cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
taken the studs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take the studs
frillwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From frill + work.
Senses: examples: text: Never did chisel define ermine so delicately as on this marble; and the lace scarf and frill-work is like lace itself.
ref: 1854, John Overton Choules, chapter 12, in The Cruise of the Steam Yacht North Star, Boston: Gould and Lincoln, page 182:
text: […] as time stole on, many little packets of absurdly small white garments with frill work and ribbons began to arrive among the big consignments of male necessities.
ref: 1894, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Curse of Eve”, in Round the Red Lamp, London: Methuen, page 91:
glosses: A row or rows of frills.
examples: text: 1877, E. C. Hussey, Home Building, New York: Leader & Van Hoesen, Plate No. 14,
Its exterior form and ornamentation is of the Swiss style, although the stories are higher than are generally used in Swiss buildings. The almost excessive frill work gives it a very pretty, although a rather tawdry appearance.
text: The massive surrounding walls, built so as to take advantage of natural rock formations, now towered above us, and the spiky frillwork along the top suggested that at one time it had been a Turkish fortress […]
ref: 1972, Joan Aiken, chapter 3, in A Cluster of Separate Sparks, Boston: G.K. Hall, published 1992:
topics: architecture
glosses: Ornamentation on a building or other structure resembling a row of frills.
Related terms: gingerbread
convicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From con- + vicine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycoside of pyrimidinedione that functions as an antinutrient found in fava beans.
isouramil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + uramil.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic base found in fava beans, a tautomer of 6-Aamino-2,4,5-trihydroxypyrimidine
dihydroxypteridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + hydroxy- + pteridine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical derivative of pteridine with two hydroxy groups, most likely lumazine.
serpulimorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serpulimorphs
Senses: glosses: Any of the family Serpulidae of annelid worms or similar.
serpulimorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serpulimorph
servospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of servosphere
sinapinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sinapinates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of sinapinic acid
sinapinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinapinate
spaciostructural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of spatiostructural.
spatiostructural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spatio- + structural.
Senses: glosses: Relating to spatial structure
speciophylline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An indole alkaloid present in leaves of the kratom Uncaria tomentosa
spheronise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spheronises
form: spheronising
form: spheronised
form: spheronised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spheronize.
Related terms: spheroniser
spheronised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spheronise
staphidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A triterpenoid alkaloid 19,21-dihydro-21-methyl-staphimine present in Delphinium staphisagria
caravilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caravillas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew קרווילה (karavila), from a portmanteau of English caravan and villa.
Senses: glosses: A small prefabricated home.
pigrooting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pigroot
stoloniferone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stoloniferones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of cytotoxic steroids present in the soft coral Clavularia viridis
stoloniferones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stoloniferone
subchromosome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of subchromosomal.
subcognitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + cognitive.
Senses: glosses: Describing actions that take place without deliberate thought
subobjective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subobjectives
Etymology: From sub- + objective.
Senses: glosses: A subsidiary objective
subobjectives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subobjective
criminal tool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: criminal tools
Senses: glosses: A device or implement used in the carrying out of a criminal offence.
criminal tools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of criminal tool
tagmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to tagma.
dppe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An initialism for 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane, a bidentate ligand.
dppeO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An initialism for 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane monoxide, formed by oxidising dppe.
glottophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glotto- + -phobia, derived from the French word French glottophobie, which was defined by Philippe Blanchet in 2008.
Senses: glosses: linguistic xenophobia, linguicism; discrimination against people based on their native language or dialect.
Related terms: glottophilia
Wuchuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: wo͞oʹchwänʹ
Forms: form: Wu-ch'uan
Etymology: From Mandarin 吳川 /吴川 (Wúchuān).
Senses: examples: text: Zheng Ming emphasized the frustration of veterans in describing the background of the July revolt in Wuchuan (formerly Meilu), a poor coastal town of 40,000 in Guangdong Province less than 300 miles west of Hong Kong.[…]
Finally on July 1 while the Communist Party was celebrating its 60th anniversary, more than 3,000 members of the brigade stormed Wuchuan, smashing file cabinets and document drawers in government offices.
ref: 1981 December 12, Michael Weisskopf, “3,000 Chinese Veterans Said to Revolt in Protest Over Treatment”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Dec 2023:
glosses: A county-level city of Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.
Wuchuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: wo͞oʹchwänʹ
Forms: form: Wu-ch'uan
Etymology: From Mandarin 武川 (Wǔchuān).
Senses: examples: text: Fifteen hundred Chinese bandits comprising one the principal bodies of the irregular forces invading Suiyuan, surrender to Chinese government forces near Wuchuan after a mutiny against their leader, Wang Ying.
ref: 1937, “News Summary”, in Philippine Magazine, volume XXXIV, number 1, →OCLC, page 54:
text: In the course of the struggle to criticize Lin Piao and Confucius, (Ting Hsiu-chen) and (Ting Hsiu-mei), sisters in the (Tuchengtzu) brigade of (Miaotung) commune in Wuchuan County, have displayed their revolutionary spirit of daring to go against the tide, upheld the policy of late marriage, returned their betrothal presents, and are determined to thoroughly break with the old traditional ideas.
ref: 1974 March 15 [1974 March 9], “Inner Mongolia Girls Criticize, Dissolve Childhood Marriage Plans”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 52, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Huhehot Inner Mongolia Regional Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: North Region, page F 1:
text: The turbines would be installed at Dayuanshan wind farm in Wuchuan County in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, it said.
ref: 2011 June 17, “Vestas says wins 49 MW turbine order in China”, in Mike Nesbit, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2023, Green Business News:
glosses: A county of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
Wuchuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: wo͞oʹchwänʹ
Forms: form: Wu-ch'uan
Etymology: From Mandarin 婺川, later 務川／务川 (Wùchuān).
Senses: examples: text: In Chinese texts the first mention of the Tian of Sizhou occurs in 1107, when a native chief (tuqiu) named Tian Yougong submitted to Song rule; in 1118 he was named head of Sizhou prefecture.⁵¹
Throughout the Tang and Song dynasties the administrative seat of Sizhou prefecture was located near the present-day city of Wuchuan in northern Guizhou, yet the geopolitical jurisdiction of Sizhou extended far south, to the modern cities of Zhenyuan, Taijiang, and Cengong.
ref: 2007, John E. Herman, “Mu'ege During the Yuan-Ming Transition”, in Amid the Clouds and Mist: China’s Colonization of Guizhou, 1200–1700 (Harvard East Asian Monographs), number 293, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 95:
glosses: An autonomous county of Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
hockeyless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hockey + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Halfway through last year, hockeyless, I lost it. Hell, the season on ice.
ref: 2007, John Poch, Chad Davidson, Hockey Haiku: The Essential Collection, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN:
text: Indeed, when the National Hockey League locked out its players in the fall of 2004, plunging Canadians into a bleak hockeyless winter, the newspapers screamed: “Hockey lockout slashes GDP, economic growth put on ice.”
ref: 2008, Duncan McDowall, The Sum of the Satisfactions: Canada in the Age of National Accounting, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN:
text: With many recent professional lockouts to help us, the dire warnings do open up just enough of a crack for our imaginations to slip through and conjure an altogether hockeyless Canada.
ref: 2014, Stephen Smith, Puckstruck: Distracted, Delighted and Distressed by Canada's Hockey Obsession, Greystone Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 396:
glosses: without hockey.
campfire beans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːnz
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cowboy beans.
synonyms: word: cowboy beans
velic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of the velum; used to describe disordered speech or non-speech vocalization.
Related terms: velar
sossoi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sossos
neroi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neros
sossos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɒsəs/
/ˈsɒsɒs/
Forms: form: sossoi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σῶσσος (sôssos), from Akkadian 𒋗𒅆 (šūši, “a unit of sixty”).
Senses: examples: text: February 1984, Jöran Friberg, "Numbers and Measures in the Earliest Written Records." Scientific American, volume 250, number 2, page 110.
There in about 340 B.C. the founder of a school of astrology, a Babylonian named Berossos, wrote a history of his homeland. In it he told his Greek readers that the numbers sossos (60), neros (600) and saros (3,600) occupied a special place in Babylonian arithmetic and astronomy.
text: Berossos used in his accounts saroi, neroi, and sossoi. A saros is a unit of time that consists of 3,600 years, a neros of 600 years, and a sossos of 60 years
ref: 2001, Gerald P. Verbrugghe, John Moore Wickersham, Berossos and Manetho, Introduced and Translated: Native Traditions in Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt., University of Michigan Press:
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
qualifier: Babylon
glosses: A quantity of 60, such as a period of 60 years.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: One tenth of a neros and one sixtieth of a saros – about 110 days.
