cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
backronymed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of backronym
reckon up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reckons up
form: reckoning up
form: reckoned up
form: reckoned up
Senses: examples: text: How many things are there which I ought to reckon up, that I have neglected; and how many others are there, which, if I did reckon them up, would overwhelm me with confusion. The grocer has given me a subject that I shall do well to pursue.
ref: 1851, The Sunday School Teachers' Magazine, page 60:
glosses: To add up; count up; compute the amount of; tally; come to an accounting of
examples: text: We reckoned him up pretty bad.
glosses: To harshly criticize.
examples: text: I reckoned him up as a troublemaker at first glance.
glosses: To perceive (reckon) (someone or something).
reckons up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reckon up
reckoning up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reckon up
reckoned up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reckon up
backronyming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backronym
monoiodinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + iodinated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Treated or reacted with iodine or hydroiodic acid so as to add one iodine atom per molecule.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of one atom of hydrogen with iodine
acetoacetanilide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: acetoacetamide derivative of aniline.
Synonyms: acetoacetylaminobenzene
acetoacetamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetoacetamides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The acetoacetyl amide.
acetoacetylaminobenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical compound composed of the acetoacetyl functional group connected to the nitrogen atom of aniline.
Synonyms: acetoacetanilide
isopropylidenedioxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A bifunctional group which has connections to two oxygen atoms that are both connected to the central carbon of propane.
Synonyms: isopropylidene ketal
acetone ketal
methylenedioxylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: having the methylenedioxy functional group
piperonylonitrile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piperonylonitriles
Etymology: From piperonyl + nitrile.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical compound containing piperonyl linked to a nitrile functional group.
diphenylacetyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diphenylacetyls
Etymology: From di- + phenyl + acetyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A functional group containing two phenyl group attached to an acetyl group.
Derived terms: diphenylacetyl chloride
Related terms: diphenylacetic acid
cacospongionolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cacospongionolides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: a sesterterpene found in the sponge Fasciospongia cavernosa.
defervescing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of defervesce.
defervesced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of defervesce.
breaker-inner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breaker-inners
Senses: glosses: One who breaks in; a robber or home invader.
home invader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: home invaders
Senses: topics: criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences
glosses: Someone who commits a home invasion.
consuls general
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consul general
walk in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: walks in
form: walking in
form: walked in
form: walked in
Senses: examples: text: If you walk in, you're going to have to wait at least an hour.
text: You can't just walk in, Mam. You have to make an appointment.'
ref: 2001, Pat Barker, The Man Who Wasn't There:
glosses: To come without an appointment to a place that would normally require one.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
weightlifting
antonyms: walk out
glosses: To step to the rack again with after having stepped away in order not to hit it during execution of the exercise.
examples: text: There, characteristically, he refused to be carried on a stretcher, saying he was too heavy for nurses. He walked in with their support.
ref: 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, in.
Derived terms: word: walk-in
word: walk-in
Irish terrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Irish terriers
Senses: glosses: A breed of large rough-haired dog
tetrachrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A biological stain composed of a mixture of fast green, celestine blue and fuchsin
tetraenoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to any tetraenoic acid or its derivatives
tetraenoic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetraenoics
Senses: glosses: Any lipid containing such a fatty acid
tetraenoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetraenoic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polyunsaturated fatty acid that has four double bonds
tetraenoics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetraenoic
tetraenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetraenols
Etymology: From tetra- + enol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any aliphaticalcohol that has four double bonds
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sesquiterpenoid present in Tetraena
thermoinactivation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermoinactivations
Etymology: From thermo- + inactivation.
Senses: glosses: thermal inactivation of an enzyme or virus
thromboembolistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of thromboembolitic.
transcomplement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transcomplements
Etymology: From trans- + complement.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A gene involved in transcomplementation
transcomplement
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: transcomplements
form: transcomplementing
form: transcomplemented
form: transcomplemented
Etymology: From trans- + complement.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: To undergo transcomplementation
transrespiratory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪɹətəɹi
-ɛspəɹətɔːɹi
-aɪɹətəɹi
-ɛspəɹətəɹi
-aɪɹətɔːɹi
Etymology: From trans- + respiratory.
