cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
rhombicdodecahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhombicdodecahedra
form: rhombicdodecahedrons
Senses: examples: text: The minerals comprise gold, black titaniferous and magnetic iron sand, sapphire, topaz, zircon, stream tin, and brown garnets crystallised in minute rhombicdodecahedrons with edges either entire or truncated.
ref: 1867, Transactions of the Royal Society of New South Wales, page 11:
text: Describe the appearance of the regular rhombicdodecahedron when modified by the planes of (a) (211), (b) (311).
ref: 1896 May, University of Manitoba: Examinations:
text: Rhombicdodecahedra are less often obtained.
ref: 1900, Journal of Applied Microscopy and Laboratory Methods, page 1078:
text: Rhombicdodecahedron a. Start by folding a level three pentagon in the circle, fold to pentagon shape.
ref: 1999, Bradford Hansen-Smith, The Geometry of Wholemovement: Folding the Circle for Information, page 200:
glosses: Alternative form of rhombic dodecahedron.
rhombicdodecahedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhombicdodecahedron
rhombicdodecahedrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhombicdodecahedron
octuplicating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of octuplicate
Ordish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ordishes
Etymology: Habitational surname from a minor place in Derbyshire called Highoredish.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Region of Queens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiː.d͡ʒn̩ ɒv ˈkwiːnz/
rhymes: -iːnz
Etymology: The municipality is named after Queens County.
Senses: glosses: A regional municipality of Nova Scotia, Canada.
West Hants
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛst ˈhænts/
rhymes: -ænts
Etymology: The municipality is named after its location in the western section of the former Hants County.
Senses: glosses: A regional municipality of Nova Scotia, Canada.
Balin stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque from Chinese 巴林石 (bālínshí), from 巴林 (Bālín, “Baarin (a southern Mongolian tribe)”) + 石 (shí, “stone”), from Manchu ᠪᠠᡵᡳᠨ (barin), from Middle Mongol ᠪᠠᠭᠠᠷᠢᠨ (baɣarin), so named for being quarried in the traditional territory of the Baarins.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A type of pyrophyllite from Inner Mongolia; traditionally used in the Chinese art of seal engraving.
hexakisoctahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexakisoctahedra
form: hexakisoctahedrons
Etymology: From hexakis- + octahedron.
Senses: examples: text: The second is a hemihedral combination of which no corresponding homohedral variety has been discovered, and no hemihexakisoctahedrons have been found to correspond with the rest of the known hexakisoctahedrons, § 408.
ref: 1841, John Joseph Griffin, “Principles of Crystallography”, in A System of Crystallography, with Its Application to Mineralogy, Glasgow: Richard Griffin and Company. And Thomas Tegg, London, section XIII (An Inquiry into the variety of Forms and Combinations which occur upon the Crystals of Minerals), subsection I (The Octahedral System of Crystallisation), subsubsection 4 (The Hemihexakisoctahedron with inclined faces), § 450, page 217:
text: The plagihedral hemihedral forms of the cubis system are, with the exception of those derivable from hexakisoctahedra, undistinguishable from the holohedral forms.
ref: 1881, Hilary Bauerman, “Cubic System”, in Text-Book of Systematic Mineralogy, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton and Co., page 52:
text: The plane (1 2 3), which is an example of the most general crystal plane in the cubic system because its hkl indices are all different, lies between (1 1 2) and (0 1 1) planes; the 48 planes of the {1 2 3} form make up a hexakisoctahedron.
ref: 1995, R. E. Smallman, R. J. Bishop, “Atomic arrangements in materials”, in Metals and Materials: Science, Processes, Applications, Butterworth-Heinemann, section 5 (Selected crystal structures), subsection 5 (Silica), page 25:
text: A crystalline spectrum maps the æsthetic value of all stylistic paragons – from isometric order in classicism to triclinic disorder in modernism: the hexakisoctahedron being most symmetric of all the crystal habits, its thirteen rotary axes & nine reflexive planes, for its four dozen facets, rigidest rhyme scheme – an ideal form driving insane every scientific monk who inhabits its polyhedral cathedrals, almost every organism a bilateral construction divided against itself, almost every organism a bilateral construction divided against itself, almost every particle a planet spinning two times for every sunset.
ref: 2003, Christian Bök, Crystallography, 2nd edition, Coach House Books, published June 2006, →ISBN, page 141:
synonyms: hexoctahedron
tetracontaoctahedron
glosses: A three-dimensional solid with 48 faces arranged around 9 planes of reflection and 13 rotary axes.
Derived terms: hemihexakisoctahedron
hexakisoctahedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexakisoctahedron
hexakisoctahedrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexakisoctahedron
District of Argyle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪs.tɹɪkt ɒv ɑɹˈɡaɪl/
rhymes: -aɪl
Etymology: The municipality is named after a township, named in turn after Argyle in Scotland.
Senses: glosses: A district municipality of Nova Scotia, Canada.
District of Barrington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪs.tɹɪkt ɒv ˈbɛɹ.ɪŋ.tən/
rhymes: -ɛɹɪŋtən
Etymology: The municipality is named after the community of Barrington.
Senses: glosses: A district municipality of Nova Scotia, Canada.
District of Chester
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪs.tɹɪkt ɒv ˈtʃɛ.stɚ/
rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
Etymology: The municipality is named after the community of Chester.
Senses: glosses: A district municipality of Nova Scotia, Canada.
hemihexakisoctahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemihexakisoctahedrons
Etymology: From hemi- + hexakisoctahedron.
Senses: examples: text: In the hemihexakisoctahedron with inclined faces k {h k l} (fig. 23),[…]
ref: 1839, W[illiam] H[allowes] Miller, “Octahedral System”, in A Treatise on Crystallography, Cambridge: Printed at the Pitt Press: for J. & J. J. Deighton, […]. London: John W. Parker, […], section 66, page 34:
text: The second is a hemihedral combination of which no corresponding homohedral variety has been discovered, and no hemihexakisoctahedrons have been found to correspond with the rest of the known hexakisoctahedrons, § 408.
ref: 1841, John Joseph Griffin, “Principles of Crystallography”, in A System of Crystallography, with Its Application to Mineralogy, Glasgow: Richard Griffin and Company. And Thomas Tegg, London, section XIII (An Inquiry into the variety of Forms and Combinations which occur upon the Crystals of Minerals), subsection I (The Octahedral System of Crystallisation), subsubsection 4 (The Hemihexakisoctahedron with inclined faces), § 450, page 217:
text: Hemihexakisoctahedrons with parallel faces
ref: 1859, Adolf Kenngott, Tabellarischer Leitfaden der Mineralogie zum Gebrauche bei Vorlesungen und zum Selbststudium, page 62:
glosses: A half of a hexakisoctahedron.
hemihexakisoctahedrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemihexakisoctahedron
District of Clare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪs.tɹɪkt ɒv ˈklɛɚ/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Etymology: The municipality is named after the county of Clare in Ireland.
Senses: glosses: A district municipality of Nova Scotia, Canada.
District of Digby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪs.tɹɪkt ɒv ˈdɪɡ.bi/
rhymes: -ɪɡbi
Etymology: The municipality is named after the town of Digby.
Senses: glosses: A district municipality of Nova Scotia, Canada.
runs after
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of run after.
running after
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of run after
ran after
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of run after
District of East Hants
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪs.tɹɪkt ɒv ˈist ˈhænts/
rhymes: -ænts
Etymology: The municipality is named after its location in the eastern section of the former Hants County.
Senses: glosses: A district municipality of Nova Scotia, Canada.
District of Guysborough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪs.tɹɪkt ɒv ˈɡaɪz.bə.ɹoʊ/
rhymes: -aɪzbəɹəʊ
Etymology: The municipality is named after the community of Guysborough.
Senses: glosses: A district municipality of Nova Scotia, Canada.
hemiabdominal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hemi- + abdominal.
Senses: examples: text: The right hemi-abdominal ganglion, which appears to be the homologue of the supraintestinal ganglion of more primitive opisthobranchs, develops above the esophagus. The left hemi-abdominal ganglion develops below the esophagus and is divisible into a rostral and a caudal part by the appearance of two clusters of neurons , each surrounding a central medulla of neuropile.
ref: 1977, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, page 376:
text: Right hemiabdominal mass, jaundice due to obstructive hepatoma
ref: 1979, The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, page 309:
text: Ultrasonics in the diagnosis of lesions of the superior hemiabdominal space
ref: 1980, Cumulated Index Medicus, page 10340:
text: A separate left hemiabdominal field was simulated upon completion of the thoracic component of irradiation, encompassing the left hemiabdomen from the level of the diaphragm to the level of the iliac crest.
ref: 1989, Edward C. Halperin, Pediatric Radiation Oncology, →ISBN, page 276:
glosses: Of or pertaining to half of the abdomen.
