cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
cocainize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cocainizes
form: cocainizing
form: cocainized
form: cocainized
Etymology: From cocaine + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: The animal was anesthetized with ether or the skin over the femoral artery cocainized, the artery exposed and cannulized, and the animal bled to death.
ref: 1908 July 1, Daniel R. Lucas, “Physiological and Pharmacological Studies of the Ureter. III.”, in H[enry] P[ickering] Bowditch [et al.], editors, The American Journal of Physiology, volume XXII, number II, Boston, Mass.: Ginn and Company [for the American Physiological Society], →ISSN, →OCLC, section III (Ureteral Pressure and Renal Circulation), page 260:
synonyms: cocaine
glosses: To anesthetize or treat (someone, or something such as a body part) with cocaine.
cocainized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cocainize
cocainizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cocainize
cocainizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cocainize
brachial plexus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brachial plexuses
Senses: examples: text: With the knuckles of my right hand I struck him in his brachial plexus.
ref: 2022, Percival Everett, Dr. No, Influx Press (2023), page 142:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A network of nerves formed by the anterior rami of the cervical nerves C5–C8 and first thoracic nerve (T1).
Related terms: cervical plexus
coach horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coach horse
hee-hawing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hee-haw
hee-hawed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hee-haw
comptograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comptographs
Senses: glosses: An early machine for adding numbers and producing a printed record of the sum.
comptographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comptograph
conenose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conenoses
Etymology: From cone + nose.
Senses: examples: text: In these areas, wherever domestic conenoses are encountered, they should be exterminated.
ref: 1962, Tropical Health: A Report on a Study of Needs and Resources:
glosses: conenose bug
conenoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conenose
Copenhagens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Copenhagen
detention warrant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: detention warrants
form: warrant of detention
Senses: topics: law
glosses: a court order authorising the detention of a person following his arrest or pending any procedural activity (interrogation, examination, trial, etc.).
release warrant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: release warrants
form: warrant of release
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A court order authorising the release of a detained or imprisoned person.
imprisonment warrant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imprisonment warrants
form: warrant for imprisonment
form: warrant of commitment to prison
form: warrant of imprisonment
form: warrant to imprison
Senses: topics: law
glosses: a court order authorising the imprisonment of a person sentenced to imprisonment; a court order authorising the execution of an imprisonment sentence.
corridor train
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corridor trains
Senses: examples: text: The Stephenson Locomotive Society (North Western Area) and the Manchester Locomotive Society are co-operating in running a special corridor train, to be worked by an 0-6-0 locomotive of the former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, on Saturday, May 12, over a route which includes visits to four historic stations, ascent of the 1 in 27 Werneth Incline, and traversal of lines normally closed to passenger traffic.
ref: 1956 April, “Notes and News: Rail Tour of "Old Manchester"”, in Railway Magazine, page 273:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A train whose coaches are connected so as to form a continuous corridor, into which the compartments open.
corridor trains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corridor train
with prejudice
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: To terminate with prejudice means that a note will be put in his file strongly recommending that no future contact be initiated (nor will he be be^([sic]) given the means to establish it).
ref: 1982, Verbatim - Volume 8:
glosses: Without the possibility of future action that reverses the decision.
examples: text: The charges were dismissed with prejudice.
topics: law
glosses: Without the possibility of bringing a new case on the same basis.
Related terms: terminate with extreme prejudice
country clubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of country club
country cousins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of country cousin
coverside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cover + side.
Senses: glosses: A region of country having covers; hunting country.
cowalker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cowalkers
Etymology: From co- + walker.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A phantom or astral body deemed to be separable from the physical body and capable of acting independently; a doppelganger.
cowalkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cowalker
writ of summons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: writs of summons
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Synonym of summons.
synonyms: word: summons
lovaduck
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: 'That's a good one, that is!' said Ern. 'Lovaduck, I'd like to see Uncle Theophilus when I tell him that!'
ref: 1948, Enid Blyton, The Mystery of the Hidden House:
glosses: Alternative form of love a duck.
loveaduck
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of love a duck.
Creole State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹioʊl steɪt/
Forms: form: the Creole State
Etymology: From the Louisiana Creole people.
