cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
rescue circle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rescue circles
Senses: examples: text: "Wickland has finally made out his case, but I do say that our experiences at rescue circles bear out the general idea, and that he has admittedly cured many cases which others have found intractable."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
topics: parapsychology
pseudoscience
glosses: A group of spiritualists that hold sittings in order to help confused spirits of the dead to accept the fact that they are dead.
rescue circles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rescue circle
sociodynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From socio- + dynamic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to sociodynamics
socioendocrinological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From socio- + endocrinological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to socioendocrinology
subbacterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + bacterial.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: subacute and bacterial
foreign devil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foreign devils
Etymology: Calque of Cantonese 番鬼 (faan1 gwai2, literally “foreign devil”)
Senses: examples: text: "Alas! I called him 'foreign devil' then. Chang, too, had much to learn." "He is speaking of Lord Macartney."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
text: Some liberals interested in reforming the law put out a questionnaire to poll public opinion on homosexuality. They got about two thousand people to answer the questionnaire but there were in the end only about five hundred responses. As usual most of these respondants were English, Europeans or Americans which gave a very skewed idea to the Chinese community who again viewed that only the "foreign devils" were interested in homosexuality and law reform.
ref: 1982 December 18, Siong-huat Chua, Sam Sasha, Philip Fung, “Hong Kong And The Emergence Of An Asian Gay Consciousness”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 22, page 8:
glosses: A foreigner.
foreign devils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foreign devil
visomotoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of visuomotor.
by crumbs
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: by crums
form: by Crums
Senses: examples: text: He scratched his head. "Well, damn me," said he. "I never thought I would take orders from a Chink, but he says 'hist!' and by crums you've got to hist and no back talk either."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “De Profundis”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
text: By Crums, they might get the salts and oxalic acid mixed up if they came to treat me, for there’s no love lost between us.
ref: 1895, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, The Stark Munro Letters: […], London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
glosses: Used as an intensifier; by God.
unvenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unvenal
form: most unvenal
Etymology: From un- + venal.
Senses: examples: text: Modest little unvenal man, where will he stand when we all find our real places in the order of creation upon the further side?
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: Not venal.
ddC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DDC
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of dideoxycytidine.
magic truffle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magic truffles
Senses: glosses: The psychedelic sclerotia of magic mushrooms.
Related terms: magic mushroom
night shelter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: night shelters
Senses: hypernyms: homeless shelter
glosses: Shelter designed to accommodate homeless people at night.
Manthorpe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Toft with (or cum) Lound and Manthorpe parish, near Bourne, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0716).
glosses: A suburban village in Belton and Manthorpe parish, near Grantham, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK9237).
neuroarthritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "He is now in his forty-seventh year, a man of normal health, of a neuro-arthritic disposition."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, arising from, or suffering from neuroarthritis.
Burslem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English Burgweard (“a personal name”) + -s- + Proto-Celtic *limos (“elm”).
Senses: glosses: A town within the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8749).
Port Sunlight
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The name comes from Sunlight soap, coloured yellow, which was manufactured here.
Senses: glosses: A suburb and model village by the Mersey in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3483).
wikipedia: Sunlight soap
Nordahl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nordahls
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian or Swedish Nordahl.
Senses: glosses: A surname of Nordic origin.
Norkus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Norkuses
Etymology: Borrowed from Lithuanian Norkus.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Lithuanian.
Nordahls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nordahl
Norkuses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Norkus
oosorption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oosorptions
Etymology: From oo- + sorption.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The resorption of a developing egg typically as a response to a parasite
Radilla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Radillas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Radilla.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Rabold
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rabolds
Etymology: Borrowed from German Rabold.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Rabolds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rabold
Radillas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Radilla
Ques
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Que
Piechockis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Piechocki
Osmanovic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Osmanovics
Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Osmanović.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
Salzmann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Salzmanns
Etymology: German and Jewish surname, from Salz (“salt”) + Mann (“man”).
