cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
equinumerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From equi- + numerous.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having equal cardinality.
Derived terms: equinumerousness
cardinalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardinality
equinumerosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From equi- + numerosity.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The state or quality of being equinumerous.
cliché-ridden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cliché-ridden
form: most cliché-ridden
Etymology: From cliché + -ridden.
Senses: examples: a cliché-ridden romance novel
glosses: Dominated or plagued by clichés.
swap file
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swap files
Etymology: So called because data can be swapped between memory and this file.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A file on disk used as auxiliary memory.
Related terms: swap partition
swap space
paging file
swap files
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swap file
garage sales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garage sale
car boot sales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of car boot sale
jumble sale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jumble sales
Senses: examples: text: Today's children at Christmas-time take a cast-off toy to the Toy Service held in many churches, and it is a pretty sight to watch those tiny mites clutching their toys and parting from them. However, it has been said that they should take one which they really love, otherwise it is no sacrifice. What busy-bodies some of these grown-ups are! Do they send off their best clothes to the local jumble sale?
ref: 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 35:
hypernyms: sale#Noun
coordinate_terms: autojumble
boot sale
boot fair
car boot sale
flea market
swap meet
;
yard sale
garage sale
;
junk shop
w:antique mall
glosses: A sale of used goods by individuals operating tables or stalls, usually held indoors and open to the public.
scandal-ridden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scandal-ridden
form: most scandal-ridden
Etymology: From scandal + -ridden.
Senses: examples: text: The scandal-ridden widget manufacturer, Fix-U-Up, was finally brought to trial, accused of flouting safety regulations.
glosses: Dominated or plagued by scandals.
jumble sales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jumble sale
prefetches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prefetch
prefetched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prefetch
page fault
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: page faults
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An alert (such as an interrupt or exception) indicating that a page of memory was accessed without being loaded.
page faults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of page fault
swap out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swaps out
form: swapping out
form: swapped out
form: swapped out
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: outswap
antonyms: swap in
glosses: To transfer (memory contents) into a swap file.
examples: text: Those men are tired; let's swap that unit out.
text: I can't keep going; is it okay if I swap out?
synonyms: switch#Verb
switch out
antonyms: swap in
glosses: To exchange (something or someone) for an unused (or less-used) equivalent.
examples: text: I'll swap out the dead battery for a new one.
synonyms: switch#Verb
switch out
replace
antonyms: swap in
glosses: To exchange (something) for (something else). (usually followed by with or for)
swap out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swap outs
form: swap-out
Senses: glosses: Anything that is swapped out for another; an exchange.
examples: text: Luckily, on this show we have swap outs, so we don't have to wait.
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: A pre-prepared food item used in place of an unfinished food item in order to cut down the overall preparation time during filming.
swap in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swaps in
form: swapping in
form: swapped in
form: swapped in
Senses: examples: text: Jerry was slowing down, so I swapped in Tom.
text: Jerry was slowing down, so I swapped Tom in.
glosses: To exchange (someone or something) for another of the same kind.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To retrieve (memory contents) from a swap file.
swaps in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swap in
swapping in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swap in
swapped in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swap in
swaps out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swap out
swapping out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swap out
swapped out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swap out
swopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swop
swopping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swoppings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of swapping.
swopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swop
anemonefishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anemonefish
waste-ridden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more waste-ridden
form: most waste-ridden
Etymology: From waste + -ridden.
Senses: examples: text: It was not very pleasant to walk along the refuse-strewn, waste-ridden beach.
glosses: dominated or plagued by waste.
sea anemones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea anemone
ordinating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ordinate
ordinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ordinate
violence-ridden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more violence-ridden
form: most violence-ridden
Etymology: From violence + -ridden.
Senses: examples: text: Troops were deployed in the violence-ridden province to re-establish law and order.
glosses: Dominated or plagued by violence.
tracksuited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tracksuit + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: A tracksuited man with a face like a wolf is running a jagged path from copse to copse.
ref: 1996, D L Flusfeder, Like Plastic:
glosses: Dressed in a tracksuit.
luxon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌk.sɒn/
ipa: /ˈlʌk.sɑn/
Forms: form: luxons
Etymology: From Latin lux (“light”) + -on.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any particle that travels at exactly the speed of light and has zero mass: typically a photon.
Derived terms: luxonic
Related terms: tachyon
tardyon
luxons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of luxon
bullet time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: First used with reference to the 1999 film The Matrix, and later to the slow-motion effects in the 2001 video game Max Payne.
Senses: examples: text: ...particularly in the use of the bullet-time technique...
ref: 2006, Dani Cavallaro, The Cinema of Mamoru Oshii: Fantasy, Technology and Politics:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
video-games
glosses: A visual effect in which the camera pans around a slowed-down object, such as a flying bullet.
topics: video-games
glosses: A mode in which gameplay slows down to allow the player to observe and maneuver around bullets or other fast moving objects.
weightlessnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weightlessness
crash test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crash tests
Senses: examples: text: Cars and trucks will also have to pass new, more demanding crash tests, which will cause them to become heavier, noted the UFC-Que choisir. While it is impossible to predict the impact these measures will have on the likelihood of accidents, it is certain that they will not only increase cars' energy consumption, but will also expand their environmental footprint, with more electronics and screens on board, and therefore more water and energy required to manufacture them, more metals, rare earths, plastics, etc.
ref: 2024 September 16, Stéphane Foucart, 'To reduce their environmental impact, why not simply regulate the weight of cars?', Le Monde:
glosses: A test of crashworthiness, usually involving the controlled crashing of a vehicle with dummies in place of human passengers.
Derived terms: crash test dummy
crash tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crash test
SMSed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of SMS
SMSing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of SMS
SMSes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SMS
SMSes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of SMS
stackability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stack + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: 'It is very difficult to co-ordinate two-way traffic and this is where stackability of pallets can be very important'.
ref: 1970, Mechanical handling:
text: Objective: Improve sack stackability / Action: Use anti-skid sacks
ref: 1987, Materials handling news:
glosses: The quality of being stackable.
Mary Sues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mary Sue
biocontainment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + containment.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of several techniques used to ensure that biohazards are contained within a laboratory and not allowed to escape into the environment.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The modification of an organism's genetic material in order to restrict its ability to reproduce outside of a laboratory.
rodlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rodlike
form: most rodlike
Etymology: From rod + -like.
Senses: examples: a rodlike antenna
a rodlike protein
glosses: Resembling a rod, usually in shape
triphosphatases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triphosphatase
outcompete
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outcompetes
form: outcompeting
form: outcompeted
form: outcompeted
form: out-compete
Etymology: From out- + compete.
Senses: examples: text: It shows the peahens that the peacock is strong. And it shows other males that this peacock can outstrut, outfly, outcourt, and generally outcompete them.
ref: 2014, Bill Nye, Corey S. Powell, Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation:
text: While individual Neanderthals were perhaps as inquisitive, imaginative and creative as individual Sapiens, superior networking enabled Sapiens to swiftly outcompete Neanderthals.
ref: 2020 November 7, Yuval Noah Harari, “At Home With Our Ancient Cousins, the Neanderthals”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Grey squirrels are an invasive species in the UK, introduced from North America in the 1870s. They pose a problem for wildlife including endangered red squirrels, which they outcompete.
ref: 2022 July 11, Helena Horton, “Oral contraceptives could help reduce grey squirrel numbers, research finds”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To be more successful than a competitor; especially to thrive in the presence of an organism that is competing for resources.
Coordinate terms: overcompete
undercompete
triphosphatase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triphosphatases
Etymology: From triphosphate + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of triphosphate into a phosphate and a diphosphate through the addition of a water molecule
Hypernyms: hydrolase
enzyme
protein
shaggable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shaggable
form: most shaggable
Etymology: From shag + -able.
Senses: examples: text: "Still think she's shaggable, Lee?" Di Earnshaw's thin mouth pursed. "Not unless you like singing falsetto."
ref: 2002, Val McDermid, The Wire in the Blood:
text: And as if to confirm what cycling shorts had suggested, the magazines that once determined what would make a girl shaggable now explained to me why I and most of the other sixty per cent would remain unshagged until our buns could crack the porcelain.
ref: 2003, James Birrell, The Manana Man, page 29:
glosses: Worthy of shagging; fuckable.
sockdolagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sockdolager
chloroalkyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloroalkyls
Etymology: From chloro- + alkyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alkyl radical having one or more hydrogen atoms replaced by chlorine
Related terms: haloalkyl
thioglycollate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thioglycollates
form: thioglycolate
Etymology: From thio- + glycollate.
Senses: examples: text: Thioglycollates are potential skin-sensitising agents, and strong solutions can cause serious damage to the skin because of their keratolytic action.
ref: 1966, Arthur Jarrett et al., Dermatology: A Functional Introduction, page 96:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sulfur-substituted glycolate
examples: cultured in thioglycollate broth
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: A growth medium containing sodium thioglycollate and other substances
thioglycollates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thioglycollate
tetracarboxylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tetra- + carboxylic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having four carboxyl groups
Derived terms: tetracarboxylic acid
glycolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycolates
Etymology: From glycolic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of a glycolic acid
Derived terms: phosphoglycolate
glycolate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: glycolates
form: glycolating
form: glycolated
form: glycolated
Etymology: From glycolic acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To react with glycolic acid.
terphenyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terphenyl
terphenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terphenyls
Etymology: From ter- + phenyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, C₆H₅-C₆H₄-C₆H₅, composed of three benzene rings in a row
Synonyms: diphenylbenzene
lotus birth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lotus births
Senses: glosses: The practice of not severing a newborn's umbilical cord, but rather allowing it to dry out and separate naturally after a few days.
glosses: A birth performed with this practice.
lotus births
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lotus birth
domain hack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: domain hacks
Senses: examples: text: It is however, possible to create a domain hack. This is where parts of the domain spell out a particular word […]
ref: 2008, Chris Brophy, Manufacturing, Distribution and Promotion in the Music Industry:
text: I love those domain hacks, I own http://www.web2.0button.com and I recently got an email asking how I registered a domain name with a dot in it (HEHE).
ref: 2006, "Dave 2.0", http://en.gli.sh/ - web 2.0 en.gli.sh community (discussion on alt.usage.english newsgroup)
glosses: An Internet domain name in which the top-level domain (such as a country code) can be understood as part of the name rather than the usual suffix.
domain hacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of domain hack
externalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: externalises
form: externalising
form: externalised
form: externalised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of externalize.
Derived terms: unexternalised
externalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of externalise
externalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of externalise
externalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of externalise
childhoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of childhood
jaggies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From jaggy or jagged + -ie (“diminutive”) + -s (“plural”).
Senses: examples: text: The anti-alias option in image editors helps to eliminate the jaggies.
ref: 1999, Brent Heslop, David Angell, Rick Darnell, Microsoft Word 2000 Bible:
text: 2007, Pulli et al, Mobile 3D Graphics: With OpenGL ES and M3G
Edge antialiasing only works at the edges of primitives, but jaggies can happen also at intersections of polygons.
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Jagged artifacts in raster graphics, such as those caused by resizing a bitmap image without preserving its aspect ratio.
jaggeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jaggery
cocultured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coculture
biogeographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + geographic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to biogeography, the study of the geographical arrangement of plants and animals.
Derived terms: biogeographically
chronobiogeographic
paleobiogeographic
panbiogeographic
Related terms: biogeographical
biogeography
coculture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocultures
form: co-culture
Etymology: From co- + culture.
Senses: examples: text: The cocultures of HeLa cells and lymphocytes were incubated for 24 hours.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cell culture containing two (or sometimes more) different types of cells.
Related terms: triculture
tetraculture
coculture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cocultures
form: coculturing
form: cocultured
form: cocultured
form: co-culture
Etymology: From co- + culture.
Senses: examples: cells cocultured with macrophages
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To culture together, usually with another type of cell
cocultures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coculture
cocultures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coculture
coculturing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coculture
biolinguistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + linguistic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the field of biolinguistics, the biological study of language
Derived terms: biolinguistically
paleobiolinguistic
bioinvasion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioinvasions
Etymology: From bio- + invasion.
Senses: glosses: The rapid expansion of a species into regions where it did not previously exist, often as a result of human agency.
Related terms: bioinvasive
bioinvasions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioinvasion
rulemaking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rule + making.
Senses: examples: a rulemaking body
glosses: Having the power to make rules.
Synonyms: regulatory
rulemaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rulemakings
Etymology: From rule + making.
Senses: examples: text: Having conducted 15 negotiated rulemakings for five federal agencies, I expected OSHA to publish the rule in 2006.
ref: 2008 June 12, Susan Podziba, “Safety Starts at the Top”, in New York Times:
topics: law
glosses: The act or process of creating rules, especially regulations (as opposed to statutes).
Synonyms: lawmaking
normmaking
regulation
Related terms: decisionmaker
lawmaker
rulemaker
administration
governance
management
nonspecialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonspecialist
cute hoors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cute hoor
measure words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of measure word
co-chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: co-chairs
Etymology: From co- + chair.
Senses: glosses: One of a group of chairpersons.
co-chair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: co-chairs
form: co-chairing
form: co-chaired
form: co-chaired
Etymology: From co- + chair.
Senses: examples: text: The group is co-chaired by Slough MP and Shadow Transport Minister Tan Dhesi and the Conservative MP for Newbury Laura Farris.
ref: 2023 April 5, Paul Clifton, “Network News: MPs support Heathrow Western Rail Link”, in RAIL, number 980, page 26:
glosses: To serve as a co-chair (on).
co-chairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of co-chair
co-chairs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of co-chair
co-chairing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of co-chair
co-chaired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of co-chair
exponentiations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exponentiation
stereotactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Ballantine performed a bilateral anterior stereotactic cingulotomy on Kapp at Massachusetts General Hospital on July 24, 1974, when she was 20 years old.
ref: 1984 December 29, Larry Goldsmith, “Lesbian Wins Settlement From Psychosurgeon”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 3:
glosses: stereotaxic
stereotaxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stereotaxies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Stereotaxic surgery: surgery that uses a three-dimensional coordinate system to locate small targets inside the body.
stereotaxies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stereotaxy
co-ordinating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of co-ordinate
co-ordinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of co-ordinate
frameless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From frame + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Frameless mirrors are fitted above the seats, and a small table below the window.
ref: 1951 May, “British Railways Standard Coaches”, in Railway Magazine, page 328:
text: The frameless droplights are fitted with an improved Beclewat catch, which is easier to operate than earlier designs.
ref: 1960 November, “New electric multiple-units for British Railways: Manchester/Liverpool and Crewe”, in Trains Illustrated, page 660:
text: Theoretically speaking, the frame-based and frameless surgical localization system should have similar clinical application accuracy.
ref: 1998, William M Wells, Alan C F Colchester, Scott Delp, Medical Image Computing and Computer-assisted Intervention:
text: On a frameless cabinet, a separate scribe piece may be attached to a side panel, near its face.
ref: 2005, Michael W Litchfield, Renovation:
glosses: Without a frame.
examples: text: So there's still a need for a frameless alternative to any web page.
ref: 2005, Michael Meadhra, How to Do Everything with Dreamweaver 8:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Without frames.
raw_tags: of a webpage
Derived terms: framelessness
rice paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rice papers
Senses: examples: text: I will scatter rice paper stars in your heaven
If there are no stars ...
If there are no stars ...
ref: 1990, Ultraviolet, “Kites”, performed by Maria Nayler:
glosses: A thin, fragile paper made from parts of the rice plant, used in artificial flowers and watercolour art.
glosses: Any similar paper made from a plant other than rice, such as bamboo or mulberry.
glosses: Edible sheets of rice often used in Vietnamese cooking; bánh tráng.
Derived terms: rice-paper plant
Related terms: Xuan paper
eye dialects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eye dialect
spelling bees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spelling bee
woz ere
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of was here.
Senses: examples: text: What are couples up to when one reclines on the stones and is ridden by the other? Will our talk excite the vandal? He woz ere, like you are now […]
ref: 1993, Fred D'Aguiar, British Subjects:
text: The wooden surfaces of these desks also made a wonderful surface on which to scratch your name for all posterity: "I woz ere" being a favoured phrase.
ref: 2004, Sue Cowley, Sue Cowley's A-Z of Teaching:
text: […] but it quickly gets repainted with Lennon images, peace messages and inconsequential tourist graffiti of the "we woz ere" variety.
ref: 2007, Neil Wilson, Prague:
glosses: Was here. Frequently placed after the author's name in graffiti.
Related terms: Kilroy was here
multiparticle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + particle.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Involving more than two particles.
raw_tags: of quantum entanglement
multi-particle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of multiparticle.
page out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pages out
form: paging out
form: paged out
form: paged out
Senses: examples: text: However, if the ASE application is paged out because of memory starvation, the entire process is blocked and no useful work can be done until the required pages are brought into memory.
ref: 2002, Allan N. Packer, Configuring and Tuning Databases on the Solaris Platform, page 362:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To transfer (memory contents) to auxiliary storage.
Synonyms: word: outpage
english: where a swap file is involved
translation: where a swap file is involved
word: swap out
page in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pages in
form: paging in
form: paged in
form: paged in
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To transfer (memory contents) from auxiliary storage.
Synonyms: english: where a swap file is involved
translation: where a swap file is involved
word: swap in
pages out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of page out
paging out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of page out
paged out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of page out
pages in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of page in
paging in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of page in
paged in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of page in
suckier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sucky: more sucky
suckiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sucky: most sucky
backtrace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backtraces
Etymology: From back + trace.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A stack trace.
backtrace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backtraces
form: backtracing
form: backtraced
form: backtraced
Etymology: From back + trace.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To examine a stack trace
glosses: To find the cause of something by examining past events
backtraces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backtrace
superjail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superjails
Etymology: From super- + jail.
Senses: examples: text: Plans are afoot to build a superjail to hold intractable prisoners, and the state is adding another 500 cells to the prison system to cope with overcrowding.
ref: 1997, Michael H Tonry, Kate Hamilton, Kathleen Hatlestad, Sentencing Reform in Overcrowded Times: A Comparative Perspective:
text: However, a Utah-based company, Management and Training Corporation Canada, was found to have violated the province's human rights code in a superjail...
ref: 2004, Jane Jacobs, Dark Age Ahead:
synonyms: megajail
glosses: A very large prison.
superjails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superjail
apparences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apparence
unpaged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + paged.
Senses: examples: an unpaged booklet
synonyms: unpaginated
glosses: Without page numbers.
examples: text: The routine that actually changes the paging register must be in an unpaged region; otherwise it will no longer be executable after it has swapped pages.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not subject to paging.
raw_tags: of memory
doabler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of doable: more doable
appels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appel
moon bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moon bag
bumbag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bumbags
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bum bag.
bumbags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bumbag
crits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crit
mothers-to-be
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mother-to-be
fathers-to-be
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of father-to-be
apples of discord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apple of discord
desaturated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of desaturate
desaturates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of desaturate
desaturating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of desaturate
horal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹəl
Etymology: From Latin horalis, from hora (“hour”). See hour.
Senses: examples: text: But if the horal orbit ceases,
The whole stands still, or breaks to pieces
ref: 1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Alma: Or, The Progress of the Mind”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC:
glosses: Of or relating to an hour, or to hours.
Derived terms: trihoral
psionics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒnɪks
Senses: examples: text: In any case, psionics appears quite legitimately in science fiction.
ref: 1976, Reginald Bretnor, The Craft of Science Fiction:
text: In the 1960s, Campbell abandoned his public obsessions with psionics and pseudo-science.
ref: 1998, Gary Westfahl, The Mechanics of Wonder: The Creation of the Idea of Science Fiction:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Mental powers, especially those under conscious control, that affect physical matter, such as telekinesis.
pdoc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːdɒk/
rhymes: -iːdɒk
Forms: form: pdocs
Etymology: From p (the first letter) + doc.
Senses: examples: text: <Nightshade>: not so good they changd my meds agin / <Nightshade>: my pdoc is talking abt ect
ref: 2003, Paul Kalkstein, Jump the Kennebec:
text: The quality of psychiatrists varies widely. Take my last three pdocs, for example. One was terribly bad, the next one exceptionally good, and the current one moderately good.
ref: 2004, Richard, “pdocs”, in alt.support.depression (Usenet):
text: ...being honest with my pdoc about my symptoms, and doing what I can to control my symptoms and live a full life.
ref: 2007, Emily Martin, Bipolar Expeditions: Mania and Depression in American Culture:
glosses: A psychotherapist or psychiatrist.
pdocs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pdoc
nutsack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌtsæk/
Forms: form: nutsacks
form: nut sack
form: nut-sack
Etymology: From nut + sack.
Senses: glosses: A bag in which nuts are carried or stored.
examples: text: I balled so hard they thought I was a fuckin' nutsack
ref: 2023, PLUMMCORP RECORDS, 03:43 from the start, in dracula flow 3:
synonyms: word: bag
word: ball bag
word: ballsac
word: ballsack
word: ballpark
word: bawbag
word: bean bag
word: bollock sack
word: cocksack
word: cock sack
word: cod
word: coin purse
word: codlings
word: duffle bag
word: dulap
word: footbag
word: knapsack
word: mud flap
word: nutsack
word: sack
word: scrot
word: scrote
word: sporran
word: tea bag
word: treasure chest
glosses: The scrotum.
glosses: An objectionable person (especially a man).
nutsacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nutsack
whinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʍɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪndʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: whingers
Etymology: From whinge + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The idea of a British warship supposedly menacing Spain is ludicrous. Is it meant to bomb Cadiz? Will its guns lift a rush-hour tailback in a colony that most Britons regard as awash with tax dodgers, drug dealers and right-wing whingers? The Gibraltarians have rights, but why British taxpayers should send warships to enforce them, even if just "on exercise", is a mystery.
ref: 2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, The Guardian:
glosses: One who whinges.
whinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʍɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪndʒə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈʍɪŋɡə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈʍɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪndʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: whingers
Etymology: Perhaps from Old English winn (“contention, war”) + geard, gyrd (“a staff, rod, yard”).
Senses: examples: text: “Fye on you, why do you not strike your whingers into me, or blow me up with a barrel of powder, rather than torture me thus unmercifully?”
ref: 1820, Ivanhoe, Walter Scott, Note to Chapter 22:
glosses: A whinyard.
whingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whinger
key loggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of key logger
keylogging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From key + logging.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The logging of keystrokes, as with a key logger
Related terms: touchlogging
rhum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhums
Senses: glosses: Rum.
rhums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhum
rummest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of rum: most rum
unbootable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + bootable.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not bootable.
bootable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From boot + -able.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: That can be booted; from which one can boot the system.
raw_tags: of a disk
Derived terms: unbootable
bootable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bootables
Etymology: From boot + -able.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A disk or other medium from which the system can be booted.
deops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deop
deopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deop
deopping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deoppings
Senses: examples: text: Chanserv can control a channel in terms of oppings and deoppings […]
ref: 1998, do...@noone.com, “Chat Channel”, in alt.irc.mirc (Usenet):
glosses: The demotion of an IRC user from operator status.
deopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deop
opping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of op
opping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oppings
Senses: examples: text: […] the purpose of delaying autoops is basically reducing the number of mode changes, and grouping several oppings into one.
ref: 1994, Roger Espel Llima, “Keeping a channel open (ircii-2.6)”, in alt.irc (Usenet):
text: Chanserv can control a channel in terms of oppings and deoppings […]
ref: 1998, do...@noone.com, “Chat Channel”, in alt.irc.mirc (Usenet):
glosses: The promotion of an IRC user to operator status.
opped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of op
kickbanning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kickban
kickbanned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kickban
kickbans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kickban
NDA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NDAs
Senses: examples: text: ‘Thereʼs a fairly ferocious NDA involved.’
ref: 2020, Ben Aaronovitch, False Value, Gollancz, page 82:
text: And how is her love life these days? “People bring up NDAs,” she said. “It’s come up. At least as a joke.”
ref: 2024 February 16, Minju Pak, quoting Young Kim, “Ode to a Punk Rock ‘Sex God’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: For me, the craziest parties I've been to I should’ve signed NDAs for. So out of respect for those involved, I'm not gonna clock their tea. So let me keep some of those memories in my memory bank.
ref: 2024 May 10, Justin Moran, quoting Isaac Dunbar, “Isaac Dunbar and Kerri Colby Were Built for This”, in Paper:
topics: business
law
glosses: Initialism of non-disclosure agreement.
NDA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Indian politics
glosses: Initialism of National Democratic Alliance, a political alliance.
examples: text: In general, there are two major types of prescription drug applications to obtain agency product approval, which are NDA and ANDA.
ref: 2021, Julia Huang, “What Is A CBE 30 Filing? What Is A PAS? What's The Difference Between ANDA And NDA?”, in Pharmaceutical Online:
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of New Drug Application, an application for approval by the Food and Drug Administration of a new pharmaceutical compound for introduction to the market.
non-disclosure agreement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-disclosure agreements
form: nondisclosure agreement
Senses: examples: text: Shepard: What sort of work do you do here?
Dr. Palon: I can't say. I signed a non-disclosure agreement. If we survive, I'd like to keep my job.
Dr. Palon: The location is terrible, but the pay is better than any other commercial lab.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Rift Station, Noveria:
text: Due to Non-Disclosure Agreements, he was unable to confirm too much regarding the work on the '92s', […].
ref: 2021 January 27, “Network News: Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil performs well in DBC tests”, in RAIL, issue 923, page 11:
topics: business
law
synonyms: word: NDA
glosses: A contract that enjoins a party not to disclose certain information.
Related terms: nondisclosed
undisclosed
open the kimono
non-disclosure agreements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-disclosure agreement
supermassive black holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supermassive black hole
Abraham Lincolns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Abraham Lincoln
glue code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: One of the concerns raised was that glue code is typically something that is very special for a given context and therefore hard to reuse.
ref: 1993, Eike Best, editor, CONCUR '93: 4th International Conference on Concurrency Theory:
text: The linker interposes the glue code in front of each downward call.
ref: 2000, John R Levine, Linkers and Loaders:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Code that serves to connect separate parts of a program for compatibility or interoperability.
speccing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spec'ing
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spec
specced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: spĕkt
ipa: /spɛkt/
homophone: specked
rhymes: -ɛkt
Forms: form: spec'd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spec
underperforms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underperform
underperformed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underperform
oneiromancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oneiromancy.
glosses: plural of oneiromancie.
scarce copper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scarce coppers
Senses: glosses: A butterfly of the copper or gossamer-winged butterfly family, Lycaena virgaureae.
overstuffs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overstuff
overstuffing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overstuff
overstuffing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I have taken many an old sofa to pieces to find the understuffing was marsh hay, with a heavy over-stuffing of cotton, with no edge, but simply plain tufting.
ref: 1892, The Furniture Gazette, page 224:
text: To remedy this, additional stuffing is pushed up under the overstuffing so as to crowd it out and fill up all hollows.
ref: 1914, John Wesley Stephenson, Furniture Upholstering: A Practical Handbook for the Upholsterer:
text: Always use a layer of wadding or cotton overstuffing to make the work smooth.
ref: 1920, Furniture Manufacturer and Artisan, volume 19, page 49:
glosses: Material used in upholstering just under the top fabric.
pulls over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pull over
pulling over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pull over
pulled over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pull over
idiolectic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛktɪk
Etymology: From idiolect + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to an idiolect.
transition zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transition zones
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any of several physical zones in which the properties, or the behaviour of something undergoes a radical change
The stage in the flow or a fluid during which it changes from laminar to turbulent
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of several physical zones in which the properties, or the behaviour of something undergoes a radical change
The region between the upper and lower mantle characterized by a rapid increase in density
glosses: Any of several physical zones in which the properties, or the behaviour of something undergoes a radical change
The area between a central business district and residential housing in a city
scrimmaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scrimmage
scrimmaging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrimmagings
Senses: glosses: A scrimmage.
scrimmaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scrimmage
troubleshoots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of troubleshoot
troubleshot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of troubleshoot
tearooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tearoom
tethers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tether
tethers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tether
tympanums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tympani
Senses: glosses: plural of tympanum
thralling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of thrall
thralled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thrall
toadying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of toady
toadying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toadyings
Senses: glosses: The obsequious behavior of a toady; sycophancy.
majoron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: majorons
Etymology: Named after Italian physicist Ettore Majorana + -on. Coined by Y. Chikashige, by Rabindra Nath Mohapatra, and by Roberto Peccei in 1980.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A hypothetical Goldstone boson.
toadied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of toady
majorons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of majoron
tackier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of tacky: more tacky
tackiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of tacky: most tacky
tenderiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tenderisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tenderizer.
tenderisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenderiser
telecasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of telecast
telecasted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of telecast
traceries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tracery
toffies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toffy
thrifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thrift
thrifts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thrift
thirsted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thirst
tenderfoots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tenderfeet
Senses: glosses: plural of tenderfoot
quare
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: quarer
form: quarest
Etymology: Variant of queer.
Senses: examples: text: I was after finishing my dinner when there was quare knock on the door.
text: Look, the quare fellow’s got to be buried in the morning, whether we like it or not, so cut the mullarkey and get back to work.
ref: 1956, Brendan Behan, The Quare Fellow, page 60:
qualifier: Ottawa Valley
glosses: Queer, strange.
examples: text: He'd brought a quare amount of money with him.
glosses: A lot of, very, great.
raw_tags: used for emphasis
Related terms: quare impedit