cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Dair
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛə/
ipa: /dɛ(ə)ɹ/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: dare
homophone: dear
homophone: deer (both cheer–chair merger)
Etymology: Blend of Dan + Blair.
Senses: examples: text: However, the possibility of "Dair," and the weird moves Ben keeps making with Damien are the only things that keep the series strong.
ref: 2011 February 28, Morgan Babbs, “Another scheme, please”, in The San Mateo Hi, San Mateo High School, San Mateo, California, page 8:
text: I ship Dair so hard (Ed: wikipedia 'Shipping fandom'); I hope they end the series with their wedding and a montage of all their best moments together.
ref: 2012, Sophie Byrne, “Stuff You Like”, in On Dit, volume 80, number 4, University of Adelaide, page 43:
text: Although Josh Schwartz suggests that “Chair” or “Dair” fans are embroiled in a “battle” on Twitter, the users of the Gossip Girl FanForum do not appear to engage with each other directly.
ref: 2014, Lori Bindig, Gossip Girl: A Critical Understanding, page 143:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The ship of characters Dan Humphrey and Blair Waldorf of the Gossip Girl series.
meharist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meharists
Senses: glosses: A mehari rider, especially in a military unit.
memification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of memeification.
Pythiast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pythiasts
Senses: glosses: A person who consulted the oracle at Delphi
pythiambic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Describing Pythian verse that has an iambic form.
pityriatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to pityriasis
self-police
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-polices
form: self-policing
form: self-policed
form: self-policed
Etymology: From self- + police.
Senses: examples: text: Because they will largely have to self-police this - train operators and the British Transport Police will not be able to enforce the use of face coverings, for example.
ref: 2020 May 20, Stefanie Foster, “Comment: Safety first: now more than ever”, in Rail, page 3:
glosses: To police and monitor amongst themselves without resorting to an external organisation.
self-policed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self-police
self-policing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of self-police
self-polices
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of self-police
placentography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: placentographies
Senses: glosses: radiological examination of the placenta
Othin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Odin.
planctophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of planktophagous.
Matilda effect
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Matilda effect
Etymology: Named by Margaret W. Rossiter for Matilda J. Gage and patterned after the Matthew effect.
Senses: examples: text: Since this systematic bias in scientific information and recognition practices fits the second half of Matthew 13:12 in the Bible, which refers to the under-recognition accorded to those who have little to start with, it is suggested that sociologists of science and knowledge can add to the 'Matthew Effect', made famous by Robert K. Merton in 1968, the "Matilda Effect", named for the American suffragist and feminist critic Matilda J. Gage of New York, who in the late nineteenth century both experienced and articulated this phenomenon.
ref: 1993 May 1, Margaret W. Rossiter, “The Matthew Matilda Effect in Science”, in Social Studies of Science, volume 23, →DOI, pages 325–341:
glosses: The ignorance or minimization of the role of women in science.
wikipedia: Margaret W. Rossiter
Matilda Gage
plantula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plantulae
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of plantule
Derived terms: euplantula
pleuroperitonitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pleuro- + peritonitis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: pleuropulmonary inflammation
pluriarticulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pluri- + articulate.
Senses: glosses: Having many joints / articulations
CAPE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Convective available potential energy
congestion charge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: congestion charges
Senses: examples: text: In a paper published for an emergency finance committee meeting on May 12, TfL says it costs around £600 million a month to run its network, but that income has fallen by 90% since the lockdown began. As well as a decline in public transport revenue, London's congestion charge has been suspended to allow key workers to use the road network.
ref: 2020 May 20, Andrew Roden, “Transport for London fears £3.2bn funding gap”, in Rail, page 8:
topics: transport
glosses: A charge made on the vehicles of road users who enter a designated zone where traffic congestion can occur, in order to discourage this congestion, typically in the centre of a large city.
Related terms: congestion pricing
T-Charge
road pricing
workplace parking levy
moist-adiabatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: 2020 June 6, "1047 AM EDT Area Forecast Discussion", NWS Boston
Mid level lapse rates remained barely moist-adiabatic, which is not favorable for widespread strong convection.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing an adiabatic process where air is fully saturated with water and any temperature change results in evaporation or condensation.
congestion charges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of congestion charge
philosophical wool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of philosopher's wool.
synonyms: word: philosopher's wool
Homo sovieticus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of homo sovieticus.
