cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
arbitress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arbitresses
Etymology: From arbiter + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: 1594, Samuel Daniel, The Tragedy of Cleopatra, Act III, in Delia and Rosamond augmented by Cleopatra, London: Simon Waterson,
O Fearefull frowning NEMESIS,
Daughter of IVSTICE, most seuere,
That art the worlds great Arbitresse,
And Queene of causes raigning heere.
text: […] while over head the Moon
Sits Arbitress, and neerer to the Earth
Wheels her pale course, they on thir mirth & dance
Intent, with jocond Music charm his ear;
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 784-787:
text: […] my Colour came and went several times, with Indignation to hear our noble Country, the Mistress of Arts and Arms, the Scourge of France, the Arbitress of Europe, the Seat of Virtue, Piety, Honour and Truth, the Pride and Envy of the World, so contemptuously treated.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Sent for to Court. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag), pages 206–207:
text: Those who have not watched the united operation of vanity and feeling on a youthful mind, will not conceive how much less formidable the ridicule of all his own sex will be to a very young man, than that of those women to whom he has been taught to look up as the arbitresses of elegance.
ref: 1799, Hannah More, chapter 1, in Strictures on the Modern System of Education, volume 1, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, page 25:
text: On a stile in Haylane I saw a quiet little figure sitting by itself. I passed it as negligently as I did the pollard willow opposite to it: I had no presentiment of what it would be to me; no inward warning that the arbitress of my life—my genius of good or evil—waited there in humble guise.
ref: 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter I, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, pages 30-31:
glosses: A female arbiter.
arbitresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arbitress
signboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From signboard + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The use of signboards.
signboarded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From signboard + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Marked with signboards.
Oort cloud
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A cloud-like structure, named after Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, who proposed it.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Oort Cloud (the Solar System's Oort cloud)
Oort cloud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oort clouds
Etymology: A cloud-like structure, named after Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, who proposed it.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A roughly spherical region of space composed of comet-like bodies and other minor planets and asteroids that orbit distantly in a planetary system.
Hyponyms: english: the Solar System's Oort cloud
translation: the Solar System's Oort cloud
word: Oort Cloud
Coordinate terms: Kuiper disc
Kuiper belt
asteroid belt
counterreformer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterreformers
Etymology: From counterreform + -er or counter- + reformer.
Senses: glosses: One who supports counterreform and is therefore opposed to reform.
examples: text: According to John Bossy, the Catholic counterreformers attempted to make the parish the primary focus of religious life […]
ref: 1986, Joseph H. Lynch, Godparents and Kinship in Early Medieval Europe, →ISBN, page 26:
text: The council [of Trent] also urged caution in the use of vocal polyphony […] Notably, the counterreformers did not follow Luther and Calvin in advocating congregational song in the vernacular.
ref: 2008, Steven R. Guthrie, “Theology and Music”, in The Encyclopedia of Christianity, volume 5, Eerdmans-Brill, →ISBN, page 371:
text: This stands in significant contrast, for example, to the Catholic counterreformer Ignatius of Loyola who, in his Spiritual Exercises, requires that the retreatant consider the idea that God created the whole world for her.
ref: 2020, Brendan Thomas Sammon, “Beauty and the Good in Dionysius the Areopagite”, in Alice M. Ramos, editor, Beauty and the Good: Recovering the Classical Tradition from Plato to Duns Scotus, →ISBN, page 204:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: Alternative spelling of Counter-Reformer (“proponent of the Counter-Reformation”).
counterreformers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterreformer
counterplayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterplayers
Etymology: From counterplay + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who makes a counterplay.
counterplayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterplayer
counterreform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterreforms
Etymology: From counter- + reform.
Senses: glosses: Opposition to reform.
Derived terms: counterreformer
counterreform
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counterreforms
form: counterreforming
form: counterreformed
form: counterreformed
Etymology: From counter- + reform.
Senses: glosses: To subject to an opposing reform, or to Counter-Reformation.
counterreforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterreform
counterreforms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counterreform
bottom liner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottom liners
Etymology: From bottom line + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who is most concerned with the bottom line.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: A performer whose name is listed in the lowest position of the bill advertising a performance.
bottom liners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bottom liner
unwindowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + windowed.
