cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
jungle bunnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jungle bunny
curioso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A collector or admirer of curios.
custode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: custodes
Etymology: From French custode m (“custodian”) or Italian custode, in any case from Latin custōdem.
Senses: glosses: A custodian.
custode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: custodes
Etymology: From French custode (“pyx”), from Medieval Latin custōdia. Doublet of custody.
Senses: glosses: A container in which a sacred object is kept; a pyx.
wops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wop
glosses: Abbreviation of wop-wops
glosses: Variant spelling of waps in the sense of wasp.
complexus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: complexuses
Etymology: Latin complexus (“embrace”).
Senses: examples: text: Whenever any of the great complexuses of the nerves, by intestine jars, have entangled themselves, at my approach they range into regular order, and give mutual assistance to each other in a friendly embracing intercourse […]
ref: 1827, The Oriental Herald, volume 14, page 85:
glosses: A complex, an aggregate of parts
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A large muscle of the back, passing from the spine to the head.
kuruma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kurumas
Etymology: Japanese くるま
Senses: glosses: A prawn of species Marsupenaeus japonicus.
crustacea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From taxonomic name Crustacea.
Senses: glosses: Crustaceans.
Derived terms: crustaceology
pill bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pill bugs
form: pillbug
Senses: glosses: Any of very many terrestrial crustaceans, of the family Armadillidiidae, a subgroup of the woodlice, that can roll themselves up into a protective ball.
Synonyms: sense: terrestrial crustacean
word: potato bug
sense: terrestrial crustacean
word: roly-poly
sense: terrestrial crustacean
word: sowbug
beer gut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beer guts
form: beer-gut
form: beergut
Senses: examples: text: The Australian relative is more likely to be a bit older, even middle-aged, and to have a well-developed beer gut, thongs, a bad tan, and a perpetual stubbie holder glued to his palm.
ref: 1996, James Lambert, The Macquarie Book of Slang, Sydney: Macquarie Library, page 267:
glosses: A beer belly.
Synonyms: sense: paunch attributed to beer
word: beer baby
sense: paunch attributed to beer
word: beer belly
sense: paunch attributed to beer
word: beer muscles
sense: paunch attributed to beer
word: German goiter
sense: paunch attributed to beer
word: Molson muscle
isopod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪ.sə(ʊ)ˌpɒd/
ipa: /ˈaɪ.səˌpɒd/
Forms: form: isopods
Etymology: From the taxonomic name Isopoda; by surface analysis, iso- + -pod.
Senses: glosses: Any of very many crustaceans, of the order Isopoda, that have a flattened body and no carapace.
Derived terms: eelgrass isopod
giant isopod
isopodologist
isopodous
metallic isopod
red seaweed isopod
Related terms: pillbug
slater
sowbug
woodlouse
beer can
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: bacon (Jamaica)
Forms: form: beer cans
form: beercan
Senses: examples: text: Meronyms: pop-top, pull-tab
text: There were empty beer cans scattered about.
text: Her uncle had a large beer can collection showing a lot of regional brewing history.
hypernyms: can#Noun
;
container
coordinate_terms: beer bottle
;
milk can
glosses: A lightweight metallic can containing beer.
Derived terms: beer-can chicken
Related terms: church key
cold one
crack open
six-pack
beer-bust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beer-busts
Senses: glosses: A large, usually boisterous party, as for college students, club members, or soldiers, at which beer is the sole or principal beverage and is consumed in large quantities.
weather front
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weather fronts
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: The boundary between two masses of air of different density and/or temperature
Related terms: cold front
occluded front
stationary front
warm front
jasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Apparently a variant of jism.
Senses: examples: text: Jeremy has the kind of jasm a junior exec needs to reach the top of the ladder in the corporate world.
text: “Yes, sir. No mistake about that. Oh! she's just as full of jasm!”
Frank Sargent laughed again. “You've got the start of me,” said he. “Now tell me what ‘jasm’ is.”
“Well, it’s a sort of word, I guess, that made itself,” said Cheek. “It’s a good one though—jasm is. If you’ll take thunder and lightning, and a steamboat and a buzz-saw, and mix ’em up, and put ’em into a woman, that’s jasm.”
ref: 1860, Josiah Gilbert Holland, Miss Gilbert's Career: An American Story, Charles Scribner's Sons, page 350:
text: I don’t think there is anything more pitiful than a man, who has been in business for himself, to have to give up and say he is a failure. It hurts to be compelled to go into some one’s shop as a clerk or a mechanic when you’ve once been your own master. It’ll put jasm into a lot of men that have lost their nerve and only need some one to set them straight.
ref: 2004 June 30, Elizabeth Cooper, Drusilla with a Million, Kessinger Publishing, page 197:
glosses: Zest for accomplishment; drive.
glosses: Jazz.
