cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dauerschlaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dauershlaf
Etymology: Borrowed from German Dauerschlaf, from Dauer (“duration, length”) + Schlaf (“sleep”).
Senses: examples: text: REPORTS THE CONTINUOUS POLYGRAPHIC RECORDINGS MADE OF SS UNDERGOING DAUERSCHLAF, A PROLONGED SLEEP THERAPY USED FOR ACUTE PSYCHOSES AND OTHER CONDITIONS.
ref: 1968, Ernest Hartmann, “DAUERSCHLAF: AN EEG STUDY”, in Psychophysiology, volume 4, number 3, pages 388–389:
text: THIS STUDY reports on continuous 70 to 96 hour polygraphic recordings from patients undergoing dauerschlaf or prolonged sleep therapy.
ref: 1968 Jan, Ernest Hartmann, “Dauerschlaf: A Polygraphic Study”, in Arch Gen Psychiatry, volume 18, number 1, page 99:
text: We fully used the therapeutic enthusiasms of our day, with dauerschlaf, insulin, pentavalent arsenicals, and Kettering hypertherm.
ref: 1977 Nov, “Requiem or Reveille: Psychiatry's Choice.”, in Bull N Y Acad Med., volume 53, number 9, page 797:
text: The induction of sleep for therapeutic purposes, so-call sleep cure or Dauerschlaf, has been practiced for many years …
ref: 1987, Nathaniel Kleitman, Sleep and Wakefulness, Univ. of Chicago Press, →ISBN:
text: In insulin hypoglycemia and barbiturate medication (Dauerschlaf) …
ref: 1999, Douglas Thomas, Physiological Foundations, →ISBN, page 448:
text: dauerschlaf See SLEEP THERAPY
ref: 2009, Charles Pollak, Michael J. Thorpy, Jan Yager, The Encyclopedia of Sleep and Sleep Disorders, Infobase, →ISBN, page 59:
text: Dauerschlaf: Requiescat in Pace
ref: 2009, Thomas Szasz, Coercion As Cure: A Critical History of Psychiatry, Transaction, →ISBN, page 103:
glosses: A prolonged sleep therapy.
flash cut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flash cuts
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: A change made to a complex system with immediate effect, one made without a phase-in period.
examples: text: Be in a strong, balanced stance and ready to withstand any contact that may take place as you stop the flash cut.
ref: 1994, Hal Wissel, Basketball: Steps to Success, →ISBN, page 201:
text: If the opponent's post players have an advantage in size and strength, the flash cut will not be as effective because the defender can step in front of the cut and use and arm bar to prevent it from being executed.
ref: 2007, Kathy McGee, Coaching Basketball Technical and Tactical Skills, →ISBN, page 144:
text: When the defenders switch, the screener is open (option b) on the inside flash cut (slip) to the ball.
ref: 2008, Jerry Krause, Don Meyer, Jerry Meyer, Basketball Skills and Drills, →ISBN, page 32:
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A quick move from the weak side toward the ball.
examples: text: Peter Weir's The Cars That Ate Paris (1974), for example, begins with two brothers driving through the small town of Paris, Australia, only to suddenly encounter — via flash cut — a blinding white light in the road.
ref: 2004, David Scott Diffrient, “A Film is Being Beaten: Notes on the Shock Cut and the Material Violence of Horror”, in Horror Film, →ISBN, page 231:
text: Essential in music videos and common in flashbacks and dream sequences, the flash cut flickers many images across the screen over a period of a second or two. The effect passes quickly, but creates a visually intense moment.
ref: 2006, Chris Kenworthy, Digital Video Production Cookbook, →ISBN, page 79:
text: There is a flash cut, and suddenly he is in alien gear instead, inside the alien Sarcophagus. This is a visual attempt on the part of the production team to suggest that the energy wraith from a distant world is re-shaping existence and reality on the Liberator.
ref: 2006, John Kenneth Muir, A History and Critical Analysis of Blake's 7, the 1978-1981 British Television Space Adventure, →ISBN, page 121:
topics: broadcasting
cinematography
film
media
television
glosses: An fast cut, often as short as one frame, used to create a subliminal effect on the viewer.
Related terms: big bang adoption
flag day
flash cutover
smash cut
clitch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clitches
form: clitching
form: clitched
form: clitched
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of clutch.
clitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clitches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of clutch.
full steam ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of full speed ahead.
full steam ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of full speed ahead.
sight gag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sight gags
Senses: examples: text: Dragged suddenly before a formal dinner honoring the women's dean of Toledo University, he wowed his audience with a sight gag—he kissed the guest of honor.
ref: 1947 October 31, Gene Handsaker, “Hollywood Sights and Sounds: Bob Hope”, in Prescott Evening Courier, retrieved 01 Oct 2012, page 2:
text: In the good old ricky-tick days when movie directors wore riding breeches, a favorite cinematic sight gag was to reverse the film, which suddenly sent the actors waddling backwards through doors that closed behind them, putting their hats on instead of taking them off, and shoveling food out of their mouths instead of in.
ref: 1969 June 28, “Cinema: Happy End”, in Time:
text: In the opening sight gag, a guy in leisure wear shows up at his office only to find everyone in S&M clothes.
ref: 2005 March 10, Virginia Heffernan, “TV Review: The Hollow Men—Four Well-Groomed Britons, Trying Hard to Be Naughty Boys”, in New York Times, retrieved 01 Oct 2012:
text: As he uttered these words, a PowerPoint image of Dr. Möller's face morphed into that of a smiling Pope Benedict. The sight gag had the psychiatrists roaring.
ref: 2008 October, Paul Scott, “Was the Prozac revolution all in our heads?”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 146:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
qualifier: stage performance
glosses: A visually presented action or device which causes a humorous response without requiring any accompanying commentary or other speech.
willful blindness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of willful ignorance.
synonyms: word: willful ignorance
Related terms: inattentional blindness
brain bucket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brain buckets
form: brain-bucket
Senses: examples: text: The Air Force not only makes up words and phrases (e.g., brain bucket for crash helmet) . . . .
ref: 1956 August 13, “Education: Pigs Aren't Pigs”, in Time:
text: Roy Knickman of 7-Eleven said he fears more crashes today and will not keep his helmet far from sight. "I always wear my brain bucket," he said.
ref: 1987 July 7, Susan Bickelhaupt, "Tour de France Packed Solid," Boston Globe, Sports p. 33
text: Riding a 500-pound motorcycle in the middle of 3-ton Ford Expeditions and 40-ton trucks is dangerous, with or without a brain bucket or a leather jacket.
ref: 2003 July 6, Alex Berenson, “Ideas & Trends: Born to Be Wild, but at a Cost”, in New York Times, retrieved 01 Oct 2012:
glosses: A protective helmet, as worn, for example, by a motorcyclist, bicyclist, or soldier in combat.
examples: text: [H]e fetched me such a clip on top of my brain-bucket as to drive all my senses clear down into my boots.
ref: 1856, Frederick W. Saunders, “A Yarn in The Long Boat”, in Ballou's Monthly Magazine, volume 4, number 4, page 326:
text: "[B]ut come, Ed, haven't you got your brain-bucket mended yet, so that you can tell us a story?"
ref: 1880, Daniel Wise, chapter 6, in Oscar's Boyhood; or, The Sailor's Son:
synonyms: word: brainbox
english: skull
translation: skull
word: cranium
word: noggin
english: head
translation: head
word: belfry
word: bean
word: beaner
word: belfry
word: block
word: bonce
word: brainbox
word: brain bucket
word: dome
word: head
word: loaf
word: lolly
word: napper
word: noodle
word: noddle
word: noggin
word: nut
word: sconce
word: skull
glosses: The skull; the head.
brain-bucket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brain-buckets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of brain bucket.
shooting glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A type of impact-resistant eyewear worn by shooters to prevent injury due to a cartridge or gun malfunction blowing hot gas or metal particles into the shooter's face.
signaletic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more signaletic
form: most signaletic
Senses: examples: text: The wording of the legislation was somewhat open-ended in that it authorized not only the Bertillon signaletic system, but also "any measurements, processes or operations sanctioned by the Governor in Council having the like object in view."
ref: 1996, Louis A. Knafla, Criminal Justice History: An International Annual:
topics: criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences
glosses: Related to or involving the Bertillon system of anthropometry.
examples: text: If the foundation of this semiotic is the forming of movement-images as a signaletic material, what is the logic of this forming?
ref: 1997, D. N. Rodowick, Gilles Deleuze's Time Machine:
text: The production of electricity, a silent and 'invisible' production of asignifying signaletic events, cannot be accounted for in these terms.
ref: 2010, Deborah Hauptmann, Cognitive Architecture: From Bio-politics to Noo-politics:
text: The narrative of a film, its spoken and visual language, comes about by an interpreter reacting to the signaletic material in terms of quality and possibility and thereby transforming it in and through linguistic and other modalities. The emphasis on signaletic material gives Deleuze a way to show how a film's signifying effects arise out of a matrix of components that signal signifying capacities without yet tipping into signification.
ref: 2012, M. Gail Hamner, Imaging Religion in Film: The Politics of Nostalgia, →ISBN, page 13:
text: That Flows of energy are intimately mixed with signaletic Flows is an everyday experience (one need only think of the use of bank cards, which trigger the physical effect of distributing money, or the connection with P and T.)
ref: 2013, Felix Guattari, Andrew Goffey, Schizoanalytic Cartographies, →ISBN, page 89:
glosses: Pertaining to signs or signifiers.
Related terms: signaletically
signaletics
abandon ship
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: abandons ship
form: abandoning ship
form: abandoned ship
form: abandoned ship
Senses: examples: text: However, an 8-inch shell takes out what's left of Hoels engines, and the ship is rapidly overwhelmed by incoming fire. The order to abandon ship' is given ten minutes later after trading fire with a Tone-class cruiser, and, fifteen minutes after that, the ship rolls over and sinks, Hoel clearly not showing quite the same level of luck as Johnston.
ref: 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 28:44 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:
topics: nautical
transport
qualifier: literal
glosses: To leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom.
glosses: To leave a person or organization when things become difficult.
Related terms: like rats from a sinking ship
jump ship
outer core
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outer cores
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
planetology
glosses: The hot liquid material found near the centre of some planets, distinct from the solid inner core.
topics: astronomy
geography
geology
natural-sciences
planetology
glosses: The hot liquid material found near the centre of some planets, distinct from the solid inner core.
The part of the Earth between the mantle and inner core, responsible for generating the planet's magnetic field.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see outer, core.
body servant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: body servants
Senses: examples: text: He called one of his body servants, Anthony Willoughby, the son of Henry VII's lord steward, to bring him a cup of ale, ‘for I have this night been in the midst of Spain’.
ref: 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 64:
glosses: A close servant; a personal attendant.
body servants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of body servant
pochades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pochade
bioprocesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioprocess
cryomold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryomolds
Etymology: From cryo- + mold.
Senses: glosses: A shallow plastic contained used for freezing tissue samples
decontraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decontractions
Etymology: From de- + contraction.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The relaxation of muscle tissue following a previous contraction
heterosaccharide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterosaccharides
Etymology: From hetero- + saccharide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any saccharide composed of more than one simple sugar
Related terms: heterodisaccharide
heteropolysaccharide
interchromosome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + chromosome.
Senses: glosses: Between chromosomes
Synonyms: interchromosomal
mechanobiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mechano- + biology.
Senses: topics: biology
engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The study of the mechanics (physical forces and interactions) of biological systems
mechanoreception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mechano- + reception.
Senses: glosses: The action of a mechanoreceptor
microendoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microendoscopies
Etymology: From micro- + endoscopy.
Senses: glosses: Microscopic endoscopy: endoscopy by means of a microendoscope, with substantial magnification of the field of view.
Hypernyms: endoscopy
microscopy
Hyponyms: endocytoscopy
endomicroscopy
Derived terms: microendoscopic
microendoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microendoscopes
Etymology: From micro- + endoscope.
Senses: glosses: An endoscope with microscopy capability (that is, substantial magnification).
Related terms: microendoscopic
microendoscopy
midventricular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mid-ventricular
Etymology: From mid- + ventricular.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the middle of a ventricle
monoinfected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mono-infected
Etymology: From mono- + infected.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: infected with a single type of microorganism
Related terms: monoinfection
muscolotendinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of musculotendinous.
myofibrillogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From myofibril + -o- + -genesis.
Senses: glosses: The generation of myofibrils.
osteodistraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osteodistractions
Etymology: From osteo- + distraction.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical correction of skeletal deformities by the lengthening of bones
Synonyms: distraction osteogenesis
preseroconversion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-seroconversion
Etymology: From pre- + seroconversion.
Senses: glosses: Prior to seroconversion
prothymocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prothymocytes
Etymology: From pro- + thymocyte.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A precursor of a thymocyte
prothymocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prothymocyte
sarcomerogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sarcomere + -genesis.
Senses: glosses: The formation and development of sarcomeres
Related terms: sarcomerogenic
subgenotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subgenotypes
Etymology: From sub- + genotype.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Part of a genotype
Related terms: subgenotypic
subgenotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subgenotype
transaminitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From transaminase + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of an elevated level of transaminase in the body.
Shakuni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit शकुनि (śakuni).
Senses: glosses: The personification of Dvapara Yuga, the brother of Gandhari in the Mahabharata.
Relic Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The 23. of Henry the Seventh, the 9. of July, beinge relyke sonday, there was sene at Calleys an innumerable swarme of whit butterflyes cominge out of the north-este [...].
ref: c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London, published 1846:
text: On Relic Sunday, an annual day whereon all the canons, clerks, and singing men were wont to go round the church in procession, every one carrying a relic, Testwood's offences rose very high.
ref: 1877, Richard Watson Dixon, History of the Church of England, volume II:
glosses: A Sunday when a church's relics are especially venerated.
