cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
emetine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛm.ɪ.tiːn/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔμετος (émetos, “vomiting”) + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: During a 10-year period the sanitarium treated 2,323 patients (93% were men) by the emetine method.
ref: 1948 September 13, “A Drink for Drunks”, in Time:
text: Magendie performed experiments on emetics and the nature of vomiting, and showed that the emetic properties of ipecacuanha were due to a substance he named emetine.
ref: 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 323:
text: After a 3-hour incubation with ALLN [acetylleucyl-leucyl-norleucinal], cells were incubated with emetine in the presence (closed symbols) or absence (open symbols) of ALLN (10 µg/ml).
ref: 2001 May 25, Neil F. Bence et al., “Impairment of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System by Protein Aggregation”, in Science, volume 292, number 5521, →DOI, page 1553:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A white crystalline bitter alkaloid, chemical formula C₂₉H₄₀N₂O₄, extracted from ipecacuanha root, and formerly used in the treatment of amebic infections and as an emetic in aversion therapy.
Derived terms: dehydroemetine
multivious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multivious
form: most multivious
Senses: glosses: Having many paths or roads.
Related terms: via
nullibiety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌnʌl.ɪˈbaɪ.ɪ.ti/
Forms: form: nullibicity
Etymology: From Latin nullibi + -iety.
Senses: synonyms: unbeing
glosses: The property of being nowhere; non-existence.
proficuous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proficuous
form: most proficuous
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin proficuus (“beneficial”).
Senses: examples: text: Liquors distilled from them , are experienced very proficuous
ref: 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions:
text: […] the master for whom [a ritual service] is performed is exalted above the vulgar need of actually proficuous service on the part of his servants.
ref: 1899, Thorstein Veblen, chapter 6, in The Theory of the Leisure Class […] , New York: Macmillan, →OCLC:
glosses: Useful or profitable.
frustraneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more frustraneous
form: most frustraneous
Senses: examples: text: Their attempts being so frustraneous, and the demonstrations to the contrary so perspicuous, it is a marvel that any man, virtuously and piously disposed, should be so partially and zealously affected in a cause that has neither truth nor any honest usefulness in it.
ref: 1688, Henry More, Divine Dialogues:
glosses: Useless.
resemblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resembler
states of affairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of state of affairs
badassness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From badass + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: She led her lady mateys to great riches, eventually becoming captain of yet another crew, this time of male pirates who were entranced by her beauty and devoted to her badassness.
ref: 2013, Linda Rodriguez McRobbie, Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings, page 18:
text: You get a cold smackdown if you don't at least feign badassness and say you've smoked weed.
ref: 2014, Bill Landauer, We Are All Crew, page 38:
text: Produced by Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo […] its tracks were more structured and cleaner than Magik Markers' earlier releases without watering down the band's innate badassness.
ref: 2022, JR Moores, Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to the Present, unnumbered page
qualifier: sometimes considered vulgar
glosses: The quality or state of being badass.
Synonyms: badassery
paraphimosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paraphimoses
Etymology: From para- + phimosis.
Senses: glosses: A medical condition where the foreskin becomes trapped behind the glans.
Derived terms: paraphimotic
paraphimoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraphimosis
pistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪs.tɪk/
rhymes: -ɪstɪk
Forms: form: more pistic
form: most pistic
Etymology: From Latin pisticus (“pure; genuine”), from Ancient Greek πιστικός (pistikós).
Senses: glosses: Having faith; trusting
geitonogamy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γείτων (geítōn, “neighbour”, geitono-) + -gamy (“marriage”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Transfer of pollen grains from the anther of a flower to the stigma of another flower of the same plant.
Derived terms: geitonogamous
Related terms: xenogamy
bells the cat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bell the cat
belling the cat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bell the cat
belled the cat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bell the cat
notitiae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of notitia
pupilar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pupil + -ar.
Senses: glosses: of or pertaining to the pupil (of the eye)
Cathedral City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Riverside County, California, United States.
mellify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mellifies
form: mellifying
form: mellified
form: mellified
Etymology: From Latin mellificāre (“to make honey”), or mel (“honey”) + -ify.
Senses: examples: ref: 2010, Vicki León, How to Mellify a Corpse and Other Human Stories of Ancient Science and Superstition:
glosses: To embalm in honey.
glosses: To make honey.
Related terms: mellification
Schengen Area
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Schengen Area
Etymology: Named after Schengen, the town in Luxembourg where the treaty was signed.