Senses: examples: text: The chambers unwindowed, and almost unroofed, fluttering with rags of ancient tapestry, are the haunt of daws, and pigeons; which burst out in clouds of dust, when the doors are opened […]
ref: 1786, William Gilpin, Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, London: R. Blamire, Volume 2, Section 21, p. 125:
text: They were pushed, with some courtesy shown in the light or token nature of the push, through a hatch into unwindowed darkness where a candle set on a black stone showed walls of ill-hewn blocks […]
ref: 1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford, New York: Carroll & Graf, published 1995, Part Two, p. 169:
glosses: Without windows.
unwindowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unwindow
counterorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterorders
Etymology: From counter- + order.
Senses: glosses: An order (command) made in opposition to a previous one.
Synonyms: countermand
counterorder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counterorders
form: counterordering
form: counterordered
form: counterordered
Etymology: From counter- + order.
Senses: glosses: To issue a counterorder.
counterorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterorder
counterguerilla
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of counterguerrilla.
counterguerrilla
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From counter- + guerrilla.
Senses: glosses: Opposed to guerrillas and their warfare.
counterguerrilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterguerrillas
Etymology: From counter- + guerrilla.
Senses: glosses: One who fights against guerrillas.
counterrally
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterrallies
form: counter-rally
Etymology: From counter- + rally.
Senses: glosses: A rally (demonstration) held in opposition to another.
Synonyms: counterdemonstration
counterrally
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counterrallies
form: counterrallying
form: counterrallied
form: counterrallied
form: counter-rally
Etymology: From counter- + rally.
Senses: glosses: To carry out a counterrally.
counterrallies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterrally
countertactic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countertactics
form: counter-tactic
Etymology: From counter- + tactic.
Senses: glosses: A tactic used in opposition to another.
countertactics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countertactic
counterstriking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of counterstrike
counterstruck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of counterstrike
countershot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countershots
Etymology: From counter- + shot.
Senses: glosses: A shot made in response to another shot (as from a gun or cannon).
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A shot taken to contrast with another.
countershots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countershot
Englishy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Englishy
form: most Englishy
Etymology: From English + -y.
Senses: examples: text: "Ladies and gentlemen," he said, adopting an Englishy voice, "this is not the limit of their benevolence."
ref: 1896, John Horne, A Canny Countryside:
ref: 1942, Emily Carr, “Sunday>passage¡Father wanted his place to look exactly like England. He planted cowslips and primroses and hawthorn hedges and all the Englishy flowers. He had stiles and meadows and took away all the wild Canadian-ness and made it as meek and English as he could.”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
text: I didn't think it at all strange that a thirteen-year-old boy in the unreconstructed Southern town of Stamps spoke with an Englishy accent.
ref: 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 25, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 165:
text: In the end he settled for a very faint and tightly checked greeny shirt to go with his dark tweed jacket (an Englishy touch, along with the college tie […]
ref: 2001, Tim Parks, Juggling the Stars:
glosses: Somewhat English.
countersniper
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From counter- + sniper.
Senses: glosses: Serving to prevent the shots of snipers.
Synonyms: antisniper
countersniper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countersnipers
Etymology: From counter- + sniper.
Senses: examples: text: "This countersniper made an amazingly quick decision and clearly saved Trump's life," Bill Pickle, the former special agent in charge of Al Gore's vice-presidential Secret Service detail, said.
ref: 2024 July 14, Laura Italiano and Kenneth Niemeyer, “Ex-Secret Service special agents explain why countersniper who saved Trump's life may have lost crucial seconds”, in Business Insider:
text: The New York Times used drone photography to build a 3-D model and recreate the lines of sight for both the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, and three teams of countersnipers — two federal and one local.
ref: 2024 July 23, Leanne Abraham, Helmuth Rosales, Elena Shao, Anjali Singhvi and Charlie Smart, “How the Trump Rally Gunman Had an Edge Over the Countersnipers”, in The New York Times:
text: “Just an FYI, we had a younger white male, long hair, lurking around the AGR building,” a local countersniper said at 5:42 p.m., according to a time-stamped transcript of encrypted radio communications obtained by The Washington Post.
ref: 2024 March 8, Shawn Boburg, Samuel Oakford and Devlin Barrett, “‘We lost sight of him’: Radio traffic shows failed search for Trump rally shooter”, in The Washington Post:
glosses: A soldier trained to fight against snipers.
Wichita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪt͡ʃɪtɔː/
Forms: form: Wichitas
form: Wichita
Etymology: Uncertain. Probably from Creek we-chate (“red water”), referring to We-chate hatchee (Red Water River, or Red River of the South).
