cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Old Lithuanian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: OLith.
Senses: glosses: The written form of Lithuanian used in the 16th and 17th centuries.
OLith.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Old Lithuanian.
ON.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Old Norse.
OPers.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Old Persian.
opt.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of optative.
ORuss.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Old Russian.
OS.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Old Saxon.
anecumene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From an- + ecumene.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: wilderness, wilds, wastelands
antonyms: ecumene
civilization
hypernyms: world
World
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universe
Universe
qualifier: inherently emic
glosses: All parts of the world that are either uncivilized or uninhabited.
Related terms: ingroup
outgroup
outland
savage
savagery
apareunia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apareunias
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The inability to perform sexual intercourse as a result of a physical or psychological sexual dysfunction.
antibotulism
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + botulism.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Preventing or countering botulism.
overconcern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + concern.
Senses: examples: October 1967, Vladimir Nabokov, interview with Herbert Gold in Paris Review
Now, if we want to pin down poshlost in contemporary writing, we must look for it in Freudian symbolism, moth-eaten mythologies, social comment, humanistic messages, political allegories, overconcern with class or race, and the journalistic generalities we all know.
glosses: excessive concern
overconcern
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overconcerns
form: overconcerning
form: overconcerned
form: overconcerned
Etymology: From over- + concern.
Senses: examples: text: Don't overconcern yourself with small details.
glosses: To concern excessively.
khateeb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khateebs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of khatib.
khateebs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khateeb
khatib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khatibs
form: khateeb
Etymology: From Arabic خَطِيب (ḵaṭīb).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A person who delivers the khutbah.
khatibs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khatib
supply vessel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supply vessels
Senses: glosses: A ship used to transport supplies to offshore installations such as oil and gas platforms.
Derived terms: offshore supply vessel
platform supply vessel
self-righting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From self- + righting.
Senses: examples: text: a self-righting life raft
text: a self-righting robot
glosses: Able to right itself if overturned.
philosophizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more philosophizable
form: most philosophizable
Etymology: From philosophize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being discussed in a philosophical context.
vayvoda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vayvodas
Senses: glosses: Dated form of voivode.
vayvodas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vayvoda
cross assembler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross assemblers
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An assembler that generates code for a platform other than the one it runs on.
Related terms: cross compiler
cross assemblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross assembler
romper suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: romper suits
Senses: glosses: a one-piece garment for an infant or small child; a onesie
Derived terms: romper
wizenedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wizened + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being wizened.
pili nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pili nuts
form: pilinut
Senses: glosses: The edible seed of Canarium ovatum, a tree native to the maritime tropics from the edge of Southeast Asia to the edge of Australia.
palm nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palm nuts
Senses: glosses: The edible seed of Elaeis guineensis, the oil palm.
glosses: The seed of any palm tree (Arecaceae).
glosses: The immature fruit of Arenga pinnata.
heartnut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heartnuts
Etymology: From heart + nut.
Senses: glosses: The edible seed of a Japanese species of walnut, Juglans ailantifolia.
Synonyms: Japanese walnut
ginkgo nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ginkgo nuts
Senses: glosses: The edible seed of the ginkgo, Ginkgo biloba.
kola nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkoʊləˌnʌt/
ipa: /ˈkəʊ.ləˌnʌt/
Forms: form: kola nuts
form: colanut
form: cola nut
form: kolanut
Etymology: Compound of kola + nut
Senses: examples: text: The local people here believe that kola nut tea -- or as they call it, bissy tea -- is a cure for all ailments.
text: A newspaper was on his lap as he ruminatively chewed on half a bitter kola nut, which he occasionally dipped into a small bowl of yellow salt that was set beside him.
ref: 2005, Helen Oyeyemi, The Icarus Girl, Bloomsbury, page 306:
glosses: The edible seed of the kola tree, Cola acuminata and related species, used as a flavoring and as a source of caffeine.
Synonyms: kola
zems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zem
Bambara groundnut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bambara groundnuts
Senses: glosses: The edible seed of an African plant of species Vigna subterranea, which produces its seeds underground, like peanuts.
Synonyms: Bambara
Bambara bean
Bambara nut
Tahitian chestnut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tahitian chestnuts
Senses: synonyms: Polynesian chestnut
glosses: A tropical tree native from Malaysia across the southern Pacific (Inocarpus fagifer).
synonyms: Polynesian chestnut
glosses: Edible seed of this tree.
Malabar chestnut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Malabar chestnuts
Senses: glosses: The edible seed of a tropical tree, Pachira aquatica, also known as the money tree.
turn up trumps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: turns up trumps
form: turning up trumps
form: turned up trumps
form: turned up trumps
form: come up trumps
Senses: examples: text: So nearly all her investment turned up trumps, and Edward was really in fit case to reopen Branshaw Manor and once more to assume his position in the county.
ref: 1915, Ford Madox Hueffer [i.e., Ford Madox Ford], chapter V, in The Good Soldier […], Harmondsworth, Middlesex [London]: Penguin Books, published 1972 (1982 printing), →ISBN, part I, page 62:
antonyms: word: come to nothing
word: come to nought
word: die in the ass
word: go to shit
glosses: To end up being successful when doing so was uncertain or unlikely.
Related terms: come up roses
hagiotoponym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hagiotoponyms
Senses: examples: text: From the fourteenth century onward, the successively smaller administrative subdivisions (pictagia, neighborhoods, contained vicinia) of cities like Lecce and Nardò were uniformly hagiotoponyms named after neighborhood churches.
ref: 2014, Linda Safran, The Medieval Salento: Art and Identity in Southern Italy, page 32:
glosses: The name of a place that is dedicated to a particular saint
alysoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alysoids
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἅλυσις (hálusis, “chain”).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: catenary
a potiori
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin denominatio a potiori (“naming from the stronger”).
Senses: glosses: from the stronger or more important; according to the majority
raw_tags: of an argument
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The use of the more generic category (for agreement) with combinations of words from two or more selective categories (such as gender). For example Each boy or girl took his book., or in French Le manteau et la robe sont verts, mais les chaussures ne sont pas vertes. (The (masculine) coat and the (feminine) dress are (masculine plural) green, but the (feminine plural) shoes are not (feminine plural) green.)
examples: text: ... 40 embrace the period from Abraham's immigration into Canaan until the departure out of Egypt , and that the sacred writers call this the period of sojourn or servitude in Egypt a potiori , i . e . from its leading characteristic .
ref: 1870, Horatio Balch Hackett, A Commentary on the Original Text of the Acts of the Apostles, page 127:
text: Since in their philosophy Gnostic and Neo - Platonic thought are contained as elements , the period may be a potiori designated as the patristic period or the period of Patristics . The relation of the three tendencies to each other[…]
ref: 1893, Johann Eduard Erdmann, A History of Philosophy, page 286:
glosses: From the most important.
raw_tags: of a name or designation
rose hips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rose hip
Evangelical Lutheran
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Combination of "Evangelical", which was Martin Luther's adjectival term for his own theology and "Lutheran", which was originally a derogatory adjectival term, soon a noun with repeated usage, used to describe his followers' endorsement of Luther. Later, when the movement split into fractions, the term "Evangelical Lutheran" came to mean the followers of Luther's original teaching. From there it has gradually been shortened back to "Lutheran" as general descriptor for Luther's latter followers, but "Evangelical Lutheran" is still widely used by certain Lutheran church denominations.
Senses: examples: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
glosses: Lutheran (of or pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or its followers)
zoögeographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more zoögeographical
form: most zoögeographical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zoogeographical.
Soay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Soays
Senses: examples: text: 1961 August 3, Peter Jewell, The wild sheep of St Kilda, New Scientist, No. 246, page 268,
These apparently wild Soay sheep have bred on the island for centuries, virtually untended by Man. They are a relic of primitive domestic sheep, little improved from their wild progenitors.
text: We first discuss a multiyear study on Soay sheep (Ovis aries) and red deer (Cervus elaphus) that has successfully yielded a sophisticated understanding of population regulation (Clutton-Brock et al., 1997).
ref: 2000, Laurence D. Mueller, Amitabh Joshi, Stability in Model Populations, page 250:
text: Such selective antagonism can be seen as a form of parent-offspring conflict and has been demonstrated in Soay sheep (Wilson et al. 2005c).
ref: 2009, Alistair J. Wilson, Marco Festa-Bianchet, “5: Maternal Effects in Wild Ungulates”, in Dario Maestripieri, Jill M. Mateo, editors, Maternal Effects in Mammals, page 94:
synonyms: Soay sheep
glosses: A primitive breed of domestic sheep descended from feral sheep on the island of Soay, Scotland.
wine thief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wine thieves
Senses: glosses: A pipette used to remove small amounts of wine from a cask in order to taste or test it
allocher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæləˌkɛə/
ipa: /ˈæləˌkɛɚ/
Forms: form: allochers
Etymology: From allo- + chereme, by analogy with allophone.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In a sign language, any of two or more alternative hand signs for a chereme.
Related terms: cherology
wintled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wintle
anguinea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin anguis (“snake”).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A cubic curve of the form xy² + ey = ax³ + bx² + cx + d
antiphilosophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiphilosophies
Etymology: From anti- + philosophy.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An antitheoretical metaphilosophy critical of a priori justification aiming to dissolve misconceptions that traditional philosophy makes.
Related terms: philosophy
antiphilosopher
antiphilosophical
metaphilosophy
Glossary of philosophical isms
ideology
antiphilosopher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiphilosophers
Etymology: From anti- + philosopher.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A philosopher who practices antiphilosophy.
consent decrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consent decree
tell fortunes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tells fortunes
form: telling fortunes
form: told fortunes
form: told fortunes
form: tell someone's fortune
Senses: glosses: To tell someone's destiny or future, usually by magic.
witless wonder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: witless wonders
Senses: glosses: An extremely stupid person.
Related terms: chinless wonder
runesmith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: runesmiths
Etymology: From rune + smith.
Senses: glosses: One who carves runes.
Synonyms: runecarver
runemaster
Related terms: runologist
runesmiths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of runesmith
consciencelessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more consciencelessly
form: most consciencelessly
Etymology: From conscienceless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a conscienceless manner
dumb as dirt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: word: addlebrained
word: addlepated
word: airheaded
word: bee-brained
word: beef-witted
word: beefheaded
word: beetle-headed
word: birdbrained
word: blockheaded
word: Boeotian
word: boneheaded
word: boofheaded
word: brainless
word: bubbleheaded
word: buffle-headed
word: bullet-headed
word: cerebrally challenged
word: childish
word: chowderheaded
word: chuckleheaded
word: crackbrained
word: cretinous
word: dense
word: dented
word: dim-bulb
word: dim-headed
word: dim-witted
word: dim
word: doltish
word: dopey
word: dozy
word: drowsy
word: dull-headed
word: dull-minded
word: dull-witted
word: dull
word: dumber than a box of rocks
word: dumb
word: dunderheaded
word: empty-headed
word: fatheaded
word: feeble-minded
word: flea-brained
word: foolish
word: fuzzy-headed
word: fuzzy-minded
word: half-brained
word: half-witted
word: hammer-headed
word: idiotic
word: imbecilic
word: inane
word: insipid
word: intellectually challenged
word: knuckleheaded
word: lamebrained
word: lowbrow
word: lumpish
word: lunkheaded
word: mentally challenged
word: mentally retarded
word: mindless
word: monosynaptic
word: moronic
word: muttonheaded
word: nitwitted
word: numbskulled
word: oafish
word: obtuse
word: peabrained
word: pratty
word: pudding-headed
word: puerile
word: purblind
word: quarter-witted
word: retarded
word: rockheaded
word: sharp as a bowling ball
word: sheep-headed
word: simple
word: slow-witted
word: slow
word: smooth-brained
word: stolid
word: stupid
word: thick-skulled
word: thickheaded
word: thickwitted
word: thick
word: unapprehensive
word: unclever
word: unintelligent
word: unsmart
word: vacant
word: vacuous
word: witless
word: wooden-headed
word: wool-headed
word: woolly-headed
word: woolly-minded
word: dumb as a bag of hammers
word: dumb as a box of rocks
word: dumb as a doorknob
word: dumb as an ox
word: dumb as a post
word: dumb as a sack of hammers
word: dumb as dirt
word: dumber than a rock
word: not the sharpest crayon in the box
word: not the sharpest knife in the drawer
word: not the sharpest tool in the shed
word: thick as a brick
word: thick as a plank
word: thick as champ
word: thick as mince
word: thick as two short planks
word: thick as a whale omelette
word: ass-brained
word: fuckwitted
word: shit-for-brains
word: thick as pig shit
qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely stupid.
semideponent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of semi-deponent.
semideponent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semideponents
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of semi-deponent.
open sandwiches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of open sandwich
foot juggling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A circus act consisting of juggling objects with ones feet, but especially whilst lying on one's back with the legs raised more or less vertically.
in conclusion
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: As a conclusion; to finish.
arsonphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From arson + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pyrophobia.
synonyms: word: pyrophobia
Derived terms: arsonphobic
asynergia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asynergias
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A lack of muscular coordination
pulling power
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A person's ability to attract other people sexually.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pulling, power. (capacity to exert power in a physical pull)
ground squirrels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ground squirrel
audiopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From audio- + -pathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any disease that affects the auditory system.
arrha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrhae
Etymology: From Latin arrha (“deposit, pledge”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Money or some other valuable item given to evidence a contract; a pledge or earnest.
skeining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skeinings
Etymology: From skein + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The winding of thread on a rotating reel in a reciprocating manner so as to form a skein of uniform thickness.
skeining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From skein + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skein
onlies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of only
couteau de chasse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: couteaux de chasse
Etymology: Borrowed from French couteau de chasse.
Senses: examples: text: I fortunately recollected my couteau de chasse, which was by my side; with this instrument I severed the lion's head at one blow […]
ref: 1785, Rudolf Erich Raspe, The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen:
glosses: hunting knife
Menominees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Menominee
geosequester
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: geosequesters
form: geosequestering
form: geosequestered
form: geosequestered
Etymology: From geo- + sequester.
Senses: examples: text: The logistics company will geosequester carbon dioxide to offset its carbon footprint.
glosses: to cause carbon to be buried and stored, on geological time-scales, in the deep crust or lithosphere
Related terms: geosequestration
geosequestered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of geosequester
geosequestering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of geosequester
geosequesters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of geosequester
Jespersenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Jespersenian
form: most Jespersenian
Etymology: From Jespersen + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Otto Jespersen (1860–1943), Danish linguist who specialized in the grammar of the English language.
postpositionals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postpositional
smearcase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schmierkase
form: smear-case
form: smear case
Etymology: In Pennsylvanian usage, borrowed from Pennsylvania German Schmierkaes. (In Texas, presumably from the cognate equivalent in Texas German.) Compare schmear, from Yiddish.
Senses: examples: text: GERMAN CLUB SANDWICH: Thin slices of pumpernickel, rye, and white bread are used for this sandwich. Rub half a pound of smearcase until smooth, add three tablespoonfuls of thick cream and two of melted butter; season with pepper and salt. Spread some of this cheese mixture on a buttered slice of pumpernickel bread, followed by a slice of rye covered with cheese, covered with a slice of buttered white bread. Garnish with slice of pickle.
ref: 1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 108:
glosses: Cottage cheese.
biosequestration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + sequestration; also, by surface analysis, biosequester + -ation.
Senses: hypernyms: sequestration#Noun
glosses: The gathering and storing of some substance within living tissue such that it is sequestered from the environment (for some duration, which may vary).
examples: text: Increased plant growth resulted in greater biosequestration than predicted.
hypernyms: sequestration#Noun
carbon sequestration#Noun
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sequestration#Noun
glosses: The gathering and storing of some substance within living tissue such that it is sequestered from the environment (for some duration, which may vary).
Removal and storage of carbon from the atmosphere by conversion of carbon dioxide into biomass, generally by photosynthetic plants or bacteria.
coordinate_terms: geosequestration
Related terms: biosequester
geosequester
bioaccumulation
bioremediation
biosynthesis
hyperaccumulation
phytoextraction
phytomining
phytoremediation
semisynthesis
netpicking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of net + nitpicking
Senses: examples: text: Such debates about details occur all the time in any fan forum; on the Internet this bloodsport is called 'netpicking'.
ref: 1995, Fortean Times, page 27:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: nitpicking on the Internet, usually regarding minor mistakes in a film, television series, etc.
Related terms: netpicker
balustrading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balustradings
Etymology: From balustrade + -ing.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: work including one or more balustrades
balustradings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balustrading
statting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stat
statted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stat
trialability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trial + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: The extent to which an innovation can be used on a limited basis prior to making a full-blown commitment is referred to as trialability. In general, new brands that lend themselves to trialability are adopted at a more rapid rate.
ref: 2008, Terence A. Shimp, Advertising Promotion and Other Aspects of Integrated Marketing Communications:
glosses: The quality or degree of being trialable.
trialable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trial + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being tested or verified by means of a trial.
Related terms: trialability
qari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qaris
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic قَارِئ (qāriʔ, “reader”).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: One who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation.
qaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qari
Eskimo ice cream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Akutaq.
cryosequestration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cryo- + sequestration.
Senses: examples: text: Cryosequestration in permafrost has helped limit the amount of carbon emitted to the atmosphere from soil.
glosses: Natural sequestration of carbon at low temperature
Related terms: biosequestration
geosequestration
subaqua
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + aqua.
Senses: glosses: underwater
cryosequester
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cryosequesters
form: cryosequestering
form: cryosequestered
form: cryosequestered
Etymology: From cryo- + sequester.
Senses: examples: text: We could cryosequester the carbon in our garbage by throwing it in a glacial crevasse.
glosses: to reduce or prevent biological or chemical degradation of carbon compounds with low temperature
Related terms: cryosequestration
biosequestration
geosequestration
appendeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: append + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of append
suspendeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: suspend + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of suspend
hypertopology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpə(ɹ)təˈpɒləd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: hypertopologies
Etymology: From hyper- + topology.
Senses: glosses: The topology of hyperspace.
Related terms: hypertopological
hypertopologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypertopology
hypertopological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + topological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to hypertopology.
LGAT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LGATs
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of large-group awareness training.
LGATs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LGAT
large-group awareness trainings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of large-group awareness training
poiseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: poise + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of poise
counterpoiseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: counterpoise + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counterpoise
quickselect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quick + select.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A sorting algorithm related to quicksort, but with limited recursion.
granny flat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granny flats
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: granny annexe, granny room, in-law unit, mother-in-law apartment, secondary suite, casita, garden apartment, ADU (“accessory dwelling unit”)
text: Hundreds of people have built houses, granny flats, apartments and log cabins without planning permission across Ireland in the last 15 years.
ref: 2023 August 5, Amy Molloy, “Hundreds build houses, granny flats and log cabins without permissions”, in Irish Independent, page 5:
text: AARP, the research and advocacy behemoth, has begun aggressively promoting the spread of these units, often referred to as casitas or, more cheekily, granny flats.
ref: 2023 September 6, Michelle Cottle, “The Magic of the Granny Flat”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A dwelling detached from a primary residence, traditionally designated for a member of an extended family to live in.
personal capital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personal capitals
Senses: examples: text: Having two unsold houses on the market for a long time "has eaten a lot of our personal capital," Alexander said.
ref: 1982 September 13, Christopher Helman, “Facing Bankruptcy, He Throws A Party”, in Observer-Reporter, Pennsylvania, USA, retrieved 07 Oct 2013:
text: He could spend shareholders’ capital acquiring massive stretches of land, then only put up his own personal capital to invest in the wells drilled into the best parts of those plays.
ref: 2013 February 21, “A Turnaround At Chesapeake Energy? Not Yet.”, in Forbes, retrieved 07 Oct 2013:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Financial resources or other wealth belonging to a particular person, especially when used for investment purposes.
examples: text: [T]hey believe that other radical propositions which the President is urging proceed from a very narrow demand, in fact, one not much larger than the desire of men like La Follette and Cummins to make personal capital out of their own radicalism.
ref: 1909 December 27, “Taft Ruffles the Conservatives”, in Boston Evening Transcript, retrieved 07 Oct 2013, page 9:
text: I have always thought . . . that the real reason he retired from public life, though he was obviously the heir of Wilson and for long the first Democrat in the land, was that he could not bear the thought of making personal capital out of his career in the war.
ref: 1937 December 28, Walter Lippmann, “Newton Baker, ‘Almost Selfless,’ Wouldn't Capitalize His War Fame”, in Youngstown Vindicator, retrieved 07 Oct 2013, page 6:
text: No U.S. president should invest his personal capital by inaugurating direct talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders when those talks are set to abort weeks later.
ref: 2010 October 21, Roger Cohen, “Going, Going, Gone”, in New York Times, retrieved 07 Oct 2013:
glosses: Good reputation, credibility, or influence.
Related terms: social capital
large group awareness training
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: large group awareness trainings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of large-group awareness training.
large group awareness trainings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of large group awareness training
zaide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zaides
Senses: examples: text: Grandpa came over to Rosie when he saw she was feeling better. " Sweetheart, I'm sorry I scared you. See, it's me, Grandpa. I'll always be your Zaide. Forever." And he touched his hand to Rosie's.
ref: 1998 September 15, Jane Breskin Zalben, Beni's Family Treasury for the Jewish Holidays, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 112:
text: ...zaide (grandpa) had a large metal can full of multicolored candies.
ref: 2009 April 25, Alexander Askanas, Black Swastika, Red Swastika, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: Alternative spelling of zayde.
climax community
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: climax communities
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A community (group of interdependent organisms interacting with one another) which, through the process of ecological succession (the development of vegetation in an area over time), has reached a steady state.
climax communities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of climax community
self religion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self religions
Senses: examples: text: Werner Erhard, a former used-car salesman, founded his Erhard Seminar Training system (EST) in 1971. He drew upon many sources in the development of his philosophy including Zen Buddhism, Dale Carnegie's Positive Thinking, L. Ron Hubbard's Scientology and Jose Silva's Silva Mind Control. Erhard's seminars were at first 60-hour courses over two weeks designed to give insights into the meaning of life; his philosophy has been described as 'the most important of the self religions' that developed in the 1970s and 1980s.
ref: 1992 July 21, Ray Clancy, “Professionals fall prey to New Age gurus”, in The Times, United Kingdom:
text: Rupert (1992) discusses a range of cases where religious or philosophical ideas have been used to underpin business training seminars, including both movements which fall under the 'New Age' umbrella and the so-called 'self religions' such as the human potential movement, est, or Scientology.
ref: 2000, Peter Bernard Clarke, Japanese New Religions: In Global Perspective, Routledge, →ISBN, page 64:
text: New Age communities appear to be driven more by a concern for individual spiritual growth than by collective concerns. A majority focus on teaching the various techniques for improving the quality of one's life and greater effectiveness by kindling the divine spark within. Transcendental meditation, the Self-religions (see Self-religion, The Self, and self) including The Forum, formerly est, Insight, The Life Training, the Silva Method of Mind Control, based largely on New Thought, Mind Dynamics, an offshoot of Silva Mind Control fall into this category.
ref: 2005, Peter Clarke, Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements, Routledge, →ISBN, page 445:
text: Est is subsumed under 'other self-improvement groups'. The latter probably comprise groups for which Paul Heelas coined the term 'self-religions': groups which offer techniques and practices which encourage experience and perfection of the self (Heelas 1982; 1984; 1988).
ref: 2006, Elisabeth Arweck, Researching New Religious Movements: Responses and Redefinitions, Routledge, →ISBN, pages 171–172:
text: Paul Heelas, for example, includes a significant number of what he calls the 'self religions': groups like Landmark Forum (also known simply as The Forum, formerly est or Erhard Seminar Training) and Programmes Limited (formerly Exegesis).
ref: 2007, Daren Kemp, James R. Lewis, Handbook of New Age, Brill, →ISBN, page 6:
text: Paul Heelas, in his study of the New Age movement, includes firmly structured organizations such as the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Osho and the so-called 'self religions' such as est (Erhard Seminar Training), among others.
ref: 2011, George D. Chryssides, Heaven's Gate: Postmodernity and Popular Culture in a Suicide Group, Ashgate, →ISBN, page 4:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A religious self-improvement group.
Related terms: brainwashing
cognitive dissonance
cult
large-group awareness training
mind control
new religious movement
psychology
religion
self religions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self religion
self-religion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-religions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of self religion.
self-religions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-religion
wild service tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wild service trees
Senses: glosses: A tree with edible fruit, Sorbus torminalis, native to central and southern Europe and neighboring parts of Asia and Africa.
Synonyms: chequer tree
Hypernyms: service tree
chequer tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃɛkə ˌtɹiː/
Forms: form: chequer trees
Etymology: Named after the fruit, chequers.
Senses: qualifier: Eastern Weald
glosses: A tree with edible fruit, Sorbus torminalis, native to central and southern Europe and neighboring parts of Asia and Africa.
Synonyms: wild service tree
Hypernyms: tree
Related terms: chequer
tiger nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiger nuts
form: tigernut
form: tiger-nut
Senses: examples: text: Consequently, once established in some African regions, the tiger nut has become a weed that is difficult to eradicate. The fibrous “nuts” may be eaten raw out of hand, but they are usually roasted or cooked and added to soups.
ref: 2004, Frederic Rosengarten, Jr., The Book of Edible Nuts, Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 332:
glosses: The edible tuber of chufa (Cyperus esculentus).
banjar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banjars
Senses: glosses: A Balinese village council made up of married men.
Joshua trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Joshua tree
Tiranë
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪˈɹɑː.nə/
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tirana.
barocyclonometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barocyclonometers
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A type of aneroid barometer that has accompanying diagrams and directions that help predict storms
graphitise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: graphitises
form: graphitising
form: graphitised
form: graphitised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of graphitize.
graphitisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graphitisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of graphitization.
herbivorously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more herbivorously
form: most herbivorously
Etymology: From herbivorous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a herbivorous manner
prerhotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-rhotic
Etymology: From pre- + rhotic.
Senses: examples: text: While /ɛ/ and /ɪ/ lost their distinctiveness in pre-rhotic, tautosyllabic positions, the basic distinction back ~ front was maintained in forms such as the following: fern [fɛɹn], General IrE [fərn]; turn [tʌɹn], General IrE [tərn].
ref: 1986, Raymond Hickey, “Possible phonological parallels between Irish and Irish English”, in English World-Wide, VII, № 1, page 9, § 1.6.2:
text: 1993 Summer, Ralph H. Emerson, “The Distribution of Eighteenth-Century Prerhotic O-Phonemes in Walker’s Critical Pronouncing Dictionary” in American Speech LXVIII, № 2, pages 115–138
text: We turn now to the prerhotic context in (15)–(17).
ref: 2001, James Harris, “Spanish Negative in-: Morphology, Phonology, Semantics”, chapter 5 in Ken Hale: A Life in Language, ed. Michael J. Kenstowicz, MIT Press (hbk) (pbk), page 179
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Occurring before the letter ⟨r⟩ or before any one of the sounds that letter tends to represent (e.g., [r], [ɽ], [ɹ], [ɻ], [ʀ], [ʁ], etc.).
pre-rhotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of prerhotic.
unsparingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unsparing + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being unsparing.
biogeodynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + geodynamics.
Senses: topics: biology
geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The (study of the) interplay of biological and geological systems
reef line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reef lines
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A small rope used to reef square sails by being passed spirally round the yard and through the holes of the reef.
pedaheh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedaheh
Etymology: A mondegreen of Ukrainian пироги (pyrohy). The “d” in spelling is probably due to intervocalic flapping.
Senses: glosses: A type of Ukrainian dumpling, similar to Polish pierogi. Traditionally called pyrohy or varenyky.
bromopnea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”) (see bromo-) + -pnea. Coined by William J. Lederer in 1907.
Senses: examples: text: There is no excuse for anybody[…]to have a bad odor from the mouth[…]The worst and most obstinate case of bromopnea can be cured if the causes are diligently sought for and properly treated.
ref: 1912, William Josephus Robinson, Sexual problems of to-day, page 254:
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: halitosis
glosses: The condition of having bad breath.
sock in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: socks in
form: socking in
form: socked in
form: socked in
Etymology: From the windsock used at airports.
Senses: examples: text: Fog socked in O'Hare almost until noon.
text: I remembered the airfield as being on the southeast side of the bay , and the fog was quickly socking in that area.
ref: 2000, Approach: The Naval Safety Center's Aviation Magazine, page 16:
glosses: To cause a temporary disruption of the operations of, usually an airport.
hoohaa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoohaas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hoo-ha.
nosegrinded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nosegrind
nosegrinding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nosegrind
come back from the dead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes back from the dead
form: coming back from the dead
form: came back from the dead
form: come back from the dead
Senses: qualifier: literal
glosses: To be revived after dying; to be resurrected.
glosses: To return after being presumed dead.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To experience a resurgence after one's productive years are assumed to have ended.
cosmochronology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cosmo- + chronology.
Senses: glosses: The science of determining timescales for astrophysical objects and events.
Derived terms: nucleocosmochronology
cosmochronological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cosmo- + chronological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cosmochronology.
nucleofugalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nucleofugality
nucleopolyhedroviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to nucleopolyhedroviruses.
Portuguesely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Portuguesely
form: most Portuguesely
Etymology: From Portuguese + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a Portuguese manner.
popskull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pop-skull
Etymology: From pop + skull.
Senses: examples: text: But they wouldn’t ha’ been no doubt about it if I hadn’t drunk so much pop-skull that my hand ’us shaky!
ref: 1924, Harvey Hatcher Hughes, Hell-Bent fer Heaven, Harper & Brothers, Act III, page 132:
glosses: cheap inferior whisky, sometimes illegally distilled
Eagletonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌiːɡəlˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌiɡəlˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Eagletonian
form: most Eagletonian
Etymology: From Eagleton + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Terry Eagleton (born 1943), English literary critic and philosopher.
Kirbyan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kirbyan
form: most Kirbyan
Etymology: From Kirby + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to William Kirby (entomologist) (1759–1850), English entomologist.
Stephensian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Stephensian
form: most Stephensian
Etymology: From Stephens + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to James Francis Stephens (1792–1852), English entomologist and naturalist.
untabled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + tabled.
Senses: glosses: Not tabled.
uncomplex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncomplex
form: most uncomplex
Etymology: From un- + complex.
Senses: examples: text: To force you into the straighter, broader courses of the uncomplex would be as cruel as to upset a bowl with gold-fish in it and leave them gasping on the tablecloth.
ref: 1923, Elizabeth Bowen, “The Confidante”, in Encounters, page 50:
glosses: Not complex; synonym of simple.
uncomplexity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + complexity.
Senses: glosses: Lack of complexity; simplicity.
solderability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solderabilities
Etymology: From solder + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality or degree of being solderable.
solderabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solderability
Chomskyanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Chomskyan + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Chomskyan beliefs and theories generally
Buscemi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /buːˈsɛmi/
rhymes: -ɛmi
Forms: form: Buscema
Etymology: From Italian Buscemi, from Sicilian Buscema, from Old Sicilian Buxema, from Arabic قَلْعَةْ أَبُو شَامَة (qalʕat ʔabū šāma), meaning “Castle of the man with the mole”.
Senses: glosses: Buscemi (a small town in the province of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy).
glosses: a surname, especially of Sicilian ancestry
Wincest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Win(chester) + -cest. Possibly influenced by wincest.
Senses: examples: text: Wincest stories often take their transgressive cues from the text itself; often when Sam and Dean are seducing each other in Wincest stories, the more reluctant of the two is convinced to engage in the relationship when the other reiterates that they are already outsiders in society, already isolated from the “normality” of their world—why should the prohibition of incest stand in their way when they have already broken so many other laws?
ref: 2009, Emily Turner, "Scary Just Got Sexy: Transgression in Supernatural and Its Fanfiction", in In the Hunt: Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural (ed. Supernatural.tv), BenBella Books (2009), page 159
text: Instead, she suggests, the romanticized, paratextual Wincest slash fiction offers Sam and Dean a redemptive happiness that they are perpetually denied by the show's writers both in a diegetic sense (via Chuck Shurley, the show's writer/prophet who publishes novels based on the boys' adventures) and in a non-diegetic sense (via Eric Kripke, Sera Gamble, and the show's returning writers).
ref: 2011, Darren Elliott-Smith, “'Go Be Gay for That Poor, Dead Intern:' Conversion Fantasies and Gay Anxieties in Supernatural”, in Stacey Abbott, David Lavery, editors, TV Goes to Hell: An Unofficial Road Map of, Supernatural , ECW Press, →ISBN, page 106:
text: Supernatural fandom features some of the more controversial iterations of slash, predominantly Wincest (the incestuous coupling of the show's protagonists, the Winchester brothers), […]
ref: 2013, Henry Jenkins & Suzanne Scott, "Textual Poachers, Twenty Years Later", in Henry Jenkins, Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture, Routledge (2013), page xxxiii
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The incestuous slash ship of the fictional brothers Dean and Sam Winchester from the television series Supernatural.
kindhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kind + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: Foucault recognizes that different forms of categorization are based on different forms of kindhood.
ref: 1999, Mark Olssen, Michel Foucault: Materialism and Education, page 58:
text: Biological taxa and chemical elements have been the twin paradigms of natural kinds, and it has often been assumed that the kindhood of biological taxa must be just like the kindhood of chemical elements.
ref: 2008, Paul E. Griffiths, What Emotions Really Are, page 202:
glosses: The quality of being of a kind or sort.
substancehood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From substance + -hood.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The quality of being a substance.
Waycest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Way + -cest.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: The incestuous real-person pairing of the brothers Gerard Way and Mikey Way, of American rock band My Chemical Romance, in slash fan fiction.
walking fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walking fish
form: walking fishes
Senses: glosses: Any fish that is able to travel over land for extended periods of time
walking fishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walking fish
dot-com boom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dot-com booms
Senses: examples: text: “We are on the edge of an AI surge that will make the dotcom boom look like spring break,” says Boris Feldman, co-head of Freshfield's global tech practice, who advises multiple “magnificent seven” tech companies.
ref: 2024 July 20, Tabby Kinder, George Hammond, Hannah Murphy, Alex Rogers, quoting Boris Feldman, “Has Silicon Valley gone Maga?”, in FT Weekend, Big Read, page 6:
glosses: Synonym of dot-com bubble.
synonyms: word: dot-com bubble
information technology bubble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: information technology bubbles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dot-com bubble.
synonyms: word: dot-com bubble
Internet bubble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Internet bubbles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dot-com bubble.
synonyms: word: dot-com bubble
associateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: associate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of associate
forbeareth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: forbear + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forbear