Senses: topics: government
politics
synonyms: Schengenland
Schengen realm
glosses: The group of European countries that have signed the Schengen Agreement, abolishing border controls between each other.
wikipedia: Schengen Area
Related terms: Schengen visa
elaborator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elaborators
Etymology: From elaborate + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, elaborates.
elimate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: elimates
form: elimating
form: elimated
form: elimated
Etymology: From Latin ēlīmātus, past participle of ēlīmāre (“to file up”); ē- (“out”) + līmāre (“to file”), from līma (“file”).
Senses: glosses: To render smooth; to polish.
innocenter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of innocent: more innocent
gravs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grav.
gravens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of graven
transigent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more transigent
form: most transigent
Etymology: Back-formation from intransigent.
Senses: examples: text: But in the second half scientists will undoubtedly make progress in synthesizing the hormones, the mysterious secretions of the ductless glands which regulate the make-up of our personalities, determining whether we are to be big or little, energetic or lazy, virile or effeminate, aggressive or transigent, high-strung or lethargic.
ref: 1941, Arthur Kissam Train, The Story of Everyday Things, Harper & Brothers, page 390:
text: Armed Forces Minister General Enrique Prez y Prez, under whom the army has become more transigent, promised last week that the armed forces "will respect the popular will."
ref: 1966 April 22, “Unaccustomed Calm”, in Time, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2013:
text: As the editors of the Gazeta da Tarde explained their position, “Intransigent in principles, we are, however, transigent in facts.”
ref: 1972, Robert Brent Toplin, The Abolition of Slavery in Brazil, Atheneum, →ISBN, page 85:
text: The internal contradictions resulting from the lack of distinction between the religious and the socio-political spheres of action had been perceived by the more intelligent and best intentioned, and this accounted for the perplexities of Toniolo and many others, both intransigent and transigent.
ref: 1977, Marco Caliaro, Mario Francesconi, John Baptist Scalabrini: Apostle to Emigrants, →ISBN, page 11:
text: He is Everyman in exile, the exile in every man. A transigent man, easy, warm, thinking, he makes up in little acts of imagination for frustrations not of his making.
ref: 1985, R. P. Blackmur, “The Jew in Search of a Son”, in Harold Bloom, editor, The Art of the Critic, New York: Chelsea House Publishers, →ISBN, page 334:
text: “I think Bruno mainly appeals to a small minority, Italians who are at the margins of society,” said Paolo Fabbri, a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna. “Ours is such a transigent culture, we are known for ‘transformismo,’ going along to get along.”
ref: 2000 February 18, Alessandra Stanley, “Honoring a Heretic Whom Vatican ‘Regrets’ Burning”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: By year's end, he was to admit that Chicago had proved to be more difficult than any place he had been; more transigent, less amenable to reason, more violent.
ref: 2007 [1989], “Is Dr King on board?”, in Vinay Samuel, Albrecht Hauser, editors, Proclaiming Christ in Christ's Way, page 201:
text: Here is Ezra Klein, explaining why Republican are suddenly looking more, shall we say, transigent on immigration than they’ve been on taxes: […]
ref: 2013 January 28, Ross Douthat, “Immigration and Republican Self-Interest”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Willing to compromise.
Synonyms: sense: willing to compromise
word: compromising
transigent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transigents
Etymology: Back-formation from intransigent.
Senses: examples: text: As in other areas, in this field the traditional distinction between transigents and intransigents was clearly at work.
ref: 2009, Giuseppe Maria Finaldi, Italian National Identity in the Scramble for Africa: Italy's African Wars […] , →ISBN, page 214:
glosses: A person who is willing to compromise or to be brought to terms.
ovulant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ovulants
Derived terms: antiovulant
sealship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sealships
Etymology: From seal + ship.
Senses: glosses: a ship used for hunting seals.
frisures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frisure
brisures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brisure
jugerums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jugerum
warm regards
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used as a polite way to finish a letter.
Synonyms: best regards
kind regards
regards
Related terms: warmest regards
endemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endemias
Senses: glosses: Any endemic disease.
hugs and kisses
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: An informal way to end a letter, email etc. to a loved one.
Related terms: word: xoxo
english: amateur radio
translation: amateur radio
word: 88
I have to love you and leave you
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: I gotta love you and leave you
form: I must love you and leave you
Senses: glosses: Goodbye.