Related terms: hemiabdomen
District of Lunenburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪs.tɹɪkt ɒv ˈluː.nən.bɝɡ/
rhymes: -uːnənbɜː(ɹ)ɡ
Etymology: The municipality is named after the town of Lunenburg.
Senses: glosses: A district municipality of Nova Scotia, Canada.
District of Shelburne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪs.tɹɪkt ɒv ˈʃɛl.bɚn/
rhymes: -ɛlbə(ɹ)n
Etymology: The municipality is named after the community of Shelburne.
Senses: glosses: A district municipality of Nova Scotia, Canada.
District of St. Mary's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪs.tɹɪkt ɒv ˈseɪnt ˈmɛɚ.iz/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiz
Senses: glosses: A district municipality of Nova Scotia, Canada.
District of Yarmouth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪs.tɹɪkt ɒv ˈjɑː(ɹ).məθ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)məθ
Etymology: The municipality is named after the town of Yarmouth.
Senses: glosses: A district municipality of Nova Scotia, Canada.
County of Antigonish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊn.ti ɒv ˌæn.tɪ.ɡəˈnɪʃ/
rhymes: -ɪʃ
Etymology: The municipality is named after the former Antigonish County.
Senses: glosses: A county municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada.
County of Colchester
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊn.ti ɒv ˈkɒl.tʃɛs.tɚ/
rhymes: -ɒltʃɛstə(ɹ)
Etymology: The municipality is named after the former Colchester County.
Senses: glosses: A county municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada.
County of Cumberland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊn.ti ɒv ˈkʌm.bəɹ.lənd/
rhymes: -ʌmbə(ɹ)lənd
Etymology: The municipality is named after the former Cumberland County.
Senses: glosses: A county municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada.
County of Inverness
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊn.ti ɒv ˌɪn.vɚˈnɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Etymology: The municipality is named after the former Inverness County.
Senses: glosses: A county municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada.
County of Kings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊn.ti ɒv ˈkɪŋz/
rhymes: -ɪŋz
Etymology: The municipality is named after the former Kings County.
Senses: glosses: A county municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada.
County of Pictou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊn.ti ɒv ˈpɪk.toʊ/
rhymes: -ɪktəʊ
Etymology: The municipality is named after the former Pictou County.
Senses: glosses: A county municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada.
County of Richmond
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊn.ti ɒv ˈɹɪtʃ.mənd/
rhymes: -ɪtʃmənd
Etymology: The municipality is named after the former Richmond County.
Senses: glosses: A county municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada.
County of Victoria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊn.ti ɒv vɪkˈtɔː.ɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɔːɹiə
Etymology: The municipality is named after the former Victoria County.
Senses: glosses: A county municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Psinas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
phrogging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences
glosses: The act of secretly living in another person’s home without authorization.
phrog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phrogs
Senses: topics: criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences
glosses: A person who secretly lives in another’s home without authorization.
glosses: Deliberate misspelling of frog.
Derived terms: phrogging
Related terms: forg
phrogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phrog
homohedral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From homo- + -hedral.
Senses: examples: text: The second is a hemihedral combination of which no corresponding homohedral variety has been discovered, and no hemihexakisoctahedrons have been found to correspond with the rest of the known hexakisoctahedrons, § 408.
ref: 1841, John Joseph Griffin, “Principles of Crystallography”, in A System of Crystallography, with Its Application to Mineralogy, Glasgow: Richard Griffin and Company. And Thomas Tegg, London, section XIII (An Inquiry into the variety of Forms and Combinations which occur upon the Crystals of Minerals), subsection I (The Octahedral System of Crystallisation), subsubsection 4 (The Hemihexakisoctahedron with inclined faces), § 450, page 217:
text: M. Pasteur has also carefully examined the crystalline forms of several salts of racemic acid,—particularly the neutral and acid racemates of soda and the racemate of antimony and potash—and finds them all perfectly homohedral.
ref: 1851, M. L. Pasteur, “On the Characteristic Properties of the two Acids which compose Racemic Acid”, in Henry Watts, editor, The Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society of London, volume III, number IX, London: Hippolyte Bailliere, […] New-York, […]. Paris: J. B. Baillière, […], Madrid: Bailly Baillière, […], page 82:
text: Homohedral and tangential polyhedral shapes are found to be suitable for the task and some examples of linkages are worked out.
ref: 2013, G. Kiper, E. Söylemez, “Homohedral and Tangential Polyhedral Linkages”, in Fernando Viadero, Marco Ceccarelli, editors, New Trends in Mechanism and Machine Science: Theory and Applications in Engineering, Springer, →ISBN, page 383:
glosses: Having equal or corresponding faces.
took the law into one's own hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take the law into one's own hands
taken the law into one's own hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take the law into one's own hands
taking the law into one's own hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take the law into one's own hands
takes the law into one's own hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take the law into one's own hands
took law into one's own hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take law into one's own hands
took matters into one's own hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take matters into one's own hands
taken matters into one's own hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take matters into one's own hands
taking matters into one's own hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take matters into one's own hands
takes matters into one's own hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take matters into one's own hands
taking law into one's own hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take law into one's own hands
takes law into one's own hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take law into one's own hands
taken law into one's own hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take law into one's own hands
WBT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WBTs
Senses: examples: text: If humidity in the surrounding air is high, however – meaning the air is already more saturated with water – less evaporation will occur, so the WBT will be closer to the dry temperature.
ref: 2022 July 31, Jocelyn Timperley, “Why you need to worry about the ‘wet-bulb temperature’”, in The Guardian:
coordinate_terms: DBT
glosses: Initialism of wet bulb temperature.
dry-bulb temperature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dry-bulb temperatures
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dry bulb temperature.
wet bulb temperature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wet bulb temperatures
form: wet-bulb temperature
Senses: examples: text: And a wet-bulb temperature of 35 will kill humans, even if unclothed and in the shade; the combination of heat and humidity prevents sweating from dissipating heat, and death by hyperthermia soon results.
ref: 2020, Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN:
text: Wet-bulb temperature (WBT) combines dry air temperature (as you’d see on a thermometer) with humidity – in essence, it is a measure of heat-stress conditions on humans.
ref: 2022 July 31, Jocelyn Timperley, “Why you need to worry about the ‘wet-bulb temperature’”, in The Guardian:
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
synonyms: WBT
coordinate_terms: dry bulb temperature
glosses: The temperature read by a thermometer covered in water-soaked (water at ambient temperature) cloth over which air is passed.
wet-bulb temperature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wet-bulb temperatures
Senses: examples: text: The wet-bulb temperatures in South Asia this spring have been called “unsurvivable.”
ref: 2022 July 14, David Wallace-Wells, “The Mysteriously Low Death Toll of the Heat Waves in India and Pakistan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative form of wet bulb temperature.
Adeney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Edgmond parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7018).
glosses: A surname.
tourbus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tourbuses
form: tourbusses
Senses: examples: text: At one end of the lot, there’s a row of customized tourbuses in various states of repair, hand-painted and festooned with insignia and flags.
ref: 1994, David Shenk, Steve Silberman, Skeleton Key: A Dictionary for Deadheads, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 215:
text: Well, maybe you’d like to have what was s’posed to be your immortal body ground up and put on the road for lorries and tourbusses to lumber over, eh?
ref: 2001, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, “The Mummies of the Motorway”, in Scarborough Fair, Gollancz, published 2011, →ISBN:
text: Riis was little more than a couple of old-fashioned resort hotels offering little more than beds for those who like to take strolls in the woods — though apparently there are enough of them; a couple of tourbusses standing in the parking lots explained why it was that we couldn't get a room in either of them last night.
ref: 2007, Charles Shere, Mostly Spain: Travels in Spain, France, and The Netherlands, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 181:
glosses: Alternative form of tour bus.
tourbuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tourbus
tourbusses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tourbus
wet-bulb
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The wet-bulb temperatures in South Asia this spring have been called “unsurvivable.” But in a lot of coverage, the complexities and nuances of wet-bulb measures are lost, Huber said.
ref: 2022 July 14, David Wallace-Wells, “The Mysteriously Low Death Toll of the Heat Waves in India and Pakistan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Relating to wet-bulb temperature measurements.
wet bulb temperatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wet bulb temperature
wet-bulb temperatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wet-bulb temperature
Edgmond
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire, England, west of Newport (Shropshire) (OS grid ref SJ7219).
muh soggy knees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Distorted pronunciation of misogyny. See muh.
Senses: glosses: Misogyny.
primary amoebic meningoencephalitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of naegleriasis.
synonyms: word: naegleriasis
bloodhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bloodhouses
Etymology: From blood + house.
Senses: examples: text: ‘[…]Not,’ she elaborated with ponderous wistfulness, ‘that I don’t enjoy an occasional slumming expedition to the bloodhouses. Graham won’t use a bar that isn’t full of men in grubby singlets;[…]’
ref: 1961, George Turner, A Stranger and Afraid, London: Cassell, page 40:
text: From the bloodhouses of my youth, vagrant hotels, I see your face / Dead girl (dear Jan!) in smoke-filled rooms—glass-littered slimy floors.
ref: 1972, Geoffrey Lehmann, Conversation with a Rider, Angus and Robertson, →ISBN, page 43:
text: There are still a few bloodhouses, as the rowdier institutions are called, patronized exclusively by men;
ref: 1985, Tony Allan, editor, Australia, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 131:
text: The old riverfront where steamers used to move passengers and cargo is graced by pubs with lacy verandas that look old, quiet and innocent to the passer-by but still bear a reputation as ‘bloodhouses’ where more than one drug haul has come in up the river from the east.
ref: 1988, Nick Lush, Australia, →ISBN, page 203:
text: The conditions and service offered varied: some were ‘bloodhouses’; others, such as that at Parramatta owned by James Larra, provided fine food, good drink and warm hospitality to their customers.
ref: 1990, Douglass Baglin, Yvonne Austin, The Great Aussie Pub Crawl, Child & Associates, →ISBN, page 19:
text: […]negative environmental factors that make some establishments bloodhouses year after year and many more establishments violent on a less predictable basis.
ref: 1992, Journal of Drug Issues, page 682:
text: Compared to those bloodhouses, the El Rocco was a beacon of sophistication.
ref: 2007, Michael Caulfield, The Vietnam Years: From the Jungle to the Australian Suburbs, Hachette Australia, →ISBN:
text: City hotels favoured by the homosexually inclined ranged in style from the swank Australia Hotel to ‘blood-houses’ like the Belfields.
ref: 2016, Garry Wotherspoon, Gay Sydney: A History, NewSouth Publishing, →ISBN:
text: The Imperial Hotel was now the meeting place for the “gay” community. These pubs were no longer the boisterous, noisy, and often “bloodhouses” of old.
ref: 2017, Steve Langley, Erskineville to the Bush, BookVenture Publishing LLC, →ISBN, page 41:
text: A lot of the traffic had been diverted from Crown and Bourke streets, cafes and restaurants had sprung up and the local pubs that had been either bloodhouses or Indie music venues had become gastro pubs serving twice-cooked pork belly and confit duck to bankers, advertising types and media people.
ref: 2017, Michael Brissenden, The List, Hachette Australia, →ISBN:
text: Their sound had been honed in the bloodhouses of Hamburg; it was raw and primal and unashamedly sexual.
ref: 2021, Jeff Apter, Behind Dark Eyes: The True Story of John English, Woodslane Press, →ISBN:
glosses: A building where violent, bloody brawls are common.
bloodhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bloodhouse
maidism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A disease of guinea pigs caused by eating deteriorated maize.
Related terms: old-maidism
mammetries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mammetry
don't call me sir, I work for a living
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Used by senior enlisted military personnel to indicate that they are not commissioned officers.
Related terms: sir sandwich
Clara City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Clara Koch, the wife of one of the town's founders.
Senses: glosses: A city in Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States.
who would have known
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: A rhetorical question used to express incredulity or surprise: who would have guessed it?; who would have thought that would happen?
anthropulse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthropulses
Etymology: From anthro- + pulse.
Senses: examples: text: Spikes in human mobility seem likely, as people attempt to ‘make up’ for missed work and recreational travel in 2020–2021, but it remains to be seen if the situation will escalate into a full-scale anthropulse.
ref: 2022 March, Christian Rutz, “Studying pauses and pulses in human mobility and their environmental impacts”, in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, volume 3, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 157–159:
text: Those shifts could be especially important to consider as the human world roars back to life and summer travel surges, potentially generating an “anthropulse” of intense activity.
ref: 2022 July 16, Emily Anthes, “Did Nature Heal During the Pandemic ‘Anthropause’?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A burst of human activity following an anthropause.
Longjiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lungchiang
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 龍江 /龙江 (Lóngjiāng), "Dragon River".
Senses: examples: text: Colonel Zhai was born into a poor family in a village in Heilongjiang's Longjiang county, and he might never have realised his dream if not for his mother, who sold toasted sunflower seeds to pay for his education.
ref: 2008 September 27, “Zhai Zhigang: long wait to realise dream”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2024:
glosses: A county of Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China.
glosses: A former village in Zhejiang, China, now part of Longgang.
glosses: Former name of the Jiulong: a river in southern Fujian, China.
wake up one day
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wakes up one day
form: waking up one day
form: woke up one day
form: woken up one day
Senses: examples: text: The feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys must have been fueled by some event, as no reasonable person would wake up one day and decide they hated everyone in the other family.
glosses: To undergo an overnight change, often an unplanned one (used with and).
potycary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potycaries
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of apothecary.
battery pack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: battery packs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A set of batteries or battery cells connected together to deliver a certain voltage, capacity, or power density, often with an integrated battery management system.
ricinuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ricinus
battery packs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of battery pack
square degree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: square degrees
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A unit of solid angle equal to π²/32400 steradian
square degrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of square degree
Nikoghosyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nikoghosyans
form: Nigoghosian
form: Nigoghossian
form: Nikoghosian
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Նիկողոսյան (Nikoġosyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian, equivalent to English Nicholson.
Nigoghosian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nigoghosians
Etymology: Variant of Nikoghosyan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Nigoghosians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nigoghosian
Nikoghosyans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nikoghosyan
Ordishes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ordish
cycle rack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cycle racks
Senses: examples: text: Barrow Haven: The replacement £1.3 million single platform, alongside the installation of waiting shelter and cycle racks at the Barton-on-Humber branch station, should be operational by early August.
ref: 2022 July 13, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Eastern”, in RAIL, number 961, page 32:
glosses: Synonym of bicycle rack.
synonyms: word: bicycle rack
cycle racks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cycle rack
Finnishman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Finnishmen
Etymology: From Finnish + -man.
Senses: examples: text: Among the individuals of foreign extraction residing in Sweden the most numerous are Finnishmen, Jews, Germans, Danes and Norwegians.[…]The northern parts of the peninsula of Scandinavia and Finland are inhabited by the Laplanders, who in Sweden and Norway are denominated Lappar, in Norway Finner, whereas the Finnishmen, who are settled in Norway, are called Quäner.
ref: 1871, The Traveller’s Guide in Sweden and the Most Interesting Places in Norway, with Historical and Statistical Notices, Maps and Some Dialogues of Conversation &c., Stockholm: Adolf Bonnier, […], pages 17 and 203:
text: Late one afternoon the skipper said he thought that we should have a breeze before nightfall, and the helmsman—an elderly Finnishman—ventured to feel sure that we should.
ref: 1902 April, J. E. Patterson, “Anecdotes of Sea Superstitions”, in George Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume XXIII (January to June), number 136, London: George Newnes, Ltd., […], page 427:
text: And in that merry and blithesome crew / Were Malay and Portugee, / Turkeyman, Irishman, Finnishman, Yankeeman, Blackamoor, señors of Spain, Kidd, in his gallows rig, Satan and Cain, / Myself and a chimpanzee.
ref: 1911 January 28, Harry Irving Greene, “The Whimsicalee”, in George [Brinton McClellan] Harvey, editor, Harper’s Weekly: A Journal of Civilization, volume LV, number 2823, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, page 13:
text: [Jonas R.] Winberg. It is a Finnishman that is called Jeff Lukkaila.
ref: 1914, Conditions in the Copper Mines of Michigan: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Mines and Mining, House of Representatives, Sixty-Third Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to H. Res. 387, a Resolution Authorizing and Directing the Committee on Mines and Mining to Make an Investigation of Conditions in the Copper Mines of Michigan, February 9-14, 1914, part I, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, page 470:
text: “And we’re doin’ nuthin’ ’tall for ’em by standin’ here,” announced Elias Ilkka, a squat, dark Finnishman, tough as tarred rope and the nominal leader of the itinerant fisherman who clung to the shore of Sand Island.
ref: 2003, Sarah Zettel, The Usurper’s Crown: A Novel of Isavalta, New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 39:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Finland.
Synonyms: Finn
Finnishmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Finnishman
solid hydrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solid hydrogens
Senses: glosses: The solid phase of hydrogen; frozen hydrogen state
glosses: Synonym of metal hydride.
synonyms: word: metal hydride
glosses: Synonym of metal hydride.
A metal lattice which has absorbed hydrogen gas
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see solid, hydrogen.
cyclomatic complexity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclomatic complexities
Senses: examples: text: Cyclomatic complexity to us seems to be more of a problem when maintaining and testing code, rather than when originally writing it. As the cyclomatic complexity increases, the difficulty of fixing the code increases.
ref: 2006, Linda M. Laird, M. Carol Brennan, Software Measurement and Estimation: A Practical Approach, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 61:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
synonyms: McCabe's complexity
glosses: A quantitative measure of the number of linearly independent paths (branches) through a program's source code which indicates the complexity of a program or a function.
Derpina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The name of a character portrayed in rage comics; from derp + -ina.
Senses: examples: text: It makes that Derpina you dated in 6th grade for two weeks the hottest girl in school.
ref: 2012 April 13, Brian Westfall, “Brian’s Trinity: The three bands that aren’t as terrible as you remember”, in Trinitonian, volume 109, number 25, San Antonio, Tex., page 21:
text: “I’m not even talking to you so how can I be irritating you?” Adriana said. “Because you’re a total derpina,” Chloe said.
ref: 2013 May, Bruce Kimmel, Murder at the School Musical, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 142:
text: One such sketch focuses on Derpina, Bouzebal’s female friend, and her difficulties in succeeding in the Baccalaureate (see Figure 3.2).
ref: 2014 March, Linda Herrera, editor, Wired Citizenship: Youth Learning and Activism in the Middle East, Routledge, →ISBN:
text: Derpina: Guys, can someone send me ₱10 of load? It’s an emergency! / Derp: Here, you can use my phone. What’s wrong?
ref: 2014 November, “Slangtionary”, in The Spectrum, volume 59, number 4, page 24:
glosses: A female placeholder name, the female equivalent of derp, perhaps indicating derpiness.
hobbetyhoys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hobbetyhoy
hoddy peaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoddy peak
hoddy-dods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoddy-dod
hoddy-peaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoddy-peak
Hoff crabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hoff crab
hog jaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hog jaw
hoihos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoiho
holinights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holinight
holopeptides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holopeptide
holoplastocyanins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holoplastocyanin
home invaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of home invader
home nations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of home nation
home notes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of home note
home planets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of home planet
homegames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homegame
Homerites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Homerite
Bouctouche
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌk.tuːʃ/
rhymes: -ʌktuːʃ
Etymology: Borrowed from French Bouctouche, derived in turn from the Mi'kmaq toponym Chebuktoosk, which translates to "large bay".
Senses: glosses: A town in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.
homo sapiens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homo sapiens
form: homines sapientes
Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin homō sapiēns, from Latin homō (“human being”) + sapiēns (“wise, sensible, judicious”).
Senses: examples: text: […] let’s take a look at the scenery tell me what do you think when you see all this pile-up of people these multitudes of man this humongosity of humanity this superabundance of homo sapiens ah well what I see is we’re in the barrio poor folk’s part of town where you find the masses […]
ref: 1992, Miguel Méndez, “Ledras y latrillos/Bricks and Belles Ladders”, in Charles M. Tatum, editor, New Chicana/Chicano Writing, volume 2, Tucson, Ariz.: The University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 57:
text: According to data from the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is over 415 parts per million (ppm), far higher than at any point in the last 800,000 years, since before the evolution of homo sapiens.
ref: 2019 May 13, James Griffiths, “There is more CO2 in the atmosphere today than any point since the evolution of humans”, in CNN:
glosses: A human being (Homo sapiens).
homo sapiens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: plural of homo sapien
homoaconitases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homoaconitase
homoaconitates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homoaconitate
homocapitalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homocapitalist
homodimerizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homodimerizer
homoeoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homoeoid
homœomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homœomorph
homoerythromycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homoerythromycin
homofermentations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homofermentation
derpiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From derpy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Thank you to the rest of the group also, Josh and Adam, for putting up with my socially awkward derpiness.
ref: 2012, Katie Hockley, “Writer’s Comment!”, in Kesshome, Lulu.com, →ISBN:
text: And then there is this overlooked gem 😖, is that derpiness, embarrassment, or inebriation?
ref: 2021 February, Mimi Winsberg, quoting Alison, Speaking in Thumbs: A Psychiatrist Decodes Your Relationship Texts So You Don’t Have To, Doubleday, →ISBN:
text: A silver floofed fox, Corge is an actor, producer, and activist known for his dashing hot looks, charming derpiness, and irresistible pantaloons.
ref: 2021 March, Zoey Acoff, The Little Book of Big Corgi Butts: Outrageously Cute Activities to Celebrate the Greatest Booty on Earth, Abrams, →ISBN:
glosses: The quality of being derpy.
Grassel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Grassels
Etymology: Borrowed from South German Grässel.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Grassels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Grassel
Buckses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bucks
Gibert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Giberts
Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan and French Gibert.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Caraquet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑː.ɹə.kɛt/
rhymes: -ɑːɹəkɛt
Etymology: Borrowed from French Caraquet, further etymology uncertain. The name may derive from the Mi'kmaq toponym Kalague, translated as "where two rivers meet".
Senses: glosses: A town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Giambra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Giambras
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Giambra.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Giambras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Giambra
Giberts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gibert
sport bikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sport bike
sports centers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sports center
sports centres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sports centre
spring quillworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spring quillwort
springing lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of springing line
Eshbach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eshbachs
Etymology: Variant spelling of Eschbach.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Estis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Estises
Etymology: Variant of Estes.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Estises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Estis
Eshbachs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Eshbach
Ezelle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ezelles
Etymology: Variant spelling of Ezell.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Folley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Folleys
Etymology: Two main origins:
* English topographic surname from Old French feuillie (“leafy bower or shelter; clump of trees”).
* English nickname for an eccentric or foolish person, from Old French folie (“foolishness”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old French.
Florenceville-Bristol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɒ.ɹəns.vɪl ˈbɹɪs.təl/
rhymes: -ɪstəl
Etymology: The town is named after the communities of Florenceville and Bristol.
Senses: glosses: A town in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Folleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Folley
Ezelles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ezelle
Grand Bay-Westfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹænd ˈbeɪ ˈwɛst.fiːld/
rhymes: -ɛstfiːld
Etymology: The town is named after the communities of Grand Bay and Westfield.
Senses: glosses: A town in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Fojtik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fojtiks
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Fojtík.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Czech.
Frankson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Franksons
Etymology: From Frank + -son.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
miss-meal colic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: weight loss via missing meals
Franksons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Frankson
Fojtiks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fojtik
Marichal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Marichals
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Marichal.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Marchal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Marchals
Etymology: Borrowed from French Marchal.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
boyfriend loophole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the boyfriend loophole
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A gap in American gun legislation that allows access to guns by physically abusive ex-boyfriends and stalkers with previous convictions or restraining orders—while individuals who have been convicted of, or are under a restraining order for, domestic violence are prohibited from owning a firearm, the prohibition only applies if the victim was the perpetrator's spouse or cohabitant, or if the perpetrator had a child with the victim.
Marchals
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Marchal
Marichals
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Marichal
surge tank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surge tanks
Senses: glosses: A storage reservoir used to neutralize pressure in a system that conveys fluid by releasing pressure from sudden increases in volume and by supplying fluid to the system when the pressure drops.
McHaffie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McHaffies
Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Cathbhaidh (“son of the servant of (Saint) Cathbhadh”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Eschbach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eschbachs
form: Eshbach
Etymology: Borrowed from German Eschbach.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: A census-designated place in Yakima County, Washington, United States.
Eschbachs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Eschbach
McHaffies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McHaffie
McCollums
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McCollum
kukujiao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kukujiaos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ku ku jiao.
tapau
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tapao.
vituperatest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of vituperate
vituperateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of vituperate
bioson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biosons
Etymology: From bio- + son.
Senses: examples: text: A second assessment session included Mr. Wallace, his second wife, his adopted son, and his two biosons.
ref: 1983, Clifford J. Sager, Hollis Steer Brown, Helen Crohn, Tamara Engel, Evelyn Rodstein, Libby Walker, “Adoption in Remarried Families”, in Treating the Remarried Family, New York, N.Y.: Brunner/Mazel, →ISBN, section III (Special Issues of Remarriage), page 317:
text: Steve, a high-energy, quick-to-anger type, has a hard time dealing with his bioson Martin, a quiet, thoughtful type.
ref: 1998, Ericka Lutz, “It’s the Children!”, in The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Stepparenting, Alpha Books, →ISBN, part 2 (The Stepfamily in Daily Life), page 124:
text: “When Carl wouldn’t come to work with me and he said what I did was dumb, I was very, very deeply hurt because I had foregone my opportunity to have a bioson and the stepson was never going to meet that expectation.”
ref: 2003, Anne O’Connor, “The Morgan/Merdad Family System of Mesa, Arizona”, in The Truth about Stepfamilies: Real American Stepfamilies Speak Out about What Works and What Doesn’t When It Comes to Creating a Family Together, New York, N.Y.: Marlowe & Company, →ISBN, page 184:
hypernyms: biochild
biokid
coordinate_terms: biodaughter
glosses: A biological son.
biosons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioson