cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
keraunoparalysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kerauno- (“lightning”) + paralysis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Transient weakness in limbs following a lightning strike, often associated with cold, mottled skin.
Rethymno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Greek Ρέθυμνο (Réthymno), from Ancient Greek Ρίθυμνα (Ríthumna).
Senses: glosses: The third-largest city in Crete, Greece.
Hawaiis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hawaii
Chabadnik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /xəˈbɑdnɪk/
ipa: /h-/
Forms: form: Chabadniks
form: Chabadnikim
form: Habadnik
Etymology: From Hebrew חַבַּדְנִיק (khabádnik). By surface analysis, Chabad + -nik.
Senses: examples: text: The Chabadnikim were right. She did grow up to be a rebbetzin, but even more important, she grew up to be a wonderful loving wife, mother and daughter, a lover of Hashem and Torah, and she continues to fulfill the true potential of that bubbly, blue-eyed, blond baby.
ref: 2009, Arlene E. Alyehs, “Raising a Rebbetzin—Listening to the Pintele Yid”, in Rosally Saltsman, compiler, The Beauty of the Story: Stories to Touch the Jewish Heart, Brooklyn, N.Y.: Judaica Press, →ISBN, page 225:
text: [Menachem Mendel] Schneerson taught that outreach efforts were bound to succeed because Jews by nature wish to follow God’s will. This theological vision, coupled with the great love, trust, and faith that Chabadnikim have in their Rebbe, motivated and continues to motivate Lubavitchers to take up the outreach challenge.
ref: 2010 winter, Eric Caplan, “The Rebbe’s Army: Inside the World of Chabad-Lubavitch by Sue Fishkoff […] Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers: An Intimate Journey Among Hasidic Girls by Stephanie Wellen Levine […]”, in Susan E. Laemmle, editor, CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly, New York, N.Y.: Central Conference of American Rabbis, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 156:
text: Brooklyn-born Alan Veingrad, now a Chabadnik who goes by the name Shlomo, was an offensive lineman who helped the Dallas Cowboys reach the Super Bowl in 1993.
ref: 2014 January 27, Seth Rogovy, “The Secret Jewish History of the Super Bowl”, in The Jewish Daily Forward, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2016:
text: The Chabadnikim, or Lubavitchers as they are sometimes called, are the largest Chassidim Jewish group in the world, thanks primarily to the efforts of the last rabbi in the Chassidim lineage, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known to the Lubavitchers simply as “the Rebbe” (the Rabbi).
ref: 2024, Ruth Tsuria, “Introduction”, in Keeping Women in Their Digital Place: The Maintenance of Jewish Gender Norms Online, University Park, Pa.: The Pennsylvania State University Press, →ISBN, page 14:
synonyms: Lubavitcher
glosses: A member of the Hasidic group Chabad.
ramifiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ramify + -able.
Senses: examples: text: One cannot prove in Z F C that "δ_D and cf(D) are ramifiable cardinals implies that D is weakly ramifiable".
ref: 1998, Travaux de Mathématiques - Issue 2:
text: We say that D is Θ-ramifiable if for each tree T on D, there is a branch h of T (we say that T has a branch).
ref: 2002, Reports on Mathematical Logic - Issues 36-40, page 25:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Capable of being subdivided into branches.
examples: text: Judgments are thus ramified and ramifiable. Adopting Peircean terminology, the artwork is indefinitely translatable into interpretants of great variety.
ref: 1994, Herman Parret, Peirce and Value Theory: On Peircian Ethics and Aesthetics, →ISBN, page 109:
text: To this the Bible offers an instructive counterexample, since keeping the difference flexible and ramifiable is exactly part of its ideopoetic business.
ref: 1999, Meir Sternberg, Hebrews between Cultures: Group Portraits and National Literature, →ISBN:
text: Whether or not Karimsky's judgment of the transcendentalist world view as an "irrationalization" is justified, its conception of nature as dynamic, mutable, and incomplete prefigures a theme that is to run through much of American philosophy, from James's open universe and Dewey's rejection of the fixed and final in nature, to Justus Buchler's contemporary ordinal conception of the indefinitely ramifiable character of nature's complexes and his rejection of a final "Order" of nature.
ref: 1999, John Ryder, Interpreting America, →ISBN:
text: Another point of considerable relevance here is that complexes are indefinitely ramifiable, which is to say they are amenable to indefinite inquiry and analysis.
ref: 2015, Peter Hare, Joseph Palencik, Douglas Anderson, Pragmatism with Purpose: Selected Writings, →ISBN, page 180:
glosses: Capable of spreading into multiple fields or categories.
Indianas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Indiana
rat bastard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rat bastards
form: rat-bastard
Senses: examples: text: 'He's a rat bastard,' Flame declared. 'We don't know for certain,' Gator pointed out. 'And for the record, have you ever referred to me as a rat bastard?' 'Yes, several times, but in a different way. He's a slimeball rat bastard. You're just a plain old garden variety man-type rat bastard.'
ref: 2010, Christine Feehan, Night Game, →ISBN:
text: Since Marcus' will was never located and his estate was destined to be settled in probate court, all the proceeds from the auction would be held in escrow and used to pay off the rat bastard's debts.
ref: 2012, Mary Burton King, Fool Me Once... Final Resolution, →ISBN, page 15:
glosses: A thoroughly despicable and untrustworthy person; a scoundrel.
rat bastards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rat bastard
rat-bastard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rat-bastards
Senses: examples: text: I want to put out a Contract on that rat-bastard Attorney General Bobby Kennedy.
ref: 2010, Rick D. Cleland, The Unwitting Assassin: The Murder of JFK, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of rat bastard.
rat-bastards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rat-bastard
registered post
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: No packet marked on the outside with the declared value of the contents, as required in the case of insurance, may be sent to a country of the Postal Union by registered post, and Postmasters are instructed to refuse packets so marked which are presented for Registration.
ref: 1920, Great Britain Post Office, Post Office Guide, page 71:
glosses: Alternative form of registered mail.
Nafplio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Greek Ναύπλιο (Náfplio), from Ancient Greek Ναύπλιος (Naúplios).
Senses: synonyms: Nauplia
glosses: A large town in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece.
LJ potential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LJ potentials
Senses: glosses: Lennard-Jones potential
LJ potentials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LJ potential
beam reaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beam reach
beam reaches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beam reach
beam reaching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beam reach
beam reached
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of beam reach
PICA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PICAs
Senses: qualifier: space flight
glosses: Abbreviation of phenolic impregnated carbon ablator.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of posterior inferior cerebellar artery.
mortgage-backed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Having mortgages as collateral.
Derived terms: mortgage-backed security
Related terms: asset-backed
asset
Maks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Makses
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian male given name diminutive Макс (Maks)
Maks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mak
Marni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name spelling variant of Marnie
pseudophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudophobias
Etymology: From pseudo- + phobia.
Senses: glosses: A purported phobia whose existence is uncorroborated.
Derived terms: pseudophobic
apotropaion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apotropaia
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποτρόπαιον (apotrópaion).
Senses: examples: text: Walking in nature, we see, identify, name, recognize. This recognition is our apotropaion, that is, our warding off of fear.
ref: 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
text: Ancient literature provides clear evidence for the body of the hunchback functioning as an apotropaion.
ref: 2015, Lisa Trentin, The Hunchback in Hellenistic and Roman Art, page 52:
glosses: Something that wards off evil; an amulet or magic charm.
Synonyms: apotropaic
PICAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PICA
trap phone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trap phones
Senses: examples: 2015, Diedre Dyer, You Can Now Turn Your iPhone Into A Trap Phone, TheFader
Making the decision to swap your hi-tech iPhone for a lo-fi trap phone is a daring step back in time. But for those in need of a noncommittal, untraceable means of communication—namely Anna Wintour, drug dealers, and Rihanna—it's truly the only way to hit up your homies.
2015, David Kushner, The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted, Rolling Stone
According to her, he tossed Jessica a burner — their "trap phone" — and said, "You guys have both been getting a lot of calls. Get ready."
2015, Benjamin Mueller, Over 2 Dozen Charged in Rockland County Drug Scheme, The New York Times
One of the men charged, Brandon Thomas, 20, in November wrote on Twitter, “I make money without a 9-5 gimmie some feens a trap fone and I’ll be fine...,” which prosecutors roughly translated as a boast that he did not need a real job because drug addicts (“feens”) and a work phone (“trap phone”) were enough to line up deals.
2015, Eric Diep, Pusha T, 'King Push - Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude,' Track-by-Track Review, Billboard
A seasoned veteran of the drug world, the Pyrex God isn’t here to water down his lyrics for no one. “Trap phone, gun at your backbone / Graduated from the corner where the crack’s grown,” he rhymes.
coordinate_terms: burner
burn phone
glosses: A prepaid cell phone, often used by criminals to conduct illegal activity.
