cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
climacophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase”) + New Latin -phobia, from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
Senses: examples: text: Lucy: Are you afraid of staircases? If you are, then you have climacophobia.
ref: 1965, Charles M. Schulz, A Charlie Brown Christmas, 05:46-05:51:
text: I myself have recently developed mild climacophobia (fear of falling downstairs). Don't know why, but I'm convinced that someday I'll fall down a flight of stairs and hurt myself badly.
ref: 2001 August 16, Leigh Butler, “TAN: Phobias (was Re: TAN: Summer Reading recommendations)”, in rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan (Usenet):
text: I once knew a tall kyphophobic man,
Who was sick of stooping so low;
Sadly he developed climacophobia,
When he moved from his bungalow.
ref: 2004, Natalie Kristina Goldstraw, “Phobos”, in Superlative: Echoes of the Postmodern Condition, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 103:
glosses: The fear of staircases or of falling down stairs.
Synonyms: bathmophobia
off with their head
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of off with someone's head.
unrhapsodic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unrhapsodic
form: most unrhapsodic
Etymology: From un- + rhapsodic.
Senses: glosses: Not rhapsodic.
melodicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From melodic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being melodic.
merogons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merogon
lamb's lettuce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: corn salad or mâche, Valerianella locusta, a small plant of the family Caprifoliaceae whose leaves are used in salads.
skiddie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skiddies
Etymology: Blend of script + kiddie
Senses: glosses: A script kiddie.
Related terms: skiddies
skiddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skiddie
skiddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Finally, everything else I was wearing came off, apart from my skiddies, and was quickly placed on top of the jacket.
ref: 2011, Andy McNab, Crisis Four, page 257:
glosses: Underpants.
Merina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Merinas
form: Merina
Senses: glosses: A member of the a highlander Malagasy ethnic group in Madagascar whose core territory corresponds to the former Antananarivo Province in the centre of the island.
Merinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Merina
merisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merism
nonresiduary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + residuary.
Senses: glosses: Not residuary.
merosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merosome
merosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From merosome + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to merosomes.
photochromics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of photochromism.
photosyntax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: photosynthesis
Pierce's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Discovered in 1892 by Newton B. Pierce (1856–1916; California's first professional plant pathologist) on grapes in California near Anaheim, where it was known as Anaheim disease.
Senses: glosses: A disease of grapes caused by Xylella fastidiosa bacteria.
Picassoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Picassoid
form: most Picassoid
Etymology: From Picasso + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: Wilfredo Lam, a younger member of the Surrealist group and one favorably regarded by Andre Breton, created a Picassoid style featuring the spatial plenum of Caribbean foliage with a variable palette.
ref: 1992, Wilber A. Chaffee, Gary Prevost, Cuba: A Different America, page 145:
glosses: Picassoesque
phone bank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phone banks
form: phonebank
form: phone-bank
Senses: examples: text: When the hosts of "Good Day" offered viewers a chance to call in their comments, the number of calls overloaded the phone banks.
ref: 1985 April 20, Christine Guilfoy, “Talkshow Cancels Editors of Lesbian Nuns”, in Gay Community News, page 1:
glosses: A collection of telephones within an organization such as a call center.
glosses: A banking institution that does business solely or mostly via telephone.
examples: text: Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) hosted a phone bank for [Angela] Alsobrooks that same day, while Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) led canvassing to support her in Baltimore last week.
ref: 2024 October 4, Katie Shepherd, “Obama backs Alsobrooks, says Senate control ‘could come down’ to Md.”, in The Washington Post:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A political outreach event or strategy that involves making calls to potential voters by phone to get out the vote or collect voter data.
phone bank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: phone banks
form: phone banking
form: phone banked
form: phone banked
form: phonebank
form: phone-bank
Senses: topics: government
politics
hypernyms: canvass
glosses: To engage in a phone bank (“political outreach event that involves making calls to potential voters by phone”).
aeroneurosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aeroneuroses
Etymology: From aero- + neurosis.
