cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
biohack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: biohacks
form: biohacking
form: biohacked
form: biohacked
Etymology: From bio- + hack.
Senses: examples: text: Inflammation can occur on the cellular level in one or more body systems, and reducing it is the first step to biohacking your body.
ref: 2015, Dave Asprey, “Bulletproofing Your Food”, in Bulletproof: The Cookbook: Lose Up to a Pound a Day, Increase Your Energy, and End Food Cravings for Good, Rodale Wellness, →ISBN, page 35, column 1:
text: Biohacking your own health is how you tap into your source of power, energy, and spark!
ref: 2017, Tasneem Bhatia, “Introduction”, in Super Woman Rx: Discover the Secrets to Lasting Health, Your Perfect Weight, Energy, and Passion with Dr. Taz’s Power Type Plans, Rodale Wellness, →ISBN, page x:
text: We spend on average a third of our life in bed. The following is a guide to biohacking your brain and body into sweeter slumbers, from moonlit rituals to bedside staples.
ref: 2018, Almila Kakinc-Dodd, “Hacking Sleep”, in The Thirlby: A Field Guide to a Bibrant Mind, Body, & Soul, Munich: Prestel Verlag, →ISBN, page 33, column 1:
text: Newfangled ketone ester drinks are now on the market to try to biohack your body’s system by adding ketones to your bloodstream, but they don’t change your insulin, and as of yet there are no data that they can mitigate chronic disease states.
ref: 2021, Robert H. Lustig, “What and How Adults Eat”, in Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine, New York, N.Y.: HarperWave, →ISBN:
glosses: To manipulate through biohacking.
biohacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biohack
biohacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of biohack
biohacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of biohack
tatum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈteɪtəm/
ipa: /ˈtætəm/
ipa: /ˈtɑːtəm/
rhymes: -eɪtəm
rhymes: -ætəm
rhymes: -ɑːtəm
Forms: form: tatums
Etymology: Coined by American computer scientist Jeffrey A. Bilmes in 1993, initially as a blend of temporal + atom, but deliberately changed from tatom to tatum to honor master jazz pianist Art Tatum, who was known for his exceptional celerity.
Senses: examples: text: In general, the music meter contains a nested grouping of pulses called metrical levels, where pulses on higher levels are subsets of the lower level pulses; the most salient level is known as the beat, and the lowest level is termed the tatum.
ref: 2006, Jarno Seppanen, Antti Eronen, Jarmo Hiipakka, “Joint Beat & Tatum Tracking from Music Signals”, in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR 2006), Victoria, Canada, 8-12 October 2006: International Society for Music Information Retrieval, →DOI, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2024, page 1:
text: A tatum represents the lowest regular pulse train that a listener intuitively infers from the timing of perceived musical events (segments).
ref: 2023, Spotify, “Reference / Tracks / Get Track's Audio Analysis”, in Spotify for Developers - Web API Reference, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2023:
glosses: The shortest statistically significant time interval between successive notes in a rhythmic phrase or a musical piece.
wikipedia: Art Tatum
International Computer Music Association
rolltops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rolltop
roll-tops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roll-top
Baer's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Baer-Babinet law.
synonyms: word: Baer-Babinet law
glosses: Synonym of von Baer's laws.
synonyms: word: von Baer's laws
Baer-Babinet law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Baer-Babinet law
Etymology: The concept was introduced by Jacques Babinet in 1859, and further explained in 1860 by Karl Ernst von Baer.
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
synonyms: Baer's law
glosses: A law describing how the river formation is influenced by the Earth's rotation: erosion occurs mostly on the right banks of rivers in the Northern Hemisphere and the left banks of rivers in the Southern Hemisphere.
tea leaf paradox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the tea leaf paradox
Senses: topics: fluid-dynamics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The phenomenon whereby tea leaves in a cup of tea migrate to the center and bottom of the cup after being stirred (due to friction towards the bottom), rather than being forced to the edges, as would be expected in a spiral centrifuge.
Hamtai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Hamday
Kapau
Kamea
Kapau
Watut
glosses: An Angan language of Papua New Guinea.
Angan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Angu + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a certain language family of Trans-New Guinea languages.
