cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hagigah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /xɑːɡiːˈɡɑː/
Forms: form: hagigahs
form: chagigah
form: Hagiga
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew חֲגִיגָה (ḥagiga, “celebration, pilgrimage, festival offering”), derived from the root ח־ג־ג (ḥ-g-g, “celebrate, make a pilgrimage”). Cognate to Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj, “pilgrimage”).
Senses: examples: text: The resolution points toward the rabbinic conclusion that lambs and kids are to be employed for the Passover flesh itself, while animals from the herd are to be used for a supplementary hagigah contribution.
ref: 1997, H. M. Vroom, Martin Gosman, Holy Scriptures in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, →ISBN, page 77:
glosses: A sacrificial offering at one of the three pilgrimage festivals: Passover, Shavuot (Pentecost), and Sukkot (Tabernacles).
glosses: The tractate from the Talmud that deals with these offerings.
hagigahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hagigah
wagon-wheel effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wagon-wheel effects
Senses: glosses: An optical illusion in which a spoked wheel appears to rotate differently from its true rotation, sometimes caused by stroboscopic effects.
chagigah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chagigahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hagigah.
chagigahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chagigah
chagiga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chagigas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hagigah.
chagigas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chagiga
Hagiga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hagigas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hagigah.
unspoked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + spoked.
Senses: glosses: Without spokes (parts of a wheel).
Synonyms: spokeless
Hagigas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hagiga
spookless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spook + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without ghosts.
Silversteinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Silversteinian
form: most Silversteinian
Etymology: From Silverstein + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The application of these Peircian and Silversteinian paradoxes to law builds upon the views of Kevelson and other analysts of Anglo-American jurisprudence […]
ref: 2008, Justin B. Richland, Arguing with Tradition: The Language of Law in Hopi Tribal Court:
glosses: Of or relating to Michael Silverstein (born 1945), theoretician of semiotics and linguistic anthropology.
anthropolinguistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anthropo- + linguistic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Relating to anthropolinguistics.
anthropolinguistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anthropo- + linguistics.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: anthropological linguistics
anthropolinguist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthropolinguists
Etymology: From anthropo- + linguist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies anthropolinguistics.
anthropolinguists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthropolinguist
Wittgensteinianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Wittgensteinian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Wittgensteinian philosophy
scapegoatings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scapegoating
slam-clicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slam-clickers
Etymology: From slam + click + -er, suggesting the sound of closing and locking a door.
Senses: examples: text: The pilots taunt me: “Slam-clicker” (a crew member who goes straight to his or her room and doesn’t come out). That’s me tonight.
ref: 1982, Working Woman (Hal Publications), volume 7, issues 7–12, page 225
text: I’m going to call them Honest Eyes until I know if they are,
in the interval called slam-clicker, Realm of Pacific, […]
ref: 1999, David Berman, Actual Air (Open City Books), poem “Cassette County”, page 19
qualifier: among flight attendants and pilots
glosses: An unsociable crewmember who prefers to stay in his or her hotel room between flights.
slam-clickers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slam-clicker
dandiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dandy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being dandy.
Tchaush
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The grapes are much more palatable than the celebrated kinds coming from Bokhara, and superior even to the Tchaush grapes from the environs of Smyrna.
ref: 1885, Ármin Vámbéry, The coming struggle for India: being an account of the encroachments of Russia in Central Asia, and of the difficulties sure to arise therefrom to England, London [u.a.]: Cassell, →OCLC, page 105:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: Archaic spelling of Chaush (“a cultivar of vinifera grape”).
in the pudding club
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: * Possibly derived from the round shape of a pregnant abdomen, resembling that of a traditional boiled pudding.
* An alternative suggestion is an association with dialectal English pod (“belly”), German puddig (“swollen”), Westphalian Low German Puddek (“lump, pudding”).
Senses: glosses: Pregnant.
Synonyms: pregnant
Related terms: in the club
Chaush
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tchaush
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A cultivar of Vitis vinifera (“wine grape”).
hamaul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hamauls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hamal (“porter”).
hamauls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hamaul
palanqueen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palanqueens
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of palanquin.
palanqueens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palanqueen
recapturer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recapturers
Etymology: From recapture + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who recaptures something.
recapturers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recapturer
recapturable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From recapture + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be recaptured.
unrecapturable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + recapturable.
Senses: examples: text: He did not know that what he was experiencing then, that unreal, undesirous medley of ecstasy and peace, would be unrecapturable forever.
ref: 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Love in the Night:
glosses: That cannot be recaptured.
unrecaptured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + recaptured.
