cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
wokely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more wokely
form: most wokely
Etymology: From woke + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a woke manner.
Lacon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place name:
A ghost town in Morgan County, Alabama, United States.
glosses: A place name:
A city, the county seat of Marshall County, Illinois, United States, named after Laconia in Greece.
glosses: A place name:
A township in Marshall County, Illinois.
Millard County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Millard Fillmore.
Senses: glosses: One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Fillmore.
wikipedia: Millard Fillmore
tablea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tableas
Etymology: From Cebuano tabliya, from Spanish tablilla (“tablet”).
Senses: glosses: Ground cocoa shaped into a disc; used mainly for making sikwate.
pta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of peseta.
rumble strip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rumble strips
Senses: glosses: A pattern of variation in a road's surface designed to alert inattentive drivers to potential danger by causing a tactile vibration and audible rumbling if they veer out of their lane.
rumble strips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rumble strip
epiornis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The elephant bird (Aepyornis).
epipapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epi- + papillary.
Senses: glosses: Above a papilla
glosses: Above the optic disc
Derived terms: epipapillary membrane
epipericardial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epi- + pericardial.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: On the pericardium
Derived terms: epipericardial ridge
epiphrenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epi- + phrenic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: On (or just above) the diaphragm
Derived terms: epiphrenic diverticulum
epiphytical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of epiphytic.
epipial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the pia mater
Máni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old Norse Máni, the personification of the Moon. Doublet of Moon.
Senses: glosses: 307261 Máni: a trans-Neptunian object and likely dwarf planet.
epiplopexy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epiplopexys
Etymology: From epiploon + -pexy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: suturing of the omentum to the abdominal wall
episioplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: episioplasties
Etymology: From episio- + -plasty.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: plastic surgery to repair the vulva
epispinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪnəl
Etymology: From epi- + spinal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: On the spinal cord
epitarsus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)səs
Forms: form: epitarsi
Etymology: From epi- + tarsus.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A fold of conjunctiva on the surface of the tarsus of the eye
epitendineum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The fibrous sheath surrounding a tendon
Related terms: epitendinous
epitheliocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epitheliocytes
Senses: glosses: An epithelial cell grown in vitro
epitheliosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An abnormal proliferation of epithelial cells
horn slates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horn slate
main memories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of main memory
Fillmore County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Both are named after Millard Fillmore.
Senses: glosses: One of 87 counties in Minnesota, United States. County seat: Preston.
glosses: One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Geneva.
lozengewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lozengewise
form: most lozengewise
Etymology: From lozenge + -wise.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Placed like a lozenge (a diamond).
Synonyms: lozengeways
lozengewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lozenge + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: […] a lozengewise arrangement, […]
ref: 1850, John Henry Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture, page 220:
text: […] a lozengewise square, six elongated hexagons and four square panels in the space between the two.
ref: 1997, Michele George, The Roman Domestic Architecture of Northern Italy, British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited, →ISBN:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Oriented like a lozenge (a diamond).
lozengeways
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lozengeways
form: most lozengeways
Etymology: From lozenge + -ways.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Lozengewise.
diamondwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From diamond + -wise.
Senses: glosses: Oriented like a diamond.
Related terms: lozengewise
frog-strangler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frog-stranglers
Senses: glosses: A very heavy downpour of rain; toad-strangler.
Synonyms: word: toad-strangler
word: gully-washer
word: cob-floater
alt: duck-drowner
word: duck-drownder
alt: goose-drowner
word: goose drownder
word: lightwood-knot floater
word: sod-soaker
word: trash-mover
word: sheep drowner
word: turd-floater
Bergen County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Bergen, New Netherland settlement.
From Dutch Bergen, from Middle Dutch bergen.
Senses: glosses: One of 21 counties in New Jersey, United States. County seat: Hackensack.
wikipedia: en:Bergen, New Netherland
Synonyms: County of Bergen
Bergen
Related terms: Bergen
Bergen Arches
Bergen Hill
Bergen Neck
Bergen Point
Bergen Square
Bergen Township
Township of Bergen
Bergen Tunnels
bummiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bummy: most bummy
bummier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bummy: more bummy
pterography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ptero- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: The scientific description of feathers.
pterographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to pterography.
pterographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to pterography.
Hackensack
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæ.kənˌsæk/
note: US, weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈhæ.kɪnˌsæk/
note: US, weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈhæ.kɨnˌsæk/
Etymology: Borrowed from Unami ahkin'kèshaki (“place where the ground is sharp or rough”). Doublet of Achkinckeshacky.
Senses: glosses: A river in New York and New Jersey, United States.
examples: text: Driving like a fool out to Hackensack / Drinking his dinner from a paper sack
ref: 1975, Walter Becker, Donald Fagen, “Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More”, performed by Steely Dan:
text: Who needs a house out in Hackensack
ref: 1977, “Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)”, in The Stranger, performed by Billy Joel:
text: Hildy S. Lipner, chief of pediatric speech pathology at Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital in Hackensack, N.J., said that by the time she sees children with picky eating problems, they are usually between 18 months and 3 years old and already have their patterns well established.
ref: 2018 June 4, Perri Klass, M.D., “When New Means No: Picky Eating as a Normal Toddler Phase”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2018:
glosses: A city, the county seat of Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
glosses: A city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States, named after Hackensack in New Jersey.
dittay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dittays
Etymology: From Old French ditté, from Latin dictatum.
Senses: qualifier: Scots law
glosses: An indictment; a charge.
Related terms: dictate
ditty
dittays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dittay
right of drip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The legal right to allow the drips from one's roof to fall on another person's land.
Passaic County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Lenape word, pasaeck meaning "valley".
Senses: glosses: One of 21 counties in New Jersey, United States. County seat: Paterson.
Monsieur de Paris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /mə.sjø d(ə) pa.ʁi/
Forms: form: Messieurs de Paris
Etymology: From French monsieur.
Senses: glosses: The public executioner in Paris, France.
frog-stranglers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frog-strangler
nonadnexal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + adnexal.
Senses: glosses: Not adnexal.
Bates County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Frederick Bates.
Senses: glosses: One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Butler.
wikipedia: Frederick Bates
nudge theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Much of Japan's success depends on a culture of discipline and obedience, but they also make extensive use of 'nudge theory' to encourage the behaviour they want to see on their network. [...] We even have our own government office devoted to nudge theory - the Behavioural Insights Team, run in partnership with the Cabinet Office and which has worked on projects with Transport for London and elsewhere on the railway.
ref: 2020 May 20, Stefanie Foster, “Comment: Safety first: now more than ever”, in Rail, page 3:
glosses: The idea of using small suggestions to influence behavior and decision making.
Medina County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Medina. Named after Medina, Saudi Arabia.
glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Hondo. Named after the Medina River, which is from the Spanish surname Medina.
softmod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: softmods
Etymology: Short for software modification; see mod.
Senses: glosses: The unofficial use of software to modify the intended behaviour of hardware.
softmod
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: softmods
form: softmodding
form: softmodded
form: softmodded
Etymology: Short for software modification; see mod.
Senses: examples: text: The following codes work only when used with a softmodded Wii running the Gecko OS (or compatible homebrew application).
ref: 2020, Holger Weßling, Impossible Mission I & II - The Official Guide:
glosses: To modify the intended behaviour of (hardware) unofficially by the use of software.
softmods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of softmod
softmods
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of softmod
Hondo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A former city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, merged into the city of Amakusa in 2006.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, named after the Rio Hondo.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Medina County, Texas, United States. Possibly named after the Hondo Creek.
en cabochon
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from French en cabochon.
Senses: examples: text: An extraordinary fine chatoyant cymophane, of a circular form, cut at the top en cabochan, and flat at the back, of a yellowish-green colour, semi-transparent, and very thin.
ref: 1839, Henry Philip Hope, Bram Hertz, A Catalogue of the Collection of Pearls and Precious Stones Formed by Henry Philip Hope, Esq:
glosses: In the manner of a cabochon.
epiblem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epiblems
Senses: examples: text: Beginning now with the root of the vascular ciyptogams, it may be added that in these the epiblem is not replaced by a periderm, although a well developed hypoderma frequently takes the place of the epiblem layer, which dies and disappears.
ref: 1895, Emily Lovira Gregory, Elements of Plant Anatomy, page 120:
text: In the case of Anthephora pubescens, when epiblem cells and root hairs die, the cells do not lose their contents, which forms a coagulated mass that also takes on a red colour with Congo Red.
ref: 1936, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa - Volume 23, page 4:
text: An aseptate mycelium developed very intensively on the root surface and in their close vicinity and penetrated through the root hair and directly through the epiblem cells into the roots of the host plant.
ref: 1965, J. Macura, Vlastimil Vančura, Plant Microbes Relationships:
glosses: Synonym of rhizodermis.
synonyms: word: rhizodermis
epiblems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epiblem
studbook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: studbooks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stud book.
stud-book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stud-books
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stud book.
Bandera County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Bandera Pass, from Spanish bandera (“flag, banner”).
Senses: glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Bandera.
wikipedia: Bandera Pass
kemple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kĕm'p(ə)l
ipa: /ˈkɛmp(ə)l/
rhymes: -ɛmpəl
Forms: form: kemples
Senses: examples: text: His Honour, ye see, being under hiding in thae sair times--the mair's the pity--he lies a' day, and whiles a' night, in the cove in the dern hag; but though it's a bieldy eneugh bit, and the auld gudeman o' Corse-Cleugh has panged it wi' a kemple o' strae amaist, yet when the country's quiet, and the night very cauld, his Honour whiles creeps doun here to get a warm at the ingle and a sleep amang the blankets, and gangs awa in the morning.
ref: 1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete:
text: Hence the money acquired from the sale of the three kemples, at the average of the above prices, will purchase five cubic yards of this very efficient manure.
ref: 1829, George Robertson, Rural Recollections; or, the progress of improvement in agriculture and rural affairs, page 209:
text: From a crop of wheat, of 40 bushels to the acre, or of 2600 lb., at 65 lb. per bushel, the straw will weigh 9 kemples of 440 lb. each, or 3960 lb., affording just 1/2 more weight of straw than of grain.
ref: 1844, Henry Stephens, The Book of the Farm, Detailing the Labours of the Farmer, Farm-Steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Cattle-man, Field-worker, and Dairy-Maid:
glosses: The size of a standard load of straw, approximately 450 pounds.
kemples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kemple
l-vocalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A process by which an /l/ sound is replaced by a vowel or semivowel.
catalyzable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of catalysable.
catalysable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From catalyse + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be catalysed.
precarities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precarity
prepared mustards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prepared mustard
bfs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bf
nupurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nupur
acute toxicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acute toxicity
undependably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more undependably
form: most undependably
Etymology: From undependable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an undependable manner; such that it cannot be relied upon.
karangas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of karanga
isosequential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + sequential.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having the same sequence of nucleotides.
digisexuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digisexual
soft waters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soft water
hard waters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hard water
hard times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hard time
Abucay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Bataan, Philippines.
togither
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Where, vpon the 10. day of December, it fortuned, that in Sir William Cicells chamber, hir Highnesse Principall Secretarie, there dined togither these personages, M. Secretarie him selfe...
ref: 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of together.
rich kids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rich kid.
Recalde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Recaldes
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Recalde, Castilianized form of Basque Errekalde, a habitational surname. This surname is mostly found in Paraguay.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
old-timer's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of old timer's disease.
Alzheimer's Disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Alzheimer's disease.
old timer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊl(d)ˈtaɪmə/
ipa: /ˌoʊl(d)ˈtaɪməɹ/
rhymes: -aɪmə(ɹ)
Forms: form: old timers
Etymology: From old + time + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of old-timer.
Derived terms: old timer's disease
financial advisor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: financial advisors
form: financial adviser
Senses: glosses: A life insurance salesman.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see financial, advisor.
old timers' disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of old timer's disease.
old-timers' disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of old timer's disease.
RBBG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RBBGs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of rubber ball blast grenade.
rubber ball blast grenade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubber ball blast grenades
Etymology: From rubber + ball + blast + grenade.
Senses: glosses: A type of non-lethal crowd-suppression grenade that spews out semi-hard plastic-coated steel balls similar to rubber bullets when it blasts apart.
Synonyms: word: RBBG
Coordinate terms: blast grenade
concussion grenade
explosive grenade
flash bang
flash grenade
fragmentation grenade
grenade launcher
hand grenade
BIP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BIPs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of blunt impact projectile.
BIP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Botswana Independence Party.
colossalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From colossal + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being colossal.
epitoxoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epitoxoids
Etymology: From epi- + toxoid.
Senses: examples: text: It is, however, probable that, in cases of diphtheria, death may be warded off by the displacement of combined epitoxoids in the antidiphtheritic serum, by free diphtheria toxine from the patient's blood, and the epitoxoid so liberated, though less dangerous to life, may still be able to set up changes in the nerve structures, and so may induce paralysis.
ref: 1900, H. Rainy, “On the action of diphtheria toxine on the spinal stichochrome cells”, in Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, volume 6, page 449:
glosses: A toxoid that generates less of an immune response than an original one
Related terms: syntoxoid
epituberculosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epituberculoses
Etymology: From epi- + tuberculosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Abnormal symptoms near the site of a tuberculous lesion
epituberculous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epi- + tuberculous.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Near or superimposed upon a tuberculous lesion
epluchage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epluchages
Etymology: Borrowed from French épluchage.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The removal of contaminated tissue from an infected wound.
RLD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RLDs
Etymology: Initialism.
Senses: examples: text: And each city's RLD differs from the others in appearance, constellation of businesses (erotic and other), the location and visibility of sex workers, and the kinds of people one normally finds on the street.
ref: 2012, Ronald Weitzer, Legalizing Prostitution, page 106:
text: Her story didn't add up when other women in the RLD pointed out the working details were wrong and number of clients she claimed to have serviced in the highly regulated industry there was ten times too high.
ref: 2017, Brooke Magnanti, Sex, Lies and Statistics:
glosses: Red-light district.
decrim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: examples: text: Our Anti-Drug Coalition had thrown our full weight into the New York State fight over decrim, rallying the population and holding up the drug pushers in the legislature to public scorn.
ref: 2000, Michael Billington, Reflections of an American Political Prisoner, page 76:
text: In 2015, Amnesty International, after a worldwide consultation looking at all available data, endorsed supporting decrim.
ref: 2017, Brooke Magnanti, Sex, Lies and Statistics:
glosses: Decriminalization.
tetracontanoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The saturated fatty acid having forty carbon atoms
Kienow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 建甌／建瓯 (Jiàn'ōu).
Senses: examples: text: Fukien’s mineral resources are largely unexploited. Coal is found near Shaowu, Kienow and Lungyen.
ref: 1956, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of the Chinese People's Republic, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 157:
text: At Kienow, a town in Fukien, he had seen a boy less than ten years old smoking in the street. Incensed by the child's depravity, he had summoned the boy's parents and upbraided them for permitting such behavior. The dressing-down apparently had some effect, for there was a conspicuous decline in cigarette smoking by children in Kienow thereafter.
ref: 1969, Robert Payne, Chiang Kai-shek, New York: Weybright and Talley, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 162:
text: According to Rear Adm. Milton E. Miles, the SACO leader for the Americans, Pact Doc Hospital finally reached a capacity of 100 beds, but at the time had nearly 300 patients. The hospital was split into two units in the spring of 1945 because the Japs had overrun part of its lines of communication. Most of the hospital was moved down to Kienow or Chienou, in Fukien Province, to the south, the remainder going to Suian, still in Chekiang Province.
ref: 1989, William Boyd Sinclair, Medics and Nurses (Confusion Beyond Imagination), number 5, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho: Joe F. Whitley, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 148:
text: In China, Fourteenth Air Force P-40s and P-51 Mustangs attack road and rail traffic. Six Japanese bombers damage the airfield at Kienow.
ref: 2008, Keith D. Dickson, World War II Almanac (Almanacs of American Wars), volume 1, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 520:
glosses: Dated form of Jian'ou.
Kienow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
ISMS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Information Security Management System.
EWS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of early warning system.
glosses: Initialism of emergency water supply (World War II, for fires).
qualifier: Indian politics
glosses: Initialism of economically weaker section.
EWS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of Exchange Web Services, an API for the Microsoft Exchange e-mail server.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Early West Saxon.
wolf eliminator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wolf eliminators
Senses: glosses: A device which serves to counteract an instrument's wolf note.
Synonyms: word: de-wolfer
word: wolf note eliminator
word: wolf tone eliminator
wolf eliminators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wolf eliminator
Piscataquis County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪsˈkæ.tə.kwɪs ˈkaʊn.ti/
rhymes: -aʊnti
Etymology: Generally agreed to be from a Penobscot word meaning "branch of the river" or "at the river branch"; see also Piscataquis River. Relatedly, John Gould asserted that the word Piscataqua came from piscatus + aqua, which if true may hint at a French-colonial-era European appellation for the American Indians of the area (fishermen, on the Romance pattern of fish+waters=fisherman, seen in various other Romance compounds), but this may be merely a folk etymology by monolingual English speakers, as many sources say that Piscataquis, Piscataqua, and Piscataway come from Native American words for waters, although they vary on what sort of waters (e.g., river branch, river bend, river rapids).
Senses: glosses: One of 16 counties in Maine, United States. County seat: Dover-Foxcroft.
wikipedia: John Gould (columnist)
Piscataqua
Piscataquis
Piscataquis River
Piscataway
Dover-Foxcroft
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Originally two towns, Dover and Foxcroft, separated by the Piscataquis River; they were merged in 1922.
Senses: glosses: A town, the county seat of Piscataquis County, Maine, United States.
wikipedia: Piscataquis River
Foxcroft
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Dover-Foxcroft
sater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saters
Etymology: From sate + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The saters of hungry ravens
ref: 2012, Snorri Sturluson, The Prose Edda: Tales from Norse Mythology, page 188:
glosses: That which sates.
saters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sater
epoxysqualene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From epoxy- + squalene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The epoxide of squalene, (3S)-2,2-dimethyl-3-[(3E,7E,11E,15E)-3,7,12,16,20-pentamethylhenicosa-3,7,11,15,19-pentaenyl]oxirane, that is involved in terpene metabolism
ergastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ergastic
form: most ergastic
Senses: glosses: That possesses potential energy
reading comprehension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: functional literacy
antonyms: w:functional illiteracy
;
illiteracy
coordinate_terms: literacy
;
listening comprehension
glosses: The ability, or degree of ability, not only to read words at all but also to understand the meaning conveyed by collections of words (such as phrases, sentences, and documents).
listening comprehension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The ability to understand spoken language.
Related terms: reading comprehension
Sagadahoc County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæ.ɡə.dəˌhɒk ˈkaʊn.ti/
rhymes: -aʊnti
Etymology: From a Native American word meaning "mouth of the big river", referring to the Kennebec River.
Senses: glosses: One of 16 counties in Maine, United States. County seat: Bath.
wikipedia: Kennebec River
Waldo County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɑl.doʊ ˈkaʊn.ti/
rhymes: -aʊnti
Etymology: Named after Samuel Waldo.
Senses: glosses: One of 16 counties in Maine, United States. County seat: Belfast.
wikipedia: Samuel Waldo
Natrona County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after natron (soda) deposits in the county.
Senses: glosses: One of 23 counties in Wyoming, United States. County seat: Casper.
e-based
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From e- + based.
Senses: examples: text: What type of political information can I find on the Internet? […] This chapter will explore the range of different types of resources on offer, offering guidance on how to combine print and e-based research […]
ref: 2003, Heather Dawson, Using the Internet for Political Research: Practical Tips and Hints:
glosses: Having an electronic basis, especially in terms of computers and the Internet.
Natrona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Pratt County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States.
Derived terms: Natrona County
Sweetwater County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Sweetwater River.
Senses: glosses: One of 23 counties in Wyoming, United States. County seat: Green River.
wikipedia: Sweetwater River (Wyoming)
Green River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The name of many rivers, mostly in the United States, but also in Canada and South Africa.
examples: text: The Green River heads near Fremont’s Peak, in the Wind River Mountains.
ref: 1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 17:
text: If we keep going we will reach the Green River, about ten miles away according to our map, just above its confluence with the Colorado.
ref: 1968, Edward Abbey, “Terra Incognita: Into the Maze”, in Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, McGraw-Hill; republished New York: Touchstone, 1968, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 259:
text: The Green River has cut down through the Uinta Mountains in the last few million years, the Wind River through the Owl Creek Mountains, the Laramie River through the Laramie Range.
ref: 1986, John McPhee, Rising from the Plains; reprinted in Annals of the Former World, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998, page 298:
glosses: The name of many rivers, mostly in the United States, but also in Canada and South Africa.
A tributary of the Colorado River which flows through the U.S. states of Wyoming, Utah and Colorado.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Henry County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A small city in Emery County, Utah, United States.
examples: text: May 24, 1869.—The good people of Green River City turn out to see us start. We raise our little flag, push the boats from shore, and the swift current carries us down.
ref: 1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter V, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 119:
text: From the railroad town of Green River, Wyoming, to the mouth of the Grand Canyon in what is now Lake Mead, Powell's first journey took three months.
ref: 1968, Edward Abbey, “Down the River”, in Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, McGraw-Hill; republished New York: Touchstone, 1968, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 168:
glosses: A city, the county seat of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, named after the local Green River.
Teton County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Teton mountain range in Idaho and Wyoming at least. In Montana it may be named after the Teton River.
Senses: glosses: One of 44 counties in Idaho, United States. County seat: Driggs.
glosses: One of 56 counties in Montana, United States. County seat: Choteau.
glosses: One of 23 counties in Wyoming, United States. County seat: Jackson.
condulet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: condulets
Etymology: Alteration of conduit + -let. Registered trademark by the Crouse-Hinds Company in 1906.
Senses: examples: text: She installed an L-shaped condulet when the conduit reached the ceiling to redirect the wires towards the far corner of the garage.
text: The leads to the galvanometer are covered with a metal condulet and the galvanometer itself completely surrounded by an insulating box except for a small window.
ref: 1930, F. S. Brackett with E. D. McAlister, “The Automatic Recording of the Infrared at High Resolution”, in Review of Scientific Instruments, volume 1, →DOI, page 193:
glosses: A conduit fitting with a removable lid to allow access to the wires within.
condulets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of condulet
Driggs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Teton County, Idaho, United States.
Catarman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɐˈt̪aɾ.mɐn̪/
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Northern Samar, Eastern Visayas, Philippines.
Camiguin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɐ.mɪˈɡin/
ipa: /kɐ.mɪɡˈwin/
Etymology: From Spanish Camiguín, from Manobo, from Cebuano kamagong. The tree thrived near Lake Mainit, in Surigao del Sur, the area from which the earlier inhabitants of the islands came.
Senses: glosses: A province of Northern Mindanao, Mindanao, Philippines. Capital: Mambajao.
glosses: An island of the Bohol Sea, Philippines.
Derived terms: Camiguin boobook
Choteau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Pierre Chouteau Jr., and is thus a misspelling.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Teton County, Montana, United States.
wikipedia: Pierre Chouteau Jr.
Related terms: Chouteau
Chouteau County
ergoloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Derived from or characteristic of ergot
Derived terms: ergoloid mesylates
ergosterin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ergosterol.
synonyms: word: ergosterol
ergostetrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ergonovine.
synonyms: word: ergonovine
ergotaminine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A vasoconstrictor (an isomer of ergotamine) found in ergot
Charito
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bayugan, Agusan del Sur, Philippines.
Washakie County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Chief Washakie.
Senses: glosses: One of 23 counties in Wyoming, United States. County seat: Worland.
wikipedia: Washakie
Cochise County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Cochise, a Native American leader.
Senses: glosses: One of 15 counties in Arizona, United States. County seat: Bisbee.
wikipedia: Cochise
Gila County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Gila River.
Senses: glosses: One of 15 counties in Arizona, United States. County seat: Globe.
wikipedia: Gila River
Derived terms: taxonomic: Dudleya saxosa subsp. collomiae
word: Gila County liveforever
Greenlee County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Mason Greenlee.
Senses: glosses: One of 15 counties in Arizona, United States. County seat: Clifton.
GHIH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of growth hormone-inhibiting hormone.
Related terms: GHRH
Bronx County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Jonas Bronck.
Senses: glosses: one of 62 counties in New York State, USA, which is coterminous with the borough of The Bronx in New York City.
wikipedia: Jonas Bronck
A&A
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: 1. Aoki, W., Tsuji, T., and Ohnaka, K. A&A, 333, L19, 1998.
2. Aoki, W., Tsuji, T., and Ohnaka, K. A&A, 350, 945, 1999.
[…]
4. Bachiller, R., Forveille, T., Huggins, P. J., and Cox, P. A&A, 324, 1123, 1997.
ref: 2004, Harm J. Habing, Hans Olofsson, editors, Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars, Springer, →ISBN, page &pg=PA402&dq=%22A%26A%22 402:
topics: astronomy
astrophysics
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Astronomy and Astrophysics: a scientific journal founded in 1969, covering theoretical, observational, and instrumental astronomy and astrophysics.
examples: text: [page footer] A&A-1
ref: 2003, “Acronyms and Abbreviations”, in Toquop Energy Project and Toquop Land Disposal Amendment to the Caliente Management Framework Plan: Environmental Impact Statement, →OCLC:
glosses: Initialism of abbreviations and acronyms or acronyms and abbreviations.
Herkimer County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Nicholas Herkimer.
Senses: glosses: One of 62 counties in New York, United States. County seat: Herkimer.
wikipedia: Nicholas Herkimer
Barlow lens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Barlow lenses
Etymology: Named after British mathematician and physicist Peter Barlow (1776–1862).
Senses: topics: astronomy
engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A diverging lens which, used in series with other optics in an optical system, increases the effective focal length of an optical system as perceived by all components that are after it in the system.
wikipedia: Peter Barlow (mathematician)
Synonyms: Barlow
Barlows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Barlow
Barlow lenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Barlow lens
AURA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Acronym of Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy.
glosses: Acronym of Autonomous Unmanned Research Aircraft.
Schoharie County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Mohawk word meaning "floating driftwood".
Senses: glosses: One of 62 counties in New York, United States. County seat: Schoharie.
Schoharie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /skəˈhɛəɹiː/
Etymology: From a Mohawk word meaning "floating driftwood".
Senses: glosses: A town in Schoharie County, New York, United States.
glosses: A village, the county seat of Schoharie County, New York, United States, located within the town of the same name.
Derived terms: Schoharie County
no fun
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: This game is no fun.
text: Being sick is no fun.
glosses: not enjoyable; not exciting; not fun
examples: text: You're no fun.
glosses: being a wet blanket
Related terms: No Fun City
no good
Tompkins County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Daniel D. Tompkins.
Senses: glosses: One of 62 counties in New York, United States. County seat: Ithaca.
wikipedia: Daniel D. Tompkins
Ulster County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the former Irish province of Ulster, the greater part is now in Northern Ireland.
Senses: glosses: One of 62 counties in New York, United States. County seat: Kingston.
wikipedia: Ulster
Vetruvian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Vitruvian.
make all the difference
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes all the difference
form: making all the difference
form: made all the difference
form: made all the difference
Senses: examples: text: We are all framed of the same mold, hewed out of the same Rocke, made as it were, of the same cloth, the sheares, as they say, onely going betweene; it is therefore onely the free loue and grace of God, which makes all the difference.
ref: 1626, Robert Bolton, Some Generall Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God, London: Edmund Weaver, page 17:
text: 1734, Alexander Forbes, Essays Moral and Philosophical, London: J. Osborn & T. Longman, Part I, Chapter 12, p. 100,
To assert the Superiority of the Human Spirit […] above that of other Animals upon this earth, has been the endeavour of many Persons, who […] have made their System more coherent than those who have endeavour’d to put Men and Beasts upon a level. Some of this last Party indeed acknowledge the advantage that Mankind have from the Frame of the Body and its Organs, which they pretend makes all the difference.
text: How am I ever to look him in the face and say such things? Could you do it? But then he is your cousin, which makes all the difference.
ref: 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XVIII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
text: They knew that life nowadays was harsh and bare, that they were often hungry and often cold, and that they were usually working when they were not asleep. But doubtless it had been worse in the old days. They were glad to believe so. Besides, in those days they had been slaves and now they were free, and that made all the difference, as Squealer did not fail to point out.
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
text: Publishers and booksellers know only too well that a title can make all the difference to the sales of a book […]
ref: 2013 February 22, Alison Flood, “Diagram prize shortlist points the way to this year’s oddest book titles”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To be a crucial or deciding factor; to have a very significant effect (often a positive one).
Related terms: make all the difference in the world
make a difference
make no difference
working bee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: working bees
Senses: synonyms: busy bee
glosses: A group of volunteers engaged in charitable work.
global villages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of global village
Nibelungian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Nibelungian
form: most Nibelungian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Nibelung, the royal family or lineage of the Burgundians who settled in the early 5th century at Worms.
antiperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antipersons
form: antipeople
Etymology: From anti- + person.
Senses: examples: text: The Economic Man of White Collar led Mills to formulate a parallel cultural variant: “the cheerful robot.” To such an anti-person, history was little more than a blind drift of incomprehensible forces, which, he mechanically reasoned, obeyed the classic law of Fate (“Whatever is, must therefore be”).
ref: 1985, Irving Lewis Horowitz, C. Wright Mills: An American Utopian:
text: I'm not even a whole person anymore. Maybe not even a half person. I'm a negative person, an anti-person. I'm the opposite of everything human.
ref: 2010, Louise Christine, The Huntress Chronicles: Some Will Rise; Some Will Fall, page 226:
text: We must create a civilization that includes science and technique on our terms established through their resymbolization. It will help transform the antipersons we have become into persons living lives enriched by what discipline-based approaches can contribute within their limits, but not enslaved by the cults of the fact, efficiency, growth, and disembodied communal and individual life.
ref: 2016, Willem H. Vanderburg, Our Battle for the Human Spirit, page 380:
text: […] these antipeople are demonized rhetorically as the antithesis of the people […]
ref: 2019, Federico Finchelstein, From Fascism to Populism in History, page xxvii:
glosses: Somebody who is not a person, or not accepted as a person, or who violates the conventions of personhood.
examples: text: There could be whole antiworlds and antipeople made out of antiparticles. However, if you meet your antiself, don't shake hands!
ref: 1988, Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, page 75:
text: If a person shook hands with an antiperson, both would be annihilated in a shower of gamma ray greetings.
ref: 2002, Roy A. Gallant, Meteorite Hunter: The Search for Siberian Meteorite Craters, page 45:
glosses: A hypothetical person made out of antimatter.
Related terms: nonperson
antipersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiperson
broken windows policing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From broken windows theory.
Senses: glosses: The practice of assigning police resources to deal with otherwise unattended urban decay, suggested by broken windows theory.
have-a-little
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: have-a-littles
Senses: examples: text: A Canarsie housewife said it best: We never join the have-a-littles with the have-nots to fight the haves. We make sure the have-a-littles fight the have-nots. That's the shame of it
ref: 2012, Joan C. Williams, Reshaping the Work-Family Debate: Why Men and Class Matter, page 202:
glosses: A somewhat poor or underprivileged person, better off than a have-not.
have-a-littles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of have-a-little
line-loin merger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The most frequently paraded example of apparent merger in English in the Labovian literature is the line—loin merger in Essex, England (see Labov, Yaeger, and Steiner 1972; Nunberg and Labov 1972; Nunberg 1980); the label stands for the coalescence of /oy/ and /ay/.
ref: 1991, Birch Moonwomon, Sound Change in San Francisco English, volume 1, page 57:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The phonemic merger between the diphthongs /aɪ/ and /ɔɪ/ that occurs for speakers of Southern English English, Irish English, Newfoundland English, and Caribbean English making "line" and "loin" homophones.
set net
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: set nets
form: set-net
form: setnet
Senses: examples: text: No person shall draw, set, stretch or use any drag net, set net, or gill net, purse or sweep seine of any kind for taking fish anywhere in the waters of Buzzard's Bay within the jurisdiction of this Commonwealth, nor in any harbor, cove, or bight of said bay except as hereinafter provided.
ref: 1994, Dennis W. Nixon, Marine and Coastal Law: Cases and Materials, →ISBN, page 175:
text: Large set nets are used to catch large pelagic species such as tuna, yellowtail, and salmon as well as demersal species such as sea bream.
ref: 2011, Pingguo He, Behavior of Marine Fishes: Capture Processes and Conservation Challenges, →ISBN:
text: A larger open boat carrying crew to the village set net slowed speed to give their own boat way, and Kiyoshi felt the eyes of the set net crew following them.
ref: 2017, William B. McCloskey, Warriors: A Novel, →ISBN, page 321:
glosses: A fishing net that is used by securing it to a fixed underwater framework.
Related terms: set netter
set netting
set net
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: set nets
form: set netting
form: set netted
form: set netted
form: set-net
form: setnet
Senses: examples: text: I have fished (set netted) the Situk River.
ref: 1985, Situk River Wild and Scenic River(s) (WSR) Study:
text: Due to this constant change it is not feasible to set net sections and build separate structures to support the nets.
ref: 2011, Occupational Safety Training Institute, Safety Programs, Policies, and Procedures, →ISBN, page 172:
text: Nobody's ever set netted there before but it's legal.
ref: 2012, Harley Davis Hess, Alaska's Midnight Son, →ISBN, page 61:
glosses: To fish using a set net.
set nets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of set net
set nets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of set net