cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
boil over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: boils over
form: boiling over
form: boiled over
form: boiled over
Senses: examples: text: I forgot about the rice and it boiled over.
glosses: To boil to such an extent as to overflow its container.
examples: text: He b'iled right over, and the tongue-lashing he give that boss Right Liver beat anything I ever listened to. There was heap of Scriptur' language in it, and more brimstone than you'd find in a match factory.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
text: But as the half progressed, Liverpool's pressure and high-tempo passing game increased United's frustration and it threatened to boil over on the stroke of half-time when Van Persie, who had already been booked, was involved in angry verbal exchanges with several Liverpool players, particularly Gerrard.
ref: 2013 September 1, Phil McNulty, Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd, via BBC Sport:
glosses: To reach the point where aggressive action is taken.
raw_tags: of anger
examples: text: He boiled over all night.
glosses: To act aggressively angry.
examples: text: The stallion boiled over, throwing Robert from her back.
glosses: To buck aggressively.
raw_tags: of horse(s)
Derived terms: word: a watched pot never boils over
word: boilover
Related terms: boiling point
overboil
quantum states
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quantum state
intercapped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + cap + -ed (where cap is short for capital, as in caps).
Senses: examples: text: Every page features careful placement of type, but the type is artistically messed up: sometimes all caps, sometimes lowercase, sometimes intercapped […]
ref: 1999, Jeff Carlson, Toby Malina, Glenn Fleishman, Typography: the best work from the web:
text: The first letter of any concatenated words are given an upper-case letter. For example, the following are all examples of intercapped variable names […]
ref: 2002, Jo Wood, Java programming for spatial sciences:
text: Regardless, you will know the public's opinion, most likely expressed in jauntily intercapped slang.
ref: 2003, Austin Grossman, Postmortems from Game Developer:
text: Too bad the intercapped name is way too 90s and sticks out like a sore thumb.
ref: 2004, T Mike Childs, Rocklopedia fakebandica:
text: Button labels in graphical application windows are shown in regular text, and are often intercapped.
ref: 2005, Laura Wingerd, Practical Perforce:
text: […] coders discovered they could better recognize the words they used for variables and commands when the words were intercapped.
ref: 2006, Tay Vaughan, Multimedia: making it work:
hypernyms: camel-cased#Adjective
CamelCased#Adjective
coordinate_terms: capped#Adjective
capitalized#Adjective
;
all-caps#Adjective
;
lowercased#Adjective
lowercase#Adjective
glosses: Having an intermediate capital letter within a solid spelling, as in PowerPoint for example.
raw_tags: of a word
Related terms: word: bicapitalization
word: intercapping
fluidization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluidizations
Etymology: From fluidize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of fluidizing.
Derived terms: hyperfluidization
microfluidization
fluidizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluidization
unfluidized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + fluidized.
Senses: glosses: Not fluidized.
am I right or am I right
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: And next to Rosa is Mont Charre, which is great, but just a hair less great than Rosa, am I right or am I right?
ref: 1974, William Goldman, Marathon Man, Delacorte Press:
text: There are songs to sing, there are feelings to feel, there are thoughts to think. That makes three things, and you can't do three things at the same time. The singing is easy, syrup in my mouth, and the thinking comes with the tune, so that leaves only the feelings. Am I right, or am I right? I can sing the singing. I can think the thinking. But you're not going to catch me feeling the feeling. No, sir.
ref: 1988, The Singing Detective, episode 3:
text: What I love about this country is that: its genius. Greatest inventors in the world. It's beautiful: am I right or am I right?
ref: 1988, Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses:
text: Do you have life insurance, Phil? Because if you do, you could always use a little more, right? I mean, who couldn't? But you wanna know something? I got the feeling ... [whistles] ... you ain't got any. Am I right or am I right? Or am I right? Am I right?
ref: 1993, Groundhog Day:
text: You take your ileum as Wallace Stevens/and you take my ileum/as Gordon Lish,/am I right or am I right?
ref: 1999, Gordon Lish, "Aubade", Salmagundi, No. 121/122 (Winter-Spring 1999), p. 201
text: Customerize the company! Am I right or am I right? For forty years or thereabouts, marketers have worshipped at the feet of the customer.
ref: 2004, Stephen Brown, Free Gift Inside!!: Forget the Customer. Develop Marketease, page 7:
glosses: Alternative form of am I right, implying the speaker can't possibly be wrong.
nondollar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + dollar.
