cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
under the loupe
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Synonym of under the microscope.
synonyms: word: under the microscope
under the magnifying glass
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Synonym of under the microscope.
synonyms: word: under the microscope
throw in the cards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws in the cards
form: throwing in the cards
form: threw in the cards
form: thrown in the cards
Senses: examples: text: Sure. Comforting news. If that's the extent of the left's imagination, we may as well throw in the cards and admit defeat and go en masse to sign up at our nearest Anita Bryant Treatment Center!
ref: 1978 December 9, Mitzel, “Post-Briggs Blues”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 5:
glosses: Synonym of throw in the towel.
synonyms: word: throw in the towel
something is rotten in Denmark
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Among other sources who pepper the book's pages with their tips: "the Bookkeeper," a conscience-stricken woman who served C.R.P.'s finance chairman, Maurice Stans. "Something is rotten in Denmark and I'm part of it," she tremblingly warned Bernstein in her home one night a few weeks after the breakin.
ref: 1974 April 22, “The Press: Woodstein Meets Deep Throat”, in Time, →ISSN:
glosses: Ellipsis of something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
talk out of one's ear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: talks out of one's ear
form: talking out of one's ear
form: talked out of one's ear
form: talked out of one's ear
Senses: glosses: Euphemistic form of talk out of one's ass.
rejectible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rejectable.
talk out of one's arse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: talks out of one's arse
form: talking out of one's arse
form: talked out of one's arse
form: talked out of one's arse
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of talk out of one's ass.
leave one's mark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leaves one's mark
form: leaving one's mark
form: left one's mark
form: left one's mark
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of make one's mark.
sotos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soto
efrits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of efrit
menu board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: menu boards
Senses: examples: text: A rebounding economy doesn't nix the need for value options on menu boards.
ref: 2017 December 6, USA Today, “Despite Steady Economy, $1 Menus Make Comeback”, in USA Today:
text: The task may sound easy enough, but an effective menu design is more than just scribbling your menu items on a menu board or printing a list of items on white paper.
ref: 2016 September 28, Richard Myrick, Running a Food Truck For Dummies:
text: Regulations for menu-labeling vary by location but generally require restaurants to post calorie information for standard items on the menu board, printed menu, individual food tag, drive-through, or some combination of these.
ref: 2011 May 3, Oladele Ogunseitan, Green Health: An A-to-Z Guide:
glosses: A screen or board on which the prices of various menu items are displayed.
Grimmian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Grimmian
form: most Grimmian
Etymology: From Grimm + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Brothers Grimm (Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm), German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who collected and published folklore during the 19th century.
Grummitt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
horographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horographers
Senses: glosses: A person who works in horography (the construction of devices to measure time).
horographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horographer
subinfeudatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to subinfeudation.
subinfeudatory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subinfeudatories
Senses: glosses: One who holds land by subinfeudation.
nictitant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: This position of the pyramidalis is perhaps rendered necessary by the great extent of the movement of the nictitant membrane, the tendon of which, unless curved, would be too long to be conveniently disposed of.
ref: 1852, William MacGillivray, A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Synonym of nictitating.
synonyms: word: nictitating
houngenikon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: houngenikons
form: ounjenikon
Etymology: From Haitian Creole. Compare houngan.
Senses: examples: text: The houngenikon thereupon starts off the song, the drums and the chorus join in and when it is ended the houngan inquires: “Are you satisfied?”
ref: 1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 51:
text: The drums changed and the Houngenikon came dancing on to the floor, holding a vessel filled with some burning liquid from which sprang blue and yellow flames.
ref: 1954, Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die:
text: Sometimes Bienaimé nods in the direction of a particularly noisy racket, and the houngenikon flicks at those kids with his whip.
ref: 1989, Amy Wilentz, The Rainy Season:
text: I was told that the Vodou priest Cesar had had a serious fight with Nicole, the ounjenikon, mistress of song, of his temple.
ref: 1995, Karen McCarthy Brown, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 211
qualifier: voodoo
glosses: The leader of singing in a voodoo ceremony.
neocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neocytes
Etymology: From neo- + -cyte.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cell newly released by bone marrow
Wightmans Corner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.
Related terms: Wightmans Grove
Wightmans Grove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after a Thelismer O. Wightman.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States.
Related terms: Wightmans Corner
Wrightman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Wightman
mettlesomely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mettlesomely
form: most mettlesomely
Etymology: From mettlesome + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a mettlesome manner.
Craigmont
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Craig + -mont.
Senses: glosses: A city in Lewis County, Idaho, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community and ghost town in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
Bogue Chitto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Choctaw bok chito (“big river”).
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Alabama, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Mississippi.
glosses: A census-designated place in Kemper County and Neshoba County, Mississippi.
Neshoba County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -aʊnti
Etymology: From Choctaw nashoba ("wolf").
Senses: glosses: A county of Mississippi, United States. County seat: Philadelphia.
Neshoba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Clipping of Neshoba County
Senses: glosses: Neshoba County, Mississippi.
odontotheca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: odontothecas
Etymology: From odonto- + -theca.
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: The capsule or follicle of a tooth
oligotrichous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of, an oligotrich
cango
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cangos
form: cango
Senses: examples: text: There are two sorts of palanquin, the norimon and the cango. The former, which requires four bearers for long journeys, is a large, heavy box, in which one may sit with tolerable comfort. The sides are in lacquered wood, and contain two sliding doors. Although this norimon is, par excellence, the vehicle of the nobility, it admits of no ornaments, and is used by the ladies of the middle class and by the registered courtesans, because both occupy a certain position of fortune and consideration in society. The cango is a light litter of bamboo, open on both sides; it requires only two bearers, who always walk with a rapid and regular step. They rest for one minute out of twenty. When they go back, each carries in his turn the cango, suspended at the end of a pole, over his shoulder.
ref: 1874, Aimé Humbert, translated by Frances Cashel Hoey et al., Japan and the Japanese Illustrated, page 156:
glosses: Alternative form of kago, an open Japanese sedan chair
talaric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Dionysos, clad in a white, talaric chitôn, spotted with black, over which he wears a peplos, his hair ivy-crowned and falling in tresses, his beard long and pointed; before him a female figure, Aproditê, clad in an embroidered, talaric chitôn falling over the girdle in a kolpos, over which hangs the peplos;
ref: 1851, Samuel Birch, Charles Thomas Newton, A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum:
text: The drivers appear at first sight to be women, but are in reality meant for young men in talaric chitons or tunics.
ref: 1897, Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, page 353:
text: His wife, Sterope, is on his l. side; she is of generous proportions, in a talaric tunic folded up over the chest.
ref: 1964, Robert Boulanger, Greece, page 523:
glosses: Ankle-length; reaching to the ankles.
examples: text: In a series of 24 patients with displaced fractures of the talaric portion of the os calcis, 15 patients were primarily treated conservatively; a few of these patients had early subtalar fusion.
ref: 1979, Kjell Matre, “Treatment of Fractures with Displacement of the Talaric Portion of the Os Calcis”, in Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica, volume 50:
glosses: Relating to the ankles.
Related terms: talaric acid
menu boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of menu board
ontogeneticist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ontogeneticists
Etymology: From onto- + geneticist.
Senses: glosses: A geneticist whose speciality is ontogenesis
ophiotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒksɪn
Forms: form: ophiotoxins
Etymology: From ophio- + toxin.
Senses: examples: text: It is probable that Faust's ophiotoxins of a glucoside nature collaborate with the protein globulin and proteose to produce the effects so markedly evident in the symptomatology of adder poisoning.
ref: 1924, Norman Morrison, The life-story of the adder, page 125:
glosses: Any toxin present in a snake venom.
Spring Festivals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Spring Festival
garapata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garapatas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish garrapata.