Senses: glosses: Describing the difference in pressure between the atmosphere and the pulmonary alveoli
trematodiases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trematodiasis
trigeminoreticular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trigemino- + reticular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: trigeminal reticular
tromboxan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of thromboxane.
tropomodulins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tropomodulin
unanaethetized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of unanaesthetized.
unchondrified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + chondrified.
Senses: glosses: Not chondrified
undervirilisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of undervirilization.
uridylase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uridylases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a uridylate
Derived terms: thiouridylase
urosonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urosonographies
Etymology: From uro- + sonography.
Senses: glosses: sonography of the urinary tract
viburnitol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The deoxysugar (1S,2R,4S,5S)-cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol
videolaparoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From video- + laparoscopy.
Senses: glosses: laparoscopy with video recording capability
videosurgery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From video- + surgery.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: surgery with video recording capability
virilizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virilizers
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein active in virilization.
virilizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virilizer
crab-eating frog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡ
Forms: form: crab-eating frogs
Senses: examples: text: Lo, the crab-eating frog, which lives in mangrove swamps and marshes, and is the only known modern amphibian which can tolerate salty water.
ref: 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 15:
glosses: A species of frog, Fejervarya cancrivora, native to southeast Asia.
frogamander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frogamanders
Etymology: From blend of frog + salamander.
Senses: examples: text: This amphibian Abraham, aka the frogamander, lived during the early Permian but was only discovered in 2007, a fossil in Don's Dump Fish Quarry in Baylor County, Texas.
ref: 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 14:
text: The “frogamander” is still full of mystery as scientists work to figure out how and where it fits in the amphibian family tree.
ref: 2016, Melissa Shofner, Mariel Bard, Amphibian Fossils, page 21:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: The extinct amphibamid Gerobatrachus.
stopping by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stop by
stopped by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stop by
vironegative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From viro- + negative.
Senses: glosses: Having no virions (especially of HIV) in the blood
viropositive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From viro- + positive.
Senses: glosses: Having virions (especially of HIV) in the blood
virusemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From virus + -emia.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of viraemia.
synonyms: word: viraemia
viscerotropism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being viscerotropic
wormball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wormballs
form: worm ball
Etymology: From worm + ball.
Senses: glosses: A spherical agglomeration of earthworms that forms during very wet weather
wormballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wormball
xenacanth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xenacanths
Senses: glosses: Any member of the clade Xenacanthida of extinct cartilaginous fishes.
xenacanths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xenacanth
xenoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xenolines
Etymology: From xeno- + line.
Senses: glosses: A form of xenograft.
xenolines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xenoline
zoophyllic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of zoophilic.
stand guard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stands guard
form: standing guard
form: stood guard
form: stood guard
Senses: synonyms: stand watch
keep guard
keep watch
glosses: To guard; to maintain a stance of vigilance in order to protect.
keep one's guard up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps one's guard up
form: keeping one's guard up
form: kept one's guard up
form: kept one's guard up
Senses: synonyms: have one's guard up
be on one's guard
antonyms: lower one's guard
let one's guard down
glosses: To be careful and alert to the possibility of danger.
lower one's guard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lowers one's guard
form: lowering one's guard
form: lowered one's guard
form: lowered one's guard
Senses: synonyms: drop one's guard
let one's guard down
antonyms: keep one's guard up
glosses: To become less guarded; to allow oneself to become more vulnerable.
go to the trouble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes to the trouble
form: going to the trouble
form: went to the trouble
form: gone to the trouble
form: go to trouble
form: go through the trouble
Senses: examples: text: I hope you like your shirt- I went to a lot of trouble to find it.