Senses: glosses: Not of, pertaining to, or measured in dollars (especially American dollars).
postgirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postgirls
Etymology: From post + girl.
Senses: glosses: A girl who delivers the post; a young postwoman.
postgirls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postgirl
unbreached
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + breach + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Not breached; intact.
breachable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more breachable
form: most breachable
Etymology: From breach + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be breached; vulnerable.
Derived terms: unbreachable
bentshes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bentsh
bentshing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bentsh
bentshed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bentsh
unencountered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + encountered.
Senses: glosses: Not encountered.
suppletively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more suppletively
form: most suppletively
Etymology: From suppletive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: And as noted in chapter 2, in exactly this sense the adjective bad compares regularly, not suppletively: bad – badder – baddest.
ref: 2012, Jonathan David Bobaljik, Universals in Comparative Morphology, page 195:
glosses: In a suppletive way.
bioload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioloads
Etymology: From bio- + load.
Senses: glosses: The nitrogen-processing demand placed upon the filters of an aquarium by uneaten food, decomposing inhabitants, and other waste.
bioloads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioload
bioburden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioburdens
Etymology: From bio- + burden.
Senses: examples: text: This is appropriate for devices containing low numbers of naturally occurring bioburden. Caution must be used because artificial inoculation may not represent the natural relationship between the normal flora and the device surfaces and […]
ref: 2001, Anne Booth, Sterilization Validation and Routine Operation Handbook: Radiation, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 50:
glosses: A measure of an object's contamination with microorganisms.
bioburdens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioburden
chairless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛələs/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛɹləs/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛɚləs/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃeːləs/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃiələs/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃeələs/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃeɹləs/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɜː(ɹ).ləs/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)ləs
homophone: cheerless (cheer–chair merger)
Etymology: From chair + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a chair or chairs.
Derived terms: chairlessness
tableless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From table + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a table or tables.
anonymizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anonymizers
form: anonymiser
Etymology: From anonymize + -er.
Senses: glosses: A software tool that attempts to make a user's Internet activity untraceable by acting as a proxy.
Related terms: anonymization
anonymize
anonymizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anonymizer
anonymiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anonymisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of anonymizer.
anonymisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anonymiser
proxyless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proxy + -less.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Without the use of a proxy.
numberlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more numberlike
form: most numberlike
Etymology: From number + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a number.
digitlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more digitlike
form: most digitlike
Etymology: From digit + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a digit (body part).
numberlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more numberlessly
form: most numberlessly
Etymology: From numberless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a numberless way; uncountably, infinitely.
furless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fur + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without fur.
Synonyms: hairless
unfurred
Derived terms: furlessness
ribosomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ribosome + -ic.
Senses: synonyms: ribosomal
glosses: Of or pertaining to ribosomes.
grilf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grilfs
Etymology: Deliberate error for girlf as an abbreviation of girlfriend.
Senses: glosses: A girlfriend.
grilfs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grilf
stimmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stim
undialed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + dialed.
Senses: glosses: That has not been dialed.
unphoned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + phoned.
Senses: glosses: Untelephoned, phoneless, without a telephone.
glosses: Not having been phoned; uncalled.
dweebish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dweebish
form: most dweebish
Etymology: From dweeb + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Dweeby.
spoon lures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spoon lure
ribin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribins
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of ribbon.
ribins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ribin
sport utility vehicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sport utility vehicle
elephantry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛlɪfəntɹi/
ipa: /ˈɛlə-/
Forms: form: elephantries
Etymology: From elephant + -ry, by analogy with infantry and cavalry.