Senses: glosses: Not recaptured.
cyberspacetime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + spacetime, modelled on earlier cyberspace.
Senses: examples: text: It is precisely the diversity of positions on the supposed liberatory nature of the internet and “cyberspacetime” that is the main strength of this volume.
ref: 1998, The Psychohistory Review, volume 27, page 110:
text: Strange unexplained effects abound, there are regions of gravity overload, of bending telnets, lag and cyberspacetime freezes. In some places time runs backwards.
ref: 1999, Indra Sinha, The Cybergypsies:
glosses: The cyberspace equivalent of spacetime: a notional space for electronic communication that also has a temporal aspect, so that one thing happens before or after another.
telneted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of telnet
telneting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of telnet
cyberspatiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberspatialities
Etymology: From cyber- + spatiality.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being cyberspatial.
cyberspatialities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberspatiality
Eskimoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eskimo
ethnonational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ethno- + national.
Senses: glosses: Relating to ethnonationality.
ethnonationality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnonationalities
Etymology: From ethno- + nationality.
Senses: glosses: identity as jointly defined by ethnicity and nationality
Related terms: ethnonational
ethnonationalism
ethnonationalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethnonationality
neoethnicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neoethnicities
Etymology: From neo- + ethnicity.
Senses: glosses: revitalized ethnicity
neoethnicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neoethnicity
superpanopticon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superpanopticons
Etymology: From super- + panopticon.
Senses: glosses: A modern form of surveillance and control based on computerized databases.
superpanopticons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superpanopticon
Yugonostalgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Yugo-nostalgia.
Yugo-nostalgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yugonostalgia
Etymology: From Yugo- + nostalgia.
Senses: examples: text: Fondness for the old system is often referred to as “Yugonostalgia”.
ref: [2022 August 25, Jessica Bateman, “‘Everyone loved each other’: the rise of Yugonostalgia”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Nostalgia for the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
cinemograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cinemographs
Senses: glosses: An integrating anemometer.
cinemographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinemograph
cinematographing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cinematograph
Class Day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Class Days
Senses: examples: text: Princeton's Class Day speaker in 2006 was Bill Clinton
topics: education
glosses: In colleges and universities, a day of the commencement season on which the leaverss celebrates the completion of its course, such as with guest speakers, reading of the class histories and poems, the planting of the class ivy (see Ivy Day (United States), etc.
wikipedia: Williams College
Related terms: Ivy Day
Cinquecentist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʃiŋkwɛˈtʃɛntɪst/
ipa: /t͡ʃiŋkwəˈt͡ʃɛntɪst/
ipa: /-ɾɪst/
Forms: form: cinquecentist
Etymology: From Italian cinquecentista (“Cinquecentist”), from cinquecento (“sixteenth century”) + -ista (“-ist, suffix indicating a person with a particular creative or academic role”); compare French cinquecentiste.
Senses: examples: text: Its [Dresden's] stately and cinquecentist mansions bring back interesting recollections; its treasures of art make us proud of humanity; and the rich and picturesque scenery of its environs add surprise to our delights.
ref: 1828, A[ugustus] B[ozzi] Granville, “Saxony, Prussia, Federated States, and France”, in St. Petersburgh. A Journal of Travels to and from that Capital; through Flanders, the Rhenish Provinces, Prussia, Russia, Poland, Silesia, Saxony, the Federated States of Germany, and France. … In Two Volumes, volume II, London: Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street, →OCLC, page 654:
text: Suffice it to say as a last word that the ancient Romans, the cinquecentist Italians, and the modern Europeans, obviously form in architectural history one continuous dynasty.
ref: 1891, James Fergusson, Robert Kerr, “Secular Architecture”, in History of the Modern Styles of Architecture: … In Two Volumes, 3rd rev. edition, volume I, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, →OCLC, book I (Italy), page 36:
text: Whenever we pass from the Cinquecentist room in a gallery to the baroque, the surprise we feel is that clear, obvious juxtaposition ceases and that colours seem to rest on a common ground in which they sometimes sink into almost complete monochrome, in which, however, if they stand out clearly, they remain mysteriously moored.
ref: 2009, Heinrich Wölfflin, “Principles of Art History”, in Donald Preziosi, editor, The Art of Art History: A Critical Anthology (Oxford History of Art), 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the art of Italy in the sixteenth century.
