cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
extrinsication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extrinsications
Etymology: From extrinsicate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: The different elementary acts , of which language consists , are functional extrinsications of diverse parts of the brain, which are closely affiliated in reciprocal functional, and therefore, anatomical relation.
ref: 1887, Charles Hamilton Hughes, Alienist and Neurologist - Volume 8, page 211:
text: The process of putting on a canvas what the artist has in mind Croce calls “extrinsication,” not creation, for the actual painting adds nothing but extrinsication to the artistic intuition already created in the artist's mind.
ref: 1964, Archie J. Bahm, Philosophy: An Introduction, page 298:
text: So why not exclude also the small band of determinable consciousness, obtaining in exchange the entire psychic extrinsication, namely behavior?
ref: 2011, Chiara Bottici, Benoît Challand, The Politics of Imagination, page 77:
text: "There is something special in you, something reassuring. Something that soothes the soul. When you are in this room I am no longer aware that it is small, ordinary, suffocating almost like a prison. I feel content,” continued Oriana whose physical and spiritual pain had by now removed any barrier of reticence in the extrinsication of her true feelings for the other.
ref: 2013, Rita Petrini, The Woman with a Hat Full of Cherries, page 542:
glosses: The act or process of extrinsicating.
extrinsications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extrinsication
condonance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: condonances
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Synonym of condonation.
synonyms: word: condonation
hopt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: hop + -t
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hop
eye-lash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eye-lashes
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Thomas assured me he has more than once put his finger upon the cornea itself, which then appeared insensible; but when he touched the eye-lid or eye-lash, she was instantly sensible of it.
ref: 1821, Henry Wilson, Wonderful Characters:
text: You will not confound that mal-position of the eye-lash arising from an improper obliquity in its direction, with those cases where the capsule of the cilium is situated at the innermost edge of the tarsal border, or within and beneath the mucous membrane in some other situation (where, when the hair grows it must of necessity project against the eye-ball,) because they will generally require very different methods of cure;
ref: 1835, Richard Middlemore, A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye and Its Appendages:
text: In the twenty minutes that he had been intently watching the stranger, Gordon would have sworn that the other's face had not moved by so much as the twitch of an eye-lash.
ref: 2010, Hal K. Wells, The Gate to Xoran:
glosses: Alternative form of eyelash.
eye-lashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eye-lash
go their separate ways
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes their separate ways
form: going their separate ways
form: went their separate ways
form: gone their separate ways
Senses: examples: text: Everybody / everyone goes their separate ways.
text: […] the lease which brought about the formation of the M.S.J.A.R. came to nothing, and the two companies went their separate ways.
ref: 1957 October 24, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 721:
glosses: (of two or more people) to cease travelling or spending time together; to depart with different destinations.
glosses: (of two or more people) to end a (romantic, professional, etc.) relationship.
Related terms: go one's own way
Clapworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
can a duck swim
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: A rhetorical question in response to a question whose answer is an emphatic yes.
Synonyms: does a bear shit in the woods?
is the Pope Catholic?
can a duck
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: An emphatic "yes"; shortening of Can a duck swim?
condonances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of condonance
immortalizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more immortalizable
form: most immortalizable
Etymology: From immortalize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be immortalized.
wrackt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wrack
eyemarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eyemark
Alrewas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1715).
cybertracking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + tracking.
Senses: glosses: The process of tracking something by means of computer technology.
mysen
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: text: If you tell them they ought to be putting a bit by, for a home, they say: That’ll keep, that will, I’m goin’ t’ enjoy mysen while I can. Owt else’ll keep !
ref: 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter IX, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC, page 121:
glosses: Myself.
Killick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Killicks
Etymology: Possibly an habitational surname from the villages of Kilnwick or Kildwick.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
skiddly
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Mighty Dundalk's passing by! HYDIE-HEY, HYDIE HO-OH! Hydie-hey, hydie ho-oh! SKIDDLY WIDDLY WADDLY WO!
ref: 1984, Barbara Wernecke Durkin, Oh, You Dundalk Girls, Can't You Dance the Polka?, page 225:
text: Oh, we went up Channel with a new main yard, Ch. Singing skiddly, winkie, doodle all the day!
ref: 1961, Shanties from the Seven Seas, page 42:
text: External actions (0N_.) indicate that the speaker is attending to something other than the problem solving activity, for example [looking out the window] or humming a tune "skiddly dee dop, da dee dop, da dee dop."
ref: 1996, Ming Ming Chiu, Building Mathematical Understanding During Collaboration, page 39:
text: Goodbye, goodbye We're leaving you, skiddly-dye Goodbye,
ref: 2005, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, William Cook, Goodbye Again: The Definitive Peter Cook and Dudley Moore:
glosses: A nonsense word used in musical phrases.
skiddly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more skiddly
form: most skiddly
Senses: examples: text: skiddly transportation.
ref: 1942, The Forty-second Foot, page 123:
text: Virgilio went on: "All he had with him was a woman's basket, a skiddly woman's basket, and some olives and dried figs.
ref: 1966, James McNeish, Fire under the ashes: the life of Danilo Dolci, page 30:
text: I always knew that skiddly chick would mess up his mind.
ref: 2011, Keith Maillard, Looking Good: Difficulty at the Beginning:
glosses: Tricky; troublesome; slippery; undependable.
Meuwissen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Meuwissens
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Dallago
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dallagos
form: dal Lago
form: dal-Lago
form: dal'Lago
form: Dal Lago
form: Dal-Lago
form: Dal'Lago
form: Dal-lago
form: Dal'lago
form: DalLago
form: dalLago
form: Lago
Etymology: From Italian Dallago.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Naasz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Ibatan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Ivatan.
Trépanier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Trépaniers
form: Trepanier
Etymology: From French Trépanier.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Trépaniers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Trépanier
government name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: government names
Senses: examples: text: One of the most prominent tribal chiefs of the South, the late Chief Jambo of the Moru tribe, once remarked, when he was asked by his tribe how he came to acquire the Muslim name of Ibrahim, that it was his 'government name'.
ref: 1981, Bona Malwal, People & power in Sudan: the struggle for national stability, page 60:
text: Operation Ivy was formed in Berkeley, California, during the summer of 1987 by guitarist Lint (who would become better known under his government name, Tim Armstrong), bassist Matt Freeman, drummer Dave Mello, and […]
ref: 2007, Matt Diehl, My So-Called Punk: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, The Distillers, Bad Religion---How Neo-Punk Stage-Dived Into the Mainstream, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 5:
text: “Excuse me, Mr. Prince!” No sooner had the officer called him by his government name than Pistol G had drawn his pistol. Eight words made him stop. “Mr. Rosalini would like to speak with you.” Prince couldn't believe what he'd just heard.
ref: 2012, Sherard H. Adams, The Prince of Pentium: A Life of a Hustler and a Computer Hacker, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 123:
text: When the Neil-looking white dude answered the phone, Sam called him by his government name and said, “What's up, Benny? I haven't heard from you.”
ref: 2012, Main D, Mo Money Mo Power, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 101:
text: Now, by no means is any rapper, performer or entertainer expected or obligated to build their career and perform under their government name. Many rappers and performers use names that are more catchy and clever-sounding […]
ref: 2019, Kolie Crutcher, Rick Ross, The 21 KEYS Of Success: Ridin’ With Rick, Kolie Crutcher, →ISBN, page 165:
synonyms: legal name
wallet name
glosses: One's (partial or full) legal name, as opposed to one's nickname or street name; one's government-recognized name.
Related terms: slave name
government names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of government name
sticky-finger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sticky-fingers
form: sticky-fingering
form: sticky-fingered
form: sticky-fingered
Etymology: Compare sticky fingers, sticky-fingered.
Senses: examples: text: […] "picking up" a few essential supplies, writing post-cards, and watching our Cockney comedian soft-soap the sales-girls while he sticky-fingered a few personal necessities.
ref: 1964, Arch Whitehouse, The fledgling, page 19:
text: 'This one will be called the Crimson Star of Sri Lanka, and it will be placed on display where every Lankan may visit it but where our politicians and thieves will not be able to sticky-finger it away again.'
ref: 2001, Jeanne Cambrai, Murder in the Pettah, Penguin Books Ltd:
text: But Globe and Mail columnist Simon Houpt's new book shows that sticky-fingering a Rembrandt or a Goya is becoming a menacingly common occurrence. Art theft, according to Interpol, adds up to between $1.5-billion and $6-billion annually, ...
ref: 2006, Quill & Quire:
glosses: To steal, to pilfer; to make off with (something).
examples: text: ... drove into town and bought a takeaway at a dingy working-class cafe. Then I drove up Signal Hill and in the stark, early morning light, the bay still covered in mist, watched the sun rise, sticky-fingering sausages and chips in contentment.
ref: 1987, C. J. Cummings, Too deep then:
text: Or rather she invited her over, along with her friends. They arrived in a jam of buggies, toddlers waddling around sticky-fingering the walls.
ref: 2015, Colette McBeth, The Life I Left Behind: A Novel, Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 33:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sticky, finger. To touch or finger something which is sticky, or with fingers that are sticky.
sticky finger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sticky fingers
form: sticky fingering
form: sticky fingered
form: sticky fingered
Senses: examples: text: A bit of sticky fingering, a shady deal or two, life wasn't easy. She could spot wronguns too. Ben wasn't a wicked man. Maris had better not get too funny, her and her power of attorney.
ref: 1981, Ursula Holden, Penny Links:
text: I guess that's why I started sticky fingering things. I kept the stash under my bed, tools mostly—a cordless drill, a set of wrenches, screwdrivers, some knives. After a few weeks, I was shopping for the future and I yanked a coffeemaker. […]
ref: 2012, Mar'ce Merrell, Wicked Sweet: A Novel, Feiwel & Friends, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of sticky-finger (“steal”).
sticky-fingering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sticky-finger
sticky-fingers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sticky-finger
acetotrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aceto- + -trophy.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The condition of being acetotrophic
acetoxyacetyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetoxyacetyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An acetoxy derivative of an acetyl radical
acoustocerebrography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acousto- + cerebrography.
Senses: glosses: acoustic cerebrography
cerebrography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cerebro- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: imaging of the brain
Derived terms: acoustocerebrography
agroclavine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An ergot alkaloid (6aR,10aR)-7,9-dimethyl-4,6,6a,7,8,10a-hexahydroindolo[4,3-fg]quinoline
agrograssland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agrograsslands
Etymology: From agro- + grassland.
Senses: glosses: Grassland that is used for agriculture.
agrograsslands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agrograssland
allochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From allo- + chemical.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing rock that have multiple types of grain, typically fossiliferous material, ooids, peloids or intraclast in a carbonate matrix
allochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allochemicals
Etymology: From allo- + chemical.
Senses: glosses: Such a rock
allochemicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allochemical
allocoprophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From allo- + coprophagy.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The feeding on excrement produced by other animals.
allocyanin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of neocyanine.
synonyms: word: neocyanine
anatexite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anatexites
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any rock produced by anatexis
Related terms: anatexitic
anatexites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anatexite
anatexitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to, or composed of anatexite
anatoxinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Related to, or caused by an anatoxin
angiectasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angiectases
Etymology: From angi- + ectasis.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of angiectasia.
synonyms: word: angiectasia
Derived terms: angiectatic
telangiectasis
antiadipose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + adipose.
Senses: glosses: That counters the formation of adipose tissue
anticlinical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of anticlinal.
antilipase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + lipase.
Senses: glosses: That counters the action of a lipase
anxiotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anxio- + -tropic.
Senses: glosses: That modifies (reduces) anxiety
archaeoentomological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From archaeo- + entomological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to ancient insects
arsenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑːsɪˈneɪʃn̩/
ipa: /ˌɑːsˈn̩eɪʃn̩/
ipa: /ɑːˈsneɪʃn̩/
ipa: /ˌɑɹs(ə)ˈneɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: arsenations
Etymology: Probably from arsenate + -ion (suffix denoting an action or process).
Senses: examples: text: A simple process for the arsenation of phenol is described.
ref: 1919 December 15, J. C. W., “Abstracts [XX.—Organic Products; Medicinal Substances; Essential Oils.]”, in Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, volume XXXVIII, number 23, London: W. Speaight & Sons, […] [for the Society of Chemical Industry], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 922, column 2:
text: It is known that p-arsanilic acid prepared by direct arsenation of aniline contains diphenylarsinic acid as impurity, and recently it has been pointed out that a fairly large quantity of o-arsanilic acid is present. Unless this is removed, Arsphenamine obtained from arsanilic acid will also contain o-Arsphenamine, and, since little is known of this latter substance, its presence in the drug might be injurious.
ref: 1930, Archibald Edwin Goddard, “Arylarsinic Acids (Continued)”, in J[ohn Albert] Newton Friend, editor, A Text-book of Inorganic Chemistry, volume XI (Organometallic Compounds), part II (Derivatives of Arsenic), London: Charles Griffin & Company, […], →OCLC, page 203:
text: The arsenations were carried out by the method of Bart which has been modified, particularly by Schmidt.
ref: 1938, Milton Tomlinson Bush, Arsenated Derivatives of Phenobarbital (unpublished dissertation), Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University, →OCLC, page 5:
text: Tertiary arsines, usually admixed with halo- and dihaloarsines, have been obtained by the direct arsenation of suitably activated aromatic compounds, by the addition of arsenic halides to unsaturated compounds, by the reaction of arsenic halides with diazoalkanes, and by the reaction of arsenic metal with free radicals.
ref: 1970, G[eorge] O[smore] Doak, Leon D. Freedman, “Arsines”, in Organometallic Compounds of Arsenic, Antimony, and Bismuth, New York, N.Y.: Wiley-Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 146:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Conversion of a substance to, or reaction of a substance with, an arsenate (“a salt or ester of arsenic acid”).
Related terms: arsenate
arsenic
arthropometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From arthropo- + -metric.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the measurement of joints.
arthropometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From arthropo- + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of anthropometric.
aryloxazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aryloxazoles
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An aryl derivative of an oxazole
aryloxazoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aryloxazole
aspinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + spinous.
Senses: glosses: Lacking spines
aureusvirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aureusviruses
Senses: glosses: Any plant virus of the genus Aureusvirus
aureusviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aureusvirus
stibotantalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stibo- + tantalite.
Senses: examples: text: Columbite from Topsham, Maine, and tantalite from Grizzly Bear Gulch, Black Hills, S. D. were used for the experiment. Also other insoluble columbite-tantalites such as yttrotantalite, bismuthotantalite, stibotantalite, etc. will be decomposed […]
ref: 1960, Scientific Papers of the College of Arts and Sciences:
text: The densest of all gem minerals is stibotantalite […]
ref: 1975, Alan Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of World Records, page 178:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of tantalite in which tantalum is wholly or partially replaced by antimony
autoendolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoendoliths
Etymology: From auto- + endolith.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An endolith that deposits the same type of mineral that it inhabits
autoendoliths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoendolith
autoploidization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoploidizations
Etymology: From autoploid + -ization.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Conversion to autoploid form
ballistometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The measurement of the elastic properties of skin
Related terms: ballistometer
ballistometric
ballistometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to ballistometry or by means of a ballistometer
basidorsals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basidorsal
bicuspidality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being bicuspidal
bifaciality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being bifacial
biodeposited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of biodeposit
biphosphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bi- + phosphine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two phosphine ligands in a complex
Related terms: bisphosphine
branchipod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: branchipods
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of branchipodid.
branchipods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of branchipod
bulbothalamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bulbo- + thalamic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: relating to the medulla oblongata and the thalamus
Sorsogon City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the provincial capital of Sorsogon, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines.
Mongkok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The exceptional vitality of Mongkok, the capital city of all this vast industrial territory, owes something—perhaps very much—to the comparative deprivation of Tsz Wan Shan.
ref: 1977, Frank Leeming, “Time, Place and Community in Hong Kong”, in Street Studies in Hong Kong: Localities in a Chinese City (East Asian Social Science Monographs), Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 7:
text: The best shopping area is the Golden Mile on Nathan Road (Central) in the Tsim Sha Tsui neighborhood. But it’s also worthwhile to shop in the large centers on Hollywood Street and Cat Street and in the night markets on Temple Street and in the Mongkok neighborhood.
ref: 2011, “Countries from A to Z”, in 100 Countries, 5000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 145, column 2:
text: Nowhere is this atmosphere more palpable than in the working class district of Mongkok. While the city’s two other protest sites across Victoria Harbor retain their carnival mood, Mongkok, in Kowloon, remains on edge.
ref: 2014 October 22, Dennis Chong, “Hong Kong protesters add helmets to their umbrellas”, in Taipei Times, sourced from AFP, HONG KONG, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Feb 2024, Features, page 12:
glosses: Alternative form of Mong Kok.
Masbate City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the provincial capital of Masbate, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines.
squatter's rights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪts
Forms: form: squatter's right
Senses: topics: law
glosses: adverse possession
open and notorious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A requisite condition of adverse possession stipulating that the disseisor's occupation of the property must be visible and provide reasonable (if tacit) notice to the disseisee.
indeterminate verb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indeterminate verbs
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of abstract verb.
synonyms: word: abstract verb
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see indeterminate, verb.
big fish in a little pond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big fish in little ponds
form: big fish in a little pond
Senses: glosses: Synonym of big fish in a small pond.
synonyms: word: big fish in a small pond
Imperial Japanese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Besides serving as president of Hokkaido Imperial University, new research by Inoue Katsuo, for example, sheds fresh light on his role in the agricultural development of Imperial Japanese colonies in Korea and Manchuria.
ref: 2002, John Maki, A Yankee in Hokkaido: The Life of William Smith Clark, United States: Lexington Books, →ISBN, page xi:
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Japanese Empire.
give-and-gos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of give-and-go
cabruca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabrucas
Senses: glosses: A form of the cacao tree when planted in the shade of larger trees
cabrucas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cabruca
cecidosid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cecidosids
Senses: glosses: Any monotrysian moth of the family Cecidosidae
cecidosids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cecidosid
cervicobulbar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cervico- + bulbar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the cervix and the medulla oblongata
charasome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charasomes
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A convoluted plasma membrane domain in characean green algae
charasomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charasome
chasmoendolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chasmoendoliths
Senses: glosses: Any endolith that inhabits a cleft (chasm) in a rock
chasmoendoliths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chasmoendolith
cheiloscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cheilo- + -scopy.
Senses: glosses: The (typically forensic) examination of traces left by lips
cheilostom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheilostoms
Senses: glosses: The lip cavity of a stoma
Related terms: cheilostome
cheilostomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to cheilostomes
cheilostomatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to bryozoans of the order Cheilostomata
cholehepatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chole- + hepatic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the bile duct and the liver
cholesteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of cholesterol
chondrometaplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chondro- + metaplasia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The formation of granular tissue
unsummon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unsummons
form: unsummoning
form: unsummoned
form: unsummoned
Etymology: From un- + summon.
Senses: examples: text: "I just noticed... is little Nase gone?" "She vanished a little while ago." "You mean the spell ran out." "Yes. You'd have noticed if I'd unsummoned her prematurely."
ref: 2014 October 27, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive - EGS:NP (webcomic), Comic for Monday, Oct 27, 2014:
text: “Right,” Jora said. “The Concord. With those two objects, the three of us could unsummon Urielle, and no one had to die. […]
ref: 2016, K. C. May, Requiem of Reprisal:
topics: fantasy
glosses: To send (a summoned creature) back to its own plane of existence.
unsummoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unsummon
unsummons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unsummon
circumcloacal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From circum- + cloacal.
Senses: glosses: Surrounding the cloaca
climatograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: climatographs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of climograph.
climatographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of climatograph
reinstator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reinstators
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of reinstater.
reinstators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reinstator
instatements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of instatement
Llanwern
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village, community, and steelworks in Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST3688).
bush vetch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bush vetches
Senses: glosses: A leguminous climing plant with lilac or blue flowers that grows in hedgerows, grasslands and roadsides; Vicia sepium.
bush vetches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bush vetch
all-new
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From all + new.
Senses: examples: text: Both Northern and TransPennine Express are currently introducing fleets of all-new trains built by CAF, as a rail revolution takes place on routes that, in the main, have been neglected when it comes to new stock.
ref: 2020 March 11, “Northern Stars”, in Rail, page 48:
synonyms: brand new
glosses: Completely new.
quarantinee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkwɒɹəntiːˈniː/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: quarantinees
Etymology: From quarantine + -ee.
Senses: synonyms: quarantiner
glosses: One who is quarantined.
quarantinees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarantinee
dynamic efficiency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: a situation in which it is impossible to make one generation better off without making another generation worse off
Gini index
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gini indexes
form: Gini indices
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Gini coefficient.
synonyms: word: Gini coefficient
Gini indexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gini index
Gini indices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gini index
Bromley Cross
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7213).
Gini ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gini ratios
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Gini coefficient.
synonyms: word: Gini coefficient
Gini ratios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gini ratio
CBer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CBers
Etymology: From CB + -er.
Senses: synonyms: apple
glosses: A user of CB radio.
CBers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CBer
outbanding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of freebanding.
synonyms: word: freebanding
outbander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outbanders
Senses: glosses: Synonym of freebander.
synonyms: word: freebander
outbanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outbander
Hoover index
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Hoover index
Etymology: After the economist Edgar Malone Hoover Jr.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: An economic measure equal to the portion of the total community income that would have to be redistributed to establish perfect income uniformity.
Robin Hood index
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Hoover index.
synonyms: word: Hoover index
Schutz index
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Hoover index.
synonyms: word: Hoover index
shoebite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoebites
Etymology: From shoe + bite.
Senses: examples: text: The sepoys have suffered in many cases from shoebite or blistered feet, but they rarely require treatment in hospital. They are excused from wearing boots until the blister heals.
ref: 1874, Medical and Sanitary Report of the Native Army of Madras, page 133:
text: […] states that in two of his cases the diagnosis was at first mistaken, the sore in one instance being considered primarily as a form of ringworm and in the other as an ordinary "shoebite."
ref: 1906, The Philippine Journal of Science, volumes 1-5, page 100:
text: The next day Lalitha complained of a shoebite and we spent thirty six francs by taxi to buy inexpensive open sandals!
ref: 2000, Alladi Ramakrishnan, The Alladi diary: Ekamra Nivas to MATSCIENCE, page 179:
glosses: A blister caused by the chafing of a shoe or boot.
shoebites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoebite
means testing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of means test
means tested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of means test
alternative liability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: a legal doctrine that allows a plaintiff to shift the burden of proving causation of her injury to multiple defendants, even though only one of them could have been responsible
flag-staff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flag-staffs
form: flag-staves
Senses: examples: text: At the west is a square tower, of graceless proportions, surmounted by a mean wooden turret and two flag-staves.
ref: 1816, John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Thomas Hood, The Beauties of England and Wales:
text: When the Flag is at half-staff, in the case of a cylindrical iron flag-staff, the middle of the hoist is about half-way between the top of the staff and the band to which the top of the guy anchors are fastened.
ref: 1928, Arthur Riehl Wilson, Robert Melville Danford, Field Artillery Manual:
text: Near this cavern there was a hut for absolute magnetic observations, and on a small hill above, on which was a flag-staff, were the meteorological instruments.
ref: 2014, Clements R. Markham, F. H. H. Guillemard, The Lands of Silence, page 495:
text: Just outside the outer gateway posts are inserted in the ground wherewith to support the tall flag-staffs used at festivals, and sometimes other smaller ones for the cords on which lanterns are hung during illuminations.
ref: 2015, Henry Faulds, Nine Years in Nipon, page 261:
glosses: Alternative form of flagstaff.
flag-staffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flag-staff
flag-staves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flag-staff
elaichis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elaichi
flag staff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flag staffs
form: flag staves
Senses: examples: text: The flag staves should be as much as two and a half or three inches in diameter, or what would be better, two strips of a board of that width, and seven or eight feet in length.
ref: 1841, Abel Flint, George Gillet, A system of geometry and trigonometry, page 104:
text: She is depicted with huge flags flying from temporary flag staffs above her newly completed hull: the red ensign flies at her stern, a small union flag at her bows;
ref: 2013, David Cordingly, Billy Ruffian:
text: Mr. Fife's party consisted of himself and six men; and after they had wandered for three days they observed the flag staff at a great distance.
ref: 2014, John Frederick Dennett, The Voyages and Travels of Captains Ross, Parry, Franklin, and Mr. Belzoni, page 34:
glosses: Alternative form of flagstaff.
examples: text: The conning tower was a relatively compact space, with curved walls to provide maximum strength, so it could accommodate only a handful of picked staff to support the Captain and, if flag staff were embarked, the Admiral.
ref: 2013, Jean Moulin, French Cruisers, 1922–1956:
text: They and a large percentage of the flag staff were standing on Maaka-Kakja 's spacious port bridge-wing while aircraft were trundled across the flight deck on launching trucks that would be hooked to the hydraulic catapults.
ref: 2014, Taylor Anderson, Deadly Shores, page 184:
text: Thirteen of the flag staff were dead, including three officers and ten enlisted men.
ref: 2014, Ken Jones, Hubert Kelly Jr., Admiral Arleigh (31-Knot) Burke:
glosses: A flag officer and his staff.
flag staffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flag staff
flag staves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flag staff
rockcrusher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rockcrushers
Etymology: From rock + crusher.
Senses: examples: text: It is a challenge to work all states with low power when so many amateurs are unable to do it with their rockcrushers.
ref: 1962, CQ; the Radio Amateur's Journal, volume 18, numbers 7-12, page 95:
text: Make similar measurements on your kilowatt rockcrusher by adding a simple in-line directional coupler (not described here) to your transmission line.
ref: 1981, Ham Radio, volume 14, page 71:
qualifier: CB radio slang
glosses: A very powerful transmitter.
rockcrushers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rockcrusher
flamdoodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flamdoodles
Senses: examples: text: Durned ef I don't like 'er better without a hat on than with all the fluffy flamdoodle that gals put on when they go out.
ref: 1902, Will Nathaniel Harben, Abner Daniel: the "David Harum" of the South, page 82:
text: If he doesn't watch his lenses, M. Ray will allow the Dada theories and other flamdoodle of his section run him off his track.
ref: 1965, Hart Crane, Letters, 1916-1932, page 52:
text: I'm crazy about Dr Tuby, but that doesn't mean I'm ready to believe in you and your Institute and this image flamdoodle — ' '
ref: 1968, John Boynton Priestley, The Image Men, page 111:
text: Or was there really something in all this flamdoodle about looking for the lost sheilas that made sense?
ref: 2013, Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock, page 81:
glosses: Alternative form of flapdoodle.
flamdoodle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flamdoodles
form: flamdoodling
form: flamdoodled
form: flamdoodled
Senses: examples: text: We graft on the state an overcharge it an' flamdoodle it, forgetting that we are the state, an buncoing ourselves.
ref: 1916, McClure's Magazine - Volume 46, page 27:
text: It was good enough to flamdoodle Packer, but as a workable proposition it's simply not workable, Lady Sheba.
ref: 1925, William Caine, Lady Sheba's Last Stunt, page 185:
text: He walked back , sore as a dog covered with ticks , knowing full well Sampson had been out just to flamdoodle him .
ref: 1972, Moritz Adolph Jagendorf, Folk Stories of the South, page 18:
glosses: Alternative form of flapdoodle.
flamdoodles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flamdoodle
flamdoodles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flamdoodle
flamdoodling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flamdoodle
flamdoodled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flamdoodle
Sig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from German Siegfried
flapdoodling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flapdoodle
flapdoodled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flapdoodle
Horley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English horn + lēah (“meadow”); "clearing in a horn-shaped piece of land".
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2842).
glosses: A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4143).
glosses: A surname.
Kirton in Lindsey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kirton Lindsey
Senses: glosses: A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9398).
covidiot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkoʊˈvɪd.i.ət/
/ˌkɒvˈɪd.i.ət/
Forms: form: covidiots
form: COVIDiot
Etymology: Blend of COVID + idiot.
Senses: examples: text: Photoshop-skilled social media users altered the poster board to read as 'We have no idea what we're doing' and 'Trump is a Covidiot'
ref: 2020 March 15, “We have no idea what we're doing': Social media mercilessly mocks coronavirus test flowchart produced by Trump's crisis team”, in Daily Mail:
text: The aura of invincibility seemed to ooze off of these entitled covidiots, the term coined to describe those deciding to blissfully and willfully ignore measures put in place to mitigate the spread of the virus.
ref: 2020 April 1, John White, “Don't be a covidiot”, in Wetaskiwin Times Advertiser:
text: A Covidiot party attended by a large number of people was shut down by police in Clydebank.[…] A total of 37 Fixed Penalty Notices were issued for 'breaching Covid regulations'.
ref: 2021 March 19, Kathleen Speirs, “Scots cops bust Clydebank Covidiot birthday party as 37 fines handed out”, in Daily Record:
synonyms: pandejo
glosses: A person who is foolishly reckless with respect to avoiding contracting or spreading COVID-19.
Related terms: covidiocy
Ticao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: one of the three major islands of the province of Masbate
Related terms: Burias
flap-doodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flap-doodles
Senses: examples: text: On inquiry what the little brass seal was, the prophetess said, " Oh, it's only a flap-doodle of Olcott's."
ref: 1894, John Murdoch, The Theosophic Craze:
text: He had buttonhole bouquets and all the flap-doodles that belong to a swell feed, and had his colored man grinding out music with a phonograph until the talkin' time came.
ref: 1907, American Thresherman - Volume 10, page 46:
text: He still feeds fools on flap-doodle, and many of them have large and flourishing families, who will perpetuate the breed to the remotest generation.
ref: 1913, Augustus Samuel Harris, The Codling Math Manual, page 39:
text: Being a dramatic critic taught him all the stock situations, and all the sentimental flap-doodle of the theatre of 1870- 1900 roused every intellectual needle in him to action.
ref: 1983, John Masefield, Audrey Napier-Smith, William Buchan, Letters to Reyna, page 78:
text: It is all impossible flap-doodle.
ref: 2013, Eve Golden, John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars, page 149:
text: She's got lots of sense, horse sense and flap-doodle sense all mixed up. She's got more flap-doodle sense than I have; she reads books, and not long ago she give me a piece of poetry that she'd cut out of a newspaper.
ref: 2019, Opie Percival Read, A Yankee from the West:
glosses: Alternative form of flapdoodle.
examples: text: I fixed up a few feathers and flap-doodles and made the cutest and most stylish looking bug you ever saw.
ref: 1912, Field & Stream - Volume 17, page 899:
text: On a trip to Alaska a few years ago, I discovered flap-doodles. These are small orange or hot-pink spinner blades attached to a fly at the bend of the hook with a small barrel swivel.
ref: 2012, John Gierach, No Shortage of Good Days, page 134:
glosses: Alternative form of flap doodle.
flap-doodle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flap-doodles
form: flap-doodling
form: flap-doodled
form: flap-doodled
Senses: examples: text: I suppose that men with stars on their breasts, men who have won the Military Cross, the Distinguished Service Order, and other distinctions have to “flap-doodle” to a man like that, and I hope the Govemment will take action in regard to the statements of this fictitious General, because, after all he is not a General in the true sense of the word, and bring him to book.
ref: 1918, Australia. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates: Senate and House of Representatives, page 8275:
text: They're not in business for their health, to be flap-doodled by phony paps or padded sterns
ref: 1932, James Murray, Coloured, page 219:
text: He was told he was flap-doodling by my brother-in-law.
ref: 1953, Baroness Mary Irene Curzon Ravensdale, In Many Rhythms: An Autobiography, page 142:
glosses: Alternative form of flapdoodle.
flap-doodles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flap-doodle
flap-doodles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flap-doodle
flap-doodling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flap-doodle
flap-doodled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flap-doodle
flap doodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flap doodles
Senses: examples: text: That the demoralization has reached such proportions that the " whole head is sick," per consequence of heroic doses of "flap doodle," and "the whole heart is faint," because of efforts to escape from obedience to "the weighty matters of the law — judgment, mercy, and faith."
ref: 1886, Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Conclave of the Grand Commandery of Knights templar of Michigan, page 68:
text: Are you looking for a lathe loaded down with a lot of "jim-cracks" and "flap doodles," or do you want a husky, easily handled tool without a dngle useless feature?
ref: 1914, American Machinist - Volume 40, page 203:
text: as to whether our English cousins are fully justified in appyling such opprobrious terms as “hocus pocus" and “flap doodle finance” to these various measures.
ref: 1916, Stone & Webster Journal - Volume 18, page 15:
text: And no wonder . . . dressed as she be an all them fancy flap doodles, curls and laces.
ref: 1942, Louise Rosalie Preysz, Dear Teacher: The Hilarious Story of an Old Maid, page 86:
glosses: Alternative form of flapdoodle.
examples: text: What just about everybody does agree on is that a flap doodle will often increase your chances of hooking a king salmon. A flap doodle is nothing more than a small spinner blade attached to the rear of the fly, and it's nothing new.
ref: 2006, American Angler: The Magazine of Fly Fishing and Fly Tying:
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A spinner blade attached to a fly at the bend of the hook.
flap doodles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flap doodle
McDo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɐkˈdoʔ/
note: outside Philippines
ipa: /məkˈdoʊ/
note: outside Philippines
ipa: /-dəʊ/
note: outside Philippines
ipa: /ˈmæk-/
Forms: form: Mcdo
Etymology: Clipping of McDonald's.
Senses: glosses: McDonald's
Synonyms: McDonald's
Redlener
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Redleners
Senses: glosses: A surname.
GNS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NGS
Senses: glosses: Initialism of grape neutral spirit (“vinous alcohol”).
glosses: Initialism of grain neutral spirit.
glosses: Initialism of glucosamine (N-acetyl)-6-sulfatase.
Hypernyms: sense: grain/grape neutral spirit
english: neutral spirit
translation: neutral spirit
word: NS
nanogauss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanogauss
form: nanogausses
Etymology: From nano- + gauss.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A CGS unit of magnetic field strength equal to 10⁻⁹ gauss (symbol: nG)
nGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nG's
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of nanogausses plural of nG (“nanogauss”); Nonstandard form of nG (“nanogauss”).
ngs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ng's
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of nanograms plural of ng (“nanogramme”); Nonstandard form of ng (“nanogrammes”).
KGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kGs
form: kG's
form: KG's
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of kilogausses plural of KG (“kilogauss”) Nonstandard form of kG (“kilogauss”).