info_templates: expansion: [with of (+ gerund) ‘doing something’]
synonyms: take the trouble
bother
glosses: To make an effort.
doing down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do down
did down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do down
isotonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Isotonics cause more muscle hypertrophy. It is theorized that this is due to the increased capillarization which is stimulated much more by isotonics than isometrics.
ref: 1972, Clayne R. Jensen, A. Garth Fisher, Scientific basis of athletic conditioning, page 72:
text: The development of this kind of fitness is brought about only by dynamic movement, by isotonics, usually against fairly moderate resistance, and repeated many times so that the heart and lungs have to work increasingly harder and longer as training progresses.
ref: 1984, Linda Fox, The Complete Head to Toe Exercise Book: Get Fitter, Feel Better:
text: Hand and wrist isometrics and isotonics are performed in the sling.
ref: 2011, Robert A. Donatelli, Physical Therapy of the Shoulder, →ISBN, page 66:
hypernyms: calisthenics
coordinate_terms: isokinetics
isometrics
plyometrics
glosses: Isotonic exercises.
in one's backyard
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: in one's own backyard
Senses: examples: text: His [François Bayrou's] tenure has also been marred by allegations that he ignored a decades-long sexual abuse scandal in his backyard at the Bétharram Catholic school in Pau.
ref: 2025 August 30, Leila Abboud, Ian Johnston, Adrienne Klasa, “France's isolated PM puts his job on the line”, in FT Weekend, page 7:
glosses: Local to the place where one lives or habitually spends time; (by extension) one's responsibility.
rank outsider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rank outsiders
Senses: glosses: One who is not expected to succeed or win, especially one who is unknown.
tail cone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tail cones
form: tailcone
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cone-shaped piece on the tail of a jet or aeroplane where exhaust escapes.
tailcone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tailcones
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tail cone.
paradigm leveling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paradigm levelings
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistic-morphology
linguistics
morphology
sciences
synonyms: analogical leveling
morphological leveling
glosses: Regularisation of a paradigm, alignment of irregular forms on regular forms; replacement of irregular forms by regular forms in an inflection.
Chinawoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinawomen
Etymology: From China + -woman.
Senses: glosses: A Chinese woman.
Hypernyms: Chinaperson
Coordinate terms: Chinaman
Chinawomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chinawoman
Chinaperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinapersons
form: Chinapeople
Etymology: From China + person. Coined by American political candidate Don Blankenship on April 23, 2018, during a live interview for West Virginia radio station 106.3 "The River". A few days later, Blankenship's campaign team went on to release a televised attack ad with the first-known attestation of the plural form "Chinapeople".
Senses: examples: text: In a radio interview earlier this week, Don Blankenship, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in West Virginia, accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of having foreign-policy conflicts of interest, based on McConnell's marriage to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. But Blankenship's comments attracted attention not just for what he had to say—intimating that McConnell's wife and her family has some insidious influence on him—but how he said it.
ref: 2018 April 26, Ben Zimmer, “'Chinaperson' and the Sanitization of a Racial Slur”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2023, Politics:
text: But with "Cocaine Mitch" specifically and his attacks on McConnell generally, he may have stumbled into an effective strategy, of launching both corruption-focused and racist attacks at the unpopular majority leader and his family.
ref: 2018 May 7, Andrew Prokop, “Cocaine Mitch: Don Blankenship's factually dubious attack on McConnell, explained”, in Vox, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2024, Politics:
text: It's not hard to understand why the Republican establishment might be uncomfortable with Blankenship as a candidate. His team has run several controversial TV ads, including one that referred to the family of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his wife, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, as "Chinapersons." Later, Blanksenhip defended the ad by saying it wasn't racist because he never mentioned any of the races, which according to him, are "Negro, White Caucasian, Hispanic, Asian."
ref: 2018 May 6, Nathalie Baptiste, “This Ex-Con Coal Baron Is Reportedly Within Striking Distance of West Virginia's GOP Senate Nomination”, in Mother Jones, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2023, Politics:
synonyms: Chinaman
glosses: A Chinese person.
Hyponyms: Chinawoman
combinatorial commutative algebra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This construction has become a fundamental tool in combinatorial commutative algebra due to the work of Stanley, Hochster and Reisner ([Ho77], [S75], [S96], [R76]).
ref: 2011, Viviana Ene, Jũrgen Herzog, Gröbner Bases in Commutative Algebra, American Mathematical Society, page 88:
text: 2013, Anna M. Bigatti, Philippe Gimenez, Eduardo Sáenz-de-Cabezón Introduction, Anna M. Bigatti, Philippe Gimenez, Eduardo Sáenz-de-Cabezón (editors), Monomial Ideals, Computations and Applications, Springer, page vii,
Monomial ideals and algebras are among the simplest structures in commutative algebra and the main objects in combinatorial commutative algebra.
text: Using techniques from combinatorial commutative algebra [MS05, KM], they showed that certain lattice games admit a particular type of algebraic decomposition known as affine stratifications, from which a finitely representable winning strategy can be recovered.
ref: 2013, Aaron N. Siegel, Combinatorial Game Theory, American Mathematical Society, page 269:
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A relatively new discipline in mathematics that combines techniques and concepts from combinatorics and commutative algebra, and in which the geometry of convex polytopes also plays a significant role.
polypragmon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polypragmons
form: polypragma
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πολυπράγμων (poluprágmōn).
Senses: glosses: A busybody or troublemaker or someone who looks only to their own concerns.
Related terms: polypragmosyne
consul general
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: consuls general
form: consul generals
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of consul-general.
pay back in someone's own coin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pays back in someone's own coin
form: paying back in someone's own coin
form: paid back in someone's own coin
form: paid back in someone's own coin
Senses: synonyms: pay back in kind
glosses: To give tit for tat.
yttropyrochlore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the mineral's supposed yttrium content and resemblance to pyrochlore group minerals
Yttrium + o + pyrochlore
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A discredited pyrochlore mineral containing niobium, hydrogen, and oxygen.
wülfingite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named by K. Schmetzer, G. Schnorrer-Köhler and O. Medenbach in honour of Ernst Anton Wülfing (1860-1930), mineralogist and petrographer, known for his work on the optical properties of minerals and meteorites.
Wülfing + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A colourless orthorhombic mineral containing zinc, hydrogen and oxygen.
broad-brusher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broad-brushers
Etymology: From broad-brush + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who makes sweeping generalizations.
United Stateser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: United Statesers
Etymology: From United States + -er (inhabitant suffix).
Senses: examples: text: It is a British publication, but not so slow as some colonials and a few United Statesers would have us believe British business men generally usually are.
ref: 1904 July, “Fast Illustrating”, in The Canadian Magazine […], volume 23, number 3, page 289:
text: A United Stateser. Yes it's ugly, there is no word to say it better. I do not believe in ugliness. I do not want to call myself a United Stateser but what in — but what else am I?
ref: 1923, William Carlos Williams, The Great American Novel, page 25:
glosses: A resident or citizen of the United States.
Synonyms: United Stater
United Statesers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of United Stateser
walks in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of walk in
guérinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Guérin + -ite; named by the Russian mineralogist Yevgenii Ivanovich Nefedov (1910–1976) in 1961 in honour of Henri Guérin (1906–1995), chemist at Paris-Sud University, France, who first synthesized the compound.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A colourless monoclinic mineral containing calcium, astatine, hydrogen and oxygen.
Xinshi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: shǐnʹshûʹ
Forms: form: Hsin-shih
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新市 (Xīnshì).