Senses: examples: text: […] principally among the former were the garapatas, a vicious species of wood-tick, which swarm almost every leaf and plant growing near the ground […]
ref: 1873, United States. Navy Department, Annual Reports of the Navy Department, page 188:
text: One of the worst annoyances of their visit to Uxmal was that whenever they moved about they became covered with garapatas. The garapata is a tick so small that it is hardly perceptible to the naked eye, but it is capable of making a bite or sting like that of a red ant or a hot needle.
ref: 1890, Thomas Wallace Knox, The Boy Travellers in Mexico, page 508:
glosses: A kind of wood tick.
Lemovices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Gallic tribe dwelling in the modern Limousin region during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Ogleshield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after William Oglethorpe, who helped to develop the recipe, and the existing Jersey Shield cheese.
Senses: glosses: A washed-rind cow's-milk cheese from Somerset.
prehendable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prehendable
form: most prehendable
Etymology: From prehend + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being prehended.
Derived terms: prehendability
prehendability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From prehend + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being prehendable.
for want of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: -ʌv
Forms: form: for the want of
Senses: examples: text: for want of a better word
text: I did not pass it, though not for want of trying.
text: For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
ref: a. 1640, For Want of a Nail
text: When the time of Christ's second coming is at hand, there will be but a very little faith in the world. And the Lord knows that there be many, who are now as high as Lucifer, that at that day, for want of faith, will be thrown down to the sides of the pit; even in the very belly of hell.
ref: a. 1689 (date written), John Bunyan, “ Some Gospel Truths Opened”, in Henry Stebbing, editor, The Entire Works of John Bunyan, […], volume I, London: James S[prent] Virtue, […], published 1863, →OCLC, page 75:
text: In April 1923, he was working with a gang of five others in Glasgow on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). They were told to walk in the cess. But as it wasn't clear, they walked on the sleepers, each carrying a 70lb lifting screw on his shoulder. McGuinness was struck by a train and killed for want of a safe path.
ref: 2022 August 10, Dr Mike Esbester, “New understandings from old incidents”, in RAIL, number 963, page 58:
synonyms: for lack of
glosses: Because of the absence of.
to the effect
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: to that effect
form: to this effect
Senses: examples: text: He was vague but said something to the effect that he'd do it soon.
text: […]why not cut out the middleman and write the review himself? Then it would say exactly what the client wanted — that it was a terrific book. A shattering novel. A classic memoir. Will change your life. Lyrical and gripping, Stunning and compelling. Or words to that effect.
ref: 2012 August 25, David Streitfeld, “The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: along those lines
glosses: With more or less the meaning of.
Related terms: be like
on the lines of
failing that
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: failing this
Etymology: A nominative absolute; "if that is failing/missing".
Senses: glosses: If that condition is not met, otherwise, or else.
wikipedia: nominative absolute
snake doctor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snake doctors
Etymology: From a folk belief that dragonflies follow snakes around and stitch them back together if they are injured.
Senses: glosses: A dragonfly.
snake doctors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snake doctor
mau-maued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mau-mau
Gibsonburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Gibson + -burg; named after a General William H. Gibson, who laid out the town in 1871.
Senses: glosses: A village in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States.
hollabacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hollaback
Bogus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boguses
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Bogus, Boguś, or Romanian Boguș.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
tahor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: There are also observations in the Talmud that, e.g., tanners stink. However, odor doesn't prevent a person from becoming tahor.
ref: 2011 May 31, Yisroel Markov, “Leftwing anti-semitism”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):
topics: law
antonyms: tameh
glosses: Ritually clean or pure.
Dragun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Draguns
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Dragun.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
perhorrescing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of perhorresce
roborates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of roborate
roborating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of roborate
roborated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of roborate
kryometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kryometers
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of cryometer.
kryometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kryometer
rogitates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rogitate
rogitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rogitate
rogitated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rogitate
level bests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of level best
the devil you know is better than the devil you don't
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
the devil we know is better than the devil we don't
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
rogitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rogitations
Senses: glosses: The act or process of rogitating.
glosses: Something which is rogitated.
