cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
shonuff
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Now, me bein me, I had to correct my man's "bad grammar." I said, "Hey, watch yo dialect — it's you and J have some work to do." He turned fifty shades o' red, and I split. Naturally, that siggin of mine had shonuff blowed the possibility of me gittin any grant money!
ref: 1977, Geneva Smitherman, Talkin and Testifyin: The Language of Black America, Boston, M.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 199:
text: love yo self / til you resist being a shonuff stud fuckin / everything in sight, til you resist raping / yo sister, yo wife, somebody's grandmother.
ref: 1998, Sonia Sanchez, “For Tupac Amaru Shakur”, in Like the Singing Coming Off the Drums: Love Poems, Boston, M.A.: Beacon Press, →ISBN, page 122:
text: They get on my nerves, shonuff, but rabbits is still God's creatures. And sometimes, we creatures got to look out for each other.
ref: 2021, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN, page 156:
glosses: Alternative form of sho nuff (sure enough)
sigged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sig
sigging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Now, me bein me, I had to correct my man's "bad grammar." I said, "Hey, watch yo dialect — it's you and J have some work to do." He turned fifty shades o' red, and I split. Naturally, that siggin of mine had shonuff blowed the possibility of me gittin any grant money!
ref: 1977, Geneva Smitherman, Talkin and Testifyin: The Language of Black America, Boston, M.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 199:
synonyms: signifying
dropping lugs
sounding
capping
snapping
dissing
busting
bagging
janking
ranking
toasting
woofing
roasting
putting on
cracking
joning
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: The act of sigging (insulting, roasting); signifying; banter.
sigging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sig
tree mallow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree mallows
Etymology: Possibly a calque of Classical Greek δενδρομαλάχη (dendromalákhē) from δένδρον (déndron, “tree”) + μαλάχη (malákhē, “mallow”).
Senses: glosses: Malva arborea, a mallow native to the British Isles and Mediterranean Europe and Africa.
spindle-tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spindle-trees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spindle tree.
spindle-trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spindle-tree
epi-myoepithelial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of epimyoepithelial.
epithelial-myoepithelial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of epimyoepithelial.
myowater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Muscle tissue water.
perimyoendocarditis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pancarditis.
synonyms: word: pancarditis
myoencephalopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myoencephalopathies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of MERRF syndrome.
synonyms: word: MERRF syndrome
myoendocarditis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Inflammation of both the myocardium and the endocardium.
myoendocardial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the myocardium and the endocardium.
enteroenteropexy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of enteroplication.
synonyms: word: enteroplication
myoenteropexy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Fixation of the muscular layer of the intestine to surrounding tissues.
enteroplication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A surgical procedure that involves folding and suturing the ileum or jejunum to prevent small bowel intussusception in dogs.
SigEp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Compound of sig (“sigma”) + ep (“epsilon”).
Senses: examples: text: In the summer of 2020, prior to Edon's decision to disaffiliate from Sigma Phi Epsilon and begin accepting members of all genders, the house at 31 High Street was sold by the SigEp national organization to a private owner for $1,525,000. The property had previously been purchased by SigEp in 2006 for $1.1 million.
ref: 2023 February 24, Sarah Cook, Miranda Wollen, “Edon house put up for sale after lease battle”, in Yale Daily News, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2023:
qualifier: university slang
glosses: Sigma Phi Epsilon (a college fraternity).
SigEp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SigEps
Etymology: Compound of sig (“sigma”) + ep (“epsilon”).
Senses: examples: text: SigEps like junior Richard Lock are excited to participate in this annual tradition to help the community.
ref: 2022 December 9, Maria Heath, “Sigma Phi Epsilon plans annual "Miracle on 34th Street" event”, in The Times-Delphic, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2023:
qualifier: university slang
glosses: A member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.
SigEps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SigEp
Hitlerology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hitler + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: (Were Hitler’s gramophone items labelled a, b, c, d, etc., any statement of his could be reported in a brief formula, such as cdmhf or adjkbr; while the frequency, incidence, variations, and permutations of these marks would yield useful charts for Hitlerology).
ref: 1941 July–September, L[ewis] B[ernstein] Namier, “Coloured Books”, in The Political Quarterly, volume XII, number 3, page 274:
text: According to the present state of Hitlerology, it seems certain that until the end of 1943 Hitler was not insane, at least not in the clinical sense of the word.
ref: 1967, Laslo Havas, translated by Kathleen Szasz, “June”, in The Long Jump, London: Neville Spearman, page 106:
text: This was one way of calling Stalin a barefaced liar without actually naming him. Experts in Hitlerology may note several minor flaws in this version, but basically it is quite close to the reality.
ref: 1978, James P[reston] O’Donnell, “Epilogue⸺1945 and After”, in The Bunker: The History of the Reich Chancellery Group, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 372:
glosses: The study of Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945.
laicalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laicalisms
Etymology: From laical + -ism.
