cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
transcriptitious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more transcriptitious
form: most transcriptitious
Senses: examples: text: "Secondly, That there is no such Idea of God at all as we have describ'd, neither Innate nor Acquisititious or Transcriptitious; […] "
ref: 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Appendix, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, pp. 145-6
glosses: Of the nature or character of a transcription; transcribed, as opposed to original.
antinationalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antinationalisms
Etymology: From anti- + nationalism.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: opposition to nationalism
Related terms: antinational
internationalism
antinationalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antinationalism
antipatriotism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + patriotism.
Senses: glosses: opposition to patriotism
Coordinate terms: internationalism
antinationalism
sphered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sphere
turriculate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more turriculate
form: most turriculate
Etymology: Latin turricula (“small tower, turret”).
Senses: examples: text: turriculate shell
text: turriculate species
text: turriculate shell
synonyms: turricular
turriculated
glosses: Furnished with, or formed like, a small turret or turrets; somewhat turreted.
Cingalese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of Sinhalese.
Cingalese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cingalese
form: most Cingalese
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of Sinhalese.
Cingalese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cingalese
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of Sinhalese.
depuratives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of depurative
muscules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muscule
isopleuron
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "A Triangle is that which is comprehended by three Right Lines. It is distinguished from the Sides or from the Angles. In respect of the Sides a Triangle is, 1. The Isopleuron Triangle which hath three equal Sides; 2. An Isosceles which hath two equal Sides; and 3. A Scalenum whose three Sides are all unequal."
ref: 1712, Henry Curzon, The Universal Library Or, Compleat Summary of Science, page 152:
glosses: equilateral
raw_tags: of a triangle
scalenum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "A Triangle is that which is comprehended by three Right Lines. It is distinguished from the Sides or from the Angles. In respect of the Sides a Triangle is, 1. The Isopleuron Triangle which hath three equal Sides; 2. An Isosceles which hath two equal Sides; and 3. A Scalenum whose three Sides are all unequal."
ref: 1712, Henry Curzon, The Universal Library Or, Compleat Summary of Science, page 152:
glosses: Scalene.
raw_tags: of a triangle
scalenum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A scalene triangle.
eicosaedrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From εἴκοσι (eíkosi) (twenty) + ἕδρα (hédra) (seat, base).
Senses: examples: text: […] That there are Five regular Bodies in Geometry, neither more nor less, viz., the Cube, the Tetraedrum, the Octaedrum, the Dodecaedrum and the Eicosaedrum […]
ref: 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Appendix, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 5189
glosses: Obsolete form of icosahedron.
nigger-rigged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nigger-rig
nigger-rigged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nigger-rigged
form: most nigger-rigged
Senses: examples: text: In Louisiana and elsewhere, some folks still use the term “nigger-rigged” as a substitute for “jury-rigged,” meaning makeshift, put together or repaired sloppily and hastily and, hopefully, temporarily,
ref: 1998, David K. Shipler, A Country of Strangers: Blacks and Whites in America, page 279:
glosses: Synonym of jury-rigged.
synonyms: word: jury-rigged
Eyak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈijæk/
Forms: form: Eyaks
Senses: glosses: A member of an indigenous people from the Copper River Delta of Alaska.
Eyak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈijæk/
Senses: glosses: the extinct Na-Dené language of these people, formerly spoken near the mouth of the Copper River in Alaska.
Eyak
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈijæk/
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to these people or their language
event-driven
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more event-driven
form: most event-driven
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Of a program: such that the program flow is determined by events.
Synonyms: event-based
Hypernyms: driven
Derived terms: event-driven programming
event-driven architecture
computer programming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: computer programmings
form: computer-programming
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs.
