cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
subterrene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subterrenes
Etymology: From Latin subterrēnus. By surface analysis, sub- + terrene.
Senses: examples: text: With a deafening screech of metal upon rock—which surely must echo through all the recesses of the Mountain, and waken all its nightmare brood!—the subterrene smashed through the wall and came to rest beside them.
ref: 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, chapter 1, in The City and the Stars:
text: In the first field tests, a series of holes 2 inches in diameter and 12 feet deep were sunk with the rock-melting device, or subterrene.
ref: 1972, American Nuclear Society, Nuclear News, volume 15, page 47:
text: … “The beauty of the Subterrene is that, as it burrows through the rock hundreds of feet below the surface, it heats whatever stone it encounters into molten rock, or magma, which cools after the Subterrene has moved on. …
ref: 2009, November, Mark Ellis as James Axler, Outlanders 051: Warlord of the Pit
glosses: A machine for drilling or tunneling underground.
cryptical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cryptical
form: most cryptical
Senses: examples: text: Many times the moon hears strange music as it shines on those courts and terraces and pinnacles, but whether that music be the song of the god or the chant of the cryptical priests, none but the King of Ilek-Vad may say; for only he has entered the temple or seen the priests.
ref: 1927, H. P. Lovecraft, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath:
glosses: cryptic
courtesy of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: Ashton only had to wait three minutes for his second try, lock Louis Deacon setting it up with a rollocking line-break, before Romania got on the scoreboard courtesy of a penalty from fly-half Marin Danut Dumbrava.
ref: 2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: thanks to.
examples: text: Our live stream is available in all territories excluding those listed below, but you can watch the game courtesy of these alternative broadcasters.
glosses: as given or allowed by
facta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of factum
factis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of factice.
fumous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈfjuməs/
Forms: form: more fumous
form: most fumous
Etymology: From Middle English fumous, from Latin fūmōsus, equivalent to fume + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Upon their heads were strapped vast helmet-like torches of glittering metal, from which the fragrance of obscure balsams spread in fumous spirals.
ref: 1927, H. P. Lovecraft, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath:
glosses: Of or resembling fumes or smoke.
Derived terms: fumously
deconfine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkənˈfaɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
Forms: form: deconfines
form: deconfining
form: deconfined
form: deconfined
Etymology: From de- + confine.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To free, or be freed, from quantum confinement
Related terms: deconfinement
eigenequations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eigenequation
eigenequation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eigenequations
Etymology: From eigen- + equation.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any equation containing an eigenfunction
hexality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A sixfold symmetry attributed to protons in some versions of supersymmetry.
hyperentangled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hyper-entangled
Etymology: From hyper- + entangled.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: entangled in more than one degree of freedom
Related terms: hyperentanglement
spinodals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinodal
stochastics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stochastic + -ics.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The branch of statistics that deals with stochastic systems
subsolution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsolutions
Etymology: From sub- + solution.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A subset of solutions in game theory
chlorothiazide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorothiazides
Etymology: From chloro- + -thiazide.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A thiazide diuretic used in the treatment of hypertension and other conditions
diploblastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From diplo- + -blastic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having two embryonic germ layers (the ectoderm and the endoderm)
Related terms: diploblast
diploblasty
isodynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἰσοδῠ́νᾰμος (isodŭ́nămos, “equal in power”) + -ic, after dynamic. By surface analysis, iso- + dynamic.
Senses: glosses: Having equal strength or force.
glosses: Of foods: having the same caloric content.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: In Euclidean geometry, being or relating to certain points associated with a triangle, with the properties that an inversion centered at one of these points transforms the given triangle into an equilateral triangle, and that the distances from the isodynamic point to the triangle vertices are inversely proportional to the opposite side lengths of the triangle.
isodynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isodynamics
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἰσοδῠ́νᾰμος (isodŭ́nămos, “equal in power”) + -ic, after dynamic. By surface analysis, iso- + dynamic.
Senses: glosses: A line of equal field intensity.
Related terms: isodyn
isodynamia
isodynamous
isodynamy
lengthman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛŋθmn̩/
ipa: /ˈlɛŋθˌm(ə)n/
Forms: form: lengthmen
form: length man
form: lengths man
form: lengthsman
Etymology: From length + -man (suffix denoting a man or person who is an expert in an area or who takes part in an activity).
