cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Wil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Saint Gallen canton, Switzerland.
kippahed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From kippah + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Normally, when we see a kippah, we feel entitled to assume many other forms of observance—at least, one would suppose, eating kosher food and observing all aspects of the Sabbath. What, then, are we to make when we see a kippah'''-ed head bent over a hamburger at the local McDonalds?^([sic])
ref: 1984, Jacob Neusner, The Jewish War Against the Jews: Reflections on Golah, Shoah, and Torah, New York, NY: KTAV Publishing House, →ISBN, page 60:
text: […] oil sheiks in / flowing robes pass // through Customs beside / bearded kippahed Zionists / with prayer shawls […]
ref: 2014, Dave Oliphant, “On Visiting NYC”, in The Cowtown Circle: Poems, Austin, TX: Alamo Bay Press, →ISBN, page 111:
glosses: Wearing a kippah (cloth skullcap traditionally worn by male Jews).
Stieglitz rearrangement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Stieglitz rearrangements
Etymology: Named after American chemist Julius Stieglitz (1867–1937).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A rearrangement reaction involving the 1,2-rearrangement of trityl amine derivatives to triaryl imines.
Stieglitz rearrangements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Stieglitz rearrangement
zero lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zero line
Hofmann elimination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hofmann eliminations
Etymology: Named after its discoverer, August Wilhelm von Hofmann.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An elimination reaction of an amine to form alkenes.
Related terms: Hofmann rearrangement
Hofmann eliminations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hofmann elimination
Hofmann product
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hofmann products
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The alkene resulting from Hofmann elimination. In contrast to usual elimination reactions, where Zaitsev's rule predicts the formation of the most stable alkene, it is the least stable alkene (the one with fewest substituents on the carbons of the double bond).
Hofmann products
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hofmann product
Saytseff's rule
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zaitsev's rule.
ally cookie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ally cookies
Senses: examples: text: Some argue, of course, that these men are simply trying to 'get in good' with their wives and girlfriends or earn 'ally cookies.' They accuse male feminists of faking their interest in the movement in order to impress their wives […]
ref: 2018, Megan Hussey, Feminist Activism 101:
text: Ally Cookies: Praise or other rewards for “not being racist.” Usually sought out by people with white privilege performing optical allyship.
ref: 2020, Layla Saad, Me and White Supremacy:
text: Even if they had never experienced racism in their daily lives, they wanted to feel like they did, through her. Sally, who lived on a farm in Nebraska, wanted to know what she was missing and found comfort that she would never experience it. And then shared the video on her platform for ally cookies.
ref: 2021, Claire Kann, The Marvelous:
glosses: A notional reward said to be desired by a person who engages in performative social justice on behalf of a marginalized person or group.
Related terms: what do you want, a cookie
ally cookies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ally cookie
Wallisellen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Bülach district, Zürich canton, Switzerland.
sawtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sawtails
Senses: glosses: A sawtail grouper (Mycteroperca prionura)
straightneck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straightnecks
Etymology: straight + neck
Senses: coordinate_terms: crookneck
glosses: A usually yellow variety of squash (vegetable).
interfaithness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From interfaith + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Also, the interfaithness of the community has been reflected in the city's handling of political, racial and economic relations. For instance, during the periods of racial tensions here, the climate for dialogue was more fruitful because churchmen realized that Catholics and Jews, through an interchange of ideas with Protestants, were helpful mediators.
ref: 1966 April 10, “Roman Catholics, Jews Round Out City's Religious Life”, in Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel, volume 65, number 15, page I-8:
text: Each adventure in my young adulthood seemed destined to push me closer to the moment when I would claim my interfaithness and choose this pathway for my children.
ref: 2013, Susan Katz Miller, Being Both: Embracing Two Religions in One Interfaith Family, Boston, MA: Beacon Press, →ISBN, page 13:
glosses: The quality of being interfaith.
preemptional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-emptional
Etymology: From preemption + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to preemption; preemptive.