Angu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Kukukuku
glosses: A cannibalistic people inhabiting the mountains of southwestern Morobe in Papua New Guinea.
Kukukuku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] the Kukukuku were in the habit of making ferocious raids on neighbouring peoples […]
ref: 1978, Beatrice Blackwood, Christopher Robert Hallpike, The Kukukuku of the Upper Watut, page 3:
glosses: Synonym of Angu.
synonyms: word: Angu
Hallpike
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Dix-Hallpike test
Donneish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Donneish
form: most Donneish
Etymology: From Donne + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Donnesque.
synonyms: word: Donnesque
Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From each word's initial letter forming SOHCAHTOA.
Senses: examples: text: Another high school teacher told me that he uses a similar acrostic, but his is as follows: Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid.
ref: 2003 March 5, “Mnemonic Devices” (chapter 9), in Marcia L. Tate, editor, Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites, SAGE Publications, →ISBN, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2024, page 93:
text: "It's easier with a mnemonic," Molly says. "Like… Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid—"
ref: 2015 December 1, Eric Lindstrom, chapter 23, in Not If I See You First, Little, Brown Books For Young Readers, →ISBN, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2024:
text: […] I thought my mastery of sines, cosines, and tangents—Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid—might elevate me to another level of intellectual superiority in my high school; […]
ref: 2022 September, Jill Christman, “The Googly Eye”, in If This Were Fiction, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2024, page 92:
topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: A mnemonic used to help people remember the different trigonometric functions: sine is opposite over hypotenuse; cosine is adjacent over hypotenuse; and tangent is opposite over adjacent.
Synonyms: SOHCAHTOA
Dorset Down
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dorset Downs
Senses: glosses: A sheep of a breed native to the Dorset Downs region of England, having dark faces, short wool, and a robust build.
Dorset Horn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dorset Horns
Senses: glosses: A sheep of a British breed having white wool and white faces with characteristic pink nostrils, and horned in both sexes, with heavy spiral horns.
tatums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tatum
Doustioni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A member tribe of the historic Natchitoches Confederation, probably living near the Gulf of Mexico
Douglas squirrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Douglas squirrels
Senses: glosses: Tamiasciurus douglasii, a pine squirrel of western North America.
Douglas squirrels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Douglas squirrel
English elm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: English elms
Senses: glosses: Synonym of field elm (Ulmus minor)
synonyms: word: field elm
extra: Ulmus minor
common elm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common elms
Senses: glosses: Synonym of field elm (Ulmus minor)
synonyms: word: field elm
extra: Ulmus minor
Atinian elm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Atinian elms
Senses: glosses: Synonym of field elm (Ulmus minor)
synonyms: word: field elm
extra: Ulmus minor
English elms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of English elm
common elms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common elm
Atinian elms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Atinian elm
Jeremianic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Jeremianic
form: most Jeremianic
Senses: synonyms: Jeremian
glosses: Of or relating to the ancient prophet Jeremiah.
subqualify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: subqualifies
form: subqualifying
form: subqualified
form: subqualified
Etymology: From sub- + qualify.
Senses: glosses: To qualify or specify further.
subqualifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subqualify
subqualifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subqualify
subqualified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subqualify
subqualified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subqualified
form: most subqualified
Senses: glosses: Synonym of underqualified.
synonyms: word: underqualified
subspecify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: subspecifies
form: subspecifying
form: subspecified
form: subspecified
Etymology: From sub- + specify.
Senses: glosses: To specify further or more precisely.
subspecified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subspecify
subspecifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subspecify
subspecifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subspecify
commishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of commish
commished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of commish
Ring of Solomon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rings of Solomon
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Seal of Solomon.
synonyms: word: Seal of Solomon
RNA interference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: word: RNAi
word: cosuppression
word: quelling
word: post-transcriptional gene silencing
glosses: A biological process in which RNA molecules are involved in sequence-specific suppression of gene expression by double-stranded RNA, through translational or transcriptional repression.
Rollin film
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rollin films
Etymology: Named after Bernard V. Rollin.
Senses: glosses: A 30-nm-thick liquid film of helium in the helium II state, which exhibits a "creeping" effect in response to surfaces extending past the film's level (wave propagation) and can thus escape from open containers.
Rollin films
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rollin film
Romanity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Romanity too shows a multiple face. There is a specifically Aryan Romanity, characterised by the symbols of the axe, the eagle, the wolf, and other symbols of a heritage which is, basically, Hyperborean; […]
ref: 2022, Julius Evola, The Elements of Racial Education, page 72:
synonyms: Romanitas
Romanness
glosses: The culture, civilization, spirit, ideals or customs of ancient Rome; the fact of being Roman.
glosses: Roman Catholicism.
Romney hut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Romney huts
Senses: glosses: A prefabricated semicylindrical steel structure used by the military for storage or as a workshop.
Romney huts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Romney hut
mediëval
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mediëval
form: most mediëval
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of medieval.
mediëval
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mediëvals
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of medieval.
Rorate Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The fourth Sunday in Advent, on which "Rorate caeli" is used as an introit.
Ronsdorfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ronsdorfers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Zionite (“member of various Protestant Christian religious sects”).
synonyms: word: Zionite
extra: member of various Protestant Christian religious sects
Ronsdorfers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ronsdorfer
Roucouyenne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Roocooyen.
Rucuyen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Roocooyen.
Roycean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Roycean
form: most Roycean
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Josiah Royce (1855–1916), American pragmatist and objective idealist philosopher.
Rutherford atom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rutherford atoms
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The type of atom described by the Rutherford model.
Rutherford atoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rutherford atom
Rutherford model
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Rutherford model
Etymology: Devised by Ernest Rutherford.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A conceptual model of the atom, superseding the plum pudding model, and involving a relatively high central charge concentrated into a very small volume in comparison to the rest of the atom, with this central volume (the nucleus) containing most of the atom's mass. It was superseded by the Bohr model.
wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford
Bohr model
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Bohr model
Etymology: Presented in 1913 by Ernest Rutherford and Niels Bohr.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: Rutherford-Bohr model
glosses: A conceptual model of the atom, involving a small, dense nucleus surrounded by orbiting electrons.
wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford
Niels Bohr
Rutherford-Bohr model
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Rutherford-Bohr model
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of Bohr model.
synonyms: word: Bohr model
Bohr atom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bohr atoms
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The type of atom described by the Bohr model.
Bohr atoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bohr atom
qutbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qutb
queen of the night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any night-blooming cereus, especially of species Epiphyllum oxypetalum or Selenicereus grandiflorus.
glosses: Night-blooming cestrum, a woody evergreen of species Cestrum nocturnum.
glosses: Angel's trumpet (Brugmansia).
Maskelyne Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Maskelynes
glosses: A small chain of low islands forming part of Vanuatu.
pakhali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pakhalis
form: puckauly
form: puckalie
form: puckally
Senses: glosses: A person employed to fill pakhals (water-skins).
pakhalis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pakhali
knows fine well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of know fine well
puckauly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puckaulies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pakhali.
puckaulies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puckauly
knowing fine well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of know fine well
knew fine well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of know fine well
known fine well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of know fine well
shieks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shiek
Parsies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Parsies,
As they are called, are of the old stock of the Persians, Worship the Sun and Adore the Elements; are known only about Surat; […]
ref: 1873, Sir Thomas Roe, John Fryer, Travels in India in the Seventeenth Century, page 452:
glosses: plural of Parsi
referand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: referands
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A referent; that which is referred to.
referands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of referand
apple-dumpling shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple-dumpling shops
Senses: examples: text: One of the women servants passed through a corner of the court, and Norris paused to scrutinize her ample proportions with an interested eye, giving special attention to what an architect would call the front elevation. “How would you like to drop a hand into that apple-dumpling shop, Mr. Topp?” he asked.
ref: 1944, Thomas B[ertram] Costain, “Book II: The Peninsula”, in Ride With Me, Chicago, Ill.: Consolidated Book Publishers, section 1, page 162:
text: In her letter she said she ‘opened up the old apple-dumpling shop’ for one more night and got it. In one night, Nina – over twelve pounds!
ref: 1988, Malcolm Ross, chapter 33, in A Notorious Woman, London: Piatkus, →ISBN, page 298:
text: His reply was to free her breasts and bend down to press his face into her apple-dumpling shop, noting that her nipples were rock-hard and her bosom all warm and soft.
ref: 1989, Dewey Lambdin, chapter 8, in The King’s Coat, New York, N.Y.: Donald I. Fine, Inc., →ISBN, page 202:
text: You’re neither of you exactly what you’d call short in the apple-dumpling shop.
ref: 2000, Aishling Morgan, “1898”, in Devon Cream, London: Nexus, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of apple dumpling shop.
pattello
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pattelloes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of putelee.
pattelloes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pattello
Soodra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Soodras
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shudra.
Sooder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sooders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shudra.
Sooders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sooder
Soodras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Soodra
Assanges
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Assange
Kattywar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Kathiawar.
sou'-easts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sou'-east
sou'-wests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sou'-west
nor'-easts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nor'-east
nor'-wests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nor'-west
toepass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toepasses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of topaz (“black Catholic soldier in the British Army”).
toupas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toupases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of topaz (“black Catholic soldier in the British Army”).
toepasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toepass
toupases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toupas
wun-dauk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wun-dauks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of woon-douk.
wun-dauks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wun-dauk
woon-douk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woon-douks
form: wun-dauk
Etymology: Borrowed from Burmese ဝန်ထောက် (wanhtauk).
Senses: glosses: A Burmese inferior minister.
Related terms: woon-gyee
woon-douks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woon-douk
irreconcilable differences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: irreconcilable difference
Senses: examples: text: According to the website TMZ.com, which first reported the story, the actor and director cited irreconcilable differences as the cause for the split. The couple have been together since 2005 and married in 2014.
ref: 2016 September 21, Benjamin Lee, “Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt citing irreconcilable differences”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: law
glosses: Grounds for a no-fault divorce comprising a difference between the two parties that cannot or will not be changed.
prepartition
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prepartitions
form: prepartitioning
form: prepartitioned
form: prepartitioned
Etymology: From pre- + partition.
Senses: glosses: To partition in advance of some other operation.
prepartitions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prepartition
prepartitioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prepartition
coolie orange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coolie oranges
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sweet orange (“Citrus sinensis”).
synonyms: word: sweet orange
extra: Citrus sinensis
coolie oranges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coolie orange
bloodful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bloodful
form: most bloodful
Etymology: From blood + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Oh, cruel, bloodful chum of awful war, / Of soldier ills the most pestiferous, far; / Oh, crawling, creeping, clawing, biting pest, / Of camp and bivouac, the bane of rest!
ref: [1890?], I[saac] R[uth] Sherwood, “The Grayback”, in Cha[rle]s L. Cummings, compiler, The Great War Relic. Together with a Sketch of My Life, Service in the Army, and How I Lost My Feet since the War, Also, Many Interesting Incidents Illustrative of the Life of a Soldier., →OCLC, page 27, column 2:
text: But Mam, Mam, what about that stark and wormy Sir Libogran, that . . . dragocidal maniac? Did he really live hoppishly ever after as well, unhaunted by his bloodful crime?
ref: 2009, Tad Williams, “A Stark and Wormy Knight”, in Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois, editors, The Dragon Book, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 232:
text: The European rabbit flea (Spilopsyllus cuniculi Dale) confines itself, absolutely, to the European rabbit. For that matter, it confines itself, almost exclusively, to the rabbit’s thin-skinned, bloodful ears.
ref: 2012, Mandy Keifetz, “Perfect”, in Flea Circus: A Brief Bestiary of Grief, Kalamazoo, Mich.: New Issues Poetry & Prose, →ISBN, pages 134–135:
glosses: Full of blood.
corridor shooter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corridor shooters
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A first-person shooter in an indoor setting based around corridors or tunnels.
corridor shooters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corridor shooter
kolongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kolong
kullums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kullum
Jungle Mahals
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jungle Mahal
Senses: glosses: A district formed by British possessions and some independent chiefdoms lying between Birbhum, Bankura, Midnapore and the hilly country of Chota Nagpur, in what is now the Indian state of West Bengal.
Jungle Mahal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jungle Mahals.
Ram Ram
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: See Ram (“Rāma, incarnation of Vishnu”).
Senses: glosses: A North Indian greeting.
cryse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryses
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of kris.
cryses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryse
glosses: plural of crys
Tichborne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tichbornes
Etymology: Recorded as Ticceburna c.909, from Old English ticcen + burna (“stream frequented by young goats”).
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5730).
glosses: A placename:
A community in Central Frontenac township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Hugli-Chuchura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hooghly-Chinsurah
Senses: glosses: A city of Hooghly district and the district headquarters of Hooghly division in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Hooghly-Chinsurah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Hugli-Chuchura.
ambaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambari
ambaree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ambarees
form: ambari
Senses: glosses: A howdah with a canopy.
ambaree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ambaree (“fiber plant”).
ambarees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambaree
matchlockman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matchlockmen
Etymology: From matchlock + -man.
Senses: glosses: A soldier trained to use a matchlock as a primary weapon.
matchlockmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matchlockman
Dobian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Pashto [Term?] (literally “between two waters”).
Senses: glosses: A village in the Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan.
plainely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more plainely
form: most plainely
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of plainly.
Chandauli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi चन्दौली (candaulī).
Senses: glosses: A town, nagar panchayat, and district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
chandals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chandal
Woody Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: According to Japanese sources, Peking has maintained some sort of naval bases on Woody (Yung-hsing) Island and Lincoln (Tung) Island in the eastern Paracels since at least 1958. Several patrol vessels and supply ships were sighted there in mid-1971, along with shore-based radar installations; and the flotilla that clashed with the Vietnamese in 1974 numbered seven ships, including Komar-class gunboats equipped with Styx missiles.
ref: 1977, Selig S. Harrison, “Danger Zones in the South China Sea”, in China, Oil and Asia: Conflict Ahead?, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 192:
text: Initial plans call for ships to visit Woody Island, called Yongxing Island by China, though tourists would not be allowed to leave their boat.
ref: 2012 April 10, “China stakes claim to islands with "Princess Coconut" voyage”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2024, Business:
text: Recently, Professor Sam Bateman, a Senior Fellow in the Maritime Security Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, presented another line of argument. He pointed out that China's oil rig is 120 miles from Vietnam's coast, and 80 miles from China's Woody (Yongxing) Island which is unquestionably subject to the island regime under the current UNCLOS provisions, and consequently entitled to its own EEZ and continental shelf.
ref: 2014 May 20, Gabriel Domínguez, “Beijing 'prepared to defend rights' in South China Sea”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2019, Asia:
text: China has reportedly deployed anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles, along with electronic jammers and other equipment, on islands it built on disputed reefs in the Spratly Islands, some of which have runways.
It also landed a bomber aircraft on Woody Island in the Paracels group, sparking alarm among rival claimants and the United States. Washington has no territorial claims in the region but has declared that freedom of navigation and overflight in the waters is in U.S. national interest.
ref: 2018 July 2, “Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea”, in AP News, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2024:
text: In April, it created two new administrative districts to govern the islands it controls in the Paracel and Spratly chains. China’s Navy also said that it had succeeded it growing cabbage and other vegetables in the sand of Woody Island, helping to feed the growing number of troops stationed there.
ref: 2020 May 24, Steven Lee Myers, “Why China’s Move to Rein in Hong Kong is Just the Start”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2020, Asia Pacific:
glosses: An island of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea administered under Sansha, Hainan, China (claimed by Taiwan (ROC) and Vietnam).
Synonyms: sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Yongxing
word: Yunghsing
sense: from Vietnamese
word: Phu Lam
Deighan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
derechoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of derecho
Lenobel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: Le Noble
Lenoble
Forms: form: Lenobels
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Lenoble
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: Le Noble
Lenobel
Forms: form: Lenobles
form: LeNoble
Etymology: Borrowed from French Lenoble.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Related terms: Le Noble
Le Noble
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: Lenoble
Lenobel
Forms: form: Le Nobles
Etymology: Borrowed from French Le Noble.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Related terms: Lenoble
Ystrad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh ystrad.
Senses: synonyms: Ystrad Rhondda
glosses: A village and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9895).
