cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ASIO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪʒoʊ/
/ˈeɪʃoʊ/
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Audio Stream Input/Output.
glosses: Acronym of Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.
Related terms: sense: Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
word: ASIS
sense: Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
word: ONA
Urbino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A historic walled-town in the Marche, Italy
Riojans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Riojan
Trentino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Trentino.
Senses: glosses: The province of Trento, in north-east Italy, that forms part of the region of Trentino-Alto Adige
Pesaro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Pesaro.
Senses: glosses: A city and comune, the capital city of the province of Pesaro and Urbino, Marche region, Italy.
angelicas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angelica
Romagna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Romagna, compare Romagnol Rumâgna.
Senses: glosses: A historic region in northern Italy that formed part of modern Emilia-Romagna.
nights out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of night out
Toledo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈleɪ.dəʊ/
ipa: /təˈleɪ.doʊ/
rhymes: -eɪdəʊ
ipa: /təˈliː.dəʊ/
ipa: /təˈli.doʊ/
rhymes: -iːdəʊ
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Toledo, from Latin Tolētum.
Senses: glosses: A city in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
glosses: A province of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
glosses: The southernmost district of Belize.
glosses: Numerous places in the Philippines:
A barangay of Ramos, Tarlac, Philippines.
glosses: Numerous places in the Philippines:
A barangay of Silang, Cavite, Philippines.
glosses: Numerous places in the Philippines:
A barangay of Nabas, Aklan, Philippines.
glosses: Numerous places in the Philippines:
A city in Cebu, Philippines.
glosses: Numerous places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Charlton County, Georgia.
glosses: Numerous places in the United States:
A village, the county seat of Cumberland County, Illinois.
glosses: Numerous places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Tama County, Iowa.
glosses: Numerous places in the United States:
A township in Tama County, Iowa.
glosses: Numerous places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and township in Chase County, Kansas.
glosses: Numerous places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
glosses: Numerous places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri.
glosses: Numerous places in the United States:
A large city and county seat of Lucas County, Ohio.
glosses: Numerous places in the United States:
A city in Lincoln County, Oregon.
glosses: Numerous places in the United States:
A minor city in Lewis County, Washington.
glosses: A surname from Spanish [in turn transferred from the place name].
TAR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Tibet Autonomous Region, an administrative region of China.
raw_tags: with the
Related terms: TAR syndrome
endoribonuclease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endoribonucleases
Etymology: From endo- + ribonuclease.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ribonuclease that is an endonuclease
Related terms: exoribonucleolysis
enterotoxigenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From enterotoxin + -genic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That produces enterotoxins
Related terms: enterotoxigenicity
enterotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enterotoxins
Etymology: From entero- + toxin.
Senses: examples: text: An isolate from raw fish, serotype 0:6, unable to invade HeLa cells and negative for heat-stable enterotoxin, was clinically avirulent in this model and caused no lesions by histological examination.
ref: 2012, Gerald T. Keusch, “Invasive Bacterial Diarrheas”, in Lincoln Chen, editor, Diarrhea and Malnutrition, page 54:
text: A more complex mechanism is used by Vibrio cholerae toxin and by the homolog heat-labile enterotoxin secreted by ETEC strains.
ref: 2012, Phillip Smith, Thomas MacDonald, Principles of Mucosal Immunology, page 407:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several toxins produced by intestinal bacteria
Derived terms: enterotoxigenic
exocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌɛksəʊˈsaɪtɪk/
Etymology: From exo- + cyto- + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Outside of a cell
Derived terms: neuroexocytic
exonucleolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exonucleolytic
form: most exonucleolytic
Etymology: From exo- + nucleolytic.
Senses: glosses: That cleaves nucleic acid by the removal of single nucleotides from the end of the chain
Derived terms: exonucleolytically
Related terms: exonuclease
exosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕksʹ-ō-sōm'
ipa: /ˈɛks.oʊˌsoʊm/
other: [ˈɛks.əʊ̯ˌsəʊ̯m]
other: [ˈɛks.oʊ̯ˌsoʊ̯m]
rhymes: -ɛksəʊsəʊm
Forms: form: exosomes
Etymology: From exo- + -some.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An intracellular macromolecular protein complex involved in RNA degradation.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An extracellular vesicle released from the endosomal compartment of eukaryotic cells, responsible for the selective removal of plasma membrane protein.
