cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
acronymization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acronymisation
Etymology: From acronym + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: The acronymization of frequently cited titles was a common practice.
synonyms: acronymy
glosses: The act, process, or result of turning a phrase into an acronym.
Derived terms: deacronymization
de-acronymization
reacronymization
re-acronymization
Golan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Golans
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew גּוֹלָן (golán).
Senses: glosses: A city in the Middle East, generally identified with modern-day Sahm el-Jaulān in Daraa governorate, Syria.
glosses: A region in the Middle East, in northwest Syria, under Israeli occupation since 1967; same as the Golan Heights.
glosses: A habitational surname from Hebrew.
Derived terms: Golan Heights
Golan Heights
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The agreement to disengage forces in the Golan Heights had been an achievement of substational proportions, and my visit was an opportunity to encourage, support, and nurture the new Syrian-American relationship that Kissinger had begun.
ref: 1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1013:
glosses: A plateau in Syria straddling the border with (and currently occupied by) Israel.
gonarthritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gon- + arthritis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: inflammation of the joint of the knee
godetia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: godetias
Etymology: From translingual Godetia, a former genus name and now a basionym, having been reused as a section name.
Senses: examples: text: This annual plant resembles the clarkia so strongly that all godetias are now classified as clarkias. But we will mention them individually here because most seed catalogues still do the same.
ref: 1999, Hanneke Van Dijk, Encyclopedia of Border Plants, page 150:
glosses: Any of several flowering plants of the taxonomic section of Clarkia, Clarkia sect. Godetia.
godetias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of godetia
inarticulability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inarticulable + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: […] be in the inarticulability of deeply felt emotion, is always difficult and more so where there are cultural barriers.
ref: 1961, Monograph Series (Yale University Southeast Asia Studies), volumes 19–20, page 126
glosses: The quality of being inarticulable.
to-night
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From to- + night.
Senses: examples: text: Dinah'll miss me very much to-night, I should think!
ref: 1865 November (indicated as 1866), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Down the Rabbit-Hole”, in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 6:
glosses: Dated spelling of tonight.
to-night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: to-nights
Etymology: From to- + night.
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of tonight.
night-time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: night‐time
form: night-times
Senses: examples: text: Can we use an accredited agent, or perhaps for a night-time incident it would be better to deploy in daylight hours, for example?
ref: 2021 December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, in RAIL, number 947, page 29:
glosses: Alternative form of nighttime.
oh my hell
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Old strap for strop, penn’orth of emery powder, bit of Sunlight, nail‐brush to rub it on face, and — oh my hell !— torture — and your face is smooth again.
ref: 1931, Lionel Britton, Hunger and Love, page 60:
glosses: Expression of shock, frustration, or dismay.
lamprophonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌlæm.pɹəˈfɑn.ɪk/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λαμπρός (lamprós, “clear, distinct”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic, pertaining to”).
Senses: glosses: pertaining to loudness and clarity of vocal enunciation
Related terms: apocopic
paniolo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paniolos
Etymology: From Hawaiian paniolo, from Paniolo, from Spanish español. Doublet of spaniel.
Senses: glosses: A Hawaiian cowboy.
ligature point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ligature points
Senses: examples: text: We are representing a family whose family member committed suicide in a mental health hospital. One of the main issues in this particular case relates to whether the failure to remove a particular ligature point in a room where she committed suicide (despite repeated requests from NHS Estates and others that ligature points should be removed) could be considered grossly negligent.
ref: 2005, Great Britain Parliament House of Commons Home Affairs Committee, Draft Corporate Manslaughter Bill: First Joint Report of Session…, volume 3, page 120:
glosses: Any feature in an environment which could be used to support a noose or other strangulation device (especially, for the purpose of attempting to end their life by suicide).
ligature points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ligature point
aeolian harps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aeolian harp
Mandchuria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Manchuria.
duck tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duck test
shwasted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃweɪ.stəd/
Forms: form: more shwasted
form: most shwasted
form: schwasted
Etymology: Blend of shitfaced + wasted
Senses: examples: text: i got shwasted in wine when i was like 12
ref: 2004 April 6, Shmegma dOgmatagram fishmarket stew, “happy passover to all my jewish RMPers”, in rec.music.phish (Usenet):
text: so i came home the other night and i was shwasted and pulse was on
ref: 2004 April 6, Dingus SquatfOrd Jr., “DSOTM B&P”, in rec.music.phish (Usenet):
text: We totally forgot that this morning when we were getting shwasted, we changed Zoe's voice mail [...]
ref: 2010, Molly Hills, Chicago Girls, page 32:
glosses: Extremely intoxicated.
