cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
gyani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyanis
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi ज्ञानी (jñānī), from Sanskrit ज्ञानी (jñānī). Distantly related to know.
Senses: examples: text: He made friends with the pandits and gyanis and would sit with them for hours.
ref: 2011, Khavita Bhanot, Too Asian, not Asian enough, Birmingham: Tindal Street, →ISBN, →OCLC, →ISBN:
text: There is an abode called mah lok where highly evolved gyanis and yogis go but they are again reborn on the earth planet.
ref: 2002, Prakashanand Saraswati, The True History and the Religion of India: A Concise Encyclopedia of Authentic Hinduism, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 167, →ISBN:
glosses: A knowledgeable or wise person; sage, saint.
examples: text: The title given to the person who can read and interpret is gyani, a word which has its roots in the Sanskrit word for ‘wisdom’. A gyani also sings kirtan, devotional songs which again impart religious and moral teaching. A gyani is not a priest but a teacher; […]
ref: 1993, Gerald Parsons, The Growth of Religious Diversity: Britain in 1945, London: Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 234, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of giani.
gyani
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gyani
form: most gyani
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi ज्ञानी (jñānī), from Sanskrit ज्ञानी (jñānī). Distantly related to know.
Senses: examples: text: New Delhi: Shortly after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's searing criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre's handling of the Covid second wave, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday mocked him as a "gyani baba (wise monk)" who is "dishing out pearls of wisdom" to others while not introspecting why states ruled by his own party fared poorly.
ref: 2021 June 22, “"Gyani Baba Dishing Out...": Smriti Irani Slams Rahul Gandhi Over Covid”, in NDTV.com:
text: Knowing every damn thing that's going on in the world, being super intelligent, being the most gyani baba and being financially broke! What a joke! And most people are like that.
ref: 2019 January 1, Ravi Sachan, Sales Ka Sikandar: 3 steps to unstick yourself, New Delhi: Prabhat Prakashan, →ISBN, →ISBN:
text: According to Swamy, Rahul is not Gyani, i.e^([sic]) knowledgable as he has failed in many exams.
ref: 2019 April 2, DNA Web Team, “Rahul Gandhi aka Raul Vinci has four passports, has a chapel at home: Subramanian Swamy”, in DNA India:
glosses: Knowledgeable, wise, intelligent.
gyanis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gyani
be4
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: When your spire is morphing construct an evolution chamber as this also allow spore colonies to counter enemy fliers, and then immediatly^([sic]) go for ling attack upgrade 1, and as soon as spire is finished, go for mutalisk armor upgrade 1. Reason why is long and technical, and I have replied to this be4, so by looking up some older posts you may very well find the answer to why.
ref: 2000 January 31, Demiurge[NaNo], “When to...”, in alt.games.starcraft (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022:
text: HAVE U NOT DONE IT BE4?
MY FRIEND HAS. SHE SAUD IT WAS GOOD AND SHE DOES IT ALL THE TIME AND HER MUM IS PUTTING HER ON THE PILL SO SHE DOESN'T GET A BABY IN HER BELLY
ref: 2001 May 20, Shell, “Morning Peeps”, in alt.fan.scarecrow (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022:
text: When trying to connect to a multiplayergame online, BF2 quits and i'm back at my desktop..... This problem has started recently, never had trouble with this be4.
Suggestions?
Cheers GR
ref: 2005 October 25, Geir, “BF2 trouble”, in alt.games.battlefield1942 (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022:
text: Like i saw this be4 but applied restraint, letting you Matures have your Old Space. I didn't pheel the phunny then and i don't now. we're either of you ever mid-young/pre-adult or did U go from 0 to carbunkled gnurls, pissy asstitudes and 60 years decrepit all in 1 gigantic leap year?
ref: 2008 November 28, Amanda Lynn, “Bear Bottoms Like Kicked In Krotch”, in alt.comp.freeware (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022:
glosses: Abbreviation of before.