Cinquecentist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʃiŋkwɛˈtʃɛntɪst/
ipa: /t͡ʃiŋkwəˈt͡ʃɛntɪst/
ipa: /-ɾɪst/
Forms: form: Cinquecentists
form: cinquecentist
Etymology: From Italian cinquecentista (“Cinquecentist”), from cinquecento (“sixteenth century”) + -ista (“-ist, suffix indicating a person with a particular creative or academic role”); compare French cinquecentiste.
Senses: examples: text: As a matter of good sense alone, it must sooner or later become clear to the mind of anyone that the Cinque-centists, on their own Italian ground teeming with relics of the past, and in the exhilarating intellectual air of their great philosophical revolution, enjoyed a truly grand architectural opportunity.
ref: 1891, James Fergusson, Robert Kerr, “Secular Architecture”, in History of the Modern Styles of Architecture: … In Two Volumes, 3rd rev. edition, volume I, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, →OCLC, book I (Italy), page 169:
glosses: An Italian of the sixteenth century, especially a poet or an artist.
glosses: A student or imitator of the art or literature of that period.
examples: text: The style at large, called the Cinquecentist (that is, of the fifth—for fifteenth—century), or the Italian (because of its birthplace), or the modern or revived Classic (being the academical antique), is primarily based upon the columnar system of the Greeks, received by them historically from the East, and transmitted historically Westward (on the tide of empire) to Rome.
ref: 1864, Robert Kerr, “Palladian Style”, in The Gentleman's House; or, How to Plan English Residences, from the Parsonage to the Palace; with Tables of Accommodation and Cost, and a Series of Selected Plans, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, →OCLC, part IV (Notes on Architectural Style), page 364:
glosses: The style of art or architecture of that period.
cinquecentists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinquecentist. (alternative letter-case form of Cinquecentists.)
chokebore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chokebores
Etymology: From choke + bore.
Senses: glosses: In a shotgun, a bore which is tapered to a slightly smaller diameter at a short distance to the rear of the muzzle, in order to prevent the rapid dispersion of the shot.
glosses: A shotgun that is made with such a bore.
chokebore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chokebores
form: chokeboring
form: chokebored
form: chokebored
Etymology: From choke + bore.
Senses: glosses: To provide (a gun) with a chokebore.
chokebored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chokebore
chokeboring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chokebore
chokebores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chokebore
chokebores
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chokebore
vertical stabiliser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vertical stabilisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of vertical stabilizer.
dog robbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dog robber
chomage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chomages
Etymology: Borrowed from French chômage.
Senses: examples: text: For many generations the canal was regularly dried once a year, for an interval of a month or six weeks, for the purpose of repairs. These chomages, as they are called, now, however, take place only once in two or in three years.
ref: 1851, The Farmer's Magazine, page 536:
glosses: A period when a mill, factory, etc. stands still or idle.
chomages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chomage
gnoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gnoff
chronophotograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chronophotographs
Etymology: From chrono- + photograph.
Senses: glosses: A single photographic frame in chronophotography.
chronophotographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chronophotograph
chronophotographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chrono- + photographic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to chronophotography.
coulombmeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coulombmeters
Etymology: From coulomb + meter.
Senses: glosses: An instrument by which electricity can be measured in coulombs.
coulombmeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coulombmeter
coumarou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coumarous
form: cumaru
form: kumaru
Etymology: Borrowed from French coumarou, from Old Tupi kumarú (“tree”).
Senses: glosses: The tree Dipteryx odorata, which bears the tonka bean.
glosses: The tonka bean itself.
Derived terms: coumarin
coumarous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coumarou
market-goer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: market-goers
form: marketgoer
Etymology: From market + goer.
Senses: glosses: Someone who shops at a market.
market-goers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of market-goer
cottas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cotta
marketgoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marketgoers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of market-goer.
marketgoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marketgoer
coulure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French coulure, literally "a dropping".
Senses: glosses: A disease affecting grapes, manifested by the premature dropping of the fruit.
counterlath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterlaths
Etymology: From counter- + lath.
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A batten laid lengthwise between two rafters as a bearing for laths laid crosswise.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Any lath laid without actual measurement between two gauged laths.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Any of a series of laths nailed to the timbers to raise the sheet lathing above their surface to afford a key for plastering.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: One of many laths used in preparing one side of a partition or framed wall, when the other side has been covered in and finished.
counterlath
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counterlaths
form: counterlathing
form: counterlathed
form: counterlathed
Etymology: From counter- + lath.
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: To fit or supply with a counterlath.
counterlaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterlath
counterlaths
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counterlath
coupstick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coupsticks
Etymology: From coup + stick.
