cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pick up what someone is putting down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: picks up what someone is putting down
form: picking up what someone is putting down
form: picked up what someone was putting down
form: picked up what someone was putting down
form: pick up what someone is laying down
form: smell what someone is stepping in
Senses: examples: text: Moran, picking up what Jennings is putting down, agrees.
ref: 2004 November 2, Melanie McFarland, “TV anchors keep to their word”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 24 May 2014:
text: If we are serious about putting the party of Lincoln back on track, we had better begin to pick up what black folk are putting down.
ref: 2008, Joseph C. Phillips, He Talk Like a White Boy, →ISBN, page 278, →ISBN:
text: I will tell you about these things . . . because I like you and I think you’d be interested in picking up what I’m putting down.
ref: 2011 July 6, J. Maureen Henderson, “Lessons From The World's Best Coworker”, in Forbes, retrieved 24 May 2014:
glosses: To understand, pay attention to, or learn from what someone says or does.
Related terms: catch someone's drift
pick up what someone is laying down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: picks up what someone is laying down
form: picking up what someone is laying down
form: picked up what someone was laying down
form: picked up what someone was laying down
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pick up what someone is putting down.
intraterrestrials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intraterrestrial
terrorist camp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terrorist camps
Senses: glosses: A training camp whose purpose is to teach students methods of terrorism.
terrorist camps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terrorist camp
%iles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of %ile
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡwəʊjuː rəʊˈmɑːtsə/
ipa: /ˌɡwoʊjuː roʊˈmɑːtsə/
Etymology: From the Gwoyeu Romatzyh romanization of Mandarin 國語羅馬字 /国语罗马字 (Guóyǔ Luómǎzì).
Senses: examples: text: With regard to romanization, several different systems are concurrently being used in Taiwan, including Wade-Giles, Tongyong Pinyin 通用拼音, Hanyu Pinyin 漢語拼音, and Gwoyeu Romatzyh.
ref: 2003, Julie Ju et al., editors, A Brief Introduction to Taiwan, Government Information Office, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 16:
synonyms: National Romanization
G.R.
glosses: A transliteration system for Mandarin Chinese, characterized by its tonal spelling without diacritic marks.
Coordinate terms: Pinyin
Wade-Giles
Yale
Zhuyin fuhao
wet brain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The combined presence of Wernicke's encephalopathy and Korsakoff's syndrome.
Synonyms: alcoholic encephalopathy
Korsakoff's psychosis
wet brain
WKS
multiflora bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiflora beans
Senses: glosses: Phaseolus coccineus, a fabaceous plant.
dead door
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead doors
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
shipbuilding
glosses: A storm shutter fitted to the outside of the quarter-gallery door.
rescue grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rescue grasses
Senses: glosses: A tall grass (Bromus catharticus) somewhat resembling chess, cultivated for hay and forage in the southern United States.
speak by the card
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: speaks by the card
form: speaking by the card
form: spoke by the card
form: spoken by the card
Etymology: As in telling a ship's bearing by the compass card.
Senses: glosses: To speak from accurate information, without guessing.
meishis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meishi
poohead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pooheads
Etymology: From poo + head.
Senses: examples: text: Friends are becoming an increasing influence. So, if little Johnny at preschool is always shouting, 'Poohead!' chances are your child will treat you to some copycat renditions at home.
ref: 2011, Helen Brown, Parenting For Dummies, UK Edition:
text: “Nah, I just told him he was a poohead, and then we played baseball.”
ref: 2014, Carla Cassidy, Scene of the Crime: Mystic Lake:
text: “Get up, poohead. Now!” He gave him a good kick in the ribs. Jordan got up and limped backwards. “Get in there and get cleaned up!”
ref: 2010, Lerato Mulvaney, Lads:
glosses: A term of abuse.
Related terms: poophead
poopoohead
poopyhead
pooheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poohead
pooface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poofaces
form: poohface
Etymology: From poo + face.
Senses: examples: text: He could talk about racist taunts at school, him being called 'pooface'.
ref: 2004, Denis Christopher Flynn, Severe Emotional Disturbance in Children and Adolescents:
text: “Is pooface there too?”
“What's a pooface?”
“I said princess,” I said, quickly recovering. “We have a bad connection.”
ref: 2015, Chloe Blaque, Doing London:
glosses: A term of abuse.
Related terms: poopface
poopooface
poopyface
poofaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pooface
monkey block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkey blocks
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A small single block strapped with a swivel.
Spanish cress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A kind of peppergrass found in Spain (Lepidium cardamines).
Spanish brown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spanish browns
Senses: glosses: A kind of earth used in painting, having a dark reddish-brown colour due to the presence of sesquioxide of iron.
suit and service
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: suit service
qualifier: feudal law
glosses: The duty of feudatories to attend the courts of their lords or superiors in time of peace, and in war to follow them and complete military service.
sword bayonet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sword bayonets
Senses: glosses: A bayonet that is shaped somewhat like a sword, and can be used as one.
sword mat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sword mats
Etymology: So called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A mat closely woven of yarns.
blue light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue lights
Senses: examples: text: Blue lights, or blue fire, is a preparation in which zinc and sulphur, or sulphur alone, are used. The particular colour is communicated by the zinc and sulphur.
ref: 1828, Samuel Frederick Gray, The Operative Chemist, page 499:
text: The blue-light, which, at its first flashing over the ocean, had made the very stars pale their lustre, and lighted up with ghastly radiance the enormous vault of heaven, was now only a point […].
ref: 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of his Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 57:
text: When the 'Canandaigua' got astern, and was lying athwart, of the 'Housatonic,' about four ship lengths off, while I was in the fore rigging, I saw a blue light on the water just ahead of the 'Canandaigua,' and on the starboard quarter of the 'Housatonic.'
ref: 2015, Mark K. Ragan, quoting Robert Fleming, Proceedings of a Naval Court of Inquiry into the Sinking of the Housatonic, 1864, quoted in Confederate Saboteurs, Texas A&M University Press, →ISBN, page 98:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A mixture of chemicals (including nitre, sulfur and antimony) used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries for night-time signaling and general illumination.
examples: text: The “Blue-Light Elder” knows ’em well; / Says he, “That’s Banks — he’s fond of shell; / Lord save his soul! We’ll give him” — well, / that’s “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.”
ref: 1862, John Williamson Palmer, Stonewall Jackson's Way
glosses: A New England federalist, who opposed the Anglo-American War of 1812; (loosely), a federalist.
examples: text: Blue-light escorts were provided where possible to get engineers to the stranded GTR trains to reset the software.
ref: 2019 October, Roger Ford, “Power failure highlights specification confusion”, in Modern Railways, page 26:
glosses: A flashing light, usually fitted to an emergency vehicle.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue, light.
Synonyms: sense: chemicals
word: Bengal fire
sense: chemicals
word: Bengal light
sense: flashing lights
word: cherry light
sense: flashing lights
word: lightbar
Hypernyms: light
Derived terms: blue light bandit
blue light
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blue lights
form: blue lighting
form: blue lighted
form: blue lighted
form: blue lit
form: blue lit
Senses: examples: text: When we weren't blue lighting, we had to obey the 30 mph limit, but out of town we had a training exemption from any speed regulations and were encouraged to push the car to its limits... and we did.
ref: 2011, John Donoghue, Police, Crime & 999, Troubador Publishing, →ISBN:
text: They jumped into his cruiser and blue-lighted it to Boston Medical Center at eighty miles per hour.
ref: 2012, Jon Mukand, The Man with the Bionic Brain, Chicago Review Press, →ISBN:
text: Roger that. Feds and green army are blue lighting to you.
ref: 2014, James Rennie, The Operators, Pen and Sword, →ISBN:
glosses: To travel quickly in a police or ambulance vehicle with the lightbar (and possibly the siren) activated.
Hypernyms: move quickly
hunting leopard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hunting leopards
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cheetah.
synonyms: word: cheetah
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hunt, leopard.
tin liquor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: stannous chloride, used as a mordant in dyeing and calico printing
Synonyms: tin mordant
worm oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An anthelmintic consisting of oil obtained from the seeds of Dysphania anthelmintica (syn. Chenopodium anthelminticum.
prairie wolf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prairie wolves
Senses: glosses: coyote
zebra wolf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zebra wolves
Senses: glosses: thylacine (†Thylacinus cynocephalus)
playscheme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: playschemes
Etymology: From play + scheme.
Senses: examples: text: Many children of working parents are cared for in the school holidays by playschemes run by the local authority, private establishments or Social Services. These provide various activities including sport, art and craft and outings to interesting places.
ref: 2000, Christine Hobart, Jill Frankel, Foundations in Caring for Children, page 193:
glosses: A scheme offering recreational activities for children.
playschemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playscheme
pollenizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pollenizers
form: polleniser
form: polliniser
form: pollinizer
Etymology: From pollenize + -er.
Senses: glosses: A plant that provides pollen.
polleniser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pollenisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pollenizer.
pollinizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pollinizers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pollenizer.
pollenisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polleniser
pollinizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pollinizer
pollinisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polliniser
pollenizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pollenizer
male rhyme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: male rhymes
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: A rhyme in which only the last syllable agrees, as in "laid", "afraid", "dismayed".
Coordinate terms: female rhyme
slow lemur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slow lemurs
Senses: glosses: slow loris
slow loris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slow lorises
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of strepsirrhine primates which make up the genus Nycticebus, with a round head, narrow snout, large eyes, and a toxic bite.
plate paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plate papers
Senses: examples: text: The most artistic method of mounting on card or paper is to mount on plain white plate paper, with the plate - mark sunk in , as in the case of engravings
ref: 1802, William Henry Burbank, Photographic Printing Methods:
glosses: A heavy spongy paper, for printing from engraved plates.
rim jobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rim job
crapstorms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crapstorm
Molucca palm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Molucca palms
Senses: glosses: The nipa palm (Nypa fruticans)
Synonyms: mangrove palm
Related terms: taxonomic: Moluccella laevis
word: Molucca balm
palm cabbage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palm cabbages
Senses: glosses: The terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as food.
brunneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʌ.nɪ.əs/
Forms: form: more brunneous
form: most brunneous
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin brunneus (“brown”), derived from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (“brown”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: brunnescent
glosses: Of a dark brown colour.
Derived terms: rufobrunneous
Related terms: brown
burnish
rufobrunneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rufobrunneous
form: most rufobrunneous
Etymology: From rufo- + brunneous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of a dark reddish-brown colour.
azuline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A striking blue dye derived from carbolic acid or rosolic acid.
the lights are on, but nobody's home
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Somebody is conscious or paying attention, but failing to understand.
serenadings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serenading
Scientologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Scientologically
form: most Scientologically
Etymology: From Scientological + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: This notion of Hubbard is the reason for the gratitude Scientologists feel for Scientology's founder and originator—or, to put it Scientologically, the Source.
ref: 2009, James R. Lewis, Scientology, page 112:
text: Evangelists often encourage us to take an experimental attitude to their product by, for example, promising that “getting right with Jesus” will improve our marriages or that becoming Scientologically “clear” will have greater benefits for our mental health than buying sessions of secular psychotherapy.
ref: 2010, Rachel M. McCleary, The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Religion, page 294:
glosses: In a Scientological manner; in terms of Scientology.
dry bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Some specimens resemble dried bone.
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: smithsonite
Related terms: dry bones
woolly rhinoceros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An extinct rhinoceros (†Coelodonta antiquitatis), common throughout Europe and northern Asia during the Pleistocene epoch.
robber crab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: robber crabs
Senses: glosses: A coconut crab (Birgus latro).
starting bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starting bars
Senses: glosses: A handlever for working the valves when starting a steam engine.
departure lounge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: departure lounges
Senses: glosses: A waiting room at an airport for those who are due to depart on a flight.
pearl eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: cataract of the eye
longheadedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From longheaded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being longheaded.
-stat
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /stat/
ipa: /stæt/
Etymology: The terminal element in certain names of scientific instruments, employed on the analogy of early coinages from other languages, namely heliostat (from the New Latin hēliostata, itself apparently representing an assumed Ancient Greek etymon of the form *ἡλιοστάτης (hēliostátēs), from ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) + -στατης (-statēs), the latter an agent-nominal suffix from the aorist active participial stem (the στα- (sta-) root) of ἵστημι (hístēmi, “I cause to stand”, “I set”)), siderostat (from the Latin sīdus, star + the Ancient Greek -στατης (-statēs)), and aerostat (from the French aérostat, itself a back-formation from aérostatique (formed after hydrostatique), formed on the analogy of héliostat); later coinages have been formed on the analogy of heliostat, apparently with some reference to the Ancient Greek στατός (statós, “standing”, “stationary”). See also clinostat, hydrostat, and thermostat.
Senses: glosses: forming nouns naming scientific instruments that act to render the prefixed element stationary or static in some respect
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of enzyme inhibitors.
autoconfirm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: autoconfirms
form: autoconfirming
form: autoconfirmed
form: autoconfirmed
Etymology: From auto- + confirm.
Senses: glosses: To automatically confirm.
Derived terms: autoconfirmation
autoconfirmed
autoconfirms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of autoconfirm
autoconfirming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of autoconfirm
autoconfirmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From auto- + confirmed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of autoconfirm
autoconfirmed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + confirmed.
Senses: examples: text: As of 2013, there are approximately 1.2 million autoconfirmed users on English Wikipedia, although the vast majority are not currently active.
glosses: Automatically confirmed.
Related terms: autoconfirm
autoconfirmation
picking up what someone is putting down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pick up what someone is putting down
too many balls in the air
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: An allusion to the situation of a juggler who is attempting to juggle an excessive number of objects.
Senses: examples: text: [Prime Minister] Harold Macmillan frequently complained of having to keep too many balls in the air at the same time.
ref: 1989 July 27, Ian Gilmour, "Holding all the strings" (review of Macmillan, Vol. II by Alistair Horne), London Review of Books (UK) (retrieved 25 May 2014)
text: Some analysts say the mediocre performance of the asset-allocation funds may result from the massive amounts of data their managers must sort through: central bank policies, business cycles, stock values, inflation rates and sector performance in various markets, both here and abroad. They may simply have "too many balls in the air at one time," said Anthony J. Ogorek.
ref: 1991 June 23, Carole Gould, “Mutual Funds: Drawbacks to Asset Allocation”, in New York Times, retrieved 25 May 2014:
text: If you get too many balls in the air, or are changing your focus too often, as one might argue President Clinton did in his first term, people have a hard time staying with you, much less following your leadership.
ref: 2004 October 7, Anthony B. Robinson, “Bush message is a broken record”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 25 May 2014:
text: "He has too many balls in the air. He can't stay on top of initiatives from people who report to him. He's a terrible manager."
ref: 2005 May 18, Liz Ryan, “No Sale? Don't Blame Your Boss”, in Businessweek, retrieved 25 May 2014:
synonyms: irons in the fire
on one's plate
glosses: Too many tasks, responsibilities, or details to cope with or manage successfully.
Related terms: spin plates
wear too many hats
gerontechnology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gerontechnologies
Etymology: Blend of gerontology + technology.
Senses: glosses: An interdisciplinary academic and professional field combining gerontology and technology.
glosses: A piece of technology designed to help older people.
geropsychology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gero- + psychology.
Senses: glosses: A branch of psychology that focuses on elderly people.
ctrl.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ctrl
form: Ctrl
form: CTRL
form: Ctrl.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of control.
CTRL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ctrl. Abbreviation of control.
ctrl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ctrl. Abbreviation of control.
Derived terms: ctrl-c
ctrl-v
Ctrl.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of control.
Lunn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /lʌn/
Senses: glosses: A surname.
ERS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ERSes
Senses: examples: text: The ERS can generate an extra 160hp for around half a minute per lap.
ref: 2024 April 3, Joe Holding, Rebecca Braybrook, “What do DRS, black and white flag, porpoising and more mean? F1 terms explained”, in Autosport:
topics: automotive
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
transport
vehicles
glosses: Acronym of energy recovery system, an electric generation, storage, and propulsion system used in Formula One, which generates electricity by scavenging excess power and energy, stores energy in batteries, and boosts acceleration with electric motors assisting the gasoline engine.
Coordinate terms: MGU-H
MGU-K
MGU
Related terms: KERS
sarcasm-impaired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sarcasm-impaired
form: most sarcasm-impaired
Senses: glosses: Unable or deficient in recognising or understanding sarcasm.
indeffed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: indef'd
form: indef'ed
Etymology: Shortened from indefinite (block) + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Someone else may want to consider whether the AFDs should be closed as initiated disruptively by a sock of an indeffed user.
taxonomic: Wikimedia jargon
glosses: Used to describe a user, account, or IP address that is indefinitely blocked or banned from editing or other actions.
Related terms: indef-blocked
indef-banned
permabanned
indeffed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: indef'd
form: indef'ed
Etymology: Shortened from indefinite (block) + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of indef
bottom fishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottom-fishing
Senses: glosses: Fishing with bait, lines, and other gear used to catch aquatic creatures which inhabit the lowest regions of a body of water, including a seabed or riverbed.
examples: text: So should you put a few bucks into commodities while they're dirt cheap? . . . Because of their low correlations with stocks and bonds, you may want to consider bottom-fishing in futures now, either to speculate on an upswing or insulate the rest of your portfolio against any downturns.
ref: 1998 June 7, Amy Dunkin, “Commodities Are Cheap. Time To Leap?”, in Businessweek, retrieved 26 May 2014:
text: Bottom fishing for bargains in the stocks of distressed companies is a surprisingly popular sport.
ref: 2003 July 6, Sharon Epperson, “Beware the Bargains”, in Time, retrieved 26 May 2014:
text: “Bottom fishing during and after financial crises is nothing new,” says Jerry Haar, a professor at the business school of Florida International University.
ref: 2011 September 15, Roben Farzad, “Angola and Brazil Are Buying Portuguese Companies”, in Businessweek, retrieved 26 May 2014:
text: But the activity was concentrated to a few days with active traders swooping in when the stock hit its 52-week low, leading to speculation the investors were largely bottom fishing.
ref: 2013 December 3, Samantha Sharf, “JC Penney Sales Swell In November, But Holiday Profits Will Be Stiffer Test”, in Forbes, retrieved 26 May 2014:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Buying, or seeking opportunities to buy, investment securities or other valuable properties at a time when markets are depressed and prices are low.
Related terms: bottom feeding
bottom-fishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bottom fishing.
sedenion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sedenions
Etymology: Blend of Latin sēdecim (“sixteen”) + quaternion.
Senses: examples: text: According to the logic of doubling the dimensions on which Cayley–Dickson algebra is built, after quaternions the so-called 8D octonions (#92;mathbbO—Octonions) can be obtained, followed by 16D sedenions, 32D pathions, 64D chingons, 128D routons, and 256D voudons.
ref: 2022, Zlatka Valkova-Jarvis, Vladimir Poulkov, Viktor Stoynov, Dimitriya Mihaylova, Georgi Iliev, “A Method for the Design of Bicomplex Orthogonal DSP Algorithms for Applications in Intelligent Radio Access Networks”, in Symmetry, volume 14, number 3, MDPI AG, →DOI, →ISSN:
text: There is no theoretical limit to multispace dimensional numbering as there are definitions for octonion (8D), sedenion (16D), pathion (32D), chingon (64D), routon (128D), and voudon (256D) numbered space.
ref: 2023, Melanie Swan, Renato P. dos Santos, “Quantum Intelligence: Responsible Human-AI Entities”, in AAAI 2023 Spring Symposia, Socially Responsible AI for Wellbeing, March 27–29, 2023, USA, CEUR Workshop Proceedings, →DOI:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A 16-dimensional nonalternative extension of an octonion with one real part and 15 imaginary parts, each a real multiple of a distinct, independent square root of −1.
Synonyms: hexadecanion
Hypernyms: hypercomplex number
Derived terms: sedenionic
Related terms: quaternion
octonion
trigintaduonion
indef'd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of indeffed.
indef'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of indeffed.
indefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indef
indefs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of indef
indeffing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of indef
hemostasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hemostasis.
synonyms: word: hemostasis
fuckas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fucka
up sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌp ˈstɪks/
Forms: form: ups sticks
form: upping sticks
form: upped sticks
form: upped sticks
form: up stick
Etymology: up + sticks, plural of stick (“a mast or part of a mast of a ship; a yard”).
Senses: topics: nautical
sailing
transport
glosses: To put up the mast of a ship in preparation for sailing.
examples: text: Both of these conquered more and more of India, till at length the Rajput city of Delhi was captured, and then the disgusted Rajputs ‘upped sticks’ and fled before Islam and the Turk, and finally settled amid the inaccessible mountains and jungles and occasional fertile valleys of what is known as Rajputana or Rajasthan.
ref: 1934, George Fletcher MacMunn, The Living India: Its Romance and Realities, London: George Bell & Sons, →OCLC, page 17:
text: If a doctor had to do an operation in a sailing ship, you upped sticks and went before the wind, he said.
ref: 1945, James Lansdale Hodson, The Sea and the Land: Being some Account of Journeys, Meetings, and What Was Said to Me in Britain, France, Italy, Germany and Holland between March 1943 and May 1945, London: Victor Gollancz, →OCLC, page 24:
text: Once she starts playing that infernal instrument all hours of the day and night, she can think of nothing else and sooner or later she ups sticks and is gone.
ref: 2012, Jane Rusbridge, Rook, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 154:
text: For such a strategy to work we needed thousands of contractors to up sticks and leave and I never thought that was going to happen.
ref: 2012 November 2, Philip Ross, Freedom to Freelance: Beginning the Fight against IR35, 3rd edition, [Raleigh, N.C.]: Lulu, →ISBN, page 158:
text: There are too many examples of successful entrepreneurs who have upped sticks and gone elsewhere.
ref: 2013 February 2, “If in doubt, innovate”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2016:
text: For Paddy Groggy, upping sticks and moving elsewhere wasn't a viable option at this stage in his life.
ref: 2014, William Forde, “Author's Foreword”, in The Life and Times of Joe Walsh (Tales from Portlaw; 8), [s.l.]: William Forde, published July 2016, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: To prepare to move; to pack up; to go and live in a different place.
Related terms: pull up stakes
wave pool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wave pools
Senses: glosses: A swimming pool in which there are artificially generated, reasonably large waves, similar to the ocean's.
wave pools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wave pool
significant wave height
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: significant wave heights
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
qualifier: oceanographics
glosses: A standardized measure of trough-to-crest wave height calculated for the needs of seafarers; exact mathematical definition has varied over time and currently it is defined as four times the standard deviation of the surface elevation.
certainity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: Indic
ipa: /ˈsɜ(r)ʈɪnɪʈi/
note: Indic
ipa: /sə(r)ˈtɛjnɪʈi/
Forms: form: certainities
Etymology: From certain + -ity.
Senses: antonyms: uncertainity
glosses: Synonym of certainty.
synonyms: word: certainty
uncertainity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: Indic
ipa: /ənˈsɜ(r)ʈɪnɪʈi/
note: Indic
ipa: /ənsə(r)ˈʈɛjnɪʈi/
Forms: form: uncertainities
Etymology: From un- + certain + -ity.
Senses: antonyms: certainity
glosses: Synonym of uncertainty.
synonyms: word: uncertainty
chester drawers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chester drawers
form: chester draws
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chest of drawers.
roval
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rovals
Etymology: Blend of road + oval
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: A motor racecourse composed of a road course section and a portion of a banked oval track.
rovals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roval
Joo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Joos
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 주 (ju).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Korean.
Joo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Joos
form: Jooz
Senses: examples: text: FOAD you dirty joo. The fiction is that you jooz have a right to squat in PALESTINE.
ref: 2006 April 7, Defendario, “Appeal For Palestine”, in soc.culture.israel (Usenet):
text: why do you Joos attempt to turn every discussion to their opponents' sexuality ? is it because yours is so repressed ?
ref: 2007 December 30, Jasper PNL Mfrg LLCC, “Why be Jewish?”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet):
text: The media's narrative of this of course is the awful white man with the innocent noble peaceful joo.
ref: 2009 November 6, trav...@aol.com, “Re: One Man Jihad at Fort Hood?”, in misc.legal (Usenet):
text: I think "D.Ray/JohnN/loosecannon" sees Joos everywhere. Look out, Iben, they're under your bed!
ref: 2023 February 21, jdyoung, “Jewish Corruption in Ukraine”, in alt.politics.republicans (Usenet):
glosses: Deliberate misspelling of Jew.
Derived terms: Jooish
antitaurine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + taurine.
Senses: examples: an antitaurine antibody
glosses: Inhibiting or counteracting taurine
glosses: anti-bullfighting
aqueous solubility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aqueous solubilities
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: equilibrium partitioning of a compound between its pure phase and water
odorometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: odorometers
Etymology: From Latin odor + -meter.
Senses: examples: text: Most of the odorometers now in use have been designed so that measured quantities of odorized gas are mixed with air furnished by an electrically driven blower.
ref: 1954, Proceedings - American Gas Association, volume 36, page 717:
text: The types of detectors of importance are the odorometer, titrators, and the odotron.
ref: 1985, United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Special Programs Administration, Guidance manual for operators of small gas systems, page 192:
text: On the quiet side, sanitation engineers like Gordon Fair tremendously improved both the testing and treatment of wastewater, bringing in chlorination, increasing aeration, and even introducing odorometers (not to be confused with odometers).
ref: 1992, Tony Stankus, Making Sense of Journals in the Life Sciences, page 201:
glosses: A device used to measure the intensity of a smell
Related terms: odorometric
bagism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bag + -ism, introduced by John Lennon and Yoko Ono as part of their peace campaign in the late 1960s.
Senses: glosses: The practice of wearing a bag over one's body so as to conceal one's physical attributes and force listeners to focus on one's message instead.
wikipedia: John Lennon
Yoko Ono
counterculturist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterculturists
Etymology: From counterculture + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: A minority of counterculturists, however, resisted free choice.
ref: 1991, Timothy Miller, The hippies and American values, University of Tennessee Press, →ISBN, page 65:
glosses: Synonym of counterculturalist.
synonyms: word: counterculturalist
counterculturists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterculturist
counterculturism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From counterculture + -ism.
Senses: glosses: counterculturalism
neurogenetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From neurogenetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of neurogenetics.
electrosleep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + sleep.
Senses: glosses: sleep induced by cranial electrotherapy stimulation
Related terms: electroanesthesia
electronarcosis
electroanesthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: electroanaesthetic
form: electroanæsthetic
Etymology: From electro- + anesthetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to electroanesthesia.
neuroelectric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + electric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to electrical signals in the brain.
Kiwiana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑːnə
Etymology: From Kiwi + -ana.
Senses: glosses: Cultural items and icons representing New Zealand.
unupset
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unupset
form: most unupset
Etymology: From un- + upset.
Senses: glosses: Not upset.
unupsettable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unupsettable
form: most unupsettable
Etymology: From un- + upsettable.