BlackBerry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BlackBerrys
form: BlackBerries
Etymology: Brand name, from the resemblance of the keyboard's buttons to the skin of a fruit.
Senses: examples: text: Knowing that DA, Inc. was using BlackBerrys, the CEO of the competition hired an underground hacker to come up with a way to thwart the competition.
ref: 2007, Daniel Hoffman, Blackjacking: Security Threats to BlackBerry® Devices, PDAs, and Cell Phones in the Enterprise, Wiley Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 49:
text: A few days ago, I took a walk with my wife and did not take my BlackBerry! That's progress. Of course, I reached into my empty pockets six or seven times, so clearly I have a long way to go.
ref: 2007 November, Gil Schwartz, “Escape from the job monster”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, →ISSN, page 120:
text: Posers using BlackBerrys on the button lift can be pretty irritating, but I bet it gives a lot of pleasure whenever an unfortunate captain of industry drops his vital little device in the snow.
ref: 2014, John Timpson, Ask John: Straight-Talking, Common Sense from the Front Line of Management, Icon Books, →ISBN:
text: Thugga and the rest of the group communicated using BlackBerrys set up so that messages would automatically delete after 48 hours.
ref: 2023, David White, Angus Gillies, “All roads lead north”, in Far North, Echo Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: A wireless handheld device, a cross between a cellphone and a mobile email appliance and Internet-capable PDA, marketed by BlackBerry Limited.
Derived terms: BlackBerried
crackberry
BlackBerry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: BlackBerries
form: BlackBerrying
form: BlackBerried
form: BlackBerried
Etymology: Brand name, from the resemblance of the keyboard's buttons to the skin of a fruit.
Senses: examples: text: "I BlackBerried a sort of risque joke message to this friend of mine — it was totally a joke — but, um, I accidentally sent it to two hundred strangers. […]
ref: 2007, Kristin Gore, Sammy's Hill, Miramax Books, published 2007, →ISBN, page 219:
text: We've interviewed female entrepreneurs who say they were BlackBerrying up into the final stages of labor; […]
ref: 2009, Colleen DeBaise, The Wall Street Journal: Complete Small Business Guidebook, Three Rivers Press, published 2009, →ISBN, page 205:
text: But Revenue Commissioner Pat Galvin told me she was well known for BlackBerrying during face-to-face meetings.
ref: 2012, Matthew Zencey, Unlikely Liberal: Sarah Palin's Curious Record as Alaska's Governor, Potomac Books, published 2012, →ISBN, page 144:
glosses: To send a text message or e-mail with a BlackBerry device.
active couple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: active couples
Senses: glosses: In set dances with more than one couple dancing, the couple doing the more complicated movement during any given portion of the dance. The role of active couple may pass from one couple to another. In many quadrilles, certain figures will have two active couples at any one time; in long set dances, quite often every other couple or every third couple is the active couple.
demoiselle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demoiselles
Etymology: Borrowed from French demoiselle. The bird is so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements. Doublet of damsel, doncella, and donzella.
Senses: glosses: A damselfly of the family Calopterygidae.
glosses: A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.
synonyms: demoiselle crane
glosses: The Numidian crane (Grus virgo).
Synonyms: broad-winged damselfly
compilers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compiler
reefer's nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reefer's nuts
Senses: glosses: The centre part of a ship’s biscuit. This part was compressed and even harder than the rest of the biscuit.
pye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyes
Senses: examples: text: A Cheshire Pork Pye for Sea
ref: 1747, Hannah Glasse, The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy:
glosses: Archaic spelling of pie (pastry food).
pye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyes
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Ellipsis of pye-dog (“an Indian breed, a stray dog in Indian contexts”).
Related terms: joe-pye weed
restrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪk
Forms: form: restrikes
Etymology: From re- + strike.
Senses: glosses: The striking again of a key, for example on a piano.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: A coin newly struck from old dies after the original minting of that coin had ceased.
glosses: The reignition of the arc in an arc lamp.
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A new print struck from an old negative.
restrike
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪk
Forms: form: restrikes
form: restriking
form: restruck
form: restruck
form: restricken
Etymology: From re- + strike.
Senses: examples: text: She heard her father stumbling against an armchair, then the sound of a match struck and restruck lightly against a box.
ref: 1928, Julien Green, The Closed Garden, page 62:
glosses: To strike again.
glosses: To strike a coin from old dies after the original minting of that coin had ceased.
glosses: To reignite the arc in an arc lamp.
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: To strike a new print from an old negative.
restrikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of restrike
restrikes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of restrike
restriking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of restrike
restruck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ʌk
Senses: glosses: simple past of restrike
glosses: past participle of restrike
Related terms: english: sense 2 only
translation: sense 2 only
word: restricken
restricken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of restrike
Related terms: restruck
bundling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bundle
bundling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bundlings
Senses: examples: text: It is not just the sets and sources of rights that are being modified by these intersections of globalisation and governance, but also the very arrangements or bundlings of different sources of power, authority and legitimacy.
ref: 2014, John Clarke, Kathleen Coll, Evelina Dagnino, Disputing Citizenship:
glosses: Arrangement in a bundle or collection.
glosses: An old custom in Wales, New England, and elsewhere for sweethearts to sleep on the same bed without undressing.
Derived terms: antibundling
Related terms: queesting
table-hop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: table-hops
form: table-hopping
form: table-hopped
form: table-hopped
Senses: glosses: To move from table to table, in a restaurant etc, talking to the people at each one
Related terms: tablehopper
table-hopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: table-hoppers
form: tablehopper
Senses: glosses: A person who table-hops
tablehopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tablehoppers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of table-hopper.
tabletop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tabletops
Etymology: From table + top.
Senses: topics: furniture
lifestyle
glosses: The flat, horizontal upper surface of a table.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
sports
glosses: A fixed item resembling a table, used for performing skateboarding tricks.
examples: text: Photographic greeting cards are usually tabletops.
ref: 1946, U.S. Camera, volume 9, numbers 6-11, page 72:
topics: advertising
arts
business
hobbies
lifestyle
marketing
photography
glosses: A photograph of an object or product placed on a table.
examples: text: Some people watch TV, others play tabletops. You might like to work out. The object is to bide your time.
ref: 2021, Dorian Sykes, The Good Life Part 2: The Re-Up:
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Ellipsis of tabletop game.
tabletop
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From table + top.
Senses: glosses: Suitable for use on top of a table.
examples: tabletop photography
tabletop gaming
glosses: Taking place on top of a table.
tabletop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tabletops
form: tabletopping
form: tabletopped
form: tabletopped
Etymology: From table + top.
Senses: qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: To play tabletop games.
tabulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tabulators
Etymology: From tabulate + -or.
Senses: glosses: A person who counts or tabulates things.
glosses: The mechanism on a typewriter that sets the position of columns and borders.
examples: text: You can put a tabulator in all those places where a space is allowed. A tabulator character corresponds to, for example, 4 spaces in the program editor.
ref: 2004, Kari Laitinen, A Natural Introduction to Computer Programming with C#, page 110:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A tab character.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An early data processing machine that produces printed lists and totals from data on punched cards.
tacitness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tacit + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being tacit
tacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tackers
Etymology: From tack + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who, or device that tacks (in various senses).
tacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tackers
Senses: glosses: A young child, especially a boy.
tackiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tackinesses
Etymology: From tacky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being tacky
tackler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tacklers
Etymology: From tackle + -er.
Senses: examples: text: When frustrated tacklers finally do catch up with him, Arnett knows how to take his lumps. "If I hit the ground tensely, rigidly, and two tons of angry linemen landed on top of me, they'd break every bone in my body."
ref: 1960 May 12, “Artful Dodgers”, in Time:
text: The ball carrier can be with or without a football. For the “Head-On” tackle have the “Ball Carrier” stand right in front of the pit and face the tackler.
ref: 2007, Bob Swope, Youth Football Drills and Plays Handbook, page 29:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player who tackles another.
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
weaving
glosses: A person who repairs weaving looms.
tactfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tactfully
form: most tactfully
Etymology: From tactful + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: But when the shock had faded, more hard-headed reaction set in. This wasn’t just the feeling that, however tactfully you dress it up, the United States had it coming.
ref: 2001 October 4, Mary Beard, “11 September”, in London Review of Books, volume 23, number 19, →ISSN:
glosses: In a tactful manner.
tactlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tactlessly
form: most tactlessly
Etymology: From tactless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a tactless manner; in a manner intentionally inconsiderate of another's feelings.
talkatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more talkatively
form: most talkatively
Etymology: From talkative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a talkative manner.
tamely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈteɪmli/
Forms: form: more tamely
form: most tamely
Etymology: From tame + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It was Suarez, however, who had the first chance. Jagielka's sliced clearance found Kuyt, but Suarez could only head his cross tamely into the arms of Howard.
ref: 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: In a tame manner.
tantalizingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tantalizingly
form: most tantalizingly
Etymology: From tantalizing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a tantalizing manner.
poulpe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poulpes
form: poulp
Etymology: Borrowed from French poulpe. Doublet of polyp.
Senses: glosses: An octopus.
tastefully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tastefully
form: most tastefully
Etymology: From tasteful + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He could see that she was tastefully, though not richly, dressed, and that she walked with an elastic step that revealed a light heart and the vigor of perfect health. Her face, of course, he could not analyze, since he had caught only the one brief but convincing glimpse of it.
ref: 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars:
text: Passenger saloons are tastefully furnished with wood veneer and partitions, mottled grey Vyanide walls, pale primrose ceilings and grey floor.
ref: 1961 February, “New "Mini-Buffets" from Wolverton”, in Trains Illustrated, page 79:
antonyms: untastefully
hypernyms: appropriately
properly
;
nicely
approvably
glosses: In a tasteful manner.
Related terms: distastefully
tastily
poulpes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poulpe
tastelessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tastelessly
form: most tastelessly
Etymology: From tasteless + -ly.
Senses: examples: a tastelessly ill-timed joke
glosses: In a tasteless manner.
examples: text: […] one tablet completely sterilises a quart of water, tastelessly, without discolouration or odour.
ref: 1938, The Homestead, numbers 1170-1196, page 14:
glosses: Such that it cannot be detected by the sense of taste.
disparagingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more disparagingly
form: most disparagingly
Etymology: From disparaging + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The candidate spoke of his opponent disparagingly.
text: Sadie wrestled with the door's defective lock, saying disparagingly, "You seem to be making the running with doctors these days. Where did you pick up that one?"
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 91:
text: During the American Revolution, the British called the colonists "Yankees," a term with a history that is still in dispute. While the British intended it disparagingly, the Americans, in perhaps the first historical instance of reclamation, made the word their own and gave it a positive spin, turning the derisive song "Yankee Doodle" into our first, if unofficial, national anthem.
ref: 2004 May 18, Robin Tolmach Lakoff, “ESSAY; From Ancient Greece to Iraq, the Power of Words in Wartime”, in The New York Times:
text: In fact, it's often somewhat disparagingly called "Boz Angeles" for the many Californians and celebrities that have come to town, as well as its perceived "fanciness" in relation to the rest of the state.
ref: 2020 March 5, Sophie-Claire Hoeller, “I spent 3 days in Bozeman, Montana, aka 'Boz Angeles.' Here's what surprised me most about one of the fastest-growing cities in the US.”, in Insider:
glosses: Insultingly.
Synonyms: degradingly
insultingly
vomit comet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vomit comets
Etymology: From vomit + comet, from its potential to cause nausea.
Senses: glosses: A reduced-gravity aircraft, an airplane that briefly provides a nearly weightless environment by flying on a parabolic flight path; used to train astronauts or conduct research.
free-fall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of freefall.
free-fall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: free-falls
form: free-falling
form: free-fell
form: free-fallen
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of freefall.
disservice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪ(s)ˈsɜːvɪs/
enpr: dis·sər´vĭs
ipa: /dɪ(s)ˈsɝvɪs/
Forms: form: disservices
Etymology: From dis- + service.
Senses: examples: text: One renders young people a disservice by heaping unearned rewards on them.
text: Often schools of music focus solely on the canon of Western classical art music, but this is a disservice to music educators who will have to deal with students from many different backgrounds and preferences.
ref: 2014, Michele Kaschub, Janice Smith, Promising Practices in 21st Century Music Teacher Education, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
text: Treating narratives like something you can stretch out to give more value does a disservice to players and our engagement.
ref: 2018 July 5, Sam Greer, “Games want to offer us many roads but Kentucky Route Zero is the one road that matters”, in Eurogamer:
glosses: Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.
disservice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪ(s)ˈsɜːvɪs/
enpr: dis·sər´vĭs
ipa: /dɪ(s)ˈsɝvɪs/
Forms: form: disservices
form: disservicing
form: disserviced
form: disserviced
Etymology: From dis- + service.
Senses: examples: text: One librarian said, "I could double the circulation tomorrow by closing the periodical stacks and counting every time I handed out a magazine, but I would be disservicing our readers."
ref: 1975, Sarah Katharine Thomson, Learning resource centers in community colleges:
glosses: To disserve, to provide a disservice to; to provide harmful or inadequate service to.
Related terms: disserve
Daleks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑːlɛks/
ipa: /ˈdɑːlɛks/
Senses: glosses: plural of Dalek
frumpish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹʌmpɪʃ/
Forms: form: more frumpish
form: most frumpish
Etymology: From frump + -ish.
Senses: examples: women in frumpish dresses
glosses: Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing, or being clothing of this kind.
glosses: Bad-tempered.
Synonyms: sense: poorly dressed
word: frumpy
sense: bad-tempered
word: frumpy
Derived terms: frumpishly
frumpishness
historical fiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For some, historical fiction should be read as a type of history, for others, a type of fiction. Only gradually did a third term develop that synthesised the two: historical fiction needed to be read as historical fiction, as its own distinct genre that combined features of the novel with features of historical works.
ref: 2013, Kate Mitchell, Nicola Parsons, editors, Reading Historical Fiction: The Revenant and Remembered Past, Springer, →ISBN, page 21:
glosses: Fiction based on real historical events, but in which the characters are not real, and the minor events may not be realistic.
Related terms: historiographic metafiction
metahistorical romance
real person fiction
thermocline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermoclines
Etymology: From thermo- + -cline.
Senses: examples: text: Even among migratory species, only a few (Aglaura hemistoma, Abylopsis tetragona eudoxids, Beroe sp., Thalia democratica, Salpa fusiformis) crossed the thermocline and reached the bottom layer.
ref: 2015 December 5, “Diel Vertical Dynamics of Gelatinous Zooplankton (Cnidaria, Ctenophora and Thaliacea) in a Subtropical Stratified Ecosystem (South Brazilian Bight)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A layer within a body of water or air where the temperature changes rapidly with depth.
Related terms: thermohalocline
sverdrup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sverdrups
Etymology: From Norwegian Sverdrup. After Harald Sverdrup (1888–1957), Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist.
Senses: topics: geography
metrology
natural-sciences
oceanography
related: word: mul:Sv
glosses: A unit of measure of volume transport, used in oceanography, equal to 1 million cubic metres per second.
wikipedia: en:Harald Sverdrup
retroflection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retroflections
Senses: glosses: The condition of being bent backwards.
paleomagnetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: palaeomagnetic
Etymology: From paleo- + magnetic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to paleomagnetism or to paleomagnetics
Derived terms: paleomagnetically
paleomagnetician
Dyson sphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dyson spheres
Etymology: Named after American theoretical physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson, who originally described the concept in 1960.
Senses: examples: text: To the public, he’s more famous for giving science fiction the “Dyson Sphere,” a hypothetical structure a future civilization could build to harness the entire power of its sun.
ref: 2020 March 2, Katie Mack, “Freeman Dyson’s Quest for Eternal Life”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A hypothetical system of orbiting solar power satellites meant to completely encompass a star and capture its entire energy output.
examples: text: "But there's more to a Dyson sphere than collecting solar power.
"Say you make the sphere one astronomical unit in radius. You've got to clear out the solar system anyway, so you use all the solar planets in the construction. That gives you a shell of, say, chrome steel a few yards thick. Now you put gravity generators all over the shell. You'd have a surface area a billion times as big as the Earth's surface. A trillion people could wander all their lives without ever meeting one another."
ref: 1970 October, Larry Niven, Ringworld, →ISBN, page 106:
text: Aye, an actual Dyson sphere. Can you imagine the engineering skills needed to even design such a structure?
ref: 1992 October 12, Ronald D. Moore, “Relics”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 7, episode 4, spoken by Scotty (James Doohan):
text: You could even extend the argument to say why, on purely selfish grounds, a benign intelligence might remain benevolently engaged with the rest of the universe, rather than hiding away in a Dyson sphere and literally wireheading itself - because the payoff for expansive engagement will necessarily eventually exceed any possible payoff accompanying solitary self-reconstruction.
ref: 2005 August 19, Mitchell Porter, “Re: Paperclip monster, demise of.”, in SL4 mailing list, message-ID <BAY103-F40D2C8C3B70C9EB8A834EACAB50@phx.gbl>:
text: Meridian is a construct akin to a Dyson sphere: a vast, hollow shell encompassing a power source that provides heat and light to lush green biomes in the interior.
ref: 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Meridian Codex entry:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A solid shell of matter enclosing a star.
Synonyms: word: Dyson shell
sense: system of satellites
word: Dyson swarm
Hypernyms: megastructure
Coordinate terms: Niven ring
Dyson ring
Alderson disc
Alderson disk
morphodite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morphodites
Senses: examples: text: Atticus strolled over to Miss Maudie’s sidewalk, where they engaged in an arm-waving conversation, the only phrase of which I caught was “…erected an absolute morphodite in that yard! Atticus, you’ll never raise ’em!”
ref: 1960, Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird:
glosses: Hermaphrodite.
examples: text: [Recounting an event from 1926] The rest of the summer I'd get a bit of head on from the Speakeasy's Special […] and scuffle around with the guys in front of the Cribs. On the way home, one of the guys who had noticed I hadn't gone in with the rest of them, gave me what turned out to be a "pat" lecture on not letting those murfadites get near me or get me drunk.
ref: 1994 October, Harry Hay, “Focussing On NAMBLA Obscures The Issues”, in Gay Community News, page 16:
glosses: Any person exhibiting sexual or gender divergence, such as a transvestite or homosexual.
Derived terms: alt: morphadyke, morphodike, morphadike
word: morphodyke
word: morphadite
word: morph
remanence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛmənəns/
Forms: form: remanences
Etymology: From remanent (“that which remains”) + -ence.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The magnetization left behind in a medium after an external magnetic field is removed.
examples: text: remanence in their flesh
ref: 1646, Jeremy Taylor, A Discourse of the Liberty of Prophesying:
text: Neither St. Augustine nor Calvin denied the remanence of the will in the fallen spirit; but they, and Luther as well as they, objected to the flattering epithet 'free' will.
ref: c. 1810, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, [no title], notes written in a copy of Taylor, Jeremy. Unum Necessarium; or the Doctrine and Practice of Repentance, 1655; republished as “Notes on Jeremy Taylor”, in Henry Nelson Coleridge, editor, Coleridge's Literary Remains, volume 3, 1838:
glosses: The state of being remanent; continuance; permanence.
Synonyms: sense: continuance, permanence
word: remanency
word: permanence
thermoremanent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thermo- + remanent.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the magnetic field that remains when molten rock solidifies.
Derived terms: thermoremanent magnetism
thermoremanent magnetization
archaeomagnetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From archaeo- + magnet + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the science of interpreting the signatures of the Earth’s magnetic field at past times that are recorded in ancient materials.
dropcloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dropcloths
Etymology: 1925, from drop + cloth.
Senses: glosses: A large piece of plastic or canvas put over something to protect it from construction debris or paint.
blistering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blister
blistering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blistering
form: most blistering
Senses: examples: I waited in the blistering cold for two hours just to be stood up again.
glosses: Causing blisters.
glosses: Very hot.
glosses: Harsh or corrosive.
examples: text: Dati launched a blistering attack on the prime minister, François Fillon, under whom she served as justice minister, accusing him of sexism, elitism, arrogance and hindering the political advancement of ethnic minorities.
ref: 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian:
glosses: Scornful.
examples: text: Messi showed some of the old touches while Mbappe demonstrated his blistering pace and eye for goal but Neymar was disappointing, too easily shrugged off the ball and missing a great chance to restore PSG's lead.
ref: 2021 November 24, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 2 - 1 Paris Saint Germain”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Very fast.
Derived terms: blisteringly
blistering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blisterings
Senses: examples: text: Inflammations are treated generally by allopathic practitioners by bleedings, blisterings, purgings, vomitings, Antimony and Mercury: and this is practised, more or less, with little variation, wherever the seat of the inflammation may be.
ref: 1852, The American Journal of Homoeopathy, volumes 7-9, page 99:
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
glosses: The practice of forming blisters on the skin, to promote blood flow and aid healing.
Derived terms: antiblistering
mechanoblistering
hubble bubble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hubble bubbles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hubble-bubble.
flashier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of flashy: more flashy
flashiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of flash: most flash
Santy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ænti
Etymology: From Santa + -y.
Senses: examples: text: They’re all wound up with Santy coming this morning. Mattie Dillon got a copy of Dolly Parton’s new CD and Dec Hannigan went into a sulk because he only got one of Charlie Landsborough’s and he can’t stand him.
ref: 2013, Margaret Hawkins, chapter 7, in Deny Me Not, [County Wexford]: Bushel Press, →ISBN, page 250:
glosses: A diminutive name for Santa Claus.
Synonyms: Santy Claus
Santy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ænti
Forms: form: Santys
Etymology: Borrowed from French Santy.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
walk policy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walk policies
Senses: topics: lifestyle
tourism
transport
travel
qualifier: hotel; hospitality industry; hotel; hospitality industry
glosses: A pre-arranged list of compensation that will be offered to clients whose reserved room is not available at time of check-in.
syllabuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syllabus
medievalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medievalists
form: mediaevalist
form: mediævalist
Etymology: From medieval + -ist.
Senses: glosses: one who studies the culture and history of the Middle Ages
Derived terms: hispanomedievalist
Related terms: medieval
medievalism
glucosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glucoside
phosphoproteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphoprotein
calcium channel blockers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calcium channel blocker
d-amphetamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of dextroamphetamine.
killer T cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: killer T cells
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A cytotoxic T cell.
tobacco pipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tobacco pipes
Senses: synonyms: smoking pipe
glosses: A small, hand-held device in its simplest form consisting of a bowl and stem; used for inhaling the smoke of burning tobacco.
rNTP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rNTPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of ribonucleotide triphosphate.
microcomputer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcomputers
Etymology: From micro- + computer. First use appears c. 1956. See cite below.
Senses: examples: text: In recent years, it had become the hallmark of the scientist, much as the stethoscope was that of the physician and the microcomputer that of the statistician.
ref: 1956 July 7, Isaac Asimov, Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 11, New York: Fantasy House, page 9:
text: The operation has installed nine Cygnet CoSystems, computerphones that send memos, letters, and even whole files from one microcomputer to another.
ref: 1985, Micro Communications:
text: In time of course, things became more efficient, with newer machines which could cope with large amounts of data - the microcomputers had 64 kilobytes of memory; your mobile phone has vastly more capacity.
ref: 2021, Pat Manser, More Than Words: The Making of the Macquarie Dictionary, Sydney: Macquarie Dictionary, page 83:
topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe.
topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A microprocessor that is based on a single chip.
Synonyms: micro
PC
personal computer
Derived terms: Microsoft
supermicrocomputer
spanophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σπᾰνός (spănós, “rare”) + -philia.
Senses: examples: text: The species of insects which feed on, and therefore cause some degree of harm to, trees are, of course, legion and give ample scope to the spanophilia of enthusiastic forest entomologists.
ref: 1986, David Jenkins, Trees and wildlife in the Scottish Uplands, page 108:
text: [T]he best way to do so is to avoid the seven deadly clinical sins defined by Richard Asher: obscurity, cruelty, bad manners, over-specialisation, spanophilia (love of the rare), stupidity, and sloth.
ref: 2013, Michael O'Donnell, The Barefaced Doctor, page 392:
text: They adored diagnosis, many suffered from spanophilia and most had little interest in time-consuming treatments.
ref: 2016, Hsin Fen Chien, Orlando Graziani Povoas Barsottini, Movement Disorders Rehabilitation, →ISBN:
glosses: Love of the rare.
-o-
Language: English
Part of speech: interfix
Forms: form: -ö-
Etymology: Adopted from Latin -o-, originating ultimately from Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-).
In English, the connective is found from the Middle English period in direct borrowings from Latin. Direct formations of English terms with the connective, always combining Greek or Latin roots, appear from the 16th or 17th century. From the 18th century, the suffix becomes productive in compounds where the second element is English. From about 1800, formations on all sorts of stems become common.
Senses: examples: text: extreme + -o- + -phile producing extremophile
text: blog + -o- + -sphere producing blogosphere
text: speed + -o- + meter producing speedometer
text: sadism + -o- + masochism producing sadomasochism
text: smell + -o- + vision producing smell-o-vision
glosses: A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or combining forms of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the classical compounds of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary, but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
Related terms: -i-
-o-
Language: English
Part of speech: affix
Forms: form: -ö-
Etymology: Designated in the USAN guidelines for non-proprietary names of monoclonal antibodies.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: a monoclonal antibody derived from a murine source
Related terms: english: See that entry for full paradigm.
translation: See that entry for full paradigm.
word: -mab is the base suffix common to all monoclonal antibodies
theopanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From theo- + pan- + -ism. First used as a technical term by the Jesuits in elucidating Hinduism.
Senses: glosses: The belief that the universe emanates from, or is a projection of, God.
Derived terms: theopanist
theopanistic
theopanistical
theopanistically
theopanists
Related terms: pandeism
panendeism
panentheism
pantheism
theism
cistron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cistrons
Etymology: Coined by American molecular biologist Seymour Benzer in 1957, from cis + trans + -on. Named in the context of using a "cis-trans comparison" for identifying " […] whether two mutants, having similar defects, are indeed defective in the same way."
Senses: examples: text: Holonym: locus
text: Near-synonym: gene (often synonymous)
text: The butterfly mimicry cluster is a good example. As the cistrons leave one body and enter the next, as they board sperm or egg for the journey into the next generation, they are likely to find that the little vessel contains their close neighbours of the previous voyage, old shipmates with whom they sailed on the long odyssey from the bodies of distant ancestors.
ref: 1976, Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, Kindle edition, OUP Oxford, published 2016, page 41:
glosses: The unit of hereditary material (e.g. DNA) that encodes one protein.
Derived terms: word: bicistron
word: cistrome
word: cistronic
word: polycistron
Related terms: replicon
Thelema
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /θəˈliːmə/
rhymes: -iːmə
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θέλημα (thélēma, “will”).
Senses: glosses: A spiritual and social philosophy developed in the early 1900s, calling each person to act in alignment with his or her True Will (which may or may not be the same as personal wishes) as a basis for spiritual growth.
Derived terms: Thelemic
Thelemically
Thelemite
Thelemites
Related terms: 93
Australian Shepherd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Australian Shepherds
Etymology: Selectively bred shepherding dogs mainly of European stock, misnamed from some interbreeding of Australian dogs imported to California during the Gold Rush.