Romulan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈrɒmjʊlən/
ipa: /ˈrɑmjʊlən/
Forms: form: Romulans
Etymology: From Romulus + -an. From the Star Trek franchise, in which they are described as being from the planet Romulus, drawing inspiration from the Roman origin story of Romulus and Remus.
Senses: examples: text: "Some sort of Romulan game," Riker said thoughtfully. "Trying to make us guess what they're up to."
ref: 1999, Peter Allen David, Double or Nothing:
text: "He looks like a Romulan." Suddenly, her attention is focused on him and she calls across the street, "Hey, monkey Romulan, sort it out!"
ref: 2000, Emma Forrest, Namedropper:
text: ...the law vaporizes like a Romulan warrior into the ions of space.
ref: 2001, Michael W McConnell, Robert F Cochran, Angela C Carmella, Christian perspectives on legal thought:
glosses: A member of a fictional alien race, described as being cunning and opportunistic.
Romulan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈrɒmjʊlən/
ipa: /ˈrɑmjʊlən/
Forms: form: more Romulan
form: most Romulan
Etymology: From Romulus + -an. From the Star Trek franchise, in which they are described as being from the planet Romulus, drawing inspiration from the Roman origin story of Romulus and Remus.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the fictional extraterrestrial race, or its fictional polity, the Romulan Star Empire; from Star Trek.
Romulan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈrɒmjʊlən/
ipa: /ˈrɑmjʊlən/
Etymology: From Romulus + -an. From the Star Trek franchise, in which they are described as being from the planet Romulus, drawing inspiration from the Roman origin story of Romulus and Remus.
Senses: glosses: A fictional language and a constructed language. The fictional language of the Romulans, a fictional extraterrestrial race from Star Trek. Created words and phrases from Star Trek have been latterly expanded upon to create a constructed language, that some among the Star Trek fandom attempt to build into a usable language.
entelechia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entelechie
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of entelechy.
entremets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑn.tɹəˌmeɪ/
other: /ˌɑn.tɹəˈmeɪ/
ipa: /ˈɑn.tɹəˌmeɪz/
other: /ˌɑn.tɹəˈmeɪz/
Forms: form: entremets
form: entremes
form: entermes
form: entermets
Etymology: Borrowed from French entremets. Replaced earlier Middle English entermes, from Old French entremés.
Senses: glosses: A side dish (often of vegetables), or a small dish of savories served between courses.
examples: text: I dined at Delmonico's hard by the Fifth-avenue Hotel, a few nights ago; and among the dainties which that consummate caterer favoured us with, was an entremet called an "Alaska." The "Alaska" is a baked ice. A beau mentir qui vient de loin; but this is no traveller's tale. The nucleus or core of the entremet is an ice cream. This is surrounded by an envelope of carefully whipped cream, which, just before the dainty dish is served, is popped into the oven, or is brought under the scorching influence of a red hot salamander; so that its surface is covered with a light brown crust.
ref: 1879 December 5, George Augustus [Henry] Sala, “Fashion and Food in New York”, in America Revisited, volume I, London: Vizetelly & Co., published 1882, →OCLC; 3rd edition, →OCLC, page 90
text: Elaborate entremets are composed with three, and even four, differently coloured and flavoured ices. […] This delicious entremets is a combination of four ices.
ref: 1884, Arthur Robert Kenney-Herbert, Sweet Dishes: A Little Treatise on Confectionery and Entremets Sucrés:
glosses: A dessert.
Derived terms: entremet
encarpi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of encarpus
entelechie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entelechies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of entelechy.
thinked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of think
winned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of win
bogywoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bogywomen
Senses: examples: text: Ms. Pelosi has no patience for such “noise,” even when she is the center of it. Republicans have made her a favorite liberal bogywoman for the better part of a decade, never more so than now. She is cast as an “extreme liberal” and “ruthless partisan,” out of step with the mainstream.
ref: 2010 October 9, Mark Leibovich, “Vilified or Not, Pelosi Insists She’s Winning”, in The New York Times, page A1:
glosses: Alternative form of bogeywoman.
stunt man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stunt men
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stuntman.
strong man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strong men
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of strongman.
foolisher
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: If he had not known that, he would have been foolisher than a mouse or a minnow.
ref: 1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby:
glosses: comparative form of foolish: more foolish
avantgardistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more avantgardistic
form: most avantgardistic
Etymology: From avant-garde + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Innovative, pioneering.
raw_tags: of a work of art
Synonyms: avant-garde
Uncle Scrooges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Uncle Scrooge
pseudocrater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudocraters
Etymology: From pseudo- + crater.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A volcanic landform formed by wet land being cooled by hot flowing lava.
pseudocraters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudocrater
connexity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈnɛksɪti/
Etymology: From Middle French connexité.