Senses: examples: text: But, juſt before we took the Field, we demoliſhed our Elephantry, and to be more on a Level with the Baboons, introduced Monkies upon lean Cats, and thoſe too a little wild, becauſe we could maintain them very cheap, Monkies being content with Nuts, and Cats with any Thing.
ref: 1747 February 5, “Nº 83. Thursday, February 5, 1747”, in The Fool: Being a Collection of Essays and Epistles, Moral, Political, Humourous^([sic]), and Entertaining. Published in the Daily Gazetteer. With the Author's Preface, and a Complete Index, volume II, London: Printed, and sold, by Nutt, Cooke and Kingman, at the Royal Exchange; [et al.], published 1748, →OCLC, pages 258–259:
text: The king replied in a proclamation to his subjects that he was going to appear in person "with large forces of infantry, artillery, elephantry, and cavalry, by land and water, and with the might of his army efface these heretic Kalas, and annex their country."
ref: 1889, William W[otherspoon] Ireland, Through the Ivory Gate: Studies in Psychology and History, Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 12 Bank Street; London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., and Hamilton, Adams & Co., →OCLC, page 309:
text: The elephantry always preceded the army and was primarily used to clear the road, demolish enemy forts, launch night attacks and for defending their own forts and in transporting war materials.
ref: 2003, Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa, Generalissimo Chilarai and His Times: A Historical Biography, 2nd edition, Ghy, Assam, India: Vikram Publishers, →OCLC, page 390:
text: Ashok maintained a large army (infantry) more than nine lakhs, a few thousand cavalries and elephantries.
ref: 2005, K. K. Sinha, “A Brief History of the Ancient Indian Achievements”, in Oriental and Western Science and Cosmology, Mumbai: Allied Publishers, →ISBN, page 31:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: That branch of an army that uses elephants.
wikipedia: Battle of Zama
Henri-Paul Motte
Second Punic War
Coordinate terms: artillery
cavalry
chariotry
infantry
navy
camelry
Mormonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Mormonizes
form: Mormonizing
form: Mormonized
form: Mormonized
form: Mormonise
Etymology: From Mormon + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To convert to Mormonism.
Mormonizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Mormonize
Mormonizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Mormonize
Mormonized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Mormonize
Mormonization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mormonisation
Etymology: From Mormonize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of Mormonizing.
chenodeoxycholate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chenodeoxycholates
Etymology: From chenodeoxycholic acid + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt of chenodeoxycholic acid.
chenodeoxycholates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chenodeoxycholate
spore prints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spore print
chenodeoxycholic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χήνα (khḗna, “goose”) (in which it was first isolated) + deoxy + cholic.
Senses: glosses: A bile acid that is synthesized in the liver from cholesterol.
Coordinate terms: english: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
translation: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
word: chenodeoxycholate
Derived terms: glycochenodeoxycholic acid
sporeprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sporeprints
Etymology: From spore + print.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of spore print.
sports cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sports car
sporeprints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sporeprint
chenodesoxycholic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: As for chenodeoxycholic acid, but with desoxy- for deoxy-.
Senses: glosses: Chenodeoxycholic acid.
cholanoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Deoxycholic acid.
ursodiol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ursodeoxycholic acid.
UDCA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of ursodeoxycholic acid.
clottish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clottish
form: most clottish
Etymology: From clot + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Like a clot; foolish, silly.
Derived terms: clottishness
octreotide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -reotide (“somatostatin receptor agonist/antagonist”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An octapeptide that mimics natural somatostatin pharmacologically, though it is a more potent inhibitor of growth hormone, glucagon and insulin than the natural hormone.
steatorrheas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steatorrhea
magnetic poetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Magnetic Poetry Kit, a registered trademark of Magnetic Poetry, Inc.
Senses: glosses: Poetry, often terse and surreal, created by assembling magnetic pieces bearing words or word fragments.
Mormonise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Mormonises
form: Mormonising
form: Mormonised
form: Mormonised
Etymology: From Mormon + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Mormonize.
Mormonises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Mormonise
Mormonising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Mormonise
Mormonised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Mormonise
pancreozymin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pancreozymins
Senses: glosses: cholecystokinin
abetalipoproteinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪˌbeɪ.təˌlɪp.oʊˌpɹoʊ.tiˈni.mi.ə/
Forms: form: abetalipoproteinemias
form: abetalipoproteinaemia
Etymology: From a- + Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta, “second”) + lipoprotein + Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A rare autosomal recessive disorder that interferes with the normal absorption of fat and fat-soluble vitamins from food.