Senses: glosses: A member of a tribe of Native Americans, most populous in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Derived terms: Wichita County
Wichita Falls
Wichita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪt͡ʃɪtɔː/
Etymology: Uncertain. Probably from Creek we-chate (“red water”), referring to We-chate hatchee (Red Water River, or Red River of the South).
Senses: glosses: Their Caddoan language, which is now extinct.
examples: text: Future speeding on swift wheels / straight to the heart of Wichita!
ref: 1966, Allen Ginsberg, Wichita Vortex Sutra:
text: I'm half sick on the drinks you mixed / Through your / True dreams / Of Wichita
ref: 1994, “True Dreams of Wichita”, in Ruby Vroom, performed by Soul Coughing:
glosses: A large city, the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States; the largest city in Kansas.
counterspell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterspells
Etymology: From counter- + spell.
Senses: examples: text: The simplest action was fraught with danger, and could only be accomplished with the aid of talismans and counter-spells[.]
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 22:
glosses: A magic spell that reverses the effects of some other previous spell.
counterspell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counterspells
form: counterspelling
form: counterspelled
form: counterspelled
Etymology: From counter- + spell.
Senses: glosses: To cast a counterspell against.
counterspells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterspell
countercharm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countercharms
Etymology: From counter- + charm.
Senses: examples: text: Just as in Scandinavia the parasitic rowan is deemed a countercharm to sorcery, so in Germany the parasitic mistletoe is still commonly considered a protection against witchcraft.
ref: 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 282:
glosses: That which counteracts a charm; a counterspell.
countercharm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: countercharms
form: countercharming
form: countercharmed
form: countercharmed
Etymology: From counter- + charm.
Senses: glosses: To destroy the effect of a charm upon.
countercharms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countercharm
anarcho-punk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anarcho-punk
form: most anarcho-punk
Etymology: From anarcho- + punk.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to a subculture with elements of punk and anarchist politics.
anarcho-punk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anarcho-punks
Etymology: From anarcho- + punk.
Senses: glosses: A member of this subculture.
synecdochal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From synecdoche + -al.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of synecdochical.
synonyms: word: synecdochical
cybervillage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cybervillages
Etymology: From cyber- + village.
Senses: glosses: The social equivalent of a village on the Internet or in cyberspace; a small online community.
Hypernyms: cybercommunity
Related terms: global village
cybervillages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cybervillage
nicheless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From niche + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a niche.
Derived terms: nichelessness
Acol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After the name of a road in London, England, where it began to evolve at a bridge club in the 1930s.
Senses: topics: bridge
games
glosses: A bidding system, commonly used in the British Commonwealth, in which bidding is kept as natural as possible.
antipositional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antipositional
form: most antipositional
Etymology: From anti- + positional.
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: Not positional; not in the spirit of long-term strategic, positional play.
topics: bridge
games
glosses: Tending to undermine or harm one's position.
static typing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A system in which typechecking is performed during compilation and not at run time, opposed to dynamic typing.
Related terms: statically-typed
dynamic typing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A system in which typechecking is performed at run time and not at compilation, opposed to static typing.
Related terms: dynamically-typed
contone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Shortening of continuous tone.
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: Having a continuous range of tones from white to black, rather than an approximation such as stippling.
contone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contones
Etymology: Shortening of continuous tone.
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: An image having a continuous range of tones from white to black, rather than an approximation such as stippling.
crossparty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cross-party.
unapprised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + apprised.
Senses: examples: text: He rose from the bench, and prepared to attend upon his uncle, who, as yet unapprised of his arrival, remained in his chamber.
ref: 1854, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XI, page 142:
glosses: Not apprised or informed
cyanocarbons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyanocarbon
coulometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coulometer
counterglow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterglows
Etymology: From counter- + glow.
Senses: glosses: The gegenschein.
counterglows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterglow
prepress
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + press.
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: Before going to press.
prepress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prepresses
Etymology: From pre- + press.
Senses: glosses: A machine for pressing most of the oil from oilseeds before the remainder is extracted using solvents.
bicategorical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + categorical.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a bicategory
bicategory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bicategories
Etymology: From bi- + category.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A particular construct in category theory, used to extend the notion of category to handle the cases where the composition of morphisms is not (strictly) associative, but only associative up to an isomorphism.
peludos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peludo
plastilina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plasticine
pleurite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleurites
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A pleuron.
Derived terms: endopleurite
yearslong
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From years + -long.
