cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ollam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ollams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ollamh.
unrandomized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + randomized.
Senses: glosses: Not randomized.
unshuffled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + shuffled.
Senses: glosses: Not shuffled.
RtoL
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: RtoL: Bill, Sam and Phil.
topics: arts
graphic-design
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Alternative form of RTL (right to left)
Related terms: LtoR
TtoB
BtoT
shift one's tides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shifts one's tides
form: shifting one's tides
form: shifted one's tides
form: shifted one's tides
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To record the variations of the tide and the positions of the sun and moon using a nautical almanac and sextant to determine the location and phase of the moon and to calculate the relative effect of the tides on the navigation of the ship.
wrongful birth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wrongful births
Senses: glosses: A lawsuit filing, claiming that a doctor failed to advise the parents that a child might have the prospect of birth defects.
skankiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From skanky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being skanky.
paramilitarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From paramilitary + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a paramilitary manner.
Majorana particle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Majorana particles
Etymology: After Ettore Majorana (1906–1938?), Italian theoretical physicist.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A fermion that is its own antiparticle and thus capable of self-annihilation.
Synonyms: angel particle
Majorana
Majorana fermion
signless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sign + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a sign or signs.
dilatinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dilatino
antidyon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antidyons
Etymology: From anti- + dyon.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The antiparticle of the dyon.
antidyons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antidyon
listserve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: listserves
Etymology: From LISTSERV (a trademark), the first electronic mailing list software application, launched in 1986.
Senses: examples: text: This listserve actually is instrumental in providing me with some background and insights into topics of conversation — so it helps me to meet our students...
ref: 1996, Association for Asian Studies, Education about Asia:
text: What steps can an organization take to minimize liability for third-party communications in a listserve or other interactive forum?
ref: 2000, Elizabeth Kingsley, E-advocacy for nonprofits:
text: For example, if you are interested in IV therapy nursing, there is a listserve for IV therapy nurses...
ref: 2001, B Gayle Twiname, Sandra M Boyd, Student nurse handbook: difficult concepts made easy:
text: We will focus particularly on an analysis of participation on a listserve that the class utilized on an extended basis...
ref: 2004, Margaret R Hawkins, Language learning and teacher education: a sociocultural approach:
glosses: An electronic mailing list using the medium of e-mail.
listserves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of listserve
cooches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkuːt͡ʃɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of cooch
circle-strafe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: circle-strafes
form: circle-strafing
form: circle-strafed
form: circle-strafed
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: To move around a target in circular fashion while facing it, in order to avoid counterattacks while attacking at close range.
Kopfes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kopf
keyset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keysets
Etymology: From key + set.
Senses: topics: communications
computing
electrical-engineering
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
telecommunications
telegraphy
glosses: An input device whose few keys can be pressed in many combinations, often simultaneously, to enter different commands or characters.
topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A set of keys (unique identifiers) used to distinguish the rows of data being traversed by a cursor.
examples: text: This typewriter has a numeric keyset to the right of the standard alphanumeric keyset.
glosses: A collection of keys on a typewriter or keyboard.
keysets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keyset
unchristianly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unchristianly
form: most unchristianly
form: un-Christianly
Etymology: From unchristian + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unchristian way.
unchristianly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unchristianly
form: most unchristianly
form: un-Christianly
Etymology: From un- + Christianly.
Senses: examples: text: [I]f he perſiſt to be otherwiſe opinion’d, let him well adviſe, left thinking to gripe faſt the Goſpel, he be found in ſtead with the canon law in his fiſt: boiſtrous edicts tyrannizing the bleſſed ordinance of mariage into the quality of a moſt unnatural and unchriſtianly yoke, […]
ref: 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC, page 42:
glosses: Unchristian.
thiomersal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thimerosal
Etymology: From thio- + -mer- (“mercury-containing drug”) + -sal (“salicylic acid derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A compound, chemical formula C₉H₉HgNaO₂S, used as an antiseptic and antifungal agent, especially in vaccines.
Synonyms: merthiolate
sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate
Hypernyms: bacteriostatic
gunwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunwomen
Etymology: From gun + -woman, by analogy with gunman.
Senses: glosses: A female gunman.
gunwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gunwoman
gunperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunpersons
form: gunpeople
Etymology: From gun + person.
Senses: glosses: A gunman or gunwoman.
gunpersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gunperson
counterfort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterforts
Etymology: From Middle French contrefort.
Senses: examples: text: This involved new track drainage, strengthening of embankments and cuttings and the provision of counterforts.
ref: 1957 March 24, “The Shenfield-Southend Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, pages 157-158:
text: The soil above the base of a reinforced concrete cantilever or counterfort wall is included as part of the weight of the wall in stability calculations.
ref: 2011, Gareth J. Hearn, Slope Engineering for Mountain Roads, →ISBN, page 209:
text: Mair reports work described in 1844 to install counterforts in slopes, which were typically trenches that were two metres wide and around eight metres apart. They were dug down one metre and backfilled with gravel or rubble stone to provide internal buttresses and deep drains.
ref: 2021 April 7, “Network News: A long-standing problem: Victorian efforts to secure unstable slopes”, in RAIL, number 928, page 11:
glosses: A buttress built against a wall.
examples: text: With its counterforts projecting some 300 miles, [the Pamir] forms the western headland of all the plateaux and mountain systems skirting the Chinese Empire; it completely separates the two halves of Asia, and forms an almost impassable barrier to migration and warlike incursions.
ref: 1884, Ernest George Ravenstein & al. trans. Élisée Reclus, The Earth and Its Inhabitants, Vol. VI: Asia, Vol. I, p. 165
text: This angle is buttressed from the interior by an enormous counterfort of lower mountain country, extending several hundred miles to the eastward, forming the main part of the highlands of Bolivia, and separating the tributaries of the Amazon
ref: 1899, Edward John Payne, History of the New World Called America: book II, page 428:
text: The physical impossibility of the line along the counterfort or mountain range from Punta Mona was easily demonstrated, for the very simple reason that no such counterfort or mountain range existed.
ref: 1913, Costa Rica-Panama arbitration: argument of Costa Rica, page 428:
glosses: A spur of a mountain range.
counterforts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterfort
counterproject
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterprojects
Etymology: From counter- + project.
Senses: glosses: A project proposed in opposition to another.
counterprojects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterproject
counterless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From counter + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a counter (surface for transacting business in a shop, etc.).
examples: a counterless loop
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Without a variable used to keep count.
sexsational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sexsational
form: most sexsational
Etymology: Blend of sex + sensational
Senses: examples: text: Sexsational exotic colour-packed catalogue featuring devastating cleavage bras...
ref: 1973, Penthouse:
text: It was the small-ads page of the only mucky paper that Northern Ireland produced, a paper with sexsational stories about mythical locals...
ref: 1997, Robert McLiam Wilson, Eureka Street:
text: In the 1990s only the new breed of "sexsational" stories — the John Bobbitt, OJ Simpson and Monica Lewinsky melodramas — permit them to cobble together something temporarily resembling a mass audience.
ref: 2000, Bruce W Sanford, Don't shoot the messenger:
text: "You've seen her sexsational dance?" "That I'm not ready for."
ref: 2006, Stephen Orr, Hill of Grace:
glosses: Very sexy or sexual; characterised by brash, overt sexuality.
counterremark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterremarks
Etymology: From counter- + remark.
Senses: glosses: A remark made in opposition to another.
counterremarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterremark
pisspants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pisspants
Etymology: From piss + pants; see piss one's pants.
Senses: examples: text: "Christ" — he yawned — "Christ, what the hell is everybody getting so pisspants scared and nervous for? Vince Eames is what? A crook? So?...
ref: 1965, Edwin Gilbert, American chrome:
text: "You take the part of this pisspants priest against your comrades?" "I do, Caballo!" The old corporal lurched at him with a speed that took him off guard.
ref: 1983, Oakley M Hall, The children of the sun:
text: Her eyes are blazing the way they had that night long ago, when she called my sister a little pisspants. I expect another bowl of mashed potatoes on my head...
ref: 2002, Evan Hunter, The Moment She Was Gone:
text: "I'll pay them when I get my allowance." "Lorraine, you stole that nail polish." "Don't be such a pisspants," Lorraine said sharply.
ref: 2006, Ed McBain, Fiddlers:
glosses: An objectionable or cowardly person.
Ontos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ontos
form: ONTOS
Etymology: Seemingly from Ancient Greek ὄντως (óntōs) (no original sources available)
Senses: glosses: A light, armored anti-tank vehicle of a particular kind.
onionless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From onion + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without onions.
Baianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bajanism
Etymology: From Baian + -ism, after the Roman Catholic theologian Michael Baius (1513-1589).
Senses: glosses: A school of thought, the immediate historical predecessor of Jansenism, that claimed thorough Augustinianism over the scholasticism which held sway over most Catholic theologians at the time.
Cartesianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Cartesian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The philosophical doctrines of René Descartes.
cognitivism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cognitive + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The view that ethical sentences express propositions and are therefore capable of being true or false.
topics: art
arts
glosses: The view that a work of art is valuable if it contributes to knowledge.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The view that mental function can be understood as the internal manipulation of symbols according to a set of rules.
Derived terms: noncognitivism
incompatibilism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From in- + compatibilism or incompatible + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Because pretty much the same thing goes on in us when we have become the sort of person who would pull a trigger, or run into a building to save a child, or steal an extra cookie, or advocate hard incompatibilism in a book destined to be read only by two people who will hate it.
ref: 2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: hard determinism
antonyms: compatibilism
glosses: The doctrine that free will and determinism are incompatible, that one necessarily precludes the other.
Related terms: incompatibilistic
incompatibilist
impossibilism
incompatibilist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more incompatibilist
form: most incompatibilist
Etymology: From in- + compatibilist or incompatible + -ist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to or supporting incompatibilism.
incompatibilist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: incompatibilists
Etymology: From in- + compatibilist or incompatible + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: An incompatibilist need not be a libertarian but the incompatibilist is committed to saying that there are possible worlds where creatures more or less like us have free will.
ref: 2007, Theodore Sider, John Hawthorne, Dean W. Zimmerman, editors, Contemporary Debates in Metaphysics, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 306:
glosses: A proponent of incompatibilism.
incompatibilists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incompatibilist
enuretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, or afflicted by, enuresis; tending to wet the bed.
enuretic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enuretics
Senses: glosses: A person who has enuresis.
Comtism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From (Auguste) Comte + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The positivistic philosophy of Auguste Comte (1798–1857), according to which metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top.
Related terms: Comtist
positivism
Religion de l'Humanité
enureses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enuresis
cosmotheism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cosmo- + theism.
Senses: glosses: Pantheism.
Derived terms: cosmotheist
cosmotheist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosmotheists
Etymology: From cosmo- + theist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of cosmotheism.
Synonyms: pantheist
cosmotheists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosmotheist
dialetheism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdaɪ.əˈlɛθ.i.ɪz.əm/
Forms: form: dialetheisms
Etymology: Coined by Graham Priest and Richard Routley, from di- + Ancient Greek ἀλήθεια (alḗtheia, “truth”), in 1981.
Senses: examples: text: [It] is important to point out that endorsing dialetheism is not the same as rejecting logic or rational argumentation.
ref: 2005, Laurence Goldstein, Logic: key concepts in philosophy, page 158:
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The theory that statements can be both true and false at the same time and in the same sense. The opposite of the law of noncontradiction.
Synonyms: dialethism
Coordinate terms: paraconsistent logic
Derived terms: dialetheist
eternalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eternal + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
antonyms: presentism
glosses: The view that time resembles space and thus past and future events are in some sense coexistent.
examples: text: [The earth’s] history stretched indefinitely or even infinitely into past and future and involved no unique and unexplained events such as the Flood; indeed, earth history was “without vestige of a beginning, without prospect of an end.” […] Most significantly, the virtual eternalism of such theories was extended, often explicitly, to the history of mankind[…]. Mankind could thus be claimed as uncreated and therefore not subject to any of the traditional moral and social constraints.
ref: 1986, Martin J. S. Rudwick, “The Shape and Meaning of Earth History”, in David C. Lindberg, Ronald L. Numbers, editors, God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter between Christianity and Science, →ISBN, page 307:
text: The first of these is eternalism, which holds that matter, energy, and intelligence—the components of the universe—are uncreated, indestructible, eternal, and forever fixed.
ref: 1997, Dale C. Lecheminant, “Foreword”, in John A. Widtsoe, Rational Theology: As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, →ISBN, page vii:
topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
theology
glosses: The view that matter is uncreated and has existed, and will exist, eternally.
eudaimonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eudaimonisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of eudaemonism.
untinned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + tinned.
Senses: glosses: Not coated with tin.
examples: fresh, untinned foods
glosses: Not packaged in a tin; uncanned.
Synonyms: english: without tin
translation: without tin
word: tinless
untinned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of untin
experientialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From experiential + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The theory that experience is the source of knowledge.
experientialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: experientialists
Etymology: From experiential + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of experientialism.
experientialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of experientialist
unfinalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: unfinalised
Etymology: From un- + finalized.
Senses: glosses: Not finalized; incomplete.
unfinalised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + finalised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unfinalized.
Freudianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Freudianisms
form: Freudism
Etymology: From Freudian + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychoanalysis
psychology
sciences
glosses: Freudian beliefs and practices, particularly the mechanism of psychological repression, the centrality of sexual desire to the development of the persona, and the efficacy of the "talking cure" or psychoanalytic technique.
Derived terms: neo-Freudianism
pseudo-Freudianism
Related terms: ego
id
pleasure principle
reality principle
superego
ONTOS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Ontos.
inductionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From induction + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The use of induction in scientific reasoning.
innatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From innate + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The view that the mind is born with certain ideas or knowledge, as opposed to the idea of the "blank slate" or tabula rasa.
DYSWIDT
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Possibly from a catchphrase of British comedians Lee and Herring.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of do you see what I did there?: (used ironically to draw attention to wordplay, etc.)
wikipedia: Lee and Herring
Related terms: ISWYDT
I see what you did there
dockominium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dockominiums
Etymology: Blend of dock + condominium
Senses: glosses: A boat slip sold like a condominium, so that the owner has exclusive use of the slip and shared use of common areas of the marina.
dockominiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dockominium
ecoartists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecoartist
megabid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megabids
Etymology: From mega- + bid.
Senses: glosses: A very large bid offered in order to acquire a company.
megabids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megabid
megaterror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mega- + terror.
Senses: glosses: Large-scale terrorism.
megaplan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megaplans
Etymology: From mega- + plan.
Senses: glosses: A large-scale plan, especially one relating to construction.
megaplans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megaplan
CMG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CMGs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, a British honour.
glosses: Initialism of control moment(um) gyro(scope), an attitude control mechanism.
Coordinate terms: sense: gyro
english: reaction control system
translation: reaction control system
word: RCS
Related terms: sense: St Michael and St George
word: GCMG
sense: St Michael and St George
word: KCMG
cover stories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cover story
archontate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archontates
Senses: synonyms: archonship
glosses: The office or position of an archon
Renier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Reniers
Etymology: Borrowed from French Renier.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
tub of lard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tubs of lard
Senses: glosses: A fat person.
illegalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: illegalises
form: illegalising
form: illegalised
form: illegalised
Etymology: From illegal + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of illegalize.
illegalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of illegalise
illegalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of illegalise
xanthocarpous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From xantho- + -carpous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having yellow fruits.
xenelasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /zɛniː.ləˈsiː.ə/
ipa: /zɛni.ləˈsi.ə/
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱ (xenēlăsĭ́ā, “expulsion of foreigners”); see further at xenelasy.
Senses: qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: Synonym of xenelasy (“the practice of expelling foreigners in Doric Crete and Lacedaemonia”).
synonyms: word: xenelasy
extra: the practice of expelling foreigners in Doric Crete and Lacedaemonia
xeraphim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xeraphims
form: serafin
form: seraphin
form: xerafine
form: xerafim
form: xeraphin
form: xerapheen
Etymology: From Portuguese xarafin, from Arabic اَشْرَاف (ašrāf), plural form of شَرِيف (šarīf, “highborn”).
Senses: glosses: An old monetary unit of Bombay, equal to three fifths of a rupee.
xeraphims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xeraphim
shereef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːf
Forms: form: shereefs
form: sherif
form: xerif
Etymology: From Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf). Doublet of sharif and Sharif.
Senses: glosses: A member of an Arab princely family descended from Muhammad through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima, the "Grand Shereef" being the governor of Mecca.
shereefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shereef
xerif
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xerifs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shereef.
glosses: Obsolete form of sharif.
glosses: Obsolete form of ashrafi.
xerifs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xerif
xeriff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xeriffs
Etymology: From Arabic شَرِيفِيّ (šarīfiyy).
Senses: examples: text: The Turkish Sultani, or Egyptian Xeriff, being a Gold Coin, with which the Barbary and Venetian Chequeens and Marienberg Ducat, very near agree to 53 1/2 Grains.
ref: 1707, Alexander Justice, Samuel Ricard, A General Treatise of Monies and Exchanges; In which those of all Trading Nations are particularly described and considered, page 12:
glosses: Obsolete form of ashrafi.
xeriff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xeriffs
Senses: examples: text: The emperors or kings of Morocco are the successors of those sovereigns of that country who are called xeriffs, and whose powers resembled that of the caliphate of the Saracens.
ref: 1795, William Guthrie, A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar:
text: Don Emanuel de Castro now ventured in council to address his sovereign, informing him that their Moorish ally had grossly exaggerated his ability and the inclinations of the Africans, as they appeared mostly unanimous in defence of the present Xeriff's authority.
ref: 1838, Anna Maria Porter, Don Sebastian; or, The house of Braganza, page 51:
glosses: Obsolete form of sharif.
xeriffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xeriff
keratomalacia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kerato- + malacia.
Senses: glosses: An eye disorder that leads to a dry cornea, often caused by a deficiency of vitamin A.
xerophthalmy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of xerophthalmia.
xylindein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /zaɪˈlɪndiːn/
/zaɪˈlɪndi.ɪn/
Senses: glosses: A quinone pigment, a dimeric naphthoquinone derivative, responsible for the characteristic bluish-green stain of wood infected by the Chlorociboria aeruginascens mushroom.
xenoglossies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xenoglossy
xenolithic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From xenolith + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Being or pertaining to a xenolith.
xerostoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xero- + Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma).
Senses: glosses: The condition of having a dry mouth.
xylotomist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xylotomists
Etymology: From xylotomy + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person involved in xylotomy.
xylotomists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xylotomist
xanthopterin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xanthopterins
Etymology: From xantho- + pterin.
Senses: glosses: A yellow crystalline solid that occurs mainly in the wings of butterflies and in the urine of mammals, converted by microorganisms into folic acid.
xanthopterins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xanthopterin
xenons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xenon
xenodiagnostic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From xeno- + diagnostic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to xenodiagnosis.
duckspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From duck + speak, coined by George Orwell in 1949 as part of the Newspeak in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Senses: examples: text: Because his utterances detour through his brain - rather than, as in duckspeak, coming straight from the well-programmed larynx - he has Socratic doubts...
ref: 1989, Richard Rorty, Contingency, irony, and solidarity:
text: I think you might just have had the courage to realize things I didn't know were there. That's really duckspeak, isn't it. I only thought I was happy.
ref: 2004, Joan Elizabeth Lloyd, Club Fantasy:
text: They have developed a particularly obnoxious form of ungood duckspeak. 'Friendly fire' and 'collateral damage' are only the most obvious examples...
ref: 2006, Stephen Ingle, The social and political thought of George Orwell:
text: To be sure, he provides very many juicy examples of such duckspeak or bullshit...
ref: 2008, Richard J Alexander, Framing Discourse on the Environment: A Critical Discourse Approach:
glosses: Thoughtless or formulaic speech.
wikipedia: Nineteen Eighty-Four
birimbao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birimbaos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of berimbau.
Japlish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Japanese + English
Senses: glosses: A confused blend of Japanese and English; Engrish.
Synonyms: Engrish
Janglish
borsch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɔːʃ/
ipa: /bɔɹʃ/
rhymes: -ɔːʃ
Forms: form: borsches
form: borschs
Etymology: From Russian борщ (boršč) and Ukrainian борщ (boršč).
Senses: examples: text: The name is pronounced chy to rhyme with try and the soup is similar to some of the borschs but more cabbagy.
ref: 1959, Poppy Cannon, “[Delicious and Unusual Soups] Russian Tschi”, in The New Can-Opener Cookbook, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, →LCCN, page 42:
text: In it [The Best of Rus»ian Cooking] you’ll find the hearty fare long associated with Rus­sian meals — the pirogs and piroshki, stroganoff, tvorojniki (cottage cheese cakes), Kotleti (meatballs), borschs, sturgeon steaks, tortes, blinis, pilafs, stuffed cabbage leaves, cabbage soups, the zakooska tidbits eaten before dinner, etc.
ref: 1964 March 14, Maxine Keown, “[Our Reviewers Report On New In Reading] Hearty Dishes”, in Daily Independent Journal, volume 103, number 305, San Rafael, Calif., →OCLC, page M15, column 4:
text: Of the making of borschs, there is no end. And champions defend their favorites. In our poll, the Polish cabbage borsch won out over the Russian but it was close.
ref: 1974, Stephen Longstreet, Ethel Longstreet, “[Poland: Soup] Bialystok Cabbage Borsch”, in The Joys of Jewish Cooking, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 95:
text: Ukrainian borsch—commonly spelled “borscht” outside of Ukraine—is the classic, bright-red, slightly sour beet soup, chock-full of vegetables (and sometimes meat) and topped with a dollop of sour cream and a sprinkle of dill.
ref: 2023, José Andrés, World Central Kitchen, with Sam Chapple-Sokol, “[Hope: Stews, Soups, and Warming Meals] Ukrainian Borsch”, in The World Central Kitchen Cookbook: Feeding Humanity, Feeding Hope, New York, N.Y.: Clarkson Potter/Publishers, →ISBN, page 164, column 1:
glosses: Alternative spelling of borscht.
microlinguistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + linguistics.
Senses: antonyms: macrolinguistics
glosses: A branch of linguistics that concerns itself with the study of language systems in the abstract, without regard to the meaning of expressions.
Related terms: microlinguist
microlinguistic
microlinguistical
microlinguistically
phonotactics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfəʊnə(ʊ)ˌtaktɪks/
ipa: /ˈfoʊnəˌtæktɪks/
ipa: /ˈfoʊnoʊˌtæktɪks/
Etymology: From phono- (“sound”) + tactics (“organization, arranging”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A branch of phonology that deals with the restrictions a language applies to combinations of phonemes.
Related terms: phonotactic
phonotactically
phonotax
phonotaxis
orthotactics
phonotactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æktɪk
Senses: examples: text: So, we all have intuitions about possible and impossible stress patterns in sentences. Moreover, we all have strong phonotactic intuitions – i.e. intuitions about what are possible and impossible sound sequences among native words in English. For instance, we'd probably all agree that blick is a possible, but non-occurring English word, whereas *bnick by contrast is not a possible native English word[.]
ref: 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press, →ISBN, pages 4–5:
text: The term missy appears to be a Chinese Pidgin English term from English miss + the Cantonese phonotactic suffix -ee/-y[.]
ref: 2015, James Lambert, “Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study”, in Lan Li, Jamie McKeown, Liming Liu, editors, Dictionaries and corpora: Innovations in reference science. Proceedings of ASIALEX 2015 Hong Kong, Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, page 146:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
synonyms: phonotactical
glosses: Pertaining to phonotactics.
glosses: Pertaining to phonotaxis.
Derived terms: phonotactically
modifier key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: modifier keys
Senses: examples: text: Ctrl, Alt, and Shift are the modifier keys on a typical modern keyboard.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A key (on a computer keyboard) that may be pressed simultaneously with certain other keys to activate predefined functions.
Hyponyms: Alt
Ctrl
Shift
Windows key
keycode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keycodes
Etymology: From key + code.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A code that represents a keypress.
glosses: A code that serves to unlock something, such as an electronic door or a car stereo (as an antitheft measure).
Related terms: scancode
keycodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keycode
undeciphered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + deciphered.
Senses: glosses: Not deciphered.
undeciphered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of undecipher
unenciphered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + enciphered.
Senses: glosses: Not enciphered.
docufantasy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: docufantasies
Etymology: Blend of documentary + fantasy
Senses: glosses: A fictional programme presented as a documentary.
docufantasies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of docufantasy
cascadura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cascaduras
form: cascadu
Etymology: From the former genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of the armoured freshwater catfish of the genus Hoplosternum (syn. Cascadura).
cascaduras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cascadura
readathon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: readathons
Etymology: Blend of read + marathon; compare telethon, walkathon, etc.
Senses: glosses: An event during which people read books in order to raise money for charity.
readathons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of readathon
swimathon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swimathons
Etymology: From swim + -athon.
Senses: glosses: An event during which people swim in order to raise money for charity.
swimathons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swimathon
singletrack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singletracks
form: single track
Etymology: From single + track.
Senses: examples: text: But there's a type of track that is the ultimate in the sensory cycling experience. It's called “singletrack” and only the most experienced need apply. Even then, tackling a one-lane mountain-bike trail is a daunting deed.
ref: 1998 May 21, Mark Langton, “Attack of the singletrack”, in Daily News, Los Angeles, page S10:
text: For one trail, Romero Canyon sure can dish up a multicourse meal of riding conditions. A portion of steep fire road climbing, followed by some sweet, smooth singletrack, a side order of rock-garden challenges and, if you've got the stomach for it, a tree-canopied descent that will challenge even the best rider's technical skills.
ref: 2003 October 10, “Romero Canyon”, in Ventura County Star:
coordinate_terms: fireroad
glosses: A narrow mountain biking trail that is approximately the width of the bicycle.
singletrack
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: single track
Etymology: From single + track.
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Alternative form of single-track (“having only one track”).
nightless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌɪtləs/
homophone: knightless
Etymology: From night + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without night.
Derived terms: nightlessness
holeshot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holeshots
Etymology: From hole + shot.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
qualifier: powerboat racing
glosses: The position of being the first rider to pass the first turn of the course.
holeshots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holeshot
uncrushed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + crushed.
Senses: examples: text: […] portions of the food, instead of being crushed, are crowded down into the cavity, and escape uncrushed and unsalivated into the stomach; and the more teeth you lose the more pains should you take to chew with what remains.
ref: 1847, The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated, volume 9, page 58:
glosses: Not crushed.
uncrushed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From un- + crushed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uncrush
radiesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + -esthesia.
Senses: glosses: The supposed paranormal ability to detect a radiation-like aura within the human body.
Related terms: radiesthetic
radiaesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + -aesthesia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of radiesthesia.
salmoniform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salmoniforms
Senses: glosses: Any fish of the order Salmoniformes
millimilligrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millimilligram
millimilligram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millimilligrams
Etymology: From millimilli- + gram / milli- + milligram.
Senses: glosses: 0.000001 grams, as a unit of mass.
Synonyms: english: common and accepted
translation: common and accepted
word: microgram
word: µg
uncrushable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + crushable.
Senses: glosses: Not crushable; that cannot be crushed.
spoonmeat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spoonmeats
form: spoon-meat
Etymology: From spoon + meat.
Senses: glosses: Food to be eaten from a spoon, such as a soup or pap.
glosses: Patronizingly simplistic material; pablum.
spoonmeats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spoonmeat
tehsildar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tehsildars
form: tahsildar
form: tahseeldar
form: tehseeldar
form: tusseeldar
Etymology: From Urdu تحصیل دار (taḥṣīl dār), from Persian تحصیلدار, from Arabic تَحْصِيل (taḥṣīl), and Persian دار (dâr).
Senses: examples: text: The next day Victor took an architect with him and got the tehsildar to join them.
ref: 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 59:
glosses: An administrative officer in Pakistan and India who gathers taxes from a tehsil.
tehsildars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tehsildar
tehsil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tehsils
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tahsil.
tehsils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tehsil
tankbuster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tankbusters
Etymology: From tank + buster.
Senses: glosses: A military aircraft suited to the destruction of tanks.
Related terms: tank destroyer
tankbusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tankbuster
Thoreauvian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Thoreauvian
form: most Thoreauvian
Etymology: From Thoreau + -v- + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Thoreauesque.
synonyms: word: Thoreauesque
throwster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: throwsters
Etymology: From Middle English throwesters pl; equivalent to throw + -ster.
Senses: glosses: One who twists or spins silk to prepare it for weaving.
glosses: A gambler; one who throws dice in gambling.
Synonyms: sense: one who twists silk
word: thrower
throwsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of throwster
silkman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silkmen
Etymology: From silk + man.
Senses: glosses: A male dealer in silk.
silkmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silkman
silkwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silkwomen
Etymology: From silk + woman.
Senses: glosses: A female dealer in silk.
silkwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silkwoman
walk and chew gum at the same time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: walks and chews gum at the same time
form: walking and chewing gum at the same time
form: walked and chewed gum at the same time
form: walked and chewed gum at the same time
Senses: glosses: To do two normally trivial tasks at the same time; to exhibit basic competence or task-management skills.
raw_tags: in the negative
strip mine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strip mines
form: strip-mine
form: stripmine
Senses: glosses: A mine where the material above the ore is removed (stripped) to expose it for removal and use.
strip mine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: strip mines
form: strip mining
form: strip mined
form: strip mined
form: strip-mine
form: stripmine
Senses: examples: text: Estimates of coal which can be strip mined should not be interpreted to mean that this coal can only be strip mined. Strip mining began as a process of recovering coal which was located quite near the surface of the earth or at the "outcrop" on a hillside. But now it is common to strip mine coal which is buried beneath 80 to 150 feet or more of rock, quite enough rock to support the roof of an underground mine.
ref: 1971, Richard Cartwright Austin, Peter Borrelli, The Strip Mining of America: An Analysis of Surface Coal Mining and the Environment, Sierra Club, page 18:
text: Because of its low sulfur content, Western coal is generally preferred over Eastern coal for environmental reasons. As a result, Western coal is being strip mined at unprecedented rates.
ref: 1978, Lorne G. Everett, Groundwater Quality Monitoring of Western Coal Strip Mining: Identification and Priority Ranking of Potential Pollution Sources, Volume 1, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory, page 1:
glosses: Alternative spelling of strip-mine.
Synonyms: opencast mine
open-pit mine
Hyponyms: surface mine
Coordinate terms: underground mine
pielike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pielike
form: most pielike
Etymology: From pie + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a pie.
shōgun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shōguns
form: shōgun
Senses: examples: text: Two shōguns in particular, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358–1408) and Yoshimasa (1436–1490), have left their villas, almost all that remain of their retirement temple complexes.
ref: 2000, J. Edward Kidder, Jr., “Kyoto”, in William M[ichael] Johnston, editor, Encyclopedia of Monasticism, volumes 1 (A–L), Chicago, Ill.; London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, →ISBN, page 732:
text: People were in a panic, and the two shōgun were grief-stricken and deeply afraid.
ref: 2019, Molly Vallor, Not Seeing Snow: Musō Soseki and Medieval Japanese Zen, Leiden; Boston, Mass.: Brill, →ISBN, page 147:
glosses: Alternative form of shogun.
unctuosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unctuosities
Senses: examples: text: Then followed the thunder of the captains and the shouting, and so we came on to the banquet, from whence there puffed out such an incense of unctuosity into the nostrils of our Gods of Church and State, that Lucullus or Apicius might have sniffed it in their Hades of heathenism.
ref: 1884, Alfred Tennyson, Becket, act 3, sc. 3:
text: [I]n place of the bland and genial affability of genuine cordiality and good will we have the smooth and oily unctuosity of its inferior counterfeit.
ref: 1909, H. H. Schroeder, “Self-Esteem and the Love of Recognition as Sources of Conduct”, in International Journal of Ethics, volume 19, number 2, page 185:
glosses: The state or characteristic of being unctuous.
Synonyms: greasiness
oiliness
unctuousness
measure of location
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: measures of location
Senses: topics: mathematics
probability
sciences
statistics
glosses: A single number used to characterize a batch, sample, or distribution or the position of an element of it.
Hyponyms: measure of central tendency
extreme
quantile
percentile
onychorrhexis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From onycho- + -rrhexis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: fingernail and toenail brittleness and breakage, such as may be due to excessive strong soap and water exposure, nail polish remover, hypothyroidism, anemia, anorexia nervosa or bulimia, or after oral retinoid therapy.
Synonyms: brittle nails
in one sitting
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The bookworm devoured her book in one sitting.
synonyms: in one go
glosses: In a single session; finishing a task in the same period when one sets out to do so.
tofi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tophi.
floccose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more floccose
form: most floccose
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin floccosus.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Covered or growing in wooly tufts
Derived terms: floccosely
Related terms: flocculose
archduchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archduchies
Etymology: From French archiduché, from Middle French, itself from archi- (“arch-”) < Latin archi- + duché (“duchy, dukedom”) < Latin dux (“leader, commander, duke”).
Senses: examples: text: According to the provisions of the "renewed land order," which was finally issued in 1627 for Bohemia, and in the following year for Moravia, the two countries became hereditary Habsburg territories like the Austrian archduchies.
ref: 1982, Hajo Holborn, A History of Modern Germany: The Reformation, page 319:
glosses: The territory (principality) of an archduke.
Related terms: archducal
archdukedom
grand duchy
concolorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: concolourous
Senses: glosses: Colored the same throughout.
glosses: of the same color
concolorous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concolourous
Senses: glosses: Photedes extrema, a species of moth.
Cyrene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪˈɹiːni/
rhymes: -iːni
Forms: form: Kyrene
Etymology: From Latin Cyrene, from Ancient Greek Κυρήνη (Kurḗnē), of uncertain origin. Classical sources considered the Thessalian demigod the etymon for the Libyan city. Modern scholars variously derive the name from the Libyan spring Κύρα (Kúra) or, noting the myth attested before the spring or city, consider an existing Proto-Berber name to have been conflated with the Thessalian myths by early Greek colonists.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A Thessalian princess and huntress demigod, companion of Artemis and lover of Apollo.
glosses: A former city near Shahhat, Libya.
Related terms: Cyrenaic
Cyrenaica
Cyrenaican
Cyrenaicism
Cyrenean
Cyrenian
cleruchia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cleruchias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cleruchy.