Senses: examples: text: Plans have already been prepared for signalboxes, lengthmen's huts, and first aid rooms. […] Lengthmen's huts are to be built in brick.
ref: 1952 February, “British Railways Standard Buildings”, in Railway Magazine, page 74:
text: A derailment which occurred on April 18 last between Laindon and Pitsea on the London Tilbury & Southend Line was caused by a lengthman who in a moment of aberration clipped a set of spring catch points in the derailing position, concludes Col. J. R. H. Robertson in his report […]
ref: 1961 December, “Talking of Trains: Derailment near Laindon”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 717:
text: I started working on the canal when I was only 14. I was a lengths man on the Shrewsbury, the canal. It was my job to cut hedges and to keep the toe path^([sic – meaning towpath]) clear.
ref: 2006 October, Mal Edwards, “Money for Old Rope”, in BBC Wales, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2021:
text: It became common practice for day-to-day maintenance to be undertaken by a number of roadmen, each appointed to maintain a length of road. This gave rise to the term, ‘the lengthsman’. Over time, greater mechanisation and centralisation replaced lengthsmen with area-based work teams, controlled from County offices and depots. […] In 2000 Herefordshire Council launched a local initiative, the ‘Lengthsman Scheme,’ to devolve some minor highway works to Parish Councils. […] Parishes are permitted to use the delegated budget to employ a local contractor to undertake the works – the lengthsman. […] Works carried out by lengthsmen can range from clearing minor storm debris discharged onto the highway, cutting back overgrown hedges encroaching on footways and verge cutting as required by the parish.
ref: 2021, “Lengthsman Scheme”, in Herefordshire Association of Local Councils, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2021:
topics: nautical
rail-transport
railways
road
transport
glosses: A man responsible for the care and maintenance of a length of canal, railway, or road.
wikipedia: North London Line
Hypernyms: sense: railway
alt: see also trackwoman, trackperson
word: trackman
topics: road
transport
word: roadman
topics: road
transport
word: roadmender
organotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organotherapies
Etymology: From organo- + therapy.
Senses: examples: text: Deer Sperm: In ancient times, this was used as an ingredient on aphrodisiac concoctions. An example of organotherapy.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 74:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The therapeutic use of the endocrine organs (or glandular extracts) of animals.
Synonyms: glandular therapy
opotherapy
panslavism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pan-Slavism.
pleuron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleura
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλευρόν (pleurón, “rib, side”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A lateral sclerite of a thoracic segment of an arthropod between the tergum and the sternum.
Derived terms: epipleuron
mesopleuron
metapleuron
pleuronic
propleuron
pteropleuron
sternopleuron
Related terms: pleural
pleural lobe
puggaree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puggarees
Senses: examples: text: We did not even possess "two coats apiece" - our ordinary costume being waterproof monkey jackets, sailor hats with puggarees twined round them, and some simple white muslin or fresh cotton dresses.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 25:
text: a blue-grey felt hat with a gold puggaree
ref: 1894, Rudyard Kipling, William the Conqueror:
glosses: Alternative form of puggry.
pythonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /paɪˈθɒnɪk/
ipa: /pɪ-/
ipa: /paɪˈθɑnɪk/
ipa: /pɪ-/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Forms: form: more pythonic
form: most pythonic
Etymology: From python (“snake of the family Pythonidae”) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Python is derived from Latin Pȳthōn, from Ancient Greek Πῡ́θων (Pū́thōn, “Python, mythical serpent which lived at Delphi”), from Πῡθώ (Pūthṓ, “Pytho, ancient name of Delphi; Python, the mythical serpent”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep; dark (?); unclear (?)”) or *puH- (“foul, rotten”)) + -ων (-ōn, suffix forming possessives).
Senses: examples: text: The blue glitter of Mr Kelly's eyes in the uttermost depths of their orbits became fixed, then veiled by the classical pythonic glaze.
ref: 1938, Samuel Beckett, chapter 2, in Murphy, London: Picador, Pan Books, published 1973, →ISBN, page 17:
glosses: Of or pertaining to, or resembling, a python (“large constricting snake of the family Pythonidae”); pythonlike.
pythonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /paɪˈθɒnɪk/
ipa: /pɪ-/
ipa: /paɪˈθɑnɪk/
ipa: /pɪ-/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Forms: form: more pythonic
form: most pythonic
Etymology: See Pythonic (etymology 1).