Related terms: trap car
trap house
trap music
boozing ken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boozing kens
form: boozing-ken
Etymology: Alteration of bousing ken.
Senses: examples: text: We straight betook our selves to the Boozing Ken; and having bubb'd nimly, we concluded an everlasting friendship.
ref: 1665, Richard Head, The English Rogue, page 54:
text: The Ruffler, who found his representative in a very magnificently equipped, and by no means ill-favoured knave, whose chin was decorated with a beard as lengthy and as black as Sultan Mahmood's, together with the dexterous Hooker, issued forth from the hovel which they termed their boozing ken, eager to catch a glimpse of the Prince of the High Toby Gloaks.
ref: 1834, William Harrison Ainsworth, Rookwood, volume 2, pages 303–304:
glosses: A pub; a public house; a tavern.
Synonyms: pub
boozing kens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boozing ken
boozing-ken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boozing-kens
Senses: examples: text: I was up Hackney way, expecting to do a little business with Tom the Cracksman, which didn't come off; for Tom had been at the boozing-ken all the night before, and had blowed his hand up in a lark with some davy's dust.
ref: 1844–45, George William MacArthur Reynolds, “The Boozing-Ken”, in The Mysteries of London:
glosses: Alternative spelling of boozing ken.
boozing-kens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boozing-ken
hyperestrogenemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperestrogenemic
form: most hyperestrogenemic
Etymology: From hyperestrogenemia + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Preliminary results would suggest that the hyperestrogenemic state is a result of both the direct effects of alcohol and the indirect effects of alcohol mediated through the development of liver disease.
ref: 2012, Helmut K. Seitz & B. Kommerell, Alcohol Related Diseases in Gastroenterology, Springer-Verlag Heidelberg Pervulgation - New York & Tokyo, Ethanol and the Endocrine System - Conspectable page 3
text: The increase in serum TT and FT levels therefore cannot be due to release of the pituitary from hyperestrogenemic suppression, the factor that lowers them in the first place, and must be due instead to increased hypothalamic stimulation of the …
ref: 1987, Freund House, The Journal of Paediatric Endocrinology - Volume 2, The California University Press, page 158
text: The presence of gynecomastia is not associated with development of cancer, yet protracted hyperestrogenemic states, which are associated with gynecomastia, are linked to breast cancer development.
ref: 1983, William P. Blocker & D. Cardús, Rehabilitation in Ischaemic Heart Disease, SP Medical & Scientific Books - The Michigan University Press, page 22
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characterised by hyperestrogenaemia.
Synonyms: hypotestosteronemic
Related terms: hypotestosteronemic
hypoestrogenemic
hypertestosteronemic
hypertestosteronemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypertestosteronemic
form: most hypertestosteronemic
Etymology: From hypertestosteronemia + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Finally, polycystic ovary disorder and other hypertestosteronemic states, including that of abdominal obesity, regularly feature marked hyperinsulinemia.
ref: 1994, Potamitis Scientific Authors, Anticancer Research, The California University Press, page 2115
text: Evidence that placing rodents in hypertestosteronemic states results in the appearance of prostatic cancer.
ref: 2005, Robert S. Tan, Ageing Men's Health - A Care-Based Approach, Thieme Pervulgation - The Michigan University Press, page 176
text: We have recently noted a disparity between serum levels of insulin and C-peptide in certain hypertestosteronemic women with PCO and hypothesized a possible association between testosterone and insulin metabolism.
ref: 1994, Buffington C. K. & Kitabchi A. E., Metabolism - Evidence for a Defect in Insulin Metabolism in Hyperandrogenic Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, National Centre for Biotechnological Information, sentence 2
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characterised by hypertestosteronemia.
Synonyms: hypoestrogenemic
Related terms: hypotestosteronemic
hypoestrogenemic
hyperestrogenemic
kerygmatist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kerygmatists
Etymology: From kerygma + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: However that may be, it certainly reflects the parabolist who was also an experienced kerygmatist, a herald to out-of-doors crowds and synagogue congregations.
ref: 1998, Bruce David Chilton, Craig Alan Evans, Studying the Historical Jesus: Evaluations of the State of Current Research, Brill, page 342:
text: Said more succinctly, he is a theologian because he is a kerygmatist.
ref: 2004, Deborah L. Ellens, J. Harold Ellens, Isaac Kalimi, God's Word for our World, volume 2, page 181:
glosses: One who practises, or is knowledgeable of and/or able in the kerygmata; a Christian preacher; an evangelist.
Synonyms: word: sermocinator
word: concionator
Related terms: kerygma
kerygmatically
kerygmatic
kerygmatists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kerygmatist
broad reaching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of broad reach
broad reached
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of broad reach
broad reaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broad reach
broad reaches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of broad reach
sushirrito
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sushirritos
Etymology: Blend of sushi + burrito.
Senses: examples: text: Then there are sushirritos (sushi burritos) and other hybrid foods occurring as Latinos and other ethnic groups interact.
ref: 2013, Leo Chavez, The Latino Threat, page 213:
text: Sushirritos are perfect for on-the-go eating and can be customized with your favorite sushi fillings.
ref: 2022, Brad Hoskinson, Sushi Cookbook for Beginners, page 47:
glosses: Synonym of sushi burrito.
synonyms: word: sushi burrito
sushirritos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sushirrito
quinquagesimal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Medieval Latin quinquagesimus (“fiftieth”) + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Hence the time of our sorrow and affliction is fixed at forty days; the state of blessed joy which shall be hereafter is figured in the quinquagesimal festival, i.e. the fifty days from Easter to Pentecost.
ref: 1842, Thomas Aquinas, translated by William Whiston, Catena aurea, J.G.F. and J. Rivington, translation of original in Medieval Latin:
glosses: Of or related to a set of 50 people or items.
belted kingfisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belted kingfishers
Senses: examples: text: The jaunty wood-duck smiled and bowed;
The belted kingfisher laughed aloud,
ref: 1883, Maurice Thompson, “The Death of the White Heron”, in Songs of Fair Weather:
text: It is called a belted kingfisher because of the blue-gray band across the breast of the male, with an additional reddish band below the blue-gray one on females.
ref: 1999, George Wilby Scotter, Edgar T. Jones, Tom J. Ulrich, Birds of the Canadian Rockies, Fifth House Publishers, page 82:
glosses: Megaceryle alcyon, a North American species of kingfisher.
rosc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roscada
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Irish rosc (“rhetorical composition”), from Old Irish rosc (“short poem, ode”).
Senses: examples: text: Liam Breatnach observed in an important article (Breatnach 1984, with references) that 'Old Irish texts appear in three forms: prose, rhyming syllabic verse, and rosc. The simplest definition of rosc is that it is neither of the other two.'
ref: 1995, Calvert Watkins, How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics, →ISBN, page 255:
text: Elsewhere we find descriptions of the most archaic Irish poetry, the passages of obscure poetry called rosc. Sigerson analyzes rosc as rhythmical though unrhymed verse designed to express or to stir up vehement enthusiasm and claims it is the first example of blank verse (Bards of the Gael and Gall 25); Hull characterizes rosc as a declamatory, alliterative blank verse where changes of meter correspond to changes of idea (Text Book I: 202-4).
ref: 1997, Maria Tymoczko, The Irish Ulysses, →ISBN, page 307:
text: Likewise, the 'Cauldron of poesy' and 'Bretha Déin Chécht' both contain prose, rosc, and rhyming syllabic verse.
ref: 2005, Theodore William Moody, Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, Francis X. Martin, A New History of Ireland - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 446:
text: Until the last few decades, however, many of the roscada were interpreted as prose, but recent scholarship has suggested that most, if not all, are poems composed according to archaic metrical principles that had been largely superseded by the eighth century.
ref: 2016, Maria Tymoczko, Translation in a Postcolonial Context, →ISBN:
glosses: An ancient form of unrhymed Old Irish verse that uses alliteration and meter.
melopoeiae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melopoeia
freams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fream
IHV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Institute of Human Virology.
IHV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IHVs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of independent hardware vendor.
IHVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IHV
penguinese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From penguin + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: The next thing, a penguin will walk in here, tip his top hat, and abase himself while he mutters obsequiously in penguinese.
ref: 2016, Randall Garrett, Unwise Child:
glosses: The language supposedly used by penguins.
Rousseauans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rousseauan
Rousseauist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rousseauists
Etymology: From Rousseau + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A follower of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's philosophies.
Synonyms: Rousseauian
Related terms: Rousseauism
Rousseauists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rousseauist
semialdehydes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semialdehyde
market bells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of market bell
kind've
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of kind of.
sort've
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of sort of.
yellow toadflax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow toadflaxes
Senses: synonyms: butter-and-eggs
glosses: A perennial plant, common toadflax (Linaria vulgaris), with a raceme of pale yellow and orange flowers, native to most of Europe.
yellow toadflaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellow toadflax
reptilian brain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reptilian brains
Senses: topics: anatomy
human-sciences
medicine
psychology
sciences
synonyms: lizard brain
id
glosses: The primitive part of the human brain that mirrors that of reptiles, controlling instinctive behavior.
Derived terms: reptilian brained
glacial acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: So called because of the ice-like crystals that form slightly below room temperature.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: anhydrous acetic acid
unconflict
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unconflicts
form: unconflicting
form: unconflicted
form: unconflicted
Etymology: From un- + conflict.
Senses: examples: text: “Austin was sending you signals.”
“Yeah?” Summer said. “Then what exactly did Austin's hand on Esme's butt signal?”
Diana shrugged. “It signals he's conflicted.”
“I see.”
“And it's your job to unconflict him,” Marquez added.
ref: 2010, Katherine Applegate, Sun-Kissed Christmas, page 18:
glosses: To eliminate or resolve a conflict in something.
unconflicting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: If the facts are undisputed and the inferences to be deduced therefrom clear and unconflicting the question of title becomes one of law and is to be passed upon by the court.
ref: 1960, Cumberland law journal, Volume 10:
glosses: Not conflicting.
unconflicting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unconflict
unconflicts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unconflict
lepidopteron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lepidopterons
form: lepidoptera
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any insect of the order Lepidoptera.
Synonyms: lepidopteran
Rendulic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a 1937 paper by L. Rendulic, who introduced a method for modelling triaxial stress.
Senses: examples: text: Stress probes at different initial axi-symmetric (triaxial) stress states have been carried out to exhibit bifurcation domain in the Rendulic plane.
ref: 2007, Evelyn Regar, A.M.G.J. van Leeuwen, Patrick W. Serruys, Optical Coherence Tomography in Cardiovascular Research, →ISBN, page 124:
text: A Rendulic plot is a plot representing the stress path for triaxial tests originally suggested by Rendulic (1937) and later developed by Henkel (1960).
ref: 2007, Braja M. Das, Advanced Soil Mechanics, →ISBN, page 413:
text: The Rendulic contours in principal stress space showed that the stress paths taken were members of a family for both drained and undrained tests.
ref: 2013, Nayland G. Stanley-Wood, Enlargement and Compaction of Particulate Solids, →ISBN:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the two-dimensional modelling of three-dimensional stress paths that are symmetric about an axis.
fleshquake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fleshquakes
Etymology: From flesh + quake.
Senses: examples: text: Not he! beadles don't smile in public life, only when out of uniform; and as to using a handkerchief, he could not do that, unless compelled by such a fleshquake or sneeze as now shakes Mr Purkis's frame, caused by that sooty dust that pervades the church and not by damp.
ref: 1877, George Manville Fenn, A little world, volume 3, page 260:
glosses: A tremor or quiver of the body.
retro-engineers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retro-engineer
retro-engineered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retro-engineer
beveller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛvələ/
ipa: /ˈbɛvəlɚ/
ipa: /ˈbɛvl̩ɚ/
Forms: form: bevellers
form: beveler
Etymology: From bevel + -er.
Senses: examples: text: He scoured Florence looking at coopers with their heavy wooden hammers, the wool dyers with their arms stained blue and green, the ironmongers, blacksmiths, rustic stone bevelers working the Strozzi palace […]
ref: 1961, Irving Stone, chapter 4, in The Agony and the Ecstasy, New York: Signet, page 202:
text: The bevelers of early America often affixed a highly individualized “beveler’s mark” to their finished products.
ref: 1981, Vincent L. Fox, Glass Beveling, Hidden House, page 35:
text: There were doorbells of moribund trades, a glass beveller, a “Church and Legal” printer.
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 16, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
glosses: One who bevels.
examples: bamboo beveller
pipe beveller
soap beveller
glosses: A tool or machine used for bevelling.
takes a picture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take a picture
taking a picture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take a picture
took a picture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take a picture
taken a picture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take a picture
componentizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of componentization
fleshquakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fleshquake
roscada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rosc
skill tester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skill testers
Senses: topics: games
synonyms: claw crane
claw machine
crane game
skill crane
glosses: A box of prizes, encased in glass, and equipped with a mechanical arm with a claw that a hopeful player operates to retrieve a prize.
skill testers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skill tester
congy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: congys
form: congies
form: conge
Etymology: From French conge, from Latin congius, q.v. Only attested in English in the obsolete plural form congys.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of congius, Roman units of liquid measure and mass.
synonyms: word: congius
word: Roman units of liquid measure and mass
congys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of congy
congies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of congy
open-sourceness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From open-source + -ness.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: hardware or a product
glosses: The quality of being open-source.
raw_tags: of software
sourceness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From source + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: But when we look at certain subject matter — e.g., interpretations of conditional aloneness, groupness, sourceness, or power — we are often moved by our own archetypal responses to them.
ref: 1973, William Bradley, Art: magic, impulse, and control: a guide to viewing:
text: In their combination of sourceness and goalness into a single participant, experienced actions somewhat resemble reflexive predications.
ref: 1989, Ray Harlow, Robin Hooper, Linguistic Society of New Zealand, VICAL 1: Oceanic languages : papers from the Fifth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Auckland, New Zealand, January 1988
glosses: The quality or condition of having a source.
sling stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sling stones
Senses: glosses: A small stone that is projected or thrown from a sling.
sling stones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sling stone
twist and turn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: twists and turns
form: twisting and turning
form: twisted and turned
form: twisted and turned
Senses: examples: text: The narrow streets that twist and turn through the compact heart of Dent are surfaced with cobbles which, in the absence of pavements, spread right across from doorstep to doorstep.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 150:
text: Vardy had a hand in the opening goal. Twisting and turning on the edge of the 18-yard box, the England international was clumsily brought down by Vicente Iborra, wide on the Leicester left.
ref: 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian:
glosses: To move one way then the other, or in unpredictable erratic gyrations.
Synonyms: jactitate
vertiginate
jactitates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jactitate
jactitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jactitate
jactitated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jactitate
twists and turns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The same ignorance and avarice which made him think the education of his children an useless expense, caused him to reject the advice of his friends to make a will, which would also be attended with a little expense; and there were so many twists and turns in the law he said, every one ought to keep clear of it […]
ref: 1814, Mary Leadbeater, Elizabeth Shackleton, “Calculation”, in Tales for Cottagers, Dublin: John Cumming, page 24:
text: “What a romantic old lane this it,” said Diana, as they walked along its twists and turns.
ref: 1909, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 21, in Anne of Avonlea:
text: There was no question, of course, as to its final outcome, with six against one; but meanwhile the one was giving the six the surprise of their lives in the shape of well-dealt blows and skillful twists and turns that caused their own strength and weight to react upon themselves in a most astonishing fashion.
ref: 1916, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 11, in Just David:
text: The twists and turns of U.S. policy, which once bewildered our allies as well as our enemies, can be expected to straighten out into a more surely predictable course.
ref: 1945 July 9, “On to Berlin”, in Time:
glosses: Abrupt changes in direction or orientation (often used figuratively).
Related terms: swings and roundabouts
twists and turns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of twist and turn
twisting and turning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of twist and turn
twisted and turned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of twist and turn
pseudo-passive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudo-passives
Etymology: From pseudo- + passive.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pseudopassive.
pseudo-passives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudo-passive
congéing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of congé
make one's bow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪk wʌnz ˈbaʊ/
Forms: form: makes one's bow
form: making one's bow
form: made one's bow
form: made one's bow
Senses: glosses: To bow, to make a bow (respectful gesture).
examples: text: The new product will make its bow on the world market this summer.
text: The first named one, it will be observed, is but a debutant. It makes its bow in a drab-colored Quaker-looking dress, and barring a lively McGrawler-like critique upon " Lewis' Poems," is staid and professorial in its tone.
ref: 1832, “Literary Notices”, in The Rail-Road Journal, volume 1, number 1, page 123:
glosses: To debut, to bow.
Republic of the Gambia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Republic of the Gambia
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Republic of The Gambia: Official name of the Gambia: a country in West Africa.
rhetography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhetographies
Etymology: From rheto(ric) + -graphy.
Senses: examples: text: The presence of the story about the Samaritan within the story about the lawyer establishes two interacting rhetographies in this portion of Luke. The picture of the lawyer's performance in relation to Jesus interacts with the picture of the Samaritan's performance in relation to the priest and Levite.
ref: 2004, Sharon H. Ringe, H.C. Paul Kim, Literary Encounters with the Reign of God, →ISBN, page 258:
text: The myth and philosophy from which Cicero and Virgil draw their images of the primordial realm make the rhetography of their precreation discourse much richer than that found in Jewish and Christian precreation discourse of the period.
ref: 2011, Russell B Sisson, “Roman Stoic Precreation Discourse”, in Religion and Theology, volume 18, numbers 3-4:
text: As Christian discourse unfolds, it regularly blends "biblical" pictorial narration into its own ongoing pictorial narration. For example, rhetography from the story of Elijah and Elisha in the Bible at certain points blends into the rhetography in the story of Jesus.
ref: 2015, Vernon K. Robbins, Jonathan M. Potter, Jesus and Mary Reimagined in Early Christian Literature, →ISBN, page 17:
text: Table 1 summarizes the major theoretical influences on the idea of rhetography. A rhetographical analysis shows that online visual texts are rhetorical compositions whose messages are more complex than they appear.
ref: 2016, Taiwo, Rotimi, Odebunmi, Akinola, Adetunji, & Akin, Analyzing Language and Humor in Online Communication, →ISBN, page 103:
glosses: The evocation of imagery in a text narrative.
Related terms: rhetoric
rhetographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhetography
coal seams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coal seam
Forsyth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Georgia.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A village in Hickory Point Township, Macon County, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Marquette County, Michigan.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Taney County, Missouri.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Rosebud County, Montana.
Derived terms: Forsyth County
sublayout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sublayouts
Etymology: From sub- + layout.
Senses: glosses: A secondary or subsidiary layout.
sublayouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sublayout
unelectability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + elect + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: […]he is no Bernie Sanders: his refusal to evolve from cold war-era reflexive anti-Americanism and his desire to pursue a “revolutionary” brand of opposition have dragged the French left into unelectability and moral confusion.
ref: 2023 October 27, Alexander Hurst, “Jean-Luc Mélenchon is a disaster for the French left – his response to the attack on Israel proves it”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The quality of being unelectable.
subqueried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subquery
subquerying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subquery
makes one's bow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make one's bow
making one's bow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make one's bow
made one's bow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make one's bow
showers with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shower with
showering with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shower with
showered with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shower with
jingoizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jingoize
libfix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: libfixes
Etymology: Coined by American linguist Arnold Zwicky from lib(erated) + -fix.
Senses: examples: text: The word ‘preneur’ is considered as a neologism or a libfix, identifying people that exercise particular economic activities, such as: (1) a mompreneur […]
ref: 2019, Antonio Bartolini, Roberto Cippitani, Valentina Colcelli, editors, Dictionary of Statuses within EU Law […] , Springer, →ISBN, footnote 12, page 324:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An affix that has been extracted from an existing word.
QL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QLs
Senses: topics: computer-languages
computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of query language.
Hyponyms: HQL
JPQL
SQL
comparative advantages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comparative advantage
power noise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A predominantly European noisy genre of electronic music.
Related terms: power electronics
ANZ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Australia and New Zealand.
Banach-Tarski paradox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Polish mathematicians Stefan Banach and Alfred Tarski.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A theorem in set-theoretic geometry, which states that given a solid ball in three‑dimensional space, there exists a decomposition of the ball into a finite number of disjoint subsets, which can then be put back together in a different way to yield two identical copies of the original ball.
wikipedia: Alfred Tarski
Stefan Banach
North Cape
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A headland in Finnmark, Norway, near the northernmost point of Scandinavia.
glosses: A headland in Northland, New Zealand, at the northernmost point of the country.
Fortriu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Pictish *ᚒᚓᚏᚈᚒᚏᚔᚑ (Uerturio).
Senses: glosses: A former kingdom in Scotland situated around Moray and Easter Ross, which existed from the 4th to 10th centuries.
libfixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of libfix
covess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: covesses
Etymology: From cove (“man”) + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: Shuter prevailed on him to step into one of these houses, just to see a little fun, as he called it, at the same time, assuring the doctor, that no harm might be apprehended, as he was well acquainted with the cove and covess, that is, the landlord and landlady.
ref: 1789, George Parker, Life's Painter of Variegated Characters in Public and Private Life, 2nd edition, published 1800, page 153:
text: Ah, Bess, my covess, strike me blind if my sees don't tout your bingo muns in spite of the darkmans. Egad, you carry a bene blink aloft. Come to the ken alone—no! my blowen; did not I tell you I should bring a pater cove, to chop up the whiners for Dawson?
ref: 1828, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Pelham: or The Adventures of a Gentleman, page 383:
glosses: A woman.
Synonyms: woman
covesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of covess
unbuggable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbuggable
form: most unbuggable
Etymology: From un- + buggable.
Senses: glosses: Not buggable.
buggable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more buggable
form: most buggable
Etymology: From bug + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being bugged (fitted with covert surveillance equipment).
unirksome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unirksome
form: most unirksome
Etymology: From un- + irksome.
Senses: glosses: Not irksome.
inkable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ink + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being inked.
Related terms: re-inkable
unirked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unirked
form: most unirked
Etymology: From un- + irked.
Senses: glosses: Not irked; not annoyed.
unpiteous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpiteous
form: most unpiteous
Etymology: From un- + piteous.
Senses: glosses: Without pity; pitiless.
Agrippinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Agrippinian
form: most Agrippinian
Etymology: From Agrippina + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Agrippina.
adorkably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more adorkably
form: most adorkably
Etymology: From adorkable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an adorkable manner.
Hypernyms: adorably
wakeboard towers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wakeboard tower
wake flows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wake flow
assetless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From asset + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without assets.
Derived terms: assetlessness
overlenient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overlenient
form: most overlenient
Etymology: From over- + lenient.
Senses: glosses: Too lenient.
overleniency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + leniency.
Senses: glosses: Excessive leniency.
sextych
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sextychs
Senses: glosses: A painting or other artwork made on six separate panels.
Related terms: triptych
spermless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sperm + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without sperm.
sextychs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sextych
voxelize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: voxelizes
form: voxelizing
form: voxelized
form: voxelized
Etymology: From voxel + -ize.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To convert (an image or model) into voxels.
Related terms: voxelate
voxelization
voxelizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of voxelize
voxelizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of voxelize
neuromyasthenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + myasthenia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: chronic fatigue syndrome
neognaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neognath
neognathous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Belonging or relating to the neognaths.
paleognathous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: palaeognathous
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Belonging or relating to the paleognaths.
palaeognath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeognaths
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleognath.
palaeognaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palaeognath
neovolcanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neo- + volcanic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the formation of new volcanoes
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing volcanic rocks formed from the Tertiary period to the present day
Related terms: neovolcanite
neotenize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: neotenizes
form: neotenizing
form: neotenized
form: neotenized
Senses: examples: text: Among the explanations for why we in Western culture, and particularly contemporary American society, neotenize our animals as we do is our need to gain a sense of control over them.
ref: 1992, The Covenant of the Wild: Why Animals Chose Domestication:
glosses: To regard (an adult person or animal) as a child; to infantilize.
Related terms: neotenous
neoteny
neotenized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of neotenize
neotenizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of neotenize
neotenizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of neotenize
modellos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of modello
unwordy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unwordy
form: most unwordy
Etymology: From un- + wordy.
Senses: glosses: Not wordy.
nicotized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nicotize
nicotized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nicotinized
synonyms: word: nicotinized
efficious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more efficious
form: most efficious
Etymology: Possibly a variation of efficacious or derivative of efficacy influenced by analysis of the final -c- in the later word as being part of a suffix -cy rather than the word-stem.
Senses: examples: text: Had she not been cured at Oxford, no imputation could have fallen upon me, considering the circumstance of her pregnancy, and the virulence of the symptoms, for which I had used the most efficious remedies in the world.
ref: 1770, The Memoirs of Miss Arabella Bolton. Containing a Genuine Account, page 81:
text: This remedy will be found speedily efficious in hoarseness due to excessive action of the vocal cords or resulting from an acute cold.
ref: 1899, The Carolina Medical Journal, volumes 43-44, page 207, quoting the Medical Standard
ref: 1991 September 1, DW Rudy, JR Voelker, PK Greene, FA Esparza, DC Brater, “Loop diuretics for chronic renal insufficiency: a continuous infusion is more efficacious than bolus therapy”, in Ann. Intern. Med., 115(5):
text: [...] was found to be efficious in reducing pain and severity of swelling (Laupattarakasem et al. 1993).
ref: 2016, T. K. Lim, Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants, volume 12:
glosses: Efficacious.
Laramide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Named after the Laramie Mountains of eastern Wyoming, USA.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to an orogeny (period of mountain-building) in western North America, starting in the Late Cretaceous period.
sansculottism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sansculottisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sans-culottism.
pseudofault
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudofaults
Etymology: From pseudo- + fault.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A feature resembling a fault but resulting from other factors such as weathering or the spreading of ridges.