Synonyms: drunk
stoned
kya
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: By surface analysis, k- (“kilo, thousand”) + ya (“years ago”), or, by surface analysis, ky (“kiloyears”) + a (“ago”).
Senses: related: word: KYA
coordinate_terms: mya
gya
glosses: Symbol for kiloyears ago: thousand years ago.
gya
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Gya (“gigayears ago: billion years ago”).
hemisphære
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemisphæres
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of hemisphere.
hemisphæres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemisphære
voice recognition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The app also employs voice recognition, letting users simply announce what they're searching for.
ref: 2011 January 27, Katie Rooney, “50 Best iPhone Apps 2011”, in Time:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Speech recognition
examples: text: Patients with severe prosopagnosia rely on voice recognition to identify people.
glosses: The identification of a speaker based on the sound of their voice.
Synonyms: sense: software function
word: speech recognition
speech recognition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The function of a front-end software system which processes input in the form of spoken language into a sequence of phonemes or characters, or into electronic commands for a computing system.
Synonyms: sense: software function
word: voice recognition
Related terms: character recognition
optical character recognition
Gongorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gongorisms
Etymology: From Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet, + -ism.
Senses: examples: J. A. Symonds
The Renaissance riots itself away in Marinism, Gongorism, Euphuism, and the affectations of the Hôtel Rambouillet.
glosses: A florid literary style with many puns etc.
wikipedia: Luis de Góngora
OMT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OMTs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of O-MethylTransferase.
topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Object Model Template.
topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Object-Modeling Technique.
gonidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gonidia
Etymology: From gono- + -idium.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
lichenology
natural-sciences
phycology
glosses: A photosynthetic algal cell in the thallus of a lichen; a similar asexual reproductive cell in some algae.
Derived terms: gonidial
microgonidium
zoogonidium
gonidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gonidia
Etymology: From gonio- + -idium.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouth of many Anthozoa.
Derived terms: gonidial
Gotha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and rural district of Thuringia, Germany.
Derived terms: Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
nabal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 나발(喇叭) (nabal).
Senses: glosses: a long, straight, valveless brass trumpet used in the traditional music of Korea
calamistrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kæləˈmɪstɹəm/
Forms: form: calamistra
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin calamistrum (“a curling-iron”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A comb-like structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of cribellate spiders (Ciniflonidae), used to comb out fine bands of silk in the construction of their webs.
calamistra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calamistrum
catenet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catenets
Etymology: From (con)catenating networks. Coined by French computer scientist Louis Pouzin in October 1973.
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, it is assumed that each catenet gateway can report a certain minimum amount of status information to an internetwork monitoring center for the purpose of identifying and isolating catenet failures, collecting minimal performance statistics and so on.
ref: 1979, V.G. Cerf, “Part 4. Network Application”, “DARPA Activities in Packet Network Interconnection”, in Kenneth G. Beauchamp, editor, Interlinking of Computer Networks: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Bonas, France, August 28 - September 8, 1978, D. Reidel Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 292:
text: A gateway interconnects heterogeneous networks or catenets both physically and logically.
ref: 1984, Advances in Instrumentation: Proceedings of the ISA International Conference and Exhibit, →ISBN, page 997:
text: The TCP connections have been maintained open over the catenet with reliable data transfer not just for seconds or minutes but for many hours or even days.
ref: 1987, John Haefner, Edward Brady, “Session 1 - The Status of the Lower Layers”, “Operating in an NATO Environment”, in Rainer W. G. Herbers, editor, The Upper Layers of Open Systems Interconnection: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Interoperability of ADP Systems, The Hague, The Netherlands, 25-29 March 1985, D. Reidel Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 57:
text: It is of great importance to have realistic models for an end to end delay analysis in such heterogeneous catenet environments.
ref: 1988, Data Communication Systems and Their Performance: Proceedings of the Third IFIP TC6/WG 7.3 International Conference on Data Communication Systems and Their Performance, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22-25 June, 1987, →ISBN, page 442:
text: Instead, each ring within a source routed catenet is assigned a unique 12 bit ring number, allowing for a maximum of 4,096 rings in a single catenet. (Don’t worry; no source routed catenet has ever approached this limit, or likely ever will.)
ref: 2000, Rich Seifert, The Switch Book: The Complete Guide to LAN Switching Technology, John Wiley & Sons Inc., →ISBN, page 256:
text: The Internet can be used for interconnecting campus network to campus network, connecting campus networks to sources of public information, and connecting between stations inside and outside the catenet. / The extension of the catenet to global distances provides the opportunity for enterprise stations to address the stations (clients or servers) in the catenet or stations anywhere within the millions of users in the Internet community.
ref: 2004, E. Bryan Carne, “Chapter 6. Protecting Enterprise Catenets”, in A Professional’s Guide to Data Communication in a TCP/IP World, Artech House, →ISBN, “1. Operating Environment”, “2. Interconnections”, page 108:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A system of packet-switched communication networks interconnected via gateways.
catenator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catenators
Etymology: From catenate + -or.