Senses: glosses: A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.
coupsticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coupstick
a long time coming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: a long time in coming
Senses: examples: text: "The water is a long time coming. Try another glass of wine."
ref: 1870, Wilkie Collins, chapter 10, in Man and Wife:
text: "Your letter was a long time coming. I had waited a week—ten days."
ref: 1912, Edith Wharton, chapter 11, in The Reef, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company:
text: The breakthrough in the Paris talks was a long time coming.
ref: 1968 November 15, “World: The Moment of Truth”, in Time, retrieved 21 Apr 2015:
text: It has been a long time coming—39 years to be exact—but women's tennis players will receive prize money equal to the men's at Wimbledon this year.
ref: 2007 February 22, Christopher Clarey, “Tennis: Next time, she will get equal pay”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Apr 2015:
text: "It's been such a long time coming but finally justice has been done, and an innocent man can be allowed to get on with the rest of his life."
ref: 2009 September 9, Chris Johnson, “Liverpool fan Michael Shields free with royal pardon”, in Click Liverpool, UK, retrieved 21 Apr 2015:
qualifier: set phrase
glosses: In-process, delayed, awaited, or deserved for a considerable duration of time; overdue.
Related terms: in the works
long in coming
slowly but surely
a long time in coming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of a long time coming.
coyotillo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coyotillos
Etymology: From Spanish coyotillo; diminutive of coyote, which is able to eat its poisonous fruit without harm.
Senses: glosses: A low rhamnaceous shrub (Karwinskia humboldtiana) of the southwestern United States and Mexico, with poisonous berries.
crackajacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crackajack
crandall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ændəl
Forms: form: crandalls
Etymology: Probably from the name Crandall.
Senses: glosses: A kind of hammer having a head formed of a group of pointed steel bars, used for dressing ashlar, etc.
crandall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ændəl
Forms: form: crandalls
form: crandalling
form: crandalled
form: crandalled
Etymology: Probably from the name Crandall.
Senses: glosses: To dress with a hammer of this kind.
crandalling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crandall
crandalled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crandall
crandalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crandall
crandalls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crandall
crotching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crotch
crownland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crownlands
form: crown land
Etymology: Calque of German Kronland.
Senses: glosses: In Austria-Hungary, any of the provinces, or largest administrative divisions of the monarchy.
crownlands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crownland
sukis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suki
cummerband
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cummerbands
Senses: examples: text: Richard Middlemas, as the Begum's general or Buckshee, walked nearest to her litter, in a dress as magnificent in itself as it was remote from all European costume, being that of a Banka, or Indian courtier. […] The vest was of gold brocade, with a cummerband, or sash, around his waist, corresponding to his turban.
ref: 1827, [Walter Scott], chapter XV, in Chronicles of the Canongate; […], volume II (The Surgeon’s Daughter), Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC, page 353:
glosses: Dated form of cummerbund.
kummerbund
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kummerbunds
Senses: examples: text: All this splendor was set off by a black shawl kummerbund, and blackish upper vest of the cloth called keem-khab, embroidered with large gold leaves. The vest was made like those of all other Mahomedans, but the lower part of it stuck out as you see painted in Indian prints, and altogether destroyed his figure; and the kummerbund was large and heavy.
ref: 1809 March 6, “Embassy to Cabul, No. II. Description of the Introduction to His Majesty the King of Cabul, of the British Attendants on Mr. Elphinstone, in His Embassy to the King of that Country.”, in The Literary Panorama, volume VIII, London: Printed by Cox, Son, and Baylis, […], for C. Taylor, […], published November 1810, →OCLC, column 1329:
glosses: Dated form of cummerbund.
cummerbands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cummerband; dated form of cummerbunds.
kummerbunds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kummerbund.
curetted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of curette
curetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of curette
curetting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curettings
Senses: glosses: The act of scraping with a curette.
cyclone pit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclone pits
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cyclone cellar.
synonyms: word: cyclone cellar
cyclone cellars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclone cellar
cyclone pits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclone pit
cymometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cymometers
Etymology: From cymo- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: An instrument for exhibiting and measuring wave motion; specifically, one for determining the frequency of electric wave oscillations, especially in connection with wireless telegraphy.
cymometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cymometer
JHWH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of YHWH.
double Pedro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: The card game cinch.
Grolier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Jean Grolier de Servières.
Senses: examples: Grolier binding; Grolier design; Grolier school
glosses: A style of book binding decorated with a pattern of interlacing bars, bands, or ribbons, with little scrolls of slender gold lines.
wikipedia: Jean Grolier de Servières
Derived terms: Grolieresque
Husky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Ultimately related to Eskimo; see husky (“sled dog”) for more.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Husky.
glosses: Any of the languages of the Eskimo peoples.
Husky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Huskies
Etymology: Ultimately related to Eskimo; see husky (“sled dog”) for more.
Senses: glosses: An Eskimo person.
Related terms: english: a sled dog
translation: a sled dog
word: husky
word: Eskimo
Grundyism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Grundy + -ism, after Mrs Grundy, a minor character in Thomas Morton's play Speed the Plough (1798) who came to personify the tyranny of conventional propriety.
Senses: glosses: narrow and unintelligent conventionalism
wikipedia: Mrs Grundy
Related terms: Grundified
Grundyist
Grundyists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Grundyist
Grundy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹʌn.di/
rhymes: -ʌndi
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town, the county seat of Buchanan County, Virginia, United States.
Derived terms: Grundy Center
Grundy County
Grundyism
Grundyist
gorge fishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪʃɪŋ
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: trolling with a dead bait on a double hook which the fish is given time to swallow, or gorge
gorge circle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gorge circles
Senses: qualifier: gearing
glosses: The outline of the smallest cross section of a hyperboloid of revolution.
circle of the gorge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A minimum circle on a surface of revolution, cut out by a plane perpendicular to the axis.
Related terms: gorge circle
gorge hook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gorge hooks
Senses: examples: text: The gorge hook consists of two, or what is called a double Eel hook: to the shank of the book is fastened about two or three inches of brass wire twisted, the end of which forms a loop
ref: 1841, Thomas Frederick Salter, The Troller's Guide […] :
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: Two hooks separated by a piece of lead.
on the wrong side of history
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Washington reporters . . . were seen by the president's people as on the wrong side of history—both technologically and politically.
ref: 1993 June 27, “The 'Jurassic Park' Press”, in Newsweek, retrieved 21 Apr 2015:
text: As gays have moved into the mainstream, Republicans have landed on the wrong side of history.
ref: 2007 June 14, Michael Kinsley, “The Quiet Gay Revolution”, in Time, retrieved 21 Apr 2015:
text: The Roberts court has too often been on the wrong side of history, most pointedly in its retrograde refusal to protect the right to vote.
ref: 2014 June 25, Linda Greenhouse, “The Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Cellphone Privacy”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Apr 2015:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Having policies or practices that are perceived as not progressive or enlightened; behaving in a manner that reflects out-of-date or disapproved opinions.
Related terms: behind the times
out of date
out of touch
radiopticon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiopticons
Etymology: From radio- (“ray”) + Ancient Greek ὀπτικός (optikós, “visual”).
Senses: glosses: A kind of projector or magic lantern that did not require slides.
Related terms: stereopticon
radiopticons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radiopticon
OTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OT
Huskies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Husky
2OT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 2OTs
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of second overtime period.
Related terms: english: overtime
translation: overtime
word: OT
1OT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 1OTs
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of first overtime period.
Related terms: english: overtime
translation: overtime
word: OT
3OT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 3OTs
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of third overtime period.
Related terms: english: overtime
translation: overtime
word: OT
pralltriller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pralltrillers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Pralltriller.
Senses: examples: Coordinate term: mordent
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A melodic embellishment consisting of the quick alternation of a principal tone with an auxiliary tone above it, usually the next in the scale.
pralltrillers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pralltriller
pulmotor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pulmotors
Etymology: From Latin pulmo (“a lung”) + English motor. Originally a brand name.
Senses: glosses: An apparatus for producing artificial respiration by pumping oxygen and/or air into and out of the lungs, as of a person who has been asphyxiated by drowning, breathing poisonous gases, etc.
pulmotors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pulmotor
Plücker tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Plücker tubes
Etymology: Named after Julius Plücker, German physicist.
Senses: glosses: A vacuum tube, used in spectrum analysis, in which the part through which the discharge takes place is a capillary tube, thus producing intense incandescence of the contained gases.
glosses: A Crookes tube.
Plücker tubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Plücker tube
divortiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From divorce + -ial + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Comparing the southern and the nordic countries he found that Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece were low in fertility, divortiality, cohabitation and births out of marriage, while in Denmark and Sweden fertility was relatively high, divortiality and cohabitation were high and births out of marriage strong or medium.
ref: 1998, Koen Matthijs, The Family: Contemporary Perspectives and Challenges, →ISBN, page 52:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: The likelihood, in a specific population, that marriages end in divorce.
exotegmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exo- + tegmic.
Senses: examples: text: In general, the mature endosperm shows a protein-rich outer layer and exotegmic cells have a zigzag pattern, while the exotesta is siliciferous.
ref: 1998, Klaus Kubitzki, H. Huber, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Volume VI: Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae), →ISBN, page 418:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the outer portion of the integument.
endotegmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endo- + tegmic.
Senses: examples: text: Mesotegmic seeds with coats derived from the middle layer are rare, while endotegmic seeds with coats derived from the innermost layer of the inner integument are present in, for example, the black pepper family (Piperaceae).
ref: 2012, J. Derek Bewley, Kent Bradford, Henk Hilhorst, Seeds: Physiology of Development, Germination and Dormancy, 3rd edition., →ISBN, page 36:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the inner epidermis of the integument.
mesotegmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meso- + tegmic.
Senses: examples: text: The mesotegmic construction is rare and found in conjunction with either an exotegmen or an endotegmen.
ref: 2003, Roger D. Smith, Seed Conservation: Turning Science Into Practice, →ISBN, page 263:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the middle of the integument as opposed to the outer or inner epidermis of the integument.
pageant-goer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pageant-goers
Etymology: From pageant + goer.
Senses: examples: text: My final data interpretation was colored by a pearl or two of wisdom a fellow pageant-goer had dropped not long after the viewing of the DVD: “As for the pageant I'm no where near perfect and I'd love to meet someone who is (lol).
ref: 2010, C.E. Lukather, The Writing Disorder Anthology, →ISBN, page 82:
glosses: A person attending a pageant
pageant-goers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pageant-goer
cinema-goer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cinema-goers
Etymology: From cinema + goer.
Senses: examples: text: The pluralism that confronts the cinema-goer differs from the uniformity of the belief-system which the traditional church-goer faces.
ref: 2011, Edward Foley, Religion, Diversity and Conflict, →ISBN, page 163:
glosses: A person attending the cinema
cinema-goers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinema-goer
auction-goer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auction-goers
Etymology: From auction + goer.
Senses: examples: text: On the other end was a first-time auction-goer named Chase Bailey wondering ifhe could still get an auction catalogue for the next day's big event.
ref: 2012, Doug Shafer, Andrew Demsky, A Vineyard in Napa, →ISBN, page 219:
glosses: A person attending an auction
auction-goers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auction-goer
Devonwall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Devon + Cornwall
Senses: examples: text: "The Highlands and Islands" phenomenon is the Scottish equivalent of "Devonwall" and all efforts must be made to challenge the creation of any more "Highlands and Islands" institutions which bring together the Highlands and the Northern Isles.
ref: 2000, Celtic League, Carn, volumes 108-117, page 4:
text: A conference at Newquay in November 1987, called at the behest of the Duke of Cornwall, allowed the proponents of 'Devonwall' to come up with a proposal for a Devon and Cornwall Development Company.
ref: 2003, Bernard Deacon, Garry Tregidga, Mebyon Kernow and Cornish Nationalism:
text: A new power to cross previously sacrosanct English county boundaries will arouse deep controversy in some parts, most notably in the far south-west of England where a 'Devonwall' constituency will become a reality and disappoint electors in both Cornwall and Devon.
ref: 2013, Justin Fisher, Christopher Wlezien, The UK General Election of 2010: Explaining the Outcome, Routledge, →ISBN, page 173:
text: Part and parcel of its involvement in such issues as industrial development, a Cornish university and the amalgamation of Cornish and Devonian public bodies (what became known as 'Devonwall') was a more public profile for its leaders.
ref: 2014, Derek R. Williams, Following 'An Gof': Leonard Truran, Cornish Activist and Publisher, The Cornovia Press, →ISBN, page 14:
glosses: The merger of local government structures in Devon and Cornwall.
Coordinate terms: Devon
Cornwall
Devon & Cornwall
Devon and Cornwall
Related terms: Cornwall
Devon
Cornwall & Devon
Cornwall and Devon
South West England
South West Peninsula
javelin throwers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of javelin thrower
momtrepreneur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɒm.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/
ipa: /ˌmɑm.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/
ipa: /ˌmɑm.tɹə.pɹəˈnʊɚ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: momtrepreneurs
Etymology: Blend of mom + entrepreneur.
Senses: examples: 2018, Kristen Luciani, Venture Forward, Sand Hill Romance LLC
Kristen Luciani is a USA Today bestselling romance author and momtrepreneur with a penchant for stilettos, Silicon Valley, plunging necklines and grapefruit martinis. As a deep-rooted romantic who prefers juicy drama to fill the lives of […]
glosses: A mother who runs a business out of her home, implicitly to earn extra income outside of traditional employment.
MRW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MRWs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: MTW
MTM
MRM
glosses: Initialism of maximum ramp weight.
MRW
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of my reaction when.
Related terms: MFW
MFW
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Originated on 4chan.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of my face when.
MFW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MFWs
Senses: examples: text: Overseas Filipino workers, known as O.F.W.s, are also returning to the country to earn crypto as M.F.W.s, or metaverse Filipino workers.
ref: 2024 March 18, Eli Tan, Jes Aznar, “What Meltdown? Crypto Comes Roaring Back in the Philippines.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Initialism of metaverse Filipino worker
Related terms: MRW
TFW
right here
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Where are you? I'm right here!
text: Avina: Producer Zhanmari Erinaceus is donating a portion of all proceeds from her new Blasto movie to the Citadel military defense fund.
Avina: Audio excerpts of "Blasto 6: Partners in Crime" are now available for your listening pleasure, right here on the Presidium!
ref: 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel, Presidium Commons:
glosses: In this very place
quodlibetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin quodlibeticus, from quodlibet + -icus. Equivalent to quodlibet + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a quodlibet
quindene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quindenes
Etymology: From Medieval Latin quindena, from Latin quīndēnī (“15 each”), from the distributive form of quīndecim (“15”). It is used for a period of 14 days owing to the Roman and medieval practice of counting inclusively.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The 14th day after a festival.
topics: Christianity
glosses: The 14-day period between the festival and the quindene.
Synonyms: quindecim
Hypernyms: fortnight
quarantini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarantinis
Etymology: Blend of quarantine + martini.
Senses: examples: text: Now she is planning to host weekly video chat happy hours to help moms “celebrate surviving another week of the Coronapocalypse” with a “quarantini.”
ref: 2020 March 21, Alanna Durkin Richer, quoting Emily Anderson, “Quarantini? Happy hours go virtual”, in Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, page C7:
text: What, exactly, is a quarantini other than something you drink during a quarantine? There are plenty of recipes floating around online, such as basic vodka martinis sipped from your sofa or more elaborate concoctions that add in items like emergen-c.
ref: 2020 March 31, “How to make a ‘quarantini’”, in The Province, Vancouver, BC, page A22:
text: MacKillop says the data are still being compiled and analyzed, but he won't be surprised if, at the end of the day, we learn that alcohol consumption in Ontario was lower during the pandemic. Among many populations in Europe, similar patterns are emerging.
So why did everyone take up the quarantini bender story as objective truth?
ref: 2021 July 6, “‘Quarantini problem’ may have been a myth”, in Toronto Star, page B9:
text: Recipes included things like "Fau-Cheesy Rice and Broccoli," "Peas Make-the-Corona-Virus-Go-Away Salad," and "Dirty Quarantini." Do you have a favorite?
ref: 2021 July 20, Randy Petersen, “Lake City’s Dick Boerger has recipe for success in Wall Street Journal”, in Post-Bulletin, Chicago:
glosses: A martini-style cocktail popular amongst people in COVID-19 lockdown.
quindecima
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quindecimas
Etymology: From Italian quindecima, from Latin quindecima (“15th”), from quindecim (“15”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The interval of a fifteenth, a double octave.
well-paid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more well-paid
form: most well-paid
Etymology: From Middle English wel-paied, equivalent to well + paid.
Senses: examples: text: For most purposes the morning peak, with its more expensive travel, is defined as 4.30 to 9.30 a.m., but in the case of Oyster Card single fares, the morning peak begins at 6.30. It is the less well-paid jobs that require people to travel before 6.30 (you still see men with their tool bags on the first Tubes of the day), so the generous impulse behind the working men's tickets has not entirely died out.
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 47:
synonyms: high-paying
glosses: Adequately paid; receiving sufficient to liberal compensation for work.
Related terms: better-paid
best-paid
Banglawash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Banglawashes
Etymology: From Bangla + wash. Coined in October 2010 by commentator Athar Ali Khan, who used the term to describe a 4–0 victory against New Zealand.
Senses: examples: text: It gave their fans enormous belief, and it also made them hungry for more. For more Banglawashes.
ref: 2015 June 24, Agency, “India vs Bangladesh”, in Sunvilla Samachar, year 1, number 151, Ahmedabad, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2015, page 3:
text: Even though the spectators want nothing less than a Banglawash in the ODIs and T20Is, the reality is a bit different. Against a formidable side like South Africa, the chances of that happening is very low.
ref: 2015 June 28, Minhaz Uddin Khan, “Over-enthusiasm undermining Tigers' success”, in Dhaka Tribune, volume 3, number 76, page 26:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A whitewash by the Bangladesh national cricket team.
Banglawash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Banglawashes
form: Banglawashing
form: Banglawashed
form: Banglawashed
Etymology: From Bangla + wash. Coined in October 2010 by commentator Athar Ali Khan, who used the term to describe a 4–0 victory against New Zealand.
Senses: examples: text: The Tigers have made us proud by defeating the Black Caps in seven ODIs in a row and Banglawashed them once again in the three match ODI series yesterday at Fatullah (Sunday).
ref: 2013 November 6, Mazhar Uddin, quoting a fan, “Fans queue overnight for tickets”, in Dhaka Tribune, volume 1, number 223, page 13:
text: After 'Banglawashing' Pakistan, Bangladesh have now thrashed India to win their three-match One-Day International (ODI) series 2-0 with one match to go.
ref: 2015 June 22, Sandipan Banerjee, “Bangladesh should now get the respect which they truly deserve”, in CricketCountry.com, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2017:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To whitewash.
raw_tags: of the Bangladesh national cricket team
lawn food
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lawn foods
Senses: examples: text: To fertilize, take a hose-end sprayer. Pour in one cup of liquid lawn food and follow with a can of beer, a cup of flea-and-tick shampoo and the balance in household ammonia.
ref: 1989 June 19, Julie Greenwalt, “The Grass Is Always Greener on Jerry Baker's Lawn Because He Feeds It Beer, Soap and Ammonia”, in People Magazine, retrieved 22 Apr 2015:
text: Buy him a rake, a rotary mower with a grass collection box, some autumn lawn food and The Lawn Expert by Dr Hessayon (£7.99, Transworld).
ref: 2007 October 5, “Garden advice: Thorny problems”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 22 Apr 2015:
text: Mix four pounds magnesium sulfate (Epsom salts) with a bag of your favorite lawn food that covers 2,500 square feet.
ref: 2015 April 14, Mary Hunt, “Secrets of a cheapskate gardener”, in twincities.com Pioneer Press, retrieved 22 Apr 2015:
glosses: Fertilizer for grass.
ur-ancestor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ur-ancestors
form: Ur-ancestor
Etymology: From ur- + ancestor.
Senses: examples: text: Often the ancestors were asked to intercede with the being who wielded the greatest power of all over the Shang people, the ur-ancestor known as the “Lord on High” (shangdi).
ref: 2003, Confucius, translated by Edward Slingerland, Analects: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries, translation of original in Old Chinese:
text: In both, the first awareness of other creatures by the ur-ancestor (and therefore the first true self-consciousness) arrives through a feeling of a crowd on the skin.
ref: 2006, Lesley Brill, Crowds, Power, and Transformation in Cinema:
text: These two lineages converged somewhere in the late Paleozoic or early Triassic in a common “Ur-ancestor.”
ref: 2011, Dr. Gareth Dyke, Gary Kaiser, Living Dinosaurs: The Evolutionary History of Modern Birds:
glosses: An original ancestor; proto-ancestor.
ur-ancestors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ur-ancestor
proto-ancestor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proto-ancestors
Etymology: From proto- + ancestor.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of protoancestor.
Synonyms: ur-ancestor
proto-ancestors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proto-ancestor
Ur-ancestor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ur-ancestors
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ur-ancestor.
ur-homeland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ur-homelands
form: Ur-homeland
Etymology: From ur- + homeland, a partial calque of German Urheimat.
Senses: examples: text: At the beginning of the previous century those who first ardently abandoned themselves to these studies believed that one would rediscover the Ur-language, the Ur-wisdom, the Ur-religion, even the Ur-culture and Ur-homeland of our Aryan ancestors in India.
ref: 2009, Douglas T. McGetchin, Indology, Indomania, and Orientalism:
text: His own homeland was not enough, since it already represented a modern, depraved civilisation, according to this author, unfortunately the ur-homeland of humanity existed only in distant, foreign lands (which should not be too hastily equated with exoticism).
ref: 2011, Tomi Mäkelä, Jean Sibelius:
glosses: An original homeland, territory, or habitat.
Synonyms: urheimat
theater-goer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theater-goers
Etymology: From theatre + goer.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of theatergoer.
theater-goers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theater-goer