cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
technological singularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɛknəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkl̩ ˌsɪŋɡjəˈlɛɹɪti/
ipa: /ˌtɛknəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl̩ ˌsɪŋɡjʊˈlæɹɪti/
Forms: form: technological singularities
Etymology: Popularized by Vernor Vinge in 1993, by analogy to the gravitational singularity in black holes, where the conventional laws of science are thought to no longer apply, resulting in a breakdown of predictability.
Senses: examples: text: For the consequences for humanity, if a technological singularity did indeed occur, would be seismic. What are these potentially seismic consequences? What sort of world, what sort of universe, might come into being if a technological singularity does occur?
ref: 2015, Murray Shanahan, The Technological Singularity, MIT Press, →ISBN, page xx:
synonyms: singularity
Kurzweil singularity
Singularity
glosses: A hypothetical future event in human history caused by the ever-increasing ability of new technology to speed up the rate at which new technology is developed.
wikipedia: Vernor Vinge
Related terms: posthumanism
transhumanism
Omega Point
tonge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tonges
Senses: examples: text: Or plaine and perfite way of teachyng children, to vnderstand, write, and speake, the Latin tong, but specially purposed for the priuate brynging vp of youth in Ientlemen and Noble mens houses, and commodious also for all such, as haue forgot the Latin tonge, and would, by themselues, without a Scholemaster, in short tyme, and with small paines, recouer a sufficient habilitie, to vnderstand, write, and speake Latin.
ref: 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of tongue.
Pactolus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /pækˈtəʊləs/
Senses: glosses: A river, formerly an important feature of ancient Lydia and said to contain gold; now rising and emptying in modern Turkey.
Derived terms: Pactolian
kief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːf
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kif.
padma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: padmas
Etymology: From Sanskrit पद्म (padma).
Senses: glosses: lotus blossom
Related terms: om mani padme hum
multicarbon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of multi-carbon.
multi-carbon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + carbon.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any compound (or ring within a compound) containing more than one carbon atom
kinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kinder
figent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪd͡ʒənt/
Forms: form: more figent
form: most figent
Senses: examples: text: such a little figent thing
ref: c. 1619–1623, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Little French Lawyer”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act III, scene ii:
text: God forgive me, what kind of figent memory have you?
ref: 1605 August (first performance), Geo[rge] Chapman, Ben Ionson, Ioh[n] Marston, Eastward Hoe. […], London: […] [George Eld] for William Aspley, published September 1605, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
glosses: fidgety; restless.
pavons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pavon
dormitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dormitive
form: most dormitive
Etymology: French dormitif, from the verb dormir (“to sleep”)
Senses: examples: text: But "imitation" throws no light upon why they so act; it repeats the fact as an explanation of itself. It is an explanation of the same order as the famous saying that opium puts men to sleep because of its dormitive power.
ref: 1916, John Dewey, Democracy and Education:
text: Quare Opium facit dormire: ... Quia est in eo Virtus dormitiva. (Why Opium produces sleep: ... Because there is in it a dormitive power.)
ref: 1673, Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin), Le Malade Imaginere, Act III, Interlude iii:
glosses: Causing sleep.
Derived terms: dormitive principle
dormitive virtue
Related terms: dorm
dormant
dormition
dormitory
dormitive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dormitives
Etymology: French dormitif, from the verb dormir (“to sleep”)
Senses: glosses: A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific or opiate.
discothèques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discothèque
theatre-going
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of theatregoing.
theatre-going
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theatre-goings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of theatregoing.
church-going
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more church-going
form: most church-going
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of churchgoing.
church-going
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of churchgoing.
theatre-goer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theatre-goers
Etymology: From theatre + goer.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of theatregoer.
theatre-goers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theatre-goer
church-goer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: church-goers
Etymology: From church + goer.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of churchgoer.
church-goers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of church-goer
perdurant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perdurants
Senses: topics: epistemology
human-sciences
ontology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A happening; an entity that only exists partially at any given point in time.
Synonyms: accident
happening
occurrent
Coordinate terms: endurant
Derived terms: perdurantism
byres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of byre
cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsaɪkloʊˌpɛntənoʊˌpɜɹhaɪdɹoʊˌfɛnənθɹiːn/
ipa: /ˌsaɪkləʊˌpɛntənəʊˌpɜːhɪdraʊˌfɛnənθriːn/
Forms: form: cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The carbon skeleton found in steroids.
hypermobilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypermobility
rhinoceros beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhinoceros beetle
rove beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rove beetle
marfanoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Marfan + -oid.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Apparently similar to Marfan syndrome, but not necessarily associated with the elastin gene.
raw_tags: of a condition
click beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of click beetle
bombardier beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bombardier beetle
cardinal beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardinal beetle
deathwatch beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deathwatch beetle
Marfan syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Marfan syndromes
Etymology: Named after French pediatrician Antoine Marfan, who first described the condition in 1896.
Senses: glosses: A genetic disorder of the connective tissue that causes defects in the heart valves and aorta.
Related terms: marfanoid
lantern beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lantern beetle
rose chafers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rose chafer
snout beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snout beetle
soldier beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soldier beetle
spotted cucumber beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spotted cucumber beetle
stag-beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stag-beetle
whirligig beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whirligig beetle
technomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From techno- + -mania.
Senses: examples: text: The time has come, eco-warriors say, for the underground in this war to rise, to fight back against the onslaught of technomania sweeping every corner of the world from Silicon Valley to the Amazon River Valley, […]
ref: 2016 [1990], Rik Scarce, Eco-Warriors: Understanding the Radical Environmental Movement, updated edition, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: Enthusiasm for modern technology.
Mediterranean flour moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mediterranean flour moth
Mormon crickets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mormon cricket
Paul Allen's flower flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Paul Allen's flower fly
adder flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adder fly
apple flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apple fly
apple worms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apple worm
codling moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of codling moth
Atlas moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Atlas moth
black-arched moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black-arched moth
multiflash
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + flash.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Involving more than one flash.
multilocation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + location.
Senses: glosses: multilocational
multilocational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + locational.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or present in more than one location.
Synonyms: multilocation
blue-winged grasshoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue-winged grasshopper
boll weevils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boll weevil
multilobulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, multi- + lobule + -ate.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of multilobular.
synonyms: word: multilobular
bot flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bot fly
bristletails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bristletail
extrachromosomally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From extrachromosomal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Outside a chromosome.
common clothes moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common clothes moth
devil's coach-horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devil's coach-horse
flower-flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flower-fly
hover-flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hover-fly
multichambered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + chambered.
Senses: glosses: Having more than one chamber.
gall midges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gall midge
gall wasps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gall wasp
plurilocular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pluri- + locular.
Senses: examples: text: The lemon and the orange are plurilocular fruits, having several divisions containing seeds.
glosses: Synonym of multilocular.
synonyms: word: multilocular
geometer moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geometer moth
geometrid moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geometrid moth
unautographed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + autographed.
Senses: glosses: Not autographed.
green bottle flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green bottle fly
greenbottles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenbottle
hemlock woolly adelgids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemlock woolly adelgid
horse-stingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horse-stinger
multibladed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + bladed.
Senses: examples: a multibladed propellor
glosses: Having multiple blades.
house crickets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of house cricket
pareils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pareil
leek moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leek moth
machilids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machilid
malaria mosquitos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malaria mosquito
mantispids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mantispid
spider wasps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spider wasp
marabuntas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marabunta
multidialectal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + dialectal.
Senses: glosses: Consisting of, or conversant in, more than one dialect
Related terms: multidialectalism
mason wasps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mason wasp
mecopterans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mecopteran
multistories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multistory
multidivisional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + divisional.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to more than one division.
mole crickets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mole cricket
praying mantids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of praying mantid
multifrequency
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + frequency.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to multiple frequencies.
multijugate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multijugate
form: most multijugate
Etymology: From multi- + jugate.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having more than one pair of leaflets.
raw_tags: of a pinnate leaf
Synonyms: multijugous
Related terms: unijugate
multispiral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + spiral.
Senses: glosses: Having many closely-spaced spirals (usually of an operculum).
Related terms: paucispiral
unispiral
multicustomer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + customer.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to more than one customer.
multiclient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + client.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to more than one client.
nondrugged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + drugged.
Senses: examples: text: The nondrugged rats in the study performed better.
glosses: Not drugged.
logits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of logit
nongeneralized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + generalized.
Senses: glosses: ungeneralized
ungeneralized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + generalized.
Senses: glosses: Not generalized.
Synonyms: nongeneralized
multiturreted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + turreted.
Senses: glosses: Having more than one turret.
nonturreted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + turreted.
Senses: glosses: Without any turret; turretless.
multiproblem
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + problem.
Senses: examples: text: ...in the social work tradition, the delivery of brokerage, advocacy, and concrete services is also essential with violent and multiproblem families.
ref: 1984, Howard Goldstein, Judith Cicero Hilbert, Harvey C Hilbert, Creative change: a cognitive-humanistic approach to social work practice:
glosses: Involving more than one problem.
Related terms: multiproblematic
multisense
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + sense.
Senses: glosses: Involving more than one of the senses, e.g. both sight and touch.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Having more than one sense (distinct meaning).
multielectrode
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + electrode.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to more than one electrode
multielectrode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multielectrodes
Etymology: From multi- + electrode.
Senses: glosses: Multiple electrodes joined together in a network
glaucocystid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glaucocystids
Senses: glosses: A glaucophyte.
glaucocystids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glaucocystid
multinitrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-nitrogen
Etymology: From multi- + nitrogen.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a compound having more than one nitrogen atom
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a heterocycle having more than one nitrogen atom in its ring
squarewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From square + -wise.
Senses: glosses: Laid out or moving in a square.
squarewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From square + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: […] taken either squarewise or roundwise the skull was 4 inches across.
ref: 1877, Herbert Allen Giles, transl., Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms:
glosses: With a square layout or motion.
multisulfur
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-sulfur
form: multisulphur
Etymology: From multi- + sulfur.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of a compound, having more than one sulfur atom
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of a heterocycle, having more than one sulfur atom in its ring
ringwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ring + -wise.
Senses: glosses: Laid out or moving in a ring.
ringwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ring + -wise.
Senses: glosses: With a ringlike layout or motion.
ringwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ringwise
form: most ringwise
Etymology: From ring + wise.
Senses: glosses: Skilled at fighting from familiarity with the boxing ring.
swacked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more swacked
form: most swacked
Senses: examples: text: A woman at the next table, behind Guild, was saying oratorically: “I can always tell when I'm getting swacked because the skin gets tight across my forehead, but it don't ever do me any good because by that time I'm too swacked to care whether I'm getting swacked or not."
ref: 1961, Dashiell Hammett, A Man Named Thin:
text: "Look what we've got." Mitch brought out a bottle of pink champagne. "I'll get swacked if I drink before I eat," Sonia said.
ref: 1983, Norma Fox Mazer, Someone to love:
text: It was nearly dusk when Wallace, swacked on power and assorted chemicals, staggered out of the Hilton Inn parking lot to his rental car.
ref: 1998, Gary Cartwright, Dirty Dealing, page 159:
glosses: Intoxicated.
Synonyms: drunk
swacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swack
angiomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angioma
chorioangioma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chorioangiomas
form: chorioangiomata
Etymology: From chorio- + angioma.
Senses: glosses: A common angioma of the placenta.
chorioangiomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chorioangioma
chorioangiomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chorioangioma
chorioallantoises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chorioallantois
nonwaterlogged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + waterlogged.
Senses: glosses: Not waterlogged.
flooey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfluː.i/
rhymes: -uːi
Forms: form: more flooey
form: most flooey
form: flooie
Senses: glosses: Drunk.
examples: text: Everything I've tried since pa died has gone flooey.
ref: 1935, John Milton Oskison, Brothers three:
text: Well, sir, about a second after Jake nodded his head, the place went flooey. Everybody started whoopin' and placin' bets and yelling out drink orders […]
ref: 2000, James Clifton Cobb, The second gun:
text: "Of course. No matter how many times we run the math, there's still a chance this could all go flooey."
"‘Flooey’?"
"Flooey," agreed Mr. Bones. "There might be something we haven't thought of, some X-factor that makes it all go wrong."
ref: 2013, Jonathan Maberry, Extinction Machine, Macmillan (St Martin's Griffin), page 139:
glosses: Crazy, chaotic, awry.
Synonyms: sense: drunk
word: drunk
sense: crazy
word: insane
sense: awry
word: disorderly
word: askew
Related terms: kerflooey
nonfructose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + fructose.
Senses: glosses: Not fructose.
Angries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From angry + -s.
Senses: examples: text: The Angries are not in revolt against poverty or exploitation as such...
ref: 1966, Stanley Kauffmann, A world on film: criticism and comment:
text: The 'Angries' ridiculed this notion with cliched representations of effeminate artists and intellectuals...
ref: 2007, Christine Berberich, The image of the English gentleman in twentieth-century literature:
topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: The Angry Young Men.
Francoesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Francoesque
form: most Francoesque
Etymology: From Franco + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of Francisco Franco Bahamonde (1892–1975), military general and dictator of Spain.
microtransaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microtransactions
Etymology: From micro- + transaction.
Senses: examples: text: Microtransactions have created controversy among video game fans. Some people believe that games with microtransactions can be addictive. Players keep buying new items. Little by little, the charges add up.
ref: 2020, Josh Gregory, Apex Legends: Microtransactions, Cherry Lake, →ISBN, page 6:
text: The problem with consumers is that they are often quick to label any microtransaction as P2W, which muddies the discussion of ethical game design.
ref: 2022, Joshua Bycer, Game Design Deep Dive: Free-to-Play, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 5:
topics: economics
sciences
video-games
glosses: A transaction for a very small amount of money (a micropayment).
Synonyms: word: mtx
microtransactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microtransaction
administradors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of administrador
all-in-one
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: all-in-ones
Senses: glosses: A multifunction device, especially a printer that also works as a scanner and fax machine.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: word: AIO
glosses: A desktop computer having all major components, including the display, built into a single unit.
examples: text: In both the all-in-ones and the pocket styles, the lining is sewn at the edges to the waterproof outer cover, with the seam covered in a soft but robust border fabric so it fits snugly against the baby's legs and middle.
ref: 2008, Daniel Allen, Cheryl Benn, Sue Pullon, Margot Schwass, The New Zealand Pregnancy Book, Bridget Williams Books, →ISBN, page 173:
text: A cloth diaper attached to its waterproof cover, an all-in-one is like a washable disposable diaper, combining the convenience of plastic diapers with the reuse and environmental superiority of cloth.
ref: 2015, Jennifer Margulis, Your Baby, Your Way: Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Parenting Decisions for a Happier, Healthier Family, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 255:
text: Pocket diapers are my favorite because they're a little easier to use than fitteds, flats, and prefolds, and they're cheaper than all-in-twos and all-in-ones.
ref: 2019 September 27, Alicia Betz, “Cloth diapers are an eco-friendly alternative to traditional diapers - here's how to use them and what you need to buy”, in Business Insider India:
glosses: Clipping of all-in-one diaper.
all-in-one
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: To coincide with the launch, LNER has introduced fixed-price all-in-one return fares for two adults and up to four children, priced at £129 between London, Thornaby and London.
ref: 2021 December 29, “Network News: LNER launches King's Cross-Middlesbrough direct service”, in RAIL, number 947, page 12:
glosses: Combining two or more items or features in one unit.
praiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹeɪzə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -eɪzə(ɹ)
Forms: form: praisers
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English preiser; equivalent to praise + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who praises.
glosses: An appraiser; a valuator.
praiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹeɪzə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -eɪzə(ɹ)
Forms: form: praisers
Etymology: From praise + -er (“Variety -er”).
Senses: examples: text: Palladium execs and praisers gave out close to 1,200 passes for Sonny Burke's opening Tuesday.
ref: 1951 October 13, Billboard, page 18:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
glosses: A publicist.
praisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of praiser
all-in-ones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of all-in-one
steakburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steakburgers
Etymology: From steak + -burger.
Senses: glosses: A burger made with ground beef from a better-than-usual cut.
steakburgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steakburger
steak Diane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steaks Diane
Etymology: Borrowed from French Diane (“Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt”).
Senses: glosses: A filet mignon, often cooked at the table in a restaurant, seasoned with garlic and black pepper, fried quickly in butter, and flambéed in brandy.
Related terms: Diane sauce
caterpillar tracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caterpillar track
hyperfast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + fast.
Senses: glosses: Extremely fast.
Synonyms: superfast
of a kind
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: all one, all the same, cut from the same cloth, of the same stripe, monolithic
text: All floor traders are of a kind, and most burn out by their late thirties.
synonyms: of a piece
of a blood
of a feather
glosses: Of the same type or character.
Derived terms: five of a kind
four of a kind
one of a kind
three of a kind
two of a kind
oner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oners
Etymology: From one + -er.
Senses: synonyms: one of a kind
glosses: An extraordinary individual.
examples: text: The winner was the last to flick a marble into the gully. A oner had to beat a fourer four times to win, a fourer had to beat a twelver three times, and so on.
ref: 2012, Nicholas Hagger, A View of Epping Forest, page 143:
glosses: A small marble of little worth in children's games.
examples: text: May all your conkers be oners / May your love life fail with dishonours
ref: 1993, Henry Normal, Nude modelling for the afterlife:
text: The history of 'oners' becoming 'sixers' through successive victories[…]
ref: 2005, Benedict Le Vay, Eccentric Britain, page 32:
text: Conkers so highly prized that it's a wonder they even manage to hit the ground before being swept away to be pickled or baked and then going on to new careers as 'oners', 'twoers', and so forth.
ref: 2006, Charles Campion, Fifty Recipes To Stake Your Life On, page 119:
glosses: A conker that has won one match.
qualifier: film production
glosses: A long one-take shot, or equivalent animated segment simulating a one-take shot
two of a kind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In the morning, we don't know what to do / Two of a kind / We'll find a way to do what we've done
ref: 1994, Noel Gallagher, “Slide Away”, in Definitely Maybe, performed by Oasis:
glosses: Two who are very similar.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A combination of two cards of the same rank.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A hand in which the best combination is two of a kind.
Synonyms: two peas in a pod
multidrop
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + drop.
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of a computer bus, having all components connected to the same set of electrical wires, each component listening for its own data and negotiating with the others in order to send.
multidrop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multidrops
Etymology: From multi- + drop.
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A computer bus having all components connected in this manner.
Related terms: multipoint
folliculus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: folliculi
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of follicle.
gado-gado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An Indonesian vegetable salad served with a peanut sauce dressing.
ketupat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈtupat/
ipa: /ˈkətupat/
Forms: form: ketupats
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay ketupat.
Senses: glosses: An Asian dumpling made from rice wrapped in a woven palm-leaf pouch and boiled.
Coordinate terms: word: hanging rice
word: puso
monophthongal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɒn.əfˈθɒŋ.ɡəl/
ipa: /ˌmɑ.nəfˈθɑŋ.əl/
ipa: /ˌmɑ.nəfˈθɑŋ.ɡəl/
Etymology: From monophthong + -al.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a monophthong.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: monophthongic
glosses: Pronounced as a single vowel sound; said especially of a vowel that is also commonly pronounced as a diphthong.
raw_tags: of a vowel
Derived terms: monophthongally
Related terms: monophthong
monophthongization
monophthongize
monophthongise
plicate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplaɪkət/
ipa: /ˈplaɪ.keɪt/
ipa: /plɪˈkeɪt/
ipa: /plaɪˈkeɪt/
Forms: form: more plicate
form: most plicate
Etymology: From Latin plicātus, perfect passive participle of plicō (“to fold”), see -ate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Folded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.
Synonyms: sense: folded
word: corrugated
sense: folded
word: folded
sense: folded
word: plicated
Derived terms: biplicate
pentaplicate
sesquiplicate
subplicate
uniplicate
Related terms: plicately
plication
plicature
plicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplaɪkət/
ipa: /ˈplaɪ.keɪt/
ipa: /plɪˈkeɪt/
ipa: /plaɪˈkeɪt/
Forms: form: plicates
form: plicating
form: plicated
form: plicated
Etymology: From Latin plicātus, perfect passive participle of plicō (“to fold”), see -ate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To fold or pleat (usually used in passive).
vajra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vajras
form: Vajra
Etymology: From Sanskrit वज्र (vájra). Doublet of waker; see there for more.
Senses: examples: text: At the centre is a five-pronged vajra draped and bound with a coloured silk scarf, representing one of the Five Buddha wisdoms or activities.
ref: 2004, Robert Beér, The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs, page 239:
glosses: A Buddhist ceremonial mace and symbol, usually interpreted as both a diamond and a thunderbolt.
examples: text: Those five principles or buddha families are called vajra, ratna, padma, karma, and buddha.
ref: 1981, Chögyam Trungpa, Journey Without Goal: The Tantric Wisdom of the Buddha, page 78:
glosses: One of the five central Buddhist principles, representing indestructible substance that cuts and penetrates through emotional instability or uncertainty.
qualifier: Hindu mythology
glosses: The weapon of Indra, the god of heaven and the chief deity of the Rigvedic pantheon, used to kill sinners and ignorant persons.
vajras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vajra
mascottes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mascotte
Ippolito
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ippolitos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Ippolito.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
pussel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pussels
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of puzzel (“harlot”).
seguing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Occasionally merely a typo for the intended word (segueing), but more often a misconstruction born of the fact that some people mispronounce segue as /siːɡ/ via a spelling pronunciation that misapprehends the word's spelling as being analogous to those of league, vague, or plague. When that source of the error is operative, the imagined pronunciations are */siːɡɪŋ/ for *seguing and */siːɡd/ for segued.
Senses: examples: text: Other performance highlights included the Jonas Brothers and Stevie Wonder seguing from "Burnin' Up" into "Superstition"; Carrie Underwood's hard-edged delivery of "Last Name" and Jay-Z's freestyle intro to Coldplay's "Viva la vida."
ref: 2009 February 9, Ashante Infantry, “Some things old and new at Grammy Awards”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Misspelling of segueing, or misconstruction of segueing.
nonfuel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + fuel.
Senses: examples: text: Aggressive efforts to cut costs have reduced nonfuel expenses by 16 percent since 2001, and for the first 10 months of this year, passenger traffic rose 7.3 percent from the period a year earlier.
ref: 2007 December 13, Nicola Clark, “Airline Trade Group Predicts a Further Drop in Profit Next Year”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
glosses: Not associated with fuel.
nonfuel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonfuels
Etymology: From non- + fuel.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that is not a fuel.
wonderer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wonderers
Etymology: From wonder + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Sagan and Percy agree that human beings are naturally wanderers and wonderers, but they disagree on why human beings wander and wonder.
ref: 2002, Peter Augustine Lawler, Aliens in America: the strange truth about our souls:
glosses: One who wonders; a thinker.
wonderers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wonderer
wall wart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wall warts
form: wall-wart
Etymology: Referring to its unsightly protrusion from the wall socket.
Senses: glosses: A power adapter containing a plug for the wall outlet.
Hypernyms: power adapter
power adaptor
power supply
Coordinate terms: power brick
Eccles cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eccles cakes
Etymology: From the English town of the same name, Eccles, where the cake was first sold commercially in 1793.
Senses: glosses: A small, round, oven-baked cake made from a currant-based filling enclosed in puff pastry.
Eccles cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eccles cake
fifteener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fifteeners
Etymology: From fifteen + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Not intensely bloody decapitation, but the sort of violence you'd see in a fifteener.
ref: 2009 January 24, Interviews by Becky Barnicoat, “Good to meet you: The Jackson children”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A film assigned an age rating of 15, those under 15 not being permitted to view it.
examples: text: When here and there throughout those volumes you meet with titles of books now either unknown entirely or of the greatest rarity; when you find the Colophon from the end or the "insignum typographi" from the first leaf of a rare "fifteener" pasted down with dozens of others varying in value, you cannot bless the memory of the antiquarian shoemaker, John Bagford.
ref: 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 97:
topics: bibliography
computing
engineering
human-sciences
information-science
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: incunabulum
incunable
glosses: A book or other printed item that was printed in the 15th century (thus, during the first half-century of printing).
fifteeners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fifteener
nonarboreal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + arboreal.
Senses: glosses: Not arboreal.
nonboreal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + boreal.
Senses: glosses: Not boreal.
boreally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more boreally
form: most boreally
Etymology: From boreal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a boreal manner; of or to the north.
borecoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of borecole
boredoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: 29: Acknowledge small boredoms
All of us experience small boredoms at work—routine, seemingly dull events that we often take for granted: […].
ref: 2006, Michael Carroll, Awake at Work: 35 Practical Buddhist Principles for Discovering Clarity and Balance in the Midst of Work's Chaos, page 184:
text: This profound boredom, he states, is the basis of the two other boredoms.
ref: 2007, Rivca Gordon, Existential Thinking: Blessings and Pitfalls, page 76:
text: In the pattern now familiar from Jane Eyre, Isabel Archer's boredoms spur her to leave America under her eccentric aunt Lydia's wing […].
ref: 2009, Lee Anna Maynard, Beautiful Boredom: Idleness and Feminine Self-Realization in the Victorian Novel, page 13:
glosses: plural of boredom
wouldnae
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Etymology: would + nae
Senses: examples: text: If I was to lose my job and not be able to pay my mortgage they would take my house away, they wouldnae say, 'Well, sorry about that but here's a big payoff anyway.
ref: 2009 January 24, Simon Hattenstone, “Sir Fred, just say sorry”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Contraction of would not.
coqueluche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coqueluches
Etymology: Borrowed from French coqueluche.
Senses: examples: text: The coqueluchon or coqueluche was a kind of hood very generally worn at certain periods of the year, which seems to have given its name to the hooping-cough, because those who were attacked by that illness wore a coqueluche or monk's hood to keep their head warm.
ref: 1896, Alphonse Mariette, French and English idioms and proverbs: with critical and historical notes, page 104:
text: […] because the sick wore a coqueluche on their heads (as a part of the treatment prescribed) certainly owes its currency to Dr. Short, but he appears to have relied upon the authority of Schenkius […]
ref: 1922, Francis Graham Crookshank, Influenza, page 73:
glosses: A type of hood historically worn by those infected with whooping cough, to keep a warm head.
hypercaution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + caution.
Senses: glosses: Excessive caution
Related terms: hypercautious
corroborant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more corroborant
form: most corroborant
Etymology: From Latin corroborans. See corroborate.
Senses: examples: text: There be divers sorts of bracelets fit to comfort the spirits ; and they be of three intentions ; refrigerant, corroborant, and aperient
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “X. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: strengthening; supporting; corroborating
corroborant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corroborants
Etymology: From Latin corroborans. See corroborate.
Senses: examples: text: The sensible qualities of argentina promise no great virtue of this kind; for to the taste it discovers only a slight roughishness, from whence it may be presumed to be entitled to a place only among the milder corroborants.
ref: 1778, William Lewis, The New Dispensatory, page 91:
text: Next to this it is imported to comfort the stomach, and to cherish the root of man, that is to say the brain, with its proper corroborants, especially with sweet odours and with music.
ref: 1847, Robert Southey, “Chapter CCXVII. Some Account of D. Oliva Sabuco’s Medical Theories and Practice.”, in John Wood Warter, editor, The Doctor, &c., volume VII, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 186:
glosses: Anything that gives strength or support; a tonic.
examples: text: As a scrupulous and faithful antiquary, Morales was accustomed to require evidence, and to investigate it; and for these he could find no other testimony than tradition and antiquity, which, as presumptive proofs, were strong corroborants of faith, but did not suffice of themselves.
ref: 1829, Robert Southey, Poetical Works of Robert Southey, page 473:
glosses: A piece of corroborating evidence.
bellipotence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin bellipotentia.
Senses: examples: text: In the contemplation of that period of our national existence when men were distinguished more for their bellipotence than for those qualifications which are now accepted as the attributes of authority...
ref: 1865, Fun:
text: This is not to say that MP was unaware of, or unimpressed by, the formidable bellipotence of the Mongol nation...
ref: 1969, Yakov Malkiel, Romance philology:
glosses: Strength in battle.
millionnaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millionnaire
inimaginable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inimaginable
form: most inimaginable
Etymology: From in- + imaginable.
Senses: examples: text: In this sense two prime causes are inimaginable; and for all things to depend of one, and to be more independent beings than one, is a clear contradiction.
ref: 1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed:
glosses: unimaginable; inconceivable
limbate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪm.beɪt/
Forms: form: more limbate
form: most limbate
Etymology: First attested in 1826; borrowed from Latin limbātus, from limbus (“edge, border”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
synonyms: bordered
edged
glosses: Having a distinct edge, especially one of a different colour; bordered.
Derived terms: elimbate
limbation
nonlimbate
sublimbate
unilimbate
Related terms: limbidium
pennyworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pennywort
bloodstock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bloodstocks
Etymology: From blood + stock.
Senses: glosses: Thoroughbred animals in general, but especially horses.
glosses: The breeding line of a thoroughbred horse or other animal.
bloodstocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bloodstock
inside-the-park homers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inside-the-park homer
isogamete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isogametes
Etymology: From iso- + gamete.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Either of a pair of conjugating gametes that are of the same size and structure
clangingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more clangingly
form: most clangingly
Etymology: From clanging + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The dinner gong rang clangingly throughout the house.
glosses: With a loud, metallic or cymbal-like, clanging sound.
turn of events
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turns of events
Senses: glosses: A deviation from the expected course of events.
fragilely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹædʒ.aɪl.li/
/ˈfɹæd͡ʒ.əl.li/
/ˈfɹæd͡ʒ.ə.li/
Forms: form: more fragilely
form: most fragilely
Etymology: From fragile + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: There was of course the same familiar face, the same dainty fragilely-built person that his eyes had first encountered on the lawn of the Residency
ref: 1983, Khalid Hasan, Faruq Hassan, Versions of truth: Urdu short stories from Pakistan:
glosses: In a fragile way or manner.
wellsite geologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wellsite geologist
third-party claims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of third-party claim
air spaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air space
sitting table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sitting tables
Senses: glosses: A table for sitting at.
air ambulances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air ambulance
sitting tables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sitting table
air bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air bag
air balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air ball
air bases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air base
wire fox terriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wire fox terrier
lives down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of live down
living down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of live down
lived down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of live down
wire gauzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wire gauze
wire nettings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wire netting
chicken wires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chicken wire
pulse modulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pulse modulator
pulse demodulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pulse demodulator
pulse jets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pulse jet
pulse modulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pulse modulation
city boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of city boy
city administrators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of city administrator
city bankers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of city banker
merchant bankers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merchant banker
merchant banks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merchant bank
investment banks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of investment bank
city girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of city girl
nest eggs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nest egg
feather beds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feather bed
feather dusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feather duster
nest scrapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nest scrape
power functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of power function
exponential functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exponential function
power forwards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of power forward
powers down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of power down
powering down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of power down
powered down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of power down
power factors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of power factor