IIR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: IIR filter
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of infinite impulse response.
patentcy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In the stage of monopoly industrial and financial domination, the peripheral country will have developed its own manufacturing and agribusiness sectors, but multinational corporations will control these sectors through subsidiary or finance-holding companies. Surplus will then be extracted through profit repatriation, royalty, and patentcy arrangements, and through accounting mechanisms within the corporation.
ref: 1981, Alan Gilbert, Josef Gugler, Cities, Poverty, and Development: Urbanization in the Third World, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, published 1982, →ISBN, page 36:
text: Although the success of long-term patentcy of such grafts is not as good as would be hoped, this patient's Allen test revealed good flow through the vascular reconstruction 16 months postoperatively.
ref: 1991, James W. Smith, Sherrell J. Aston, editors, Plastic Surgery, 4th edition, Boston, M.A.; Toronto, O.N.; London: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 987:
text: The validity of this method for measuring ICP assumes that the perilymphatic space communicates with the intracranial space and that depends on the patentcy of the cochlear aqueduct (see Chapter 1).
ref: 2006, Aage R. Møller, Hearing: Anatomy, Physiology, and Disorders of the Auditory System, 2nd edition, Amsterdam […]: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 232:
text: There is one major item I must inform you about, which is a large court case brewing up back home, instigated by the International Ship Federation over the patentcy rights of your ship designs, and until I need to say anything else about who is your contender is, it might be prudent for you to get a good defence team together, as we in the ISDM are providing for our own ends.
ref: 2013, Frederick A. Read, Future Homes, Maesteg, Mid Glamorgan: Guaranteed Books, →ISBN, page 218:
glosses: Alternative form of patency.
nanoflats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoflat
scrivenery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scriveneries
form: scrivenry
Etymology: From scrivener + -ry.
Senses: examples: text: And yet we have notable penmen at head-quarters, who are at their vocation night and day, and who injure their temper and manners by incessant scrivenery, the results of which are buried in the pigeon-holes of Whitehall, never to be seen even in the lively pages of a blue-book.
ref: 1856, W[illiam] H[oward] Russell, The War; From the Death of Lord Raglan to the Evacuation of the Crimea, London: G. Routledge & Co., page 247:
text: So the Vicar's pen was applied, but before he had time to trace the first letter of his name, Rachel Lake resolutely snatched the thick, bluish sheet of scrivenery, before him, and tore it across and across, with the quickness of terror, and in fewer seconds than one could fancy, it lay about the floor and grate in pieces little bigger than dominoes.
ref: 1864, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “In which Lake under the Trees of Brandon, and I in My Chamber, Smoke Our Nocturnal Cigars”, in Wylder’s Hand. […], New York, N.Y.: Carleton, […], published 1865, →OCLC, page 360:
text: Parlour games (dominos, halma, tiddledywinks, spilikins, cup and ball, nap, spoil five, bezique, twentyfive, beggar my neighbour, draughts, chess or backgammon): embroidery, darning or knitting for the policeaided clothing society: musical duets, mandoline and guitar, piano and flute, guitar and piano: legal scrivenery or envelope addressing: […]
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 17: Ithaca]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 638:
text: There is a mystery involved. I cannot solve it, but it is simple enough to state. Why are all important or momentous things involving scrivenery always done on the back of an old envelope?
ref: 1977, Flann O'Brien, The Hair of the Dogma: A Further Selection From 'Cruiskeen Lawn', London […]: Paladin Grafton Books, published 1989, →ISBN, page 148:
glosses: The practice or work of a scrivener.
examples: text: At the bottom of folio 109 there is an entry which reads, The Law at Twickenham for mery tales. This is, apparently, a reference to a scrivenery and staff of skilled penmen maintained at Twickenham by Francis [Bacon] and his brother Anthony Bacon.
ref: 1906, Harold Bayley, The Shakespeare Symphony; an Introduction to the Ethics of the Elizabethan Drama, London: Chapman and Hall Ltd., page 242:
text: Legal papers were not the most interesting of jobs, but at least he could do the work at home and keep an eye on his mother. And with Mai's new connections to draw on, he might even aspire to a post in one of the new scriveneries attached to the Inns of Court.
ref: 2012, Anne Lyle, The Alchemist of Souls, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Angry Robot, →ISBN, page 93:
text: When I returned, I did need share lodgings with my brother and there set up a scrivenery just to pay the rent.
ref: 2016, Michelle Butler Hallett, This Marlowe, Fredericton, N.B.: Goose Lane Editions, →ISBN, page 78:
glosses: A place where scriveners work; a scriptorium.
scriveneries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrivenery
arge moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arge moths
Senses: glosses: Apantesis arge, a black and white tiger moth of North America.
scrivenry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This seemed to him far in advance of the monkish accomplishments of his own priestly subjects, whose learning was of the most slender description, and but few of whom were able to write, and he was deeply interested to find that in an annexe to the mosque, which was fitted as a scrivenry or writing-room, a number of mullahs, old and young, sat at desks writing swiftly in the Arabic script and engaged in the multiplication of copies of the Koran and other works of a religious nature.
ref: 1920, Lewis Spence, Legends & Romances of Spain, London; Sydney: George G. Harrap and Co., page 321:
text: A further boon of this collection is the fact that it contains a considerable number of O'Brien's letters copied in Sophie's legible hand. The value of this becomes evident when one deals with O'Brien's almost incomprehensible scrivenry in other private collections.
ref: 1976, Joseph V. O'Brien, William O'Brien and the Course of Irish Politics, 1881–1918, Berkeley, C.A.; Los Angeles, C.A.; London: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 259:
text: "Gentlemen," said Mr. Icks, reaching into his coat to retrieve some blue sheets of law scrivenry garnished with red ink lines and silver seals.
ref: 1998, Jeffrey E. Barlough, Dark Sleeper, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, published 2000, →ISBN, page 114:
glosses: Alternative form of scrivenery.
bromeopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Possibly a blend of bro + homeopathy.
Senses: examples: text: Much of the man's time is currently spent broadcasting racist and hateful ideas to large swathes of the US. If we can get him to embrace "bromeopathy" instead, if we can turn him into the male equivalent of Gwyneth Paltrow, we can minimise his harm.
ref: 2022 April 19, Arwa Mahdawi, “I take little interest in men's balls. Unlike Tucker Carlson ...”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2023:
text: The trainer tells Carson about "bromeopathy"", or alternative medicine for men "who don't trust mainstream information".
ref: 2022 May 1, Simon Usborne, “Dude, this 'bromeopathy' is the nuts”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 May 2022:
text: In April of this year, Tucker Carlson infamously pushed an apocalyptic-messianic "documentary" called "The End of Men" that advocated "testicle tanning," or exposing male genitalia to red light, supposedly to boost testosterone levels, as a form of "bromeopathy."
ref: 2022 July 31, Michel Gueldry, “America's heart of darkness: Making sense of the nonsensical allure of MAGA”, in Salon.com, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 May 2023:
text: There appears to be, on the surface level, a conflict between the more "bromeopathy" aspects of this wellness world and “bro science," or attempts to say wellness claims are supported with scientific evidence.
ref: 2023 March 8, Liz Flora, “Alpha-male 'bromeopathy' is getting more support from mainstream wellness brands”, in Glossy, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2023:
text: And who could forget the "Tucker Carlson Originals" special "The End of Men," which introduced the world to "bromeopathy," the patriotic practice of bathing one's testicles in red light?
ref: 2023 April 25, Andrew Marantz, “The World According to Tucker Carlson”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 May 2023:
glosses: The scientifically dubious practice of attempting to increase testosterone levels by shining red light on one's testicles.
Derived terms: bromeopathic
personnelman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personnelmen
Etymology: Compound of personnel + man.
Senses: examples: text: It was a labor-intensive job for some of the personnelmen to enter the data into the computer system, but the payoff came in terms of retrieval.
ref: 1996, Paul Stillwell, Battleship Missouri: An Illustrated History, Annapolis, M.D.: Naval Institute Press, →ISBN, page 293:
text: The personnelman knew the books, having studied them for seventeen years. He knew the yeoman's job as well, to the everlasting dismay of Huff, who would prefer to take the day off — every day.
ref: 1999, Jim R. Lane, Duty: A Novel, Bridge Works Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 14:
text: "Well, you're off to a good start," one of the personnelmen commented, as I stood there in front of his desk.
ref: 2005, Rebecca Anne Freeman, Lost at Sea: An Enlisted Woman's Journey, Coral Springs, F.L.: Llumina Press, →ISBN, page 18:
text: As a veteran U.S. Navy personnelman, I personally discharged quite a few "gay" service members who simply were unable to adapt to military life or were ready to leave.
ref: 2023 May 5, Kwame Anthony Appiah, quoting Ember, “A Banana Peel Has Made Me Question My Marriage. Who's Right?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 May 2023:
glosses: Someone (of any gender) serving in the United States Navy.
VCing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of VC
personnelmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of personnelman
VCed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of VC
fauj
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faujs
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani فَوج (fauj) / फ़ौज (fauj), from Classical Persian فَوْج (fawj), from Arabic فَوْج (fawj).
Senses: glosses: Army.
Derived terms: fauji
VTOLport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VTOLports
Senses: glosses: An airport for VTOL aircraft.
lunar colony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lunar colonies
Senses: glosses: A colony on the Moon.
lunar colonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lunar colony
lunarcrete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of lunar + concrete, equivalent to lunar + -crete.
Senses: examples: text: Researcher Larry Beyer of the University of Pittsburgh says a lunarcrete project would begin with the shipment of two molds and a work crew from Earth. First, the workers would bolt together an inner mold. It would be pressure tight and would serve as their temporary quarters. Then they'd erect an outer mold with a six-foot gap from the inner mold.
ref: 1990, David Gump, Space Enterprise: Beyond NASA, New York, N.Y.; Westport, C.T.; London: Praeger, →ISBN, page 190:
text: Lunarcrete or mooncrete could be made from lunar regolith, water and cement with the cement manufactured from lunar rock with a high calcium content.
ref: 2016, Louisa Preston, Goldilocks and the Water Bears: The Search for Life in the Universe, London: Bloomsbury Sigma, →ISBN, page 265:
text: One method is to combine regolith with a bonding agent to create lunar concrete (aka. "lunarcrete"), which can be printed out to build structures. In terms of benefits, lunarcrete requires less energy to produce than other building materials, is unaffected by extreme variations in temperature, absorbs harmful radiation, and is unaffected by prolonged exposure to vacuum.
ref: 2021 December 13, Matthew S. Williams, “The Logistics of Going "Interplanetary": What Does It Take to Live on the Moon?”, in Interesting Engineering, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2023:
text: This paper provides a fundamental basis for future research on confinement and strengthening for future coarse aggregate-free concretes, such as lunarcrete and 3D-printed concrete.
ref: 2023 February 15, Cheng Jiang, “Strength enhancement due to FRP confinement for coarse aggregate-free concrete”, in Engineering Structures, volume 277, New York, N.Y.: Elsevier, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:
synonyms: mooncrete
glosses: A hypothetical concrete-like material, made from lunar matter, that could be used to build a colony on the Moon.
Green Men
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Green Man
intergrind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: intergrinds
form: intergrinding
form: interground
form: interground
Etymology: From inter- + grind.
Senses: topics: science
sciences
glosses: To grind together with, to blend by grinding.
wing wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wing walls
Senses: examples: text: Such an abutment would typically have wing walls that have sloping tops, to match the profile of the embankment. The wing walls are usually angled back from the abutment wall.
ref: 2023 May 3, Philip Haigh, “The art and science of building bridges”, in RAIL, number 982, page 40:
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: In a bridge, a retaining wall on either side of an abutment.
examples: text: The later tunnel has a portal of blue engineering bricks, and the curved wing walls are wider than those of the old tunnel, which has a rather cramped appearance.
ref: 1953 December, “Notes and News: Ampthill Tunnels, L.M.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 854:
glosses: With a tunnel, a retaining wall on either side of the portal.
wing walls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wing wall.
Virgins Mary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Virgin Mary
beet-roots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beet-root
Fathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Father
pathobiochemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of biochemical changes in pathological conditions.
hurl chunks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hurls chunks
form: hurling chunks
form: hurled chunks
form: hurled chunks
Senses: glosses: To vomit.
VTOLports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VTOLport
millian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millians
Senses: examples: text: The capteine witch leadeth the waie through a great pꝏle of water: manie millians of witches ſwim after.
ref: 1584, Reginald Scot, The diſcouerie of witchcraft, pages 90–91:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of million.
Kowloonside
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Kowloon + -side, perhaps influenced by Chinese Pidgin English -side (“place”).
Senses: examples: text: But it also conveys his feeling of alienation, having settled in happily to a more culturally integrated life with Hong Kong Chinese neighbours on Kowloonside during the first year of his stay
ref: 2007 June 18, Michael Ingham, Hong Kong: A Cultural History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
glosses: The part of Hong Kong on the Kowloon Peninsula.
Coordinate terms: Islandside
Islandside
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Island + -side, perhaps influenced by Chinese Pidgin English -side (“place”).
Senses: glosses: The part of Hong Kong on Hong Kong Island.
Coordinate terms: Kowloonside
whiter than white
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: He likes to give the impression that his reputation is whiter than white.
glosses: Honest and moral. To describe somebody who never does anything wrong. Morally beyond reproach.
Synonyms: as pure as the driven snow
unimpeachable
missess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: missesses
Senses: examples: text: “And what is going to happen?” returned Berrendale, seating himself in the parlour, “and where is your mistress?” “She dress herself, that dear missess,” replied Savanna, lingering with the door in her hand, and I,—I ope to ave a dear massa too.” “What!” cried Berrendale, starting wildly from his seat, “what did you say?” “Why, me ope my missess be married soon.”
ref: 1805, [Amelia] Opie, chapter I, in Adeline Mowbray, or The Mother and Daughter: […], volume III, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, […]; and A[rchibald] Constable and Co. Edinburgh, page 18:
text: My missess shall have the letter. And if you will meet me here to-morrow about this time, I will bring you an answer if possible, and I will let you know what my missess says, and then I’ll tell you what dress my missess will wear at the masquerade at lady Routeley’s, and then you can speak to her yourself, and then—
ref: 1813, Eliza A. Coxe, chapter XIII, in Liberality and Prejudice, […], volume III, London: […] E. and H. Hodson, for B. & R. Crosby & Co. […], pages 204–205:
text: O, nothing, miss, only poor servants cannot expect to have their missess’s confidence as they would common parquisites, and so their missesses can’t expect to reciprocate in theirs.
ref: 1837, [Charles White], “Chapter XII. Showing the way in which I imitated peeping Tom of Coventry—[…].”, in The Married Unmarried, volume III, London: Saunders and Otley, […], page 233:
glosses: Alternative form of missus.
missesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of missess
trans-Latino
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + Latino.
Senses: glosses: Spanning the entire Latino community.
trans-Latino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trans-Latinos
Etymology: From trans- + Latino.
Senses: coordinate_terms: trans-Latina
glosses: A trans person, especially a trans man, of Latin American ancestry.
trans-Latinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trans-Latino
puncture-wallahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puncture-wallah
sand yachting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of land yachting.
synonyms: word: land yachting
sand yacht
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand yachts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of land yacht.
synonyms: word: land yacht
sand yachts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sand yacht
land yachting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: sand yachting
glosses: The practice of travelling in a land yacht.
sail wagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sail wagons
Senses: glosses: Synonym of land yacht.
synonyms: word: land yacht
sail wagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sail wagon
Erlanger's gazelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Erlanger's gazelles
Etymology: Calque of translingual Gazella erlangeri. Named after German ornithologist and explorer Carlo von Erlanger (1872–1904), who travelled to East Africa with Oscar Neumann, who first described the species.
Senses: synonyms: Neumann's gazelle
glosses: Gazella erlangeri, a small dark gazelle with a stout body and short legs, found in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
wikipedia: Oscar Neumann
Neumann's gazelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Neumann's gazelles
Etymology: Named after German ornithologist and naturalist Oscar Neumann (1867–1946), who first described the species.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Erlanger's gazelle.
synonyms: word: Erlanger's gazelle
Floreana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Floriana
Etymology: From Spanish isla Floreana, from floreana, from Ecuadorian president Juan José Flores + -ana (“-an: forming adjectives”), a name bestowed in 1832 upon Ecuador's annexation of the Galapagos Islands.
Senses: glosses: An island of San Cristobal canton, Galapagos, Ecuador.
wikipedia: Juan José Flores
Synonyms: word: Charles
word: King Charles's Island
word: Mercedes
word: Santa Maria
parquisite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parquisites
Senses: examples: text: Parquiſites or caſualties of Courtes, belonging to a Mannour.
ref: 1588, Valentine Leigh, The Moste Profitable and Commendable Science, of Surueying of Landes, Tenementes, and Hereditamentes: […], […] John Windet, for Andrewe Maunsell, […]:
text: The ſquire gave away an ould coat to a poor man; and John ſays as how tis robbing him of his parquiſites.—I told him, by his agreement he was to receive no vails; but he ſays as how there’s a difference betwixt vails and parquiſites; and ſo there is for ſartain.
ref: 1771, [Tobias Smollett], “To Mrs. Mary Jones, at Brambleton-hall”, in The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, volume I, Dublin: […] A. Leathley, J. Exshaw, H. Saunders, […], page 14:
text: So he is, but what does M‘Quirk value an oath?—he says himself he has a right to charge full price for a man, and if he gets one to work for less, ’tis his lawful parquisite.
ref: 1830, Martin Doyle [pseudonym; William Hickey], “Death of Peter Dempsey, deputy supervisor of roads—His Funeral—Conversations at it—Scene at the burial place”, in Irish Cottagers, Dublin: William Curry, Jun. and Co. […], Hurst, Chance and Co. London, and Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, page 66:
text: O, nothing, miss, only poor servants cannot expect to have their missess’s confidence as they would common parquisites, and so their missesses can’t expect to reciprocate in theirs.
ref: 1837, [Charles White], “Showing the way in which I imitated peeping Tom of Coventry—[…].”, in The Married Unmarried, volume III, London: Saunders and Otley, […], page 233:
glosses: Obsolete form of perquisite.
parquisites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parquisite
San Cristobal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish San Cristóbal, various places named in honor of Saint Christopher, q.v. Doublet of Saint Christopher and Saint Kitts.
Senses: glosses: An island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
glosses: A canton of Galapagos, Ecuador, surrounding the island.
glosses: A city in Artemisa, Cuba.
Hyponyms: sense: canton
word: Española
sense: canton
word: Floreana
sense: canton
word: Genovesa
sense: canton
word: Santa Fe
Neumann's hartebeest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A cross between the Lelwel hartebeest and Swayne's hartebeest.
drawes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drawe
drewe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of drawe
pitch mining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: The mining of steeply inclined seams of coal.
Coordinate terms: drift mining
pitch moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pitch moths
Senses: glosses: Any of various small moths whose caterpillars feed on pines, causing the trees to shed resin in pitch-like masses.
Derived terms: sequoia pitch moth
pitch moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pitch moth
pitch-penny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pitchpenny.
wheat bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheat bugs
Senses: glosses: A seed bug of species Nysius huttoni, native to New Zealand but introduced to Europe, that is a pest on cereals and crucifers.
pitty-pat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pitty-pats
form: pitty-patting
form: pitty-patted
form: pitty-patted
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pit-a-pat.
pitty-pat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pitty-pats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pit-a-pat.
pitty-pat
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pit-a-pat.
pitty-patting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pitty-pat
pitty-pats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pitty-pat
pitty-pats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pitty-pat
pitty-patted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pitty-pat
pkge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pkges
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of package.
pkges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pkge
amnestical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amnestical
form: most amnestical
Etymology: From amnestic + -al.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of amnestic.
uprend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uprends
form: uprending
form: uprent
form: uprent
Etymology: From up- + rend.
Senses: examples: text: For earthquake swallowing earthquake
 Uprent the Wessex tree
ref: 1911, G. K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse:
glosses: To tear up; to uproot.
uprent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uprend
uprends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uprend
uprending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uprend
scariants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scariant
Nalvarte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nalvartes
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish
dusky knight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dusky knights
Senses: glosses: The butterfly Ypthima arctous, family Nymphalidae, of Australia and New Guinea.
dusky knights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dusky knight
Rum Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the loss of a vessel transporting rum on its reefs. Its identity with Christopher Columbus's Santa María de la Concepción is disputed.
Senses: glosses: An island of the Bahamas.
glosses: A district of the Bahamas.
Synonyms: sense: island
word: Mamana
sense: island
word: Santa Maria
sense: island
word: Santa Maria de la Concepcion
King Charles's Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Bestowed by William Ambrosia Cowley in 1682 in honor of Charles II, the then-reigning king of England.
Senses: glosses: Former name of Floreana: an island of Galapagos, Equador.
wikipedia: Charles II of England
William Ambrosia Cowley
Derived terms: Charles
Charles Island
semen demon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semen demons
Senses: synonyms: crotch goblin
glosses: A child; a brat.
examples: text: [T]he only suggestion I would make would be to talk to another hoe who is HIV positive who never had general intercourse with a client without protection, but thought it was cool to be a “semen demon” and gave blow jobs to bare-back penises.
ref: 2009, Quincy Mack, The Naked Soul of Pimps and Prostitutes, page 152:
text: […] until he had busted a hot load in her mouth. She swallowed everything like a semen demon.
ref: 2021, Dela, Gettin' It From Da' Muscle Da' Only Way To Hustle:
glosses: Synonym of cumslut.
synonyms: word: cumslut
semen demons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semen demon
semper ubi sub ubi
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Dog Latin, from always + where + under + where, punning on the pronunciation.
Senses: examples: text: And on the subject of “below” or “under,” there is the famous line that every student of Latin knows by heart: Semper ubi sub ubi.
ref: 2004, Bill Sherk, 500 Years of New Words (page 138)
text: Kids, always remember these words: semper ubi sub ubi.
ref: 2010, Richard A. Davis, The Intangibles of Leadership, page xii:
text: While our teacher conducts a declension drill we busily draw jock straps and pushup bras on the statuary in our Living Latin textbooks. We pass notes with crude Latin jokes — Semper ubi sub ubi — Always wear underwear. Snigger, snigger.
ref: 2019, Michael Mitchell, Final Fire: A Memoir:
qualifier: motto
glosses: Always wear underwear. (Literally, ‘always where under where’).
Duke of Norfolk's Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Bestowed by William Ambrosia Cowley in 1684 honor of Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk; his son Henry, the 7th duke; or both.
Senses: glosses: Former name of Santa Cruz: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
wikipedia: Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk
Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk
William Ambrosia Cowley
Derived terms: Norfolk
Norfolk Island
casserolade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: casserolades
Etymology: From French casserolade.
Senses: examples: text: A pirate broadcast replaced the regular program; it called for four days of demonstrations, plastic explosions, nocturnal casserolades and complete stoppages of traffic in Algiers, Oran, Bône and Constantine.
ref: 1968, Geoffrey Bocca, The Secret Army, Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall:
glosses: A form of protest in which people create noise with pots and pans.
courtesy lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of courtesy light
courtesy lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: courtesy lamps
Senses: glosses: Synonym of courtesy light.
synonyms: word: courtesy light
courtesy lamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of courtesy lamp
definitive treatments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of definitive treatment
diaper sniper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diaper snipers
Senses: examples: text: He was a softie, a predatory sex offender with a penchant for juveniles—a diaper sniper, the lowest of the low.
ref: 2017, Barry Ozeroff, Bad Apple:
glosses: A child molester.
diaper snipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diaper sniper
Indefatigable
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named by the British Admiralty in honor of the HMS Indefatigable.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Santa Cruz, an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
synonyms: word: Santa Cruz
extra: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador
wikipedia: HMS Indefatigable (1784)
premonotheistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + monotheistic.
Senses: glosses: Before the development of monotheism.
Phi Phi Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Phi Phi Islands
Senses: glosses: An island group in Thailand, between the large island of Phuket and the Straits of Malacca coast of Thailand.
resourceism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From resource + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: David Suzuki would remind you that this is the language of "a planet for the taking," the terminology of "resourceism" in which all living things are viewed as raw materials for the service of mankind
ref: 1988, Seasons, volumes 28-29, page 10:
text: Similarly, to describe someone as "greedy as a pig" or "a snake in the grass" is an animal insult, or "speciesism"; "natural resources" betray a sign of "resourceism," […]
ref: 1993, Archivaria:
text: One of the difficulties facing efforts to constitute a radicalized articulation of ecology remains that nature has been more firmly affixed to hegemonic discourses, e.g. consumerism or "resourceism" than to liberatory discourses.
ref: 2006, Atenea, volumes 26-27:
glosses: A human tendency to regard the natural environment as a set of resources to be exploited.
Misseses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Misses
distro-hopping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪstɹəʊˌhɒpɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈdɪstɹoʊˌhɑpɪŋ/
Forms: form: distro hopping
Etymology: From distro + hopping.
Senses: examples: text: After years of distro-hopping, I finally settled on Debian.
text: Choosing a distribution is a personal choice and most people find the one that's right for them by distro-hopping, the process of trying out different distributions, until, like Goldilocks, you find the one that's just right.
ref: 2016 November 17, Steven Ovadia, Learn Linux in a Month of Lunches, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
text: Distro-Hopping is a term that refers to the activity or hobby of Linux users to switch between distros frequently, exploring them and trying several distros out in an attempt to find the one that best suits their needs.
ref: 2020 February 6, Balaji Gunasekaran, “Distro-Hopping, What, Why & How Explained!”, in EmbeddedInventor.com, retrieved 07 May 2023:
text: Distro-hopping is a time-honored pastime, where you download and try different Linux distributions.
ref: 2021 August 13, Carla Schroder, Linux Cookbook, "O'Reilly Media, Inc.", →ISBN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: The process of frequently changing the operating system of one's computer to a different distribution of Linux.
distro-hopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪstɹəʊˌhɒpɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈdɪstɹoʊˌhɑpɪŋ/
Forms: form: distro hopping
Etymology: From distro + hopping.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of distro-hop
standing eight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: standing eights
Senses: topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: An eight-second count called by the referee during a match, to determine whether one of the boxers is fit to continue.
standing eights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of standing eight
chiefie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chiefies
Etymology: From chief + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: And did you know the Chiefie said that one of our kites went in the drink last night?
ref: 1944, Vocational Trends, volume 7:
text: Avoiding the Taceval man's gaze the 'chiefie' winked and pulled a face.
ref: 2017, Richard Pike, Phantom Boys, volume 2:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A chief.
chiefies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chiefie
Mothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mother
Shihchiachuang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 石家莊 /石家庄 (Shíjiāzhuāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Shih²-chia¹-chuang¹.
Senses: examples: text: Under the direction of the company leadership, the rank and file should be roused to discuss how to attack and capture enemy positions and how to fulfil other combat tasks. When the fighting lasts several days, several such meetings should be held. This kind of military democracy was practised with great success in the battle of Panlung in northern Shensi and in the battle of Shihchiachuang in the Shansi-Chahar-Hopei area.
ref: 1966 [1948 January 30], Mao Tse-tung, “The Democratic Movement in the Army”, in Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, Peking: Foreign Language Press, →OCLC, page 160:
text: Li served as secretary to a land-reform team that was in charge of a whole county. When that job was finished he went to Shihchiachuang to await a new assignment.
ref: 1970, William Hinton, Iron Oxen: A Documentary of Revolution in Chinese Farming, Vintage Books, published 1971, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 52:
text: THE remains of the capital of the State of Chungshan founded by nomadic people from the north provide additional insight into life in the Warring States period (475-221 B.C.). Excavation was done between 1974 and 1977 in present-day Pingshan county, which is just northwest of the city of Shihchiachuang in western Hopei province.
ref: 1979 January, “Capital of One of the Warring States”, in China Reconstructs, volume 28, number 1, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40, column 1:
glosses: Alternative form of Shijiazhuang.
wikipedia: Encyclopædia Britannica
distro-hop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪstɹəʊˌhɒp/
ipa: /ˈdɪstɹoʊˌhɑp/
Forms: form: distro-hops
form: distro-hopping
form: distro-hopped
form: distro-hopped
form: distro hop
Senses: examples: text: I've been distro-hopping for two years now, but I still haven't found the perfect distro.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: To engage in distro-hopping.
crowdtesting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Crowdsourced testing of software, performed by as many Internet users as possible.
audiofrequencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of audiofrequency
distro-hops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪstɹəʊˌhɒps/
ipa: /ˈdɪstɹoʊˌhɑps/
Forms: form: distro hops
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of distro-hop
pit-pat
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pitapat.
distro-hopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪstɹəʊˌhɒpt/
ipa: /ˈdɪstɹoʊˌhɑpt/
Forms: form: distro hopped
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of distro-hop
Eugenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Eugenian
form: most Eugenian
Etymology: From Eugene + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the city of Eugene, Oregon, United States.
Eugenian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eugenians
Etymology: From Eugene + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Eugene, Oregon.
Eugenians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eugenian
Viscounts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Viscount
Princesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Princess
Captains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Captain
Sachs's solution
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sachs' solution
Etymology: Named after Julius von Sachs.
Senses: examples: text: In the two succeeding experiments two species of plants were grown in each of five conditions, namely:
(1) Soil and tap water, (2) sand and tap water, (3) tap water without substratum, (4) Sachs's solution without substratum, and (5) Sachs's solution with sand substratum.
ref: 1905, Raymond Haines Pond, The Biological Relation of Aquatic Plants to the Substratum, pages 506–507:
text: It will be noticed that, in addition to the elements given above, Pfeffer's solution also contains chlorine, while Sachs's solution contains not only chlorine, but sodium.
ref: 1946, Walter Stiles, Trace Elements in Plants and Animals, page 2:
glosses: A plant nutrient solution (fertilizer) consisting of potassium nitrate, sodium chloride, calcium sulphate, magnesium sulphate, calcium phosphate, and ferric chloride.
wikipedia: Julius von Sachs
Sachs' solution
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sachs's solution.
Hoagland solution
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Dennis Robert Hoagland.
Senses: glosses: A hydroponic nutrient solution for growing plants, containing various salts, acids, and complex ions.
wikipedia: Dennis Robert Hoagland
smear frame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smear frames
Senses: glosses: A frame of animation in which objects are distorted in order to simulate motion blur.
smear frames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smear frame
Grand Lama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Grand Lamas
Senses: examples: text: It was through this person, whose family held the office of high priest to the kings of Thibet for ten generations, that the succession of the ancient Buddhist patriarchs was continued, and that of Grand Lamas commenced; and it was also since his time that Lamaism, or reformed Buddhism, became the common religion of all Mongols.
ref: 1857, M. L'Abbé [Évariste Régis] Huc, Christianity in China, Tartary and Thibet, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, page 286:
text: The Buddhist natives of Tibet hold the grand Lama to be always the same person, the same Buddha, only re-incarnated or renovated, in a new mundane case or body; and Jesus Christ was considered by some Christians to be a renewed incarnation of both Adam and Noah; and this was one of the reasons for the careful setting forth of His pedigree in the New Testament.
ref: 1887, Marie [Sinclair], Countess of Caithness, The Mystery of the Ages Contained in the Secret Doctrine of All Religions, 3rd edition, London: C. L. H. Wallace, page 368:
text: The Tibetans believe that when a Grand Lama dies, his soul is reincarnated in a child born at about the time of his death.
ref: 1947 April, Ethel N. Brown, “Lamaism”, in The Green Caldron, volume 16, number 4, Urbana, I.L.: University of Illinois, →OCLC, page 25:
text: At that time, Ladakh was an independent kingdom under the suzerainty of the Grand Lamas of Tibet.
ref: 1991, Jagmohan [Malhotra], My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir, New Delhi […]: Allied Publishers Limited, page 68:
synonyms: Great Lama
glosses: The Dalai Lama.
Grand Lamas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Grand Lama
motion blurred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of motion blur
motion blurring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of motion blur
Earls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Earl