Synonyms: Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome
abetalipoproteinemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abetalipoproteinemia
abetalipoproteinaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abetalipoproteinaemias
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of abetalipoproteinemia.
dysbetalipoproteinaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysbetalipoproteinaemias
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dysbetalipoproteinemia.
Mormonisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mormonization
Etymology: From Mormonise + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mormonization.
dysbetalipoproteinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysbetalipoproteinemias
form: dysbetalipoproteinaemia
Senses: glosses: A rare medical disorder, Type III hyperlipoproteinemia.
dysbetalipoproteinemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dysbetalipoproteinemia
phosphatidylcholines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphatidylcholine
cholyltaurine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cholyl- + taurine.
Senses: glosses: Taurocholic acid.
cholaic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Taurocholic acid.
taurocholic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A bile acid involved in the emulsification of fats; a conjugate of cholic acid with taurine
Synonyms: cholaic acid
cholyltaurine
acidum cholatauricum
2-{[(3α,5β,7α,12α)-3,7,12-trihydroxy-24-oxocholan-24-yl]amino}ethanesulfonic acid
Related terms: taurodeoxycholic acid
noonish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnuːnɪʃ/
Etymology: From noon + -ish.
Senses: synonyms: twelvish
coordinate_terms: high noon
glosses: Any time close to noon; midday or thereabouts.
oneish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwʌnɪʃ/
Etymology: From one + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Any time close to one o'clock.
twoish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtuɪʃ/
Etymology: From two + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Any time close to two o'clock.
twelveish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of twelvish.
twelveish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of twelvish.
acmeists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acmeist
elevenish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eleven + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Any time close to eleven o'clock.
elevenish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eleven + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Of about eleven years of age.
sevenish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛvənɪʃ/
Etymology: From seven + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Any time close to seven o'clock.
tenish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛnɪʃ/
Forms: form: tennish
Etymology: From ten + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Any time close to ten o'clock.
threeish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈθɹiːɪʃ/
Etymology: From three + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Any time close to three o'clock.
fourish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From four + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: We'll arrive around fourish.
glosses: Any time close to four o'clock.
fiveish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪvɪʃ/
Etymology: From five + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Any time close to five o'clock.
sixish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪksɪʃ/
Etymology: From six + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Any time close to six o'clock.
eightish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪtɪʃ/
Etymology: From eight + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Any time close to eight o'clock.
nineish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪnɪʃ/
Etymology: From nine + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Any time close to nine o'clock.
potatoey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more potatoey
form: most potatoey
form: potato-ey
form: potato-y
Etymology: From potato + -ey.
Senses: examples: text: These steak fries have a much more potatoey texture than shoestring fries.
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of potatoes.
Related terms: couch-potatoey
mashed-potatoey
sweet-potatoey
oceanarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊ.ʃəˈnɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /ˌoʊ.ʃəˈnɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: oceanariums
form: oceanaria
Etymology: From ocean + -arium, by analogy with aquarium.
Senses: glosses: A park where visitors can see marine mammals and/or fish.
oceanariums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oceanarium
oceanaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oceanarium
pentakis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having five identical units
Derived terms: pentakis dodecahedron
pentakis-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A variant of penta-, used for multiplication with a second numerical prefix.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variant of penta-, used for substitutions of five complex rather than simple units: pentakis(phenylthio)pyridine, or to distinguish five simple substituents from a single polymer of five units
Related terms: bis-
tris-
tetrakis-
hexakis-
obstruction of justice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obstructions of justice
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Interference with the administration of law and justice, as by ignorance of a justification, fraud of evidential validity, or not disclosing discovery of facts, or by doing damage to a witness, officer, juror.
Synonyms: word: perverting the course of justice
word: defeating the ends of justice
kookily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more kookily
form: most kookily
Etymology: From kooky + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a kooky way.
astrophotographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From astrophotography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to astrophotography.
denominally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From denominal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a denominal way.
unhaunted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + haunted.
