cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nounself pronoun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nounself pronouns
form: noun-self pronoun
Etymology: From noun + -self and pronoun.
Senses: examples: text: According to [Judith] Butler, identity is tied to gender, and we perceive each other through the lens of gender (1999:22). This makes the gender binary with only its two choices very limiting. Nounself pronouns can be seen as an attempt to break free from this.
ref: 2016, Ehm Hjorth Miltersen, “Nounself pronouns: 3rd person personal pronouns as identity expression”, in Journal of Language Works, volume 1, number 1, page 48:
text: Nounself pronouns are when you adapt a noun of your choosing into a pronoun to create a wide variety of very personal and descriptive pronouns.
ref: 2021, Erin Ekins, Queerly Autistic The Ultimate Guide For LGBTQIA+ Teens On The Spectrum, page 105:
text: This suggests that neopronouns in general and nounself pronouns in particular are used to express something very individual about the selector.
ref: 2022, Katrina Callaway, "From Ey to Ze: Gender-Neutral Pronouns as Pronominal Change", dissertation submitted the University of Georgia, page 67
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A type of third-person singular neopronoun constructed (often as an in-group identifier or nonce word) from a referent noun.
Related terms: xenopronoun
ptarmus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πταρμός (ptarmós, “sneeze”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A sneeze; sneezing; especially spasmodic sneezing.
Prussian green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Prussian greens
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Berlin green.
synonyms: word: Berlin green
Prussian greens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Prussian green
Prussian carp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Prussian carp
form: Prussian carps
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A member of the family Cyprinidae, which includes other fish such as the common carp, goldfish, and the smaller minnows.
fish sciences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ichthyology.
synonyms: word: ichthyology
Prussian carps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Prussian carp
ichth.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ichthyology (abbreviation)
synonyms: word: ichthyology
extra: abbreviation
ichthol.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ichthyology (abbreviation)
synonyms: word: ichthyology
extra: abbreviation
ichthyocentaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ichthyocentaurs
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἰχθυοκένταυρος (ikhthuokéntauros).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A centaurian sea being with the upper body of a human, the lower anterior half and forelegs of a horse, and the tailed half of a fish.
ichthyocentaurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ichthyocentaur
haibo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From Zulu hhayi bo.
Senses: glosses: an expression of surprise or shock: wow, no way
matter of factly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more matter of factly
form: most matter of factly
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of matter-of-factly.
secular equilibrium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secular equilibria
form: secular equilibriums
Senses: examples: text: In decay schemes of this type, the following three conditions may predominate: (1) secular equilibrium, (2) transient equilibrium, and (3) the state of no equilibrium.
ref: 1998, Michael F. L'Annunziata, Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis, Academic Press, page 61:
text: The ^{₆₈}Ge/^{₆₈}Ga and the ^{₈₂}Sr/^{₈₂}Rb generators represent secular equilibria.
ref: 2016, Tobias L. Ross, Frank Roesch, “Life sciences: Nuclear medicine diagnosis”, in Frank Rösch, editor, Nuclear- and Radiochemistry, Volume 2: Modern Applications, Walter de Gruyter, page 443:
text: At the same time, because of differences in the chemistry of the daughter and parent elements involved in such secular equilibria, this parent:daughter ratio may not be equal to 1.
ref: 2020, David J. Burdige, Geochemistry of Marine Sediments, Princeton University Press, page 43:
synonyms: radioactive equilibrium
qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: The situation of the quantity of a radioisotope remaining constant because it is produced (by decay of a parent isotope) at the same rate that it decays.
secular equilibria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secular equilibrium
McConnelsville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From McConnell + -s- + -ville, named after landowner Robert McConnell.
Senses: glosses: A village, the county seat of Morgan County, Ohio, United States, also located in Morgan Township.
Macquaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Macquarie
index register
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: index registers
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A processor register (or an assigned memory location) used to point to operand addresses during the run of a program, useful for stepping through strings and arrays.
index registers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of index register
New Lexington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States.
glosses: A village, the county seat of Perry County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Preble County, Ohio.
tincturings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tincturing
tikals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tikal
top-case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: top-cases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of topcase.
top-cases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of top-case
topcase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: topcases
Etymology: From top + case.
