cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
multisampling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + sampling.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A form of supersampling in which some components of the final image are not fully supersampled.
metamethod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metamethods
Etymology: From meta- + method.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A method belonging to a metatable.
examples: text: For convenience, when specifically discussing background ideas that ground methods, we will use the term metamethods. […] Theories are about the empirical phenomena in a specific subject area, and methods are the procedures used to generate or capture these phenomena; by contrast, metatheories and metamethods are about the theories and methods themselves.
ref: 2013, Willis F. Overton, Ulrich Müller, “2: Metatheories, Theories, and Concepts in the Study of Development”, in Irving B. Weiner, Richard M. Lerner, M. Ann Easterbrooks, Jayanthi Mistry, editors, Handbook of Psychology, volume 6: Developmental Psychology, Wiley, →ISBN, page 19:
topics: sciences
glosses: A theme or principle of methodology.
examples: text: The primary function of metatheory—including metamethod—is to provide a rich source of concepts out of which theories and methods emerge.
ref: 2013, Willis F. Overton, Ulrich Müller, “2: Metatheories, Theories, and Concepts in the Study of Development”, in Irving B. Weiner, Richard M. Lerner, M. Ann Easterbrooks, Jayanthi Mistry, editors, Handbook of Psychology, volume 6: Developmental Psychology, Wiley, →ISBN, page 19:
topics: sciences
glosses: Methodology itself.
Related terms: epistemology
meta-analysis
metaresearch
metascience
metasynthesis
metatheory
metamethods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metamethod
metatable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metatables
Etymology: From meta- + table.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A table (of key-value pairs) associated with another object, which uses the functions (or other data) it contains to define the behaviour of that object under certain conditions.
Related terms: object-oriented programming
metatables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metatable
nonqueuing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nonqueueing
Etymology: From non- + queuing.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not queuing.
nonqueueing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + queueing.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nonqueuing.
nonarrival
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪvəl
Forms: form: nonarrivals
form: non-arrival
Etymology: From non- + arrival.
Senses: examples: text: The nonarrival of a ship being a common thing, it is not a matter of making a decision of what to do in each case, but of following an over-all rule...
ref: 1958, Richard F. Newcomb, Abandon ship!: Death of the U.S.S. Indianapolis:
glosses: Failure to arrive.
nonarrivals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonarrival
nonarousal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + arousal.
Senses: glosses: The state of not being aroused.
nonarts
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + arts.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to the arts.
multisample
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + sample.
Senses: glosses: Consisting of more than one sample.
Related terms: multisampling
multisample
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: multisamples
form: multisampling
form: multisampled
form: multisampled
Etymology: From multi- + sample.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To perform multisampling.
manwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more manwise
form: most manwise
Etymology: From man + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: In the enemy army there also were women on horseback, in armor and steel helmets who fought manwise; they hurled themselves into the thick of the battle[…]
ref: 2000, Linda Grant De Pauw, Battle Cries and Lullabies: Women in War from Prehistory to the Present:
text: For a little while Jason rode with his hands folded manwise on the pommel of his saddle and with manlike emotions in his heart[…]
ref: 2005, John Fox, The Heart of the Hills:
glosses: In a way befitting a man.
examples: text: But she had this urgent need to think of herself in terms of who she was with, manwise[…]
ref: 1995, Michael Stein, Probabilities:
text: At the moment, Cora was basically at a standstill, manwise, somewhere between the next to come and the last to go. The last to go had been Charles[…]
ref: 1995, Carrie Fisher, Delusions of Grandma:
glosses: In terms of a man.
walkless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From walk + -less.
Senses: examples: text: It was a walkless inning.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Without a walk.
BWS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Independently reported in the 1960s by Dr. John Bruce Beckwith and Dr. Hans-Rudolf Wiedemann.
Senses: glosses: A congenital overgrowth disorder characterized by an increased risk of childhood cancer and certain physical defects.
Synonyms: BWS
substems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of substem
substem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: substems
Etymology: From sub- + stem.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: One of several plant stems splitting off from a main stem.
examples: text: Similarly, Polish (Dancygier 2000) uses three interacting substems to express spatial information […]
ref: 2007, Dirk Geeraerts, H. Cuyckens, The Oxford handbook of cognitive linguistics:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Part of a stem.
itemizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From itemize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being itemized.
sans doute
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from French sans doute.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of without a doubt.
synonyms: word: without a doubt
spences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spence
zean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Former trade name. See Zea (“genus of grasses”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A highly concentrated fluid extract of cornsilk used as a diuretic and urinary antiseptic.
zymad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zymads
Etymology: From zymotic + -ad.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The organism responsible for a zymotic or infectious disease; the contagium vivum.
zymads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zymad
zygon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzaɪ.ɡɒn/
ipa: /ˈzaɪ.ɡɑn/
Forms: form: zyga
form: zygons
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zugón, “yoke”).
Senses: examples: text: “The evidence is threefold: (1) as admitted by Ecker, the zygon always appears independently in the foetus;
ref: 1896, Andrew J. Parker, “Morphology of the Cerebral Convolutions with special reference to the order of Primates”, in Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 2nd Series edition, volume 10, number 3, page 323:
text: I am falling apart, the delicate zygon of my brain is opened.
ref: 1938, Lawrence Durrell, The Black Book, book 3, London: Faber and Faber, published 1977, page 223:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
qualifier: plural "zyga"
glosses: In the cerebrum, a short crossbar fissure that connects the two pairs of branches of a larger zygal (H-shaped) fissure.
examples: text: Chopin's Prelude op. 28 no. 6 comprises 403 notes which give rise—in just one sub-domain (pitch class)—to around 13,000 potential primary zygons, 500 million potential secondary zygons, and 10¹⁸ potential tertiary zygons.
ref: 2005, Adam Ockelford, Repetition in music: theoretical and metatheoretical perspectives, page 121:
text: Zygonic relationships, or zygons, are depicted using the letter Z.
ref: 2006, Neil Lerner, Joseph Straus, Sounding Off: Theorizing Disability in Music, page 142:
text: Observe that the second melodic interval is deemed to exist in imitation of the first through the repetition of magnitude but not polarity through an "inverse" secondary zygon of pitch.
ref: 2012, Adam Ockelford, Applied Musicology: Using Zygonic Theory to Inform Music Education, Therapy, and Psychology Research, page 106:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
qualifier: plural "zygons"
glosses: An affinity or connection in a piece of music between tones, chords, or phrases, such that one part appears to repeat, to imitate, or to derive from the other, especially when perceived as an organising principle in the music; a zygonic relationship.
Related terms: zygal
zygion
zygonic
zygomycetes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zygomycete
zygomycete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zygomycetes
Senses: examples: text: Chromistas are oomycetes whereas fungi includes chytridiomycetes, zygomycetes, ascomycetes, basidiomycetes, and mitosporic fungi.
ref: 2001, Michael J Carlile, The Fungi, 2nd edition, publisher summary, page 11:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An organism of the phylum Zygomycota.
zyga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zygon
nondeparture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondepartures
Etymology: From non- + departure.
Senses: examples: text: The nondeparture of the cargo ship disrupted their schedules.
glosses: Failure to depart.
nondepartures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondeparture
sporocysts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sporocyst
sporoblasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sporoblast
relaminarizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of relaminarize
relaminarized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of relaminarize
antiphoton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiphotons
Etymology: From anti- + photon.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The antiparticle of a photon (identical to a photon).
clinky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
Forms: form: clinkier
form: clinkiest
Etymology: From clink + -y.
Senses: glosses: Clinking; making a clinking sound, like glass on glass.
blinky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
homophone: blinkie
Forms: form: more blinky
form: most blinky
Etymology: From blink + -y.
Senses: examples: text: She sat stuffed into a small chair and listened with an intense and very blinky sort of concentration.
ref: 1922, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, book II:
text: The door of the cabin creaked. Smith's blinky eye peeped out to see if he had dreamed us.
ref: 1941, Emily Carr, chapter 18, in Klee Wyck:
text: He was a literature professor, neurotic and blinky behind his glasses […]
ref: 2013, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, chapter 36, in Americanah, New York: Knopf:
glosses: Of eyes or people/animals: blinking repeatedly, prone to blink.
examples: text: She struck a match and relighted the candle and everyone looked at each other by its winky, blinky light.
ref: 1906, E. Nesbit, chapter 2, in The Railway Children:
text: […] the rosary beads that hung from her belt like a zoot-suiter's key chain were blinky bright […]
ref: 1997, Don DeLillo, Underworld, New York: Scribner, Part 6, Chapter 4:
glosses: flickery, prone to flicker or flash (of lights, shining objects)
examples: text: No proper place for cooling milk in summer meant not only blinky milk unfit to drink, but no sweet cream for the cream jug that most of them had, and neither good butter nor buttermilk could come from milk not properly cooled.
ref: 1960, Harriette Simpson Arnow, Seedtime on the Cumberland:
text: She took a swallow of milk and made a face. "This milk is blinky."
Mrs. Willet frowned. 'It shouldn't be. I just got it yesterday." She opened the top of the icebox and looked into the ice compartment. She groaned. "The block of ice I got yesterday is almost melted."
ref: 1978, Tom Reamy, Blind Voices:
text: I mean really, who needs a date stamped on the jug to tell you when milk has gone bad? It’s got a built-in warning system. First, you get that little whang in the taste. It’s gone blinky. Time to think about getting more.
ref: 2013 October 12, Steve Blow, “Beward of toxic milk — and other expiration-date silliness”, in The Dallas Morning News:
synonyms: off
glosses: Of milk: turned somewhat sour.
Derived terms: blinkily
blinkiness
blinky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
homophone: blinkie
Forms: form: blinkies
Etymology: From blink + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Blinkies visually indicate the areas of a photograph where the exposure is beyond the range of the film.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: in digital photography, a flashing pixel.
Related terms: blinkie
on the blink
chin roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chin rolls
Senses: glosses: A juggling maneuver where the object (usually a club) is placed and balanced on the chin and allowed to fall into the opposite hand.
Related terms: back cross
head roll
chin rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chin roll
shrinky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɹɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
Forms: form: shrinkier
form: shrinkiest
Etymology: From shrink + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Don't get all shrinky on me. My distaste for cigars has nothing to do with childhood trauma.
glosses: Characteristic of a shrink (psychologist).
examples: text: They marveled at how the Shrinky Dinks could be so shrinky while preserving their form so beautifully.
glosses: Showing a tendency to shrink (get smaller).
skanker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skankers
Etymology: From skank + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Yellowman, the salacious skanker whose purple raps have kept him in hot water for many years, had surgery recently. His ironic ailment? Cancer of the jaw.
ref: 1985 October, Richard Steffens, “World Beat”, in SPIN, page 18:
text: From the whispered vocals in Shadow of Fear’s “Now’s the Time,” with its softly flanged streaks, to the punky Idiot Humans, whose metal-edged “Dressed in Green” howls and growls for skanker’s delight, Pelted is either delightfully or annoyingly consistent.
ref: 1986 May, Andrea ’Enthal, “Underground”, in SPIN, page 39:
glosses: Someone who dances the skank.
examples: text: But please make sure you’re not a skanker out to give worries.
ref: 1996, Weekly Gleaner, 1973, quoted in Richard Allsopp (ed.) Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, page 510:
text: Including di skanker wid di cane cause when mi si fi him video and di comment whey dem all a come include Toya ina it like Toya was a teef.
ref: 2015 July 10, Met, “TO THOSE WHO DON’T WANT TO COME HERE BUT DO (comment)”, in Jamaican Matey Groupie:
glosses: A dishonest person, a dissolute person.
thinky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thinky
form: most thinky
Etymology: From think + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Lipstein trades the faintly antique unease of literary reputation for the all-too-current ones of money and technology. You root for its thinky, troubled hero, even while you enjoy watching him sweat.
ref: 2023 July 9, Alexandra Jacobs, “Grazed and Confused: In ‘The Vegan,’ a Guilty Hedge Funder Eats His Feelings”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Tending to think, or inspire thinking.
winky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
Forms: form: more winky
form: most winky
Etymology: From wink + -y.
Senses: examples: text: a winky smiley face
text: Dickens aficionados will delight in winky references to his novels, as well as to his biography: Jenny Wren of “Our Mutual Friend” lends a nickname to Miss Ricketts; Alfred’s brother’s name is Sydney (as in Carton); and the One and Only’s death has left a “Drood”-like novel unfinished, occasioning wild speculation about its conclusion.
ref: 2009 July 12, Susann Cokal, “Bleak Housekeeping”, in New York Times:
text: ‘Yeah, but I put a winky smiley face on it. Did you not see?’ ‘That was a sad smiley face, you total fucking moron.[…]’
ref: 2007, Stephen J. Martin, Rock and a Hard Place, Mercier Press Ltd, →ISBN, page 276:
text: He had included a winky face in his previous response. You don't haphazardly throw a winky face around like it's a thumbs-up or praise hands.
ref: 2018, Lincee Ray, Why I Hate Green Beans […] , Baker Books, →ISBN:
text: I send a winky face emoji right after this, so he knows I am just teasing him.
ref: 2021, Theresa Leigh, Cluck Buddies: A Friends With Benefits Romance, LuxLife Publishing:
glosses: Tending to wink; winking.
winky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
Forms: form: winkies
Etymology: From wink + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Crap, he sent a winky back. That was not good. Mixed signals were a bad way to start any kind of beginning, whether it was love or friendship.
ref: 2015, Mara Reitsma, Amethyst Attraction, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 113:
related: word: winkie
glosses: An emoticon or smiley that shows a winking face, such as ;-) or 😉.
zincy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
Forms: form: more zincy
form: most zincy
Etymology: From zinc + -y.
Senses: glosses: Containing zinc.
e-thumb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-thumbs
Etymology: Blend of e- + green thumb
Senses: examples: text: Oh, I'll never have an e-thumb, no matter how long I stay at it. Nothing ever seems to work for me. Every program I launch crashes.
glosses: A natural skill for tinkering with electronics or computers.
examples: text: I should ask the e-thumb next door what he recommends for my BSOD.
glosses: A person with this skill.