Senses: examples: text: But Mam, Mam, what about that stark and wormy Sir Libogran, that . . . dragocidal maniac? Did he really live hoppishly ever after as well, unhaunted by his bloodful crime?
ref: 2009, Tad Williams, “A Stark and Wormy Knight”, in Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois, editors, The Dragon Book, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 232:
glosses: Not haunted; without a disturbing or ghostly presence.
unhaunted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From unhaunt + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unhaunt
telecourse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telecourses
Etymology: From tele- + course.
Senses: glosses: In distance learning, a course that consists of a radio or television broadcast.
telecourses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telecourse
teleprogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teleprograms
Etymology: From tele- + program.
Senses: examples: text: The architecture should provide for a reliable communication infrastructure required for the transfer of files (teleprograms, displayable pages...
ref: 1983, Ján Gecsei, The architecture of videotex systems:
text: After having finished composing the text, the teleprogram tells the PI0 to establish the telephone connection to the VTX center and sends the text...
ref: 1984, Hugh T Smith, Computer-based message services:
text: Obviously, appropriate interfaces between the magazine-manager and the teleprograms will have to be made. At this point such systems are not yet implemented...
ref: 1985, OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online, Information services and use:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any computer program acquired as telesoftware.
Related terms: teleprogramme
teleprograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teleprogram
VTX
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of videotex.
DAO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daʊ/
rhymes: -aʊ
Forms: form: DAOs
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrochemistry
petrology
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of de-asphalted oil, a crude oil refinery process stream.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of disk-at-once, an optical disk recording mode.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of data access object, a design pattern.
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Initialism of double action only, a trigger mechanism for revolving cylinder and semi-automatic firearms.
examples: text: As the name suggests, DAOs are autonomous entities that subsist independently from any legal or moral entity. After they have been created and deployed onto the internet, they no longer need (nor heed) their creators.
ref: 2014 March 8, Primavera De Filippi, “Tomorrow's Apps Will Come From Brilliant (And Risky) Bitcoin Code”, in Wired, →ISSN:
text: Humans aren't in charge, they are on the edges. AI is what makes the decisions and the DAO maintains itself. DAOs aren't just defined by having AI make all the decisions, they also have their own internal capital.
ref: 2016, Siraj Raval, Decentralized Applications, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN:
text: But with the mayor’s backing, Mr. Nelson is planning to establish a trust fund that would serve as the basis of the DAO. “I’m dreaming,” he said. “Two Harbors could turn into Disneyland.”
ref: 2022 January 25, David Yaffe-Bellany, “The Rise of the Crypto Mayors”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 Feb 2022:
text: DAOs, which have been described as “financial flash mobs” or “group chats with bank accounts,” are among the fastest-growing parts of the crypto ecosystem.
ref: 2022 March 2, Erin Woo, Kevin Roose, “This Social Club Runs On Crypto Tokens and Vibes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2022:
text: This enhances the collective understanding of how DAOs function and thrive, breaking down barriers that can hinder effective participation and innovation. […] By providing detailed descriptions and relationships between different patterns, we offer actionable insights that can be adapted and applied to various DAO contexts.
ref: 2024 July 10, “ICDevs.org DAOs Project v0.0.2”, in ICDevs.org, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2025, page 7:
topics: business
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
finance
qualifier: Web3
glosses: Acronym of decentralized autonomous organization, an autonomous entity based on smart contracts on a blockchain.
DAO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /daʊ/
rhymes: -aʊ
Senses: topics: lifestyle
synonyms: DA1
glosses: Initialism of Dragon Age: Origins.
metafile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metafiles
Etymology: From meta- + file.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A file in any format that can store multiple types of data, typically a graphics file format.
metafiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metafile
LMNO
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of laughing my nuts off; used to indicate great amusement.
Related terms: LMAO
orgillous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more orgillous
form: most orgillous
Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Old French orguillous (“prideful, haughty”) (French orgueilleux) from orgoil (“pride”) (French orgueil), of Germanic origin, akin to Old English orgol (“pride”).
Senses: glosses: proud; prideful, haughty, arrogant
hairily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hairily
form: most hairily
Etymology: From hairy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a hairy manner
dammits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dammit
-n-
Language: English
Part of speech: interfix
Senses: examples: Panamanian, Torontonian
Shanghainese, Balinese
glosses: Used with certain suffixes, such as -ian and -ese, when the base word ends in a vowel that is not readily elided.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of -ner-.
Related terms: -n
clout list
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clout lists
Senses: examples: text: By the way, joining Ronan in the move from "10 worst" to the clout list is his on-and-off nemesis, House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago).
ref: 1991 July 7, Thomas Hardy, “To make clout list, it's not what you know, but who you know”, in Chicago Tribune, page 4:
text: Gov. Blagojevich's office kept a clout list of hundreds of state employees recommended by lobbyists, lawmakers and major fund-raisers.
ref: 2006 May 17, Chris Fusco, Dave McKinney, “Governor's office kept clout list”, in Chicago Sun-Times, retrieved 05 Jun 2009:
text: The University of Illinois announced Monday that it will temporarily suspend the use of a clout list in the admissions process—a practice school officials first downplayed after it was described in a Tribune investigation.
ref: 2009 June 2, Stacy St. Clair, Jodi S. Cohen, “Clout Goes to College: Clout list put on suspension”, in chicagotribune.com, retrieved 05 Jun 2009:
topics: ethics
government
human-sciences
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: A usually secret list containing the names of people who are to be given special access, benefits, or influence in a political or social situation, especially as a result of having personal, professional, or financial relationships with those in authority.
Related terms: corruption
venality
additive group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: additive groups
Senses: topics: group-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any group, or algebraic object that can be regarded as a group, whose binary operation is called addition and denoted +; specifically:
Any (often, but not necessarily, abelian) group whose binary operation is called addition.
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any group, or algebraic object that can be regarded as a group, whose binary operation is called addition and denoted +; specifically:
Any of certain algebraic objects (ring, field or vector space, etc., whose definition includes a commutative operation called addition) regarded as a group under addition.
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any group, or algebraic object that can be regarded as a group, whose binary operation is called addition and denoted +; specifically:
Any group object (such as a group functor, group scheme, etc.), whose binary operation is called addition.
Pearly Gates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of pearly gates.
Bannockburn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbænəkˌbɜː(ɹ)n/
ipa: [ˈbanəkˈbʌɾn]
Senses: glosses: A village near Stirling in Stirling council area, Scotland, named after the Bannock Burn (OS grid ref NS8190).
glosses: A battle important in Scotland's struggle for independence.
glosses: A settlement near Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand; a local river is also named Bannock Burn.
May 35th
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 5月35日; a euphemistic form of June 4th, as though May (which has 31 days) had been lengthened to include it.
Senses: examples: text: This is known within China, to the people who know about it, as the June Fourth Incident. More recently it has been referred to covertly as May 35th.
ref: 2009 June 4, Shih-Chieh Ilya Li, “Today in China, May 35th”, in Pah (Usenet):
glosses: The anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre on the fourth of June, known in China as the June Fourth Incident.
wikipedia: June 4th
bibliotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌbɪbliˈɒtɪk/
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to bibliotics
guanin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guanins
Senses: glosses: Dated form of guanine.
mud fight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mud fights
Senses: glosses: A physical fight in which two (or more) opponents wrestle in mud or other dirt.
glosses: A dirty duel, involving verbal mudslinging.
Related terms: cat fight
bibliotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From biblio- + -ics.
Senses: glosses: The study of documents and handwriting in order to verify authorship or authenticity
physiurgy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis, “nature”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).
Senses: glosses: A mainly Scandinavian medical specialty that deals with musculoskeletal physiology and diseases.
perverses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of perverse
Luxemburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Luxemburgers
Etymology: From Luxemburg + -er.
Senses: glosses: A citizen of Luxemburg
Synonyms: Luxembourger
Related terms: Luxemburgian
nettly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nettly
form: most nettly
Etymology: From nettle + -y.
Senses: glosses: Of, resembling, or overgrown with nettles.
midweekly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + weekly.
Senses: glosses: Occurring midweek.
traitorly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more traitorly
form: most traitorly
form: traitourly
Etymology: From traitor + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Yea, as yee loue your ovvne life, peace, vvelfare; Rouze vp your ſpirits, avvaken your Chriſtian courage, and ſet your ſelues heartily againſt the traitorly ſinnes of theſe times, vvhich threaten the bane of all theſe. Cleanſe yee theſe Augean ſtables of our drunken Tauernes, of our profane ſtages, and of thoſe blinde Vaults of profeſſed filthineſſe, VVhoſe ſteppes goe dovvne to the chambers of Death; yea, to the deepe of Hell.
ref: 1613 April 3 (Gregorian calendar), Jos[eph] Hall, “An Holy Panegyrick. A Sermon Preached at Paules-Crosse, vpon the Anniuersary Solemnity of the Happie Inauguration of Our Drad Soueraigne Lord, King Iames, March 24. 1613.”, in A Recollection of Such Treatises as Haue Bene heretofore Seuerally Published and are Nowe Reuised, Corrected, Augmented. […], London: […] [Humfrey Lownes] for Arthur Iohnson, Samuel Macham and Laurence Lisle, published 1615, →OCLC, page 711:
glosses: Like a traitor; traitorous.
traitorly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more traitorly
form: most traitorly
form: traitourly
Etymology: From traitor + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: But wete ye wel whan ye are past this lodgynge / I shalle hurte you and I may / for ye slewe my fader traitourly / But fyrst for the loue of my lord sir Tor / and for the loue of sir Lamorak the honourable Knyght that here is lodged ye shal haue none ylle lodgynge / For hit is pyte that euer ye shold be in the company of good Knyghtes
ref: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter IX, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
glosses: Traitorously.
mozzarellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mozzarella
molcajetes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of molcajete
germinal matrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A highly cellular and highly vascularized region in the brain from which cells migrate out during brain development.
there you have it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: there one has it
Senses: examples: - But how could the burglar have scaled a twenty-foot wall without a ladder?
- There you have it. That's what has the police confused.
glosses: That is it; that is the situation or state of things.
glosses: Used to introduce a speaker's interpretation of what has just transpired or been described
experiencedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more experiencedly
form: most experiencedly
Etymology: From experienced + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an experienced way.
inexperiencedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inexperiencedly
form: most inexperiencedly
Etymology: From inexperienced + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inexperienced way.
unsplit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪt
Etymology: From un- + split.
Senses: glosses: Not split; whole, undivided.
unsplit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪt
Forms: form: unsplits
form: unsplitting
form: unsplit
form: unsplit
Etymology: From un- + split.
Senses: examples: text: Like it or not, we are in a motor age and we can no more turn back the clock than we can unsplit the atom.
ref: 1963, New Mexico Transporter:
text: To unsplit the split, click on the View Menu buttons and choose Unsplit Left/Right (v6.2) or Unsplit Main (v6.3).
ref: 2012, Lee Lanier, Digital Compositing with Nuke:
glosses: To undo the splitting of.
pastrymaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pastrymakers
form: pastry maker
Etymology: From pastry + maker.
Senses: synonyms: pastry chef
glosses: a baker who makes pastry products
pastrymakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pastrymaker
protectedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From protected + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being protected, or the degree to which something is protected.
clingingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more clingingly
form: most clingingly
Etymology: From clinging + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: But how happy can the ending be when two desperate people live clingingly ever after, mostly because they are tired of the lives they have been leading and not because they find each other appealing and want actively to change their lives?
ref: 1983 December 31, Kenneth Hale-Wehmann, “The Business of Sex and Affection”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 17:
glosses: In a clinging manner; tenaciously or possessively.
goldiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of goldy: most goldy
lube jobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lube job
hackable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hackable
form: most hackable
Etymology: From hack + -able.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: That can be hacked or broken into; insecure, vulnerable.
examples: text: The robotic vacuum cleaner proved to be hackable, so we reprogrammed two of them to race each other.
text: Hey, watch it! I'll be the first to admit that RSTS is old, generally ugly, and very stupid about lots of things, but it IS hackable. UNIX is equally, if not more, ugly, stupid, etc., and is also hackable. The difference is that in order to get UNIX to do ANYTHING even REMOTELY USEFUL it MUST be hacked. Of course, if you like case significance and an operating system designed around the same mindless philosophy, go ahead and use stock UNIX. For now, on PDP-11s, I'll stick to hacking RSTS.
ref: 1983 January 29, Michael C. Greenspon, “Re: RSTS dies?”, in fa.human-nets (Usenet), retrieved 15 Dec 2016, message-ID <bnews.brl-bmd.512>:
glosses: That lends itself to hacking (technical tinkering and modification); moddable.
unlogged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + logged.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Where logging (cutting down of trees) has not taken place.
examples: an unlogged course change
glosses: Not recorded in a log.
examples: an unlogged user
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not logged in.
untallied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + tallied.
Senses: glosses: Not tallied; uncounted.
talonless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From talon + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without talons.
educationless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From education + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without education; uneducated, unschooled.
o'ergrown
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more o'ergrown
form: most o'ergrown
Senses: examples: text: / And orchards were uncultivated slopes / O'egrown with bramble bushes, furze and thorn... /
ref: 1916, Thomas Hardy, Domicilium:
glosses: overgrown.
heathcropper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heathcroppers
Etymology: From heath + cropper.
Senses: examples: text: Would fly about our bedrooms. Heathcroppers / Lived on the hills, and were our only friends: /
ref: 1916, Thomas Hardy, Domicilium:
glosses: A farm animal, particularly a wild pony, kept to graze on the heath, particularly associated with Wessex.
heathcroppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heathcropper
megarad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megarads
Etymology: From mega- + rad.
Senses: glosses: A unit of radiation equivalent to one million rads.
megarads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megarad
civiliser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: civilisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of civilizer.
inheritability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inherit + -ability.
Senses: glosses: heritability
Synonyms: word: heritability
Derived terms: uninheritability
pentacosiomedimni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The highest class of citizens in Ancient Greece
pentacrinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentacrinites
Senses: glosses: Any crinoid of the genus Pentacrinites.
départemental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From French départemental. Doublet of departmental.
Senses: examples: text: The départemental council plays the role of counsellor and programme co-ordinator as was the case in the Département of Hérault.
ref: 1996, Philippe Miellet, “France: a historical perspective on GIS diffusion”, in Ian Masser, Heather Campbell, Massimo Craglia, editors, GIS Diffusion: The Adoption and Use of Geographical Information Systems in Local Government in Europe (GISDATA III), Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, part III (GIS in local government in four other European countries), page 178:
text: Many départemental archives in France have digitized civil, parish, and census records and have made them available online for free viewing.
ref: 2015, Michael Dunn, A Beginner’s Guide to Online Genealogy: Learn How to Trace Your Family History and Discover Your Roots, Adams Media, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 180:
text: On the other hand, the political–territorial pattern has been maintained but also redirected at the départemental level by the transformation of former ministerial départemental directorates into inter-ministerial units, under the supervision of the prefects of the département.
ref: 2016, Philippe Bezes, “Challenges to French Public Administration: Mapping the Vitality of Its Knowledge Sources”, in Robert Elgie, Emiliano Grossman, Amy G[ale] Mazur, editors, The Oxford Handbook of French Politics, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, part III (Institutions), page 265:
glosses: Of or relating to a département.
pentacube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentacubes
Etymology: From penta- + cube.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polycube composed of five cubes
midhinge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midhinges
Etymology: From mid- + hinge.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A measure of location of a batch or sample equal to the average of the first and third quartiles. Equivalently, it is the 25% trimmed mid-range.
Hypernyms: L-estimator
gasworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gasworkers
Etymology: From gas + worker.
Senses: glosses: Someone who works in a gasworks
pentaerythrityl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentaerythrityls
Etymology: From pentaerythritol + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The tetravalent radical derived from pentaerythritol
L-estimator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: L-estimators
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Any estimator that is a linear combination of order statistics of the measurements.
pentagonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the fiveling twins that are common in this material.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A silicate of calcium and vanadium found in basalts and tuffs
fartarse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fartarses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fart-arse.
fartarse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fartarses
form: fartarsing
form: fartarsed
form: fartarsed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fart-arse.
fiveling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fivelings
Etymology: From five + -ling.
Senses: glosses: A twin crystal formed from five individuals
breakdown point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breakdown points
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: The number or proportion of arbitrarily large or small extreme values that must be introduced into a batch or sample to cause the estimator to yield an arbitrarily large result.
raw_tags: of an estimator