very improbable phenomenon and likely to be extremely rare.
beans bunnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beans bunny
tyroleans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tyrolean
drive sale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drive sales
Senses: glosses: A sale of goods, typically unwanted household items, conducted in the driveway of a house, with the intention of selling to neighbours or passers-by.
Synonyms: garage sale
Cutsahnims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cutsahnim
drive sales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drive sale
duty calls
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Excuse me, gentlemen, but I'm afraid duty calls.
glosses: Expresses that the speaker must go and deal with something.
Related terms: call of duty
nature calls
sub benches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sub bench
R/C
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: R/Cs
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: glosses: A radio-controlled vehicle.
Synonyms: RC
photochop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: photochops
form: photochopping
form: photochopped
form: photochopped
Etymology: From photo- + chop.
Senses: examples: text: This d-c signal is then photochopped in a solid-state oscillation circuit and the resulting a-c signal amplified.
ref: 1963, Instrumentation Technology - Volume 10, Issues 1-6, page 15:
text: Models 2030 and 2031 provided with photochopped voltage pulse and DC voltage signals, respectively.
ref: 1990, Narendra S. Goel, John M. Norman, Instrumentation for Studying Vegetation Canopies for Remote Sensing in Optical and Thermal Infrared Regions, →ISBN:
text: For photochopped anemometers, external power is required to power a light beam that is chopped by a rotating slotted disk.
ref: 2012, Gerald Stanhill, Advances in Bioclimatology, →ISBN, page 17:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To convert, by chopping, a DC (or slowly varying AC) input signal into a higher frequency signal.
photochop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: photochops
form: photochopping
form: photochopped
form: photochopped
Etymology: Blend of photoshop + chop
Senses: examples: text: lame. at least do a better job of photochopping.
ref: 2008 May 19, zcar...@yahoo.com, “Re: Great picture of Federer”, in rec.sport.tennis (Usenet):
text: Are you going to claim the Franciscan Friars photochopped their own photo for their own website?
ref: 2008 October 18, David Moss, “Re: Ordog apologises for Islamic death penalty for people changing their religion”, in aus.politics (Usenet):
glosses: To digitally alter (an image), especially sloppily or badly; to photoshop.
photochop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photochops
Etymology: Blend of photoshop + chop
Senses: examples: text: THIS IS NO JOKE - it is NOT a photochop.
ref: 2004 June 30, Racefan_Dan, “Re: Reconfiguring Bus Stop at Spa”, in rec.autos.sport.f1 (Usenet):
text: And a pic of her yawning that was begging for a photochop.
ref: 2011 March 17, Lesmond, “Re: Karrde in the House”, in alt.tv.american-idol (Usenet):
text: Pardon my lousy photochop.
ref: 2011 November 24, Tim Gavin, “Re: [RBW] Re: Anyone order a Joe?”, in RBW Owners Bunch (Usenet):
glosses: A digitally altered image, especially in a bad or sloppy way.
photochops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of photochop
photochops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photochop
photochopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of photochop
photochopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of photochop
photochopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photochoppers
Etymology: From photo- + chopper.
Senses: examples: text: A typical photochopper circuit is made up of two neon bulbs electrically connected in the form of a relaxation oscillator (Fig. 5).
ref: 1963, Space/aeronautics - Volume 40, page 98:
text: ... the isolation between the bulb and photochopper must be 170 db.
ref: 1966, Richard F. Shea, Amplifier handbook, page 18-66:
text: Electric pulses with a frequency proportional to the angular velocity of the cups are obtained by means of radial magnets on the rotor axis and fixed transducers or by means of a photochopper.
ref: 1998, R. Baudo, Gianni Tartari, M. Munawar, Top of the world environmental research:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An optoelectronic device that converts a DC input signal into a higher frequency signal.
photochoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photochopper
Shurpanakha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit शूर्पणखा (śūrpaṇakhā); ultimately from शूर्प (śūrpa, “winnowing fan”) + नख (nakha, “nail”).