Senses: glosses: Something that catenates.
Synonyms: concatenator
Aud
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Auds
Etymology: Variant of Auld.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
choragus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choragi
form: choregos
Etymology: From Latin chorāgus, from Ancient Greek χορᾱγός (khorāgós), Doric form of χορηγός (khorēgós), from χορός (khorós, “chorus”) + ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”).
Senses: qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: A chorus leader, especially one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contests at Athens.
Derived terms: choragic
choragi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choragus
Java sparrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Java sparrows
Senses: examples: text: Still there was a cheerful appearance; a capital fire burnt in the bright grate; there were some stands of thriving plants in the windows; and some canaries and Java sparrows chirped as if they were quite content to be "hereditary bondsmen.
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 133:
glosses: Any of species Padda oryzivora of finches, native of Java, but very commonly kept as a cage bird.
Synonyms: Lonchura oryzivora
Java finch
paddy bird
ricebird
rice sparrow
Java sparrows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Java sparrow
Java cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Java cats
Senses: glosses: A viverrid of species Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, musang.
Synonyms: sense: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
word: Asian palm civet
sense: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
word: toddy cat
Kowloon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kaʊˈluːn/
enpr: kouʹlo͞onʹ
enpr: kōʹlo͞onʹ
Etymology: From Cantonese 九龍 /九龙 (gau² lung⁴, literally “nine dragons”), named after its eight mountains and the Chinese emperor Zhao Bing (1272–1279).
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: HKSAR, HK (region) < PRC, People's Republic of China, China
text: By the late 1930's some modern factories, built by outside interests and producing such goods as bricks, beer, and chinaware for export abroad, had already appeared in Tsuen Wan, a market town near Kowloon.
ref: 1968, Jack M. Potter, “The Setting”, in Capitalism and the Chinese Peasant: Social and Economic Change in a Hong Kong Village, University of California Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 36:
text: Next Media said two entryways to its headquarters in Hong Kong’s Tseung Kwan O neighborhood were hit with firebombs around 1 a.m. Monday. At about the same time, a masked man got out of a car outside Mr. Lai’s home in the Ho Man Tin neighborhood and threw a firebomb at the sidewalk outside the gate. Two cars suspected of being those used in the attacks were later found burning in nearby areas of Kowloon.
ref: 2015 January 12, Austin Ramzy, “Firebombs Thrown at Jimmy Lai’s Home and Company in Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2022, Sinosphere:
text: Several protesters took up positions on the rooftops of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, armed with bows and arrows, as unrest spread across the territory's central Kowloon district.
ref: 2019 November 17, “Hong Kong protesters fend off police with arrows, petrol bombs as unrest spreads”, in France 24, sourced from Reuters, archived from the original on 17 Nov 2019, Asia / Pacific:
text: Hong Kong authorities evacuated at least 3,400 people from buildings after a fire broke out in a warehouse in the city's Kowloon district on Friday.
ref: 2023 March 24, “Hong Kong warehouse fire forces thousands to evacuate”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2023, Society:
related: word: Kln
word: Hong Kong Island
word: HK
word: ;
word: New Territories
word: NT
glosses: A region, peninsula, and urban area of Hong Kong.
wikipedia: Zhao Bing
Derived terms: Kowloon Bay
Kowloon Tong
Kowloon Tsai
unsanitariness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unsanitary + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the state, condition, or practice of being unsanitary
& seq.
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of et seq.
Related terms: & seqq.
œdematous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From œdema + -tous.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of edematous.
to-draw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: to-draws
form: te-draw
form: teaa-draa
Etymology: Partly from Middle English todrawen (“to draw toward, allure”), equivalent to to + draw, and partly from Middle English todrawen (“to draw away, distract, tear apart”), equivalent to to- + draw. More at todraw.
Senses: glosses: A resort; refuge; a place of shelter; that which stands one in stead.
glosses: A newsmonger's house; a place or person resorted to by idlers; a hangout.
squares the circle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of square the circle
squared the circle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of square the circle
Mumm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mumms
Etymology: * From the personal name Mummo, ultimately from a Germanic name corresponding to *mundō (“protection”) + *mōdaz (“courage”).
