cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
anituber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈæn.ɪˌtʃuː.bə/
note: without the yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈæn.ɪˌtjuː.bə/
ipa: /ˈæn.ɪˌtu.bəɹ/
Forms: form: anitubers
form: AniTuber
Etymology: Blend of anime + YouTuber.
Senses: examples: text: Eight of the world's most popular anitubers (anime youtubers) took their drama off the page and screen and to the chessboard in the first-ever Tournament Arc. The event was won by Gigguk.
ref: 2020 August 11, Sam Copeland, “Protaganist Vanquishes Villain In Tournament Arc”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 08 May 2024:
text: Having spent the past 9 years of my life being a quote-unquote “Anituber” (anime YouTuber) and the past two decades of my life watching every anime under the sun, Crunchyroll approached me to ask for my personal top 30 anime recommendations, alongside my fellow anituber friends Connor “CDawgVA” Colquhoun and Garnt “Gigguk” Maneetapho.
ref: 2021 December 8, “RECS: The Anime Man's Top 30 Anime (You Probably Haven't Seen)”, in Crunchyroll, archived from the original on 08 May 2024:
text: After another AniTuber, Totally Not Mark, recently faced off in a battle with Toei Animation over his own videos and managed to win after a major public outcry of support, it looks like a new legal strategy may even allow Toei to challenge his videos once more.
ref: 2022 February 3, Borealis Capps, “Anime YouTubers Face New Copyright Crisis - Fans Call For Geoblocking For All”, in Game Rant, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2022:
text: While there are lots of great old anime, it seems that one anituber isn’t a big fan of them. Recently, an anituber came under fire after saying in a new video that he never recommends watching 70s anime.
ref: 2022 November 17, Nicolo Manaloto, “Anituber Under Fire After ‘Never Recommend Watching 70s Anime’ Remark”, in Epicstream, archived from the original on 08 May 2024:
text: YouTube has become one of the centers for fan critics to share their evaluations of anime works. AniTubers are YouTube creators who emerged to focus on anime, anime-related works, and review anime films and series.
ref: 2023 October, Kaz Hayashi, William H. U. Anderson, editors, Anime, Philosophy and Religion, Vernon Art and Science, page 51:
glosses: A YouTube videoblogger who reviews or discusses anime.
anitubers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anituber
churtle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: churtles
form: churtling
form: churtled
form: churtled
Etymology: From chirt + -le.
Senses: examples: text: The staff of the Law Notes is amused; even the office cat was observed to wink and his purr sounded suspiciously like a “feline churtle”.
ref: 1894, Albert Gibson, Robert McLean, editors, Law Notes, volume 13, Reeves & Turner, page 132:
text: When we went there in the morning, there was, all through the mosque, a sound of chanting like doves churtling.
ref: 1992, Turkish Reflections: A Biography of a Place, page 104:
text: Songs involve repetition of one note: churtle-churtle-churtle-churtle or wurtilee-wurtilee-wurtilee given separately or intermingled.
ref: 2020 February 20, Dale A. Zimmerman, David J. Pearson, Donald A. Turner, “BULBULS”, in Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania, Bloomsbury Publishing, COMMON or DARK-CAPPED BULBUL, page 434:
glosses: To chirp.
churtles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of churtle
churtling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of churtle
churtled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of churtle
controlled variable times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of controlled variable time
under-times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of under-time
under-times
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of under-time
under-timing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of under-time
under-timed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of under-time
anti-meme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-memes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antimeme.
anti-memes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-meme
E911
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Enhanced 911.
two-time loser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two-time losers
Senses: glosses: A person who has been sentenced to prison for a second time, especially for a major crime.
coordinate_terms: three-time loser
glosses: A person who has failed at the same endeavor for a second time.
two-time losers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of two-time loser
flathead screwdriver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flathead screwdrivers
Senses: synonyms: flat-blade screwdriver
hypernyms: screwdriver
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coordinate_terms: Phillips screwdriver
glosses: A screwdriver consisting of a single flat blade that is designed to be used with a screw consisting of a straight slot across its top.
flathead screwdrivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flathead screwdriver
flat-blade screwdriver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flat-blade screwdrivers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of flathead screwdriver.
synonyms: word: flathead screwdriver
flat-blade screwdrivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat-blade screwdriver
discrete-time
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to discrete time.
andersmeat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Apparently from a variant of undern + -s- + meat, but perhaps via alteration of Old English undernmete (“breakfast”), unattested in this sense. Compare Middle English orendron mete.
Senses: glosses: A light snack consumed in the afternoon.
examples: text: This is my whack of bread and cheese for andersmeat.
ref: 1905, Joseph Wright (editor), The English Dialect Dictionary, page 437:
glosses: A lunch.
addersmeats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of addersmeat
logject
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: logjects
Etymology: Blend of log + object
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
technology
glosses: An object with embedded software capable of monitoring and recording, in some manner, its own activity and operation.
Related terms: blogject
logjects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of logject
hunger moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hunger moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in January.
ice moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in February.
Leow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Chinese 廖 (Cantonese: liu6, Hakka: Liau, Hokkien: Liāu, Teochew: liao7, liou7), etc.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Jewz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: slightly offensive
glosses: plural of Jew
time-delay relay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time-delay relays
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A type of relay consisting of a built-in time delay function.
time-delay relays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time-delay relay
ordinal date
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ordinal dates
Senses: topics: time
glosses: A calendar day consisting of a year and an ordinal number, ranging from 1 to 366, representing the multiples of a day.
ordinal dates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ordinal date
physiological time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physiological times
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: A continuum of time involving a non-linear transformation of a physical time scale such that a certain temperature-dependent process becomes time-invariant.
physiological times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physiological time
balling gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balling guns
Etymology: From balling + gun.
Senses: examples: text: It is very easy to misuse the balling gun and cause a serious "choke" in the horse or damage to the back of the throat.
ref: 2006, T. A. Landers, Professional Care of the Racehorse, page 253:
text: Before passing a balling gun into the patient's oral cavity, a quick assessment of the patient's size is mandatory.
ref: 2007, Thomas J. Divers, Simon F. Peek, Rebhun's Diseases of Dairy Cattle, page 21:
text: This instrument is available in various sizes for use in different species. Cattle require a balling gun with a large head and long handle, with a metal or flexible plastic head.
ref: 2016, Margi Sirois, Principles and Practice of Veterinary Technology, page 673:
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
glosses: A device for forcing a pill or bolus of medicine down the throat of an animal.
balling guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balling gun
balling-iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balling-irons
Etymology: Named for its original use in forcing open the mouth of an animal for balling.
Senses: examples: text: After a due examination of the mouth has been made, and we have selected the tooth to be operated upon, the animal should be restrained by means of a twitch, and a balling-iron ought then to be placed in the mouth . The common open balling-iron will answer the purpose, but the one I would recommend you to use is that invented by Mr. Varnell .
ref: 1851, The Veterinarian: A Monthly Journal of Veterinary Science, page 635:
text: It is necessary at times to give a medicinal ball to a horse, and as few grooms are expert at administering a ball without assistance, a balling-iron affords them that assistance.
ref: 1858, James Slight, Robert Scott Burn, Henry Stephens, The Book of Farm Implements and Machines, page 532:
text: Every groom should know how to give a ball, which is managed either with or without a balling-iron, an instrument which is seldom wanted , and which sometimes occasions considerable mischief to the roof of the horse's mouth .
ref: 1873, George Armatage, The horse, page 158:
text: The man using a balling-iron has, therefore, to guard himself from blows rapidly dealt with the fore hoofs of a desperate animal.
ref: 1876, Edward Mayhew, Mayhew's Illustrated Horse Management, page 42:
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
glosses: A piece of shaped metal that forces the mouth of an animal to stay open.
balling-irons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balling-iron
ballings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balling
mash potatoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mash potato
depoliticizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: depoliticizers
Etymology: From depoliticize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who depoliticizes.
depoliticizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of depoliticizer
politicalizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: politicalizers
Etymology: From politicalizer + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who politicalizes.
politicalizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of politicalizer
Tagaloa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: 1887, Thomas Powell, A Samoan Tradition of Creation and the Deluge, Francis W. H. Petrie (editor), Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Volume 20, Victoria Institute, page 150,
Tagaloa the Creator then sat down, and produced Tagaloa the Unchangeable, and Tagaloa the Visitor of the Peoples, and Tagaloa the Prohibitor of the Peoples, and Tagaloa the Messenger,§ and Tuli and Logonoa.
text: 1987 [1892], Thomas Powell (collector and translator), [Translation of oral history, originally published 1892], quoted in 1987, Malama Meleisea, Penelope Schoeffel Meleisea (editors), Lagaga: A Short History of Western Samoa, University of the South Pacific, page 6,
[…] Tagaloa looked down to Tagaloa the messenger, and he made the Tongan group spring up; then that land sprung up.
Then he turns his face to this Manua; and looks up to the heavens, for he is unable to move about, then Tagaloa, the creator and Tagaloa, the immovable looked down and caused Savaiʻi to spring up, then that land grew up.
text: After he had created the heavens and the earth, Tagaloa sat still for a time. Then he began his work anew. He created the other gods from himself.
Tagaloa the creator said to Tagaloa-le-fuli, Stable Tagaloa, "Be chief in the heavens." And Stable Tagaloa was chief in the heavens.
ref: 2014, Howard J. Sherman, Mythology for Storytellers: Themes and Tales from Around the World, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 254:
qualifier: Samoan mythology
glosses: The chief deity of Samoan mythology; the creator of the universe and progenitor and chief of all other gods; also used in combination with epithets for certain deities brought into being by said creator.
Related terms: Kanaloa
Taʻaroa
Tangaloa
Tangaroa
Bowdlerizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bowdlerization
bin store
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bin stores
Senses: glosses: A brick and mortar store selling only returned merchandise from e-commerce.
Bowdlerisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bowdlerisation
enneakis-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A variant of ennea-, used for multiplication with a second numerical prefix.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variant of ennea-, used for substitutions of nine complex rather than simple units.
Related terms: bis-
decakis-
heptakis-
hexakis-
octakis-
pentakis-
tetrakis-
tris-
Unrine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Unrines
Senses: glosses: A surname.
culturalizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: culturalizers
Etymology: From culturalize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who culturalizes.
culturalizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of culturalizer
stupid-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stupid-asses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stupidass.
stupid-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stupid-ass
form: most stupid-ass
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stupidass.
dishtray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dishtrays
Etymology: From dish + tray.
Senses: examples: text: One and all, these college girls welcomed us as we drove into the camps, pretended amusement at our stories, helped with the entertainments at the lodges, joined us in excursions in search of mountain flowers, supplemented our diet in return for assistance with the dishtrays and drying towels, and waved, and smiled again, as we left for the next station.
ref: 1966, J[ames] Fred Rippy, “After a Summer in the Rocky-Mountain West I Return to Tennessee”, in Bygones I Cannot Help Recalling: The Memoirs of a Mobile Scholar, Austin, Tex.: Steck-Vaughn Company, →LCCN, page 80:
text: In a multi-convoluted helical conveyor of the character described for transporting substantially flat-bottomed full or empty dishtrays, the combination of a supporting structure, a pair of helically-parallel track bars supported by said structure, a plurality of chain-driving sprockets, and an endless, slatted, link-chain belt comprised of a bowable and twistable link-chain, a plurality of separate, independent, free-ended, semi-flexible plastic slats, the free and deflectable ends of said slats extending transversely over and substantially beyond the track bars, said track bars disposed at an inclined angle not over the friction angle of the dishtrays upon the slats, […]
ref: 1973 January 29, Sidney T. Heifetz, George Ran, Theodore Equipment Corporation, Helical endless-belt mechanisms for fuel or empty dishtray transporting and lifting, US Patent 3,857,476, published 31 December 1974, column 7, lines 21–33:
text: Once in a while someone would nod at me and wave, and from my corner by the dishtrays I nodded and waved back. The supervisor was very firm about clearing girls mixing with the customers.
ref: 1981, Susan Allen Toth, “Preparation for Life”, in Blooming: A Small-Town Girlhood, Boston, Mass.; Toronto, Ont.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, pages 131–132:
text: They held their dishtrays by their sides, each one waiting, Rupp thought, for something solid, something real, something that they could think about overnight in their hovels, something that might stir their bowels.
ref: 2003, Edward Stone Cohen, “Sambo”, in Firewater: A Green Novel (Akashic Rural Surreal), New York, N.Y.: Akashic Books, →ISBN, page 185:
glosses: A tray for dishes.
dishtrays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dishtray
dicksneeze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dicksneezes
Etymology: From dick + sneeze, as a reference to ejaculation.
Senses: glosses: A term of abuse.
dicksneezes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dicksneeze
quarantinings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarantining
backstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backstones
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bakestone.
backstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backstones
Senses: examples: text: […] the backstones of the burial-chambers were a deep red.
ref: 2000, Aubrey Burl, The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany, page 225:
text: Backstones in an intact tomb normally function to support the capstone and to define the rear end of the chamber.
ref: 2008, Tatjana Kytmannow, Portal Tombs in the Landscape, page 39:
glosses: A stone at the rear of something.
backstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backstone
Elfick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Elficks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Elphick.
Elphicke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Elphickes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Elphick.
Elvidge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɛlvɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: Elvidges
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Elphick.
algorethics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: algorethicses
Etymology: Blend of algorithm + ethics.
Senses: qualifier: artificial intelligence
glosses: The study of the ethical implications of computer systems, artificial intelligence, etc.
summit diseases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of summit disease
Sudest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a language spoken in Papua New Guinea
reap the benefits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reaps the benefits
form: reaping the benefits
form: reaped the benefits
form: reaped the benefits
Senses: examples: text: Oh, well, the bees made it. I just reap the benefits.
ref: 2022, “Boxed In/Beekeepers”, in Beavis and Butt-head, season 1, episode 2:
glosses: Enjoy the comforts of something.
Chellington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Probably from the Old English female given name Ċēolwynn, a compound of ċēol (“ship”) and wynn (“joy, delight, pleasure”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Senses: glosses: A village in Carlton and Chellington parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9555).
Derived terms: Carlton and Chellington
Carlton and Chellington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England, which includes these two villages.
Related terms: Carlton
Chellington
Felmersham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: According to Skeat, the first part of this placename derives from an Old English personal name *Feolomǣr, a compound of feolo (“many, much, a lot”) and mǣre (“famous, renowned”), + hām (“home”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9957).
Radwell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English rēad (“red”) + wielle (“spring, source, well”).
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Felmersham civil parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0057).
glosses: A small village and civil parish (without a council) in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2335).
glosses: A surname (reference needed).
Pavenham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From an unclear personal name + Old English hām (“home”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9955).
Arthuret
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in City of Carlisle district.
join issue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: joins issue
form: joining issue
form: joined issue
form: joined issue
Senses: glosses: Of two people, to argue with one another.
examples: text: [W]ith Rejoinders and Replies, / Long Bills, and Anſvvers, ſtuft vvith Lies, / Demurr, Imparlance, and Eſſoign, / The Parties ne'er could Iſſue join: / For Sixteen Years the Cauſe vvas ſpun, / And then ſtood vvhere it firſt begun.
ref: 1726, [Jonathan Swift], Cadenus and Vanessa. A Poem, London: […] J. Roberts […], →OCLC, page 9:
text: In one sense, the Court’s decision to pass over this complication may be understandable. After all, none of the parties before us questioned the application of a discovery rule in proceedings below, but joined issue only over how it should work.
ref: 2021, Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy (U.S. Supreme Court No. 19-292), Justice Gorsuch dissenting
topics: law
glosses: Of two parties to a legal proceeding, to agree to argue about a particular legal claim.
four-hundredth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔː ˈhʌn.dɹədθ/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹ ˈhʌn.dɹɪdθ/
Senses: glosses: The ordinal form of the number four hundred.
non-linear text
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-linear texts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hypertext.
synonyms: word: hypertext
non-linear texts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-linear text
barography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Experimental work in a laboratory setting has shown promise for obtaining simultaneous luminescence barography and thermography results in hypersonic wind tunnels.
ref: 1998, 20th AIAA Advanced Measurement and Ground Testing Technology Conference:
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The measurement of pressure.
The measurement and recording of atmospheric pressure.
examples: text: (see title)
ref: 1980, M. Springhorn, L. Vistnes, L.J. Leifer, “The use of optical barography for the study of some aspects of pressure sore etiology .”, in Proceedings of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, volume 9:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The measurement of pressure.
The measurement of exerted pressure by means of a barograph.
Derived terms: pedobarography
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: HTTP
glosses: An application layer protocol in the Internet protocol suite model for distributed, collaborative, and hypermedia information systems.
repetition times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repetition time
time stands still
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Life without love is load; and time stands still; what we refuse to him, to Death we give, And then, then only, when we love, we live.
ref: 1735, William Congreve, Plays ... In two volumes, page 39:
text: Each long moment seems a day, time stands still, when she's away.
ref: 1741, Mr. Theobald (Lewis), The Happy Captive, An English Opera:
text: When one event is continuous, time stands still; for we form no idea of time by the presence or continuance of a single event but we do so by the change of other events at the time.
ref: 1828, Abner Kneeland (contributor), The Olive Branch and Christian Inquirer:
text: In a good wild high-mountain storm, it would be a majestic ride through heaven and hell, a time-stands-still trip in a region of pure awe and undiluted fear.
ref: 2004, Phil Condon, Montana Surround: Land, Water, Nature, and Place, Big Earth Publishing, →ISBN, page 52:
glosses: Used to emphasize a moment in time that is either catastrophic or even enjoyable in which one's sense of time is frozen or suspended.
examples: text: […] unconsciously and innocently succumb to the timeless paganism of a country where time stands still and the ancient ways of humanity know nothing about stock markets and finance capitalism.
ref: 1957, The Peabody Reflector:
text: Travel by luxurious jet to a town where time stands still and the houses are festooned with bright streamers for the ancient Summer Star festival. Stay in a 17th-century ryokan (inn) and enjoy ham and eggs for breakfast.
ref: 1972, The New Yorker:
text: If your visit to the time-stands-still village of Metsovo - high in the snowy mountains a couple of hours' drive due west of Kalambaka - is at Easter, you're in for a succession of special treats[…]
ref: 1984, Travel Holiday:
text: Every year since this bicentennial event, the batteaux have raced from Lynchburg to Richmond, easily slipping from one century back into another for a few glorious days when time stands still.
ref: 2004, Clifton W. Potter, Dorothy Bundy Turner Potter, Lynchburg: A City Set on Seven Hills, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 148:
text: Time stands still in this quiet little spot, with its quaint old-fashioned decor, swathes of lace and brown table linen.
ref: 2011 July 8, Time Out Guides Ltd, Time Out Barcelona 14th edition, Random House, →ISBN:
text: Inside the smallest and plainest of the trio, a time-stands-still kind of sight awaits—different-sized gaskets hang from hooks on the wall, waiting patiently for more than half a century to be placed on machinery long gone.
ref: 2016, Richard Panchyk, Hidden History of Long Island, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 30:
text: I need a small Tuscan village where time stands still, where creativity can unfurl and my own soul can breathe.
ref: 2024 March 5, Angela Correll, Restored in Tuscany: A True Story of Facing Loss, Finding Beauty, and Living Forward in Hope, Harvest House Publishers, →ISBN, page 16:
glosses: Used to state that something, especially a place, has an archaic, anachronistic or historic feeling.
quantum decoherence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quantum decoherences
Senses: qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: Synonym of decoherence.
synonyms: word: decoherence
quantum decoherences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quantum decoherence
pumping time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pumping times
Senses: examples: text: The setting time should never exceed the pumping time, and preferably should be about half of the total pumping time.
ref: 1971, ASTM International (publisher), Sampling of Soil and Rock, page 54:
text: Instantaneous discharge from aquifer storage does not occur, but storativity does approach a constant value with increasing pumping time.
ref: 2001, Michael Kasenow, Applied Ground-water Hydrology and Well Hydraulics, page 384:
text: Inclusion of a linear current booster (LCB) extends the useful pumping time of the pump motor and enables the use of a smaller motor and a smaller array that is utilized more efficiently.
ref: 2004, Roger A. Messenger, Jerry Ventre, Photovoltaic Systems Engineering, Second Edition, page 117:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The amount of time a pump is in operation.
Belses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A settlement in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Roxburghshire, consisting of New Belses and Old Belses (OS grid ref NT5725).
tunnelling time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tunnelling times
form: tunneling time
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The amount of time required for the ground state to develop the underbarrier wavefunction components necessary to attain the static field ionization rate.
tunnelling times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tunnelling time
tunneling time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tunneling times
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tunnelling time.
tunneling times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tunneling time
Apostolic Times
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Apostolic Times
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Apostolic Age.
synonyms: word: Apostolic Age
quantum coherence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quantum coherences
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The ability of a quantum state to maintain its entanglement and superposition in the face of interactions and the effects of thermalization.
quantum coherences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quantum coherence
pumping times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pumping time
flybars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flybar
floccipend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: floccipends
form: floccipending
form: floccipended
form: floccipended
Senses: glosses: To regard or consider as worthless.
floccipends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of floccipend
floccipending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of floccipend
floccipended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of floccipend
florigerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Bearing flowers.
flocoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The filamentous, waxy white covering of certain aphids, especially of the subfamilies Chermesidae and Pemphiginae.
devil wagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devil wagons
form: devil-wagon
Etymology: From devil + wagon.
Senses: glosses: A car, seen as a source of vice or sin.
devil wagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devil wagon
SoundCloud
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: SoundClouds
form: SoundClouding
form: SoundClouded
form: SoundClouded
Etymology: From the company name SoundCloud, an audio streaming service founded in 2007, from sound + cloud (“the Internet; cloud computing”).
Senses: examples: text: While there aren't any 'big' international names to speak of, it's time to start Soundclouding^([sic]) music by dream pop Parisian producer Dream Koala.
ref: 2014 October 14, Entertainment Feature Service, “Instant Attraction”, in The Indian Express:
text: Playing at 3pm on Saturday when the crowds were either shedding their hangovers or at other gigs, their sparsely attended gig at Clwb Ifor Bach would have affected other bands but instead they put on a stunning performance. Two EP's in, the Rhyl garage rockers are deffo an act worth Soundclouding.^([sic])
ref: 2015 November 9, Gavin Allen, “Swn Festival 2015: 5 things we learned watching Britain's biggest orgy of brand new music”, in Daily Mirror:
text: She's not an extrovert who goes to shows and makes connections with everyone in the room. That's not her strength. But she's a master at the Internet. Through her ninja SoundClouding, she teamed up with DJs from around the globe to remix her songs and post (or repost) to their followers.
ref: 2016, Ari Herstand, How To Make It in the New Music Business, Boni & Liveright, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
text: It is of course — I admit it — highly implausible that Lady Gaga’s character should be so against taking pictures of celebs on mobile phones; in the real world, an ambitious singer-songwriter like her would be selfie-ing, Instagramming, SoundClouding etc non-stop.
ref: 2019 January 22, Peter Bradshaw, “Oscar nominations 2019: Roma and The Favourite deserve acclaim, but no female directors is woeful”, in The Guardian:
text: Blogging, microblogging, vlogging, Polyvoring, liking, Pinteresting, Tumbling, Stumbling, hauling, Soundclouding,^([sic]) Tweeting, […] interfacing, interlocutory presence and absence, and the allatonceness this transience all produces and inoculates us to is what metamodernism can best be described as. It is the context of our most current situation and is an adaptation to being 'hyperreal.'
ref: 2020, Julianne Pederson, “Metamodernism in Fashion and Style Practice: Authorship and the Consumer”, in Barbara Brownie, Johannes Reponen, Laura Pettican, editor, Fashion: Exploring Critical Issues, Brill Publishers, →ISBN, page 123:
glosses: To use, or upload music to, the music streaming service SoundCloud.
wikipedia: SoundCloud
Related terms: SoundCloud rap
SoundClown
weird SoundCloud
SoundClouded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of SoundCloud
SoundClouding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of SoundCloud
SoundClouds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of SoundCloud
nonuniform polynomial time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonuniform polynomial times
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
qualifier: computational complexity theory
glosses: The class of decision problems solvable by a family of polynomial-sized Boolean circuits.
nonuniform polynomial times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonuniform polynomial time
Boolean circuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Boolean circuits
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
qualifier: computational complexity theory
glosses: A directed acyclic graph whose internal nodes are Boolean functions.
Boolean circuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Boolean circuit
sap moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sap moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in March.
sugaring moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugaring moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in March.
crow moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crow moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in March.
storm moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: storm moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in March.
grass moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grass moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in April.
rain moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rain moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in April.
growing moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: growing moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in April.
wind moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wind moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in April.
planting moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: planting moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in May.
deer moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deer moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in July.
Standhill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The 19 miles from Hawick to Galashiels include sharp undulations, some of which are as steep as 1 in 120, and a minor summit at Standhill, between Hassendean and Belses.
ref: 1952 January, H. A. Vallance, “The Waverley Route”, in Railway Magazine, page 6:
glosses: A small settlement in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5623).
hay moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hay moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in July.
fruit moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fruit moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in August.
barley moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barley moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in August.
gypsy moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gypsy moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in September.
frosty moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frosty moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in November.
winter moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winter moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in December.
winter moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of winter moon
frosty moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frosty moon
gypsy moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gypsy moon
barley moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barley moon
fruit moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fruit moon
hay moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hay moon
deer moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deer moon
planting moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of planting moon
wind moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wind moon
growing moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of growing moon
rain moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rain moon
grass moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grass moon
storm moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of storm moon
crow moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crow moon
sugaring moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sugaring moon
sap moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sap moon
quantum interference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quantum interferences
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: The instance of a subatomic particle interacting with and influencing itself and other particles while in a probabilistic superposition state.
quantum interferences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quantum interference
wikitime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wiki + time.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
time
glosses: A time standard or timestamp used in Wikipedia and its affiliates, set to Greenwich Mean Time, and encoded as 24-hour time-day-month-year.
tuna crab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuna crabs
Senses: glosses: Grimothea planipes, a squat lobster of the Pacific coast of the Americas.
proemetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proemetic
form: most proemetic
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: emetic
emetogenic
vomitive
vomitory
antonyms: antiemetic
glosses: That induces emesis (vomiting).
proemetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proemetics
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: emetic
emetogen
vomitive
vomitory
antonyms: antiemetic
glosses: An agent that induces emesis (vomiting).
debt slave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: debt slaves
Senses: glosses: One who is in enslaved for the redemption of an unpaid debt.
Derived terms: debt slavery
debt slavery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: debt slaveries
Senses: glosses: Synonym of debt bondage.
synonyms: word: debt bondage
Related terms: debt slave
debt slaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of debt slave
short con
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: short cons
Senses: examples: text: It's up to me. I'm strictly short con. It's nothing but small time stuff. I can walk away from it anytime I want.
ref: 1990, Jim Thompson, Donald E. Westlake, The Grifters, spoken by Roy Dillon (John Cusack):
text: Another common form of short con is the shell game. This scam has the advantage of giving the criminal the ability to rip off many marks all at one location.
ref: 2009, Michael Benson, Cons and Frauds, Infobase, →ISBN, page 21:
coordinate_terms: long con
glosses: A scam that can be performed in minutes or seconds, typically aiming to rob the victim of the money or valuables they carry on them.
short cons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of short con
debt slaveries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of debt slavery
impostor phenomenon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: impostor phenomena
Senses: examples: text: We have observed at least four different types of behaviors, which tend to maintain the impostor phenomenon once the posture of being an intellectual phony has been assumed.
ref: 1978, Pauline Rose Clance, Suzanne Imes, “The Imposter Phenomenon in High Achieving Women Dynamics and Therapeutic Intervention”, in Psychotherapy Theory, Research and Practice, volume 15, number 3:
glosses: Synonym of impostor syndrome.
synonyms: word: impostor syndrome
starting time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starting times
Senses: examples: text: If you were not in your place in the carriage ten minutes before the starting time, or at the first ringing of the bell, you would be locked out.
ref: 1842, William Howitt, The Rural and Domestic Life of Germany, page 443:
text: 12:25 is the starting-time; and, hark! there is the bell—the whistle—the ‘go-ahead’.
ref: 1850, Chapman and Hall (publisher), The Florist and Garden Miscellany - Volume 2, page 236:
synonyms: start time
glosses: The moment in time at which something is scheduled or supposed to begin.
starting times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starting time
start time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: start times
Senses: examples: text: Take away the start time minutes from the end time minutes and write down the number in front of a colon.
ref: 2012, Colin Beveridge, Basic Maths Practice Problems For Dummies, page 31:
glosses: Synonym of starting time.
synonyms: word: starting time
start times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of start time
Starving Time
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Starving Time
Senses: glosses: A period of starvation during the winter of 1609–1610 in Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia.
cloud bread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cloud breads
Senses: examples: text: Supporters also claim that cloud bread is, essentially, a 'bread' without carbs. And it's gluten-free, so no wonder it's a big hit on social media, the birthplace of the paleo diet.
ref: 2017 May 17, Joshua Barrie, “Have you tried 'carb-free' cloud bread? Here's what it is and how to make it”, in Belfast Live, archived from the original on 10 May 2024:
glosses: A light and fluffy low-carb substitute for bread made with egg whites, cornstarch, and sugar.
cloud breads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cloud bread
quiet hiring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: quiet + hiring, on the model of quiet quitting.
