cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
counter-password
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counter-passwords
form: counterpassword
form: counter password
Etymology: From counter- + password.
Senses: examples: text: All this is the cultural equivalent of spy movies in which the hero must look for a man wearing a green carnation, mumble, “The thrush flies at midnight,” and listen for the counter-password.
ref: 2007, Rachel Held Evans, Larry Richards, The Book of Mark, →ISBN, page cxvi:
text: He had rehearsed his own counter-password over and over again throughout that time, as he nervously looked at his watch and wondered what could have gone wrong.
ref: 2010, David Crump, Conflict of Interest, →ISBN:
text: Give him the password 'Charlton Athletic for the Cup', and he will give the counter-password 'Tottenham Hotspurs for the League'.
ref: 2014, Peter Pook, Pook's Class War, →ISBN:
text: We had an angry dialogue for a couple of minutes and could not establish the password and counter-password.
ref: 2016, Jim Nicholson, George-3-7th Marines, →ISBN:
glosses: The response to a password, which identities the person to whom the password is given as the correct contact.
counter-passwords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counter-password
counterpasswords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterpassword
counter password
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counter passwords
Senses: examples: text: The men, unsmiling, shook hands and introduced themselves. Within minutes a third man came. With a wiry build and saturnine face, he appeared to be younger than forty, too. The password and counter password were given.
ref: 2009, Jack Adler, The Montrell Tapes, →ISBN, page 24:
text: As time progressed, challenging and responding with the counter password was used very little.
ref: 2010, Herb Brewer -, Chronicles of a Marine Rifleman: Vietnam, 1965-1966, →ISBN:
text: Suddenly, one of the cadre appeared from out of the darkness. "Hello, soldier", he said. "Do you have a light?” “Sure,” Jack replied, digging into his pocket for a book of matches. “Soldier! You are dead!” exclaimed the cadre. Jack had failed to challenge the infiltrator. The password was “Bronx”, the counter password was “Bombers”.
ref: 2015, Roger K. Baer, An American Journey, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of counter-password.
counter passwords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counter password
futwa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: futwas
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of fatwa.
the devil makes work for idle hands
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of idle hands are the devil's workshop.
synonyms: word: idle hands are the devil's workshop
those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
those who live in glass houses should not throw stones
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
people that live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
people that live in glass houses should not throw stones
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
people who live in glass houses should not throw stones
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Googlenopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Googlenope
aluminium nitrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: White, water-soluble salt of aluminium and nitric acid, most commonly existing as the crystalline hydrate, aluminium nitrate nonahydrate, Al(NO₃)₃·9H₂O.
judge not, that you be not judged
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of judge not, that ye be not judged.
peace that passeth understanding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peace that passes all understanding
form: peace that passes understanding
form: peace that passeth all understanding
form: peace which passes all understanding
form: peace which passes understanding
form: peace which passeth all understanding
form: peace which passeth understanding
Etymology: From the King James version of the Bible: "And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:7).
Senses: examples: text: There are but two sorts of peace: there is the world's peace, which is an opiate that stills the conscience for a season — peace, peace, but no peace; and there is the Christian's peace — the peace that passeth understanding.
ref: 1854, John Cumming, Voices of the Night, page 67:
text: In all its gutters from Frisco to Bombay, Melbourne to Cape Town, the Salvation Army was on the job, inviting harassed and stricken souls to the peace which passeth understanding.
ref: 1929 January 14, “Religion: Salvation Rift”, in Time, retrieved 26 Aug 2017:
text: The poem ends with the Hindu incantation, like the first shower of long-looked-for rain, shantih, shantih, shantih, meaning: "The Peace which passeth understanding."
ref: 1950 March 6, “Reflections: Mr. Eliot”, in Time, retrieved 26 Aug 2017:
text: The Woodstock apocalypse, as she sees it, was not the peace that passeth understanding that the media made it out to be. Of the 400,000 kids there, most of the potentially disorderly ones were stupefied by drugs.
ref: 1973 August 15, Anatole Broyard, “Books of the Times: Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin by Myra Friedman”, in New York Times, retrieved 26 Aug 2017:
text: Sri Peetam has an aura of a peace that passeth understanding.