Derived terms: antiexosome
exosomal
exosome complex
exosomic
exosomopathy
Related terms: exoprotein
flagellin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flagellins
Etymology: From flagellum + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The main protein in the flagella of bacteria.
melanocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From melanocyte + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to melanocytes.
Derived terms: nonmelanocytic
phosphorylase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphorylases
Etymology: From phosphoryl + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyzes the production of glucose phosphate from glycogen and inorganic phosphate
Derived terms: dephosphorylase
diphosphorylase
myophosphorylase
photophosphorylase
transphosphorylase
anapodoton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌænəˈpɒdətən/
Forms: form: anapodota
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀναπόδοτον (anapódoton), alternative spelling of ἀνανταπόδοτον (anantapódoton), neuter of ἀνανταπόδοτος (anantapódotos), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἀνταποδίδωμι (antapodídōmi, “I give back, correspond with”).
Senses: glosses: The rhetorical device in which a main clause is implied by a subordinate clause, without mention.
Hypernyms: anacoluthon
ellipsis
Hyponyms: anantapodoton
Related terms: aposiopesis
-iferous
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /-ˈɪfəɹəs/
Etymology: From -i- + -ferous.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of -ferous.
ingirt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ingirt
form: most ingirt
Senses: glosses: surrounded, encircled
ingirt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ingirts
form: ingirting
form: ingirted
form: ingirted
Senses: examples: text: The wreath is Ivy that ingirts our brows.
ref: 1604, Michael Drayton, The Owl:
glosses: To encircle.
Synonyms: engird
engirt
ingirts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ingirt
ingirting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ingirt
ingirted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ingirt
favicon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfævɪkɒn/
Forms: form: favicons
Etymology: From the original filename used by Internet Explorer, "favicon.ico", a blend of favorites (“browser bookmarks”) + icon.
Senses: examples: text: The only way to restore a favicon is to delete the link from the Favorites folder and recreate it.
ref: 2000, PC Magazine, volume 19, numbers 19-20, page 127:
text: A free online favicon editor allows advanced webmasters to create their own favicons and use them during website development or maintenance.
ref: 2002, Ejub Kajan, Information technology encyclopedia and acronyms, page 195:
text: You, however, can do better by creating your own customized favicon for your Web site — just the thing you need to add that professional touch.
ref: 2006, Richard Wagner, Web Design Before & After Makeovers, page 206:
text: Make sure to create a favicon. Since the browser will request this file anyway, there's no reason to return a 404 Page Not Found error, especially if your 404 handler consumes a database connection or other expensive resources.
ref: 2009, Steve Souders, Even Faster Web Sites, page 158:
text: Favicons are those cute little icons that appear on your browser's address bar when you visit some sites.
ref: 2009, Manny Hernandez, Ning for Dummies, page 312:
text: You can stick with the favicon provided by your Web host.
Do not worry about pronouncing favicon correctly. There is no definitive pronunciation.
ref: 2010, Janet Majure, Teach Yourself Visually WordPress, page 132:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
web-design
glosses: An icon associated with a particular website, and typically displayed in the address bar of a browser viewing the site.
Related terms: emoticon
favicons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of favicon
exosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exosome
paintbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paintboxes
Etymology: From paint + box.
Senses: glosses: A box used to hold an artist's paints.
examples: text: Nolan visits the Quantel computer laboratory to experiment with its vast digital paintbox.
ref: 2015, Nancy Underhill, Sidney Nolan: A Life:
glosses: Computer hardware or software for creating or editing graphics.
paintboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paintbox
parlourmaid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parlourmaids
form: parlormaid
Etymology: From parlour + maid.
Senses: glosses: A maid who takes care of the parlour.
parlormaid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parlormaids
form: parlor maid
form: parlourmaid
Etymology: From parlor + maid.
Senses: glosses: A maid who takes care of the parlor.
parlormaids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parlormaid
parlourmaids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parlourmaid
part-timers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of part-timer
passivize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: passivizes
form: passivizing
form: passivized
form: passivized
form: passivise
Etymology: From passive + -ize.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: To render into the passive form.
Derived terms: passivizable
passivizer
unpassivizability
unpassivized
passivise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: passivises
form: passivising
form: passivised
form: passivised
form: passivize
Etymology: From passive + -ise.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: To render into the passive form.
Derived terms: passivisable
passivisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: passivizable
Etymology: From passivise + -able.
Senses: glosses: Which can be passivised, which can be made into the passive.
Related terms: passivisability
passivizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: passivisable
Etymology: From passivize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Which can be passivized, which can be made into the passive.
Derived terms: nonpassivizable
passivizability
unpassivizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + passivizable.
Senses: glosses: Which cannot be passivized, which cannot be made into the passive.
passivizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of passivize
passivizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of passivize
passivized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of passivize
passivises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of passivise
passivising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of passivise
passivised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of passivise
patisseries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patisserie
bacony
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪkəni/
Forms: form: more bacony
form: most bacony
Etymology: From bacon + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Pork Cracklins a clever pork-rind spin-off are made from pig skin and pig fat, for a denser, more bacony flavor, Rudolph told us.
ref: 1992 February 24, “Hog Heaven at Snack Expo”, in Sacramento Bee, page B5:
glosses: Resembling bacon, especially in flavor
Related terms: hamlike
porky
pepperpot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pepperpots
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pepper pot.
pepperpots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pepperpot
clickability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: c. 1970 (manufacturing), c. 1990 (computing) click + -ability
Senses: examples: text: If a more obvious clue that clearly communicates clickability, such as an underline, fails to appear on a web page, users might start desperately running the mouse around the page […]
ref: 2007, Virginia DeBolt, Mastering Integrated HTML and CSS, →ISBN, page 208:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The quality of being clickable, of causing a particular action when clicked
examples: text: The "clickability" of the foams, a measurement of a foam's usefulness in die-cutting processes, was determined by placing a piece of foam 1 in. thick under a square die, 2 1/2 by 2 1/2 in.
ref: 1974, Bernard Rudner, Peter Daniel Pauly, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF POLYURETHANE FOAM USING OXAZOLINES AS CATALYSTS, US Patent 3914189:
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: The ability of a foam to retain its original shape after cutting, without deformation or burrs
Synonyms: topics: manufacturing
business
word: punchability
Hypernyms: topics: web-design
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: interactivity
topics: manufacturing
business
word: workability
Related terms: clickable
shark fin soups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shark fin soup
perisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perishers
Etymology: From perish + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Get off my lawn, you little perisher!
glosses: An annoying child, a brat.
examples: text: The Perishers
Various peoples have perished in the past - for instance, Neanderthal Man and, later, the Tasmanians. Others are in the process of perishing - the aboriginees of Australia, the Bushmen, the Ituri Pygmies and the Red Indians.
ref: 1969, Arthur Theodore Culwick, Who Shall Inherit the Earth?, page 69:
text: They died to decree that government of and by and for the PEOPLE (identity undefined) should never perish. The poor perishers, perishing still.
ref: 1976, Akros, page 56:
text: It was cheaper but more tedious to crunch the blighters between finger and nail. There was a rather satisfying little crack as each of the perishers perished.
ref: 2010, Alan Weeks, Bloody Picnic: Tommy's Humour, 1914-18, The History Press, →ISBN:
glosses: One who perishes.
examples: text: 'So I've come down to Coltonslough, being, as I understand, the dullest hole upon the earth's crust, and I mean to go in a perisher.' A 'perisher' was his expression. 'And I mean to read like old boots; so you may let your servant light me a fire, ...'
ref: 1865, Only a Clod, in Three Volumes, page 184:
text: Then he most times went in an awful perisher — took a month to it, and was never sober day or night the whole time. When he'd spent all his money he'd crawl out of the township and get away into the country more dead than alive, ...
ref: 1888, Rolf Boldrewood, Robbery Under Arms: A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Goldfields of Australia, page 314:
text: He went in a perisher last night, laying aginst Sir Tatton Sykes for the Derby with a half-a-dozen thousand pound notes in his hands, all of which he will lose.
ref: 1890 November 7, Lie. Vict. Gaz.:
glosses: An extreme act; a case of going all in.
perishers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perisher
pesetas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peseta
petering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of peter
petered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of peter
PhDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PhD
phone-ins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phone-in
pick-me-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pick-me-up
piggybank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piggybanks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of piggy bank.
piggybanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piggybank
pinch-hitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pinch-hit
pinewoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinewood
pinier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of piny: more piny
piniest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of piny: most piny
pinnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinny
glosses: plural of pinnie
pipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pip
playgroup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: playgroups
Etymology: From play + group.
Senses: glosses: A group of children who meet together for supervised play.
glosses: A group of gamers who meet together, especially for role-playing games.
glosses: An informal organised group providing care and activities for preschool children.
Derived terms: playgrouper
playgroups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playgroup
supervize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: supervizes
form: supervizing
form: supervized
form: supervized
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of supervise.
plughole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plugholes
form: plug hole
form: plug-hole
Etymology: From plug + hole.
Senses: examples: text: The plughole started to slurp loudly as the water went down it.
ref: 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 28, in Small Island, London: Review, page 295:
text: He jabbed his fingers into his hair and worked the dirt from the follicles, watched it swirl away down the plughole, sandy granules, flakes of dust and ash.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 199:
glosses: The hole at the bottom of a bath, sink or tub, which can be blocked using a plug; a drain (US)
plugholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plughole
bung-holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bung-hole
bung-holes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bung-hole
poaches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of poach
poaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poach
poleaxing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of poleaxe
poppadoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poppadom
poppadum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poppadums
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of poppadom.
poppadums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poppadum
puppadum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puppadums
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of poppadom.
puppadums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puppadum
papadam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: papadams
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of poppadom.
papadams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papadam
pappadams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pappadam
pre-empts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pre-empt
pre-empting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pre-empt
pre-empted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pre-empt
seafoodie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seafoodies
Etymology: From seafood + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: For the full-on seafoodie there's anything you can imagine, including my particular favourite - Honolulu mahi-mahi.
ref: 1998 June 26, Richard Wallace, “Dive Into a Brill Menu”, in The Mirror:
glosses: A lover or connoisseur of seafood
Related terms: foodie
seafoodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seafoodie
press-gangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of press-gang
prettifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prettify
prettified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prettify
probationers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of probationer
prophesies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prophesy
prophesies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prophesy (obsolete spelling or misspelling of prophecy)
prophetesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prophetess
photoessays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoessay
proprietresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proprietress
prospectuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prospectus
pts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pt; points.
glosses: plural of pt; parts.
wagon-lit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wagons-lits
Etymology: From French wagon-lit.
Senses: examples: text: As an extreme example, the charge for dinner in the "Northern Irishman" from Euston to Stranraer Harbour (for the Larne boat) has been increased to as much as 16s 6d, because of the small demand; this is coming close to the level of Wagons-Lits charges abroad.
ref: 1962 February, “Talking of Trains: Dearer meals in B.R. trains”, in Modern Railways, page 78:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A sleeping car, often used in international trains in continental Europe; the Wagons-Lits company also ran dining cars.
pushchairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pushchair
punchbowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌnt͡ʃˌboʊl/
Forms: form: punchbowls
form: punch bowl
Etymology: From punch + bowl.
Senses: glosses: A large bowl used for making or serving punch (the beverage).
Derived terms: turd in the punchbowl
punchbowls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of punchbowl
PA system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PA systems
Senses: glosses: public address system
palaeoecologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeoecologists
Etymology: From palaeo- + ecologist.
Senses: glosses: An expert in the field of palaeoecology
palaeoecologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palaeoecologist
snoozefest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsnuːzfɛst/
Forms: form: snoozefests
Etymology: From snooze + -fest.
Senses: examples: text: The names in question are George A. Romero and Stephen King, with the former having adapted three of the latter's stories for this omnibus snoozefest which is utterly lacking in chills or thrills.
ref: 1988, “Creepshow 2”, in Variety Film Reviews 1987-1988:
synonyms: snore
snore-fest
snoozapalooza
glosses: An extremely boring or uninteresting event.
pantile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæntʌɪl/
Forms: form: pantiles
Etymology: From pan + tile.
Senses: examples: text: The houses of the estancias shrank behind screens of poplar and eucalyptus. Some of the houses had pantile roofs, but most were of metal sheet, painted red.
ref: 1977, Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia, Penguin Classics, published 2003, page 8:
text: All the gneiss roofing slates have vanished, to be replaced by pantiles painting patchworks of all possible orange hues.
ref: 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 103:
text: Some old, underfired clay pantiles might be damaged by button mosses rooting in cracks and fissures. But most post-war tiles are hard enough to withstand a bit of moss growth.
ref: 2014 October 26, Jeff Howell, “Is the Japanese knotweed threat exaggerated? Our troubleshooter calls for calm about Japanese knotweed in the garden – and moss on the roof [print version: Don't panic about an overhyped invasion, 25 October 2014, p. P13]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property), archived from the original on 21 Jan 2015:
glosses: A type of interlocking roof tile with a rounded under and over, giving it an elongated S-shaped (ogee) cross section.
examples: text: "So you are a Quaker, master, are you?" he added, "Well, I thought somehow, by the cut of your pantile, (hat) you was something or other in that way."
ref: 1830, Charles Cochrane, The Journal of a Tour Made by Señor Juan de Vega, page 243:
text: Hats or ordinary caps can be worn over them, and they are much used by the drivers of hack-carriages and horse-cars. Those who cannot afford a fur cap, ear-muff, or pantile, tie a handkerchief over their ears, […]
ref: 1885, Good Words, volume 26, page 107:
glosses: A hat.
examples: text: Of course unlike the officers we never got fresh bread, we got what came from barrels stored in the lower peak and under the steward's padlock. Pantiles baked brick hard, mouldy oats for skilly, dried peas for soup, embalmed pork and beef more fat and bone than meat.
ref: 2013, Wayne Ward, Old Union, page 168:
glosses: A flat jam-covered cake.
Derived terms: pantiler
pantile shop
pantile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæntʌɪl/
Forms: form: pantiles
form: pantiling
form: pantiled
form: pantiled
Etymology: From pan + tile.
Senses: glosses: To tile with pantiles.
pantiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pantile
Papeete
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Papeʻete
Etymology: From Tahitian pape (“water”) + Tahitian ʻete (“basket”) (cognate with Maori kete, Niuean kato, 'Are'are kato, Hawaiian ʻeke (“sack”). This probably refers to the mountains condensing and collecting rain in the Papeete basin.
Senses: examples: text: Things did not turn out as he hoped. Having reached Tahiti in June 1891, he soon fled the island's Europeanized capital, Papeete, for the village of Mataiea, where he met Teha'amana, 14, who became his mistress and model.
ref: 2003 October 14, Alan Riding, “The Colors of Paradise As Imagined by Gauguin”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: The capital city of French Polynesia.
paramoecium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paramoeciums
form: paramoecia
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of paramecium.
paramoeciums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paramoecium
paramoecia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paramoecium
parcel post
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parcel posts
form: parcel-post
Senses: examples: text: Suspension of parcel post is reported to have diverted many parcels to the railways; but receipts were only £272,000 up.
ref: 1962 April, “Talking of Trains: Disappointing statistics”, in Modern Railways, page 220:
glosses: A postal service involving the shipping of parcels.
patellate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛleɪt
-ɛlət
Etymology: From patella + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Having a patella.
glosses: Having the shape of a patella, patelliform.
perchlorination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perchlorinations
Etymology: By surface analysis, per- + chlorination, or, by surface analysis, perchlorinate + -ion.
Senses: synonyms: hyperchlorination
hypernyms: perhalogenation
;
chlorination
;
halogenation
coordinate_terms: perfluorination
perbromination
periodination
glosses: The act of perchlorinating.
Related terms: perchloric
perchloric acid
perchlorinated
perchlorinations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perchlorination
perchlorinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: perchlorinates
form: perchlorinating
form: perchlorinated
form: perchlorinated
Etymology: From per- + chlorinate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: perhalogenate
;
chlorinate
;
halogenate
coordinate_terms: perfluorinate
perbrominate
periodinate
glosses: To chlorinate thoroughly: to add the maximum amount of chlorine to.
Derived terms: perchlorination
perchlorinates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of perchlorinate
perchlorinating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of perchlorinate
perchlorinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: By surface analysis, perchlorinate + -ed, or, by surface analysis, per- + chlorinated.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of perchlorinate
perchlorinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, perchlorinate + -ed, or, by surface analysis, per- + chlorinated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: perhalogenated
;
chlorinated
;
halogenated
coordinate_terms: perfluorinated
perbrominated
periodinated
glosses: Thoroughly chlorinated: reacted with chlorine such that many hydrogen atoms have been replaced with chlorine.
Related terms: hyperchlorinated
overchlorinated
perchlorate
perchloric acid
perchlorinate
perchlorination
picket fence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picket fences
Senses: synonyms: picketing#Noun
glosses: A simple fence made from wooden pickets, connected by horizontal bars.
glosses: A series of spaced perpendicular striations that occasionally occur in aurorae.
Derived terms: white picket fence
picket fences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picket fence
poetic license
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of poetic licence.
poikilothermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poikilo- + -thermic.
Senses: glosses: Having a body temperature that varies depending on the outside temperature.
raw_tags: of an animal
Synonyms: cold-blooded
poikilothermal
poikilothermous
Related terms: poikilotherm
poikilothermia
poikilothermism
poikilothermy
RSA number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RSA numbers
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of the large semiprime numbers to be factored in the RSA Factoring Challenge, a competition from 1991 to 2007 encouraging research into computational number theory.
semiprime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semiprimes
Etymology: From semi- + prime.
Senses: examples: text: Again, to be perfectly clear, we are looking for c values that produce a low density of semiprimes when employing Euler's basic polynomial but changing the c values, in the range of x=1 to 10000. Some very early standouts are: c=4 which produces 799 semiprimes; c=6 which produces 532 semiprimes; c=12 which produces only 431 semiprimes; c=18 which produces 364 semiprimes, and c=30 which produces only 320 semiprimes.
ref: 2010, Jason Earls, The Lowbrow Experimental Mathematician, Lulu.com, page 145:
text: 2015, Jie Wang, Zachary A. Kissel, Introduction to Network Security: Theory and Practice, Wiley [under licence from Higher Education Press], page 113,
Firstly, we should change semiprimes from time to time, where a particular semiprime should only be used in a time interval shorter than the time required to factor an RSA challenge number of a similar length. Secondly, we should use semiprimes that consist of more than 200 decimal digits.
text: In this paper I will define four sequences of numbers obtained through concatenation, definitions which also use the notion of “sum of the digits of a number”, sequences that have the property to produce many primes, semiprimes and products of very few prime factors.
ref: 2015, Marius Coman, Two Hundred and Thirteen Conjectures on Primes: Collected Papers, Education Publishing, page 46:
topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: A natural number that is the product of two (not necessarily distinct) prime numbers.
Synonyms: sense: product of two primes, not necessarily distinct
word: biprime
Derived terms: discrete semiprime
distinct semiprime
semiprime
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + prime.
Senses: examples: text: The final part of the semiprime-semisimple analogy is given by
Proposition 4.4. A ring #92;mathbf#123;R#125; is semiprime if and only if #92;mathbf#123;R#125; is isomorphic to a subdirect product of prime rings.
ref: 1974, Thomas W. Hungerford, Algebra, Springer, page 446:
text: In this chapter we shall study the structure of semiprime alternative algebras.
ref: 1982, K. A. Zhevlakov, A. M. Slin'ko, I. P. Shestakov, A. I. Shirshov, translated by Harry F. Smith, Rings That Are Nearly Associative, Academic Press, page 176:
text: Let f be a semiprime fuzzy ideal of S and x#92;inS.
ref: 2003, John N. Mordeson, Davender S. Malik, Nobuaki Kuroki, Fuzzy Semigroups, Springer, page 213:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: That has properties derived directly or by extension from a semiprime.
RSA numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RSA number
Dakasian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dakasians
Etymology: From Armenian Դաքեսյան (Dakʻesyan), Դագասյան (Dagasyan).
Senses: examples: text: Jack Dakasian always commenced class with “good morning.”
“Good morning Mr. Dakasian,” the class all responded at once.
ref: 2012, Henry Pelifian, Land of the Tuk-Tuk, page 9:
glosses: A surname from Armenian.
tteoks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tteok
tteok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʌk/
ipa: /dʌk/
rhymes: -ʌk
homophone: tuck (one pronunciation)
homophone: duck (one pronunciation)
Forms: form: tteoks
form: tteok
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 떡 (tteok).
Senses: examples: text: But my eye was immediately drawn to the add-on: country ham with tteok and honey.
ref: 2022 October 4, Nikita Richardson, “Rice Cakes, Rice Rolls, Rice Sweets”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022:
glosses: A type of sweet cake from Korea, made from rice flour.
Synonyms: dduk
toppoki
Related terms: hotteok
tteokbokki
Rhône
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Rhône.
Senses: glosses: A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
glosses: Alternative form of Rhone: A major river in Switzerland and France that flows from the Alps to the Mediterranean Sea.
Derived terms: Chasse-sur-Rhône
power steering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A system for reducing the driver's effort to steer, by using a power source to assist in turning the wheels. (Traditionally hydraulic; now sometimes electric.)
untack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: untacks
form: untacking
form: untacked
form: untacked
Etymology: From un- + tack.
Senses: glosses: To unfasten (something tacked).
glosses: To remove the tack from.
untacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of untack
untacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of untack
untacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of untack
snoozefests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snoozefest
ferriage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɛɹ.i.ɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: ferriages
Etymology: From ferry + -age.
Senses: glosses: Transportation by ferry.
glosses: The fee paid for a ferry ride.
ingenuine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛnjuːɪn̩/
ipa: /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛnjuːaɪn̩/
rhymes: -ɛnjuːɪn̩ or Rhymes: -ɛnjuːaɪn̩
Forms: form: more ingenuine
form: most ingenuine
Etymology: From in- + genuine.
Senses: examples: text: This description of the female therapist may have been a transferential distortion, an accurate reading of an ingenuine therapeutic stance, or both.
ref: 1993, Sam Kirscher, Working with Adult Incest Survivors: The Healing Journey, page 81:
text: Yet those accomplishments may well be forged, that is, a bit ingenuine, since, as our films must inevitably do, they leave the very forces of repression intact […]
ref: 1995, J. P. Telotte, Replications: A Robotic History of the Science Fiction Film, page 164:
glosses: false, not genuine or unauthentic.
Synonyms: ungenuine
false
fake
Otago
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtɐːɡɐʉ/
ipa: /əˈtɑɡoʊ/
ipa: /əˈtɑːɡəʊ/
Etymology: From Maori Ōtākou.
Senses: glosses: A region in the South Island of New Zealand.
Derived terms: Central Otago
unathletic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unathletic
form: most unathletic
Etymology: From un- + athletic.
Senses: glosses: Not athletic; lacking in athleticism.
appealability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From appealable + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: This exception relates to the appealability of the case. Often the very first issue before the appellate court is whether the court should hear the appeal.
ref: 1995, William P. Statsky, R. John Wernet, Case Analysis and Fundamentals of Legal Writing, →ISBN, page 109:
topics: law
antonyms: unappealability
glosses: The quality of being entitled to review in an appellate court.
Coordinate terms: reviewability
antiretaliation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: anti-retaliation
Etymology: From anti- + retaliation.
Senses: examples: text: Whistleblowers are protected by the antiretaliation statute.
topics: law
glosses: Disallowing or preventing retaliation
raw_tags: of a law
Synonyms: antiretaliatory
antimajoritarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + majoritarian.
Senses: examples: text: Federalism itself is an antimajoritarian mechanism for, by devolving power to smaller constituencies, it places some policy issues beyond the reach of the center's majority.
ref: 2004, Ugo M. Amoretti, Nancy Gina Bermeo, Federalism and Territorial Cleavages, →ISBN, page 10:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Opposing majority rule
Derived terms: antimajoritarianism
Related terms: majoritarian
antimajoritarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimajoritarians
Etymology: From anti- + majoritarian.
Senses: glosses: One who opposes majority rule.
antidiscrimination
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: anti-discrimination
Etymology: From anti- + discrimination.
Senses: examples: text: The antidiscrimination laws prohibit hiring based on race.
text: School officials told the faculty Williams won’t accept new grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) or the National Institutes of Health (NIH) until the agencies clarify new language requiring grantee institutions to certify they aren’t doing anything to “promote or advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) … in violation of federal antidiscrimination laws.”
ref: 2025 June 6, Jeffrey Mervis, “Exclusive: U.S. college is first to decline federal science grants because of new DEI language”, in Science:
topics: law
glosses: Opposing or disallowing discrimination
Synonyms: antidiscriminatory
antidiscriminative
affirmances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affirmance
Lepanto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former Spanish commandancy.
glosses: A subprovince of Lepanto-Bontoc, created from the commandancy.
glosses: Former name of Naupactus.
glosses: Former name of Naupactus.
Clipping of w:Battle of Lepanto.
glosses: A city in Poinsett County, Arkansas.
Derived terms: Gulf of Lepanto
tinder-boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tinder-box
syringomyelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syringomyelias
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: syringo- + myel- + -ia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A disorder in which a cyst or cavity forms within the spinal cord, possibly leading to stiffness or paralysis.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
Related terms: syringohydromyelia
syrinx
syringomyelias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syringomyelia
Realpolitik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Realpolitiks
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of realpolitik.
rope-a-dopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rope-a-dope
rope-a-dope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rope-a-dopes
Etymology: See Rope-a-dope.
Senses: examples: text: He sounded like a retired boxer who'd specialized in the rope-a-dope.
ref: 1999, James W Hall, Tropical Freeze:
text: I went into my own version of Ali's rope-a-dope, ducking as many of the heavy blows as I could, and waiting for some kind of idea to come to me.
ref: 2003, Steve Hamilton, North of Nowhere:
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A technique in which the boxer assumes a defensive stance against the ropes and absorbs an opponent's blows, hoping to exploit eventual tiredness or a mistake.
examples: text: […] process that in recent years has degenerated, sadly, into one long scorched-earth campaign filled with partisan rancor and legislative rope-a-dope.
ref: 2002, Steven Hill, Fixing Elections:
text: Maybe, I suggested, it was the old rope-a-dope to lower expectations, but that was tougher for him than it had been in 2000: He was now the president.
ref: 2007, Robert Shrum, No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner:
glosses: Any strategy where an apparently losing position is assumed in the hope of eventual victory.
rope-a-dope
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rope-a-dopes
form: rope-a-doping
form: rope-a-doped
form: rope-a-doped
Etymology: See Rope-a-dope.
Senses: examples: text: Willis rope-a-doped us all night.
glosses: To exhaust someone by stringing them along.
newshound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newshounds
Etymology: From news + hound.
Senses: examples: text: I recently received a firsthand report from an old friend — John A. Keel — who until last year was as skeptical a newshound as I have known.
ref: 1967, Ivan Terence Sanderson, Uninvited Visitors:
text: "You could, of course, have a prepared statement and when a newshound knocked at the door you could slide it out to him," said the journalist.
ref: 1977, New York Magazine:
text: "I've always been a newshound and I was glued to the TV set on November 22," he recalled.
ref: 2007, David Talbot, Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years:
text: The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.
ref: 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
synonyms: newsmonger
glosses: An investigative reporter.
Related terms: newshen
newshounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newshound
crèmes fraîches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crème fraîche
atheology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atheologies
Etymology: From a- + theology.
Senses: glosses: Antagonism to theology; the study or profession of atheism.
Related terms: atheologist
us-and-them
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Good football teams always have an us-and-them mentality; there are the 45 players and their coaches, and then there is everybody else.
ref: 1987, New York Magazine:
text: […] one of the major concerns by staff is the lack of social contact with an SMT and an 'us and them' syndrome developing.
ref: 1992, Jack Dunham, Stress in Teaching:
text: We described above how a solution to the problem of interpersonal feuding has been to devolve such feuds to an authority such as the police. But what if the police behave in an us-and-them way?
ref: 2006, Keith Oatley, Dacher Keltner, Jennifer M Jenkins, Understanding Emotions:
glosses: Being or pertaining to a divisive belief whereby those outside one's immediate circle are regarded as enemies.
Related terms: us versus them
us-and-them-ism
campism
for me and not for thee
pontine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Of or relating to a bridge or bridges.
topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the pons in the brain stem.
Derived terms: cerebellopontine
corticopontine
extrapontine
frontopontine
intrapontine
mesopontine
occipitopontine
parapontine
parietopontine
pedunculopontine
pontine artery
pontine cistern
pontine flexure
pontine glioma
prepontine
tectopontine
temporopontine
comix
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comixes
form: comixing
form: comixed
form: comixed
Etymology: From co- + mix.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of commix.
comix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Phonetic spelling of comics.
Senses: glosses: Comics, especially those that are self-published and deal with offbeat or transgressive topics
comixes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of comix
comixing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of comix
comixed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of comix
commixes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of commix
commixing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of commix
commixed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of commix
containerise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: containerises
form: containerising
form: containerised
form: containerised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of containerize.
containerises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of containerise
containerising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of containerise
containerised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: containerized
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of containerise