Senses: glosses: The sister of Ravana in the Hindu epic Ramayana.
plate mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plate marks
Senses: examples: text: In Scotland the marks on silver of 11 oz. 2 dwts. are precisely the same as those on gold of 22 carats standard; and so it was, also, in England until the 7 & 8 Vict. c. 22, by s. 15 of which the gold plate mark was altered.
ref: 1854, Hugh Tilsley, A Treatise on the Stamp Laws, in Great Britain and Ireland:
text: Last autumn a gentleman who is well acquainted with plate marks saw this plate, and informed the owner that it was spurious.
ref: 1883, Hall marks on gold and silver plate:
text: The coat of arms, trademark, and Haus- and Hofmarken when used to identify property owned by a person, family, or institution; the personal device or seal employed to "sign" or notarize contracts and other legal documents; the marks of stonemasons, which indicated the identity of theproducer so that he could be paid for the pieces he fashioned; and the goldsmith's plate mark, which identified the maker and guaranteed the quality of the gold used — all these were ways of registering the person in law and commerce within the culture out of which Du:rer emerged.
ref: 1996, Joseph Leo Koerner, The Moment of Self-Portraiture in German Renaissance Art, →ISBN, page 203:
glosses: A legal emblem stamped into articles made from precious metals such as gold and silver to indicate the value of the metal.
examples: text: All four beveled edges of the plate should correspond with the embossed plate mark on the back of the print.
ref: 1976, Ruth Leaf, Etching, Engraving, and Other Intaglio Printmaking Techniques, →ISBN:
text: Note both that the owner of the original painting is named on the print – John Conduit was married to Newton's niece – and that the plate mark, showing where the metal has been pressed onto the paper, is clearly visible.
ref: 2011, Simon Gunn, Lucy Faire, Research Methods for History, →ISBN, page 32:
text: Many intaglio prints have a plate mark a distance away from the printed image.
ref: 2015, David Cycleback, Identifying Antique Commercial Printing Processes, And the Basics of Authenticating Antique and Art Prints, →ISBN:
glosses: A mark made on paper by the edge of an intaglio plate during printing.
plate marks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plate mark
sheathed cables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheathed cable
R/Cs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of R/C
cacomelias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cacomelia
voisko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voiskos
Etymology: From Russian войско (vojsko, “host, army”).
Senses: examples: text: n the latter two cases, the problem of finding people to fill out the voiskos was solved partly by the transfer of Cossacks from the Don, Orenburg and Zabaikal voiskos.
ref: 1987, Robert H. McNeal, Tsar And Cossack 1855-1914, page 21:
text: The voiskos demanded more and more concessions – both economic and political – as the price of their military service.
ref: 1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society, published 2013, page 66:
glosses: A self-governing administrative community of Cossacks in the Russian Empire.
voiskos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voisko
cadaver dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cadaver dog
caecectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caecectomy
fart sacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fart sack
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Chetral
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Chitral.
Kho
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hokkien 許 /许 (Khó͘).
Senses: examples: Kho Sin-Kie, was an Indonesian-born tennis player who represented the Republic of China in the Davis Cup.
glosses: A Chinese surname from Hokkien, commonly found in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, most notably borne by
Kho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Dardic ethnic group of about 230,000 people, located primarily in Pakistan, with a small population in Afghanistan. They speak the Dardic Khowar language and their main religion is Islam.
Synonyms: Chitralis
Chitralis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Chitrali
Chitrali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chitralis
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of Chitral, in particular of the Kho ethnic group.
Chitrali
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Chitrali
form: most Chitrali
Senses: glosses: Relating or pertaining to Chitral, characteristic of Chitral.
dehymenization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /diːˌhaɪmənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Forms: form: dehymenisation
Etymology: From de- + hymen + -ization.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical or gynecological removal of the hymen; hymenotomy.
examples: text: Wiping her face in the remnants of that of her 'husband', Imogen paints with antic grimness a post-coital tableau of bloody dehymenization.
ref: 1999, Simon Palfrey, Late Shakespeare: A New World of Words, The Oxford University Press, page 218
text: A particular complaint is that some gynecologists insist on surgically disposing of the hymen of younger patients. Although surgical dehymenization is a …
ref: 1981, Christopher Norwood, At Highest Risk - Protecting Children from Environmental Injury, Penguin Books, page 139
text: The first is the "promiscuous" mixed-blood who frequently must sacrifice her life before the fade of the story for no other reason than her out-of-wedlock dehymenization.
ref: 1984, Jon Tuska • Vicki Piekarski • Paul J. Blanding, The Frontier Experience - A Reader's Guide to the Life and Literature of the American West, McFarland Publications, page 35
text: … we might say, remembering Henry's project of “making a small hole” in Fanny's heart, with its overtones of dehymenization.
ref: 2012, William Deresiewicz, Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets, The Columbia University Press - New York, page 76
glosses: The act of deflowering; a venereal depriving of the hymen, and hence, pucelage; defloration.
Synonyms: hymenotomy
defloration
depucelage
devirgination
deflowerment
cherry-popping
depucelation
dehymenisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + hymen + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dehymenization.
solvatizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solvatization
dodecaploidizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dodecaploidization
Manmatha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit मन्मथ (manmatha).
Senses: glosses: Kamadeva
glosses: The twenty-ninth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Manmathudu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Kamadeva
Madan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kamadeva (“Hindu deity”).
synonyms: word: Kamadeva
extra: Hindu deity
Madan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Arabic معدان.
Senses: glosses: The Marsh Arabs.
Heramba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit हेरम्ब (heramba, “buffalo”).
Senses: glosses: A form of the Hindu god Ganesha.
kokosh cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kokosh cake
Vinayaka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit विनायक (vināyaka).
Senses: glosses: The Hindu god Ganesha.
embigin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycoprotein involved in cell growth and development by mediating interactions between the cell and extracellular matrix.
befangs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of befang
befanging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of befang
befanged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of befang
fucky fucky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fucky-fucky.
arvil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arvils
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of arval.
arfal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arfals
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of arval.
arvill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arvills
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of arval.
arvall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arvalls
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of arval.
arvell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arvells
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of arval.
averill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: averills
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of arval.
arvils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arvil
arfals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arfal
compost heap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compost heaps
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: a pile of garden or other organic waste which is left to decompose. See also compost.
Synonyms: compost pile
arvills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arvill
arvalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arvall
arvells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arvell
averills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of averill
Paralympic Agitos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A symbol consisting of three colored agitos, in red, blue and green – the three colours that are most widely represented in national flags around the world.
sore winners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sore winner
can wait
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: can wait
form: could wait
Senses: glosses: A response to can't wait that negates the phrase.
examples: text: Could you move, please? I need to get by!
I'm not done yet. You can wait.
glosses: Used to dismiss a concern considered urgent by another party.
growing season
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: growing seasons
Senses: examples: text: In the western part of the Tarim Basin, cotton is grown mainly between the K'a-Shin-ka-erh (Kashgar Darya) and Yeh-erh-ch'iang (Yark and Darya) rivers where the growing season is longer and population denser. The main centres are K'a-shih (Kashgar), Pa-ch'u, Yüeh-p'u-hu, Mai-kai-t'i (Merket), So-ch'e (Yarkand) and Tse-p'u (Posgam).
ref: 1976 May, Chuen-Yan David Lai, “Developments of Cotton Cultivation in Sinkiang”, in Pacific Viewpoint, →DOI, page 162:
glosses: the part of a year when weather conditions and temperatures are favourable for the growth of plants and trees.
uncomradeliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uncomradely + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: And what the spirit of uncomradeliness begins, finally ends with the jealousy, envy, and rivalry of lovers.
ref: 1999, Hubert Kennedy, chapter 8, in The Ideal Gay Man: The Story of Der Kreis, The Haworth Press, Inc., page 168:
glosses: The state or quality of being uncomradely.
growing seasons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of growing season