Senses: examples: text: The Peripatetikes doe also disavow this connexitie, and indissoluble knitting together.
ref: , Ⅱ.11
glosses: A state of connection; connectedness.
duplexity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duplexities
Etymology: From duplex + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state of being duplex
curl someone's hair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: curls someone's hair
form: curling someone's hair
form: curled someone's hair
form: curled someone's hair
form: make someone's hair curl
Senses: examples: text: "I'm not hankering for the dramatic in life, but we had a run last night that would curl your hair."
ref: 1903, Andy Adams, chapter 7, in The Log of a Cowboy:
text: "Tell the son-of-a-gun for me that next time we meet I'll curl his hair right."
ref: 1917, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 16, in The Sheriff's Son:
text: "I'd have written him such a letter as would have curled his hair."
ref: 1947, Harry Sylvester, Moon Gaffney (1976 edition), ISBN 780405093593, p. 116
text: After I printed that letter the volume of mail I received from survivors of child sexual abuse curled my hair.
ref: 2004 October 4, Abigail Van Buren, “Dear Abby”, in Beaver County Times, retrieved 10 Oct 2010:
text: Yanking open the door to the bathroom, I was greeted with a stink foul enough to curl my hair.
ref: 2008, Jackie Kessler, Hell's Belles, →ISBN, page 317:
glosses: To frighten, dismay, or excite someone thoroughly.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see curl, someone's, hair.
Related terms: hair-curling
make someone's hair curl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes someone's hair curl
form: making someone's hair curl
form: made someone's hair curl
form: made someone's hair curl
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of curl someone's hair.
vurps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vurp
crissum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crissa
Senses: glosses: The area of feathers on a bird that surround its cloaca.
Derived terms: crissal
visa-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From visa + -free.
Senses: glosses: Not requiring a visa when entering a country.
harlequin duck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harlequin ducks
Senses: glosses: A North American wild duck, Histrionicus histrionicus.
karstologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: karstologists
Etymology: From karstology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who studies karst
karstological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From karstology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: of or relating to karstology, the study of karst
Dordogne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Dordogne.
Senses: glosses: A department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Capital: Périgueux.
glosses: A long river in south-central and southwestern France, emptying into the Gironde estuary, flowing through the departments of Puy-de-Dôme, Corrèze, Lot, Dordogne and Gironde.
Garonne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Garonne.
Senses: glosses: A river that flows from the Spanish Pyrenees into the Atlantic Ocean.
Derived terms: Haute-Garonne
Lot-et-Garonne
Tarn-et-Garonne
Daugava
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Eastern Europe, flowing through Russia, Belarus and Latvia to the Gulf of Riga.
Synonyms: word: Duna
word: Düna
english: Western Dwina
translation: Western Dwina
word: Western Dvina
Moldave
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Moldaves
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Moldaves
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Moldave
Azorean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Azorian
Etymology: From Azore(s) + -an.
Senses: glosses: of, from, or relating to, the Azores
Azorean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Azoreans
form: Azorian
Etymology: From Azore(s) + -an.
Senses: glosses: Someone from the Azores
Azoreans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Azorean
stir-fries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stir-fry
jokulhaups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jokulhaup
jokulhaup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jokulhaups
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jökulhlaup.
jokulhlaup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jokulhlaups
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jökulhlaup.
jokulhlaups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jokulhlaup
microsporophyll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microsporophylls
Etymology: From micro- + sporophyll.
Senses: examples: ref: 1993, Thomas N. Taylor, Edith L. Taylor, The biology and evolution of fossil plants, Prentice-Hall, page 843:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: megasporophyll
macrosporophyll
glosses: A leaflike organ that bears one or more microsporangia.
rack and ruin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: 1599, variant of wrack and ruin.
Senses: examples: text: In the mean season the College shall goe to rack and ruin.
ref: 1599, Thomas Fowler, The history of Corpus Christi College:
glosses: Complete destruction.
rake over old coals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rakes over old coals
form: raking over old coals
form: raked over old coals
form: raked over old coals
Senses: glosses: To bring back old problems; to dig up old trouble.
alkermes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /alˈkəːmɪz/
Etymology: From Middle French alkermès, probably from Spanish alquermes, from Arabic الْقِرْمِز (al-qirmiz), from Classical Persian کرمست (kirmist), from Middle Persian, from Sanskrit [Term?].