Related terms: saros
neros
Sherratt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
sulfophthalocyanine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfophthalocyanines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A phthalocyanine in which a central >N-H is replace by >N-SO₂OH group
supergaussians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supergaussian
supraclypeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + clypeal.
Senses: glosses: Above a clypeus
supraglottoplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supraglottoplasties
Etymology: From supra- + glotto- + -plasty.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Repair of the larynx above the glottis
supraglottoplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supraglottoplasty
supraspecies
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + species.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: At a hierarchical level above species
supratesticular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + testicular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Above the testes
synaptotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synaptotoxins
Senses: glosses: Any material that is toxic to synapses
Related terms: synaptotoxic
synaptotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synaptotoxin
non-compliant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + compliant.
Senses: examples: text: With some form of derogation for non-compliant sets [trainsets] to remain in service into next year now required, a number of workstreams to resolve the issue of EMR's [East Midlands Railway's] non-compliant HSTs are underway.
ref: 2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 54:
glosses: Alternative form of noncompliant.
chargepoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chargepoints
Etymology: From charge + point.
Senses: examples: text: We looked at the location of chargepoints, as set out on the National Chargepoint Registry […]
ref: 2012, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee, Plug-in Vehicles, Plugged in Policy?:
text: […] chargepoints on the public sector estate. However, the charging infrastructure will to a large extent be determined by how people decide to use and charge their electric cars.
ref: 2013, Jonathan Reuvid, The Investors' Guide to the United Kingdom 2013/14:
glosses: A place fitted with equipment for the recharging of electric vehicles.
Related terms: cashpoint
charge
charger
charging
charging point
charging stall
charging station
DC fast charger
destination charger
fast charger
home charger
level 1 charger
level 2 charger
level 3 charger
point
point charge
public charger
quick charger
chargepoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chargepoint
viewporting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of viewport
viewported
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of viewport
UHT milk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UHT milks
Senses: glosses: ultrapasteurized milk
UHT milks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of UHT milk
pattamar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pattamars
Senses: examples: text: They proved to be the wives of a body of sepoys, also from the 5th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry; the sepoys had perished, and their families been enslaved, when their pattamar had been captured by the Qawasim some months before.
ref: 1997, Charles E. Davies, The Blood-red Arab Flag: An Investigation Into Qasimi Piracy, 1797-1820, University of Exeter Press, →ISBN, page 312:
glosses: Alternative form of patamar.
overevaluates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overevaluate
overevaluating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overevaluate
overevaluated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overevaluate
drelfies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drelfie
bi-mode
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + mode.
Senses: examples: text: The company will introduce four additional return weekday services from this date, operated by five-car Class 800/2 bi-mode units, running under electric power from London to Newark and then switching to diesel.
ref: 2019 October, “Azumas to Lincoln in October”, in Modern Railways, page 14:
text: Watching the world go by is so much fun that I have to tear myself away to catch my next service - LNER's 'Highland Chieftain' worked by a bi-mode Class 800 Azuma, [...].
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:
synonyms: dual-mode
glosses: Alternative form of bimode.
bi-mode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bi-modes
Etymology: From bi- + mode.
Senses: examples: text: The EMR [East Midlands Railway] bi-modes will be able to run at 125mph in diesel mode, matching Meridian performance, in a step-up from the capabilities of the existing 80x units in service with other franchises.
ref: 2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 54:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: a bi-mode multiple unit which can operate either as a normal electric train or as a diesel-electric train (on unelectrified track), with the power coming from diesel generators.
bi-modes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bi-mode
take one's medicine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes one's medicine
form: taking one's medicine
form: took one's medicine
form: taken one's medicine
Etymology: From the idea that medicine is good for one, but often unpleasant tasting.
Senses: examples: text: Your resistance to our class won't do you any good . If you'll come out and take your medicine like men, all right; but if you resist it will go that much harder with you.
ref: 1910, Arthur M. Winfield, The Rover Boys at College:
text: if the police pick up "a real fine boy" —which most of them are — who has been fooling around, the boy's father can add a building block to Junior's personality by saying, "My boy, you know better. Now take your medicine like a man and we'll just call it one of life's lessons.”
ref: 1962, W. Cleon Skousen, So You Want to Raise a Boy?, page 203:
text: I s'pose I'll have to go back and take my medicine. Now that I've got some grub in my stomach I guess I can stand it.
ref: 2015, L. M. Montgomery, Rainbow Valley, page 50:
text: Today he felt obliged to take his medicine, to acknowledge the apex of his life had been reached and he was plunging in a billycart down the other side.
ref: 2015, Dave Warner, Before It Breaks, page 128:
glosses: To endure an unpleasant obligation, especially a punishment.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, medicine.
takes one's medicine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take one's medicine
taking one's medicine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take one's medicine
took one's medicine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take one's medicine
taken one's medicine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take one's medicine
devirtualizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devirtualization
squares away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of square away
squaring away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of square away
squared away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of square away
squaring off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of square off
squared off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of square off
trinucleating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + nucleate + -ing.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Forming a complex with three nuclei, particularly used for ligands that link three metal atoms into a complex.
tetranucleating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tetra- + nucleate + -ing.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Forming a complex with four nuclei, particularly used for ligands that link four metal atoms into a complex.
dinucleating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + nucleate + -ing.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Forming a complex with two nuclei, particularly used for ligands that link two metal atoms into a complex.
line speed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: line speeds
form: linespeed
Senses: examples: text: NR had introduced [a] speed restriction for the 400 trains that pass daily on this section of the West Coast Main Line between Rugby and Milton Keynes, but since the work the full 110mph line speed has been reinstated.
ref: 2020 June 3, “Network News: Kilsby Tunnel closure allows essential repair work”, in Rail, page 16:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The maximum speed at which trains can run on a given railway line, or section of line.
line speeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of line speed
Dutch boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dutch boys
Etymology: From Dutch Boy Paint, a US brand whose trademark displays this hairstyle.
Senses: examples: text: I'd remembered Ann as a wiry young woman with protruding, river green eyes and lank brown hair in a Dutch boy bob.
ref: 2005, Christina Bartolomeo, Snowed In: A Novel:
text: Do not cut horizontally unless you're going for the Dutch Boy look.
ref: 2010, Christopher Hopkins, Staging Your Comeback:
text: The Dutch boy required very straight hair.
ref: 2013, Felicia Lowenstein Niven, Fabulous Fashions of the 1920s, page 12:
synonyms: Dutch bob
Dutch cut
glosses: A type of bob haircut cut horizontally above the neck with straight bangs.
Dutch boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dutch boys
Etymology: From a play on the double meaning of dike, referring both to embankments and masculine lesbians, in the tale of The Little Dutch Boy who sticks a finger into one.
Senses: examples: text: The only clique that I felt even slightly at home with was a group of dykes in my dorm; maybe I'm just a closet dutch boy, but they were about ten times as interesting as anyone else around […].
ref: 1992 October 25, Thomas A. Dennis, “What really happened in Austin : -)”, in alt.angst (Usenet):
text: It's more profitable to the networks for her to remain heterosexual. Now if a certain level of sexual tension between she and the Redheaded Goddess Gabby will draw in the Riot Grrrl and Dutch Boy audiences, then Xena can have a certain bi-curious ambiance.
ref: 1997 January 13, Bob Alberti, “Why Xena is not (yet) a lesbian”, in alt.tv.xena (Usenet):
text: Dani: Well, I don’t know them at all, but I heard those two are into Dutch Boys. That’s what we call a lesbian couple that wants to hook-up with a straight man. C’mon, I’ll be your Wing-Lesbo.
ref: 2009 December 11, Heather Hogan, “Lesbians steal more than the scene on “Accidentally on Purpose””, in afterellen.com:
synonyms: dyke tyke
lesbro
coordinate_terms: fag hag
fag stag
fruit fly
glosses: A man who desires the company of lesbians.
Dutch boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dutch boy
linespeed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linespeeds
Etymology: From line + speed.