Synonyms: coding
Hypernyms: programming
Hyponyms: answer set programming
array programming
aspect-oriented programming
assembly programming
attribute-oriented programming
automatic programming
cell-oriented programming
class-based programming
classless programming
command-line-interface programming
concatenative programming
concept programming
concurrent programming
constraint programming
data-driven programming
dataflow programming
data-oriented programming
data-structured programming
decision table programming
declarative programming
defensive programming
dual-paradigm programming
dynamically-typed programming
dynamic programming
embeddable programming
end-user programming
ethical programming
event-based programming
event-driven programming
evolutionary programming
expression-oriented programming
extreme programming
feature-oriented programming
flow-based programming
functional programming
function-level programming
generic programming
genetic programming
grammar-oriented programming
graphical user interface programming
imperative programming
instance-based programming
intentional programming
interactive mode programming
iterative programming
language-oriented programming
list-based programming
literate programming
logical programming
logic-based programming
logic programming
machine programming
macro programming
mathematical programming
metaprogramming
modular programming
monolithic programming
multi-paradigm programming
natural language programming
nondeterministic programming
non-structured programming
object-based programming
object-oriented programming
pair programming
probabilistic programming
procedural programming
process-oriented programming
project-oriented programming
prototype-based programming
prototype-oriented programming
reactive programming
recursive programming
reflective programming
restrictive programming
role-oriented programming
rule-based programming
semantic-oriented programming
stack-based programming
statically typed programming
static programming
structured programming
subject-oriented programming
synchronous programming
tacit programming
user interface programming
value-level programming
visual programming
XML-based programming
Related terms: computer program
computer programme
computer programmer
computer language
computer programmings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of computer programming
event-driven programming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: event-based programming
qualifier: paradigm
glosses: A programming paradigm where the flow of the program is determined by events.
Hypernyms: computer programming
event-based programming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
qualifier: paradigm
glosses: Synonym of event-driven programming.
synonyms: word: event-driven programming
inner class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inner classes
Senses: qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A class that is declared entirely within the body of another class.
Synonyms: nested class
nested class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nested classes
Senses: qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: Synonym of inner class.
synonyms: word: inner class
nested classes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nested class
inner classes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inner class
outer class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outer classes
Senses: qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A class that contains an inner class.
outer classes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outer class
jidderbug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of jitterbug.
studder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: studders
form: studdering
form: studdered
form: studdered
Senses: examples: text: Then for a full 30-seconds he studders, "Hello. "Man, what the hell are you doing?" says Otis, with uncontrollable laughter.
ref: 1977 March 26, Billboard Magazine, volume 89, number 12, page 19:
text: So when he tried to talk, he studder an that made him upset even more, an then he just slowly told his grandma that he didn't know, but that he loved her.
ref: 2008, Robert Steffen, The Holy Day, page 118:
glosses: Misspelling of stutter.
Derived terms: boot-studder
studder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: studders
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of stutter.
studders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of studder
studders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of studder
studdering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of studder
studdered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of studder
SOCO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SOCOs
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Acronym of scenes of crime officer.
glosses: Acronym of scene of the crime operative.
roués
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuːeɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of roué
enharmonical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of enharmonic.
night club
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: night clubs
Senses: examples: text: From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
ref: 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
glosses: Alternative form of nightclub.
reworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reworkers
Etymology: From rework + -er.
Senses: examples: text: What is not so obvious is that the reworkers constitute a second factory: the hidden factory. Their rework and repair activities are usually not isolated from the rest of the factory[…]
ref: 2000, Joseph Berk, Susan Berk, Quality Management for the Technology Sector, page 23:
glosses: One who reworks.
reworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reworker
triple-tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triple-tails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tripletail (Lobotes spp.)
triple-tails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triple-tail
night clubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of night club
glycogeny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of glycogenesis.
crowners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crowner
digitates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of digitate
batiker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batikers
Etymology: From batik + -er.
Senses: glosses: A manufacturer of batik fabrics.
batikers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batiker
pig-sticking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pig-stickings
Senses: examples: text: Swankey of the Body Guard himself, that dangerous youth, and the greatest buck of all the Indian army now on leave, was one day discovered by Major Dobbin tête-à-tête with Amelia, and describing the sport of pig-sticking to her with great humour and eloquence […]
ref: 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair:
text: Have you heard any word
Of that bloke in the "Third" -
Was it Sotherby, Sedgewick or Sim?
They had him chucked out of a club in Bombay.