Senses: glosses: A type of herding dog originating in areas around and in California.
working dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: working dogs
Senses: hypernyms: working animal
<
animal
<
creature#Noun
glosses: Any breed of dog developed primarily to assist humans in performing tasks, such as farming, controlling livestock, law enforcement, or assisting the blind.
Related terms: lap dog
show dog
toy dog
hasbian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæz.bi.ən/
Forms: form: hasbians
Etymology: Blend of has(-been) + (les)bian.
Senses: examples: text: On the Hasbian Phenomenon [article title]
ref: 1989 June, Patricia Roth Schwartz, “On the Hasbian Phenomenon”, in off our backs, page 11; quoted in Arlene Stein, Sex and Sensibility: Stories of a Lesbian Generation, Berkeley; Los Angeles, Calif.: University of California Press, 1997, page 228, footnote 10
text: Evelyn White reports that in feminist circles, lesbians who have gone straight — apparently all the rage these days — are known as ‘hasbians’.
ref: 1990 March 12, Herb Caen, “Plenty of Monday”, in The San Francisco Chronicle:
text: Say that you’d only just got used to telling your friends your daughter was a lesbian and do not relish having to inform them that she is now a hasbian.
ref: 1995 November 20, “Dear Dawn”, in The Dominion:
glosses: A woman who formerly identified as lesbian but now identifies as heterosexual or bisexual.
Synonyms: word: wasbian
inlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inlet
cisplatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sɪsˈplæt.ɪn/
Forms: form: cisplatins
Etymology: From cis- + -platin (“platinum derivative”).
Senses: examples: text: BRCA1 sensitizes cells to apoptosis induced by antimicrotubulin agents like taxanes and vinca alkaloids and also abrogates the effect of DNA-damaging agents like cisplatin and etoposide [ 41 ].
ref: 2012 September 19, Alphy Rose-James, Sreelekha TT, “Molecular Markers with Predictive and Prognostic Relevance in Lung Cancer”, in Lung cancer international, volume 2012, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: word: cisplatinum
word: cis-diamminedichloroplatinum
word: CDDP
glosses: A platinum-containing antineoplastic drug cis-diamminedichloro-platinum(II) (Cl₂H₆N₂Pt) that is cytotoxic and is used especially in the treatment of testicular and ovarian tumors and advanced bladder cancer.
glosses: A platin, that is, a platinum-based antineoplastic, of which the class cisplatin is the archetypal member.
Hypernyms: platin
Derived terms: lipoplatin
bilges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bilge
bilges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bilge
bilged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bilge
bilging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bilge
a day late and a dollar short
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: day late, dollar short
Senses: examples: text: His apology was a day late and a dollar short.
glosses: Too late and too feeble to achieve the desired effect.
a day late and a dollar short
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: day late, dollar short
Senses: examples: text: Help arrived a day late and a dollar short.
glosses: Adverbial use of the adjectival form.
Related terms: too little, too late
a day after the fair
in light of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Etymology: Probably from in the light of.
Senses: examples: text: The United Nations then became the one great attempt to establish a formal institution to unify the world, especially in light of the darkness that preceded it.
ref: 2015, Roy Posner, A New Way of Living, page 103:
text: In light of such conceptualisations of the power of linguistic landscapes, we set out to examine the connection between the visual landscape and the spoken landscape in our institution[.]
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 2:
glosses: Given, considering.
examples: text: The star, 55, who has stepped away from her singing career in light of her health woes, was visibly emotional as she walked onstage with the support of eldest son […]
ref: 2024 February 4, “Celine Dion makes SHOCK appearance at Grammys 2024 amid battle with incurable stiff-person syndrome - as she presents historic award to tearful Taylor Swift”, in dailymail.co.uk:
glosses: Because of, as a result of.
Synonyms: in view of
Related terms: bearing in mind
in lieu of
VEP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VEPs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Visual evoked potential.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Vertebral endplate (part of a vertebral body).
mobilette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mobilettes
Etymology: From mobile + -ette.
Senses: glosses: A two-person cycle having four wheels, a bench seat, and a canvas cover; used at resorts etc.
Endo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Endos
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 遠藤 (Endō).
Senses: examples: text: Mitsuye Endo, a stenographer at the Department of Motor Vehicles in Sacramento, was one of a small group of Nisei state employees who were dismissed from their positions in early 1942.
ref: 2018, Jonathan H. X. Lee, Asian American History Day by Day: A Reference Guide to Events, ABC-CLIO, page 3:
glosses: A surname from Japanese.
boomeranged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of boomerang
glycerol rhizotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycerol rhizotomies
Senses: glosses: The surgical injection of glycerol into an area where a nerve divides into three main branches. The goal is to selectively damage the nerve in order to interfere with the transmission of the pain signals to the brain.
Golgi bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Golgi body
rebellions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rebellion