Portingall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Portugal.
English pale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the English pale
Senses: examples: text: The xviij. of June came v c. Almayns out of Flandars into the Englyshe pale, and there taried the kyng's comynge.
ref: c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London, published 1846:
text: In 1450 the English Pale stretched eighteen miles from near Wissant in Picardy to Gravelines in Flanders.
ref: 2008, David Grummitt, The Calais Garrison, page 5:
glosses: The town of Calais and its surroundings under English rule, from 1347 to 1558.
glosses: The parts of Ireland under English jurisdiction.
Yamuna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /jə.mʊˈnaː/
Forms: form: Jumna
form: Gemini
form: Gemna
Etymology: A transliteration of Sanskrit यमुना (yamunā), which is from यम (yama, “twin”), as the Yamuna runs in parallel with the Ganges.
Senses: glosses: The largest tributary river of the Ganges in northern India.
wikipedia: Arthur Anthony Macdonell
Arthur Berriedale Keith
surfie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surfies
Etymology: From surf + -ie (“diminutive suffix”); compare bikie.
Senses: examples: text: Surfies present to the dominant culture their leisure myth in magnified form. Bikies appear to challenge the values of the dominant culture, something which they are able to do because they, in the first place, like the surfies, accept them.
The surfie subculture in its full form was confined to those areas of the world where there is surf.
ref: 1997, Jon Stratton, “20: On the Importance of Subcultural Origins”, in Ken Gelder, Sarah Thornton, editors, The Subcultures Reader, page 184:
text: The first youth to reach their carriage, a lanky aboriginal boy of about sixteen shouted, “Hey, we′ve got some surfies here!”
“We′re not surfies,” Terry replied quietly. It was no good. In the era of the early nineteen sixties one was either a “surfie” or a “bodgie.” Bodgies hated surfies with a passion and welcomed any excuse for a good stoush.
ref: 2004, Alan Greenhalgh, Gathers No Moss, Lulu Press, page 88:
text: To the lifesavers the surfies appeared self-indulgently radical; to surfies the lifeguards seemed subservient and conformist to authority.
ref: 2011, Daryl Adair, “1: Making Sense of Australian Sport History”, in Steve Georgakis, Katrina Marie Russell, editors, Youth Sport in Australia, Sydney University Press, page 3:
glosses: A surfer (one who rides a surfboard), especially one involved in the surfing subculture.
surfies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surfie
balance the ticket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: balances the ticket
form: balancing the ticket
form: balanced the ticket
form: balanced the ticket
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: To pick a vice-presidential candidate who represents a different constituency than the presidential candidate.
rerage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rerages
Etymology: Either aphetic form of arrearage; or directly from Late Latin reragium or its likely source, Anglo-Norman arerage.
Senses: examples: text: Also the duke of Burbone shall have his duchye and seniories and lordships agayne as he had before, and the kynge shall gyve to the duke all his rerages and customes that is growne or rune unto hym [...].
ref: c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London, published 1846:
glosses: Money owed; overdue payment.
glosses: The state of being in debt.
woodline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodlines
Etymology: From wood + line.
Senses: examples: text: The deer disappeared into the woodline, and were no longer in view.
glosses: A line of trees on the edge of a field or other open space marking the beginning of a woods or forest.
undiscordant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undiscordant
form: most undiscordant
Etymology: From un- + discordant.
Senses: glosses: Not discordant.
deskband
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deskbands
Etymology: From desk + band. See desktop.
Senses: examples: text: You can create collections of files, applications and controls — equivalent to IE4 toolbars or Windows program groups — called deskbands, which you can display on the taskbar. Clicking on an icon in a deskband launches that application […]
ref: 1997, Windows Magazine, volume 8, numbers 7-9, page 498:
text: These pages describe various ways you can extend the browser experience with explorer bars, toolbands, deskbands, and context menus.
ref: 2000, MSDN Magazine, volume 15, page 17:
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: deskbar
glosses: A toolbar embedded into the taskbar.
deskbands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deskband
executive officer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: executive officers
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: second in command of a military unit or ship
Synonyms: word: XO
four-speed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: four-speeds
form: four speed
Etymology: The sense specific to a manual transmission came from an era when manual transmissions in passenger cars were usually four-speeds but automatics were usually three-speeds or two-speeds.
Senses: examples: text: My car has a four-speed transmission. It is not as efficient as my daughter's five-speed.
glosses: Having four forward speeds.
raw_tags: of a transmission
examples: text: four-speed manual
text: four-speed automatic
glosses: A transmission that has four forward speeds (it might or might not be a manual transmission); (metonymic) a vehicle with such a transmission.
examples: text: A: Was you dad's Mustang a four-speed? B: No, it was an automatic.
glosses: A transmission that has four forward speeds (it might or might not be a manual transmission); (metonymic) a vehicle with such a transmission.
A manual transmission with four forward speeds; (metonymic) a vehicle with such a transmission.
Coordinate terms: two-speed
three-speed
five-speed
six-speed
European alder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: European alders
Senses: glosses: Black alder (Alnus glutinosa).
Derived terms: common European alder
black alder winterberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black alder winterberries
Etymology: From its preference for sites similar to those preferred by black alder.
Senses: glosses: A deciduous holly shrub, Ilex verticillata, native to eastern North America, growing best in moist circumstances.
Synonyms: American winterberry
brook alder
Canada holly
coralberry
deciduous holly
deciduous winterberry
false alder
fever bush
inkberry
Michigan holly
possumhaw
swamp holly
Virginian winterberry
winterberry holly
taps out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tap out
tapping out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tap out
thuluth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Thuluth.
Thuluth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thuluth
Etymology: From Arabic ثُلُث (ṯuluṯ).
Senses: topics: art
arts
calligraphy
communications
journalism
literature
media
publishing
writing
glosses: A style of Arabic calligraphy.
photobomb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfəʊtəʊˌbɒm/
Forms: form: photobombs
form: photobombing
form: photobombed
form: photobombed
Etymology: From photo + bomb.
Senses: examples: text: Edmonton Eskimos fans taunt a Calgary Stampeders mascot who photobombed their group photo. [image caption]
ref: 2010 September 6, Renato Gandia, “Labour Day rivalry rekindled among fans”, in Calgary Sun, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2010:
text: Modern Familys Eric Stonestreet snuck into a few snapshots too, photobombing' some of the other celebs and making funny faces.
ref: 2011 May 31, Ted Casablanca, John Boone, “Caught! Is Matthew Morrison Too Hot to Handle?”, in E! Online:
text: Or you could just grab a beer from a side street cafe and photobomb the fountain pictures of unsuspecting tourists.
ref: 2012, Let's Go Budget Rome, Let's Go Publications, →ISBN, pages 57–58:
glosses: To unexpectedly appear in a photograph, especially so as to ruin the picture.
Derived terms: photobomber
photobomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfəʊtəʊˌbɒm/
Forms: form: photobombs
Etymology: From photo + bomb.
Senses: examples: text: His^([sic]) person who uploaded the video, who appears to be Ellis' father, wrote in his description that the photobomb was not the only surprise welcome they staged that day.
ref: 2012 March 27, “Best photobomb EVER! Returning Navy sailor surprises grandmother by jumping in a photo on her birthday”, in Daily Mail:
text: Twitter was also filled with comments about the Queen photobomb.
ref: 2012 August 1, Lucy Carne, “John Coates' son photobombs the Queen at London Olympics Opening Ceremony”, in The Telegraph, Sydney:
glosses: An act of photobombing.
examples: text: Athletes are celebrated just for competing. Russian gymnast Anna Pavlova, who recorded an imperfect 0.00 for one of her vault attempts, could try to land a photobomb of herself mugging in the background of all those photos that will be taken of Phelps lugging around his gold.
ref: 2008 August 21, Burt Constable, “Phelps fatigue, feuds and flaps mean Olympics can't end soon enough”, in Daily Herald:
text: Today, the photo can be labelled a photobomb, which implies a narrative of surreptitious sabotage, connects the stingray to a whole tribe of obnoxious pranksters, and makes the ray look like his smile might contain a hint of frat-boyish dissolution.
ref: 2012 October 9, Andrea Denhoed, “A Few Words About The Stingray Photobomb”, in The New Yorker:
glosses: A photo containing someone or something that is photobombing.
nigger rig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nigger rigs
form: nigger rigging
form: nigger rigged
form: nigger rigged
Senses: examples: text: I'm also offended when people say nigger rig this or nigger rig that.
ref: 2000, Rita James Simon, Rhonda M. Roorda, In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories, page 110:
glosses: Alternative form of nigger-rig.
nigger rigs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nigger rig
nigger rigging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nigger rig
nigger rigged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nigger rig
Related terms: nigger-rigged
brain candy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Venom is spine-tingling brain candy about a deadly snake on the loose in a London townhouse during a kidnapping attempt.
ref: 1982 February 10, “Capsule Reviews”, in Daily Times, Ohio, USA, retrieved 02 Oct 2012, page 16:
text: After years of chewing on murder mysteries as my form of “brain candy,” I thought I'd sample westerns for a change of pace.
ref: 1992 February 19, Ron Alexander, “Metropolitan Diary”, in New York Times, retrieved 02 Oct 2012:
text: Matriculated, my favorite, is written and directed by Peter Chung. . . . The result is electric-Kool-Aid brain candy, with a twist of unexpected pathos.
ref: 2003 June 9, Bryan Walsh, “Movies: Enter The Animatrix”, in Time:
coordinate_terms: brain rot
;
pablum
pap
glosses: A narrative, commentary, etc. which amuses and holds one's attention, but which lacks intellectual depth or importance.
self-narrative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-narratives
Etymology: From self- + narrative.
Senses: glosses: An introspective recounting of a person's development.
Irish setter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈaɪɹɪʃ ˈsɛt.ə/
Forms: form: Irish setters
Senses: synonyms: red setter
glosses: A breed of gun dog with a moderately long coat of a red or chestnut color.
wikipedia: Irish setter
indictable offence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indictable offences
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An offence which can only be tried on an indictment after a preliminary hearing to determine whether there is a prima facie case to answer or by a grand jury, in contrast to a summary offence.
nigger-rig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nigger-rigs
form: nigger-rigging
form: nigger-rigged
form: nigger-rigged
Senses: glosses: Synonym of jury-rig (create a makeshift, ad hoc solution from resources at hand).
synonyms: word: jury-rig
extra: create a makeshift, ad hoc solution from resources at hand
Synonyms: MacGyver
nooby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: noobier
form: noobiest
Etymology: From noob + -y.
Senses: examples: text: He griefed, spammed, begged to be an administrator and did many other nooby things.
synonyms: noobish
glosses: Like a noob.
Derived terms: noobiness
alloparent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alloparents
Etymology: From allo- + parent.
Senses: examples: text: And Hrdy further suggests that the immersion of human babies in a pool of alloparents would have honed the mind-reading skills and empathy that are so important to our species, faster than anything else.
ref: 2011, Chris Stringer, The Origin of Our Species, Penguin, published 2012, page 142:
text: In non-humans, alloparents include relatives who have kin-based incentives to help and nonrelatives who are under coercive threat or have no better option for survival.
ref: 2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 16, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:
text: Maybe my kids should spend more time with my sister and her kids. Maybe my colleague who has kids around the same age as mine, we should do more sleepovers. So there are all sorts of ways in which could imagine just bringing other alloparents into a relationship.
ref: 2023 June 9, Ezra Klein, quoting Kristen Ghodsee, “The Ezra Klein Show: What Communes and Other Radical Experiments in Living Together Reveal”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: biology
human-sciences
natural-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: An adult animal or person involved in parent-like behaviour towards an individual that is not his or her offspring.
Related terms: alloparenting
mistle thrushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mistle thrush
rerages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rerage
oh my god
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oh my God.
LHR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The station code of Lahore Junction railway station in Pakistan.
LHR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LHRs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of light horse regiment.
prefilmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + filmic.
Senses: glosses: Before the introduction of the medium of film.
postfilmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + filmic.
Senses: glosses: After the introduction of the medium of film.
cytotrophoblasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytotrophoblast
cytotrophoblastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cytotrophoblast + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or containing, cytotrophoblasts
alleluiatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ælɪluːˈjætɪk/
ipa: /alɪluːˈjatɪk/
Forms: form: more alleluiatic
form: most alleluiatic
Etymology: From Late Latin alleluiaticus, from Latin alleluia.
Senses: examples: text: In de Officiis, Isidore described laudes as an alleluiatic chant.
ref: 2004, Gregory W Woolfenden, Daily Liturgical Prayer, page 231:
text: Evidence of the alleluiatic psalm is found as early as Tertullian (d. 220) and in the contemporary Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus; as we have seen, it consisted of an acclamation (alleluia) after each verse chanted by a soloist.
ref: 1984, Giulio Cattin, Music of the Middle Ages, page 10:
glosses: Pertaining to or consisting of an alleluia.
decidualization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decidualizations
Etymology: From decidual + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The formation of the decidua.
extravillous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + villous.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Outside of the villi
hexanucleotide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexanucleotides
Etymology: From hexa- + nucleotide.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: a codon containing six nucleotides
hexanucleotides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexanucleotide
immunovirological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + virological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to immunovirology
immunovirology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From immuno- + virology.
Senses: glosses: The study of the interactions between viruses and the immune system
metastin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metastins
Etymology: From metastasis + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: kisspeptin
monothioglycerol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monothioglycerols
Etymology: From mono- + thio- + glycerol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two isomeric compounds formally derived from glycerol by replacing one hydroxyl group by a thiol group
neopterin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A pteridine, 2-amino-6-(1,2,3-trihydroxypropyl)-1H-pteridin-4-one, that is a catabolic product of guanosine triphosphate
nongonadal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + gonadal.
Senses: glosses: That does not affect, or is not related to, the gonads
pepastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pepastics
Etymology: Ancient Greek πεπαίνω (pepaínō, “to ripen, suppurate”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A suppurative.
pepastics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pepastic
subsetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From subset + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subset
subsetting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From subset + -ing.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The production of a subset.
subsetting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsettings
Etymology: From sub- + setting.
Senses: examples: text: Essentially, the interviewer needs to specify environmental settings and subsettings for each of the child's deviant and desirable behaviors.
ref: 1974, Edwin J. Thomas, Behavior Modification Procedure: A Sourcebook, page 143:
glosses: A secondary or subsidiary setting, one that makes up part of another setting.
subsetted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From subset + -ed.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Produced or manipulated by subsetting
syncytialization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From syncytial + -ization.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The formation of syncytiotrophoblasts from cytotrophoblasts, cytotrophoblasts or osteoblasts
shaddas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shadda
lipoaspirations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lipoaspiration
smirker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smirkers
Etymology: From smirk + -er.
Senses: examples: text: He is returning to the staircase {...} when he re-meets the smirking young officer, who is on his way back down. This time the smirker has decided to be someone else entirely: he is bashful. Red-cheeked.
ref: 2024, Roz Dineen, Briefly Very Beautiful, Bloomsbury, page 60:
glosses: One who smirks.
smirkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smirker
sylleptical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sylleptical
form: most sylleptical
Senses: glosses: sylleptic
shearn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sharn.
shern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sharn.
picul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪkəl/
rhymes: -ɪkəl
homophone: pickle
Forms: form: piculs
form: pical
form: pikal
form: pikol
form: pikul
form: pico
form: picol
form: pecul
form: peecul
form: peecull
Etymology: From Malay pikul, with influence from earlier Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese pico.
Senses: examples: text: Powder sugar of China, the hundred cattees or peecull worth fortie to fiftie.
ref: c. 1605, John Saris, quoted in Anthony Farrington's The English Factory in Japan (1991), p. 56
text: The coal is sold for 130 cash... per picul of 133 pounds.
ref: 1888, Archibald John Little, Through the Yang-tse Gorges, page 279:
topics: units-of-measure
glosses: A traditional South and East Asian unit of weight, based upon the load of a shoulder pole and varying by place and over time but usually standardized at about 60 kg.
Synonyms: word: pingo
word: dan
word: tam
word: tan
piculs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picul
pikuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pikul
crenatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crenature
striolate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more striolate
form: most striolate
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Finely striate.
Buru
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island in the Maluku islands
glosses: A language of the island.
glosses: A language of Nigeria.
Derived terms: Buru boobook
poseable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more poseable
form: most poseable
Etymology: From pose + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of posable.
Derived terms: poseability
unshirred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + shirred.
Senses: glosses: Not shirred.
unthrottled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + throttled.
Senses: examples: an unthrottled broadband connection
glosses: Not throttled.
throttleable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: throttlable
Etymology: From throttle + -able.
Senses: examples: a throttleable engine
glosses: Capable of being throttled.
throttlable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of throttleable.
unpermineralized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpermineralized
form: most unpermineralized
Etymology: From un- + permineralized.
Senses: examples: text: Anatomy of the unpermineralized wood permits conclusive identification to the genus Metasequoia (Cupressaceae).
ref: 2012, Wolfe AP, Csank AZ, Reyes AV, McKellar RC, Tappert R, et al., "Pristine Early Eocene Wood Buried Deeply in Kimberlite from Northern Canada", PLoS ONE 7(9): e45537.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045537
glosses: Not permineralized.
rubidium-strontium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Isotopic dating of meteorites using the rubidium-strontium system and others indicates that the most primitive rocks in the solar system are 4.56 billion years old, determined rather precisely.
ref: 1999, Jonathan I Lunine, Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World, page 101:
glosses: Designating a method of geological dating based on the relative amounts in rock of rubidium-87 and its beta-decay product, strontium-87.
Synonyms: Rb-Sr
Rb-Sr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The age of the Panda intrusion has been dated precisely by Rb-Sr determinations on kimberlitic phlogopite (n = 7), yielding a robust isochron of 53.3±0.6 Ma (Early Eocene, Ypresian).
ref: 2012, Wolfe AP, Csank AZ, Reyes AV, McKellar RC, Tappert R, et al., "Pristine Early Eocene Wood Buried Deeply in Kimberlite from Northern Canada", PLoS ONE 7(9): e45537. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045537
glosses: rubidium-strontium.
multiseriate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multiseriate
form: most multiseriate
Etymology: From multi- + seriate.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Arranged in rows or series.
if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪf ˌjuː peɪ ˈpiːnʌts ˌjuː ɡɛt ˈmʌŋkiːz/
ipa: /ɪf ˌju peɪ ˈpiˌnʌts ˌjuː ɡɛt ˈmʌŋkiz/
Etymology: A reference to peanuts (“especially of a salary: a very small or insufficient amount”) (originally US slang dating to the mid 20th century) and monkey (“a person of minimal intelligence, idiot”), with a humorous allusion to the fact that monkeys are fond of nuts.
Senses: synonyms: good work ain't cheap, cheap work ain't good
if you pay bananas, you get monkeys
glosses: Offering a low payment or salary will not attract skilled workers or employees.
Related terms: buy cheap, buy twice
false economy
you buy cheap, you get cheap
you get what you pay for
kindjal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kindjals
form: kinzhal
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian кинжал (kinžal). Doublet of khanjar.
Senses: glosses: A kind of short sword or dagger used in Russia.
kindjals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kindjal
ciprofibrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fibrate.
ciclazindol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A tetracyclic antidepressant and anorectic drug.
toilet book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toilet books
Senses: examples: text: There's only one thing for it: I'll have to get stoned; there's always time to write a toilet book.
ref: 1987, William Donaldson, Is This Allowed, page 114:
text: This is a toilet book. One can open it at any page, read it for a bit, and put it down for a time long enough to forget what one has read and still pick it up again with the same enthusiasm.
ref: 1988, Canadian Library Association, Canadian Materials for Schools and Libraries, page 54:
text: This is a toilet book—the kind with short chapters that you leave in the bathroom and pick up when you're in there on other business.
ref: 2009, Patrick Fanning, Not Dead Yet, and One or Two Other Good Things About Retirement, page 3:
coordinate_terms: airport book
beach book
coffee table book
glosses: A book, generally factual but lightweight and humorous, written to be read in short, occasional bursts, such as when using the restroom.
toilet books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toilet book
allatostatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allatostatins
Etymology: From (corpus) allatum + -statin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of neuropeptide hormones in insects and crustacea
Derived terms: allatostatinergic
Related terms: allatostatic
allatotropin
allatoregulatory
allatostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to allatostatins
allatostatins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allatostatin
amphitrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amphitrites
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any polychaete worm of the genus Amphitrite.
bioartificial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + artificial.
Senses: glosses: Describing any artificial device that has biological components
bronchoconstrictive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bronchoconstrictive
form: most bronchoconstrictive
Etymology: From broncho- + constrictive.
Senses: glosses: That produces bronchoconstriction
bronchoconstrictor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bronchoconstrictors
Etymology: From broncho- + constrictor.
Senses: glosses: Something that causes bronchoconstriction
Related terms: bronchoconstrictive
bronchospastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bronchospastic
form: most bronchospastic
Etymology: From broncho- + spastic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or causing, bronchospasm
Derived terms: antibronchospastic
bursicon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bursicons
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A heterodimeric protein that is an insect hormone which mediates tanning in the cuticle of adult flies
chemosensillum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemosensilla
form: chemosensillums
Etymology: From chemo- + sensillum.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A chemosensitive sensillum.
chemosensilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemosensillum
chemosensillae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemosensillum
cyprid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyprids
form: cypris
Senses: glosses: Any freshwater ostracod of the family Cyprididae.
cypris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyprides
Senses: glosses: cyprid
denaturized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of denaturize
diabasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diabasic
form: most diabasic
Etymology: From diabase + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, or containing, diabase
euphausiacean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: euphausiaceans
Etymology: Euphausiacea + -an
Senses: glosses: Any small, shrimplike crustacean of the order Euphausiacea; a krill.
farnesoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: farnesoates
Etymology: From farnesoic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of farnesoic acid
farnesoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sesquiterpenoid carboxylic acid formed by the oxidation of farnesol
Related terms: farnesoate
glycoantigen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycoantigens
Etymology: From glyco- + antigen.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
immunology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any carbohydrate that is an antigen
hemodesmosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of hemidesmosome.
herniorrhaphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌhɜː(ɹ)niˈɒɹəfi/
Forms: form: herniorrhaphies
Etymology: From hernia + -rrhaphy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: repair of a hernia by means of sutures