be4
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: examples: text: hi, i was wondering if it meant anything if u saw your crush in a dream, i saw james rhodes dryer, my crush, in a dream. i also was on the verge of being kissed by david duchuvney, the x'files guy, speacial agent mulder, and he didnt kiss me 4 some reason. that dream really creeped me out, is the reason he didnt kiss me the reason i cant get a boyfriendż and i love this guy james so much, i keep on dreaming about him and i cany stop, what does that mean, does that mean he is my true 1 and onlyż tell all when u e mail me cause i need 2 know be4 i go insane. jeez, i really, really need 2 know be4 i die of over loving this guy, and i really hope that he likes me, can i have anyway of predicting that without saying something 2 himż, is there way of using anything besides words 2 tell him if i ever get the gutsż if u r courage expert give me some so maybe i can use words. i also want 2 know exactly, no stupid scientific crap, i need 2 know in my language. please help me fast be4 i explode!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ref: 1997 October 11, Hwcogswell, “crushes in dreams”, in alt.dreams (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022:
text: So I think can I use one more display card for the Linux. Cos i have a S3 display card which i used this be4 i upgrade my machine 1 month ago. Can i use both card, and set up the X-sever of the S3 display, and ignore the AGP display in Linux.
ref: 1999 May 16, Zenith, “can I use 1AGP and 1 PCI display card!”, in alt.os.linux (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022:
text: <<>(13) It's Halloween...it's early evening...you're tired from doing Halloween stuff, whatever it is that you do on Halloween...you stop into your local corner store to get a bottle of pop...and you see Conan. Do you go talk to him? What would you say to him?>>
can u go through my trick-or-treating bag be4 i eat any candy? then i'd ask him trick-or-treat
ref: 2000 August 22, G-Dawg, “wiggie questions 3: 7 grams of fat”, in alt.fan.conan-obrien (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022:
text: Shezam, looks like someone already replaced the pistons and didn't index the rods worth a shit. If this engine was already running like this be4 you tore it down-it is a moot point.
ref: 2003 January 12, BACKNCARDR, “Pistons got mixed up”, in rec.autos.tech (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022:
glosses: Abbreviation of before.
be4
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: > There is always something meaner than you around. That rule goes for everything, even the Horrors.
Yep, but I'm pretty mean myself ( esp. be4 my 1st cup of coffee in the mornin' ;)
ref: 1997 April 8, Jim Stevenson's reader, “Nanotech for SR?”, in rec.games.frp.cyber (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022:
text: right on mofo, i always tolk a littl e be4 my games!
ref: 2000 September 27, Umojan, “Drugs and CS”, in alt.games.half-life.counterstrike (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022:
text: uniing at 10, cool. 1 day be4 my 11th birthday (April) I got my first unicycle and i was I loved it. for 6 months in intervals i stopped and it would just be laying around the house but now that i know about everything about unicyclig like diffrent stles of riding and diffrent unis, and i got a KH trials im hooked again and i reckon ill be uniing for the rest of my life!
ref: 2008 May 6, Unisykolist, “Unicycle football”, in rec.sport.unicycling (Usenet), retrieved 14 Apr 2022:
glosses: Abbreviation of before.
I'm a lesbian
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Indicates that the speaker is a female homosexual or lesbian.
antiorthopoxvirus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + orthopoxvirus.
Senses: glosses: That counters the effect of orthopoxviruses
atresiaplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atresiaplasties
Etymology: From atresia + -plasty.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Repair of an atresia.
hypolimnial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypolimnion + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the hypolimnion
marekanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marekanites
Senses: examples: text: Marekanite balls from Corinto in Nicaragua are described; they are about the size of hazel-nuts, and black, with vitreous lustre.
ref: 1899, The Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society of London, page 38:
text: Marekanites are often found as embedded remnants within perlite.
ref: 2010, M. Steven Shackley, X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (XRF) in Geoarchaeology, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 219:
glosses: An Apache tear (obsidian nodule).
examples: text: But the nature of marekanite is now well understood. It is the perlitic or subpumiceous modification of a glassy rhyolitic rock in situ on […]
ref: 1897, Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, page 43:
glosses: The material which such nodules consist of.
marekanites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marekanite
kinethmoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kinethmoids
form: kinethmoid bone
Senses: glosses: A dermal sesamoid bone in the upper jaw of cypriniform fish
macro-management
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of macromanagement.
microcellulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: microcrystalline cellulose
neuroendocrinologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From neuro- + endocrinologically.