Related terms: Ystrad Fflur
Ystradgynlais
Ystrad Mynach
Ystrad Rhondda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ystrad, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales; the extended form is used for Ystrad Rhondda railway station.
synonyms: word: Ystrad
extra: the extended form is used for Ystrad Rhondda railway station
word: Rhondda Cynon Taf
extra: the extended form is used for Ystrad Rhondda railway station
word: Wales
extra: the extended form is used for Ystrad Rhondda railway station
hold with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: holds with
form: holding with
form: held with
form: held with
Senses: examples: text: I don't hold with that sort of thing!
text: "Did you have any lunch?"
"I don't hold with regular meals."
"Did you have a book?"
"I don't hold with books in the open. None of the older men read."
"Did you commune with yourself, or don't you hold with that?"
ref: 1907, E. M. Forster, The Longest Journey:
text: "[…] I like Henrietta, but I don’t hold with murder […]”
ref: 1937, Peter Cheyney, Dames Don't Care, Pan Books, 1960 edition, page 100:
text: While I washed up I told Bert about my parents getting a divorce. He said he didn’t hold with divorce. He said he was married for thirty-five miserable years so why should anybody else get away with it?
ref: 1982 October 7, Sue Townsend, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾, →ISBN, page 58:
qualifier: always in the negative
glosses: To approve of, to condone.
examples: text: I hold with Aristotle on ethics.
text: It is clear that Rabh holds with the first teacher and Samuel holds with R. Simeon b. Gamaliel, but whom does R. Assi's opinion agree with?
ref: 1903, Michael L. Rodkinson, chapter IV, in Tractate Shabbat, a modern English translation from the 5th century Mishanic Hebrew:
text: [Psychologist Bill Richards came to believe] that consciousness is a property of the universe, not brains. On this question, he holds with Henri Bergson, the French philosopher, who conceived of the human mind as a kind of radio receiver
ref: 2018, Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind:
glosses: To agree with someone (to be in harmony about an opinion or perspective).
Adenauerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Adenauer + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the politics of Konrad Adenauer.
cank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kæŋk/
Forms: form: canks
Etymology: From Middle English *cank (compare Middle English cang (“foolish"; also "fool”, adj and noun) > obsolete English cank (“dumb, stupid”)), from Old English canc, ġecanc (“scorn, jeering”), from Proto-West Germanic *kank, from Proto-Germanic *kanką (“laughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *genǵ- (“to mock, insult”).
Senses: glosses: Gossip, chatter.
glosses: A chat.
glosses: A gossip, tell-tale.
glosses: The cry of a goose.
glosses: A fit of ill-humour.
cank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /kæŋk/
Forms: form: canks
form: canking
form: canked
form: canked
Etymology: From Middle English *cank (compare Middle English cang (“foolish"; also "fool”, adj and noun) > obsolete English cank (“dumb, stupid”)), from Old English canc, ġecanc (“scorn, jeering”), from Proto-West Germanic *kank, from Proto-Germanic *kanką (“laughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *genǵ- (“to mock, insult”).
Senses: examples: text: He said that what he had told me wasn't meant to be repeated again, and I ought not to have gone canking it about, especially to the Rymers theirselves^([sic]); […]
ref: 1880, Ellen Wood, Johnny Ludlow, volume 1, page 67:
glosses: To gossip, prate, chatter.
glosses: To talk rapidly; gabble.
glosses: To cackle, as geese.
cloven hoofs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cloven hooves
Senses: glosses: plural of cloven hoof
YWNBAM
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: YWNBARM
Senses: examples: text: 10 is already an oldshit. If you didn't start transing in the womb YWNBAM/W
ref: 2023 June 16, u/pleasedontfeedthedog, “I transitioned at 10”, in Reddit, r/transgendercirclejerk, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024:
text: Ywnbam get over your fetish for gay men lmaooo
ref: 2023 December 9, @flluttrershy, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024:
text: if you have an onlyfans ywnbam. yes that includes markiplier. markiplier is a woman
ref: 2023 December 4, u/ftincel_, “Trans men are women obviously?”, in Reddit, r/4tran4, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024:
text: I like how the people who claim the Baeddels are anti-transmasculine are the ones arguing maleness is a biologically essential trait and not socially constructed implicitly arguing trans men aren't real men. YWNBAM but *progressive*.
ref: 2024 March 20, @Sinister_Sophia, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024:
glosses: Initialism of you will never be a man; used to insult trans men.