But apart from his mess bills exceeding his pay,
He took to pig-sticking in quite the wrong way.
I wonder what happened to him?
ref: 1945, Noël Coward, I Wonder What Happened to Him?:
glosses: The hunting of boars.
pig-stickings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pig-sticking
greaved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹiːvd/
rhymes: -iːvd
homophone: grieved
Etymology: greave + -ed
Senses: glosses: Having greaves (leg armour).
greaved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹiːvd/
rhymes: -iːvd
homophone: grieved
Etymology: See greave (verb)
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of greave
greaving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of greave
clairvoyancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Clairvoyance.
static class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: static classes
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A class that cannot be instantiated.
static classes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of static class
Waterlandian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Waterlandians
form: Waterlander
Etymology: From Waterland + -ian, after a district in northern Holland.
Senses: glosses: One of a group of Dutch Anabaptists who separated from the Mennonites in the sixteenth century.
glosses: Someone from Waterland, Netherlands
Waterlandians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Waterlandian
Waterlander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Waterlanders
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Waterlander. Equivalent to Waterland + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Waterlandian.
Waterlanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Waterlander
final class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: final classes
Senses: qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A class that cannot be subclassed.
Related terms: sense: Terms etymologically related
word: final method
word: sealed
final classes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of final class
wardcorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ward + corn.
Senses: examples: text: And that the aforesaid Abbess and convent and their successors, and all tenants, residents, and non-residents, and other residents aforesaid, […] be quit through our entire realm of England of all pannage, lestage, […] and of treasure to be drawn away, and of wardpeny, wardcorne, averpeny, hundredpeny, […] and of all such custom
ref: 1842, George Oliver, Ecclesiastical Antiquities in Devon, page 100:
text: and from a rent called wardcorn one quarter, three bushels of barley worth fifteen shillings per year, at the value of five pence the bushel.
ref: 1989, George Feairheller Deiser, Year Books of Richard II - Volume 12, page 68:
text: The additional payment of grain as ‘wardcorn’ is a local peculiarity, and refers to some ancient military responsibilty^([sic]) upon the vill[agers].
ref: 2002, Mark Bailey, The English manor, c.1200-c.1500, page 226:
topics: law
glosses: A payment of corn to be offered in commutation of military service.
smutting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of smut
Related terms: smuttings
sooting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of soot
sooting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sootings
Senses: examples: text: However, for some catalysts an accelerated aging was used which involved eight consecutive sootings at an inlet temperature of 370°C for three hours each followed by a regeneration during which the inlet temperature was increased to 650°C for 15 minutes.
ref: 1987, A. Crucq, A. Frennet, Catalysis and Automotive Pollution Control, page 459:
glosses: The act of covering or dressing with soot.
hiziki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hizikis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hijiki.
anonymous class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anonymous classes
Senses: qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A class without a name, available only in the scope where it is defined.
Synonyms: local class
Hypernyms: class
anonymous classes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anonymous class
astrologians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of astrologian
arraswise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: arrasways
Senses: examples: 1870-1881, John Edwin Cussans, History of Hertfordshire
A pillow laid arraswise on another, and held by two kneeling angels, one on each side, supports her head, and her feet rest on two small dogs
glosses: Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; said of a rectangular form.
Related terms: arriswise
ruffianing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ruffian
ruffianed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ruffian
subreport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subreports
Etymology: From sub- + report.
Senses: glosses: A subsection of a report; a report forming part of a larger report.
subreports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subreport
elodeid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elodeids
Etymology: From translingual Elodea, from Ancient Greek ἑλώδης (helṓdēs, “marshy”), from ἕλος (hélos, “marsh”)
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A stem plant that completes its entire life cycle submerged, or with only its flowers above the waterline.
Hypernyms: hydrophyte
Related terms: Elodea
elodeids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elodeid
restringents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of restringent
isoetid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isoetids
Etymology: From translingual Isoetes + -id.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A rosette plant that completes its entire life cycle submerged.