Senses: examples: text: One prototype was also fitted with a combination topcase/passenger backrest, while the other sported a variation on the R1200C's flip-up setup.
ref: 2002, Cycle World Magazine (volume 41, numbers 1-3, page 28)
glosses: Synonym of trunk (“storage compartment fitted behind the seat of a motorcycle, sometimes on bycicles or other vehicules”).
synonyms: word: trunk
extra: storage compartment fitted behind the seat of a motorcycle, sometimes on bycicles or other vehicules
topcases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of topcase
frictionproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more frictionproof
form: most frictionproof
Etymology: From friction + -proof.
Senses: examples: text: Both the lipstick and the rouge are waterproof and frictionproof. They won't come off on your handkerchief or powder puff.
ref: 1925, Cosmopolitan, volume 78, page 194:
glosses: Resistant to damage caused by friction.
mobproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mobproof
form: most mobproof
Etymology: From mob + -proof.
Senses: examples: text: […] a model jail, which had a gallows that could be “ready at the touch of a button” and a mobproof room.
ref: 1991, William James Cooper, The American South: A History, page 507:
glosses: Resistant to incursion by a mob.
sneezeproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sneezeproof
form: most sneezeproof
Etymology: From sneeze + -proof.
Senses: examples: text: We headed for Tommy's Joynt on the corner, placed our orders for drippy roast beef dip sandwiches with the meat carvers behind the sneezeproof glass, and sat at our usual table under the stairs.
ref: 2010, Penny Warner, How to Crash a Killer Bash:
glosses: Protected from sneezes.
soilproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more soilproof
form: most soilproof
Etymology: From soil + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to soiling; dirtproof.
shrinkageproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shrinkageproof
form: most shrinkageproof
Etymology: From shrinkage + -proof.
Senses: examples: text: From the fireproof, shrinkageproof plywood house will come the intermittent buzz of the electric refrigerator keeping the farmer's frozen dessert hard till he comes in from the barn […]
ref: 1938, United States. Forest Service, Martha Bensley Bruère, Taming Our Forests, page 84:
text: The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has been investigating the possibility of making wool shrinkageproof by pregnating and coating fibers with plastics material such as methyl nethacrylate.
ref: 1949, United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, World Trade in Commodities (volume 7, parts 1-8, page 13)
glosses: Resistant to shrinkage.
tickproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tickproof
form: most tickproof
Etymology: From tick + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to ticks (type of arachnid).
tiger barbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tiger barb
wall gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wall guns
Senses: synonyms: wall piece
glosses: A smoothbore firearm, like a scaled-up infantry musket, used between the 16th and 18th centuries by defending forces to break the advance of enemy troops.
wall piece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wall pieces
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wall gun.
synonyms: word: wall gun
wallpiece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wallpieces
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wall piece.
wall guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wall gun
wall pieces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wall piece
wallpieces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wallpiece
warabimochi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 蕨餅.
Senses: glosses: A Japanese confection made from bracken starch covered or dipped in sweet toasted soybean flour.
Pavagadhi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pavagadhis
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Crawfordsville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Crawford + -s- + -ville.
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Crittenden County, Arkansas; historically named Crawfordville.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Indiana, named after William H. Crawford.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Washington County, Iowa, named after the Crawford settler family.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An extinct town in Preble County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Linn County, Oregon, named after landowner Philemon Vawter Crawford.
Related terms: Crawfordville
washtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washtails
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wagtail (“type of bird”).
synonyms: word: wagtail
extra: type of bird
washtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washtail
wartern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warterns
Etymology: From quartern.
Senses: glosses: An amount of wool, usually around six pounds, processed at one time.
warterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wartern
Hartford City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Blackford County, Indiana, United States, originally known as Hart's ford.
glosses: A town in Mason County, West Virginia, United States, named after Hartford, Connecticut.
naginatajutsu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 薙刀術 (literally “naginata technique”).