Senses: glosses: A town in Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China.
glosses: A town in Zaoyang, Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
examples: text: To help employers and job seekers get the most efficient and the highest level of employment services, Tainan City Government has strived for setting up employment service stations with the financial support from the central government since 2002. Until now, five stations have been set up in Jiali District, Hsinshih District, Guantian District, Gueiren District, and Yonghua Civic Center.
ref: [c. 2010s, “Employment Services”, in 臺南市政府勞工局職訓就服中心 [Vocational Training and Employment Services Center, Labor Affairs Bureau, Tainan City Government], archived from the original on 29 Apr 2016:
english: Vocational Training and Employment Services Center, Labor Affairs Bureau, Tainan City Government
translation: Vocational Training and Employment Services Center, Labor Affairs Bureau, Tainan City Government
text: The National Museum of Archeology (NMA), a branch of the Museum of Prehistory, will open in Tainan on Saturday (Oct. 19), exhibiting 500 relics that date back as far as 5,000 years.[…]
Another object, a human-faced clay decoration, is believed to have been created between 1,300 and 1,800 years ago and is part of the Niao-Sung Culture, located in today’s Xinshi District.
ref: 2019 October 15, Pei-ju Teng, “National Museum of Archeology to open in southern Taiwan”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2019:
text: On Dec. 14, the Ministry of the Interior announced that Tainan Science Park Phase III will be located at Xinshi in Tainan City and relevant urban plans have also been ratified.
ref: 2022 December 26, “Tainan Science Park Phase III Ratified, Semiconductor Industries Carry On Investments In Tainan”, in TAINAN CITY GOVERNMENT [臺南市政府], archived from the original on 29 Mar 2023, Tainan News:
english: 臺南市政府
translation: 臺南市政府
glosses: Alternative form of Sinshih (Taiwan).
petite perception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petite perceptions
form: petites perceptions
Senses: examples: text: Petite perceptions, though insensible, have an overall effect.
ref: 2013, D.A. Anapolitanos, Leibniz: Representation, Continuity and the Spatiotemporal:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A sensation (sight, sound, etc) that is perceived but not registered because it is too insignificant, such as the sound of each raindrop hitting a roof.
forlonging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forlong
cowtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cowtails
form: cow-tail
form: cow tail
form: cow's tail
Etymology: From Middle English *cou-tayl, from Old English cūtæġl (“cowtail”), equivalent to cow + tail.
Senses: examples: text: These burrs stuck to the tails of the cows as they walked by, and were brought to the cowpen, the cowtails greatly enlarged by the huge amount of cockleburs stuck on them.
ref: 2002, Lura Spears Zerick, The Golden Olden Days, page 69:
glosses: The tail of a cow.
glosses: A coarse wool of low quality, usually shorn from the hind legs of sheep.
glosses: A stingray of species Pastinachus sephen.
cowtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cowtail
stunk up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: stŭngk ŭp
ipa: /stʌŋˈkʌp/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stink up
deplatform
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diˈplætfɔɹm/
Forms: form: deplatforms
form: deplatforming
form: deplatformed
form: deplatformed
Etymology: From de- + platform.
Senses: examples: text: The Western trend to deplatform or disinvite campus speakers, whose views are considered objectionable, is in full swing.
ref: 2017, Barry R. Harker, It’s Sunday in America, →ISBN, page 28:
text: In 2017, The Daily Stormer was at the center of a new effort to deplatform the extreme elements of the Alt-Right from the Internet.
ref: 2018, George Hawley, The Alt-Right, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125:
text: Defame, demonetize, and deplatform is their M.O.
ref: 2019, Mark Dice, The Liberal Media Industrial Complex, Mark Dice, →ISBN:
text: There are only two rules on Parler, the “free-speech” social network: First, nothing criminal. Second, no spam. Other than that, you can post what you want, the site advertises, “without fear of being ‘deplatformed’ for your views.”
ref: 2020 November 12, Arielle Pardes, “Inside Parler, the Right's Favorite 'Free Speech' App”, in Wired, →ISSN:
text: Consider the decision of Facebook and Twitter to “deplatform” Trump after he helped inspire the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
ref: 2022 March 8, Richard L. Hasen, “How Supreme Court Radicalism Could Threaten Democracy Itself”, in Slate:
synonyms: no-platform
unplatform
antonyms: replatform
glosses: To prevent someone from using a platform to express their opinion.
cultural center
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cultural centers
form: cultural centre
Senses: glosses: An organization, building or complex that promotes culture and arts.
glosses: A place well-known for its culture and arts.
cultural centers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cultural center
cultural centre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cultural centres
form: cultural center
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cultural center.
cultural centres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cultural centre
false Queen Anne's lace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ammi majus (bishop's flower)
yaodong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /jaʊˈdʊŋ/
Forms: form: yaodongs
form: yaodong
Etymology: From Mandarin 窯洞／窑洞 (yáodòng).
Senses: glosses: A type of earth shelter dwelling common in the Loess Plateau in northern China.
yaodongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yaodong
deplatforms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deplatform
monolid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnəʊlɪd/
Forms: form: monolids
Etymology: From mono- + (eye)lid.
Senses: glosses: An eye that does not have a crease on the eyelid.
monolids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monolid
makes head or tail of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make head or tail of
all good
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: It's all good.
all good
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Is everything alright? You ok? You fine with that?
pushes back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of push back
gets between
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get between
shuts away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shut away
dresses out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dress out
orders in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of order in
presses out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of press out
busts out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bust out
puts to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put to
toputs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of toput
tots up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tot up
tops out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of top out
human touch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Some politicians lack the human touch to connect with voters.
glosses: The ability of a person to deal with others in a personable and empathetic way.
examples: text: Before the renovation the hotel lacked the human touch to attract visitors.
glosses: The positive qualities of human beings manifested in a place or object.
Tudigong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /tuːdiˈɡʊŋ/
Etymology: From Mandarin 土地公 (Tǔdìgōng).
Senses: glosses: A tutelary deity of a locality and the human communities who inhabit it in Chinese folk religion.
Synonyms: Tudishen
Tudi
Tudishen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tudigong.
synonyms: word: Tudigong
Tudi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tudigong.
synonyms: word: Tudigong
protospecies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊtəʊˌspiːʃiːz/
Forms: form: protospecies
Etymology: From proto- + species.
Senses: glosses: A preexisting type of species from which other species evolved.
self-cultivation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + cultivation.
Senses: glosses: The practice of effecting gradual yet substantial improvements of oneself, especially through education.
glosses: Cultivating own vegetables, specially at home or regrowing.
text type
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: text types
form: text-type
Senses: examples: text: When you write your article, select a text type which suits your purpose.
glosses: A type of written text, such as descriptive, narrative, expository or argumentative.
examples: text: The students were required to analyze the article based on text type.
glosses: Such types considered collectively.
text types
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of text type
text-type
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: text-types
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of text type.
text-types
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of text-type
lookie-loo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lookie-loos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of looky-loo.
lookie-lou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lookie-lous
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of looky-loo.
sahibdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sahibdom
Etymology: From sahib + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Oah!’ said Kim, firmly resolved to cling to his Sahibdom. ‘There was a box in the night that gave me bad talk. So I stopped it. Was it your box?’
ref: 1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, “[HTTP://WWW.GUTENBERG.ORG/FILES/35555/35555-H/35555-H.HTM CHAPTER 9]”, in Kim, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC:
text: That was the spirit of sahibdom that is not always quite commendable; it is the spirit that takes Anglo-Saxon women to the seething, stenching plains and holds them there high-chinned to stiffen their men-folk by courageous example, but it leads, too, to things not quite so womanly and good.
ref: 1914, Talbot Mundy, chapter 17, in Rung Ho!, New York: Scribner, page 175:
text: They would buy a cottage in the country, surround themselves with friends, books, their children, animals. They would be free for ever of the smell of pukka sahibdom.
ref: 1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], “Chapter 5”, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC:
text: 1978, Jan Morris (as James Morris), Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Chapter 23, p. 478,
Many of the British, even now, failed to grasp their true relationship with India. The habit of sahibdom was too ingrained, the attitude of condescension, even mockery, still natural to them.
text: But it was neither age nor sahibdom, but a much subtler intrusion that loosened the bonds between the children […]
ref: 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Part 1, Chapter 3, p. 63:
glosses: The condition of being a person of rank, especially a British person, in colonial India.
hootmalalie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hootmalalies
Senses: examples: text: In any case, I'm talking about that long, rod-shaped, copper hootmalalie from which your racks hang during processing.
ref: 1983, Plating and Surface Finishing - Volume 70, Issues 7-12, page 27:
text: There is an old English . . . uh . . . hootmalalie . . . you know, a proverb, that says 'A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.'
ref: 2002, Peggy Christian, The Bookstore Mouse, →ISBN, page 43:
text: It's not as if I know all your personal hootmalalie.
ref: 2015, Catherine Robertson, The Hiding Places, →ISBN, page 69:
glosses: Something for which one does not have a name.
hootmalalies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hootmalalie
QM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QMs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of quantum mechanics.
glosses: Initialism of quantitative methodology.
glosses: Initialism of quantitative method.
topics: government
military
politics
war
qualifier: scouting
glosses: Initialism of quartermaster.
Related terms: topics: quantum-field-theory
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: QFT
english: quantum electrodynmaics
translation: quantum electrodynmaics
word: QED
english: quantum chromodynmaics
translation: quantum chromodynmaics
word: QCD
english: probabilistic method
translation: probabilistic method
word: PM
choano-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From a combining form of Ancient Greek χοάνη (khoánē, “funnel”).
Senses: glosses: Funnel.
Related terms: word: choana
word: choanite
english: see there for more
translation: see there for more
word: orthochoanitic
autoflight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + flight.
Senses: glosses: Use of autopilot.
wuzzle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wuzzles
form: wuzzling
form: wuzzled
form: wuzzled
Senses: glosses: To jumble or confuse.
wuzzles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wuzzle
snowflake eel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowflake eels
Senses: examples: text: The Snowflake eel, a kind of moray, is harmless if you leave it alone and refrain from drinking its blood (which is toxic).
ref: 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 68:
glosses: A snowflake moray (Echidna nebulosa).
snowflake moray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowflake morays
Senses: glosses: Any member of species Echidna nebulosa of moray eels, widespread through the Indo-Pacific.
Synonyms: sense: Echidna nebulosa
word: clouded moray
sense: Echidna nebulosa
word: snowflake eel
honey-plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honey-plants
Senses: examples: text: Hoya carnosa (honey-plant). Although this is a hot-house plant it can be grown in the window of the sitting-room, and I have grown and flowered it exceedingly well in an ordinary greenhouse; […]
ref: 1876, Samuel Wood, “Division III. The Flower Garden.”, in A Plain Guide to Good Gardening: Or How to Grow Vegetables, Fruits, and Flowers: […], 2nd edition, London: Crosby Lockwood & Co., […], →OCLC, book I (Kitchen, Fruit, and Flower Gardens), section 6 (Window Gardening), page 130:
text: The lack of literature concerning the tulip-tree as a honey-plant is a serious one and the chief object of this bulletin is to make up this deficiency.
ref: 1922 January, E[verett] F[ranklin] Phillips, George S. Demuth, “Peculiarities of the Region”, in Beekeeping in the Tulip-tree Region (Farmers’ Bulletin; no. 1222), Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, →OCLC, page 9:
text: But of late years plows and sheep have made sad havoc in these glorious pastures, destroying tens of thousands of the flowery acres like a fire, and banishing many species of the best honey-plants to rocky cliffs and fence-corners, […]
ref: 1997, John Muir, “The Mountains of California”, in Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth; My First Summer in the Sierra; The Mountains of California; Stickeen; Selected Essays (Library of America; 92), New York, N.Y.: Library of America, →ISBN, chapter XVI (The Bee-pastures), page 523:
text: Honey-plant [Melissa officinalis L[innaeus] [i.e., Carl Linnaeus] (family Lamiaceae)] contains a very low concentration of essential oil in leaves (0.02–0.2 vol%).
ref: 2003, Stjepan Pepeljnjak, Ivan Kosalec, Zdenka Kalodera, Danica Kuštrak, “Natural Antimycotics from Croatian Plants”, in Mahendra Rai, Donatella Mares, editors, Plant-derived Antimycotics: Current Trends and Future Prospects, Binghamton, N.Y.: Food Products Press, The Haworth Press, →ISBN, page 66:
text: Honey plant [Honey-plant] – Melissa officinalis L., […]
ref: 2015, “H”, in Elaine Nowick, compiler, Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants, with Scientific Names Index, volume 1 (Common Names), Lincoln, Neb.: Zea Books, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries, →ISBN, page 195:
glosses: Alternative form of honey plant.
honey-plants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honey-plant (alternative form of honey plants).
accipitriform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accipitriforms
Senses: glosses: Any bird of prey of the order Accipitriformes
accipitriforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accipitriform
acetylgliotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetylgliotoxins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The naturally-occurring acetyl derivative of gliotoxin
actualistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌak(t)ʃʊəˈlɪstɪk/
Etymology: From actual + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to action or the actual
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to actual use
Derived terms: actualistically
adipocity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of adiposity.
alkylglucoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkylglucosides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alkyl glucoside
amdovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amdoviruses
Senses: glosses: Any virus of the genus Amdoparvovirus
amdoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amdovirus
aminocephalosporin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminocephalosporins
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of antibiotics that are amino derivatives of cephalosporins
aminocephalosporins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminocephalosporin
paleaodistribution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of paleodistribution.
get rid off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of get rid of.
amoebapore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amoebapores
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of small amphipathic membranolytic proteins present in Entamoeba
amoebapores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amoebapore
amylovoran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A capsular exopolysaccharide present in the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora
antehypophyseal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ante- + hypophyseal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the antehypophysis
antehypophysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antehypophyses
Etymology: From ante- + hypophysis.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
Related terms: antehypophyseal
antehypophyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antehypophysis
antiulcerative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + ulcerative.
Senses: glosses: That counters ulceration
art line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: art lines
form: art-line
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Arterial line.
aphenotypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + phenotypic.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not phenotypic
EAW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EAWs
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of European Arrest Warrant.
COPDer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: COPDers
Etymology: From COPD + -er.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A person who suffers from COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
gabapentinoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gabapentinoids
Etymology: From gabapentin + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of drugs that are derivatives of the inhibitory neurotransmitter γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), acting to block the α₂δ subunit (gabapentin receptor) of the voltage-dependent calcium channel.
Salmas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Former name: Shahpur
glosses: A city in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran.
voorhuis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voorhuises
Senses: glosses: entrance hall, front room
trial of void
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trials of void
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: TOV
word: ToV
glosses: A process involving the removal of a urinary catheter and an assessment of the patient's ability to spontaneously urinate.
apolarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a- + polarity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being apolar
aquareoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aquareovirus
arabinosylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arabinosylations
Etymology: From arabinosyl + -ation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that adds an arabinosyl group
aromobatid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aromobatids
Senses: glosses: Any frog of the family Aromobatidae
autoencephalitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoencephalites
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: autoimmune encephalitis
sed rate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sed rates
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
autoproliferation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + proliferation.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: autoimmune proliferation
Related terms: autoproliferative
autoproliferative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + proliferative.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or causing autoproliferation
avastrovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: avastroviruses
Senses: glosses: Any virus of the genus Avastrovirus
avastroviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of avastrovirus
backprojections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backprojection
benztropines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benztropine
bioassembly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioassemblies
Etymology: From bio- + assembly.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The assembly of biological tissue
bioassemblies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioassembly