cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
thankefulnesse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I could not finde any man for whose name this booke was more agreable for hope [of] protection, more mete for submission to iudgement, nor more due for respect of worthynesse of your part and thankefulnesse of my husbandes and myne.
ref: 1570, Margaret Ascham, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, foreword:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of thankfulness.
receyve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: receyves
form: receyving
form: receyved
form: receyved
Senses: examples: text: ...and that the world should owe thanke therof to you, to whom my husband the authour of it was for good receyued of you, most dutiefully bounden.
ref: 1570, Margaret Ascham, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, foreword:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of receive.
receyves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of receyve
receyving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of receyve
receyved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of receyve
dutiefully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dutiefully
form: most dutiefully
Senses: examples: text: ...and that the world should owe thanke therof to you, to whom my husband the authour of it was for good receyued of you, most dutiefully bounden.
ref: 1570, Margaret Ascham, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, foreword:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of dutifully.
thankefull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thankefull
form: most thankefull
Senses: examples: text: And so besechyng you, to take on you the defense of this booke, to auaunce the good that may come of it by your allowance and furtherance to publike vse and benefite, and to accept the thankefull recognition of me and my poore children...
ref: 1570, Margaret Ascham, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, foreword:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of thankful.
Windsore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: When the great plage was at London, the yeare 1563. the Quenes Maiestie Queene Elizabeth, lay at her Castle of Windsore..
ref: 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of Windsor.
exchecker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: excheckers
Senses: examples: text: ...there dined togither these personages, M. Secretarie him selfe, Syr William Peter, Syr J. Mason, D. Wotton, Syr Richard Sackuille Treasurer of the Exchecker, Syr Walter Mildmaye Chauncellor of the Exchecker...
ref: 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of exchequer.
privie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more privie
form: most privie
Senses: examples: text: Of which number, the most part were of hir Maiesties most honourable priuie Counsell, and the reast seruing hir in verie good place.
ref: 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of privy.
weightie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more weightie
form: most weightie
Senses: examples: text: M. Secretarie hath this accustomed maner, though his head be neuer so full of most weightie affaires of the Realme, yet, at diner time he doth seeme to lay them alwaies aside
ref: 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of weighty.
taulke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: taulkes
form: taulking
form: taulked
form: taulked
Senses: examples: text: ...and findeth euer fitte occasion to taulke pleasantlie of other matters, but most gladlie of some matter of learning: wherein, he will curteslie heare the minde of the meanest at his Table.
ref: 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of talk.
taulkes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of taulke
taulking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of taulke
taulked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of taulke
scholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schole
punishe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: punishes
form: punishing
form: punished
form: punished
Senses: examples: text: Who many times, punishe rather, the weakenes of nature, than the fault of the Scholer.
ref: 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of punish.
weakenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Who many times, punishe rather, the weakenes of nature, than the fault of the Scholer.
ref: 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of weakness.
scholehouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scholehouses
Senses: examples: text: M. Wotton, a man milde of nature, with soft voice, and fewe wordes, inclined to M. Secretaries iudgement, and said, in mine opinion, the Scholehouse should be in deede, as it is called by name, the house of playe and pleasure, and not of feare and bondage: and as I do remember, so saith Socrates in one place of Plato.
ref: 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of schoolhouse.
scholehouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scholehouse
marvell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marvells
Senses: examples: text: And therefore, if a Rodde carie the feare of a Sworde, it is no maruell, if those that be fearefull of nature, chose rather to forsake the Plaie, than to stand alwaies within the feare of a Sworde in a fonde mans handling.
ref: 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of marvel.
marvells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marvell
war hero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: war heroes
form: war-hero
form: warhero
Senses: examples: text: For one, at a very young age he became a war hero who had slain a giant.
ref: 2004, Amie Dockery, Designing Your Dream Husband:
text: George went off to fight Nazis, later was described as a war hero.
ref: 2010, Alan Allen, Ronald Reagan & the Evil Empire:
text: He apparently found in Rommel a German war hero who shared his doubts and uncertainties.
ref: 2013, David T Zabecki, Chief of Staff, Vol. 2:
text: Kennedy's presidency is examined for the way it reinforced ideas about him that had come to the fore before he became chief executive: his use of the White House to showcase the arts, thereby strengthening his image as a man of letters and cultural refinement; the enhancing of his war-hero status with the release of the Hollywood film PT-109; the continued eroticization of his image through his public links with Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly and Anita Ekberg; and the prominence of his wife, siblings, children and parents in reinforcing the image of JFK as a symbol of the family.
ref: 2013, Mark White, “Apparent Perfection: The Image of John F. Kennedy”, in History, volume 98, number 2, page 226:
glosses: Someone who commits an act of heroism in a combat setting.
Related terms: war veteran
war-hero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: war-heroes
Senses: examples: text: But Francis was not interested in his friend's experiences. For Francis had had a job in the War Office—whereas Angus was a war-hero with shattered nerves.
ref: 1922, D. H. Lawrence, Aaron's Rod:
text: Remember that good looking guy I showed you in the magazine that was a war-hero and now he's an actor?
ref: 2006, Vicki Renfroe, Hearts of the Children:
text: The war-hero knew the sound.
ref: 2011, Ralph Thorpe, The Gospel of the King of the Jews:
text: When the maverick patrician and war-hero Marcus Manlius Capitolinus championed the popular cause, paying off the private debts of many plebeians from his own resources and promising a general redress of grievances, he was met by a conservative counter-attack led by another war-hero, Marcus Furius Camillus, the man now acclaimed as 'the second founder of Rome' for his role in the city's recovery after the Gallic invasion.
ref: 2013, Neil Faulkner, Rome: Empire of the Eagles, 753 BC – AD 476:
glosses: Alternative form of war hero.
qabab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qababs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kebab.
do you need to use the bathroom
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used to ask if one's interlocutor needs to urinate or defecate.
Synonyms: do you need to go to the toilet
do you need to use the toilet
bodywash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bodywashes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of body wash.
fine-looking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: finer-looking
form: finest-looking
Senses: examples: text: At the time I entered the room, a middle-aged fine-looking woman was presenting herself to the general: as he leaned forward to embrace her, she fell at his feet, clasped his knees, and looking up, exclaimed, that she had three sons at his service, who, she hoped, would now become useful members of society, instead of being slaves as heretofore.
ref: 1821, B. Hall, Entry of San Martin into Lima, 12th of July, 1821 (Annual Register 1824), page 185:
text: Among these for a time were the H2 Atlantics, the fine-looking products of the Marsh era, all of which are now withdrawn.
ref: 1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 162:
glosses: Having a fine and pleasing appearance.
Synonyms: good-looking
nice-looking
Cran
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortened form of Cranfield taking all the letters of the first syllable and the first consonant of the second syllable.
Senses: glosses: Cranfield University, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
raw_tags: after a qualification
Oyashio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Oyashio
form: Oya Shio
form: Oya Siwo
form: Oyasiwo
Etymology: Borrowed from the rōmaji transcription of Japanese 親潮 (Oyashio, “Parent Tide”).
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
oceanography
synonyms: Japan Current
Red Current
Red Stream
glosses: The oceanic current forming the swift, warm, northward-flowing western quarter of the North Pacific Gyre.
raw_tags: with "~ Current"
Hyponyms: Tsushima Current
Tsugaru Current
Sōya Current
Oyashio Current
Liman Current
Mechanic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Brewer's theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after computer scientist Eric Brewer.
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A theorem stating that it is impossible for a distributed data store to simultaneously provide more than two of three guarantees: consistency (every read receives the most recent write or an error), availability (every request receives a non-error response, without the guarantee that it contains the most recent write), and partition tolerance (the system continues to operate despite an arbitrary number of messages being dropped or delayed between nodes).
Related terms: CAP
CAPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CAP
kid on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kids on
form: kidding on
form: kidded on
form: kidded on
Senses: examples: text: Are you kidding me on?
glosses: To trick or deceive deliberately; to play a prank on.
examples: text: Boatman says she kidded him on to try a nice big cigar.
ref: 1883, Judy, volumes 32-33, page 59:
glosses: To entice or incite.
multiethnically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more multiethnically
form: most multiethnically
Etymology: From multiethnic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a multiethnic manner.
multiethnicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multiethnicity
nazars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nazar
tool room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tool rooms
Senses: examples: text: Eastleigh Locomotive Works: Layout and functions of shops [...] Tool Room: Manufacture of tools and miscellaneous accurate work.
ref: 1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 162:
glosses: Alternative form of toolroom.
tool rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tool room
provisionalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act or process of provisionalizing.
Jacob's join
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jacob's joins
Senses: glosses: Synonym of faith supper.
synonyms: word: faith supper
Jacob's joins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jacob's join
disordinances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disordinance
photophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + -philia.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A tendency to thrive in bright sunlight.
hyperthermophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being hyperthermophilic.
heliophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From helio- + -philia.
Senses: antonyms: heliophobia#Noun
glosses: The property of an organism being attracted to sunlight or thriving in sunlight.
Related terms: heliocentric
heliocentrism
heliophile
heliophobe
heliotrope
heliotropic
heliotropism
paraheliotropic
paraheliotropism
halophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From halo- + -philia.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The property of an organism thriving in a saline environment.
teschoviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a teschovirus.
deglamorise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deglamorises
form: deglamorising
form: deglamorised
form: deglamorised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of deglamorize.
deglamorised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deglamorise
deglamorises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deglamorise
deglamorising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deglamorise
extremophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From extreme + -o- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: The property of being an extremophile, an organism that thrives in extreme environmental conditions.
dendrophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dendrophilic
form: most dendrophilic
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Thriving in environments that are rich in trees.
cryophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cryo- + -philia.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
synonyms: psychrophilia
glosses: A tendency to thrive at low temperatures.
psychrophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From psychro- + -philia.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
synonyms: cryophilia
glosses: A tendency to thrive at low temperatures.
merier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of merie: more merie
shrewde
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: shrewder
form: shrewdest
Senses: examples: text: M. Mason, after his maner, was verie merie with both parties, pleasantlie playing, both, with the shrewde touches of many courste boyes, and with the small discretion of many leude Scholemasters.
ref: 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of shrewd.
anthophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anthophilic
form: most anthophilic
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Thriving in the presence of flowers.
metrophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metrophiles
Etymology: From metro- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: A person who likes cities.
metrophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metrophobes
Etymology: From metro- + -phobe.
Senses: glosses: A person who dislikes cities.
Related terms: metrophobia
metrophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metrophile
metrophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metrophobe
process theology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: process theologies
Senses: glosses: A kind of theology developed from process philosophy, and according to which it is an essential attribute of God to affect and be affected by temporal processes, rather than being eternal and immutable.
process theologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of process theology
middle-age spread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middle-age spreads
Senses: glosses: Belly fat that develops in middle age.
Related terms: muffin top
middle-age spreads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of middle-age spread
millipoise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millipoises
Etymology: From milli- + poise.
Senses: examples: text: The range of viscosity of ordinary commercial glues is approximately 30 to 165 millipoises.
ref: 1947, United States, GPO-PIA Joint Research Bulletin: bindery series, Government Printing Office, page 20:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A cgs unit of dynamic viscosity, one thousandth of a poise. Symbol: mP
millipoises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millipoise
charged up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of charge up
charging up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of charge up
bugchasing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bug-chasing.
demulsion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demulsions
Senses: examples: text: The only means we possess, if we except opiates, of defending the stomach and intestines against irritation, are, mucilaginous and oily demulsions. The latter seem to be the most effectual, but they are most apt to oppress the stomach.
ref: 1813, Alexander Philips Wilson Philip, A Treatise on Febrile Diseases:
text: Inasmuch as the combination of Prussian blue with water and other analogous mixtures belong neither to the category of true solutions, nor to that of emulsions or demulsions, nor to the mucilages or jellies, […]
ref: 1930, Medical Life, volume 37, page 129:
glosses: Something which has a soothing effect.
Related terms: demulcent
demulsions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demulsion
boiler shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boiler shops
Senses: examples: text: [p162] Eastleigh Locomotive Works: Layout and functions of shops [...] Boiler Shop: Overhaul and testing of boilers, manufacture of light plate details, tender plating.
 [p162] It may seem incongruous that a locomotive works should build landing craft and refuelling barges, but this type of work did not prove so difficult for a well-equipped boiler shop.
 [p163] The boiler shop welders, whose skill is of an extremely high standard, are trained [...] at the welding school close by the laboratory in the main works building.
ref: 1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 162, 163:
glosses: A workshop where steam boilers are constructed, overhauled or repaired.
boiler shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boiler shop
come the old acid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes the old acid
form: coming the old acid
form: came the old acid
form: come the old acid
Senses: glosses: Synonym of come the acid.
synonyms: word: come the acid
Yupiks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Yupik
Yup'iks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Yup'ik
QPRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of QPR
no nos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of no no
rope and choke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rope and chokes
Senses: topics: government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: The measurement of a person's body fat, by means of a measuring tape around parts of the body, to determine whether they meet physical fitness standards for service.
rope and chokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rope and choke
contrarietie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contrarieties
Senses: examples: text: The Cantharides have some part in them, which by a contrarietie of nature serveth as an antidot or counterpoison against their poison[…].
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 5, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete form of contrariety.
transtilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transtillae
Senses: examples: text: The small lobe of the transtillae distinguishes the species from its preceding congeners; the narrow vinculum is also a special feature.
ref: 1973, L. A. Gozmány, L. Vári, The Tineidae of the Ethiopian Region, page 131:
text: The male transtilla and valva are truncated, and the transtilla is as long as the valva (Fig. 71).
ref: 1992, James A. Scott, The Butterflies of North America, page 352:
text: One type is the separated transtilla covered with spines.
ref: 2000, Bulletin of Natural History, number 4, page 49:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A band of connective tissue between and at the base of the valva of some insects.
transtillae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transtilla
webchatted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of webchat
webchatting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of webchat
telemessage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telemessages
Etymology: From tele- + message.
Senses: glosses: A kind of telegram initially sent out electronically and then printed for delivery to the recipient.
telemessaging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + messaging.
Senses: glosses: The use of telemessages.
telemessages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telemessage
angishore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angishores
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of angashore.
angishores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angishore
stagehead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stageheads
Etymology: From stage + head.
Senses: glosses: The end of the stage (floating platform like a wharf) where fishermen unload their catch.
stageheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stagehead
rocketsonde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rocketsondes
Etymology: From rocket + sonde.
Senses: glosses: A sounding rocket carrying a radiosonde for atmospheric observations.
rocketsondes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rocketsonde
panscans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panscan
panning and scanning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pan and scan
pans and scans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pan and scan
panned and scanned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pan and scan
public limited liability companies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of public limited liability company
deaf as a doorknob
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Stone deaf. (unable to hear at all)
two-cylinder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: There are many at Eastleigh who will agree that, although most components of ex-L.S.W. Urie engines are heavier than their modern counterparts, they are at least relatively simple to work on; a week in the oil bath of a Bulleid Pacific has convinced many of the advantages of simple two-cylinder machines!
ref: 1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 162:
glosses: having two cylinders
raw_tags: of an engine
Synonyms: twin-cylinder
microbism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From microbe + -ism.
Senses: glosses: infestation with microbes
mimmation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of stammering in which the /m/ sound is given to various letters.
Related terms: meem
mim
mogiphonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μόγις (mógis, “with toil and pain”) + -phonia.
Senses: glosses: Difficulty in speaking, triggered by the effort of singing or speaking loudly.
Related terms: mogigraphia
mollin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin mollis (“soft”); perhaps originally a trade name.
Senses: glosses: A soft soap of potassium hydroxide and coconut oil, used as a basis for ointments.
monardin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From monarda + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A stearopten obtained from monarda oil, isomeric with thymol.
monorchis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monorchides
Senses: examples: text: A preparation from a monorchis, or the testis (from a boy of ten years of age), not yet descended from the cavity of the abdomen into the scrotum.
ref: 1828, Joshua Brookes, Brookesian Museum:
text: Palletta examined the body of a man aged about fifty, who was supposed to be a monorchis. The spermatic vessels on the left side, as they approached the pelvis, gradually disappeared, a white transparent process alone remaining […]
ref: 1843, Thomas Blizard Curling, Paul Beck Goddard, A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Testis, page 103:
text: Monorchides, as they are called, have been known to be prolific.
ref: 1873, Alfred Swaine Taylor, The Principles and Practice of Medical Jurisprudence:
text: Monorchides, or persons possessing only one testicle, are now excluded even from the doubtful causes of impotence […]
ref: 1878, Francis Ogston, Lectures on medical jurisprudence, page 180:
text: I myself knew a civil official in Europe, a monorchis with large penis, who was very vigorous in sexualibus until advanced age, and late in life begat two boys, the younger of whom is also a monorchis. […] In many places the popular belief accredits such monorchids with possessing extraordinary power.
ref: 1901, Victor G. Vecki, The Pathology and Treatment of Sexual Impotence:
text: The same practices are recorded in the case of Tamerlane, the Asiatic conqueror, who was also a monorchis.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 45:
glosses: A person with only one testicle.
Brookesian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Brookesian
form: most Brookesian
Etymology: From Brookes + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Joshua Brookes (1761–1833), British anatomist and naturalist, or the museum of anatomy that he founded.
Brookes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Brookesian
morphina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of morphine.
morphin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morphins
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of morphine.
myosinogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myosinogens
Etymology: From myosin + -o- + -gen.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A globulin, one of the two principal proteins of muscle tissue, from which the myosin formed during rigor mortis is derived.
myosinogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myosinogen
Taps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Disputed.
Senses: glosses: A bugle call played by the United States Armed Forces at dusk, during flag ceremonies, and at military funerals.
Coordinate terms: sense: song
word: last post
ramicauls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ramicaul
multiplicative numeral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiplicative numerals
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of multiplicative number.
synonyms: word: multiplicative number
toilet-trains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of toilet-train
toilet-training
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of toilet-train
toilet-trained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of toilet-train
toilet-trained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Able to use a children's potty or a full-sized toilet, having been through toilet training.
toilet trainings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toilet training
heart murmur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heart murmurs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A sound produced when blood is pumped across a heart valve, loud enough to be heard with a stethoscope and often (but not necessarily) indicative of a physiological defect in the heart.
heart murmurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heart murmur
fulness of time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪm
Senses: examples: text: One of these gaps in Mrs. Assingham's completeness was her want of children; the other was her want of wealth. It was wonderful how little either, in the fulness of time, came to show; [...]
ref: 1904 November 10, Henry James, chapter II, in The Golden Bowl, volume I, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, 1st book (The Prince), 1st part, page 36:
text: In the fulness of time there was an eruption of the merry-makers to the sidewalk. The uninvited guests enveloped and permeated them, and upon the night air rose joyous cries, congratulations, laughter and unclassified noises born of McGary's oblations to the hymeneal scene.
ref: 1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “From the Cabby’s Seat”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, →OCLC, page 165:
glosses: Dated spelling of fullness of time.
rippleless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪp.əl.(l)əs/
Etymology: From ripple + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Now it was deserted: the people, with their chickens and goats and pots and pans, must have escaped rippleless down the river in their dugout canoes after the first shot was fired.
ref: 2010, Helon Habila, Oil on Water, AudioGO (2011), page 81:
glosses: Without ripples.
radiouranium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + uranium.
Senses: examples: text: The whole story of the line of descent carries us from Uranium through Radiouranium, Uranium X, Ionium, Radium, Emanation, and its successive daughter substances to Polonium, and then (with just a possibility of doubt), to lead.
ref: 1923, Henry Smith Williams, Exploring the atom, page 185:
text: In January 1978, a Soviet RTG satellite, Kosmos 954, reentered the atmosphere over Canada and spread radiouranium across parts of that country (Richmond 1989).
ref: 2000, Ronald Eisler, Handbook of Chemical Risk Assessment: Health Hazards to Humans, Plants, and Animals, Three Volume Set, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 1720:
text: The determination of radiouranium is discussed in section 12.5.16.8.
ref: 2013, T R Crompton, Determination of Metals in Natural and Treated Water, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 744:
glosses: radioactive uranium.
radiotechnetium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + technetium.
Senses: examples: text: In a 13-year-old girl with chronic recurrent parotitis, the initial functional scintigraphy supports the assumption that the blood flow and the radiotechnetium accumulation in the right parotid gland are distinctly higher than in the left one (Fig. 1 a).
ref: 1981, Nuklearmedizin: Nuclear medicine. Médecine nucléaire. Supplementum, page 389:
text: Ninety-five percent of the radiotechnetium, heated out simultaneously, was collected on a cooled quartz tube.
ref: 2007, Ilse Zolle, Technetium-99m Pharmaceuticals: Preparation and Quality Control in Nuclear Medicine, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 152:
text: The first abdominal scintigraphic series, done less than 24 h after the barium enema, reveals radiotechnetium in the stomach, small bowel, urinary bladder, and other soft tissues.
ref: 2013, S.T. Treves, Pediatric Nuclear Medicine, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 184:
glosses: radioactive technetium.
M/C
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of motorcycle.
glosses: Abbreviation of machine (in engineering; arguably dated).
hard out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hard outs
Senses: qualifier: corporate jargon
glosses: An immovable deadline, at which time someone must leave somewhere, or something must conclude.
hard out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hard out
form: most hard out
Senses: examples: text: Had it been hard out? Extremely hard out, they assured him, laughing, still bleary, still grainy-faced— and they thanked him again for the gift.
ref: 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 321:
glosses: Impressive; awesome.
hadtal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed directly from Gujarati હડતાળ (haḍtāḷ), હડતાલ (haḍtāl).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hartal.
monkey-flower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkey-flowers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of monkeyflower.
monkey-flowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monkey-flower
fallowfinch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fallowfinches
Etymology: From fallow + finch.
Senses: glosses: A bird, the wheatear or stonechat.
fallowfinches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fallowfinch
fallowchat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fallowchats
Etymology: From fallow + chat.
Senses: glosses: A bird, the wheatear or stonechat.
fallowchats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fallowchat
chromophilous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chromophilic (“readily stained with dyes”).
synonyms: word: chromophilic
extra: readily stained with dyes
Asiaphilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Asia + -philia.
Senses: glosses: A love of Asia.
Related terms: Asiaphile
phillumenism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phil- + Latin lumen + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of phillumeny.
synonyms: word: phillumeny
rheophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rheo- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rheophily.
synonyms: word: rheophily
brohug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brohugs
Etymology: From bro + hug.
Senses: examples: text: I nearly collapsed from laughter when I visualized Kenny and me wrapped in a brohug.
ref: 2012, Patty Blount, Send:
text: Beaming a 100 percent gorgeous smile from a face as sweet as his body was perfect, he sauntered into the room, did some kind of brohug with Ricardo, then leaned in and surprised Candace with a friendly kiss on the cheek.
ref: 2016, M. G. Reyes, Incriminated:
text: I extended my hand and barely got “great to see you again, Kurt” out before he brushed it aside, going in for a hearty brohug.
ref: 2016, Dan Dunn, American Wino: A Tale of Reds, Whites, and One Man's Blues:
glosses: A friendly hug between two men, especially one that involves only one arm each with bodies kept relatively distant.
brohugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brohug
muscifuge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin musca (“fly”) + -fuge (“repellent”), compare medieval Latin muscifugium, a fly fan.
Senses: examples: text: Pharmacists who are plagued with flies in hot weather will be glad to learn that, according to the Moniteur des Produits Chimiques, the Ricinus sanguinis, a common ornamental foliage plant and own brother to the Ricinus communis, is an effectual muscifuge.
ref: 1882, anonymous, The Pharmacist and Chemist, Volumes 15-16, C.E. Southard, page 228
text: A Muscifuge... the sweet odour emanated seems very offensive to the ordinary house fly.
ref: 1897, anonymous author, The Dublin Journal of Medical Science, volume 103, Fannin & Company, page 186:
glosses: Something which repels or kills flies, typically a plant; a fly repellent. Also spelled "muscafuge" (1844) by Henry Stephens, who claimed to have coined it.
manhug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manhugs
Etymology: From man + hug.
Senses: examples: text: And after a manhug, hearty congratulations and two hastily poured glasses of decidedly nonvintage champagne, he said, without a hint of irony, 'Why?'
ref: 2012, Dylan Jones, Mr Jones' Rules for the Modern Man:
text: The Sinners surged onto the field, but Dean got to his brother first with a bonecrushing manhug.
ref: 2015, Lynn Shurr, Son of a Sinner:
text: He'd probably do the manhug, quick and from the side, and then head for the hills.
ref: 2016, Brenda Minton, The Rancher's Texas Match:
glosses: Synonym of brohug.
synonyms: word: brohug
manhugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manhug
radioruthenium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + ruthenium.
Senses: examples: text: The absorption of radioruthenium (Ru103) and radiostrontium (Sr*) by various plant parts has been studied.
ref: 1955, Charles Glenn Johns, The Absorption and Distribution of Radiostrontium (Sr89) and Radioruthenium (Ru103) in Certain Vegetable Crops, page 22:
text: An accurate, reproducible method was needed for routine analysis of radioruthenium in environmental samples.
ref: 1960, Frank E. Butler, Precipitation of Radioruthenium, page 4:
text: The animals were killed in gaseous CO2 at 1 d, 2 d, 4 d, 6 d, 10 d or 14 d after the last radioruthenium administration.
ref: 1998, Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy, page 168:
glosses: radioactive ruthenium.
great circle arc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great circle arcs
Senses: examples: text: If the string is gradually pulled tight, it begins to assume the position of what appears to be a great circle arc PAQ.
ref: 2011, David C. Kay, College Geometry: A Unified Development, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 569:
text: For example, a great circle arc on a given sphere is the shortest curve joining its end points if the arc consists of less than half a circle, ...
ref: 2012, I. M. Gelfand, S. V. Fomin, Calculus of Variations, Courier Corporation, →ISBN:
text: The shortest distance between these two points is the great circle arc XY which is a part of the spherical triangle NXY.
ref: 1985, Robin M. Green, Robin Michael Green, Spherical Astronomy, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 14:
glosses: Alternative form of great-circle arc.
great-circle arc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great-circle arcs
form: great circle arc
Senses: examples: text: This causes a greater deviation of the ground trace from a great-circle arc due to the increased effect of Earth's rotation.
ref: 2006, Irfan Ali, Pierino G. Bonanni, Naofal Al-Dhahir, John E. Hershey, Doppler Applications in LEO Satellite Communication Systems, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 66:
text: The two axes connected by the solid but incomplete great-circle arc were measured along a single sahlfold axial surface on opposite sides of a tubular fold ; ...
ref: 2012, E. Hansen, Strain Facies, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 85:
text: ... it may be swung in a meridian-plane, and a great-circle arc having a radial pivot in said meridian-plane, ...
ref: 1898, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office:
text: Any great-circle arc of length #92;theta between zero and #92;pi is uniquely identified by its two end points, say a and b.
ref: 2002, Leo Dorst, Chris Doran, Joan Lasenby, Applications of Geometric Algebra in Computer Science and Engineering, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 81:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: a segment of a great circle
bat about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bats about
form: batting about
form: batted about
form: batted about
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bat around (certain senses)
sea orb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)b
Forms: form: sea orbs
Senses: glosses: The globefish.
sea orbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea orb
maiden run
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maiden runs
Senses: examples: text: On February 17, 1956, the first one, No. 35018, left Eastleigh on its maiden run with a Bournemouth stopping train.
ref: 1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 160:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
qualifier: train
glosses: Its first trip in service, in some cases after a rebuild.
raw_tags: of a locomotive
Related terms: maiden voyage
sea breach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea breaches
Senses: glosses: The breaking of an embankment by the sea.
sea breaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea breach
maiden runs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maiden run
broadline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From broad + line.
Senses: examples: a broadline wholesaler; a broadline distributor
topics: business
glosses: Selling a wide range of groceries.
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having a broad line inscribed or drawn.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Designating a technique in nuclear magnetic resonance.
qualifier: spectroscopy
glosses: Involving or relating to lines of broad width in a spectrum.
Derived terms: broadliner
Related terms: BLG
BLR
BLRG
BLS
BLS1
predrop
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-drop
Etymology: From pre- + drop.
Senses: examples: text: A photograph of the test area showing the flexible bottom model in the predrop position is shown in figure 5. The models were held in the predrop position by an aircraft bomb release.
ref: 1969, United States. National Aeronautics, Space Administration, NASA Technical Note, page 4:
text: However, in the latter half of the fifth month the dropper's prices returned to the predrop level.
ref: 1970, John K. Ryans, James H. Donnelly, John M. Ivancevich, New Dimensions in Retailing: a Decision Oriented Approach, page 251:
text: Instead, the data were interpreted in terms of the observed difference between the predrop standard gravity test and the reduced gravity test.
ref: 1970, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Fluids Engineering Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Heat Transfer Division, The Role of nucleation in boiling and cavitation: symposium presented at Joint Fluids Engineering, Heat Transfer and Lubrication Conference, Detroit, Michigan, May 26-27, 1970, page 82:
glosses: Existing or happening before a drop.
predrop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: predrops
form: pre-drop
Etymology: From pre- + drop.
Senses: glosses: A relatively short drop on a rollercoaster track, before the tallest drop.
relower
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: relowers
form: relowering
form: relowered
form: relowered
Etymology: From re- + lower.
Senses: examples: text: It was about the time that Mr. Farmer was trying to relower his 10-inch pipe.
ref: 1906, Records and Briefs in Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of Minnesota, page 257:
text: In a sitting position astride the bench, holding a bar-bell on the shoulders weighing 80% of max., drive the bar-bell upwards until the arms are straight then relower it on to the shoulders:
ref: 1986, Encyclopedia of track & field, Prentice Hall, page 182:
text: Relowering [Na] to the daily correction limit of 8 mEq/L can ↓ the severity of ODS and even after the onset of neurologic, it is recommended to relower [Na] by 16 mEq/L
ref: 2019, Wooin Ahn, Jai Radhakrishnan, Pocket Nephrology, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN:
glosses: to lower again.
as per the usual
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: As usual.
betrothen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more betrothen
form: most betrothen
Etymology: From betroth + -en (past participle ending).
Senses: glosses: Betrothed
betrothen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From betroth + -en (past participle ending).
Senses: glosses: One who is betrothen or betrothed, i.e. a fiancé or fiancée.
betrothen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From betroth + -en (past participle ending).
Senses: glosses: past participle of betroth
frozen robot syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:frozen robot syndrome.
glosses: The situation in which an automated system, typically a driverless car, experiences something that it has not been programmed to expect, and either fails to react to the situation or simply halts.
amollishment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amolishment
form: amolishments
Etymology: From French amollissement, from amolliss- [extended stem of amollir (“to soften”, verb), from a- {from Latin ad (“to”)} + mollir, from French mou, or from Latin mollīre (“to make soft, soften”)] + -ment (suffix forming nouns from verbs) [from Late Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta]; equivalent to English amollish (see Middle English amolisshen) + -ment.
Senses: glosses: Softening; mollification; appeasing; mitigation.
Tlamacazapa Nahuatl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Spanish náhuatl de Tlamacazapa
Senses: glosses: The variety of Nahuatl spoken in Tlamacazapa, Guerrero, Mexico.
newelty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newelties
form: newalty
Etymology: Alteration of novelty, after new.
Senses: examples: text: He believed he kept no particular mistress; for he had heard newelty, that was the man's word, was every thing with him.
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 4, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
glosses: Newness, novelty.
examples: text: My Wife loves newalties abominationly, and I must tell her something about the King.
ref: 1683, Aphra Behn, Young King, V.3:
glosses: Something new; a piece of news.
newelties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newelty