cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Yonkersites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Yonkersite
Yorkshire grease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A fat recovered from the soap suds used in wool scouring.
fatfluencers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fatfluencer
intuitive eating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by dietitians Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch, first appearing in a journal article of the 1990s.
Senses: glosses: An approach to eating that focuses on the body's response to cues of hunger and satisfaction, aiming to foster a positive relationship with food as opposed to mere control of one's weight.
yacht club
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yacht clubs
Senses: glosses: A sports club for yachting.
yacht clubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yacht club
xerafim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xerafims
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of xeraphim.
xerafims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xerafim
Teochews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Teochew
splitsies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From split + -sies.
Senses: hyponyms: halfsies
glosses: The condition of splitting something in order to share it.
steal the bacon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A traditional children's game, a variant of tag, in which teams try to steal a flag or other item (the "bacon") from the field without being tagged.
fatspo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fat + -spo, after thinspo.
Senses: examples: text: To this end, some fat activists began promoting the use of a fatspo tag. By tagging representations of positive fatness as fatspo, they disrupt the discourse of what bodies are aspirational. They attempt to reclaim the narrative back from those who engage in fat shame.
ref: 2014, Cat Pausé, “Causing a Commotion: Queering Fat in Cyberspace”, in Cat Pausé, Samantha Murray, Jackie Wykes, editors, Queering Fat Embodiment, Farnham: Ashgate Publishing, →ISBN, page 82:
antonyms: thinspo
glosses: Material created by and/or intended for fat people that promotes body positivity.
examples: text: I searched "what I eat in a day" on Twitter to see how the conversation had translated to that platform, and the results were horrifying. The most popular results were from "pro–eating disorder" accounts who reposted the TikToks as "fatspo," sometimes even estimating the calories consumed in plus-size creators’ videos so they could revel in their disgust.
ref: 2021 May 18, Lauren Strapagiel, “People Have Been Flipping “What I Eat In A Day” TikToks To Be Anti-Diet And I Was Immediately Hooked”, in BuzzFeed News:
hypernyms: thinspo
glosses: Material created and/or used to inspire weight loss by presenting fat people in a disparaging manner (associated with online communities encouraging eating disorders).
pro-ED
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + ED (“eating disorder”).
Senses: examples: text: Researchers from the university's School of Interactive Computing combed through 2.5 million pro-ED posts from 2011 to 2014, to study how the community reacted to Instagram's moderation. / The 17 pro-ED terms which were in[i]tially moderated by Instagram were adapted into hundreds of new words.
ref: 2016 March 10, Doug Bolton, “Instagram's banning of pro-anorexia content may have made the problem worse, scientists find”, in The Independent:
text: And as with other kinds of harmful content on the internet, platforms hosting pro-ED communities have long struggled with how to moderate them. In 2001, Yahoo removed more than 100 pro-ED sites from its servers, saying they violated its terms of service.
ref: 2018 June 13, Louise Matsakis, “How Pro-Eating Disorder Posts Evade Filters on Social Media”, in Wired:
text: More extreme Pro-ED content promotes and glamorizes calorie restriction, extreme exercise, or purging with the help of laxative tea. […] People are more susceptible than ever to the toxic effects of pro-ED content.
ref: 2022 April 18, Heather Galloway, “Pro-eating disorder social media content is a pressing health concern”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2023:
synonyms: pro-eating disorder
glosses: Promoting or encouraging eating disorders.
Related terms: pro-ana
pro-mia
wool moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wool moths
Senses: glosses: The Australian moth Monopis icterogastra, which has a woolly appearance.
glosses: The cosmopolitan moth Tineola bisselliella, which eats wool cloth.
wool moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wool moth
wool comber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wool combers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of woolcomber.
wool combers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wool comber
Woodruff key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Woodruff keys
Etymology: Developed by William N. Woodruff of Hartford, Connecticut, in the 1880s, to improve on existing keying practice with more economical keyseat cutting; in the era's technological context, this design offered what is today called a DFM improvement (US patent 368744).
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: key
<
part#Noun
component#Noun
glosses: A semicircular key that fits partly into a circular segment keyseat, with the remainder fitting into a longitudinal slot keyway in the mating part.
Woodruff keys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Woodruff key
Wolf number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wolf numbers
Etymology: The idea of compiling the information about the sunspot number from various observers originated with Rudolf Wolf in 1848 in Zürich, Switzerland.
Senses: synonyms: sunspot number
Zürich number
glosses: A measure of the number of sunspots and groups of sunspots present on the surface of the Sun.
Wolf numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wolf number
Zürich number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zürich numbers
Etymology: See Wolf number.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Wolf number (“number of sunspots”).
synonyms: word: Wolf number
extra: number of sunspots
Zürich numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zürich number
witches' milk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of witch's milk.
camas rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camas rats
Senses: glosses: Synonym of camas pocket gopher.
synonyms: word: camas pocket gopher
camas rats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camas rat
West Nile encephalitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: encephalitis resulting from West Nile fever
Petley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A local service district and designated place east of Clarenville, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
silky-haired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From silky + haired.
Senses: glosses: Having hair that resembles silk.
womanface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʊ.mənˌfeɪs/
rhymes: -ʊmənfeɪs
Etymology: From woman + face, modeled on blackface.
Senses: examples: text: Her teacher, Mrs. Calcagni, who Shirley characterized to her friends as an “Uncle Tom in womanface,” hated girls who, in her view, “tried to be smarter than everybody,” which meant smarter than the boys, too.
ref: 2013 October 24, Sol Stein, Living Room, Untreed Reads, →ISBN:
text: “Molly's people found, well, I don't know what you'd call it—a hive, let's say, of male prostitutes in womanface. But that's not why I called you here.” She flipped the page and smoothed it down gently. “I want you in Raymond tomorrow[…]
ref: 2022 February 22, Gretchen Felker-Martin, Manhunt, Tor Nightfire, →ISBN:
text: Blackface is racist. White people performing racist stereotypes of black or native peoples does nothing to challenge racism; it elevates it.
Womanface is sexist. Men performing sexist stereotypes of women from any culture does nothing to challenge sexism; it elevates it.
ref: 2022 October 14, Michelle Uriarau (@womenwillspeak), Twitter:
text: The 15-second video was about as inoffensive as a corporate beauty campaign can get. But transphobes still managed to lose their minds, accusing Mulvaney of doing “womanface.”
ref: [2022 October 17, Jessica Washington, “Transphobes Are Losing Their Minds Over This ULTA Campaign”, in The Root, retrieved 25 Aug 2024:
text: “I view men dressing as women as a form of ‘womanface,’” wrote Forstater. “I don’t think men who think they are women are oppressed, and I do think they can be laughed at.”
ref: 2023 February 10, Elise Avery, quoting Maya Forstater, “Explaining the J.K. Rowling Controversy Surrounding Hogwarts Legacy”, in The Escapist:
text: If blackface is racist, then surely “womanface” is sexist.
ref: 2023 June 16, Madeleine Kearns, “Transgenderism Is the New Blackface”, in National Review:
glosses: Women's clothing or a female presentation adopted by men or people assigned male at birth, likened to blackface.
Related terms: transface
drag
bilobulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bilobulation
Bimmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bimmer
bimetallic strips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bimetallic strip
binding energies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binding energy
bioadaptations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioadaptation
biochambers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biochamber
biocenologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biocenology
bioaldehydes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioaldehyde
bioaffinities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioaffinity
bioconstituents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioconstituent
biocompanies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biocompany
biocharacterizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biocharacterization
biocompendiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biocompendium
Hai-shen-wei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 海參崴 /海参崴 (Hǎishēnwēi) Wade–Giles romanization: Hai³-shen¹-wei¹.
Senses: examples: text: 1604 v., Vladivostock (Hai-shen-wei in Chinese) 8116 v., from Moscow. Buffet. The station is situated in the Western part of the Gold Horn (See MARITIME PROVINCE, R. 1).
ref: 1912, Claudius Madrolle, “Manchuria”, in North-Eastern China: Manchuria, Mongolia, Vladivostock, Korea, Hachette & Company, →OCLC, page 42:
text: Marshall’s concern over Russia was to prove itself not without foundation. The Russians were already exploring areas along the Amur River, and only seven years after Marshall’s warning, Russia acquired an important tract of land between the Ussuri and the sea (including the city of Hai-ts’an-wei^([sic – meaning Hai-shen-wei]), later changed to Vladivostok) as a reward for her good offices during the Anglo-French Chinese war of 1858-60.
ref: [1964, Te-kong Tong, “The Marshall Mission and Its Failure”, in United States Diplomacy in China, 1844-60, Seattle: University of Washington Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 130–131:
text: In the era of Manchu decline, however, the Russians were able to obtain by 1860 vast stretches of territory north of the Amur River and, even more importantly, territory east of the Ussuri, which was to become known as the Maritime Province. Here at a fishing place known to the Chinese as Hai-shen-wei they established the port significantly named Vladivostok (‘Lord of the East’).
ref: 1970, Arthur Huck, “Threats to China”, in The Security of China: Chinese Approaches to Problems of War and Strategy, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 40:
text: In the course of consultation between the two sides on the visit, Tsuchiya requested that the Japanese mission be allowed to visit the Soviet units garrisoned along the Sino-Soviet border, the naval base at Hai-shen-wei and the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan.
ref: 1971 March 23 [1971 March 20], “USSR Invitation to Japan Militarymen Merits Close Watch”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, number 56, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page A 18:
text: He had come here to carve a slice of China for the Tsar. A year ago the Russians had annexed Manchuria’s east coast and the strategic port of Hai-shen-wei, renaming it Vladivostok — ‘eastern possession’.
ref: 1998, Robert Carter, “Book IV”, in Barbarians, Orion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 227:
glosses: Alternative form of Haishenwei.
biodecolorizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biodecolorization
biodecontaminants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biodecontaminant
biodecontaminations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biodecontamination
biodisponibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biodisponibility
bioenrichments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioenrichment
bioevaluations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioevaluation
possibles sack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: possibles sacks
Senses: glosses: A bag carried by American Frontiersmen, containing daily tools and personal items. ( See Possibles bag)
bioexpressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioexpression
biogeoclimates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biogeoclimate
transphonologises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of transphonologise
transphonologising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of transphonologise
transphonologised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of transphonologise
Bexfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Foulsham parish, Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0225).
glosses: A surname.
Herculeses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hercules
Hercules's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hercules
corked it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cork it
corks it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cork it
corking it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cork it
Elsas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Elsa
Kilpedder
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village south of Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland.
LFR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of live face/facial recognition.
gum-tickler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gum-ticklers
Senses: examples: text: We drink cocktails and gum-ticklers to amuse ourselves.
ref: 1858, Kinahan Cornwallis, The New El Dorado, page 179:
text: Mr Venus, reminded of the duties of hospitality, produced some rum. In answer to the inquiry, 'Will you mix it, Mr Wegg?' that gentleman pleasantly rejoined, 'I think not, sir. On so auspicious an occasion, I prefer to take it in the form of a Gum-Tickler.'
ref: 1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC:
glosses: A serving of undiluted rum or other spirit.
Related terms: phlegm-cutter
gum-ticklers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gum-tickler
Pittsburgh salad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pittsburgh salads
Senses: glosses: A layered salad from the Western Pennsylvania area, with ingredients such as lettuce and other vegetables, grilled meat, shredded cheese, ranch dressing, and most notably french fries.
Pittsburgh salads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pittsburgh salad
instantially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˌɪnˈstænʃəli/
Etymology: From instantial + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: ad hoc
text: The grammar takes a long view; it carries its own history along with it, both systemically (in the evolving of the language) and instantially (in the unfolding of a text).
ref: 2005, M.A.K. Halliday, “Towards 'intelligent computing' (computing with meaning)”, in Jonathan J. Webster, editor, Computational and Quantitative Studies (Collected Works of M.A.K. Halliday), volume 6, Continuum, →ISBN, page 224:
glosses: In an instantial way, as:
In instances rather than systemically.
synonyms: on a case-by-case basis
antonyms: systemically
generically
categorically
classically
typically
examples: text: Have you tried using perform_now just for the sake of testing? It's equivalent to perform_later, but instead of enqueuing, it runs instantially.
ref: 2021 October 12, João Fernandes, “Rails test job and raise errors if any”, in Stack Overflow, retrieved 27 Apr 2023:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: In an instantial way, as:
Happening when instances arise, rather than being enqueued.
synonyms: ad hoc#Adverb
coronation quiche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coronation quiches
Etymology: Created for the coronation banquet of King Charles III in 2023.
Senses: examples: text: The King and Queen Consort have personally chosen a recipe for “Coronation Quiche” in celebration of the Big Lunches due to be staged to mark their coronation. Charles and Camilla shared the recipe for the open baked savoury tart, which features spinach, broad beans and tarragon, the royal family’s official Twitter account revealed.
ref: 2023 April 17, Laura Elston, “King and Queen Consort pick Coronation Quiche as celebratory recipe”, in Press Association, London:
text: 3. Coronation Quiche
The proportion of other ingredients — cheese, spinach and edamame — to eggs is high in my adaptation of the quiche recipe shared by the British royal family for the coronation of King Charles III.
ref: 2024 March 30, Becky Krystal, “12 frittata and quiche recipes for Easter brunch or any spring meal”, in The Washington Post:
text: His Majesty [King Letsie III of Lesotho] was treated to a feast of local culinary delights including a quiche named in his honour, served alongside King Charles III coronation quiche.
ref: 2024 May 8, “Cafe lays on a feast fit for a king as African monarch visits county”, in Derby Evening Telegraph, Derby, page 18:
glosses: A kind of quiche made with spinach, broad beans, and tarragon.
wikipedia: Charles III
Related terms: coronation chicken
coronation quiches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coronation quiche
Penkhull
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A western suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8644).
trench dress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trench dresses
Senses: glosses: A dress with trenchcoat-like elements such as thick fabric and buttons.
trench dresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trench dress
Chinese chicken salad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese chicken salads
Senses: glosses: A salad, common in parts of the United States, made with chopped chicken and other ingredients such as lettuce, cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, deep-fried wonton skins or rice vermicelli, and nuts.
Chinese chicken salads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chinese chicken salad
phlegm-cutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phlegm-cutters
Etymology: From phlegm + cutter; first use appears c. 1806.
Senses: examples: text: "If I'm good enough to talk about I be good enough to drink with," Peters shouted. "Fritz! Squarehead! Two phlegm-cutters here."
ref: 2022, Brian Penton, Landtakers: The Story of an Epoch:
glosses: An alcoholic drink, especially one consumed before breakfast.
Related terms: gum-tickler
phlegm-cutters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phlegm-cutter
pineapple wilt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A viral disease of pineapples, associated with mealybugs of the genus Dysmicoccus.
pineapple opals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pineapple opal
kueh tart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kueh tarts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kuih tart.
kueh tarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kueh tart
faërie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faëries
Senses: examples: text: Whilome it was (as Faëries wont report) / Dame Venus Girdle, by her ’ſteemed deare / What time ſhe us’d to live in wively ſort, / But layd aſide whenſo ſhe us’d her looſer ſport.
ref: 1758, The Faerie Queene, by Edmund Spenser. A New Edition, with Notes Critical and Explanatory, by Ralph Church, M.A. Late Student of Christ Church, Oxon., volume III, London: […] William Faden, page 357:
text: From Burnsal’s tower the midnight hour / Had toll’d, and its echo was still, / And the elfin band, from faërie land, / Was upon Elboton hill.
ref: 1826, The Every-Day Book and Table Book, page 653:
text: The Granddaughter of France was the real head of the people, and as the faëries had been present at her baptism, obstacles and monsters vanished at her approach.
ref: 1903, Arvède Barine, translated by Helen E. Meyer, La Grande Mademoiselle, 1627-1652, New York, N.Y.; London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons; The Knickerbocker Press, page 341:
text: Trying to pursue a contemporary sense of the poem, we can readily imagine that when in a paradise garden in May a fair woman falls prey to the king of faëries, resulting in her husband’s wending forth from his former glorious condition to “hard heþe” (243), “grete malaise” (240) and to “al day digge & wrote/Er he finde his fille of rote” (255–56), that it would be possible for a medieval reader to see in the story some sort of suggestion of the Fall and the beginning of human erôs-longing in Judaeo-Christian terms.
ref: 2003, David Lyle Jeffrey, Houses of the Interpreter: Reading Scripture, Reading Culture, Baylor University Press, →ISBN, page 158:
text: Despite their magic talismans and enchanted weapons, and even with the great powers they possessed, the faëries were eventually conquered.
ref: 2011, David Andrew Crawford, Dark Solus: An Assassin’s Tale, Strategic Book Group, →ISBN, page 54:
glosses: Alternative spelling of faerie.
faëries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faërie
glosses: plural of faëry
Kingos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kingo
KPSS tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of KPSS test
Kwiatkowski-Phillips-Schmidt-Shin test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kwiatkowski-Phillips-Schmidt-Shin tests
Etymology: Named for the four people who proposed it, Denis Kwiatkowski, Peter C. B. Phillips, Peter Schmidt and Yongcheol Shin in the 1992 paper "Testing the null hypothesis of stationarity against the alternative of a unit root".
Senses: synonyms: KPSS test
glosses: A test used for testing a null hypothesis that an observable time series is stationary around a deterministic trend (i.e. trend-stationary) against the alternative of a unit root.
wikipedia: Peter C. B. Phillips
Peter Schmidt (economist)
Yongcheol Shin
Kwiatkowski-Phillips-Schmidt-Shin tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kwiatkowski-Phillips-Schmidt-Shin test
hospitality boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hospitality box
oshanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oshana
Oshawan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Oshawan
form: most Oshawan
Etymology: From Oshawa + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Oshawa in Canada.
Oshawan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oshawans
Etymology: From Oshawa + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Oshawa.
Oshawans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Oshawan
girlypops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of girlypop
Nevile
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
recordholding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From record + holding.
Senses: examples: text: a recordholding agency
glosses: Keeping records or documents.
examples: text: a recordholding athlete
glosses: Holding a record for being the best at a particular feat.
Related terms: recordholder
Hurcomb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
blurredly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more blurredly
form: most blurredly
Etymology: From blurred + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Two trunks now followed, with "L. T." blurredly marked upon the ends.
ref: 1852 July, Herman Melville, “(please specify the book number)”, in Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
text: It suddenly occurred to Arthur that, coming as this did at the end, so to speak, or rather the beginning of all the horror they had just blurredly experienced, something nasty must be about to happen.
ref: 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything:
glosses: In a blurred or vague manner.
Ranvier's node
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ranvier's nodes
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of node of Ranvier.
synonyms: word: node of Ranvier
loot rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of loot + light rail
Senses: examples: text: The idea held great promise. […] So citizens said yes. But that was a year ago, before inner-city troubles arrived on the boxy white train with a blue stripe, before light rail became known as "loot rail."
ref: 1994, U.S. News & World Report, volume 117, page 18:
text: […] has launched the anti-“loot rail” movement as it has named itself as a play on “light rail,” but such fears are unwarranted and most thieves have access to automobiles.
ref: 2004, James A. Kushner, The Post-Automobile City, page 52:
glosses: The light rail system of Baltimore, regarded as a means for inner-city criminals to visit other districts to commit robbery.
Unamuno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Unamunos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Unamuno.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Baltistani
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Baltistani
form: most Baltistani
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Baltistan.
Baltistani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Baltistanis
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Baltistan.
Baltistanis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Baltistani
faëry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faëries
Senses: examples: text: The feaſts that under-ground the Faëry did him make, / And there how he enjoy’d the lady of the lake.
ref: 1748, The Works of Michael Drayton, Esq; […], London: […] J. Hughs, […], And Sold by R. Dodsley, […], page 256:
text: No faëry or any other living being was near, except Olivia, who was at my side, and who said in as composed a voice as though nothing at all out of the common routine of every day life had occurred:—[…]
ref: 1854, J. M. M., A Faëry Night at Niton, Isle of Wight, Shrewsbury: […] John Davies, […], page 33:
text: Seven faëries dwelt in the king’s country, and all these were invited to be the princess’s godmothers; […] Each faëry had a golden dish, with a knife, a fork, and a spoon, set with diamonds, and all of the finest and most curious patterns.
ref: 1860, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, Philadelphia, Pa.: Willis P. Hazard, […], page 4:
text: But there is a faëry always folded away in our souls, like a bright butterfly chrysalised, and sailing eastward, layer after layer of propriety, moderation, deference to public opinion, safety of sentiment, and all the thick crusts of compromise and convention roll away, and bending southward up the Nile, you may feel that faëry fairly flutter her wings.
ref: 1862, G[eorge] W[illiam] Curtis, Nile Notes of a “Howadji;” or, The American in Egypt, London: […] Henry Vizetelly, […]. Clarke & Co., […], page 86:
glosses: Obsolete form of fairy.
coastal grandmothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coastal grandmother
coastal grandma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coastal grandmas
Senses: glosses: Synonym of coastal grandmother.
synonyms: word: coastal grandmother
coastal grandmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coastal grandma
ultrawave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultrawaves
Etymology: From ultra- + wave.
Senses: examples: text: There were short intervals between the reports, for ultrawaves, though traveling at the speed of light, still needed some time to span the tremendous distance.
ref: 1969, K[arl] H[erbert] Scheer, Walter Ernsting, translated by Wendayne Ackerman, Enterprise Stardust, London: Severn House, published 1977, →ISBN, page 28:
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glosses: A type of radiation, often described as allowing for faster-than-light communication.
examples: text: Of course, the radio signals came through on the ultrawave every so often, but the pep-talk description of the thrilling contest for endurance racing didn't mean much when I put it up against the facts.
ref: 1975, Lester del Rey, “Habit”, in Early Del Rey, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 41:
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glosses: A device capable of receiving or producing ultrawaves.
ultrawaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultrawave
chrysalised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: chrysalissed
Etymology: From chrysalis + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: But there is a faëry always folded away in our souls, like a bright butterfly chrysalised, and sailing eastward, layer after layer of propriety, moderation, deference to public opinion, safety of sentiment, and all the thick crusts of compromise and convention roll away, and bending southward up the Nile, you may feel that faëry fairly flutter her wings.
ref: 1862, G[eorge] W[illiam] Curtis, Nile Notes of a “Howadji;” or, The American in Egypt, London: […] Henry Vizetelly, […]. Clarke & Co., […], page 86:
text: For here we crawl awhile, and feed, and weave a little web, / Anon, when chrysalised in death, to be our strait cocoon: / For each man’s works that follow him, do clothe him in their meshes, / He hath wrought out for himself his robe of shame or honour.
ref: 1870, Martin F[arquhar] Tupper, “Proverbial Philosophy.—V.”, in The Quiver: An Illustrated Magazine for Sunday and General Reading, volume V, London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin; and […] New York, page 621:
text: I believe, nay, I assert with confidence and deliberation, having clearly in mind all other bedroom woes—such as hard mattress, flock pillows, scant covering, intrusive dawn, eoan bird-songs, disappointed or fatiguing love, companions lapped and chrysalised in robbed blankets and close-gripped sheets, and yet turning and ever turning still—I say with deliberation, that this is the shrewdest stroke of fortune, the harshest bedroom chance, a light only extinguishable by the door.
ref: 1935, Rose Macaulay, “Bed”, in Personal Pleasures, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, section 1 (Getting into it), page 64:
text: The furled sails were chrysalised butterflies, not yet ready for their day, shut away until the moment when they would leap forth in all their surprising beauty.
ref: 1950, John Frederic Gibson, Memory Bay, New York, N.Y.; London; Toronto, Ont.: Longmans, Green and Co, page 67:
text: In this instance the sinister chrysalised pupa – an image which had been used by the Librans in the past – represented a symbolic play on the word ‘bug’.
ref: 1999, J[ames] M. H. Lovegrove, Berserker (The Guardians; 2), Millennium, →ISBN, page 46:
text: Baptised, not evangelised, / the chrysalised butterfly / spreads wings dappled / with bloody specks, and / mates with clouds, / Rapturous.
ref: 2010, Benjamin Thomas, Fragments: the UOW Collection, →ISBN, page 128:
text: In a surviving photograph, she’s chrysalised in a huge black silk dress.
ref: 2020, George Prochnik, Heinrich Heine: Writing the Revolution, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 250:
glosses: Encased in a chrysalis or as if in a chrysalis.
chrysalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chrysalissed
Etymology: From chrysalis + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chrysalis
transhumanity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From transhuman + -ity or trans- + humanity.
Senses: examples: text: It was a way, Sean, of interrogating our very humanity—and our transhumanity; a way of enquiring what we might change into. That's the only possible true deep reason for colonization.
ref: 1980, Ian Watson, The Gardens of Delight, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, →ISBN, page 163:
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glosses: The state of being transhuman.
examples: text: You don't need me to safeguard the future of Carter-Zimmerman on your behalf. Or the future of transhumanity. You can do it in person.
ref: 1995, Greg Egan, “Wang's Carpets”, in Greg Bear, editor, New Legends, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 361:
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glosses: Transhumans collectively.
Related terms: transhumanism
spacehound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spacehounds
Etymology: Compound of space + hound.
Senses: examples: text: "I'll be very glad to show you around," he said, "but I must confess I was a little surprised when Rupert passed on your request. I couldn't understand why one of you spacehounds should be interested in our work. Aren't you going in the wrong direction?"
ref: 1953, Arthur C[harles] Clarke, Childhood's End, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., →OCLC, page 116:
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synonyms: spacedog
glosses: A person experienced in space travel.
spacehounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spacehound
spacemanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spaceman + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: Off through the cluster flew the Andromeda, and it seemed as if Zog changed course several times, whether from inaccuracy, poor spacemanship, or a desire to confuse his passengers.
ref: 1967, Jack Vance, The Palace of Love, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Publishing Corporation, page 121:
glosses: The ability to pilot a spacecraft.
spacewreck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spacewrecks
form: space wreck
Etymology: Compound of space + wreck.
Senses: examples: text: Our voyage in search of spacewrecks will take us across the major orbital routes, coasting along the space lanes.
ref: 1989, Richard Maurer, Junk in Space, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, Inc., →ISBN, page 13:
glosses: The wreckage of a spacecraft.
Related terms: spacewrecked
spacewrecks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spacewreck
spacewrecked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Compound of space + wrecked.
Senses: examples: text: To relieve the solitude of the spacewrecked crew, they decide to send presents, which they wrapped in layers of paper that would burn up in the atmosphere, leaving the contents intact.
ref: 2000, Giovanni Caprara, translated by David Climie, Living in Space: From Science Fiction to the International Space Station, Toronto, O.N.; Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, →ISBN, page 11:
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glosses: Having been wrecked in space.
Related terms: spacewreck
sappie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæpi/
rhymes: -æpi
Forms: form: sappies
Senses: synonyms: hookaroon
hypernyms: picaroon
glosses: A tool consisting of a curved spike or hook, fitted to a long shaft, used in logging to snag, move and hold small logs; a picaroon specifically in the context of logging.
sappies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sappie
hookaroon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhʊkəˈɹuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: hookaroons
Senses: synonyms: sappie
hypernyms: picaroon
glosses: A sappie; a picaroon; specifically such a tool with a particularly downturned or recurved hook.
hookaroons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hookaroon
spacegram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spacegrams
Etymology: From space + -gram (“something written, drawn or otherwise recorded”).
Senses: examples: text: Several times during their work and breaks to eat, Versha had received spacegrams or messages through the comcaller.
ref: 2006, Andre Norton, Lyn McConchie, Beast Master's Quest, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 65:
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glosses: A short written message physically sent through space.
spacegram
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spacegrams
form: spacegramming
form: spacegrammed
form: spacegrammed
Etymology: From space + -gram (“something written, drawn or otherwise recorded”).
Senses: examples: text: "We'll spacegram the specifications as soon as this call is finished," said Jerry. "How soon can we have a shipment?"
ref: 1952 March, Kendell Foster Crossen, “Things of Distinction”, in Startling Stories, volume 25, number 2, page 115:
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glosses: To send by spacegram.
spacegrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spacegram
spacegrams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spacegram
spacegramming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spacegram
spacegrammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spacegram
starfleet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starfleets
form: star fleet
Etymology: Compound of star + fleet.
Senses: examples: text: I couldn't sense net-based operations behind the doors, but if the records were correct, Ell Control had once been the central operations focus for the starfleets of the Rebuilt Hegemony, and had hummed with activity.
ref: 1996, L[eland] E[xton] Modesitt Jr., Adiamante, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 63:
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glosses: A fleet of starships.
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glosses: A space navy
starfleets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starfleet
neomythologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neomythology
starway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starways
Etymology: Compound of star + way.
Senses: examples: text: I slept peacefully that night, dreaming of cruising the starways with Andrea. The next morning, I awoke feeling reinvigorated, revitalised, and many years younger.
ref: 2015, Frank George, Time's Well: A Chronicle in Three Parts, Bloomington, I.N.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 23:
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hypernyms: spaceway
glosses: A route or pathway between stars.
starways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starway
starfarer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starfarers
Etymology: Compound of star + farer.
Senses: examples: text: In many ways, it was lucky for starfarers that the same basic DNA code and biochemistry had been found on placets all over the known galaxy, for it meant that habitable environments and edible foods were easy to find.
ref: 2017, Christopher L. Bennett, Patterns of Interference, New York, N.Y. […]: Pocket Books, →ISBN, pages 150–151:
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glosses: Someone who travels between stars.
Related terms: starfaring
starfarers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starfarer
neomythological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: neo-mythological
Etymology: From neo- + mythological.
Senses: examples: text: Samuel F. Johnson initiates a wave of neomythological criticism by isolating aspects of Indo-European culture in the poem: a tribal coronation rite, rites of passage, and a totemic hero.
ref: 1997, John D. Niles, “Myth and History”, in Robert E. Bjork, John D. Niles, editors, A Beowulf Handbook, University of Exeter Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 214:
text: Fantasy, on the other hand, rarely utilizes science, relying instead on magic, mythological and neomythological beings and devices and outright invention for conflict and setting.
ref: 2007, Lauren Mosko, Michael Schweer, editors, 2008 Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market, Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, →ISBN, page 541:
text: By this time, however, Maciste had lost his individuality and had become indistinguishable from the many Herculeses, Atlases, and other assorted neomythological strongmen, all played by a host of American bodybuilders.
ref: 2008, Gino Moliterno, Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema (Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts; 28), The Scarecrow Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 188:
glosses: Of or relating to neomythology.
spaceboot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spaceboots
Etymology: Compound of space + boot.
Senses: examples: text: And on his feet, accurate in proportion to a pair of spaceboots, Sammy's untied sneakers spread open above the ankles, enormous tongues flapping out.
ref: 2017, Jeffrey Kinsey, Areh, →ISBN, page 39:
glosses: A boot intended to be worn in space.
spaceboots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spaceboot
open rotor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open rotors
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: propfan, unducted fan
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see open, rotor.
open fan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open fans
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: unducted fan, propfan
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see open, fan.
spaceboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spaceboats
Etymology: Compound of space + boat, modelled after spaceship.
Senses: examples: text: Twelve robot spaceboats emerged from the midst of the retreating armada and streaked toward the glowing bubble, which was expanding more rapidly.
ref: 1996, Julian May, Magnificat, London: Pan Books, published 1997, →ISBN, page 551:
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glosses: A small spaceship.
spaceboats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spaceboat
in laps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of in lap
lap pillows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lap pillow
out laps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of out lap
shipmind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shipminds
Etymology: Compound of ship + mind.
Senses: examples: text: The crossing didn’t set off any alarms or anything. I wouldn’t even have noticed it, but my shipmind, Hypatia, is programmed to notice things that I don’t, if she thinks they might interest me.
ref: 2004, Frederik Pohl, The Boy Who Would Live Forever, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 101:
glosses: An intelligent entity (either an artificial intelligence or alien) used to control a spaceship.
shipminds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shipmind
Lake Neuchâtel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Lac de Neuchâtel; the German name is Neuenburgersee.
Senses: glosses: A lake in north-west Switzerland, on which the city of Neuchâtel is situated; it is the largest lake entirely within Switzerland.
chrysalissed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: “Yes. Warm for April, isn’t it?” answered the embryo summer girl, who was still chrysalissed in broadcloth and a gray fedora.
ref: 1898, Edna Stanton, “Sense, and Nonsense, on Wheels”, in The Cap and Gown, third volume, […] the University of Chicago […], page 225:
text: We walk our narrow path to nowhere safely trussed up in our personal selves: or we not so much walk at all, as lie still, chrysalissed in them:—it may be just as well, since for lack of the quality of balance, we are about as capable of walking at ease and dignity as is a jellyfish of doing Blondin on the tight-rope.
ref: 1920, Kenneth Morris, “The Crest-Wave of Evolution: A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates’ Class in the Râja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College Year 1918-1919. XXI — China and Rome: The See-Saw (continued)”, in Katherine Tingley, editor, The Theosophical Path: Illustrated Monthly, volume XIX, Point Loma, Calif.: […] the New Century Corporation, page 540:
text: But I’m not a princess in a fairy tale, chrysalissed against time, she thought rebelliously.
ref: 1944, Theda Kenyon, Black Dawn, New York, N.Y.: Julian Messner, Inc., page 132:
text: I stayed over, chrysalissed in a sleeping bag on a foam mattress dragged out of the wardrobe.
ref: 2021, Victoria Gosling, Before the Ruins, Serpent’s Tail, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of chrysalised.
saucerman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saucermen
Etymology: Compound of (flying) saucer + man.
Senses: examples: text: To convince Sam Arkoff to put House of Usher — a film devoid of atomic mutants, bug-eyed saucermen, werewolves, vampires and other poster-friendly manifestations of the fifties' sci-fi boom — into production, Roger Corman had famously informed the joint head of American International that the house was the monster.
ref: 2003, Denis Meikle, Vincent Price: The Art of Fear, London: Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, →ISBN, page 76:
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glosses: Someone who travels in a flying saucer.
saucermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saucerman
counties at large
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of county at large
shapechange
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shapechanges
form: shapechanging
form: shapechanged
form: shapechanged
Etymology: Compound of shape + change.
Senses: examples: text: He clapped the big man on the shoulder and quickly left. In the shadows of the bridge he shapechanged and headed for Greenvale.
ref: 2004, Keri Arthur, Generation 18, London: Piatkus, published 2009, →ISBN, page 161:
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glosses: To shapeshift.
shapechange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shapechanges
Etymology: Compound of shape + change.
Senses: examples: text: I watched Michael's face and asked, "Why was he there then? I'd have put down money that it was a demon, but it was just a shapechange. There was a mortal inside it. Who was he?"
ref: 2003, Jim Butcher, Death Masks, New York, N.Y.: Roc Books, →ISBN, page 78:
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glosses: An instance of shapechanging.
Derived terms: shapechanger
shapechanging
shapechanges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shapechange
shapechanges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shapechange
shapechanged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shapechange