Related terms: rogitate
rogitations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rogitation
otographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oto- + -graphic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Related to otography
palisadic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From palisade + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a palisade. (all senses)
met tet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maît-tête
form: mèt tèt
Etymology: From Haitian Creole mèt tèt, from French maître (“master”) + tête (“head”).
Senses: examples: text: While his physical heritage may show resemblance to one parent or the other, in infancy, his deities, including the maît-tête, become manifest only with maturity and establish their special position.
ref: 1953, Maya Daren, The Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 71:
text: The Vodou system of identifying each person's mèt tèt amounts to a method for personality typing, and this system is of great significance for understanding the moral force field of Haitian Vodou.
ref: 2000, Nancy M. Martin, Joseph Runzo, The Meaning of Life in the World's Religions, page 241:
text: Outside Haiti, where Vodou ceremonies are held less frequently and possession is an aberration, not a commonplace, it is more difficult to determine which lwa is your met tet.
ref: 2006, Kenaz Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook:
qualifier: voodoo
glosses: The loa with whom a Vodouisant has a particular connection, and with whom they specially identify.
Protestantize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Protestantizes
form: Protestantizing
form: Protestantized
form: Protestantized
form: Protestantise
form: protestantise
form: protestantize
Etymology: From Protestant + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: There had been nothing strange about the [Christmas] tree before, but now, with some one kneeling before it,—images, candles, … Grandfather merely put his finger-tips to his brow and bowed his venerable head, thus Protestantizing the atmosphere.
ref: 1918, Willa Cather, chapter 12, in My Ántonia, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 99:
glosses: To make Protestant; to convert to Protestantism.
examples: text: Before the Reformation, whatever wars took place, there remained throughout Europe the underlying concept of an essential unity of Christendom, an idea that all states still formed part of a common body. Even after it, when Charles V came to an agreement with the Protestantizing princes of the empire in 1555, that idea and ideal remained.
ref: 1956, Fletcher Pratt, The Battles That Changed History, Garden City, NY: Dolphin, Chapter 9, section 7, p. 193:
glosses: To become Protestant; to convert to Protestantism.
Derived terms: Protestantization
de-Protestantization
re-Protestantization
re-Protestantize
Related terms: Catholicize
Christianize
en-vessie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: en vessie
Etymology: From French en (“in”) + vessie (“bladder”) (urinary bladder).
Senses: topics: food
lifestyle
glosses: A method of cooking, where the food is contained within a bladder (usually the urinary bladder of a pig) and cooked in simmering or boiling water
Related terms: sous-vide
boil-in-bag
en-papillote
sausage casing
haggis
en vessie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of en-vessie.
en-papillote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: en papillote
Etymology: Borrowed from French en papillote (literally “in paper”), see papillote.
Senses: examples: text: fish baked en papillote
text: Suffice it to say that the partridge wings were served en papillote, and the grey squirrels stewed in madeira.
ref: 1854, Fayette Robinson, transl., The Physiology of Taste, translation of Physiologie du Goût by Brillat-Savarin, page 114:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A method of cooking, where the food is wrapped in a pouch made of culinary parchment paper, and then cooked in an oven.
Synonyms: english: term derived from Italian, instead of French
translation: term derived from Italian, instead of French
word: al cartoccio
Related terms: en-vessie
sous-vide
boil-in-bag
reseminates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reseminate
reseminating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reseminate
reseminated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reseminate
hained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hain
tubicination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: tubicinations
Etymology: From Latin tubicinātus (“sounded a trumpet”), past participle of tubicinō (“sound a trumpet”).
Senses: examples: text: But what can this confounded unnatural noise be?— / All this buxination, and tubicination, / This acclamation, and tympanization?— […]
ref: 1843, G. De Lys, “The Marriage of Belphegor”, in Bentley's Miscellany, volume 14, page 617:
glosses: The act or process of sounding a trumpet
examples: text: The conductor sounded his ram's horn; this was a tubicination the meaning of which had been carefully prescribed in the regulations of the company, and was well understood by the Indians.
ref: 1928, Society of Oklahoma Indians, The American Indian, Volume 3, page 20:
glosses: The sound of a trumpet
tubicinations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tubicination
raggee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ragi (“finger millet”).
athetosic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more athetosic
form: most athetosic
Senses: examples: text: In general, the presence of sustained twisting, athetosic or choreic movements, lack of EEG abnormalities during attacks, lack of episodes of unresponsiveness which would mean spread of seizure activity outside the frontal lobes, all indicate a non-epileptic origin (Fahn, 1994). On the other hand, some ictal manifestations which are typical […]
ref: 2002, Renzo Guerrini, Epilepsy and Movement Disorders, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 409:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to athetosis.
paramesonephrotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of paramesonephric.
synonyms: word: paramesonephric
paratomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paratomies
Etymology: From para- + -tomy.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of asexual reproduction in which new organs develop before the organism splits
Derived terms: paratomic
paratomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From paratomy + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to paratomy
Derived terms: paratomically
paratomically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From paratomic + -ally.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: By means of paratomy
free-boob
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: free-boobs
form: free-boobing
form: free-boobed
form: free-boobed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of freeboob
cybercartographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyber- + cartographic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cybercartography.
double opt-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: The situation where a subscriber to a newsletter etc. first provides their e-mail address and then receives a confirmation request to that address, requiring them to take further action (such as clicking a hyperlink) to activate the subscription.
in reality
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: synonyms: for real life
in practice
in real life
really
antonyms: hypothetically
online
theoretically
virtual
glosses: In real life, as opposed to online, play, make believe, or theory.
worklet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: worklets
Etymology: From work + -let.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: applet#Noun
utility#Noun
glosses: A small piece of functionality encapsulating a single task.
worklets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of worklet
pejvakin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein that regulates the function of hair cells
phagotrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The condition of being phagotrophic
Straits Settlements
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈstɹeɪts ˈsɛtəlmənts/
Forms: form: the Straits Settlements
Etymology: Named for the Singapore Straits on older maps of the area.
Senses: glosses: A former British colony in Southeast Asia, existing between 1826–1946 and consisting of modern-day Singapore and Malacca, Penang, and Perak in Malaysia, as well as a few other miscellaneous territories for other periods.
Synonyms: Straits
photophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photophiles
Etymology: From photo- + -phile.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any organism that thrives in bright sunlight.
Related terms: photophil
photopile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photopiles
Senses: glosses: solar cell, solar battery
plexometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plexometers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pleximeter.
pleximetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The use of the pleximeter.
pleximetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a pleximeter.
plexometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plexometer
phytodiversity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytodiversities
Etymology: From phyto- + diversity.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: The diversity of plant species in an area
Related terms: phytodiverse
genteel business
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: theatrical parts that require the actor to be dressed well
phytotronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phytotronics + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to phytotronics.
Related terms: phytotron
road hump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: road humps
Senses: glosses: Synonym of speed bump or speed hump.
synonyms: word: speed bump or speed hump
road humps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of road hump
Laplace's equation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Laplace's equations
form: Laplace equation
Senses: examples: text: In practical problems, since the charges are confined to small regions while major part of the space is charge-free, it is obvious that Laplace's Equation has far greater utility than Poisson's equation.
ref: 1993, V. V. Sarwate, Electromagnetic Fields and Waves, New Age International Publishers, page 182:
text: Numerous problems in electrical engineering require a solution of Laplace's equation in two dimensions. This section outlines a classic problem that leads to Laplace's equation, then develops a finite element method for its solution.
ref: 1996, Peter P. Silvester, Ronald L. Ferrari, Finite elements for electrical engineers, 3rd edition, Cambridge University Press, page 29:
text: 2002, Gerald D. Mahan, Applied Mathematics, Kluwer Academic / Plenum, page 141,
Laplace's equation appears in a variety of physics problems and several examples are provided below. The relevance of Laplace's equation to complex variables is provided by the following important theorem.
qualifier: potential theory
glosses: The partial differential equation (∂²φ)/(∂x_1²)+(∂²φ)/(∂x_2²)+⋯+(∂²φ)/(∂x_n²)=0, commonly written Δφ=0 or ∇²φ=0, where Δ(=∇²) is the Laplace operator and φ is a scalar function.
winter-dress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winterdress
Senses: glosses: Clothing fit for winter conditions
winter boot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winter boots
Senses: glosses: A boot fit for winter weather
unlaunch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unlaunches
form: unlaunching
form: unlaunched
form: unlaunched
Etymology: From un- + launch.