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Pythonic (“of or pertaining to, or resembling, the Python in Ancient Greek mythology, a serpent which lived at Delphi (regarded as the centre of the Earth) until it was killed by Apollo; (figurative) enormous; monstrous”).
pythonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /paɪˈθɒnɪk/
ipa: /pɪ-/
ipa: /paɪˈθɑnɪk/
ipa: /pɪ-/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Etymology: See Pythonic (etymology 2).
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
antonyms: unpythonic
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Pythonic (“using the idioms of the Python programming language”).
sowback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sowbacks
Etymology: From sow + back?
Senses: glosses: A low ridge of sand
stoneground
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: stone-ground
form: stone ground
Etymology: From stone + ground.
Senses: glosses: Of flour: ground with millstones rather than steel rollers
sulphadimidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfadimidine.
sulfadimidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphadimidine
Etymology: From sulfa- (“sulfonamide”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular sulfonamide antibacterial agent
venomousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛnəməsnəs/
note: in rapid speech
ipa: /ˈvɛnməsnəs/
Etymology: From venomous + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Researchers assumed that there was no venom without a delivery system, and so they concluded that venomousness must be a highly derived trait seen in a relatively small fraction of all snake species.
ref: 2012, Carl T. Bergstrom, Lee Alan Dugatkin, “Phylogeny and Evolutionary History”, in Betsy Twitchell, editor, Evolution, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 125:
synonyms: venomosity
glosses: The condition of being venomous.
whiptail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈ(h)wɪpteɪ(ə)l/
Forms: form: whiptails
Etymology: From whip + tail.
Senses: glosses: Any of many New World lizards, of the family Teiidae, that have long, slender tails.
examples: text: One of the most popular is the hoki, or whiptail, a bug-eyed specimen found far down in the waters around New Zealand and transformed into a major export.
ref: 2009 September 10, William J. Broad, “From Deep Pacific, Ugly and Tasty, With a Catch”, in New York Times:
glosses: A fish, blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae).
glosses: A leaf-distorting disorder in the cauliflower, caused by molybdenum deficiency.
examples: text: Social status may be less important to red-necked wallabies, which, unlike whiptails, are "essentially solitary" (McEvoy 1970).
ref: 1977, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, volume 4, number 4, page 409:
glosses: A pretty-faced wallaby (Macropus parryi).
glosses: A catfish of species Dasyloricaria filamentosa.
Derived terms: Central American whiptail
Christmas Island whiptail skink
Laredo striped whiptail
New Mexico whiptail
orange-throated whiptail
Texas spotted whiptail
whiptail disease
whiptail disorder
whiptail gulper
whiptail stingray
adjuvanticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being adjuvant (in all senses).
Derived terms: immunoadjuvanticity
anticandidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + candidal.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: That is used to treat candida infections
biohybrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biohybrids
Etymology: From bio- + hybrid.
Senses: glosses: A hybrid vehicle that can use biofuel
examples: a biohybrid lung
glosses: Any device combining biological and other components
bionanoscience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bionanosciences
Etymology: From bio- + nanoscience.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A science/technology that incorporates aspects of biology and nanoscience/nanotechnology.
cationization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cationizations
Etymology: From cation + -ization.
Senses: glosses: Treatment with cations (usually in an electrolytic bath)
leguas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legua
cationized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Treated with cations.
Related terms: cationization
collectins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collectin
collectin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collectins
Etymology: Blend of collagen + lectin?
Senses: glosses: A form of lectin derived from collagen.
orogenital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oro- + genital.
Senses: glosses: Involving the mouth and the genitals.
galactosylceramide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galactosylceramides
Etymology: From galactosyl + ceramide.
Senses: glosses: galactocerebroside
Derived terms: lysogalactosylceramide
holotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holotoxins
Etymology: From holo- + toxin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of various protein toxins having a structure assembled from several subunits
holotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holotoxin
hyperresponsive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + responsive.
Senses: glosses: Involving an abnormally high degree of responsiveness.
Derived terms: hyperresponsiveness
hyperresponsivity
hyporesponsiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hypo- + responsiveness.
Senses: glosses: An abnormally low degree of responsiveness
immunomodulating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + modulating.