Related terms: you will never be a woman
Brushfield spot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brushfield spots
Senses: glosses: A small whitish spot found in a ring inside the iris, characteristic of Down syndrome.
Mite
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A minor river in Cumbria, England, which joins the Cumbrian Esk and River Irt near Ravenglass.
lanternbelly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lanternbellies
Senses: glosses: Any fish of the family Acropomatidae.
Chilcot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
nil per os
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From Latin nīl (“nothing”) + per (“by means of”) + ōs (“mouth”), literally “nothing by mouth”.
Senses: examples: text: The initial written orders should include: insulin dosage to be administered as soon as the patient appears nil per os, measure all intake and output, and obtain venous blood for measurement of blood or serum urea nitrogen, glucose, acetone [...] and phosphorus.
ref: 1971, Diabetes Mellitus: Diagnosis and Treatment, volume 3, American Diabetes Association, page 252:
text: We evaluated the effect of Colestid on enteral feeding-induced diarrhea in a double-blind placebo-controlled study. Nineteen patients who were nil per os (NPO) for 5 days before initiation of enteral feeding were enrolled in the study and treatment continued for 7 days.
ref: 1998 June 24, DeMeo, M et al., “Beneficial effect of a bile acid resin binder on enteral feeding induced diarrhea.”, in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, volume 93, number 6, Elsevier, Abstract:
text: Table 34.3: Nil per os odds ratio
ref: 2021 April 24, Couloures, K. G. and Hertzog, J. H., “Adverse Events: Risk Factors, Predictors, and Outcomes”, in Mason, Keira P., editor, Pediatric Sedation Outside of the Operating Room: A Multispecialty International Collaboration, Springer International Publishing, →ISBN, page 669:
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: NPO
nil by mouth
antonyms: per os
PO
glosses: Nothing by mouth: Nothing may be eaten or drunk.
nil by mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Synopsis of After-treatment in all Cases of Perforated Peptic Ulcer.—After recovery from the post-operative shock, raise gradually into high Fowler's position. 1st 24 Hours.—Nil by mouth. Saline with glucose continuously.
ref: 1936, Henry [Hamilton] Bailey, Emergency Surgery, John Wright, page 109:
text: With total paralysis, the following regime is needed; intravenous nutrition (nil by mouth), eye toilets and protection, attention to pressure areas.
ref: 1976, Carl Edmonds, Christopher Lowry, John Pennefather, Diving and Subaquatic Medicine, Diving Medical Centre, →ISBN, page 263:
text: Patients suspected of having appendicitis should be kept nil by mouth, to prepare for surgery.
ref: 2022, Rachel Varughese, Anna Mathew, editor, Clinical Guide to Paediatrics, Wiley, →ISBN, page 218:
glosses: Synonym of nil per os (“nothing may be eaten or drunk”).
synonyms: word: nil per os
extra: nothing may be eaten or drunk
Synonyms: word: NBM
oxygen crisis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxygen crises
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oxygen catastrophe.
synonyms: word: oxygen catastrophe
oxygen holocaust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxygen holocausts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oxygen catastrophe.
synonyms: word: oxygen catastrophe
oxygenation crisis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxygenation crises
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oxygen catastrophe.
synonyms: word: oxygen catastrophe
oxygenation holocaust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxygenation holocausts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oxygen catastrophe.
synonyms: word: oxygen catastrophe
oxygenation catastrophe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxygenation catastrophes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oxygen catastrophe.
synonyms: word: oxygen catastrophe
comes unhinged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of come unhinged
coming unhinged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of come unhinged
came unhinged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come unhinged
NBM
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of nil by mouth (“nothing may be eaten or drunk”).
NBM
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: 37/F/Salt Lake, Utah NBM
qualifier: online dating
glosses: Initialism of never been married.
triple stop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triple stops
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
qualifier: stringed instruments
glosses: An instance of three notes being played simultaneously.
Related terms: double stop
quadruple stop
quadruple stop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadruple stops
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
qualifier: stringed instruments
glosses: An instance of four notes being played simultaneously.
Related terms: double stop
triple stop
Little France
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2970).
glosses: A hamlet in the town of Hastings, Oswego County, New York, United States.
hit with the stupid stick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hits with the stupid stick
form: hitting with the stupid stick
form: hit with the stupid stick
form: hit with the stupid stick
Senses: glosses: Used to describe someone who is stupid or unintelligent.
raw_tags: in the past participle
Related terms: beat with the ugly stick
quadruple stops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadruple stop
triple stops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triple stop
oxygen crises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxygen crisis
oxygen holocausts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxygen holocaust
oxygenation crises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxygenation crisis
oxygenation holocausts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxygenation holocaust
oxygenation catastrophes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxygenation catastrophe
Craigleith
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland, north-west of the city centre (OS grid ref NT2374).
glosses: A small island off the coast at North Berwick, East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5587).
stock-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stock-ups
form: stockup
Etymology: Deverbal from stock up.
Senses: examples: text: Come to our stock-up sale and save big!
text: Do you have a stock-up price? [for bulk discount]
text: A stock-up is a good idea, in case of supply chain disruptions.
glosses: The act or an instance of stocking up.
stock-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stock-up
stockup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stockups
Etymology: Deverbal from stock up.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stock-up.
stockups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stockup
stocks up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stock up
stocking up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stock up
stocked up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stock up
Minecraftlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Minecraftlike
form: most Minecraftlike
Etymology: From Minecraft + -like.
Senses: examples: ref: 2015 July 25, Heath Hindman, “4 Screens Give a Look at Dragon Quest’s Minecraftlike Spinoff”, in PlayStation LifeStyle:
synonyms: Minecraftian
Minecrafty
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the game Minecraft.
Goldenacre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2475).
hitting with the stupid stick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of hit with the stupid stick
hits with the stupid stick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hit with the stupid stick
Mainz-Bingen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Mainz-Bingen.
Senses: glosses: A district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Drylaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland, north-west of the city centre (OS grid ref NT2275).
Silverknowes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland, north-west of the city centre (OS grid ref NT2075).
chemicallike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chemicallike
form: most chemicallike
Etymology: From chemical + -like.
Senses: examples: text: It can also cause a harsh, chemicallike flavor and harsh hops bitterness in the beer, as well as an off-flavor that tastes similar to capers or cucumbers.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Coalition Brewing, “How do you fix acidic beer?”, in Coalition Brewing:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a chemical.
bullet trade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bullet trades
Etymology: bullet + trade, implying the high velocity of a bullet during trading.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A secondary market trade involving the purchasing of an underlying asset already in the money, allowing the option buyer to capitalize on the move without waiting for the exchange-mandated price change.
bullet trades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bullet trade
carry trade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carry trades
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A trading strategy involving the borrowing at a low-interest rate and investing in an asset providing a higher rate of return.
carry trades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carry trade
cash and carry trade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cash and carry trades
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: An arbitrage strategy involving the purchasing of the underlying asset of a futures contract in the spot market and carrying it for the duration of the arbitrage.
cash and carry trades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cash and carry trade
coasting trade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coasting trades
Senses: topics: business
finance
trading
glosses: The business of transporting goods along the same coast.
coasting trades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coasting trade
all-party
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From all- + party. First attested in the 1900s.
Senses: examples: text: In particular, this all-party group of MPs has been scathing about the decision-making process, which has resulted in the Department of Transport having no ideas as to how "HS2 will operate as a functioning railway following recent changes".
ref: 2024 February 21, Christian Wolmar, “A 'tsar' needs to get to grips with High Speed 2... quickly”, in RAIL, number 1003, page 52:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Involving or relating to all political parties.
Related terms: cross-party
getaway driver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: getaway drivers
Senses: glosses: The driver of a getaway car.
getaway drivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of getaway driver
get-aways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of get-away
ibuprofening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of ibuprofen
cirrates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cirrate
Prenton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3086).
centipedelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more centipedelike
form: most centipedelike
Etymology: From centipede + -like.
Senses: examples: text: THE symphylans are small, slender, soft-bodied, progoneate, centipedelike arthropods with long antennae, 12 pairs of legs in the adult stage, and two tapering, unjointed appendages projecting from the rear end of the body (fig. 71 A).
ref: (Can we date this quote?), “THE SYMPHYLA”, in Flexpub:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a centipede.
incirrates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incirrate