cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Gumuz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gumaz
Senses: glosses: The Nilo-Saharan language of these people.
Gumaz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gumuz.
Gumaz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gumuz.
bashful bladder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bashful bladders
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shy bladder.
synonyms: word: shy bladder
bashful bladders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bashful bladder
lavandins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lavandin
linaloe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linaloes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lignaloe.
Derived terms: linalool
linaloes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linaloe
know one's arse from one's elbow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows one's arse from one's elbow
form: knowing one's arse from one's elbow
form: knew one's arse from one's elbow
form: known one's arse from one's elbow
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of know one's ass from one's elbow.
bunnock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: On an unseasonably balmy day in October 2014, Macklin (the current population is approximately 1,400) greeted visitors with a sign promoting farming, drilling for oil, and bunnock, a local sport traditionally played with bovine or equine anklebones (there is also a giant replica of a horse anklebone).
ref: 2015, Nancy Princenthal, Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art, New York, N.Y.; London: Thames & Hudson, →ISBN, page 21:
synonyms: game of bones
bones
glosses: A throwing game in which two teams of four players use bones (traditionally horse anklebones) to knock down the opposing team's bones.
nu movable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nu movables
form: nus movable
Senses: glosses: Synonym of movable nu.
synonyms: word: movable nu
nu movables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nu movable
nus movable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nu movable
groomlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groomlets
Etymology: From groom + -let.
Senses: examples: text: So there we sat, Mary and Jack, flanked by our attendants, George Mitchell and Terry Sweeny for the groomlet, Valerie Yerke and Ann Powers for me.
ref: 1995, Mary Tyler Moore, After All, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 42:
synonyms: groomling
glosses: A small groom (in various senses).
Related terms: bridelet
groomlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groomlet
nuttalliasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Nuttallia + -iasis.
Senses: glosses: babesiosis
bridelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bridelets
Etymology: From bride + -let.
Senses: examples: text: There was my wild, unkempt, picturesque bridelet, the untaught daughter of a savage race of warriors, coyly enjoying every moment of my consternation, while I could only explain the awkward situation to her through an Interpreter.
ref: 1910, [James] [Henry] [Edward] Secretan, Out West, Ottawa, O.N.: The Esdale Press, unnumbered page:
glosses: A small bride.
Related terms: groomlet
bridelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bridelet
twin block appliance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twin block appliances
Senses: glosses: An orthodontic appliance intended to lengthen the lower jaw by posturing it forward.
twin block appliances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twin block appliance
chao kengs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chao keng
chao kenging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chao keng
chao kenged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of chao keng
zha bos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zha bo
obsd.
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Gestational oestrus was obsd. in 5.68% […]
ref: 1973, Indian Science Abstracts, volume 9, page 121:
glosses: Abbreviation of observed.
obsr.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obsrs.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of observer.
obsn.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obsns.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of observation.
obsrs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obsr.
obsns.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obsn.
OHCHR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: UN
glosses: Initialism of Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
odsfish
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: But, odsfish, Morton, how is it that you grew so friendly with the priest before his departure?
ref: 1842, Edward Lytton Bulwer, Devereux, page 64:
text: Odsfish, Arlington, how the portly feeders must have shuddered at the thought of such a ride, and consoled themselves by the thought of all the bonfires of Smithfield and the 'blessed cause!'
ref: 1857, The National Magazine, volume 2, page 411:
text: Odsfish! The very air abounds in kings.
ref: 1949, Chuck Jones, Rabbit Hood, spoken by Sheriff of Nottingham (Mel Blanc):
glosses: Synonym of gadzooks.
synonyms: word: gadzooks
off-list
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of offlist.
off-list
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of offlist.
stickfigure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stickfigures
Senses: examples: text: Make a commitment to yourself to refuse to think in English when drilling. This means that you will have to be creative in finding ways to keep the meaning in focus as you driil. In the early stages, you can make extensive use of objects, stickfigures, pictures and acting out.
ref: 1976, E. Thomas Brewster, Elizabeth S. Brewster, Language Acquisition Made Practical: Field Methods for Language Learners, Colorado Springs, C.O: Lingua House, →ISBN, page 318:
glosses: Rare form of stick figure.
stickfigures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stickfigure
tea olive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tea olives
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sweet osmanthus.
synonyms: word: sweet osmanthus
tea olives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tea olive
thujaplicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thujaplicins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of the isopropyl cycloheptatrienolones, a series of tropolone-related chemical substances found in the softwood of the trees of the Cupressaceae family, and known for their antibacterial, antifungal, and antioxidant properties.
thujaplicins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thujaplicin
baishouwu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The plant Cynanchum bungei.
Derived terms: baishouwubenzophenone
baishouwubenzophenone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From baishouwu + benzophenone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An atropisomeric compound found in the roots of Cynanchum wilfordii.
bohort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bohorts
Senses: examples: text: Bohorts were the spontaneous amusements of the young. They were not in general formally arranged and organised; most bohorts just happened.
ref: 2005, David Crouch, Tournament, page 113:
text: When the kings, and also their vassals, came to their horses, mighty Volker advised that they should hold a bohort [translating bûhurdieren] according to their land's custom.
ref: 2010, anonymous author, translated by Cyril Edwards, The Nibelungenlied, Oxford, page 170:
text: Bohorts used either blunted weapons, mock weapons, or no weapons at all, and as such were safe enough to have the sanction of the Church.
ref: 2011, Ben Hubbard, Gladiators:
glosses: An early type of jousting competition in medieval Europe.
bohorts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bohort
qualifying round
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qualifying rounds
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A preliminary game in a cup competition after which the winner progresses to the championship competition.
you can't pour from an empty cup
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: This view is shared widely across the industry, including by London-based yoga teacher Kat Achtelik, who participated in several NGO-led projects in Asia before moving to the UK. For her, practicing yoga and meditation comes down to self-love: “You cannot pour from an empty cup. You have to take care of yourself first, before catering for others.”
ref: 2017 September 18, Camille Darroux, “How yoga and meditation can help social care workers deal with trauma”, in The Guardian:
glosses: In order to be able to provide other people with emotional support, one must take care of one's own mental health.
atenteben
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atentebens
Senses: glosses: A type of bamboo flute from Ghana that is played vertically.
fanficcy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fanficcy
form: most fanficcy
form: fanficky
form: fan-ficcy
Etymology: From fanfic + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Those are the sorts of things they did to the Legion--very fanficcy stuff, massive changes, extreme characterization.
ref: 1994 June 8, The Great Elmosby, “Re: DC - Post Zero-Hour (new titles)”, in rec.arts.comics.misc (Usenet):
text: If you know Twilight well enough then it’s super easy to see the fan-ficcy nature of Fifty Shades. Its structure, its character beats, its emotional pull are all, if not complete replications, clearly cut from the same cloth as Stephenie Meyer’s story.
ref: 2019 April 18, Kayleigh Donaldson, “After and When Fanfiction Goes Mainstream”, in Syfy Wire:
text: Natalia Bryant, daughter of late basketball legend Kobe Bryant, is in the middle of securing the most iconic line any resumé has ever seen: she is now an intern for Beyoncé. Bryant is interning on the superstar's Renaissance World Tour, which is one of the most indulgent, exciting, fanficky sentences ever written.
ref: 2023 May 19, Aamina Khan, “Kobe Bryant’s Daughter Natalia Working as Beyoncé’s Intern for Renaissance Tour”, in Teen Vogue:
glosses: Pertaining to or characteristic of fan fiction.
fanficky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fanficky
form: most fanficky
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fanficcy.
gemm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gemms
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of gem.
mettal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mettals
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of metal.
SW6er
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SW6ers
Etymology: From SW6 + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Presumably the mindwipe process is unstable in suspended animation, so they didn't want to bother until they were ready to bring the bizarros up to active use. And any lingering imperfections in the duplicator can explain "out of character" incidents on the part of the SW6ers.
ref: 1992 August 5, David VanDomelen, “LSH clones speculation }->”, in rec.arts.comics.misc (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A member of Batch SW6, a group of time-displaced duplicates of the early Legion of Super-Heroes in the DC Comics Universe.
chronodisruptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chronodisruptor
chronnectomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chronnectome
chromosome numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromosome number
chromotrops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromotrop
chronoinfusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chronoinfusion
Berthierville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Berthier + -ville, renamed from Berthier in 1942.
Senses: glosses: A town in D'Autray regional county municipality, Quebec, Canada.
Bradfer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bradfers
Etymology: Borrowed from French Bradfer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Dutriez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dutriezes
Etymology: Borrowed from French Dutriez.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
chronomodulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chronomodulation
chronothermometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chronothermometer
chrysenequinones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chrysenequinone
chrysoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chrysom
chrysomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chrysome
chrysomelines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chrysomeline
chrystocrenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chrystocrene
chrysomonadines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chrysomonadine
chrysophilists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chrysophilist
Chusovitinas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Chusovitina
Chusovitinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chusovitina
churms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of churm
lagerita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lageritas
Etymology: Blend of lager + margarita.
Senses: examples: text: To channel Fogerty in his drinking days feel free to go that route, but if that's too rough for you, the classic beer and tequila cocktail: the lagerita.
ref: 2022, How to Drink Like a Rock Star […] , Apollo Publishers, →ISBN:
glosses: A cocktail made from lager beer and tequila.
Related terms: beergarita
jet-lagging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jet-lagging
form: most jet-lagging
Etymology: From jet lag + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: CASSANDRA has been attending the International Luxury Travel Market in a rain-swept south of France (there is a touch of irony here in that The Economists hard-hearted policy is for its journalists to travel in economy unless their flight is more than a jet-lagging' 11 hours).
ref: 2010 December 7, J.A., “Travel in style”, in The Economist:
glosses: Causing jet lag.
lageritas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lagerita
ku ku jiaos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ku ku jiao
kukujiaos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kukujiao
pull list
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pull lists
Senses: examples: text: Many places kept ‘pull lists’. A customer would leave a list of titles. The store would use the totals from the pull lists to order, and then the store would pull pristine, untouched issues out of the shipment for their regulars.
ref: 2010, Henry Melton, Pixie Dust, Wire Rim Books, →ISBN, page 49:
topics: comics
literature
media
publishing
glosses: A list of comic titles that are automatically ordered for a customer once they are available.
pull lists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pull list
for the longest time
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: form only
Senses: examples: text: There's a habit I developed at the Monkey Inn that I had for the longest time: singing side to side, away from the audience.
ref: 2015, John Fogerty, Fortunate Son, New York: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 141:
glosses: For a very long time.
Lanoraie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality in D'Autray regional county municipality, Lanaudière region, Quebec, Canada.
Gootnick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gootnicks
Senses: glosses: A surname.
circ.
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of circa.
circ.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of circuit.
glosses: Abbreviation of circumference.
trims one's sails
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trim one's sails
trimming one's sails
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trim one's sails
trimmed one's sails
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trim one's sails
lies before
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lie before
lying before
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lie before
lay before
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of lie before
examples: text: All rules made under this Act must be laid before Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.
glosses: to present documents (e.g. secondary legislation, command paper) to some authority, especially a legislature
lain before
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of lie before
puts before
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put before
putting before
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put before
comes from behind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of come from behind
coming from behind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come from behind
came from behind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come from behind
Bridesburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortened from Kirkbridesburg, named after ferry operator Joseph Kirkbride.
Senses: glosses: A neighborhood and former borough in north-east Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
sub-Sahara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The smugglers charge less for crossings over winter, when the sea is rougher, which helps explain why the fatality rate for crossings by people from the sub-Sahara is much higher than for Tunisians, who are more likely to be able to afford to pay extra to cross in summer.
ref: 2023 March 30, Simon Speakman Cordall, “Tunisian morgue overflows as more people attempt risky sea crossing”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of Subsahara.
Bound Brook
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The brook was mentioned as a boundary in a Native American deed.
Senses: glosses: A borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.
glosses: A stream in Middlesex County, New Jersey, a tributary of the Raritan River, which gives its name to the borough.
Necatorina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From necator + -ina.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Tradename of a carbon tetrachloride-based anthelmintic medication.
dry-labber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dry-labbers
Senses: glosses: One who dry-labs.
dry-labbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dry-labber
decommitment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decommitments
Etymology: From de- + commitment.
Senses: glosses: The reversal of a commitment.
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Deactivation or decommission.
arusha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aroosha
form: arusa
Senses: glosses: A fiber made from the plant Callicarpa candicans.
aroosha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arusha.
eventrated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eventrate
eventrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eventrates
form: eventrating
form: eventrated
form: eventrated
Etymology: Back-formation from eventration on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix) or directly derived from French éventrer. Compare eventerate.
Senses: glosses: To open the bowels of, disembowel.
glosses: To protrude through a defect or weakness in the abdominal wall, to come out of one's belly.
documemoir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: documemoirs
Etymology: Blend of documentary + memoir
Senses: glosses: A memoir taking the form of a documentary.
documemoirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of documemoir
paraconglomerate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paraconglomerates
Etymology: From para- + conglomerate.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A conglomerate in which large fragments are separated by abundant fine-grained matrix.
paraconglomerates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraconglomerate
like a kid on Christmas morning
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of like a kid at Christmas.
synonyms: word: like a kid at Christmas
like a kid at Christmas
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: synonyms: like a kid on Christmas morning
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very delighted and excited.
Related terms: Christmas comes early
think all one's Christmases have come at once
Reformationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Reformationists
Etymology: From Reformation + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person involved in the Reformation.
Reformationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Reformationist
cuproadamite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cupro- + adamite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A copper containing variety of adamite.
blanket order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blanket orders
Senses: topics: business
synonyms: call-off
glosses: A purchase order placed by a customer with a supplier to allow multiple delivery dates over a period of time, often negotiated to take advantage of predetermined pricing.
blanket orders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blanket order
bur oak blight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: BOB
glosses: A disease of the bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) caused by a Tubakia fungus.
ghost pipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghost pipes
Senses: glosses: Either of two holoparasitic plants:
a ghost plant (Monotropa uniflora).
glosses: Either of two holoparasitic plants:
a flower of species Orobanche uniflora, of the broomrape family.
Tillie and Mac book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tillie and Mac books
Etymology: After the newspaper comic character Tillie the Toiler and her male associate Clarence "Mac" MacDougall.
Senses: examples: text: I have another little book here better than Tillie and Mac books or the ones like it ^([sic]). It has a lot of exciting poses that will give you a thrill.
ref: 1949, Robert Mende, Spit and the Stars, page 214:
text: Fifthly, it is argued that the Tillie and Mac books have no cultural validity or purpose and serve only to titillate and gratify gross desires and private excesses.
ref: 1964, The Realist, numbers 48-70, page 18:
text: I had a neat haul: twelve collars and, believe it or not, seven of the farthest-out Tillie and Mac''' books I'd ever seen, plus one of the numbered editions of Henry Miller's Black Spring.
ref: 2022, Lenny Bruce, How to Talk Dirty and Influence People:
glosses: Synonym of Tijuana Bible (“a kind of pornographic comic book”).
synonyms: word: Tijuana Bible
extra: a kind of pornographic comic book
wikipedia: Tillie the Toiler
Tillie and Mac books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tillie and Mac book
blue bible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue bibles
Etymology: Compare blue (“pornographic”).
Senses: examples: text: Certainly she never looked at blue bibles, those comics considered dirty in the 1950s — and very educational for any boy who could get his hands on $2.
ref: 1977, Mario Martino, Harriett, Emergence: A Transsexual Autobiography (volume 10, page 36)
glosses: Synonym of Tijuana Bible (“kind of pornographic comic book”).
synonyms: word: Tijuana Bible
extra: kind of pornographic comic book
blue bibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue bible
sugarstick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sugar + stick.
Senses: glosses: Allotropa virgata, a small, straight, myco-heterotrophic herb with a red-and-white-striped stem and scaly leaves.
supervillainry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of supervillainy.
synonyms: word: supervillainy
Minkowski dimension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Minkowski dimensions
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Minkowski-Bouligand dimension.
synonyms: word: Minkowski-Bouligand dimension
Minkowski dimensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Minkowski dimension
box-counting dimension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: box-counting dimensions
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Minkowski-Bouligand dimension.
synonyms: word: Minkowski-Bouligand dimension
box-counting dimensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of box-counting dimension
Minkowski-Bouligand dimension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Minkowski-Bouligand dimensions
Etymology: Named after the Polish mathematician Hermann Minkowski and the French mathematician Georges Bouligand.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: box-counting dimension
Minkowski dimension
glosses: A way of determining the fractal dimension of a set in a Euclidean space, or more generally in a metric space. It may be visualized by imagining the fractal lying on an evenly-spaced grid and counting how many boxes are required to cover the set. The dimension is then calculated by seeing how this number changes as the grid is made finer.
Minkowski-Bouligand dimensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Minkowski-Bouligand dimension
Veblen effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Veblen effects
Etymology: Named after economist Thorstein Veblen.
Senses: examples: text: The Veblen effect, unlike the other two effects, is a response by consumers to the ostentatious price of the good rather than to the quantity others are buying. It is the effect generally known as conspicuous consumption.
ref: 2020, Judy Whitehead, Microeconomics: A Global Text, Routledge, →ISBN, page 111:
glosses: Conspicuous consumption.
Related terms: Veblen good
symphylid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symphylids
Senses: examples: text: […] differences in the number of symphylids in the surface layers of soil […]
ref: 2012, M. Gratwick, Crop Pests in the UK: Collected edition of MAFF leaflets, page 382:
text: The symphylids are related to the millepedes ^([sic]) and centipedes and the only pest of any importance is the glasshouse symphylid, white insect or glasshouse centipede (Scutigerella immaculata).
ref: 2015, Roland Fox, The Gardener's Book of Pests and Diseases:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A group of arthropods with 12 pairs of legs that live in the deeper soil layers and feed primarily on dead plant matter, although some species also eat young roots and the root hairs of living plants.
symphylids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symphylid
Veblen effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Veblen effect
shochus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shochu
time tapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time tape
time tapes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of time tape
Abakuá
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Afro-Cuban men's initiatory fraternity or secret society that originated from the Cross River region of southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon.
earth-hog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earth-hogs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of earthhog.
earth-hogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of earth-hog
butterspoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butterspoons
Etymology: From butter + spoon.
Senses: examples: text: Season with cayenne pepper, salt, and mould it with ordinary butterspoons.
ref: 1917, Mrs. Fred. B. Aronson, Twentieth-century Cookery Practice (page 215)
glosses: A spoon used for butter.
Derived terms: butterspoon tree
butterspoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butterspoon
butterspoon tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butterspoon trees
Etymology: From the large stipules that enclose the growth tip being pressed together in a spoon-like structure.
Senses: glosses: The tree Cunonia capensis.
butterspoon trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butterspoon tree
green cardamom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green cardamoms
Senses: glosses: A plant of species Elettaria cardamomum (true cardamom).
glosses: Seed of this plant.
green cardamoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green cardamom
fan fic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fan fics
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fanfic.
fan-fic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fan-fics
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fanfic.
fan fics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fan fic
fan-fics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fan-fic
fan-ficcy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fan-ficcy
form: most fan-ficcy
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fanficcy.
page numbering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: page numberings
Senses: synonyms: pagination
glosses: The process of applying a sequence of numbers (or letters) to the pages of a book or other document.
glosses: The resulting sequence of numbers used for pages.
stepmother-in-law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stepmothers-in-law
Etymology: From step- + mother-in-law or stepmother + -in-law.
Senses: glosses: A stepmother of one's spouse.
Coordinate terms: stepfather-in-law
Kaoteng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 高登 (Gāodēng) Wade–Giles romanization: Kao¹-têng¹.
Senses: examples: text: The Reds may not be able to take Matsu but the lesser islands of Kaoteng or Peikantang seem less strong and their loss would put Matsu under artillery fire, making it hard to hold and even harder to supply.
ref: 1955 March 30, Fred Hampton, “Red Attack Being Awaited on Matsu Isle”, in The Gettysburg Times, volume 53, number 76, Gettysburg, PA, →OCLC, page 12, column 2; republished as Matsu Chief Sees Attack At Any Time, volume 76, number 134, East Liverpool, Ohio: East Liverpool Review, 1955 March 30, page 1, column 4:
text: No single island in the 19-islet group bears the name of Matsu[.] It is named after a harbor of Nankan, the main island of the group. Nankan is 114 nautical miles west of the northern Taiwan port of Chilung, and 114 nautical miles from Kinmen.
Besides Nankan, other islands in the group are: Peikan, Kaoteng, Tungkun and Hsikun. Kaoteng is only 5 5 nautical miles from the closest mainland point and has been the occasional target of Communist gunners for years. The total land area is only 29 3 sq km. (11.3 sq. mi) Nankan alone has 4.03 sq. km. (10.44 sq mi.) of the total. Located in the fishing area of Fukien, the Matsus are naturally the home of a fishing population. On Nankan there are two good harbors, Fuyu and Matsu.
ref: 1959, Sampson C. Shen, editor, China Yearbook 1958-1959, Taipei, Taiwan: China Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 99:
text: A Nationalist defense communique said the Communists fired 87 rounds at Tateng Island, in the Quemoy complex, and 16 rounds at Kaoteng in the Matsu group 150 miles to the north.
ref: 1959 September 17 [1959 September 16], “Reds Shell Islands”, in The Washington Post, volume 82, number 286, sourced from TAIPEI, Formosa (UPI), →ISSN, →OCLC, page A11, column 5:
text: The archipelago's Kaoteng Island lies a mere 9,250 metres from the mainland's Peijiao peninsula, while Tungchu island at the extreme southeast of the archipelago is all of 114 nautical miles distant from Keelung, Taiwan.
ref: 1985, 勝利之光, 新中國出版社, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 24, column 1:
text: The islands inside the baseline, including Tungyin Island, Kaoteng Island, the Matsu Islands, the Paichuan Islands, Wuchiu Island, the Greater and Lesser Quemoy Islands, Tatan Island, Erhtan Island and Tungting Island, are islands of the Chinese inland waters.
ref: 2021, Keyuan Zou, “China and the Law of the Sea: Historical Aspects”, in Dai Tamada, Keyuan Zou, editors, Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: State Practice of China and Japan, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 8–9:
glosses: Alternative form of Gaodeng.
relationshipping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: At least with short-term relationshipping you don't have to worry about whether you're ultimately suitable. You don't have to pretend that you haven't been in love with someone else recently, […]
ref: 2013, Michelle Lee, Banana Girl:
text: 2018, Paul Angone, 101 Questions You Need to Ask in Your Twenties
When I switched from networking to relationshipping, it changed everything for me. If you stop networking and start relationshipping, I can guarantee better job openings, career growth, […]
text: A key component of adaptive special relationshipping 6 is transparency about salience, process, decision-making, and power-sharing.
ref: 2023, Coreene Archer, Rachel Kelly, Gordon Strauss, The Ecosystem of Group Relations:
glosses: The practice of engaging in (social or romantic) relationships.
fanficker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fanfickers
Senses: examples: text: The movie is over, there's a long barren stretch of repeats ahead of us, FOUR MONTHS of them, until the next new episode, and we are starting to bite at our own tails like Scully's "I'm on your back" tattoo. But take heart, fellow fanfickers: it's times like these when the community draws together and shows some of its finest qualities.
ref: 1998 June 29, jordan, “Feawt of Fanfic 07”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative form of fanficcer.
fanfickers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fanficker
page numberings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of page numbering
Duwayne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
money phone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: money phones
Senses: glosses: A wad of banknotes held up against one's ear in a selfie, as means of bragging about wealth on social media.
money phones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of money phone
cybergangster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cybergangsters
Etymology: From cyber- + gangster.
Senses: glosses: A gangster who operates in cyberspace.
cybergangsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cybergangster
island dressing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: island dressings
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A kind of adhesive bandage for wounds having light to moderate exudate.
Related terms: Thousand Island dressing
island dressings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of island dressing
blind folio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blind folios
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A page number that is counted but not printed on the page.
blind folios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blind folio
kanging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kang
Rydal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Lakes parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3606).
glosses: A locality in Västra Götaland, Sweden.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Bartow County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Republic County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, named after Rydal in England.
glosses: A rural village in the City of Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia.
cyber-enabled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyber- + enabled.
Senses: examples: text: Blackmail can be a cyber-enabled crime.
coordinate_terms: cyber-dependent
glosses: Of a crime: committed by means of a computer, though possible to commit without one.
profic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: profics
Etymology: From pro + fic.
Senses: examples: text: Fanfic is not competition. I read what interests me--and the profic ain't interesting, at least not anymore. (Except books with Vulcans. Lots and lots of Vulcans. I like Vulcans. You put out anything with Vulcans, and I'm likely to buy it, even if I read negative reviews of it. I love Vulcans.) Point is, I haven't chosen fanfic *over* profic.
ref: 1998 August 13, Laura Jacquez Valentine, “Copyright violation for fun and no profit?”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
coordinate_terms: fanfic
glosses: Professionally published fiction, especially tie-in fiction based on a media property.
examples: text: BTW: there are some profics that I enjoy, but most of them I wonder if the author knows anything about TOS!!!! And I extend that to Bill Shatner's post-Nexus stories - there are some lovely moments, but I really don't care for his Kirk, Spock, and McCoy many times.
ref: 1999 November 28, Islao...@aol.com, “Dating Gary Mitchell”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A work of professionally published fiction.
cyber-dependent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyber- + dependent.
Senses: examples: text: DDOS attacks and ransomware are cyber-dependent crimes.
coordinate_terms: cyber-enabled
glosses: Of a crime: committed by means of a computer, and impossible to commit without one.
DDoSed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of DDoS
DDoSing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of DDoS
profics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of profic
hinokitiol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A natural monoterpenoid found in the wood of trees in the family Cupressaceae.
cycloheptatrienolone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: From the results of these substitution reactions, it has become almost certain that the molecular formula of hinokitiol corresponds to […] and that it had a cycloheptatrienolone structure (B).
ref: 1954, Tōhoku Daigaku, Science reports of the Tohoku University, page 191:
text: M. J. S. Dewar in 1945 made a significant suggestion of the presence of a cycloheptatrienolone moiety (aromatic) in colchicine on the basis of his work on stipitatic acid, a fungal metabolite; […]
ref: 2015, Sunil Kumar Talapatra, Bani Talapatra, Chemistry of Plant Natural Products, page 844:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of tropolone.
synonyms: word: tropolone
bifictional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: bi-fictional
Etymology: From bi- + fictional, based on bisexual.
Senses: examples: text: I don't know if Henry Wyckoff is bi-fictional, but the stories of his that I've read were gen.
ref: 1999 October 2, Sally, “Re: looking for. . .”, in alt.tv.sentinel (Usenet):
text: Recently some Sentinel fans have been discussing the various types of fanfiction written in the fandom. Some were curious about the proportion of gen only, slash only, and bifictional readers.
ref: 2000 June 6, S. Mallet (AKA Marmoset), “Preferences in Sentinel Fanfic -- New Poll”, in alt.tv.sentinel (Usenet):
text: At any rate, the first Trekfic I posted was non-slash, and I'm pretty much rampantly bifictional in my reading, although I don't like most het (probably because I don't have good enough filters in place to eliminate the bad stuff).
ref: 2000 June 22, laura jacquez valentine, “Re: Slash versus non-slash”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Interested in the two predominant genres of fan fiction within a specific fandom (generally genfic and slashfic, or hetfic and slashfic).
retryings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retrying
macrosequence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrosequences
Etymology: From macro- + sequence.
Senses: examples: text: Io la conoscevo bene consists of nineteen macrosequences, where the protagonists are always using or giving orders to Adriana; each one with its own microclimax […]
ref: 2013, Luca Barattoni, Italian Post-Neorealist Cinema, page 138:
coordinate_terms: microsequence
glosses: A relatively long sequence (in a film).
macrosequences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrosequence
neorealistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more neorealistically
form: most neorealistically
Etymology: From neorealistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a neorealistic manner.
microclimax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microclimaxes
Etymology: From micro- + climax.
Senses: examples: text: One can also, of course, distinguish a microclimate with a corresponding microclimax and there is no end to the distinctions and classifications one can make in this way.
ref: 1966, Edgar Taschdjian, Organic Communications, page 174:
text: Io la conoscevo bene consists of nineteen macrosequences, where the protagonists are always using or giving orders to Adriana; each one with its own microclimax […]
ref: 2013, Luca Barattoni, Italian Post-Neorealist Cinema, page 138:
glosses: A small-scale climax (in various senses).
microclimaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microclimax
overcheesed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overcheesed
form: most overcheesed
Senses: examples: text: On a subsequent visit the eggplant was overcooked and overcheesed.
ref: 1971, À la Vôtre, volumes 1-3, page 276:
text: The cannelloni ($5.50) bubbles and hisses, a creamy sizzler with a blanket of fresh chopped parsley covering that lovely noodle dough; its forcemeat of pork and chicken is both rich and mild, and the Alfredo sauce isn't overcheesed.
ref: 1980, New York Magazine, volume 13, number 38, page 38:
text: Steven and I had eaten packaged Welsh rarebit for dinner and I was still feeling overcheesed.
ref: 2010, Dashka Slater, The Wishing Box, page 21:
text: […] it quickly dawned on me how much the Tuscans think of that comfort food in terms of simplicity, freshness, and the balance of ingredients. You won't find vodka and cream sauces or overcheesed, overloaded pastas in Tuscany.
ref: 2014, Gabriele Corcos, Debi Mazar, Extra Virgin: Recipes & Love from Our Tuscan Kitchen: A Cookbook:
glosses: Prepared or filled with too much cheese.
Welsh comb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Welsh combs
Senses: glosses: One's finger, used as an improvised method to straighten one's hair.
Derived terms: word: Welsh-comb
Welsh combs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Welsh comb
Furukawa modification
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Furukawa modification
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A modification to the Simmons-Smith reaction, involving the replacement of the zinc-copper couple with dialkyl zinc.
Charette modification
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Charette modification
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A modification to the Simmons-Smith reaction, involving the replacement of the CH₂I₂ with aryldiazo compounds, such as phenyldiazomethane.
Buir Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: bwēr
Senses: examples: text: The third Japanese move was the opening of the Manchukuo-Outer Mongolian talks in Manchouli for the settlement of the Buir Lake clash between Manchurian and Mongolian troops last January.
ref: 1935 October 20, Mark J. Ginsbourg, “Tokyo Faces Moscow At Mongolian Border”, in The Washington Post, number 21,675, sourced from Shanghai, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12, column 8:
text: Other important lakes of Mongolia include Khyargas Lake in Hovd aimag (1,407 square kilometres), Buir Lake in Dornod aimag (615 square kilometres), and Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake in Arhangal aimag (61 square kilometres).
ref: 2007, Gauri Shankar Gupta, “Geography and Nature”, in Padma Pegu, editor, Mongolia: The Land of Blue Skies, Lustre Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 52:
glosses: A lake on the border between Dornod, Mongolia and New Barag Right Banner, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
wikipedia: fi:Buirjärvi
stipitatic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Intensive work on the biosynthesis of stipitatic acid has been done.
ref: 2013, Tadeusz Korzybski, Zuzanna Kowszyk-Gindifer, Wlodzimierz Kurylowicz, Antibiotics: Origin, Nature and Properties, page 1220:
text: M. J. S. Dewar in 1945 made a significant suggestion of the presence of a cycloheptatrienolone moiety (aromatic) in colchicine on the basis of his work on stipitatic acid, a fungal metabolite; […]
ref: 2015, Sunil Kumar Talapatra, Bani Talapatra, Chemistry of Plant Natural Products, page 844:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A metabolite of Penicillium stipitatum, C₈H₆O₅.
Ciskeians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ciskeian
cistanosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cistanoside
City editors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of City editor
civic nationalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of civic nationalist
cladifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cladification
cladoxyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cladoxyl
claiming bites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of claiming bite
cling peaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cling peach
climate systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of climate system
climatarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of climatarian
Clifford algebras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Clifford algebra
cleanfluencers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cleanfluencer
cinnamylidenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinnamylidene
cingulectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cingulectomy
cinereous buntings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinereous bunting
cinematoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinematoscope
ciliary arteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ciliary artery
cinemobiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinemobile
clubmobiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clubmobile
clientesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clientess
health faucet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: health faucets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bidet shower.
synonyms: word: bidet shower