Senses: examples: text: (Discussing a speed restriction under an overbridge) Analysis of real-time data from test runs at 125mph showed that operation at linespeed would, indeed, not be sustainable in terms of both contact wire life and pantograph wear. However, 110mph turned out to be acceptable, at a cost of only seven seconds' delay.
ref: 2019 October, “Deliveries running late”, in Modern Railways, page 37:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Alternative form of line speed.
linespeeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linespeed
mercatorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin mercator (“merchant, trader”) + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: It seems to me that if they do look for uniformity they are sadly deluded; and they are likely to be the more deluded, the more that theories of transnationalism and mercatorism take hold, and the more common it becomes for parties to choose amiable composition as a basis for resolving "their disputes...
ref: 1989, J Mustill, “Contemporary problems in international commercial arbitration: A response”, in International Business Law, volume 161:
text: The doctrine of substantive mercatorism relates to the elaboration of transnational principles of commercial law, to the creation of a new law merchant or lex mercatoria as an independent "third" legal system between...
ref: 1996, Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel, Perspectives of Air Law, Space Law, and International Business Law for the Next Century, page 312:
text: Insofar as it may be relevant, the lessons that could be drawn in this regard are the same as those which can be drawn from the medieval European systems, and demonstrate the untenable nature of mercatorism today.
ref: 1999, Ian F Turley, “Lex Mercatoria: Quo Vadis?”, in Journal of South African Law:
glosses: The tendency of transnational commerce to operate outside any system of national laws, making use, instead, of a system of arbitration.
do the Dutch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does the Dutch
form: doing the Dutch
form: did the Dutch
form: done the Dutch
Senses: examples: text: Ellen Carnine fit that heroic profile. It did not jibe with her doing the Dutch.
ref: 2006, Les Roberts, The Dutch, page 67:
text: “That guy, Vincent Smiley,” Gary said, “it really sucks when these suicides ain't got the balls to just do it. Gotta get us to fire the bullet for 'em. He can't do the Dutch, so he dumps Emo to get a shoot-out going. What bullshit.”
ref: 2010, Stephen J. Cannell, Vertical Coffin: A Shane Scully Novel, page 58:
glosses: To commit suicide.
does the Dutch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do the Dutch
doing the Dutch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do the Dutch
did the Dutch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do the Dutch
done the Dutch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do the Dutch
Dutch leave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːv
Senses: examples: text: By last week, when Queen Juliana flew back from an Italian vacation to swear in new Prime Minister Victor Marijnen, the government had taken Dutch leave for 70 days.
ref: 1963, Time - Volume 82, page 22:
text: In July 1961 Gann fractured a rib from causes unspecified but stayed on the job until autumn when he again took "Dutch leave" for San Francisco, not returning until January 1962, and it was his absence during the interim, not working on material lists, which caused slow delivery and "green lumber" problems.
ref: 1980, Merrill J. Mattes, Fort Laramie Park History, 1834-1977, page 279:
text: Contemplating this scene while waiting for the bus home after a day of dreaming and lazing at the beach on "Dutch leave", Kwang Meng muses without any meaningful conclusion as to its larger continuing historical significance, "All these colonial names indelibly stamped everywhere. No wonder the English still feel very much at home here. They still cling on to their Cricket Club, Tanglin Club and Polo Club".
ref: 1984, Ranjit Chatterjee, Colin Nicholson, Tropic Crucible: Self and Theory in Language and Literature, page 179:
text: I was something of a hellion, I'm afraid. Enjoyed getting into scraps and—yes, scrapes. Took Dutch leave from school whenever an urge to go fishing came upon me.
ref: 2017, Frank Belknap Long, Mission to a Distant Star, page 128:
glosses: An absence without permission.
kevork
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kevorks
form: kevorking
form: kevorked
form: kevorked
Etymology: Clipping of Kevorkian, named after American euthanasia proponent Jack Kevorkian (1928–2011).
Senses: examples: text: Believe me, to escape it, I'd've gladly kevorked.
ref: 1995, Jennifer Hershey, Full Spectrum 5, volume 5, page 22:
text: A boy and a girl kevorked in her garage using his dad's car exhaust.
ref: 2003, Janis Ian, Michael D. Resnick, Stars: original stories based on the songs of Janis Ian, page 12:
text: […]divorce and abort more, cremate and kevork more.
ref: 2004, Generations: The Journal of the Western Gerontological Society:
glosses: To commit suicide.
examples: text: Top Three Reasons for the Fat Little Devils to Be Out Late: Hormones rampant. Waiting up for Dave. Trying to get Kevorked by a speeding car.
ref: 1994, Car and Driver, volume 39, page 70:
text: When Lorraine wouldn't stop making her inspirational postings, Dr. Goldberg apparently "kevorked" her — another useful on-lineism, which I had picked up on ECHO, meaning "terminated."
ref: 1998, John Seabrook, Deeper: Adventures on the Net, page 226:
text: Each week someone in the group would ask, "So, who is the next among us to be Kevorked?" Or, in response to the all-too-familiar sob story of a new member, one of the veterans would muse, "Uh-oh, sounds like he needs to be Kevorked .
ref: 2001, Ruth Luban, Are You a Corporate Refugee?:
text: Before she was kevorked, yeah.
ref: 2006, Gary L Albrecht, Sharon L. Snyder, Jerome Bickenbach, Encyclopedia of Disability, volume 1, page 20:
glosses: To terminate.
kevork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kevorks
Etymology: Clipping of Kevorkian, named after American euthanasia proponent Jack Kevorkian (1928–2011).
Senses: examples: text: She learned that I was using her to track the involuntary kevorks.
ref: 2006, Jonathan Strahan, Modern Greats of Science Fiction: Nine Novellas of Distinction:
text: "...There's all kinds of kervorks. Water. Air. Parking.” “Parking?” “When you start the engine of the car and close the garage door. That's a parking kervork.”
ref: 2013, Craig Nova, All the Dead Yale Men, page 65:
glosses: A suicide or a homicide that has been made to look like a suicide.
contact wire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contact wires
Senses: examples: text: Overhead electric equipment generally stood up well both to the weight of vertically falling snow and to the effects of snow on contact wires; [...].
ref: 1962 March, “The New Year Freeze-up on British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 158:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A bare wire conducting electricity, often the lower part of the catenary, which comes into contact with a raised pantograph or other form of current collector.
kevorks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kevork
kevorks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kevork
kevorking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kevork
kevorked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kevork
omuramba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omurambas
form: omiramba
Etymology: From Herero omuramba.
Senses: glosses: A watercourse, which may be dry much of the year, in the Kalahari Desert.
oshana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oshanas
Etymology: From Kwanyama oshana.
Senses: glosses: A kind of seasonally inundated depression, particularly in Namibia's Oshana Region.
cheups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheupses
Senses: examples: text: Ma awoke every morning with a groan quickly routed by a brief loud cheups.
ref: 2000, Merle Hodge, Crick Crack, Monkey, page 18:
text: Tee notices that "all that Ma could not crush or confound with a barked word or surmount with her lioness strength, she reacted to with a cheups, more or less loud, more or less long" (Hodge 16).
ref: 2003, Cahiers de la Femme - Volume 23, Issues 1-2, page 121:
text: The other two are vaguely disappointed, who dare not confess their disappointment more loudly than a careful cheups, and a small band of intellectuals, expatriates, name-droppers who tend to damn them.
ref: 2013, Derek Walcott, Christopher B. Balme, Gordon Collier, Derek Walcott: The Journeyman Years. Volume 2:
glosses: Alternative form of steups.
cheups
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cheupses
form: cheupsing
form: cheupsed
form: cheupsed
Senses: examples: text: Why I don't know, but men seldom, if ever, cheups.
ref: 1985, Fuse - Volume 9, Issues 1-6, page 19:
text: He cheups. Why de ass she can't leave me alone?
ref: 2007, E.J. Olsen, John C. Hocking, Detroit Noir, page 215:
text: You would have heard Ms. Watson say he was bewitched, cheupsing her mouth in disgust as she said it, without fear of anyone in Roebuck protesting against her shop keeping business, as was recently done against Chick-Fil-A,^([sic]) when its president voiced his opposition to the gay lifestyle.
ref: 2018, Sylvester Carrington, It's Your Word Against Mine:
glosses: Alternative form of steups.
cheupses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheups
cheupses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cheups
cheupsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cheups
cheupsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cheups
topsentin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: topsentins
Etymology: From the sponge Topsentia + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A bis(indolyl)imidazole alkaloid derived from sponges, (6-hydroxy-1H-indol-3-yl)-[5-(1H-indol-3-yl)-1H-imidazol-2-yl]methanone
Derived terms: bromotopsentin
isotopsentin
hydroxytopsentin
deoxytopsentin
nortopsentin
spongotine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spongosorites.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A bis(indolyl)imidazole alkaloid containing bromine derived from sponges, spongotine-B: (6-bromo-1H-indol-3-yl)-[5-(1H-indol-3-yl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl]methanone (spongotine A has bromine in another position and spongotine C has two bromine atoms.
nepantla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A concept of in-between-ness associated with Chicano and Latino people.
Derived terms: nepantlera
nepantlism
thiolating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thiolating
form: most thiolating
Etymology: From thiol + -ate (verb-forming suffix) + -ing.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Converting into a thiol.
noreugenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nor- + eugenin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chromone with hydroxy groups at position 5 and 7, and a methyl group at position 2, derived from Pisonia aculeata (5,7-dihydroxy-2-methylchromen-4-one)
dumping grounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dumping ground
oxocrinol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From species name crinita, a similar crinitol was named at the same time in 1976.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A linear terpenoid derived from the seaweed Cystoseira crinita, 12-hydroxy-6,10-dimethyldodeca-6,10-dien-2-one
crinitol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From species name crinita, a similar oxocrinol was named at the same time in 1976.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A linear diterpenoid derived from the seaweed Cystoseira crinita, (2E,6E,9R,10E)-3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadeca-2,6,10,14-tetraene-1,9-diol
talofuranose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The furanose form of talose
Related terms: talopyranose
tapertail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tapertails
Etymology: From taper + tail.
Senses: glosses: A kind of anchovy (Radiicephalus elongatus)
Derived terms: taxonomic: Coilia mystus
word: tapertail anchovy
tapertails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tapertail
temporosuperior
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
Etymology: From temporo- + superior.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: temporal and superior (located above the temples)
tendineous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misconstruction of tendinous.
teneurin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teneurins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of glycoproteins associated with neurons
teneurins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teneurin
tethysaurines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tethysaurine
tetracistronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tetra- + cistronic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of four cistrons
South Pacific peso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: South Pacific pesos
Senses: examples: text: The poor sods aren’t exactly blaming me for the declining value of the “South Pacific peso” but they have to direct their panic somewhere.
ref: 1986 August 17, Tom Connors, “Supply & Demand”, in The Canberra Times, page 10:
text: The US dollar is worth considerably more than our South Pacific peso so exchange rates have to be carefully considered.
ref: 1991 June 30, Jon Thomson, “At the Wheel”, in The Canberra Times, page 26:
text: We might take some comfort from the fact that the US dollar also fell heavily against the pound, loonie, krona, real, kiwi and the usual “risk on” suspects but none of them outpaced the South Pacific peso.
ref: 2014 May 7, Houses and Holes, “Australian dollar flies on whatever!”, in MacroBusiness:
glosses: The Australian dollar.
thick translation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thick translations
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
translation-studies
glosses: A style of translation which features an abundant use of annotations and glosses.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
translation-studies
glosses: A translated text which has made use of such a style.
thick translations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thick translation
matoor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more matoor
form: most matoor
Senses: examples: text: So, I were jest giving her the old couple-of-days' routine, waiting for the sherry wine to matoor in the caysk, so to speak, when she comes right up to me and says, "How's about finding a holster for your gun, cowboy?" So that's what the chicks are like over here, Buck, I says to myself.
ref: [1982, Julian Barnes, Before She Met Me, London: Pan Books, published 1983, →ISBN, page 82:
text: But he's 17 now — older, wiser, more matoor — and tells Politico that he would vote for President Obama this year if he were old enough, his favorite show is the Daily Show, he supports gay marriage and Obamacare, and he's starting at NYU in the fall, where he'll study philosophy and filmmaking. Ha, wow.
ref: 2012 July 2, Dan Amira, “Former Conservative Child-Pundit Jonathan Krohn Is Now a Walking Liberal Stereotype”, in Intelligencer, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2022:
text: But for Esquires trend-mad, jazz-digging editor Harold Hayes, the prevailing disillusion was more fun than a second martini—matoor' values reasserting themselves.
ref: 2015, Robert Christgau, Going Into the City: Portrait of a Critic as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: Dey St., →ISBN, page 197:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of mature.
cocovore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocovores
Etymology: From coco(nut) + -vore.
Senses: examples: text: Fraulein Schwab was German, a nudist, a Cocovore, but undoubtedly a well-born lady.
ref: 2014, Adrian McKinty, The Sun is God:
text: August Engelhardt's most fervent wish, his destiny in fact, was to establish a colony of cocovores.
ref: 2015, Christian Kracht, translated by Daniel Bowles, Imperium, Picador, published 2016, page 10:
glosses: An eater of coconuts; someone subsisting primarily on coconut.
cocovores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocovore
afandi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afandis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of effendi.
contact wires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contact wire
freezier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of freezy: more freezy
freeziest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of freezy: most freezy
brevicomine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brevicomin
Etymology: From the species name of Dendroctonus brevicomis.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An oxygen containing bicyclic compound that is a pheromone for Dendroctonus brevicomis (western pine beetle), endo-brevicomine: (1R,5S,7S)-7-ethyl-5-methyl-6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane
Derived terms: exo-brevicomine
endo-brevicomine
brevicomin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of brevicomine.
enedial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enedials
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkene substituted by two aldehyde groups.
Yeowart
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
postbus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊstˌbʌs/
Forms: form: postbuses
Etymology: From post + bus.
Senses: examples: text: The novelty value of a postbus ride is even 'sold' in some local tourist offices; the Broadford-Elgol route on the Isle of Skye has acquired particular fame for its spectacular views of the Cuillin Hills.
ref: 1990, Stephen D. Nutley, Unconventional and Community Transport in the United Kingdom, page 178:
glosses: A mail delivery vehicle that also serves as a bus for passengers, typically in areas with limited public transport.
Hessle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0326).
step-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From step + -free.
Senses: examples: text: The upgrades, set to support up to 14,000 new homes in Southwark and Lewisham, include further signalling adjustments to shorten block sections and enable a 20tph service [20 trains per hour], along with an upgrade of Surrey Quays station including provision of step-free access and construction of a new station at Surrey Canal Road.
ref: 2019 October, “Funding for 20tph East London Line Service”, in Modern Railways, page 18:
text: Key to the design is the 'intelligent step' that detects various platform positions via ultrasonic sensing equipment, to close the gap between the entrance doorstep [of carriages] and platform edge. This provides step-free access for passengers.
ref: 2019 October 23, “Testing begins as Merseyrail moves closer to new '777s'”, in Rail, page 29:
glosses: Without steps or stairs acting as a hindrance or obstacle.
samskaras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of samskara
Robottom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rowbottom
form: Robotham
form: Rowbotham
Senses: glosses: A surname.
power failure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: power failures
Senses: examples: text: Sadly, some modern rolling stock engineers must hang their heads in shame after the recent power failures on Thameslink, where trains had to be reset by technicians after the supply frequency wandered off the 50hz.
ref: 2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 43:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: blackout
outage
power cut
glosses: An unscheduled or accidental break in the supply of electricity.
power failures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of power failure
peanutbutters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peanutbutter
Anusim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Anusims
form: Anusim
Etymology: From Hebrew אֲנוּסִים (literally “compelled ones”).
Senses: glosses: A Jew who violates Jewish law or is an apostate due to coercion, such as state persecution, often living as crypto-Jews.
Related terms: Dönmeh
converso
Marrano
New Christian
thankiniside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Probably from Bengali [script needed] (thankumi)
Senses: glosses: An antioxidant that is a secondary metabolite of Centella asiatica.
thermoenergetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thermo- + energetic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Possessing thermal energy
torticid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torticids
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of tortricid.
torticids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torticid
transmesenteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + mesenteric.
Senses: glosses: Across or through the mesentery
trichogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trichograms
Etymology: From tricho- + -gram.
Senses: glosses: A microscopic examination of the root of a hair
Derived terms: phototrichogram
tricylindric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + cylindric.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tricylindrical.
triundecanoin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The triglyceride of undecanoic acid
turiasaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turiasaurs
Senses: glosses: Any dinosaur of the clade Turiasauria
turiasaurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turiasaur
sadfishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of sad + catfishing, implying that this is an exploitative and deceptive online act.
Senses: examples: text: A report […] says that accusations of so-called sadfishing could be further harming already vulnerable children and young people with mental health problems.
ref: 2019 October 1, Sally Weale, “Young people who seek support online being accused of ‘sadfishing,’”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The practice of writing about one’s unhappiness or emotional problems on social media, especially in a vague way, in order to attract attention and a sympathetic response.
sadfishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Blend of sad + catfishing, implying that this is an exploitative and deceptive online act.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sadfish
stercophagic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stercophagic
form: most stercophagic
Etymology: From sterco- + -phagic.
Senses: examples: text: At all events, the sarcophagic and stercophagic insects are attracted to their food chiefly, if not entirely, by odour.
ref: 1923, Dan McKenzie, “Sense of Olfaction in Lower Animals”, in Aromatics and the Soul: A Study of Smells, William Heinemann (Medical Books), Ltd., pages 28–29:
glosses: Dung-eating.
Synonyms: coprophagic
stercophagous