Hypernyms: hydrophyte
isoetids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isoetid
traversers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traverser
wing-shell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wing-shells
Senses: glosses: Any of various species of marine bivalve shells formerly belonging to the genus Avicula (no longer accepted), now a synonym of Pteria, with species assigned to several genera, in which the hinge border projects like a wing.
glosses: Any marine gastropod shell formerly in the genus Strombus, with species now assigned to several genera, principally in the family Strombidae.
glosses: Any pteropod shell.
wing-shells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wing-shell
regma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regmata
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥῆγμα (rhêgma, “breaking, fracture”). Doublet of rhegma.
Senses: examples: text: A red dye is obtained from the regmata of Mallotus philippinensis, and Chrozophora tinctoria yields purple and blue dyes.
ref: 1988, The Marshall Cavendish illustrated encyclopedia of plants and earth sciences, Marshall Cavendish Corporation:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more cells, each of which eventually breaks open at the inner angle.
Related terms: regmaglypt
regmata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regma
nymphaeid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nymphaeids
Etymology: From translingual Nymphaea (“waterlily”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant rooted in the bottom, but with leaves floating on the water surface.
Hypernyms: hydrophyte
nymphaeids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nymphaeid
tahas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taha
base classes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of base class
feoffer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛfə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: feoffers
form: feofor
form: feoffor
Etymology: Old French
Senses: topics: law
glosses: One who enfeoffs or grants a fee.
feoffers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feoffer
diazeuctic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: diazeutic
Etymology: Ancient Greek διαζευκτικός (diazeuktikós, “disjunctive”).
Senses: examples: text: diazeuctic the diazeutic tone, which, like that from F to G in modern music, lay between two fourths, and, being joined to either, made a fifth
text: diazeuctic interval
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Disjoining two fourths.
diazeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of diazeuctic.
feoffor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feoffors
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of feoffer.
feofor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feofors
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of feoffer.
feoffors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feoffor
feofors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feofor
bridge-ward
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bridge-wards
Senses: examples: text: It is needless to say, that the bridge-ward had usually the better in these questions, since he could at pleasure detain the traveller on the opposite side [of the bridge]
ref: 1820 March, [Walter Scott], The Monastery. A Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Co., and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A warden or guard for a bridge.
glosses: The principal ward of a key.
bridge-wards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bridge-ward
sea blite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea blites
form: seablite
Senses: synonyms: annual seabite
glosses: A plant (Suaeda maritima) of the goosefoot family, found in salt marshes.
sea blites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea blite
seepweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seepweeds
Etymology: Phono-semantically matched folk etymology for Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʾ) with seep + weed. Compare Jerusalem artichoke, cockroach, and sparrowgrass.
Senses: glosses: Any of various plants in the genus Suaeda; sea blite.
seepweeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seepweed
skurries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skurry
skurry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skurries
Senses: glosses: Dated form of scurry.
skurry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skurries
form: skurrying
form: skurried
form: skurried
Senses: glosses: Dated form of scurry.
Derived terms: skurry away
skurrying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skurry
skurried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skurry
dowle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaʊl/
rhymes: -aʊl
homophone: dowel
Forms: form: dowl
form: doul
Etymology: Compare Old French douille (“soft”), and English ductile.
Senses: examples: text: You fools! I and my fellows
 Are ministers of fate: the elements
 Of whom your swords are temper'd may as well
 Wound the loud winds, or with bemock'd-at stabs
 Kill the still-closing waters, as diminish
 One dowle that's in my plume; […]
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
text: a. 1859, De Quincey, Notes on Godwin Foster and Hazlitt, at page 304 in the collected works' volume of 1864.