Senses: glosses: That leads to immunomodulation
immunomodulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From immuno- + modulating.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of immunomodulate
immunoregulating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + regulating.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: That is involved in immunoregulation
intragastrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intragastric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an intragastric manner
luminally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From luminal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With regard to the lumen
Derived terms: adluminally
endoluminally
Related terms: luminal
metallocentre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metallocentres
Etymology: From metallo- + centre.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The region of a metalloprotein enclosing the metal atom.
monosensitized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + sensitized.
Senses: glosses: sensitized to a single agent
nanoconstruct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoconstructs
Etymology: From nano- + construct.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale construct
nanoconstructs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoconstruct
occludins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of occludin
proallergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proallergic
form: most proallergic
Etymology: From pro- + allergic.
Senses: glosses: That generates an allergic response
protolerogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more protolerogenic
form: most protolerogenic
Etymology: From pro- + tolerogenic.
Senses: glosses: That leads to tolerogenic activity
pseudohyphae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudohypha
pseudohypha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudohyphae
Etymology: From pseudo- + hypha.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A chain of blastoconidia
blastoconidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blastoconidia
Etymology: From blasto- + conidium.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A holoblastic conidium that is produced singly or in chains, and detached at maturity leaving a bud scar
Derived terms: blastoconidial
ribosylates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ribosylate
ribosylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ribosylates
form: ribosylating
form: ribosylated
form: ribosylated
Etymology: From ribosyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To modify by means of ribosylation.
ribosylating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ribosylate
ribosyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribosyltransferases
Etymology: From ribosyl + transferase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any transferase that transfers ribosyl groups
sublingually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sublingual + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The medicine was administered sublingually.
glosses: Under the tongue.
tolerogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The generation of immunotolerance
Related terms: tolerogenic
Spitzer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Spitzers
Senses: glosses: A surname.
indifference curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indifference curves
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: a graph showing different bundles of goods, each measured as to quantity, between which a consumer is indifferent.
indifference curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indifference curve
tractation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin tractatio.
Senses: examples: text: a full tractation of the points controverted
ref: 1619, Joseph Hall, Via media, The Way of Peace:
text: In the tractation of all which things our chief purpose and endeavour shall be (so near as the Lord will give us grace), not so much to intermeddle with outward affairs of princes[…]
ref: 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:
glosses: treatment or handling of a subject; discussion
configuration section
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: configuration sections
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The part of the environment division of a COBOL program that specifies the computer that the compiled code is to run on, and hence the instruction set that the compiler should use.
input-output section
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: input-output sections
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The part of the environment division of a COBOL program that specifies the symbolic names of external files accessed by the program
file section
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: file sections
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The part of the data division of a COBOL program that describes the format of the logical records associated with external files to be accessed by the progrem
working-storage section
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: working-storage sections
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The part of the data division of a COBOL program that describes the format of local variables and constants to be used by the program
linkage section
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linkage sections
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The part of the data division of a COBOL program that describes the format of variables and constants passed to the program as parameters, either from JCL or from a calling program
JCL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Junior Classical League.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Job Control Language.
abbacination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of abacination.
BACS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bæks/
rhymes: -æks
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Bankers' Automated Clearing Services.
denial of pregnancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychology
sciences
glosses: A condition whereby a pregnant woman refuses to accept or recognise her pregnancy.
tell it like it is
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tells it like it is
form: telling it like it is
form: told it like it is
form: told it like it is
Senses: glosses: To speak frankly, to convey all and only the truth of a situation.
pull punches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pulls punches
form: pulling punches
form: pulled punches
form: pulled punches
form: pull one's punches
Etymology: Originally from boxing. First use appears c. the 1920s.
Senses: examples: text: Traditionally on Okinawa (if 'traditionally' is the right word to use), protectors had been worn during sparring practise because the trainees believed that, to be effective, one should not train to pull punches.
ref: 2017, Mark D Bishop, Zen Odyssey, An Okinawan Karate & Martial Arts Journey, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 228:
glosses: To avoid using a high level of force when punching.
examples: text: Near-synonym: mince words
text: I did not pull any punches when I told them my thoughts.
text: The key here is not to pull punches. Tell it to 'em straight. Don't point fingers. But don't avoid painful truths.
ref: 2005, Nick Morgan, Give Your Speech, Change the World: How To Move Your Audience to Action, Harvard Business Review Press, →ISBN, page 78:
text: Father Charles Owen Rice was not one to pull punches, particularly when it came to confronting what he viewed as hypocritical behavior among Catholics.
ref: 2010, Kenneth J. Heineman, Catholic New Deal: Religion and Reform in Depression Pittsburgh, Penn State Press, →ISBN, page 75:
text: This arresting autobiographical novel pulls no punches; rather, it lands them on the reader as frequently as fists descend on its subject.
ref: 2017 February 1, Neil Bartlett, “The End of Eddy by Édouard Louis review – a childhood in hell”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: A few weeks ago, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, released an open letter that pulled no punches.
ref: 2021 February 10, Thomas L. Friedman, “Cyberspace Plus Trump Almost Killed Our Democracy. Can Europe Save Us?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham pulled no punches in March 20's Transport for the North board meeting in Leeds. He wants rid of Avanti West Coast. And he may yet get his way, although ministers in London are holding the line at the moment.
ref: 2024 April 3, Philip Haigh, “Discord over Avanti West Coast is part of a wider problem”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 52:
synonyms: hold back
glosses: To act with reserve; especially, to word something delicately to avoid giving offense or inciting anger.
raw_tags: in the negative
Related terms: go easy
go easy on
kid glove
no holds barred
pull one's punches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pulls one's punches
form: pulling one's punches
form: pulled one's punches
form: pulled one's punches
Senses: examples: text: Eleanor and I tolerated each other most of the time, but she never pulled her punches
ref: 2016, Liz Nugent, Lying In Wait, →ISBN, page 84:
glosses: Alternative form of pull punches.
apogée
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apogées
Senses: examples: text: The diſtance of the Moon from her Apogée.
ref: 1781 August [1780 May 17], [Jean Henri] Van Swinden, “Art[icle] III. Extract of a Letter to Father Cotte, Priest of the Oratory, Curate of Montmorenci, and Correspondent Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, concerning a curious Astronomical Machine, &c. &.c”, in The Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal: […], volume LXV, London: […] R[alph] Griffiths: And Sold by T[homas] Becket, […], page 152:
text: The apogée of economic liberalism, 1870–1914
ref: 1989, Peter Mathias, Sidney Pollard, editors, The Cambridge Economic History of Europe, volume VIII (The Industrial Economies: The Development of Economic and Social Policies), Cambridge, Cambs.: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page viii:
text: The arch was erected under Septimius Severus (r 193–211), more or less the apogée of Palmyra’s prosperity when extensive civic improvements were undertaken in the city.
ref: 1992, Ross Burns, Monuments of Syria: An Historical Guide, London: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, →ISBN, page 164, column 2:
text: Built to function as a light, a chapel and a royal residence, the tower stood for many years as the apogée of lighthouse development.
ref: 2001, Samuel Willard Crompton, Michael J. Rhein, The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses: History, Legend, Lore, Design, Technology, Romance, San Diego, Calif.: Thunder Bay Press, →ISBN, page 12, column 1:
text: It seems appropriate to refer to the work of Ptolemy in astronomy (his period of most intense work in Alexandria took place between a.d. 127 and 141) as marking the apogée of the science.
ref: 2002, Charles Freeman, The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, published 2003, →ISBN, page 66:
text: The monumental structures rebuilt in Indian cities by Mughal rulers became the most important examples of the synthesis between Turkish, Mongol, and Iranian legacies on the lands of Indian civilization under the umbrella of Islamic civilization. The apogée of this great synthesis is the Taj Mahal, its unique genius contained within its own esthetic structure, constructed in Agra during the reign of Shah Jahan.
ref: 2022, Ahmet Davutoğlu, translated by Andrew Boord, “Pivot cities founded by a civilization: The rise of cities as political centers after the formation of a civilizational paradigm”, in Pivot Cities in the Rise and Fall of Civilizations (Innovations in International Affairs), Abingdon, Oxon; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, part II (The role of pivot cities in the history of civilizations):
glosses: Alternative spelling of apogee.
small wonder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little wonder
form: no wonder
form: tiny wonder
Senses: examples: text: Small wonder if he had loved her for herself, she was so beautiful.
ref: 1891, F. Marion Crawford, chapter 24, in The Witch of Prague:
text: Small wonder that I am restless. I think, and think, and I cannot cease from thinking.
ref: 1908 February 19, Jack London, chapter 1, in The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:
text: Small wonder that you can't believe my words—you who think yourself sage enough to reject the opinions of your parents and superiors.
ref: 1910, Rabindranath Tagore, The King of the Dark Chamber, Scene 1:
text: That she was beautiful and intelligent could not be denied, and so it was small wonder that she might appeal strongly to any man.
ref: 1929, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 2, in Monster Men:
text: Small wonder the average cost of new pools has leaped past $30,000.
ref: 2004 August 16, Jeremy Caplan, “What's Cool In the Pool”, in Time:
text: In retrospect, it was small wonder that Railtrack found its finances under pressure, as with ever increasing demand there was an inevitable effect on infrastructure renewals. Matters came to a head with the Hatfield accident on October 17 2000, when there was a high-speed derailment as a result of deferred track maintenance.
ref: 2024 January 10, 'Industry Insider', “Success built on liberalisation and market freedom”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 69:
glosses: An event or fact whose cause or rationale is not difficult to discern; an unsurprising occurrence.
small wonder
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: little wonder
form: no wonder
form: tiny wonder
Senses: glosses: No surprise; unsurprising that.
busticate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌstɪˌkeɪt/
Forms: form: busticates
form: busticating
form: busticated
form: busticated
Etymology: From bust.
Senses: examples: text: That's Mr. Cordwainer and he'll busticate us for a lark, sir.
ref: 2012, Daniel H. Wilson, Amped:
glosses: To break into pieces.
little wonder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of small wonder.
busticates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of busticate
busticating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of busticate
Lemma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
busticated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of busticate
there is safety in numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: synonyms: word: safety in numbers
glosses: There is a purported decrease in the likelihood of being the victim of an attack, accident, or other unfortunate event, as a result of being in a team or group.
adjudgment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adjudgments
Senses: examples: text: The life record of every man, written not with pen and ink on paper, but with the finger of God on the tablet of his memory, will be the basis of his adjudgment to hell or his acquittal to heaven.
ref: 1900, John Kline, Life and Labors of Elder John Kline, the Martyr Missionary:
text: In the compartments of the shield of Achilles Homer describes the adjudgment of a fine for homicide.
ref: 1811, William Marsden, The History of Sumatra:
text: His work included the adjudgment of the arms of Achilles to Odysseus, the madness of Aias, the bringing of Philoctetes from Lemnos and his cure, the coming to the war of Neoptolemus who slays Eurypylus, son of Telephus, the making of the wooden horse, the spying of Odysseus and his theft, along with Diomedes, of the Palladium: the analysis concludes with the admission of the wooden horse into Troy by the Trojans.
ref: 1912, Homer and Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica:
glosses: The action of imposing judgment.
adjudgments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adjudgment
undefine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undefines
form: undefining
form: undefined
form: undefined
Etymology: From un- + define.
Senses: glosses: To make indefinite; to obliterate or confuse the definition or limitations of.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To remove the definition of; to return to an undefined state.
sowbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sowback
jam rag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jam rags
Senses: glosses: A sanitary towel.
jam rags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jam rag
noninformative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + informative.
Senses: glosses: Not informative.
soya beans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soya bean
unwished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unwish
unwished
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: unwished-for
unwished-for
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unwished-for
form: most unwished-for
Senses: glosses: unwelcome, unwanted
bucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: buckers
Etymology: From buck + -er.
Senses: glosses: A horse or other animal that bucks.
topics: business
mining
glosses: One who bucks ore.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.
choregus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈɹiːɡəs/
Forms: form: choregi
form: choragus
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χορηγός (khorēgós).
Senses: glosses: The leader of a chorus in Ancient Greece
glosses: The leader of a group (especially of performers)
Derived terms: choregic
gendarmery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gendarmerie.
workwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: workwomen
Etymology: From work + -woman.
Senses: glosses: A woman who performs manual labour.
Related terms: worker
workman
working girl
sweet peas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sweet pea
descrambler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æmblə(ɹ)
Forms: form: descramblers
Etymology: From descramble + -er.
Senses: glosses: Something that descrambles; a device for decoding a scrambled signal.
Derived terms: helium descrambler
helium speech descrambler
Related terms: unscrambler
set top box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: set top boxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of set-top box.
demast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demasts
form: demasting
form: demasted
form: demasted
Etymology: From de- + mast.
Senses: glosses: To remove the mast from (a sailing ship) for storage.
examples: text: The powerful storm demasted the ship.
glosses: To break the mast of (a sailing ship) in an accident.
Amur leopard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Amur leopards
Senses: glosses: a wild feline predator, of species Panthera pardus orientalis, native to the mountainous areas of the taiga as well as other temperate forests in Korea, Northeast China and the Russian Far East.
Synonyms: Manchurian leopard
Solo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Solos
form: Soloes
Senses: glosses: A surname
wikipedia: + (surname)
Related terms: Solo Man
toilet bowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toilet bowls
Etymology: From toilet + bowl.
Senses: examples: text: These days, toilet bowls are most often of porcelain; however, one can find some of stainless steel, and even of resin or polymers.
glosses: Receptacle designed to receive the dejections of humans.
Related terms: toilet seat
Amherst
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæm.ɝst/
rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)st
Etymology: From either Old English elm or Old Norse almr (“elm”) + Old English hyrst (“wood”). The town in Nova Scotia is named after Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797).
Senses: glosses: An English surname.
glosses: A city in Ohio.
glosses: A city in Texas.
glosses: A town in Maine.
glosses: A town in Massachusetts.
glosses: A town in New Hampshire.
glosses: A town in New York.
glosses: A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A town in Quebec, Canada.
glosses: A town in Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A town, the county seat of Amherst County, Virginia.
glosses: A village in Nebraska.
glosses: A village in Wisconsin.
glosses: A census-designated place in Colorado.
Derived terms: Amherst County
Amherst pheasant
Amherst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæm.ɝst/
rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)st
Forms: form: Amhersts
Etymology: From either Old English elm or Old Norse almr (“elm”) + Old English hyrst (“wood”). The town in Nova Scotia is named after Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797).
Senses: examples: text: It does sound unusual about the Kalij and Amherst compared to their close relatives. […] I've noticed Amhersts tend to be a little more nervous when compared to Goldens. They may stay around, but once they get spooked, they will probably split for good.
ref: 1999 January 28, Dan Cowell, “Re: Free-ranging pheasants”, in sci.agriculture.poultry (Usenet):
glosses: Ellipsis of Lady Amherst's pheasant.
micromagnetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + magnetics.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The study and application of micromagnetism
polytomous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + -tomous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Subdivided into many parts.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of a variable: having more than two categories.
Related terms: polytomy
spatiospectral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spatio- + spectral.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing the measurement and analysis of multiple spectra of spatially distinct objects
variole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: varioles
Etymology: From Middle English varioles pl (“pustules, pocks”), from Latin variola, and partly from French variole. Doublet of variola.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of variola; smallpox
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A spherule of a variolite.
synonyms: foveole
glosses: A shallow pit or pitted marking.
subradiance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sub- + radiance.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The cooperative inhibition of spontaneous emission by a destructive interatomic interference
Related terms: superradiance
viscoresistive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more viscoresistive
form: most viscoresistive
form: visco-resistive
Etymology: From visco- + resistive.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or pertaining to viscous resistance
Related terms: viscoresistance
visco-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: relating to viscosity; viscous
Dench
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛnt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɛntʃ
Etymology: From Middle English Dench, from Densc (“Danish”), from Old English Denisc, from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz. Doublet of Danish.
Senses: glosses: An English surname.
ambisinistrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌæm.bɪ.sɪˈnɪs.tɹəs/
Forms: form: more ambisinistrous
form: most ambisinistrous
Etymology: From ambi- + sinister (“left”) + -ous.
Senses: glosses: clumsy, ambilevous
Synonyms: having two left feet
saros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saroses
form: saroi
form: Saros
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σάρος (sáros), from Akkadian 𒊹 (šar₂ /⁠šār⁠/, “3600, total, many, a great quantity or measure”).
The modern astronomical usage is attributed to Edmond Halley, who based it on the word σάρος, defined in the Suda as "a measure and a number among Chaldeans. For 120 saroi make 2222 years according to the Chaldeans' reckoning, if indeed the saros makes 222 lunar months, which are 18 years and 6 months."
Senses: topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
qualifier: Babylon
glosses: A quantity of 3600, such as a period of 3600 years.
examples: text: Suidas’ system (the lunar system) is as follows: reckoning a round 30 days per lunar month, 1 saros ... = 222 lunar months ... rather than 3600 years, as in the solar system, the neros ... being one sixth of that ... instead of 600 years, as in the solar system, and the sossos ... one tenth of a neros ... instead of 60 years
ref: The Six Days of Creation, Appendix 3: The Sumerian King List — post-diluvian Section (§589)
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A period of 223 synodic months (approximately 18 years 11 days 8 hours), after which the relative positions of the earth, sun and moon recur, used to predict eclipses.
Related terms: saronic
neros (600)
sossos
shampoolike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shampoolike
form: most shampoolike
Etymology: From shampoo + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Others, such as wavy-leaf soap plant (Chlorogalum pomeridianum), were used to stupefy and catch fish in the streams and to make a shampoolike soap.
ref: 1996, Paul Henson, Donald J. Usner, Valerie A. Kells, The Natural History of Big Sur:
text: It foamed up in a very shampoolike way. In the mirror a wild-eyed, peroxided stranger who had clearly gone insane stared back at me.
ref: 2004, Scott Westerfeld, So yesterday:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of shampoo.
Synonyms: shampooey
shampooey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shampooey
form: most shampooey
Etymology: From shampoo + -ey.
Senses: examples: text: James could smell her, faintly sweaty and shampooey. His heart was hammering. Gently, he put his arm around her shoulders.
ref: 1998, Russell Smith, Noise:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of shampoo.
Synonyms: shampoolike
unserrated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + serrated.
Senses: glosses: Not serrated.
animatic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌænɪˈmætɪk/
Forms: form: animatics
Senses: glosses: An animated storyboard used as a rough preview of a film or advertisement.
glosses: An animated storyboard, especially one set to music, intended as a final product, not a work-in-progress.
glosses: An animation set to music.
Derived terms: digimatic
liveamatic
photomatic
ripamatic
Related terms: Leica reel
cardinalship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardinalships
Etymology: From cardinal + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The office (or term of office) of a cardinal
skew whiff
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more skew whiff
form: most skew whiff
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of skew-whiff.
skewiff
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more skewiff
form: most skewiff
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of skew-whiff.
squewiff
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more squewiff
form: most squewiff
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of skew-whiff.
compounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəmˈpaʊndə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: compounders
Etymology: From compound + -er.
Senses: examples: a compounder of medicines
glosses: A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result)
examples: text: Compounders in politics.
ref: 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:
glosses: One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.
examples: text: Religious houses made compounders / For the horrid actions of their founders.
ref: 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:
glosses: One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
examples: 1691–92, Anthony Wood (antiquary), Athenæ Oxonienses
The first of these two was a compounder, the other who was an accumulator, was lately made provost of Trin. coll. near Dublin, and on the 31st of March 1692 was nominated bish. of Kilmore.
glosses: One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.
glosses: A Jacobite who favoured the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
Derived terms: noncompounder
daytimer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daytimers
Etymology: From daytime + -er.
Senses: examples: text: And, as you know, most of the black broadcasters and Mexican-American broadcasters and minority broadcasters in the United States have wound up with the dog stations in various markets, mainly daytimers. Very few of us are in the large markets […]
ref: 1979, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications, The Communications Act of 1979: Hearings, page 339:
topics: broadcasting
media
radio
glosses: An AM radio station that is only allowed to broadcast during the daytime.
diam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diams
Etymology: From diameter.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of diameter.
Related terms: diam.
diam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diams
Etymology: From diamond.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of diamond.
diam
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdi.am/
note: some speakers
ipa: [tjɑm˦˨]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Malay diam. For some Chinese speakers, this word is reanalysed as a loan from Hokkien 恬 (tiām, “silent”) or Teochew 恬 (diam⁷, “silent”).
Senses: examples: text: Diam lah, you have no gal let alone have a son or daughter.
ref: 2021 April 8, intruder, “God so loved the world”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
text: If the answer is affirmative, then he is qualified to talk to us. Otherwise, diam lah.
ref: 2023 December 9, “Najib wants more time for another run.”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
text: So diam lah, baruah bangsat!
ref: 2013 June 7, <par@tmnet.net.my>, “Mooted online media control 'not politically motivated'”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
glosses: Be quiet.