Senses: examples: text: They pay a $5 fee for the season, and the permit gives them the privilege of launching their boats and unlaunching them at one of these ramps.
ref: 1956, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Hearings, page 478:
text: In order to terminate the session, the client issues ServiceGatewayDetach to the gateway, which calls the application server to unlaunch the currently running service.
ref: 1998, IBM Journal of Research and Development, volume 42, page 214:
glosses: To undo or reverse the launching of.
unlaunches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unlaunch
unlaunching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unlaunch
right men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of right man
nonoccultation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + occultation.
Senses: glosses: Absence of occultation.
Venus's girdle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Venus's girdles
form: Venus girdle
form: Venus' girdle
Senses: glosses: A comb jelly of species Cestum veneris, of tropical and subtropical oceans.
glosses: Synonym of belt of Venus (“atmospheric phenomenon”).
synonyms: word: belt of Venus
extra: atmospheric phenomenon
Venus's flower basket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Venus's flower baskets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Venus' flower basket
mucronule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mucronules
Etymology: From Latin mucrō (stem mucrōn-) + -ule.
Senses: glosses: A small mucro.
Derived terms: mucronulate
mucronules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mucronule
schepens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schepen
harmonic engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harmonic engines
Senses: glosses: A machine in which the energy of an electric current is used, by means of two small electromagnets, to keep up the vibrations of a large and heavily-weighted tuning fork whose arms are connected to two pistons working a miniature pump.
harmonic engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harmonic engine
Arminianists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Arminianist
cacuminates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cacuminate
cacuminating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cacuminate
cacuminated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cacuminate
scavernick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scavernicks
Etymology: From Cornish skovarnek.
Senses: glosses: A hare.
scavernicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scavernick
qite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qite
Etymology: Borrowed from Demotic qt, from Egyptian qdt, with the vowels supplied by the word’s descendant, Coptic ⲕⲓⲧⲉ (kite).
Senses: examples: text: [I]n the great Harris papyrus, […] precise quantities are recorded by weight in terms of the deben (about 2½ oz.) and the qite (¼ oz.) of gold, silver, copper and precious stones, without any reference to their value. […] Five pots of honey were bought for five qite of silver and an ox for five qite of gold.
ref: 1981, Pierre Montet, “The Arts and the Professions”, in A[ymer] R[obert] Maxwell-Hyslop, Margaret S[tefana] Drower, transl., Everyday Life in Egypt in the Days of Ramesses the Great, Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 167:
text: The scribe of the temple Sedy set out with the pure priest and goldsmith Tuty for the frames; they removed one deben and three and a half qite of gold, which they took for the chief of the gang Pameniu.
ref: 2003, Pascal Vernus, “The Plunder of Western Thebes”, in David Lorton, transl., Affairs and Scandals in Ancient Egypt: Translated from the French, Ithaca, N.Y.; London: Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 25:
topics: Egyptology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of kite (“measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀ deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams)”).
unegotistical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unegotistical
form: most unegotistical
Etymology: From un- + egotistical.
Senses: glosses: Not egotistical.
pyrheliometrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pyrheliometric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of pyrheliometry.
imago clipeata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imagines clipeatae
Etymology: From Latin.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A depiction of a deceased or famous person on a round shield (clipeus), popular in the art, manuscripts and architecture of Roman and Early Christian culture.
Derived terms: clipeated
Related terms: tondo
imagines clipeatae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imago clipeata
photophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photophile
Xibe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsi.be/
Forms: form: Xibe
form: Sibe
form: Sibo
form: Xibo
Senses: glosses: A Tungusic people of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China.
Xibe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsi.be/
Forms: form: Sibe
form: Sibo
form: Xibo
Senses: glosses: The Tungusic language spoken by the Xibe people of Northwest China.
photopiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photopile
Ostwald ripening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: First described by Wilhelm Ostwald in 1896.
Senses: glosses: An observed phenomenon in solid solutions or liquid sols, where an inhomogeneous structure changes over time, i.e. small crystals or particles dissolve and redeposit onto larger crystals or particles.
plagiotropism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From plagio- + -trope + -ism.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The growth of a plant at an orientation to the angle of a stimulus
orchideology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of orchidology.
planogamy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The presence of planogametes
plasmidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From plasmid + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: plasmidal
plasmidial
glosses: Relating to plasmids.
Derived terms: interplasmidic
blacknesse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Home to dinner, and there I took occasion, from the blacknesse of the meat as it came out of the pot, to fall out with my wife and my maid for their sluttery […]
ref: 1665 November 17 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “November 7th, 1665”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume V, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1895, →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete form of blackness.
take occasion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes occasion
form: taking occasion
form: took occasion
form: taken occasion
Senses: examples: text: He grew old and fretful, and captious, and I must add, which made the vice itself begin to grow surfeiting and nauseous to me, he grew worse and wickeder the older he grew, and that to such degree as is not fit to write of, and made me so weary of him that upon one of his capricious humours, which he often took occasion to trouble me with, I took occasion to be much less complaisant to him than I used to be; […]
ref: 1724, Daniel Defoe, Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress:
text: Home to dinner, and there I took occasion, from the blacknesse of the meat as it came out of the pot, to fall out with my wife and my maid for their sluttery […]
ref: 1665 November 17 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “November 7th, 1665”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume V, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1895, →OCLC:
glosses: To take advantage of an opportunity.
plasmogamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From plasmogamy + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to plasmogamy
land pirate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: land pirates
Senses: glosses: A highwayman.
glosses: A swindler who operates at a port, deceiving sailors.
land pirates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of land pirate
despotocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒkɹəsi
Forms: form: despotocracies
Etymology: From despot + -o- + -cracy.
Senses: glosses: government by a despot
despotocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of despotocracy
despotocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more despotocratic
form: most despotocratic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a despotocracy.
facinorousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From facinorous + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The Emperor Constantine the Great, and other emperors who founded the civil law, condemned to death those who should practise such facinorousness […]
ref: 1841, George Borrow, The Zincali - Or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain:
text: Sounding quite pompous, he continued, “The devil cannot remain at Thorn hall. It has seen enough facinorousness.”
ref: 2011, Regina Jeffers, The Scandal of Lady Eleanor, page 259:
glosses: extreme wickedness
soft focus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Hamilton said that his work looked for the “candour of a lost paradise”, and was most famous for his kitschy calendars of young girls and his soft-focus erotic films including “Bilitis” from 1977.
ref: 2016 November 25, “Photographer David Hamilton found dead in Paris”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: The blur produced by spherical aberration in a lens, sometimes deliberately used to produce a dreamy effect or to eliminate blemishes.
black cancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black cancers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of melanosis.
synonyms: word: melanosis
koorbash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koorbashes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kurbash.
pluripotence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pluripotency.
koorbashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of koorbash
Monroeism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Monroeisms
Etymology: From Monroe + -ism. The policy was named after US president James Monroe (1758–1831), who issued it in 1823.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Monroe Doctrine: the United States policy opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823.
synonyms: word: Monroe Doctrine
extra: the United States policy opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823
examples: text: Of her favorite “number by Beethoven”—“I'm afraid I'm not very good at numbers.” Of her admiration for the Renaissance—“Of course, if I had lived in the Renaissance, I would be dead now.” Such Monroeisms prompt Mr. Zolotow to remind us of Punch’s quip: “Timon is a girl’s best friend.”
ref: 1960 December 3, M. S. Evans, “Books in Brief”, in National Review, volume IX, number 22, pages 354–355:
glosses: An amusing, playfully naive remark by American actress Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962).
Monroeist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Monroeists
Etymology: From Monroe + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Monroeism.
Monroeists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Monroeist
goatiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From goaty + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being goaty.
Synonyms: goatishness
mountain marrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: lithomarge; kaolinite
clipeated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From imago clipeata.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: Depicted on a round shield (clipeus).
nipter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νιπτήρ (niptḗr, “basin”).
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The ecclesiastical ceremony of washing the feet; maundy.
juniorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From junior + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The rank or position of junior; juniority.
seniorness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From senior + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: With the seniorness of the faculty also comes a downside, however. Altered State faculty members are used to being told they are very good; thus, their willingness to consider new teaching ideas like collaborative learning or learning communities is often lacking.
ref: 2000, National Forum of Educational Administration and Supervision Journal:
glosses: seniority
juniorness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From junior + -ness.
Senses: glosses: juniority
seniorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From senior + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The rank or position of senior; seniority.
torchbearing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From torch + bearing.
Senses: glosses: Carrying a torch (flaming brand).
glosses: Leading a campaign, or giving inspiration to others.
torchbearing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From torch + bearing.
Senses: glosses: The leading of a campaign, or giving inspiration to others.
Related terms: torchbearer
know a B from a battledore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows a B from a battledore
form: knowing a B from a battledore
form: knew a B from a battledore
form: known a B from a battledore
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of know B from a battledore.
know B from a battledore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows B from a battledore
form: knowing B from a battledore
form: knew B from a battledore
form: known B from a battledore
form: know a B from a battledore
Senses: examples: text: Euery man can ſay Bee to a Battledore, and vvrite in prayſe of Vertue, and the ſeuen Liberall Sciences, threſh corne out of the full ſheaues, and fetch vvater out of the Thames; but out of drie ſtubble to make an after harueſt, and a plentifull croppe vvithout ſovving, and vvring iuice out of a flint, thats Pierce a Gods name, and the right tricke of a workman.
ref: [1599, [Thomas] Nashe, “To His Readers, Hee Cares Not What They Be”, in Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC:
synonyms: know A from B
know one's arse from one's elbow
know one's ass from a hole in the ground
qualifier: often in the negative
glosses: To know anything at all; to have the most basic common sense or intelligence.
permish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: I suppose you should ask Beacon for permish to quote from RR.
ref: 2002, Letters from Kenneth Burke to William H. Rueckert, 1959-1987, page 38:
text: Firewater: The aisles started changing my verses to support their own views. Fucking with Twink's lyrics. Remixing my shit without my permish.
ref: 2016, Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan, Sausage Party (movie)
glosses: permission
Remoboth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Remoboths
Etymology: From Latin remoboth, a loan from Coptic ⲣⲙⲛⲟⲩⲱⲧ (rmnouōt), from ⲣⲱⲙⲉ (rōme) + ⲟⲩⲱⲧ (ouōt).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Sarabaite.
synonyms: word: Sarabaite
reast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reasts
form: reasting
form: reasted
form: reasted
Etymology: From roast.
Senses: glosses: To dry or smoke (meat, etc.)
boyles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of boyle
boyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boyle
boyled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of boyle
boyling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of boyle
reasted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reast
reasts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reast
reasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reast
eminential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to an eminence or protuberance.
footlighted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From footlight + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: a footlighted stage
synonyms: footlit
glosses: Illuminated by footlights.
set on foot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sets on foot
form: setting on foot
form: set on foot
form: set on foot
form: set afoot
Etymology: Compare the identical French mettre sur pied, of which this may be a calque.
Senses: examples: text: Meanwhile that little disappointment made her delight the more in Sir James Chettam's readiness to set on foot the desired improvements.
ref: 1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book I, chapter 3:
glosses: To originate; to put into action.
Panks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
kimboed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: akimbo
kimboed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kimbo
thankworthiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of thankworthy: most thankworthy
trigonometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trigonometers
Senses: glosses: An instrument for solving plane right-angled figures by inspection.
Related terms: trigonometry