cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bushbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bushbirds
Etymology: From bush + bird.
Senses: glosses: Any of the tropical birds in the genera Neoctantes or Clytoctantes, found in South America.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Neoctantes niger
word: black bushbird
taxonomic: Clytoctantes alixii
word: recurve-billed bushbird
taxonomic: Clytoctantes atrogularis
word: Rondônia bushbird
antthrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antthrushes
Etymology: From ant + thrush.
Senses: glosses: Any of the tropical birds in the family Formicariidae, found in Central and South America.
Fairwater
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in the town of Metomen, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A western suburb of Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1477).
glosses: A community and suburb in Cwmbran, Torfaen borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST2794).
hypomnesic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- and mnesic, also formed from hypomnesia.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to deficiency in memory.
Metomen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and unincorporated community therein, in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States.
Throwend
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Old Norse Þróndr, based on Throwends, from Old English Þrōwendas.
Senses: examples: text: 4. There was a man called Throwend Slim-leg. He went out to Iceland with Gar-mund Hell-skin. His race came out of Agd.
Throwend took in settlement the islands to the west of Bearney-floe, and dwelt at Flat-ey.
ref: 1905, Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Origines Islandicae, page 89:
glosses: A male given name, equivalent to Old Norse Þróndr.
cyathuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyathus
neodolabellanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neodolabellane
neodolabellane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neodolabellanes
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A diterpene formally derived from dolabellane by moving a methyl group from carbon 1 to position 11.
furcatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A natural product derived from Viburnum furcatum, with IUPAC name (2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-2-[[(2R,3R,4R)-3,4-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-6-(4-prop-2-enylphenoxy)oxane-3,4,5-triol
carbapenam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbapenams
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A saturated carbapenem..
carbapenams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carbapenam
virophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From viro- (“virus”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).
Senses: glosses: The feeding on viruses.
theatricalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theatricalisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of theatricalization.
quartarius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quartariuses
form: quartarii
Etymology: From Latin quārtārius (“one-fourth”), from quārtus (“fourth”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adj.”) from its relation to the sextarius. Doublet of quartary.
Senses: glosses: A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 5/12 Roman pound of wine and equivalent to about 0.14 L although varying slightly over time.
Synonyms: word: quarter-sextarius
english: Roman contexts
translation: Roman contexts
word: quarter-pint
word: quartary
Coordinate terms: sense: unit of liquid measure
word: lingula (1
sense: unit of liquid measure
word: 12 quartarius)
sense: unit of liquid measure
alt: ⅓ quartarius
word: cyathus
sense: unit of liquid measure
alt: ½ quartarius
word: acetabulum
sense: unit of liquid measure
word: hemina (2 quartariuses)
sense: unit of liquid measure
word: sextarius (4 quartariuses)
sense: unit of liquid measure
word: congius (24 quartariuses)
sense: unit of liquid measure
word: urna (96 quartariuses)
sense: unit of liquid measure
word: amphora (192 quartariuses)
sense: unit of liquid measure
word: culeus (3840 quartariuses)
quartariuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quartarius
quartarii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quartarius
quartaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quartary
Kraken variant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: kraken variant
form: Kraken Variant
Senses: glosses: The highly transmissible XBB.1.5 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. A subvariant of the Omicron variant (“B.1.1.529”). Kraken became the predominant strain in the United States at the end of 2022.
Synonyms: Kraken
Kraken lineage
Kraken strain
Kraken sublineage
Kraken subvariant
XBB.1.5
Hypernyms: B.1
B.1.1
BA.2
coronavirus
Omicron variant
SARS-CoV-2
SARSr-CoV
virus
XBB
XBB.1
Derived terms: sense: abbreviations, short forms
word: Kraken
sense: abbreviations, short forms
word: kraken
Related terms: Alpha variant
Delta variant
Omicron variant
Wuhan variant
betonicolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: betonicolides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A tetracyclic lactone derived from betony with IUPAC name (1S,11aS)-1,5-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)-8,8,11a-trimethyl-1,7,7a,9,10,11-hexahydronaphtho[1,2-e][2]benzofuran-3,6-dione
betonicosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of betonicoside
culeuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of culeus
coo-ee
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cooee.
coo-ee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coo-ees
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cooee.
coo-ee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coo-ees
form: coo-eeing
form: coo-eed
form: coo-eed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cooee.
coo-ees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coo-ee
coo-ees
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coo-ee
coo-eeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coo-ee
coo-eed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coo-ee
bhadang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A spicy snack made from puffed rice, peanut and coconut.
putpocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: putpockets
Etymology: From put + pocket, modelled after pickpocket.
Senses: coordinate_terms: pickpocket
glosses: A person who places money or other items into another person’s pocket or bag without the other’s knowledge, typically as a form of kindness or generosity.
putpockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of putpocket
straintronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to straintronics.
adeagus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adeagi
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Alternative spelling of aedeagus.
adeagi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adeagus
palua ladu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palua ladus
form: pallua ladoo
form: pallua laddu
form: paalu laddu
Senses: glosses: A ball-shaped sweet made from arrowroot flour and sugar, well known in Bhadrak.
going down the wrong way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go down the wrong way
Slindon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A settlement in Eccleshall parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8232).
glosses: A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9608).
tooshy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tooshies
Senses: examples: text: To the small child, feces and urine done in the diaper are warm and moist also. “No toilet!” protests a verbal two-year-old. “Why, darling?” “No, no, Mommy. It makes my tooshy too cold.”
ref: 1959, Dorothy Walter Baruch, “The Training Period and Sex”, in New Ways in Sex Education, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published 1961, section 3 (Sex Education that Grows with Your Child), page 80:
text: “Well, I’m certainly not going to go traipsing down there and get my tooshy shot off.”
ref: 1981, Ron Goulart, Brinkman, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 70:
text: When Mr. Leiter falls he also makes a joke about hurting his “tooshy.”
ref: 1981, The New York Times Theater Reviews, page 158:
text: ‘Eyes in her toochus, this one,’ Gus said admiringly. […] George laughed as she followed Gus and reached out to pinch his own bottom hard. ‘Since when did you learn to speak American? This is your tooshy, not your however you said it.’
ref: 1997, Claire Rayner, Fifth Member (A Dr George Barnabas Mystery), Leicester: Charnwood, published 1998, pages 355–356:
text: You’re going to get a spanking for that one. Your tooshy will be sore.
ref: 1998 April 9, “Horoscopes”, in The Stoutonia, volume 88, number 23, Menomonie, Wis.: University of Wisconsin–Stout, page 5:
text: When I sat down I discovered what the mats were for. They were much cooler on my tooshy than the hot lumber.
ref: 2001, William N. Harris, “Banya”, in Siberian Shivers, →ISBN, page 73:
text: Fake snow covered the counter by the register and a four-foot dancing Santa wiggled his tooshy next to the front door.
ref: 2009, Denise Belinda McDonald, Second Chances, Macon, Ga.: Samhain Publishing, Ltd., →ISBN, page 149:
text: Frank had to give me a shot of progesterone every night in the tooshy and if I did get pregnant, every night for three months – yikes!
ref: 2015, Stephanie Bachman, Solving the Infertility Puzzle: One Couple’s Journey to Parenthood, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
text: Just as I had accepted my seemingly inevitable demise, a pair of arms wrapped around me, catching me right before my tooshy met the icy concrete.
ref: 2022, Susan Hatler, The Christmas Competition, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of tushie.
peacock mantis shrimp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peacock mantis shrimps
Senses: examples: text: The title of fastest punch in the animal kingdom firmly belongs to the peacock mantis shrimp, whose club-like appendages reach the speed of a .22-caliber slug, shatter clamshells with ease and can slice human fingers to the bone.
ref: 2014 April 26, Meeri Kim, “Peacock mantis shrimp’s swift, deadly punch inspires superstrong composite materials”, in The Washington Post:
synonyms: painted mantis shrimp
rainbow mantis shrimp
clown mantis shrimp
harlequin mantis shrimp
hypernyms: mantis shrimp
glosses: A mantis shrimp of species Odontodactylus scyllarus, with keen eyesight, that smashes shells and exoskeletons of its prey and is capable of breaking through glass aquarium tanks.
test someone's patience
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tests someone's patience
form: testing someone's patience
form: tested someone's patience
form: tested someone's patience
Senses: examples: text: These frequent Internet outages are testing my patience.
synonyms: word: try someone's patience
word: aggravate
word: annoy
word: rankle
word: ruffle
word: sting
word: antagonize
word: bother
word: disgruntle
word: botherate
word: bug
word: get
word: grate
word: burn up
word: bedevil
word: cheese off
word: devil
word: exasperate
word: frustrate
word: get up
word: grotch
word: hack off
word: hassle
word: irk
word: irritate
word: jazz
word: molest
word: mommick
word: nark
word: nerve
word: pee off
word: peeve
word: persecute
word: pique
word: piss off
word: provoke
word: rile
word: rile up
word: roil
word: storm
word: test someone's patience
word: tick off
word: trouble
word: try one's patience
word: vex
word: wind up
word: Idioms:
word: boil someone's piss
word: chap someone's hide
word: get on someone's nerves
word: get on someone's tits
word: get on someone's wick
word: get someone's back up
word: get someone's dander up
word: get someone's goat
word: get someone's Irish up
word: get someone's nanny
word: get someone's nanny-goat
word: get under one's goat
word: get under someone's skin
word: give someone the shits
word: grind one's gears
word: harsh one's mellow
word: put someone's back up
word: raise someone's hackles
word: rub someone the wrong way
word: rub up the wrong way
word: ruffle someone's feathers
word: tee off
word: torque off
glosses: To begin to frustrate someone.
invalid stout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: invalid stouts
Senses: glosses: A type of dry (non-sweet) stout formerly believed to have various restorative, nourishing, tonic, or other medicinal properties and hence recommended to people suffering poor health.
invalid stouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of invalid stout
thumb splitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thumb splitters
Etymology: Referring to the powerful claw capable of inflicting deep wounds when handled.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mantis shrimp.
synonyms: word: mantis shrimp
grinds one's gears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grind one's gears
grinding one's gears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grind one's gears
ground one's gears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grind one's gears
Jezkazgan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Kazakh Жезқазған (Jezqazğan).
Senses: glosses: A city in Kazakhstan.
Ixtaccihuatl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Far to his left, in the northeast, beyond the valley and the terraced foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the two volcanoes, Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl, rose clear and magnificent into the sunset.
ref: 1947, Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 5:
glosses: Alternative form of Iztaccíhuatl.
womencentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more womencentric
form: most womencentric
form: womancentric
form: woman-centric
form: women-centric
Etymology: From woman + -centric.
Senses: examples: text: In total, I count only 31 female-centered pictures at the top of the charts in 30 years. And I was pretty generous in what I labeled womancentric. I included Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct, for instance, though both are arguably more about Michael Douglas than about the women who torment him.
ref: 2015 June 8, Bob Mondello, “This Year, Women (And Girls) Rule The Big Screen”, in NPR, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2022:
text: As the app positions itself as a cool, trendy dating app for millennial women, it makes sense that Bumble's office is equally womencentric.
ref: 2017 November 28, Ellen Scott, “Bumble's offices are as dreamy as you'd imagine”, in Metro, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2021:
text: The book arrives at a time when American pop culture is seeing a new wave of revisionist Westerns such as Hostiles and Damsel, along with women-centric works in the genre, like Jane Got a Gun, Westworld, and Godless.
ref: 2018 September 1, Lenika Cruz, “Coyote Doggirl Gives the Western a Whimsical, Watercolor Spin”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022:
synonyms: feminocentric
gynocentric
antonyms: androcentric
phallocentric
glosses: Focusing or placing emphasis on women.
women-centric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more women-centric
form: most women-centric
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of womencentric.
womancentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more womancentric
form: most womancentric
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of womencentric.
woman-centric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more woman-centric
form: most woman-centric
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of womencentric.
broey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: broier
form: broiest
form: bro-ey
form: bro-y
Etymology: From bro + -ey (-y (“adjectival marker”)).
Senses: synonyms: broish
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bros.
bro-ey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bro-ey
form: most bro-ey
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of broey.
bro-y
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bro-y
form: most bro-y
Etymology: From bro + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of broey.
Pyewipe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A western suburb of Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA2610).
stick season
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stick seasons
Senses: glosses: The part of late autumn in cold climates where trees are bare but snow has not yet covered the landscape.
Related terms: mud season
froggo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: froggos
Etymology: From frog + -o.
Senses: examples: text: Once you’ve snagged a few froggos, Eggett further pontificates on the cooking techniques that should be applied for some tasty homemade frog legs.
ref: 2020 July 2, Alex Springer, “The Back Burner”, in Salt Lake City Weekly, volume 37, number 6, page 12:
text: But still, improved management of other protected areas is going to be critical for these big froggos going forward.
ref: 2021, Re:wild, Syd Robinson, “Spiny Giant Frog”, in Wild Life!: A Look at Nature’s Odd Ducks, Underfrogs, and Other At-Risk Species, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 126:
text: Geim decided to see if he could make a living thing levitate. He picked out a frog […] Geim’s motto is, ‘It’s better to be wrong than boring’, and, even before his floating froggos, he’d lived a life that probably qualifies him as one of the most interesting men in the world.
ref: 2022, Kit Chapman, Racing Green: How Motorsport Science Can Save the World, Bloomsbury Sigma, →ISBN, pages 243–244:
glosses: A frog.
froggos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of froggo
Sand Ridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Jackson County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Luce Township, Spencer County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A hamlet and census-designated place in Schroeppel, Oswego County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wharton County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, also spelt Sandridge.
Voorne aan Zee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Voorne aan Zee.
Senses: glosses: A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
symbol table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symbol tables
Senses: examples: text: This central repository, called a symbol table, becomes an integral part of the compiler's IR. The symbol table localizes information derived from potentially distant parts of the source code. It makes such information easily and efficiently available, and it simplifies the design and implementation of any code that must refer to information about variables derived earlier in compilation.
ref: 2004, Keith D. Cooper, Linda Torczon, Engineering a Compiler, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 239:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A data structure where symbols (identifiers) are associated with information relating to their declaration or appearance in the source code.
symbol tables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symbol table
Schroeppel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in Oswego County, New York, United States, named after the Schroeppel family.
waited in the wings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wait in the wings
waits in the wings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wait in the wings
waiting in the wings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wait in the wings
WLB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WLBs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of work-life balance.
Talysarn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village in Llanllyfni community, Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH4853).
Penygroes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village in Llanllyfni community, Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH4753).
glosses: A hamlet in Crymych community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1535).
ARECC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of anticipate-recognize-evaluate-control-confirm: a decision-making framework and process typically used in occupational hygiene.
occupational hygiene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Occupational hygiene is the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, control, and confirmation (ARECC) of protection from risks associated with exposures to hazards in, or arising from, the workplace that may result in injury, illness, impairment, or affect the well-being of workers and members of the community. These hazards or stressors are typically divided into the categories biological, chemical, physical, ergonomic and psychosocial.
Southey Green
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Sible Hedingham parish, Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7732).
glosses: A northern suburb of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3491).
lipophage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipophages
Etymology: From lipo- + -phage.
Senses: glosses: A cell that absorbs or breaks down fats.
copin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copins
form: copines
Etymology: From Asturian Spanish copín, variant of copino, from copa + -ino.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of medio, particularly in Asturias, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L
synonyms: word: medio
extra: a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L
word: particularly in Asturias
extra: a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L
copins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of copin
copinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of copino
preëxilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more preëxilic
form: most preëxilic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pre-exilic.
illudane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: illudanes
Senses: examples: text: As previously reported illudanes are antibacterial, antifungal and antitumor agents but very toxic.
ref: 1997, Virtual Activity, Real Pharmacology, page 187:
text: Of major interest is the fact that ptaquiloside in ruminants is transported to the udder and from there to milk, containing as much as 8% of the illudane present in the feed.
ref: 2009, Jorg D. Hardege, Chemical Ecology, page 236:
text: Most illudanes exhibit cytotoxic effects toward many tumor cell lines and some are regarded as having a high potential as anticancer drug lead compounds.
ref: 2017, A. Douglas Kinghorn, Heinz Falk, Simon Gibbons, Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, page 103:
glosses: A toxic spirocyclic sesquiterpenoids produced by various bracken ferns and by fungi of the phylum Basidiomycota.
Derived terms: protoilludane
smite hip and thigh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: smites hip and thigh
form: smiting hip and thigh
form: smote hip and thigh
form: smitten hip and thigh
Etymology: Derived from a phrase in the book of Judges, verse 15:8, taking the first half of the sentence as synonymous with the rest.
Senses: glosses: To defeat overwhelmingly.
cahiz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cahizes
form: cahíz
form: cahis
form: cahys
Etymology: From Spanish cahíz, from Old Spanish cafiz, from Andalusian Arabic and Arabic قَفِيز (qafīz, “qafiz”), from Aramaic קְפִיזָא and Classical Syriac ܩܦܝܙܐ (qəp̄īzā), of uncertain derivation from Egyptian, Akkadian, and similar units. Doublet of qafiz and cafiso. Cognate with Ancient Greek καπίθη (kapíthē).
Senses: glosses: A traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 665.8 L.
glosses: A traditional measure of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a cahiz of seed.
Synonyms: sense: unit of dry measure
word: Spanish qafiz
sense: unit of dry measure
english: Spanish contexts
translation: Spanish contexts
word: qafiz
sense: unit of land area
word: cahizada
Coordinate terms: sense: unit of dry volume
word: cuartillo (1
sense: unit of dry volume
word: 576 cahiz)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: medio (1
sense: unit of dry volume
word: 288 cahiz)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: celemin (1
sense: unit of dry volume
word: 144 cahiz)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: cuartilla (1
sense: unit of dry volume
word: 48 cahiz)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: cuarto (1
sense: unit of dry volume
word: 24 cahiz)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: fanega (1
sense: unit of dry volume
word: 12 cahiz)
sense: unit of dry volume
alt: ⅙ cahiz
word: saco
sense: unit of dry volume
alt: ⅓ cahiz
word: carga
cahizes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cahiz
Colehill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish and suburban area next to Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, previously in East Dorset district (OS grid ref SU0200).
glosses: A village and townland in County Longford, Ireland.
Related terms: Coleshill
berryeater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: berryeaters
Etymology: From berry + eater.
Senses: glosses: Any of the tropical birds in the genus Carpornis, found in South America.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Carpornis cucullata
word: hooded berryeater
taxonomic: Carpornis melanocephala
word: black-headed berryeater
fruitcrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fruitcrows
Etymology: fruit + crow
Senses: glosses: Any of the tropical birds in the genera Querula, Pyroderus, Haematoderus or Gymnoderus. They are found in Central and South America.
myiobius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Myiobius.
Senses: glosses: Any of the tropical birds in the genus Myiobius, found in Central and South America.
cahizada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cahizadas
Etymology: From Spanish cahizada, from cahíz (“cahiz, Spanish qafiz”) + -ada (“-ful”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cahiz as a measure of land.
synonyms: word: cahiz as a measure of land
cahizadas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cahizada
schiffornis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Schiffornis.
Senses: glosses: Any of the tropical birds in the genus Schiffornis, found in Central and South America.
classical cipher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: classical ciphers
Senses: topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cryptographic algorithm was used historically and are easy to solve by hand or using modern technology.
classical ciphers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of classical cipher
Flickr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From flicker, suggested by co-founder Caterina Fake after the domain owner of flicker.com refused to sell it.
Senses: examples: text: Today, popularity is typically a multialgorithmic measure. At Flickr, a photo's interestingness derives from views, comments, notes, bookmarks, favorites...
ref: 2010, Peter Morville, Jeffery Callender, Search Patterns: Design for Discovery:
qualifier: trademark
glosses: An online social networking service that enables users to share photos.
wikipedia: Caterina Fake
Derived terms: Flickrer
Flickrite
cahys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cahyses
Senses: examples: text: CAHYS, a dry meaſure for corn, uſed in ſome parts of Spain, particularly at Seville and as Cadiz. It is near a buſhel of our meaſure.
ref: 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 7
glosses: Obsolete form of cahiz (“traditional Spanish unit of dry measure”).
cahyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cahys
bentbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bentbills
Etymology: From bent + bill.
Senses: glosses: Any of the tropical birds in the genus Oncostoma, found in Central and South America.
sirystes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Sirystes.
Senses: glosses: Any of the tropical birds in the genus Sirystes, found in Central and South America.
KTP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of keratopigmentation.
glosses: Initialism of kitchen table polyamory.
casiornis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Casiornis.
Senses: glosses: Any of the tropical birds in the genus Casiornis, found in Central and South America.
goldenface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goldenfaces
Etymology: From golden + face.
Senses: glosses: A bird of the species Pachycare flavogriseum, native to New Guinea.
fernwren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fernwrens
Senses: glosses: A bird of the species Oreoscopus gutturalis, native to Queensland, Australia.
fieldwren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fieldwrens
form: field-wren
Etymology: From field + wren.
Senses: glosses: Any of the birds in the genus Calamanthus, found in Australia.
scnr
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of SCNR.
underimpresses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underimpress
underimpressing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: With rude male comics underimpressing, tough girls took charge.
ref: 2011 April 10, Richard Corliss, “Box Office: Hop Bounds Over Arthur in the Battle of the Brands”, in Time, New York, retrieved 15 Jan 2023:
glosses: present participle and gerund of underimpress
rockwarbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rockwarblers
Etymology: From rock + warbler.
Senses: glosses: A bird of the species Origma solitaria, native to New South Wales, Australia.
straightbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straightbills
Etymology: From straight + bill.
Senses: glosses: Any of the birds in the genus Timeliopsis, found in Australia.
myza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myzas
Etymology: From translingual Myza.
Senses: glosses: Any of the tropical birds in the genus Myza, found in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Trena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Trenas
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
RLHF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: ChatGPT and reinforcement learning with human feedback (RLHF) have revolutionized the AI landscape, providing an accessible and reliable platform for AI-enabled applications.
ref: 2023, Mohak Agarwal, Generative AI for Entrepreneurs in a Hurry, Notion Press, →ISBN:
text: RLHF now seems more like a process by which machines learn humans, including our weaknesses and how to exploit them. Chatbots tap into our desire to be proved right or to feel special.
ref: 2025 May 9, Mike Caulfield, “AI Is Not Your Friend”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 10 May 2025:
text: The “yeasayer effect” arises in AI models trained using reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF)—human “data labellers” rate the answer generated by the model as being either acceptable or not.
ref: 2025 June 14, Melissa Heikkilä, “AI leaders rein in ‘sycophantic’ chatbots that flatter users”, in FT Weekend, Companies & Markets, page 12:
qualifier: machine learning
glosses: Initialism of reinforcement learning from human feedback.
Related terms: RLAIF
reinforcement learning
underimpressed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underimpressed
form: most underimpressed
Senses: examples: text: America remains distinctly underimpressed with the acts we send out there, whether they’re our biggest rock bands, such as Oasis, or our smartest pop stars, such as Robbie Williams.
ref: 2004 November 7, Mark Edwards, “Pop: We'll take America”, in The Times, London: The Times, retrieved 21 Nov 2019:
text: "I am searching for words that are not insulting. I was very underimpressed," Mr. Galloway said.
ref: 2005 July 2, Lizette Alvarez, quoting George Galloway, “A Scotsman With the Gifts of Gab and Jab”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Stephen Colbert was underimpressed by the Kiwi cuisine which Bret McKenzie and Lucy Lawless served up.
ref: 2012 August 8, Jessica Watson, “How to have a successful garage sale”, in SheKnows, New Zealand: Stuff, retrieved 21 Nov 2019:
glosses: Not strongly impressed; underwhelmed, disappointed.
Related terms: impress
underimpressed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underimpress
Massena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Massenas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Massena.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
glosses: A town and village (mostly in the town) in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States, named after André Masséna.
glosses: A minor city in Cass County, Iowa, United States, named after the New York town.
hbk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hbk.
form: hdbk
form: hdbk.
Senses: examples: text: Hbk editions of pbk books on offer are available on request.
ref: 1987, Africa Today, page 3:
text: Undergraduate Algebra by C. W. Norman, Oxford UP, pp 416, £30 hbk, £15 pbk.
ref: 1987 April 30, New Scientist, number 1558, page 62:
text: (The Bodley Head hbk editions present James’ work in the final form in which he published it in 1907-9, with the celebrated prefaces).
ref: 1989, Waterstone’s Guide to Books, page 341:
text: Van Huyssteen, J.W. 2006. Alone in the world? Human uniqueness in science and theology. hbk edition.
ref: 2015, Dirk Evers, Michael Fuller, Antje Jackelén, Knut-Willy Sæther, editors, Issues in Science and Theology: What is Life? (Issues in Science and Religion: Publications of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology), Springer International Publishing Switzerland, →ISBN, page 202:
coordinate_terms: pbk
ebk
glosses: Abbreviation of hardback.
ebk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ebks
Senses: examples: text: (hard cover with dust jacket; paperback and ebk editions also available)
ref: 2009, Rhode Island Roots, page 158:
text: ISBN: 978-1-118-38969-0 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-118-42926-6; 978-1-118-42938-9; 978-1-118-42944-0 (ebks)
ref: 2012, The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 13th Korean edition, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., →ISBN:
text: ISBN 978140944969 0 (ebk-PDF) ISBN 97814094 74722 (ebk-ePUB)
ref: 2013, Susan Rosina Whittle, Robin C. Stevens, editors, Changing Organizations from Within: Roles, Risks and Consultancy Relationships, Gower Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Abbreviation of ebook.
ebks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ebk
hdbk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hbk
form: hbk.
form: hdbk.