Senses: examples: text: The agreement, which falls short of the sprawling changes championed by Democrats, is a significant step toward ending a yearslong impasse over gun reform legislation.
ref: 2022 June 12, Emily Cochrane, Annie Karni, “Senators Reach Bipartisan Deal on Gun Safety”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Lasting several or many years.
Synonyms: multiyear
perennial
Coordinate terms: agelong
ageslong
centurieslong
centurylong
daylong
dayslong
decadelong
decadeslong
hourlong
hourslong
millennialong
millenniumlong
minutelong
minuteslong
monthlong
monthslong
multiday
multidecade
multihour
multimonth
multiweek
secondlong
secondslong
weeklong
weekslong
yearlong
bivariant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + variant.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having two independent variables.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Both covariant and contravariant.
Derived terms: bivariantly
Related terms: bivariance
bivariant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bivariants
Etymology: From bi- + variant.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bivariate.
synonyms: word: bivariate
bivector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bivectors
Etymology: From bi- + vector.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An antisymmetric tensor of second rank.
Hypernyms: multivector
mesele
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Norman mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Old French mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Late Latin misellus (“leper”), from miser (“wretched, wretch”) + -ellus (“-elle”). Doublet of measles.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.
mesele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meseles
Etymology: From Middle English mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Norman mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Old French mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Late Latin misellus (“leper”), from miser (“wretched, wretch”) + -ellus (“-elle”). Doublet of measles.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.
Limehouse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌɪmhaʊs/
Etymology: The place name is a reference to local lime oasts. The earliest reference is to Les Lymhostes, in 1356. The verb is a reference to a speech made there by the Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George in 1909.
Senses: glosses: A district in eastern London, now part of the borough of Tower Hamlets (OS grid ref TQ3681).
Limehouse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌɪmhaʊs/
Forms: form: Limehouses
form: Limehousing
form: Limehoused
form: Limehoused
Etymology: The place name is a reference to local lime oasts. The earliest reference is to Les Lymhostes, in 1356. The verb is a reference to a speech made there by the Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George in 1909.
Senses: glosses: To make a fiery political speech.
categorification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: categorifications
Etymology: From category + -fication.
Senses: examples: text: 2008, E. Krenkel, Ramifications of the Geometric Langlands Program, Michael Cowling, Edward Frenkel, Masaki Kashiwara, Alain Valette, David A. Vogan, Jr., Nolan R. Wallach (editors), Representation Theory and Complex Analysis: Lectures Given at the C.I.M.E. Summer School, Springer, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1931, page 83,
In Section 3.4 we have already discussed the question of categorification of the algebra of functions on a homogeneous space like G(F)/K.
text: 2009, Volodymyr Mazorchuk, Lectures on sl₂( C )-Modules, Imperial College Press, page 221,
Show that Φ⊕Φ is also a (naïve) homomorphism of naïve categorifications.
text: Khovanov's categorification of the Jones polynomial by Khovanov homology is the subject of Section 11.6.
ref: 2010, Kishore Marathe, Topics in Physical Mathematics, Springer, page 351:
text: 2011, Robert Wisbauer, Categorical aspects of Hopf algebras, Matilde Marcolli, Deepak Parashar (editors), Quantum Groups and Noncommutative Spaces: Perspectives on Quantum Geometry, Springer Science+Business (Vieweg+Teubner), page 146,
Since Lawvere's categorification of general algebra, algebras and coalgebras are used as basic notions in universal algebra, logic, and theoretical computer science, for example (e.g. [AdPo], [Gu], [TuPl]).
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A procedure that defines theorems in terms of category theory by mapping concepts from set theory to category theory.
Derived terms: decategorification
horizontal categorification
vertical categorification
categorify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: categorifies
form: categorifying
form: categorified
form: categorified
Etymology: From category + -fy.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To define a theorem in terms of category theory
Derived terms: decategorified
præmium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin praemium (“prize”).
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of premium.
præmium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: præmia
Etymology: From Latin praemium (“prize”).
Senses: examples: text: Prælium & Præmium. The Christians Warre and Rewarde: A Sermon Preached Before the Kings Maiestie at VVhitehall the 3. of May. 1608. By Daniell Price Master of Arts of Exeter Colledge, and Chapleyn in Ordinarie to the Prince
ref: 1608, Daniel Price, Prælium & Præmium. The Christians Warre and Rewarde: A Sermon Preached Before the Kings Maiestie at VVhitehall the 3. of May. 1608. By Daniell Price Master of Arts of Exeter Colledge, and Chapleyn in Ordinarie to the Prince, main title ^〃 (Ioseph Barnes)
text: N.B. The hue and cry, formerly publish’d by John Price, my predecessor, is faithfully and historically continu’d to this time, with additions, amendments, and a new præmium, by me, Richard Arnett, Jack-Catch for the time being.
ref: 1719, Richard Arnett, A Seasonable Hue and Cry After the Pretender By Jack Catch, Esq; […] , verso of titleleaf:
text: The Discourse which Carried the Præmium at the Academy of Dijon, in MDCCL: On this Question, Propos’d by the Said Academy, Whether the Re-establishment of Arts and Sciences Has Contributed to the Refining of Manners. By a Citizen of Geneva. Translated from the French Original.
ref: 1751, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Discourse which Carried the Præmium at the Academy of Dijon, in MDCCL: On this Question, Propos’d by the Said Academy, Whether the Re-establishment of Arts and Sciences Has Contributed to the Refining of Manners, main title (Richard James)
glosses: Obsolete spelling of premium.
præmia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of præmium
Maxie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Maxy
Etymology: From Max + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male name Max.
glosses: A diminutive of the female name Maxine.
trolley dolly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trolley dollies
form: trolley-dolly
Senses: examples: text: I am sure these people were once normal. That is until they walked into BA's superior 'trolley dolly' school. From day one, I am positive it was drummed into them that all economy passengers are scum.
ref: 2003, Steve Goddard, Seven Floors High:
text: But that was the 1960s and the lot of the trolley dolly has changed: political correctness put an end to age restrictions and the responsibilities go beyond asking passengers whether they want "chicken or fish".
ref: 2006, Simon A Bennett, A Sociology of Commercial Flight Crew:
text: It was sickening and the gross unfairness of it left Cate seriously questioning why she'd ever wanted to be a defence lawyer in the first place. Why hadn't she followed her early adolescent ambitions of becoming a high-flying trolley-dolly - a tart with a cart?
ref: 2006, Scott Creighton, Something Went Bump:
glosses: A female flight attendant.
Synonyms: sense: female flight attendant
word: air hostess
sense: female flight attendant
word: stewardess
sense: female flight attendant
word: hostie
Hypernyms: flight attendant
steward
Vitus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Name of an early martyr, Late Latin Vitus, perhaps from a Thracian word meaning "a person from Bithynia". Also associated with Latin vita (“life”). Vitus has also been used as a Latinization of Guy.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Latin.
glosses: A lake in Alaska.
Derived terms: vitusite
St. Vitus' dance
Vito
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Minglanilla, Cebu, Philippines.
periumbilical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + umbilical.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Around the umbilicus.
periurethral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + urethral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Surrounding the urethra
Derived terms: periurethral glands
pyrazinamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɪ.ɹəˈzɪn.ə.mʌɪd/
ipa: /ˌpɪɹ.əˈzɪn.əˌmaɪd/
Forms: form: pyrazinamides
Etymology: From pyrazinoic acid + -amide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The amide of pyrazinoic acid; a bacteriostatic prodrug, pyrazine-2-carboxamide, used to treat tuberculosis.
Derived terms: pyrazinamidase
pollakiuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pollakiurias
form: pollakisuria
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πολλάκῐς (pollákĭs, “many times, often”) + Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”). See poly- and -uria.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
urology
glosses: Abnormally frequent passage of relatively small quantities of urine.
Synonyms: frequent urination
urinary frequency
mayordom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mayordoms
Etymology: From mayor + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The tenure of a mayor.
mayorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Etymology: From mayor + -ial.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a mayor or a mayor's office.
Synonyms: mayoral
mayory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mayories
Etymology: From French mairie.
Senses: glosses: The mayor's office.
'ere
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: “’Ere y'are, the best rig-out you ever ’ad. […]”
ref: 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXIX, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC, page 214:
text: Good winds blow through this ol' port. Right filthy as it is, dreams still come true ’ere
ref: 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of here.
'ere
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: ‘He’s a queer customer, the vun-eyed vun, sir,’ observed Mr. Weller, as he led the way. ‘He’s a-gammonin’ that ‘ere landlord, he is, sir, till he don’t rightly know wether he’s a-standing on the soles of his boots or the crown of his hat.’
ref: 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of there.
'ere
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: ’Ere, why don't we get some cigarettes?
glosses: Contraction of look here, used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.
maypop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪpɒp/
Forms: form: maypops
Etymology: Uncertain. Plausible etymologies compete:
*From the flowers tending to emerge in May.
*From a popping sound made by stepping on dropped fruit.
*An alteration of maracock, a similar flower; perhaps influenced by macock.
Senses: glosses: A type of passionflower, purple in color (Passiflora incarnata).
Synonyms: sense: Passiflora incarnata
word: purple passionflower
sense: Passiflora incarnata
word: true passionflower
sense: Passiflora incarnata
word: wild apricot
sense: Passiflora incarnata
word: wild passion vine
maypops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maypop
home ec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of home economics.
sans serifs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sans serif
keeping wicket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of keep wicket
keeps wicket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of keep wicket
kept wicket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of keep wicket
click one's fingers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clicks one's fingers
form: clicking one's fingers
form: clicked one's fingers
form: clicked one's fingers
Senses: glosses: To pull or push one's fingers so that they make a cracking noise.
Synonyms: crack one's knuckles
Related terms: snap one's fingers
crack one's fingers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cracks one's fingers
form: cracking one's fingers
form: cracked one's fingers
form: cracked one's fingers
Senses: glosses: To pull or push one's fingers so that the joints make a cracking noise.
mazdoor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mazdoors
form: mazdur
Senses: glosses: A laborer.
mazdoors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mazdoor
big school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big schools
Etymology: So called because the bigger (older) children attend.
Senses: examples: text: "Big School is more fun than Primary School," said Flossie to her mother as they both sat at the kitchen table, eating their lunch together. "Isn't it, Mum?"
ref: 1982, Hunter Davies, Flossie Teacake's Fur Coat:
text: She had only just started at big school, and she wasn’t used to getting into trouble. She had never done anything wrong at her little school, and even the thought of doing something wrong frightened her.
ref: 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: secondary school.
Victoria Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Victoria + day, after Queen Victoria (24 May 1819–1901).
Senses: glosses: A holiday commemorating the birthdays of Queen Victoria and the reigning monarch of Canada, falling on the last Monday before May 25.
wikipedia: Queen Victoria
Synonyms: word: Commonwealth Day
word: Dollard-des-Ormeaux Day
word: Empire Day
word: Fête de Dollard
word: May long weekend
word: May Long
word: May Run
word: May Two-Four
word: Patriotes Day
english: Newfoundland and Labrador
translation: Newfoundland and Labrador
word: Queen's Birthday
smake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: smakes
form: smaking
form: smaked
form: smaked
Etymology: From dialectal smak, early modern English smake, from Middle English smaken (“to taste, sense flavour, detect by taste or smell”), from Middle Dutch smaken (“to taste”).
Senses: examples: text: Even Bill Bitters could not find it in his heart to say a word against this moisture, and he actually smaked his lips, although he turned away lest someone should see him do it.
ref: 1882, Bricktop, The trip of the Sardine Club:
text: Now, that's good," smaking his lips in a pleased way.
ref: 1893, Margaret Sidney, Five little Peppers Midway:
text: He smaked his lips in anticipation of the coming treat.
ref: 1918, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.), Locomotive engineers journal
text: It is not a nice place to look at, rough you know,” he smiled, and his right eye winked at Frayne: “But the corned beef and cabbage, and the waffles. Mm!” He smaked his lips with desire.
ref: 1922, Lucy Fox Robins Lang, Mrs. Lucy Robins, War Shadows:
glosses: Synonym of smack (“to taste, lick”).
synonyms: word: smack
extra: to taste, lick
smake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smakes
Senses: examples: text: One of the great ſources of this evil was, that if a man had beeen^([sic]) trained up at the feet of Gamaliel for a few years, and got a ſmake of the learning then in vogue, it was enough in their opinion to qualify him for being a builder in the houſe of God […]
ref: 1733, Ebenezer Erſkine, The Stone Rejected by the Builders […] :
text: A smake there is in other things, but small purpose.
ref: 1856, Edward Augustus Bond, Giles Fletcher, Sir Jerome Horsey, Russia at the close of the sixteenth century:
glosses: Obsolete form of smack.
curtain calls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curtain call
pièces de résistance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pièce de résistance
First Vision
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The appearance of God the Father and Jesus Christ to the fourteen-year-old Joseph Smith, Jr. in a wooded area (now called the Sacred Grove) near Palmyra, New York in the early spring of 1820.
phenylenediamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phenylenediamine
vignerons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vigneron
isotopomers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isotopomer
montmorillonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of montmorillonite
pseudotumor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudotumors
form: pseudotumour
Etymology: From pseudo- + tumor.
Senses: examples: text: The so-called Danlos or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome consists of three symptoms: (1) pronounced fragility of the skin and its blood vessels, with breaking, splitting and the formation of hematomas and pseudotumors subsequent to the slightest trauma (dermatorrhexis-fragilitas cutis), (2) a more or less pronounced hyperlaxity and hyperelasticity of the skin (dermatochalasis-laxitas cutis) and (3) more or less pronounced hyperlaxity or hyperflexibility of the joints (arthrochalasis-laxitas articularis).
ref: 1936 June 24, F Ronchese, “Dermatorrhexis with dermatochalasis and arthrochalasis (the so-called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome)”, in American Journal of Diseases of Children, volume 51, number 6, page 1403:
text: It can be hard to tell a pseudotumor from a real tumor. So you should see your doctor to have your symptoms checked out. The symptoms of pseudotumor cerebri can get worse and hurt your vision. Getting treated quickly can help save your sight.
ref: 2023 October 23, Stephanie Watson, “What Is Pseudotumor Cerebri?”, in WebMD:
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: phantom tumour
glosses: An enlarged portion of tissue that resembles a tumor
Derived terms: pseudotumor cerebri
quadric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadrics
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A surface or curve whose shape is defined in terms of a quadratic equation
Derived terms: Klein quadric
quadriquadric
quadric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the second degree; quadratic.
abducens nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /abˈd͡ʒuː.sənz ˌnɜːv/
ipa: /abˈd͡ʒuː.sn̩z ˌnɜːv/
ipa: /abˈdjuː.sənz ˌnɜːv/
ipa: /abˈdjuː.sn̩z ˌnɜːv/
ipa: /æbˈduˌsɛnz ˌnɝv/
ipa: /æbˈdjuˌsɛnz ˌnɝv/
Forms: form: abducens nerves
form: abducent nerve
form: abducens
Etymology: From New Latin nervus abdūcēns (“nerve leading away”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
synonyms: sixth nerve
coordinate_terms: olfactory nerve
optic nerve
oculomotor nerve
trochlear nerve
trigeminal nerve
facial nerve
vestibulocochlear nerve
glossopharyngeal nerve
vagus nerve
accessory nerve
hypoglossal nerve
glosses: Each of the sixth pair of cranial nerves that are the motor nerves supplying the lateral rectus in the eye.
perimetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perimetries
Etymology: From peri- + -metry.
Senses: glosses: The measurement of a perimeter.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The systematic measurement of light sensitivity in the visual field by the detection of the presence of test targets on a defined background.
Synonyms: campimetry
Derived terms: isoperimetry
microperimetry
ventriculography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From ventriculo- + -graphy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Imaging of ventricles, usually in the heart.
Derived terms: cerebral ventriculography
pneumoventriculography
subtemporal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmpəɹəl
Etymology: From sub- + temporal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Below the temples.
decompressive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkəmˈpɹɛsɪv/
rhymes: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: more decompressive
form: most decompressive
Etymology: From decompress + -ive.
Senses: glosses: That decompresses.
cross-cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross-caps
form: cross cap
form: crosscap
Senses: glosses: A Möbius band.
cross-caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross-cap
cross cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross caps
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cross-cap.
crosscap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crosscaps
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cross-cap.
crosscaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crosscap
cross caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross cap
prothonotary warblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prothonotary warbler
Möbius bands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Möbius band
Moebius bands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Moebius band
Mobius bands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mobius band
Moebius strips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Moebius strip
Mobius strips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mobius strip
UAV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UAVs
Senses: examples: text: Both groups have recently started testing their first prototypes. Matternet ran a series of successful field tests of its prototype UAVs in the Dominican Republic and Haiti in September, and met local groups to sell the idea.
ref: 2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):
text: Ukrainian and foreign UAV makers rock up early at an open field in the outskirts of Kyiv, to take part in a drone competition organized by the Ministry of Digital Transformation.
ref: 2023 June 3, Vasco Cotovio, Tim Lister, Frederik Pleitgen, William Bonnett and Daria Tarasova, “Exclusive: Inside Ukraine’s secretive drone program”, in CNN:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: drone
UAS
coordinate_terms: RPV
OPV
AUV
ROV
glosses: Initialism of unmanned aerial vehicle or uncrewed aerial vehicle: an aircraft with no onboard pilot, and sometimes completely unpiloted, that is capable of controlled, sustained, level flight.
Derived terms: UCAV
Related terms: UAP
mustard gases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mustard gas
magma chamber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magma chambers
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A large underground pool of molten rock lying under the surface of the earth's crust.
preponderating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: At the January 16 meeting of the Railway Club, Mr. Charles E. Lee, Vice-President, read a paper entitled "Class Distinction," in which he traced the very gradual development (at any rate, with main-line railways) of provision for lower-class passengers; the reduction in discrimination; and the preponderating position of the third class today.
ref: 1943 May and June, “Notes and News: The Railway Club”, in Railway Magazine, page 176:
glosses: present participle and gerund of preponderate
Sémillon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Semillon
Senses: glosses: A golden-skinned grape used to make dry and sweet white wines, most notably in France and Australia.
glosses: A variety of wine made from this grape.
Semillon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Sémillon.
native language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: native languages
form: Native language
Etymology: From native + language.
Senses: examples: text: Mary Katharine, one of the things in California, kids apparently who speak English as a second language have a year in which they can take classes that are taught in their native language in addition to English, and some people would say that that should help them really get established and after that, you're on your own, go take all the tests in English.
ref: 2007 November 23, on “Teaching Spanish; Holiday Debt”, John Gibson Show, Fox Radio
synonyms: mother language
mother tongue
native tongue
glosses: One's first language, learned in early childhood.
examples: text: Mary Sarah Nelson, 93, is not the last of her tribe – there are four dozen left – but the last speaker of its language. The federal attempt to grant tax credits to Native American parents whose children prove fluent in Native languages has failed. When she switches from English to Eyak, there is a sadness to her that neither language can express.
ref: 2004, George Guthridge, “Nine Whispered Opinions Regarding the Alaskan Secession”, in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, volume 107, number 1, page 37:
text: The irony of the Bibles and their translation into Native languages during the same period in which Native children were punished, even beaten, for speaking their language is another point left unexplored in the galleries of the NMAI.
ref: 2006, Robin Maria DeLugan, “‘South of the Border’ at the NMAI”, in American Indian Quarterly, v 30, n 3/4 (fall), pp 558–573
text: Additional Alaska Native language programs have been offered by the Goldbelt Corporation and Sealaska Corporation. Elementary, intermediate, and advanced Tlingit, as well as elementary Haida, have been taught at the University of Alaska Southeast by Native speakers who are fluent and also understand the worldview expressed by the languages, as reflected in their syntax and grammar and their cultural references.
ref: 2007, Bruce Elliott Johansen, The Praeger Handbook on Contemporary Issues in Native America, Greenwood, →ISBN, page 20:
glosses: The language of a Native or Aboriginal people.
Synonyms: birthtongue
Sonoma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Suisun language variously thought to mean "valley of the moon", "many moons", or to derive from tso (the earth) and noma (village).
Senses: glosses: A valley in northern California, United States.
glosses: A city in Sonoma County, California, United States, named after the eponymous valley.
Derived terms: Sonoma County
figure skate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: figure skates
form: figure-skate
Senses: glosses: An ice skate used for figure skating.
figure skate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: figure skates
form: figure skating
form: figure skated
form: figure skated
form: figure-skate
Senses: glosses: To practice figure skating
Derived terms: figure skater
seven out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sevens out
form: sevening out
form: sevened out
form: sevened out
Senses: examples: text: "Why do you push it, Charlie?" he said. "At our age one short game is plenty. Do you see me playing more? One of these days you could seven out.[…]"
ref: 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 66:
text: If the shooter sevens out — rolls a 7 before the point — all the pass-line bets lose.
ref: Casino Gambling for Dummies. Kevin Blackwood, Max (FRW) Rubin. page 136
topics: dice
gambling
games
synonyms: crap out
glosses: in the game of craps, to roll a seven after having established the "point".
charqui
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɑɹ.ki/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɑː.kiː/
Forms: form: charquis
Etymology: From the same Quechua root as jerky, via Spanish.
Senses: examples: text: When it was dark, we made a fire beneath a little arbour of bamboos, fried our charqui (or dried slips of beef), took our maté, and were quite comfortable.
ref: 1839, Charles Darwin, Journal of Researches, John Murray, published 1913, page 273:
glosses: jerky