cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
private stock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: private stocks
Senses: examples: text: [T]o feed 126 souls, we had but . . .
Three ham-sandwiches, and a pot of currant-jelly, and 197 bottles
of brandy, rum, madeira, pale ale (my private stock) . . .
ref: 1869, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 6, in Burlesques:
text: The refreshment was brought in, and before the session adjourned, they had lowered the contents of a black bottle of private stock by several fingers.
ref: 1906, Andy Adams, “Seigerman's Per Cent”, in Cattle Brands:
text: "And after all I've done for her," said Mr. Reginald Cracknell, his voice tremulous with self-pity and his eyes moist with the combined effects of anguish and over-indulgence in his celebrated private stock, "after all I've done for her she throws me down."
ref: 1912, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 16, in The Adventures of Sally:
text: And it is heartening to be able to find a good and heady mutton chop to accompany a club member's claret from his private stock.
ref: 1989 March 12, Christopher Idone, “Food: Club Comfort”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Jan 2014:
text: 2004, Robert Priest, How to Swallow a Pig, →ISBN, (Google preivew)"
Then he takes out a bottle of his own private stock, finds himself a flower or some butterflies, and proceeds to get very drunk.
text: Booker employed his private stock as a late afternoon delight for visitors to the Boston distillery.
ref: 2011, F. Paul Pacult, American Still Life: The Jim Beam Story and the Making of the World's #1 Bourbon, →ISBN:
qualifier: set phrase
glosses: A supply of something, especially alcoholic beverages, belonging to a person or a commercial establishment and of such quality that it is usually reserved for the owner or for favoured friends or customers.
Duero
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Bohol, Philippines.
orientalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of orientalise
orientalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of orientalise
orientalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of orientalise
orientalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of orientalize
orientalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of orientalize
orientalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of orientalize
Orientalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Orientalise
Orientalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Orientalise
Orientalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Orientalise
get work done
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets work done
form: getting work done
form: got work done
form: got work done
form: gotten work done
Senses: examples: text: The push to get work done younger is just a small part of the reason the cosmetic surgery industry is booming.
ref: 2006, Alex Kuczynski, Beauty Junkies: Inside Our $15 Billion Obsession With Cosmetic Surgery, page 80:
text: We've got nothing to be ashamed of but we don't want to advertise that we get work done either.
ref: 2010, Jami Attenberg, chapter 20, in The Melting Season:
text: It's very hard to get work done in your hometown without it being noticed afterward.
ref: 2011, Imogen Lloyd Webber, The Single Girl's Survival Guide:
glosses: To receive plastic surgery.
examples: text: I can't get any work done with that noise outside!
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, work, done.
multi-hydrocarbon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multi-hydrocarbons
Etymology: From multi- + hydrocarbon.
Senses: glosses: Petroleum jelly.
soft paraffin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Petroleum jelly.
white petrolatum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white petrolatums
Senses: glosses: Petroleum jelly.
ISIS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪsɪs/
homophone: Isis
Forms: form: Isis
form: Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
form: Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
form: Isis
Etymology: An acronym of one English translation of one of the group's Arabic-language names, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَٱلشَّام (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām, literally “the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria”). Compare ISIL, which translates الشَّام (aš-šām) as “the Levant” rather than “Syria”.
Senses: examples: text: They didn't know the room was too big, because they didn't have anybody there. How are they going to beat ISIS? I don't think it's gonna happen.
ref: 2015 June 16, Donald Trump, “Transcript: Donald Trump announces his presidential candidacy”, in CBS News:
text: Despite territorial defeats in Iraq and Syria, ISIS continues to draw support from HVEs in the United States and the group’s global calls for attacks have intensified since the death last year of senior leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
ref: 2020 October 24, “Homeland Threat Assessment”, in Department of Homeland Security, page 19:
text: Terror groups linked to al Qaeda and ISIS have been active in Niger for years.
ref: 2023 March 20, Kylie Atwood, “American citizen held hostage for 6 years in West Africa has been freed”, in CNN:
glosses: A Salafist group mainly active in Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed itself as a (unrecognized) state and later caliphate.
Synonyms: sense: Extremist group
word: Daesh
sense: Extremist group
english: also a former name
translation: also a former name
word: ISIL
sense: Extremist group
word: IS
sense: Extremist group
english: current name
translation: current name
word: Islamic State
Derived terms: ISIS-K
neuro-otology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of neurotology.
ISIL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈaɪsəl/
Forms: form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
form: Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
Etymology: An acronym of one English translation of one of the group's Arabic-language names, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَالشَّام (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām, literally “the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant”). Compare ISIS, which translates الشَّام (aš-šām) as “Syria” rather than “the Levant”.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ISIS.
synonyms: word: ISIS
Derived terms: ISIL-K
know someone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows someone
form: knowing someone
form: knew someone
form: known someone
Senses: examples: text: Matsuo admitted to the paper that he told Rana, "I know someone, and the TLC's going to get you." Get him it did.
ref: 1996, The Advocate, number 701, page 14:
glosses: To have personal or social connections.
neuro-ophthalmology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + ophthalmology.
Senses: glosses: The medical subspecialty of both neurology and ophthalmology concerning visual problems related to the nervous system.
Derived terms: neuro-ophthalmologist
LGBTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LGBT
meat jelly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meat jellies
Senses: glosses: Aspic.
anthralgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of arthralgia.
Related terms: arthritis
yellowfin tunas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellowfin tuna
autochthone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autochthones
Senses: examples: text: "The Arab al-Arabá" (or al-Aribah, or al-Urubíyat) are the autochthones, pre-historic, proto-historic and extinct tribes.
ref: 1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 112 footnote:
glosses: Alternative form of autochthon.
sensorization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sensor + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The use of large number of sensors in an application
scower
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scowers
form: scowering
form: scowered
form: scowered
Senses: examples: text: Lord. Behind the tuft of Pines I met them, neuer
Saw I men scowre so on their way: I eyed them
Euen to their Ships.
ref: c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
text: So four fierce Courſers ſtarting to the Race, / Scow'r thro' the Plain, and lengthen ev'ry Pace: / Nor Reigns, nor Curbs, nor threat'ning Cries they fear, / But force along the trembling Charioteer.
ref: 1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 70, lines 690–693:
text: If tranſcribers and printers, or editors, will be perpetually varying from the ſpelling of their author, we ſhall neceſſarily have a conſtant ſource of corruption: for by this alteration, which inſenſibly goes on from ſmaller to greater things, that antique caſt is loſt, which of itſelf carries ſo venerable an aſpect; and our modern editors, in this reſpect, reſemble the officious ſervant of the late learned antiquary Dr. Woodward, who in ſcowering off the ruſt from an old ſhield, which his maſter had juſt purchaſed, made it more reſemble the new ſcowered cover of an old kettle, than the ſhield of an ancient heroe.
ref: 1751, John Upton, A Letter Concerning a New Edition of Spenser’s Faerie Queene. To Gilbert West, Esq., London: Printed for G. Hawkins, […], →OCLC, section VI, page 36:
text: Flanders soap is the substance which appeared to act in the most advantageous manner; it scowers very speedily, and gives wool a degree of whiteness which it is extremely difficult to produce by any other means.
ref: 1805 August, Bouillon Lagrange, “Extract from a Memoir on the Steeping of Wool, and the Influence of Its Different States on Dyeing. […]”, in The Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture, volume XXXIX (Second Series), London: Printed for J. Wyatt, […], →OCLC, page 222:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of scour.
scower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scowers
Senses: examples: text: Fish as near the middle of the stream as you can in the spring months, and also on the shallows and scowers; but in the winter, in deep holes; let the bait drag two or three inches on the ground.
ref: 1825, Pierce Egan, “The Chub, or Chevin”, in Sporting Anecdotes, Original and Selected; […], new considerably enlarged and improved edition, London: Printed for Sherwood, Jones and Co. […], →OCLC, page 220:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of scour.
matriculability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The ability, or eligibility, to matriculate.
mechanochemically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mechanochemical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a mechanochemical manner.
medicine woman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medicine women
Etymology: Probably a calque of Ojibwe mashkikiiwininiikwe (“female doctor”), from mashkiki (“medicine”) + inini (“man”) + ikwe (“woman”).
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: shaman
coordinate_terms: medicine man
glosses: A female Native American (or, any other indigenous) shamanistic healer.
Related terms: folk medicine
herbal medicine
indigenous medicine
medicinal
traditional medicine
medicine women
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medicine woman
maraschino cherry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maraschino cherries
Etymology: Derived from the historical use of the technique of preserving cherries in maraschino liqueur, an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of marasca cherries; the name continued to be used after production methods moved to nonalcoholic forms of preservation during the period of Prohibition in the United States.
Senses: examples: text: The wife called not long ago to tell me she had run out of maraschino cherries again.
ref: 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 22:
glosses: A preserved, sweetened cherry.
maraschino cherries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maraschino cherry
marveller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marvellers
form: marveler
Etymology: From marvel + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who marvels.
marvellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marveller
marveler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marvelers
Etymology: From marvel + -er.
Senses: glosses: US spelling of marveller.
marvelers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marveler
neuro-ophthalmologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuro-ophthalmologists
Etymology: From neuro-ophthalmology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A medical doctor or other practitioner who practices neuro-ophthalmology.
neuro-ophthalmologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuro-ophthalmologist
plant milk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plant milks
Senses: examples: text: Plant milks can, nevertheless, have a dark side, as when any crop is produced in mass quantities.
ref: 2020 January 29, Annette McGivney, “Almonds are out. Dairy is a disaster. So what milk should we drink?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Any milk-like drink that is derived from a plant source.
Hyponyms: almond milk
coconut milk
hazelnut milk
hemp milk
oat milk
peanut milk
rice milk
soy milk
geriaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of geriatric + action.
Senses: examples: text: Whatever it was, the geriaction flick looks like it might become a permanent fixture as our favourite actors grow old alongside us and compete with the younger heroes for celluloid space.
ref: 2010 November 3, Karen Brooks, “New age laughter lines not very hip”, in The Courier-Mail:
text: Ever since The Expendables grossed $274m worldwide - a figure almost as high as its cast's combined ages - the geriaction subgenre has exploded, making born-again stars out of 1980s icons such as Sylvester Stallone and Mickey Rourke, long thought to have hung up their assault rifles.
ref: 2013 March 30, Charlie Lyne, “Geriaction heroes and the age of aged movie stars”, in The Guardian:
text: Opening Friday at the Whistler Village 8, Escape Plan is the latest in the "geriaction" genre that's surged lately with flicks like The Last Stand, Bullet to the Head and The Expendables.
ref: 2013 October 17, Feet Banks, “Geriaction takes over the big screen”, in Pique Newsmagazine, Whistler, British Columbia:
glosses: A genre of action films starring aging actors and actresses, especially ones who were action stars earlier in their careers.
Zam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Zam.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Hunedoara County, Romania.
place of worship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: places of worship
Etymology: From Middle English place of worship, place of wurschip.
Senses: synonyms: word: house of worship
word: fane
word: house of worship
word: temple
word: shrine
hyponyms: word: church
word: cathedral
word: chapel
word: mosque
word: synagogue
word: temple
word: basilica
word: cathedral
word: chapel
word: church
word: gurdwara
word: masjid
word: mosque
word: synagogue
word: ziggurat
glosses: A place, usually a building such as a church, mosque, synagogue or temple where believers can practise their faith.
Hyponyms: church
mosque
synagogue
petit fours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petit four
aerothorax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aero- + thorax.
Senses: glosses: pneumothorax
poopetrator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poopetrators
Etymology: Blend of poop + perpetrator.
Senses: examples: text: During the night, certain perpetrators were sneaking onto play equipment in parks and school yards and leaving deposits […]
The city stepped up surveillance of the park, which is just across the street and down the hill from the Police Department. It installed lights and a security camera. But it couldn’t catch the poopetrators.
ref: 2004 December 10, Susan Lampert Smith, “Police aid nabs park befoulers by working turd shift”, in Wisconsin State Journal:
text: There is a poopetrator on the loose in Brooklyn, responsible for smearing feces on a number of doors and keyholes in the Prospect Heights and Crown Heights areas.
ref: 2012 March 28, Cassandra Garrison, “Brooklyn poop vandal strikes again”, in Metro:
text: In the past several weeks, an unknown individual or group, who students have dubbed the ‘poopetrator,’ has repeatedly defecated in students’ laundry, leaving many fearful about the safety of their clothes.
ref: 2013 October 2, Adrian Rodrigues, “Police probe Saybrook laundry incident”, in Yale Daily News:
glosses: A person who defecates in public or otherwise commits an act of vandalism using feces.
poopetrators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poopetrator
mock fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mock (“imitation”) + fish.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A dish made with grated raw potato, mixed with egg and flour, then fried.
glosses: A concoction of rice, margarine, flour, onion, and anchovy paste, which was made into a porridge and then pan-fried into a cake resembling fish.
sight-translate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sight-translates
form: sight-translating
form: sight-translated
form: sight-translated
Etymology: Back-formation from sight translation.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
translation-studies
glosses: To translate a written document out loud.
Related terms: sight read
sight sing
sight-translates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sight-translate
sight-translating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sight-translate
sight-translated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sight-translate
sight translations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sight translation
minimoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪn.iˌmuːn/
Forms: form: minimoons
form: mini-moon
Etymology: Blend of mini- + honeymoon
Senses: examples: text: But weddings are stressful, and it makes sense to take a day or two after saying “I do” to relax and make mad, passionate love (read: sleep in and watch TV). So consider a minimoon: a quick two-night getaway close to home.
ref: 2008 January 16, Carolyn Ali, “Minimoons may be short, but they sure are sweet”, in The Georgia Straight:
text: Rachel Moschke, Editor of Wedding Ideas magazine, said: ‘Most of us worry about saving up for our wedding day, but it seems we’re reluctant to give up the quality time together that a honeymoon offers. A minimoon is the perfect way to start married life, without busting the budget.’
ref: 2009 July 1, Jo Tweedy, “After the nanobreak comes the 'minimoon' as newlyweds scrimp on honeymoon holiday”, in Daily Mail:
text: The couple are yet to go on their honeymoon because of their strict working schedules but did find time for a ‘minimoon’ after tying the knot.
ref: 2012 November 22, James Robertson, “Rochelle and Marvin Humes are having a baby: 'We're so excited to start a family'”, in The Mirror, UK:
glosses: A brief honeymoon or holiday taken after a wedding.
minimoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪn.iˌmuːn/
Forms: form: minimoons
form: mini-moon
Etymology: From mini- + moon.
Senses: examples: text: This photo of Earth's newest minimoon was taken by the 8-meter Gemini North telescope on Hawaii's Maunakea.
ref: 2020 March 4, Theresa Machemer, “Earth's New Mini-Moon Is Leaving Soon”, in Smithsonian Magazine, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2022:
text: Earth has only had two minimoons on record – one in February 2020 and the other in 2006.
ref: 2020 September 22, Stacy Liberatore, “Earth is set to capture a minimoon in October that may stay until May 2021 – but some experts say the object could be man-made space junk”, in The Daily Mail, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2021:
text: These included a rare 'minimoon' named 2020 CD3, a tiny asteroid less than 3 metres in diameter that had been temporarily captured by Earth's gravity. The minimoon broke away from Earth's pull last April.
ref: 2021 March 11, Alexandra Witze, “Record number of asteroids seen whizzing past Earth in 2020”, in Nature, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2022:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: quasi-satellite
glosses: A small asteroid captured by the Earth's gravity and temporarily acting as a second moon of Earth.
examples: text: The trouble is, the difference in size between Supermoon and Minimoon, though apparent when placed side-by-side, is only 14 percent, too small to be seen with the naked eye.
ref: 2014 January 15, Geoff Gaherty, “Smallest full moon of 2014 rises tonight”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2022:
text: At its closest point, perigee, the moon will obviously appear largest. Such a "maximoon" has an apparent diameter about 13% larger than a "minimoon" at its most distant point, apogee.
ref: 2018 January 29, Tim O'Brien, “'Super blue blood moon' to grace the sky – here's what we could learn from it”, in The Conversation, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2022:
text: For those interested in a longer-term project, Professor Horner said taking a photo of the supermoon and comparing it to the 'minimoon' in December can be an interesting experiment to compare the size.
ref: 2022 August 9, Rosie Bensley, “A supermoon will rise on Thursday: Here's a photographer's tips to get the best snap”, in The Canberra Times:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
antonyms: supermoon
glosses: Synonym of micromoon (“a full moon which appears unusually small due to coinciding with the Moon's apogee”).
synonyms: word: micromoon
extra: a full moon which appears unusually small due to coinciding with the Moon's apogee
Related terms: moonet
moonette
moonito
moonlet
minimoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minimoon
mini-moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mini-moons
Senses: examples: text: I fell pregnant last November shortly after marrying my husband. We decided to take a "mini-moon" down South, and headed off to Navan and Dublin for a few days.
ref: 2011 April 5, “It was so very cold on our mini-moon'”, in Belfast Telegraph:
text: Over the weekend the Duke and Duchess have been enjoying a ‘mini-moon’ at a mystery location in the UK. They flew in the Queen’s helicopter from Buckingham Palace on Saturday for a two-night break.
ref: 2011 May 2, Rebecca English, “William to whisk Kate on £4,000-a-night tropical honeymoon... but 'couple face ten weeks APART as he is sent to serve in the Falklands'”, in Daily Mail:
text: The pair will then enjoy a "mini-moon" ahead of Dermot starting his live X Factor shows.
ref: 2012 September 9, Dean Piper, “On the grapevine”, in Sunday Mirror, UK:
text: Here, we show that the recently discovered small body 2024 PT₅ follows a horseshoe path and it will become a mini-moon in 2024, from September 29 until November 25.
ref: 2024 September, Carlos de la Fuente Marcos, Raúl de la Fuente Marcos, “A Two-month Mini-moon: 2024 PT₅ Captured by Earth from September to November”, in Research Notes of the AAS, American Astronomical Society, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of minimoon.
mini-moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mini-moon
hooksian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hooksian
form: most hooksian
Etymology: From hooks + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The book is unquestionably fashionable: the hot pink cover, littered with bell hooksian typography, opens to reveal overdesigned pages full of the trendiest graphics […]
ref: 1999, New Art Examiner, volume 26, numbers 5-10, page 67:
text: Ultimately, the play centers on signs, language, and back talk in a bell hooksian guise: how black women gain control over their environment by calling out and redressing the governing social constructs […]
ref: 2005, Carol Allen, Peculiar Passages: Black Women Playwrights, 1875 to 2000, page 110:
text: The most brutal character, O'Dog, (and therefore in hooksian logic the character who has swallowed the white myth, hook, line and sinker) survives at the end of the film.
ref: 2005, Paul Gormley, The New-brutality Film: Race and Affect in Contemporary Hollywood Cinema:
glosses: Of or relating to bell hooks (born Gloria Jean Watkins in 1952), American feminist author and social activist.
sweetvetch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweetvetches
Etymology: From sweet + vetch.
Senses: examples: text: In general aspect of foliage and flowers, the sweetvetches resemble the milkvetches and locoweeds. The short wing petals and abruptly angled keel petals are diagnostic features which distinguish the sweetvetches in flower.
ref: 1990, Stanley L. Welsh, David B. Williams, Grand Views of Canyon Country: A Driving Guide, page 30:
text: In this environment, glacier lily (Erythronium grandiflorum) bulbs (Butler 1992; and yellow sweetvetch (Hedysarum sulphurescens) roots are major food sources.
ref: 1995, David R. Butler, Zoogeomorphology: Animals as Geomorphic Agents, page 68:
text: There, where snow has melted away from last year's brown, matted grasses, their sensitive noses sniff out the odour of sweetvetch roots, glacier lily bulbs and other buried treasures.
ref: 2013, Kevin Van Tighem, Bears: Without Fear, page 204:
glosses: Any of the flowering plants of genus Hedysarum.
Derived terms: Mountain sweetvetch
sulla sweetvetch
Utah sweetvech
western sweetvetch
yellow sweetvetch
Related terms: indian potato
sweetvetches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sweetvetch
supratherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supratherapeutic
form: most supratherapeutic
form: supertherapeutic
Etymology: From supra- + therapeutic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Administered at levels greater than would normally be used in treatment of a medical condition.
glosses: Of or relating to amounts of a drug that are greater than the therapeutic concentration or maximum dose in a medical treatment.
Synonyms: suprapharmacological
cradle-snatch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cradle-snatches
form: cradle-snatching
form: cradle-snatched
form: cradle-snatched
Senses: glosses: To have a romantic relationship with a person much younger than oneself.
mudflation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MUDflation
Etymology: Blend of MUD + inflation
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The gradual decrease in the value of existing virtual goods in a massively multiplayer online game as new goods are introduced.
MUDflation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of mudflation.
Raf
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rafs
Etymology: Clipping of Rafael.
Senses: examples: text: The Nets players sometimes jokingly call Derrick Coleman, of all things, Joe Jackson. Joe Jackson? Coleman says it comes courtesy of forward Rafael Addison. […] "It's just something Raf started," Coleman said of the nickname.
ref: 1993 January 24, Mike Freeman, “Nets' Coleman: No Ordinary 'Joe'”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Rafael.
octacyanomolybdate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octacyanomolybdates
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion Mo(CN)₈⁴⁻; any salt containing this anion
TOFU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: TUFU
glosses: Initialism of trust on first use, a type of network software security model where a client requests an identification code from a remote host when establishing the first connection.
examples: text: To move prospects through a marketing funnel, you need to provide content designed to satisfy their needs at each of the three stages:
 » Content at the top of the funnel (TOFU) that facilitates awareness
ref: 2018, Business Skills All-in-One For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 603:
topics: business
marketing
coordinate_terms: MOFU
BOFU
glosses: Initialism of top of funnel.
never-dying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From never + dying.
Senses: qualifier: living things or non-living things
glosses: everlasting, unceasing
effusivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: effusivities
Etymology: From effusive + -ity.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
thermodynamics
glosses: A measure of a material's ability to exchange thermal energy with its surroundings; the square root of the product of its thermal conductivity and its volumetric heat capacity.
glosses: Effusiveness.
effusivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of effusivity
six o'clock swill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Licensing laws in Australia were finally relaxed in 1967, bringing an end to the infamous six o'clock swill and encouraging people to eat out.
ref: 2003, Nicholas Faith, chapter 7, in Australia's Liquid Gold, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
text: The six o'clock swill was the male ritual of consuming as many beers as possible in the hour before hotels and pubs closed at six o'clock. Early closing was introduced during World War One, when wartime patriotism and austerity and a general temperance mood impelled its introduction.
ref: 2007, D. Kirkby, T. Luckins, Dining On Turtles: Food Feasts and Drinking in History, Springer, →ISBN, page 93:
glosses: The last-minute rush to buy alcohol at a bar before it closed at 6pm.
polar vortex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polar vortexes
form: polar vortices
Senses: examples: text: Experts pointed to several factors. One culprit: the polar vortex, a giant mass of cold air normally contained above the North Pole by strong bands of circulating winds. In recent weeks, the vortex has broken apart, with one block of cold air escaping into Canada and the United States, and another into Europe.
ref: 2019 January 22, Richard A. Oppel Jr, “Had Enough of Snow? Try Frost Quakes, Waterspouts and Bitter Cold”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A large-scale cyclone located in the middle and upper troposphere and stratosphere that surround the polar highs and lay in the wake of the polar front.
peroxymolybdate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peroxymolybdates
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The oxyanion Mo₄O₁₂(O₂)₂⁴⁻; any salt containing this anion
baggage reclaims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baggage reclaim
Peshlakai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Peshlakais
Etymology: Borrowed from Navajo Peshlakai.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Navajo.
flench
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flenches
form: flenching
form: flenched
form: flenched
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flense.
flenches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flench
flenching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flench
flenched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flench
festilogy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: festilogies
Senses: glosses: A treatise on church festivals.
endophoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endophora + -ic.
Senses: antonyms: exophoric
glosses: Relating to, or exhibiting, endophora.
Derived terms: endophorically
Related terms: intratextual
textual
endophoric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endophorics
Etymology: From endophora + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A use of endophora; an endophoric expression.
exophoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exophoric
form: most exophoric
Etymology: From exophoria + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or afflicted with, exophoria.
Derived terms: exophorically
exophoric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exophorics
Etymology: From exophoria + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A person who has exophoria.
exophoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exophoric
form: most exophoric
Etymology: From exophora + -ic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
antonyms: endophoric
glosses: Relating to, or exhibiting, exophora.
Related terms: extratextual
chasings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪsɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of chasing
chasings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪsɪŋz/
Senses: synonyms: chasey
tag
glosses: A children's chasing game with multiple players in which one person runs after other players attempting to catch or touch them; a player caught then becomes the new chaser.
compositionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compositionist
garaad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garaads
Senses: glosses: A Dhulbahante tribal elder in the Horn peninsula.
Derived terms: garadship
Chorokhi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Georgian ჭოროხი (č̣oroxi).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Çoruh.
Chorokh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Armenian Ճորոխ (Čorox).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Çoruh.
does the rounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do the rounds
doing the rounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do the rounds
did the rounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do the rounds
makes the rounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make the rounds
making the rounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make the rounds
made the rounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make the rounds
yng
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Lonely yng prison inmate, no friends or family in Ohio.
ref: 1977 April 23, Gary Rucker, “Personal Advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 18:
qualifier: chiefly personal advertisements
glosses: Abbreviation of young.
call tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: call trees
Senses: synonyms: phone tree
hypernyms: hierarchy
tree
glosses: A hierarchy or tree of people (employees, students etc.) in which each person forwards a message to the next person down the line. The tree is arranged so that a single person can easily forward messages to all people.
metal aquo complex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metal aquo complexes
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A coordination compound consisting of a metal cation surrounded by a fixed number of water ligands
Synonyms: aqua complex
varenyk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: varenyky
form: varenik
Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian варе́ник (varényk).
Senses: glosses: singular of varenyky - Ukrainian варе́ники (varényky)
varenik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vareniki
form: varenyk
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian варе́ник (varénik).
Senses: glosses: singular of vareniki - Russian варе́ники (varéniki) (Ukrainian boiled dumplings)
oll korrect
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: Oll Korrect
Etymology: A deliberate, humorous corruption of all correct, dating from the 1830s, recognized as one of several possible origins for the term OK.
Senses: examples: text: It is a curious fact that the telegraph clerks in England and America employ the letters ‘O. K.,’ when they send a telegram that a message has been received Oll Korrect.
ref: 1869, Charles Godfrey Leland, Hans Breitmann's Barty and other Ballads, John Camden Hotten, p. 43 (Google preview)
text: "My Lord!" exclaimed Levin; "that's twenty-five dollars, ain't it, sir?"
ref: 1884, George Alfred Townsend, The Entailed Hat, or Patty Cannon's Times, Harper & Brothers, p. 182 (Google preview)
roman: "Oll korrect, Levin."
text: When faced with the problem of toponymic derivatives, I turn to Prof. Allen Walker Read, the etymologist who tracked down the source of O.K. (Oll korrect, not Old Kinderhook - stop writing me about this. O.K.?)
ref: 1982 June 6, William Safire, “On Language”, in New York Times, retrieved 23 Jan 2014:
text: [E]verything about Jacob made me think of sex. Even fairly prosaic things—the way his lips puckered into a pout when he bit into his sandwich, the way he said certain words—minor words, like the abbreviated oll korrect, also known as okay.
ref: 2002, Tiffanie DeBartolo, God Shaped Hole: A Novel, →ISBN, page 54:
text: Allan Metcalfe's new book . . . devotes a chapter to trying to explain why readers of the Boston Morning Post might have been amused to see “o. k.” used as a jokey abbreviation for “oll korrect,” an intentional misspelling of “all correct.”
ref: 2010 October 28, Jeremy McCarter, “Party at the OK Corral”, in Newsweek, retrieved 23 Jan 2014:
text: “Well, hell, that's the glory of English. You can speak it ten thousand different ways, and it's still O. K.”
“That barbarous expression! 'O. K.' What does this mean?”
“Oll Korrect,” said Calvin. “Making fun of people who care too much about how words get writ down.”
ref: 2010, Orson Scott Card, Heartfire: The Tales of Alvin Maker, →ISBN, page 64:
glosses: All right; okay.
Oll Korrect
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oll korrect.
Garaad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Garaads
Senses: glosses: The most senior tribal chief in the Dhulbahante clan of Somalia
Dhulbahante
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Harti clan in northern Somalia, known for being the backbone of the Darwiish; Darwiishi.
Synonyms: Darwiishi
Bundeskriminalamt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bundeskriminalamt.
Senses: examples: text: Thirty-three simultaneous raids by the Bundeskriminalamt - the German equivalent of the FBI - targeted feminist activists who have researched and spoken out against reproductive and genetic engineering.
ref: 1988 April 2, Lori Kenschaft, “German feminists rounded up”, in Gay Community News, page 6:
text: The global team, spearheaded by the German Federal Criminal Police – the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) – included the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and law enforcement agencies from the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, Canada and the United States.
ref: 2021 May 3, James Frater and Claudia Otto, “German police bust child sex abuse imagery network with 400,000 users”, in CNN:
glosses: The German federal office of criminal investigations.
AQIM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
Related terms: al-Qaeda
mountain degu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mountain degus
Senses: examples: 1990 [1936], James Frank Colyer (original author), A. E. W. Miles, Caroline Grigson (editors), Colyer's Variations and Diseases of the Teeth of Animals, 2003, Revised Edition, page 317,
In Octodontomys gliroides (mountain degu), the buccal surfaces of the upper cheek teeth are progressively turned more and more distally from the distal to the mesial ends of the arches, with P⁴ being nearly transverse to the line of the arch (Fig. 14.3).
glosses: A South American rodent, Octodontomys gliroides, related to the degus.
Synonyms: sense: Octodontomys gliroides
word: chozchoz
mountain degus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mountain degu
mythscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪθskeɪp/
Forms: form: mythscapes
Etymology: From myth + -scape.
Senses: examples: text: Forlorn and diminishing, these pathetic gods still inhabit the American mythscape.
ref: 2003, Richard Walsh, Reading the Gospels in the Dark, page 173:
text: Kosovo was at the centre of the Serbian mythscape but it was not, in ethnic terms, an unequivocally Serbian territory.
ref: 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 24:
text: The entire complex of sites constitutes a “sacred geography,” a meaningful mythscape, for each site consists of the petrification of events from the Before World of the primordial past.
ref: 2013, Robin M Wright, Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans of the Northwest Amazon, page 217:
glosses: A landscape based on myth, or expressed in terms of myth.
mythscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mythscape
latifundial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /latɪˈfʌndɪəl/
Etymology: From latifundia + -al.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to latifundia.
spoiled for choice
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spoiled for choice
form: most spoiled for choice
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spoilt for choice.
chinchilla rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chinchilla rats
Senses: examples: text: The chinchilla rat is a nocturnal rodent about the same size as a degu.[…]Chinchilla rats and degus live together in harmony, often seeming oblivious to each other's presence.
ref: 2001, Sharon Lynn Vanderlip, chapter I, in Degus, page 41:
text: Chinchilla rats look roughly like large woodrats (Neotoma, Cricetidae), reach over 400 millimeters in total length, and resemble octodontids in many ways.
ref: 2011, Terry A. Vaughan, James M. Ryan, Nicholas J. Czaplewski, Mammalogy, 5th edition, page 232:
text: There are also two species of chinchilla rat, agile rock climbers that ascend bushes when feeding.
ref: 2013, Tim Burford, chapter I, in Chile Highlights, page 39:
glosses: Any of the caviomorph rodents of family Abrocomidae, native to the Andes Mountains.
Synonyms: abrocomid
rat chinchilla
Derived terms: taxonomic: Abrocoma ashaninka
word: Asháninka arboreal chinchilla rat
taxonomic: Abrocoma cinerea
word: ashy chinchilla rat
taxonomic: Abrocoma bennettii
word: Bennett's chinchilla rat
taxonomic: Abrocoma boliviensis
word: Bolivian chinchilla rat
taxonomic: Abrocoma budini
word: Budin's chinchilla rat
word: Famatina chinchilla rat (Abrocoma famatina
alt: †Abrocoma oblativus; extinct
word: Machu Picchu arboreal chinchilla rat
taxonomic: Abrocoma vaccarum
word: Mendozan chinchilla rat
alt: = Mendozan chinchilla rat
word: Punta de Vacas chinchilla rat
taxonomic: Abrocoma schistacea
word: Sierra del Tontal chinchilla rat
taxonomic: Abrocoma uspallata
word: Uspallata chinchilla rat
chinchilla rats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chinchilla rat
Brookhaven
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From brook + haven.
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Fresno, Fresno County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in DeKalb County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Mississippi, United States. Named after Brookhaven, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, United States.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
decacarbonyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decacarbonyls
Etymology: From deca- + carbonyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound that contains ten carbonyl groups
high striker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high strikers
Senses: topics: games
glosses: An attraction at fairs and carnivals which is operated by striking a puck attached to a tower with a mallet, with punters attempting to ring the bell suspended at the top.
Synonyms: strength tester
strongman game
Koranically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Koranically
form: most Koranically
Etymology: From Koranic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Quranically.
high strikers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of high striker
strength tester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strength testers
Senses: glosses: A high striker.
strongman game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strongman games
Senses: glosses: A high striker.
strength testers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strength tester
strongman games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strongman game
unplacatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unplacatable
form: most unplacatable
Etymology: From un- + placatable.
Senses: glosses: Incapable of being placated.
placatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more placatable
form: most placatable
Etymology: From placate + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The working class in Dracula is universally presented as unthreatening - childishly venal and placatable with the price of a pint of beer.
ref: 1990, Rhys Garnett, R. J. Ellis, Science fiction roots and branches, page 53:
glosses: Capable of being placated.
Derived terms: unplacatable
chetniks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chetnik
jaborosalactone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jaborosalactones
Etymology: Jaborosa + lactone
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A chlorohydrin found in species of Jaborosa.
jaborosalactones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jaborosalactone
withaferin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: withaferins
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of steroidal lactones found in species of Withania.
withaferins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of withaferin
withanolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: withanolides
Etymology: From Withania, one of the genera in which withanolides occur.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of naturally occurring chemical compounds occurring as secondary metabolites primarily in genera of the nightshade family, consisting of a steroid backbone bound to a lactone or one of its derivatives.
Hyponyms: acnistin
anomanolide
ixocarpalactone
jaborol
nicandrenone
perulactone
physalin
withaperuvin
withaphysalin
withasteroid
withanolides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of withanolide
ergoregions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ergoregion
dunawithanine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dunawithanines
Etymology: From Dunalia, withanolide, + -ine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A withanolide glycoside found in Iochroma australe.
dunawithanines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dunawithanine
acnistin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acnistins
Etymology: Acnistus + -in
Senses: glosses: A steroidal lactone found in Acnistus species.
acnistins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acnistin
physalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physalins
Etymology: From translingual Physalis + -in.
Senses: glosses: A steroidal lactone found in Physalis species.
Derived terms: withaphysalin
physalins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physalin
nicandrenone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nicandrenones
Senses: glosses: A steroidal lactone found in Nicandra species.