cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
got off at Haymarket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get off at Haymarket
pulls the fire alarm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pull the fire alarm
pulling the fire alarm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pull the fire alarm
pulled the fire alarm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pull the fire alarm
goes off the boil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go off the boil
going off the boil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go off the boil
went off the boil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go off the boil
gone off the boil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go off the boil
goes off at score
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go off at score
going off at score
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go off at score
went off at score
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go off at score
gone off at score
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go off at score
gone off into the weeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go off into the weeds
goes off into the weeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go off into the weeds
going off into the weeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go off into the weeds
went off into the weeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go off into the weeds
shotgun start
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɒtɡʌn stɑːt/
ipa: /ˈʃɑtɡʌn stɑɹt/
Forms: form: shotgun starts
Etymology: From the first reported use of this format in 1956, wherein a shotgun was fired to alert all players from each of the 18 holes that the tournament had started.
Senses: examples: text: Also, since the players teed off simultaneously, the infamous "shotgun start," with several foursomes at each tee box, the tournaments ran notoriously slow.
ref: 2011 October, Mike Nettleton, Shotgun Start, Krill Press, →ISBN:
text: In a classic shotgun start, 18 groups play, with one group starting on each hole, but, more often, there will be two groups starting on the par-fours and par-fives.
ref: 2011 January 21, Bill Mallon, Randon Jerris, Historical Dictionary of Golf, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 267:
text: A shotgun start begins at the clubhouse and has all participants leaving at the same time to travel to a designated starting hole to await the starting gun/noise.
ref: 2011 August 8, Linda E. Swayne, Mark Dodds, Encyclopedia of Sports Management and Marketing, SAGE Publications, →ISBN:
text: After the Dom Perignon toast and shotgun start, approximately 30 foursomes will head out to play two best balls on one of the most prestigious courses in the Cincinnati area.
ref: 2009 January, “The Russ Wiles Memorial Golf Tournament”, in Cincinnati Magazine, page 155:
text: A shotgun start format is usually employed for a golf tournament of 120-144 golfers on 18 holes. Each foursome is assigned a starting hole and begins the tournament at that hole.
ref: 2013 March, Frank MacGrath, The Complete Handbook for Planning, Implementing and Sustaining A Successful Fundraising Golf Tournament, Civil Sector Press, →ISBN, page 48:
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A tournament format in which all groups of contestants tee off simultaneously from different holes.
shotgun starts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shotgun start
VLA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Very Large Array (the large interferometre in New Mexico used for radio astronomy).
braking time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: braking times
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: The approximate duration of time required for a vehicle to come to a complete stop after applying the brakes.
Derived terms: active braking time
braking times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of braking time
characteristic time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: characteristic times
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The order of magnitude of the reaction time scale of a system; the inverse of the reaction rate.
characteristic times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of characteristic time
spring-time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spring-times
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of springtime.
spring-times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spring-time
closed assembly time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closed assembly times
Senses: topics: arts
business
carpentry
construction
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
woodworking
glosses: The time elapsing between the closed contact of an assembly of glued joints until application or full pressure.
closed assembly times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of closed assembly time
in the course of time
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: After a period of time; as time goes by.
in the old times
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: From days long ago; in former times.
in record time
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: That is the fastest or greatest recorded example; faster than any previously recorded time.
glosses: Very quickly.
enormodome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enormodomes
Etymology: Blend of enormous + dome.
Senses: examples: text: Or somewhere with huge-capacity live music enormodomes that showcase the big acts but no grassroots music scene?
ref: 2015, Dave Haslam, Life After Dark: A History of British Nightclubs & Music Venues, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
text: The live circuit's arenas and stadiums, its enormodomes, are flourishing. I am a habitué of them, particularly the O2 Arena.
ref: 2024 February 10, Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, “The age of the stage”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 1:
glosses: A large dome-shaped entertainment arena.
enormodomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enormodome
Tongking
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Then he went to lndo-China, and travelled to Tongking, Annam, Cochin-China, Cambodia, and Siam. He journeyed overland from Hanoi, in Tongking, to Northern Annam; and while in Siam he spent some days at Angkor-Wat, on the shores of the Great Lake, where he examined the ruins of the vast and stately temple with the meticulous care he had taken at Persepolis.
ref: 1911, Lovat Fraser, India under Curzon and after, London: William Heinemann, page 12:
text: The most important was the Indo-China route, as it was the only one which possessed a railway—the French-owned Indo-China Yunnan Railway, a metre-gauge, single-line track running from Hanoi, the capital of Tongking, to Kunming, as well as a second line from Hanoi to Nanning.
ref: 1941, China and Japan, 3rd edition, Royal Institute of International Affairs, pages 116–117:
glosses: Synonym of Tonkin.
synonyms: word: Tonkin
real-world time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wall time.
synonyms: word: wall time
clock time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wall time.
synonyms: word: wall time
wall-clock time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wall time.
synonyms: word: wall time
elapsed real time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wall time.
synonyms: word: wall time
alkenylbenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkenylbenzenes
Senses: glosses: Any alkenyl derivative of benzene.
autooxidizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of autoxidizable.
beryllosodalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of tugtupite.
synonyms: word: tugtupite
beryllium sodalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of beryllosodalite.
pyrographite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrographites
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pyrolytic graphite.
synonyms: word: pyrolytic graphite
spherobertrandite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sphaerobertrandite.
Wikitionary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Wiktionary.
tengerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tengerites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare carbonate mineral with the chemical formula Y₂(CO₃)₃·2-3H₂O.
aleurolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aleurolites
Etymology: From aleuro- + -lite
Senses: glosses: Synonym of siltstone.
synonyms: word: siltstone
beerbachite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beerbachites
Senses: glosses: A fine-grained granoblastic rock formed from the alteration of another igneous rock.
benmoreite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benmoreites
Senses: glosses: A sodium-rich volcanic rock of intermediate composition.
boninite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boninites
Senses: glosses: An extrusive rock high in both magnesium and silica.
bravoite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bravoites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A nickel-bearing variety of pyrite.
counter-tactic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counter-tactics
Etymology: From counter- + tactic.
Senses: examples: text: The laws are controversial. Forcing someone to work during a lawful strike is a major step. It was always likely to inflame a situation, and so it proved with LNER. ASLEF's counter-tactic came as a five-day walkout, which would have been the longest stoppage for many years had LNER not withdrawn its plan.
ref: 2024 February 7, Philip Haigh, “Railway's fragile resilience”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 3:
glosses: Alternative form of countertactic.
counter-tactics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counter-tactic
bus-holder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bus-holders
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: bus-keeper
glosses: A weak latch circuit that holds the last value on a tristate bus.
bus-keeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bus-keepers
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of bus-holder.
synonyms: word: bus-holder
bus-holders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bus-holder
bus-keepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bus-keeper
geopolymerizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geopolymerization
geovisualisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geovisualisation
geovisualizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geovisualization
Campgaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Franklin Lakes, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
glosses: The northernmost ridge of the volcanically formed Watchung Mountains.
executive control
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of executive functions.
synonyms: word: executive functions
Mewar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mewad
Etymology: Borrowed from Mewari मेवाड़ (mevāṛ).
Senses: glosses: A region in the south-central part of Rajasthan state in India.
Mewad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mewar.
cognitive control
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of executive functions.
synonyms: word: executive functions
aminosidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aminosidine.
neobiosamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neobiosamines
Senses: examples: text: Properties of the isomeric neobiosamines and of their methyl glycosides are summarized in Table 2.1.
ref: 1964, Kenneth L. Rinehart, The Neomycins and Related Antibiotics, page 7:
text: Reduction of neobiosamine C followed by hydrolysis gives ribitol.
ref: 1964, Hamao Umezawa, Recent Advances in Chemistry and Biochemistry of Antibiotics, page 71:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any isomer of the disaccharide moiety present in the antibiotic glycoside neomycin.
neobiosamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neobiosamine
neovesical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neo- + vesical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the neobladder.
mekubbal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mekubal
form: mequbal
form: mequbbal
Etymology: From Hebrew מקובל.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kabbalist.
synonyms: word: kabbalist
mekubal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mekubbal.
mequbal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mekubbal.
mequbbal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mekubbal.
loiterature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of loiter + literature, coined by Ross Chambers.
Senses: qualifier: literary criticism
glosses: A form of digressive writing of no specific genre.
Scandes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Scandes
Senses: glosses: A mountain range that runs through the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Kum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The highest peak in the Slovenian Sava Hills.
Kwantung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Kwantung Leased Territory.
German New Guinea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The northeastern part of the island of New Guinea and several nearby island groups, the first part of the German colonial empire.
megajail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megajails
Etymology: From mega- + jail.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of megaprison.
synonyms: word: megaprison
megajails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megajail
New Providence
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The most populous island in the Bahamas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A minor city in Hardin County, Iowa.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A borough on the northwestern edge of Union County, New Jersey.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Providence Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
shoelace formula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the shoelace formula
Etymology: So called because the constant cross-multiplying for the coordinates making up the polygon is analogous to the threading of shoelaces.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: Gauss's area formula
surveyor's formula
glosses: An algorithm to determine the area of a simple polygon whose vertices are described by their Cartesian coordinates in the plane.
surveyor's formula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the surveyor's formula
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of shoelace formula.
synonyms: word: shoelace formula
Gauss's area formula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After Carl Friedrich Gauss.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of shoelace formula.
synonyms: word: shoelace formula
wikipedia: Carl Friedrich Gauss
Nordic model
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Nordic model
Senses: glosses: The economic and social policies and cultural practices common in the Nordic countries, typically including a comprehensive welfare state and multilevel collective bargaining based on the foundations of social corporatism, and a commitment to private ownership within a market-based mixed economy.
synonyms: Swedish model
glosses: An approach to abolishing sex work based around criminalizing the purchase of sexual services.
deoptimizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deoptimizers
Etymology: From deoptimize + -er.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A process or algorithm that deoptimizes.
deoptimizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deoptimizer
central door locking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I look forward to seeing 3417 running under its own power on the main line, and carrying passengers too. That needs central door locking, which will be no mean feat on a 4-VEP with 60 passenger doors.
ref: 2024 February 7, Philip Haigh, “Railway's fragile resilience”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 3:
glosses: Synonym of central locking.
synonyms: word: central locking
DeSantises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of DeSantis
wave goodbye
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: waves goodbye
form: waving goodbye
form: waved goodbye
form: waved goodbye
Senses: glosses: To say goodbye by means of a handwave.
examples: text: "At the moment, you know the maximum you pay [to go between London and Scotland] is £87 on a Sunday afternoon. And it's refundable. Now, if your plans change, you can wave goodbye to your money."
ref: 2024 February 7, Mel Holley, “Network News: LNER ditches Off-Peak for 70min semi-flexible fare”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 7:
glosses: Synonym of say goodbye (“cease to have, or have to do, something”).
synonyms: word: say goodbye
extra: cease to have, or have to do, something
Church-Rosser property
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Church-Rosser properties
Etymology: Alonzo Church and J. Barkley Rosser proved in 1936 that lambda calculus has this property.
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
natural-sciences
philosophy
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: The property of a rewriting system for which x stackrel *↔y implies x mathbin ↓y for all objects x, y.
Church-Rosser properties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Church-Rosser property
wave bases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wave base
Ginger Line
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Ginger Line
Etymology: In reference to its orange colour on maps (resembling ginger hair); named as though it were one of the London Underground lines.
Senses: examples: text: […] take the Ginger Line overground from Canada Water to Penge West. So you'll be getting off the Tube, and taking the train. I know you're American, but can you remember that?
ref: 2015, Orren Merton, The Dawning of Firebird Alex:
glosses: The London Overground railway network.
Shalë
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈʃalə/
Forms: form: Shale
Etymology: Borrowed from Albanian Shalë, itself from shalë (“arid, infertile land”).
Senses: glosses: A former municipality and now subdivision of the municipality of Shkodër, Albania
glosses: A river flowing from its source in the Albanian Alps, near the village of Theth
glosses: A historical tribe and region of northern Albania
chloroplatinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloroplatinites
Senses: glosses: Any salt of chloroplatinous acid.
cookieish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cookieish
form: most cookieish
Etymology: From cookie + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: They try to tell you that they don't know where the ice-cream sandwich in the freezer went, honest, though you can see some of the chocolate cookieish part on their fingers.
ref: 2008, Jeffrey Sweet, The Value of Names and Other Plays, page 412:
text: Mostly technical jargon and arbitrary fortune-cookieish dictums on violence and heredity.
ref: 2014, Geoffrey Girard, Cain's Blood: A Novel, page 42:
text: Pickwick's Best Bitter is a biscuity, cookieish take on a Yorkshire bitter, with an earthy, spicy hop aroma and appropriate lightly buttery mouthfeel.
ref: 2017, Robin LeBlanc, Jordan St. John, The Ontario Craft Beer Guide: Second Edition, p. 405
glosses: Characteristic of a cookie, in taste, shape, consistency, etc.
Synonyms: cookielike
coinfinite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: co- + infinite
Senses: glosses: Equally infinite.
cross-site
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: coordinate_terms: cross-origin
qualifier: chiefly computer security
glosses: Across multiple websites.
Derived terms: cross-site request forgery
cross-site scripting
Related terms: XSS
cryptoperthitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to cryptoperthite.
cryptoperthite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptoperthites
Etymology: From crypto- + perthite.
Senses: glosses: A submicroscopic form of perthite that can only be observed by using X-ray diffraction or electron microscopy.
cryptoperthites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptoperthite
enderbite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enderbites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An igneous rock of the charnockite series.
enderbites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enderbite
fluorphlogopite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluorphlogopites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fluorophlogopite.
gaspéite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare nickel carbonate mineral with the chemical formula (Ni,Fe,Mg)CO3.
exhaust-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: exhaustfree
Etymology: From exhaust + -free.
Senses: examples: text: It could also provide exhaust-free services in stations.
ref: 2024 February 7, “Network News: '802' tri-mode plan and review of '397' maintenance deal”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 11:
glosses: Free of fumes from vehicle exhaust pipes.
Pymoor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Downham parish, East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4986).
anthropotechnological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to anthropotechnology.
anthropotechnogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: anthropo- + technogenic
Senses: glosses: Both anthropogenic and technogenic.
acropleura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acropleuron
warriorless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From warrior + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without warriors.
chemico-technological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Chemical and technological.
chemicotechnological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chemico-technological.
indm.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of indemnity.
indn.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indns.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of indication.
Indn.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indns.
Senses: examples: text: Indns. of the Peruv. Cordilleras
ref: 1897, William Swan Sonnenschein, A Bibliography of Geography, page 292:
glosses: Abbreviation of Indian.
Indns.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Indn.
indns.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indn.
Peruv.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Indns. of the Peruv. Cordilleras
ref: 1897, William Swan Sonnenschein, A Bibliography of Geography, page 292:
glosses: Abbreviation of Peruvian.
chirotechnology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The chemistry and technology of production and separation of enantiomers.
inextensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inextensive
form: most inextensive
Etymology: From in- + extensive.
Senses: examples: text: Although an inextensive soil, it is practically all cultivated.
ref: 1933, Soil Survey of Colfax County, Nebraska, page 24:
glosses: Not extensive.
inextensile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inextensile
form: most inextensile
Etymology: From in- + extensile.
Senses: glosses: Not extensile.
cryotechnological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to cryotechnology.
insur.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: insur. agents
glosses: Abbreviation of insurance.
instrn.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: instrns.
Senses: examples: text: Instrns. to Capt. Cooke, 18 Feb.
ref: 1936, Sir Charles Fawcett, The English Factories in India, page 277:
glosses: Abbreviation of instruction.
instrns.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of instrn.
inserviceable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + serviceable.
Senses: examples: text: […] an inserviceable steam lithographic press in the Signal Office, which had been duly inspected and condemned.
ref: 1901, A Digest of Opinions of the Judge-Advocates General of the Army, page 641:
glosses: Alternative form of unserviceable.
intcl.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Intcl. Plotting Room
ref: 1946, The Coast Guard Engineer's Digest, page 18:
glosses: Abbreviation of intercoastal.
decabillions
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: plural of decabillion
intraxylary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + xylary.
Senses: glosses: Within the xylem.
invt.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: invts.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of inventory.
unreborn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + reborn.
Senses: glosses: Not reborn.
irregenerate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more irregenerate
form: most irregenerate
Senses: glosses: Not regenerate; unregenerate.
isls.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isl.
jig-a-jig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jigajig.
lkg.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of leakage.
nonganzfeld
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ganzfeld.
Senses: glosses: Not ganzfeld.
live-oaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: live-oakers
Etymology: From live oak + -er.
Senses: glosses: A lumberman who fells live oaks.
live-oakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of live-oaker
lve.
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: topics: transport
glosses: Abbreviation of leave (“depart”).
lvs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of leaves.
machine-hour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machine-hours
Etymology: Compound of machine + hour, although, as with any such unit of measure (e.g., ton-miles, newton metres), the mathematical relationship of multiplication is simultaneously involved: X machines working during Y hours = X × Y = Z machine-hours.
Senses: examples: text: With the right carbide tooling and toolpath programming, you're not looking at too many machine-hours for a job like this. If you're going to putz around with cheaper tooling and guesstimated feedrates, then you'll pay for those in more machine-hours.
coordinate_terms: person-hour
man-hour
glosses: The amount of work that can be done by one machine in one hour; a billable hour for one machine. (Said of, for example, a piece of heavy equipment or a machine tool.)
machine-hours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machine-hour
maestrals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maestral
South Hanningfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7497).
Related terms: East Hanningfield
West Hanningfield
break-even time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: break-even times
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The point in time at which total costs are equal to total revenue.
break-even times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of break-even time
sloop-of-war
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sloops-of-war
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A warship with a single gundeck that carried up to eighteen guns.
sloops-of-war
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sloop-of-war
time-assignment speech interpolation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: An analog technique used on certain long transmission links to increase voice transmission capacity.
scutelligerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having a scutellum.
lake retention time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lake retention times
Senses: topics: geography
hydrology
natural-sciences
glosses: A calculated quantity expressing the mean time that water, or some dissolved substance, spends in a particular lake.
Related terms: detention time
lake retention times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lake retention time
sergt.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sergts.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of sergeant.
serjt.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serjts.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of serjeant.
sergts.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sergt.
serjts.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serjt.
flushing time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flushing times
Senses: glosses: The mean residence time which equals the ratio between the amount of fluid contained in the control volume and the flowrate through it.
flushing times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flushing time
gaff-rigged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Of a sailing vessel, constructed with one or more gaff sails.
gaff-rigged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gaff-rig
prong-set
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: jewelry
lifestyle
glosses: Embedded with metal projections or tines to secure a gemstone to a piece of jewelry.
Campiti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
McGookin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
flat time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flat times
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A term of incarceration that is to be served by a prisoner without the benefit of any credits of time or earned deductions.
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
synonyms: deadtime
downtime
glosses: The time during which the camera is not rolling or when no activity is occuring on the set.
flat times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat time
wheat-ears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheat-ear
idle time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: idle times
Senses: topics: business
law
coordinate_terms: downtime
unproductive time
qualifier: human resources
glosses: A period of time in which an employee or a machine is ready and available, but is not carrying out any productive work.
idle times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of idle time
isovolumic relaxation time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isovolumic relaxation times
Senses: topics: cardiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: An interval in the cardiac cycle, from the aortic component of the second heart sound, to the onset of filling by opening of the mitral valve.
isovolumic relaxation times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isovolumic relaxation time
Greater Sunda Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Greater Sunda Islands
Senses: synonyms: Greater Sundas
glosses: Four tropical islands situated within the Indonesian Archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.
Meronyms: Borneo
Java
Sulawesi
Sumatra
times without number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Very frequently; on many occasions.
round-trip light time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: round-trip light times
Senses: topics: astronomy
cosmology
natural-sciences
glosses: The amount of time required for an electromagnetic signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft or another celestial body within the Solar System and then return.
round-trip light times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of round-trip light time
root cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: root caps
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: pileorhiza
calyptrogen
glosses: A cap of cells covering the growing extremity of a root;
root caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of root cap
disk access time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disk access times
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The total amount of time required for an operating system to process a read-write request involving disk storage.
disk access times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disk access time
Urteaga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Urteagas
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish
Lesser Sunda Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Lesser Sunda Islands
Senses: synonyms: Lesser Sundas
glosses: An archipelago of Maritime Southeast Asia.
Meronyms: Alor archipelago
Atauro
Bali
Barat Daya Islands
Flores
Lombok
Rote
Savu
Sumba
Sumbawa
Tanimbar Islands
Timor
A2Aed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of A2A
A2Aing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of A2A
A2As
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of A2A
unculinary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unculinary
form: most unculinary
Etymology: From un- + culinary.
Senses: glosses: Not culinary.
Pickaway
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Shelby County, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Pickaway County, Ohio.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community and rural historic district in Monroe County, West Virginia.
Derived terms: Pickaway County
break one's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breaks one's ass
form: breaking one's ass
form: broke one's ass
form: broken one's ass
Senses: examples: text: There are no groups as far as I can tell for gay prisoners with AIDS to talk to. The free world groups such as the Guild Aids Network and the various AIDS Action Committees won't do anything for prisoners. If you are a queen in the free world they will break their ass to help you.
ref: 1986 August 9, Ed Bubbenmoyer, “Prisoners With AIDS Just Have Each Other”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
glosses: To make a great effort; to bust one's ass.
take underwing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes underwing
form: taking underwing
form: took underwing
form: taken underwing
Senses: examples: text: I had the pleasure at one dance of being taken underwing by a woman of about sixty who whirled me about in the traditional dances.
ref: 1985 August 10, Kate Raisz, “The Gay Mushes”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 5, page 10:
glosses: To take under one's wing.
mass man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mass mans
Senses: glosses: A common man who lacks individuality and conforms to popular culture, mass media, clichés, etc.
sisterson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sistersons
form: sister-son
Etymology: From Middle English systerson, sustersone, from Old English sweostorsunu, from Proto-West Germanic *swestersunu, from Proto-Germanic *swestērsunuz, equivalent to sister + son.
Senses: examples: text: But next year, to conserve the soil, it'll be put in alfalfa, and my sisterson Willy takes care of it then.
ref: 1974, Martin Harry Greenberg, Patricia S. Warrick, Political Science Fiction:
text: The Svarfdalers came out there to the coast; among their company were the Thorgrimssons, sistersons of Ljot, and the men of Ljot's household.
ref: 1989, E. S. Shaffer, Comparative Criticism:
text: […] Canon Tiedemann Giese (Polish Gize), a sisterson of the Ferbers Mauritius, Eberhard, and Hildebrand, to publish the pamphlet Floscvlorvm Lvtheranorvm De fide et operibus avēηλoуıкov, […]
ref: 2003, Jeremi Wasiutyński, The Solar Mystery:
text: Slit nostrils and gouged eyes ensured that Apius's exiled sister-sons need not be considered by the Senators.
ref: 2010, Guy Gavriel Kay, Sailing to Sarantium:
text: But the brothers and sons of Taminy were angry that Taminy was dead. And the sistersons of Taminy were angry, too.
ref: 2013, Iver Cooper, 1636: Seas of Fortune:
glosses: The son of one's sister; sororal nephew
sistersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sisterson
urlfest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urlfests
Etymology: From URL + -fest.
Senses: examples: text: playing at this urlfest, akifest on october 5th.
ref: 2019 October 2, @preeroz, Twitter:
text: i hate urlfests now like i dont want to see actually talented ppl play at some shit called BUSSYFEST 2021
ref: 2021 July 16, @crtrlndn, Twitter:
text: Oh yeah it's rad that Covid basically normalised smaller artists doing urlfests. I'm happy that all the big boys can do actual live shows again though.
ref: 2022 June 29, u/CucumberHorse21, “Online Festivals and showcases were the funnest highlight of my Covid lockdown”, in Reddit, r/pcmusic:
text: yes i hosted two urlfests. yes i purposefully avoid a solid third of the people i encountered from that time. yes i am also gorgeoius. yes i exist
ref: 2023 June 17, @_bpiv, Twitter:
text: sorry im bad at not shilling this: would u ever be interested in performing at something like a urlfest (possibly a charity one for a dog's birthday for instance)
ref: 2023 November 22, u/Doctor_Number_Four, “Frost Children AMA! or else...”, in Reddit, r/indieheads:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An online music festival.
Atwood's Law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Coined by American software developer, author, blogger and entrepreneur Jeff Atwood in 2007 (see quotation below).
Senses: examples: text: This was later codified in a more formal W3C document, The Rule of Least Power. I propose a corollary to this rule, which in the spirit of recent memes, I'll call Atwood's Law: any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript.
ref: 2007 July 17, Jeff Atwood, “The Principle of Least Power”, in Coding Horror, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2024:
text: Since that time, web developers have produced nearly every type of application, including full-blown, cloud-based office suites (see Zoho.com), social APIs like Facebook's JavaScript SDK, and even graphically intensive video games. ¶ All of this is serving to prove Atwood's Law (http://bit.ly/1pFCjtR): "Any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript."
ref: 2014, Eric Elliott, Programming JavaScript Applications, Sebastopol, C.A.: O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 2:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A tongue-in-cheek "law" of software development stating that "any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript."
Yog's Law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Coined by American author and critic James D. Macdonald, known online by his nickname "Yog Sysop", in or before 2000 (see quotations below). The nickname is a reference to the fictional deity Yog-Sothoth from the Cthulhu Mythos.
Senses: examples: text: One more thing ... and you can quote me ... To avoid being scammed, remember Yog's Law: "Money flows _toward_ the writer."
ref: 2000 January 11, red_...@my-deja.com, “researching the world's most outrageous scams”, in alt.writing.scams (Usenet):
text: That radicalized me. Since then I've seen it as my duty to warn naive writers of the dangers of the fee-charging agents and the pay-to-play vanity presses. But how to do it? What simple meme could spread out in the new-writer community to serve as a tripwire? Answer: Yog's Law. ¶ Money flows toward the writer.
ref: 2006 June 30, James D. Macdonald, “Yog's Law”, in SFF Net, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2006:
text: [Harry] Connolly is correct that the rise of digital self-publishing puts a new wrinkle on things. I disagree, however, that it means Yog's Law no longer generally holds.
ref: 2017, John Scalzi, Don't Live for Your Obituary: Advice, Commentary and Personal Observations on Writing, 2008–2017, Burton, M.I.: Subterranean Press, →ISBN, page 168:
glosses: A maxim about publishing which states that "money flows toward the writer"; that is, an author should never pay to have their work published.
wikipedia: Cthulhu Mythos
Yog-Sothoth
splashless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From splash + -less.
Senses: examples: text: He swims forward, grabs a gunwale, and yanks down hard. But I spring overtop of him and stretch a splashless dive into the briny water beyond.
ref: 2022, David Wright Faladé, Black Cloud Rising, New York, N.Y.: Atlantic Monthly Press, →ISBN, page 4:
glosses: Lacking any splashes or splashing.
Derived terms: splashlessly
splashlessness
splashlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From splashless + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She feels a breeze on her forehead, night wind. The fox is stroking splashlessly forward. The fox does not fail.
ref: 2016 January 3, Anne Carson, chapter 1, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2024:
glosses: In a splashless manner; without splashes or splashing.
comiczine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comiczines
Etymology: From comic + zine.
Senses: examples: text: […] MUSICZINES, PERSONALZINES, PUNKZINES, COMICZINES OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
ref: 2002, Aaron Cometbus, Despite Everything: A Cometbus Omnibus, page 133:
glosses: A zine dealing with the topic of comics.
comiczines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comiczine
interplateau
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Between plateaus.
intraplateau
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Within a plateau.
multiplateau
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having multiple plateaus.
petriplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petriplates
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Petri dish.
synonyms: word: Petri dish
Makedonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Makedonian
CYOA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CYOAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of choose your own adventure.
CYOAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CYOA
plotting room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plotting rooms
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A room on a ship or in a defence installation that received data on ship or aircraft positions and motion, and planned the range and bearing to fire on them.
plotting rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plotting room
allochetite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A rare porphyritic dike rock.
catenulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual catenulae + -in.
Senses: glosses: An antibiotic obtained from Streptomyces catenulae.
allomorphite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A pseudomorph of baryte.
almeriite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of natroalunite.
synonyms: word: natroalunite
almondite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: almondites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of almandite.
alnöite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alnöites
Senses: glosses: A rare dark-colored ultramafic lamprophyre.
alnoite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alnoites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alnöite.
alnoeite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alnoeites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alnöite.
alumite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alumites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alunite.
clotheswashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act of washing clothes.
flow rate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flow rates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flowrate.
flow rates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flow rate
passes by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pass by
passed by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pass by
time curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time curves
Senses: glosses: A plotted curve containing a coordinate that represents time, or periods of time.
glosses: A graph visualizing patterns of evolution in temporal data.
glosses: Synonym of time front.
synonyms: word: time front
time decay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The depreciation in value of an options contract as it nears its expiration.
backscattersonde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backscattersondes
Etymology: From backscatter + sonde.
Senses: glosses: A balloon-borne instrument used to measure the local aerosol backscatter in the atmosphere.
time section
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time sections
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
synonyms: time cross section
glosses: A diagram whose two coordinates are time and distance, usually height.
time cross section
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time cross sections
Senses: glosses: Synonym of time section.
synonyms: word: time section
time sections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time section
time cross sections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time cross section
backsidedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From backsided + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being backsided.
decamillions
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: plural of decamillion
time of useful consciousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
pulmonology
sciences
glosses: The amount of time a person is able to function effectively in an environment of inadequate oxygen supply.