ref: 2016 November 3, “Living in Saranagati - the sage of Annakara”, in The Hindu, India, retrieved 26 Aug 2017:
qualifier: set phrase
glosses: Spiritual enlightenment; religious salvation.
wikipedia: King James version
peace that passes all understanding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peace that passeth understanding.
peace that passes understanding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peace that passeth understanding.
peace that passeth all understanding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peace that passeth understanding.
peace which passes all understanding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peace that passeth understanding.
peace which passeth all understanding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peace that passeth understanding.
peace which passes understanding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peace that passeth understanding.
peace which passeth understanding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peace that passeth understanding.
beating one's swords into ploughshares
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beating one's swords into plowshares
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beat one's swords into ploughshares
electromicroscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electromicroscopes
Etymology: From electro- + microscope.
Senses: glosses: Electron microscope.
electromicrograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electromicrographs
Senses: glosses: Electron micrograph.
sugarcoat a bitter pill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sugarcoats a bitter pill
form: sugarcoating a bitter pill
form: sugarcoated a bitter pill
form: sugarcoated a bitter pill
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sugarcoat the pill.
Sauga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒ.ɡə/
Forms: form: 'Sauga
Etymology: Clipping of Mississauga.
Senses: examples: text: This what Sauga feels like in the night time / Watch what she doin' when the light shine
ref: 2013, Jahron Brathwaite, Miguel Pimentel, “Break From Toronto”, performed by PartyNextDoor:
text: I lived and worked in Brampton, but I liked going home to "Sauga".
ref: 2015 October 26, Sandra Ward-Cooper, Journeying Through Adversities: Part Two of an Autobiography, page 209:
text: It traipses through Cooksville and Dacosta intones in the voice-over that particular community “embodies the true Sauga” he remembers before the film moves onto the Valleys, which to the filmmaker is not “just another neighbourhood” and was an extremely special place to grow up.
ref: 2017 July 17, Chris Clay, “Mississauga filmmaker explores city of his youth in The Saugonian doc”, in Mississauga News, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2025:
glosses: A nickname for the city of Mississauga.
Sauga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒ.ɡə/
Etymology: From Estonian Sauga.
Senses: glosses: A tributary of the Pärnu.
examples: text: Meanwhile, the principal of the Estonian school in Sauga saw integration in a positive light as his students started to study Russian beginning in the sixth grade, and this program gave them practice.
ref: 2005, David D. Laitin, “Culture Shift in a Postcommunist State”, in Zoltan Barany, Robert G. Moser, editors, Ethnic Politics After Communism, page 58:
glosses: A small borough of Pärnu County, in southwestern Estonia.
4-1-1
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: Alternative form of 411.
8514
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 8514/A.
yakiniku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yaki-niku
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 焼肉 (yakiniku), from 焼き (yaki, “to grill, fry”) + 肉 (niku, “meat”).
Senses: glosses: Meat grilled on a barbecue Japanese-style.
care killed the cat
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: care killed a cat
Senses: glosses: Synonym of curiosity killed the cat.
synonyms: word: curiosity killed the cat
glosses: Too much worry is a mental burden.
start with a clean sheet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: starts with a clean sheet
form: starting with a clean sheet
form: started with a clean sheet
form: started with a clean sheet
form: start with a clean slate
form: start with a clean sheet of paper
Senses: glosses: To go back to square one; start all over again.
Related terms: clean slate
clean up one's act
brave as a lion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very brave; courageous
timid as a mouse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: mouse-hearted
timid as a rabbit
antonyms: brave as a lion
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very timid.
a problem shared is a problem halved
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: synonyms: a worry shared is a worry halved
many hands make light work
antonyms: too many cooks spoil the broth
glosses: If a problem is shared with others, its solution becomes easier.
a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Attributed to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Senses: examples: text: A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor and the same concept applies to a relationship. If you have a relationship where there is never tough times to work through together, there will never be an opportunity to gain strength within the relationship. Accept the good with the bad because it all happens for a reason, and will teach you something.
ref: L.K. Elliott (23 March 2015), Confessions of an Ex Hot Mess: 10 Steps to Beat Stress and Feel Your Best, FriesenPress, page 53
glosses: Challenging experiences are the most educational and thus, ultimately, the most beneficial.
vasovasorrhaphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vaso- (“of the vas deferens”) + vaso- (“of the vas deferens”) + -rrhaphy (“surgery involving the suturing of”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A surgery in which the two cut ends of the vas deferens are sutured together; vasovasostomy.
orange swift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orange swifts
Senses: glosses: A moth of species Triodia sylvina, found in Europe.
nasopulmonary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From naso- + pulmonary.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the nose and the lungs.
nasoesophageal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nasooesophageal
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the nose and the esophagus.
nasooesophageal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of nasoesophageal.
a drowning man will clutch at a straw
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: a drowning man will grab at a straw
form: a drowning man will grasp at a straw
form: a drowning man will grab at straws
form: a drowning man will grasp at straws
Senses: glosses: A person in urgent need of assistance will seize any available form of aid, regardless of its insignificance.
Related terms: grasp at straws
beggars can't be choosers
phlebotomization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phlebotomize + -ation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The process of phlebotomizing (performing phlebotomy).
aluminium paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: wrapping paper coated with aluminium foil or -powder, used for wrapping food products and cigarettes.
glosses: aluminium foil
a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: A quotation from Self-Reliance, an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published in 1841.
Senses: glosses: Consistency may not be the key to success; changes, even minor ones, must be introduced.
wikipedia: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-Reliance
possible worlds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of possible world
Oliverio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Oliverios
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Oliverio.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Rashford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rashfords
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Bluestone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
kek lapis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay kek lapis (literally “layered cake”).
Senses: glosses: A layered cake, traditionally served in Sarawak, Malaysia on special occasions.
wifelkins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wifelkin
restipulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of restipulate
restipulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of restipulate
restipulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of restipulate
restipulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: restipulations
Etymology: From re- + stipulation.
Senses: examples: text: With him, faith sums up everything in this relation ; and faith itself is not a restipulation, but a believing acquiescence for our own part in a covenant which establishes all things for us; and specially an acquiescence in Christ, in whom we find the covenant sealed, and vitally operative.
ref: 1881, The Catholic Presbyterian, volume 5, page 344:
glosses: A subsequent stipulation.
Related terms: restipulate
restipulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of restipulation
anthelmints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthelmint
blepharokeratoconjunctivitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From blepharo- + kerato- + conjunctiva + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: word: BKC
glosses: Inflammation of the eyelids, cornea and conjunctiva.
the apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of the grass is always greener on the other side.
synonyms: word: the grass is always greener on the other side
MTFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MTF
you cannot please everyone
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: It is not possible to act in a manner that will please everyone
FTMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FTM
you can't catch old birds with chaff
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Referencing a quotation of Miguel de Cervantes: "You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff."
Senses: glosses: The wisest and the most experienced cannot be easily deceived.
thrombocytapheresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thrombocytaphereses
Etymology: From thrombocyte + apheresis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of plateletpheresis.
synonyms: word: plateletpheresis
leukocytapheresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leukocytaphereses
Etymology: From leukocyte + apheresis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Leukapheresis.
erythrapheresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From erythr- + apheresis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Erythrocytapheresis.
erythropheresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From erythro- + apheresis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Erythrocytapheresis.
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An administrative region in eastern France, created in 2016 by the merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté.
Saône-et-Loire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Mâcon.
erythrocytapheresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erythrocytaphereses
form: erythrocytopheresis
form: erythropheresis
form: erythrapheresis
Etymology: From erythrocyte + apheresis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The removal of red blood cells from whole blood via the procedure of apheresis.
AUPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AUP
panhyperpituitarism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pan- + hyper- + pituitary + -ism.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An increase in the secretion of all or most of the pituitary hormones.
figure axis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: figure axes
Senses: glosses: The symmetrical axis of a body. In the case of the Earth, it differs from the rotational axis by a few meters, and so is a partial cause of the Earth's wobble.
figure axes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of figure axis
autistiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: autistiform behaviour
text: autistiform conditions
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Resembling autism.
rotational axis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotational axes
Senses: glosses: The spin axis of a freely rotating body. In the case of the Earth, it differs from the figure axis by a few meters. This difference being a partial cause of the Earth's wobble.
rotational axes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rotational axis
antitissue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + tissue.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Acting against body tissues.
raw_tags: of an antibody
multilayout
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + layout.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to more than one layout.
greasepainted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From greasepaint + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: With sweat streaking down his greasepainted face, the clown raced to the edge of the arena, taking refuge at the top of the fence. Two other clowns emerged to chase the bull through the fence to the holding pen.
ref: 1994, Dirk Johnson, Biting the Dust:
glosses: Wearing greasepaint.
makerspace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: makerspaces
Etymology: From maker + space.
Senses: examples: text: 'Citizen science projects', along with 'hackerspaces' and 'makerspaces', have grown increasingly popular since the 1990s, providing opportunities for dedicated non-specialists to carry out research projects.
ref: 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 199:
glosses: A hackerspace where people develop electronic hardware or other physical objects.
makerspaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of makerspace
squawk box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squawk boxes
Senses: glosses: An intercom or public address system.
squawk boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squawk box
myostatins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myostatin
match moving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: broadcasting
cinematography
computer-graphics
computing
engineering
film
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
television
glosses: A technique that allows the insertion of computer graphics into live-action footage with correct position, scale, orientation, and motion relative to the photographed objects in the shot.
aboundings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abounding
eggs Arlington
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A dish resembling eggs Benedict but made with smoked salmon.
Star Trekkian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Star Trekkian
form: most Star Trekkian
form: Star Trek–ian
Etymology: From Star Trek + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Star Trek media franchise.
Trekkian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Trekkian
form: most Trekkian
Etymology: From Trek + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Star Trekkian.
synonyms: word: Star Trekkian
underimproved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From under- + improved.
Senses: examples: an underimproved office building
glosses: Having undergone insufficient improvement.
undermodernized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From under- + modernized.
Senses: examples: an undermodernized office building
glosses: Having undergone insufficient modernization.
whitestreaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whitestream
whitestreamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whitestream
whitestreams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whitestream
whitewishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of whitewashing + wishing
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: The regarding of white people's norms as neutral and objective.
Related terms: whitestream
repentaunces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repentaunce
social jet lag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by chronobiologist Till Roenneberg and later popularised via his 2012 book Internal Time: Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You're So Tired.
Senses: examples: text: His^([Till Roenneberg's]) team also studied stimulant use among the same volunteers and found that those suffering from social jet lag were much more likely to smoke.
ref: 2006 April 1, Helen Phillips, “Groggy mornings fuel desire to smoke”, in New Scientist, number 2545:
text: 2015 December, Siramon Reutrakul, Kristen L. Knutson, Consequences of Circadian Disruption on Cardiometabolic Health, Phyllis C. Zee (editor), Science of Circadian Rhythms, Sleep Medicine Clinics, Volume 10, Number 4, Elsevier, page 460,
For example, going to bed at a different time on work or school days than on free days or weekends can lead to social jet lag, which may also be associated with cardiometabolic function.
text: In humans, the most common circadian disruptors include environmental lighting (including both the exposure to low light during daytime or electric light sources during nighttime), shift work (which implies the exposure to abnormal light cycles and the interference of work hours with sleep timing, jet lag from transmeridian travel (which requires the adaptation of body clocks to a new time zone), social jet lag (temporal differences between the endogenous clock and the social clock) and sleep disorders (Bedrosian et al. 2015 in press).
ref: 2016, Eva Marco, Elena Velarde, Ricardo Llorente, Giovanni Laviola, “Disrupted Circadian Rhythm as a Common Player in Developmental Models of Neuropsychiatric Disorders”, in Richard M. Kostrzewa, Trevor Archer, editors, Neurotoxin Modeling of Brain Disorders — Life-long Outcomes in Behavioral Teratology, Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, page 163:
glosses: The difference in the timing of a person's sleep period (measured as average midpoint of his/her sleep period) between workdays and rest days.
wikipedia: Till Roenneberg
Related terms: jet lag
chronotype
Barrowism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Barrowe + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Support for Henry Barrowe (c. 1550–1593), English Puritan and separatist.
Related terms: Barrowist
Barrowe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Barrowism
Barrowist
throw a sprat to catch a mackerel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws a sprat to catch a mackerel
form: throwing a sprat to catch a mackerel
form: threw a sprat to catch a mackerel
form: thrown a sprat to catch a mackerel
Senses: examples: text: It is pertinent to remember that in 1892, the M.S.W.J.R. had secured from the L.S.W.R. running powers between Andover and Southampton Dock, so no doubt the "Solent Scheme" should properly be regarded as a sprat set (successfully) to catch a mackerel.
ref: 1948 November and December, “Notes and News: Southampton and the M.S.W.J.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 410:
glosses: To sacrifice something of little value in the hope of gaining something better.
NuTrek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: nu (“new (slang spelling)”) + Trek
Senses: examples: text: Obviously you've brought up NuWars and NuTrek the absolute rock bottom of modern blockbusters which I'm not going to defend
ref: 2020 April 21, anonymous author, “Re: How are western comics and cartoons art style received in Japan as opposed to how many westerners want to draw in an anime style?”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: Nutrek and the ass goblins who post about it make my eyes bleed.
ref: 2024 June 25, anonymous author, “Re: /trek/”, in 4chan, retrieved 26 Aug 2024:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The films and television series in the Star Trek franchise from 2009 onward.
Related terms: Abramsverse
NuWho
Abramsverse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪbɹəmzˌvɜː(ɹ)s/
Etymology: From Abrams + -verse, after the American film director J. J. Abrams, involved in the reboot franchise's creation.
Senses: examples: text: The "triumvirate" of Kirk-Spock-McCoy, often represented as central to the appeal of ST: TOS, is also seen as diminished by the Abramsverse in favor of emphasizing the Kirk-Spock relationship, […]
ref: 2015, Matt Hills, “From 'Multiverse' to 'Abramsverse': Blade Runner, Star Trek, Multiplicity, and the Authorizing of Cult/SF Worlds”, in J. P. Telotte, Gerald Duchovnay, editors, Science Fiction Double Feature: The Science Fiction Film as Cult Text, page 32:
text: Partly as a result of this division in intellectual property ownership, and the fact that Paramount had reimagined Star Trek via its differentiated 'Abramsverse,' it was actually not necessarily in Paramount's commercial interest to link Beyond to the anniversary of The Original Series.
ref: 2018, Derek Johnson, “Spin-offs, Crossovers, and World-building 'Energies'”, in Paola Brembilla, Ilaria A. De Pascalis, editors, Reading Contemporary Serial Television Universes: A Narrative Ecosystem Framework, unnumbered page:
text: By comparison, the Abramsverse is a smaller and less interesting place, and it tends to be far more violent, frequently using the threat of genocide itself as entertainment, […]
ref: 2019, Ace G. Pilkington, “Science Fiction and the New Trek Timeline”, in Matthew Wilhelm Kapell, Ace G. Pilkington, editors, The Kelvin Timeline of Star Trek: Essays on J.J. Abrams' Final Frontier, page 124:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Synonym of Kelvinverse.
synonyms: word: Kelvinverse
wikipedia: J. J. Abrams
Hypernyms: Trekverse
Trekiverse
Related terms: NuTrek
unabhorrent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unabhorrent
form: most unabhorrent
Etymology: From un- + abhorrent.
Senses: glosses: Not abhorrent.
unabhorred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unabhorred
form: most unabhorred
Etymology: From un- + abhorred.
Senses: glosses: Not abhorred.
slapstickish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slapstickish
form: most slapstickish
Etymology: From slapstick + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Characterised by slapstick.
Penk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A back-formation from Penkridge.
Senses: glosses: A river in Staffordshire, England, which joins the River Sow.
ingrew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈɡɹuː/
rhymes: -uː
Senses: glosses: simple past of ingrow
ingrows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ingrow
redetachments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redetachment
majun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of majoun.
a burnt child dreads the fire
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: the burnt child dreads the fire
form: the burnt child fears the fire
Senses: examples: text: The Continental insurance company has instructed its agents not to use Rubber Stamps to affix their signatures to policies, renewals, etc., because “Rubber Stamps are easily duplicated, at small expense, even in the case of fac-similes of signatures, and forgery and fraud are facilitated by their use.” […] A burnt child dreads the fire and the Continental has had a painful experience.