Senses: glosses: The Japanese martial art of wielding the naginata.
yambean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yambeans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yam bean.
yambeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yambean
viatia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viatias
Senses: glosses: blah nlah
Waregga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Like the Waregga, the Asama wore caps of lemur, monkey, otter, goat, red buffalo and antelope skin, with long strips of fur or the tails dropped behind.
ref: 1878, Henry Morton Stanley, Through the Dark Continent, page 308:
text: The Waregga, the natives of that district, although living secluded lives, could boast of a fair amount of comfort in their dwelling-places.
ref: 1883, Robert Cochrane, Lives and Discoveries of Famous Travellers, page 186:
glosses: The Lega people.
Waregga
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: They, however, consented to go only as far as the village of Lukwisha, a Waregga chief.
ref: 1921, Alfred Sharpe, The Backbone of Africa, page 91:
glosses: Of or relating to these people.
washoff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washoffs
form: wash-off
Etymology: Deverbal from wash off.
Senses: examples: text: After application, herbicides persist in the soil until they are degraded to less harmful compounds or are removed from the soil by washoff or leaching.
ref: 1976, Anthony S. Donigian (Jr.), Norman H. Crawford, Modeling Pesticides and Nutrients on Agricultural Lands (page 41)
glosses: The process of material being washed off a surface, for example by rainfall.
glosses: Material transferred by this process.
Related terms: runoff
washoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washoff
washway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washways
Etymology: From wash + way.
Senses: examples: text: […] justifies a conclusion, that by the farther contraction of the descending waters over the washway, the navigation and drainage through the Wisbeach river, will be farther improved.
ref: 1811, Richard Parkinson, General view of the agriculture of the County of Huntingdon, Great Britain: Board of Agriculture, page 341:
text: […] these frontagers were obliged to leave a washway of half-a-mile wide on the west side of the river, so as not to impede the drainage of the country; […]
ref: 1882, James Sandby Padley, The fens and floods of mid-Lincolnshire, page 14:
text: Gradually, a narrow, tree-lined stream may be converted into a broad washway of drifts of sand and gravel.
ref: 1993, Bernard J. Nebel, Richard T. Wright, Environmental Science: The Way the World Works, page 260:
text: At the edge of the washway on our left it shot out several feet into the air before falling to the jumble of boulders below.
ref: 2013, Edmund Elsner, Gravity My Enemy, page 383:
glosses: A channel where water flows during floods, especially one that is carved out by erosion caused by floodwater.
examples: text: The steers in this treatment had space for standing only in the washways, whereas the steers in all the other treatments had additional standing or lying space other than the washways.
ref: 1966, California Feeder's Day, page 65:
text: Another test attack on the winter mud and manure problem is the installation of two four-hundred-foot washways immediately behind the feed bunks.
ref: 1967, The Farm Quarterly - Volume 22, page 141:
text: The four pens included a 9-ft-wide manure washway which ran the length of the feed bunk and was flushed daily.
ref: 1968, California Agriculture - Volume 22, page 6:
glosses: A sluice where manure and other agricultural waste is washed away.
examples: text: […] said deformable means having lens contacting opposed surfaces providing a washway and adapted for wiping engagement with a lens moved longitudinally in the washway.
ref: 1962, Milton L. Obitts, “Wash Kit for Contact Lenses and the Like”, in Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 388:
text: :Template:... such washing means comprising opposed confronting contacting elements defining the locus of an elongated washway aligned with the opening in said other neck, the body member and said other neck being formed with interfitting threads for facile removal and replacement of the scrubber assembly as a unit from and onto said other neck, […]
ref: 1966, The Canadian Patent Office Record, page 7714:
glosses: A portion of a device where something is washed.
examples: text: You'll probably admit that a good washing machine is better than the old time washway.
ref: 1917, “Compare These Two Washways”, in Good Housekeeping, volume 65, page 159:
glosses: A means of washing.
washways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washway
dingonek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dingoneks
Senses: glosses: A large fanged, scaly cryptid with leopard-like markings and a finny tail, reported from near Lake Victoria in 1907.
dingoneks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dingonek
waythorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The common buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica.