R'
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: R's
head_nr: 1
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: Abbreviation of rabbi.
Homo Sovieticus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of homo sovieticus.
homo Sovieticus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of homo sovieticus.
dust-coloured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dust-coloured
form: most dust-coloured
Senses: glosses: British standard spelling of dust-colored.
fixed penalty notice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fixed penalty notices
Senses: examples: text: How will these rules be enforced?
[…] Fines for first-time offenders who breach regulations have been increased from £60 to £100 (reducing to £50 if the fixed penalty notice is paid within 14 days), […]
ref: 2020 May 20, “Social distancing: Questions and answers”, in Rail, page 9:
synonyms: word: FPN
glosses: A notice served on an offender by an authorised person, which is usually for committing a minor offence. It requires the offender to pay a fixed fine within a certain period of time, or appeal against it, possibly in court.
fixed penalty notices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fixed penalty notice
keep-worthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more keep-worthy
form: most keep-worthy
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of keepworthy.
Pent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pents
Etymology: Clipping of Pentium.
Senses: examples: text: I have encountered this problem on several computers from 486's to Pents. The only thing I have found to fix it is make sure the CD-Rom cache is set fairly high in the cdrom setup of win 95, and make sure to eliminate ALL unnecessary 16-bit drivers in your autoexec.bat and config.sys.
ref: 1996 February 19, Jeremy Kott, “Re: strange pauses....”, in alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000 (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A Pentium microprocessor or computer.
Pents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pent
salamandric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more salamandric
form: most salamandric
Etymology: From salamander + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of or similar to the mythical salamander; especially, living or thriving in fire.
misbudget
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misbudgets
form: misbudgeting
form: misbudgeted
form: misbudgeted
Etymology: From mis- + budget.
Senses: examples: text: Because a student misallocates or misbudgets time on one occasion does not necessarily mean the student will do so on all occasions
ref: 1981, Antioch Law Journal - Volumes 1-2, page 41:
text: In fiscal year 1984, BPA spent at least $60 million more on WPPS 2 to misbudget it.
ref: 1985, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Bonneville Power Administration's Repayment of Its Obligations to The U.S. Treasury:
text: Originally R8,840 million was budgeted for and the revised estimate is R6.040 million. I would like an explanation. This is not mentioned in the explanatory memorandum at all. It would seem to be an extremely large amount to misbudget.
ref: 1988, South Africa. Parliament, Debates of Parliament: Hansard - Volume 8, Issues 4-6, page 2506:
glosses: To budget too much or too little.
misbudgets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misbudget
misbudgeting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misbudget
misbudgeted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misbudget
misblend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈblɛnd/
ipa: /ˈmɪsblɛnd/
Forms: form: misblends
form: misblending
form: misblended
form: misblended
form: misblent
form: misblent
Etymology: From mis- + blend.
Senses: examples: text: Components of actions can also get misblended, usually when two or more activated schemas are triggered simultaneously.
ref: 1986, Daniel Goleman, David Heller, The Pleasures of psychology, page 96:
text: On May 3, 1988, Mr. [C] misblended about 35,000 pounds of coffee.
ref: 1990, Commerce Clearing House, Labor Arbitration Awards - Volume 90, Issue 2, page 5070:
text: If this fuel is misblended, as sometimes happened in the mid-1980s, it can permanently damage a fuel system.
ref: 1996, Chek Chart, Engine Performance Diagnosis and Tune-Up, page 44:
glosses: To blend incorrectly.
misblend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈblɛnd/
ipa: /ˈmɪsblɛnd/
Forms: form: misblends
Etymology: From mis- + blend.
Senses: examples: text: Refinery blending schedules are seldom followed exactly because of unexpected developments including early or late barge arrivals, misblends, etc.
ref: 1968, 1968 IFAC Symposium, Optimal Systems Planning, page 227:
text: The witness Gorman however seemed to attach blame to Arrowood for repeatedly reporting misblends during these weeks, when actually no wrong weights could be determined.
ref: 1970, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board:
text: The viscosity is obviously a very important property, but it must be remembered that for multigrade oils, a low or high viscosity can be due to either a misblend of the base oils or an incorrect amount of viscosity improver.
ref: 2018, R. David Whitby, Lubricant Blending and Quality Assurance:
glosses: The act or result of misblending.
misblends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misblend
misblends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misblend
misblending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misblend
misblended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misblend
misbrew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misbrews
form: misbrewing
form: misbrewed
form: misbrewed
Etymology: From mis- + brew.