Compare Salzman, Salsman, Saltman, Saltsman, Saltzman.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Salzmanns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Salzmann
Osmanovics
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Osmanovic
Salido
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Salidos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Salido.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Seyfert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Seyferts
Etymology: Variant of Seifert.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Seyfert galaxy
Seyferts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Seyfert
Salidos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Salido
-ribine
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /ɹɪ.biːn/
Etymology: From rib(osyl) + -ine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of ribofuranosyl derivatives of the pirazofurin type.
Sigg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Siggs
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Valvano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Valvanos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Valvano.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Valvanos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Valvano
Siggs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sigg
Okuns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Okun
dihydroergolines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dihydroergoline
metastage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metastages
Etymology: From meta- + stage.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of equivalent developmental stages in unrelated organisms
metastages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metastage
postdeirid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: posterior to a deirid
deirids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deirid
retrohome
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retrohomes
form: retrohoming
form: retrohomed
form: retrohomed
Etymology: From retro- + home.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: To cause or to undergo retrohoming
strippase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strippases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that, along with helicase, is involved in DNA unwinding.
Belshaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in West Creek Township, Lake County, Indiana, United States.
-racil
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /ɹə.sɪl/
Etymology: From uracil.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of uracil type antineoplastics.
Roulston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
rubidomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹu.bɪd.oʊˈmaɪ.sn̩/
Forms: form: rubidomycins
Etymology: From Latin rubidus (“red, reddish”) + -o- + -mycin (“antibiotic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of daunorubicin.
Derived terms: daunorubicin
Gildersome
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2429).
lose the thread
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: loses the thread
form: losing the thread
form: lost the thread
form: lost the thread
Senses: glosses: To get distracted and lose track of something (one's train of thought, a conversation).
Related terms: lose one's thread
pick up the threads
lose the plot
Hurren
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhʌɹən/
Etymology: English surname of Old French origin, from a nickname for someone with shaggy or unkempt hair, from Old French hurand, from hure (“hair”) + -ant (compare modern hure (“(head of a) shaggy boar”)).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
vin-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: /vɪn/
Etymology: From vinca.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of vinca alkaloids.
-taxel
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtak.sɛl/
ipa: /ˈtæk.sl̩/
Etymology: From paclitaxel.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of taxane derivatives used as antineoplastics.
Ankerson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Possibly anglicised from Ankersen.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
diresidue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diresidues
Etymology: From di- + residue.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A pair of amino acids that repeat in a particular protein
Dartnell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
guanophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guanophores
Senses: glosses: A type of chromatophore, in the skin of some fish and reptiles, that contains granules of guanine
guanophores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guanophore
McLaughlan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /məˈklɒxlən/
Forms: form: Mc Laughlan
form: Mclaughlan
form: MacLaughlan
form: Mac Laughlan
form: Maclaughlan
form: M'Laughlan
form: M'laughlan
form: MLaughlan
form: Mlaughlan
form: Laughlan
Etymology: A variant of McLaughlin
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
-platin
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /ˈplæt.ɪn/
Etymology: From platinum.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of platinum derivatives used as antineoplastic agents.
Futuro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Futuros
Senses: examples: text: The film raised many questions about the utopian future that was promised at the height of the space age and how quickly such promises were forgotten. The documentary closes on the poignant image of one of the few remaining Futuro [structures].
ref: 2003, Sean Topham, Where's My Space Age?: The Rise and Fall of Futuristic Design, Prestel Pub
text: All in all, 20 Futuros were produced in Finland between 1968 and 1978 and at least 25 countries were sold a production license. Marko Horne and Mika Taanila, who have made a film and a book about the Futuro, have managed to track ...
ref: 2003, Liesbeth Melis, Parasite Paradise: A Manifesto for Temporary Architecture and Flexible Urbanism, Nai Uitgevers Pub
text: Some one hundred Futuros were manufactured between 1968 and 1978, and while the house has come to typify a short-lived architectural movement linked largely with the aesthetics of science fiction, its form belies its significance as an ...
ref: 2008, Barry Bergdoll, Peter Christensen, Friedrich Von Borries, Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling, The Museum of Modern Art, →ISBN, page 140:
text: If you find a Futuro House, you've found a rare treasure!
ref: 2015, Moira Butterfield, Homes Around the World, Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC, →ISBN, page 28:
text: ... a hatch-like entry and drop-down staircase – but it's actually one of the world's only remaining examples of a Futuro House, designed by visionary Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in 1968. Originally intended as ski chalets or holiday houses, ...
ref: 2017, Lonely Planet, Secret Marvels of the World: 360 extraordinary places you never knew existed and where to find them, Lonely Planet, →ISBN:
glosses: A prefabricated house shaped like a flying saucer, made of plastics and polymers, designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen and produced from 1968 to the 1980s.
Futuros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Futuro
the shirt off one's back
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "I don't plan on selling my Nuclear shares," replied Lillis. "But I've been on Wall Street for fifty years, and if there's one thing I learned, it's that at the right price I'd sell the shirt off my back."
ref: 1991, Richard Preston, American Steel: Hot Metal Men and the Resurrection of the Rust Belt, New York: Prentice Hall Press, →ISBN, page 89:
text: Please, gentlemen. The men in there just took my money. I can't get robbed twice in one day! What do you want, the shirt off my back? Come on.
ref: 2009, Dan Houser, Rupert Humphries, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, Rockstar Games, Xbox 360, level/area: Roman's Holiday:
text: Though a good guy who'd give the shirt off his back to a friend, Brady Buchanon was a formidable enemy. They all were. Buchanons protected their own.
ref: 2014, Linda Goodnight, Cowboy Under the Mistletoe, New York: Harlequin, →ISBN, page 78:
glosses: Everything currently in the possession of a person.
Bullivant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
threadlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thread-lock
form: thread lock
Etymology: From thread + lock.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of thread-locking fluid.
synonyms: word: thread-locking fluid
threadlocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: threadlockers
form: thread-locker
form: thread locker
Etymology: From thread + locker.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of thread-locking fluid.
synonyms: word: thread-locking fluid
thread-locking fluid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thread-locking fluids
Senses: glosses: A thixotropic liquid applied to screw threads that keeps them from loosening.
Broadheath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Altrincham, Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7689).
Related terms: Lower Broadheath
Upper Broadheath
Dunham Massey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7388).
bandarillo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandarillos
Etymology: From Spanish.
Senses: examples: text: Each successive incisive sentence of his opponent had been like a barbed bandarillo in the flanks of a foaming bull.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: Alternative spelling of banderilla.
bandarillos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandarillo
kennelful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kennelfuls
form: kennelsful
Etymology: From kennel + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: "They all yelped, I remember, like a kennelful of puppies. It was their preposterous claim that I should read their hare-brained literature which caused me to display some little heat."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: As much as a kennel will hold.
kennelfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kennelful
kennelsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kennelful
spirit doctor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spirit doctors
Senses: glosses: A spiritualist or medium.
examples: text: "What is it? Cut it as short as you can." "It's a spirit doctor," said the lady.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: A deceased doctor who continues healing practices from beyond the grave.
spirit doctors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spirit doctor
marriage ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marriage rings
Senses: examples: text: "But we want to cut out the frills and superfluities. Where did they all come from? They were compromises with many religions, so that our friend C. could get uniformity in his world-wide Empire. He made a patchwork quilt of it. He took an Egyptian ritual - vestments, mitre, crozier, tonsure, marriage ring - all Egyptian."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: A wedding ring.
marriage rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marriage ring
draw through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: draws through
form: drawing through
form: drew through
form: drawn through
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: To keep in mind the entire shape of an object as it is rendered artistically (including the parts of the object that will be covered in the final piece)
cyproterone acetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪˌpɹoʊ.təˌɹoʊn ˈæs.əˌteɪt/
Forms: form: CPA
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The cyproterone ester of acetic acid that is an antiandrogen and progestin medication - C₂₄H₂₉ClO₄.
integrated pest management
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The practice of utilizing a broad range of pest-control techniques within an institution (as opposed to hiring out for pest-control services).
Synonyms: IPM
integrated pest control
Czechize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Czechizes
form: Czechizing
form: Czechized
form: Czechized
Etymology: From Czech + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To render Czech, to assimilate into Czech language or culture.
Derived terms: Czechization
Czechization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Czech + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of Czechizing, that is assimilating into Czech language or culture.
Czechizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Czechize
Czechizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Czechize
Czechized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Czechize
Slovakize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Slovakizes
form: Slovakizing
form: Slovakized
form: Slovakized
Etymology: From Slovak + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To render Slovak, to assimilate into Slovak language or culture.
Derived terms: Slovakization
Slovakization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Slovak + -ization, or Slovakize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The process of Slovakizing, that is assimilating into Slovak language or culture.
Czechoslovakize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Czechoslovakizes
form: Czechoslovakizing
form: Czechoslovakized
form: Czechoslovakized
Etymology: From Czechoslovak + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To assimilate into the Czechoslovak system or make adhere to the Czech or Slovak norm.
Derived terms: Czechoslovakization
Czechoslovakization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Czechoslovak + -ization, or Czechoslovakize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The process of Czechoslovakizing.
Czechoslovakizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Czechoslovakize
Czechoslovakizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Czechoslovakize
Czechoslovakized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Czechoslovakize
etynodiol diacetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛt.ɪn.oʊˌdaɪˌɔl daɪˈæs.əˌteɪt/
Forms: form: ethynodiol diacetate
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of etynodiol.
synonyms: word: etynodiol
medroxyprogesterone acetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛˌdɹɒk.sɪ.pɹəˌd͡ʒɛ.stə.ɹəʊn ˈas.ɪ.teɪt/
ipa: /məˌdɹɑk.sɪ.pɹoʊˌd͡ʒɛ.stəˌɹoʊn ˈæs.əˌteɪt/
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of medroxyprogesterone, trademark Depo-Provera.
synonyms: word: medroxyprogesterone
word: trademark Depo-Provera
ducunu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ducunus
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of duckanoo.
duckanoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duckanoo
ducunus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ducunu
duckunoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duckunoo
duckanos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duckano
chimole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Caribbean soup made of chicken, vegetables, and spices.
thrussy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɹʊsi/
rhymes: -ʊsi
Forms: form: thrussies
Etymology: Blend of throat + pussy.
Senses: glosses: A person's throat, in the context of irrumation.
thrussies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thrussy
co-prime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: co-primes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of coprime.
gerospan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gerospans
Etymology: From gero- + span, modelled after lifespan.
Senses: coordinate_terms: healthspan
lifespan
glosses: The length of time in one's life where one is geriatric.
klinokinetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a klinokinetic manner
klinotactically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a klinotactic manner
midproject
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midprojects
Etymology: From mid- + project.
Senses: glosses: The middle of a project
radius of gyration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radii of gyration
Senses: examples: text: Since the radius of gyration depends on the manner in which the mass is arranged round the axis, it follows that for different axes in the same body there will be different radii of gyration.
ref: 1852, [1831], Henry Kater, Dionysius Lardner, A Treatise on Mechanics, page 137:
text: The radii of gyration parallel and perpendicular to the director are obtained from macroscopically aligned samples by using a two-dimensional detection method.
ref: 1989, Christine Boeffel, Hans Wolfgang Spiess, “8: NMR methods for studying molecular order and motion in liquid crystalline side group polymers”, in C. B. McArdle, editor, Side Chain Liquid Crystal Polymers, Blackie and Son, page 251:
text: As it^([sic]) was already mentioned earlier, the radius of gyration represents the size of a scattering object. The average radius of gyration involves the ratio of the eighth power of the radius of gyration of the individual particles R#95;i, to the sixth power of R#95;i; this means that with the broad pore size distribution of the cement paste, the average is dominated by the large pores and the small pores have virtually no impact upon the radius of gyration.
ref: 2006, Kalliopi K. Aligizaki, Pore Structure of Cement-Based Materials, Taylor & Francis, page 270:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Given a body B, the distance from a given axis of rotation at which a point mass of the same mass as B would have the same moment of inertia about said axis.
Synonyms: sense: distance from a given axis at which a point mass of the same mass as a given body would have the same moment of inertia
word: gyradius
radii of gyration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radius of gyration
data dredging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Synonym of p-hacking.
synonyms: word: p-hacking
lyingest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ.ɪst/
Senses: glosses: superlative form of lying: most lying
honi soit qui mal y pense
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒni ˌswɑː kiː ˌmal iː ˈpɒ̃s/
ipa: /ˌɔni ˌswɑ ki ˌmɑl i ˈpɑ̃s/
ipa: /ˌoʊni -/
rhymes: -ɒns
Forms: form: honni soit qui mal y pense
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French honi soit qui mal y pense (literally “shamed be whoever thinks bad of it” or “shame be to him who thinks evil of it”).
Senses: examples: text: I am at this period, viz. in 1812, living in a cottage; and with a single female servant (honi soit qui mal y pense), who, amongst my neighbours, passes by the name of my "housekeeper."
ref: 1821 September–October, [Thomas De Quincey], “[Part II.] Introduction to the Pains of Opium.”, in Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, 2nd edition, London: […] [J. Moyes] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1823, →OCLC, page 119:
synonyms: evil be to him who evil thinks
evil to him that evil thinks
shame be to him who thinks evil of it
shame to him who thinks ill of it
glosses: The motto of the British chivalric Order of the Garter, still used in the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom.
Abbots Bromley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0824).
take someone's name in vain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes someone's name in vain
form: taking someone's name in vain
form: took someone's name in vain
form: taken someone's name in vain
Etymology: By extension from the widely known religious proscription against taking the Lord's name in vain, that is, uttering it in ways that are gratuitous and irreverent, such as swearing oaths casually.
Senses: examples: text: He never once took her name in vain among the fellows: and she had not been a very good girl, either.
ref: 1887, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Jack the Fisherman, page 17:
text: Hollywood honchos courted her, flattered her, showered her with gifts—and took her name in vain behind her back.
ref: 2010, William J. Mann, How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood 1941-1981, Faber & Faber, →ISBN, page 55:
text: I took your name in vain, Mr. Mathias , in suggesting that we would have another good ally on the Appropriations Committee to get money for additional assistance down there.
ref: 1977, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly, Oversight of Antitrust Enforcement: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session ..., page 484:
text: I'm afeard I took your name in vain, awhile ago , young gentleman; but how could I tell you were hearkening to me ?”
ref: 1851, William J. O'Neill Daunt, The Gentleman in Debt: A Novel, page 75:
text: All this bother is due to my interfering in matters which do not concern me but concern your W.D. Mrs. F. will make F. squint , I expect! I took your name in vain.
ref: 1936, The National Review:
glosses: To speak insultingly about someone, especially behind their back.
Moria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Greek Μόριας (Mórias, “Mória”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Mytilene, Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece in the Aegean, Mediterranean, off the coast of Anatolia.
glosses: A former settlement in Moria, Mytilene, Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece, an early 21st-century refugee camp that was set ablaze.
Moria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Maori Mōria.
Senses: glosses: A marae in Whirinaki in the geographic area of Hokianga, Northland, North Island, New Zealand.
Moria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Capricorn district municipality, Limpopo, South Africa.
Related terms: Morea
Hsin-chu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: shĭnʹjo͞oʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 新竹 (Xīnzhú) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsin¹-chu².
Senses: examples: text: The railway has been extended south, nearly to Hsin-chu (Teckcham on the maps), and trains now run from Taipei to Kelung—20 miles, and about 35 miles to the south-west.
ref: 1893 August, Report for the Year 1892 on the Foreign Trade of China (Diplomatic and Consular Reports on Trade and Finance), London: Harrison and Sons, pages 23–24:
text: During the eighteenth century Chinese immigrants continued to pour into the country, and soon Hakka and Fo-kienese villages sprang up all along the coast. On their arrival they were sent inland by the local authorities in search of suitable localities outside the territory already cleared by other pioneers. Large towns sprang up in course of time, like Tai-wan-fu with its 200,000 inhabitants, Ka-gi or Ka-i to the west of Mount Morrison, and Chang-hua a little north of lat. 24″, and, in the north, Teckcham, the local name for Hsin-chu, the populous town of Banka with 40,000 inhabitants, and Twa-tu-tia with 20,000 to 30,000.
ref: 1895, John Dodd, “Formosa”, in Scottish Geographical Magazine, volume XI, number XI, Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, page 567:
text: Our best guess is that Beijing, which as you can see is well informed about affairs on Taiwan, has acted on the belief that General Yen was an ally and that the Taiwanese military is deeply divided. We further believe that the troops landed at Hsin-chu are no more than a token, symbolic force and are not intended to spearhead a major invasion.
ref: 1999, Humphrey Hawksley, Simon Holberton, Dragon Strike, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 370:
text: The Taiwanese city of Hsin-chu is famous for its dried-persimmon cake, and this recipe takes that cake as its inspiration.
ref: 2010, Krystina Castella, “Persimmon Festival Cakes”, in A World of Cake, Storey Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 265:
text: In Hsin-chu in the northwest, crowds set fire to the city hall, the Monopoly Bureau branch office, the courthouse, information office, and mainlanders' dormitories.
ref: 2013, George Katsiaficas, Asia's Unknown Uprisings, volume 2, PM Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page https://archive.org/details/Asias_unknown_uprisings_V2_9781604868562/page/n257/:
glosses: Alternative form of Hsinchu.
Coverack
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒvəɹək/
Senses: glosses: A fishing village in St Keverne parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7818).
Wertheim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wertheims
Etymology: Borrowed from German Wertheim.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Wertheims
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wertheim
Maldonados
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Maldonado
Votta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vottas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Votta.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Zars
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Zar
Vottas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Votta
Zelada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zeladas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Zelada.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Achord
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Achords
Etymology: Variant of the French surname Acord.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Achords
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Achord
Zeladas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Zelada
Avdic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Avdics
Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Avdić.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
Boeve
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boeves
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Boeve.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Boeves
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Boeve
St Keverne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The parish church is dedicated to St Akeveranus (or Aghevran).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7921).
Avdics
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Avdic
Bort
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Borts
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish באָרד (bord, “beard”), nickname of a man with a remarkable beard.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Yiddish.
Brabos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Brabo
Borts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bort
Bouza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bouzas
Etymology: Toponymic surname borrowed from Galician Bouza, from bouza (“thicket, bush”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Galician.
Smet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Smets
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Smet, variant of Smid, typically found in East Flanders.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
wikipedia: East Flanders
Bouzas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bouza
Cely
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune of Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France.
glosses: A surname.
rightoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rightoids
Etymology: From right + -oid.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Rightist, right-winger
rightoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rightoid
retro-noir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retro-noirs
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
hypernyms: neo-noir
glosses: A subgenre that closely imitates or recreates the aesthetics and tropes of the classical noirs.
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
hypernyms: neo-noir
glosses: A work that closely imitates the classical noirs.
Jubb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌb/
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Chahar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: chäʹhärʹ
Etymology: Borrowed from Manchu ᠴᠠᡥᠠᡵ (cahar), from Classical Mongolian ᠴᠠᠬᠠᠷ (čaqar).