IICSA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
testoun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: testouns
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of testoon.
testouns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of testoun
acapnotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acapnotics
Etymology: From a- + capno- + -tic.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:acapnotic.
glosses: One who does not smoke.
acapnotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acapnotic
Katayama's fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Katayama fever.
Connersville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Conner + -s- + -ville, after founder John Conner.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Fayette County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A township in Fayette County, Indiana.
wauve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wauves
Senses: glosses: The dish of a wheel; the angle at which spokes are fixed in its nave.
wauves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wauve
weaselskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From weasel + skin.
Senses: examples: text: The neck was completely covered with a strip of weaselskin.
ref: 1915, Robert Harry Lowie, The Sun Dance of the Crow Indians, page 16:
text: Medicine bundle containing birdskin, weaselskin; weaselskin headdress, buffalo saddle blanket, lightning painted horses, ermineskin fringe shirt.
ref: 2010, Joachim Fromhold, The Western Cree (Pakisimotan Wi Iniwak), page 41:
glosses: The skin of a weasel.
whamble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: whambles
form: whambling
form: whambled
form: whambled
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of whemmel.
whamble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whambles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of whemmel.
whambling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whamble
whambles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whamble
whambles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whamble
whambled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whamble
wheelway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheelways
Etymology: From wheel + way.
Senses: glosses: A path or road for wheeled vehicles.
wheelways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheelway
whileens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whileen
whipgraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whipgrafts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whip graft.
whipgrafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whipgraft
whitenose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From white + nose.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Designating various creatures with a white nose.
Derived terms: whitenose blind snake
whitenose bubble-nest frog
whitenose pigfish
whitenose pipefish
whitenose shark
whitenose snake eel
whitenose whipray
Related terms: white nose syndrome
Noblesville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Noble + -s- + -ville.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Hamilton County, Indiana, United States, possibly named after James Noble (senator).
glosses: A township in Hamilton County, Indiana, in which most of the city is located; in full, Noblesville Township.
whizgig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whizgigs
form: whizzgig
Senses: synonyms: whizzer
glosses: A child's toy consisting of a notched disc that spins rapidly with a whizzing noise when its attached string is pulled.
whizzgig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whizzgigs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whizgig.
whizgigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whizgig
whizzgigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whizzgig
arbitratable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more arbitratable
form: most arbitratable
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arbitrable.
whuff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whuffs
Senses: examples: text: […] the big boar who tried to scare us away with his fierce whuffs; […]
ref: 1965, Frank Dufresne, No Room for Bears, page 11:
glosses: A blowing or puffing noise.
glosses: Alternative form of woof (“dog's bark”).
whuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: whuffs
form: whuffing
form: whuffed
form: whuffed
Senses: examples: text: He whuffs, the air knocked out of his lungs, rolling over and curling into a foetal position.
ref: 2021, Jackson Ford, Eye of the Sh*t Storm:
glosses: To make a blowing or puffing noise.
glosses: Alternative form of woof (“to bark”).
whuffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whuff
whuffs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whuff
whuffed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whuff
whuffing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whuff
Whittener
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
widowery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: February 13 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, letter to C. W. Stoddard
My wife is at Bath with my father and mother, and the interval of widowery explains my writing.
text: In her version of Donne's famous Holy Sonnet X composed in his widowery: […]
ref: 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:
glosses: widowerhood
support ticket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: support tickets
Senses: examples: text: Take the number of visitors who submitted a support ticket and divide that by the number of visitors who started the support ticket submission process.
ref: 2007, Pedro Sostre, Jennifer LeClaire, Web Analytics for Dummies, Wiley, page 187:
text: They said they got a response on the support ticket, but weren’t issued any refunds.
ref: 2022 October 7, Cristina Alexander, “Overwatch 2 text chat bug can make nonrefundable skin purchases”, in Digital Trends:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A computerized request for assistance with a particular issue.
Synonyms: sense: computerized request for assistance
word: trouble ticket
wichtisite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: tachylyte
tax wedge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tax wedges
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: difference between the price that includes all taxes and the untaxed price of a good, particularly the difference between the employer's labour cost and the employee's take-home pay
tax wedges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tax wedge
wiggish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wiggish
form: most wiggish
Etymology: From wig + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: The specialist looked down at the file – thin lips, no make-up, hood-eyes, a wiggish hairdo – then up at them.
ref: 2015, Stuart Evers, Your Father Sends His Love, page 161:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a wig.
Muswellbrook
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmʌsəlbrʊk/
Senses: glosses: A town in New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A local government area in New South Wales, which includes the town; in full, Muswellbrook Shire.
wrinkledy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wrinkledy
form: most wrinkledy
Senses: examples: text: It had a wrinkledy face and big, sad eyes.
ref: 1972, Descant: The Texas Christian University Literary Journal, page 23:
text: When the child emerges from the tub he may be suddenly alarmed, as mine was when he exclaimed in horror, "Mommy, I'm turning into a wrinkledy old man!"
ref: 1987, Bonnie Burgess Neely, Parentips: Quality Time with Kids, page 150:
glosses: wrinkled; wrinkly
trouble ticket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trouble tickets
Senses: examples: text: Trouble tickets should never be deleted, even when they are closed or resolved.
ref: 2016, Carneiro and Schmelmer, Microservices From Day One, Apress, page 231:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of support ticket.
synonyms: word: support ticket
wrain-bolt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wrain-bolts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wringbolt.
wrain-bolts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wrain-bolt
wymote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The marshmallow (Althaea officinalis).
mortification root
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The marshmallow (Althaea officinalis).
wyvers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wyver
Wyver
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
water wart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water warts
Senses: glosses: A lesion caused by molluscum contagiosum.
water warts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water wart
daimones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daimon
kusarigamajutsu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 鎖鎌術 (literally “kusarigama technique”).
Senses: glosses: The Japanese martial art of wielding the kusarigama.
daftars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daftar
duftar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duftars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of daftar.
duftars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duftar
dufters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dufter
ferenghies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferenghi
everyday carry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Gorka has a longstanding and well-documented interest in guns. He told Recoil magazine in November that his "everyday carry" includes two pistols, a knife, a tourniquet – and for good measure – a copy of the US constitution.
ref: 2018 January 18, Jamiles Lartey, “Sebastian Gorka was White House aide while a fugitive from Hungarian justice”, in The Guardian:
text: At its most basic, an everyday carry (EDC) knife is a practical tool that helps you tackle small, routine problems.
ref: 2021 January 26, Doug Mahoney, “The Best Pocket Knife”, in New York Times:
text: There's a reason many people consider Leathermans an everyday carry must-have; they have everything you’ll need to make small repairs, open cans and bottles, and cut through wires.
ref: 2022 August 5, Ian Burke, “The VICE Starter Pack for Casual Doomsday Prepping”, in VICE:
glosses: The set of various useful items which someone takes with them every day, such as a mobile phone, watch, multitool, and others, and usually viewed as including any keyring and wallet.
Derived terms: word: EDC
gets got
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get got
getting got
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get got
got got
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get got
foras land
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foras lands
Senses: glosses: Land reclaimed from the sea by constructing causeways or embankments.
Related terms: forasdar
foras lands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foras land
forasdar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forasdars
Senses: glosses: A holder of foras land.
forasdars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forasdar
fldxt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of fluid extract.
Faghfur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Faghfurs
Senses: glosses: The emperor of China.
Faghfurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Faghfur
kayakujutsu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 火薬術 (literally “art of gunpowder”).
Senses: glosses: In Japanese martial arts, the use of firearms, gunpowder and explosives, especially by ninja.
kayambas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kayamba
Feringy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Feringies
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of firangi.