Senses: examples: text: For this reason, green tea is frequently misbrewed, misunderstood, and thus not the tea of choice that it might otherwise be.
ref: 2014, Babette Donaldson, The Everything Healthy Tea Book:
text: That winter led, naturally, to the Olde GnarlyWine release, which the following year was accidentally-on-purpose misbrewed into Brown Shugga' when a flock of one-pound C&H brown sugar boxes found their way into the kettle following my incorect specification of the malt bill.
ref: 2014, Tony Magee, So You Want to Start a Brewery?: The Lagunitas Story, page 90:
text: “Finally misbrew a potion?” Nan chuckled.
ref: 2019, Matthew S. Cox, Emma and the Elixir of Madness:
glosses: To brew incorrectly.
misbrews
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misbrew
misbrewing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misbrew
misbrewed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misbrew
playaholic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: playaholics
Etymology: From play + -aholic; formed after workaholic.
Senses: examples: text: Davies the playaholic falls foul of the invisible injury.
ref: 1986, Times of London:
text: You know what your problem is, Marvin? You're a play-a-holic!
ref: 2006 June 5, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):
glosses: Any person who builds their life schedule around recreational activities, sports, or other types of play.
playaholics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playaholic
value restriction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A typical example is an expression returning always the empty list. It should be given the polymorphic type α list, but this is not possible under the value restriction if the expression has to be evaluated.
ref: 2004, Jacques Garrigue, Relaxing the Value Restriction:
text: It has been found empirically that eta expansion usually suffices for dealing with the value restriction.
ref: 2007, Geoffrey Smith, Notes on SML97's Value Restriction:
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
qualifier: type theory
glosses: In a functional language, inference of a polymorphic type only for syntactic values (values that can be evaluated at compile time) to ensure that a program is type-safe.
misblame
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misblames
form: misblaming
form: misblamed
form: misblamed
Etymology: From mis- + blame.
Senses: examples: text: It would focus rather on those who in the terrible spotlight of hindsight could be misblamed for the tragedies in the first place. Americans in Vietnam, unilateralists in Rhodesia, those who maintain the modern partitions of an ancient Holy Land.
ref: 1981, Michael Spence Lowdell Morris, The Morality of Brutality, page 6:
text: I need to remember that I am responsible for my feelings. I have often misblamed another for my bad emotional state.
ref: 1983, Beth Hammond, Lord, Help Me!-- the Desperate Dieter, page 66:
text: The latter group misinterprets ambiguous social stimuli, misblames others, and often responds with inappropriate anger-aggravated hostility.
ref: 2013, Philip David Zelazo, The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Psychology, Vol. 2:
glosses: To blame wrongly; to blame one who is not guilty.
misblames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misblame
misblaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misblame
misblamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misblame
misbox
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈbɒks/
ipa: /ˈmɪsbɒks/
Forms: form: misboxes
form: misboxing
form: misboxed
form: misboxed
Etymology: From mis- + box.
Senses: examples: text: New protection for the film itself with cartridges that thread automatically, are permanently labeled, never miswound or misboxed.
ref: 1968, ALA Bulletin - Volume 62, page 800:
text: You may want to address the issue of "misboxing" with your cleaner, but be respectful about it and just pose the question.
ref: 2002, Steve Boorstein, The Ultimate Guide to Shopping and Caring for Clothing, page 112:
text: To make matters worse we didn't get an order the rest of the hour so, I some how managed to misbox the only three orders in an hour.
ref: 2014, Charles Neal, Getting the Pizzas to the People:
glosses: To put in the wrong box.
examples: text: On the nineteenth of this month the letter was misboxed to you and failing to see the error you took it out and delivered it at 1892 Maxwell avenue, without any inquiry.
ref: 1892, The Postal Record - Volumes 5-6, page 226:
text: In the one exception referred to he misboxed one card out of a total of 727.
ref: 1943, National Alliance of Postal Employees (U.S.)., National Alliance, page 16:
text: Our mail may be misboxed, misplaced, mishandled or just plain missing.
ref: 2004, Michael Tracey, May the Wind Be at Your Back:
glosses: To sort (mail) incorrectly.
misbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈbɒks/
ipa: /ˈmɪsbɒks/
Forms: form: misboxes
Etymology: From mis- + box.