Senses: glosses: Not upsettable.
supertypical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supertypical
form: most supertypical
Etymology: From super- + typical.
Senses: glosses: Very typical.
glosses: Relating to a supertype.
Sorry Day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sorry Days
Senses: glosses: An annual event held in Australia on 26 May, since 1997, to commemorate the mistreatment of the continent's indigenous population.
blue-capped ifrit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue-capped ifrits
Senses: glosses: Any of species Ifrita kowaldi of a small insectivorous passerine bird endemic to the rainforests of New Guinea. It has yellowish-brown plumage with a blue and black crown.
electroneuroprosthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + neuroprosthetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to electroneuroprosthesis.
electroanesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electroanaesthesia
form: electroanæsthesia
Etymology: From electro- + anesthesia.
Senses: glosses: anesthesia induced by cranial electrotherapy stimulation
Related terms: electroanesthetic
electronarcosis
electrosleep
electronarcotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + narcotic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to electronarcosis.
unresealable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + resealable.
Senses: glosses: Not resealable.
unresaleable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + resaleable.
Senses: glosses: Not resaleable.
nonresaleable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + resaleable.
Senses: glosses: Not resaleable.
resaleable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of resalable.
nonresalable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + resalable.
Senses: glosses: Not resalable.
unresalable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + resalable.
Senses: glosses: Not resalable.
nootkatone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnuːtkətəʊn/
Forms: form: nootkatones
Etymology: Nootka (cypress) + ketone
Senses: examples: text: A series of taste tests compared natural nootkatone with 2 synthetic nootkatones, one more highly purified than the other.
ref: 1967, Canning Trade, Volume 89, Issue 1 − Volume 90, Issue 26, page 458:
text: Significant differences, both in odor strength and in odor character, have been found between all enantiomeric pairs and are particularly large for the nootkatones.
ref: 1973, Chemoreception Abstracts, volume 1, page 25:
text: One of the main flavor compounds in grapefruit is nootkatone, which is found in the fruit in very small amounts and is hard to extract.
ref: 1999, Joe Schwarcz, Radar, Hula Hoops, and Playful Pigs, unnumbered page:
text: A constituent which corresponded to an unidentified GLC (gas-liquid chromatographic) peak in cold-pressed grapefruit oil was isolated and identified as nootkatone (figure 71).
ref: 1972, Walton B. Sinclair, The Grapefruit: Its Composition, Physiology, and Products, page 252:
text: The sesquiterpene ketone, nootkatone, which gives the characteristic aroma to grapefruit, has the same skeleton as valencene, the major sesquiterpene of oranges (Macleod, 1965).
ref: 2010, Milind Ladaniya, Citrus Fruit: Biology, Technology and Evaluation, page 176:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An aromatic organic compound that contributes to the smell and flavour of grapefruit, and is both a sesquiterpene and a ketone.
Related terms: nootkatane
nootkatones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nootkatone
antibullfight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antibullfight
form: most antibullfight
Etymology: From anti- + bullfight.
Senses: glosses: Opposing bullfighting.
niigataite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Niigata + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular epidote mineral.
partridge pea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partridge peas
Senses: glosses: Chamaecrista fasciculata, an annual legume with yellow flowers, native to most of the eastern United States.
silk shag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silk shags
Senses: examples: text: Population 5,430 (more like 40,000 today), Andover is "a bustling agricultural town" with "many malt houses, and a factory for silk shag".
ref: 2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 59:
glosses: A coarse, rough-woven silk, like plush, but with a stiffer nap.
fancy fair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fancy fairs
Senses: examples: text: "A fancy fair is a new kind of charity, my lord; or, strictly speaking, a new mode of dispensing it, by employing the wits and fingers of our wives and daughters in making all sorts of fidfads, which turns your house into a Babel, sends your servants to Ackermann's, or the haberdasher's, ten times a day for coloured paper and pasteboard, fancy edgings and colour-boxes, ribbon and velvet, silver edging, beads and braid, card-racks and hand-screens, dolls' heads and purse-clasps—in short, things without end, as I know to my sorrow."
ref: 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 168:
glosses: A fair at which mostly decorative articles are sold, generally for charitable ends.
fancy line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fancy lines
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff; used to haul it down.
Saskatchewanites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Saskatchewanite
fancy roller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fancy rollers
Senses: glosses: A clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth) in front of the doffer in a carding machine.
fancy stock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fancy stocks
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A stock that offers great opportunity for stock gambling, since it has no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in its price are artificial.
goosegrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goosegrass
goosetongue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goosetongues
Etymology: From goose + tongue.
Senses: glosses: Any of several plant species including:
Achillea ptarmica (sneezewort)
glosses: Any of several plant species including:
Galium aparine (cleavers, clivers, catchweed, sticky willy)
glosses: Any of several plant species including:
Melissa officinalis (lemon balm)
glosses: Any of several plant species including:
Plantago maritima (sea plantain, seaside plantain)
goosetongues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goosetongue
mill pick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mill picks
Senses: glosses: A pick for dressing millstones.
incensole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From incense + -ole?
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A substance obtained from the bark of Boswellia dalzielii.
mill tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mill tails
Senses: examples: text: In chalk streams the largest fish are found oftener in the mill-heads than in the mill tails.
ref: 1858, Charles Kingsley, “Chalk Stream Studies”, in Fraser's Magazine:
glosses: The water that flows from a millwheel after turning it, or the channel in which the water flows.
mill head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mill heads
Senses: examples: text: The smooth mill-head was alive with rising trout
ref: 1848, [Charles Kingsley], Yeast: A Problem. […], London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], published 1851, →OCLC:
glosses: The head of water employed to turn a millwheel.
run to seed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs to seed
form: running to seed
form: ran to seed
form: run to seed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of go to seed.
bee moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bee moths
Senses: glosses: Aphomia sociella.
glosses: Any wax moth.
glosses: Any yellow and black hawk moth, especially genus Hemaris, that resembles a bumblebee, a bumblebee moth.
flying shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flying shots
Senses: glosses: A shot fired at a moving object, such as a bird on the wing.
unconfessable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + confessable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be confessed.
king-at-arms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kings-at-arms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of king-of-arms.
quinnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quinnat.
crest tile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crest tiles
Senses: glosses: A tile made to cover the ridge of a roof, fitting upon it like a saddle.
interior crest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interior crests
Senses: topics: fortifications
government
military
politics
war
glosses: The highest line of the parapet.
GTi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GTis
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of Grand Tourer Injection.
single handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of single-handed.
rose nail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rose nails
Senses: glosses: A nail with a convex, faceted head.
rose madder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rose madders
Senses: glosses: A rich tint prepared from lac and madder precipitated on an earthy base.
Synonyms: rose lake
rose rash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: roseola
wine fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wine flies
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Piophila of small two-winged flies.
fairy stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fairy stones
Senses: glosses: An echinite.
Donkey Kong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Donkey Kongs
form: donkey kong
Etymology: Named after the Nintendo video game character Donkey Kong.
Senses: examples: text: Let's get one thing straight, donkey kongs--I SERVE *NO ONE* BUT MYSELF, AT *ALL* TIMES, […]
ref: 1995 August 8, Zoogz Rift [username], “I'm not on this planet to serve YOU, ASSHOLES”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):
text: HEY DONKEY KONGS!
IF YOU RACIST SAY THAT THE "TAMILS CURSE IS HAUNTING SL CRICKET" […]
ref: 1996 January 26, P. DE SILVA, “Re: IS TAMILS CURSE HAUNTING SL CRICKET TEAM?!”, in soc.culture.sri-lanka (Usenet):
text: Well, if the retarded islamic DONKEY KONGS without any question, believe that HEAVEN awaits these dog shit heads after committing atrocity against humanity - both islamic and non-islamic, karmic reality is a better alternative.
ref: 1998 November 3, PAKI BASH [username], “Re: Too hot for Hindu Hoodlums?”, in soc.culture.indian (Usenet):
glosses: An uncivilized or ill-mannered person; a boor.
examples: text: God knows what will happen if she barges in unannounced and finds Howard playing with his Donkey Kong.
ref: 1994, Bruce Palmer, The Karma Charmer, Harmony Books, →ISBN, page 96:
text: Attacking Zman for being here means you suck big black Donkey Kongs!
ref: 2006 December 20, Rev. 11D Meow! [username], “Re: Fuck It”, in alt.support.depression.manic (Usenet):
text: It's kind of disturbing the number of ugly people having sex on cam and slapping it on the internet. If they can show off their flab and small donkey kongs to millions of strangers she can at least get naked for a video to be enjoyed as a couple.
ref: 2011, Chris Illuminati, A**holeology: The Cheat Sheet, F+W Media, →ISBN, page 109:
glosses: A penis.
Synonyms: sense: penis
word: penis
Derived terms: on like Donkey Kong
fairy martin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fairy martins
Senses: glosses: Petrochelidon ariel, an Australian bird of the swallow family.
Donkey Kongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Donkey Kong
journalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of journalize
journalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of journalize
journalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of journalize