Senses: examples: text: Chiang’s foreign office in Nanking denied that there were any provincial troops in the disputed area; there were only a few militia. At any rate, Nanking replied, the territory in question was part of the Kuyuan district, and Kuyuan was in Chahar, and Chahar was Chinese territory, so what were the Japanese complaining about?
ref: 1938, Robert Berkov, Strong Man of China: The Story of Chiang Kai-shek, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, page 198:
text: The border-area government resembled a provincial administration. It was headed by a six-man Border Region Administrative Committee with Sung Shao-wen as Chairman and Hu Jen-k'uei as Vice-Chairman. The other four committeemen were Nieh Jung-chen, Communist Party representative and local military commander; Liu Tien-chi, representative of the Kuomintang; Chang Su, regional representative for Chahar; and Sun Chih-yuan, regional representative for Hopei.
ref: 1962, Chalmers A. Johnson, Peasant Nationalism and Communist Power: The Emergence of Revolutionary China 1937-1945, Stanford University Press, page 101:
text: The critical state of military affairs has increased the importance of Peiping as the government’s headquarters in north China. Not long ago, General Fu Tso-yi was appointed Commander of a new North China Communist Suppression Headquarters, with its center here, to direct and control all military operations in the provinces of Jehol, Chahar, Suiyuan, Hopeh, and part of Shansi.
ref: 1963, A. Doak Barnett, China on the Eve of Communist Takeover, Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 28:
text: In the summer of 1935 came another humiliation. The Ho-Umetsu “agreement” was stuffed down the throat of supine China. By its terms, Central Government troops were expelled from the provinces of Hebei and Chahar. No units of China’s ruling party, the Guomindang, could function in these provinces—not even in the great cities of Beiping and Tianjin.
ref: 2005, Israel Epstein, History Should Not be Forgotten, Beijing: China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), →ISBN, page 19:
glosses: A former province of China, now mostly part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Goonhavern
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7853).
grimey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grimey
form: most grimey
Senses: examples: text: Lying on my back in that grimey alley was a quick reality check that having someone sing, Avril Lavigne’s, ‘Sk8er Boi’ at you wasn’t the worst that was going to happen.
ref: 2020 December 15, Elaine Livingstone, “Glasgow Lives in Lockdown - Ross, 30 Dennistoun, Homework Skates skateboarder”, in Glasgow Live:
glosses: Alternative spelling of grimy.
spoileron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɔɪ.lɚˌɔn/
Forms: form: spoilerons
Etymology: Blend of spoiler + aileron.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A spoiler panel which is extended on one wing of an aircraft in order to decrease the lift and increase the drag generated by said wing, rolling and yawing the aircraft towards that wing.
Related terms: elevon
flaperon
rudderon
rudderon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹʌɾɚˌɔn/
ipa: /ˈɹʌdɚˌɔn/
ipa: /ˈɹʌdəːˌɔn/
Forms: form: rudderons
Etymology: Blend of rudder + aileron
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A type of control surface, usually found on flying wing aircraft, consisting of two pairs of panels (one mounted near each wingtip on the wing's trailing edge), with one lying on top of the other sandwich-style; to roll the aircraft, both panels on one wing deflect downwards (increasing the lift of that wing) and both panels on the othe wing deflect upwards (decreasing the lift of that wing), while, to yaw the aircraft, the panels on one wing split apart from each other (the upper panel deflects upwards, and the lower panel deflects downwards), increasing the drag on that wing.
Related terms: elevon
flaperon
spoileron
905
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the 905
Etymology: So called after these areas being often assigned the area code 905 in their telephone numbers. Compare with 416 (“Toronto”), which has a similar etymology.
Senses: examples: text: The part of the urban region outside the City of Toronto is often referred to locally as "the 905", the telephone area code that distinguishes it from the 416 area code of the City. Because the 905 has mostly been built up since the 1970s it is also common to regard everything there as "the outer suburbs", a useful name that implies that while this recently developed area is an extension of the inner suburbs it is nevertheless different from them.
ref: 2013, Edward Relph, Toronto: Transformations in a City and Its Region (Metropolitan Portraits), University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, retrieved 10 Jan 2021, page 77:
text: Essentially, Toronto had higher commercial property taxes than the 905 area and relatively lower residential property taxes.
ref: 2001, Allen J. Scott, Global City-Regions: Trends, Theory, Policy, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 10 Jan 2021, page 178:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: Suburban areas in the province of Ontario closely surrounding the city of Toronto.
wikipedia: Area codes 905, 289, and 365
Marsh Mills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5256).
soft robotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The design, manufacture and use of soft robots
recharge one's battery
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recharges one's battery
form: recharging one's battery
form: recharged one's battery
form: recharged one's battery
Senses: examples: text: Maybe I'll take a few weeks off and recharge my battery.
ref: 2007, Deborah Smith, A Gentle Rain, BelleBooks, →ISBN, page 44:
text: Fact is, when I've got a lot on my desk, I just can't enjoy four or five hours on the course. I'm too distracted to focus. Whereas a two-hour break playing my favorite game is just what I need to recharge my battery, improve my swing, and be more efficient when I get back to work.
ref: 2011, Patricia Hannigan, Golf Girl's Little Tartan Book: How to Be True to Your Sex and Get the Most from Your Game, ABRAMS, →ISBN, page 65:
text: My parents knew that I needed a nap to “recharge my battery.” I started off my career with using what I learned from my childhood by taking a power nap every day during my lunch time to make sure that I was operating at 100 percent.
ref: 2012, R.C. Scates, Bringing Peace into Your Inner Sanctuary, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 43:
text: After so much talking, and meeting so many people, I was wiped out. It was time to recharge my battery and go for a run.
ref: 2012, Patrick McGlade, Six Miles Per Hour, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 253:
text: Joe, I have told you this many times before, but your friendship and our talks have kept me sane through this entire process. You continue to recharge my battery each time we talk.
ref: 2014, Darryl Mace, In Remembrance of Emmett Till: Regional Stories and Media Responses to the Black Freedom Struggle, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 147:
glosses: Alternative form of recharge one's batteries.
examples: text: Two or three months ago I instructed the garage to recharge my battery. This was ostensibly done, the bill rendered and paid for.
ref: 1928, Advertising & Selling, volume 12, M.C. Robbins, page 38:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see recharge, battery.
Kampar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Kampar and Malay Kampar.
Senses: glosses: A river in the province of Riau, Indonesia.
glosses: A regency of the province of Riau, Indonesia.
glosses: A town in the state of Perak, Malaysia.
Guzzetta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Guzzettas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Guzzetta.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
panegyreis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panegyris
Coaley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7701).
misdictate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misdictates
form: misdictating
form: misdictated
form: misdictated
Etymology: From mis- + dictate.
Senses: examples: text: If, as sometimes happens, the teacher misdictates, the true speed should be announced immediately after the dictation.
ref: 1953, Louis A. Leslie, Methods of Teaching Gregg Shorthand, page 188:
text: Otherwise the critic is unsure whether a garbled text is miscopied or misdictated or both.
ref: 1976, Douglas K. Stuart, Studies in Early Hebrew Meter, page 11:
text: If something bad happens on account of a badly written report, the commandant can always evade responsibility by saying he wasn't the one who wrote it; it was the clerk, who misinterpreted what was misdictated.
ref: 1987, Augusto Roa Bastos, I, the Supreme, page 362:
text: Scratch that: Use this phrase to delete a word or phrase you have misdictated, not a word or phrase that has been misunderstood by your voice-recognition software.
ref: 2002, Lyn Clark, Voice recognition with software applications, page 8:
glosses: To dictate incorrectly.
To utter the wrong words when giving dictation.
examples: text: Unless my thoughts misdictate me, A secret Judgment, in this Act , May doubtlesly discerned be To shew GOD's hand was in the fact.
ref: 1875, George Wither, Miscellaneous Works of George Wither - Volume 4, page 32:
text: However, how much of the public image of the lawyer in the real estate transaction is influenced by the public's disenchantment with the organized bar and how much is misdictated by the commercial title insurer is problematical.
ref: 1979, James M. Pedowitz, Title Insurance and You: What Every Lawyer Should Know!, page 38:
glosses: To dictate incorrectly.
To cause or command the wrong effect; to mislead.
misdictates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misdictate
misdictating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misdictate
misdictated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misdictate