Senses: glosses: political or secular power invested in members of the laity.
Related terms: laicalist
myorelaxing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From myo- + relaxing.
Senses: glosses: That relaxes the muscles.
Related terms: myorelaxant
myorelaxation
myorenal syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of crush syndrome.
synonyms: word: crush syndrome
myorhythmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to myorhythmia.
antimyotonia
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Countering myotonia.
cricomyotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Cricopharyngeal myotomy.
myotendinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of myotendinous.
Haifan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Haifan
form: most Haifan
Etymology: From Haifa + -an.
Senses: examples: text: My strongest memories of Haifan summers, though, were less of specific things or events than they were of certain feelings, and of daydreaming, which was an activity I looked forward to when we packed our picnics and went to the beach.
ref: 2023, Isabella Hammad, Enter Ghost, Jonathan Cape, page 7:
glosses: Related or pertaining to Haifa, a city in northern Israel.
Vasilopoulos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vasilopouloses
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek Βασιλόπουλος (Vasilópoulos).
Senses: examples: Christos Vasilopoulos, b. 1978
glosses: A transliteration of the Greek surname Βασιλόπουλος (Vasilópoulos)
glosses: A surname from Greek.
trilobitelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trilobitelike
form: most trilobitelike
Etymology: From trilobite + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a trilobite.
Agadir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɑːɡəˈdɪə(ɹ)/
Etymology: Borrowed from French Agadir, from Tashelhit agadir (“wall”), ultimately from Punic 𐤂𐤃𐤓 (gdr /⁠gādīr⁠/, “wall”).
Senses: glosses: A city in Souss-Massa, Morocco.
hirolas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hirola
superswarm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superswarms
Etymology: From super- + swarm.
Senses: glosses: A very large swarm.
superswarms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superswarm
antero-ventro-lateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anteroventrolateral.
antero-ventro-laterally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anteroventrolaterally.
sharp as a butter knife
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Not very intelligent.
master butter knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: master butter knives
Senses: glosses: A sharp-pointed, dull-edged knife used to serve out pats of butter from a central butter dish to individual diners.
midventrolateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Midventral and lateral.
Ismailitism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ismailite + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Both Christianity and Islam are positive systems for [Lev] Gumilev, though he interprets Protestantism and Ismailitism as expressions of life denial.
ref: 2006, Mikhail Epstein, “Russian Philosophy of National Spirit from the 1970s to the 1990s”, in Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, Jürgen Hengelbrock, editors, Re-Ethnicizing the Minds?: Cultural Revival in Contemporary Thought (Studies in Intercultural Philosophy; 17), Amsterdam; New York, N.Y.: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 199:
glosses: Synonym of Ismailism.
synonyms: word: Ismailism
Related terms: Ismailism
Scholomance
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɒləˌmæns/
ipa: /ˈskɑləˌmæns/
Forms: form: the Scholomance
Etymology: Very likely a Germanization from Romanian Șolomanțâ, Solomonărie, related to solomonar.
Senses: topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: A fabled underground school of black magic in Romania.
postero-ventro-lateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of posteroventrolateral.
postero-ventro-laterally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of posteroventrolaterally.
rostro-ventro-lateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rostroventrolateral.
rostro-ventrolateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rostroventrolateral.
needle holder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: needle holders
Senses: synonyms: needle driver
needle forceps
glosses: A specialized form of forceps, featuring very small jaws and often a locking ratchet mechanism, used to hold the needle of a suture.
thoraco-omphalopagus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Joined at the thorax and the navel.
raw_tags: of conjoined twins
thoracoomphalopagus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thoraco-omphalopagus.
needle holders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of needle holder
exile of conscience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exiles of conscience
Senses: glosses: Anyone exiled because of their race, religion, or political views.
Related terms: prisoner of conscience
exiles of conscience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exile of conscience
tin roof ice cream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A variety of ice cream containing the ingredients of tin roof pie.
Arkhangel'sk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Arkhangelsk.
Arraiján
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Panama.
Aruwimi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A tributary of the Congo River.
Arvada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A home rule city on the border between Jefferson County and Adams County, Colorado, United States.
Bobruysk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Babruysk.
Borgholm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Kalmar County, Sweden.
Bradford West Gwillimbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in south-central Ontario, Canada.
Lough Allen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: For many years the coal measures on the shores of Lough Allen were worked only in the most primitive fashion, and the coal was transported laboriously in the inevitable ass carts of the Irish peasant.
ref: 1951 May, R. K. Kirkland, “The Cavan & Leitrim Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 339:
glosses: A lake in County Leitrim and County Roscommon, Ireland, with the River Shannon flowing into and out of it.
Castlebar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The county town of County Mayo in Ireland.
Chandrapur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: word: Chanda
english: former name
translation: former name
glosses: A city and a municipal corporation in Maharashtra state, India.
Cheremkhovo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.
Cheonan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: chǔnʹänʹ
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 천안(天安) (Cheonan).
Senses: glosses: A city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea.
ass cart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ass carts
Senses: examples: text: For many years the coal measures on the shores of Lough Allen were worked only in the most primitive fashion, and the coal was transported laboriously in the inevitable ass carts of the Irish peasant.
ref: 1951 May, R. K. Kirkland, “The Cavan & Leitrim Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 339:
topics: transport
vehicles
synonyms: donkey cart
glosses: A cart hauled by an ass (the animal).
ass carts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ass cart
althistories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of althistory
althists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of althist
scientific racist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scientific racists
Senses: glosses: A proponent of scientific racism (racism presented as science or as supported by science).
Synonyms: word: race realist
scientific racists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scientific racist
Patwah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Patwa
form: patwah
Senses: examples: text: To address the issues of class and race that are expressed/exemplified in Jamaica's dual-language system, Laws and Ford-Smith chose to have Letty speak mostly in patwah.
ref: 1989 May 6, Mara Math, “Boston's Women in Theatre Extravaganza”, in Gay Community News, page 6:
glosses: Jamaican Creole
delegational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more delegational
form: most delegational
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, the positional perspective fails to recognize the "uncertain and amorphous relationships" in organizations, where an increasing number of workers are located outside clear delegational hierarchies.
ref: 2020, Bourgoin, Alaric, Bencherki, Nicolas, Faraj, Samer, "And Who Are You?": A Performative Perspective on Authority in Organizations, Academy of Management Journal, Aug2020, Vol. 63, Issue 4
text: Compounding these problems are doubts about whether the founding generation could have even made sense of the modern distinction between “abstract” and “concrete” “semantic” intentions, and how likely it is that substantial numbers of Americans in the founding era would have favored a “delegational” model of constitutional interpretation. For all of these reasons, it is dubious that new textualists have solved, or even significantly ameliorated, the levels ‐ of ‐ generality problem.
ref: 2015, Bassham, Gregory, Oakley, Ian, New Textualism: The Potholes Ahead., Ratio Juris. Vol. 28 No. 1 March 2015 (127–48)
text: The intra-delegational negotiations should be no less rigorous and robust than the inter-delegational negotiations.
ref: 2012, Cahen, Arnon, The Minds of Peace Experiment: conflict resolution from the ground up. Israel Affairs, Jan2012, Vol. 18, Issue 1
glosses: Of or pertaining to the delegation of authority.
all-weather friend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: all-weather friends
Senses: coordinate_terms: fair-weather friend
glosses: One who is friendly, helpful, or available at all times regardless of the circumstances.
Related terms: through thick and thin
in sickness and in health
in weal and woe
for better or worse
all-weather friends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of all-weather friend
clever-sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clever-sticks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cleversticks.
Kharp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Харп (Xarp), itself from Tundra Nenets.
Senses: glosses: An urban-type settlement in the Priuralsky District, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia.
Hsiushan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 秀山 (Xiùshān), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsiu⁴-shan¹.
Senses: examples: text: The price of deforestation over the centuries is that floodwater comes up so high at times that low bridges are liable to be washed away. On the Szechuan side, it is Hsiushan county. On the Kweichow side, the Sungtao Miao Autonomous County.
ref: 1973, Rewi Alley, “Some Hunan Journeys”, in 中国见闻 [Travels in China, 1966-71], Peking: New World Press, →OCLC, page 27:
english: Travels in China, 1966-71
translation: Travels in China, 1966-71
text: The various nationalities living on the border of the three provinces decided, after consultation, to present this fertile piece of land to the Han peasants of the Hungan Production Brigade of the Red Flag People’s Commune, Hsiushan County, Szechuan Province, who opened it up and turned it into an experimental farm for fine cotton seed.[…]
Construction had to be finished before the river flooded, but the transport of materials lagged. Hearing this, the Red Flag Commune in Hsiushan County promptly and voluntarily brought a team of draught animals and two tractors to the worksite, ensuring completion ahead of schedule.
ref: 1977, Yin Ming [尹明], “A Big Fraternal Co-operative Family”, in United and Equal — The Progress of China's Minority Nationalities [中国少数民族在前进], 1st edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, pages 20-21:
english: 中国少数民族在前进
translation: 中国少数民族在前进
text: In 1977 the province's light industrial output topped that of the previous year by 12.5 percent, setting an all-time record. Commune members in Hsiushan County found a special kind of stone which turned out to be the raw material for making manganese dioxide used in dry cells.
ref: 1978 March 16 [1978 February 25], “SZECHWAN LIGHT INDUSTRY”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 52, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, page J 3:
glosses: Alternative form of Xiushan.
Gê'gyai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tibetan དགེ་རྒྱས (dge rgyas).
Senses: examples: text: Continuing through Gêrzê, the route climbs round the foot of Mt Nganglong Kangri (6596 metres), and passes Gêgyai, a town divided into two halves separated by about two km.
ref: [1992 February, Robert Strauss, “Western Tibet & the Xinjiang Routes”, in Tibet: A Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 207, column 2:
text: The region also has built a solar power station in the Ge'gyai County with a generating capacity of 10,008 waits.
ref: [1995 August 21 [1995 August 20], “Tibet Uses Sun Exposure To Exploit Solar Energy”, in Daily Report: China, number 161, sourced from Beijing XINHUA, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 62, column 2:
glosses: A county of Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Geji
demetrication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demetrications
Senses: glosses: The process of removing metrics from something, especially social media.
glosses: The process of moving away from the metric system.
Burang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Purang
Etymology: From Tibetan སྤུ་ཧྲེང (spu hreng).
Senses: examples: text: Kundol Sangmo was with her mother, Dekyi, on the street of Takla Klar Town on 28 April when the incident happened. The town is located in Purang County, Ngari City in the area governed as the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), the most closed part of Tibet.
ref: 2022 May 4, “Child snatched from mother by police in central Tibet”, in Free Tibet, archived from the original on 05 May 2022:
text: Some of those infected were members of the same family that had travelled from the southwestern city of Xigaze to Lhasa for a funeral. A day earlier, four tourists in Burang county of Ngari prefecture, who had travelled there from Xigaze, also tested positive for the virus.
ref: 2022 August 9, Eunice Yang, “Coronavirus: Tibet’s Potala Palace shut as first Covid-19 cases since 2020 put Lhasa on high alert”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2022, Science:
glosses: A county of Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Pulan
demetricate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demetricates
form: demetricating
form: demetricated
form: demetricated
Senses: glosses: To remove metrics from something, especially social media.
glosses: To move from the metric system to another measurement system.
Coqên
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tibetan མཚོ་ཆེན (mtsho chen).
Senses: examples: text: Chinese authorities have sentenced a Tibetan man named Samten to three years in prison following a closed-door hearing in the so called Ngari Prefecture’s Coqên County in Tibet.[…]
Samten, a 36-year-old resident of Coqên County, Ngari Prefecture, was arrested three months before the trial, with the exact reasons for his detention remaining undisclosed.
ref: 2024 April 9, Tsering Dhundup, “Tibetan man sentenced to 3 years, sister beaten and hospitalised”, in Phayul.com, sourced from Phayul Newsdesk DHARAMSHALA, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2024:
glosses: A county of Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Cuoqin
brake dust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: transport
vehicles
glosses: Dust or residue generated from the friction between the brake pads and the brake rotors or drums in a vehicle's braking system.
shagai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shagai
Etymology: Borrowed from Mongolian шагай (šagaj).
Senses: glosses: An ankle bone of a sheep or goat used in traditional Mongolian games and divination practices as a die.
glosses: Any of a variety of games and practices which involve such bone dice.
chucklebutt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chucklebutts
form: chuckle butt
Etymology: From chuckle + butt.
Senses: examples: text: I've even have my friends tell me that I'm big "chuckle butt," and yes, I'm someone who laughs at his own jokes.
ref: 2023, Electricdragongaming, “Why do Neurotypicals laugh so much?”, in r/Autism:
text: So you get a bunch of cosmetic surgery done and he expects that other guys aren't going to look at you!? SMH Are you still with this chucklebutt?
ref: 2023, BigBadWolf0690, “First time cheating”, in r/sluttycheaters:
text: Well it didn't help that Dems put up that chucklebutt Matt Ryan as their candidate. he barely practiced law and wasn't good at it when he did !!!!!!
ref: 2023, Domino_Lady, “Battisti already making “payback hires””, in r/Binghamton:
glosses: A laughingstock, a low-energy person pretending to be effortful but therefore ridiculized.
nonabradable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + abradable.
Senses: examples: text: They are generally nonabradable, so that rubs result in blade tip wear; and this further aggravates the blade tip clearance problem.
ref: 1980, Robert C. Bill, Preliminary Study of Methods for Providing Thermal Shock Resistance to Plasma-Sprayed Ceramic Gas-Path Seals, page 1:
text: The acceleration is not shown because the nonabradable shroud peak stress occurred during deceleration.
ref: 1986, Harold E. Helms, Ceramic Applications in Turbine Engines, page 154:
text: In their view, theoretically at least there is a case for using a flexible but nonabradable surface to interface with bone at the acetabulum [71, 181].
ref: 2012, E. Morscher, Endoprosthetics, page 159:
glosses: Not abradable.
nonabscessed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + abscessed.
Senses: examples: text: The third attempt was from a nonabscessed lesion.
ref: 1940, L.F. Badger, D.w. Patrick, Don Wolfe, “Leprosy: Two Strains of Acid-Fast Bacilli Isolated From a Case of Human Leprosy. A Comparison with Other Strains of Acid-Fast Organisms with Particular Reference to the Lleras Bacillus”, in National Institute of Health Bulletin, number 173, page 2:
text: Additional data demonstrate that the decrease in weight gain in abscessed cattle was lower than it was in nonabscessed cattle.
ref: 1999, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board, The Use of Drugs in Food Animals: Benefits and Risks, page 75:
text: Stotz and colleagues reported that both thephyla Fusobacteria and Bacteroidetes were more predominant within abscess microbial communities than in parenchymal tissue of scarred livers and nonabscessed livers.
ref: 2022, Lee J. Pinnell, Paul S. Morley, “The Microbial Ecology of LIver Abscesses in Cattle”, in John T. Richeson, Ty E. Lawrence, editor, Liver Abnormalities in Cattle, page 371:
glosses: Not having an abscess.
busy board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: busy boards
Senses: glosses: A baby's toy consisting of a board with various movable parts mounted on it.
busy boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of busy board
nonabsolutist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonabsolutist
form: most nonabsolutist
Etymology: From non- + absolutist.
Senses: examples: text: If it is nonabsolutist, then there has to be some way to extract concessions about the permissibility of torture; such is a conceptual requirement of nonabsolutist theories.
ref: 2012, Fritz Allhoff, Terrorism, Ticking Time-Bombs, and Torture, page 121:
text: Therefore, in addition to noting the similarities between the "new Nietzsche" and nonabsolutist institutionalism, we want to show briefly what, specifically, a reading of Nietzsche adds to the institutionalist treatment of values.
ref: 2016, David F. Ruccio, Jack Amariglio, Postmodern Moments in Modern Economics, page 213:
text: As absolutism became more consolidated in Europe, and particularly in France, such nonabsolutist states tended to define themselves in opposition to their absolutist rivals: hence, those features of their government which differed from absolutism tended to be given special prominence.
ref: 2019, John Gascoigne, Science and the State, page 54:
glosses: Not absolutist.
inner mission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inner missions
Senses: topics: Christianity
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Missionary work directed at members of one's own religious group, intended to alleviate hardship and raise the level of religious observance.
nonabsolvable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + absolvable.
Senses: examples: text: It embodies one of the core deterrent mechanisms built into the treaty against the torture of POWs, that of nonabsolvable liability.
ref: 2008, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Ensuring Legal Redress for American Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism. - Volume 4, page 26:
glosses: Not absolvable; that cannot be absolved.
LOOP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of loss of offsite power.
PWRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PWR
angel fingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: firefighting
government
glosses: Tongues of flame that are a sign of impending rollover.
R2-D2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: R2-D2s
Etymology: From the name of a similar-looking robot character in the film Star Wars.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The Phalanx CIWS, an automated gun-based close-in weapon system to defend military watercraft against incoming threats such as aircraft, missiles, and small boats.
R2-D2s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of R2-D2
RBMK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RBMKs
Etymology: Initialism from the Russian name: "реа́ктор большо́й мо́щности кана́льный" (reaktor bolshoy moshchnosti kanalnyy), meaning "high-power channel-type reactor".
Senses: glosses: A kind of graphite-moderated nuclear reactor, designed so that, instead of a large steel pressure vessel surrounding the entire core, the core is surrounded by a cylindrical annular steel tank inside a concrete vault and each fuel assembly is enclosed in an individual pipe or channel that also contains the coolant.
RBMKs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RBMK
inner missions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inner mission
tell the truth and shame the devil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tells the truth and shames the devil
form: telling the truth and shaming the devil
form: told the truth and shamed the devil
form: told the truth and shamed the devil
Senses: glosses: To tell the truth for the sake of being honest and upright, even though doing so may not be to one's personal advantage.
Free City of Tri-Insula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Free City of Tri-Insula
Etymology: The Tri-Insula element derives from Latin tri- (combining form of trēs, tria, “three”) + īnsula (“island”).
Senses: examples: text: The commercial interests of New York were ever opposed to war. Meetings were held repeatedly in January, 1861, to petition Congress for peace. Meanwhile Mayor Fernando Wood proposed to the Common Council that Manhattan Island, Long Island and Staten Island should secede from the Union and constitute the free city of “Tri-Insula.”
ref: 1925, William Thompson Bonner, New York: The World’s Metropolis, 1623–4—1923–4. A Presentation of the Greater City at the beginning of its Second Quarter Century of Amalgamated Government and the 300ᵗʰ Anniversary of Its Founding with review of the Interim Accomplishments of Its Citizens., 524 Broadway, New York: R. L. Polk & Co., Inc., Section One: “New York — The Metropolis”, Chapter VII: «New York’s Military History — Events and Personnel», ‘Civil War’, ‹Wood’s Proposed Free City›, page 104/1:
text: “Are you trying to tell me that the mayor of New York wants to proclaim independence from the United States of America?” asked Pinkerton.
“The council approved the plan in January,” Mannion said, delighted by the reaction he had so deliberately provoked. “They’re going to merge Manhattan, Staten Island and Long Island into the ‘Free City of Tri-Insula.’ Best goddamn idea Fernandy Wood ever had.”
ref: 2011, Dominic Lagan, The Coming Storm: A Red Mannion Novel, Morrisville: Lulu.com, →ISBN, chapter three, page 34:
text: Like any debate, it goes on and on and nothing is said that hasn’t been said a thousand times before, so I pull out my thin screen and enjoy the ride into the Free City of Tri-Insula, or what used to be the old City of New York.
ref: 2013 May, Sam A. Patel, Data Runner (Data Runner Series; Book One), first edition, New York: Diversion Books, →ISBN, part II: “When Security is the Only Option”, chapter 5, no pagination:
topics: fantasy
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A city-state comprising Long, Manhattan, and Staten Islands, proposed on the 6th of January, 1861 by the seventy-fifth mayor of New York City, Fernando Wood, shortly before the beginning of the American Civil War.
dinosaur kale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cavolo nero (“a variety of kale”).
synonyms: word: cavolo nero
extra: a variety of kale
Tuscan kale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cavolo nero (“a variety of kale”).
synonyms: word: cavolo nero
extra: a variety of kale
black kale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of Italian cavolo nero.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cavolo nero (“a variety of kale”).
synonyms: word: cavolo nero
extra: a variety of kale
Aegospotami
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Aegospotamos
Senses: glosses: A small river issuing into the Hellespont, northeast of Sestos, whose mouth was the scene of the decisive battle in 405 BC in which Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet, ending the Peloponnesian War.
Aegospotamos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Aegospotami.
Djenné
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Djénné
form: Jenné
form: Jenne
Senses: glosses: A Songhai town and urban commune in the Inland Niger Delta region of central Mali.
Jenné
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Djenné.
undieting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + dieting.
Senses: glosses: A movement against dieting for weight loss, favouring the acceptance of one's own body as it is.
Related terms: HAES
Downers Grove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Pierce Downer.
Senses: glosses: A village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States, located in Downers Grove Township, Lisle Township, York Township and Milton Township.
glosses: A township in DuPage County, Illinois.
Eastpointe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: word: East Detroit
english: former name
translation: former name
glosses: A city in Macomb County in Michigan, United States.
Dunnet Head
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A peninsula in Caithness, on the north coast of Scotland.
Ekofisk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An oil field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, about 320 km (200 mi) southwest of Stavanger.
Elk Grove Village
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Cook and DuPage counties in Illinois, United States.
Enchanted Mesa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A sandstone butte in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States.
Emfuleni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local municipality within the Sedibeng District Municipality, in the Gauteng province of South Africa.
Eslamshahr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Persian اسلامشهر.
Senses: glosses: A city in the Central District of Eslamshahr County, Tehran province, Iran.
Estes Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A statutory town in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.
Euless
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Elisha Adam Euless.
Senses: glosses: A city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States.
Finsteraarhorn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Finsteraarhorn
Senses: glosses: A mountain on the border between the cantons of Bern and Valais in Switzerland.
Fletschhorn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Fletschhorn
Senses: glosses: A mountain of the Pennine Alps, located between the Saas Valley and the Simplon Valley, in the canton of Valais.
Fréjus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Gatlinburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: word: White Oak Flats
english: former name
translation: former name
word: White Oak
english: former name
translation: former name
glosses: A mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States.
Ghaghara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river of the Himalayas and tributary of the Ganges.
Ghardaïa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Ghardaïa Province, Algeria.
Gibeon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An ancient Canaanite city north of Jerusalem.
Bad Godesberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A borough of Bonn, southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Gongga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The highest mountain in Sichuan province, China.
Goodwin Sands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A sandbank at the southern end of the North Sea, lying 6 miles (10 km) off the Deal coast in Kent, England.
Gullfoss
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A waterfall in the canyon of the Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.
Juan-les-Pins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in the commune of Antibes in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
John o' Groat's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Dated form of John o' Groats.
nonabstinent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + abstinent.
Senses: examples: text: Also of interest, nearly half of the total studies reporting successful nonabstinent outcomes were conducted outside the United States.
ref: 2012, Mark B. Sobell, “Alternatives to Abstinence: Evidence, Issues and Some Problems”, in Peter E. Nathan, G. Alan Marlatt, editor, Alcoholism: New Directions in Behavioral Research and Treatment, page 179:
text: A second point of interest is that although successful nonabstinent outcomes have repeatedly been referred to as rare occurrences, a review of the literature presents a different picture.
ref: 2012, Kirk R. Blankstein, Janet Polivy, Self-Control and Self-Modification of Emotional Behavior:
text: Furthermore, abstinent cocaine users showed greater fronto-central late LPPs to cocaine picturres that the other two groups, whereas the nonabstinent cocaine users exhibited lower LPPs to positive and negative pictures than abstient users and controls.
ref: 2016, Jennifer L. Stewart, April C. May, “Electrophysiology for addiction medicine: From methodology to conceptualization of reward deficits”, in Neuroscience for Addiction Medicine, page 78:
glosses: Not abstinent; not practicing abstinence.
Kismaayo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A port city in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) province of Somalia.
Kirikkale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kırıkkale.
Koksoak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in northern Quebec, Canada.
Kolwezi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kolwesi
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kolwesi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kolwezi.
Ngauruhoe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A volcanic cone in New Zealand.
Olekma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Олёкма (Oljókma).
Senses: glosses: A tributary of the Lena river in eastern Siberia.
Palm Beach Gardens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Palm Beach County in Florida, United States.
Petah Tikva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Petah Tiqva
Senses: glosses: A city in the Central District, Israel.
Petah Tiqva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Petah Tikva.
Peñuelas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality in Puerto Rico.
Put-in-Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A resort village on South Bass Island in Ottawa County, Ohio, United States.
undownloadable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + downloadable.
Senses: antonyms: downloadable
glosses: Not downloadable.
don't be that guy
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: "Maybe I'm the guy not to be. Maybe that's my value to this team ... Don't be that guy.
ref: 1997, Scott Fowler, Charles Elliott Chandler, The Year of the Cat, page 144:
text: This, I thought, is a sign. This is someone telling me something. Don't be that guy', Jeff. Stop now.
ref: 1998, Golden Empire Publications (publisher), Computer Gaming World - Volumes 162-164:
text: He was waving to the crowd and he plowed into another car in the pits. I just kept thinking, "Don't be that guy."
ref: 2001, Hearst Magazines (publisher), Popular Mechanics - Nov 2001, page 54:
text: All too often, trolls (and even guys in general) think that dinner and drinks are the price of admission into a TGirl's pants. Don't be that guy. Be a gentleman.
ref: 2016, Michael David Freel, Trans-Oriented - A Guide to Love and Relationships for Men who Love Transsexual Women, page 135:
text: Don't be that guy, by the way.
ref: 2017, Cassie Leigh, You Have a Date, Don't F It Up:
glosses: Used to caution someone against behavior seen as obnoxious, inconsiderate, or socially inappropriate.
Pillaiyar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil பிள்ளையார் (piḷḷaiyār).
Senses: examples: text: Just past the bells of the threshold, a friendly, impish Pillaiyar waited. You might know him as Ganesha but that was not what we called him.
ref: 2023, V. V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night, Viking, page 31:
glosses: Synonym of Ganesha.
synonyms: word: Ganesha
unuploadable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + uploadable.
Senses: antonyms: uploadable
glosses: Not uploadable.
what it be
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: What's up? What's going on?
Related terms: what it do
what it is
unlimited company
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unlimited companies
Senses: antonyms: limited company
hypernyms: company
glosses: A company in which the liability of members or subscribers of the company is not limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company.
unlimited companies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unlimited company
Pillayar Suzhi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil பிள்ளையார் சுழி (piḷḷaiyār cuḻi).
Senses: glosses: a sacred symbol, used by Hindus in South India and Sri Lanka to draw it at beginning of diaries, notebooks, etc. before writing anything new.
frontseater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frontseaters
Etymology: From front seat + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Bible Twenty Questions. Divide into two teams— the backseat versus the frontseat. Each team picks a person or object from the Bible. For instance, the backseaters choose Noah's ark. The frontseaters try to discover the answer by asking twenty questions. They begin by finding out if it is animal, vegetable, or mineral. They only ask questions which can be answered by a yes or a no.
ref: 1984, Matilda Nordtvedt, The Family Idea Book: Praying and Playing Together, Chicago, I.L.: Moody Press, →ISBN, page 87:
glosses: Someone who occupies a seat near the front of something.
examples: text: You undoubtedly know that each F-4 Phantom jet carried two pilots in separate, tandem cockpits. Major Dennis Harper was the frontseater and was the AC or Aircraft Commander. Jim was the backseater or the GIB.
ref: 2002, Lynda Twyman Paffrath, Angels Unknown, San Mateo, C.A.: Lightbourne Books, →ISBN, page 257:
glosses: In a plane with two cockpits: the pilot controlling the aircraft (even though both seats are equally to the front).
Coordinate terms: backseater
frontseaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frontseater
chair seater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chair seaters
form: chair-seater
form: chairseater
Etymology: From chair seat + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Among the women, five were employed as 'chair seaters', although for them lacemaking was the prime occupation.
ref: 1976, Pamela Horn, Labouring Life in the Victorian Countryside, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan Ltd, →ISBN, page 107:
glosses: Someone whose job it is to make seats for chairs.
Related terms: chair matter
chair seaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chair seater
chair-seater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chair-seaters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chair seater.
chairseater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chairseaters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chair seater.
chair-seaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chair-seater
chairseaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chairseater
chair seat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chair seats
form: chairseat
Senses: examples: text: A designer helped me zero in on a transitional geometric teal and lime print that would add some zip and comfort to my sunny kitchen eating area, and protect the woven rush chair seats, as well.
ref: 2019 April 11, Marni Jameson, “It's all in the details when it comes to custom cushions”, in The Mercury News, San Jose, C.A.: Digital First Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2019:
glosses: The seat of a chair.
Derived terms: chair seater
chair seats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chair seat
chairseat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chairseats
Senses: examples: text: All of your guests are staring at this door and shifting on their chairseats! Don't you realize they can hear every word that's being said?
ref: 1993, LaVyrle Spencer, November of the Heart, HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN, pages 20–21:
text: The suite was light oak with emerald sharkskin chairseats, the carpet was a geometric Deco design in shades of beige and dull green, and the floor-length curtains were of brown velvet with a shaped pelmet.
ref: 2002, Josephine Boyle, Builders of Repute: The Story of Reader Bros., Woodford Green, Essex: Suitable Press, →ISBN, page 119:
text: The next day in the late afternoon I was repairing an old chairseat with rusted springs when there was a pair of sharp raps on the door of the shop.
ref: 2018, Glenn Skwerer, The Tristan Chord, London: Unbound, →ISBN, pages 10-11:
glosses: Rare form of chair seat.
chairseats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chairseat
Christmasvine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Christmaspops
snakeplant
glosses: A plant of species Ipomoea corymbosa.
Christmaspops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Christmasvine.
synonyms: word: Christmasvine
snakeplant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Christmasvine (Ipomoea corymbosa)
synonyms: word: Christmasvine
extra: Ipomoea corymbosa
glosses: A plant of species Nassauvia serpens, native to the Falkland Islands.
glosses: Alternative form of snake plant.
oudler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oudlers
Senses: topics: card-games
games
synonyms: bout
glosses: In French tarot card games, any of the three most valuable trump cards.
counteradvocacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An advocacy that is opposed to another advocacy.
clodhoppingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more clodhoppingly
form: most clodhoppingly
Senses: glosses: In a clodhopping manner.
counter beam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counter beams
Senses: glosses: A beam spanning between walls or other beams, used for supporting ceiling joists.
counterbeam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterbeams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of counter beam.
countercyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of countercyclical.