cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
big white chief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big white chiefs
Senses: examples: text: Just because he has his own office, he thinks he's the big white chief.
glosses: An important leader or boss; a senior person in charge.
big end
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big ends
Senses: examples: text: From the sound of that motor, I'd say yer big end's gone, mate.
text: Except in the case of the largest 4-6-2, not yet in contemplation, use of two [outside] cylinders only was decided on for the following reasons:— […] 2. The split inside big end is a source of trouble at high speeds and powers unless exceptional integrity of maintenance can be guaranteed.
ref: 1951 July, “British Standard Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 441:
glosses: In a piston engine, the larger end (crankshaft end) of the connecting rod that connects a piston to the crankshaft.
Gair
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
plough the sands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ploughs the sands
form: ploughing the sands
form: ploughed the sands
form: ploughed the sands
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of plow the sands.
Adswood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8888).
big-headedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bɪɡˈhɛdɪdnəs/
Forms: form: bigheadedness
Etymology: From big-headed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being big-headed.
Haydock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5697).
glosses: A surname.
host rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: host rocks
Senses: examples: text: Formation of alteration minerals in the host rock during deformation within the shear zone is indicated by the parallel foliation within the secondary micaceous minerals and the unmineralized host schist.
ref: 1983, Warren C. Day, Richard M. Tosdal, E.L. Acosta, J.C. Aruspon, L. Carvajal, E. Cedeño, Glenda Lowry, L.F. Martinez, J.A. Noriega, Fernanco J. Niñez, J. Rojas, F. Prieto, “Geology of the Lo Indreíble Mining District and U-Pb Age of the Early Proterozoic Yuruari Formation of the Pastora Supergroup, Guayana Shield, Venezuela”, in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, numbers 2122-2127, page E-12:
text: A related consideration is the porosity increase due to creep of the host rock into the backfilled workings.
ref: 1986, Environmental Assessment, Deaf Smith County Site, Texas, page 6-110:
text: Host rock near the batholith is locally metamorphosed.
ref: 2009, Lance Allred, Enchanted Rock: A Natural and Human History, page 56:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The background mineral material in which the object of study (crystals, fossils, specific minerals, groundwater, etc.) is embedded or through which it travels.
variëty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: variëties
Senses: examples: text: 2. Nay, every single lie is attended with such a variëty of circumstances which lead to a detection, that it is often discovered.
ref: 1859, Epes Sargent, The Standard Third Reader for Public and Private Schools. […] (Sargent’s Standard Series.—No. 3), Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company. New York: W. I. Pooley and Company, page 87:
text: Do not fuse the two sounds ie into i in such words as sociëty, variëty, &c.[…]10. The enemies of Socrates conspired to ruin him, and calumny was the means adopted for this end. The Athenians, like many other āncient nations, worshipped a great variëty of gods; but Socrates was inclined to believe that there was but one true God, the author of all things; although, from a degree of prudence, in which he erred, he deemed it best to conform, in some measure, to the superstitions of his fellow-citizens, and to conceal his real opinions.[…]3. The whole wingëd insect tribe, it is probable, are equally intent upon their proper enjoyments; and under every variëty of constitution gratified, and perhaps equally gratified, by the offices which the Author of their nature has assigned to them.
ref: 1862, Epes Sargent, The Standard Fourth Reader for Public and Private Schools; […] (Sargent’s Standard Series.—No. 4), Boston: John L. Shorey. New York: W. I. Pooley & Co., pages 55, 113, 133:
text: “Petroleum lamps and pendants.—These articles of American manufacture are now having a fair sale in this city. The same is true of some variëties of gas-fixtures and nickel-plated ware.
ref: 1878, Arguments Before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, in February and March, 1878, on House Bill 1612, to Amend the Laws Relating to Patents, Washington City: Thomas McGill & Co., page 310:
text: (The determination of the shape of some variëties of oranges in relation to the methods of packing, Hadar, October 1935, Vol. VIII, No. 10).
ref: 1941, Departement van den Landbouw, Verslag, page 67:
text: Observations on 52 species, variëties and hybrids of ornamental Malus-species showed that those which can be grouped in the section Sorbomalus were resistent^([sic]) to scab with only one doubtful case. Table 1 shows the distribution of resistance to scab amongst 36 species and variëties.
ref: 1949, Tijdschrift over plantenziekten, page 9:
text: According to everything I've ever read, it is the opposite: English is undergoing a *unification* of dialects, especially between American and British variëties.
ref: 1996 December 11, Tom Wier, “Chinese dialect”, in sci.lang (Usenet):
text: How is it redundant to show the meanings of the words through endings? In the English sentence "The sociëty's cash flow this year is rather low" has no redundant aspects. It is terser and allows for a greater variëty of literary forms with which to express oneself.
ref: 1996 December 15, Tom Wier, “Opinions on EU language(s)”, in sci.lang (Usenet):
glosses: Rare spelling of variety.
variëties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of variëty
gubinge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡʌbɪnd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: gubinges
Senses: examples: text: Michael Morcombe a Graham Donation collecting gubinge fruit from coastal rainforest near Broome.
ref: 1988, Landscope: The Journal of the Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management, volumes 4-6, page 50:
glosses: A small tree from the northern part of Australia, Terminalia ferdinandiana.
glosses: The edible fruit of this tree.
Synonyms: Kakadu plum
murunga
billygoat plum
mador
Ashton-in-Makerfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ5799).
Related terms: Ince-in-Makerfield
Aveyard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈeːv.jaːd/
Etymology: Likely French. From Hayvyerd. Adopted as an alias by a man named Robert Janyn in Dewsbury, Yorkshire in the 16th century.
Senses: glosses: An English surname.
Barry Dock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1268).
scamdemics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scamdemic
Bitterne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪtɜː(ɹ)n/
homophone: bittern
Senses: glosses: An eastern suburb of Southampton, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4413).
trigonons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trigonon
mimp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mimps
Etymology: Imitative in origin.
Senses: examples: text: Sure you muſt have obſerved the drop of the under lip is exploded ſince Lady Simpermode broke a tooth—(Sets her mouth affectedly)—I am preparing the caſt of the lips for the enſuing winter—thus—It is to be call’d the Paphian mimp.
ref: 1786, John Burgoyne, The Heiress. A Comedy in Five Acts, page 37:
text: The Paphian mimp was a certain pucker of the lips considered needful for the highly genteel.
ref: 1948, Gil Meynier, Stranger at the Door, page 12:
text: My working hunch was that the very young leopard frog tadpole would make a near-perfect donor. […] While he’s little, he’ll mimp-mouth algae from the flanks of a tubifex and harm nothing but a little vermigrade pride.
ref: 1973, Barry N. Schwartz, Human Connection and the New Media, page 170:
glosses: A pursing of the lips.
mimp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mimps
form: mimping
form: mimped
form: mimped
Etymology: Imitative in origin.
Senses: examples: text: The Beaux alter’d Creatures,
Now mimp up their Features,
And trip it, and trip it ſo pretty; […]
ref: 1755, H. Woodward, The Comic Tunes and Songs in the Entertainment Call’d Proteus, or Harlequin in China:
text: When firſt ſhe emerged from retirement, it was natural ſhe ſhould feel ſhy and embarraſſed, which always appeared by a certain mimping with her mouth; afterwards ſhe thought it becoming , and improved upon it: It was ſo univerſally adopted by the young Ladies of the ton, that I think it incumbent on myſelf to give a particular account of this grace for the benefit of thoſe who have no opportunities of ſeeing it practiſed.
ref: 1788, Elizabeth Hervey, Melissa and Marcia; or the Sisters: a novel, volume 1, pages 61–62:
text: By God, I c’n hear him, see him, too. Put on that pious look, mimp up his lips.
ref: 1939, Bruce Lancaster, Guns of Burgoyne, page 160:
glosses: To purse one’s lips.
glosses: To act in an affectedly prim or dainty manner.
mimps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mimp
mimps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mimp
mimping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mimp
mimped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mimp
payt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of payment.
nepenthebionts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nepenthebiont
vertibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, vertible + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: But ye are ſo full of vertibilite,
And of frenetyke folabilite,
And of melancoly mutabilite,
That ye would coarte and enforce me
Nothing to write, but hay the gy of thre,
And I to ſuffre you lewdly to ly
Of me with your language full of vilany!
ref: c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.
text: It would be more correct to speak of “vertible choice” or “mutable choice,” in the way in which Augustine and the Sophists after him limit the glory and range of the word “free” by introducing the disparaging notion of what they call the vertibility of free choice.
ref: 1969, reissued 2006, Martin Luther, trans. E. Gordon Rupp, “Erasmus’ Definition of Free Choice” in Luther and Erasmus: Free Will and Salvation, page 170
glosses: inconstancy, changeability
tratler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tratlers
Senses: examples: text: For men be now tratlers and tellers of tales;
What tidings at Totnam, what newis in Wales,
What ſhippis are ſailing to Scalis Malis?
And all is not worth a couple of nut ſhalis.
ref: c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.
text: A tratler is worſe then a thief.
ref: 1678, John Ray, A Collection of Engliſh Proverbs, page 357:
glosses: prattler, idle talker
tratlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tratler
German Gully
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: German+gully. From being a gully being worked by German-speakers. The naming date from the Victoria Gold Rush, when an influx of non-British immigrants resulted in communities that worked gullies to find gold, where those gullies were named after those ethnicities.
Senses: glosses: A gully in Victoria, Australia; Any of several such gullies which were worked as goldfields during the Gold Rush.
Burmah Road
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Burma (now Myanmar).
Senses: glosses: A street in George Town, Penang, Malaysia.
bladder cicada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bladder cicadas
Senses: glosses: A cicada of the Australian genus Cystosoma, especially Cystosoma saundersii, of eastern Australia, having a large green abdomen.
bladder cicadas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bladder cicada
cherry nose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cherry noses
Senses: glosses: A large species of cicada, Macrotristria angularis, of eastern Australia, having a red nose.
cherry noses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cherry nose
razor grinder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: razor grinders
Senses: glosses: A large brown cicada, Henicopsaltria eydouxii, of eastern Australia.
razor grinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of razor grinder
Túrk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Túrks
Senses: examples: text: This may have been effected by the Túrks; but it is more probable that the Brahmans recaptured the city, as, on attaining supremacy, and speedily becoming a powerful and conquering dynasty, and having also in view the prestige attaching to the ancient metropolis, which has formed the subject of remark of the Mohammedan authors now cited, their early endeavours would naturally be directed to the re-acquisition of so desirable a possession.
ref: 1847, Edward Thomas, “Art. IX.—On the Coins of the Kings of Ghazní”, in The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, volume the ninth, London: John W. Parker, published 1848, page 287:
text: The Túrks of Constantinople and Persia have so completely lost the Tartar features, that some physiologists have pronounced them to belong to the Caucasian or European, and not to the Tartar, race. The Túrks of Bokhára and all Transoxiana, though so long settled among Persians, and though greatly softened in appearance, retain their original features sufficiently to be recognisable at a glance as Tartars.
ref: 1857, Mountstuart Elphinstone, “Book V. From the Commencement of the Arab Conquests to the Establishment of a Mahometan Government in India”, “Chapter I. Arab Conquests”, in The History of India. The Hindú and Mahometan Periods, 4th edition, London: John Murray, “Túrks in Transoxiana”, page 266:
text: The only two contented and prosperous provinces of Persia are Azarbaiján, where rulers and people are alike Túrks, and Karman, which though the the^([sic]) Governor is of a Túrkish tribe, is not interfered with by the central Government at Tehrán
ref: 1877, Journal of the United Service Institution of India, page 293:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of Turk.
Túrk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Túrk
form: most Túrk
Senses: examples: text: Samanta’s renown as a king, whether he were a conqueror or not, was probably connected with the progress of Brahmanism, in opposition to Búddhism, the former of which is shown by Colonel Sykes to have made such important advances just about this period: at the same time there is evidence sufficient, aided by that afforded by Albírúní, to justify us in supposing that the Túrk kings of Kábul were Búddhists.
ref: 1846, Edward Thomas, “Art. VI.—On the Coins of the Dynasty of the Hindú Kings of Kábul”, in The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, volume the ninth, London: John W. Parker, published 1848, page 183:
text: This chief (whom, anticipating the title, I shall henceforth call Asof Jáh, and whose descendants are known to Europeans as Nizáms of the Deckan) was of a respectable Túrk family, and was the son of Gházi u dín, a favourite officer of Aurangzíb, under which emperor he also distinguished himself.
ref: 1857, Mountstuart Elphinstone, “Book XII. Successors of Aurangzib”, “Chapter II. To the Departure of Nádir Sháh”, in The History of India. The Hindú and Mahometan Periods, 4th edition, London: John Murray, “General Indignation against the Sciads”, page 609:
text: The seven Kazilbash tribes, Túrks, placed the Safari dynasty on the throne, and in token thereof were granted the exclusive privilege of wearing a red cloth cap encircled with sheep’s skin, whence the name Kazilbash, red head, by which the so called Persian, but really Túrk colony, at Kabul, is still known—Nadir Sháh who expelled the Afghans from Persia and invaded India was a Kazilbash of the Afshar tribe.
ref: 1877, Journal of the United Service Institution of India, page 292:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of Turk.
Túrks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Túrk
Türks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Türk
-tizide
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪz.ʌɪd/
ipa: /təˌzaɪd/
Etymology: Contraction of -thiazide.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A chlorothiazide derivative used as a diuretic.
double drummer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double drummers
Senses: glosses: A large cicada, of species Thopha saccata, of eastern Australia, having prominent tymbals with which they produce a very loud song.
double drummers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double drummer
floury baker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floury bakers
Senses: glosses: A large cicada, Aleeta curvicosta, of eastern Australia, having white filaments covering the body that give the impression of a dusting of flour; floury miller.
floury bakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floury baker
floury miller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floury millers
Senses: glosses: The floury baker cicada, of eastern Australia.
floury millers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floury miller
yellow Monday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow Mondays
Senses: glosses: A yellowish form of the greengrocer cicada of eastern Australia.
yellow Mondays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellow Monday
boxing kangaroo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boxing kangaroos
Senses: glosses: A kangaroo trained to box against human opponents as a sideshow attraction.
boxing kangaroos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boxing kangaroo
brass razoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brass razoos
Senses: glosses: A fictitious coin of very low value.
brass razoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brass razoo
-poride
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /pə.ɹaɪd/
Etymology: From cariporide.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of sodium–hydrogen antiporter inhibitors.
/s/
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: Abbreviation of signature
Senses: glosses: Denotes the location of a signature on the original, signed copy on file.
climate strikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of climate strike
billing and cooing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: billings and cooings
Senses: glosses: Cooing and rubbing of beaks, performed by birds such as pigeons and doves as a prelude to mating.
glosses: Loving and affectionate behaviour between members of a romantic couple, such as the exchange of caresses and kisses.
billing and cooing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bill and coo
Shëngjin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Albanian Shëngjin, from shën (“saint”) + Gjin.
Senses: glosses: A coastal town in northwestern Albania that is a growing tourist destination due to its beaches and resort accommodations, located 5-6 km northwest of the city of Lezhë by the Adriatic Sea below a mountain side; the town was the site of the ancient harbour of Nymphaeum and is now home to one of Albania's ports of entry; it is the seat of its eponymous municipal unit.
glosses: A municipal unit of the municipality of Lezhë in the county of Lezhë, Albania.
glosses: A former municipality of the county of Lezhë, Albania.
Synonyms: english: former name
translation: former name
word: Wilson
english: former name
translation: former name
word: San Giovanni di Medua
cardiosport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardiosports
Etymology: From cardio- + sport.
Senses: glosses: sport that exercises the heart
astroseismically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From astro- + seismically.
Senses: glosses: In a astroseismic manner
hyperbaryon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperbaryons
Etymology: From hyper- + baryon.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The hyperon form of a baryon
hyperbaryons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperbaryon
hypermeson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypermesons
Etymology: From hyper- + meson.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The hyperon form of a meson
hypermesons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypermeson
bimetallic strip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bimetallic strips
Senses: glosses: A thin strip made from a sandwich of two different metals, the metals having different rates of expansion with temperature, so that an increase in temperature causes the strip to bend one way, and a decrease causes it to bend the other; used in various devices such as thermostats.
hyperpion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperpions
Etymology: From hyper- + pion.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The hyperon form of a pion
hyperpions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperpion
hyperquark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperquarks
Etymology: From hyper- + quark.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The hyperon form of a quark
hyperquarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperquark
metafinite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meta- + finite.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Describing a structure composed of a finite part, an infinite part, and a form of mapping between the two
photoeffect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoeffects
Etymology: From photo- + effect.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of photoelectric effect.
synonyms: word: photoelectric effect
glosses: Any similar effect caused by photons (quanta of light)
transferuloylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transferuloylations
Etymology: From trans- + feruloylation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction in which a feruloyl group is transferred intermolecularly or intramolecularly
Parsley Hay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Hartington Middle Quarter parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1463).
co-piloting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of co-pilot
co-piloted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of co-pilot
pervertism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pervert + -ism.
Senses: glosses: perversion; the behaviour of a pervert
unimpulsiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unimpulsive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unimpulsive.
uncompulsiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uncompulsive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being uncompulsive.
uncompulsively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more uncompulsively
form: most uncompulsively
Etymology: From uncompulsive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an uncompulsive manner.
uncompulsive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncompulsive
form: most uncompulsive
Etymology: From un- + compulsive.
Senses: glosses: Not compulsive.
Griefcom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: The grievance committee of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
bills and coos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bill and coo
billed and cooed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bill and coo
physicomathematically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From physicomathematical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In physicomathematical terms.
Friden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Hartington Nether Quarter parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1760).
heliquinomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antibiotic.
rubromycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubromycins
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of natural products isolated from actinomycetes and having various antimicrobial and enzyme activity.
rubromycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rubromycin
Grodziskie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Grodziskies
Etymology: From Polish piwo grodziskie (“Grodzisk beer”), from the town of Grodzisk Wielkopolski where it was traditionally brewed.
Senses: examples: text: However, the brewery has yet to take up the challenge of brewing a Grodziskie, a top-fermented, smoked wheat beer, once widely drunk in the region and now all but died out.
ref: 2013, Tim Hampson, editor, World Beer, →ISBN, page 136:
text: Krebs's finest went above and beyond by not only tracking down an original Grodziskie yeast strain from Poland, but also convincing Germany's Weyermann Malts to introduce oak-smoked wheat malt. Add Polish Lublin hops and you have the closest thing to the last historical Grodziskies.
ref: 2015, Jeff Alworth, The Beer Bible, →ISBN, page 351:
glosses: A top-fermenting ale from Poland brewed with smoked wheat malt.
Grodziskies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Grodziskie
pradimicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pradimicins
Senses: glosses: Any of a certain class of antibiotics.
pradimicins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pradimicin
Hartington Nether Quarter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England.
Related terms: Hartington Middle Quarter
Hartington Town Quarter
aureoquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular naphthazarin.
hybocarpone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular cytotoxic naphthazarin derivative.
quinodimethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinodimethanes
Senses: examples: text: This structure would also be consistent with the observed reactivity since the polyene has a quinodimethane structure.
ref: 2004, Maya Shankar Singh, Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions And Mechanisms, page 454:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A highly reactive diene consisting of a benzene ring with two attached methylene groups.
Derived terms: orthoquinodimethane
metaquinodimethane
paraquinodimethane
quinodimethanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quinodimethane
quinohemoproteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quinohemoprotein
Latinoness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latino + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or characteristic of being Latino.
Latinaness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latina + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or characteristic of being Latina.
climbing skins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of climbing skin
ski skins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ski skin
bivalvate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bivalve + -ate.
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a bivalve: consisting of or incorporating two matching hinged or folding parts.
gropper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groppers
Etymology: Clipping of grasshopper.
Senses: examples: text: Enjoyed a wide range of Sedge warblers, heard a gropper, and saw a spoonbill, and our first house martins and swifts of the year. The avocets were grand (nearly 50 of them) and not as argumentative as usual at his time of the year.
ref: 2001 April 29, Michael J Davis, “A grand day out and request for help”, in uk.rec.birdwatching (Usenet):
text: These overwhelmingly male gatherings remind me of paparazzi flocks I’ve encountered. Like a reluctant celebrity, the Pallas’s “gropper” (twitchers have their own language, as well as paparazzi-style ripping yarns about this trip or that shot) was skulking in the bushes.
ref: 2017 September 25, Patrick Barkham, “Twitchers and groppers: when birdwatching turns ugly”, in The Guardian:
topics: biology
birdwatching
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: The grasshopper warbler.
groppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gropper
block vote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: block votes
Senses: glosses: A vote cast by a representative or delegate on behalf of a group of people, having a voting weight proportional to the size of the group.
blowziness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of blowsiness.
Longcliffe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Brassington parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2255).
Shantanu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi शांतनु (śāntnu) or Sanskrit शांतनु (śāṃtanu).
Senses: glosses: The name of a king in the Mahabharata.
glosses: A male given name from Hindi or Sanskrit.
pholidote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pholidotes
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Pholidota.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A member of the Pholidota; a pangolin.
pholidotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pholidote
semivariagrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semivariagram
superresolving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of superresolve
superresolves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of superresolve
presegregates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of presegregate
presegregating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of presegregate
hyperforages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hyperforage
hyperforaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hyperforage
coterminates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coterminate
cytoduces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cytoduce
emmerichite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Emmerich + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A vitreous brown mineral with chemical formula Ba₂Na(Na,Fe²⁺)₂(Fe³⁺,Mg)Ti₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₂F₂.
photoeffects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoeffect
transferuloylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transferuloylation
St Pauls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: St. Pauls
form: St. Paul's
Senses: glosses: An inner city district of Bristol, England
Harlaxton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8832).
glosses: A locality near Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
Wilsontown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Wilson + town.
Senses: glosses: A small village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9455).
glosses: An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States.
blueishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bluishness.
Brunning
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an English surname, from Old English Brūning, compare Browning.
* As a north/Low German surname Brünning, variant of Brüning.
Compare Bruenning.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
bos'n
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bos'ns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bosun.
aerocombat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A sport that combines martial arts with aerobics
malgré lui
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from French malgré (“against”) and French lui (“him”).
Senses: examples: text: […] and he pities "that class of young ladies who malgré lui are bound to fall in love with these wooden specimens of youthful manhood."
ref: 1977, John Halperin, Trollope and Politics: A Study of the Pallisers and Others, page 257:
glosses: Contrary to their desires or ambitions.
Alajuela
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province and city in Costa Rica.
Puntarenas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Puntarenas.
Senses: glosses: A city and province of Costa Rica.
anathermy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: insensitivity to heat
I'm here all week
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Stereotypically uttered by a stand-up comedian.
Senses: glosses: Said after making a joke.
Synonyms: try the veal
Ahuachapán
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Ahuachapán.
Senses: glosses: A department of El Salvador.
glosses: A town in San Salvador department, El Salvador.
Chalatenango
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Chalatenango.
Senses: glosses: A department of El Salvador.
glosses: A city in El Salvador.
Cuscatlán
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Cuscatlán.
Senses: glosses: A department of El Salvador.
Related terms: Antiguo Cuscatlán
Nuevo Cuscatlán
La Unión
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places, including:
A city and commune in El Ranco province, Los Ríos region, Chile.
glosses: A number of places, including:
A former department of Chile.
glosses: A number of places, including:
A department of El Salvador.
glosses: A number of places, including:
A city in El Salvador.
Brockworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England, just outside Gloucester (OS grid ref SO8916).
-30-
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Forms: form: - 30 -
Senses: topics: journalism
media
glosses: Indicates the end of a story, article, or press release that is submitted for editing and typesetting.
Related terms: EOT
␄
aneurysmography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aneurysmographies
Senses: glosses: radiography of an aneurism
Sonsonate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Sonsonate.
Senses: glosses: A department of El Salvador.
glosses: A town in Sonsonate department, El Salvador.
Usulután
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Usulután.
Senses: glosses: A department of El Salvador.
glosses: A town in Usulután department, El Salvador.
UNG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Uracil-DNA glycosylase.
UNG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: University of North Georgia.
has one's fingers in many pies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have one's fingers in many pies
having one's fingers in many pies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have one's fingers in many pies
had one's fingers in many pies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have one's fingers in many pies
Bidborough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5643).
come good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes good
form: coming good
form: came good
form: come good
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: make good
text: She was a wayward child but came good when she landed a job in the fashion industry.
glosses: To become successful or turn out well after earlier poor performance or lack of promise.
Clent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9279).
box number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: box numbers
form: box no.
Etymology: Literally, the number of a box into which mail for a particular recipient is placed.
Senses: examples: text: They didn't give me a proper address, only a box number.
text: Would anyone with knowledge of the present whereabouts of Mrs Doris Miggins, formerly of Station Road, please contact Box No. 99, Puddletown Evening Gazette.
glosses: A numerical address for postal correspondence, managed by a company or organisation on behalf of the addressee, and used e.g. for convenience, if one does not have a suitable physical address for receiving mail, or to avoid giving one's real address (e.g. in a newspaper advertisement).
Latin lover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Latin lovers
Senses: examples: text: I began to consider the contradictions in these descriptions: that although Mastroianni, as commodity, was often marketed as the quintessential Italian man, his characters betrayed instead a much more conflicting image of Italian masculinity than the category of Latin lover allowed.
ref: 2008, Krin Gabbard, William Luhr, Screening Genders, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 49:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A stereotype of a passionate and attractive male of Latin or Romance European origin.
Muharrams
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: […]were two Muharrams in the first year, the first being the beginning of the new year and the other the added month. The number of months was 13. After the passage of two or three years, when the period for the intercalated month had come to[…]
ref: 1994, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Jabartī, Thomas Philipp, Guido Schwald, ʻAbd Al-Raḥmān Al-Jabartī's History of Egypt: ʻajāʾib Al-āthār Fī ʾl-tarājim Waʾl-akhbār, →ISBN, page 4:
glosses: plural of Muharram
Spennymoor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2533).
Princeville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Princeville, from Prince + -ville, named for Pierre Prince, an early settler.
Senses: glosses: A city in L'Érable, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada.
Princeville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From prince + -ville, named for the Hawaiian prince Albert Kamehameha. Cf. Kingsville, Queensville, Princeton, Princetown, and Princes Town.
Senses: glosses: A town in Kauai, Hawaii, United States.
Princeville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the surname Prince + -ville.
Senses: glosses: A village in Peoria County, Illinois, United States, named after early settler Daniel Prince.
glosses: A town in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States, named after founder Turner Prince.
no really
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: no, really
Senses: examples: text: No, really, why did you forget to feed the cat today?
text: Read on. No really, keep reading. You'll like it.
glosses: really; seriously; used to attempt to introduce a serious point in a less serious conversation
Related terms: not really
no really
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: no, really
Senses: synonyms: really
no kidding
oh really
no shit
no shit, Sherlock
do tell
you don't say
duh
no duh
glosses: no kidding!; is that so? (sometimes used sarcastically in response to the obvious)
mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails.
box no.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: box nos.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of box number.
Kirk Merrington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Spennymoor parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2631).
valraven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: valravens
Etymology: Partial calque of Danish valravn
Senses: examples: text: […] this means effects the release of the Valraven, which is transformed into a knight. […] the Valraven drinks the child's blood […]
ref: 1914, Johannes Christoffer Hagemann Reinhardt Steenstrup, The Medieval Popular Ballad, page 194:
text: Only a valraven's rider may know his name. “I am not worthy, Bright one.” He just snorted and let himself slump down in the bloody snow. Will you wait with me? It was not so much words as a desire, a feeling in my heart, and I nodded .
ref: 2006, Elizabeth Bear, The Chains That You Refuse, Night Shade, →ISBN:
text: "If you don't tell a riddle," said Hookeye, "you might as well admit you're a valraven. She'll attack first and rip you to pieces!" He glanced at the others.
ref: 2016, George Hagen, Gabriel Finley and the Raven's Riddle, Yearling, →ISBN, page 108:
text: "Because my brother was a valraven?" Aunt Jaz looked startled for the first time. " Your mother told you this?" "No," admitted Pamela. "I guessed that part. If my father is a valraven, then he might have had a son who was at least part valraven.
ref: 2017, George Hagen, Gabriel Finley and the Lord of Air and Darkness, Schwartz & Wade, →ISBN, page 186:
text: 2020, Clara Coulson, A Knight of Cold Graves (The Revenant Reign #1), Knite and Day Publishing
In the minutes that she'd been out of Saul's sight, she'd somehow acquired a valraven—a reanimated raven corpse. The dead bird stood perched on her shoulder, its one beady black eye focused on the idiot brothers. The empty socket ...
glosses: Alternative form of valravn.
lofty ship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪp
Forms: form: lofty ships
Etymology: From lofty + ship.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tall ship.
synonyms: word: tall ship
Derived terms: mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails
lofty ships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lofty ship
unfoam
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unfoams
form: unfoaming
form: unfoamed
form: unfoamed
Etymology: From un- + foam.
Senses: examples: text: […] and means for unfoaming the foamable material by collapsing the bubbles thereof.
ref: 1963, The Canadian Patent Office Record, page 783:
glosses: To remove the foam or foaminess of, defoam.
Arecibo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish Arecibo, from Taíno Aresibo.
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality of Puerto Rico, United States.
glosses: Ellipsis of Arecibo Observatory; a radio astronomy astronomical observatory located in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
glosses: A diocese in Puerto Rico, United States, of the Roman Catholic Church.
valravns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of valravn
valravens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of valraven
autocoprophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + coprophagous.
Senses: glosses: That eats its own excrement.
Crownthorpe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Wicklewood parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0803).
glosses: A locality in both Gympie Region and South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.
Wicklewood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0702).
gripping beast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gripping beasts
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of stylised animals that intertwine and grip one another and other design elements, found in the decorative arts of the ancient Norse.
gripping beasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gripping beast
Colace
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Colaces
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
DOSS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate.
Nehru
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈneɪru/
enpr: nāʹro͞oʹ
ipa: /ˈnɛru/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: Nehrus
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi नेहरू (nehrū).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hindi.
glosses: A surname from Hindi.
Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India.
Derived terms: Nehruvian
biocatalyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biocatalysis
Lezhë
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Albanian Lezhë, through phonetic shifts from Latin Lissus, from Ancient Greek Λίσσος (Líssos).
Senses: glosses: A growing city in northwestern Albania, located 5-6 km southeast of Shëngjin slightly northeast of the southern mouth of the river Drin (Small Drin), which passes through the town; the town is best known for being one of the former centres of the Illyrian kingdom and for its typically Illyrian fortification walls; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and municipal unit.
glosses: A county of Albania.
glosses: A municipality of the county of Lezhë, Albania.
glosses: A municipal unit of the municipality of Lezhë in the county of Lezhë, Albania.
antipertussive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + pertussive.
Senses: glosses: that counters whooping cough
antipertussive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antipertussives
Etymology: From anti- + pertussive.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Such a medicine
Lambert's wren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lambert's wrens
Etymology: Named in honour of British naturalist Aylmer Bourke Lambert.
Senses: glosses: A variegated fairywren (Malurus lamberti), of eastern Australia.
Lambert's wrens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lambert's wren
variegated fairywren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: variegated fairywrens
Senses: glosses: Any of species Malurus lamberti of fairywrens, of eastern Australia.
variegated fairywrens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of variegated fairywren
purple-backed fairywren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: purple-backed fairywrens
Senses: glosses: Any of species Malurus assimilis of fairywrens, of the Australia mainland except the east coast; formerly considered to be the same species as the variegated fairywren (Malurus lamberti).
purple-backed fairywrens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purple-backed fairywren
blue-breasted fairywren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue-breasted fairywrens
Senses: glosses: Any of species Malurus pulcherrimus of fairywrens, of southern central and western Australia.
blue-breasted fairywrens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue-breasted fairywren
red-winged fairywren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-winged fairywrens
Senses: glosses: Any in species Malurus elegans of fairywrens, of south-western Western Australia.
red-winged fairywrens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red-winged fairywren