Feringies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Feringy
Crown Point
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A mountain in the Sierra Nevada, Mono County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Lake County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Essex County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A promontory in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon.
glosses: A town in Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago.
paraprofessionalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From paraprofessional + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The state or work of a paraprofessional.
Shoals
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town, the county seat of Martin County, Indiana, United States, located in Center Township and Halbert Township.
glosses: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Surry County, North Carolina, United States.
predictives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of predictive
Kentland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town, the county seat of Newton County, Indiana, also located in Jefferson Township. Originally named Kent, after Alexander J. Kent.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.
firingi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firingis
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of firangi.
firingis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firingi
grave-rob
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grave-robs
form: grave-robbing
form: grave-robbed
form: grave-robbed
form: graverob
Etymology: Back-formation from graverobbing.
Senses: hypernyms: see at disentomb
glosses: To steal (items) from a person's grave.
glosses: To steal from the grave of (a person).
Related terms: graverobbed
grave-robs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grave-rob
grave-robbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grave-rob
grave-robbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grave-rob
grave-robbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grave-robbings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of graverobbing.
grave-robbings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grave-robbing
graverobbings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graverobbing
Hiedler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German
hiker's rash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of golfer's vasculitis.
synonyms: word: golfer's vasculitis
steepable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From steep + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Powdered dashi (like Hondashi) makes an instant broth but sacrifices some flavor. Tea bag-style dashi kits are a better quick choice. They pack katsuobushi, kombu and often other ingredients, like dried baby sardines (niboshi) and shiitake mushrooms, into a steepable bag.
ref: 2022 October 19, J. Kenji López-Alt, “What Kenji López-Alt Makes His Family for Dinner”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2022:
glosses: Capable of being steeped.
sign of the horns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: signs of the horns
Senses: synonyms: mano cornuta
glosses: A hand gesture in which the index and little finger are extended while the middle and ring fingers are held down with the thumb, having various meanings across cultures, and sometimes signifying cuckoldry or associated with heavy metal music.
Related terms: 🤘
signs of the horns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sign of the horns
hi-bye friend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hi-bye friends
Etymology: Suggesting brief conversations in which little is said beyond a greeting.
Senses: glosses: A person with whom one has only a very casual and superficial friendship.
hi-bye friends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hi-bye friend
niboshi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 煮干し.
Senses: examples: text: Tea bag-style dashi kits are a better quick choice. They pack katsuobushi, kombu and often other ingredients, like dried baby sardines (niboshi) and shiitake mushrooms, into a steepable bag.
ref: 2022 October 19, J. Kenji López-Alt, “What Kenji López-Alt Makes His Family for Dinner”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2022:
glosses: Japanese dried infant sardines, used in snacks and as seasoning for soup stocks and other foods.
House of Song
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the House of Song
Senses: glosses: A Zoroastrian paradise.
pique-devant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pique-devants
form: pickadevant
form: pick-a-devant
form: pickadevaunt
form: pickdevant
form: pickedevant
form: pickerdevant
form: pike devant
form: pique de vant
Etymology: Probably coined in England, from French pique (“pike, spade (cards)”) or piquer (“to prick”) + devant (“in front”)
Senses: examples: text: Neither will I meddle with our varietie of beards, of which some are shauen from the chin like those of Turks, not a few cut short like to the beard of marques Otto, some made round like a rubbing brush, other with a pique de vant (O fine fashion!) or now and then suffered to grow long, the barbers being growen to be so cunning in this behalfe as the tailors.
ref: 1587, Raphael Holinshed et al., Holinshed’s Chronicle, London: Henry Denham, Book 2, Chapter 7, p. 172:
text: twice double his Patrimonie hath he spent in carefull cherishing & preseruing his pickerdeuant
ref: 1596, Thomas Nashe, Have with You to Saffron-Walden, London: John Danter:
text: Wag[ner]. Sirra boy, come hither.