Senses: examples: text: But alkermes many except against: in some cases it may help, if it be good […]
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 5, member 1, subsection v:
glosses: The desiccated bodies of certain insects (female Kermes ilicis and Kermes vermilio), which live on the kermes oak, formerly much used as a material for dye and a medicinal ingredient; also a given mixture, preparation etc. containing such insects.
glosses: A red Italian alcoholic liqueur.
arthrographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arthrography
biobibliographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biobibliography
cacographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cacography
cardiographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardiography
chirographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chirography
cystographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cystography
lymphographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphography
holographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holography
kymographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kymography
quid pro quos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quid pro quo
quae pro quibus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quid pro quo
quid pro quibus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quid pro quo
Sint Maarten
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A dependent territory and constituent country of the Netherlands, located on the southern half of the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean Sea. Capital: Philipsburg.
Curaçaoan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Curaçao + -an.
Senses: glosses: of or from Curaçao
Curaçaoan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Curaçaoans
Etymology: From Curaçao + -an.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Curaçao
Erasmian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the Renaissance Latin Erasmiānus.
Senses: examples: text: It was not, as Juan de Valdes very clearly attests, repugnant to an Erasmian Evangelical, even if he otherwise admired Luther.
ref: 1985, Lucien Febvre, The problem of unbelief in the sixteenth century: the religion of Rabelais, →ISBN, page 286:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Erasmus (Catholic priest and theologian).
Erasmian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Erasmians
Etymology: From the Renaissance Latin Erasmiānus.
Senses: examples: text: The spirit of the Spanish Erasmians was in fact different from the spirit that inspired Erasmus and his followers in the rest of Western Europe.
ref: 1992, Leopoldo Zea, Amy Oliver, The role of the Americas in history, →ISBN, page 220:
glosses: A follower of Erasmus.
Erasmians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Erasmian
anthrohistory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anthro- + history.
Senses: examples: text: SHAW, THURSTAN. Rsc. Prof. Arch., U. of Ibadan, Nigeria. Arch., all periods, anthrohistory, history of smoking & early smoking pipes. W. Africa. Fr.
ref: 1965 December 24, “Associates in Current Anthropology”, in Current Anthropology, volume 6, number 5, page 625:
text: It calls for a new anthrohistory to explore the complex interactions of power and culture as they change over periods not only of decades, but of centuries.
ref: 1992, John M. Tutino, "Nation-States and Indians in Latin America" (Review), The Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 72, No. 4 (Nov., 1992), pg. 609
text: With more focus on theory and a rebranding—from ethnohistory to anthrohistory or anthropological history—Krech foresees a continuance of certain aspects of the methodology, but most of it should be discarded in the rubbish bin of outdated scholarly movements.
ref: 2008, Kelly Chaves, "Ethnohistory: From Inception to Postmodernism and Beyond," Historian, Vol. 70, No. 3 (Fall 2008), pg. 510
glosses: A branch or method of history which incorporates anthropology.
necropsying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of necropsy
necropsied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of necropsy
asbuilt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: as-built
Etymology: From as + built. The noun is derived from the adjective.
Senses: glosses: Describing or representing the actual appearance, condition, structure or function of a building project or design fabrication.
asbuilt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asbuilts
form: as-built
Etymology: From as + built. The noun is derived from the adjective.
Senses: glosses: A field survey, construction drawing, 3D model, or other descriptive representation of an engineered project or a design.
asbuilts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asbuilt
time-travelers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time-traveler
time-tables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time-table
time tables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time table
push-back
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: push-backs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pushback.
push back
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: push backs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pushback.
push back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pushes back
form: pushing back
form: pushed back
form: pushed back
Senses: examples: text: The scandal is growing legs. We need to start pushing back.
glosses: To refute or argue against a position or an accusation; to express one's own view on a situation.
examples: text: The Friday meeting keeps getting pushed back to the following week.
glosses: To postpone.
examples: text: EU member states have used illegal operations to push back at least 40,000 asylum seekers from Europe’s borders during the pandemic[…]
ref: 2021 May 5, Lorenzo Tondo, “Revealed: 2,000 refugee deaths linked to illegal EU pushbacks”, in The Guardian:
qualifier: migration
glosses: To summarily expel asylum seekers, especially in violation of the principle of non-refoulement.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, back.
push-backs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of push-back
push backs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of push back
sparstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sparstones
Etymology: From Middle English sparston, from Old English spærstān (“gypsum, chalk”). Equivalent to spar (“light-colored mineral”) + stone. Related to Low German spar (“spar”), German Sparkalk (“plaster”).
Senses: glosses: spar.
anabranches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anabranch
isp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of ichnospecies.
nurse practitioner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nurse practitioners
form: nurse-practitioner
Senses: examples: text: Nurse practitioners are registered nurses who have done further training and are qualified to diagnose and manage acute and undifferentiated medical problems.
ref: 2020, Dr Amir Khan, The Doctor Will See You Now, Ebury Press (2021), pages 14–15:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A professional nursing designation recognized in some jurisdictions, denoting a person who is fully qualified as a nurse and who has additional qualifications and authorization to provide diagnoses and/or treatments, including writing prescriptions.
Synonyms: NP
Coordinate terms: alt: NA
word: nursing assistant
alt: PN
word: practical nurse
alt: RN
word: registered nurse
alt: VN
word: vocational nurse
Derived terms: NP
appetise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: appetises
form: appetising
form: appetised
form: appetised
form: appetize
Etymology: Back-formation from appetising.
Senses: glosses: To whet the appetite.
appetize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: appetizes
form: appetizing
form: appetized
form: appetized
form: appetise
Etymology: Back-formation from appetizing.
Senses: glosses: To whet the appetite.
Derived terms: appetizer
appetizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of appetize
appetized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of appetize
appetises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of appetise
appetised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of appetise
furni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furnis
Senses: glosses: Clipping of furniture, popularised by the social networking website Habbo.
glosses: Clipping of furniture, popularised by the social networking website Habbo.
An item on Habbo used to decorate or customize a room.
furnis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of furni
forne
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more forne
form: most forne
Etymology: From Middle English, variation of Middle English ferne (“old, long ago, distant, past”), from Old English fyrn (“former, ancient”), from Proto-Germanic *furnaz, *fernaz, *firnijaz (“old, former”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“next, of, out, through”). More at fern.
Senses: examples: text: The Camel's hous; whiche it is saied that a certain king / In forne yeares, when he had on a Dromedarie Camele escaped the handes of his enemies, builded there.
ref: 1564, Nicholas Udall, Apophthegmatum opus (originally by Erasmus)
glosses: Former.
magni-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Latin magnus.
Senses: glosses: large, big
magnicaudate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From magni- + caudate.
Senses: glosses: Having a long tail
vontsira
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vontsiras
Etymology: From Malagasy vontsira (“several similar mongoose-like animals”), from Swahili nguchiro.
Senses: glosses: Any member of the subfamily Galidiinae of small, brown, mongoose-like mammals, from Madagascar.
vontsiras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vontsira
plagium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plagiums
Etymology: From Latin plagium (“kidnapping”), compare plagiarism, probably from plaga (“a net, snare, trap”).
Senses: qualifier: Scots law
glosses: abduction, especially of a child
centre-axle trailer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centre-axle trailers
Senses: glosses: A trailer having only a single axle or group of axles, positioned at or near the centre of gravity.
guestmeal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guestmeals
form: guest-meal
form: guest meal
Etymology: From guest + meal. Compare German Gastmahl (“guestmeal”).
Senses: glosses: A meal in which there is at least one guest.
examples: text: The Kingdom of God is like a guestmeal for people from all over the world [...]
ref: 1961, In a strange land:
text: So Nasir made an entertainment and said to Abdallah, ' O my brother, verily I am thy brother, and I would have thee and my brother Mensour heal my heart and eat of my guest-meal in my house, so I may glory in thee [...]
ref: 1901, Montesquieu, Gueullette, Smithers, Oriental Tales: The book of the thousand nights and one night:
glosses: A dinner party.
guestmeals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guestmeal
better than nothing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Barely useful; almost worthless or pointless, but nevertheless better than having nothing at all.
Synonyms: better than a kick in the teeth
better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
Ekaterinburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Yekaterinburg.
sex aid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sex aids
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sex toy
synonyms: word: sex toy
sympodium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sympodia
Etymology: From sym- + -podium.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A pattern of branching, similar to dichotomous branching, where the axis or stem is morphologically made up of a series of superposed branches imitating a simple stem.
Related terms: monopodium
wealthless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wealthless
form: most wealthless
Etymology: From wealth + -less.
Senses: glosses: Having little or no wealth; poor.
Derived terms: wealthlessness
afterbite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afterbites
Etymology: From after- + bite.
Senses: glosses: Something that lingers after it is bitten, especially a smatch or flavour; aftertaste.
examples: text: She's dressed exactly like Faith, her hair winched into the same yellow braids. She can still feel the afterbite of Delle's nails as she raked the hair back, complaining.
ref: 2002, Monica Wood, Secret Language:
text: That is a marvelous month to start, particularly in the North where some April days sting with the afterbite of winter and others glow with summer promise.
ref: 2000, Roger Kahn, Good Enough to Dream:
glosses: That which returns with a memory, usually one that is bitter or painful
afterbites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afterbite
smatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smatch
impudency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: impudencies
Etymology: From Latin impudēntia.
Senses: examples: text: There is nothing that I hate more then driving of bargains: It is a meere commerce of dodging and impudencie.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “That the taste of goods or evilles doth greatly depend on the opinion we have of them”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 134:
glosses: Impudence, insolence.
uncessantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more uncessantly
form: most uncessantly
Etymology: From uncessant + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: how many suspitions, and thornie imaginations, and which is worse, incommuicable, did uncessantly haunt me?
ref: , I.40
glosses: Incessantly.
triangular division
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triangular divisions
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A division composed of three regiments.
Related terms: topics: military
war
government
politics
word: square division
square division
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: square divisions
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: a division composed of two brigades
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: a division composed of four regiments
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: a division composed of two brigades of two regiments each
Related terms: topics: military
war
government
politics
word: triangular division
triangular divisions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triangular division
square divisions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of square division
quintar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quintars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of qintar.
pick out of a hat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: picks out of a hat
form: picking out of a hat
form: picked out of a hat
form: picked out of a hat
form: pick from a hat
Etymology: Referring to the impromptu use of one's hat as a receptacle for drawing paper lots from.
Senses: synonyms: draw lots
glosses: To determine by chance, especially by drawing lots.
examples: text: That number was just picked out of a hat.
synonyms: pluck from thin air
glosses: To substitute a guess for unavailable data.
value statement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: value statements
Senses: examples: text: How do we recognize a value statement? How can we distinguish a value statement from a descriptive one? Are value statements those characterized by involving opinions or judgments?
ref: 1995, Warren A. Shibles, Emotion in Aesthetics:
text: This is obviously and explicitly a value statement: Stoller's contention is that ethnography is the most valuable part of anthropology and that it should be more highly valued by anthropologists.
ref: 1997, James William Lett, Science, Reason, and Anthropology: The Principles of Rational Inquiry:
text: This means that in case you have a value statement as a consequence of your reasoning, there must have been at least one value statement among your premises.
ref: 1998, Arto Siitonen, “The Ontology of Facts and Values”, in Axel Wüstehube, Michael Quante, editors, Pragmatic idealism: Critical Essays on Nicholas Rescher's System of Pragmatic Idealism:
text: A very natural value statement might occur if I were to say, "Rem, you ought to try Vermont wildflower seeds. I think they are better than Arizona wildflower seeds. Preferring includes recommending as a sub-category!
ref: 2001, Thomas M. Dicken, Rem Blanchard Edwards, Dialogues on Values and Centers of Value: Old Friends, New Thoughts:
glosses: A non-descriptive statement.
topics: business
glosses: An organisation's statement of its ethical values, complementary to mission statement and vision statement.
Related terms: value judgment
gyptian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyptians
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of gypsy.
gyptians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gyptian
discounselled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of discounsel
histogramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: histogrammes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of histogram.
hexagramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexagrammes
Etymology: From hexa- + -gramme.
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of hexagram.
fluidifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluidifiers
Etymology: From fluidify + -er.
Senses: glosses: A substance used to fluidify a grout mixture.
mammographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mammography
micrographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micrography
nomographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nomography
nosographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nosography
orographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orography
reprographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reprography
scintigraphies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scintigraphy
histogrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of histogramme
hexagrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexagramme
ICI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Imperial Chemical Industries.
glosses: Initialism of Independent Commission for Infrastructure.
golp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golps
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Alternative form of golpe.
favouritest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: favoritest
Etymology: From favourite + -est, as if a superlative form of favourite.
Senses: examples: text: “And I want a little book-case, papa,” she said; “a little one, you know, just for my favouritest books; for, of course, the most of my books will be down in the library.”
ref: 1904, Carolyn Wells, “Shopping”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 58:
glosses: favourite
favoritest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: favouritest
Etymology: From favorite + -est, as if a superlative form of favorite.
Senses: glosses: Favorite.
slips of the tongue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slip of the tongue
mellon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛlɒn/
Forms: form: melon
form: mellone
Etymology: An arbitrary formation. Compare -one.
Senses: examples: text: Mellon (C₁₈N₁₃; Liebig).— This anomalous compound was originally supposed by Liebig to contain C₆N₄, but he has recently repeated and varied his experiments upon it, and has altered its formula as above.
ref: 1857, William Allen Miller, Elements of Chemistry: Part III, Organic Chemistry, page 603:
text: It sublimes on heating and decomposes into mellon and NH₃.
ref: 1916, Victor von Richter, Organic chemistry, volume I, Chemistry of the Aliphatic Series, page 473:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.
railroad cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of railroad car
Chekhov's gun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɛ.kʰɔfs ɡʌn/
Etymology: Calque of Russian Чеховское ружьё (Čexovskoje ružʹjó). The principle was articulated by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov and reported in various forms.
Senses: examples: text: It seems like a violation of Chekhov’s gun rule to put Naomi Campbell in the first act and not have her throw a phone at someone in the third. (She tore up a check instead.)
ref: 2015 March 19, Alessandra Stanley, “'Empire' Finale Review: A Sizzling End to Season One”, in New York Times:
text: An on-screen pill bottle works like Chekhov’s gun: Eventually, its contents will be fired at an actor’s mouth, or smashed between his lips, or hurled into his gullet.
ref: 2023 May 1, Daniel Engber, “No One in Movies Knows How to Swallow a Pill”, in The Atlantic:
topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A dramatic principle that states that every element in a story must be necessary, and irrelevant elements should be removed.
examples: text: The episode of the sun-god's island is the Odyssey's equivalent of Chekhov's gun, announced in the poem's earliest lines as the occasion of the companions' downfall and anticipated ever since.
ref: 2005, John Miles Foley, A companion to ancient epic, →ISBN, page 324:
text: He is Chekhov's gun on the wall, destined to go off at the crucial moment.
ref: 2007, John Updike, Due considerations: essays and criticism, →ISBN, page 336:
glosses: An element that is introduced early in the story whose significance to the plot does not become clear until later.
see out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sees out
form: seeing out
form: saw out
form: seen out
Senses: examples: text: Please see our guest out.
text: I saw that boy into the world and I will see him out.
glosses: To accompany a guest to the door when he or she leaves (also used figuratively).
examples: text: I'll never give up. I'm going to see this thing out.
text: Life. He's perished with it. / Is he very near the last? / At the backend of it, I'd say. With the prostate, the lungs, the liver. He's already half-ghost. / Can't we have another tomorrow? / This night will see him out. / God-God-God and God-God-God, please save him. […] The average stay was four to six years, when they died. When death arrived, they'd send for Burke and Hare.
ref: 2012 March 1, Honor Molloy, Smarty Girl: Dublin Savage, Gemma, →ISBN, page 179:
text: The surviving units are now seeing out their final days on the Coastway route in Sussex, operated by Southern.
ref: 2022 December 14, Kim Fullbrook, “Sunset draws near for long-serving '313s'”, in RAIL, number 972, page 36:
text: It turns out that, in journalistic terms, and especially at the FT, where many staff see out their entire careers, seven years is nothing.
ref: 2023 November 25, Rebecca Rose, “How old is too old for a profile pic?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 22:
synonyms: see through
coordinate_terms: carry out
glosses: To continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion.
Derived terms: I'll see myself out
shoulds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of should
shoulds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of should
amoralist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amoralists
Etymology: From amoral + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: But we do think that such a person is possible, and if we are to take the amoralist challenge seriously, we must attempt to explain why the amoralist should care about morality.
ref: 1989, David Owen Brink, Moral realism and the foundations of ethics, page 48:
glosses: One who practises or who advocates amoralism.
amoralists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amoralist
amoralistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amoralistic
form: most amoralistic
Etymology: From a- + moralistic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to amoralism.
glosses: Advocating amoralism.
raw_tags: of a person
Related terms: amoralist