Senses: synonyms: word: Pelican State
english: official
translation: official
word: Bayou State
word: Sportsman's Paradise
word: The Boot
glosses: An unofficial nickname for Louisiana, a state of the United States.
writ of execution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: writs of execution
Senses: topics: law
glosses: a court order authorising an officer to carry a judgment into execution.
topics: law
glosses: a court order authorising an officer to seize and sell the judgment debtor's property in order to pay his judgment debt.
cup shake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cup shakes
Senses: glosses: A shake or fissure between the annual rings of a tree, most often found near the roots.
Related terms: cuppy
cup shakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cup shake
cussedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cussedly
form: most cussedly
Etymology: From cussed + -ly.
Senses: glosses: accursedly; damnably
cyclonoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclonoscopes
Etymology: From cyclone + -o- + -scope.
Senses: glosses: An apparatus to assist in locating the centre of a cyclone.
cyclonoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclonoscope
cymoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cymoscope
Eddy kite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eddy kites
Etymology: After William A. Eddy, American kite expert.
Senses: glosses: A quadrilateral tailless kite with convex surfaces exposed to the wind, used in a series of meteorological experiments.
Synonyms: Malay kite
Eddy kites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eddy kite
Malay kite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Malay kites
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Eddy kite.
synonyms: word: Eddy kite
Malay kites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Malay kite
dry brushing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The use of dry brushing was certainly widespread in Italian rural church decoration by the nineteenth century, where it was employed mainly for reasons of economy.
ref: 1996, Kevin McCloud, Kevin McCloud's Complete Book of Paint and Decorative Techniques, →ISBN, page 126:
qualifier: painting
glosses: A painting technique that involves stroking lightly with a minimally loaded brush to create a textured look.
examples: text: Dry brushing is an excellent way to cleanse the pores and remove foreign substances.
ref: 2014, Cynthia Thaik, Your Vibrant Heart: Restoring Health, Strength, and Spirit from the Body's Core, →ISBN, page 153:
glosses: A skincare treatment that consists of scrubbing dry skin with a hard bristled brush.
Synonyms: sense: painting technique
word: drybrush
Dyson shell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dyson shells
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Dyson sphere.
synonyms: word: Dyson sphere
Dyson shells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dyson shell
Dyson swarm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dyson swarms
Etymology: Named after American theoretical physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A system of movable, independent satellites that as a whole compose a Dyson sphere.
drybrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dry + brush.
Senses: examples: text: Tube color diluted with acrylic medium lends itself especially well to drybrush painting.
ref: 2012, Wendon Blake, Acrylic Watercolor Painting, →ISBN, page 125:
qualifier: painting
glosses: A form of brushwork that involves stroking lightly with a minimally loaded brush to create a textured look.
Synonyms: dry brushing
Dyson swarms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dyson swarm
lethetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lethetic
form: most lethetic
Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek λήθω (lḗthō, “to forget”).
Senses: examples: text: These lethetic fictions cut their ties to the real world, refusing to be mirrors of life.
ref: 1984, Fantasy Review - Issues 64-74:
text: If the structure of language is accepted as mirroring the world, the trope ceases to be a lethetic figure
ref: 1985, the New Orleans Review - Volume 12:
text: Lethetic reading, on the other hand, could be liberating and indeed is liberating for some of Kafka's characters and for Kafka himself some of the time
ref: 1989, Clayton Koelb, Kafka's rhetoric: the passion of reading:
glosses: Failing to mirror reality, purely escapist or nonsensical.
Synonyms: unrealistic
escapist
fantastic
Related terms: lethologica
homogender
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From homo- + gender.
Senses: examples: text: All three settings—the shop, the military, and the world of team sports—have been homogender worlds of cultural masculinity, with much resistance to changing that fact.
ref: 1997, Judith L. On, “Hard Work, Hard Lovin', Hard Times, Hardly Worth It: Care of Working-Class Men”, in Christie Cozad Neuger, James Newton Poling, editors, The Care of Men, Abingdon Press, →ISBN:
text: Same-sex heterogender relationships are more openly acknowledged in Bugis society than same-sex homogender relationships.
ref: 2007, Sharyn Graham Davies, Challenging Gender Norms: Five Genders Among Bugis in Indonesia, Thomson Wadsworth, →ISBN, page 26:
text: Not all friendships are homogender, as it were, nor within the same class or age group.
ref: 2008, Merle B. Turner, Friendship, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 20:
glosses: Involving people with the same gender.
Derived terms: homogenderal
heterogender
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hetero- + gender.
Senses: examples: text: Same-sex heterogender relationships are more openly acknowledged in Bugis society than same-sex homogender relationships.
ref: 2007, Sharyn Graham Davies, Challenging Gender Norms: Five Genders Among Bugis in Indonesia, Thomson Wadsworth, →ISBN, page 26:
text: It was in the subtle sociolinguistic cues and gestures associated with Labrang Tibetan femininity I gradually took on in encounters, such as the way I came to talk and think about my "husband"–feeling extremely uncomfortable with public displays of heterogender affection, yet learning to participate in and expect the micropractices of bodily touch signifying homogender affection.
ref: 2007, Charlene E. Makley, The Violence of Liberation: Gender and Tibetan Buddhist Revival in Post-Mao China, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 19:
text: It is also quite likely, given the hegemonic status of marriage in Malay culture and throughout the entire Southeast Asian region both historically and at present, that most sexual relations between Malays at this time occurred in the context of marriage, which was invariably heterogender although not necessarily heterosexual.
ref: 2009, Michael G. Peletz, Gender Pluralism: Southeast Asia Since Early Modern Times, Routledge, →ISBN, page 62:
glosses: Involving people with different genders.
lead climbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A climbing technique, in which the climber places anchors while ascending a rock.
lead climbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lead climb
lead climb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lead climbs
form: lead climbing
form: lead climbed
form: lead climbed
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To climb by placing anchors while ascending a rock.
Derived terms: lead climber
lead climbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lead climb
lead climbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lead climb
lead climber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lead climbers
Etymology: From lead climb + -er.
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: One who climbs with the use of anchors.
lead climbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lead climber
tarnished plant bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tarnished plant bugs
Senses: glosses: A plant bug, Lygus lineolaris, known as a very serious pest on a wide variety of crops throughout North America.
tarnished plant bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tarnished plant bug
goozer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡuːzə/
ipa: /ˈɡuzɚ/
rhymes: -uːzə(ɹ)
Forms: form: goozers
Senses: examples: text: He's got a tongue like a tanner's vat, that goozer. Wants a lump o' lead in 'is baskit 'e does.
ref: 1913, Gilbert Parker, “At Brinkwort’s Farm”, in The Judgment House […], uniform edition, Toronto, Ont.: The Copp, Clark Co., →OCLC, book IV, page 428:
text: No goozer or floater need apply.
ref: 1918, The American Artisan, volume 75, number 2:
text: But I don't believe any preacher should be riding on the coupling pole while some old goozer of a deacon or Jezebel sits on the front seat — that's his place, let him ride on the front seat and drive the team.
ref: 1938, John Frank Norris, Inside History of First Baptist Church, Fort Worth and Temple Baptist Church, Detroit:
glosses: A lowlife, a despised person.
examples: text: And then there's the visiting, with a million mad cartrips all around Dublin to the uncles and aunties who, right up until your eighteenth birthday, always seek you out by the peanut bowls and the 7-Up, and give you a pressie and a big goozer on the cheek for your troubles.
ref: 2013, Kevin Maher, The Fields, →ISBN:
glosses: A kiss, a smooch.
goozer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡuːzə/
ipa: /ˈɡuzɚ/
rhymes: -uːzə(ɹ)
Forms: form: goozers
form: goozering
form: goozered
form: goozered
Senses: examples: text: So your best bet to win is to spend your money in the boozer. / There you have a chance to win some merry maiden's goozer. / And then begins the greatest, riskiest lottery of your life, / Will the maiden you have goozered be the best choice for a wife?
ref: 2004, Tony Dawson, A to Z of Comical Poems and Jokes, →ISBN:
glosses: To kiss.
goozers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goozer
goozers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of goozer
goozering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of goozer
goozered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of goozer
Gaystapo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Gaystapo
Etymology: Blend of gay + Gestapo.