Related terms: brown thumb
green thumb
strange attractors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strange attractor
non-integer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-integers
form: noninteger
Etymology: From non- + integer.
Senses: glosses: A number that is not an integer.
Related terms: non-integral
nonintegral
weirding out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of weird out
weirds out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of weird out
weirded out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of weird out
carbonatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more carbonatic
form: most carbonatic
Etymology: From carbonate + -ic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Containing carbonate minerals.
white sheep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white sheep
Senses: glosses: a conformist; an ordinary or conventional person
examples: text: I was the white sheep of the family, the straight man.
glosses: a disliked person; one who is disfavored
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, sheep.
Related terms: black sheep
chytridiomycosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chytridiomycoses
Etymology: From chytridio- + mycosis, from Ancient Greek χυτρίδιον (khutrídion, “little pot”), and μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”).
Senses: examples: text: In epidemic outbreaks and when it is present as an endemic, vulnerability to chytridiomycosis caused by B. dendrobatidis varies widely among species.
ref: 2010, Ross A. Alford, “2: Declines and the Global Status of Amphibians”, in Donald W. Sparling, Greg Linder, Christine A. Bishop, Sherry Krest, editors, Ecotoxicology of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2nd edition, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 28:
text: 2013, Evan A. Eskew, Brian D. Todd, Parallels in Amphibian and Bat Declines from Pathogenic Fungi, D. Peter Drotman (editor-in-chief), Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 19, Issues 1-3, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, page 379,
Pathogenic fungi have substantial effects on global diversity, and 2 emerging pathogenic species—the chytridiomycete Batrachochrytium dendrobatidis, which causes chytridiomycosis in amphibians, and the ascomycete Geomyces destructans, which causes white-nose syndrome in hibernating bats—are implicated in the widespread decline of their vertebrate hosts.
text: Chytridiomycosis is a fungal disease that was first discovered in Queensland, Australia in 1993, though it has probably been in Australia since the 1970s.
ref: 2013, Teri Shors, Encounters in Virology, Jones & Bartlett Learning, page 45:
glosses: An infectious disease of amphibians caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (amphibian chytrid fungus) or (chiefly in salamanders and newts) by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans.
Related terms: chytridiomycete
rebindings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rebinding
wagger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waggers
Etymology: From wag + -er.
Senses: examples: a finger-wagger
waggers of tongues
glosses: One who, or that which, wags.
glosses: A truant, notably who ditches school.
Derived terms: flag-wagger
tailwagger
wagger-pagger-bagger
wienie wagger
waggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wagger
hobbyistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hobbyistic
form: most hobbyistic
Etymology: From hobbyist + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Society but wounds itself when it seeks to discredit the teachings of Science, by setting against the comprehensive and well-weighed decisions of her true representatives, the crude opinions and hobbyistic dogmas of men whose perceptions are dimmed by the gloom of the den in which they think and move.
ref: 1855 June 23, The Lancet, page 634:
text: If history is no longer a realm of concatenation, if there are no necessary connections among discrete events and no possibility of a hierarchy of materials ranged along some scale of significance, any associative chain of fantasies, any crotchety hobbyistic interest, any technical fascination with the rendering of odd trivia, can be pursued by the novelist as legitimately as the movement of supposedly “significant” actions.
ref: 1984, Robert Alter, chapter 2, in Motives for Fiction,, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, page 33:
text: 2012, Joseph O’Neill, Introduction in Amsterdam Stories by Nescio, New York: New York Review Books, p. xi,
Yet still Nescio did not write much, which is consistent with the notion that his impulse to write was essentially hobbyistic—which is to say, profoundly voluntary.
glosses: Of or pertaining to hobbyists; amateurishly enthusiastic.
nonslippage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + slippage.
Senses: glosses: Absence of slippage.
show a clean pair of heels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shows a clean pair of heels
form: showing a clean pair of heels
form: showed a clean pair of heels
form: shown a clean pair of heels
Senses: examples: text: ‘[...]No, gentlemen; he'll always show ’em a clean pair of heels very early in the scuffle, and sneak away.’
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, edited by Richard Maxwell, A Tale of Two Cities, Book the Second, Penguin Classics, published 2003, →ISBN, Chapter XXIV, page 249:
text: But in the second column the "Britannia" Pacific , though with one coach less, showed a cleaner pair of heels, [...].
ref: 1959 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 133:
text: The two German ships soon showed us and the battle-cruiser Indefatigable in company, a clean pair of heels, though the cruiser HMS Dublin managed to keep them in sight until they disappeared into the Straits of Messina to coal.
ref: 1977, Brian Schofield, edited by Gerald Jordan, Naval Warfare In The Twentieth Century 1900—1945, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, ‘Jacky’ Fisher, HMS Indomitable and the Dogger Bank Action: A Personal Memoir, page 66:
text: During the melee the suspect had run off, showing a clear pair of heels.
ref: 2005 April, Bernard Brown, “The Sherlock Holmes of ‘G’ Division”, in Dan Norder, editor, Ripper Notes, number 22, Inklings Press, →ISBN, page 33:
glosses: To run away; to make an escape quickly.
nonburning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + burning.
Senses: glosses: Not burning.
nonimmutable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + immutable.
Senses: glosses: Not immutable.
Synonyms: mutable
immutables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immutable
noncalorific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + calorific.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: noncaloric
antonyms: calorific
caloric
coordinate_terms: low-calorie
calorie-restricted
;
diet#Adjective
glosses: Not calorific.
literateur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: literateurs
Senses: examples: text: Tha'alibi was one of the leading literateurs of the 4th/10th and early 5th/11th centuries who was endowed with a comprehensive knowledge of Arabic prose and poetry.
ref: 1991, M. Abū Baker Ṣiddīque, A critical study of Abū Manṣūr al-T̲h̲aʻālibī's contribution to Literature, page 20:
glosses: Alternative spelling of litterateur.
Related terms: word: literateuse
literateurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of literateur
litterateuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɪtəɹəˈtɜːz/
ipa: /ˌlɪtəɹəˈtuːz/
Forms: form: litterateuses
form: literateuse
Etymology: Analogically from litterateur + French -euse (feminine agent suffix). (The correct French feminine form is in fact littératrice.)
Senses: examples: text: [T]he Queen henceforth considered herself an author, her Highland home not merely a peaceful retreat but the inspiration for a litterateuse.
ref: 2008, Matthew Dennison, The Last Princess: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria’s Youngest Daughter, page 73:
synonyms: litteratrice
glosses: Female equivalent of litterateur: a female literary writer; an authoress of literature.
literateuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: literateuses
Senses: examples: text: It is impossible to read a dozen pages of the writings of this genial, kind-hearted literateuse without being forcibly impressed with her genius — not talent — a genius which has never been properly appreciated in her own land.
ref: 1859, Lydia Howard Sigourney, Past Meridian, page 345:
glosses: Alternative spelling of litterateuse.
literateuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of literateuse (alternative spelling of litterateuses).
litterateuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Litterateurs and litterateuses have nothing to do with making the popular mood.
ref: 1902, John Ames Mitchell, Life, page 235:
glosses: plural of litterateuse
Queen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Queens
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of queen (“consort or widow of a king”).
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of queen (“female monarch”).
examples: text: Queen Elizabeth II
text: The reminiscences of Princess Mary Louise, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, vividly evoke this continuity of royal women “performing” masculinity, by a page of illustration showing Queens Victoria and Elizabeth II, mounted on horseback in almost identical uniform, reviewing troops.
ref: 2007, Clarissa Campbell Orr, “The Feminization of the Monarchy, 1780–1910: Royal Masculinity and Female Empowerment”, in Andrzej Olechnowicz, editor, The Monarchy and the British Nation, 1780 to the Present, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 94:
glosses: A title used before the personal name of a queen.
synonyms: Quebec
qualifier: World War II era; joint US/RAF; World War II era; joint US/RAF
glosses: radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter Q.
Queen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of queen (“Virgin Mary”).
examples: Her Majesty the Queen v. John Smith, style of cause of a criminal case.
synonyms: Regina
glosses: In Commonwealth realms, the personification of the Crown, particularly in legal matters.
glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname, originating as a nickname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States, named after the Queen Ranch.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Derived terms: Queen Adelaide
Queen Anne
Queen Anne's County
Queen Bess
Queen Charlotte
Queen Elizabeth
Related terms: Her Grace
Her Highness
Her Majesty
decade-long
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: decade long
form: decadelong
Etymology: From decade + -long.
Senses: examples: text: By 1960, NASA had sketched the outline for a decadelong effort toward unmanned and then manned lunar explorations, as well as sending spacecraft to Venus and Mars.
ref: 2007 June 11, Jeremy Pearce, “Homer J. Stewart, 91, Aerospace Engineer, Dies”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extending over a decade.
Coordinate terms: english: multiple decades
translation: multiple decades
word: decadeslong
word: yearslong
decade long
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of decade-long.
Krungthep
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Krung Thep (Bangkok).
non-integers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-integer
hems in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hem in
hemming in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hem in
hemmed in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hem in
valence bond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: valence bonds
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A bond formed between one or more pairs of electrons in the valence shell of two or more atoms
nonbridge
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-bridge
Etymology: From non- + bridge.
