cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pleurolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleuroliths
Etymology: From pleuro- + -lith.
Senses: glosses: A concretion in the pleural cavity; a pleural calculus.
pleuroliths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleurolith
pleurothotonos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pleurothotonus.
textlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From textless + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: In effect, and by default, book-building was taught and learned textlessly.
ref: 2012, John Miles Foley, Oral Tradition and the Internet: Pathways of the Mind, page 115:
glosses: Without text.
podalic version
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: podalic versions
Senses: glosses: The turning of the fetus during childbirth so as to bring it down with the feet presenting.
podalic versions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of podalic version
podalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the foot.
Derived terms: podalically
podalic version
tangentialize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tangentializes
form: tangentializing
form: tangentialized
form: tangentialized
Etymology: From tangential + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: "[…] they're trying to get from start to finish, I will sort of tangentialize the conversation so people look at the journey in different ways, or with different possibilities."
ref: 2002, Naomi Odenkirk, Mr. Show: What Happened? - Page 46:
glosses: To make tangential; to bring or drive away from its natural course.
tangentializes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tangentialize
tangentializing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tangentialize
tangentialized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tangentialize
Lubbock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈlʌbək/
Etymology: A variant of Lubeck/Lübeck.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States.
Derived terms: Lubbock County
St. Lubbock's Day
make a public spectacle of oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes a public spectacle of oneself
form: making a public spectacle of oneself
form: made a public spectacle of oneself
form: made a public spectacle of oneself
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of make a spectacle of oneself.
smegs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smeg
smegged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of smeg
extrapolator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extrapolators
Senses: glosses: That which extrapolates.
extrapolators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extrapolator
cybergraphics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + graphics.
Senses: glosses: computer graphics
pointcloud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pointclouds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of point cloud.
petrolize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: petrolizes
form: petrolizing
form: petrolized
form: petrolized
Etymology: From petrol + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Over a four-year period the RF led a large-scale assault on yellow fever's Aedes aegypti mosquito vector, organizing a small army of Mexican and American doctors and local assistants and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to spray, petrolize, drain, fill, and deposit larvicidal fishes in virtually every home, breeding site, and stagnant water source in the region of Veracruz.
ref: 2003, Diego Armus, Disease in the History of Modern Latin America: From Malaria to AIDS:
glosses: To treat (water) with kerosene in order to exterminate mosquitoes.
examples: text: Once oil accounts for 30 percent of a nation's exports, the money petrolizes the place, the same way human slavery changed Rome, Brazil, and the U.S. South.
ref: 2012, Andrew Nikiforuk, The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude, page 182:
text: Despite the efforts taken to forestall them, Mexico found itself with all the symptoms of a “petrolized” economy.
ref: 2014, Douglas C. Bennett, Transnational Corporations versus the State:
text: The Mexican economy did not 'petrolize', as happened in Venezuela, since oil production represented only between 10 per cent and 14 per cent of GDP in this period.
ref: 2017, Kevin Hjortshøj O'Rourke, editor, The Spread of Modern Industry to the Periphery since 1871, page 302:
glosses: To convert into a petroleum-based economy.
Related terms: petrolization
petrolized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of petrolize
petrolizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of petrolize
petrolizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of petrolize
cyberliterary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyber- + literary.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cyberliterature.
cyberlinguistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyber- + linguistic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cyberlinguistics.
cyberdiscursive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv
Etymology: From cyber- + discursive.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cyberdiscourse.
pussley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pussly
Senses: glosses: Purslane.
streetfolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From street + folk.
Senses: examples: text: In between swigs, workers and streetfolk grabbed for the leftovers of these huge royal suppers at special markets set up on the mornings thereafter […]
ref: 2014, Veronica Buckley, Madame de Maintenon: The Secret Wife of King Louis XIV:
text: More than 400 of those performances have taken place among Mr. Zeffirelli’s naturalistic sets, depicting a Latin Quarter peopled with crowds of Parisian streetfolk, revelers, merchants and children.
ref: 2015 November 24, Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, “Review: Franco Zeffirelli's 'La Bohème' Revisits a Take on Love and Loss”, in New York Times:
glosses: People who habitually spend time in the streets, such as public entertainers or the homeless.
cyberskills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + skills.
Senses: glosses: skills in using computer technology
chronopsychology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chrono- + psychology.
Senses: glosses: The study of the psychological effects of human circadian rhythms and related topics
cindynics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪnˈdɪnɪks/
Etymology: Borrowed from French cindyniques + English -ics (suffix forming nouns denoting fields of knowledge or practice). Cindyniques is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῐ́νδῡνος (kĭ́ndūnos, “danger, hazard, risk”) (probably from Pre-Greek) + French -ique (suffix forming nouns denoting fields of knowledge or practice) + -s (suffix forming plurals), and was coined by the French engineer Georges-Yves Kervern (1935–2008) in 1987, and first published in the Le Monde newspaper on 10 December 1987.
Senses: examples: text: Cindynics: The Science of Danger [article title]
ref: 1995, Georges-Yves Kervern, “Cindynics: The Science of Danger”, in Risk Management, volume 42, number 3, New York, N.Y.: Risk and Insurance Management Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 34:
text: [W]e have continued in the four directions announced in 1994: […] The transfer of road safety concepts to other modes of transport and vice-versa (e.g., secondary safety applied to guided transport, the introduction of cindynics and anthropotechnics in road vehicles).
ref: 1996 October, Jean Pierre Medevielle, “France”, in The Fifteenth International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles: World Congress Centre, Melbourne, Australia, 13–16 May 1996, proceedings volume I, Washington, D.C.: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, →OCLC, section 2 (Government Status Reports), page 35:
text: Researchers in cindynics (danger science) have also brought the notion of vulnerability closer to that of "space of danger"[…], which is defined as a set of organizational conditions that make a system prone to break-up and disasters.
ref: 2020 winter, Anne Gombault, “Notre Dame is Burning: Learning from the Crisis of a Superstar Religious Monument”, in François Colbert, editor, International Journal of Arts Management, volume 22, number 2 (Special Issue: Cultural Entrepreneurship), Montreal, Que.: Carmelle and Rémi Marcoux Chair in Arts Management, École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal, Université de Montréal, in collaboration with the International Association for Arts and Cultural Management, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 90, column 1:
text: The cindynics approach therefore primarily monitors the fragility of collective activity situations, that is, the emergence of dangerous zones […] within an organization, thus weakening its capacity for resilience.
ref: 2021, Guy Planchette, “Understanding Cindynics”, in Cindynics, the Science of Danger: A Wake-up Call (Mechanical Engineering and Solid Mechanics Series; 11), London: ISTE; Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 3:
qualifier: systems engineering
glosses: The science of risk analysis.
wikipedia: Le Monde
École Militaire
Derived terms: cindynic
fight dirty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fights dirty
form: fighting dirty
form: fought dirty
form: fought dirty
Senses: glosses: To use every possible way to beat someone, and especially the most treacherous.
Langston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English lang (“long, tall”) + stan (“stone”).
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States.
glosses: A town in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States.
examples: text: The bridge carrying the railway from the mainland to the island at Langston has an opening span for the passage of ships, and is the only feature of note on the branch.
ref: 1946 May and June, G. A. Sekon, “L.B.S.C.R. West Coast Section—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 148:
glosses: The old spelling of Langstone, Hampshire, England.
glasma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of glass + plasma
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A hypothetical precursor to quark–gluon plasma, in which the particles are condensed into a glassy or amorphous state.
supernarrow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supernarrow
form: most supernarrow
Etymology: From super- + narrow.
Senses: examples: text: In particular, we give an analytical identification of the mechanisms responsible for the supernarrow peaks observed recently in the spectrum of a mechanical realization of the system.
ref: 045001 (2016), J. Plata, “Coherent response of a stochastic nonlinear oscillator to a driving force: analytical characterization of the spectral signatures”, in J. Phys. A: Math. Theor., volume 045001:
glosses: Extremely narrow.
zippola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zipola.
cindynic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪnˈdɪnɪk/
rhymes: -ɪnɪk
Etymology: Probably a back-formation from cindynics.
Senses: qualifier: systems engineering
glosses: Relating to cindynics.
chronopsychological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chrono- + psychological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to chronopsychology.
kringla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kringla
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Swedish kringla (“pretzel”) for the cookie's pretzel-like shape.
Senses: glosses: A slightly sweet Scandinavian cookie usually shaped as a figure eight.
flying boats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flying boat
aeromarine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aero- + marine.
Senses: glosses: Relating to aviation and the sea.
Related terms: flying boat
speedboated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of speedboat
weavable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English wevable, weffabylle, equivalent to weave + -able.
Senses: examples: text: That he might ascertain whether any of the cloths of ancient Egypt were made of hemp, M. Dutrochet has examined with the microscope the weavable filaments of this last vegetable.
ref: 1837, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, volume 23, page 222:
glosses: Capable of being woven.
extended play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extended plays
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical recording that contains more music than a single, but is usually too short to qualify as a full studio album or LP.
Synonyms: word: EP
attract screen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attract screens
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: The screen displayed during the attract mode, intended to attract potential players to an arcade game.
attract screens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of attract screen
extended plays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extended play
Synonyms: word: EPs
unoverwhelmed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unoverwhelmed
form: most unoverwhelmed
Etymology: From un- + overwhelmed.
Senses: examples: text: It were, indeed, a daring act to write or read of the Divine character in a listless, unimpressed, unoverwhelmed state of mind. Let us, then, draw near our God, oppressed with a sense of our own ignorance and worthlessness […]
ref: 1849, William Bathgate, A treatise on the moral character of God, page 20:
glosses: Not overwhelmed.
antirehabilitation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antirehabilitation
form: most antirehabilitation
Etymology: From anti- + rehabilitation.
Senses: glosses: Opposing rehabilitation.
nonrehabilitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + rehabilitation.
Senses: glosses: Lack of rehabilitation.
Nicodian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Nicodian
form: most Nicodian
Etymology: From Nicod + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Jean Nicod (1893–1924), French philosopher and logician.
rehabilitatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rehabilitate + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being rehabilitated.
unrehabilitatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + rehabilitatable.
Senses: examples: text: As I will show, the fearsome specter of the superpredator—the unrehabilitatable, nonwhite criminal—provided a necessary foil to the imperiled white, heterosexual, suburban, middle-class boys who were the victims and perpetrators of a school shooting epidemic.
ref: 2014, Julie Passanante Elman, Chronic Youth: Disability, Sexuality, and U.S. Media Cultures of Rehabilitation:
glosses: Not capable of being rehabilitated.
kinnar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kinnars
form: kinner
Senses: qualifier: gender
glosses: hijra
egg-crate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: egg-crates
form: egg-crating
form: egg-crated
form: egg-crated
form: egg crate
form: eggcrate
Senses: glosses: To put into egg crates.
examples: text: We have found that with adequate internal egg-crating, no killing agent is needed, and providing that the light is set to go out about dawn no damage due to restlessness is caused to the moths inside.
ref: 1957, James William Tutt, The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation:
text: Parts that are egg-crated are placed in individual cells made of cardboard sheets, like egg packaging or Christmas ornament packaging.
ref: 1994, Manufacturing Review, page 230:
text: I'm not talking about enough templates to egg-crate the car.
ref: 2000 June, “Aero Matching”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 177, number 6, page 106:
text: When we examine model cyberschools, however, we find that despite their innovations in technology and space utilization, they still rely on age-grading, (virtual) egg-crating, predetermined curriculum, and standardized tests.
ref: 2015, Leonard J. Waks, Education 2.0, →ISBN:
glosses: To compartmentalize; to separate into isolated or self-contained groups, containers, or modules.
examples: text: This extension allows you to egg-crate any geometry.
ref: 2015, Alexander Schreyer, Architectural Design with SketchUp, →ISBN, page 137:
glosses: To provide with a texture that is typical of an egg carton: either a lattice or having a pattern of regular depressions.
examples: text: The hulls are four-compartment vessels with thwartships framing, longitudinally braced, with continuous engineroom girders, "egg-crated" into transverse floors.
ref: 1950, Pacific Fisherman - Volume 48, page 49:
text: The inner bottom of the ship is "egg-crated" with transverse floors at every frame, and is enormously strong.
ref: 1959, Discovery: A Magazine of Scientific Progress - Volume 20, page 467:
text: While most builders assemble a bottom-support system using plywood stringers and floors egg-crated together, then glassed into the hull, Thunderbird has switched to a molded-fiberglass grid for most of its FASTECH hulls.
ref: 1998 September, Mike Smith, “Officer Material: What it Takes to Make the Grade”, in Boating, volume 71, number 9, page 99:
text: Egg-crating can also be used to support metal molds where the thickness of the metal has been reduced to improve weight savings and costs.
ref: 2006, A. Brent Strong, Plastics: Materials and Processing, →ISBN, page 712:
text: But three boards cannot be “egg-crated” together without cutting some conductors, thereby necessitating pigtail or wire bond connections.
ref: 118, Robert C. Hansen, Robert E. Collin, Small Antenna Handbook, →ISBN, page 2011:
glosses: To attach two surfaces together using multiple points of attachment in a lattice pattern, often in order to provide strength while minimizing weight.
examples: text: Front- and backlights are egg-crated Chimera Lightbanks.
ref: 2007, American Cinematographer - Volume 88, Issues 1-5, page 67:
qualifier: lighting
glosses: To equip with an egg crate.
glosses: To display multiple images on a single screen separated by sharp edges.
egg-crate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: egg-crates
form: egg crate
form: eggcrate
Senses: examples: text: Often used with the studio is the egg-crate, which minimizes side spill and does make the beam a bit more controllable.
ref: 2013, Blain Brown, Cinematography: Theory and Practice, →ISBN, page 8-22:
text: Pa strings the lights while Janet takes the ornaments one by one from the cardboard egg-crates.
ref: 2014, Kent Otto Stever, Kinder, Gentler Ways: Reflections of a River Town Boy, →ISBN:
text: There was no fuel cladding, no zirconium egg-crates holding the fuel in a rigid matrix, no steam in the reactor vessel to float away with fission products into the atmosphere, and, of course, there was no danger of the fuel melting.
ref: 2014, James Mahaffey, Atomic Accidents, →ISBN:
text: New virtual learning environments (VLEs) such as Eluminate (now Blackboard Collaborate) are virtual egg-crates.
ref: 2015, Leonard J. Waks, Education 2.0, →ISBN:
qualifier: lighting
glosses: Alternative form of egg crate.
egg-crates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of egg-crate
egg-crating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of egg-crate
egg-crating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The soffit over the windows and arcade is of uninterrupted egg-crating.
ref: 1952, Light and Lighting and Environmental Design:
text: Spotlights in egg-crating over counters give dramatic emphasis to cabinets at night.
ref: 1953, American Lumberman & Building Products Merchandiser:
glosses: Alternative form of egg crate.
textured surface or insert.
examples: text: For the egg-crating, 2x4's proved adequate, as likely they would have for the wall railing; but greater leaway [sic] was provided and proved fortunate since there was a slight pitch from the house roof to the wall.
ref: 1961, Bromeliad Society, Bulletin - Volumes 11-15, page 46:
glosses: Alternative form of egg crate.
style of roof
examples: text: These little plants that I top-water sit on egg-crating which is atop a capillary mat.
ref: 1986, The Indoor Garden - Volumes 23-26:
text: Matting offers the same type of benefit, as does egg-crating.
ref: 2002, African Violet Magazine - Volume 55, page 50:
glosses: A plastic mat of horizontal and vertical strips that form squares with holes in the centers.
examples: text: While the hull of the Viking 57 is still curing in the mold, about two weeks into the boat building schedule, workmen install the engine compartment bulkheads and the "egg-crating" members, the interlocked wooden framework running fore-and-aft and athwartships.
ref: 1989, Lakeland Boating - Volume 44, page 100:
qualifier: boating
glosses: The process of strengthening a hull by multiple support points.
drownders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drownder
procrastinatorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more procrastinatorily
form: most procrastinatorily
Etymology: From procrastinatory + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a procrastinatory manner
egg crate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: egg crates
form: egg crating
form: egg crated
form: egg crated
form: eggcrate
form: egg-crate
form: egg-crating
form: egg crating
Senses: examples: text: Photos on opposite page show how material is applied to "egg crate" framework in making this installation
ref: 1954 October, Wayne C. Leckey, “Modernize Your Home With Translucent Panels -- A New Woven-Glass Building Material”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 102, number 4, page 184:
text: The hull is built on a conventional transverse framing system except for the inner bottom which is "egg crated" below the reactor compartment, located amidships between two upright partitions made of heavy steel.
ref: 1964, Nuclear Engineering - Volume 9, page 277:
text: And schools, in line with their management practices, have tended to be “egg crated” into separate classes, grade levels, tracks, and departments (Page 1990).
ref: 1996, Mary E. Gardiner, Parent-School Collaboration, →ISBN, page 66:
glosses: Alternative form of egg-crate.
aureolin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin aureolus + suffix -in.
Senses: examples: text: In preparing a palette for it the colors used were aureolin, cobalt, crimson-lake, yellow ochre, brown ochre, raw sienna, burnt sienna, light-red […]
ref: 1892, The Art of Drawing and Painting:
glosses: A yellow pigment used in painting, composed of potassium cobaltinitrite.
Related terms: aureole
oriole
aulder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of auld: more auld
autoeroticisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoeroticism
autoerotisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoerotism
shanai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shanais
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shehnai.
shanais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shanai
autopsist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autopsists
Etymology: From autopsy + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who performs an autopsy.
autoplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoplasty
autopsists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autopsist
undrownable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + drownable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be drowned.
drownable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From drown + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being drowned.
Derived terms: undrownable
ayins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ayin
autotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autotomy
autoionisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoionisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of autoionization.
autoionisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoionisation
bibliofilm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bibliofilms
Etymology: From biblio- + film.
Senses: glosses: microfilm, as a means of storing books and documents in public libraries
bibliofilms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bibliofilm
egg crates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of egg crate
egg crates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of egg crate
curlpaper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curlpapers
form: curl-paper
Etymology: From curl + paper.
Senses: glosses: A paper used in curling the hair.
curlpapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curlpaper
rooted out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of root out
roots out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of root out
rooting out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of root out
demarcator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demarcators
Etymology: From demarcate + -or.
Senses: examples: text: The event [the assassination of John F. Kennedy] was a demarcator. It was the last major public event to come to us in black and white. The urban riots and the Vietnam war, coming right along, were brought to us in living color.
ref: 1992 February 2, Mitzel, “Clay Shaw, The Quean Network & That Kennedy Killing”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 28, page 6:
text: Part of the difficulty with this task, as we have seen, is that there may be no ready demarcators of gender divisions, or, if there are such demarcators, they may not be made along lines that are susceptible of analysis in Eurocentric terms.
ref: 2013, Jane Duran, Worlds of Knowing: Global Feminist Epistemologies, page 256:
glosses: One who or that which demarcates.
demarcators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demarcator
disconsider
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disconsiders
form: disconsidering
form: disconsidered
form: disconsidered
Etymology: From dis- + consider.
Senses: glosses: To fail or cease to consider; to disregard.
rolling-pins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rolling-pin
disconsidered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disconsider
iced creams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iced cream
disconsiders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disconsider
off-off-off-Broadways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of off-off-off-Broadway
disconsidering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disconsider
bye-byes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bye-bye
idiosyncratic reactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of idiosyncratic reaction
encyclopaedically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more encyclopaedically
form: most encyclopaedically
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of encyclopedically.
endis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Alromany teh endis has the remix
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glosses: A contemptible person; loser.
glosses: A person.
glosses: Filler word.
egg crating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of egg crate
egg crating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This could have been avoided by the simple process of suspending egg crating made of timber or some other solid material painted black with the light fittings above it.
ref: 1964, I.E.S. Lighting Review, page 89:
glosses: Alternative form of egg crate.
textured surface or insert
examples: text: One side of the wall had the foam egg crating attached with room for a small person to crawl inside.
ref: 2016, Benjamin Kane Ethridge, This House, →ISBN:
text: Granma was in her chair cushioned with egg crating, so she could fall over asleep whenever she wanted and the chair would catch her head.
ref: 2013, Annie Rachele Lanzillotto, L Is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir, →ISBN, page 294:
text: The seat can be padded with egg crating or 1-inch foam.
ref: 2011, Christine A. Gleason, Sandra E Juul, Avery's Diseases of the Newborn, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of egg crate.
foam pad
examples: text: My windowsill pebble trays are, for the most part, dimestore plastic drawer dividers; some have pebbles in them, others not, but all are filled with water and surmounted with rubberized sink racks or plastic egg crating which hold the pots.
ref: 1989, Charles Marden Fitch, Barbara B. Pesch, Orchids for the Home and Greenhouse, →ISBN, page 54:
text: An upscale version of this tried and true method of providing windowsill humidity is the use of plastic 'egg crating' instead of gravel.
ref: 1991, Bob Gordon, Orchid Seedling Care: With Special Emphasis on Water Quality:
text: Placing the eggs in a sweaterbox, on plastic egg crating and over damp perlite, provides the necessary humidity without the danger of direct contact with moisture.
ref: 2006, Reptiles - Volume 14, page 54:
text: Among the inner packings in use are expanded polystyrene (popcorn), plastic-encapsulated air (air bubbles), various types of paper products, foam-in-place, molded polystyrene, and corrugated partitions (egg crating).
ref: 2013, Eugene L. Magad, Total Materials Management, →ISBN, page 375:
glosses: Alternative form of egg-crating (plastic mat)
egg crated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of egg crate
egg-crated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of egg-crate
egg-crated
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Loose projectiles of not less than 4% inches in diameter are usually shipped egg-crated.
ref: 1953, United States Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance, Loading and Bracing of Ammunition, Explosives, and Dangerous Articles in Trucks and Trailers, page 4:
glosses: In separate compartments.
eggcrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eggcrates
form: eggcrating
form: eggcrated
form: eggcrated
Etymology: From egg + crate.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of egg-crate.
fizzy drinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fizzy drink
Sydnesian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sydnesians
Etymology: From Sydney + -sian (c. 1837). Potentially derived from the sound /-dʒ(ə)n/ used in Glaswegian or Norwegian, with the g substituted by an s.
Senses: examples: text: The Sydnesians then went in and scored 97; while in the second innings their adversaries only scored 32, leaving 33 in favor of Sydney with only one innings.
ref: 9 November 1837, “Sporting Intelligence”, in The Sydney Herald:
synonyms: Sydneyan
Sydneysider
Sydneyite
glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Wrights
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wright
carpenter bees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carpenter bee
designer stubble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: five o'clock shadow
glosses: A fashionable short growth of male facial hair.
xylarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /zaɪˈlɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /zaɪˈlɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: xylaria
form: xylariums
Etymology: From xylo- + -arium.
Senses: examples: text: A plant anatomist receiving such samples can remove pickled wood and bark for anatomical study, then dry the remaining portions for inclusion in a xylarium.
ref: 1996, Tod F. Stuessy, S. H. Sohmer, Sampling the Green World: Innovative Concepts of Collection, Preservation, and Storage of Plant Diversity:
text: The genus [Dalechampia] is poorly represented in xylaria and its wood is little known.
ref: 2004, “Botany”, in Virginia Journal of Science: Official Publication of the Virginia Academy of Science, volume 55, number 1&2, page 33:
text: Samples were identified according to the standards of the International Association of Wood Anatomists (AWA) by consulting xylariums, glass plate archives, bibliographies and databases.
ref: 2020, Manuel Lemos, Matthias Tissot, Isabel Tissot, Maria João Petisca, “Between Night and Day: The Awakening of the Cadaval Bed: A Material, Technological and Conservation Study”, in National Palace of Sintra: The Silver Bed of the Dukes of Cadaval (Collections In Focus - National Palaces - Sintra Queluz Pena; #03), Parques de Sintra - Monte da Lua, translation of O leito de prata dos duques de Cadaval, page 60:
glosses: A herbarium specialising in specimens of wood.
hortorium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɔɹˈtɔɹi.əm/
ipa: /-ˈtoʊ-/
Forms: form: hortoriums
form: hortoria
Etymology: From Latin hortus (“garden”) + -orium.
Senses: glosses: A herbarium specialising in preserved specimens of cultivated plants.
fungarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fungaria
form: fungariums
Senses: examples: text: With two such fungariums, or fungaria, one can be used for fungi such as those described above, the other for fungi that grow on and spot or decay or discolor various sorts of materials.
ref: 1961, Clyde M[artin] Christensen, “Experiments with Fungi”, in The Molds and Man: An Introduction to the Fungi, 2nd edition, Minneapolis, Minn.: University of Minnesota Press; London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, →LCCN, page 228:
glosses: A collection of preserved specimens of fungus.
Related terms: herbarium
antinationalization
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antinationalization
form: most antinationalization
Etymology: From anti- + nationalization.
Senses: glosses: Opposing nationalization.
antiprivatization
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiprivatization
form: most antiprivatization
Etymology: From anti- + privatization.
Senses: glosses: Opposing privatization.
eggcrates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eggcrate
eggcrates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eggcrate
eggcrated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eggcrate
eggcrated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: This, it is believed, helps to provide full coverage of the eggcrated area. The eggcrate is recessed in a suspended plaster ceiling and extends almost the full length of the 70 foot long store, giving the illusion of a floating ceiling.
ref: 1948, Electrical Consultant - Volume 54, page 26:
text: The determination of the brightnesses of all of the working environment, be they large open spaces, small eggcrated offices or landscape type low-partitioned spaces, is an indispensable tool to the knowledgeable office lighting designer.
ref: 1977, Lighting Design & Application:
text: Jamie opened the wheel chair, placed the eggcrated pad on the chair, set the brakes and pulled open the foot pedals.
ref: 2000, Princess Palmer, Deadly Questions, →ISBN, page 37:
text: A bottle cabinet is a base cabinet with pullout trays that are eggcrated to hold bottles.
ref: 2005, Richard M. Scutella, How to Plan, Contract and Build Your Own Home, →ISBN, page 620:
text: Extensive work has been done in the last 10 years in fabricating ultralightweight beryllium mirror blanks applying aluminum brazing technology to “eggcrated” core techniques.
ref: 2014, Dennis R. Floyd, John N. Lowe, Beryllium Science and Technology - Volume 2, →ISBN, page 264:
glosses: Alternative form of egg-crated.
eggcrated
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Loose components of not less than 4-1/2 inches in diameter may be shipped eggcrated.
ref: 1968, United States Dept. of Defense, Military Standard - Issues 1313-1343, page 13:
glosses: Alternative form of egg-crated.
eggcrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eggcrate
eggcrating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The next step is to cut a piece of plastic eggcrating to fit the bottom of the box.
ref: 1996, Freshwater and Marine Aquarium - Volume 19, Issues 1-4, page 202:
text: This “eggcrating” creates what Regal calls a “hull/deck monocoque, for strength and stiffness with light weight.
ref: 1988 January, Charles Plueddeman, “Regal Commodore 320: Are you ready for a forest of teak with Duoprop roots?”, in Boating, page 106:
glosses: Alternative form of egg-crating.
examples: text: We molded housings of UL-approved polysulfone with eggcrating;
ref: 1968, Product Engineering - Volume 39, page 53:
text: Cardboard slab forms cannot be reused except for the interior eggcrating.
ref: 1972, Journal of the American Concrete Institute - Volume 69, page 43:
text: After lighting is installed, the underside of the awning or canopy is finished with a "ceiling," normally a prismatic glass, eggcrating, or an open weave vinyl coated polyester or other translucent fabric in order to hide the hardware and maximize light reflection.
ref: 1994, Charles George Ramsey, Harold Reeve Sleeper, John Ray Hoke, Ramsey/Sleeper architectural graphic standards - Volume 9, page 501:
glosses: Alternative form of egg crate.
DHP
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
politics
glosses: Initialism of deemed high-profile.
DHP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of discretionary housing payment.
examples: text: DHP calcium channel blockers include amlodipine and nifedipine.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of dihydropyridine.
humblish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more humblish
form: most humblish
Etymology: From humble + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: As a humblish example of teams, one European chain of stores at last saw it had better keep open in the evening — which was the only time its customers could shop.
ref: 1988, {unattributed}, The Economist, Volume 309, Issues 7579-7583
glosses: somewhat humble
medical practitioner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medical practitioners
Senses: glosses: A person who practices medicine.
glosses: A person who practices medicine.
One who is licensed to do so and serves human patients.
hypernyms: healthcare practitioner
health care professional
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practitioner
professional
unhumbleness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unhumble + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the property of being unhumble
humblify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: humblifies
form: humblifying
form: humblified
form: humblified
Etymology: From humble + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: Some sing Hare Krishna to lose their selves in love & peace in the ALL, Some, like Ginsberg, sing to humblify their reading of themselves.
ref: 1977, {unattributed}, Pequod, volumes 1–2, page 7
glosses: to make humble
humblifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of humblify
humblifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of humblify
humblified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of humblify
whisky tango foxtrot
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of whiskey tango foxtrot.
queencake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queencakes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of queen cake.
queen-cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queen-cakes
Senses: examples: text: Hal, who was waſteful even in his good-nature, threw a whole queen-cake to the dog, who ſwallowed it for a ſingle mouthful. […] [H]e ate and ate, as he walked along, till at laſt he ſtopped, and ſaid, "This bun taſtes ſo bad after the queen-cakes, I can't bear it!"
ref: 1800, Maria Edgeworth, “The Waste Not, Want Not; or, Two Strings to Your Bow.”, in The Parent’s Assistant, or Stories for Children. […], 3rd edition, volume V, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], by G[eorge] Woodfall, […], →OCLC, page 148:
text: I'm quite ready when I'm done eating this one queen-cake more.
ref: 1840, Frances Trollope, “Judgments Formed, and Sentiments Generated— […]”, in The Widow Married; […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 319–320:
text: "I'm sure my brains work better when they're lubricated with tea," declared Bess Harrison, tilting back her chair at a comfortable though rather dangerous angle, and accepting the queen-cake which Lottie Lowman offered her.
ref: 1914, Angela Brazil, “Monitress Mildred”, in The Girls of St. Cyprian’s, [France]: Culturea, published 2023, →ISBN, page 147:
glosses: Alternative form of queen cake.
queen's cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queen's cakes
Senses: examples: text: Lily was so surprised she sat down on a warm queen's cake that happened to be near, […]
ref: 1886, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “The Candy Country”, in Lulu’s Library, volume I, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1890, →OCLC, page 52:
glosses: Alternative form of queen cake.
praeposituses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of praepositus
prepositus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹiːˈpɒzɪtəs/
ipa: /pɹiˈpɑzɪtəs/
Forms: form: preposituses
form: prepositi
form: praepositus
Etymology: From Medieval Latin prepositus, variant of praepositus (“[one] placed in charge”). Doublet of provost.
Senses: glosses: A provost: the presiding officer of various ecclesiastical bodies.
glosses: The presiding officer of various civil bodies.
preposituses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prepositus
prepositi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of preposituses.
rpt.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rpts.
form: rpt's
form: rpts
form: rpt
form: RPT
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of report.
RPT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RPTs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rpt..
rpt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rpts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rpt..
dipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dipes
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of diaper.
warning triangle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warning triangles
Senses: examples: text: If your vehicle breaks down, [...] put a warning triangle on the road at least 45 metres (147 feet) behind your broken-down vehicle on the same side of the road.
ref: 2007, The Official Highway Code, The Stationery Office, →ISBN, page 91:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A triangle made of (usually) red reflective material, used to warn other road users of a broken-down vehicle.
unbeguilingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unbeguilingly
form: most unbeguilingly
Etymology: From unbeguiling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unbeguiling manner.
card trick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: card tricks
Senses: glosses: Any magic trick involving playing cards.
card tricks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of card trick
corporicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: corporeality
autotransfuse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: autotransfuses
form: autotransfusing
form: autotransfused
form: autotransfused
Etymology: From auto- + transfuse.
Senses: glosses: To carry out autotransfusion.
autotransfused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of autotransfuse
autotransfuses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of autotransfuse
autotransfusing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of autotransfuse
more tea, vicar
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: As if politely distracting the attention of other guests at a social function.
Senses: examples: text: Somebody belches or farts. Somebody else says, usually primly, 'More tea, Vicar?'.
ref: 2004, Mike L, “Re: Doctors' Etiquette”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet):
text: As Richard leans over to begin, Edwyn lets rip a mighty fart. “More tea, vicar?” says Richard, deadpan.
ref: 2010, Grace Maxwell, Falling & Laughing: The Restoration of Edwyn Collins, page 99:
text: They shall wear clothes of fine silk, and sit face to face around the table, and comment on the fine weather […] And should you hear a small trumpet in the distance, you will ask: “More tea vicar?” and proffer a cucumber sandwich.
ref: 2010, Martin Luther, The 21st Century Enlightenment Koran, page 265:
glosses: Said after another person burps or breaks wind.
acidization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acidizations
Etymology: From acid + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of acidizing.
acidizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acidization
abmigrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: abmigrates
form: abmigrating
form: abmigrated
form: abmigrated
Etymology: From ab- + migrate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: To take part in abmigration.
abmigrated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of abmigrate
abmigrates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abmigrate
abmigrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abmigrate
beep test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beep tests
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bleep test.
synonyms: word: bleep test
beep tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beep test
animatron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: animatrons
Senses: glosses: An animatronic robot.
animatrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of animatron
actinally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From actinal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an actinal manner.
crinkle-crankle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cringle-crangle
Senses: glosses: Of a garden wall: built in a repeating series of curves.
crinkle-crankle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crinkle-crankles
form: cringle-crangle
Senses: glosses: A curve or twist.
crystallochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From crystallo- + chemical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to crystallochemistry.
cryoenzymological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cryo- + enzymological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cryoenzymology.
felicitator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: felicitators
Etymology: From felicitate + -or.
Senses: examples: text: His impatience was overwrought, and though he knew this it persisted; it would have been no easy matter for Miriam to break away from the flock of her felicitators.
ref: 1889–1890, Henry James, The Tragic Muse […], volume (please specify the page), Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], published 7 June 1890, →OCLC:
glosses: One who felicitates, or offers congratulation.
felicitators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of felicitator
feldgrau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feldgraus
Etymology: From German Feldgrau, literally "field-grey".
Senses: glosses: The greenish-grey colour of German military uniforms.
glosses: A German soldier who wears a uniform of this colour.
glosses: The color of the field uniform of the German Army from late 1907 until 1945.