Senses: examples: text: Since the guide program was placed in operation on operation 3, 4, and 6, beginning Monday, January 18, and Monday , January 25, 1960 , 'misboxes' have increased considerably and yet this condition is not reflected in your verification reports.
ref: 1963, Work Measurement System of the Postal Service:
glosses: An instance of missorting a piece of mail.
misboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misbox
misboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misbox
misboxing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misbox
misboxed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misbox
tamborito
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A genre of Panamanian folk music and dance, performed in formal costumes within a circle of observers.
podestaressa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from the Italian.
Senses: glosses: The wife of a mayor.
double-headed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: a double-headed serpent
text: double-headed muscles
text: The arms of the City of Perth are mounted on the breast of a double-headed eagle, from which the single-headed eagle of the railway arms was derived.
ref: 1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, page 480:
text: Doli: Georgian double-headed cylindrical drum
ref: 2005, Ashish Pandey, Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music, page 212:
glosses: Having two heads.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: Of a coin, having a head on both sides, especially when counterfeited by being constructed from two separate coins.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Of a train, hauled by two locomotives.
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Synonym of sepmag (“having separately recorded picture and soundtrack”).
synonyms: word: sepmag
extra: having separately recorded picture and soundtrack
Derived terms: double-headed bug
double-headed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of double-head
taxonavigation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtæk.soʊˌnæ.vɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From taxo- + navigation. Coined on Wikispecies, which was launched in 2004.
Senses: examples: text: Taxonavigation in design and architecture, much like the contemporary preoccupation with tagging, labeling, blogging, and wikiing has become integral to praxis and pedagogy.
ref: 2012, Liat Margolis, “Encoding Digital and Analogue Taxonavigation”, in Thomas Schröpfer, editor, Material Design: Informing Architecture by Materiality, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 148:
text: A good example for a taxonomy is the Wikispecies project, which aims at creating a directory of species. In the “Taxonavigation” the path in the taxonomy leading to the species is depicted.
ref: 2014, S Arroyo, K Siorpaes, “ONTOLOGIES AND ONTOLOGY LANGUAGES”, in Handbook of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies, World Scientific, page 145:
text: Taxonavigation of microalgae
Chlorella vulgaris belongs to Chlorophyta (green algae) […] they were subjected to classification by dividing under main taxonomic groups based on their pigmentation.
ref: 2019 September, G. Panduranga Murthy, Rajesh Kumar, “Optimized production of biodiesel by fresh water algae oils derived from Chlorella wild stuff and performance characteristics of engine system by employing integration of chemical sciences and engineering technologies”, in NISCAIR-CSIR, India:
text: The taxonavigation section begins with names that link to taxa located immediately up and down in the hierarchy (families, subfamilies, tribes, genera, subgenera, species and subspecies) and helps users to move up and down in the hierarchy.
ref: 2021, Henri M. André, “The Tydeoidea (Ereynetidae, Iolinidae, Triophtydeidae and Tydeidae) - An online database in the Wikispecies platform”, in Acarologia, volume 62, →DOI, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2025, page 5:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: The navigation of a directory of species or other taxonomic entities.
wikipedia: Wikispecies
femble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fembles
form: fimble
Senses: examples: text: ... with nettles and other rubbish, sowed hemp on six acres three roods; he got two last and one half of seed , without taking the advantage of picking the femble hemp; after threshing he stacked it, and in the spring watered and dressed it.
ref: 1804, Repertory of arts, manufactures and agriculture, The Repertory of arts and manufactures [afterw.] arts, manufactures and agriculture, page 77:
text: two linen table clothes, one femble tablecloth, two linen towels, […]
ref: 1859, Surtees Society, York Minster, James Raine, Publications of the Surtees Society, page 162
text: The next year 65 stone of "femble" hemp1 were bought" […]
¹ There were three buyers of cloth and one of tow in 1622.
² "Femble" hemp was the term applied to the fibre as prepared for use. (Vide Oxf. Dict.)
ref: 1934, The Treatment of Poverty in Cambridgeshire 1597-1834, CUP Archive, page 35
text: Sometimes also 'femble' sheets were listed. Often in the chests in which the bed linen was kept were towels, napkins, table-cloths and carpets (here a table and not a floor covering). Robert More (d. 1559) added variety by having a salting trough in his parlour, presumably kept under the bed, […]
ref: 1954, The Lincolnshire Historian:
text: John Parish of Beltoft, who died in 1590, left linen cloth, femble, and harden cloth worth £3 5s. 4d., femble yarn and harden yarn worth ten shillings, heckled line and femble worth two shillings and sixpence, braked hemp worth six shillings and ...
ref: 2003, Joan Thirsk, Rural Economy of England, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 155
glosses: Alternative form of fimble (“(male, early-ripening) hemp”) (sometimes said, variously, to be specifically either coarse-fibred hemp or hemp prepared for use).
vallance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vallances
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of valance.
vallances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vallance
anti-slip
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + slip.
Senses: examples: text: The first English Electric units were not fitted with an anti-slip brake, but a hurried consultation of the wiring diagram showed that it should be possible to hold in the low-voltage anti-slip relay for long enough to let speed build up without cutting off the motor current.
ref: 1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 268:
text: The 110-year-old structure has had its steelwork repaired and replaced, anti-slip flooring added, and new lighting fitted.
ref: 2020 May 20, “Network News: Arnside footbridge receives overhaul”, in Rail, page 13:
glosses: Alternative form of antislip.
non-price
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + price.
Senses: examples: text: It concludes that while in the short term this could improve competition on price and non-price factors, it is unclear whether the increase in the supply of rolling stock is likely to be in the medium to longer term if leasing companies revise the assumptions on which they offer trains to the market.
ref: 2020 May 20, “Network News: Competition concerns remain over train leasing - ORR”, in Rail, page 14:
glosses: Alternative form of nonprice.
polydemonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: The existence of multiple demons; the worship of these demons
polyemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- + -emia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: hypervolemia
glosses: The presence of an abnormally large volume of blood in the body.
Largan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A neighborhood of the city of Bostan Zar, Falavarjan County, Isfahan Province, Iran.
glosses: A village in Chalus County, Mazandaran Province, Iran.
glosses: A village in Nowshahr County, Mazandaran Province, Iran.
Wylde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Wyld
Wylde Green
sulkingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sulking + -ly.
Senses: glosses: While sulking; in a sulky manner.
unfragmentary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + fragmentary.
Senses: glosses: Not fragmentary.
faberoo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more faberoo
form: most faberoo
Senses: synonyms: fabbo
faboo
glosses: fabulous, excellent
exnovation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exnovations
Etymology: From innovation, with the prefix in- replaced by ex-. Coined by Rein De Wilde in 2000.
Senses: topics: business
glosses: The removal of innovation, for example by settling upon a working strategy and not seeking further changes.
polyhybrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyhybrids
Etymology: From poly- + hybrid.
Senses: glosses: a hybrid whose parents differ in several ways
exnovations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exnovation
mixed media
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: An assemblage or collage using two or more different materials
Hassocks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English hassuc (“clump of grass”); see hassock.
Senses: glosses: A large village and civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3015).
salty licorice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salty licorices
form: salty liquorice
Etymology: From the salty taste; compare Swedish saltlakrits.
Senses: glosses: A variety of licorice flavored with ammonium chloride; a common confectionery in parts of Europe.
salty liquorice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salty liquorices
Senses: glosses: UK and Ireland standard spelling of salty licorice.
planktophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Certain planktophagous fishes, such as certain Pomacentridae and Nasidae, feed during the day.
ref: 2004, B.G. Kapoor, Ichthyology Handbook, page 188:
synonyms: planktonophagous
glosses: Consuming plankton.
cockale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockales
form: cock-ale
Etymology: From cock + ale.
Senses: examples: text: That he was asleep a-bed by Ten a Clock: Lov'd Hunting as much as he hated Swearing; and preferid Cock-Ale, before any Wine.
ref: 1714, Abel Boyer, Memoirs of the Life and Negotiations of Sir W. Temple, Bar, page 100:
text: There are also several sorts of compounded ales, as cock-ale, wormwood-ale, scurvygrass-ale, lemon-ale, college-ale, & c. These are to be had at Hercules Pillars, near the Temple; at the Trumpet, and other houses in Sheer Lane, Bell Alley, and, as I remember, at the English Tavern, near Charing Cross.
ref: 1829, The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History, Literature, Fine Arts, Etc., page 31:
text: For your comfort, too, Mr. Bayes, I have not only seen it, as you may perceive, but have read it too, and can quote it as freely upon occasion as a frugal tradesman can quote that noble treatise, the Worth of a Penny to his extravagant 'prentice, that revels in cockale, stewed apples, and penny custards.
ref: 1913, Samuel Johnson, Alfred Milnes, Life of Dryden, page 40:
glosses: Ale mixed with chicken broth, sweet spices, and dried fruits.
Gödel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Goedel
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Gödelian
Gödel number
Gödel numbering
Gödel's incompleteness theorem
Gödel numbering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gödel numberings
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A function assigning a Gödel number to each well-formed formula of some formal language.
Gödelization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gödelizations
Etymology: From Kurt Gödel (or Gödel number) and -ization.
Senses: examples: 2013, Encyclopedia of Mathhttps://encyclopediaofmath.org/wiki/Gödelization
Gödelizations with bijective mapping β are of special interest.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Gödel numbering
wikipedia: Kurt Gödel
Gödelizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gödelization
Gödel numberings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gödel numbering
Gödelisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This implies that it is impossible in the untyped lambda calculus to do Gödelisation, i.e. to write a function that can convert a term to a representation of (the normal form of) that term...
ref: 1999, Torben Æ. Mogensen, Gödelisation in the untyped lambda calculus:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Gödelization.
gibsmedat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪbsmidæt/
Forms: form: gibs me dat
form: gibsmedats
form: gimmedat
form: gimmedats
Etymology: A caricaturized AAVE eye dialect of give me that.
Senses: examples: ref: 2011 November 23, Sickle Cell, “10,000 GibsMeDat Niggers line up for turkey dinner.......”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):
text: I don't know whether gibsmedat is a part of African-American culture or blacks worldwide. But hear this Tyrone, I am not going to give you anything.
ref: 2018, Francis Nally, A Manifesto About Stalking Patrick Hyland, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 75:
text: This is where everything is heading towards! One big Asian-Aryan society, and every other unworthy non-white suffers from both liberal egalitarian delusions and "gibsmedat" disorder. That is where our future is if we don't address this issue.
ref: 2017, Pilleater, Almond Eyes, Baby Face, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 230:
glosses: A supposed mentality of entitlement to welfare and a refusal to pay, stereotypically associated with African-Americans.
Derived terms: word: gibs
Related terms: pull oneself up by one's bootstraps
rugged individualism
Uncle Sugar
propping up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prop up
propped up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prop up
polypoly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pəˈlɪpəlɪ/
/ˈpɒlɪˈpɒlɪ/
Forms: form: polypolies
Etymology: From poly- (“many”) + -poly (“number of sellers”), by analogy with monopoly.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The presence of a large number of relatively small buyers and sellers, none of whom can influence the price of commodities
Related terms: monopoly
polypsony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polypsonies
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A market situation in which multiple buyers compete for the same goods or services
New Beckenham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3670).
TMB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of tetramethylbenzidine.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of trimethylborane.
miscosts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miscost
misconsider
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misconsiders
form: misconsidering
form: misconsidered
form: misconsidered
Etymology: From mis- + consider.
Senses: examples: text: Without such approaches we can only get a partial (and perhaps overly deterministic) view of discursive effects, which misconsider their processes of regulation.
ref: 1996, Gill Aitken, Erica Burman, Pam Alldred, Psychology Discourse Practice: From Regulation to Resistance:
text: Many of them, in fact, tend to misconsider the problem of production capacity.
ref: 1999, Shahrukh A. Irani, Handbook of Cellular Manufacturing Systems, page 566:
text: To misconsider the importance of a non-acousmatic experience in sound/music is, however, to neglect the possibility of how sources in sound contribute significantly to the communication of 'meaning' (particularly in the performance context).
ref: 2012, Marcus Cheng Chye Tan, Acoustic Interculturalism: Listening to Performance, page 50:
text: I say this not of wives that are wise, But if it happens that they misconsider.
ref: 2013, Conor McCarthy, Love Sex & Marriage in the Middle Ages:
glosses: To consider wrongly; to misjudge.
misconsiders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misconsider
misconsidering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misconsider
misconsidered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misconsider
miscomposes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miscompose
miscomposing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of miscompose
miscomposed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of miscompose
Snailwell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL6467).
outsider art
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Outsider Art
Etymology: Coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972.
Senses: examples: text: Outsider Art is increasingly recognized as a representation of the purest and most direct form of artistic creation.
ref: 2006, Liz Aggiss, Billy Cowie ed., Anarchic Dance, Routledge, →ISBN, page 48:
text: The concepts of raw art and outsider art were typical of a time when oppositional politics still infused artistic and academic discourses.
ref: 2014, Ian Buchanan, Lorna Collins, Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Visual Art, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 57:
text: Inherent in all artistic activity, these dialogical mechanisms become particularly striking in outsider art and can serve as a basis for fighting stigma.
ref: 2015, Ekaterina Sukhanova, Hans-Otto Thomashoff, Body Image and Identity in Contemporary Societies, Routledge, →ISBN, page 11:
text: The principal problem with Outsider Art is the most obvious: it is so often so bad.
ref: 2015, Adam Geczy, Jacqueline Millner, Fashionable Art, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 160:
text: Outsider art could not be stopped. Once its greatness — and its market potential — was understood, the insider art world opened the flood gates and here we are.
ref: 2022 March 3, Roberta Smith, “The Outsider Art Fair Returns, in Top Form”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: art
arts
glosses: Art by untrained artists, outside of the institutional mainstream.
Derived terms: outsider artist
Related terms: outsider music
Tackley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4820).
Asfordby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7019).
mealprep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mealpreps
Etymology: From meal + prep.
Senses: examples: text: She removed the other hoses and coiled them together, leaving only the one for the mealprep area intact.
ref: 2010, VK Powell, Fever:
text: When your daughter leaves for college, she will thank you for having taught her the household basics, from simple mealpreps to cleaning and laundry
ref: 2011, Erika V Shearin Karres, The Everything Parent's Guide to Raising Girls:
text: A social worker note stated he was 'dressing and bathing independently, doing some of his mealprep.'.
ref: 2014, Peter A. Lichtenberg, Mark R. Luborsky, “Alzheimer's diagnosis on trial”, in Heidi Hamilton, Wen-ying Sylvia Chou, editors, The Routledge Handbook of Language and Health Communication:
text: The time it takes to batch-cook saves me hours of mealprep time later.
ref: 2020, Katie Wells, The Wellness Mama 5-Step Lifestyle Detox, page 39:
glosses: Meal preparation
skulketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: skulk + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of skulk
spathiphyllum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spathiphyllums
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Spathiphyllum.
Senses: examples: text: Two Spathiphyllums were selected for testing. One spath was used for aerobic (leaves A-C) and anoxic (leaves D-F) wounding experiments. The second Spath was used for the spectral analysis tests.
ref: 2018 June 14, Carl L. Oros, Fabio Alves, “Leaf wound induced ultraweak photon emission is suppressed under anoxic stress: Observations of Spathiphyllum under aerobic and anaerobic conditions using novel in vivo methodology”, in PloS one., →DOI, →PMID, →PMCID:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: word: peace lily
word: spath
glosses: Any plant of the genus Spathiphyllum.
spathiphyllums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spathiphyllum
unobstructing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] ridge running perpendicular to the prevailing wind direction, with essentially flat and unobstructing terrain […]
ref: 1954, World Meteorological Organization, Technical Note, number 203:
glosses: That does not obstruct.
unobstructing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unobstruct
agrichemist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agrichemists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of agrochemist.
agrichemically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of agrochemically.
agrichemists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agrichemist
Cojack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Co-Jack
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Colby-Jack (“a kind of cheese”).
synonyms: word: Colby-Jack
extra: a kind of cheese
Colby-Jack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Cojack
glosses: A semihard marbled cheese made from a mixture of Colby and Monterey Jack.
Colbys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Colby
mockie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mockies
form: mocky
Senses: examples: text: There used to be a goon I knew in the Bronx—a tough mockie we used to call Yussel the Bricklayer—and you never saw a guy who was more screwed up. This guy Yussel would've been a strongarm for nothing, he enjoyed it so much.
ref: 2000, Irving Shulman, The Big Brokers:
text: Only a mockie ate that Old World salty shit.
ref: 2000, Willard Manus, The Pigskin Rabbi, page 90:
glosses: A Jew.
mocky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mockies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mockie (“a Jew”).
mockies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mockie
glosses: plural of mocky
Deceangli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Celtic tribe living in Wales and west Cheshire before and during the Roman invasion of Britain.
couchsurf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: couchsurfs
form: couchsurfing
form: couchsurfed
form: couchsurfed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of couch surf.
Abulfeda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌɑ.bulˈfɛdɑ/
/ɑˈbul.fɛˌdɑ/
Forms: form: Aboolfeda
form: Abulfida
Etymology: From Arabic أَبُو الفِدَاء (ʔabū l-fidāʔ).
Senses: glosses: A geographer and historian (1273–1331).
glosses: A lunar crater.
polyvaccine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyvaccines
Etymology: From poly- + vaccine.
Senses: glosses: a polyvalent vaccine
polyvaccines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyvaccine
pollenophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That feeds on pollen
turny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)ni
Forms: form: more turny
form: most turny
Etymology: From turn + -y.
Senses: examples: text: a twisty, turny road in the mountains
text: Also, I should ask about what the turny knob tool was, when I got time.
ref: 2019, Richard Roberts, A Rag Doll's Guide to Here and There:
glosses: Characterized by turns or a turning motion.
Derived terms: page-turny
apeirotope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apeirotopes
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A generalized polytope having infinitely many facets.
apeirotopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apeirotope
monheimite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Monheim + -ite. Named after German chemist Johann Peter Joseph Monheim (1786–1855).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A ferroan variety of smithsonite.
homebirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homebird
CTP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CTPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of compulsory third party (insurance).
topics: climatology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of climate tipping point.
glosses: Initialism of computer-to-plate.
drink walking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By analogy with drink driving.
Senses: glosses: Walking as a pedestrian while under the influence of alcohol.
Coxon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒk.sən/
ipa: /ˈkɑk.sən/
rhymes: -ɒksən
Forms: form: Coxons
Etymology: Patronymic surname from Cocke + -son.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
written off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of write off
amalgam carrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amalgam carriers
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: A tool used to transfer dental amalgam to a filling
type holder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: type holders
Senses: glosses: The device in an electronic typewriter that holds all the available characters
chpt.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chpts.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of chapter.
cruet set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cruet sets
Senses: glosses: A small stand containing small bottles of salt, pepper, oil and vinegar for use at the table
all one wants
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Scream all you want, but it is not going to change the fact that the museum will be closed for the entire month.
text: He can complain all he wants but it won't fix anything.
synonyms: all one likes
glosses: As much as one wishes; to any extent; used to emphasize the preceding verb.
Giggleswick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish near Settle, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD8164).
Derived terms: Giggleswickian
Channon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Channons
Etymology: Variant of Cannon.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Coranic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Qur'anic.
CIMP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CIMPs
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of CpG island methylator phenotype.
Lemoore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Kings County, California, United States.
Avenal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Kings County, California, United States.
Lemoore Station
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Kings County, California, United States.
Armona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Kings County, California, United States.
Home Garden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)dən
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Kings County, California, United States.
Kettleman City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Kings County, California, United States.
Oko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A dialect cluster spoken in Nigeria.
Porterville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Tulare County, California, United States.
Dinuba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Tulare County, California, United States.
Farmersville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Tulare County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Chattooga County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Montgomery County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Black Township, Posey County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Caldwell County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
Alternative form of Farmerville, Louisiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Livingston County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Tewksbury Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Cattaraugus County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Jackson Township, Montgomery County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in West Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city mostly in Collin County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the town of LeRoy, Dodge County, Wisconsin.
Orosi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Tulare County, California, United States.
Earlimart
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Tulare County, California, United States.
East Porterville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Tulare County, California, United States.
Woodlake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Compound of wood + lake.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Tulare County, California, United States.
Terra Bella
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Tulare County, California, United States.