Senses: glosses: That does not form part of a bridge; nonbridging.
angioproliferative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From angio- + proliferative.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or causing angioproliferation
endoreduplication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: endoreduplications
Etymology: From endo- + reduplication.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The replication of chromosomes without mitotic cell division.
Related terms: endoreduplicative
glycosidation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycosidations
Etymology: From glycoside + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The formation of a glycoside; glycosylation.
Derived terms: transglycosidation
skillygalee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skilligalee
form: skilligolee
Etymology: Unknown and much-speculated (compare lobscouse and other fancifully-named hardy foods), but possibly Irish in root.
Senses: examples: text: Breakfast was served at 8am and sometimes consisted of skillygalee, a sort of oatmeal gruel prepared in fatty water and which by the time of Trafalgar included butter and sugar.
ref: 2005, Gregory Fremont-Barnes, Steve Noon, Nelson's Sailors, Osprey Publishing, page 24:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A type of gruel made from oatmeal, oft-served historically in poorhouses, sailors' ships, etc.
examples: text: Skillygalee was born of left-over pork grease and crackers too tough to bite and chew.
ref: 2004, Brian Leehan, Pale Horse at Plum Run: The First Minnesota at Gettysburg, Minnesota Historical Society Press, page 200:
glosses: A thin broth generally prepared by soaking hardtack in water, and frying with pork fat/lard.
quadfecta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadfectas
Etymology: Blend of quad- + perfecta
Senses: examples: text: He won the Superfecta and the Quadfecta all in the same day at Hollywood Park Casino in Los Angeles.
ref: 2010, George V. Bush, Magazine Man “A Slave To The Sale”, unnumbered page:
topics: gambling
games
hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: A bet in which the bettor must select the winners of the first four places (i.e., first, second, third, and fourth) of a race in the correct order.
examples: 2008, Milwaukee Magazine, Volume 33, Issues 7-12, page 59,
You can either carry or drag your boat through the tunnel to UPPER NASHOTAH LAKE to complete your chaino—lakes quadfecta.
2010, Tyler DeAngelo, Brad Emmett, Learn Just Enough . . . to Get Laid, Seven Footer Press, US, page 100,
It′s also the definitive Just Enough to Get Laid meal, incorporating cooking, wine, and French in an unstoppable three-pronged attack. Hell, say grace before you eat and you can hit what′s known as the Just Enough quadfecta.
glosses: A set of four wins at related events; a set of four events.
Synonyms: superfecta
Related terms: perfecta
trifecta
grand slam
skilly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪli/
rhymes: -ɪli
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: “I would be given for supper six ounces of bread and ‘three parts of skilly.’ ‘Three parts’ means three-quarters of a pint, and ‘skilly’ is a fluid concoction of three quarts of oatmeal stirred into three buckets and a half of hot water.”
ref: 1903, Jack London, The People of the Abyss, Macmillan:
text: Of course unlike the officers we never got fresh bread, we got what came from barrels stored in the lower peak and under the steward's padlock. Pantiles baked brick hard, mouldy oats for skilly, dried peas for soup, embalmed pork and beef more fat and bone than meat.
ref: 2013, Wayne Ward, Old Union, page 168:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Skillygalee.
skilly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪli/
rhymes: -ɪli
Forms: form: more skilly
form: most skilly
Etymology: From Middle English skylly, skily, equivalent to skill + -y.
Senses: examples: text: So, being a fell impatient man, and skilly with his hands, he took Sam Gourlay a clout in the lug that couped him down in the stour […]
ref: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 80:
glosses: Skilled, skilful.
legionella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legionellas
form: legionellae
Etymology: From legion + translingual -ella, from Latin legio.
Constructed from "American Legion", after an outbreak of a then-unknown "mystery disease" (Legionnaires' disease) at a convention of the American Legion in Philadelphia in 1976.
Senses: examples: text: Thameslink Train Services Director Rob Mullen responded: "A very low level of legionella was found during testing in a small number of our Class 700 train toilets. While it is extremely unlikely this would cause any harm, the toilets were immediately locked out of use. The trains were taken out of service and these toilets have now been drained, bleached and had their tanks completely re-filled. There is no recorded case of anyone, ever, having contracted legionella from a train."
ref: 2021 September 8, “RMT strike threat over legionella on Thameslink trains”, in RAIL, number 939, page 18:
glosses: Bacteria of the genus Legionella.
Derived terms: antilegionella
legionellal
lunule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lunules
Etymology: Borrowed from French lunule, from Latin lūnula, diminutive of lūna (“moon”).
Senses: glosses: Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula or lune.
glosses: An area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells, sometimes shaped like a double crescent, but more often heart-shaped.
Derived terms: lunulet
lunulite
octavofinal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octavofinals
Etymology: From octavo- + final, after quarterfinal.
Senses: examples: text: The Americans finish top of the group. They’ll meet Ghana, Germany, Serbia or Australia in the octavofinals as the knockout phase begins.
ref: 2010 June 23, Jeff Z Klein, “Goal: World Cup Blog”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A match or game between two of the last sixteen competitors in a given tournament or sporting competition.
malacofauna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From malaco- + fauna.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The molluscs of an area
Derived terms: malacofaunal
Wenceslaus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wenceslas
Etymology: From Latin Wenceslaus, a Latinization of Old Czech Vácslav, from Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslavъ (from *vęťьjь (“greater, more”) + *slava (“fame, glory”)). Doublet of Vyacheslav.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Wenceslas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛnsəsˌlæs/
ipa: /ˈwɛnsəsləs/
ipa: /ˈwɛnsəsˌlɑs/
Etymology: From French Wenceslas (variant of Venceslas), from Medieval Latin Wenceslaus.
Senses: examples: text: Good King Wenceslas look'd out, On the Feast of Stephen; / When the snow lay round about, Deep, and crisp, and e-ven: / Brightly shone the moon that night, Though the frost was cru-el, / When a poor man came in sight, Gath'ring win-ter fu-el.
ref: 1854, John Mason Neale, “Good King Wenceslas”, in J. M. Neale, T. Helmore, Carols for Christmas-tide: The Condensed Vocal Parts, London: Novello, →OCLC, page 37:
glosses: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
blood sister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blood sisters
Senses: glosses: A sister by birth.
glosses: A female bound to another one in commitment and friendship by a ceremonial mingling of blood (aka the blood oath).
blade connector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blade connectors
Senses: glosses: A type of single wire connection using a flat blade which is inserted into a blade receptacle.
combat boot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: combat boots
Senses: glosses: A type of boot designed to be worn by soldiers during actual combat or combat training
aeroshell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aeroshells
Etymology: From aero- + shell.
Senses: glosses: An aerodynamic shell that protects a spacecraft during travel from lift-off through the atmosphere from aerodynamic forces
Coordinate terms: heatshield
backcrawl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back crawl
Etymology: From back + crawl.
Senses: glosses: backstroke
backswimmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backswimmers
Etymology: From back + swimmer.
Senses: glosses: Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs.
Derived terms: pygmy backswimmer
backwind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backwinds
form: backwinding
form: backwinded
form: backwinded
Etymology: From back + wind.
Senses: examples: text: If a sailing boat's bow is pointing too high into the wind the sails backwind.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
backwind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backwinds
Etymology: From back + wind.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The flow of air so deflected
backwind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backwinds
form: backwinding
form: backwound
form: backwound
Etymology: From back + wind.
Senses: examples: text: This works because tape packs with equal diameters also have equal circumferences, therefore the distance the tape on each deck travels when backwound from the edit point is the same.
ref: 1978, Educational & Industrial Television, volume 10, page 138:
glosses: To wind backwards.
blameful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈbleɪmfl̩/
Forms: form: more blameful
form: most blameful
Etymology: From Middle English blameful, equivalent to blame + -ful.
Senses: glosses: That imputes or conveys blame
glosses: blameworthy
Derived terms: blamefully
blamefulness
unblameful
bringdown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bringdowns
Etymology: From bring + down.
Senses: glosses: A disappointment; a letdown.
glosses: A comedown.
docutainment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of documentary + entertainment.
Senses: glosses: infotainment
earwitness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪə̯wɪtnəs/
ipa: /-wɪtnɪs/
ipa: /ˈɪɹwɪtnəs/
ipa: /-wɪtnɪs/
Forms: form: earwitnesses
Etymology: From ear + witness, by analogy with eyewitness.
Senses: examples: text: But the Poor, as they cannot provide Persons to educate their Children; so from the Way in which they live together in poor Families, a Child must be an Eye and Ear-witness of the worst Part of his Parents Talk and Behaviour.
ref: 1745 May 9, Joseph Butler, “A Sermon Preached in the Parish Church of Christ-Church, London; on Thursday, May 9, 1745. Being the Time of the Yearly Meeting of the Children Educated in the Charity-Schools, in and about the Cities of London and Westminster. [Sermon IV.]”, in Fifteen Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel … To which are Added Six Sermons Preached on Publick Occasions, 5th edition, London: Printed for Robert Horsfield, at the Crown in Ludgate-Street, published 1765, →OCLC, page 106:
text: My object being to ascertain the truth, and the truth only, on receiving your last letter I immediately wrote to the Rev. H. Seymour, author of the "Pilgrimage to Rome," although I have no acquaintance with him–and I now give you the evidence of this eye and ear-witness, as copied from his letter, dated Bath, Feb. 6th, 1851, now lying before me.
ref: 1851, Are Roman Catholics Allowed to Read the Bible? A Compendium of the Doctrine and Practice of the Church of Rome, in Reference to the Use of Scripture; Contained in a Correspondence, between a Roman Catholic Layman, and a Protestant Layman. Occasioned by a Late Meeting on the Papal Aggression, London: Seeleys. Fleet Street, and Hanover Street; London: T. Edmondson; Lancaster, →OCLC, page 63:
text: Our cubehouse still rocks as earwitness to the thunder of his arafatas but we hear also through successive ages that shebby choruysh of unkalified muzzlenimiissilehims that would blackguardise the whitestone ever hurtleturtled out of heaven.
ref: 1939, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber, page 5:
text: In December 1996 almost the entire front page of a daily newspaper was devoted to the report of a court case involving earwitness testimony.
ref: 1999, Ray Bull, Brian Clifford, “Earwitness Testimony”, in Anthony Heaton-Armstrong, Eric Shepherd, David Wolchover, editors, Analysing Witness Testimony, London: Blackstone Press, →ISBN, page 194:
text: Compared with eyewitness testimony very little research has been conducted on the accuracy of ‘earwitness’ testimony, the identification of an individual by voice.
ref: 2001, Diana Dwyer, “Witness Testimony”, in Angles on Criminal Psychology (Angles on Psychology Series), Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes, →ISBN, page 72:
glosses: A witness who gives evidence of what he or she has heard.
earwitness
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪə̯wɪtnəs/
ipa: /-wɪtnɪs/
ipa: /ˈɪɹwɪtnəs/
ipa: /-wɪtnɪs/
Forms: form: earwitnesses
form: earwitnessing
form: earwitnessed
form: earwitnessed
Etymology: From ear + witness, by analogy with eyewitness.
Senses: glosses: To hear an event directly.
estimative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɛstɪmətɪv/
/ˈɛstɪˌmeɪtɪv/
Forms: form: more estimative
form: most estimative
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to an estimate or to estimation.
evacuative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more evacuative
form: most evacuative
Etymology: From evacuate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: That causes evacuation; cathartic; purgative.
evacuative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evacuatives
Etymology: From evacuate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: A purgative remedy.
imagism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɪzəm/
Forms: form: imagisms
form: Imagism
Etymology: From image + -ism.
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: A form of poetry utilising precise imagery and clear language.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The theory that thinking is based on the formation of images in the mind.
Derived terms: Amygism
paginal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ædʒɪnəl
Senses: synonyms: paginary
glosses: Of or pertaining to a page (as in a book); consisting of pages.
synonyms: paginary
glosses: Of a reprint: consisting of copies of the pages of the original edition.
rebreathe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rebreathes
form: rebreathing
form: rebreathed
form: rebreathed
Etymology: From re- + breathe.
Senses: glosses: To breathe in air that has been exhaled.
Derived terms: rebreather
reconsolidate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reconsolidates
form: reconsolidating
form: reconsolidated
form: reconsolidated
Etymology: From re- + consolidate.
Senses: glosses: To consolidate again
America's Cup
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From America, the name of the yacht which won the first race, and was awarded the trophy.
Senses: glosses: A sailing regatta between two yachts, usually held every three or four years.
glosses: the trophy awarded to the winner of the above regatta.
Synonyms: word: Auld Mug
word: 100 Guinea Cup
word: R. Y. S. Cup
raw_tags: of the trophy when first awarded
word: AC
America's Cup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: America's Cups
Etymology: From America, the name of the yacht which won the first race, and was awarded the trophy.
Senses: glosses: An edition of the sailing regatta
glosses: A win of the sailing regatta
Synonyms: AC
Derived terms: AC
subjectless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From subject + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The subjects without King can do nothing; the subjectless King can do something.
ref: 1840, Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship:
glosses: Lacking a subject (citizen).
examples: text: Using a painstaking technique favored by 15th-century Italians for their most sacred images, Young makes disarmingly beautiful pictures in a loose, almost subjectless language of color and texture and form.
ref: 1992 May 8, Mitchell Stevens, “Andrew Young”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Lacking a subject or theme.
examples: text: “We’re here to help you” versus “Were here to help you” makes no sense; a subjectless, past-tense message — as in, “The doctors were here to help you, but now they’re gone” — has scarcely appeared in the history of the universe.
ref: 2007 July 15, Ann Hodgman, “Children’s Books”, in New York Times:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Lacking a grammatical subject.
midbowman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midbowmen
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: a member of the crew who works with the mast and often packs the sails below deck.
midbow
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /mɪdˈbaʊ/
/mɪdˈbəʊ/
Etymology: From mid- + bow.
Senses: glosses: in the middle of a bow (all meanings)