Clo[wn]. How, boy? swowns boy, I hope you haue séene many boyes with such pickadevaunts as I haue.
ref: 1604, Christopher Marlowe, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, London: Thomas Bushell:
text: I have seene the Cavalier you have so often spoken of, and I thinke you judge verie rightlie of him. Hee consists wholly of a Pickedevant [in the French original: la pointe de sa barbe], and two Mustachoes: and therefore utterly to defeate him, there needes but three clippes of a paire of Cizers.
ref: 1638, Richard Baker, transl., New Epistles of Mounsieur de Balzac […] Being the second and third volumes, London: Fra. Eglesfield, John Crooke, and Rich. Serger, Letter 51, p. 108:
text: In the Sinister Chief is set another sort of a full Face with a sharp pointed Beard, and is termed in Blazon, a Mans face with a Pick-a-devant, (or sharp pointed) Beard.
ref: 1688, Randle Holme III, The Academy of Armory, Chester, Book 2, p. 389:
glosses: A small beard trimmed to a sharp point.
Synonyms: bodkin beard
stiletto
secular equilibriums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secular equilibrium
radioactive equilibrium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radioactive equilibria
form: radioactive equilibriums
Senses: glosses: Synonym of secular equilibrium.
synonyms: word: secular equilibrium
REL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RELs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Russo-European Laika.
qualifier: occupational health
glosses: Initialism of recommended exposure limit.
REL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Robert E. Lee.
RELs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of REL
radioactive equilibria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radioactive equilibrium
radioactive equilibriums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radioactive equilibrium
lawscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lawscapes
Etymology: From law + -scape.
Senses: examples: text: In effect, what we see in a landscape is not a detached and separated physical realm, 'the land', but ourselves, our practices and our law – a lawscape.
ref: 2010, Nicole Graham, Lawscape: Property, Environment, Law, page 5:
text: Lawscapes often slide next to each other and generate each other through folded withdrawal. Reorienting the lawscape in relation to other lawscapes is part of the political potential of the lawscape.
ref: 2014, Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, Spatial Justice: Body, Lawscape, Atmosphere, page 84:
glosses: A notional landscape of law; legal systems understood in spatial terms.
lawscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lawscape
shichimi togarashi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 七味唐辛子 (shichimi tōgarashi, literally “seven-flavor chili pepper”). Compare togarashi.
Senses: examples: text: They’d then fish tongs into a chafing dish to pull out a pile of thin-shaved beef stewed with soy sauce and onions, place it on top of the noodles, and serve it to me with a handful of scallion greens and a small jar of shichimi togarashi (Japanese seven-spice blend).
ref: 2022 October 19, J. Kenji López-Alt, “What Kenji López-Alt Makes His Family for Dinner”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Shichimi.
Lawson comfort criteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lawson comfort criterion
line edit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: line edits
form: line editing
form: line edited
form: line edited
Senses: glosses: To edit (a text) to ensure consistency, accuracy, and completeness; to copyedit.
line edited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of line edit
line edits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of line edit
Tell City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after William Tell by Swiss settlers.
Senses: glosses: A city in Troy Township, the county seat of Perry County, Indiana, United States.
wikipedia: William Tell
line-edit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: line-edits
form: line-editing
form: line-edited
form: line-edited
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of line edit.
reaction GIF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reaction GIFs
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:reaction GIF.
glosses: A short animated GIF used to convey one's physical or emotional response to someone or something on the Internet.
reaction GIFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reaction GIF
mallakhamb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mallakhamba.
mallakhamba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mallakhamb
Senses: glosses: A traditional sport from the Indian subcontinent, in which a gymnast performs aerial yoga or gymnastic postures and wrestling grips using a pole, cane, or rope.
medievalish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more medievalish
form: most medievalish
Etymology: From medieval + -ish.
Senses: examples: a medievalish fantasy novel
glosses: Somewhat medieval; suggesting a medieval setting.
make love to the camera
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes love to the camera
form: making love to the camera
form: made love to the camera
form: made love to the camera
Senses: glosses: To pose or act in a way that suggests genuine emotional involvement, while being filmed or photographed.
Marrucinian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Marrucini + -an, from a passage of a Marrucinian book (Aes Rapinum) which states "touta marouca" as a city or village.