Senses: examples: text: NCO's Handbook for Protective Training, 50 pp. GERMAN, hdbk
ref: 1960, Consolidated Translation Survey, National Agricultural Library (U.S.), page 82:
text: London: Octopus Books; 396p.; ill. (some col.), maps, tables; 23cm; index [0 7064 0580 3] 500g; £ 2.99, 0 7064 0679 6; hdbk ed., sold by HMSO
ref: 1981, Government Publications, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, page 177:
text: Homelessness: Exploring the new terrain (1999: forthcoming) / Edited by Patricia Kennett and Alex Marsh / ISBN 1 86134 1504 £18.99 pbk / ISBN 1 86134 167 9 £45.00 hdbk
ref: 1999, “Other related titles from The Policy Press include:”, in Bill Edgar, Joe Doherty, Amy Mina-Coull, Services for Homeless People: Innovation and Change in the European Union, The Policy Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Abbreviation of hardback.
hdbk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hdbks
form: hbk
form: hbk.
form: hdbk.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of hardback.
glosses: Abbreviation of handbook.
quackless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quack + -less.
Senses: glosses: Of a duck, that does not quack.
Ruelas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ruelases
Etymology: From Galician/Portuguese Ruelas, usually via Spanish as it is very prevalent in Mexico, while rare in Brazil and apparently extinct in Portugal.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
service level
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: service levels
Senses: examples: text: Based on a monthly average, a service level of 99% IP backbone available and capable of forwarding IP packets 99.0% of the time. The service level extends to other ISPs' services used by Cleardazeᵀᴹ.
ref: 2016, Andrew Hiles, E-Business Service Level Agreements, page 81:
text: Depending on the preferences of the contractual parties, the system can proceed with service level measurement and reporting afterwards or an SLA can be terminated.
ref: 2017, Melanie Holloway, Service Level Management in Cloud Computing, page 25:
text: To define the optimal service level targets, the service value and impact on the business must be understood.
ref: 2017, Roland Schütze, Improving Service Level Engineering:
glosses: A measure of how well a service is delivered, as a percentage of service interactions that meet a specified criterion of success and efficiency.
Derived terms: service level agreement
peacock alleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peacock alley
Cajanaburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Swedish Kajaneborg, from Kajana (“Kainuu”) + borg (“-burg: town”), probably from Russian каяний (kajanij) and каянский (kajanskij) and cognate with Finnish Kainuu and Old Norse Old Norse kvenir. Equivalent to Cajania + -burg.
Senses: examples: text: CAJANABURG, the capital of the province of Cajania, or eaſt Bothnia in Sweden, ſituated on the north-eaſt part of the lake Cajania, about three hundred miles north-eaſt of Abo...
ref: 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 7
glosses: Former name of Kajaani (“a town in Finland”).
Related terms: Cajania
striptease bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of striptease bar
tit-babblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tit-babbler
tit-flycatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tit-flycatcher
tit-spinetails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tit-spinetail
tit-warblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tit-warbler
tufted titmice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tufted titmouse
tufted titmouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tufted titmouse
varied tits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of varied tit
juniper titmouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of juniper titmouse
oak titmouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oak titmouse
oak titmice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oak titmouse
juniper titmice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of juniper titmouse
bridled titmouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bridled titmouse
bridled titmice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bridled titmouse
neovaginoplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neovaginoplasty
vaginoperineoplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaginoperineoplasty
vaginoperineorrhaphies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaginoperineorrhaphy
shitorises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shitoris
beer bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beer bar
beerbellies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beerbelly
wine lakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wine lake
wine-bottles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wine-bottle
driving gloves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of driving glove
cooling plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cooling plants
Senses: examples: text: The cooling plant consists of two barges completely equipped with electrically operated centrifugal pumping units, priming pumping units, control boards, piping, and deck houses.
ref: 1937, United States. Bureau of Reclamation, Completion of Grand Coulee Dam Left Powerhouse and, page 77:
text: The cooling plant facilities will be a 75 by 100 foot area to accommodate two cooling plants, each with a capacity to cool between 10,000 and 14,000 feet of cable depending on subsurface conditions and topography.
ref: 1981, Arthur Kill Fossil Fueled Power Plant Permit, page 109:
text: As indicated in the introduction our efforts to find a way of producing low cost cooling calories have led to the design of a steamjet – ejector cooling plant which directly utilizes the steam from an exhaust gas boiler in diesel powered ships or uses bleeding steam in turbine powered ships.
ref: 2014, Yong Zhou, Progress in Refrigeration Science and Technology, page 1750:
text: Then, having driven through a high-security gate, you’re surrounded by towering chimneys, pipework, chugging cooling plants, everything dressed in steampunk.
ref: December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A facility for the purpose of cooling something.
examples: text: In two series of tests cooling with outdoor air at night was supplemented either by using a restricted amount of ice in the cooling plant during the day, or by using a room-cooling unit located on the first story.
ref: 1936, Alonzo Plumsted Kratz, Harold Eaton Babbitt, Paul Howard Black, The Biologic Digestion of Garbage with Sewage Sludge, page 30:
text: SEER is the ratio of the total amount of cooling energy provided, divided by the total energy input to the cooling plant ( which may comprise more than one cooling unit) , summed over the year.
ref: 2006, Non-domestic Heating, Cooling and Ventilation Compliance Guide:
glosses: A facility for producing a medium (such as ice) that is used for cooling.
cooling plants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cooling plant
at any cost
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: "Though we face an enemy that will not stop until out entire civilization ceases to exist, it's important we not abandon the principles of basic morality. The kett must be defeated, but not at any cost. It won't matter if our future generations can live without fear or death or enslavement, if that freedom was achieved through genocide or other barbaric crimes..."
ref: 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: On the Proper Conduct of War Against the Kett, Task: Laws and Customs:
text: From an operational nuclear facility, Sellafield turned into a full-time storage depot – but an uncanny, precarious one, filled with toxic nuclear waste that has to be kept contained at any cost.
ref: December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Synonym of at all costs.
synonyms: word: at all costs
operations manager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: operations managers
Senses: examples: text: In branches that are not large enough to warrant their own operations manager or supervisor, the branch manager may take on this role.
ref: 2006, Joanna Ledgerwood, Victoria White, Transforming Microfinance Institutions, page 412:
text: Every second, on each of the plant’s four floors, I heard a beep – a regular pulse, reminding everyone that nothing is amiss. “We’ve got folks here who joined at 18 and have been here more than 40 years, working only in this building,” said Lisa Dixon, an operations manager.
ref: December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: OM
glosses: A manager who is responsible for the efficiency of business operations, including overseeing training, pay scales, and ensuring that work is performed correctly.
operations managers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of operations manager
eyebathful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eyebath + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: One drop of lemon juice in an eye-bathful of warm water is sufficient.
ref: 1930 May 2, One of Them [pseudonym], “For Business Girls. Ideal Quick-Change Programme.”, in The Kensington News and West London Times, number 3200, section “Whiten the Teeth”, page 2:
text: Eye Lotion Tablets. ℞ Optabs. Mitte x. Sig: i diss. in an eyebathful of warm water.
ref: 1949, Journal of the Institute of Optical Science, page 721:
text: The following information on the use of eyebright is from Acta Phytotherapeutica, a Dutch scientific journal on botanical medicine. […] The journal reports that an even more effective method is a local application of a lotion “made from three drops of fluid extract of Euphrasia in an eyebathful of cold water.”
ref: 1972, Richard Lucas, “How Herbs Can Help Strengthen Your Vision”, in The Magic of Herbs in Daily Living, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Publishing Company, →ISBN, section “Modern Uses of Eyebright Herb”, page 55:
text: Use bottled spring water for bathing the eyes; use a fresh eyebathful for each eye.
ref: 1985, Nalda Gosling, “Common Ailments and their Herbal Remedies”, in Successful Herbal Remedies for Treating Numerous Common Ailments, Thorsons, →ISBN, page 47:
text: Alternatively, add 1 to 3 drops of tincture to an eyebathful of distilled water. […] A few grains of salt can be added to each eyebathful.
ref: 1993, Frances Büning, Paul Hambly, Herbalism (Headway Lifeguides), Headway, published 1998, →ISBN, pages 18 (The natural pharmacy § How to use the herbs) and 91 (An A–Z of ailments § Conjunctivitis § Herbs):
synonyms: eyecupful
glosses: The amount that an eyebath can hold.
sump tank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sump tanks
Senses: examples: text: The year before the pandemic, a sump tank attached to a waste pond sprang a leak and had to be grouted shut.
ref: December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A tank containing the liquid removed by a drainage system.
gaming chairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gaming chair
GDF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GDFs
Senses: examples: text: In the 2120s, once it has been filled, Onkalo will be sealed and turned over to the state. Other countries also plan to banish their nuclear waste into GDFs.
ref: December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Initialism of geological disposal facility.
GDFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GDF