Senses: examples: text: Probably intimidated into a mandatory round of the Gaystapo's "Homosexuals are People, Too!" re-education programs.
ref: 2001 September 25, hgr999 [username], “Re: MORE Facts to Surface”, in alt.true-crime (Usenet):
text: It looks like the Gaystapo is really up in arms over my recent series of articles on Cisco’s firing of Frank Turek.
ref: 2011, Mike Adams, "A Queer and Present Danger", Townhall.com, 13 July 2011 (archived on Usenet)
text: But the hidden hegemonic ambitions of the Gaystapo have been exposed recently by their plans to annex and redefine ‘marriage’.
ref: 2011 October 28, Alan Craig, “Confronting the Gaystapo”, in Church of England Newspaper, number 6098, page 9:
glosses: Gay activists viewed as a militant and oppressive force.
gnat bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gnat bugs
Senses: glosses: Any insect in the family Enicocephalidae.
Synonyms: unique-headed bug
unique-headed bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unique-headed bugs
Senses: glosses: Any insect in the family Enicocephalidae.
Synonyms: gnat bug
unique-headed bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unique-headed bug
gnat bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gnat bug
pygmy backswimmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pygmy backswimmers
Senses: glosses: Any insect in the family Pleidae
pygmy backswimmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pygmy backswimmer
ash-gray leaf bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ash-gray leaf bugs
Senses: glosses: Any insect in the family Piesmatidae
ash-gray leaf bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ash-gray leaf bug
southern green stink bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: southern green stink bugs
Senses: glosses: A stink bug, Nezara viridula, that has spread worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions and is a significant pest on many crops.
Synonyms: green vegetable bug
southern green stink bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of southern green stink bug
green vegetable bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green vegetable bugs
Senses: glosses: A stink bug, Nezara viridula, that has spread worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions and is a significant pest on many crops.
Synonyms: southern green stink bug
green vegetable bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green vegetable bug
nodularin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nodularins
Etymology: From Nodularia spumigena ("species of cyanobacteria") + -in.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of hepatotoxins produced by cyanobacteria.
Coordinate terms: anatoxin
microcystin
saxitoxin
spell it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spells it out
form: spelling it out
form: spelled it out
form: spelled it out
form: spelt it out
form: spelt it out
Senses: examples: text: I'm sorry but I can't spell it out for you, because the whole issue is not that simple.
glosses: To provide a simple and understandable explanation.
examples: text: Let me spell it out for you: you are not welcome here.
text: This marriage is over, do I have to spell it out?
text: The reading public may have difficulty getting past Jones's editorializing. As an example, at one point in the book, Jones declared that […] If the reader has been following Jones's book at all, s/he should be able to pick up that point without having Jones spell it out so blatantly.
ref: 1980 December 13, Pat M. Kuras, “Giving The Reasons Why Some Women Kill”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 15:
glosses: To be explicit, to provide even the obvious details.
Synonyms: sense: provide explanation
word: explain
sense: provide explanation
word: explicate
sense: be explicit
word: rub it in
word: spell things out
spells it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spell it out
Upper Asia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -eɪʃə
Etymology: From upper + Asia.
Senses: glosses: In classical antiquity, the part of Asia separated from Asia Minor by the river Kızılırmak/Halys.
spelling it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spell it out
spelled it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spell it out
toc emma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toc emmas
form: toch emma
form: tock emma
Etymology: Telecommunications abbreviation of TM.
Senses: examples: text: After dark the toch-emmas are going to break the Boche wire and we'll cut a passage in ours.
ref: 1928, RC Sherriff, Journey's End:
text: 'Field artillery?' 'No. Toc-emmas.' He was referring to trench-mortars.
ref: 2010, Rebecca Wilby, In Different Skies, page 180:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Trench mortar.
toc emmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toc emma
archbasilica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archbasilicas
Etymology: From arch- + basilica.
Senses: glosses: A major basilica
archconfraternity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˌkɒnfɹəˈtɜː(ɹ)nɪti/
Forms: form: archconfraternities
Etymology: From arch- + confraternity, calque of Ecclesiastical Latin archiconfrāternitās.
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: A religious confraternity that, as a special concession of the Holy See, can join or affiliate with, and extend privileges to, other similar brotherhoods.
Miphiboseth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mephibosheth.
vexable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vexable
form: most vexable
Etymology: From vex + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being vexed; perturbable.
aggravatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aggravatable
form: most aggravatable
Etymology: From aggravate + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being aggravated.
compromisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more compromisable
form: most compromisable
Etymology: From compromise + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The conjectured past of Isabel took mysterious hold of his father; therefore, the idea of his father tyrannized over his imagination; and the possible future of Isabel, as so essentially though indirectly compromisable by whatever course of conduct his mother might hereafter ignorantly pursue with regard to himself, as henceforth, through Isabel, forever altered to her; these considerations brought his mother with blazing prominence before him.
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities, page 77:
text: Our rights are not compromisable.
ref: 1991 April 6, Chris Nealon, “Amnesty Pressured To Include Gay Prisoners”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
glosses: Capable of being compromised or compromised upon.
Derived terms: uncompromisable
irritatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more irritatable
form: most irritatable
Etymology: From irritate + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Such a diet will be very proper for strong, vigorous constitutions; but for weak, delicate, or irritatable ones, it is sometimes highly improper.
ref: 1788, F. Swediaur, Practical observations on the more obstinate and inveterate venereal complaints:
text: The irritatable surfaces were confined to my head only. Not the spinal column nor the ganglionic centres along the thigh responded to this inexplicable force.
ref: 1917, Louis Pope Gratacap, The End: How the Great War was Stopped : a Novelistic Vagary:
glosses: Capable of being irritated; irritable.
harlequin bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harlequin bugs
Senses: glosses: A bright red and black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, a common pest of cabbages and related crops in North America
glosses: A red and black true bug in the family Pyrrhocoridae, Dindymus versicolor, known as a common garden pest in parts of Australia
Synonyms: sense: Murgantia histrionica
word: harlequin cabbage bug
harlequin bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harlequin bug
harlequin cabbage bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harlequin cabbage bugs
Senses: glosses: A bright red and black stinkbug, Murgantia histrionica, a common pest of cabbages and related crops in North America.
harlequin cabbage bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harlequin cabbage bug
greeneye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greeneyes
Etymology: From green + eye.
Senses: glosses: Any of the deep-sea fish of the family Chlorophthalmidae, that have large iridescent eyes with green lenses.
sow stall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sow stalls
Senses: glosses: Synonym of gestation crate.
synonyms: word: gestation crate
sow stalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sow stall
gestation crate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gestation crates
Senses: glosses: A metal enclosure used in intensive pig farming, in which a breeding sow may be kept during pregnancy.
Synonyms: sow stall
gestation crates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gestation crate
Elgarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛlˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /-ˈɡɑː.-/
ipa: /ɛlˈɡɛ.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /-ˈɡɑ.-/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: more Elgarian
form: most Elgarian
Etymology: From Elgar + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Edward Elgar (1857–1934), English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire.
Purcellian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Purcellian
form: most Purcellian
Etymology: From Purcell + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Henry Purcell (1659–1695), English composer.
sociostructurally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sociostructural + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In sociostructural terms.
spell things out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spells things out
form: spelling things out
form: spelled things out
form: spelled things out
form: spelt things out
form: spelt things out
Senses: examples: text: Here is an article that spells things out, so that it is easier to grasp.
glosses: To provide simple and understandable details.
examples: text: It used to be that songs could not spell things out, but society is more liberal now.
glosses: To be explicit.
Synonyms: spell it out
coupling pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coupling poles
Senses: examples: text: It is equipped with a brake and is extensible on its long coupling pole, extending from axle to axle.
ref: 2013, Henry C. Mercer, Ancient Carpenters' Tools, →ISBN, page 39:
text: I don't remember much of anything else happening other than us going to town, and we would ride the coupling pole of the wagon that stuck out in the back.
ref: 2014, Doyle W. Williams, My Mother's Branch:The Lineage and Life of Carrie Viola Reeves and Her Family, →ISBN, page 264:
glosses: A connecting piece between the front and back axles of a wagon or trailer, often equipped with pins for extending or shortening the bed.
coupling poles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coupling pole
J&K
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Jammu and Kashmir, a union territory in northern India.
growlf
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹaʊlf/
rhymes: -aʊlf
Etymology: Blend of growl + woof or similar.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: Expressing mild aggression or irritation.
containment boom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: containment booms
Senses: glosses: A temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill.
archaicisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archaicism
hanjie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hanjies
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 判じ絵 (hanjie, literally “picture puzzle”).
Senses: topics: games
qualifier: puzzles
glosses: A puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled or left blank, according to sets of numbers given at the side of the grid, to reveal a hidden picture.
Synonyms: sense: puzzle
word: griddler
sense: puzzle
word: nonogram
sense: puzzle
word: picross
griddlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of griddler
Toryish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Toryish
form: most Toryish
Etymology: From Tory + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Inclined to Toryism; supporting the Conservative Party.
picross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picrosses
Etymology: From picture and crossword.
Senses: topics: games
qualifier: puzzles
glosses: A puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled or left blank, according to sets of numbers given at the side of the grid, to reveal a hidden picture.
Synonyms: sense: puzzle
word: griddler
sense: puzzle
word: hanjie
sense: puzzle
word: nonogram
Exclusioner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Exclusioners
Etymology: From exclusion + -er.
Senses: glosses: A member of the political factions that sought to exclude James, Duke of York, from the throne of England in the 17th century.
Exclusioners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Exclusioner
hanjies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hanjie
picrosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picross
idiolalia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪdioʊˈleɪliə/
ipa: /ˌɪdiəˈleɪliə/
Forms: form: idiolalias
Etymology: From idio- + -lalia.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of idioglossia.
synonyms: word: idioglossia
idiolalias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of idiolalia
Zincali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The gypsies of Spain.
dreadsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dreadsome
form: most dreadsome
form: drodsome
Etymology: From dread + -some.
Senses: examples: text: But the dreadsome must evidently be of a nature we cannot do anything about.
ref: 2001, Magda King, A Guide to Heidegger's Being and Time:
text: In advance of it two dreadsome young men [Archangels Michael and Gabriel] glided through the air with unsheathed swords threatening the Muslim regiments. At that moment we recognized them.
ref: 2012, Warfare in Eastern Europe, 1500-1800
glosses: Marked by dread; dreadful; alarming.
crocoduck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crocoducks
Etymology: Blend of crocodile + duck; proposed by creationists Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron.
Senses: glosses: An imaginary hybrid animal with the head of a crocodile and the body of a duck, described in an attempt to discredit evolution in favour of creationism.
crocoducks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crocoduck
VRAM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of video random access memory (“random access memory used by graphics processing units”).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: video memory (an area of a computer's memory used to hold data used by a graphics processing unit)
examples: text: Using the hardware blitter to move bitmaps from VRAM to VRAM is much faster than moving them from system memory to VRAM.
ref: 2002, André LaMothe, Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus, page 315:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Video RAM, a variant of DRAM invented in 1980 and used to store the framebuffer in some graphics adapters.
precomputable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + computable.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being precomputed.
precomputation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precomputations
Etymology: From pre- + computation.
Senses: glosses: computation in advance
Derived terms: precomputational
Related terms: precomputable
precompute
precomputations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precomputation
pethood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pet + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being a pet.
rabbitiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rabbity + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps the tribespeople are as indifferent to individual rabbits as we are to individual raindrops, and are content merely to register the presence of a feature in a local environment, the feature of rabbitiness.
ref: 2012, G.H.R. Parkinson, An Encyclopedia of Philosophy, page 51:
glosses: The quality of being rabbity.
intratheoretical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + theoretical.
Senses: glosses: Within a theory.
Derived terms: intratheoretically
intertheoretical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + theoretical.
Senses: glosses: Between theories.
Derived terms: intertheoretically
paussine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paussines
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Paussinae.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
synonyms: ant nest beetle
glosses: Any of the subfamily Paussinae of ground beetles, most of which live as predators in ants' nests.
paussines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paussine
ground beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ground beetle
brachinine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brachinines
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any beetle of the carabid subfamily Brachininae.
rhysodine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhysodines
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the subfamily Rhysodinae of carabid beetles.
brachinines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brachinine
rhysodines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhysodine
scaritine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scaritines
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the subfamily Scaritinae of carabid beetles.
scaritines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scaritine
elaphrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elaphrines
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the subfamily Elaphrinae of carabid beetles.
cicindeline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cicindelines
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the subfamily Cicindelinae of carabid beetles, the tiger beetles.
elaphrines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elaphrine
cicindelines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cicindeline
Kardashev scale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Russian astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev (1932–2019).
Senses: examples: text: Let us think of an ethical scale for civilizations in the same spirit as the Kardashev scale. I'll modestly call it the Hall scale.
ref: 2012, John R. Shook, Liz Stillwaggon Swan, Transformers and Philosophy: More than Meets the Mind, Open Court, →ISBN, page 10:
text: Earth's civilization during the late twentieth century when the Kardashev scale was first proposed, utilizing roughly 15 terawatts globally, would have been defined as approximately K0.71.
ref: 2014, Ian Douglas, Dark Matter (Star Carrier, Book 5), HarperCollins UK, →ISBN:
glosses: A scale that measures the technological level of a civilization by the extent of its energy consumption.
mega-scale
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mega-scale
form: most mega-scale
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of megascale.
star lifting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A hypothetical process wherein a portion of a star's mass is removed, generally to serve as an energy source.
Penrose process
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after English mathematician Roger Penrose.
Senses: glosses: A hypothetical process whereby the ergosphere of a black hole can be used as an energy source due to its angular momentum.
wikipedia: Roger Penrose
Synonyms: Penrose mechanism
Penrose mechanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Penrose process.
synonyms: word: Penrose process
O'Neill cylinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of O'Neill cylinder
O'Neill colony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: O'Neill colonies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of O'Neill cylinder.
synonyms: word: O'Neill cylinder
O'Neill colonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of O'Neill colony
Omega Point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Omega Points
form: Omega point
form: omega point
Etymology: The use of omega to refer to the concept was originated by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, in reference to it being the final letter of the Greek alphabet; see alpha and omega.
Senses: examples: text: We may hope that the intelligence at the omega point will consist of our descendants. That is to say, of our intellectual descendants, since our present physical forms could not survive near the omega point.
ref: 1998 [1997], David Deutsch, The Fabric of Reality, New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 352:
text: [Philip] Goff likens this scenario to the visions of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, the French Jesuit priest who, as we've seen, prophesied the coming Omega Point and inspired aspects of transhumanism.
ref: 2021, Meghan O'Gieblyn, chapter 9, in God, Human, Animal, Machine […] , →ISBN:
glosses: A maximal level of complexity in the universe, often equated with the Christian God, which some philosophers believe is inevitable.
wikipedia: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Related terms: cosmic singularity
Omega point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Omega points
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Omega Point.
omega point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omega points
Senses: examples: text: To begin, let AB be a given segment, and l and m be sensed parallel lines with shared omega point Ω.
ref: 2018, Maureen T. Carroll, Elyn Rykken, Geometry: The Line and the Circle, page 319:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A well-defined point outside the hyperbolic plane.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Omega Point (“maximal level of complexity in the universe, associated with the idea of God”).
unrouteable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unroutable.
Tipler machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tipler machines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tipler cylinder.
synonyms: word: Tipler cylinder
Tipler machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tipler machine
Kurzweilian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kurzweilian
form: most Kurzweilian
Etymology: From Kurzweil + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Ray Kurzweil (born 1948), American inventor, author and futurist.
Tipler time machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tipler time machines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tipler cylinder.
synonyms: word: Tipler cylinder
Tiplerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Tipler + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the ideas of American physicist Frank J. Tipler, especially those regarding the Omega Point of intelligent life in the universe.
wikipedia: Frank J. Tipler
von Neumann machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of von Neumann machine
von Neumann probe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: von Neumann probes
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A von Neumann machine, or machine capable of self-replication, that is sent on interstellar voyages to investigate or terraform.
von Neumann probes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of von Neumann probe
finenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fineness
Bracewell probe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bracewell probes
Etymology: Named after Australian astronomer Ronald N. Bracewell, who proposed them in 1960.
Senses: glosses: A hypothetical machine sent on interstellar voyages to communicate with an alien civilization.
wikipedia: Ronald N. Bracewell
Related terms: von Neumann probe
Bracewell probes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bracewell probe
e-guidance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + guidance.
Senses: glosses: guidance given via electronic media, especially the Internet
e-tutoring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + tutoring or e-tutor + -ing.
Senses: glosses: tutoring via electronic media, especially the Internet
dogrobber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dogrobbers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dog robber.
dogrobbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dogrobber
e-counseling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + counseling.
Senses: glosses: counseling delivered via electronic media, especially the Internet
e-counselling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of e-counseling.
semiartificial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + artificial.
Senses: glosses: Partly or somewhat artificial.
semimanual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + manual.
Senses: glosses: Partly or somewhat manual.
enlister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enlisters
Etymology: From enlist + -er.
Senses: synonyms: enlistee
glosses: One who enlists.
enlisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enlister
ferronickel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ferro- + nickel.
Senses: glosses: A ferroalloy of iron and nickel.
ferromagnesium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ferro- + magnesium.
Senses: glosses: A ferroalloy of iron and magnesium.
ferrophosphorus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ferro- + phosphorus.
Senses: glosses: A ferroalloy of iron and phosphorus.
ferrouranium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ferro- + uranium.
Senses: glosses: A ferroalloy of iron and uranium.
ferrotungsten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ferro- + tungsten.
Senses: glosses: A ferroalloy of iron and tungsten.
ferroaluminium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferro-aluminium
Etymology: From ferro- + aluminium.
Senses: glosses: A ferroalloy of iron and aluminium.
ferroaluminum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferro-aluminum
Etymology: From ferro- + aluminum.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ferroaluminium.
silicomanganese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silico-manganese
Etymology: From silico- + manganese.
Senses: glosses: An alloy consisting mainly of manganese and silicon.
deminution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of diminution.
kangeroo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kangeroos
Senses: examples: text: The different patrols, too, are distinguished from each other by the colour of the bunch of ribbons worn on the left shoulder; the lions being yellow and red, the kangeroos red and grey, etc.
ref: 1919, The Month, volume 134, page 401:
glosses: Archaic form of kangaroo.
kangeroos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kangeroo
NSBM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of National Socialist black metal.
nabobism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nabob + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The attitudes or policies of nabobs.
bboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bboards
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: bulletin board (electronic message system)
bboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bboard
sleeper ship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleeper ships
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A spaceship, all or some of whose passengers are in suspended animation.
Coordinate terms: generation ship
macrosegment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrosegments
Etymology: From macro- + segment.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A portion of a spoken utterance between two pauses.
topics: business
marketing
glosses: A broad division of a market, encompassing many potential customers.
sleeper ships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sleeper ship
macrosegments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrosegment
fourgrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fourgram
n-grams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of n-gram
Dyson tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dyson trees
Etymology: Named for Freeman Dyson.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A hypothetical genetically engineered plant that could grow in a comet.
wikipedia: Freeman Dyson
Dyson trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dyson tree
bioship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioships
Etymology: From bio- + ship.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A spaceship that is partially or wholly composed of biological material.
bioships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioship
International Court of Justice
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the International Court of Justice
Etymology: international + court of justice
Senses: synonyms: ICJ
qualifier: UN
glosses: A judicial body of the United Nations, established in 1945 to decide disputes brought by nations.
Synonyms: ICJ
World Court
Coordinate terms: ICC
International Criminal Court
Derived terms: ICJ
launch loop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: launch loops
Senses: glosses: A hypothetical maglev cable that would be capable of sending objects into orbit without needing a rocket.
Synonyms: Lofstrom loop
launch loops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of launch loop
Lofstrom loop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lofstrom loops
Etymology: Named after American engineer Keith Lofstrom.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of launch loop.
synonyms: word: launch loop
wikipedia: Keith Lofstrom
white copper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white coppers
Senses: glosses: An alloy of copper with zinc and nickel, having the appearance of silver.
until the last dog is hung
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: until the last moment.