Senses: glosses: The ancient language of the Marrucini, known from a few inscriptions, and thought to be a member of the Sabellian group, probably closely related to Paelignian.
Paelignian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The ancient language of the Paeligni.
Paelignian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Paelignians
Senses: glosses: A member of the Paeligni.
mazukus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mazuku
Winamac
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Potawatomi word for catfish.
Senses: glosses: A town in Monroe Township, the county seat of Pulaski County, Indiana, United States.
macheps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæʃˌɛps/
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of machine epsilon.
machine epsilon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machine epsilons
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: word: macheps
glosses: An upper bound on the relative approximation error due to rounding in floating-point arithmetic, denoted by the symbol ε.
machine epsilons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machine epsilon
Middle Stone Age
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Middle Stone Age
Senses: synonyms: word: MSA
glosses: A period of African prehistory between the Early Stone Age and the Late Stone Age, generally considered to have begun around 280,000 years ago and ended around 50–25,000 years ago.
mortocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mortocracies
Etymology: Latin mors (“death”) + -cracy
Senses: examples: text: In the 1970s and 1980s El Salvador was ruled by what might best be described as a "mortocracy": government by death. Ruled by a small group of wealthy elite, the country was controlled by death squads.
ref: 2000, John Jacob Nutter, The CIA's Black Ops, page 215:
text: Eritrean historical consciousness has long been characterized by mourning, loss and grievance, and more broadly it is possible to understand history in the Horn from the perspective of emotional response and remembrance, most obviously manifest in the martyrology—a kind of mortocracy—which underpins the Eritrean state in its modern form.
ref: 2020, Richard Reid, Shallow Graves: A Memoir of the Ethiopia-Eritrea War, page xxix:
glosses: Rule or government based on death in some way.
mortocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mortocracy
megamurder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megamurders
Etymology: From mega- + murder.
Senses: glosses: The murder of millions of people.
megamurders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megamurder
SEOer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SEOers
Etymology: From SEO + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who carries out search engine optimization.
SEOers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SEOer
Băuțar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Băuțar.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Caraș-Severin County, Romania.
megabladders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megabladder
insurrectious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more insurrectious
form: most insurrectious
Etymology: From insurrection + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: In consequence of the Massachusetts insurrection, the Virginia legislature met for taking measures for the safety of the country, against British commercial dangers of the north, determined more firmly to consolidate us in union, against the insurrectious divisions which the tories had already got violently under way.
ref: 1814, Simon Willard, Jun., The Columbian Union: consisting of General and Particular Explanations of Government, and the Columbian Constitution., page 326:
text: The Government attempted to build an Inter-Oceanic Railway in 1871; but the insurrectious condition of society caused the work to be dropped in 1873.
ref: 1895, Walter, Government Ownership in Production and Distribution, page 127:
text: The first shot of the long expected Canton-Hainan war consequent on the quarrel between General Chen Chi-tang (who represents the military party ruling Canton) and Admiral Chen Cheh (the dismissed former head of the Canton Navy) was fired in the Inner Harbor of Macao early on Friday morning, June 17, following a bold attempt by 3,000 of General Chen Chi-tang's soldiers to capture four insurrectious gunboats, including the cruiser Chung-shan under the Admiral in the Chungshan district.
ref: 1932, The China Weekly Review, number 61, page 167:
glosses: Of or relating to an insurrection.
Bluffton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From bluff + -ton.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Ponoka County, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Yell County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Clay County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Harrison Township and Lancaster Township, the county seat of Wells County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city and township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, named for river bluffs.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Allen County and Hancock County, Ohio, originally known as Shannon.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Beaufort County, South Carolina, partly situated on a river bluff.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Llano County, Texas.
methylmalonic acidemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: endocrinology
medicine
sciences
qualifier: medical genetics
glosses: An autosomal recessive metabolic disorder that disrupts normal amino acid metabolism.
deoxyadenosylcobalamins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deoxyadenosylcobalamin