No feather, or dowle of a feather, but was heavy enough for him.
glosses: feathery or woolly down; filament of a feather
dowle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaʊl/
rhymes: -aʊl
homophone: dowel
rhymes: -aʊli
ipa: /ˈdaʊl/
rhymes: -aʊl
homophone: dowel
Forms: form: dowles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dooly (“basic Indian litter”).
unsight unseen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: For to subscribe, unsight, unseen, / To an unknown Church-discipline, / What is it else, but before-hand / T'engage, and after understand?
ref: 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 2, lines 638–641:
text: It seems the general of the Tartars, after having laid siege to a strong town in China, and taken it by storm, would set to sale all the women that were found in it. Accordingly he put each of them into a sack, and, after having thoroughly considered the value of the woman who was enclosed, marked the price that was demanded for her upon the sack. There was a great confluence of chapmen, that resorted from every part, with a design to purchase, which they were to do 'unsight unseen.'
ref: 1712 October 16, Joseph Addison, “On Seducers—Procuresses—Letter from one”, in The Spectator, number 511, quoted in The Works of Joseph Addison, volume 2, page 274, published 1842:
text: Their new Chaps were so eager, that they would have bargain'd with the old Captain before-hand: Nay Friend, said he, I will not trade with thee unsight and unseen; neither do I know whether the Master of the Sloop may not have sold his Loading already to some Merchants of Salset; but if he has not, when I come to him, I think to bring him up to thee.
ref: 1720, Daniel Defoe, Captain Singleton, page 311:
glosses: Dated form of sight unseen.
neologianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neologian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of neologism.
substylar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From substyle + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a substyle.
local class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: local classes
Senses: examples: text: A local class is an inner class that is defined in a block.
ref: 2008 December 19, Khalid A Mughal, Rolf W Rasmussen, A Programmer's Guide to Java Certification: A Comprehensive Primer, Pearson Education:
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A class that is declared in the body of a function, and can only be referred to in the rest of the function.
local classes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of local class
SOE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SOEs
Senses: examples: 2012, The Economist, Oct 6th 2012 issue, China’s state capitalism: Not just tilting at windmills
Having seen post-Soviet state assets fall into the hands of oligarchs, China built up a select group of SOEs with cheap loans, land and energy, so that the wealth would remain with the party.
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of state-owned enterprise.
Related terms: crown corporation
SOE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: His luck was that SOE needed people fluent in European languages – a need that soon spawned the creation of an entire commando unit made up of largely Jewish refugees that became known as X-Troop.
ref: 2021 May 9, Andrew Gumbel, “Raid on Dieppe masked secret mission to steal Nazis’ Enigma machine”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
qualifier: World War II
glosses: Initialism of Special Operations Executive.
SOEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SOE
crown corporation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crown corporations
form: Crown corporation
Senses: topics: business
glosses: A corporation that is owned or controlled by the government, in a region where the sovereign is a monarch.
Coordinate terms: word: state owned enterprise
word: state-owned enterprise
word: SOE
word: government owned corporation
word: government-owned corporation
word: GOC
word: government business enterprise
word: government-sponsored enterprise
word: GSE
Crown corporation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Crown corporations
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of crown corporation.
crown corporations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crown corporation
Crown corporations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Crown corporation
Crown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Crown
Etymology: From crown.
Senses: topics: government
glosses: The sovereign of a monarchy; often with reference to that of the Commonwealth realms.
topics: government
glosses: The government of a monarchy; often with reference to one that is a member of the Commonwealth realms.
topics: law
glosses: A Crown attorney.
Derived terms: Crown attorney
Crown corporation
Crown Estate
Crown land
Crown prosecutor
Related terms: State
Crown prosecutors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Crown prosecutor
Crown attorney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Crown attorneys
Senses: glosses: An attorney who represents the federal or provincial government in a court of law.
Synonyms: Crown
Coordinate terms: Crown prosecutor
Crown attorneys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Crown attorney
baroques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baroque
crown prosecutor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crown prosecutors
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Crown prosecutor.
crown prosecutors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crown prosecutor
brocatelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brocatelles
Etymology: From French brocatelle.
Senses: glosses: A heavy brocade fabric with raised designs.
glosses: A form of variegated marble.
lieutenant governor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lieutenant governors
form: lieutenant-governor
Senses: topics: government
glosses: The state representative of, or second-in-command of a governor, or Crown, who usually acts as the nominal chief executive officer of the realm.
topics: government
glosses: The representative of the Crown in the provincial legislatures of Canada.
topics: government
glosses: The next-in-line to the chief executive of a primary political division of the United States of America, such as a state, second to the governor.
Related terms: governor general
governor
lieutenant governors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lieutenant governor
umlungu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: umlungus
form: abelungu
Etymology: Borrowed from Zulu umlungu.
Senses: examples: text: No, the average Bantu always had a dilemma; live with the wild tribes and never know when some witchdoctor's tagati would strike him down; or live with the umlungus and respect his authority (and his sjambok).
ref: 1992, Colin Bender, Makapan odyssey, page 166:
text: The old man snorted and laughed, “Is your teacher an umlungu?”
ref: 2013, Samuel Muggington, People of the Stones:
glosses: A white person.
Synonyms: white person
izinduna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of induna
isangoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /isæŋˈɡəʊmə/
ipa: /-ˈɡɔː-/
ipa: /isæŋˈɡoʊmə/
ipa: /-ˈɡɔ-/
rhymes: -əʊmə
rhymes: -ɔːmə
Forms: form: isangomas
form: izangoma
Etymology: See sangoma.
Senses: examples: text: In this The Story of the Zulus, p. 80, Mr. Gibson translates izangoma 'witch-doctors'. [...] Father Bryant adds that inyanga is 'another title' of the isangoma. The vague use of the English word 'witch-doctor' may be responsible for these confusions.
ref: 1934, J[oseph] D[aniel] Unwin, “Notes and References”, in Sex and Culture, London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford, →OCLC, § 420, page 550:
text: The isangoma is a medicine man whose medicine has magical rather than pharmaceutical value. The diviners are the only people who regularly pray to the spirits and sing hymns to them. [...] The continuous threat of the community by visible, negative and destructive forces of life make the function of the isangoma an essential one.
ref: 1967, Gerhardus Cornelius Oosthuizen, “The Messiah”, in The Theology of a South African Messiah: An Analysis of the Hymnal of “The Church of the Nazarites” (Oekumenische Studient; 8), Leiden; Cologne: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →OCLC, page 55:
text: Isangomas had been previously exempt from military service since their work with powerful and dangerous muthi could affect ordinary soldiers. [...] An isangoma-only regiment allowed the king to keep a close eye on problematic isangomas as well as acquire their labour and attempt to stem the tide of men avoiding military service. This ibutho of isangomas, however, did not fight in wars but did tend to the king's gardens, mend fences, and perform other work of the king's regiments.
ref: 2008, Karen E. Flint, “Healing the Body Politic: Muthi, Healers, and Nation Building in the Zulu Kingdom”, in Healing Traditions: African Medicine, Cultural Exchange, and Competition in South Africa, 1820–1948 (New African Histories), Athens, Oh.: Ohio University Press; [Pietermaritzburg, South Africa]: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, →ISBN, part I (Negotiating Tradition in the Zulu Kingdom, 1820–79), page 86:
text: Izangoma specialize in combinations of plants used with sounds, song, dance, trance, evocation and enactment, all of which work toward modifications of the complexities of bodily configurations through various manipulations and intensively staged circumstances.
ref: 2015, Julie Laplante, “Weaving Molecules in Life”, in Healing Roots: Anthropology in Life and Medicine (Epistemologies of Healing; 15), New York, N.Y.: Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 214:
glosses: Synonym of sangoma.
synonyms: word: sangoma
izangoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isangoma
meather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meathers
Senses: examples: text: A wooden flaggon, called a meather or mether, implying acid drink, is still to be found in this country, and is considered a relic of high antiquity and veneration.
ref: 1838 (Samuel Harewood) A philosophical and statistical history of the inventions and customs of ancient and modern nations in the manufacture and use of inebriating liquors p.593
glosses: Alternative spelling of mether.
suicide tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suicide trees
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Cerbera odollam, a tree native to India and other parts of Southern Asia, yielding a potent poison.
glosses: Tachigali versicolor, a Central American tree that reproduces once before dying.
Hypernyms: tree
span-new
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more span-new
form: most span-new
form: spang-new
Etymology: From Middle English span-neue, from Old Norse spān-nȳr. Compare spick-and-span, spandy.
Senses: examples: text: Had Augustine been archbishop of London, he might have seemed to succeed the British archbishops, and to have derived some right from them, contrary to his humour, who would lead all, but follow none; and therefore would not wear an old title, but have a span-new archbishop's chair carved out for himself.
ref: 1655, Thomas Fuller, “Section II. The Seventh Century.”, in The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
text: [H]e was very nicely dressed, and wore a span-new velvet vest, a real English broadcloth coat, gold watch with gold seals; […]
ref: 1845, [William Gilmore Simms], “The Last Wager, or The Gamester of the Mississippi”, in The Wigwam and the Cabin (Wiley and Putnam’s Library of American Books), first series, New York, N.Y.: Wiley and Putnam, […], chapter III, page 84:
text: The newes he tels you, is of some new flesh,
Lately broke vp, span new, hote piping fresh
ref: 1925 [1598], John Marston, The Scourge of Villanie, page 113:
synonyms: word: fire-new
glosses: brand new
tropologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tropologic
form: most tropologic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tropological.
calc-sinter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calc-sinters
Etymology: From German Kalk (Latin calx, calcis (“lime”)) + English sinter.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of calcareous sinter.
calc-sinters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calc-sinter
conoidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more conoidic
form: most conoidic
form: conoidical
Etymology: From conoid + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a conoid; having the form of a conoid.
rily
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rily
form: most rily
Senses: glosses: roily; turbulent
conoidical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more conoidical
form: most conoidical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of conoidic.
bilaminar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: bilaminate
Etymology: From bi- + laminar.
Senses: glosses: Formed of, or having, two laminae, or thin plates.
didelphian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more didelphian
form: most didelphian
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or relating to Marsupialia (syns. Metatheria, Didelphia).
Related terms: Didelphis
Didelphimorphia
pettiskirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pettiskirts
Etymology: Blend of petticoat + skirt
Senses: glosses: A kind of skirt modelled on old-fashioned petticoats.
pettiskirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pettiskirt
slutwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From slut + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: My motivation is not the cheesy blue ribbon or the even cheesier grandma-issue lapel pin but the promise of slinky Ieather slutwear with which to drape my shrinking form.
ref: 2006, Anne Thomas Soffee, Nerd Girl Rocks Paradise City, page 101:
text: The growing problem of pubescent girls decked out in bare-bellied slutwear with visible thongs would be neatly knocked on the head […]
ref: 2007, Libby Purves, A Little Learning, page 243:
glosses: Slutty, revealing clothing.
frangipanni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frangipannis
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of frangipani.
frangipannis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frangipanni
deprisure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French dépriser (“to undervalue”). See dispraise.
Senses: glosses: low estimation; disesteem; contempt
tendonous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tendonous
form: most tendonous
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tendinous.
musculotendonous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more musculotendonous
form: most musculotendonous
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of musculotendinous.
Romaphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹoʊ.məˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
ipa: /ˌɹəʊ.məˈfəʊ.bi.ə/
rhymes: -əʊbiə
Etymology: From Roma + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: Fear, dislike or hate of Roma people.
Synonyms: antigypsyism
antiziganism
Related terms: Romaphobic
biflorate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Biflorous.
cavatine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cavatines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cavatina.
forworth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forworths
form: forworthing
form: forworthed
form: forword
form: forworthed
form: forword
form: forworthen
form: forworden
Etymology: From Middle English forworthen, from Old English forweorþan (“to perish, pass away, vanish; deteriorate, sicken”), from Proto-Germanic *frawerþaną (“to perish, come to ruin”), equivalent to for- (“away, wrongly, badly”) + worth (“to turn into, become”). Cognate with Dutch verworden.
Senses: glosses: To perish, forfare; come to nought or ruin; go wrong.
glosses: To degenerate (into); become (something inferior); come to.
fissipeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fissiped
fissipedal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fissipedal
form: most fissipedal
Etymology: From Latin fissus (“split”) + pedis (“foot”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Being or relating to a fissiped.
chorisis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chorises
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χώρισις (khṓrisis, “separation”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The separation of a leaf (or petal or sepal) into two more parts
Related terms: choristate
unline
sea pheasant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea pheasants
Senses: glosses: The pintail duck.
sea pheasants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea pheasant
Gipsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gipsies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Gypsy.
Gipsies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gipsy
notes verbales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of note verbale
chengguan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chengguans
Etymology: From Mandarin 城管 (chéngguǎn), short for 城市管理部門 (chéngshì guǎnlǐ bùmén).
Senses: glosses: An officer of a City Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau in China.
hard multum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A toxic preparation made from Anamirta cocculus, etc., once used to impart an intoxicating quality to beer.
Stahlism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stahlianism
Etymology: From Stahl + -ism, after Georg Ernst Stahl (1659–1734), German chemist and physician.
Senses: glosses: The obsolete theory that all matter has a vital force and that every vital action is a function or operation of the soul.
wikipedia: Georg Ernst Stahl
Stahlianism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Stahlian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Stahlism
Stahlist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Stahlists
Etymology: From Stahl + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A believer in Stahlism; a Stahlian.
Stahlists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Stahlist
givings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giving
outgivings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outgiving
intakings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intaking
givable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more givable
form: most givable
form: giveable
Etymology: From give + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being given.
Derived terms: ungivable
giveable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more giveable
form: most giveable
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of givable.
woorara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wooraras
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of curare.
wolf's-foot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: club moss; lycopodium
precipient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more precipient
form: most precipient
Etymology: From Latin praecipiens. See precept.
Senses: examples: text: Identity, as applied to man, denotes strictly the same unchanged and unchangeable precipient unity, notwithstanding any diversity of modes or of relations as to time, place, or other objects, which it may have experienced.
ref: 1810 February, “Metaphysical Essays; containing the Pinciples and fundamental Objects of that Science. By Richard Kirwan”, in The Monthly Repertory of English Literature, volume 9, page 328:
text: Whilst the wholly external thing, or fact is, in the language of metaphysics, pure object, and the precipient or acting soul pure subject, the intervening links—that is, the modification of the organ of sense, or of conscious motion, that of the cerebral centres, and also (it is assumed) that of the precipient or acting soul itself—may be contemplated either as objective or subjective phenomena, according as they are viewed from without, analytically and as separate facts, or from within, in their natural sythesis, as necessary parts of a single whole.
ref: 1869, Aspects of Humanity, brokenly mirrored in the Ever-Swelling Currents of Human Speech, page 10:
text: The complete foothold of the mind in nature is represented by the pair of events, namely, the present duration which marks the 'when' of awareness and the percipient event which marks the 'where' of awareness and the 'how' of awareness.
ref: 1920, Alfred North Whitehead, The Concept of Nature: Tarner Lectures, page 107:
text: But it is ineffective in respect of certain people who do not obey the precipient will.
ref: 2008, Heinrich Heppe, Reformed Dogmatics, page 89:
glosses: Commanding; directing; willing.
examples: text: Total embolism of the left artery; organic disease of the heart; retention of a small island of precipient retina; treatment by deep massage with slight improvement .
ref: 1911, Casey Albert Wood, A System of ophthalmic operations, page 1385:
text: Against this, however, I have the precipient testimony of trained observers: Trooper Ranger , Officer Albrecht, Sgt. Prock, who observed these individuals .
ref: 1987, National Transportation Safety Board Decisions, page 314:
text: Compensation for a percipient witness in such situations is governed by statute, as with any other nonexpert witness.
ref: 1995, Michael L. Cowdrey, Melinda Drew, Basic Law for the Allied Health Professions, page 242:
text: However, it can be developed if you find a precipient brain, that is, one specially tuned in to inner induction. Many were tested, I among them. Well, so I turned out to be an exceptional precipient.
ref: 2006, Vera Velichko, The Best on the East, page 409:
glosses: Perceiving or perceived; pertaining to or capable of observation or sensation.
bird's-foot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bird's-foots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of birdsfoot.
Related terms: bird's-foot trefoil
dog's-tail grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dog's-tail grasses
Senses: synonyms: crested dog's-tail
glosses: A British grass (Cynosurus cristatus); goldseed.
dog's-tail grasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dog's-tail grass
micr-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of micro- (before a vowel)