* As a Swabian/Alemannic German surname, from the verb mummen (“to mumble”).
Both senses are comparable to Mumme, a spelling variant.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
inhabitations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inhabitation
Pooh-Bah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pooh-Bahs
Senses: examples: text: It is consequently my degrading duty to serve this upstart as First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Chief Justice, Commander-in-Chief, Lord High Admiral, Master of the Buckhounds, Groom of the Back Stairs, Archbishop of Titipu, and Lord Mayor, both acting and elect, all rolled into one. And at a salary! A Pooh-Bah paid for his services!
ref: 1885, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert; Arthur Sullivan, composer, […] The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu, London: Chappel & Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of poobah.
Pooh-Bahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pooh-Bah
pooh bah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpuːbɑː/
Forms: form: pooh bahs
form: poobah
form: pooh-bah
form: poo bah
form: poo-bah
form: Poo-Bah
form: Pooh-Bah
Etymology: From Pooh-Bah, a comic character in the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta The Mikado.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of poobah.
Derived terms: grand poobah
pooh bahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pooh bah
pooh-bah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpuːbɑː/
Forms: form: pooh-bahs
form: poobah
form: pooh bah
form: poo bah
form: poo-bah
form: Poo-Bah
form: Pooh-Bah
Etymology: From Pooh-Bah, a comic character in the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta The Mikado (1885).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of poobah.
wikipedia: The Mikado
Derived terms: grand poobah
poo bah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpuːbɑː/
Forms: form: poo bahs
form: poobah
form: pooh bah
form: pooh-bah
form: poo-bah
form: Poo-Bah
form: Pooh-Bah
Etymology: From Pooh-Bah, a comic character in the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta The Mikado.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of poobah.
Derived terms: grand poobah
pooh-bahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pooh-bah
poo-bah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpuːbɑː/
Forms: form: poo-bahs
form: poobah
form: pooh bah
form: pooh-bah
form: poo bah
form: Poo-Bah
form: Pooh-Bah
Etymology: From Pooh-Bah, a comic character in the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta The Mikado.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of poobah.
Derived terms: grand poobah
poo bahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poo bah
poo-bahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poo-bah
Poo-Bah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpuːbɑː/
Forms: form: Poo-Bahs
form: poobah
form: pooh bah
form: pooh-bah
form: poo bah
form: poo-bah
form: Pooh-Bah
Etymology: From Pooh-Bah, a comic character in the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta The Mikado.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of poobah.
Derived terms: grand poobah
Poo-Bahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Poo-Bah
divine right of kings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the divine right of kings
Senses: topics: government
glosses: Alternative form of divine right, especially regarding kings as monarchs.
Synonyms: divine right
Related terms: divine right
noles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nole
shass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃæs/
rhymes: -æs
Senses: examples: text: If there were any sheaves left, they composed a compact shass in the end, and the long ladder, strewn with straw, and resting on stones, or other supports, lay [...] opposite the shass.
ref: 1875, Patrick Kennedy, The Banks of the Boro: A Chronicle of the County of Wexford:
text: She was speaking at the time lower than a whisper, so that I had to kneel beside her on the ground—she was lying on a shass ov straw—an' bend my face down to her's to hear her.
ref: 1913, James Murphy, Convict No. 25; Or, the Clearances of Westmeath: A Story of the Whitefeet:
glosses: A heap of sheaves (straw).
hæmophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete typography of haemophobia.
consent of the governed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
human-sciences
philosophy
political-science
sciences
social-sciences
glosses: A political theory in which a government or set of governments could only be deemed legitimate if it is supported by the people under which it exercises its political influence.
Coordinate terms: divine right
divine right of kings
-astic
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /æstɪk/
Etymology: Equivalent to -ast + -ic
Senses: glosses: Used to form adjectives from nouns, often with the meaning meaning "of, or relating to".
Related terms: -ic
crips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crip
gdb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of GNU Debugger.
Cygwin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Formed from Cygnus Solutions and Windows.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A POSIX-compatible environment that runs natively on Microsoft Windows.
wikipedia: Cygnus Solutions
MinGW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Acronym of Minimalist GNU for Windows.
MSYS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of Minimal System, a component of MinGW.
parador
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paradors
form: paradores
Etymology: From Spanish parador.
Senses: examples: text: Also, the amenities vary between the paradors: almost all that we visited had hairdryers, many had small refrigerators in the room, and some even had bathrobes and turndown service.
ref: 2006, June Eveleigh Brown, Karen Brown, Lorena Aburto Ramirez, Karen Brown's Spain, page 38:
glosses: A simple hotel or bed and breakfast in Spanish-speaking countries.
Autotools
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From auto- + tools.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: The GNU build system.
graphitize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: graphitizes
form: graphitizing
form: graphitized
form: graphitized
Etymology: From graphite + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To convert to graphite.
glosses: To coat with graphite.
Derived terms: graphitizable
Interix
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: an optional, full-featured POSIX and UNIX environment subsystem for Microsoft's Windows NT-based operating systems
gram atom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gram atoms
form: gramme atom
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The amount of an element whose mass in grams is that of its atomic weight; a mole of atoms.
gram molecule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gram molecules
form: gramme molecule
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The amount of a compound whose mass in grams is that of its molecular weight; a mole of molecules.
nilas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Russian ни́лас (nílas), from Saami nulas, 'stripe'.
Senses: topics: geography
glaciology
natural-sciences
glosses: Newly frozen sea ice in the form of a smooth sheet less than ten centimeters (four inches) thick.
CMY
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: Initialism of cyan, magenta, yellow.
Coordinate terms: RGB
Related terms: CMYK
C of A
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: COA
glosses: Abbreviation of Commonwealth of Australia.
C of A
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: C of A's
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: COA
CoA
coordinate_terms: 8130
8130-3
glosses: Initialism of certificate of airworthiness.
byos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of byo
amatuer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of amateur.
massive astrophysical compact halo object
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: massive astrophysical compact halo objects
Etymology: A back-formation from MACHO, which is used as an acronym for massive compact halo object. Words used to fill in the apparently missing "A" word include astrophysical and astronomical.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Alternative form of massive compact halo object.
granose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more granose
form: most granose
Senses: examples: text: Those species in which the antennæ gradually enlarge and are either wholly or partly almost granose, with the last joint avoid or oval; in which the head projects but little before, and is prolonged and insensibly rounded behind; and where the thorax is almost cylindrical or square, compose our genus LAGRIA properly so called (1).
ref: 1831, Georges baron Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille, translated by Henry M'Murtrie, The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization, volume 3, G. & C. & H. Carvill, page 481:
text: Shell somewhat fusiform, conical, granose throughout, ridged at the base, spire slightly channeled, finely coronated at the edge; white, tinged with light brown at the base and apex. Length 1 inch.
ref: 1884, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, B. Sharp, George Washington Tryon, Henry Augustus Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology, Structural and Systemic; with Illustrations of the Species, page 74:
glosses: Having the form of a string of grains or beads, as the antennæ of some insects or the ridges of some conch shells.
Derived terms: granosely
euhemerization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /juˌhiməɹɪzˈeɪʃən/
ipa: /juːˌhiːməɹɪzˈeɪʃən/
Forms: form: euhemerizations
form: euhemerisation
Etymology: From euhemerize + -ation, ultimately from Latin Euhēmerus, from Ancient Greek Εὐήμερος (Euḗmeros), an ancient Greek Sicilian Skeptic who proposed most or all mythology derived from historical figures and natural events which received supernatural characteristics only through retelling.
Senses: examples: text: The euhemerization of Taoist myth by Confucian historians sometimes led to the appearance of figures such as "Lord Primordial Chaos" (渾沌氏) in the imperial genealogies.
glosses: The fanciful invention of plausible historical figures and events as an attempt to rationalize mythology and legends
examples: text: One such euhemerization is a Rowan Atkinson bit where he presents Jesus Christ as a misunderstood street magician.
glosses: The fanciful invention of plausible historical figures and events as an attempt to rationalize mythology and legends
an instance of this
examples: text: Much of Chinese mythology appears to have been the result of euhemerization, the later deification of Neolithic tribal leaders and inventors incompletely remembered through oral traditions and now-lost records.
glosses: Synonym of deification: the actual creation of mythology and legends from historical figures and events; (countable) an instance of this.
synonyms: word: deification
extra: the actual creation of mythology and legends from historical figures and events; (countable) an instance of this
Synonyms: sense: fanciful creation of rational explanations for the supernatural
word: rationalization & pseudohistory
MACHOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MACHO
MACHO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MACHOs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of massive astrophysical compact halo object.
Hypernyms: dark matter
Coordinate terms: SIMP
WIMP
RAMBO
synchronised swimmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synchronised swimmer
synchronised swimmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synchronised swimmers
Senses: glosses: A person who participates in synchronised swimming
grassatore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grassatores
Senses: glosses: Any harvestman of the infraorder Grassatores
abristle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɹɪ.sl̩/
Etymology: From a- + bristle.
Senses: examples: text: The cat's fur was all abristle.
glosses: Bristling.
awheel
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈwiːl/
ipa: /əˈʍiːl/
rhymes: -iːl
Etymology: From a- + wheel.
Senses: examples: text: Before the war, I used often to put my "bike" on the 12.20 p.m. (Saturdays only) and cover quite a lot of ground a-wheel before returning by another "Saturdays only" train leaving Moniaive about 10 p.m.
ref: 1944 January and February, E. R. McCarter, “The Cairn Valley Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 48:
text: Originally we were supposed to conduct the interview on bikes (or "awheel" as the British say)
ref: 2009 February 16, “Keeping it Reeled In”, in Bike Snob NYC, retrieved 26 Aug 2012:
glosses: Riding a bicycle.
examples: text: […] an observer at large who chanced to be at the corner of Fourteenth Street and Seventh Avenue late one night when the traffic signals brought to a halt the few taxis that were awheel then.
ref: 1927 October 1, Johnson, “Talk of the Town”, in New Yorker:
glosses: Travelling by a wheeled vehicle.
examples: text: Its light glimmered on the river and on the wings of carrion fowl awheel overhead.
ref: 1983, Poul Anderson, “The Sorrow of Odin the Goth”, in Time Patrolman (Sci-fi), Tom Doherty, →ISBN:
glosses: Circling; moving in the shape of a wheel.
graticulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: graticulates
form: graticulating
form: graticulated
form: graticulated
Etymology: From graticule + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To divide into a grid of horizontal and vertical lines.
Related terms: graticulation
graticulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of graticulate
graticulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graticulation
ephelis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈfi.lɪs/
rhymes: -iːlɪs
Forms: form: ephelides
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ephēlis, from Ancient Greek ἔφηλῐς (éphēlĭs, “a freckle”), from ἐπ- (ep-, “upon, over, epi-”) + ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos, “the sun”) + -ῐς (-ĭs, nominal suffix).
Senses: topics: dermatology
medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of freckle.
synonyms: word: freckle
lifelore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: life-lore
form: life lore
Etymology: From life + lore (“learning, knowledge”).
Senses: examples: text: For who is he that shall hinder thee from being good and simple?" Full of high and pure religious thoughts and beautiful lifelore is this sage, [...]
ref: 1891, James Vila Blake, Happiness from Thoughts and other Sermons:
text: The heritage of a language lies in its lifelore and literature.
ref: 1981, Ca. Vē Cuppiramaṇiyan̲, Shanmuga Velayutham Subramanian, Na Kaṭikācalam, Literary heritage of the Tamils:
text: Friends also were supposed to organize the Celebration, which would be "a free-form coming-together (non-sorrowing) of Survivors to share music, games, food, history, personhood — to exchange tokens, totems, lifelore, etc."
ref: 1989, Garrison Keillor, We are still married:
glosses: The knowledge of life or life experiences; wisdom.
examples: text: The students of Biology, or, in simple English, of "Life-Lore,” will find matter of the highest interest in many of the papers read at the recent meetings of the British Medical Association at Glasgow.
ref: 1889, Life Lore, volume 1, page 110:
text: If we use the term Biology, in its widest sense of Life-lore, to include all the results of the scientific study of living creatures, we must admit that it had its foundations in antiquity.
ref: 1899, John Arthur Thomson, The Science of Life:
text: Biology. This term, which literally means 'life-lore,' was first used by Lamarck in a work which appeared in 1801; and it was also used in the following year, to all appearance, independently, by Treviranus.
ref: 1907, Nelson's Encyclopaedia, volume 2, page 94:
text: It may be useful to teachers to point out that the naturalist asks four chief questions — the answers to which, all very imperfect, are unified into a science of lifelore or biology.
ref: 1909, John Bretland Farmer, The book of nature study: Volume 1:
text: You dizzy little girl. How can you even stand before me and pretend to know anything about Lifelore?” asked Uncle Ap Oka, referring to the art of creating life.
ref: 2010, Lun, Wars of Times: The Gods of Time:
text: All living things are termed organisms, and the science which takes account of them with special regard to their common characteristics is termed Biology, or Life-lore.
ref: 2022, Henry W. Ruoff, The Circle of Knowledge:
qualifier: archaic or puristic
glosses: The study of life; biology.
life-lore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lifelore.
life lore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Origin of Life Lore
ref: 1932, Lorande Loss Woodruff, Animal biology:
glosses: Alternative form of lifelore.
gres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gre
same-blooded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: same blooded
Etymology: From same + blooded.
Senses: examples: text: Uncharted, unbeknown to coroner Or him who heals, or maybe even those Who stand same-blooded round the open grave [...]
ref: 1907, Frederic Crowinshield, Under the laurel:
text: Cut from the same cloth, like-minded, same-blooded.
ref: 1994, Mary Jane Salk, M. J. Cahill, Kingdoms:
text: Naturally, the animals that so awed Sir Walter Raleigh were members of this same blooded stock.
ref: 2003, Gerald Hausman, Loretta Hausman, The mythology of horses:
text: In 1850, Ivan Franjo Jukic, a leading national activist in Bosnia, summed up these tensions thus: Bosnian Muslims are “the greatest enemies of their own people and their own same-blooded brothers.”
ref: 2015, Edin Hajdarpasic, Whose Bosnia?:
glosses: Having the same blood or sharing identical blood lineages; consanguineous.
Derived terms: same-bloodedness
Primitive Irish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Irish language as attested from the fourth to the seventh centuries C.E. and written in the Ogham alphabet, the predecessor of Old Irish.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Primitive Irish terms
rappeller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rappellers
Etymology: From rappel + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who rappels (descends by rope).
rappellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rappeller
rappelers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rappeler
dataphone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dataphones
form: data phone
Etymology: From data + phone.
Senses: glosses: A telephone capable of transmitting data as well as voice.
dataphones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dataphone
featurephone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: featurephones
form: feature phone
Etymology: From feature + phone. From being a feature-rich cellphone, more capable than prior iterations of mobile phone.
Senses: glosses: A telephone, especially a mobile phone, that has some advanced capabilities but is not as powerful as a smartphone.
Coordinate terms: cameraphone
cellphone
dumbphone
gamer phone
mobile
mobile device
mobile phone
pager
PDA
photophone
smartphone
videophone
featurephones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of featurephone
nonfrugivorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + frugivorous.
Senses: glosses: Not frugivorous.
graticulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of graticulate
tiradito
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiraditos
Etymology: From Spanish tiradito.
Senses: glosses: A Peruvian dish of raw fish, similar to sashimi and carpaccio, in a spicy sauce.
tiraditos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tiradito
onion straw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onion straws
Senses: glosses: A thin strip of onion deep-fried in batter.
Related terms: onion ring
onion straws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onion straw
get a wiggle on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets a wiggle on
form: getting a wiggle on
form: got a wiggle on
form: got a wiggle on
form: gotten a wiggle on
Senses: examples: text: “If yeh're goin' to see yer fren', yeh better get a wiggle on. He won't last long.”
ref: 1907, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter 16, in The Brass Bowl:
text: Get a wiggle on you, fellows. We'll never get out at this rate.
ref: 1910, Stewart Edward White, chapter 17, in The Rules of the Game:
text: AMERICAN: My eggs! Get a wiggle on you!
WAITER: Yes, sare.
ref: 1915, John Galsworthy, The Little Man, sc. 1:
text: If it is up to Cricket Australia to come up with rules and regulations, then maybe they would like to get a wiggle on because this thing is about to start.
ref: 2008 June 11, "Counties set to defy Modi diktat," indianexpress.com (India) (retrieved 20 May 2011)
glosses: To hurry up.
Synonyms: get a wriggle on
festinates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of festinate
festinating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of festinate
festinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of festinate
Schrödinger's kittens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Schrödinger's kitten
massive astrophysical compact halo objects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of massive astrophysical compact halo object
ephelides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˈfiːlɪdiːz/
Senses: glosses: plural of ephelis
epiphænomena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From epi- + phænomena.
Senses: glosses: plural of epiphænomenon
miscite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: miscites
form: misciting
form: miscited
form: miscited
Etymology: From mis- + cite.
Senses: glosses: To cite erroneously.
Related terms: miscitation
pentametric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pentameter + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or exhibiting pentameter.
hexametric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hexa- + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or exhibiting hexameter
tetrametric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tetra- + metric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or exhibiting tetrameter.
kangaroo bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kangaroo bar
samely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more samely
form: most samely
Etymology: From same + -ly. Compare Middle English samli (“together, with each other”, adverb).
Senses: examples: text: It is commonly said that the world today is becoming very samely, and the traveller who visits lands that were yesterday regarded as remote haunts of barbarism usually experiences much disillusion.
ref: 1900, The English Illustrated Magazine, volume 23, page 20:
text: It all helps to vary a diet which, at this time of year, is very samely and low on greens.
ref: 1997, John Smith, Tony Bagnall Smith, Vet in Africa: life on the Zambezi, 1913-1933:
glosses: Similar; monotonous; unvaried.
Synonyms: regular
unvarying
steady
Related terms: same-like
rya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ryas
Etymology: From Swedish rya (“thick cloth”).
Senses: examples: text: People were proud of art ryas designed by textile artists and woven by professionals, and they themselves wove copies of published traditional compositions, or executed new craft ryas that were designed for the purpose by textile artists.
ref: 2008, Kirsti Salo-Mattila, “Chapter 12: Transformations in the Art of Rya Making”, in Terttu Tuomi-Gröhn, editor, Reinventing Art of Everyday Making, Peter Lang, page 217:
glosses: A Scandinavian knotted-pile woollen rug, used as bed-cover and tapestry.
ryo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 呂 (ryo).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
coordinate_terms: ritsu
glosses: An anhemitonic pentatonic scale used in a Japanese Buddhist chant, and built up by intervals of major second, major second, minor third, major second, minor third.
World War IV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: I don't know how World War III will be fought, but I do know World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
glosses: A hypothetical world war following a hypothetical World War III.
Synonyms: Fourth World War
World War Four
Related terms: world war
World War I
World War II
World War III
Crowe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
bewonderment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Wonderment; amazement; a state of wonder.
groma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gromas
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin grōma, from Ancient Greek γνώμη (gnṓmē)
Senses: glosses: A Roman surveying instrument having plumb lines hanging from four arms at right angles.
Related terms: gromatic
gromas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groma
bushcamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bushcamps
form: bush camp
Etymology: From bush + camp.
Senses: examples: text: Another option is Londolozi, (the Zulu word for “protector of all living things”) a well-known South African bushcamp specializing in leopard conservation.
ref: 2007 August 5, Jennifer Conlin, “Your Fellow Guests May Be Really Wild”, in New York Times:
glosses: A campsite located in the bush.
bushcamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bushcamp
consiglieres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Last year, Wall Street raked in $8.5 billion in fees for acting as behind-the-scenes consiglieres in the United States.
ref: 2007 August 5, Andrew Ross Sorkin, “They’re All No. 1, but Are They Worth It?”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of consigliere
dahabieh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dahabiehs
form: dahabeah
form: dahabeeah
form: dahabeeyah
form: dahabiah
form: dahabieh
form: dahabiya
form: dahabiyah
form: dahabiyeh
form: dhahabiyya
Etymology: From Arabic ذَهَبِيَّة (ḏahabiyya, literally “golden one”).
Senses: examples: text: The last year of his life he went up the Nile on a dahabiyeh
ref: 1932, John Dos Passos, “The House of Morgan”, in 1919:
text: Much has changed since the Victorians traveled in large comfortable boats called dahabiehs — “a bit like floating down the Nile in a brownstone,” Mahoney says.
ref: 2007 August 5, Lisa Fugard, “Against the Current”, in New York Times:
text: dahabiyeh — that 'trip in a dahabiyeh as far as Biskra' which Mr. Max Beerbohm so commends to lady novelists, and which has so often been taken by Mr. Robert Hicheris. You know what it is like: how the song of the Nubian boatmen mingles[…]
ref: 2021 February 17, E. M. Forster, Delphi Complete Works of E. M. Forster (Illustrated), Delphi Classics, →ISBN:
text: The dahabiyeh, gentle reader, is a boat in form and outline not unlike the barges of the City Companies in the days when the Thames was to Londoners what the Nile is to the Egyptians. Its saloons and cabins are on deck.
ref: 2013 August 21, Manning, Land Of The Pharaohs, Routledge, →ISBN, page 61:
text: And when the sun rose, it was upon the white sails of the dahabiyeh, the vacant pyramid, and the slumbering Sphinx. There was great excitement at the Cairo Hotel the next morning. The Princess and the Chevalier had disappeared,[…]
ref: 2019 December 10, Bret Harte, Condensed Novels: New Burlesques, Good Press:
glosses: A traditional Egyptian sailing-boat.
dahabiehs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dahabieh
dagwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dagwood
distancingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more distancingly
form: most distancingly
Etymology: From distancing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: “Personal stuff” is “smoke,” Kate tells Jamie, trying to sound distancingly in control.
ref: 2007 August 5, Liesl Schillinger, “The Boy Next Door”, in New York Times:
glosses: So as to distance oneself.
hinterlander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hinterlanders
Etymology: From hinterland + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The enduring suspicion of some rural hinterlanders is that the Northwest’s precious environment, of mountains, forest, ocean, is merely an urban weekend amenity, to be saved from the local yokels by crusading Seattleites who recoil from the prospect of actually living in it.
ref: 2007 August 5, Jonathan Raban, “When Loggers Become Bloggers”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who lives in the hinterland.
hinterlanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hinterlander