cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
silver steel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silver steels
Senses: glosses: An alloy of steel with a very small proportion of silver.
glosses: Common tool steel supplied as a centerless ground round bar (with tolerances similar to that of drill rod).
aluminothermically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From aluminothermic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of aluminothermy.
comproportionate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comproportionates
form: comproportionating
form: comproportionated
form: comproportionated
Senses: glosses: To undergo comproportionation.
comproportionating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of comproportionate
comproportionated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of comproportionate
comproportionates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of comproportionate
gamma camera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gamma cameras
Senses: synonyms: Anger camera
scintillation camera
glosses: A device used to image gamma-radiation-emitting radioisotopes, a technique known as scintigraphy.
photomultiplication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photomultiplications
Etymology: From photo- + multiplication.
Senses: glosses: The process performed by a photomultiplier.
photomultiplications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photomultiplication
scintigraphical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: scintigraphic
scintigraphically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From scintigraphic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of scintigraphy.
Boudouard reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Boudouard reactions
Etymology: Named after Octave Leopold Boudouard.
Senses: glosses: The redox reaction of a chemical equilibrium mixture of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide at a given temperature. It is the disproportionation of carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide and graphite, or its reverse.
Kornblum-DeLaMare rearrangement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kornblum-DeLaMare rearrangements
Senses: glosses: A rearrangement reaction in which a primary or secondary organic peroxide is converted to the corresponding ketone and alcohol under base catalysis; used as a tool in organic synthesis and in the biosynthesis of prostaglandins.
defrayable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From defray + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being defrayed.
undefrayed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + defrayed.
Senses: glosses: Not defrayed.
e-hub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-hubs
Etymology: From e- + hub.
Senses: glosses: A specialized e-marketplace tailored to a particular vertical or horizontal market.
e-hubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-hub
prelamins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prelamin
Werner syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Werner's syndrome
Etymology: Named after the German scientist Otto Werner.
Senses: glosses: A rare progeroid syndrome characterized by the appearance of premature aging.
Cockayne syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after English physician Edward Alfred Cockayne (1880–1956).
Senses: glosses: A rare congenital disorder characterized by growth failure, impaired development of the nervous system, abnormal photosensitivity, and premature aging.
Synonyms: Neill-Dingwall syndrome
Weber-Cockayne syndrome
Weber-Cockayne syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Cockayne syndrome
Neill-Dingwall syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Mary M. Dingwall and Catherine A. Neill.
Senses: glosses: Cockayne syndrome
unprofessionalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unprofessionalize
deprofessionalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deprofessionalizes
form: deprofessionalizing
form: deprofessionalized
form: deprofessionalized
Etymology: From de- + professionalize.
Senses: glosses: To make something non-professional; to reduce from the rank of profession.
Related terms: deprofessionalization
deprofessionalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deprofessionalize
deprofessionalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deprofessionalize
deprofessionalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deprofessionalize
brass hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brass hats
form: brasshat
Etymology: From the military brass insignia on a service hat.
Senses: examples: text: "American brass hats make no secret that they regard outer space as a potential theater of military operations," it said.
ref: 1982, Countdown begins for Space Shuttle, The New York Times
text: He raised his first storm in January 1967 when, as leader of the "Save the Argylls" campaign, he claimed the brass hats had driven the regiment's commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Colin "Mad Mitch" Mitchell, into resignation.
ref: 2006, Andrew Roth, Obituary: Lord Monro of Langholm, The Guardian
text: This being Libya, there were conflicting signals yesterday – an army brass hat captured here, a counter-attack by Gaddafi forces there […]
ref: 2011, Andrew Roth, Gaddafi faces endgame as he bribes civilians to fight for him, The Independent
text: […] with particularly young Thais—including 3.3 million first-time voters—backing the upstart party’s bold pledges to weaken the political role of brass hats and amend the nation’s strict royal defamation law […]
ref: 2023 May 15, Charlie Campbell, “The Voting in Thailand’s Election Is Finished, But the Politicking Is Just Beginning”, in Time:
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: brass
glosses: A high-ranking officer. Commander.
Related terms: brass-hatted
chest candy
scrambled eggs
brasshat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brasshats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of brass hat.
brasshats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brasshat
out ground
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: out grounds
Senses: examples: text: Out ground cricket these days is not particularly fashionable for counties…
ref: 2006, Edward Craig, Out of town but not out of favour, Cricinfo
text: I love playing at out grounds because there is always a festival feel about the ground and they always have endearing, if not quirky, characteristics.
ref: 2011, Luke Sutton, Luke at county cricket: That festival feel at Chesterfield and Dhoni's hair-raiser, Daily Mail
text: His best performance came at another out ground, St George's Road in Harrogate.
ref: 2013, Andrew Glover, Remembering Yorkshire County Cricket Club's out grounds, BBC:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A ground other than a team's home ground, used for occasional matches.
Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: First reported by Rautenstrauch and Snigula in 1977, and then by Wiedemann in 1979.
Senses: glosses: A progeroid syndrome associated with abnormalities in bone maturation and hormone metabolism.
saddle nose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saddle noses
Senses: glosses: A loss of height of the nose because of the collapse of the bridge, associated with various kinds of nasal trauma.
poikilodermas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poikiloderma
Rothmund-Thomson syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Originally described by August von Rothmund (1830–1906) in 1868. Matthew Sydney Thomson (1894–1969) published further descriptions in 1936.
Senses: synonyms: poikiloderma congenitale
glosses: A form of poikiloderma sometimes associated with osteosarcoma.
Bloom-Torre-Machacek syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Bloom syndrome
chroniques scandaleuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹəˈnik ˌskɑndəˈlɜːz/
homophone: chronique scandaleuse
Senses: glosses: plural of chronique scandaleuse
six pointer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: six pointers
Senses: examples: text: Reading boss Brian McDermott says Saturday's home game with Wigan is not a "six pointer" and insists he does not worry about the league table.
ref: 2013, Reading boss Brian McDermott dismisses 'six-pointer' talk, BBC:
glosses: Alternative form of six-pointer.
sapients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sapient
Bible belt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Bible belt
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Bible Belt.
loteby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lotebyes
form: lutby
form: ludby
Etymology: From Middle English loteby, equivalent to lote + by.
Senses: examples: text: Prouendreth persones · and prestes she meynteneth / To haue lemmannes and lotebies · alle here lif-dayes.
ref: c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section III:
glosses: A lover, paramour; a concubine.
unimmune
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + immune.
Senses: glosses: Not immune.
place to be
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the place to be
Senses: examples: text: The UU is a great place to be on campus to socialize but when business needs to be taken care of the five story library is the place to be!
ref: 2011, Sarah Parr, Cal Poly 2012:
text: Indeed, one of the problems of deviant communities in San Francisco is coping with the periodic influx of a new generation of bohemians who have heard that it is the place to be: the beatnik migration of the late fifties and the hippie hordes of 1967.
ref: 1977, Paul Elliott Rock, Drugs and Politics:
glosses: A great, trendy, or perfectly suitable place
Related terms: where it's at
how's that again
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used to ask someone to repeat something
Synonyms: how's that?
I beg your pardon?
pardon?
how's that
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: “Oh Dave, I'm so sorry.”
“How's that?”
“I said I'm sorry.”
“You'll have to speak up. I got more sirens going for me than London in the blitz.”
ref: 2014, Richard Curtis, Death In the Crease:
glosses: Used to ask someone to repeat something
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Used to make an appeal to the umpire as to whether the batsman is out or not
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see how, is, that.
Synonyms: sense: asking to repeat
word: how's that again
sense: asking to repeat
word: I beg your pardon
sense: asking to repeat
word: pardon
sense: asking to repeat
word: come again
sense: asking to explain
word: how so
sense: in cricket
word: howzat
sense: in cricket
word: owzat
Related terms: how's that for
how's that for
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: 'Buckets of blood, huh?' 'Big sloshing buckets. Every morning I wake up, praise the Lord and thank Him for all the iniquity - how's that for perverse?'
ref: 2008, Jonathan Kellerman, Bad Love: Alex Delaware 8:
glosses: Used to emphasise a particular quality
Related terms: how do you like that
push about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pushes about
form: pushing about
form: pushed about
form: pushed about
Senses: glosses: To treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bully
push through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pushes through
form: pushing through
form: pushed through
form: pushed through
Senses: glosses: To force (legislation) to be passed.
glosses: To overcome (pain, discomfort, etc.) by force or willpower.
glosses: To continue or proceed.
raw_tags: with to or with
examples: text: The corridor was so packed with people that I had to push through.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, through.
push out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pushes out
form: pushing out
form: pushed out
form: pushed out
Senses: examples: text: One key imponderable is the attitude of the companies that will no longer have a role in the business. It is worth noting here that several have already thrown the towel in or been gently pushed out, such as Stagecoach and National Express.
ref: 2024 July 10, Christian Wolmar, “The future of the rail franchises is certainly uncertain”, in RAIL, number 1013, page 50:
glosses: To force (someone) to leave a group.
glosses: To extrude.
examples: text: The last of the morning flight of noisy wawas going fieldwards were streaming from the water when I pushed out in the canoe […]
ref: 1914, Poultney Bigelow, James Henry Worman, Ben James Worman, Outing Magazine: The Outdoor Magazine of Human Interest, page 14:
glosses: To travel away from shore in a watercraft by physical effort.
push out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: push outs
Senses: topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: In nine ball pool, an optional shot after a legal break shot where a player is allowed to hit any ball first, or not any, as well as not hit a rail, and the opponent can choose who shoots the next shot.
push under
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pushes under
form: pushing under
form: pushed under
form: pushed under
Senses: examples: text: The "sensible" person, in contrast, recognizes that the yearning cannot be stilled, so he tries instead to push it under. This isn't successful either, for the longing keeps surfacing, and his attempts to repress it must constantly be renewed.
ref: 1999, Marva J. Dawn, A Royal "Waste" of Time: The Splendor of Worshiping God and Being Church for the World:
glosses: To hide or repress (emotion)
push forward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pushes forward
form: pushing forward
form: pushed forward
form: pushed forward
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, forward.
glosses: To continue to act or do something, especially with a lot of effort
glosses: To reschedule (an event) for an earlier date.
Synonyms: sense: to reschedule earlier
word: advance
sense: to reschedule earlier
word: prepone
clean as a new penny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely clean.
Synonyms: clean as a hound's tooth
clean as a whistle
fresh as a rose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely fresh.
Synonyms: fresh as a daisy
hearty as a buck
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: bucksome
qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely healthy; extremely lively, high-spirited, or active.
Related terms: young buck
Zarp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɑːp/
ipa: /ˈzɑɹp/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)p
Forms: form: Zarps
Etymology: From Afrikaans Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek Politie.
Senses: glosses: A member of the South African Republic Police
you'd better believe it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: you better believe it
Senses: examples: text: I got the job! You'd better believe it!
glosses: Used to emphasise a previous comment
BEMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BEM
cell therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: cell + therapy
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: cytotherapy.
Synonyms: cellular therapy
cytotherapy
cellular therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: cellular + therapy
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: cytotherapy.
Synonyms: cell therapy
cytotherapy
Bim, BEM, Bum
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Clipping of bimbo + BEM (“Bug-Eyed Monster”) + bum (“incompetent man”). From a typical composition for the cover art of science fiction pulp magazines such as Thrilling Wonder Stories, notably by artists such as Earle K. Bergey and Rudolph Belarski, featuring a woman (the "Bim") being attacked or threatened by a monster (the "BEM"), while a man (the "Bum") protects her and/or attacks the monster.
Senses: topics: art
arts
lifestyle
glosses: Retro art composition; composition stereotypical of the cover art of mid-20th-century science fiction pulp magazines.
wikipedia: Earle K. Bergey
Thrilling Wonder Stories
Meronyms: retrofuturism
rose-gardens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rose-garden
teenagerly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more teenagerly
form: most teenagerly
Etymology: From teenager + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: As my friends deserted our weekend movie-making for more teenagerly pastimes, I had turned to the cold, clean world of claymation and animated LEGOs.
ref: 2011, Philips Patton, Angela, page 286:
glosses: Characteristic of a teenager.
conspiratard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conspiratards
Etymology: From conspiracy + -tard.
Senses: examples: text: Nothing's quite funnier than a conspiratard conspiratorially whispering about the Thought Police, because they just know about them.
ref: 2007, Gremlin, News of the Stupid, Wasted, Inc. (2007), page 244
text: Here's a video series every Apollo conspiratard should watch: […]
ref: 2007 February 5, 88Countach [username], “GREAT VIDEO FOR APOLLO LUNAR HOAX SHEEPLE”, in alt.conspiracy (Usenet):
text: Why do these ‘conspiratards’ believe what they do? Why do they harbour these nonsensical ideas?
ref: 2014 March 27, Chris Fay, “'Conspiratards' bring in ratings but put the rest of us at risk”, in The Bournemouth Rock, number 20, page 9:
glosses: A conspiracy theorist.
conspiratards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conspiratard
house guest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: house guests
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of houseguest.
house guests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of houseguests plural of house guest
Webmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Webmasters
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of webmaster.
Webmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Webmaster
jannie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jannies
Etymology: From janitor + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: He was the jannie. He couldnae not know.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 474:
glosses: A janitor.
examples: text: Clean it up, jannie!
related: word: janny
glosses: A moderator of an online forum; a janitor.
AIIM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Association for Information and Image Management.
Solarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Solarian
Selenites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Selenite
grassture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grasstures
Etymology: Blend of grass + pasture
Senses: examples: text: "It's a picture I drew of some cows standing in a grassture." (Linus)
ref: 1967, Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts, 7/6/1967:
text: "He maketh me to sigh town in lean grasstures; he pleadeth me beside the ill daughters ..."
ref: 1970, Edward Stewart, Rock Rude, Simon & Schuster, page 264:
text: And spiderweb roads are silhouetted in the vague, rough, lush pastures, greens of ‘grasstures.’
ref: 1971 Dec, Gillian Edmonds, “The World”, in The Rotarian, page 29:
text: Alaina tells you that she saw cows standing in a “grassture” during her trip to Kentucky.
ref: 2010, Mary R. Jalongo, Early Childhood Language Arts, 5th edition, Allyn & Bacon:
glosses: A grassy pasture.
Belter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Belters
Etymology: From belt + -er.
Senses: examples: text: You noticed a habit of mine once. I never make gestures. All Belters have that trait. It's because on a small mining ship you could hit something waving your arms around.
ref: 1966 February, Larry Niven, “The Warriors”, in If, volume 16, number 2 (#99 overall), page 152:
text: Earth and Mars have been stepping on the necks of the Belters out here for over 100 years and I didn't want to be the boot.
ref: 2015 December 22, Remembering the Cant (The Expanse), season 1, episode 3, spoken by Jim Holden (Steven Strait):
text: He also decided that Belters wouldn’t use the term “bullshit,” because there would be no bulls in the Belt. Instead, they would come up with a uniquely Belter curse, “kaka felota,” a term for what happens when your toilet backs up in low gravity and shit floats all over the place. (“Kata felota” literally means “floating shit.”)
ref: 2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars Technica:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: An inhabitant of an asteroid belt, especially that between Mars and Jupiter.
Hypernyms: Solarian
Belter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From belt + -er.
Senses: examples: text: To communicate, they evolve a creole called Belter, which becomes the lingua franca for what is essentially the solar system’s new proletariat. […] The resulting Belter creole is a crazy mix of English, Chinese, romance languages like French, German, Persian, Hebrew, Zulu, and a few other surprises. Farmer says he has over 1,000 Belter words in his personal dictionary, and he keeps adding more as the show’s producers and fans request them.
ref: 2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars Technica:
glosses: Ellipsis of Belter Creole.
Belters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Belter
B2G
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Initialism of business-to-government.
Related terms: B2B
B2C
G2C
EDMS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EDMSes
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of electronic document management system.
EDMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EDM
EDMSes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EDMS
grasstures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grassture
shoots the breeze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot the breeze
shooting the breeze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shoot the breeze
shot the breeze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shoot the breeze
attd.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: attached
legitimate theater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legitimate theaters
form: legitimate theatre
Etymology: A reference to the British Licensing Act 1737
Senses: examples: text: [while watching "Planet of the Apes", the musical] I love legitimate theater
ref: 1996, Jack Barth, “A Fish Called Selma”, in The Simpsons, spoken by Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta):
glosses: Serious drama, as opposed to farce or musical theater.
glosses: A theater that performs serious dramas.
Related terms: legitimate drama
legitimate theatre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legitimate theatres
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of legitimate theater.
sherut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ʃeɪˈɹuːt/
Forms: form: sheruts
Etymology: From Hebrew שירות /שֵׁרוּת (sherút, “service”), ellipsis of מוֹנִית שֵׁרוּת (monít sherút, “shuttle taxi”).
Senses: examples: text: I catch a sherut from the corner of Ben Yehuda that'll take me into the centre of Tel Aviv […].
ref: 1979, Clive Sinclair, Hearts of Gold, Penguin, published 1983, page 24:
glosses: Synonym of shared taxi.
synonyms: word: shared taxi
musical theater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musical theatre
Senses: glosses: A genre of theater that combines spoken dialogue with song and dance.
musical theatre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of musical theater.
unheard of
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Such was the station provided for the infrequent services of 1852, when suburban traffic was unheard of, and Hornsey, Colney Hatch & Southgate, Barnet, and Potters Bar were the only intermediate stations on the 17¾ miles between London and Hatfield.
ref: 1952 October, C. A. Johns, “One Hundred Years at Kings Cross—1”, in Railway Magazine, pages 650-651:
glosses: Alternative spelling of unheard-of (used as predicative)
why'm
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: “Why'm I here, Captain? To humiliate myself at sword practice? To go crazy thinking my best friend is a murderer? Which she's not, by the way. […]
ref: 2010, Shannon Hale, River Secrets:
glosses: Contraction of why am.
one-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of one-up
one-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of one-up
one-upping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of one-up
one-upped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of one-up
Alek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek, variant of Alec.
photie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photies
Senses: examples: text: I hear you've got my photie on your wall, out in Anniesland.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 132:
glosses: Photo.
fox sedge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Carex vulpinoidea, native to North America.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Carex conjuncta
word: soft fox sedge
blue wood sedge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue wood sedges
Senses: glosses: Carex glaucodea, native to North America.
Pennsylvania sedge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pennsylvania sedges
Senses: glosses: Carex pensylvanica (in Carex subg. Carex), native to eastern North America.
Synonyms: sense: Carex pensylvanica
word: early sedge
sense: Carex pensylvanica
word: Penn sedge
sense: Carex pensylvanica
word: yellow sedge
plantainleaf sedge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Carex plantaginea (in Carex subg. Carex), growing in meadows in the eastern US.
Synonyms: sense: Carex plantaginea
word: seersucker sedge
tussock sedge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tussock sedges
Senses: glosses: Carex stricta (in Carex subg. Carex), a wetland sedge of eastern North America.
Synonyms: sense: Carex stricta
word: upright sedge
sallow sedge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Carex lurida (in Carex subg. Carex), native to eastern North America.
Synonyms: sense: Carex lurida
word: lurid sedge
sense: Carex lurida
word: shallow sedge
long hair sedge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Carex crinita, native to eastern North America.
Synonyms: sense: Carex crinita
word: fringed sedge
fruit wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fruit wines
Senses: glosses: Wine whose main ingredient is a fruit other than grape.
Hypernyms: wine
Coordinate terms: grape wine
rat-baiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rat-baitings
Etymology: From rat + baiting.
Senses: examples: text: His sporting enthusiasms had already embraced yachting, coaching, fencing, and spectatorship at boxing-matches, cock-fights, dog-fights, and rat-baitings.
ref: 1937, Dixon Wecter, The Saga of American Society:
synonyms: ratting#Noun
glosses: A blood sport involving the setting of dogs upon rats in a rat pit.
working terrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: working terriers
Senses: examples: text: A working terrier absolutely must bark when it is the least bit excited or aroused because in earlier times this alerted the hunters to the location of the burrow where the dog had pursued an animal into its den.
ref: 2008, Stanley Coren, The Modern Dog, page 90:
glosses: a terrier bred to hunt a small mammal, such as a badger, fox, raccoon, rat or opossum.
Related terms: rat-baiting
ratting
slutt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slutts
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of slut.
egoboo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈiːɡəʊˌbuː/
Etymology: Blend of ego + boost
Senses: examples: text: Well after the pile of ego-boo I got in the Oct. issue I just couldn't let it slip by without telling you what I think of this much heralded issue.
ref: 1948 February, Rick Sneary, “[letter column]”, in Thrilling Wonder Stories, volume 31, number 3, page 98:
text: Fandom may be defined as an infinitely complex system for the production of pure egoboo. Indeed, the universe itself was created for egoboo (Psalms 145:10) if we are to believe the stories.
ref: 1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II, Egoboo:
text: So this lustrum, yhos sits upon a bed of laurels, basking in the glow of past achievement and anticipating fresh shipments of egoboo, while Terry Hughes does the donkey drudgery of producing this issue.
ref: 1976 November, Lee Hoffman, “Editorial”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 6, page 4:
text: Relaxing the stern Ansible rule of omitting mere egoboo, here's a selection from the 'Gosh, isn't 300 a shiny round number' postbag.
ref: 2012 July 24, David Langford, “Ansible 300”, in Ansible, retrieved 04 Jul 2017:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The pleasant feeling derived from seeing one's name in print.
Related terms: egoscan
Redingensian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Redingensians
Senses: glosses: A pupil of Reading School in Berkshire, England.
glosses: a native or resident of Reading, Berkshire, South East England (in general)
Redingensians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Redingensian
deprofessionalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + professionalization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of deprofessionalizing.
rungless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rung + -less.
Senses: examples: a rungless ladder
glosses: Without rungs.
Solomonid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Solomonids
Etymology: From Solomon + -id.
Senses: glosses: A member of the House of Solomon, the former Imperial House of Ethiopia, claiming lineal descent from Solomon of Israel and the Queen of Sheba.
Solomonids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Solomonid
penny gaff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penny gaffs
form: penny-gaff
form: penny gaffe
Senses: examples: text: More sophisticated were the penny gaffes where for a id^([sic]) entrance fee entertainment was provided by hairy men, hairless dogs, gorillas, Aztecs and giants.
ref: 2015, Ed Glinert, East End Chronicles, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
synonyms: dukey
glosses: An entertainment in 19th-century England consisting of short theatrical displays such as dancing, singing, clowning, and plays.
paraphyllia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraphyllium
pseudoparaphyllia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoparaphyllium
neckeraceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Neckeraceae + -ous
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Belonging to the Neckeraceae, a family of mosses.
Afsharid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Afshar + -id.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Afsharid dynasty, an Iranian dynasty of Turkic origin, specifically from the Afshar tribe of Khorasan, which ruled Persia in the 18th century.
Afsharid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Afsharids
Etymology: From Afshar + -id.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Afsharid dynasty.
Afsharids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Afsharid
Safavids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Safavid
Rurikid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rurikids
Senses: glosses: A member of the Rurik dynasty, founded by the Varangian prince Rurik.
Rurikids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rurikid
Bagratid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bagratids
Senses: glosses: A member of either of two ruling dynasties, one in Armenia and one in Georgia.
Bagratids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bagratid
Timurid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Timurids
Etymology: From Timur + -id.
Senses: glosses: A member of a dynasty descended from the 14th-century conqueror Timur (Tamerlane).
Timurid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Timur + -id.
Senses: glosses: Of or related to this dynasty or its empire.
Timurids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Timurid
Genghisid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛŋɡɪsɪd/
Forms: form: Genghisids
form: Chingisid
form: Chinggisid
Etymology: From Genghis + -id.
Senses: glosses: A member of any of various Asian dynasties descended from Genghis Khan.
Genghisid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛŋɡɪsɪd/
Forms: form: Chingisid
form: Chinggisid
Etymology: From Genghis + -id.
Senses: synonyms: Genghiskhanid
glosses: Relating to the Genghisids.
Genghisids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Genghisid
Nasrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nasrids
Etymology: From Nasr + -id.
Senses: glosses: a member of the last Arab Muslim dynasty in Spain, founded by Mohammed I ibn Nasr and ruling the Emirate of Granada from 1232 until 1492.
Nasrids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nasrid
softcode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: softcodes
form: softcoding
form: softcoded
form: softcoded
Etymology: From soft + code, modelled on earlier hard code.
Senses: examples: text: Keep things soft (as in softcoding) wherever possible. Visit a lawyer and make 'parameterisation' your middle name; it'll sound good at parties, and changes to the system will be far less painful.
ref: 1992, John W. O. Brinkworth, Software quality management: a pro-active approach, →ISBN:
text: 1997, Barbara L. Maia Goldstein, Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, Plug and play software for agile manufacturing, SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering
Best of breed component approaches are better supported because of the softcoding of much of the factory model and integration logic.
text: I have used this technique to build very flexible code generators, softcoded calculation engines for users, and much more.
ref: 1999, Steven Feuerstein, Oracle PL/SQL Programming: Guide to Oracle8i Features, O'Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 76:
text: […] you will need to consider the business requirements first, and only then encode them in your application. Let's discuss two approaches to this: the traditional “hardcoded” technique and the “softcoded” rules-based approach.
ref: 2004, Dave Minter, Jeff Linwood, Building Portals with the Java Portlet API, Apress, →ISBN, page 289:
text: Given the rationale for softcoding, it is clear that you should softcode attributes that may not be known until run time. For simplicity and improved performance, you can hardcode attributes that are certain.
ref: 2010, Michael Blaha, Patterns of Data Modeling, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 175:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To construct a program in a way which ensures that certain values and methods of operation are adjustable at run time.
in play
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: You mustn't take what I said so seriously, it was only said in play.
glosses: As a joke.
examples: text: It's hard to tell which physical forces are in play at this altitude.
text: This deadly scenario with this hurricane is still in play, so please take precaution.
glosses: In operation, active, currently valid, at play, at work.
examples: text: now everything is in play
text: The ball is in play for an average of just seven minutes out of a sixty-minute game.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
coordinate_terms: on the table
glosses: Available to be played according to the rules of the game in question; within the boundaries of the pitch, within the realm of the possible, etc.
examples: text: Though the state has not changed hands in 20 years, the latest polls suggest it may now be in play.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Capable of being won by more than one party or candidate.
examples: text: Despite the best efforts of the executive committee, it seems the company is now in play.
topics: business
glosses: Open to a takeover bid.
fentanil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From -fentanil, from fentanyl.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fentanyl; which is the international non-proprietary name.
Přemyslid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Přemyslids
form: Premyslid
form: Przemyslid
Etymology: From Czech Přemysl (the name of the family's legendary founder) + -id.
Senses: glosses: A member of a medieval dynasty that reigned mainly in Bohemia and Moravia.
wikipedia: Přemysl the Ploughman
Přemyslids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Přemyslid
Allat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Al-Lat
Etymology: From the Arabic اللَّات (al-lāt).
Senses: qualifier: Arabian mythology
glosses: A pre-Islamic Arabian goddess.
kinesia paradoxa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A phenomenon, mostly associated with Parkinson's disease, where a person who experiences severe difficulties with simple movements may perform complex movements easily.
koniocortical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From konio- + cortical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the koniocortex.
koniocortices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of koniocortex
kourotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Kourotrophos + -ic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Relating to the goddess Kourotrophos.
examples: text: Virgin goddesses had no interest in exerting their powers in this way. Instead, the Greeks made them interact with mortal men in a kourotrophic capacity: rather than functioning as sexual partners, they became nurturing guardians of young men approaching adulthood or protectors of male heroes.
ref: 2007, Bonnie MacLachlan, Virginity Revisited: Configurations of the Unpossessed Body, page 15:
qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: Relating to the rearing of youths, especially in the context of Ancient Greece.
transpiler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transpilers
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: transcompiler
Hypernyms: compiler
Related terms: transpile
transpilers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transpiler
transcompilation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trans- + compilation.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The translation of source code in one programming language into source code for another programming language.
Related terms: transcompiler
Newspeaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Newspeak
pilgrimaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pilgrimage
pilgrimaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pilgrimage
SF/F/H
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Abbreviation of Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror.
Senses: glosses: The parent genre encompassing the genres of science fiction, fantasy fiction and horror fiction; speculative fiction; imaginative fiction; non-mimetic fiction.
Synonyms: speculative fiction
à la minute
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of a la minute.
field applications engineer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: field applications engineers
form: field application engineer
Senses: glosses: An engineer in charge of both pre-sales support and project management.
field application engineer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: field application engineers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of field applications engineer.
gingerbread men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gingerbread man
dammish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dammishes
form: dammishing
form: dammished
form: dammished
Etymology: From Scots dammish, probably from Middle English damagen. Doublet of damage.
Senses: examples: text: I was benummed (as it were) and dammished with the sight of the excellent majesty and glory that I saw in him […]
ref: 1660, James Durham, A Commentarie Upon the Book of the Revelation:
glosses: to stun, to stupefy
macaroni and cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of macaroni cheese.
Synonyms: mac and cheese
mac 'n' cheese
Hyponyms: KD
Derived terms: mac and cheese
mac 'n' cheese
Related terms: topics: color
word: macaroni-and-cheese
twindle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twindles
Etymology: From Middle English *twinle, *twinnle, from Old English *twinnla (“twin, twinling”), equivalent to twin + -le (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Old High German gizwinalo (“twin”).
Senses: glosses: A twin or twinling.
Related terms: twyndyllyng
feather boas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feather boa
windmeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: windmeters
Etymology: From wind + -meter.
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: An instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind.
Synonyms: wind gauge
anemometer
knocks on wood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of knock on wood
knocking on wood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of knock on wood
knocks wood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of knock wood
knocked on wood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of knock on wood
knocking wood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of knock wood
knocked wood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of knock wood
impedance coil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: impedance coils
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a coil of wire designed to provide impedance in an electric circuit
live at Her Majesty's pleasure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lives at Her Majesty's pleasure
form: living at Her Majesty's pleasure
form: lived at Her Majesty's pleasure
form: lived at Her Majesty's pleasure
Etymology: From the legal phrase at Her Majesty's pleasure.
Senses: examples: text: 'I treat patients who are living at Her Majesty's pleasure. They come to the hospital from Full Sutton prison and they are treated in the same way as anyone else.'
ref: 1999 January 3, John Arlidge, quoting Professor Alan Roberts, “Yakuza given a helping hand by 'Mr Fingers'”, in The Observer:
text: I wrote to Charlie Bronson in prison, 'cos Charles sends me letters and amazing drawings; my mate Warwick, who is also banged up, and numerous others living at Her Majesty's pleasure
ref: 2003, Dave Courtney, The Ride's Back On, →ISBN, page 174:
text: The look he gives me makes me realise I've lost him. 'Why would my uncle steal from his own brother for fifteen years? I've never found the reason, but I've heard every single excuse, courtesy of my friends living at Her Majesty's Pleasure.'
ref: 2008, Kate Harrison, The Secret Shopper's Revenge, →ISBN:
text: But the quest to make our jails a less pleasant place in which to live at Her Majesty’s pleasure must never translate into a lack of care, or a slipping of basic standards.
ref: 2014 April 25, “Star comment: Youths in prison still need care”, in Shropshire Star (UK):
glosses: To spend time in prison or jail.
Synonyms: be banged up
be inside
do bird
do time
do porridge
serve time
Related terms: guest of Her Majesty
ageless sleep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: She is, indeed, most wondrous fair: Gold of sunshine in her hair. Lips that shame the red, red rose. In ageless sleep, she finds repose. The years roll by, but a hundred years, to a steadfast heart, are but a day.
ref: 1959, Erdman Penner, Sleeping Beauty (film)
topics: fantasy
fiction
human-sciences
literature
media
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
publishing
sciences
glosses: A magical state of suspended animation, where-in the recipient is placed in a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess Sleeping Beauty.
Synonyms: eternal sleep
Khorasmian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Khorasmian
form: most Khorasmian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Khwarezmian.
eternal sleep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: She is, indeed, most wondrous fair: Gold of sunshine in her hair. Lips that shame the red red rose. In ageless sleep, she finds repose. The years roll by, but a hundred years, to a steadfast heart, are but a day.
ref: 1959, Erdmann Penner, Sleeping Beauty (film)
topics: fantasy
fiction
human-sciences
literature
media
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
publishing
sciences
glosses: A magical state of suspended animation, a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess Sleeping Beauty.
glosses: Death, eternal oblivion
Synonyms: ageless sleep
eternal rest
juxtapositionings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of juxtapositioning
juxtaposings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of juxtaposing
tangka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tangkas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thangka.
tangkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tangka
fauxhawked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fauxhawk + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a fauxhawk hairstyle.
reclassifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reclassifiers
Etymology: From reclassify + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which reclassifies.
reclassifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reclassifier
HEFCE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Higher Education Funding Council for England.
pigs in blankets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pig in a blanket
chili sizes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chili size
octoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oct- + -oid.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Being a form of gear or tooth that resembles the involute, but whose complete path of contact on the surface of a sphere is in the form of a figure eight.
special agents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of special agent
puteli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: putelis
Senses: glosses: A princess.
puteli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: putelis
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of putelee.
proslambanomenoi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proslambanomenos
irreflexively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From irreflexive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an irreflexive manner.