Senses: glosses: In a neuroendocrinological manner
norpristane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nor- + pristane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The hydrocarbon 2,6,10-trimethylpentadecane
paleohexaploidy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From paleo- + hexaploidy.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being paleohexaploid
araneophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: araneophobes
Etymology: From Latin arānea or arāneus + -o- + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: Headlamp gleaming, he [Willis J. Gertsch] has spent nights searching for specimens [of spiders] in such unlikely places as high-altitude peaks in the Rocky Mountains, Mexican deserts alive with scorpions, and a tropic island in the Panama Canal Zone. This sort of thing has been going on for more than 20 years, ever since Gertsch first caught the spider bug in college. He’s even more enraptured now than when he started, so much so that he usually works 2 hours or so at home every day after office hours. To the general public, araneophobes all (just plain scared of spiders), such devotion is incomprehensible.
ref: 1955 November 12, William E. Oriol, “Who’s Afraid Of Spiders?: Many People Are, But Not This Ramsey Scientist, Who Is Fascinated By Them”, in Bergen Evening Record, volume 61, number 136, Hackensack, N.J., page 4:
text: Spiders are all predatory, some even cannibalistic; they may be grotesque, even hideous to look at – although some are extraordinarily beautiful. But they are also artisans, and it is this trait which captivates the interest of the most hardened araneophobe.
ref: 1976, Barbara York Main, Spiders (The Australian Naturalist Library), Sydney: William Collins Publishers, →ISBN, page 12:
text: The computer stand was a giant spider, and Sam sat down on the fuzzy seat, a smaller version of the same spider. All the hairy legs around him made him uncomfortable, as he was a bit of an araneophobe.
ref: 2009, Jim Musgrave, “The Web of Love”, in The Mayan Magician and Other Stories, San Diego, Calif.: CIC Publishers, →ISBN, page 234:
glosses: Synonym of arachnophobe.
synonyms: word: arachnophobe
Related terms: araneophobia
araneophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of araneophobe
paleotetraploidy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From paleo- + tetraploidy.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being paleotetraploid
pleurothallid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleurothallids
Senses: glosses: Any orchid of the genus Pleurothallis
pleurothallids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleurothallid
polyuresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- + -uresis.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of polyuria.
synonyms: word: polyuria
postdiagnostically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From post- + diagnostically.
Senses: glosses: In a postdiagnostic manner
precalcarine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + calcarine.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In front of the calcarine sulcus
postcalcarine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + calcarine.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Behind the calcarine sulcus
preclamped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + clamped.
Senses: glosses: clamped prior to some other operation
pseudoepiphysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoepiphyses
Etymology: From pseudo- + epiphysis.
Senses: glosses: A secondary point of ossification distinct from the normal epiphysis
pseudoepiphyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoepiphysis
retrocalcarine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From retro- + calcarine.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Behind the calcar of the brain
semidiscretizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semidiscretization
superhydration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: super-hydration
form: super hydration
Etymology: From super- + hydration.
Senses: examples: text: Today we’re going to talk about superhydration — which means one gallon of cold water everyday.^([sic]) […] Superhydration also gives your skin a youthful, healthy complexion. […] The thing is, superhydration keeps you feeling full for longer — helping you to not over-eat.
ref: 2019 June 26, Iliana Stoilova, “How Superhydration Helps You Lose Weight”, in X-Force Body:
text: Superhydration is a state of hydration achieved by manipulation with the ergogenic aid glycerol.
ref: 2007, BTEC National Sport: Book 1, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 299, →ISBN:
text: Superhydration, the sipping of large amounts of ice-cold water each day, is one of the most important of those [dieting] guidelines. Superhydration synergizes your eating and exercising. It accelerates stomach flattening.
ref: 1998, Ellington Darden, Ph.D., A flat stomach ASAP: the breakthrough plan for the look you want in just six weeks, New York: Pocket Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 3, →ISBN:
glosses: Excessive hydration; especially the deliberate drinking of a large amount of cold water.
viscocanalostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viscocanalostomies
Etymology: From visco- + canalostomy.
Senses: examples: text: Viscocanalostomy is a non-penetrating procedure aimed at increasing the outflow facility by creating significant morphologic changes at the trabecular meshwork level.
ref: 2011 October 8, Roberto G. Carassa, “Comparing Viscocanalostomy with Trabeculectomy”, in touchOPTHALMOLOGY:
text: Viscocanalostomy is a glaucoma surgical procedure that restores normal physiology by internal filtration of aqueous flow, Dr. [John R.] Kearney said.
ref: 2000 October 15, Bob Kronemyer, “Viscocanalostomy highly successful, with enduring results”, in Healio News:
text: Viscocanalostomy is performed under retrobulbar or peribulbar anesthesia and usually requires 25 to 40 minutes depending on bleeding control.
ref: 2010, Ashok Garg, Surgical Techniques in Ophthalmology: Glaucoma Surgery, New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 143, →ISBN:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A treatment for glaucoma that bypasses the flow of tears from the trabecular meshwork.
covies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "Fine shooting," again muttered Lord Merton; "and if I knew Lord Etheringhame, he might ask me to shoot over his grounds." Campbell talks of the magic of a name—yes, if the name be partridges. "Well, Adelaide; but how do you mean to contrive it?" […] A lingering hope of the covies gave unusual animation to her brother's manner, when he hoped their acquaintance was only begun: […]
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 34 and 37:
glosses: plural of covey
traffic-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From traffic + -free.
Senses: examples: text: Oxford Circus: Two new entrances to the Underground station are planned, to comply with Westminster Council's intention to make Oxford Street traffic-free from November.
ref: 2021 August 25, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: London”, in RAIL, number 938, page 27:
glosses: Of a road or area, free of, without, or devoid of road traffic.
Pascuals
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pascual
Nitzels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nitzel
Gavitt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gavitts
Etymology: Of uncertain origin.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Gory
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gorys
Etymology: Reduced form of McGorry.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Gorys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gory
Gavitts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gavitt
Feight
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Feights
Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Feucht.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Filley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Filleys
Etymology: From Middle English filli (“filly, young female horse”), perhaps a nickname for a temperamental or skittish person.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Middle English.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A village in Gage County, Nebraska, United States.
Filleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Filley
Feights
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Feight
Pleat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pleats
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Dennes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Denne
Eustises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Eustis
Pleats
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pleat
Dicenso
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dicensos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Di Censo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Dileonardo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dileonardos
form: DiLeonardo
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Di Leonardo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Dileonardos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dileonardo
Dicensos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dicenso
Compo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Compos
Etymology: Possibly an Americanized form of either Italian Campo or French Campeau.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A census-designated place in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
Burell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Burells
Etymology: Variant of Burrell.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Burells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Burell
Compos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Compo
Camposano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Camposanos
Etymology: Borrowed from either Spanish Camposano or Italian Camposano. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Brougher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Broughers
Etymology: Americanized spelling of Braucher.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Broughers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Brougher
Camposanos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Camposano
Colletta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Collettas
Etymology: Borrowed from either Italian Colletta.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Delios
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Delio
Collettas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Colletta
McIlhatton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McIlhattons
Etymology: Variant of McElhatton.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Eythorne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2849).
Pitchfork
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pitchforks
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Pitchforks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pitchfork
McIlhattons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McIlhatton
od's bobs
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: ods-bobs
Etymology: Perhaps a euphemistic alteration of God's body.
Senses: examples: text: “[F]or odds-bobs, if you do not pay me, he will return, and be as good as his word.”
ref: 1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, I.4:
glosses: Expressing surprise, emotion etc.
2dly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: And 2dly, ſince I myſelf have ſeen it, I have with no ſmall Probability been able to diſcover that the other Building in Pola [tho’ deſcribed as a Theatre, and accordingly delineated as ſuch by Serlio, and called ſo in the dark Ages, when ſuch Names were given at random] was in effect no Theatre at all, but a magnificent Palace.
ref: 1730, the Marquis Scipio Maffei, translated by Alexander Gordon, A Compleat History of the Ancient Amphitheatres. More peculiarly Regarding the Architecture of thoſe Buildings, and in Particular that of Verona., London: Harmen Noorthouck, Chap. XVI. This Treatiſe is here ended, by giving an Account of the Theatre of Pola, which till now has been taken for an Amphitheatre., page 398:
glosses: Abbreviation of secondly Obsolete form of 2ndly.
cheque, please
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From the British sketch show Goodness Gracious Me, in which one character has this as his catchphrase after saying inappropriate comments during dates.
Senses: glosses: Used after making an embarrassment statement, suggesting it's time to leave.
wikipedia: Goodness Gracious Me (TV series)
Related terms: I'll get my coat
Whitlingham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Kirby Bedon parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2707).
acrow prop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acrow props
Etymology: From Acrow Group, originally Acrow (Engineers) Ltd, the name of the company that originated the product. The company was named after solicitor Arthur Crow.
Senses: glosses: An adjustable-height steel support used in the construction industry, typically to temporarily support structures while work is carried out.
acrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acrows
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of acrow prop.
narrow construction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: narrow constructions
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Alternative form of strict construction.
force of will
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The impulse to work persistently until one's desires realize themselves; determination.
acro prop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By influence from acro- (“high”).
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of acrow prop.
Kirby Bedon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Manorial affix from the de Bidun family of the 12th century.
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2805).
cold email
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cold emails
form: cold-email
Etymology: By analogy with cold call.
Senses: glosses: A sales email, made without a referral or without preparing the recipient of the email.
cold email
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cold emails
form: cold emailing
form: cold emailed
form: cold emailed
form: cold-email
Etymology: By analogy with cold call.
Senses: glosses: To email someone without preparation or referral.
Derived terms: cold emailing
Related terms: cold call
Fire-Eaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fire-Eater
Trowse with Newton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, just south of Norwich.
umbramancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ŭmʹbrəmænsi
ipa: /ˈʌmbɹəmænsi/
rhymes: -ænsi
Etymology: From Latin umbra (“shadow”) + -mancy (“divination of”), from Latin -mantia, ultimately from Ancient Greek μᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā, “divination”).
Senses: topics: fantasy
glosses: Magical control over shadows.
Related terms: sciomancy
photomancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fotomænsi
ipa: /foʊtɔːmænsi/
rhymes: -ænsi
Etymology: From photo (“light”) + -mancy (“divination of”), from Latin -mantia, ultimately from Ancient Greek μᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā, “divination”).
Senses: glosses: divination using light
see daylight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sees daylight
form: seeing daylight
form: saw daylight
form: seen daylight
Senses: glosses: To reach an understanding of something previously obscure; to arrive at a solution to a problem.
examples: text: I've been cataloguing my stamp album all weekend; now finally I'm beginning to see daylight.
glosses: To near completion of a lengthy task.
examples: text: I have a lot of old junk in the attic that hasn't seen daylight for years.
text: The report was suppressed and never saw daylight.
glosses: To become exposed to view; to be seen.
raw_tags: in the negative
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see see, daylight.
Related terms: the light
the light of day
Wexcombe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Grafton parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2759).
glosses: Former name of Stratton, Western Australia.
fuzzy mathematics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fuzzy math (“logic based on fuzzy sets”).
synonyms: word: fuzzy math
extra: logic based on fuzzy sets
fuzzy math
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: fuzzy mathematics
glosses: A form of logic based on the concept of a fuzzy set.
glosses: Reform mathematics.
glosses: Incorrect figures or statistics; numbers that do not add up correctly.
reform mathematics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: word: fuzzy math
glosses: An approach to mathematics education, particularly in North America, that de-emphasizes the strict rote following of algorithms.
Related terms: new math
adrenalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adrenalisation
Etymology: From adrenalize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The state of being adrenalized.
Derived terms: hyperadrenalization
Moscow Watchdog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Moscow Watchdogs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A breed of dog that was bred in the former Soviet Union, descended from crosses between the Saint Bernard and the Caucasian shepherd.
Persian cumins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Persian cumin
Persian cumin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Persian cumins
Senses: glosses: caraway
glosses: Elwendia persica
Abrudan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Abrudans
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Abrudan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Romanian.
Sandilands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sandilandses
Etymology: From Old English sand (“sand”) + land (“land”).
Senses: glosses: A coastal suburb of Sutton on Sea, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF5280).
glosses: A tram stop and junction in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England; Sandilands is a local street (OS grid ref TQ3465).
glosses: A locality on Yorke Peninsula, South Australia; from the surname.
glosses: A Scottish clan.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Ansdell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Lytham St Annes, Fylde borough, Lancashire, England, named after Richard Ansdell (OS grid ref SD3428).
Goomba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡuːmbə/
Forms: form: Goombas
Etymology: Possibly derived from Hungarian gomba (“mushroom, fungus”).
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A mushroom-like enemy in the Mario franchise.
Derived terms: Goomba fallacy
quatloo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quatloos
Etymology: 1960s, a form of currency used in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode The Gamesters of Triskelion.
Senses: glosses: imaginary unit of currency
wikipedia: Star Trek: The Original Series
The Gamesters of Triskelion
Goombas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Goomba
quatloos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quatloo
Indian gift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indian gifts
Senses: glosses: Something given or delivered in an Indian giving.
Fairhaven
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From fair + haven.
Senses: glosses: A coastal suburb of Lytham St Annes, Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3427).
glosses: A sound or strait in Svalbard, Norway.
glosses: A community on Deer Island, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
examples: Former name: Rolph
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Humboldt County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Carroll County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A former settlement in Norton County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Huron County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fair Haven Township, Stearns County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Preble County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A settlement in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Hancock County, West Virginia.
glosses: A coastal locality in Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A locality on French Island, Victoria.
Related terms: Fair Haven
Moscow Watchdogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Moscow Watchdog
eyepro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Clipping of eye protection.
Senses: examples: text: The "cool guy" factor with most commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) eyepro is very high. And the level of protection is also very high. Current eyepro from all leading manufacturers will stop shotgun pellets fired from about thirty feet […]
ref: 2006, Hans Halberstadt, Battle Rattle, page 45:
glosses: Eye protection; protective eyewear.
salt glacier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salt glaciers
Etymology: From being a glacier-like formation made from salt.
Senses: synonyms: namakier
glosses: A solid rock salt outflow from a salt dome or halite diapir, that slow flows away from the hill of salt downhill, filling valleys. The flowing salt is frequently colored by impurities within the salt depost.
Deer Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large number of islands in various places, including
glosses: A large number of islands in various places, including:
An island of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.
replication crises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It is not just the social sciences that are in the grip of replication crises.
ref: 2015 November 2, Andreas Ortmann, “The replication crisis has engulfed economics”, in The Conversation, retrieved 02 Sep 2021:
glosses: plural of replication crisis
Brahe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Brahes
Etymology: Borrowed from Danish Brahe.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Danish.
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Rhode Island + and + Providence Plantations. Coined by English Baptist theologian and author Roger Williams.
Senses: examples: text: In 1663 July 8. Charles 2d. granted an ample Charter, whereby the Province was made "a Body Corporate and Politick, in Fact & Name, by the Name of the Governour and Company of the Engliſh Colony of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations in New-England in America." This Charter we enjoy to this Day, thro' the merciful Providence of GOD.
ref: 1739, John Callender, An Historical Discourse on the Civil and Religious Affairs of the Colony of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations in New-England in America., →OCLC, page 46:
text: Sec. 9. All commissions shall be in the name and by authority of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ; shall be sealed with the State seal, signed by the Governor and attested by the Secretary.
ref: 1842, “Article Eighth. Of the Executive Power.”, in Constitution of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Providence, RI: Knowles & Vose, →OCLC, page 14:
text: Of the several distinctive features which made the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations different from its contemporaries, one of the most unique was the system of large plantations in the fertile Narragansett country that flourished during the pre-Revolutionary period, but were destined for decline in the years following.
ref: 1971, Carl R. Woodward, Plantation in Yankeeland: The Story of Cocumscussoc, Mirror of Colonial Rhode Island, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page vii:
text: Slavery in the United States has been almost completely associated with the South. Yet, it was a northern colony — the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations — that dominated the slave trade in the mid-eighteenth century.
ref: 1972, Robert N. Webb, The Colony of Rhode Island, New York: Franklin Watts, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 51:
text: 17. What is the official name of America's state that is the smallest in area?[...]
17. The U.S. state that is the smallest in area is called Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Ironically, the smallest state has the largest official name.
ref: 2010, Rod L. Evans, Sorry, Wrong Answer, Bristol Park Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 55, 61:
glosses: Former official name of Rhode Island
Linneus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Both places in the United States were named after Carl Linnaeus.
Senses: glosses: A town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.
glosses: A minor city, the county seat of Linn County, Missouri, United States.
functional loads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of functional load
pillow-case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pillow-cases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pillow case.
B and B
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: B and Bs
form: B&B
form: BnB
form: B & B
Senses: glosses: Initialism of bed and breakfast.
managed isolation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: epidemiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The isolation for a set time period of incoming travellers in a dedicated facility to prevent the spread of any infectious diseases they may be carrying, typically managed by a government.
call-girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: call-girls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of call girl.
call-girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of call-girl
car jack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: car jacks
Senses: glosses: A jack (used to lift up a vehicle)
car insurance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: car insurances
Senses: glosses: Insurance against damages to, or theft of, a car.
cimarron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cimarrons
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:cimarron.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Cimarron (“maroon”).
Cimarrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cimarron
cimarrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cimarron
misboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misboards
form: misboarding
form: misboarded
form: misboarded
Etymology: From mis- + board.
Senses: glosses: To board incorrectly (the wrong vehicle).
GPDA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
coordinate_terms: F1DA
FIDA
FODA
GPWC
F1GP
FIGP
FOGP
FO
FI
F1
GP
FISA
FOCA
F1CA
FICA
FIA
glosses: Initialism of Grand Prix Drivers Association.
depriming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deprimings
Etymology: From de- + priming.
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: The action of the verb to deprime; the removal of primer from cartridge
Related terms: deprime
deprimed
prime
primed
primer
priming
depriming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From deprime + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deprime
deprimed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From de- + primed.
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Pertaining to a cartridge missing is priming/primer
Related terms: deprime
depriming
prime
primed
primer
priming
deprimed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From deprime + -ed.
Senses: glosses: past of deprime
librandu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: librandus
Etymology: Blend of liberal + gandu (“asshole”).
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A liberal, a leftist.
topics: government
politics
glosses: An ardent left-wing netizen, especially an atheist or one who supports globalism.
topics: government
politics
glosses: An ardent supporter of the Indian National Congress or its leader Rahul Gandhi.
Synonyms: word: congi
english: a secularist or antitheist
translation: a secularist or antitheist
word: libbu
word: sickular
word: urban Naxal
malaun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malauns
form: maluan
Etymology: From Bengali মালাউন (malaun, “cursed”), which is from Arabic مَلْعُون (malʕūn), ultimately from the root ل ع ن (l ʕ n).
Senses: examples: text: And then there comes the word ‘Malaun.’ For many Bangladeshi Muslims, Malaun is synonymous to Hindu. Owing to the wide usage of the word since the Partition of 1947, especially after the birth of Bangladesh in 1971, people have almost forgotten Malaun is a derogatory word.
ref: 2017, WIO Newshttps://www.wionews.com/south-asia/neighbours-but-not-loved-15026
topics: government
politics
glosses: a Hindu person from Bangladesh.
glosses: a Hindu person in general.
Synonyms: english: in some contexts
translation: in some contexts
word: bhakt
word: kafir
managed retreat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: managed retreats
Senses: examples: text: Other methods under investigation, for situations where managed retreat is not an option, include building up offshore banks […]
ref: 1991 October 14, Fiona McWilliam, “Major crack-down on established defences”, in Construction Weekly, volume 4, number 38, page 15:
text: The groyne proposal was put forward by a group of residents opposed to managed retreat.
ref: 2011 October 27, Marty Sharpe, “Residents may have to quit Haumoana homes”, in Stuff, retrieved 03 Sep 2021:
text: Ewing thinks this type of managed retreat will become more common as people start to understand the onerous cost of relentless nourishment.
ref: 2017 April 18, “Sunken Pleasure”, in Scientific American:
glosses: The coordinated ending of coastal development; abandonment, demolition, and relocation of human-made structures; and migration of people away from a shoreline that is allowed to migrate inland.
Related terms: managed realignment
coastal realignment
plantain water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This was not the case with Sancho Panza, whose belly being well replenished, and that not with plantane water, made but one nap of the whole night […].
ref: 1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, I.8:
text: For those who judge the efficacy of a mouthwash by its unpleasant taste, a rather nauseous remedy can be made from four ounces each of rose-water and plantain-water, an ounce of honey of roses […]
ref: 1952, Carroll Camden, Elizabethan Women:
glosses: A drink made from the plantain plant.
foredreaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of foredream
spurling pipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spurling pipes
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A pipe leading the anchor cable from the gypsy of a ship's windlass to the chain locker.
content creators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of content creator
currency exchange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: currency exchanges
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bureau de change.
synonyms: word: bureau de change
testamentors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of testamentor
bombasin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bombasins
Senses: examples: text: After the first grief, or rather fright, of Mr. Arundel's death, and when broad hems and deep crape-falls had been sufficiently discussed to have induced an uninitiated person to believe that people really died to oblige others to wear bombasin;...
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 51–52:
glosses: Alternative spelling of bombazine.
bombasins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bombasin
French Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal island of Victoria, Australia, first named Île de Françoise by a French explorer.
glosses: An island in Ellis Pond, a lake in Oxford County, Maine, United States.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine.
glosses: An island and census-designated place in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States.
Pulises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pulis
Old Town
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
glosses: A village in Wadsworth parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9928).
Old Town
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Old Town
Senses: examples: text: The whole of the Tunnel system is controlled by the Underground Central Control Office, which is situated in Icarus House, a four-storey building in the Old Town.
ref: 1963 August, W. Shepherd, “Stockholm's modern underground railway”, in Modern Railways, page 97:
glosses: An area in the centre of Stockholm, Sweden; Gamla stan in Swedish.
Related terms: Newton
New Town
new town
Newtown
Oldbury
Old City
old town
oldtown
Newburgh
Newbury
New City
Newville
superpowerdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From superpower + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of a superpower.
glosses: Superpowers collectively.
twindemics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twindemic
superpowerhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From superpower + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being a superpower.
Related terms: superpowerdom
Sandilandses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sandilands
Brahes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Brahe
Dalziel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /diˈɛl/
Forms: form: Dalziels
form: Dalyell
form: Dalzell
form: Delzell
Etymology: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic dail (“field”) + geal (“white, bright”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Daversa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Daversas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian D'Aversa.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Daversas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Daversa
Dalziels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dalziel
glazedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more glazedly
form: most glazedly
Etymology: From glazed + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Actors, technicians, announcers, all staring glazedly at the jumping needle that recorded both time and money.
ref: 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 10:
glosses: With glazed eyes.
Culliton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cullitons
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Codlatáin (“descendant of Codlatán”), a nickname derived from codlatán (“sleeper, sleepy-head”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Eustaches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Eustache
Cullitons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Culliton
Fiacco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fiaccos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Fiacco.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Suzy Q
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Suzy Qs
Senses: examples: text: He galvanized my memory by doing a bit of smart Suzy-Q across the carpet and humming a snatch or two of something that sounded like "Scrub Me, Momma, with a Boogie Beat."
ref: 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 40:
glosses: Alternative form of Suzie Q.
Faucheux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Faucheuxes
Etymology: Borrowed from French Faucheux.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Faucheuxes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Faucheux
Fiaccos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fiacco
McDowell line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: McDowell Line
form: McDowell Limit
form: McDowell limit
Etymology: (aerospace): From being proposed by astrophysicist Jonathan C. McDowell in 2018; when analyzing orbiting satellites to determine the perigee altitude at which one can successfully orbit 2 or more times on a highly elliptical orbit.
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The altitude of periapsis at which atmospheric drag will prevent an object from successfully orbiting.
Coordinate terms: topics: aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: Karman limit
topics: aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: Kármán limit
topics: aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: Karman line
topics: aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: Kármán line
Related terms: topics: aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: Armstrong line
topics: aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: death zone
topics: aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: mesopause
Gomezhernandez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gomezhernandezes
Etymology: From Gomez + Hernandez.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Glogowski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Glogowskis
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Głogowski.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Glogowskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Glogowski
Gomezhernandezes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gomezhernandez