ref: 1886 December 23, “The Week”, in The Chronicle: A Weekly Insurance Journal, volume 38, number 26, page 309:
text: A.—They struck. A combination of the Knights of Labor caused them to strike. / […] / Q.—Did you refuse to give them work again? A.—I did. / Q.—What was the reason? A.—Because a “burnt child dreads the fire,” and we did not want them again.
ref: 1888 May 4, Sam Heakes, Joseph Gray, “[Questioning]”, in Report of the Royal Commission on the Relations of Capital and Labor in Canada: Evidence—Ontario, published 1889, page 1092:
text: I didn’t mean to interfere, dear. I never will again. You can rely on me. A burnt child dreads the fire. Once bitten—
ref: 1923, George S. Kaufman, Marc Connelly, Dulcy: A Comedy in Three Acts, page 126:
text: […] I doubt very much whether such funds will soon be placed in the channels of trade, because “a burnt child dreads the fire.” These depositors will not entrust their earnings any time soon to another banking institution unless they have some assurance or guarantee that such deposits will be protected.
ref: 1932 January 14, Butler B. Hare, “Reconstruction Finance Corporation”, in Proceedings and Debates of the First Session of the Seventy-Second Congress of the United States of America, volume 75, part 2, published 1932, page 1968:
text: They are the living antithesis of the saying, “A burnt child dreads the fire,” since they repeat the same fiascos time and again in an impressively self-destructive fashion.
ref: 1945 April 26, Phyllis Greenacre, Conscience in the Psychopath; republished as J. Reid Meloy, editor, The Mark of Cain: Psychoanalytic Insight and the Psychopath, 2001, →ISBN:
glosses: A person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it.
Synonyms: once bitten, twice shy
it takes two to make a quarrel
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: It takes two or more people to cause a quarrel; one cannot blame an argument entirely on the other side.
Related terms: it takes two to tango
two heads are better than one
two's company, three's a crowd
one volunteer is equal to two pressed men
Mazdayasna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀 (mazdaiiasna).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Zoroastrianism.
synonyms: word: Zoroastrianism
unity makes strength
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unity is strength.
union makes strength
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unity is strength.
unity is strength
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: unity makes strength
form: union makes strength
form: union is strength
Senses: glosses: Being united makes people stronger.
Related terms: sticks in a bundle are unbreakable
in unity, there is strength
many hands make light work
united we stand, divided we fall
union is strength
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unity is strength.
Fittipaldi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fittipaldis
Etymology: From Italian Fittipaldi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
pitaka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pitakas
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit पिटक (piṭaka), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pirtakas.
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A collection of Buddhist scriptures.
Related terms: Tripitaka
professionalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of professionality
professionalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From professional + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being professional.
power dresser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: power dressers
Senses: glosses: A businesswoman who engages in power dressing.
power dressers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of power dresser
wailes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of waile
applauseometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of applauseometer
Slavophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Slavophone
hubus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: Islam
law
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Alternative form of habous.
relifing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of relife
relifes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of relife
relifed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of relife
footmanly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more footmanly
form: most footmanly
Etymology: From footman + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Befitting or typical of a footman.
hangerocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hangerock
developements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of developement
Gusau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the state capital of Zamfara State, Nigeria.
hyperaeration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + aeration.
Senses: glosses: Excessive aeration.
trouser tents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trouser tent
anticonservatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anticonservative
visuo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: vision
Griffithstown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Griffiths + town, after the name of its first stationmaster.
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Pontypool, Torfaen borough county borough, Wales.
Pontypool
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh Pont-y-pŵl. From pont y pŵl (literally “bridge of the pool”), from Latin pōns (“bridge”) and English pool.
Senses: glosses: A town in Torfaen borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO2900).
glosses: A village in the city of Kawartha Lakes, previously Victoria County, Ontario, Canada.
arrow-root
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrow-roots
Senses: examples: text: In Jane’s eyes she had been a rival; and well might any thing she could offer of assistance or regard be repulsed. An airing in the Hartfield carriage would have been the rack, and arrow-root from the Hartfield store-room must have been poison.
ref: 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XI, in Emma: […], volume III, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 188:
text: Dr. Ifill could state, with certainty, that all the arrow-root imported into this country from Barbadoes, was made from the maranta; […] The difference in the quality of the arrow-roots imported into this country, depended on the care which had been employed in the preparation. The greater number of times the fecula was washed, the purer it would be.
ref: 1840 February 1, “Medico-botanical Society. Arrow-root, Genuine and Impure.—Test for Ascertaining Its Quality.—Skin Diseases.”, in Thomas Wakley, editor, The Lancet, volume I, number 857, London: Printed for the editor, by George Churchill, […], →OCLC, page 704:
glosses: Alternative spelling of arrowroot.
geolocatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From geolocate + -able or geo- + locatable.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being geolocated.
erythrocytometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From erythrocyte + -o- + -metry.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Measurement of erythrocytes.
hemoglobinometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haemoglobinometry
Etymology: From hemoglobin + -o- + -metry.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Measurement of the hemoglobin content in blood
Related terms: hemoglobinometer
haemoglobinometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hemoglobinometry.
recheckings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rechecking
encephalalgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From encephal- + -algia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: headache, head pain
phthirapterist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phthirapterists
Senses: synonyms: phthirapterologist
glosses: An entomologist who studies the Phthiraptera, or lice.
phthirapterologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phthirapterologists
Senses: synonyms: phthirapterist
glosses: An entomologist who studies the Phthiraptera, or lice.
radiolarist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiolarists
Senses: glosses: A scientist who studies radiolarians.
tardigradologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tardigradologists
Etymology: From tardigrade + -ologist.
Senses: examples: text: Accordingly, requests for specimens were sent to all European tardigradologists.
ref: 1977, The Wasmann Journal of Biology - Volumes 35-36:
text: Unfortunately, extenuating circumstances kept the tardigradologists from meeting in 1983, ...
ref: 1987, Roberto Bertolani, Biology of Tardigrades, page 13:
text: The designation of 'amateur tardigradologist' does not, in any way, infer inferior quality work -- it should be remembered that the early microscopists and many of the great scientists of the past were amateurs by today's criteria.
ref: 1994, Ian M. Kinchin, The biology of tardigrades, →ISBN, page 139:
text: This is probably more an artefact of where marine tardigradologists have been working and collecting rather than any zoogeographic pattern.
ref: 2000, Records of the South Australian Museum - Volumes 33-35, page 84:
glosses: A biologist who specializes in studying tardigrades.
chiropterist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chiropterists
Senses: glosses: A zoologist who studies bats (Chiroptera).
Synonyms: chiropterologist
hemipterist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemipterists
Senses: synonyms: hemipterologist
glosses: An entomologist who studies hemipterans.
hemipterologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemipterologists
Senses: synonyms: hemipterist
glosses: An entomologist who studies hemipterans.
Related terms: hemipterology
hemipterology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of hemipterans, the true bugs.
Related terms: hemipterological
hemipterologist
hemipterological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to hemipterology.
hymenopterist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hymenopterists
Etymology: From translingual Hymenoptera + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: My collecting partner for this trip was long-time friend and hymenopterist Mike Arduser.
ref: 2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae:
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
synonyms: hymenopterologist
glosses: An entomologist who studies hymenopterans.
orismologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orismologists
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: One who can explain technical terms; a person who engages in orismology.
Related terms: orismology
copepodology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From copepod + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of copepods.
Related terms: copepodological
copepodologist
copepodological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to copepodology.
copepodologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒlədʒɪst
Forms: form: copepodologists
Senses: glosses: A zoologist who studies copepods.
Related terms: copepodology
ostracodology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ostracod + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of ostracods.
Related terms: ostracodological
ostracodologist
ostracodological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to ostracodology.
icthiomancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of ichthyomancy.
icthyomancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ichthyomancy.
ostracodologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ostracodologists
Senses: glosses: A scientist who studies ostracods.
Related terms: ostracodology
collembology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Collembola + -logy
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of springtails, the Collembola.
Related terms: collembologist
staphylinidologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staphylinidologists
Senses: glosses: An entomologist who studies staphylinid beetles.
paleornithologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleornithologists
form: palaeornithologist
form: palaeo-ornithologist
form: paleo-ornithologist
Senses: glosses: A paleontologist who studies fossil birds.
Synonyms: avian paleontologist
Related terms: paleornithologic
paleornithological
paleornithologically
paleornithology
staphylinidologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staphylinidologist
emissarial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛmɪˈsɛəɹi.əl/
ipa: /ˌɛmɪˈsɛɹi.əl/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl
Forms: form: more emissarial
form: most emissarial
Etymology: From emissary + -ial.
Senses: examples: text: Larger differences were observed by Stepanik (300) on emissarial veins of twenty-five subjects measured first in recumbent and immediately afterwards in a standing position.
ref: 1961, Karl W. Ascher, The Aqueous Veins: Biomicroscopic Study of the Aqueous Humor Elimination:
text: Routes of retinoblastoma spread from the globe to the surrounding tissues are via emissarial or globe erosion (Fig. 9-109).
ref: 2003, Jack Rootman, Diseases of the Orbit: A Multidisciplinary Approach, →ISBN, page 325:
text: Anterior segment tumors traverse aqueous outflow pathways, preexisting emissarial canals, or perforations in the cornea.
ref: 2012, Aparna Ramasubramanian, Carol L Shields, Retinoblastoma, →ISBN, page 216:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Connecting one organ or system to another, especially forming connections from outside the cranium to inside the cranium.
examples: text: In contrast to Titus' emissarial role, which clearly champions Paul's apostleship, Timothy's emissarial roles involve general oversight of the well- being of the churches to which he is sent.
ref: 2000, Biblical Research, page 11:
text: Other Catholic clergy were sent overseas in various emissarial capacities as well.
ref: 2007, Robert J. Miller, Both Prayed to the Same God, →ISBN:
text: 'How many other people are being similarly summoned?' he asked. 'By emissarial projection, only yourself.'
ref: 2008, Iain M. Banks, The Algebraist, →ISBN:
glosses: Pertaining to an emissary or the functions of an emissary.
palaeornithologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒlədʒɪst
Forms: form: palaeornithologists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of paleornithologist.
promission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of pro + submission
Senses: glosses: A style of wrestling that combines professional wrestling moves and submission holds.
sexagenerians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexagenerian
Essaism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Essene + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: In the Epistle to the Colossians, which both date and contents connect with the encyclical Epistle, he denounces a Judaistic amalgamation of Christianity with Essaism.
ref: 1852, Heinrich Wilhelm Josias Thiersch, The history of the Christian Church, page 139:
text: Love of truth was inculcated by Essaism, as by Parsism and Buddhism, and was promised by an oath.
ref: 1880, Ernst von Bunsen, The Angel-messiah of Buddhists, Essenes, and Christians, page 129:
text: How difficult this investigation, how doubtful its results, may be understood when we mention that Hilgenfeld says, Jüdische Apocalyptik, p. 245: "Essaism is the most enigmatical phenomenon of later Judaism ; " and Lucius (der Essenismus, p. 63) makes a remark precisely similar.
ref: 1891, John Ebenezer Honeyman Thomson, Books which Influenced Our Lord and His Apostles:
glosses: Synonym of Essenism.
synonyms: word: Essenism
bedogged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bedog
bedogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bedog
bedogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bedog
exorbiant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exorbiant
form: most exorbiant
Senses: examples: text: AUCTIONS, or selling goods of any kind by advance to the highest bidder, are in general delasive, and seldom answer the end of the purchaser, as he frequently obtains his commodities at an exorbiant rate.
ref: 1778, Richard King, The New Cheats of London Exposed:
text: Conscious of their fear and hatred, the Persian conqueror governed his new subjects with an iron sceptre; and as if he suspected the stability of his dominion, he exhausted their wealth by exorbiant tributes and licentious rapine, despoiled or demolished the temples of the East, and transported to his hereditary realms the gold, the silver, the precious marbles, the arts, and the artists of the Asiatic cities.
ref: 1822, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire:
glosses: Synonym of exorbitant.
synonyms: word: exorbitant
examples: text: That is, land which cannot be brought under cultivation except at an exorbiant cost should be classed as unculturable whether such land is in isolated blocks or within cultivated holdings.
ref: 1996, D. N. Basu, G. S. Guha, Agro-climatic Regional Planning in India: Themes and case studies, →ISBN:
glosses: Misspelling of exorbitant.
Balkanizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Balkanization