Senses: examples: text: A pilot who is under par physically soon becomes a prey to aeroneurosis. He will dislike to take the air and may actually fear to leave the ground.
ref: 1940 April, Stephen Bates, "Flight Surgeon," Popular Aviation, vol. 26, no. 4, p. 90 (Google preview)
text: By April 1943 the flight surgeons could detect a growing number of aeroneuroses among their aircrews. The strain of constant overwater flying rested particularly heavily upon the navigators, but it was severe for all air personnel.
ref: 1983, Wesley Frank Craven, James Lea Cate, editors, The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume Four, →ISBN, page 274:
text: Gotch had described aeroneurosis developing in flying training and considered that it was infectious, commenting that "one pupil who has given up flying [is] followed ... by 2 or 3 more in the same week."
ref: 2006, David Gradwell, David J Rainford, editors, Ernsting's Aviation Medicine, 4th edition, →ISBN, page 740:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A disorder afflicting pilots and members of aviation crews, characterized by exhaustion, fearfulness, and other symptoms of physical and emotional distress, associated with prolonged flying times and stressful flight conditions.
photogravured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of photogravure
photogravuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of photogravure
photonic crystal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photonic crystals
Senses: glosses: A periodic optical nanostructure that affects the motion of photons in much the same way that ionic lattices affect electrons in solids.
photorefractoriness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photorefractory + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being photorefractory.
photoelectrochemically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From photoelectrochemical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, photoelectrochemistry.
algesiometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From algesiometry + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Traditional algesiometric tests measure an animal's latency of response to stimuli (e.g. heat, pressure) applied acutely to noninjured tissue (e.g. tail, paw).
ref: 2012, Osborne F.X. Almeida, Toni S. Shippenberg, Neurobiology of Opioids, page 278:
glosses: Relating to algesiometry.
aeroneuroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aeroneurosis
annulus fibrosus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: annulus fibrosus cordis
glosses: annulus fibrosus disci intervertebralis
glosses: annulus fibrosus tympani
diapirism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diapirisms
Etymology: From diapir + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The formation of diapirs; in particular, the situation where overlying sediments force lower sediments upward through the layers above.
Dogpatch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From dog + patch, the fictional setting of Al Capp's comic strip Li'l Abner.
Senses: glosses: Any community inhabited by hillbillies.
glosses: An abandoned theme park in Arkansas.
examples: text: As the start-up took off, they opened an office in Dogpatch, and moved into a house big enough for their growing family in the Marina, a pricey neighbourhood where pastel-coloured terrace houses look over the Golden Gate.
ref: 2023 May 20, Tabby Kinder, George Hammond, “So long, San Francisco”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 1:
glosses: A neighborhood of San Francisco, California.
apomorphous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more apomorphous
form: most apomorphous
Senses: qualifier: phylogenetics
glosses: apomorphic
synapomorphous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of synapomorphic.
pigfucking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pig + fucking.
Senses: glosses: An intensifier, used in the same contexts as fucking.
Related terms: pigfucker
phyletic gradualism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A model of evolution which theorizes that most speciation is slow, uniform and gradual.
Philly fade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Philly fades
Senses: glosses: A hairstyle where the sides are faded at the temples.
Philly fades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Philly fade
pie supper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pie suppers
Senses: glosses: A social gathering, mainly associated with Ozark culture, where pies are auctioned to raise money for a local cause.
pie suppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pie supper
box supper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: box suppers
Senses: glosses: A box social, especially in Ozark culture.
box suppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of box supper
pie graph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pie graphs
Senses: glosses: pie chart
pie floaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pie floater
handi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑːndi/
text: Audio (US)
ipa: /ˈɦɑːɳɖi/
Forms: form: handis
Etymology: From Hindustani ہانڈی / हांडी (hāṇḍī).
Senses: glosses: A deep, narrow-mouthed vessel used in north Indian, Pakistani and Bengali cooking.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: handi-wipe
handis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handi
begs the question
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beg the question
begged the question
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of beg the question
pikkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pikkie
Meleagrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Meleagrian
form: most Meleagrian
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to Meleager.
phlegmasia cerulea dolens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin, literally "painful blue edema".
Senses: glosses: An uncommon severe form of deep vein thrombosis resulting from extensive thrombotic occlusion (blockage by a blood clot) of the major and collateral veins of an extremity. It is characterized by sudden severe pain, swelling, cyanosis and edema.
Related terms: phlegmasia alba dolens
photorefraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ækʃən
Forms: form: photorefractions
Etymology: From photo- + refraction.
Senses: glosses: A nonlinear optical effect seen in certain crystals and other materials that respond to light by altering their refractive index.
glosses: The refraction of light, typically within the eye.
Related terms: photorefractor
photorefractory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + refractory.
Senses: glosses: photorefractive
Derived terms: photorefractoriness
Related terms: photorefractor
phthirapteran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phthirapterans
Etymology: Phthiraptera + -an
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any member of the order Phthiraptera of lice.
phthirapterans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phthirapteran
phyletics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: phylogeny
photoradar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + radar.
Senses: glosses: A radar-based technology used in speed cameras.
mizutaki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Japanese 水炊き
Senses: glosses: A Japanese chicken hot pot.
molarlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more molarlike
form: most molarlike
Etymology: From molar + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a molar tooth.
Mongolian gerbil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mongolian gerbils
Senses: glosses: Meriones unguiculatus, a rodent of the subfamily Gerbillinae.
monk parakeet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monk parakeets
Etymology: From monk + parakeet, possibly derived from its taxonomic name, translingual Myiopsitta monachus (literally “monk Myiopsitta”).
Senses: synonyms: monk parrot
Quaker parrot
glosses: Myiopsitta monachus, a parrot of South America.
nonterritorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + territorial.
Senses: glosses: Not territorial.
unterritorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unterritorial
form: most unterritorial
Etymology: From un- + territorial.
Senses: glosses: Not territorial.
loftinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loftiness
mokume-gane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Japanese 木目金, literally "woodgrain metal".
Senses: glosses: A mixed-metal laminate with distinctive layered patterns.
mock strawberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mock strawberry
modinha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: modinhas
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese modinha.
Senses: examples: text: The drifters were coming back to play the guitar, sing modinhas, invent sambas they would later sell to famous samba singers in the city.
ref: 1988, Jorge Amado, translated by Gregory Rabassa, Captains of the Sands, Penguin, published 2013, page 159:
glosses: A kind of sentimental love song of Portugal and Brazil.
modinhas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of modinha
moharrir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moharrirs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mohurrer.
moharrirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moharrir
Mohist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mohists
Etymology: Moh + -ist; see Mohism.
Senses: glosses: A follower of Mohism.
Synonyms: Mician
Mohists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mohist
Mohmand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mohmands
form: Mohmand
form: Momand
Etymology: Pashto مومند
Senses: glosses: A member of a Pashtun tribe mainly inhabiting eastern Afghanistan and the Mohmand Agency in Pakistan.
Mohmands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mohmand
Mogulian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Mogulian
form: most Mogulian
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Mongolian.
septarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛpˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /sɛpˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Senses: examples: septarian concretions; septarian nodules
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Containing or relating to septaria.
septapeptides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of septapeptide
subvisible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + visible.
Senses: glosses: Below the threshold of visibility.
moho-pereru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori moho-pererū.
Senses: glosses: A bird, the buff-banded rail.
makoro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: makoros
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mokoro.
mekoro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mekoros
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mokoro.
makoros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of makoro
mekoros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mekoro
molluscum fibrosum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: skin tags associated with tuberous sclerosis
mock heather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ericameria ericoides, a flowering shrub in the daisy family.
wind horse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of Tibetan རླུང་རྟ (rlung rta).
Senses: glosses: An allegory for the human soul in the shamanistic tradition of East and Central Asia.
s'long
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: She won't notice us s'long as you keep your mouth shut!
text: Goodbye! — S'long!
glosses: Contraction of so long.
LMR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of land mobile radio.
examples: text: I figured she'd probably started dating someone else, someone who had been able to break through her LMR.
ref: 2005, Neil Strauss, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, Text Publishing Company, →ISBN, →OL, page 372:
text: A woman's LMR threshold may differ from person to person, and a woman's own LMR threshold will change depending on the value of the man she is about to sleep with and other circumstances.
ref: 2007 February 6, Erik von Markovik, The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 200:
text: The first way around this L.M.R is, if she says, "We shouldn't be doing this", reply, "You are right. This is so bad." And continue kissing.
ref: 2012, Greg Dean, Elite Dating Skills: Black Book, Sonic Audio Publishing, →ISBN:
topics: lifestyle
seduction-community
sexuality
glosses: Initialism of last-minute resistance.
ABAP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Initially coined as short for German Allgemeiner Berichts-Aufbereitungs-Prozessor ("generic report preparation processor"); later assigned the English expansion.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Advanced Business Application Programming.
BASF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German BASF (“Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik”).
Senses: examples: text: Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and head of the country’s foreign exchange regulator, chaired a symposium with representatives from foreign companies, including JP Morgan, Tesla (TSLA), HSBC (HSBC), Deutsche Bank (DB), BNP Paribas, Japan’s MUFG Bank, German chemical producer BASF, commodities trader Trafigura and Schneider Electric, according to a statement posted on the websites of the PBOC and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE).
ref: 2023 September 19, Laura He, “China woos Tesla, JP Morgan and other Western companies as foreign investment slumps”, in CNN Business:
glosses: A German chemical manufacturer.
EM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EMs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of emergency medicine.
topics: sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of electron microscope.
topics: sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of electron microscopy.
coordinate_terms: EMF
EMR
EMC
EMI
glosses: Initialism of electromagnetism.
qualifier: criminal justice
glosses: Initialism of electronic monitoring.
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of emerging market.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of enlisted man.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of effective microorganism.
topics: business
energy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of energy management.
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of English medium.
EM
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Secondary drone got EM spectrum on the kill.
ref: 1992, Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep, New York: Tor, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 315:
text: Commander, I can see most of it now. Readings are all over the EM spectrum.
ref: 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Tsavo Highway:
glosses: Abbreviation of electromagnetic.
Derived terms: english: electromagnetic compatibility
translation: electromagnetic compatibility
word: EMC
english: electromagnetic field
translation: electromagnetic field
word: EMF
english: electromagnetic interference
translation: electromagnetic interference
word: EMI
topics: electromagnetic-radiation
electromagnetism
physics
electrical-engineering
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: EMR
RWE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: RWD
glosses: Initialism of real-world evidence.
marries off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of marry off
marrying off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of marry off
married off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of marry off
Karma Sutra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Kama Sutra.
zuhr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dhuhr.
Jubba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Juba
Etymology: From Somali Jubba.
Senses: glosses: A river in Ethiopia and Somalia.
wedding band
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wedding bands
Senses: examples: text: wearing a wedding band
glosses: Synonym of wedding ring.
synonyms: word: wedding ring
examples: text: hire a wedding band
glosses: A band that plays wedding gigs.
Mosi-oa-Tunya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Tonga (Zambia) [Term?], meaning "smoke that thunders".
Senses: glosses: a waterfall located in southern Africa on the Zambezi river, also known as Victoria Falls
glosses: a gold coin introduced in Zimbabwe in 2022 in the context of rising inflation.
Krebses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Krebs
Schaums
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Schaum
sedding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sed
sedded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sed
Spitzers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Spitzer
Stapels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Stapel
Stengels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Stengel
Tangs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tang
Urheimaten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A typical recent statement concerning Urheimaten is by Hans-Joachim Diesner...
ref: 2006, Thomas F.X. Noble, From Roman Provinces to Medieval Kingdoms:
text: Given that the spread of Slavic can be derived directly from secondary Urheimaten without the compact primordial Urheimat, we don't absolutely have to refer to an Urheimat to discuss Slavic spread.
ref: 1992, Balthasar Bickel et al., Language Typology and Historical Contingency: In honor of Johanna Nichols:
text: The evidence usually cited in favor of this is the proximity of the proposed Urheimaten for both of them, ...
ref: 2009, Carlos Quiles, A Grammar of Modern Indo-European, Second Edition:
glosses: plural of Urheimat
Skypes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Skype
Skyping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Skype
Skyped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Skype
fasiq
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fasiqs
form: fasiqun
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Arabic فَاسِق (fāsiq), from فِسْق (fisq).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: An evil-doer, sinner; a person who violates Islamic law.
Hypernyms: dshinn
human being
Hyponyms: dhimmi
munafiq
zalim
zindiq
munafiq
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: munafiqs
form: munafiqun
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Arabic مُنَافِق (munāfiq)
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A religious hypocrite, a person who professes to believe in something (especially Islam) but actually does not.
Kulturworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kulturwort
abazungu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of umuzungu
bazungu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of umuzungu
diamond rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diamond ring
broom-rape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broom-rapes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of broomrape.
broom-rapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broom-rape
mondo-bizarro
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mondo-bizarro
form: most mondo-bizarro
Senses: examples: text: When straight-shooting Cal Ripken suggests that life has grown a little mondo-bizarro around the old ballpark, it is time to take notice.
ref: 1989 April 25, Mike Littwin, “Orioles Are Getting Good Luck and Bounces”, in Los Angeles Times:
text: The Bindlestiffs prove that even in the most mondo-bizarro town, it's worth it to seek out serious freakdom.
ref: 2000 February 5, Liz Langley, “The height of folly”, in Orlando Weekly:
text: The tape, I was told, was the most mondo-bizarro music in human history.
ref: 2006, Martin Farkus, Blue Notes, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 21:
glosses: Alternative form of mondo bizarro.
closed formula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closed formulas
form: closed formulae
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A formula which has no free occurrences of variables; or equivalently, in which all occurrences of variables are bound.
Synonyms: ground formula
dawn prayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dawn prayer
seahawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seahawks
Etymology: From sea + hawk.
Senses: glosses: A rapacious gull-like bird of the genus Stercorarius.
glosses: An osprey, Pandion haliaetus.
Synonyms: sense: gull-like bird
word: jäger
sense: gull-like bird
word: jaeger
sense: gull-like bird
word: jager
sense: gull-like bird
word: skua
freakdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From freak + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: The attack sequence dissolves to the present, back to the circus sideshow of the first reel and the curious onlookers, awaiting a glimpse of the creature in the pit, the framing device all but forgotten during the past seventy minutes of full immersion in freakdom.
ref: 1999, Thomas Doherty, Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930-1934, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 317:
text: Self-made freaks like excessively tattooed people created and cultivated their freakdom.
ref: 2011, Anne Rothe, Popular Trauma Culture: Selling the Pain of Others in the Mass Media, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 79:
text: […] Thanks to the fight at the dance and your and Noah's make-out session before first period, some people think you dumped Luke for Noah, officially putting you on the road to freakdom.”
ref: 2012, Katie McGarry, Pushing the Limits, Harlequin Teen, →ISBN, page 202:
glosses: The state or quality of being freakish, strange, or bizarre.
Herbrand universe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Herbrand universes
Etymology: Named after Jacques Herbrand (1908–1931), French mathematician.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The set of all ground terms that may be formed (even recursively) using any of the constants and functions which appear in a given set of formulae. (If there is no constant in that given set of formulae, then designate one default constant as being usable for the aforementioned purpose.)
wikipedia: Jacques Herbrand
Herbrand function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Herbrand functions
Etymology: Named after Jacques Herbrand (1908–1931), French mathematician.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A function which replaces a variable bound by a universal quantifier which lies in the scope of an even number of logical negations; such function is a function of the remaining bound variables whose scope contain the given variable (being replaced).
wikipedia: Jacques Herbrand
Related terms: Herbrandization
Skolem function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Skolem functions
Etymology: Named after Thoralf Skolem (1887–1963), Norwegian mathematician.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A function which replaces a variable bound by an existential quantifier which lies in the scope of an even number of logical negations; such function is a function of the remaining bound variables whose scope contain the given variable (being replaced).
wikipedia: Thoralf Skolem
Coordinate terms: Herbrand function
Related terms: Skolemization
mom cave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mom caves
Etymology: mom + cave, after the pattern of man cave.
Senses: examples: text: Griffin said there are four essential elements to the mom cave: a place to sit, a place to store items, a place to work and a place to visit.
ref: 2010 December 5, Michelle Chan, “Need a quiet hideaway? Welcome to the mom cave”, in Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa:
text: Sparks of creative energy flicker in her eyes, but between the walls of her mom cave is where Colleen Zalewski really lets 'em fly.
From a center table laden with bits and misfits - buttons, bottle caps, broken jewelry, old game pieces, fabric and picture scraps and more - the Chesapeake mom creates artist's trading cards to swap with gathered girlfriends.
ref: 2011 May 7, “A place to call her own”, in The Virginian-Pilot:
text: He banged through a back door on the lower floor, directly into the game room, which was mostly a male domain. His mother had her mom-cave upstairs.
ref: 2012, Joanne Rock, Full Surrender, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 185:
glosses: A part of a home, typically a room, reserved specifically for a mother, in which she can relax and pursue her interests away from her family.
Synonyms: she shed
Hypernyms: woman cave
Coordinate terms: man cave
mantuary
mom caves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mom cave
carpenter's pencil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carpenters' pencils
form: carpenter pencil
Senses: topics: arts
business
carpentry
construction
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
woodworking
glosses: A pencil specifically designed for the requirements of a carpenter: oval shape makes it less likely to roll away, and thick graphite facilitates drawing on rough surfaces.
Erbes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Erbeses
Etymology: Variant of German Erbes.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Erbes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Erbe
woman cave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woman caves
Etymology: woman + cave, on the pattern of man cave.
Senses: examples: text: Her space: A cozy-yet-stylish "woman cave" on the main floor of their 1996 home. Deb had the room designed last year as a solution to her and her husband's TV incompatibility.
ref: 2009 November 3, Kim Palmer, “His & hers rooms”, in Star Tribune:
text: "I think every woman needs a woman cave to retreat to for peace and quiet," he said.
ref: 2011 August 13, Barbara J. Woerner, “Storage shed yields spiritual retreat”, in The Virginian-Pilot:
text: “It can be a room that’s a depository for all of the husband’s paraphernalia that the wife doesn’t want to see, such as things from the college basketball team,” Mr. Watson said. “And remember: there can be woman caves, too.”
ref: 2013 April 17, Tim McKeough, “The Resale Advantages of a Man Cave”, in New York Times:
glosses: A part of a home, typically a room, reserved specifically for the use of an adult woman, in which she can relax and pursue her interests.
Synonyms: she shed
Hyponyms: mom cave
Coordinate terms: man cave
mantuary
woman caves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woman cave
mantuary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæntjʊəɹi/
ipa: /ˈmænt͡ʃʊəɹi/
ipa: /ˈmænt͡ʃuˌɛɹi/
Forms: form: mantuaries
Etymology: Blend of man + sanctuary.
Senses: examples: text: Light up your booze with professional bar lighting from Beyond 7 bubble wall installations to make a more modern mantuary for you and your friends.
ref: 2010, Geoff Case, “Man Cave Must Haves”, in Blitz Weekly, 23 June - 29 June 2010, page 11:
text: In fact, luxury man caves or ‘mantuaries’ are the latest must-have accessory for self-respecting gents.
ref: 2011 November 11, Jenny Bennett, “Beware the caveman: Men are no longer happy to hide away in a shed, now they want their very own bespoke retreat”, in Daily Mail:
text: Some academics have called mantuaries the male reaction to female dominance in decisions about décor in the majority of North American households: […]
ref: 2012, “Man Caves”, in International Wood, page 13:
glosses: A part of a home specifically reserved for adult male activities, such as drinking beer, playing games and watching TV; often a garage or den.
Synonyms: man cave
Coordinate terms: mom cave
woman cave
mantuaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mantuary
male members
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of male member
Reichskanzlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Reichskanzler
Saraiva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Saraivas
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Saraiva.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Portuguese.
preparation room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preparation rooms
Senses: topics: education
sciences
glosses: a laboratory for preparing teaching materials
Related terms: word: prep room
prep room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prep rooms
Senses: topics: education
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of preparation room.
ishas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isha
kikimoras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kikimora
jiffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jiff
Subsaharan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sub-Saharan.
Paleohispanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: paleohispanic
form: paleo-Hispanic
form: Paleo-Hispanic
Etymology: From paleo- + Hispanic.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the native peoples, languages and scripts of the Iberian Peninsula before its conquest by the Romans.
Laurent series
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Laurent series
Etymology: Named after French mathematician Pierre Alphonse Laurent (1813–1854)
Senses: glosses: A power series generalising Taylor series, in which the exponents may be positive or negative integers.
jiffed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jiff
guajes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guaje
advanced degree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: advanced degrees
Senses: examples: text: This is based on . . . the opinion of a vocational expert that "it is likely that Matthew would have graduated from college and obtained an advanced degree".
ref: 1998 November 3, Cathy Comerford, “Woodward sued for baby's lost millions”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 03 Feb 2014:
text: Skeptics like to point out that the income gap isn’t rising as fast as it once was, especially for college graduates who don’t get an advanced degree.
ref: 2011 June 25, David Leonhardt, “Even for Cashiers, College Pays Off”, in New York Times, retrieved 03 Feb 2014:
topics: education
glosses: A university degree, such as an MSc or PhD, awarded after a baccalaureate on completion of a further program of academic studies.
bachelor's degree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bachelor's degrees
form: bachelor degree
form: bachelor's
Senses: synonyms: baccalaureate
glosses: The first or lowest academic degree conferred by universities and colleges.
Coordinate terms: diploma
associate's degree
master's degree
doctorate
Ph.D.
postdoc
bachelor degree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bachelor degrees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bachelor's degree.
Augsburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Augsburgers
Etymology: From Augsburg + -er.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany.
Augsburger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Augsburgers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Augsburger.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
annoyment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: annoyments
Etymology: From annoy + -ment.
Senses: glosses: Annoyance.
examples: text: There can be no such disappointments or annoyments in planting trees.
ref: Quoted in: 1837, John Gibson Lockhart, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart (volume 5, page 287)
text: […] his fury with Italy's neglect of her works of art, his dismay with Kaiser and Cavalcaselle, the annoyments of his hotel, the difficulties of working in the gloom of the lower church, […]
ref: Quoted in: 1990, John Ruskin, Van Akin Burd, Christmas Story: John Ruskin's Venetian Letters of 1876-1877 (page 104)
glosses: Something annoying; a nuisance.
Banker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bankers
Etymology: From Bank(s) + -er, from the Outer Banks.
Senses: glosses: A native or resident of the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
glosses: A Banker horse, a feral horse from the islands of North Carolina's Outer Banks.
Synonyms: Outer Banker
Banker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines.
Bankers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Banker
prenex normal form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A way of expressing a formula of predicate logic such the formula consists of a prenex and a matrix, with the prenex preceding the matrix.
Hyponyms: Skolem normal form
metric ounce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metric ounces
form: metric-ounce
Senses: examples: text: The new ounces would be all alike, representing 25 Gm. or CC., and would be from one-eighth to one-fifth less than the customary ounces. The metric ounce, 25.0; one fifth less than 1 apoth. ounce, 31.0. The metric ounce, 25.0, one-sixth less than 1 av. ounce, 28.35.
ref: 1901, The Medical Standard, volume 24, page 306:
text: It would probably be convenient also to retain the ounce, the metric ounce being defined as equal to 25 grams, or one-twentieth of the metric pound.
ref: 1901 September 7, The Accountant, volume 27, number 1396, page 975:
text: When this is over, there seems no reason why a metric inch of twenty-five millimetres should not serve as well as our inch, a quarter-metre of ten metric inches as well as our foot, and a metric ounce of twenty-five grammes as well as our ounce.
ref: 1904, “The Metric System”, in The Quarterly review, volume 199, page 78:
glosses: A metric approximation of the ounce; specifically:
25 grams.
examples: text: Thirty grams or a metric ounce (the American ounce is 28 grams)
ref: 1882, An Instruction Book in the Art of Silk Culture, page 83:
text: If we could get the Post Office Department to adopt the metric system, so that whenever any citizen of the United States desires to send a letter he will have to buy postage stamps of one or two cents — whatever it might be — for 30 grams of matter, the metric ounce, that would give us a start.
ref: 1890, Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association:
text: One 16-ounce pound of silver coin is legally equal to one 30-gram metric ounce of gold coin […]
ref: 1901, Alfred Emerson, In yellowest jaunia and the way out: or, "Sound money", page 23:
glosses: A metric approximation of the ounce; specifically:
30 grams.
metric ounces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metric ounce
talkaholism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From talk + -holism.
Senses: glosses: The habit of talking incessantly.
Related terms: talkaholic
cynicality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cynical + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being cynical.
soundbitey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more soundbitey
form: most soundbitey
Etymology: From sound bite + -y.
Senses: examples: text: If there's something that is generally a trite soundbitey kind of thing, I generally don't use it. I'm looking for the people to tell the story and not me.
ref: 1997, Carole Rich, News Writing: Student Study Guide, page 157:
text: This is funny, astute, cynical and soundbitey all at once.
ref: 2009, Damien Broderick, Unleashing the Strange:
glosses: Characteristic of a sound bite.
paperflower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paperflowers
Etymology: From paper + flower.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paper flower.
paperflowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paperflower
psilostrophe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psilostrophes
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: The psilostrophes are palatable and usually occur every season.
ref: 1934, The Southwestern Sheep and Goat Raiser, volume 5, page 16:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any member of the genus Psilostrophe.
psilostrophes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psilostrophe
nosegayed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nosegay + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Adorned with a nosegay.
ranchy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ranchy
form: most ranchy
Etymology: From ranch + -y.
Senses: examples: text: He composes for anything from a ranchy guitar, played by a rock-and-roller, to a full symphony.
ref: 1958, National Music Council (U.S.), Bulletin (volumes 19-21, page 19)
text: Bob Taylor's Ranch House at 6250 Rio Vista Street is out of town to the north just off the Tonopah Highway, a dreamy place with a ranchy motif from the bygone days of the dude ranch and the Hollywood western, and a menu to match[…]
ref: 2002, David W. Toll, The Complete Nevada Traveler, page 206:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a ranch.
rangeability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rangeabilities
Etymology: From range + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: When less scrupulous firms try to pull the wool over the eyes of a consumer, they usually resort to describing the transducer in terms of rangeability. The rangeability is meant to be an indication of some range of signal values over which the device is useful.
ref: 1998, Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac, Electromechanical Sensors and Actuators, page 301:
text: Rangeability basically assesses the ability of a given measurement device to be applied to a variety of applications.
ref: 2011, Cecil L. Smith, Basic Process Measurements:
text: How low the plant can be turned down depends upon the rangeability of the flow meters, control valves, and VSDs.
ref: 2014, Gregory K. McMillan, Tuning and Control Loop Performance, Fourth Edition:
glosses: A measure of the range of signal values over which a particular mechanical device is reliable.
Related terms: rangeable
rangeabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rangeability
Rathke's pouch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rathke's pouches
Etymology: Named after Martin Rathke.
Senses: glosses: A depression in the roof of the developing mouth in front of the buccopharyngeal membrane. It gives rise to the adenohypophysis.
wikipedia: Martin Rathke
craniopharyngioma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: craniopharyngiomas
form: craniopharyngiomata
Etymology: From cranio- + pharynx + -oma.
Senses: glosses: A kind of brain tumor derived from pituitary gland embryonic tissue.
quadrantanopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quadrantanopia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Afflicted with, or relating to, quadrantanopia.
craniopharyngiomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of craniopharyngioma
craniopharyngiomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of craniopharyngioma
sella turcica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sellae turcicae
form: sellæ turcicæ
Etymology: Latin: sella + turcica = literally “Turkish chair”.
Senses: examples: text: In the so-called “janus formation” we encounter a grave disturbance of development. Here are two distinct bodies joined together by an enormous head with two faces. In these cases, without doubt, there was a union of the two axes (chordæ dorsales) at their anterior extremity, at the so-called sellæ turcicæ, so that there was no opportunity for the union of the corresponding halves of the head. There was, however, nothing to prevent the left half of the head of one embryo from uniting with the right half of the head of the other, to form a joint face. All double faces in janus formations are composed partly of one, partly of the other fœtus.
ref: 1884, William Henry Mercur, transl., edited by James Tyson, The Elements of Pathology, Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son & Co., № 1012 Walnut Street, translation of Die Elemente der Pathologie by Georg Eduard von Rindfleisch (in German), SPECIAL PART., III. Defective Development and Growth., 1. Defective arrangement of the blastoderm., page 239:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: sella
sella equina
sella sphenoidalis
glosses: A saddle-shaped depression in the sphenoid bone of the skull in humans and other hominids.
Derived terms: intrasellar
subsellar
suprasellar
Related terms: diaphragma sellae turcicae
fossa sellae turcicae
operculum sellae turcicae
pars perpendicularis sellae turcicae
processus sellae turcicae
sinus circularis sellae turcicae
unyellow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + yellow.
Senses: examples: text: May 22, 1901, Ambrose Bierce, letter to George Sterling
I'm glad the Journal is not to have it, for it now goes into the Washington Post — and the Post into the best houses here and elsewhere — a good, clean unyellow paper.
text: It was not in his unyellow soul to go back on his word without refunding the money, and a dollar of it was already spent to the Chinese fund, to say nothing of sundaes and sodas and whips.
ref: 1994, Grace Livingston Hill, The City of Fire, page 29:
glosses: Not yellow (in various senses).
unyellow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unyellows
form: unyellowing
form: unyellowed
form: unyellowed
Etymology: From un- + yellow.
Senses: glosses: To remove yellow color from.
Derived terms: word: unyellower
Rathke's cleft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rathke's clefts
Etymology: Named after Martin Rathke.
Senses: glosses: A cleft between the pars distalis and pars intermedia in certain organisms, where the proliferating anterior wall does not fully occupy Rathke's pouch.
wikipedia: Martin Rathke