Senses: examples: text: The key to making quiet hiring work is communication. If a company is not transparent with their intentions, Candido says an employee may feel like they are being taken advantage of.
ref: 2023 March 14, Katherine DeClerq, “What does the term 'quiet hiring' mean? These Toronto experts explain”, in CTV News, archived from the original on 10 May 2024:
text: According to Emily Rose McRae, who leads the Future of Work research team in Gartner's human resources practice, quiet hiring allows employers to keep a steady headcount by focusing instead on nurturing and promoting in-house talent. This strategy can also give current employees the chance to upskill and experiment with new tasks.
ref: 2023 April 20, Imane El Atillah, “What is 'quiet hiring' and why is it trending in the workplace?”, in Euronews, archived from the original on 023-04-21:
text: In today's shifting workplace dynamic, a strategic approach to talent management is essential. Quiet hiring, coupled with robust upskilling initiatives, offers a sustainable solution to bridging the skills gap and ensuring long-term success.
ref: 2024 May 1, René Janssen, “'Quiet hiring' is silently revolutionising the workplace”, in Euronews, archived from the original on 06 May 2024:
topics: business
glosses: The practice of upskilling employees, gaining additional expertise without hiring new permanent staff members.
butchiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From butchy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: butchness
Portuguese Guiana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Portuguese Guiana Portuguesa.
Senses: glosses: the former name of the Brazilian state of Amapá during the colonial period
tomato flu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the red, round blisters the illness makes.
Senses: synonyms: tomato fever
glosses: An illness endemic to Kerala, India identified in 2022.
tomato fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tomato flu.
synonyms: word: tomato flu
director of first impressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: directors of first impressions
Senses: examples: text: Our office is seeking a "Director of First Impressions." This is someone who is mature, self-confident, outgoing and has the following skills and experience,
ABILITY TO OPERATE MULTI-LINE PHONE SYSTEM
WORD PROCESSING SKILLS (WE USE MICROSOFT WORD)
LIKES DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC
IS WILLING TO PERFORM A VARIETY OF TASKS
ref: 1997 August 25, “Director of First Impressions”, in Times-News, number 237, Twin Falls, Idaho, →OCLC, page A-6:
text: receptionist/director of first impressions
ref: 1998 June 22, Diane Wilson, “found job titles”, in talk.bizarre (Usenet):
text: It's Washington's Birthday so I assume if I called, the virtual director of first impressions would come on the line.
ref: 2010 February 15, John Dodge, “Virtual receptionists replacing the real thing”, in ZDNET, archived from the original on 10 May 2024:
text: If that feels absurd, take a deep breath. Plenty of companies now employ a “director of first impressions”, a job whose responsibilities include greeting all visitors at the front desk, almost as if you were meeting a receptionist.
ref: 2022 December 8, “The scourge of job-title inflation”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2024:
glosses: A receptionist.
directors of first impressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of director of first impressions
Google effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: digital amnesia
glosses: The tendency to forget information that can be found readily online by using Internet search engines.
digital amnesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Google effect.
synonyms: word: Google effect
Narvitian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Narvitians
Etymology: From Narva + -t + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Narva, Estonia.
meetha paan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːtə ˈpɑːn/
ipa: /ˈmiːʈʰa ˈpaːn/
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Hindi मीठा पान (mīṭhā pān, “sweet betel”), from मीठा (mīṭhā, “sweet, gentle”) + पान (pān, “betel leaf, paan”).
Senses: glosses: A preparation of betel leaf enclosed with a mix of sweet and usually spicy or savory ingredients, much like paan but without the tobacco, areca nut or slaked lime, and considered a milder, safer or more modest alternative to it.
glosses: A dessert or other sweet made with betel leaf, such as betel ice cream.
Synonyms: sweet paan